THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE' 



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PELOPONNESIAN PEASANTS JN NAUPUA, CHIEF" TOWN OF ARGOUS 



Beautifully situated on the gulf of the same name, Nauplia is, for modern Greece, an 

 unusually clean town. It was captured from the Turks by the Greeks just ioo years ago 

 (December 12, 1822) and for 11 years was the Greek capital. 



Greece is the country par excellence 

 for picnics. It is a common saying in 

 Athens, that ''there is not a day in the 

 year in which the sun is not visible for at 

 least a moment." However this may be, 

 one is generally assured of good weather 

 for excursions, and when one adds to this 

 the softness of the air, the beauty of the 

 landscape, and the wealth of association, 

 there is little left to be desired. 



Another charm which the rambler in 

 Attica is quick to remark is the absence of 



human life, even within an hour's walk of 

 the capital. I have wandered over the 

 hillsides for an entire day and have not 

 seen even a shepherd boy. 



One of the most delightful of the many 

 trips out of Athens is to the Fortress of 

 Phyle, which lies hidden away in the 

 Parnes Range and guards what was once 

 an important route, especially toward 

 Thebes. It is true that there were other 

 routes into the Boeotian Plain, but that via 

 Phyle was of great importance. Over 



