580 WONDERS OF ART. 
ginated in the veneration once paid to the mernoO 
illustrious dead, surrounded by objects telling f 
theme of sepulchral grandeur, and now raonumen . j^pit; 
parted greatness, gradually mouldering in all the so [jii 
of ruin. So paramount is this funereal charactei 
approach to Athens from the Piraeus, that, as " gpci®'’’ 
tlK2 hill of THE Museum, which was, in fact, an 
cemetery of the Athenians, we might have t^’ 
selves to be among the tombs ot Telmessus, 
number of the sepulchres hewn in the rock, an^^ 
the antiquity of the workmanship, evidently nc 
date than any thing of the kind in Asia Minor. 
respects the city exhibits nearly the appearance 
described by Strabo eighteen centuries before out 
and, perhaps, it wears a more_ magnificent A, 
the splendid remains of Hadrian's Temple of , |^yt 
Jove, which did not exist when Athens was visite 
Disciple of Xcnarchus. Tiie prodigious columns 
ing to this temple appeared full in view between r , 
and the bed of the Ilissus : high upon our left «( 
Acropolis, in the most impressive grandeur : an jjjH 
part of the rock upon the western side of it is W 
THE Areopagus, where St. Paul preached V 
nians, and where their most solemn tribunal 
yond all, appeared the beautiful Plain of Athens, 
Mount Hymettus. We rode towards the i gsS^ .j, 
Moukt Hymettus. we rone toworus 
of the Citadel, passing some tiers of circular at J f ^ 
foot of it ; these are the remains of the Ode 
rodes Athens, built in memory of his wife Regi ' 
continuing to skirt the base of the Acropolis, .j.ji 
winding rather towards the nortli, we saw a s 
left, scooped in the solid rock, the circular s"'®®Pjjje pl‘ w(' 
the Athenians were wont to assemble to ^ 
aEschylus, and where tlie Theatre of Bacchu 
wards constructed. j if 
“ We proceeded toward the east, to 
Anchesmus, and to enjoy m one panoramic tl^^v‘ 
glorious prospect presented from its summit, c 
tiquities and natural beauties in the Athenian^j^^jpi, 
ascended to the commanding eminence of uic 
occupied by a Temple of Anchksmian Jc a 
Pagan Shrine has, as usual, been succeede 
