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Sanctuary : it is dedicated to St. George. Of the 
this rock, even Wheler could not write without 
‘ Here,’ said he, ‘ Democritus might sit and 
the pomps and vanities of the world, whose glories 
jr vanisi, ; or an Heraclitus weep over its manifold 
of the various changes and 
telling sad stories 
“ of Kate.’ The prospect embraces every object, ex- 
’Is Only those upon the south-west side of the Castle. 
'j|6 *'^oation of the observer is north-east of the City j and 
fii/^‘*tler may suppose him to be looking, in a contrary 
’’'ll)"’’'.’ towards the Ackopolis, which is in the centre 
V q!? picture ; thence, regarding the whole circuit of 
'iadtj, from its north-western side, toward the south 
't]. ''’’St, the different parts of it occur in the following or- 
S'd ”, I’^tigh to a spectator they all appear to be compre- 
't .}} in one view, 
k ^1- 
'% lofty rocks of the 
■ temples, th 
ill, 
tils 
Acropolis, crowned with its 
Parthenon, Euectheum, &c. con- 
central object. In the foreground is displayed 
':iiij''’ole of , 1)0 niodern City of Athens, with its gardens, 
fj’^osques, and walls, spreading into the plain beneath 
On the right, or north-west wing, is the 
!‘e qV® OF Tiiesel's ; and on the left, or south-west wing, 
EiipLg OF Jupiter Olympics. Proceeding from 
r'Pliiv*''' south and east, the view beyond the Citadel 
1 t,,* ’‘'”‘■1 Areopagus, the Pnyx, Ilissus, the site 
T'emple of Ceres in Agr^e, the Fountain 
| iij, j”HoE, the Stadium Panthenaiaum, the site of 
&c. in a parallel circuit, with a more cx- 
^ ’‘idius^ are seen the hills and defile of Daphne, or 
the Piraseus, Munychia and Phalerum, 
t®GiNA, the more distant Isles, and PIymettus. 
circuit, but still more extended, embraces Parnes, 
,®t(j ’'tHains beyond Elusis and Megaea, the Acko- 
die. 
Corinth, the Peloponnessian Mountains, and 
'‘‘'■'ati?'*'’!’' 3‘td distant 
t'’® li 
cf Elephanta, distant about two 
’’'sisij ’ a circumference of about three miles, and 
two rocky mountains, covered with trees and 
Islands. And lastly, immediately 
eye, lies the Plain of Athens.” 
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