Identifier: neareastdalmatia00hich (find matches)
Title: The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Hichens, Robert Smythe, 1864-1950 Guérin, Jules Vallée, 1866-1946, ill
Subjects: Dalmatia (Croatia) -- Description and travel Greece -- Description and travel Athens (Greece) -- Description and travel Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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lian fountain,unshaded, in a naked confusion, but free from mod-ern houses and in a fine loneliness. Once, and notvery long ago, the village of Kastri stood close to theruins, and some of it actually above them. But whenexcavations were undertaken seriously, all the houseswere pulled down, and set up again where they standto-day. Like the ruins at Eleusis and Olympia, theremains at Delphi are fragmentary. The ancientHellenes believed that the center of the earth was ata certain spot within the Temple of Apollo at Del-phi, where the eagles of Zeus, flying from the twoends of the earth, had met. The foundations, andsome portions of the walls of this celebrated shrine,in which two golden eagles stood, may be visited,but very little of It remains. On the foundation hasbeen set up a large Roman column, upon which oncestood a statue. The fallen blocks of Doric columnsare gigantic, and from them It Is possible to gainsome faint idea of the temples Immense size and 158 VIKW OF MOUNT PARNASSUS
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From a photograph, copyriirht. liy Uiulcrwooii .t Underwood. N. Y. DELPHI AND OLYMPIA massiveness. In the midst of a pit of stone, not farfrom the columns, I found a soHtary fig-tree grow-ing. It is interesting to notice that the huge outerwall of the temple was constructed of quantities ofblocks, each one differing in shape from its neigh-bors. These were ingeniously fitted close togetherw^ithout the aid of any joining material. Althoughit is impossible not to wonder at and admire thecleverness shown in this wall, it produced on mymind an impression of confusion that was almostpainful. The multitudes of irregular lines distressedmy eyes. There is little repose in a puzzle, and thiswall is like a mighty puzzle in stone. Among the masses of broken fragments whiclicover much of the hillside stands out a small, solidbuilding of Parian marble, very pure, very clean,almost shining under the rays of the sun. It resem-bles a great marble casket in which something veryprecious might be placed

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