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252 VIEW FROM TIRYNS.
its capital, and its gulf, the hills of Mycenae, the town of Nauplia,
with its magnificent fortress, and, immediately below the eye, the
Tirynthian ruins.1
While I was here taking a view with my camera obscura, some
Turkish aghas passed on horseback, and the riders, as well as the
horses, seemed alarmed at the novelty of the sight. I heard them
ask my guide, " what that Frank dog was doing in that machine?"
The guide, who was a wag, told them I was praying to Panagia; but
they soon understood that I was drawing, and said, " he may pray
to Panagia here as much as he pleases, but if he docs so near
Nauplia, woe be to him \" I made fruitless inquiries concerning
the caves and labyrinths2 near Nauplia, -which were built by the
Cyclopians : they were probably at the foot of Mount Palamidi, near
the sea; but a minute examination of the immediate vicinity of
Nauplia is neither a safe nor easy undertaking. The Turks are
extremely jealous of this fortress, and are characterised by an inhos-
pitable dislike to strangers. The remains, that are as yet unknown, will
be brought to light, when the reciprocal jealousy of the European
powers | ermits the Greeks to break their chains, and to chase from
their outraged territory that host of dull oppressors, who have spread
the shades of dense ignorance over the land, that was once illumi-
nated by science, and who unconsciously trample on the venerable
dust of the Pelopidas and the Atridae!
1 Bearings from the hill behind Tiryns: Extremity of the promontory of Nauplia S.
20. W.j Prison Island, S. 28. W.; Larissa of Argos, N. 58. W.
' 0«xo$9/ai;7o< Xa/3upiv8oi. Strabo, b. 8. p. 36y.
its capital, and its gulf, the hills of Mycenae, the town of Nauplia,
with its magnificent fortress, and, immediately below the eye, the
Tirynthian ruins.1
While I was here taking a view with my camera obscura, some
Turkish aghas passed on horseback, and the riders, as well as the
horses, seemed alarmed at the novelty of the sight. I heard them
ask my guide, " what that Frank dog was doing in that machine?"
The guide, who was a wag, told them I was praying to Panagia; but
they soon understood that I was drawing, and said, " he may pray
to Panagia here as much as he pleases, but if he docs so near
Nauplia, woe be to him \" I made fruitless inquiries concerning
the caves and labyrinths2 near Nauplia, -which were built by the
Cyclopians : they were probably at the foot of Mount Palamidi, near
the sea; but a minute examination of the immediate vicinity of
Nauplia is neither a safe nor easy undertaking. The Turks are
extremely jealous of this fortress, and are characterised by an inhos-
pitable dislike to strangers. The remains, that are as yet unknown, will
be brought to light, when the reciprocal jealousy of the European
powers | ermits the Greeks to break their chains, and to chase from
their outraged territory that host of dull oppressors, who have spread
the shades of dense ignorance over the land, that was once illumi-
nated by science, and who unconsciously trample on the venerable
dust of the Pelopidas and the Atridae!
1 Bearings from the hill behind Tiryns: Extremity of the promontory of Nauplia S.
20. W.j Prison Island, S. 28. W.; Larissa of Argos, N. 58. W.
' 0«xo$9/ai;7o< Xa/3upiv8oi. Strabo, b. 8. p. 36y.