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CHAPTER XVIII.
ATHENS,
Temple of Theseus.
'Opa/tev id's Ton riapdevava, ovtu Kai to Qri<reToi> aitavTav
Plutarch de Exsil. 607, 8.
Every one, we see, adores the Temple of Theseus as well as
the Parthenon.
The Church of St Mark at Venice and the Temple
of Theseus at Athens have several points of compari-
son. They owe their origin to the operation of the
same feelings. They are both at the same time Tem-
ples and Tombs. In both cases the venerated ashes
interred within them came from a distant region.
The relics of Theseus, real or supposed, were brought
by Cimon2 from the isle of Skyros to the Peiraeus:
those of St Mark to the quay of Venice from Alex-
andria. The latter were hailed on their arrival with
the pageantry of a Venetian Carnival: the obsequies
of Theseus were solemnized with a dramatic contest
" Plutarch, v. Cimon. III. p. 189. Retake.
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ATHENS,
Temple of Theseus.
'Opa/tev id's Ton riapdevava, ovtu Kai to Qri<reToi> aitavTav
Plutarch de Exsil. 607, 8.
Every one, we see, adores the Temple of Theseus as well as
the Parthenon.
The Church of St Mark at Venice and the Temple
of Theseus at Athens have several points of compari-
son. They owe their origin to the operation of the
same feelings. They are both at the same time Tem-
ples and Tombs. In both cases the venerated ashes
interred within them came from a distant region.
The relics of Theseus, real or supposed, were brought
by Cimon2 from the isle of Skyros to the Peiraeus:
those of St Mark to the quay of Venice from Alex-
andria. The latter were hailed on their arrival with
the pageantry of a Venetian Carnival: the obsequies
of Theseus were solemnized with a dramatic contest
" Plutarch, v. Cimon. III. p. 189. Retake.
K2