Wordsworth, Christopher: Greece, pictorial, descriptive and historical (London, 1853)

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INFLUENCE OF GRECIAN ART.

Polybius, the Greek panegyrist of Rome, the strongest expressions of repro-
bation. But these hardy warriors soon gave way to the gentle influences
exercised by the objects which they earned in triumph to their own country;
and the spirit of Greece, when the body was extinct, was worshipped in the
palaces and forums of the Roman capital, like a divinized being which had
passed from earth to heaven.

CUXVENT OF MEGASI'El-IUS.

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The route from iEgium to Megaspelion is full of interest. The Corinthian
Gulf affords here its noblest views, and, although twenty miles across at this
point, the mountains beyond it seem to tower into the skies. In descending
towards the shore, the magnitude of the rocks of Megaspelion strike the
beholder with surprise. In the course of the journey several copious streams
are passed, which descend from Mount Chelmas, shaded with trees and
bounded by fine precipices. Shortly after leaving iEgium, the road strikes
into the opposite mountains, the summits of which are attained in about
thirty minutes. Descending from this elevation, in about half-an-hour more