Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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] lio«n l,.rr i- 111.- I.i.i|.l.- c.r 111.- Wincl.— irliir . ltliiiii;;li -mill in .•.! ,(• coiiipanMl to till- Dlliir liiiiplr- III till- Acropolis, it in one of till- nil. -I pli-.i-in- ill fi.rni. Seen from llii ' Arropoiis an- llic ri-niains of the Temple of Jupiter, destroyeil by the Turks, and a section of the Olympic Stadium, li htlv hidden hv the former Koval I ' ark. Built on liii- ilr III a Inriinr p.i;;an liiii- pie, the oldest church in (ircccc is isilcd h tourin!; Midwavites. 1 f Shown here is the central mosaic wliich is found in the dome. In addition, the walls of the church contain mosaics showing impor- tant scenes in the life of Christ.

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The massiveness of the inner walls of the Parthenon are shown here in rela- tion to tlie ■ white-hats. This portion was restored after tlie walls were destroyed. Touring sailors approach the main en- trance to the Acropolis, and the tourist, after a nasty climb, wonders how the Greeks man- aged to gel the marble blocks up there. The south porch of the Erechtheum con- tains the caryatidids, or maidens. The middle figure is the only copy, the original being in the British Museimi, a gift of Lord Elgin.

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The Acropolis offers a splenilid o ppor- tunity to get an aerial view of Athens with- out the necessity of an airplane. From here can be seen the modern and old sections. Overlooking the yacht basin in the harbor of Pireaus we see tlie boats of the wealthv and the washings of the poor. Profound consternation hovers in the minds of the tourists who studied this buxom figure in the Temple of Mystics and the ornate object precariously balanced on her head. On tour of Athens and surrounding coun- tryside, sailors stop to inspect the remains of a bas-relief sculpture, probably a former temple decoration.