Monday, October 18, 2010

The temple of Athena Nike



"On the right of the gateway is a temple of Wingless Victory. From this point the sea is visible, and here it was that, according to legend, Aegeus threw him self down to his death."

Pausanias - Description of Greece 1.22.4
Translated by W.H.S Jones adn H.A. Omerod 1918

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