Note 4 — Chapter VI
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“In all Attica,” says the poet, “if we except Athens itself and Marathon, there is no scene more interesting than Cape Colonna. To the antiquary and artist, sixteen columns are an inexhaustible source of observation and design; to the philosopher, the supposed scene of some of Plato’s conversations will not be unwelcome; and the traveller will be struck with the beauty of the prospect over ‘
Isles that crown the Ægean deep
:’ but for an Englishman, Colonna has yet an additional interest, as the actual spot of Falconer’s Shipwreck. Pallas and Plato are forgotten, in the recollection of Falconer and Campbell:—
‘Here in the dead of night by Lonna’s steep, The seaman’s cry was heard along the deep.’
This temple of Minerva may be seen at sea from a great distance. In two journies which I made, and one voyage to Cape Colonna, the views from either side, by land, was less striking than the approach from the isles.”