Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples

XXII SUNRISE OVER THE ACROPOLIS

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EVERY morning the sun, coming in at my bedroom window, woke me when it touched the topmost part of the Parthenon; and then the light spread down to the battlements, then to the cliffs, showing the horrid caves and strong ribs over and upon which the fortress temples stand; and by the time the sun had reached the forum, the forum woke up and all the beauty fled—till another day.

Illustration from Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples Reproductions of a Series of Lithographs Made by Him in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913, Together with Impressions and Notes by the Artist.