Athens, From Mars Hill, Showing Temple of Theseus as Paul Saw It

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.5 x 17.9 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A view of Athens and the Temple of Theseus.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Acts, xvii:16.)--There is but one building in the panorama before us that was standing, as it stands to-day, when Paul looked in the direction you are looking now. That was the Temple of Theseus, which you see with rows of Doric columns running all the way round it. It is a source of pleasure to be able to look upon a building now that we know absolutely he saw. We can say this of the temple of Theseus. This temple had been here more than 500 years when Paul came to Athens. The city he saw from Mars Hill was far different from the modern Athens, with its electric lights and railroad cars, which we see to-day from the same sacred height. Athens has now nearly 150,000 inhabitants, and is in all respects a modern city."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)