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.

by Joseph Pennell

XVI
ACRO-CORINTH FROM CORINTH

THE way the great mountains pile up behind the great temple is most impressive.

XVII
OLYMPIA FROM THE HILLSIDE

THE Olympian groves are a fraud; they are mere bushes and only hide the temples amid which they sprout; but by dodging around the hillside one can see how finely the temples were placed and how lovely were the lines of the meandering river backed by the beautiful, ever-changing coloured mountains.