CLASSICAL RUINS WHICH HAVE SURVIVED GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.—The -ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Unlike most pagan structures in Greece, the Temple of Apollo has never been converted into a Christian Church. In the vestibule bf the ancient temple were carved the famous sayings of the seven sages, "Know thyself," and "Nothing too much." In one corner of the building was the chasm of the- Oracle.' a cleft in the earth from which a poisonous mm arsis*
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 97, 26 April 1928, Page 7
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80CLASSICAL RUINS WHICH HAVE SURVIVED GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.—The -ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Unlike most pagan structures in Greece, the Temple of Apollo has never been converted into a Christian Church. In the vestibule bf the ancient temple were carved the famous sayings of the seven sages, "Know thyself," and "Nothing too much." In one corner of the building was the chasm of the- Oracle.' a cleft in the earth from which a poisonous mm arsis* Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 97, 26 April 1928, Page 7
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