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[postcard image of a a Greek community from atop a hill. Homes can be seen across the expanse with a dark mountain range visible in the background]
SPARTA, "WHERE EVERY FIGHTING MAN WAS A BRICK"
Occupying a magnificent site in the broad plains of the EUrotas, with 8000-foot Taygetus separating it from the citadel of irs enemies at Ithome, Sparta, though relatively lacking in ruins, is well worth a visit. At the base of the foothills of Taygetus are the ruins of Mistra, Greco-Byzantine relics of the Middle Ages.

[a postcard image of a crumbling amphitheatre made of stone]
THE THEATER OF DIONYSUS (see page 582)
Photograph from Alexander Wilbourne Weddell
Below the Acropolis lay the temple inclosures of the wine god. Within this space the masterpieces of AEschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes were first performed. Many changes have taken place in the original structure, and the fragments we see date, perhaps, from about the third century A.D. On the left in the distance is seen the monument of Philopappos, crowning the hill of the same name.

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