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THE AREOPAGUS OR MARS HILL - With the Temple of Theseus, Athens

Artist: C. STANFIELD ________ Engraver: E. FINDEN

The title in the table above is printed below the engraving

AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING FROM 1834 !! ITEM OVER 160 YEARS OLD!

VERY OLD WORLD! FRAME FOR YOU DEN, OFFICE LIBRARY!.

But a principal object of attraction to the Christian visitor of Athens is the AREOPAGUS, or MARS' HILL, the highest or eastern summit of which was occupied by the tribunal of the Areopagus, which was said to have been instituted by Cecrops, the founder of the city, and was celebrated for the equity of its decisions. Among the various causes of which this court took cognizance were matters of religion, the consecration of new deities, the erection of temples and altars, and the introduction of new ceremonies into divine worship. On this, account the apostle Paul was brought before the tribunal of the Areopagus as " a setter forth of strange gods, because he preached Jesus and the Resurrection" (Acts, xvii. 18, 19.); and before this venerable judicature he delivered the admirably appropriate and eloquent discourse related in Acts, xvii. 22-31.

The AREOPAGUS is an insulated precipitous rock, situated in the midst of Athens, opposite to the antient acropolis, or citadel; it is broken towards the south, and on the north slopes gently down to the temple of Theseus. " It is not possible," says Dr. E. D. Clarke, " to conceive a situation of greater peril, or one more calculated to prove the sincerity of the preacher, than that in which the apostle was placed; and the truth of this, perhaps, will never be better felt, than by a spectator, who from this eminence actually beholds the monuments of pagan ponfp and superstition, by which he whom the Athenians considered as the ' setter forth of strange gods* was then surrounded; representing to the imagination the disciples of Socrates and of Plato, the dogmatist of the porch, and the sceptic of the academy, addressed by a poor and lonely man, who, though ' rude in speech,' without the enticing words of man's wisdom, enjoined precepts contrary to their taste, and very hostile to their prejudices. . . .. We ascended to the summit by means of steps cut in the natural stone. The sublime scene exhibited is so striking, that a brief description of it may prove how truly it offers to us a commentary upon the apostle's words, as they were delivered upon the spot. He stood upon the top of the rock, and beneath the canopy of heaven. Before him t was spread a glorious prospect of mountains, islands, seas, and shies: behind him lowered the lofty Acropolis, crowned with all its marble temples. Thus every object, whether in the face of nature, or among the works of art, conspired to elevate the mind, and to fill it with reverence towards that Being who made and governs the world (Acts, xvii. 24.28.); who sitteth in that light which no mortal eye can approach, and yet is nigh unto the meanest of his creatures, ' in whom we live, and move, and have our being."

SIZE : Image size in inches is 4" x 6", overall page size is 6" x 9".

CONDITION: Condition is good. Nothing on reverse. Quality rag stock paper.

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