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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1963)
Jolly Grecian Taxi Driver Conducts Nelson Reed On Visit To Acropolis, Parthenon By NELSO.V REED All the Greeks that we have met have been very friendly but the jolly taxi driver we had today was the most. He giggled and lauglted at everything he told us as we drove around, and when we left him he assured us that he would always remember us as we shall him. First he took us up to t h e acropolis which we had tried to see two days before but tailed, for the queen and her king consort were showing it to Columbia Broadcasting Company's televi sion camera crew and the pub lic was not allowed up, so perhaps you may see it sometime on television. But this morning we scrambled up the very rough stone path lo gape open-mouthed at the mag nificent columns of the Parthe non. Much of the ornamental stone carving and statues have been packed away by the Ro mans and later by the English, but there is still much to marvel at. Picking our way carefully down the rough stone walk to the park ing place where we were to meet our taxi again, we talked to a most friendly and attractive young Greek who was selling pic tures and postcards. We bought a few and he insisted on making us a present of some others for which he refused to take any thing. From the acropolis we drove to Piraeus and let me say right here that no place we have been In Greece is pronounced the way Our professors insisted we should pronounce it. But say it how you will, Piraeus, the Port of Athens, is a most interesting place. The wonderful harbor is full of great ships flying many flags, smaller ships engaged in the inter-island trade, and in the two yacht har bors, as elegant yachts as you will see in San Francisco or San ta Barbara. , We had lunch on goat's milk, cheese, salad, half a lobster each, fresh fish, heavy crusted Greek bread and white wine, sitting on the terrace of a little Greek res taurant overlooking the yacht har bor. Waiters who knew how to an ticipate your wants without be ing a nuisance looked after us, while under our chairs the weird est assortment of stray cats snatched at bits of fish we threw them. After lunch we drove through a part of the town where some of the refugees from the last war with Turkey still live in v e r y shabby looking stone hovels. Our driver told us that many others had been resettled in low cost government apartments; that they were Greeks from Asia Minor, and, that many of the older ones spoke only Turkish language. Piraeus was bombed during the last war by the Germans, the English and then the Americans Most of its citizens had to move into Athens and share quarters with people there. Nowhere in this unfortunate country are you ever free from the ravages of war. This fine bright morning wc took a car with an English speak ing guide for a trip to Corinth and across the Isthmus to the canal cuts through the Isthmus that connects Central Greece with the Pelopnnesus. It is a very deep cut some four miles long that permits good sized Peloponnesus. The Corinth ivesscls to go through from the Ionian Sea to tlte Agean, saving a long trip around. From the highway bridge we looked down several hundred feet at a Greek steamer passing through the ca nal. Here at Connlh. St. Paul preached and later wrote h i s Letters to the Corinthians From Corinth we drove to the famous ruins at Mycenae which were discovered by Schliemann, the great German archeologist. Schliemann was an ardent stu dent of Homer from his youth and lie became convinced that the II liad and the Odyssey were not fairy stories but Fish, Game Meet Slated The local chapter of the Ore gon fish and Game Council, an nrpanizatinn nf cnnrtcmn iwi,o. senling six Oregon counties, will J hold its regular meeting 7:30 p.m Thursday, April 18, at the Wil- lard Hotel, according to Bob Pyle. president of the Klamath County chapter. ine council win discuss pro posed bylaws which will be pre sented to representatives of other county chapters at a meeting in Bend Saturday, April 27, and will consider making a recommenda tion to (he state legislature that posts on the State Game Commis sion be made elective rather than appointive. Included on the agenda will be a tape recording of the Senate hearing in which an interim com mittee was established to study game management practices of the State Game Commission. Frans Hals, celebrated Dutch painter of portraits and groups, had seven sons who were also artists, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. were the true history of an early Greek people. Thereafter he de voted his life to locating and ex cavating the ruins of Mycenae, From the excavations and guided hy the writings of a very early Italian traveler, Pausanias Schlie mann was able to reconstruct in his mind the ancient city of My cenae and the royal palace. The museum here has a fine collection of household utensils, weapons of war, statues and jew elry. Here, like at all the ruins, you have to have a vivid imagina tion to picture the ancient city and the palace as the guides de scribe them, for all you see is tum bled walls and endless stone scat tered around. From Mycenae we drove through! the fertile plains of Argolis where there were many large orange and olive groves and fields of wheal knee high, irrigated by both sur face water and water pumped from wells. Occasionally we saw fat sassy magpies, full twins to those at home, or strange looking crows that are grey on their backs with black wings. Climbing the hills from the Plains of Argolis we reached the ruins at Epidaurus. Here Aescula pius, the father of medicine, prac ticed his art. From all over Greece the sick came to him seeking a cure for their ailments. Unlike the hocus-pocus practiced by the priests of Delphi, Aescu lapius was a true physician and surgeon, as the wide assortment of surgical instruments in the mu seum testify. Many of them look almost mod ern, and remember Wis was zuou B.C. Aesculapius was also said to have prescribed what we now call "shock treatment." All of i his patients after they had been properly cleansed physically and morally by the proper sacri fices to the gods, were made to go down into a deep pit and gaze at hundreds of snakes. April 8 Today we left Athens by plane and flew to, Crete just a short flight across the Sea of Crete. Asl soon as we had gotten settled in our small hotel we took off with small group, led by an English speaking guide, to visit Crete's famous museum.- It turned out to be the finest we have seen in Greece. A famous English archeologist, saico. you can read the history of sir Artnur tvans, had a hunchja civilization that reached a high from the few relics that farmers sree 01 development, then de had dug up in the area that this ! " '. r 8 ' e d and gradually at- . . . , . '"" even jiijjner level. city. So he bought the land and started excavating. His hunch was correct for he unearthed the ancient city of Knossos. the birth place of Minoan civilization and the sight of King Minos' roval paiace. Sir Arthur established the mu seum m which are the relics of civilization that extends from the Stone Age to the Roman era. Through the display of weapons, pottery, tools, jewelry and mo- At Knossos Sir Arthur recon structed part of the royal palace so you get a clear idea of how highly civilized the Minoans were in 2000 B.C. The rooms in the palace had running water piped in irom springs on the mountain side through jointed terra cotta pipes. The water that ran into the royal bathtub that was even heated. There were pipe drains under the tub and under the royal toilet which was inside. Knossos was the sight of theidreaded Minotaur who devoured famous Bull Kider festival. which took place each spring. The story is that King Minos received tribute from Athens of a number of youths and maidens each year to be trained as bull riders. It was a very dangerous sport and many were killed in training. Those whoi survived became fine athletes who could seize a charging bull by the horns, turn a handspring over his head to land standing on his, back and then flip flop off him onto the ground. I the maidens. Then came Thetus, the son of Aegeus, to slay the Minotaur. To find his way out nf the maze, if he succeeded in killing the Minotaur, Thetus was given a ball of string by his girl friend, Ariane. Die daughter of King Minos. Unraveling it as he threaded his way through the maze he found the Minotaur and slaved it. He returned safely to vied Ariane and become King oi the Athenians. It is a verv pretty story even if it is a myth but tne bull dancers are not. for Here according to mythology you can see very exciting mur- was the maze where dwelled thclals and slatucs of them. PAGE 10 B HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Plan Your RETIREMENT INCOME Through EqoiUble'i l.ivinr Insurance John H. Houston NervlW Slnr IT'I CALHOUN'S i G KEFS inns All Wool till leid aalei In lielter oar- prti which are oonsr qurnlly Mold to hellrr nr. Wool haa tha rrral. ml aoll remittance of any Mlier in many casea it don not need ahampoolnt: for flva yeara. 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