Excerpt from The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. 86: A Literary and Political Journal; July to December, 1875 Sophocles, and Thucydides are the subjects of long courses of lectures; the works of the poets and philo sophers of former ages are eagerly read. The Athenians love their city and everything that belongs to it; they dwell with pride upon the great deeds of former days they cherish the former remains of ancient art which they possess, and a law of the land forbids the exportation of antiquities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.