Re: Greece briefly shuts the Acropolis as Athens sizzles - Reuters
Ralph Hancock <[email protected]>
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Which prompts a thought: in the golden age of Athens, the climate was warmer than it is now. At what time of day would Pericles and his ilk have delivered their speeches? Presumably not under the pitiless glare of the midsummer sun on the baking flagstones of the Agora. RH