"Pompous the boast, and yet a truth it speaks: A Modern Athens—fit for modern Greeks."

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Novelists from ScotlandJournalists from ScotlandDiplomatsUniversity of Edinburgh alumni
Original Language: English

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"Modern Athens" (i.e. Edinburgh), in Temple Bar, vol. 21 (November 1867), p. 465