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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 2, 1977

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Foun Sonand the realm of twelve columns remain of the once splendid Temple the by Mike Spear staff writer Poseidon Ore might before be which lies it was saw the strayed years intact t brought Turies. Ape so Union lies at the Southern tip of the province of Attica the vortex of a giant funnel that holds a Good Section of Southern Greece including the capital of Athens. It juts into the Blue Aegean like the prow of a ship and the surrounding sea is studded with islands. Greeks since ancient times have watched from its wind swept Heights As their fishing fleets and naval vessel dropped Over the horizon. And from it also they have seen their enemies come. The ancient greeks fortified it because of its strategic importance in controlling the sea route to the Cyclades and the nearby Silver mines of Avrion. Greece has nearly always been a maritime nation and its ties with the sea were apparent at the Cape from the beginning. They used it like a Lighthouse or Beacon to signal ships and warn them of the land. Some of the most treacherous water in the Aegean lies just Olf the Cape where winds funnel Down through the narrow Strait Between the islands of Andros and Euboea the winds there often meet others whistling Down fro the Strait of Challis to churn up conflicting seas. Every Captain wasted no time getting under the ice of the Cape holy  Homer called it and when Bronze Poseidon hurling his Trident was discovered in the sea off Cape Artemis Ion. Page 14 the stars and stripes in the 5th Century b c. The athenians built a Temple to there i rectangular the Long Sidt about 20 Feek usually f out. Into three which con chamber. The name known that i.,the Temple inner Gaboni excava at least a -. Small idol been hallo two huge., Lions at the i shipped at to most imports a statue Oft olog Call  
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