Joseph Pennell - Sunrise over the Acropolis

"Every morning the sun, coming in at my bedroom window, woke me when it touched the topmost part of the Parthenon; and then the light spread down to the battlements, then to the cliffs, showing the horrid caves and strong ribs over and upon which the fortress temples stand; and by the time the sun had reached the forum, the forum woke up an all the beauty fled- till another day." Joseph Pennell.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library