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© MARTA
Athens National Archaeological Museum
During a late warm summer afternoon, Cecrops unrolls his body under the shade of an olive tree, praising the goddess for the gift given to the Athenians.
‘‘Tell me, Oh Muse, for what more than this sacred olive garden could I ask?’’
Cecrops,
the first king of Athens
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