Show ive tete afy exl I 1 greeks who are germans many of tho the descendants of the followers of king otho aare 1 are found in and near athens A visitor to athens who goes to the neighboring village of Hera Hora clea Is assur surprised to see children with blue eyes and light hair playing in the streets in fact they are little folk who resemble but remotely tho the descendants of pericles those children on the greek soil are descendants of the suite and followers of king otho 1 I when the prince of bavaria was called to the throne of greece in 1832 1812 he was accompanied compa nied hy by soldiers officials professional fess ional men workmen and shop keepers in plain language a good part of bf the contingent was a motley crowd of adventurers most of these remained behind after the fall of the dynasty and occupy ing ng good positions today in athens are the bearers of names unquestionably german tor for instance Hoessl Ho esslin ln rieneck and Se bauroth the bavarian king and queen encouraged cou raged tho the settlement Bett lement of their countrymen lu in greece queen amelia created a model farm in adallas but tho the land uncultivated has now returned to a state ot of nature the king founded a village upon which he bestowed the ancient title of 0 Hera clea and in view 0 ci kAhe brigandage the ho he surrounded it ith walls and gates at the tour four corners ho he erected small forts jt JL had new town houses for 60 families specially reserved for bavarian artisans but only forty were ever occupied after the troubles lea ut of 1843 13 faal lies quitted the he township and th german population lins has since then thell continued to decrease but those jhc have remained do not seem to have contracted greek marriages munch net ner |