Show they understood weather the temple of the winds at ath ens shows the knowledge the ancient greeks had of the weather that came when the wind blew from different points ot the compass it Is a little marble tower with eight sides which are built to face the eight principal winds on each side of the temple Is carved a human figure that pictures the character and qualities of the par titular wind it faces the north wind Is represented as a man warmly dressed blowing on a trumpet made of a seashell to show that it brought booming cold weather the northeast wind which then as now brings cold snow and sleet or hall is figured by an old man with a cruel face who is rattling sling stones in a shield an action that brings to mind the noise and power of hall storms the east wind which brings to athens rain tor growing crops Is ex pressed by the image of a young man with flowing hair and open face hav ing his looped up mantle filled with fruit honeycomb and corn the ret wind is indicated b the S aagat AA tAt ure of a slightly clad and beautiful auth with his lap full of flowers ATIS on with the winds from all around the compass each its qualities ten in stone by the ancient grecian sculptors reading these pictures of different kinds of weather and comparing them with the records of today to day the mod ern scientist learns that the climate ol 01 greece has not changed enough to make any great difference so far as the v are concerned for more than twenty centuries |