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National Geographic : 1973 Jul
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Gleaming beacon to seafarers, Corfu welcomes them to a seaside park lined with time-mellowed dwellings. Snake-haired Medusa (left) guarded the shrine of Artemis in ancient Corfu. The nine-foot figure dominates the temple pedi ment, one of the earliest and best preserved in Greek art. Ulysses feared that such monsters might come "up out of Hades." Now a museum by day, a casino by night (right), the Achilleion was built for the restless Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, as a retreat from the restrictions of court life. 34
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