Laudator Temporis Acti

William Mullen, "Pindar and Athens: A Reading in the Aeginetan Odes," Arion 1.3 (1973/1974) 446-495 (at 446):

Walking around the steps of the temple of Aphaea on Aegina, you have the finest view in Greece. At this altitude the mainland is visible in a 270 degree arc from south to east. Over the hills of the Peloponnesus to the south is the great plain of Argos; over the hills to the west is Nemea, and a bit to the northwest the Isthmus—the sites of most of Aegina's athletic victories. Fully visible in the north, and brought into focus by the alignment of the temenos, is Salamis, where she won her greatest victory of all, first prize for valor in the battle. Behind is the sacred plain of Eleusis, and then as your eye continues north and east it hits Athens. On clear days when the pollution is not too bad you can make out the Parthenon. Finally you continue to Sounion, though the temple of Poseidon is too distant to be seen. Beyond, only sea.