The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-18
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hsS .n om hs sndst Of and m.
and ad again become the centre OF gress ca cons.ds
The fines taxes and cisrnss drawn feOn . Sss m their
city with monuments of sculpture and 'wcnaM . ar
And the drama especially suddenly aross TO " nv acn
naordinsry perfection 1t was In fact, ase..G AMI
genius seemed To riot in prodgslity Leeves c,s,
art were cultivated not for class but the
sens In order that all might listen to the poet
pdes Euchyles and sophocles and tho comcA % o
tophanes The dramatic lyric and musical ara les.
seemed to be immortal Athena had suffered Tey an
riog the Peoponnesion war, but with all that 40 .
paced empire She needed confederacis for shgA 10
enemy In the sparans. Tho Athsnlans and Spa ant
the day In the hardship Of the camp and ths Ash s
liked TO take pleasure In time OF 70 tke one
Of enjoyment and delight than to the other The d,~
struggle for ieadershp, between the two nations, ~
tvs different " stems Hellenic and Dorie or the chass
ter 81 the policy pursued by the Athenans dsscrigA
deli' cred the bodies battle ansbs
country Is entitled to the love of citizens and II must
Of government, not initiating the laws Of nsighbcrrgS
States but serving model for Others rather thsn
issnioysd not by sow but majority" lie fart,s
shows bow the AtheDsns had prospered under this
tbsr %
ddss briefly draws his character -Daring the whole
over his couDry with solcituae and under him rose
highest pitch Of greatness After war broke ont
was shown m he had true conception OF Ito owcr tbs
wisdom and having consponously shown himself tn.
s By ss % for he HE s
favor but dared to have their anger by holding fast
dignity anu honor Such was the true picture Of hsns
his eoquence Look on that picture and thlsl Thu
WORK paints % 1 h the
ralizng effects OF the civil Notwithstanding the
evil that threatened Athens and the many temptations
Inv dps Mi uupu tn alt
government the principles Of the people
tive and thus in few years the city soon regsnsd
leadership Of Demosthenes, Athens maintained long
war with Philip Of Mscedon and, had all the States oi
Greece listened to the warnings OF Denosthenes the
bilious schemes Of the northern conqueror would havs
been bsiei and the liberties Of Athens survived
But as h is she still exercises immense influence to
this very day the human mind by her philosophy
her letters and her arts During the disastrous periods
and morally considered the tone aud temper OF the peo
pie must BE- gathered from the dramatic literature
English pulpit ut the time of Jeremy Taylor But
cannot and should not utter any conclusive dcta from
Of the comic authors and in the plays Of Aristophanes
Moliere and Shakespeare and the works Of Cervsntes
found in general life For this reason we viii psr
cuisrly examine the characteristics to be observed I.
greatest tragic poets historians and artists that
1ouIished in Athens Most Of his pieces produced
which occupied in modern times BY the novel, the ma
gazine ana general PERIODICALS, Society was satirized
severely the agitator5
lefqncd. The sophists In particular, fevereiy
handled According to Plato that class
bal quibblers They would endeavor to prove right
fr wrong that knowledge ignorance that speaking
the silence that the beautiful exists By
the presence OF besuty, man becomes by the
presence Of Aristophanss also satrized all tins
sch, OF revolution and reform annexation and
annexation. Public brought ths stage, aad
the initiated the dress and actions Of the persons
reprefented Socrates strange person and grotssqus
presented fine scope for rdicule Accordingly,
the couos' put forth with that object
that being present the rst representation
stord before TIE audience la order to let s whsth
cr the niuery was good or not Altogether, Arsto
phsnee language unriyAed In graphic deiuestions
lofty eoqueIc abusive slang In flashing fancy wi
pbosoohics jagon aud patriotic can't The lecturer
then read through several Of the comedies Of Aristo
pIianes ard s.vsrsl running commentaries the
which therein abounded In order to show that
tho ridioue which that great master 30 unspsringy
besped on the democrats of that time the
the the free traders the womens
rights ngitatoIs will equally well apply to tbs present
After finishing the extracts, the lecturer said
Ladies and gentlemen have thus presented few pic
tures OF A1stophanes' dramas and,
familiar form of figures and recognize features have
seen In our own day in our daily walks; but We nov
stand alone in the nineteenth century and the realities
OF the American republic.