, 1865-01-15
TEE GREEK PER k0EE85OR
Il IN &3ltEECH. -...
From Prof. FeItofiss Familiar Letters
from EUFQnas

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From Prof. FeIto,l,s Familiar Letters
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THE OLD AND TIE NEW, GREEK.
:. Ihnve not got over tho strange impression
y makcs to hear the Greek farnlliarly spoken;
had e.; ossn studying these thEsy years.. with :
tho facility have In using English. I say :
The Greek fur the language spoken now by
educated people here ia substantially Greek. /
It u absurd to spcak Of Tho Greek as dcad i
va 6sd m amusing tino.,3 T. l. ropcatea L i,
HRS. Black so1no sentences In Greek, pro. |
nounced In Tho English and American style,
md the shonta 6f laukhtct which the iaaies =
Thero ts nothing fnote ,cohltqal lhat Tho de-.
tito, at English scholar cuts when :iia first
comes 10 Athens. lie tihy havc tak9n tho
flrst hot1tfs uf his niiisursttY, and 1Nritten
pti.e odes witlont IT. number , yes h he sahnot
will understand. NOR sati 10 understand q aln.
rio word hu 1ltats III tie stfccts Ur III society.
Tilt professors laugh At hlti / tfiu w0iliuti
thuR6 at him ttlt IjOys 10 tho stttbt fatixll ut
hlhi. no catl buy . yfaynt oiiiy by drawing
Is s;s nsn g. :G[3 ~ ast AZ es ts as Il sgst@s %Sis @
| u rat, he t1utt 0ten hIs nioutl! ath pulnt
lAy hIv l,asiu Oh his head aud sAy "N!s ~ For
iaIr ofetouhihgs, 10 tlItsst pull otf hig soes,
alid, lie1dhg hls N9t Hp TO the shopkoepcr,
nut ls'rss ss s,eai'te ".|Sqf ti!e % sn, iSa
atilV sttAstKV lutlM,lo lAlltla lm Oh tho at!urgs
Vi tiloeet, lln!rss he picks w \ neryh,lt MhO
gal1 .leak ss,lns weatvr1i ln,El'sFc wllil which
e IL 4sa 'ssss ~ ssasiS ~y 1. a. III esa sfis: a
Rlinge, a,mrl foni ito llyln4 representative n1a
With an abaht1 nnl a,ltfary pronuualattot,l
70 which Wn cllbK hs i lts rias wers tho Tut
toiatnahdthetits: ,Ille spoken Language Of
est1 sS II %s xi' 1ss ssd sa b s'esns s"s
established hufe.
uh1tcoNiAN Ann rAAaAHsiAN nxpsntHNuhs.
.As we e.oated D !o,sur point, Of ttoleon,
aiid eatlu u slght Or Tafnasstls, illa travelling
gtsw touni,ot alti Feashef; ofay say''
| Ath0utana rllls the!F hiaty prosfvss take."
Otu Ut thet9 atstntns had thken l!s nihsy
course directly avE0as or path l. had worn i
ghsMnel. md tl;en tAn osfS'sd }ett y aty, y
as sts tS ss' b no es s%sss s,s ce s
ID proof REatAst slippery mud aud down wont
my gallant Thetnal!ap, p..eA!ng me hehd fire
moas oyer to tAe opRva!tv bunk. Ny Int a.
ready tho yastlm ofeiEau.nstanees, Waa ,dala.
aged MS knee was considerably brulaoa my
s1zcpaEable, my old itnok'coat-the Mtshtt.l
companion or 10 many jonFnsys--was not only
. covered with mud, but rent 1T tta left elbow,
Think OF my condllieu-~on tAa SLOPE Of Ha.
leon. in sight OF Paspassus, and out at the
elbnws. a..
The trees had put On their autumual col.
ors, as varied and brilliant as those Of an
American forest while the marble snmmits
| rising on either side above the zone of cedars
that encis c!cs their waist with belt Of green
| closed In the picture with o sculpturod frame
contrasting with the many-tinted picture
| within.
At length We descended the last slope, OF
. The northeast, toward the Copaic plain--ont
Of tbe most remarkable in BGotia. Looking
| back on Hencoo6i, and of the 1e1. =: ees tn
scarcely visible Pa,nassus, We say the cloud
! thlckcning, and ehowery Joyc more omtnou
and threatening. Thunders began to roll, ant
lightning to play about the distant sunmits
and stopped at the principal house 1t tcontain
cd, thinking We would lunch here, and val
until the coming shower bad passed. In v,
i vent, and in few minutes our lunch, con
!. sisting Of cold boiled egg and q bit Of bread
> WIS laid on cfrcular table six inches high
, down-lay to, might literally say-and ate
= and while we ate the thunder and Ightnin:
ragged with fearful violence, aud the shower
!, came down like another bcucaion's dcluse
/ which you know, happened Just about thes
: parts. In few moments the mountain tor
r rents begun TO rush down with toar and
, fury quite Uncomfortable IN our country. /
: was ,n,!ain wc could 20 no further,
i Let mo tell you what sort Of house It wa
! Rene mber It was quite superior to the ayel
age Of houses throughout Greece. The wall
i we're Of baked clay, and over these was 1ai
the wooden roof running up to Il ridsc.pole
: There vas one story only, and only one apar
a Aoer; the floor being made of earth nike
with straw. This lower portion Of the roor
vas occupied by the animals horses, COWS
t &c. Towards the end Of the upper portion
was rassed circle, On which t}fe was nude
| and The food was cooked, The smoke fouu,
: It's way up 10 The room, and mcandcred il
graceful c1rls among the tfmbers, SOM
: OF 1t escaping, In the course Of time, through
the cracks, which served the double purpos,
of1ctting uut the smoke and letting in tht
the wall, closed By wooden panels when nc
r | ceesafy, were the primitive communication
with lie tight ofheayen.
Tie fnlnlly contested uf fathcr, mother
aunt an q four M children. the Youngest 1alJ
Hike Nausicau In the Odyssey. had gohe 10 ttt
The father WINS Alunl the lhtii l1ie aunt ira.
i, keeping tl1H children qnitt, hild spltining-
tt9t viii ,slleelt but Mi!li ilictsly d spindle
io' t?F MF' \ isT - 1as ash. Sto'na III nonef' s
After lhitiieoh 1lnfeh ttnwh Ut full tehEttt
with thy leat toward tho fifr, Ati,1, Outtg 1
| n,od tifni exhausted w{iiiMy neiieJhiah i'm
Dle, nit fhst haletV, Wltii 1 nWule, Iii,
iAethrf llud returned, eUfipiutely tlrtiiuhull
! | ahti .wts ,etiADniiig bur tttrBs.
! We'll. here NJ Wpte 10 elly for tlla hfEhl
IL WAa6tl embarrassing etft!tltlalaNue islatuAl
tNgHM4t=al,aH. haAgHHf, Rna rft,YtsfUna, l,pjlH
piIhlFet illtl (ADlesEl.All All gnne NYWBr,) Il
EetNlflta, AZ tho lgnnlU ll1tl III, Uys, .lIer,
affp no bensr1nlNb as they mt on thp RfDtans
titie Ntle ~ elalla! " ilieF wv Wltl ltsel
anEGihi t.Vle MElv {|' RttS"H Htill ls.fha, ~ NuY
III as MW, Mn, eWtf,.vH' eWtM.v' shSs xsaea.s|"s @.t9!
,n'9a t,"9a 4 ,G''auu ,p""ae "'!a tHAva Y!
s.ea a',e"u " e"h,My, tH4tuupee nH!s w ".
vaau'y ~ t,'p 'i'!'.MoH a',e nuatMs Mmt
t"st'u "sst "''"''' p" w e"''' Nv NV 'a"}s"'l''
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,, III a'.,3 ns w.. msao H. l}.shs,!n y.'
g"o. ,us n,s,,t n. ~, H., tsln H. ogu"t'5
WI ,,s" ~ ny! ,rnn ,ss"s v hi ~ T., siao,, l.,
nIu 1aes., "'at !tuo T.. 'ussso H., r ' = asenP III
snu snu NJ, IT, .s,i ~ w iost ~.
suhHtuiae'em ~ sa.nsu, n,lM tmG ttutmahGn VIII
enirkrn, !he Noot !,otncI ppeu tne nnu1
out " lug ttoMgn! apa namtea eolao .a,aa. lha1a
III. Nsa Sly ,a nsaui y. t.'tn H. 'n'E!.9
1nu .a ieui i ~. in 80 .a ~ ~" , eGv's a9',
: Gni,ta, nnH shot Waa al ~, d isi,m,i ti,af ~
Iiolirr iiescriiot,) nittl bo,ie.ll Ind vlioti
tiry Ind rpol rl Tho fUu,t, and skithtj1f brc.
tmrrtl 9tlr ftnpt,h Tho thhie WAB titteatt. nNt
s.iyr alfntrllrt1 forth t,,lf hniIs 10 lu tbiI.Kf
that Wrtn itinR bct1l lln, u.