Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-12


Most neonls have heard Of rbosa fa4oons Savp,,
Slecners Of Enlosrs Who t,,ino roi,Ign from tho
nerserutions of Diorlptian Of the close Of the
third century, fen aslean there and woke mn
t,vo centuries ,fter,varl tn find a nov world and
a Christian arnnira Scarcely less rouaptic have
heen the lorfnr,as Of inc fan1ons Temnle of nj
ana of Fnhesus one Of the seven wonders Of
the ancient world DESTROYED nv an eartbnuake
and plundered nv the CIoths in the third CEN
turv Of fine Chris era II served as a onorrv
for the arcbitecfs If the Rvzan+inp citv bnilt at
EDhesus probohIv in the t1mp of .IusfiDian till
the annette for Dlnnder beinr exhan;te tbe
remnants of its ruins wera allowed To sIit nm
silently un,leI tho sIoyv but snra oction of oIIn
vial deposit Tins the very site of the world
famous temple was obliter1ted I'M British en-
terprise piercn o. throuoh tyypntyt1vo feet ofallu
vial deDosir. came suddenly on the marble nave
ment. sin strcwed with broken columns. cani-
falls ana fragments of scnjntnre This disc6v
erv. one of the manifest efforts of arrho,nlnnv
in our time. is due TO the perseyeripm energy
and Sagacity of Mr. Wood, who, having searched
for tine Site of the temple since 1868 first aft his
own expense. and subsequently witG funds sup
piled by the trustees of the British museum. has
been rewarded. after long wears of foil. by the
discovery of the site. winch was finally ascer-
tanned about this time last wear. During the
last twelye-month a large area of the temple has
been cleared to the pavement and various ar
chitecturdl marbles have been found, more or
less mutiated, living as they had been left by
the barbarOnS despoilers in BYZANTINE times
The diameter of these columns OF the temples
being six feet the scale of the architecture is, of
course, colossal, exceeding it is believed in
proportions the celebrated temple of Jupiter
Olympus at Athens, the temple at BranchidRs
and all eXtant examples of Greek architecture
The great weight of the marbles discovered
rendered il necessary for Mr. Wood to apply for
naval aid, which was supplied by the british
government with that aacrity which has dis.
tinguShed the admiralty in the history of our
archaeological expeditions and which can alone
insure the complete success of such arduous
enterprises. Her maiesty'S shin Caledonia. 4
grand old iTOu-clad three decker was Mt once
sent to Mr. Woods assistance and has been en-
gagged since the beginning of this month at
Ephesus and Smyrna in hauling packing and
shipping the marbles of the temple selected by
Mr. Wood for the British museum. have been
favored with a sight of these huge masses before
they were packed The largest, weighing up-
wards of eleven tons, is part of a drum OF one
OF the cG!dt0 coljtmHe mentioned by Pliny-ie e.,
columns with figures Scuptured on them, OF
which the temple had thirty-siX. OF this bold,
striking innovation in Greek architecture there
exists, II is believed, no other example except
at Ephesus. The relief on this drum appears to
represent an assemblage of dcities. On a stone
from a plaster corresponding in dimensions 10
the sculptured drum, is a relief representing
Hercules struggling with a draped female
figure, and on another fragment Of a drum are
the lower halves of some seated aud standing fe-
male figures, This sculpture is very bold and
effective rs decoration, but wants the inetiable
charm and freshness of the irieZe of
the ParthenOn, while in mastery vigor of exc