New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-05
DIR. SCHLIEMANN IN LONDON.

He READS A PAPER BEFORE The SOCIETY OF ANTI
QUARlEs-THE TREASURES AT MYkENE DE-
sCRIBED.
Dr. Schliemann arrived III London on March
%, and that evening read a paper before the
Society of Antquares on his work at MykenG.
Mr.. Gladstone was present and addressed the meet
ing after the paper had been read. Among Others
who were there, the London papers mention Mr..
Tennyson, Lord Houghton, Dir. Thompson. Master
of Trinity College. Cambridge; W. Il. s. Raston,
EaYl StanhoDe, and Lord Aberdeen. 4 very hearty
welcome was given to DR.. Schlemann. and he was
chosen by acclamaton an honorary Fellow of the
Society. The most interesting parts OF the paper
will be found below:
Dr. Schliemann said that "a ms rpn, there vas.
next to Troy, 40 Eastern prehistoric city % 80 hish
archpoogra interest NykenU. Il has attracted the
modern mason, who found II much easier to clt new
blocks from the quarry according TO Ii5 wants ILaa 20
destroy Ny kcngS walls and To carve their enormous ad
amorphOus stones. Hence the conservation OF MykenNs
ruins which can hardly have deeriorated since PAUSE
MAS visited them, u d. 10 ana sad OF thcm Amohg
other remains Of the wall Is the gate on which stands
lions. They 0hc wall aud the gGte) are said 70 be TIE
work Of the CtcOpS, who built The wal tor PTtls in
Tyrms the ruins % MykenH is the fountain called
Pcrseia and the Subteranean buildings OF Atrens ana
his c'drcn in which tey stored thef treasures mere
is 4 sepulchcr of Aureus, with the tombs OF Againem
killed 1t dinner by EeiShus The identity OF the sapu
chrc Of Cassandia called IN question ny the LacedF0
t.at of his charotcer Emymedon. Teledamos and
PalOps deposited in the same scpuc't, iCr II Is
said CG>-auGTa bore thcSe tWln', qua tllt, "HcA
s;ill uc babies, they were slaughtered by EslSthus,
together with their parent.
After preliminary description he said that on
entering the Lions Gate (iJ tle RUNS seemingly
the ancient DIV cngs Of the doorkeepers of whom some
account gwen. Further on, as ~ Troy WAS quad
ranguiar ycopcan masonry marking the site Of
ond gate wood. still further two CyCtOpcan
wattr.cUndaits to the right OF the entrance passage
were two Cyelolean GSteilis h'.e inlthcr on caho
to Light THAI arg" double parallel circle Of closely ointed,
sllutug slabs, which had bee, famous GuIn" tho
last three months Only about oneIa % 1t rests on the
rock the other half rests Effect Egh Cycl0peau
wall lhch has been expressly bu to support it in the
lower part OF the AcrOpohs Ihe Goube circle had been
.iualy covered with cross SiaS, OF when sly are
sill ~ sh In.lde the double slabs was, first layer
OF stones, for the purpose OF ho.dn- ne SLABS ~
their Position Ile remaining space Vas meg n2 Wldi
where original covering remains III lis position or
with debris OF houses mixed with countless fragments OF
archaic pottery wherever the covering was missing
This circumstance could leave no doubt thar the cross
slabs removed long before the capture o. Iykcne
circle he north side IN the western half Of
the circle Dr acemann discovered three rows OF TOMB
s,ces niue ia all made of Caclr stone All stood
upright: only which faced the west had sculptures
rclicf. One STEELE, precisely mat behealh Wh,h WAS
found the body with the golden plates representing the
lion sacrificing the stag 10 Il,l; represents hunting
scene Ino next scupturtu sepulchIal slabs repro
DE- Schiismeun knew of no example in history Of
AcrOpoij having served as DuEt pace save tEc '2ii
lidu the Cary ateS IN tie Athcnian ACropOiis, the
tradition scpuclcr OF CecTopS rs kim Of Athens. But
~. now l.r,y With certainty that Cccrops IS nothing
% lan Kacylpa. the stin-g0d, thar the story Of &C.
cr0r5 having been buried III the Aeropolis Is pure myth
I'M mere in the Arropos OF MyFcnjr the tomb, arc
ylh but reaitv The paper then discussed The ques-
t,. VIM were these great peIsonagcs cntombcd here,
and what were the terNccs rendered ~ them 10 Mykenc
which deserved such splendid funeFral hOnOiS! 10
VA. gf.,lrt at length thai the inhabitants o. these
tGnbs could he other than the very persons spoken
OF NJ the extract Dr. Schlitmann had cited AT the
out f.Om Pausaulas, IN spite OF the certainty lat
the traveller OF the AntonlIe age could never have
seen the tOnhs, which then covered ny ten fect
thick LAYER prehistoric rubbish. No ancient writer
mention that MykenH was rebuilt after u. e. iCo ana
SrabO said that the site had manned uInlabited
ever is capture but facts proved that me ely had
been rebuilt about b. e. 400 and again about Il. C. 200
lie then spoke of the vast masses OF slendidy painted
archaic vases. Iron, he remarked Was found III tc upper
Hellenic cty only, ana trace OF IL IN the prehistoric
strata Glass found now and then IN TIE shape Oi
white beads. Opal glass also occurred as beads or small
ornaments. Sometimes wood was found III perfect
we're carved bas-reef beauufu spils RoekcTy stat
was frcuuct for beads and also Tor VASES mere we're
also beads Of amethyst onyx agate serpentnc, and the
like precious stones, with splendid lLtaSllO CEhamenG-
ton representing men or animals $500
Amer the reading OF the paper Mr. Gladstone Sd that
he WAS struck with the immense wealth or he discover
r, which Or. Schemann mad been permitted 20 MAKE NJ
NJ kru greatly exceeding those Formerly maze ny am
al lIiSsarlik There was point however. connected
with these last dlsCOVcrc, in which they were not so
fortunate as former Tor With them they had Oeen
enabled 10 apply 10 almost every one verifying process
and were enabled them out by comparing them
with the poems Homer lie was still however, very
strongly of opinion, as hr hopefully impressed at
first, that remarkable correspondence "ou III lO''su
between them. DR.. schliomanns Prcscut discoveries
seemed 10 fall between the period OF HoIcrc literature
and the classic age ~ the Greeks. ii was pIOab' tat
IL would be reserved 10 Dg SchlieInaul-snch was ms
energy and such was the large fund OF bupydncy anu
strength which seemed abide both ia hul and MIS-
Sclcmann-tO complete and explain MS own discovery
Although the impression given III listening 70 CHA was
that The most part they were dealing WIN llc re-
mains OF later age than the Dorian Conquest 5S3
there might be among the objects which he described
which were of greater antiquity even IMAM those
referred to in TIE poems OF Homer