, 1877-07-09

Wn1Ct E1su lMf9 QAu llt VkHEs lnlcGtlun lHIH lAak
Of giving ventilation to tho funeral pyrcs
which were put on It, and On which the lead
1,odies, oycrladcn with Jewels, were laid. There
were In all fifteen bottles in tho tombs, and
pyrc. rhc tre of The pyrct was NOT yes cx-
tfnct when the vhose of the scrt,lcftrcs WIS
covered with n thick layer of white clay, ant!
thee viii, smother layer q pebbles, upon which
crerted sepuichral slatn, md. when thc.c l,asi
i,tcn covered up hf ami disappeared in The dust
Of ages, other tomhstones WEIR crcctcd threc
feet or icct aboyc them. tntll the
va ' easy, because va ha, cniy MY to .iirees onr
wurkmcn to dig here at there: hut from thence
Il was exceedingly difficult, lecansc, on our
knees IN the mn,1, my hnehanl Lad 10 mt mt
10 taxe out ono by ono thc precious levels:
"Rut tho loy Nc felt In scctng our efforts
crowned rtth such marvellous aucrcss made us
forget our !ardships lc1aeersl aud orr
toaEht xe had breakfa,te,' as S' and I'd tls'i e
when we had not got anything At Ill for
the whole day. tLsughter.1 We Greeks owe
10 England crcrtastlnE gratitude. BECAUSE With
try tjreeet coaIi never have attained her tn-
tiercn.lcnee. only lately, again, England has
with Cencrous Iiberality eedcd to IN the t,cautt
fnt 1onlan lskpas. 1nt It Ia said that Graetul Is
md d'eg y xs,a4s to de 5pt"'f aat t''f:s e.
gland will not desert tho cause OF
urcece in the present Aent.nl crisis. ! con-
ciule WITH an 4pPral to the Engihh ladies to
my ancestors, % that they may 30 enabled e
classics IN The original. The im,ncntc difficulties
Of our "ncacnt lancnago eonld % s,ls.. be ea;!ly
s,s sxffS safsya, sy II tey 3s fsrops e.
Iuage and aftcrwar,l. The ancient tongue. in.
stca,l of ten years, ths children ~oui.t in this
knowledge Of anricnt Greek, and they wouli
have tho Immense advantage Of our modern
language, which, a a SPOKEN tongue, would
make It totally ttnposss9le Tor t!leln ever 70
forget tho lang1sgs o. rlat" ana Homer: !.
and adylsc yon, fo. get from fiscccc teasll-
crs lar atl sour sellpols. conclude In warmly
thanking you for the indulgence with which
you have listcned to IN enthusiast for Homer"
Mrs. schl!cn,ann. on resu,nlng hcr sent, was
greeted With the t,eaEttcst applattec TIE 1otlo
Chairman said that Dr. schllemann wns anxious
to add few words to his wtfc's statements.
Tint gentleman said:
"My Lord President, beg leave to offer few
observations on Mrs. sciaieIoann's paper. To
the long herlcs OF agents which have becn IN
ettuucntaf tn producing the high perfection Of
art In ancient tirecco must DO adttcd tho cnttrc
prtctes and the perfect freedom which, the fair
sex enjoyed regarding dress, which was conse-
qucnt1Y IN analoEYto tho hot climate. anil harllv
amounted t9 anything At nll. )aneh.l Be-
Of nature. whose forms were not screened from
llta cyeA BY conventional amount of clothIpg
tho ancient Greek artist was at liberty COO.
atantiy to study tho symmetry and anatomy Of
the female body. and he could prosiuce wos,-
dcra by merely copying wllat no saw. A
similar advantage can llcvct hn cnlovcd
by any a1ttat, and therefore sculpture and
painting can never ugain reach thr high pitch OF
perfection which It had attained nntlcr such
exceptional circumstances in antiquity. I
would further remark that, the Engltsh
pronunciation OF Greek is purely conventional,
n use anywhere except in England. On
tho other. hand, We hayo tho most certain
proofs that aucicnt Greek was spokcn
With tho modern t3reck pronunciation .
tho,lkund years ago, when the Muscnyite duke
dom adopted tho Greek religion because MI the
Greek words which at that time entered the
Russian language hare In the lattcr perfectly
ths modern Greek pronunciation. There IL
further conserved Greek prayer OF the fourth
or nth century A. p, written Will, Latiu char.
asters, ,,r from a., which It Is evident tlat
ctatiun waa tn uso. may further mention TINT
the Greek Names found In tho tnncifor1n In
scTipttons Of the time Of tho AecuciAm arc spclt
With the present Greek pronunciation. Thus
VIC have the certainty that for moro than 2, 900
years tho pronunciation has remained The same,
l}catdca other fneunvuntencca. tho English mode
of reading Greek without observing the accent
inrrtaacs onornlous1y tho Students lit1rultIcs
Ia The acquisition Of tint noble lapRunge.h
stone, Lori Noughton, md tho Greek MtnEstce,
| Mr.. Genatios. A vote Of tfla1,ka WIS tendcred
to Mrs. echltcmann for her Interesting paper,
ind tho con pany dtBpGfAcu.