The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-03
ENCiVITIONs Ar OLYMPIA.
Some Interesting discoveries Along the South
side Of tho Temple of Zeus.

Owing ~ its being preached, and the soil
connected with il heins broken up. the By2an.
tine eastern wall has again Yielded a mas 81
nrOuLrs of very early date, NOtiv" figures ~ an
imnls weights with the name of /cus, weapons,
tools. and vessels adorned with zig2ag lines
and conccntric circles. The same primitive
style Of ornament Is exhibited hy Il silver
"phialc" with two handles, found in this lo-
caity. More important IL m archaic bronze
figure Of "A woman, Il span high, who stands inn
movable AZ, "A pillar. with closed ieGt me lait
hand she holds 10 her bosom. while with the
right sh" gathers in front N" folds Of her rob".
On her head she wears roll, which character
i1"s the figure as tho supporting element of q
vessel. With this may be- clAssed tn" central
fragment Of a female figure II burnt and paint
cd clay which leads ono 10 suppose the eNist-
encc OF a tcrrH-cottA figure one metre high-a
great rarity. II represents woman stepping
forward. md h,r stin and archaic draperY. with
is emnroidcted border. divides over tue lett
leg and liz red chiffon.
glcd from the wall. or these the most remark-
able for It's length Is a psephism OF the El"An-.
which covers two sides OF u pedestal Ilnerlus
Claudius kuius ~ smyrna. the lan,ra'ias'. con
tinurd the contest into the night. TIL the stars
shane out in the SKY. and hence the Cleans a.
cord him iheirriuz,pship and statue m Olym-
vote OF the SmyrnlOics. who cnlogiHc him, and
bestow ON him ike honor, The games were
celebrated in the first hall OF July at the timo OF
the full moon, and therefore the stars cannot
have been visible before 10 o'clock. Other in
scriutiOns refer 10 VictOrs. whom pauSanias
mentions; Tor instance, lielhnicus. he sprang
from a family Of athletes his father, AlcTuctus
Of Loprcum, won tho prize ior BOXING nrst
among the boys and subsequently among tho
men, his brother, rheantus the pri2e Tor box
| ing among the boys In the uinctieth Olympiad.
| llrllanicus won the same prze in i2i.
Along the whole Of the southern sidN OF the
Temple of /cus, at "A distance of twenty metres,
| runs low wall. the destination of which has
! been made ahundHntly clear by the deeper eN-
! ploratlons on tho southwest. There stands
/ north Of the wall, n whole row of pcdcstals
| some lie PROSTATE on tho south side. amonA,
! them block of red marble, with an inscription
| celebrating the victory OF one Timoas. and a
| pedestal with "A lovely life-sian foot Of bronze
| othors are built into the Byzantine western
! wall. and every purt X covered with 1rag-
mcnts OF bron2rs. This wall can he traced alsC
ON tine western side Of the temple and in the
cast, where Callins .Euccs, and Enuymue
stand. Consequently it s'ems probable that d
| terrace crowned with statues, behind which tic
ground sloped away outward surrounded the
! whole temple. On the south road ran along
| In the southwest one socs how the drainag,
| plugs and water condults come to u stop at TIA
| wan and are broken of, to cont nue. ON the fur
| thor eide of 1t nj lower level One of thcs'
! aqu"ducts discharged into largo brown els
| torn. which measures l.3O metre i'm diameter
| and seventy conumotrcs in height, and stands
near the wall la TINS cistern were found SINAI
vessel Of bronze and several Of terra Gotta.
JULIUS SCHCHlNG,