, 1879-07-05

sc ,,or]I II, I,c NJ, nrtiv,, 1,r,r. nf according.
h!sn rs,,n. ~ ehc"'t,.scI,cr h,iIcyn. hu to
XVI ,h hnst s,,,,f,,et liz ronIt ontain. m1ui mnde
H. ill., ~ thonrh ri hr,rht nnn. tllo foremost
mnii',cian ,,t'iii n 4 ihrus far \ time. '
hcr fnt = rcnursc ,vth ,ncn wi..s,. nnintons wrrn
mar n .!ar ~" ~, ~, rho ,scrc hr1iuvc ,kr
s,"rnnnru. ~ n,H ,"rstes n In ,,nsnarInr {nno-
rntos". ,,"9 "wn hniI nysr In ,,",}rst ,,,,rrict
rsn,or IN IN Sthcme ant lar tntroi,,etin,I ~
'1ren,cr .nroI 1h"rtv nn,onp thrn.. wrrn Mi mi.
sn,ia,et ~ ,',r.,r ,ie ,.o,vrt,on,l sn;rt
ahnCat - n,, ia or"rrl rlnnnt mnm,hcra nj
hnr ,.o,crta wnrn nsanttcI The nrratrst
sr,,lntor Of alI area wns mcaniy aud
falsely accused OF theft. nlll died In
prison. TIE ou.snoken Anaxneoras was charged
with i,npiciy. aud lol to aes AMI nt length
.sapas!a wns brought 10 trial on ttle Fa'nc aeeu-
satlon. 1t was aasy tn getup such MI ace!'ta-
LION a.als; her She alght hare ysftea sonlo
1nony, tmncllcd BY truly pious natives; hut
sltt'i an net ou thu part Of n stranger, whatever
her motives might lie. would hnye been deemed
n great impiety by orthodox Athcuiansi Or she
!naY hare Induced como AihelIian eittzetl-la.lics
to 20 With her and cuGn.u I'll aome tore!En War-
ship. T1Io At1,enlans permitted lornlgnefs TO
obscrvc thrfr own Religious rites IN their c!ty,
without lct Or htndrnuce; but they Ind strong
objections to genuine Att1rnna women becona- 9s
Ing converts 10 any foreign worsltp. Ille
Athenian lat1ies did not fooll on religious inat-
tcrs With tic sa'c eyes Us tue men. TlrE
yrarncd TO have the benefit Of The more cnthtl'
siastc worsl.tps Which camo from Asia
Minor; a,ht accortiHEly, II Aspasfa hau heen
inclined to lend ;lleul that way, s1!e would, ITO
doubt, lInyu l'al many. cagrr followcrs. Or,
finally. and must probably, sflc tnny hhVe been
supposed 70 al1aso thy opntons OF TO phil''s.'-
pliers with ,shou sllc wus o'l such intimate
terms, aln1 TO haya aided and ahetteu tlEcir up-
position to the national crctsl. what were tn:
grounds OF the clnrCu We do not Know. Az We
know Is, TINT sho was acquitted, but that she
owed her ucquittat IL this cnrncat pleal!n" OF
Pertcles, who, on this one occcas!o'i, nccollt-
panied Ills cntrcaties With tears.
Thcrc ca'' bc no doubt that AspasEa exercised
,us,ur her residence In Athens. Tl,is faet I.
.,,n,1 10 ~ ~, ~ H.. .i,,sn ,r.i"n d." ro,";vnI
irSm thr cnn,: n,ets. They cal]c'i bcr Inra.
i,moor III .fa s:mis win ~ i1s,n,tnn I.u,a as
tScy ts na,,el @ rericies. THY aiso t called icr
ii,'e5a'fa, i,5', vic VIE VI meienes, M.a 'c . IT,"
Mn,t ,%,tnt'nt NJ ,l,s nowcr ytch si,o ha;i oyer
rrrtc}". i Nrtstno,,ut,"s IN liz - Ar,nrr,tnns, i,
asscrts that i'uricIcs hrourht ubout ths rcIo-
.'",,nr, ,.n war /" tnE. vr,,.rnnr,. fnr M tnsnft
T.rS ~, Aa,ost". ',',s niars at,irtnn ii,t
thr San,an var ma 1,n,1ertnkpn nnttrc,y 10
s,rotifv mr. 'ri,rsn aro njs,,ril atntcm",,t. M
H." H." ~ thon, nn,1 wcrn ur"hsi'tr ncv"r
nc,nt ~ IN IN orvthIpr M asc linn ink"s: 1ui thev
rrn,Icr unoucslIonabiu il,e profound iutlloncc
of .Aspaala. 1t Is probable timt tlis Influence
wns exercised III al ofI'rt to brGnk down tho
barriurs that kent The Grcek Ctty-Stntcs fgona
encli other, to create strong Hellenic feeling,
to mike 4 compact Hellenic confederacy. Hut,
whatever were tlls atus of hos politits,
| +. tnay b. saiely inserted that no wo,nl.l
ever exercised inilacnra by moro Legitimate
,aeans. It was llcr ,soolnrss. her npb!u aims,
| Tlrru ,eaB probably M atIycn1itous cire,l!-
ssa,ce to Md her. 1t H. not llkrty that slle WIS
beautiful. Tie comic poets sait tlut el,v WAS
was incompatible with beauty It, ti,r cyc OF Il
Gryels, A1u /. dark complexion would nso bu
ngnfnst lur. But nil tl.Mt we tenn gather shout
Snnp!,U's form lca,ls to The conclusion That thus
| comic pocts trnducctI er in Nils rs III other
matters. ] Pinto calls er "hcaut!lui "-a,, rex. ex.
preston which mast haye ta:r,. to rrfrr to her
urslc gcni.aa, but this interpretation ia nt least
| doubtful. 4 vase Of the Fifth Century Il. T.,
AIc:utls mi sappho; md d, tcsv .sappho Is
taller than Alc:cus, a,ul exceedingly
brauilfu,. We i,ayo nlao portrait
| nf Sappho on thu colns nj tic MItytc-
feature. a.,'l suggests tall womn,,. It it has
any defect, IL Il tt It IL rather masculine. At
irst t,,lc rit.bt Acstnto 10 believe tlitlt Is the
fnce tf WOMAN, hut there ca,, be no doubt rs
t" It's beauty. ua the otfcr h md. NJ ancient
wIiler s2cnks oi asias'a as bsanf!!ul efse Is
eallca thc eoo''' 1he WIFE, tue e'oauc't,
| nur NEVER THE nEAlrisuI.
We have one bust huarinE her 1.aflc, certainly
not hrantttu.. Il represents ucosnfnrtaolc 1ncI
isattyn wuinnn; but ! du,lbt very much wtletllet
| " IN IEhMtnn. LAHH 1 tt3u INT moro AnEllIGN IT,
be1ir7c that We llaya true portrait Of Aspabla
III lnarhlp bust Of which 1l,lrr aru two cppIre,
sne In thu Louvre ulnl otlo in Dpritu. rllo hlst
evidently belunEs 10 the hest ttnus Of Grt.ek
SCULPTURE, nlll as rcec,,t ritter In tho .Irch.e.
o.oy;sche zetHHu arguen, cali we'll bu llMt of NJ
p,lrr tim Ast,aslu. The fnrc IL not altogether
beautiful nea0l,!Ipg to Greek i4ras. II }l;ls I'll
EXPRESSION o. parliust md deep thought; hui
what strikes os,n most vi alt Ii tile perplcxcd
uIi butllol look which tlsc whole iaco presents
-us Of yDnig lifelong nnEu!sil, rcsllltilM, from
sumo o,teht Which NJ tslurtal could wnye s,lc
ctsssa1iy,-not wItlluut u tough Ut exQu!sit,
swtutnGss, tenderness. anil clarity. Gould /,
te The tlvl,t In hcl.aA of her ow,! scxl
II ever tIlere was case whirll might laye
h1l.gcstrd to tilr Att.cninus The llol'slcLr of II
tcndts the ssIkprc af nIarrtageabttttY, surely Il
WIS this easu 1f ABpasta. But VII cn,llnt atIiri,
that nuy one thought Ut ttsis. Tile !Atienlar
Womcn, even tle rittzcns, lad no political
standing. They weru always minors, subject to
their inll,ers, or TO sf4cir hukl',nls, or tc
so,Ile male. Aristotle GlwayB classes wol,lrI
aud children together DNt such wu4
tho forcc OK character Of tlleso canl
pantonB Or sllell their hold OIL poHurfu
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