Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-06-07
DIR. sCHLIEMANN's WORK.
he Digs Up an Immense Palace In the
Aeropolis at Tiryns.
Cor. London Athen@uI


Cor. London Atheneum.
1t NAV be interesting to your readers to
hear something of the new work now GO
ing on at Tiryns under the instlgatlon
and at the cost of the indefatigable DIR.
Schliemann. hoped 20 have gone ont
with him this morning, but as he rises
at Al A. NJ, and after a bath starts at
once for the works, he benevolently
countermanded my directions to be call
ed i'm time to accompany him. Before |
Z o'clock, no yever, l found him on the |
famous prehistoric mound with 80 men |
or women turning up the soil and
throwing it over the boundary wall into
the plain below. The Doctor was going
from group to group, induiring, watch
ing, exhorting his men, and looking for
moment at any piece of pottery or
worked stone which happened to turn
up Already, at two opposite sides oi
the mound least and west) have been
found the bases of pillars-On the west
ern side three with two corner stones
making The facade of an ancient house,
the floor of which is gray compost akin
to rough mosaic.
Yesterday Doric capital of very old
style made its appearance; the echinus
i. very wide in proportion to the shaft,
: and it is sixteen course of fluting. This
, determines the style of this house; but
J its age, use, and general plan are as yet
; undetermined. DIR. Dorpfeld, who was
with me, hopes that in a week or two
r more definite notions may be attained.
5 There are, of course, endless fragments
e of pottery of all those kinds described
4 as archaic; but the few complete vessels
). as yet found have been, unfortunately,
: damaged in the digging out. As the
: eastern pillar bases are on lower level
d than the western there may have been
Y two such buildings, and there seems lit
a tie doubt that the surface was arranged
: in successive terraces.
l. A deep shaft has also been sunk to
r. find the depth of the accumulated earth
i but as vet nothing but fragments of pot
e terry have turned up, with piece OF ont
e yery curious limestone vessel, and very
,r oxidized little can, which l guessed II
ir be silver, but which is so curiously mod
ern in form and light in substance tha
r nothing would for moment save 1t
al character but the great depth (fourteel
10 ~ feet) at which 1t was found.
Al Though Dr. Schliemann is not so wel
ne pleased with his Greek Tor rather Alban
is tan) workmen here as he was with thos
ct in Troy and though he calls this trifiin
.,o affair, as he has only so instead of 16
ne men at work, the scene at Tiryns is stril
ct ing i'm the extreme. The figures of bot
OF men and women are very handsome
,le Thev are dressed in the gay Albania
M1o M dress. those who are resting or superiI
~: tending having their soft woolen cream
" white capotes-the most beautiful owe
le coat conceivable. The compilations {
= the people were mostly dark, not llk
IA the fair Argives who surprise the traye
'ra er few miles away.
=. All around are the enchanting view
ho about the Gulf of Nauplia, perhaps tn
M most enchanting in Greece, or even
AZ Europe: The Alps of Already still hay
their cans and streaks of snow, thoug
% the sun is very hot and the trees of tn
I've plain are assuming their summer dres
M The beetling fortress of Naupiia ond I
a aA fort islands, where the national Ma
u" wood has his compulsory home. remin'
one of the old days of sleges and su
ui prises, when the land was barren wit
III war. and not smiling as it now is, wit
neace and plenty. The narrow ford
p blue sea is studded with white sails, an
u single steamer leaves its track OF cul
" "o inc smoke as it rounds the headland
Ioi the south. All about the great mour
and far out into the valley, gardens
lemon trees. orange trees, and tall
presses yariegate the deep green
the growing wheat. And over ;
the rich plain of Argos and over Il
nil ranks of the piled-up Alps is that varie
of light and shade, showing the perspe
tive that infinite variety of outline, bo
e. of which are to be seen in Greece, al
no, in Greece only.
the Athen,eum. Aprilsl
N Hele follows an extract from leu
lie from DIR. Schliemann, dated Iiryns, Ap
She IL. 1884, which forms fitting supp
and ment to Mr. Mahaffy's letter in I
~ m Athenaum of the 10th inst: "Thi
me cheers to Pallas Athena In fact, L ha
len, succeeded here in wonderful WI
nue. having brought TO light an INNER
hall palace with innumerable columns VIM
-. occupies the entire upper acropoiis
rect Tiryns. and of which the floor and
and the walls are well preserved.
-aist OF paramount interest are the "
!. he paintings, which my architect and
him. iaborator, DIR. Dorpfeld, is now copy
not with the same olors. Of the very IN
ally est interest are also the vase paintlr
him with the most primitive representat.'
by. of men and animals. The plan OF
her wonderful prehistoric palace can
said made with great accuracy, and it
and excite universal amazenent, for moth
fis like this has ever turned up.
and The capital found is of the most anci
: 40 nor;o t,rdor over discovered"