Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-21
TREASURES OF DELPHI.
,picture of the City as 1t Was in the Best
Days of Greece.

,pcture of the City II Was in the Best
Days of Greece.
Letus trust that the American schools
It Athens may speedily obtain funds
.nough to do some good digging at Dsl-
,hi It makes ones heart leap to think
Il the treasures they are sure to fad
here, notwithstanding the thefts of
Nero. Constantine the Great, and otker
pOundrels.
get picture of Delphi as it was in
he best days of Greece, after the build
hgOi the great temple by the Alca-
nonda, read the tenth book of Pausa-
liss He tells US Of four temples In a
nE at the entrance to Delphi. He then
iescribes what was to be found within
The sacred precincts of Apollo: A
statue Of Phyalius of Croton, bull in
BRASS by Theopropus the Eginetan,
rOtiye offering and marble statues from
legea and Laced@monis; brazen horse
By Antiphanes of Argos; the chariot of
Anphiaraus; the horses of the Taren-
tines in brass; the statues of the Epig-
an the treasury of the Sicyonians;
statues Of Leto, and Apollo, and Arte-
mis- shooting at Tityus; treasures of
Athenians, Thebans, and Syracusans,
hung " tn the spoils of war and adorned
With statues; a portico built by the
Alhenians with money which they got
Far from the Peloponnesians; brazen
lead Of the Peonian bison; a bronze
iagon offered by the Greeks in common
liter the battle Of Platea; statues of
loot soldiers and cavalry by Onatas; the
You've axes of Periclytus; bronze wolf;
.si!' statue of Phryne by Praxiteles
pnefed by herself); statues of cavalry
Haaers seated on horseback; a brazen
"fom Eubpa; statue of Sardus; a
ao'se offered by Callias the Athenian; a
s'Vaze statue of Homer on a pillar; the
"ao OF Achilles son; the Lesche or pub
" nail; with an enormous number OF
PAINTED figures of Polygnotus and stat.
~ ~ mnumerable of Athena and Apollo
.4sgreat temple of Apollo was adorned
~, ~ Us eastern architrave, with gilded
.-e'us from the battle of Marathon. Or
experiments were statues of the god.
aaI o. the setting sun, of Hercules slay
- n o Lern@an hydra, Bellerophon and
=. .' Vnlm@ra, Dionysius and giant
~ ineSe are only small fraction O.
p riches of Delphi as described b,
Nus, 'sSanlaS' A single one of these work,
MAJ. Il recovered, would be worth the
n s,'.s asked by the Greeks for the RICH
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