Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-25
ATHENS or TO-DAY.

Another Highly Interesting Lecture
at North sheffield Hail Last Even.
ing.
In North Sheffield hall last evening
Professor D. Cady Eaton delivered very
instructive and entertaining lecture, illus
trated with stereopticon views. on "Athens
Of To-day" The program consisted of
views showing the statues of the Aoropolis
Museum, which were discovered In 1885,
Modern Athsn sum building and Origin of
Greek Art.
Professor Eaton In his preliminary lee
ture said that the richest find of ancient
statuary was the group of fourteen statues
found in February, 1885, heaped together
and covered with debris, near the Acropo-
liz. It seemed from the similarity of fea-
lures to represent q family group, and this
10 probably the correct idea, although
many archaeologists think that the various
pieces Of the group represent the goddess
Minerva in various attitudes. The 1ectur-
or then showed the peculiarities of ancient
Greek dress, explaining the manner of
drapery AID asserted that even at that age
there were styles and fashions as well as at
the present day.
After the retreat of the Persians many
of the statues which had before that
adorned the various temples were dis
carded and allowed to become mixed with
rubbish, ~ the Athenians wished to re-
move all mementos of the dissertation by
the Barbarian horde. This accounts for
the peculiar places In which much of the
statuary ID found.
The statues found seem to indicate that
ladies did not part their hair in the mid
die before the dfth century, but the gen.
sral style of hair dressing seemed to be
curls fixed in artistic fashion on the back
of the head with small ringlets adjoining
the brow. Over these curls was worn q
disdem called the stephsnsn. This was
made of . framework of bone, covered
with gems.
Prof. Eaton said that We can hardly con-
ceive OF the grandeur of the buildings of
Athens before the Persian invasion, al
though from the ruins remaining we can
gain faint idea of their splsndor.
In descending the Acropolls on the east
side one comes to the Temple of Jupiter.
The time of the erection of this ancient
pile remains In doubt
Among the views of buildings shown
were pictures of the kings palace, cheap
and ugly, built for him by . beer udQine
people; the home Of DIR. Schliemann, built
Of marble and having on projections copies
of some of the most famous ancient stat
ues; the university, which has 1000 stu
dents, and the National museum, with its
treasures Of art. This museum 10 filing
up fast and 10 In state of confusion, owing
to the impossibility Of arranging the pieces
20 rapidly are they ceming In.
The pictures of Dr.. Sohlismsnn and his
Greek wife were also shown, Mrs. Schlie-
mann with the gold ornaments which her
husband dug up on the site of ancient
Troy.
The wonderful ruins of Dsles were also
spoken of and vieWsof them shown. This
island, which ct one time was the center of
Greek art, IL now rocky waste of ruins,
and for centuries has been used a. quarry
BY the inhabitants Of the surrounding
Islands, many Of the most beautiful friszes
having been destroyed In this manner.
Professor Eaton spoke of the way In which
many statues are now made from the plac-
ing together of various fragments, and said
that this should not be done until all
doubts ~ to the connection of the frag-
ments 10 removed.
The audience was one which appreciated
the fns descriptions and illustrations Of
archaeological art, and all seemed to be
much pleased with the very entertaining
way 10 which the lecture Was presented.