The morning times., 1896-07-05

breostplate We're the letters I. Il. g. in
English, as in those days the Greek alphabet
was shy on the letter b.
And now, all in battle array, the Greeks
were ready for the fray They drew up in
solid phalanx and awaited the return Of
the steering committee, which had gone
ahead on dapple gray horses TO report on
the condition of the pass. In the evening
Of the day before it had been reported that
the singers and archers OF the enemy had
arrived and had pitched their forks and
tsjust on the eastern side OftLe mountain.
But at the first grey streak of the da wn
the archon or chairman OF the steering
committee arrived in camp and announced
that the pass had been filled up in the night;
in fact, us related by Herodotus, the hole in
the mountain had disappeared
This fight, then said LeonIdas, must
be entirely on one side''
Truly" said PartheDos Hill, lit has not
been on any other side since drove Boiesias
beyond the ramparts at this very spot in
the last quadreDnial"
Then tie mighty force of the Delphic
oracle was again heard, and it said:
1T behoOves the Greeks If ttey cannot
go forward to go back ward
And, as usual, they all maTveled at tie
scundness OF the wisdom Of the speech and
straight way they marched back gain down
the ILL and the rest of their deeds are
told in the beautiful story of tie Retreat
of the Ten Thousand"
On the western side OF tie pass of Tier
Inopylae, near the Chicago, is plain marble
shaft on the faces Of which ire inscribed
tie story Of tile stoDinG to death OF the
steering committee. They had run the
Amy of the Golden Fleece up against a
stone wall and they died ignominiousIy.
APOLOGIES TO PHIDIAS.
A word about the authenticity of our en-
cravings. The chiarOoscuro Of the Delphic
oracle himself is from the frieze-out Df
the Parthenon. Some good authorities on
Hellenic sculpture assert that lie is not
standing on his own legs, and it is also
held by the same authorities that the rose
OF the man from Massachusetts is a rcstoFd-
ton. Wehave given them n nevertheless, Just
as we efound them \ reference TO the works
OF DioDysius of Haliclnassus Will also show
that what the warrior in the long white
flowing bearl is wearing on lis back is not
q shield but u silver saucepan, in which
thepay ofthe MediaD aud Persian a armics was
.alf tod lnf1y at 10 -al
man, who stands on the rocks just above
Leonid;,s, is not the Dying Gladiator Ee
is the Lead Gladiator and appears to be
somewhat proud of the distinction. The
Persian with the Pitchfork might be con-
with the basso relieve of Curinth
the God OF Waters with the
Teen TO one And Bust refers to an ancient
custom at the South Carolina Dispensary.
The phrase has enormously been trans
lated 20 TO 1 or bust.
We would also like To state that the
en- sraver read corset for "curselet,"
and hence the peculiar Venus and Milo
chest protector worn in the diagram by
he Centurion of Colorado. One other
graphic feature needs special comment.
Blackburn. the Median, will be observed
q be riding up steep hill and has his
back TO his chargers head. He will not
pass good stopping place.
Tier. has long been a contention az
10 whether the Persa band played the
.CameIs Are Coming" In this repro
luction or the cavalry the artist evidently
lid not believe that Archon Altgeidi
horse for instance, was a camel.