Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21


cised, about AL b. c.. or a dozen years
earlier when he succeeded in securing
the ostracism OF his rival. Aristides, the
Just Three similar ostraka were pre-
vlously known, one bearing the name
Of Megacles. uncle OF Pericles. and two
bearing the name OF Xanthppus, the
father OF Pericles. Two OF these were
found on the Acropolis. and the other
near the Ceramicus. The excavation OF
the theatre at Delphi by the French has
been completed. This is connected with
the sacred precinct peribolos), OF Apollo
Temple, and is said to be well-preserved.
1. has seven sections Okerkides) Of seats
with thirty-three rows in each section.
In his excavation on the northern slope
Of the Athenian Acropolis. Kabbadias'
Ephor- General Of Antiquities, found other
caves besides those formerly known ana
assigned to Apollo and TO Pan, and de-
terminod that which has been called the
cave Of Pan TO be the grotto OF Apollo
akraios. Ten votive inscriptions were
there discovered, on small marble tad
lets, which had stood in inches In the
rock. These inscriptions are surround
ed each by a wreath. which kabbadias
believes to represent myrtle, and each
bears the names not only Of the CHIEF
archon OF the city. but also Of the archon
basileus and the thesmothetae. The
place where the altar of Apollo stood is
clearly marked. This grotto, remarks the
Nation. is Of special literary interest
since Il was the birthplace Of Ion, ac-
cording 20 Euripidcss play of that name
The same excavations Of Kabbadias
brought to light steps cut in the rock
which lead 10 the stairs that were laid
bare in the excavations of 1886. Up these
steps the Persans may have climbed in
their invasion of Greece under Xerxes
in $50 b. c.
At Ambelaki. on the Island Of Salamis,
fragments have been found of an ancient
inscription in the Corinthian alphabet,
which proves to be the first two verses
Of the epitaph composed by the poet
Simonides of Coos for the Corinthians
who persisted in the battle Of Salams:
"Once we dwelt in the well-watered city
H.
Of Ajax, holds US" The dialect is strict
Dorian, while the literary tradition Of
Do Chrysostom and Plutarch gives the
epigram of the Ionic poet in an Ionic
form. 1t is thought that the spot where
the inscription was found was the burial
place Of the Corinthians. and that, posi-
bly,, the graves of the others who fought
al Salamis lie near.
As bearing upon a somewhat similar
field of knowledge, it may be noted that
Dr. Adolf Neubauer, the well-known
Semitic scholar, and assistant librarian
of the Bodleian has just edited in col
laboratioa with A. L. Cowley, Of Wad-
ham College, oxford, a Hebrew text OF
portions Of Ecclesiastes, which is re-
cent discovery among mass of Hebrew
and Arabic fragments acquired through
Professor Sayce. The Bodleian Hebrew
fragments consist of nine consecutive
leaves, or eighteen pages. and, singularly
enough, they form the continuation of a
single leaf, or two pages, brought TO cam
bridge in 1896 by Mr. S. S. Lewis. The
Nation says the Importance Of DR.. Neu-
bauers publication in its bearing upon
questions of Biblical criticism can hardly
be overestimated. Hitherto, it adds, the
original Hebrew text of Ecclesiastes has
been regarded as hopelessly lost, and the
fortunate discovery of this large portion
of it will consequently excite all the
more interest.