Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-05
AWAKENED HISTORY.
Referring to the latter days one Of
the ancient Prophets suy,:

the ancient Prophets suy,:
Wherefore the things OF all nations
shall be made known, yea, all things
shall be made known TO the children Of
men. There Is nothing secret, save II
shall be revealed.
OF course It is not insisted that every
insig nificant event which has trans.
pred will DO brought to the knowledge,
as history, OF each individual that
dwells on earth. But there is the
Lesson that oil essential knowledge OF
the past shall be revealed in later
time. In connection with this idea,
the June Century has peculiar
revelation OF knowledge that has been
hidden for centuries past. The item
Is not OF great signifc ince, but It, dis
covery shows how simple means can
be made available to preserve the
history OF an event, and bring II to
light. Notwithstanding earnest efforts
to efface 1t from the worlds record.
Mr.. Eugene p. Andrsws, Cornell
graduate studying In the American
In the Century how he worked ont the
riddle Of the Parthenon, which has
III I'll I'd the researches OF the most
erudite OF ant:quarlans. For GEN.
turtles these have puzzled over the
nailholes In the nrchitrave OF
the east front OF the Parthenon
six parallel lines bored into
the marble OF that classic edifioe. 1t
has been believed that these holes
were used to iasten metal letters to the
front OF the building, two thousand
years or more ago, but what the letters
were or what they spelled, has been
unknown. The cleverest guess was
that the characters immortallzsd the
message that Alexan Ter the Great
sent to Athens, only hundred years
after the completion OF the PArthenon {.
But this was only conjecture.
| MIR. Andrews also puzzled and
guessed. Tnen hs went to work, with
true Yankee persistence and skill. BY
a rope thrown over the front OF the
Parthenon, and with an arrangement
OF pulleys and n cradle, he drew him.
self up to the level OF the architrav @,
and, for the first time, inspected the
holea at close range. A casual observa-
iou showed that there had been
no lees than $50 letters, whereas Alex.
ander's message co ntained but 81. In
order to study the combinations ut
leisure, the young man made use OF
moistened sheets of"squesz, paper"
which were pressed down on the SUI
face OF the marble anu tqueezsd OF
driven into the holes. When dried
these sheets gave fac simiie 10 relief
OF the arrangement OF the holes, and
the sheets were hung in order on the
walls OF his room, and there studied
for weeks. The holes quickly r,solvsd
themselves into certain combinations
OF three or four each, several OF the
combinations recurring regularly, and
by their form suggesting some
OF the Greek capital letters.
Three holes, for instance, in tho shape
OF pyramid, would suggest Alpha.
Delta or lambda; II the pyramid was
inverted the holes probably held the
ietters Tau or Epsilon. Careful meas-
urements differentiated even similar
combi nations, and one alter another
the letters were unmistakably identi.
fie1. At last, alter weeks Of absorbing
work, the result stood clearly revealed,
and with 1t u truth which upset the
ancient theories OF the savants. The
inscription lie now shown 10 have been
attached not b. q. but A. D.. and the
monarch whose fame was celebrated
on the Parthenon was not Alexander
the Great but the Infamous Roman
emperor Nero. The translation OF the
Inscription as now revealed Is;
1.-THE COUNCIL OF THE AREoPA.
Gus AND THE COUNCIL OF THE SIX
HUNDRED AND THE AIHENlAH PEOPLE
ERECT A STATUE OF EMPEROR NERO
CESAR CLAUDIUs AUGUSTUS GERMAN N.
ICus SON OF GOD, WHILE 1lBERIui
OLAUDIus NovIUs is ACTING AS GEN
EKAL OVEN THE HopLITEs FOR TIL
, EIGHTH TINE, AND WHILE HE II
ovEksEER AND LAwGIvER."
> This Shove that the letters were at.