The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09
bus BEFORE HOMER
,..,,,o, Brings the Dead Fast
to Life Again.
. aoRIEs OF ANCIENT GREECE
| ,.,or. the siege of Troy the
civilization Wnxed
.w.ped.-Lifc of the People,

4 love for the i'olne' -. h,sed
-,, t.c,s. began TO dig up some
~ -',., noted places mentioned in
.,,ort poems. But his excavations
~ 10 results far WIDER than his en-
..m strong as it was, ever reache''
-,.y,.ions hsve brought not only
[,ap, light for the clearing up OF aueS-
..,,.c,ed with the Had and the
-. ,oey have not only greatly assist
n recOns,ructlns the Homeric world
~, more. They have opened up to
a,ulration which grew and i!ourished
...,haa on Grecian soil ages before
~, snlc, fell into heightened shape
s.-.nn /, was who began these eNcaNa-
VA pursued them successfully as
.lr MS books ON Troy. Mykenae ana
These excavations nave been con-
~ :, ,a,e Years under Chrestos Tsoun-
a" nnblished his results IN : Greek
=, i,bens in 1898. This book has
,.,s,red done into charming EIEllsh
Xiv ENLARGED by Professor Manatt
NV" n,iyarsity. The Sork in its Eng
Sns '., nires Ms our first complete view
~, od civilization of Grecce. which
IN Wykenaean. and which ilcGrished
~ nsr,s NJ Greece from about 1000
, Mvp' = ~ The hook is 80 important in
So a, tha human ace. as present
's ~ 49, w. and earliest growth of the
~. a, which We are ,lneai heirs,
aAs' Nara Give A rough review of its
a dave avery city in Greek lands
Wy. ~ ,aan strong nosition. and was
: ,..,aas. each city was a tort. This
m'. .i,y nro,acled itself and the SUR
70. w. ,.-,i,, aolds nv convenient hnr-
..s .s,,., ,lo attacks of the inhabitants
~. similar citior. SucL cities were
wi. ' r;rnIs ~ each ether. and when
-, - l,rd law between them useful
~. H'' NAV W. wsra than hostile foes Such
w., H., ,rs, ,,ooi onite close TO each other.
rs.r ,gsmnmnon Was king at My
w. n.y. n,or,aaos rui.d nj Argos. only ten
III ,l.,an, rijs civil,2ntion Il called
s',s s,s,s', nm. =, rcsnrrt for Inc great
A., ia. ~ ,boso days Nyllenae
f. A. ,,,,isi ~ This town was Immensely
i, was surrounded Inv walls. built
.s,a " ,bajr 900 I'm masonry of XIV
w.. s ~ ssb,ar or nolvronal style. in
A,sA tin5s NJ s,ruciurc the stones
a .,rh o,hcr together chiefly nv their
4, nc llme-mortar was as vet un-
y, w. Ts,. valid citadel VAS entered
.r,h cato nnw raI,n1 the Gn,a of
Isa,s srom ,bn fact that above tic
,sa donrs ara the marble figures of
linn, toc,nr zach otbcr. N oriental
4, Tbssa I,ons ,bough tho work of
silva sn,,n,ors are yot an frue to M
4 II IN male II ccrtair thar The
rlsm v.sd HE l,ow,odre M i,inr
Z, Sh,cb NJ coursc nrovss tha+ lions
,ba lima wore aim deni,ens oT the
M a Greece dednction which sniiares
I'M n. ,.s,emor,s of uorodotos and
r,,a,I,, Indr.d 4, 10 I'm, a low niles
b, yys.,.a n N, pas of Neu,ea
Nm h. mvtbs ,ocot. Tho coptest ,cwtaar
s1IJs and ,ha Iion whoso skin no over
xr,r, wore nc cloak Suggestive
Eid, were ,hcsc strorr Mons over the
ir,,e 10 the b,rb,ric srlandor OF the
aas Of Homor's ola kings of men.
Within this fortified citadel sto0d the
is. ralsec acc, In In the the ruins at Mykenae
can still trace ia varinus ,nortmeuts.
Ea,isas halls, is hearth, it's its', concrete
pn. its rulptured aoor~a W, its Tres
81 walls and ceilings its ricb rugs and
,l,hs and utensils n ororv lJn1
Hr arons and important this city wa.
non the splendid tn treasures ,1 re- TO- found n
gut from 1t to the towns toward The
saf,Ia passes end over rayiacs. with AZ
4. ancient supporting walls Of the roads
bridge v Thos np sfones n 'aero @, 's snef
NJ Dimensions That the modern or e
: Satan himself Tnesc walls are
! ss as.,.. Interesting city Of those days
ans plain of Argos is IT." Tiry l11 The
1etl Of this n;,,, -.