New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08
DECENT FINDS IN GREECE.
oroG1CAL WORK ON THE ACROP'
o,,s BY THE FOREIGN SCHOOLS
uysp EMERSON. PROFESSOR OF ARCHIE
y" o,ooy IN THE AMERICAN SCHOOL AT
ATHENS DESCRIBES THE LAT
EST EXCAVATIONS.

ATHENS DEscR1BEs THE LAT
EST EXCAVATIONS.
Athens, November n.
s-<, week 10 October saw the member
=, the FIVE foreign schools reunited IN
The summer and early autumn months
n,ousht some vintage OF archaeological
'' and discovery on Greek soil during
.,.snce In Athens itself the clearing Of the
,,as Of the Acropolis above the line OF
00'~ sovereignty has indeed been compul-
NV suspended by the severe drouth' winch
,,.c,sd men and mules TO su1ocaton WIN
80 sven in the early summer. Nothing anal
- n the new gTottos OF Apollo and Ag-
- from which il is possible to penetrate
-. ,o,ar,en in the rock to the walled precinct
:, che Acropolis has been discovered below
A.. mar. OF the citadel occupied by the Erech-
I'm The digging Is now arrested at h
=, almost exactly below the Mycen&an
80, and star that remain visible III
.n,,sn area east of that landmark inside OF
-, ,r,onois l, is quite possible that the ex-
,,,,e,s NAV light upon other prehistoric con-
.,ucuons In this neiehborhood when the WORK
n resumed
rA4 min of a Byzantine church which would
.,,e.r 10 have undergone some ampihcauoh
:, Turkish times from the character OF an ar
.sds which adjoins IT, has been left staho'he
I'm. ineljDes 70 connect its burial undef SOL
,,,o.,n down from the part of the citadel that
.u..,angs II with the siege and capture OF
Athens BY Morosini IN 1851 OF inscribed
,,o,ss the harvest has not been large since the
uyb1 hIP0
,,s Enboy General OF Antiquities, DIT kab-
,adas 10 determine the pre- Propy l%an ertcuoh
., tho miniature Temple of Victory. according
u mans by Kallikraies one OF the arci''e''s
=, hs parthenor itself and as the manner IN
.,,o, b,s service is commanded indicates, the
rseial architect Of the city at mat unie- viz
,s.,,n,ior recently exhumed certihes that
,,scinct about midway along the north sioe
.e,be citadel hin was the property OF the cor
,o,s,,or of fh, Cynics Their descendants OF
ne contiguous shabby quarter OF modern
Athens called Iiaka exercise Al uhsaNo'S '"
Of II now.
Ills thousand pities that King otho nov
eminent failed to enforce its own timely eoic'
Q, the thirties prohibiting all new settlement
and building on the slopes OF the Acropohs
v,S the observance of its stipulations not been
IN 10 depend on the voluntary acqulesceh'e
Of the Athenian prOietariat. the expropi'a ''o''
0, The firmly established colony OF small Tree
holders whose tiny fat-roofed houses cover I'M
low.r mart OF the north dechvlty, Wouid NOT
,resen, the all but insoluble problem II no"
Goes
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL Park NEEDED
The most crying need OF Athens, from inc
sntiouarian point OF view, rs the conversion vi
tts whole hillside that Is TO say. OF vast
quarter circle extending from the Iheseu'ii
10 the Olvmpieun. into an archaeological parh'
A three wears disarmament would furnish
the necessary 100000 drachmas and put
Athens OIL d plane with Rome in this respect
In, The Greek nation has the caprice, Ike the
French Of thinking its harmless army and
nsyy useful institutions, and there are no othef
resources "a draw upon for the reahZa'ioh Vi
vast an enterprise Is IT not rather 81"
ruar however that the MUNICIPALITY OF
Athens which owes its very existence as the
tspisl OF the Kingdom of Hellas and az a
prosperous city Of 100 600 souls 10 HISTORICAL
and antiquarian enthusiasm. should DE cohteh'
to limit tie corporate encouragement OF ar
Geological research 10 a pItiful hundred-oo'iai
contribution a. the annual receipts OF the ever
active and enterprisng Greek Archaeological
Scclety? Even stopping short OF actual eH-
aysons work already prosecuted with sum
cent energy by number of domestic ana
i~eign associations. puts the city III a uh'queH
favorable position to acquire 10y degrees Inc
Ma state rights that now interfere so seriously
VIII the proper detachment OF many antique
remains and ruins the very Ean,es of when are
ar essential part IN Athenian history
EIhOr Staes - now conducting rnatt"ch
and spade Investigation of the olympleum IL
70 Be followed 10y modest beautihcatloh
u mat bare quadrangle espanade, with Hs
'h'een vast Corinthian columns huddieu
nse ehessmen IN corner 81 the board al
Nv enc Of game Wordsworth said THIS
'oretasie. al least OF the more AMBITIOUS