The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-22


H who's mountains Greece was
~ cradled. may again come under
Heller ic rule if tire demands
Of Greek representatives, 81 the peace
conference ar" granted. Here are
found the fiIST evidences IF that Greek
culture Which, later permea;ed the
world. In tLe Valley of the Chara- J
covista, unde the very shadow or
Olytzika, the terrible TOmarOs of the
ancientS. ruins speak their tale To the
archaeOlogist of civilization ante
dating that VI the Greece of today,
says the Kansas City Star.
Here. myth 5lOgy has If, Zeus, re-
leased from Chaos. wed Dione, the
fecund earth, and from their mating
came the beautiful AphrOdite. On
this spot now rest the rains of the
sanctuary of Aph, cate, overlooking
the crumbled temple and votive mOnu-
ments, and hidden midst the oaks and
olives that have e. meShed the val
ley. no doubt is the sacred spring,
whose murmUrings, controlled by the
divine Dione and Aphrodite, were in
terpreted by 'Ee temple Cracles.
On the side of the hill. to the south
Of the citadel, which stood on prom
ontory in the center of the valley,
have been found he remains of a
majestic theater, its walls shrOuded in
vines and tres.
There, on the size Of the AcrOpOlis,
from which ali the plain is spread
out before the traveller, Ulysses called
up the souls - the dead.
From the fateful oaks of DOdena,
| towering above the tempe and the
alter, Minerva chose the mast of the
beautiful ship ArgO, and To the god of
Dodona Achilles poured out his liba'
lions.
Kings Descended From Achilles.
The kings of the Molossians, one of
the many TRIES into which Eplrus
was divided, asserted direct descent
from Pyrrhus son of Achilles, who
settled there after the sack of Troy,
leaving the Kingdom to lis son Mo-
lossus. 1t was not till the time Of
Alexander the Great that these many
tribes were banded together into one
nation. Then Alexander, an uncle Of
Alexander tn. Great. was made king
over Episus by Phillip H., father of
Alexander the Great, and brought all
the tribes together. the little country
becoming a united kingdom In the
fourth century b. c.
Since, Its history has oeen tragic.
The scene of continuous turmoil, 1t
imprudently espOused the cause of
Perseus In lag b. -, and, devastated
by the conquering Romans, was an
nexed to the province of Macedonia.
Except for intcr-tribal vendetta. there
were few changes till the thirteenth
century, when II was seized by Michel
Angelius Comenus with the taking of
ConstantinOLie by the Latins.
After two hundred years of Latin
and Byzantine rule, with Albania, il
reverted to the control of native
princes, under whom tribal feuds in
creased In f+rocily and savagery
And, weakened by is years of inter
nal fighting, I was an easy prey to
the Turks ir the fifteenth century.
Bloody 3ule Of the Turks.
For while lawlessness was quelled,
but, with the beginning of the decline
of the Turkish erhy.re in the seven
teenth century, the cid rule of blood
returned till at the beginning of the
present century Turkey was unable to
promise safet" to travellers within its
borders.
Its hills were filled with lawless
bands whose depr"dations the Otto
man rulers we're powerless to curb
Hiding In the businesses of the Pin
dus mountains. brigaIds would swoOI
down upon Pack trains, or upon the
valley farms. and be back in Their
lairs before he police could arrive