The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21

~ Graded, may again come under
HelleIic rule if tie demands
Of Greek representatives CT the peace
conference are granted. Here are
found the firsr evidences Of that Greek
culture which later permeased the
world. In tie Valley of the Chara-
covista. unde-: the very shadow of
Olytzika, the terrible Tomaros of the
ancients, ruins speak their tale to the
archaeologist of a civilization ante
dating that Of the Greece of today,
says the Kansas City Star. .
Here, myth ,logy has 1t, Zeus, re-
leased from Chaos. wed Dione, the
fecund earth, and from their mating
came the beautiful Aphrodite. On
this spot now rest the ruins of the
sanctuary of Aphl cate, overlooking
the crumbled temple and votive monu-
ments, and hidden midst the oaks and
olives that have e:,neshed the val
ley, no doubt is the sacred spring,
whose murmCrings, controlled by the
divine Dione and AphrOdite, were in.
terpreted by tie temple oracles.
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 the remains of a
majestic theater, its walls shrouded in
vines and trees.
There, on the site of the Acropolis,
from which eli the plain is spread
out before the traveller, Ulysses called
up the souls ~ the dead.
From the fatefu, oaks of DOdona,
towering above the temple and the
alter, Minerva chose the mast of the
beautiful ship Argo, and to the god of
Dodona Achilles poured out his liba-
tons. a.
Kings Descended From Achilles.
The kings of the Molossians, one of
the many tribes into which Epirus
was divided, asserted direct descent
from Pyrrhds: son of Achilles, who
settled there after the sack of Troy,
leaving the kingdom to fis 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 the Great. was made king
over Epirus 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. G.
Since, it's history has been tragic.
The scene of continuous turmoil, it
imprudently espoused the cause of
PerseuS in Jag B. g., and, devastated
by the cOnquaring RomaDs, was an
nexed to the province of Macedonia.
Except for inter-tribal vendetta. there
were few changes I'LL the thirteenth
century, when it 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, it
reverted to the control of native
princes, under whom tribal feuds in
creased in f.rocity and savagery.
And, weakened by is years of inter-
nal fighting, L WAS an easy prey to
the Turks ir. the fifteenth century.
Bloody 7uIe of the Turks.
For while iawlessness was Quelled,
but, with the beginning Of the decline
of the Turkish empire in the seven
teenth century, the cid rule of blood
returned till at the beginning of the
present century Turkey was unable to
promise safety to travellers within it's
borders.
Its hills were filed with lawless
bands whose depr"dations the Otto
man rulers were powerless to curb.
Hiding in the fastnesses of the Pin
dus mountains, brigands would swoop
down upon Pack trains, O, upon the
valley farms, and be back in their
lairs before he police could arrive