Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
LECTURER TO TELL
Of GREC|AN RUINS
Archaeological Discoveries in
Excavated City of 0Iynthus
Win Be Described.

Remarkable archaeological discoveries
made in the recently excavated City of
Olynthus, that fill lost gap in knowl-
edge of the fourth and fifth centuries
before Christ, will be described by Prof.
David H. Robinson of Johns Hopkins
University before the Greece-America
| Society tomorrow evening at Sl5 o'clock
in the Rochambeau.
Prof. Robinson headed the expedition
that last year went in search of the
lost" City of Olynthus. destroyed by
Philip in 343 B. c.. an expedition that
penetrated the wild regions about 40
miles south of Saloniki in Macedonia
The excavations made in Is sections
| revealed for the first time the essential
features of Olynthus, the most i'm
portant city of ancient Chalcidice, which
proved to occupy at least three hills. 1t
was city of more than $4,000 people
the center Of the once great Chalcidic
League.
Marble Bathtubs Discovered.
The main ruins uncovered are of
houses of the city, about which Hero
dotus. Thucydides, Xenophon and
Demosthenes have written so much
famous in Greek history from 479. when
it was destroyed by the Persians, down
to 379, when it was destroyed by the
SpartanS, and then again by Philip. in
348, with heavier artillery than the
ChalcidianS used This is shown by the
slingstoneS found with Philips name
which are much heavier than those
inscribed Chal (cidian).
Towns of Minoan times in Crete and
of Hellenistic times in Priene and Delos
have been uncovered but hitherto no
typical Greek city of the great classical
age before Alexander the Great had been
excavated until the discovery of
Olynthus.
An enormous amount of material of
an lneStlmable value was taken safely
from the ruins, objects of art, remains
of painted architecture. statues showing
the influence of the Parthenon sculp-
tors, jewelry and other archaeological OBJ
jectS Of rarest interest.
One OF the most important of the
discoveries were marble bathtubs, and
waterworks and sewerage system,
showing the Greeks of that ancient
period were even in advance of many
communities today in modern Europe.
City Not Deeply Buried.
Not being deeply buried, the rem
nantS OF the city were found to have
suffered much from additional destruc-
ton The digging began on February
z, 1928, and operations continued until
June 9, Prof. Robinson had under him
force of 200 to $50 Greeks, mostly
refugees, many of whom were saved
from starvation by getting this work.
The excavations conducted by Mr..
Robinson, who is professor of archeol-
ogy at Johns Hopkins, were under the
auspices of the American School of
Classical Studies at Athens, although
the expenses were borne by friends of
the Baltimore institution.
Prof. Robinson. one of the outstand-
ing Psychologists of the country, has
participated in number of important
excavations, including the site at Psi
diam Antioch, which st. Paul visited
on soma@of his missionary journeys.
In honor of this and other important
work, Prof. Robinson has been appointed
Norton lecturer of the Archaeological
Institute OF America for 1928-29. The
CHARLES Eliot Norton lectureship was
founded by DIR. James Loeb in honor of
the first president of the institute,
winch Is one of group composing the
American Council of Learned Societies.
The Greece-American Society before
which he will lecture tomorrow evening
is composed of American and Greeks
interested in promoting cultural rela-
tons and in advancing knowledge con-
corning ancient and modern Greece. It
Is non-political organization,