Word: asia
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tenth volume of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, edited by a committee of professors in the classical department, has appeared recently. The contents are as follows: "Some Questions in Latin Stem Formation," by Professor Greenough; "The Mouthpiece of the Flute," by Professor Howard; "The Ionic Capitals in Asia Minor," by Dr. W. N. Bates '90, instructor in the classical department of the University of Pennsylvania; "The Symbolism of the Apple in Classical Antiquity," by Doctor B. O. Foster, now at the American School of Classical Studies at Rome; "Greek Shoes in the Classical Period," by A. A. Bryant...
...Alexander had lived twenty or thirty years longer, said President Andrews, history probably would have been radically different in three respects. Greece would have been firmly united into one Hellenic nation, the danger of Persian domination would have been changed to the assured lordship of Greece over Asia, and Rome would not have conquered Greece, but Greece ruled Rome...
...institute was founded for the purpose of promoting and directing archaeological investigation and research. It has conducted noteworthy excavations in Asia Minor, Crete and Greece, has issued many noteworthy publications, and is establishing the study of classical archaeology in the colleges of the United States...
Professor Herman V. Hilprecht, Curator of the Babylonian Department of the Museum, recently returned to Philadelphia after conducting one of the most successful expeditions ever sent out by the University. His work consisted in carrying out archaeological investigations in Asia Minor and in cataloguing antiquities in the Imperial Ottoman Museum at Constantinople. Professor Hiprecht, though his official capacity as cataloguer of these specimens, has succeeded in obtaining for the university many rare archaeological objects. Another occurrence of interest in this connection has been the series of lectures recently delivered by Dr. Doerpfeld, the eminent German archaeological scholar...
...announcement that Dr. Dorpfeld, the greatest of living Greek archaeologists, will give a series of lectures here will be read with pleasure by all members of the University, whether they are specially interested in the classics or not. Through his work in the recent excavations in Greece and Asia Minor, his name has become familiar to the general student as well as to the specialist in classics, and his original investigations have made him the foremost authority on the Greek theatre...