Word: athenians
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Master of the Knights of the Square Table, and editor of the Collegian. In his work on the Collegian he had for a co-editor, Oliver Wendell Holmes. In after life he had a good deal to do with Mr. Holmes in editing a brochure entitled "Illustrations of the Athenian Gallery" and a collection of poems called "The Harbinger." His translation of Grun's Der Letzte Ritter, to which he gave the name of The Last Knight, a Romance Garland, he dedicated to Mr. Holmes...
...city wholly given over to idolatry." Now what were the idols that so moved him? First in size and importance was the collossal statue of Athena which towered sixty feet high in the centre of the Acropolis, visible for miles around, and the first object sighted by Athenian sailors on their return home. Then, inside the Parthe non was Phidias' famous statue of Athena made of ivory inlaid with gold. Close by, in the Erectheum, was the ancient wooden image of Athena, said to have fallen from heaven, and the sacred olive tree, planted by Athena herself. Throughout the city...
...subject treated is the constitutional history of Athens, and it falls into two sections. The first gives an historical account of the development of the Athenian state, and is complete; the second is an exposition of the contemporary machinery of the government. This latter part is only partially preserved, but we know most of it already through the quotations of the grammarian Pollux. On the contrary there is much that is new in the first part. In the very first chapters one point is settled which is of especial interest to us at Harvard. About six months ago Professor Wright...
...period of Aristides government is explained, and perhaps most important of all the flight of Themistocles from Athens, at which time the revolt of Naxos occurred which marks the first break in Athenian power, it is shown must have been as late as 462; the whole history of this period must now be read in a new light. The account is continued down to Aristotle's own time, but the most of the remaining statements are either already known or unimportant. Professor Goodwin will give another talk on the manuscript on Saturday morning...
...departments there are no important changes except those mentioned. The Philosophy, Sanskrit, Semitic and Geology departments have already been described in these columns. It remains only to point out a few changes in the other departments. In Greek the new courses are:- 9, Aeschylus; and Classical Philology 23, the Athenian expedition, both under Professor Goodwin; Cl. Phil. 21, Greek dialects, Professor Allen; Cl. Phil. 25, Greek private life, Professor J. W. White; Cl. Phil. 27, Roman architecture and topography, Dr. Tarbell. The English, German, French, History and Mathematics departments make changes too extended for such brief notice...