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...Alpha Delta Phi Society has recently presented to the Classical Museum a chariot, which was used at the Greek Play last June. Professor A. A. Howard '82 gave an ancient Greek strigil from Aegina and a bit of mosaic from the vase of Chalydon. A collection of native terra cottas from the neighborhood of Rome was received from Dr. A. S. Pease, and several specimens of Roman building stone were given by the Mineralogical museum. Mr. George S. Pfeiffer donated a number of photographic negatives...
...third episode opens with the approach of Agamemnon and his train. The king, seated in his chariot, greets the gods of the land, and acknowledges the welcome given him by the chorus. Clytaemnestra appears, followed by attendants carrying rich clothes of purple. She describes the anxiety which she had felt for the king's safety, and tells how she had sent Orestes, the pledge and symbol of their plighted troth, to the home of a distant friend, that he might not be exposed to danger in case of a revolt in the land. Agamemnon, enjoining the queen to treat kindly...
...fourth episode Clytaemnestra roughly orders Cassandra, Priam's daughter, whom Agamemnon had chosen from the spoils of war, to enter the palace and begin her life of slavery. The captive remains silent in her chariot for a time. Resolving to meet death bravely, however, she finally enters the palace, from whence piercing cries are soon heard. The doors of the palace are suddenly thrown open, and the elders behold the body of Agamemnon lying near that of Cassandra, and Clytaemnestra still gazing upon her bloody work. She steps forward and calmly exults in what she has done, trusting to Aegisthus...
...Stadium, which will accommodate the audience, will be cut off by a high back scene. This will probably be constructed of wood and will represent Agamemnon's palace. In addition to its scenic effect the back scene will also serve as a sounding board. The two chariots, each drawn by four horses, will enter from the side. Agamemnon and his driver will occupy one chariot, and Cassandra and her driver will enter in the other. The costumes in the play will be exact representations of those used on the Attic stage at the time of Aeschylus. The latter made many...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "The Stature of the Ancient Romans," Mr. C. W. Wickersham; "Greek Rhetorical Forms and the Epistles of the New Testament," Professor Ropes; "The Homeric Chariot and Shield," Mr. F. S. Darrow. Sever...