Word: delphi
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last week the startling announcement was made to the people of this country that Delphi was for sale. As every one knows, Delphi is the seat of the most famous oracle in the world, that of Apollo, in Greece. From it the people of Greece were accustomed to hear their destinies foretold in verse. All placed implicit confidence in the utterances of the divine goddess, whose predictions were singularly accurate. It was once the most wealthy spot in all Greece, and now presents a field of singular fruitfulness for the work of modern excavators...
...with the intention of raising funds for the purchase of the right to excavate over the site of Delphi that Professor C. E. Norton of the University visited New York recently. His idea is to retain for American archaeologists the sole privilege of excavating on the site of the famous shrine. The English, Germans and French all have their particular spots upon which they are now carrying on their researches; while America is being distanced in this praiseworthy effort for the extension of knowledge concerning the relics of ancient art and learning. Dr. Schliemann, the eminent German excavator. has already...
Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard and other members of the Archaeological Society were given a reception at the Bishops' Home on Lafayette Place, New York, recently. The gathering was principally for the purpose of discussing methods for supporting the school at Athens, and excating the ancient relics of Delphi, Greece. Professors Norton, Goodwin and Sloan spoke. They said about $150,000 was needed. A committee consisting of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Samuel Sloan, Jesse Seligman and Henry G. Marquand were appointed to receive subscriptions...
...Professor Norton's on June 9, given by the Committee to the members of the Greek play, the president, Professor Goodwin, in calling upon Mr. Henry Norman, '81, to respond to the toast of "The Cast," expressed the hope that Creon would give them the latest news from Delphi. After replying to the toast, Mr. Norman read the following verses, remarking that Apollo asked the indulgence of the company, as it was so long since he had been called upon to furnish any hexameters...