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Next Monday evening will come the first of a series of lectures by the greatest Greek archaeologist, Dr. Dorpfeld. The subjects that he has chosen are quite as attractive to the general student as to the specialist in the classics. To the latter, however, his visit is peculiarly welcome, since it enables him to see and hear the man whose views, particularly in connection with the Greek theatre, he has heard so many times quoted...
Nearly all are acquainted with the career of Dr. Dorpfeld. From Greece itself through the islands of the Aegean Sea to the coast of Asia Minor there is scarcely a place of interest with which he has not made himself familiar. He was trained as an engineer and architect. From 1877-1881, under appointment from the German government, he assisted in the excavations at Olympia. Since then he has devoted all his energies to original investigations which have brought before the public with a vividness never before possible the glories of ancient Greece. After his work at Olympia he carried...
...hill he found the ruins of six cities, built one upon the other. The oldest of these cities was probably built about 2000 B. C. Later work among the ruins has shown the existence of three other settlements. The last of these was the Roman Ilium. Dr. Dorpfeld, who has been working in the excavations, believes with a good deal of reason that the sixth settlement was the Troy of Homer, built about 1200 B. C. He bases his opinion on a kind of pottery found in the ruins which was used at that period. The walls of the city...
Born in 1853, Dorpfeld received an education as an architect. He was destined, however, to study old buildings, not to construct new. At the age of twenty-four he was sent to Olympia, and since that time he has been constantly engaged in archaeological investigation of every kind. He has conducted numerous excavations and has made careful and valuable examinations...
...Dorpfeld, in the midst of his other work, found time to make a careful study of the history and archaeological development of the Greek theatre. His wide experience in interpreting what his spade has just unearthed, has given him a wonderful power of piecing together bits of information which to the unexperienced would seem entirely unconnected. There is almost an intuition in the manner in which he follows up the slightest clue which his investigations furnish...