Word: greeks
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...next great era of the temple dates from its transference from the Greek to the Latin communion. This occurred in the beginning of the thirteenth century, and in 1206 we find a Roman archbishop established on the Acropolis. No important change in the architecture followed, however. It next came under the protection of the Venetians, and many of the treasures of the temple suffered at their hands...
Through the generosity of Dr. Alvan Talcott, of Guilford, Yale University has just been given the sum of $25,000, which the donor stipulates shall be used to endow a professorship of Greek...
...lecturer said that this little temple is one of the most beautiful specimens of Greek architecture which has been preserved. It is situated on the south of the Propylaea, and is built on the Pyrgos, a superstructure of the soft rock which the Athenians used in the foundations of their buildings; this Pyrgos rises about thirty feet above the bed-rock of the Acropolis. The time of the erection of the temple is somewhat doubtful, although Bohn advances technical proof tending to show that it belongs to the same period as the Propylaea. Pertelic marble was used in the construction...
...February 15th, by Dr. J. R. Wheeler. The lectures will be given on Monday and Friday afternoons at 4 o'clock, beginning February 15 and ending March 11. A synopsis of the lectures may be had at the University Bookstore or upon application to any of the instructors in Greek. The course, though intended particularly for classical students, will be open to the public...
...Verein took place last night. After a brief introduction by Professor Francke, Professor W. T. Harris, the lecturer, said that no obstacle is so great for a self-active individual that he cannot derive some benefit from it. The same can be said of nations. Take for instance the Greeks: after a long struggle against barbarism and clouded thought, they contributed to civilization the intellectual standard. The Romans handed down the forms of the will, the forms of legality. With the German the tendency towards intellectual theory is natural. He thinks before he acts; does not get his knowledge from...