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Boston Theatre.- "The Old Homestead...
...lecturer then undertook a periegesis of the citadel, with the aid of a plan and many pictures, and described in detail its defences, gateways, and temples,- the Parthenon, built by Pericles; the old temple of Athena, which Dr. Dorpfeld himself discovered and named; and finally the Erechtheum, that most beautiful of the buildings of ancient Athens. The well-known Porch of the Maidens, or Caryatids, he believes to have been the approach to the grave of Cecrops...
...Acropolis was still a citadel, and was probably, in the sixth century B. C., the seat of residence of the Tyrants. It was captured and destroyed by the Persians; but was rebuilt by Pericles in the fifth century in far greater splendor, stately structures of marble replacing the old temple and gateway. In this condition it remained till late Roman times, the centre of the national history. In Byzantine times, the temples were converted into Christian churches; in the 15th century, when the Turks had captured Athens, the crescent replaced the cross. The Parthenon became a mosque, and when...
Boston Theatre.- "The Old Homestead...
...Primer of College Football," by W. H. Lewis, the old Harvard centre-rush, which Messrs. Harper and Brothers have just published is a valuable addition to football literature. There is probably no other man in America who has had as much football experience or who knows more about the game than Mr. Lewis...