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...lecture-room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Wheeler delivered his sixth lecture in the series on the Athenian Acropolis. The room was again filled and Dr. Wheeler's talk on the Marbles of the Parthenon was listened to with an interest which must certainly be flattering to the lecturer...
...beginning his remarks on the sculptures of the Parthenon, Dr. Wheeler spoke first of the metopes. There were ninety-two in all of these, of which we have only a very few preserved. The examples shown to illustrate his remarks were from the metopes carried to London by Lord Elgin. The subject of the sculptures on the metopes is the battle of the centaurs. The figures are for the most part, rather stiff, but we have two which are really the work of a master. It is probable that the metopes were executed by different sculptors...
...subsequent lecture, Dr. Wheeler will continue his discussion of the Marbles of the Parthenon...
...Athenian Acropolis. "The Athena Parthenos and the Marbles of the Parthenon." Illustrated lecture. Dr. Wheeler. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 4 p. m. Open to the public...
LECTURES ON THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS.The topics of Dr. Wheeler's remaining lectures on the Acropolis at Athens are as follows: Pausanias's description of Athena Parthenos. The marbles of the Parthenos. The marbles of the Parthenon. The Erechtheum...