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...Crimson booters played tight-passing soccer in the first half, but Wesleyan initiated the scoring as Oren Schlieman poked a dribbling shot past Herold during a scramble in front...
...Schlieman's Excavations at Mrcenae, Tiryns and Troy," Professor Chase, New Fogg...
There has been a great deal of discussion, he said, as to whether the Troy of Homer was a real city, and if so, where its site was to be found. In 1873 Professor Schlieman began excavations on a hill overlooking the Plain of Troy in the northwest of Troad. In the centre of the 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...
...Zeus, and at the time of Agamemnon its glory was at its height. The two Homeric poems contain the best descriptions of Mycenae. The renowned luxury of Menelaus and Helen in Sparta did not vie with the luxury of Mycenae. In some tombs opened at Mycenae by Dr. Schlieman in 1876, were found numerous coins and gold and silver vessels of great value. One tomb containing the body of a man which had become a fossil, contained gold plate and coins which weighed 100 pounds and whose value was $25,000. Dr. Schlieman opened in all 6 tombs and found...
...view for some time, is to be given under the auspices of the Art Club and the Philological Society, commencing probably next week. The probable dates and subjects of the lectures are as follows: April 26, Prof. Packard of Yale, on "The OEdipus Tyrannus;" May 4, Prof. Goodwin, on "Schlieman at Troy and Mycenae," a lecture similar to the one delivered last year; May 11, Prof. Norton, on "The Assos Expedition" May 18, Prof. Agassiz, on "The Buried Cities of Yucatan." It is not yet definitely settled whether Prof. Agassiz will lecture or not. Tickets for the course will...
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