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Professor Clifford H. Moore of the Classical Department will deliver a lecture on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus," in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock this evening. Epidaurus is situated on the eastern coast of Greece and the shrine of Aesculapius located here is one of the most ancient of the old Greek temples still standing. The shrine was erected to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and it is known that the temple was the principal place of worship of this deity from the sixth century B. C. until about the year 200 A. D. There...
...Classical Lectures. II. The Shrine of Aesculapius, at Epidaurus. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor Clifford H. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
March 5.--The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. Illustrated by the stereopticon. Asst. Professor Clifford H. Moore...
...shrine to Karl Marx still guards the stairway to the third floor, and urges "Workers of the world unite" in 14 different languages...
Every part of the Parthenon is expressive of its function and beautifully expressive. The construction is simple and forms an ideal organism. Entering between the columns at the east end or front, one comes to the cella where the shrine was. Beyond is another chamber or adytum, which was used probably as a treasury. The whole idea of the temple was a house for the goddess, surrounded by columns upholding a roof...