Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae
Jennie Hall
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BURIED CITIES BY JENNIE HALL Author of "Four Old Greeks," Etc. Instructor in History and English in the Francis W. Parker School, Chicago With Many Drawings and Photographs From Original Sources The publishers are grateful to the estate of Miss Jennie Hall and to her many friends for assistance in planning the publication of this book. Especial thanks are due to Miss Nell C. Curtis of the Lincoln School, New York City, for helping to finish Miss Hall's work of choosing the pictures, and to Miss Irene I. Cleaves of the Francis Parker School, Chicago, who wrote the captions. It was Miss Katharine Taylor, now of the Shady Hill School, Cambridge, who brought these stories to our attention. FOREWORD: TO BOYS AND GIRLS Do you like to dig for hidden treasure? Have you ever found Indian arrowheads or Indian pottery? I knew a boy who was digging a cave in a sandy place, and he found an Indian grave. With his own hands he uncovered the bones and skull of some brave warrior. That brown skull was more precious to him than a mint of money. Another boy I knew was making a cave of his own. Suddenly he dug into an older one made years before. He crawled into it with a leaping heart and began to explore. He found an old carpet and a bit of burned candle. They proved that some one had lived there. What kind of a man had he been and what kind of life had he lived--black or white or red, robber or beggar or adventurer? Some of us were walking in the woods one day when we saw a bone sticking out of the ground. Luckily we had a spade, and we set to work digging. Not one moment was the tool idle. First one bone and then another came to light and among them a perfect horse's skull. We felt as though we had rescued Captain Kidd's treasure, and we went home draped in bones. Suppose that instead of finding the bones of a horse we had uncovered a gold-wrapped king. Suppose that instead of a deserted cave that boy had dug into a whole buried city with theaters and mills and shops and beautiful houses. Suppose that instead of picking up an Indian arrowhead you could find old golden vases and crowns and bronze swords lying in the earth. If you could be a digger and a finder and could choose your find, would you choose a marble statue or a buried bakeshop with bread two thousand years old still in the oven or a king's grave filled with golden gifts? It is of such digging and such finding that this book tells. CONTENTS FOREWORD: To BOYS AND GIRLS POMPEII 1. The Greek Slave and the Little Roman Boy 2. Vesuvius 3. Pompeii Today _Pictures of Pompeii:_ A Roman Boy The City of Naples Vesuvius in Eruption Pompeii from an Airplane Nola Street; the Stabian Gate In the Street of Tombs The Amphitheater; the Baths Temple of Apollo; School of the Gladiators The Smaller Theater A Sacrifice Scene in the Forum; Hairpins; Bath Appliances Peristyle of the House of the Vettii Lady Playing a Harp Kitchen of the House of the Vettii Kitchen Utensils; Centaur Cup The House of the Tragic Poet Mosaic of Watch Dog The House of Diomede A Bakery; Section of a Mill Lucius Caecilius Jueundus Bronze Candleholder The Dancing Faun Hermes in Repose The Arch of Nero OLYMPIA 1. Two Winners of Crowns 2. How a City Was Lost _Pictures of Olympia_: Entrance to Stadion Gymnasium Boys in Gymnasium Temple of Zeus The Labors of Herakles The Statue of Victory The Hermes of Praxiteles The Temple of Hera Head of an Athlete A Greek Horseman MYCENAE 1. How a Lost City Was Found _Pictures of Mycenae_: The Circle of Royal Tombs Doctor and Mrs. Schliemann at Work The Gate of Lions Inside the Treasury of Atreus The Interior of the Palace Gold Mask; Cow's Head The Warrior Vase Bronze Helmets; Gem Bronze Daggers Carved Ivory Head; Bronze Brooches A Cup from Vaphio Gold Plates; Gold Ornament Mycenae in the Distance [Illustration: Line Art of Bronze Lamp. Caption: _Bronze Lamps_. The bowl held olive oil. A wick came out at the nozzle. These lamps gave a dim and smoky light.]Next All
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