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Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae
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.]