Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 64
l remains, are bitsof an alabaster lining such as Homer describes. It brings one close to the actual past when onecan see and touch the remains of a civilizationwhich, three thousand or more years ago, flour-ished in all its splendid vigor on this same spot.One recalls the picture which Homer gives… … Tiryns : Gallery in the South Wall 41 42 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART at the brazen threshold; for it was as the shin-ing of the sun or moon through the lofty-roofedhouse of strong-hearted Alkinoos. For brazen wallswere firmly built each way, to the recess from thethreshold, and around it a cornice of…
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