. The Odyssey of Homer, done into English prose by Butcher and A. Lang. iandynasties. (Maspero, Musee de Boulaq, pp. 34, 35). Interesting asthese stelae are, they cannot, from the character of the art, be muchearlier than the sixth century. If the Mycenrean graves are pre-Homeric, we may suppose that the rude design on the stela, the kingfighting from his chariot, is a faint memory of Egyptian art. Thediscovery of a genuine Homeric tumulus will clear up many archaeo-logical problems. The absence of writing on an ancient memorialpillar would be far from proving that writing was unknown, Un
. The Odyssey of Homer, done into English prose by Butcher and A. Lang. iandynasties. (Maspero, Musee de Boulaq, pp. 34, 35). Interesting asthese stelae are, they cannot, from the character of the art, be muchearlier than the sixth century. If the Mycenrean graves are pre-Homeric, we may suppose that the rude design on the stela, the kingfighting from his chariot, is a faint memory of Egyptian art. Thediscovery of a genuine Homeric tumulus will clear up many archaeo-logical problems. The absence of writing on an ancient memorialpillar would be far from proving that writing was unknown, Uninscribedmonoliths have been raised in memory of great events by Scotch High-landers in the present century. On the subject of the stelae, seeMittkeilutigen der deutschen Archdeologischen Institutes in Athen, vol. ii,pp. ao-24. APPENDIX. A. THE RAFT. Book V. 245-277, p. 84. A complete and highly interesting description of the Building of theRaft will be found in the Joumnl of the Hellenic Society, vol. v. The paper is by the Rev. E. Warre, Head Master 01 Eton,. RAFT OF ODYSSEUS. whose suggestions we have already acknowledged in our Preface. Bythe courtesy of the Hellenic Society wc are allowed to print anillustration from Dr. Warres paper. APPENDIX, 427 B. Ulva, OR BRIDE-PRICE. We have already remarked (note 5) that in the case of a favouredwooer a portion of the bride-price was sometimes returned by thefather, after marriage. A curious parallel is found among the The Patriarchal Theory (p. 290) Mr. M<=Lennan writes, * It was acustom coming down from very early times that, at the time of mar-riage, the bridegroom should make a gift—and a very substantial one—to the brides father. This it was the duty of the latter to return* Thiscustom is clearly an advance on a former stage of marriage by purchase,an intermediate stage being found in Greece in passages like Od. i. 278,ii. 196,—the gifts of wooing, all that should go back with a daughterdearly be
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