. The Burton Holmes lectures;. d. And his mandate held good for fifteen centuries. Dur-ing the long dark ages of slavery to Vandal, Venetian, Frank,or Turk, the Greeks forgot their ancient gods and their ancientgames. The temples and stadia were destroyed, the marbledeities and athletes slept amid the ruins until a recent yester-day, when they were brought to light through the enterpriseof foreign archaeologists. But to the Greeks themselves isdue the credit of the revival of the Olympian Games. Well may the Athenians exclaim, Ay, it is living Greeceonce more! as they throng into the restored
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. d. And his mandate held good for fifteen centuries. Dur-ing the long dark ages of slavery to Vandal, Venetian, Frank,or Turk, the Greeks forgot their ancient gods and their ancientgames. The temples and stadia were destroyed, the marbledeities and athletes slept amid the ruins until a recent yester-day, when they were brought to light through the enterpriseof foreign archaeologists. But to the Greeks themselves isdue the credit of the revival of the Olympian Games. Well may the Athenians exclaim, Ay, it is living Greeceonce more! as they throng into the restored Stadium,where in the presence of a Christian multitude a Christianmonarch annuls the Imperial decree of fifteen centuries agoand inaugurates the first Olympiad of modern times. Thenations of the world have been invited to take part, and gladlyhas the invitation been accepted. The Greeks have per-formed miracles of generosity and self-denial to insure asuccessful issue of this ambitious fete. The grand old 5^ THE OLYMPIAN GAMES.
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