. The Burton Holmes lectures;. s, and do not forgetto pay the fees before departing. The patient so advisedcertainly deserved relief even if he received it not. 146 GRECIAN JOURNEYS The second excursion is even more interesting than thefirst ; it is to the scene of the most remarkable archaeologicaldiscoveries ever made in Greece, to Mycenai, where , the discoverer of Troy, unearthed some twenty-three years ago a prehistoric treasure of vast intrinsic worth,and revealed to us a civilization more than antique, — a civ-ilization of which the modern world knew practicallynothing unti
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. s, and do not forgetto pay the fees before departing. The patient so advisedcertainly deserved relief even if he received it not. 146 GRECIAN JOURNEYS The second excursion is even more interesting than thefirst ; it is to the scene of the most remarkable archaeologicaldiscoveries ever made in Greece, to Mycenai, where , the discoverer of Troy, unearthed some twenty-three years ago a prehistoric treasure of vast intrinsic worth,and revealed to us a civilization more than antique, — a civ-ilization of which the modern world knew practicallynothing until it was disclosed by the spade. But before we approach more closely the scene of hisexcavations, let us recall a few facts concerning this manhimself. Dr. Schliemann s life was in a certain sense aromance. Born to poverty, he died not only rich in thisworlds goods, but rich in the thought that the dearestobjects of his life had, despite all difficulties, been success-fully accomplished. As we stand before his palatial resi-. STREET TOMBS GRECIAN JOURNEYS 147 •dence in Athens, let me ask you to imagine him when hewas a Httle boy beginning life in a grocers-shop, but ani-mated by a resolve to make a fortune, in order to spend itin a search for the cities of which he had read in the poemsof Homer. This in itself is remarkable. How much moreso is the fact that the grocer s-boy not only made thefortune, but actually discovered and uncovered Troy. Andnot content with this he sought and found Mycenae, thecity of Agamemnon and the tomb and the golden treasuresof that legendary king — treasures which are now enshrinedat Athens in the National Museum. At least Schliemanndied tirm in this belief, his faith in the accuracy of hisdeductions happily unshaken by the criticisms
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