Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Temples and Ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens: Two Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
You are aware that during the last twenty-five years the energy and enthusiasm in archaeological research of such men as Dr. Schliemann have not merely thrown light on historic and prehistoric Greece, but have also awakened a keener enthusiasm among classical scholars and In those Societies which in various countries are devoted to archaeological investigation. Even Governments have been in?uenced and induced to help on the progress of these highly interesting studies. The Germans have spent large sums In the excavation of Olympia and Pergamos. The French government has wisely and liberally incurred a considerable expenditure in the excavation of Delphi and on other important works. The Greek Govern ment, aided by members of the Greek Archaeological Society, has devoted money and an infinitude of labour to investigations of the classic wealth Of Greece and the Greek colonies.
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