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...lecture-room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Wheeler delivered his sixth lecture in the series on the Athenian Acropolis. The room was again filled and Dr. Wheeler's talk on the Marbles of the Parthenon was listened to with an interest which must certainly be flattering to the lecturer...
...Wheeler said that we unfortunately know very little about the chryselephantine statues. He read Pausanias' account of the statue of Athena Parthenos, a description that is a little more satisfactory than the most of that author's work. The statue was a composite work of gold and ivory. It was about forty feet in height, and between forty and fifty talents of gold were used in its construction. The technique of the statue is not clearly understood. The best representation which has come down to us is a statuette about a meter high, which was discovered in Athens near...
...Athenian Acropolis. "The Athena Parthenos and the Marbles of the Parthenon." Illustrated lecture. Dr. Wheeler. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 4 p. m. Open to the public...
...University Calendar for the coming week is full of interest, as it contains announcements of several important events. Dr. Wheeler will continue his course of lectures on the Athenian Acropolis. The excellence of the preceding lectures has aroused a great deal of interest in the course, and the three remaining lectures will undoubtedly be as valuable and entertaining as those already given...
LECTURES ON THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS.The topics of Dr. Wheeler's remaining lectures on the Acropolis at Athens are as follows: Pausanias's description of Athena Parthenos. The marbles of the Parthenos. The marbles of the Parthenon. The Erechtheum...