The papers on Sculpture are compiled from Redford’s “Ancient Sculpture”
and Lübke’s “History of Art.”
P. 75, c. 1.—“Mycenæ,” my-ce´næ.
“Cesnola,” ches´no-la. Born in Turin in 1832. He served in the Crimean
war, and afterward in the war of the Rebellion. Having been made an
American citizen he was appointed consul to Cyprus, where he discovered
the necropolis of Idalium, a city which ceased to exist two thousand
years ago. He began excavations, opening some eight thousand tombs,
but an edict from the sultan stopped the work. Cesnola had already,
however, gathered a magnificent collection of antiquities, which, in
1872 was purchased for the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
“Harpy.” The reliefs on this monument represent harpies, fabulous
monsters in Greek mythology, carrying off children.
“Frieze,” freez. The broad band resting upon the columns of a porch is
called the entablature. It is divided into three portions; the central
one is the frieze.