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may hear the thunderous clatter of hoofs and wheels
resounding from the pavement as in the great Epic.
How were these buildings roofed? While there
are those who contend for an inclined roof, Dr. DSrp-
feld believes that they were flat, and covered with
earth supported by heavy timbers, which, as has been
intimated in a previous chapter, may account for the
heavy style of Doric architecture if derived from the
wooden structure. No trace of a tile has been found
at Tiryns.
Our visit to Argos was short; we had only time
for a casual view of the theatre and a rapid ascent
of the acropolis Larisa. I stepped for a few minutes
mto a school in the town and heard boys recite from
Xenophon, which they did with considerable ease.
At the Heraeon, the great sanctuary of Argolis, the
students of the American Archaeological School who
had worked with great industry were exulting over
the new treasures they had found.
At Mantinea we were on another battlefield, but
•t was a field of civil war, and had less interest
for me than Marathon when Greece was facing the
hosts of Persia. A few traces of the theatre are left.
The clouds nestled down on the sides of the distant
mountains and the sun shone on the snow-white peaks
so much whiter than the muffling clouds below.
We had spent the first two nights of our trip
at Nauplia, from which excursions are conveniently
made to Mycenae, the Heraeon, and Tiryns and
Argos. Two nights were spent at Tripolis, from
which we drove to Mantinea, Tegea, and back. Leav-
lng Tripoli's, by carriage we had a beautiful drive over
the hills to Megalopolis, the iris blooming brilliantly
may hear the thunderous clatter of hoofs and wheels
resounding from the pavement as in the great Epic.
How were these buildings roofed? While there
are those who contend for an inclined roof, Dr. DSrp-
feld believes that they were flat, and covered with
earth supported by heavy timbers, which, as has been
intimated in a previous chapter, may account for the
heavy style of Doric architecture if derived from the
wooden structure. No trace of a tile has been found
at Tiryns.
Our visit to Argos was short; we had only time
for a casual view of the theatre and a rapid ascent
of the acropolis Larisa. I stepped for a few minutes
mto a school in the town and heard boys recite from
Xenophon, which they did with considerable ease.
At the Heraeon, the great sanctuary of Argolis, the
students of the American Archaeological School who
had worked with great industry were exulting over
the new treasures they had found.
At Mantinea we were on another battlefield, but
•t was a field of civil war, and had less interest
for me than Marathon when Greece was facing the
hosts of Persia. A few traces of the theatre are left.
The clouds nestled down on the sides of the distant
mountains and the sun shone on the snow-white peaks
so much whiter than the muffling clouds below.
We had spent the first two nights of our trip
at Nauplia, from which excursions are conveniently
made to Mycenae, the Heraeon, and Tiryns and
Argos. Two nights were spent at Tripolis, from
which we drove to Mantinea, Tegea, and back. Leav-
lng Tripoli's, by carriage we had a beautiful drive over
the hills to Megalopolis, the iris blooming brilliantly