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Archaeology in Greece (1910–1911)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

R. M. Dawkins
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The Season of 1910–1911 has witnessed the continuation of most of the excavations mentioned in the last of these reports, and the beginning of work in the island of Corfou (Kerkyra), which has, up to now, hardly yielded its full share of antiquities. This year, however, it has given us the most important discovery of the season, an almost complete sculptured pediment of an archaic Doric temple.

This discovery was made near the monastery of Goritsa, which lies to the south of the town of Corfou. Here the chance finding of a sculptured slab led to an excavation by the Ephor Versakis on behalf of the Greek Archaeological Society. The work was presently supported by the Emperor of Germany, Doctor Doerpfeld assisting at the excavation, and the Greek Government was represented later by the Ephor Rhomaios. The temple itself is much destroyed; the importance of the discovery consists in the almost complete preservation of the sculpture of one of the pediments.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 31 , November 1911 , pp. 296 - 307
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1911

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References

1 See his book, Πϵρὶ, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ ἀρχαίων τάφων, Athens, 1910Google Scholar.

2 From the Berl. Phil. Wochenschrift, 1911, p. 62.

3 For many of these notes I am indebted to Doctor Karo, who kindly sent me a proof of his report to appear in the Arch. Anzeiger. Further details of these excavations may be found in the Πρακτικά of the Greek Archaeological Society, and in articles published in the Athenian magazine Παναθήναια for 1910.

4 J.H.S. xxx. pp. 358, 359.

5 See for a preliminary report Ath. Mitt. xxxvi. p. 198.

6 Described by Vallois, M. R., Comptes Rendus, 1911, pp. 214Google Scholar, sqq.

7 The earlier work on these sanctuaries was noticed in J.H.S. xxx. p. 359, and these later excavations are reported in Comptes Rendus, 1910, by Roussel, M. P.Google Scholar.

8 Published by Mendel, , B. C. H. xxiv. 1900, pp. 660Google Scholarsqq. and Pts. xiv., xv. as two women. He gives full reference to the Thasian reliefs.

9 For Thasos in general see Baker-Penoyre, in J.H.S. xxix. pp. 91Google Scholarsqq. and 202 sqq. The reliefs are mentioned on pp. 222, 223.

10 Apoll. II. 7: ᾿´Αλεος εἰσελθὼν καὶ ὲρευνήσας εἰς τὸ τέμενος τἀς θυγατρὸς ὠδῖνας εὗρε

11 Paus. viii. 46: τῆς ᾿Αθηνᾶς τὸ ἄγαλμα τὴς

This excavation is reported in Comptes Rendus, 1911, pp. 257 sqq. with three views of the Athena statuette.

12 Herod. I. 31:

13 See, however, B. C. H. xxiv. 1900, p. 448, where Homolle says, ‘La signature par bonheuv se lit au clair, sauf encore toutefois les premières lettres du nom de l'artiste, qui sont probables, mais non absolument certaines: ’

14 Doctor von Premerstein, 's paper is in Jahreshefte, xiii. pp. 41Google Scholar, sqq.

15 See J.H.S. xxx. p. 361.

16 This work was published first in B.S.A. ii.–v. and finally in Phylakopi.

17 The area on the plan in the Phylakopi book marked as squares H4, H5, J4, J5.

18 Phylakopi, p. 15.

19 These notes are based on this Siebenter vorläufiger Berieht über die von den königlichen Museen in Milet und Didyma unternommenen Ausgrabungen, von Direktor Dr. Theodor Wiegand. Berlin, 1911. It is well illustrated. For previous notices see J.H.S. xxviii. p. 334, and xxx. p. 361.

20 Pl. I. in Wiegand's report is a plan of the town.

21 It is printed on pp. 16, 17 of Wiegand's report. The dedication is to

22 Vitr. I. vii. discussing the localities suitable for different temples: Mercurio autem in foro, aut etiam uti Isidi et Serapi in emporio.

23 J.H.S. xxx. p. 361.

24 Shewn in Fig. 9, p. 21, of Wiegand's report.

25 The Miletus, inscription is published in the Sitzungsb. d. Berl. Ak. d. Wiss. 1900, p. 106Google Scholar.

26 Paus, v. l 3, 4. Wiegand's report gives a plan of this altar (p. 42).

27 For the existence of these ivory doors, Wiegand refers to B.M. Greek inscription, 921a. If, however, the editors are right and in this inscription is to be taken not with but with it contains no clear reference to ivory doors, and the ivory mentioned in the new inscription may have been used for some other purpose.

28 Erster vorläufiger Bericht über die von den Königlichen Museen unternommenen Ausgrabungen in Samos, von Direktor, Dr.Wiegand, Theodor. Berlin, 1911Google Scholar.

29 Νηὸς μέγιστος πάντων νηῶν τῶν ἡμϵῖς ἴδμϵν. Herod. iii. 60Google Scholar. Wiegand (p. 17) remarks that when Vitruvius (vii. Praefatio) gives a list of architectural authors and says that Theodoras wrote de aede Junonis, quae est Sami, Dorica, he must he wrong in saying that the temple was Doric, as pieces of Ionic capitals have actually been found.

30 For previous notices sec J. H. S. xxix. p. 362, and xxx. p. 364.