SECTIONS A AND B 

 HISTORY OF GREECE, ROME, AND ASIA 



(Hall 3, September 21, 10 a. TO.) 



CHAIRMAN: PROFESSOR THOMAS D. SEYMOUR, Yale University. 

 SPEAKERS: PROFESSOR JOHN P. MAHAFFY, University of Dublin. 



PROFESSOR ETTORE PAIS, University of Naples. Director of the 



National Museum of Antiquities, Naples. 

 PROFESSOR HENRI CoRDiER,EcoledesLanguesVivantesOrientales, 



Paris. 

 SECRETARY: PROFESSOR EDWARD CAPPS, University of Chicago. 



THE Chairman of this Section, Professor Thomas D. Seymour, of 

 Yale University, when introducing the speakers, called attention to 

 the fact that "never before have the minds of scholars been less 

 prejudiced in the examination of the relations between Greece and 

 Asia. The most enthusiastic Hellenist no longer feels bound to claim 

 that by a sort of parthenogenesis all culture had its rise on Greek 

 soil, with no seed sown or influences received from early civilizations. 

 And, on the other hand, the Orientalist has learned that the achieve- 

 ments of the Greeks and Romans are not to be explained by an 

 examination of the early influences which they received. As in the 

 case of an individual, the personal element is paramount, but the cir- 

 cumstances of infancy and early childhood may be as important and 

 interesting in the case of a nation as in that of an individual. The 

 material for our joint discussions has been accumulating rapidly, and 

 we are just beginning to hear one of the most important witnesses, 

 Crete. Though many old doubts and questions are settled forever, 

 many new questions arise and call loudly for an answer." 



