January, 1921 
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those of Agamemnon and members of 
his family ; and many gold death masks, 
jewelry, vases, weapons -and valuable 
articles of various kinds were found. 
The Citadel, or the Acropolis, is ap- 
proached by a walled way which leads 
to the “Gate of Lions”, which is formed 
of immense blocks of stone, and its 
portal is surmounted by a large trian- 
gular slab on which are carved the two 
rampant lions. The city itself was the 
scene of much crime and cruelty and 
many murders. 
In 1878 Judge Longworth published 
his “Electra”, a translation of the 
greek tragedy bearing the same title, 
by Sophocles. It related the wander- 
ings and exile of Orestes, the brother of 
Electra, and his return to Mycenae to 
avenge the death of his father, Aga- 
memnon, who was cruelly murdered by 
Clytemnestra, his wife, and the mother 
of Electra and Orestes. 
As we stood before the Gate of Lions, 
perhaps on the very spot trod by the 
sandals of Orestes - on his return, it 
must have been very gratifying to my 
friend to imagine that, under the spell 
and glamor of the local atmosphere, 
the scenes and stirring events of his 
poem seemed almost a realism as he re- 
called the lines: 
“Home of my sires! before your lofty gates, 
Behold, at length, a heaven-sent champion 
waits. 
No more a wandering exile in disgrace. 
Receive him to his kingly father’s place.” 
R ESUMING our journey we arrived 
at Old Corinth in the afternoon 
where some excavations were be- 
ing made, and where we obtained some 
very ancient coins and several small 
tear-bottles of alabaster, also some flat 
terra cotta lamps about the size of a 
silver dollar. We visited the nearby 
ancient Fountain of Pirene where Bel- 
lerophon captured the winged steed 
Pegasus, which we were curious to see. 
We found some peasant women doing 
their weekly washing at the spring, 
mauling the clothes with wooden mal- 
lets in lieu of washboards. But the 
only horse in sight was a rude wooden 
clothes-horse on which hung some 
freshly-washed linen. 
We then drove three miles to New 
Corinth on the old Gulf of Corinth. 
Longworth, being in a reminiscent 
mood, gravely informed me, for no ap- 
parent reason except to air his Biblical 
knowledge, that the “I Corinthians” 
dwelt in Old Corinth, and that the “II 
Corinthians” lived in New Corinth! 
> Corinth, which was one of the most 
ancient and opulent cities of Greece, is 
situated near the narrow isthmus 
separating Peloponnesus from the 
mainland. The year before our visit 
a ship canal had been completed, cut- 
ting through the rocky isthmus, and 
connecting the Adriatic and JEgian 
seas. Ancient Corinth was renowned 
as being the seat of the athletic festi- 
vals known as the Isthmian Games, 
where the same contests were held as 
at Olympia. At first the victors were 
crowned with wreaths of parsley, which 
in after years were changed for those 
of vine leaves, and which were more 
valued and cherished than the medals 
and pewter mugs awarded at the pres- 
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