The Greek Treasure by Stone Irving

Author:Stone, Irving [Stone, Irving]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Adventure, Classics, Romance
ISBN: 9780451072115
Amazon: 0451072111
Goodreads: 79855
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1975-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

It was Henry who made the most remarkable find in these weeks of steady digging; a large knob or scepter handle of the purest crystal sculptured into a marvelous lion's head. When he showed his prize to Sophia at the nine o'clock break, he exclaimed:

"It's the first crystal we have come upon. There were plenty of lions in the mountains above the Troad. Homer speaks of them. He could not possibly have described so excellently the characteristics of this animal had he not had frequent opportunity of watching them."

It was the beginning of a series of startling hour-by-hour discoveries which enthralled them. Close to the lion's head they found a splendidly cut hexagon of the purest crystal; then a pyramid of black, white and blue streaked marble, the first of its kind they had unearthed. Next came a copper instrument resembling a horse's bit, copper knives, stone lances. And on top of the tower two parts of what appeared to be musical instruments, the first they had seen: an ornamented piece of ivory almost the shape of a flute, and a flat bone with a hole at one end and three at the other.

"If we keep making finds like this," Henry exulted, "we will truly be able to assemble a family portrait of the Trojan."

Henry changed the angle of his attack and opened what he described as a great cutting in front of the very door of their stone house. By the time his crew had dug down ten feet they had found several large and splendid vessels. Sophia's favorite was an elegant black vase in the shape of a soup tureen. She claimed it for herself.

"I am going to serve you ami vrasto, lamb broth with vegetables, in this tureen the very first night we're home on I Mousson Street."

A little lower in the trench they found mixing bowls, the larger ones having four handles and standing two feet high.

"You're working in someone's kitchen," Sophia commented that evening. "All we need to find now is a lamb roasting on a spit."

From thirteen to twenty-six feet down, in addition to coming upon house walls, one with a corner joining at right angles, they unearthed a wealth of vases, each in its own curious form. Sophia marked for special attention a brilliant black vase with two breasts and two handles. She also persuaded Henry to let one of his men build storks' nests on the roofs of both the stone and wooden houses. They were plenti-

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