Delphi. By Frederik Poulsen. Translated by G. C. Richards. (Gyldendal.
21s. net.)—This is a scholarly and attractive account of Delphi, as revealed by the excavations directed for years past by M. flomolle. Mr. Poulsen, the Keeper of the Ny Carlsberg Museum at Copenhagen, is an accomplished archaeologist, and his description of the principal monuments unearthed is highly interesting. The book, moreover, is lavishly illustrated with good photographs. Inasmuch as the Greeks for
centuries looked on the Oracle of Apollo as their most sacred place and lavished their wealth on its adornment, it was to be expected that the site would yield up many remains of Greek art at its best. Mr. Poulsen shows that the expectation WWI justified. His chapters on "The Monument of the Theasalian Princes," including the " Agias " by Lysippus, and on "Greek Portraits from Delphi" are especially important.
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