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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9008, 15 August 1907, Page 4

The great period of Athens extends, roughly speaking (remarks the " C_.ronicle"), from the middle of the fifth century B.C. to the conquest hy the Macedonians, or, to use round numbers for dates, the century from 440 B.C. to s-30 B.C. This ma_v_JJou6 and mysterious era in Gre~k, indeed, it may he said, in the world's history—marvellous in its creation of imperishable works, of genius, and mysterious, since none have probed the secret of their origin — embraces the crowning of the Acropolis by the Parthenon, temple of , the Virgin Goddess; the tragedies of ; Sophocles and the comedies of Ansto- ' phanes ; the history of Thucydides and I the philosophy of Plat o; the more pro- ; found, less transcendental teaching of - Aristotle, .and the oratory of Demosthenes; thfe art of Praxiteles, Fheidias . and Seopas. . ■ _ ..„"'■ Patti "speaks Italian, Spanish, Rus-. siari, German, French and Portuguese perfectly, and, of coarse, l^er English w faultless/ Her memory is prodigious, her repertoire consisting of more Waan. eighty dpetas, of which she knows eveiy detail by heart, cadenzas and words included. She plays the guitar and the mandolin©, and does the meet 'beautiful', embroidery; and knittirt|f . : A ; > ;