EYTINGE, RosE (1838—). An Ameri can actress and author, born in Philadelphia. From 186'2 to 1869 she played in various theatres in New York City, and then went abroad with her second husband, Col. George 11. Butler, Consul-General to Egypt. On her return thence in 1871 she took the r5le of Cleopatra at the Broadway Theatre, to the Antony of Frederick Warde. Among her principal later parts were Nancy Sykes in Wirer Gervaise in Drink, Ophclia to the Hamlet of E. L. Davenport, and Desdemona with James NN'. Wallack as Othello and Davenport as lago. Iler literary works in clude adaptations of Dickens's Oliver Twist and Donn be and Son, and Browning's Volombe's Birthday, and her own personal Recollections, published serially. Consult Clapp and Edgett, Players of the Present (Dunlap Society, New York, 1899).
EYUK, 5,-yU5V, or UYUK, A village in Asia Minor. built upon the small plateau
of a hill, 75 miles west-southwest of Amasia. It has only about thirty houses, hut is important as containing some of the most remarkable ruins in the East. They are the remains of a palace of enormous extent, and consist of colossal walls and blocks of granite contain ing a great variety of sculptures. chiefly gods, processions, and religious rites, many of which are in an admirable state of preservation. The building is one of the most significant. monu ments left by the Hittites, whose art and archi tecture as illustrated in the case of the palace at Eyuk are chiefly derived from Assyria, though betraying Egyptian influences. (See HirrYrEs.) Consult Perrot and Chipiez, History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor, Eng. trans. (New York, 1890).