Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical

W.S. Orr and Company, 1840 - Greece - 356 pages

BRONZE Tablet of AristagorasHecatćus	1

Northern Frontier of Free Greece	7

SECOND STATION on Mount Tymphrestus at BeluchiDivergence of Mountains from this Point as	13

THIRD STATION on Mount Parnassus	19

Theatre Temple Oracle Omphalus Stadium	21

Coronea Alalcomenć Curalius Tilphossa HaliartusThebes Dirce Ismenus	27

Milton	31

Panoramic ViewMount Lycćus Erymanthus Cyllene Mćnalus Parnon	35

Grove of the Muses on Helicon	178

Force of MardoniusTopography of the Battle of Platea	184

Climate of Bœotia how producedExertions of Nature to remedy the Evil	190

Frontiers of Thessaly	196

Meaning of the Name of ThessalyAboriginal Tribes of Thessaly	202

Ascent to one of themChurch and Library	208

Ancient InscriptionsTurkish Cemetery	214

Contrast between the Accounts of Julius Cćsar and Lucan	220

its Origin how far it was successful	41

EmissariesSwitzerland Italy Bœotia ARCADIA	48

The Pastoral Ideas of Virgil derived not from Italy but Arcadia	50

Pallantium the Cradle of RomeAntoninus Pius	55

TirynsNauplia	60

Influence of her Climate and Natural Elements on her Civil Polity and Literature	63

Causes of this Influence	69

SiteBattle	75

Approach to Eleusis	81

Return to Mount ParnesParnes the Barrier of Attica and Bœotia	87

CecropsStrife of Minerva and NeptuneExplanation	93

His Civil PolityPanathenaic Festival	99

Both the Temples were dedicated to Nemesis	105

Battle	109

Trophy of Miltiades	114

Contrast of Rome and Athens in their respective Materials for Sculpture	119

Plato in this Cave	125

Contrast of the Spirit which produced its Buildings with their Material Elements	131

Idea of Athens as it existed in Ancient Times on the Day of the Celebration of the Panathenaic Festival	135

StatuesColossal Bronze Statue of Minerva Promachus	139

Subterranean Passage to the Grotto of AglaurusUse of the AglaureumGrotto of Pan	145

The Pnyx or Parliament of AthensIts Site Size and Features	150

View of the Agora from the Western Side of the Acropolis	156

Temple of Jupiter Olympius	159

BOEOTIAHomers CatalogueComparison of Maritime Force of Attica and Bœotia	166

Chćronea Plain and Battle ofCoronea Battle of	172

Battle of ActiumPlan of the Battle	226

TheatreArchitecture emblematic of Population	232

Churches of ArtaPaintings in them	238

Ancient FortressesJanina	244

Ruins at Dramisustheir Site Extent and Peculiarities	250

The Acheron Cocytus and Acherusian LakeOracle of the Dead	256

Ancient and Modern Corcyra	262

Corcyrćan Traditions and Customs	264

PaxoMiltons Ode on the Nativity	270

Modern Ithaca is it the Ithaca of Homer?	272

Are the Ruins at Aëto the Remains of the Palace of Ulysses?	278

Vale of RakleHeracleaRuins of ProniCoinsHercules	283

Thermus the Capital of ĆtoliaSite of Thermus	289

Contrast between Arcadia and AchaiaCommercial Disqualifications of the latter	295

Domestic and foreign Policy of AchaiaIts History from в с 280 to в с 146	301

Why few Antiquities in Elis and similar Countries	308

Olympic GamesParticular Ćras used in GreeceOrigin and Use of the Olympiad	313

Florence and PhigaleiaTemple at BassaeIts Site and History	319

Ancient GateAncient RoadGreek and Roman RoadsTheatre and Stadium	326

Bays of Modon and Coron compared with Anaphlystus and Thoricus	332

Natural Position and Qualifications of Sparta and Athens compared	335

Road from Nauplia to Mycenć	339

The Argolic PlainThirsty ArgosHow far this Expression applicable	343

1 By Nemea2 By Tretus Dervenakia3 By Contoporeia	347

Fountain of PeireneAncient Inscriptions and architectural Decorations there	350

Corinthian Theatre Stadium and Amphitheatre referred to by St Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians	354

Title	Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical
Author	Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher	W.S. Orr and Company, 1840
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	3 Oct 2008
Length	356 pages

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