Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical

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

BRONZE Tablet of AristagorasHecatæus	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

No general CoinageCoins of different Provinces of the Peloponnesus	38

Restlessness of its InhabitantsThe Arts of Peace and Commerce little cultivated	44

Sparta how far unwalledLycurgusIts Mountains were its Walls	52

BEOTIAHomers CatalogueComparison of Maritime Force of Attica and Boeotia	166

Chæronea Plain and Battle ofCoronea Battle of	172

Grove of the Muses on Helicon	178

Force of MardoniusTopography of the Battle of Platea	184

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

Panoramic ViewsDoris Elatea Abae Daulis their early HistoryThe Triple WaydipusAncient	193

Frontiers of Thessaly	196

Meaning of the Name of ThessalyAboriginal Tribes of Thessaly	202

Mycenae its present StateThucydides and Pausanias	55

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 Boeotia	87

CecropsStrife of Minerva and NeptuneExplanation	93

His Civil PolityPanathenaic Festival	99

Both the Temples were dedicated to Nemesis	105

Battle	109

xiv	113

Doors of the Propylæa thrown openFirst Sight of the Interior of Acropolis	138

Shields on the Eastern Frontits Architectural Mouldings painted	140

Temple of the WindsDifferent Uses of the Temple	146

The Agora as it existed in Ancient Timesits principal Objects	154

Temple of Jupiter Olympius Page 159	159

Ascent to one of themChurch and Library	208

Vale of RakleHeracleaRuins of ProniCoinsHercules	283

Thermus the Capital of ÆtoliaSite of Thermus	289

Contrast between Arcadia and AchaiaCommercial Disqualifications of the latter	295

Domestic and foreign Policy of AchaiaIts History from B c 280 to B c 146	301

Why few Antiquities in Elis and similar Countries	308

Olympic GamesParticular Eras 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 Mycenæ	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	Yale University Library
Digitized	29 Jul 2023
Length	356 pages

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