Studies of Travel: Greece

H

• Hadrian, Arch of, at Athens, 24, 38;
  • Stoa of, reproduces the Doric order, 40
• Helenê, her island off Sounion, 245;
  • her place in Attic legend, 246
• Hellas, insular, more striking than peninsular, 5
• Hellênes, use of the name, 7;
  • confined by Constantine Porphyrogennêtos to the Mainotes, 8–10
• Hêraklês, 36;
  • worship of, at Marathôn, 59, 60;
  • at Tiryns, 96
• Hermoupolis, 15. See Syros.
• Hêrôdês Atticus, theatre of, at Athens, 24, 42;
  • his exedra at Olympia, 265, 266
• Herodotus, his account of Marathôn, 61, 62;
  • range of the lion fixed by, 171
• Homer, his description of Tiryns, 87
• Homeric Catalogue, the, position of Athens in, 21;
  • Marathôn and Eleusis have no place in, ib., 60;
  • Tiryns how described in, 105;
  • Akarnania has no place in, 215, 216
• Hydra, its history, 78–81

I

• Ionian Islands, 7;
  • merged in the Greek kingdom, ib.
• Isthmian Games, the, strange application of the name to Epsom races, 220
• Isthmus of Corinth, its varied history, 197
• Ithakê, Homeric, 3, 217, 218

J

• Johnson, Samuel, application of his saying on the battle of Marathôn, 55, 56
• Justinian, fortifies Athens and extinguishes her schools, 24

K

• Kalaureia, 78
• Kallimachos, fate of Europe decided by the casting vote of, 53
• Kanarês, Constantine, compared with Theseus, 50, 51;
  • his death, ib., 66, 67;
  • his home in Psara, 80
• Kapnikarea, the, church of, at Athens, 47;
  • its narthex compared with the west front of Peterborough, 48, 49
• Kephallênia, 3, 5, 217
• Kyklopês, their change of character, 94
• Kymê, contrasted with Mykênê, 158, 159;
  • her western position, 205

L

• Larissa, the, of Argos, 86, 109, 110, 116, 120, 182
• Laureion, mines of, 241, 255
• Leake, Colonel, on the battle of Marathôn, 61, 63;
  • on Tiryns, 102, 104;
  • on the worship of Poseidôn at Sounion, 254
• Lion, the, range of, in Europe, 171;
  • cognate forms of his name, ib.
• Lowe, Robert (late Lord Sherbroke), his view of the battle of Marathôn, 52
• Lysikratês, choragic monument of, 38, 39

M

• Mahaffy, J. P., his views on the destruction of the tower of the Dukes in Athens, 28, 29;
  • his illustration of the position of the temple of Olympian Zeus, 33, 144;
  • on the physical position of the Greek commonwealths, 71;
  • on the geographical separation of Eleusis from Athens, 230
• Maina, name of Hellênes confined to, 8
• Mainotes, their independence, 8;
  • how distinguished from the Slaves by Constantine Porphyrogennêtos, 8;
  • their conversion, 9
• Marathôn, not in the Homeric Catalogue, 21, 60;
  • the most historic spot in Attica, 52;
  • battle of, the most memorable in the world’s history, 54 et seq.;
  • the earliest and the latest fight compared, 57, 58;
  • geographical use of the name, 59;
  • its mythical history, ib.;
  • temple of Athênê at, 60;
  • named in the Odyssey, ib.;
  • earliest historical notices of, 61;
  • the marshes not mentioned by Herodotus, 62;
  • Pausanias’ account of the battle, ib.;
  • site of ancient Marathôn uncertain, 63;
  • the barrow of the one hundred and ninety-two at, 64;
  • grave of Miltiadês at, ib.
• Mavrokordatos, at Mesolongi, 211
  • Mesolongi, two sieges of, 2, 211
• Methana, 77
• Miltiadês, influence of his arguments on Kallimachos, 53;
  • his success at Marathôn largely owing to the nature of the ground, 63;
  • his grave, 65
• Monembasia, Latin conquest of Peloponnêsos completed by the taking of, 14
• Morea (Môraia), earlier application of the name, 3
• Morosini, Francesco, Venetian occupation of Athens under, 28, 31
• Mykênê, contrasted with Argos and Tiryns, 86, 90, 93, 96, 97, 121;
  • history of, 95, 126;
  • its point of likeness with New Grange, 101, 155;
  • destroyed by Argos, 111, 112, 120, 124, 158;
  • preserved by destruction, 123;
  • its primæval relics, 126;
  • position of the akropolis, 127 et seq.;
  • the walls, 130, 131, 137;
  • the lion-gate, 132, 134–136, 159;
  • the tombs and treasures, 132;
  • gateways of the treasuries, 133, 134;
  • the inner fortress, 136–138;
  • Homeric description of, 138;
  • the treasuries and treasures, 140 et seq.;
  • use of the word “treasures,” 141;
  • process of burial, 143;
  • striking effect of the masks, 144, 146;
  • beginnings of the arch, 154;
  • its special primæval character, 158–161;
  • carriage-road practically ends at, 164

N

• Naupaktos (Lepanto), 210
• Nauplia, high position of, under the Venetian and Turkish power, 82, 83
• Navarino (Pylos), battle of, 11, 13
• Neale, J. M., his History of the Holy Eastern Church, 46, 47
• Nemea, temple of Zeus at, 169, 170, 174, 178, 179;
  • the seat of Pan-hellenic worship, 169, 175;
  • legendary lion of, 169–172;
  • theatre at, 170, 180;
  • modern fauna of, 173
• New Grange, its point of likeness with Mykênê, 101, 155

O

• Olympia, the religious centre of Hellas, 261–264;
  • temples of Hêrê and of Zeus at, 264;
  • exedra of Hêrôdês, 265;
  • special interest of the basilican church at, 266–274;
  • desolation of, 273

P

• Parnassos, 181
• Parthenôn, the, 17, 22;
  • its continuance as such in different ages, 23, 25, 27, 36;
  • thanksgiving of Basil the Second in, 23, 24;
  • changed into a mosque, 30;
  • its destruction in the Venetian occupation, 31
• Patras, siege of, 2, 210, 273
• Patroklos, Admiral of Ptolemy Philadelphos, his island off Sounion, 247
• Pausanias, how his story of the battle of Marathôn differs from that of Herodotus, 62;
  • Greek travelling in his day, 68, 69, 166, 168;
  • his description of Tiryns, 92;
  • on Argos, 120;
  • on the treasuries of Mykênê, 150, 151, 156;
  • distinguishes the treasuries of Mykênê from the tombs, 150, 156, 157;
  • records the tombs of the Sacred Way, 227;
  • the temple of Philê-Aphroditê, 230;
  • the worship of Poseidôn at Eleusis, 232;
  • his description of Sounion, 240
• “Pelasgian,” abuse of the name, 88, 89, 100, 101
• Peloponnêsos, southern, characteristics of its coastline, 5, 6;
  • lack of good roads in, 12
• Pentedaktylos, 5, 8, 10, 13
• Periklês, works of, how they should be studied, 18, 22
• Peterborough Cathedral, its west front compared with the narthex of the Kapnikarea at Athens, 48
• Philé-Aphroditê, temple of, 227, 230
• Pôros, 78
• Poseidôn, his worship at Eleusis, Sounion, and the Isthmus, 224, 225;
  • at Sounion, 241, 253, 254
• Poseidônia (Pæstum), contrasted with Mykênê, 158;
  • with Kymê, 159;
  • analogy between its temples and the temple of Athênê at Corinth, 187, 264
• Psara, under the Turk, 80
• Psyttaleia, 76, 77, 222
• Ptolemy, gymnasion of, at Athens, 42
• Pylos, occupation of, 11, 13. See Navarino
• Pyrrhos, his death at Argos, 114
• Pythionikê, tomb of, 227

R

• Rome, her unbroken series of historical monuments, 17

S

• Sacred Way, the, of Athens, 225 et seq.;
  • its analogy with the Appian Way, 226
• Saint Andrew, his defence of Patras, 2, 210, 273
• Saint Theodore, church of, at Athens, 47, 49
• Salamis, how her history differs from that of Aigina, 74–76;
  • battle of, 74, 76, 197
• Scheriê, whether Corfu, 60
• Schliemann, Dr., his share in the destruction of the ducal tower at Athens, 29;
  • his work at Mykênê, 126, 129, 130, 134, 140, 157
• Scotia, use of the name, 45
• Sikyôn, 212, 221
• Sounion, 15;
  • its geographical position, 240;
  • temple of Athênê at, 241, 249–255;
  • worship of Poseidôn at, 241, 253, 254;
  • fortification of, 251
• Spalato, development of the arch at, 118, 154
• Sparta, 6;
  • ancient and modern, 114, 115
• Sphagia (Sphaktêria), 11
• Stamatâkês, guardian of the Mykênaian treasury, 126, 145;
  • his qualification of the skeleton of Agamemnôn, ib.
• Stratôn, his tomb at Eleusis, 232;
  • inference drawn from his wife’s description, ib.
• Syros (Syra), 14

T

• Tainaros, 7, 8, 13, 240, 273
• Taÿgetos. See Pentedaktylos.
• Telham, its legendary etymology compared with that of Zôstêr, 242, 243
• Thêseion, the, re-dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37;
  • its position, 33, 35, 38;
  • architectural changes in, 36;
  • serves as a museum, 37
• Thêseus, wall of, at Athens, 19–22
• Thêseus, Temple of, dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37
• Theodoric, tomb of, its Mykenaian character, 153
• Timophanês, Tyrant of Corinth, his death, 189
• Tiryns, called Old Nauplia, 82;
  • compared with English sites, 83;
  • its position and history, 86 et. seq.;
  • Homeric description of, 87, 93, 105;
  • special point of likeness with Tusculum, 88, 89, 101;
  • desolate aspect of, 92, 93;
  • its mighty walls, 93, 97, 103, 104, 105;
  • their primæval origin, 96;
  • earliest beginnings of the pointed arch in the sally-port, 97–100
• Tusculum, its special point of likeness with Tiryns, 88, 89, 101
• Tylor, E. B., 101, 143

V

• Vostizza (Aigion), 212

W

• War of Independence, the, 58, 108, 169

Z

• Zante (Zakynthos), 5
• Zôstêr, its place in legend and in history, 242–245;
  • its legendary etymology, 242, 243