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A

  • Acciauoli, Nerio, his bequest of Athens, 26
  • Achaia, League of, 209;
    • cities of, 212;
    • contrasted with AitÔlia, 213, 214
  • ÆgÆan Sea, islands of, 14;
    • Greek colonies on, 204
  • Ælfred, King of the West Saxons, his view of the rule of Odysseus, 3, 4
  • AgamemnÔn, “Schliemann’s,” preserved at Chorbati, 126, 149, 160
  • Aigina, position and history of, 73–77;
    • compared with Salamis, ib.
  • AitÔlia, League of, 209;
    • her legendary fame, 210;
    • contrasted with Achaia, 213, 214
  • Akarnania, not in the Homeric Catalogue, 215, 216;
    • special character of, 216
  • Akrokorinthos, pre-eminence of, 182, 186, 189, 199;
    • its historical associations, 190–194;
    • compared with Glastonbury Tor, 195
  • Akropolis of Athens, how its history should be studied, 18–24;
    • its position, 33, 35
  • AktÊ (Argolic), 77, 117
  • Alaric, King of the West-Goths, at Athens, 24;
    • at Corinth, 192;
    • at Eleusis, 236
  • Andronikos KyrrhestÊs, octagonal tower of, 38–40
  • Appian Way, the, its analogy with the Sacred Way of Athens, 226
  • Aratos, deliverer and betrayer of Corinth, 190, 212
  • Arch, the pointed, as old or older, in its constructive form, than the round, 89, 99, 153, 154;
    • its beginning in the sally-port of Tiryns, 97;
    • earlier perfection of the round arch in Italy, 99, 100, 119;
    • development of the arch at Spalato, 118, 154;
    • its perfection in the Eastern Churches, 119
  • Argos, contrasted with MykÊnÊ and Tiryns, 86, 90, 93, 96, 97, 106, 121, 123;
    • increase of her power, 93;
    • modern Argos contrasted with modern Athens, 106, 107;
    • Turkish influence on modern Argos, 107, 108;
    • its later history, 108;
    • use of the name Argos, 110;
    • Homeric position of, ib., 113;
    • her destruction of MykÊnÊ, 111, 112, 120, 124, 158;
    • her early history and its continuity, 112–115, 162;
    • ancient wall and theatre of, 118;
    • Roman remains in, ib., 120;
    • Byzantine church at, 119, 120
  • Arta, modern Greek frontier fixed at, 1
  • Athens, continuity of its history, 16–22, 247, 248;
    • the birthplace of political history, 16, 204;
    • contrast between old and new Athens, 17, 32, 34;
    • compared with Rome, ib.;
    • results of Turkish rule in, 18;
    • her primÆval and later walls, 19, 20, 22;
    • historical importance of the earliest wall, 20, 22;
    • her position in the Homeric Catalogue, 21;
    • visit of Basil the Second to, 23, 24, 26;
    • Alaric at, 24;
    • extinction of her schools by Justinian, ib.;
    • bequeathed by Nerio Acciauoli to Venice, 26;
    • fame of, under foreign Dukes, 27;
    • a piece of history wiped out by the destruction of the tower of the Dukes, 28–31, 274;
    • temple of Olympian Zeus at, 32, 33, 38;
    • how Athens differs from other cities, 34, 35;
    • growth of art in, from AristiÔn to Pheidias, 37;
    • one remaining mosque at, 41, 50;
    • variety of remains in the agorÊ, 42;
    • study of Christian-Greek architecture in, 43–50;
    • metropolitan church at, 45, 47;
    • date of Byzantine architecture in, difficult to fix, 46, 47;
    • latest buildings at, not less worthy of study than the earliest, 50;
    • the practical centre of modern Greek travelling, 68–70;
    • modern Athens contrasted with modern Argos, 106;
    • its geographical separation from Eleusis, 230, 231
  • Attica, 15;
    • not mentioned as a land in the Homeric map, 21;
    • merged in Athens, ib.

B

  • Basil I., the Macedonian, converts the Mainotes, 9
  • Basil II., the Slayer of the Bulgarians, visits Athens after his Bulgarian conquests, 23, 24, 26
  • Blakesley, Dean, value of his comments on the narrative of Herodotus, 61, 63;
    • on ZÔstÊr, 242
  • Byron, at Mesolongi, 2;
    • application of “the curse of Minerva” to the destroyers of the ducal tower, 31

C

  • Carthage, her fate compared with that of Corinth, 187
  • Cashel, Rock of, serves as a parallel to the Athenian Akropolis, 33, 194
  • Cerigo, 6, 13
  • Cheddar, pass of, its MykÊnaian character, 128
  • Chorbati, 125, 164
  • Commonwealths, Greek and Lombard, compared, 70–73
  • Constantine PorphyrogennÊtos, his use of the name HellÊnes, 8–10
  • Corinth, her position in Grecian legend and history, 183, 184, 195–198;
    • taken by Mummius, 185, 198;
    • her final overthrow by earthquake, ib.;
    • her origin Hellenic, not Phoenician, 186, 187;
    • her fate compared with that of Carthage, 187;
    • temple of AthÊnÊ at, 188, 189, 198, 201;
    • her freedom proclaimed by Flamininus, 198;
    • absence of “Corinthians” in, 199, 200;
    • special vocal powers of man, beast, and fowl in, 200, 201;
    • her western position, 206
  • Corinthian Gulf, the, its historical position, 215

D

  • DaphnÊ, church of, 226, 228, 229
  • Dawkins, W. Boyd, on the retreat of the lion from Europe, 171
  • “Druidical,” abuse of the name, 89

E

  • EirÊnÊ, Empress, her marriage with Leo the Fourth, 25, 26, 47
  • Eleusis, not in the Homeric Catalogue, 21, 60;
    • its geographical separation from Athens, 230, 231;
    • tomb of StratÔn at, 232;
    • temple of DÊmÊtÊr and AthÊnÊ at, 233, 235, 238;
    • its akropolis, 233;
    • Roman period of its history, 235, 236;
    • Alaric at, 236;
    • modern Eleusis, 237
  • “Epeiros,” use of the name, 216
  • Epidauros, city of AsklÊpios, 77
  • Epidauros (Dalmatian), 77
  • Epidauros (Lakonian), 14, 77. See Monembasia.

F

  • Flamininus, proclaims the freedom of Corinth, 198

G

  • Glastonbury Tor, compared with Akrokorinthos, 195
  • Greece, Ionian Islands ceded to, 7;
    • origin of cities in, 176;
    • history of eastern earlier than that of western, 203–209, 214;
    • western, position of her religious centres, 205, 206;
    • leagues in, 209
  • Greek hill-cities, compared with Italian, 88, 90;
    • colonial cities mark a later stage, 91
  • Grote George, on the position of Argos in PeloponnÊsos, 113

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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • ScheriÊ, whether Corfu, 60
  • Schliemann, Dr., his share in the destruction of the ducal tower at Athens, 29;
  • Scotia, use of the name, 45
  • SikyÔn, 212, 221
  • Sounion, 15;
  • 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

A number of obvious printer’s errors have been corrected, and are listed below.

Given the context, the Greek phrase on p. 15, “p??se?p??’ a? ????a?”, is most likely a version of line 1222 of Sophocles’ Ajax, “p??se?p??e? ????a?”.

The following list contains corrections that were made to the text based on the likelihood of printer’s errors.

p. 11 brough[t] back “the men,” Added.
p. 18 so it [is] is no fault Removed.
p. 21 Greek po[t/l]itical ideas Corrected.
p. 41 as the capitals of LysikratÊs[.] Added.
p. 149 [D/C]um terra celat. Corrected.
p. 157 a si[g]n perhaps of later date Corrected.
p. 169 we are led over no special[s] heights Removed.
p. 216 Yet they had enough of world[l]y wisdom Added.
p. 275 Æg[ae/Æ]an Sea Corrected.





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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