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I At the Hot Gates 1

II “Remember the Athenians” 10

III The Defense on the Acropolis 17

IV The Miracle of Salamis 28

V The Traitor of ThermopylÆ 40

VI Athena Speaks Through the Olive-Branch 46

VII The Banquet of Attaginus 51

VIII Masistius’ Message to Zopyrus 60

IX The Rescue of Ladice 70

X A Venture at the Eve of Battle 80

XI A Hero of PlatÆa 86

XII The Prophet at Delphi 93

XIII The House of Pasicles 101

XIV Beyond the Dipylon Gate 111

XV What Happened at the Theatre of Dionysus 121

XVI The Celebration of the Mysteries 128

XVII Persephone 136

XVIII Agne’s Advice 142

XIX Ephialtes’ Plot 147

XX The Ward of Themistosles 155

XXI In the Shadow of the Acropolis 162

XXII A Letter from Sicily 167

XXIII The Festivities at Naxos 174

XXIV Dionysus and Ariadne 180

XXV A Revelation 187

XXVI The Home of Aeschylus 194

XXVII The Allied Fleet Sails 201

XXVIII The Hand of Fate 209

XXIX After Twenty Years 216

“What have I to do with the heroes or the monuments of ancient times? With times which never can return, and heroes, whose form of life was different from all that the present condition of mankind requires or allows?... At least we compare our own with former times, and either rejoice at our improvements, or, what is the first motion towards good, discover our defects.” Samuel Johnson in “Rasselas”