INDEX.
A
- Acciauoli, Nerio, his bequest of Athens, [26]
- Achaia, League of, [209];
- 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];
- Akarnania, not in the Homeric Catalogue, [215], [216];
- special character of, [216]
- Akrokorinthos, pre-eminence of, [182], [186], [189], [199];
- Akropolis of Athens, how its history should be studied, [18–24];
- Aktê (Argolic), [77], [117]
- Alaric, King of the West-Goths, at Athens, [24];
- 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];
- 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 Phœnician, [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];
- “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]
- Glastonbury Tor, compared with Akrokorinthos, [195]
- Greece, Ionian Islands ceded to, [7];
- 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];
- Hermoupolis, [15]. See Syros.
- Hêrôdês Atticus, theatre of, at Athens, [24], [42];
- 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];
- 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];
- Kapnikarea, the, church of, at Athens, [47];
- 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];
- 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];
- Maina, name of Hellênes confined to, [8]
- Mainotes, their independence, [8];
- 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]
- Methana, [77]
- Miltiadês, influence of his arguments on Kallimachos, [53];
- 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];
P
- Parnassos, [181]
- Parthenôn, the, [17], [22];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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
Z