TO
MY SON
KARL SNEDEKER
WHOSE GREEK SCHOLARSHIP HAS
AIDED MY TASK, THIS STORY
OF OLD GREECE IS DEDICATED
PREFACE
The background and details of this story have been carefully authenticated. The founding of the colony Inessa, however, is not an actual event. It is the union of a number of colony traditions. It is therefore correct in character and spirit.
The tale was written at the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, New Hampshire, and I am constantly mindful of the inspiration given to me by the beautiful and solitary surroundings in which I there worked.