Studies of Travel: Greece

by Edward A. Freeman

• 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]

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