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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Photogravures by A. W. Elson & Co.

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The Acropolis, Athens[Frontispiece]
Along the Coast from the Throne of Xerxes[30]
The Erechtheum from the West, Athens[36]
A Tomb from the Via Sacra, Athens[78]
Part of the West Frieze of the Parthenon, Athens[110]
Theatre of Dionysus, Athens[122]
Mars’ Hill, Athens[140]
The Peiræus[160]
Laurium[168]
Mount Lycabettus, Athens[188]
Looking Toward the Sea from the Soros, Marathon[198]
Salamis, from across the Bay[206]
Temple of Mysteries, Eleusis[212]
A Greek Shepherd, Olympia[274]
The Temple of Apollo, Delphi[284]
The Banks of the Kladeus[302]
Statue of Niké, by Pæonius[306]
Kronion Hill, Olympia[318]
Entrance to the Stadium, Olympia[330]
The Valley of the Alpheus[342]
A Greek Peasant in National Costume[380]
Temple of Corinth[392]
Scene near Corinth, the Acro-Corinthus in the distance[395]
Gallery at Tiryns[406]
The Palamedi, Nauplia[424]
Sculptured Lion, Nauplia[428]
Langada Pass[446]
Arcadian Gateway, Messene[452]
The Argive Plain[458]
Lion Gate, Mycenæ[472]

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GREECE.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION—FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE COAST.