THE VICTORS AT SALAMIS 160 ANCIENT ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM, ATHENS 181 A REUNION AT THE HOUSE OF ASPASIA 190 PIRAEUS, THE PORT OF ATHENS 213 PRISON OF SOCRATES, ATHENS 229 GATE OF THE AGORA, OR OIL MARKET, ATHENS 255 BED OF THE RIVER KLADEOS 289 THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 300 THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE STADIUM 316 THE THEATRE OF BACCHUS, ATHENS 322 REMAINS OF THE TEMPLE OF MINERVA, CORINTH 345 THE RUINS OF PALMYRA 358 ALONG THE COAST OF GREECE 362 _HOW TROY WAS TAKEN._ The far-famed Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, was the most beautiful woman in the world. And from her beauty and faithlessness came the most celebrated of ancient wars, with death and disaster to numbers of famous heroes and the final ruin of the ancient city of Troy. The story of these striking events has been told only in poetry. We propose to tell it again in sober prose. But warning must first be given that Helen and the heroes of the Trojan war dwelt in the mist-land of legend and tradition, that cloud-realm from which history only slowly emerged. The facts with which we are here concerned are those of the poet, not those of the historian. It is far from sure that Helen ever lived. It is far from sure that there ever was a Trojan war. Many people doubt the whole story. Yet the ancient Greeks accepted it as history, and as we are telling their story, we may fairly include it among the historical tales of Greece. The heroes concerned are certainly fully alive in Homer's great poem, the "Iliad," and we can do no better than follow the story of this stirring poem, while adding details from other sources.