PAGE 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 395 DISTANCE 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 GREECE. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE COAST.