Studies of Travel: GreeceFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
History
Studies of Travel: Greece
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Greece -- Description and travel
_Johnson_, Samuel, application of his saying on the battle of
Marathôn, 55, 56
_Justinian_, fortifies Athens and extinguishes her schools, 24
K
_Kalaureia_, 78
_Kallimachos_, fate of Europe decided by the casting vote of, 53
_Kanarês_, Constantine, compared with Theseus, 50, 51;
his death, _ib._, 66, 67;
his home in Psara, 80
_Kapnikarea_, the, church of, at Athens, 47;
its _narthex_ compared with the west front of Peterborough, 48, 49
_Kephallênia_, 3, 5, 217
_Kyklopês_, their change of character, 94
_Kymê_, contrasted with Mykênê, 158, 159;
her western position, 205
L
_Larissa_, the, of Argos, 86, 109, 110, 116, 120, 182
_Laureion_, mines of, 241, 255
_Leake_, Colonel, on the battle of Marathôn, 61, 63;
on Tiryns, 102, 104;
on the worship of Poseidôn at Sounion, 254
_Lion_, the, range of, in Europe, 171;
cognate forms of his name, _ib._
_Lowe_, Robert (late Lord Sherbroke), his view of the battle of
Marathôn, 52
_Lysikratês_, choragic monument of, 38, 39
M
_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
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