Studies of Travel: GreeceFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
History
Studies of Travel: Greece
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Greece -- Description and travel
_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
S
_Sacred Way_, the, of Athens, 225 _et seq._;
its analogy with the Appian Way, 226
_Saint Andrew_, his defence of Patras, 2, 210, 273
_Saint Theodore_, church of, at Athens, 47, 49
_Salamis_, how her history differs from that of Aigina, 74-76;
battle of, 74, 76, 197
_Scheriê_, whether Corfu, 60
_Schliemann_, Dr., his share in the destruction of the ducal tower
at Athens, 29;
his work at Mykênê, 126, 129, 130, 134, 140, 157
_Scotia_, use of the name, 45
_Sikyôn_, 212, 221
_Sounion_, 15;
its geographical position, 240;
temple of Athênê at, 241, 249-255;
worship of Poseidôn at, 241, 253, 254;
fortification of, 251
_Spalato_, development of the arch at, 118, 154
_Sparta_, 6;
ancient and modern, 114, 115
_Sphagia_ (Sphaktêria), 11
_Stamatâkês_, guardian of the Mykênaian treasury, 126, 145;
his qualification of the skeleton of Agamemnôn, _ib._
_Stratôn_, his tomb at Eleusis, 232;
inference drawn from his wife’s description, _ib._
_Syros_ (Syra), 14
T
_Tainaros_, 7, 8, 13, 240, 273
_Taÿgetos_. See _Pentedaktylos_.
_Telham_, its legendary etymology compared with that of Zôstêr, 242,
243
_Thêseion_, the, re-dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37;
its position, 33, 35, 38;
architectural changes in, 36;
serves as a museum, 37
_Thêseus_, wall of, at Athens, 19-22
_Thêseus_, Temple of, dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37
_Theodoric_, tomb of, its Mykenaian character, 153
_Timophanês_, Tyrant of Corinth, his death, 189
_Tiryns_, called _Old Nauplia_, 82;
compared with English sites, 83;
its position and history, 86 _et. seq._;
Homeric description of, 87, 93, 105;
special point of likeness with Tusculum, 88, 89, 101;
desolate aspect of, 92, 93;
its mighty walls, 93, 97, 103, 104, 105;
their primæval origin, 96;
earliest beginnings of the pointed arch in the sally-port, 97-100
_Tusculum_, its special point of likeness with Tiryns, 88, 89, 101
_Tylor_, E. B., 101, 143
V
_Vostizza_ (Aigion), 212
W
_War of Independence_, the, 58, 108, 169
Z
_Zante_ (Zakynthos), 5
_Zôstêr_, its place in legend and in history, 242-245;
its legendary etymology, 242, 243
Transcriber’s Note
A number of obvious printer’s errors have been corrected, and are
listed below.
Given the context, the Greek phrase on p. 15, “προσείποιμ’ αν Ἀθάνας”,
is most likely a version of line 1222 of Sophocles’ _Ajax_,
“προσείποιμεν Ἀθάνας”.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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