TO FACE PAGE Marathon: from the “Soros,” looking towards Little Marsh 163 The “Soros” at Marathon 165 Marathon from the “Soros” 187 The Vale of Tempe 231 The Harbour of Corcyra 241 Mountains of Thermopylæ, from Phalara 257 Mount Œta and Plain of Malis 259 Asopos Ravine 261 The Gorge of the Asopos 261 Thermopylæ, from Bridge of Alamana 263 View from Thermopylæ, looking towards Artemisium 264 Channel of Artemisium, from 1600 Feet above Thermopylæ 264 On Thermopylæ-Elatæa Road (_viâ_ Modern Boudenitza) 265 Thermopylæ between Middle and East Gate 290 The East Gate of Thermopylæ 291 Summit of Anopæa, looking East 301 Coast at Middle Gate of Thermopylæ in 480 310 Thermopylæ 311 Thermopylæ: the Middle Gate 311 First and Second Mounds, Middle Gate, Thermopylæ 312 Plain of Eubœa 321 The Narrows at Chalkis 323 Salamis, looking South from Mount Ægaleos, with the Island of Psyttaleia in the Centre 392 Plain of Thebes and Mount Kithæron 436 Plain of Kopais, from Thebes 452 Plain of Platæa and Kithæron 454 The First Position at Platæa 460 Platæa: “Island,” from Side of Kithæron 480 Bœotian Plain, from Platæa-Megara Pass 482 Platæa—West Side of Νῆσος 482 Platæa: Panorama from Scene of Last Fight 502 MAPS. Battle of Marathon 166 Region of Thermopylæ and Malian Gulf 266 Isthmus of Corinth and West Attica 368 Salamis 384 Thermopylæ _At end_ Platæa _At end_ CHAPTER I. GREEK AND PERSIAN.