XIV. THE POOR SLAVE 105 XV. THE SHATTERED CUP 113 XVI. GATHERING THE THREADS 117 XVII. THE YOUTH UNDER THE WINDOW 122 XVIII. GATHERING MORE THREADS 127 XIX. THE SONG RE-SUNG 133 XX. LOVE IN THE LANE 142 XXI. A PROCESSION OF SACRIFICE 152 XXII. IN THE PYTHIA HOUSE 156 XXIII. THE CHILD PRIESTESS 159 XXIV. THE HIGH, PERILOUS SEAT 164 XXV. BITTER CONSEQUENCES 170 XXVI. “PRAY TO THE WINDS” 177 XXVII. THE MESSENGERS 182 XXVIII. OUTCAST ON PARNASSOS 191 XXIX. EËTÍON PURSUES 196 XXX. SHEPHERD WISDOM 201 XXXI. NIKANDER’S NEAREST OF KIN 210 XXXII. TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THERMOPYLÆ 215 XXXIII. AT EËTÍON’S CALL 221 XXXIV. EËTÍON AND NIKANDER 226 XXXV. THERIA TELLS HER VISION 229 XXXVI. REFUGE IN THE PRECINCT 233 BOOK IV “_The God Will Care for His Own_” XXXVII. THE PERSIAN COMES 239 XXXVIII. THANKFULNESS 247 XXXIX. NIKANDER PLEADS FOR HIS DAUGHTER 252 XL. AGAIN HOME 257 XLI. A SCULPTOR’S RESPECTABILITY 261 XLII. THE UNWILLING COLONIST 267 XLIII. THE BIRD IN THE CAGE 278 XLIV. THE METIC 289 XLV. THE MARRIAGE 293 XLVI. THE DOOR OF ESCAPE 297 XLVII. ALIEN MEADOWS 302 XLVIII. TOWN MAKERS 309 BOOK I AT THE PYTHIAN FESTIVAL CHAPTER I DRYAS WINS THE PRIZE Dryas, the young Delphian, finished his song. As he did so he leaped impulsively to the sheer edge of the temple platform, leaning forward in the very attitude of the Archer God. The song was to Apollo. For a moment he seemed to be the young Apollo himself.