No. 10, Tsourekia. Cakes, made principally for Easter, of flour,
eggs, butter and sugar.
No. 11, Ephialtes. The traitor who guided the Persians to the Pass
of Thermopylæ.
No. 12, Antipater. The betrayer of Demosthenes.
No. 13, Paul Melas. A young officer in the Greek army, of one of the
best families in Athens, who left wife and children and career, a few
years ago, to go to Macedonia and with a handful of brave men protect
the helpless villages against Turkish tyranny and cruelty. He was
killed at Siatista in Macedonia in the month of October, 1904, and his
name has remained as that of one of the pioneers of Macedonian liberty.
No. 14, Mount Lycabettus. A rock rising in the middle of the plain of
Athens, from which there is a beautiful view of all the town below. On
the summit is a small chapel of St. George.
No. 15, Homonoia. "Concord," in Greek. It is the name of one of the
principal squares near the Piræus Road.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Kyra means Dame, or Goody: thus, Goody Kanella was Mattina's
aunt. At the end of the book there are notes marked 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.,
explaining the meaning of the Greek words used, and describing briefly
certain events in Greek history.
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