Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical

Christopher Wordsworth

W. S. Orr and Company, 1839 - Art, Greek - 356 pages

Contents

• Apollonia Corinthian Colonies Augustus his Connexion with Apollonia Actiumthe Gulf: 6
• Temple at EleusisDescription of the Eleusinian Mysteries: 7
• Alterations in the CoastThermopylæ survives only in Herodotus: 18
• CrissaCirrha MiltonCorycian Cave: 21
• Causes of its DissolutionRome united Greece: 42
• EmissariesSwitzerland Italy Boeotia ARCADIA: 48
• Laconia the Stadium of the Peloponnesus: 53
• Pheidippides and Pan before the Battle of Marathon: 56
• its present and former Condition: 75
• Cranaus and Pedias the Parents of Atthis: 85
• Deucalions FloodAmphictyonEricthoniusStates of Society represented by them: 94
• Trophy of Miltiades: 114
• Contrast of Rome and Athens in their respective Materials for Sculpture: 119
• Plato in this Cave: 125
• Contrast of the Spirit which produced its Buildings with their Material Elements: 131
• Idea of Athens as it existed in Ancient Times on the Day of the Celebration of the Panathenaic Festival: 135
• StatuesColossal Bronze Statue of Minerva Promachus: 139
• Subterranean Passage to the Grotto of AglaurusUse of the AglaureumGrotto of Pan: 145
• The Pnyx or Parliament of AthensIts Site Size and Features: 150
• View of the Agora from the Western Side of the Acropolis: 156
• Centaurs and Lapitha what they represent: 198
• Pass over Mount PindusRoads and Bridges of Ali PashaAscent to Mezovo: 204
• TriccaAncient Thessalian Cities in the Vale of PeneusTheir Ruins: 210
• Vale of RakleHeracleaRuins of ProniCoinsHercules: 283
• Architectural and Sculptural DescriptionsPausaniasPæstum: 320
• Ancient GateAncient RoadGreek and Roman RoadsTheatre and Stadium: 326
• The Plain of ArgosSite of MycenaIts Name: 339
• The Argolic PlainThirsty ArgosHow far this Expression applicable: 343
• 1 By Nemea2 By Tretus Dervenakia3 By Contoporeia: 347
• Fountain of PeireneAncient Inscriptions and architectural Decorations there: 350
• Corinthian Theatre Stadium and Amphitheatre referred to by St Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians: 354

Bibliographic information

• Title: Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical
• Author: Christopher Wordsworth
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: W. S. Orr and Company, 1839
• Original from: University of Chicago
• Digitized: Feb 19, 2014
• Length: 356 pages