Wordsworth, Christopher: Greece, pictorial, descriptive and historical (London, 1853)

TABLE OF CONTENTS. XV

Basin of Bceotia—Two important Cities on its Margin, at equal Distances from each other—
Lebadea—Technical Arrangements and Phraseology of Astronomy and Geography compared—
Basin of Orchomenus the natural Tkeatre of Bceotia—Chaironea, Plain and Battle of—Coronea,
Battle of—Haliartus, Battle of—Mountain Circle of Bceotia—Commencement at Aulis—Mounts
Mesapius, Ptoum, Acontium, Helicon, Cithasron, Fames—Thespioe, Oropus, Delium—Helicon and
Cithajron—Legend of—Their natural Scenery compared—Grove of the Muses on Helicon—City of
Thespia?--Character of the Thespians—Road from Bceotia by Thespian to the Corinthian Culf—
Zethus and Amphion—Legends of Mount Cithasron—Erinnyes, Pentheus, CEdipus, Sphragitian
Nymphs—Platsea—Campaign of Mardonius—Force of Mardonius—Topography of the Battle of
Platcea—Three successive positions of the Greek Forces—Narrative of the Battle—Imminent Danger
of Pausanias ; his Presence of Mind—Death of Mardonius—Various Moral and Political Results
from the Physical Properties of Bceotia—Climate of Bceotia ; how produced—Exertions of Nature
to remedy the Evil—Emissaries of the Copaic Lake—History of—Influence of the Copaic Lake on
Bceotia—The Auletic Reed—Minstrelsy of Bceotia—Description of the City of Orchomenus—Its
History—Basin of Thebes—Topography and Climate of Thebes—Theban Character affected by
Climate of Boeotia........"... Pages 223—270

THESSAL5T.

Xkrxes at the Mouth of the Peneus—Frontiers of Thessaly—Basin of Thessaly— Its Rivers—Character
of Thessalian Legends—Egress of the Sea through Tempo—Marriage of Peleus and Thetis—Signi-
fication of—Views of the Sea from the Mountains of Thessaly—Their Influence on Thessalian
Mythology—Ceyx and Halcyone—Jason and the Argonauts—Centaurs and Lapiths; what they
represent—Illustration of the Natural Properties of Thessaly from its Coins—Meaning of the Name
of Thessaly—Aboriginal Tribes of Thessaly—Commencement of our Survey from Janina in Epirus
—Pass over Mount Pindus—Roads and Bridges of Ali Pasha—Ascent to Mezzovo—Khans—
Etymology of Mezzovo—Present State—Ceremonies—Ascent to Zygo—View of the Monasteries of
Meteora—Ascent to one of them—Church and Library—yEginum—Ancient Inscription—Aid of
Inscriptions to Topography—Campaign of Julius Cajsar—Tricca—Ancient Thessalian Cities in the
Vale of Peneus—Their Ruins—Larissa—Present State—Scenes there—Influence of the Soil on the
Thessalian Character—Ancient Inscriptions—Turkish Cemetery—Vale of Tempe—Military Cha-
racter of Tempe—Scenery of Tempe—Soxtrces of its Beauty—Pompey and Pharsalia—Road from
Tempe to Pharsalia—Present Aspect of Pharsalia—Battle of Pharsalia—Contrasts between the
Accounts of Julius Caesar and Lucan—CynoscephaUc—Pheras—Alcestis—Road fromPhera: toVolo
—View on Approach to Volo—Mount Pelion—City of Demetrias—Iolcus, Anauvus, Cave of Cheiron
on Mount Pelion—Heroic School of Greece—Botanical Fertility of Mount Pelion—Consequence of
it in Ancient and Modern Times.........Pages 271—303

EPIRUS, ACARNANIA, AND iETOLIA.

Bay of Acthvm—Present Appearance—Battle of Actium—Plan of the Battle—Temple of Actian Apollo
■—Coast of iEtolia—Bay of Missolonghi—Castle and Straits of Lepanto— Town of Prevyza—
Turkish Scenes—Route to Nicopolis—Plan of Nicopolis—Theatre, Aqueduct, Architecture—Object
of Nicopolis—Theatre—Architecture emblematic of Population—Ancient Fountain—Road from
Nicopolis to Arta—Arta the Ancient Ambracia—Present State of Arta—Bazaar—Churches of
Arta—Paintings in them—Ancient Coins of Ambracia—Ruins at Rogus—Ruins at Kastri— Rogiis
identified with Charadra—Kastri with Ambracus—Scenery of the Charadrus—Ancient Fortresses
—Janina—Palace and Tomb of Ali Pasha—Mosque—Tomb of Turkish Saint—Tepelini—River
Aous—The Acrocerauuian Promontory—Where was Dodona?—Search for it how rendered more
difficult—Dodona not merely a City but a Country—Ruins at Dramisus—their Site, Extent, and
Peculiarities—Was Dodona at Dramisus ?—Bishop of Dodona—Road from Dramisus to Suli—City