This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...of Pirene as given by Pausanias in his chapter on Corinth is more poetical. Pirene was once a woman, but was changed to a fountain through weeping for her son, Cenchrias, who had been unintentionally slain by Artemis. pausing for farewell to the mournful temple in the ancient town, we mounted our carriage and drove to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...of Pirene as given by Pausanias in his chapter on Corinth is more poetical. Pirene was once a woman, but was changed to a fountain through weeping for her son, Cenchrias, who had been unintentionally slain by Artemis. pausing for farewell to the mournful temple in the ancient town, we mounted our carriage and drove to modern Corinth for the night. CHAPTER VII i MYCENAE The road from Corinth to Nauplia took us quickly from the coast, winding round the Eastern end of the Acrocorinthus, and passing the little village of Hexamilia. This town was the scene of charitable labours on the part of Dr. S. G. Howe, who here established a colony for the refugees who fled from Turkish cruelty in 1828. Far to the left we could see the Arachnaean heights, the last station of the famous beacon signal on its journey from Troy to proclaim to the watchers on the palace of Agamemnon that the city had fallen at last. Chorus:1 "And how could tidings with such speed have come?" Clytemnestra: "Hephaestus sent from Ida his bright gleam; And, torch succeeding torch, the courier fire Sped hither--Ida to the Lemnian Crag Of Hermes flashed the tidings. From the Isle, 1 Aeschylus: Ag., 271-302. Mount Athos caught the mighty beacon third. Then, rising high to overarch the sea, This joy-fraught strength of travelling torch sped on, This pine knot, and like some gold-blazing sun To watch upon Macistus bore the gleam--Who loitered not o'ercome by heedless sleep, But passed his portion of the tidings on. The beacon's light to far Euripus came, And signalled to Messapium's guards the news. Answering the blaze, they urged the message on, Kindling with fire a heap of withered brush. In strength the glare with brightness still un-dimmed, Leaping across Asopus' Plain, as 'twere A sh...
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Add this copy of In Greece With the Classics, Volume 20... to cart. $54.16, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
