Chapter II: Book II: The Coming of the Persian

XV. THE LOTUS-EATING AT SARDIS 165
XVI. THE COMING OF XERXES THE GOD-KING 174
XVII. THE CHARMING BY ROXANA 186
XVIII. DEMOCRATES’S TROUBLES RETURN 197
XIX. THE COMMANDMENT OF XERXES 209
XX. THERMOPYLÆ 219
XXI. THE THREE HUNDRED—AND ONE 230
XXII. MARDONIUS GIVES A PROMISE 243
XXIII. THE DARKEST HOUR 253
XXIV. THE EVACUATION OF ATHENS 264
XXV. THE ACROPOLIS FLAMES 268
XXVI. THEMISTOCLES IS THINKING 279
XXVII. THE CRAFT OF ODYSSEUS 287
XXVIII. BEFORE THE DEATH GRAPPLE 300
XXIX. SALAMIS 311
XXX. THEMISTOCLES GIVES A PROMISE 329

BOOK III
THE PASSING OF THE PERSIAN

XXXI. DEMOCRATES SURRENDERS 333
XXXII. THE STRANGER IN TRŒZENE 343
XXXIII. WHAT BEFELL ON THE HILLSIDE 350
XXXIV. THE LOYALTY OF LAMPAXO 360
XXXV. MOLOCH BETRAYS THE PHŒNICIAN 372
XXXVI. THE READING OF THE RIDDLE 388
XXXVII. THE RACE TO SAVE HELLAS 399
XXXVIII. THE COUNCIL OF MARDONIUS 418
XXXIX. THE AVENGING OF LEONIDAS 426
XL. THE SONG OF THE FURIES 438
XLI. THE BRIGHTNESS OF HELIOS 445