Chapter M

_Mahaffy_, J. P., his views on the destruction of the tower of the
Dukes in Athens, 28, 29;
his illustration of the position of the temple of Olympian Zeus,
33, 144;
on the physical position of the Greek commonwealths, 71;
on the geographical separation of Eleusis from Athens, 230

_Maina_, name of Hellênes confined to, 8

_Mainotes_, their independence, 8;
how distinguished from the Slaves by Constantine Porphyrogennêtos,
8;
their conversion, 9

_Marathôn_, not in the Homeric Catalogue, 21, 60;
the most historic spot in Attica, 52;
battle of, the most memorable in the world’s history, 54 _et seq._;
the earliest and the latest fight compared, 57, 58;
geographical use of the name, 59;
its mythical history, _ib._;
temple of Athênê at, 60;
named in the Odyssey, _ib._;
earliest historical notices of, 61;
the marshes not mentioned by Herodotus, 62;
Pausanias’ account of the battle, _ib._;
site of ancient Marathôn uncertain, 63;
the barrow of the one hundred and ninety-two at, 64;
grave of Miltiadês at, _ib._

_Mavrokordatos_, at Mesolongi, 211

_Mesolongi_, two sieges of, 2, 211

_Methana_, 77

_Miltiadês_, influence of his arguments on Kallimachos, 53;
his success at Marathôn largely owing to the nature of the ground,
63;
his grave, 65

_Monembasia_, Latin conquest of Peloponnêsos completed by the taking
of, 14

_Morea_ (Môraia), earlier application of the name, 3

_Morosini_, Francesco, Venetian occupation of Athens under, 28, 31

_Mykênê_, contrasted with Argos and Tiryns, 86, 90, 93, 96, 97, 121;
history of, 95, 126;
its point of likeness with New Grange, 101, 155;
destroyed by Argos, 111, 112, 120, 124, 158;
preserved by destruction, 123;
its primæval relics, 126;
position of the akropolis, 127 _et seq._;
the walls, 130, 131, 137;
the lion-gate, 132, 134-136, 159;
the tombs and treasures, 132;
gateways of the treasuries, 133, 134;
the inner fortress, 136-138;
Homeric description of, 138;
the treasuries and treasures, 140 _et seq._;
use of the word “treasures,” 141;
process of burial, 143;
striking effect of the masks, 144, 146;
beginnings of the arch, 154;
its special primæval character, 158-161;
carriage-road practically ends at, 164

N

_Naupaktos_ (Lepanto), 210

_Nauplia_, high position of, under the Venetian and Turkish power, 82,
83

_Navarino_ (Pylos), battle of, 11, 13

_Neale_, J. M., his _History of the Holy Eastern Church_, 46, 47

_Nemea_, temple of Zeus at, 169, 170, 174, 178, 179;
the seat of Pan-hellenic worship, 169, 175;
legendary lion of, 169-172;
theatre at, 170, 180;
modern fauna of, 173

_New Grange_, its point of likeness with Mykênê, 101, 155

O

_Olympia_, the religious centre of Hellas, 261-264;
temples of Hêrê and of Zeus at, 264;
_exedra_ of Hêrôdês, 265;
special interest of the basilican church at, 266-274;
desolation of, 273

P

_Parnassos_, 181

_Parthenôn_, the, 17, 22;
its continuance as such in different ages, 23, 25, 27, 36;
thanksgiving of Basil the Second in, 23, 24;
changed into a mosque, 30;
its destruction in the Venetian occupation, 31

_Patras_, siege of, 2, 210, 273

_Patroklos_, Admiral of Ptolemy Philadelphos, his island off Sounion,
247

_Pausanias_, how his story of the battle of Marathôn differs from that
of Herodotus, 62;
Greek travelling in his day, 68, 69, 166, 168;
his description of Tiryns, 92;
on Argos, 120;
on the treasuries of Mykênê, 150, 151, 156;
distinguishes the treasuries of Mykênê from the tombs, 150, 156,
157;
records the tombs of the Sacred Way, 227;
the temple of Philê-Aphroditê, 230;
the worship of Poseidôn at Eleusis, 232;
his description of Sounion, 240

“_Pelasgian_,” abuse of the name, 88, 89, 100, 101

_Peloponnêsos_, southern, characteristics of its coastline, 5, 6;
lack of good roads in, 12

_Pentedaktylos_, 5, 8, 10, 13

_Periklês_, works of, how they should be studied, 18, 22

_Peterborough_ Cathedral, its west front compared with the _narthex_
of the Kapnikarea at Athens, 48

_Philé-Aphroditê_, temple of, 227, 230

_Pôros_, 78

_Poseidôn_, his worship at Eleusis, Sounion, and the Isthmus, 224,
225;
at Sounion, 241, 253, 254

_Poseidônia_ (Pæstum), contrasted with Mykênê, 158;
with Kymê, 159;
analogy between its temples and the temple of Athênê at Corinth,
187, 264

_Psara_, under the Turk, 80

_Psyttaleia_, 76, 77, 222

_Ptolemy_, gymnasion of, at Athens, 42

_Pylos_, occupation of, 11, 13. See _Navarino_

_Pyrrhos_, his death at Argos, 114

_Pythionikê_, tomb of, 227

R

_Rome_, her unbroken series of historical monuments, 17

S

_Sacred Way_, the, of Athens, 225 _et seq._;
its analogy with the Appian Way, 226

_Saint Andrew_, his defence of Patras, 2, 210, 273

_Saint Theodore_, church of, at Athens, 47, 49

_Salamis_, how her history differs from that of Aigina, 74-76;
battle of, 74, 76, 197

_Scheriê_, whether Corfu, 60

_Schliemann_, Dr., his share in the destruction of the ducal tower
at Athens, 29;
his work at Mykênê, 126, 129, 130, 134, 140, 157

_Scotia_, use of the name, 45

_Sikyôn_, 212, 221

_Sounion_, 15;
its geographical position, 240;
temple of Athênê at, 241, 249-255;
worship of Poseidôn at, 241, 253, 254;
fortification of, 251

_Spalato_, development of the arch at, 118, 154

_Sparta_, 6;
ancient and modern, 114, 115

_Sphagia_ (Sphaktêria), 11

_Stamatâkês_, guardian of the Mykênaian treasury, 126, 145;
his qualification of the skeleton of Agamemnôn, _ib._

_Stratôn_, his tomb at Eleusis, 232;
inference drawn from his wife’s description, _ib._

_Syros_ (Syra), 14

T

_Tainaros_, 7, 8, 13, 240, 273

_Taÿgetos_. See _Pentedaktylos_.

_Telham_, its legendary etymology compared with that of Zôstêr, 242,
243

_Thêseion_, the, re-dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37;
its position, 33, 35, 38;
architectural changes in, 36;
serves as a museum, 37

_Thêseus_, wall of, at Athens, 19-22

_Thêseus_, Temple of, dedicated to St. George, 25, 36, 37

_Theodoric_, tomb of, its Mykenaian character, 153

_Timophanês_, Tyrant of Corinth, his death, 189

_Tiryns_, called _Old Nauplia_, 82;
compared with English sites, 83;
its position and history, 86 _et. seq._;
Homeric description of, 87, 93, 105;
special point of likeness with Tusculum, 88, 89, 101;
desolate aspect of, 92, 93;
its mighty walls, 93, 97, 103, 104, 105;
their primæval origin, 96;
earliest beginnings of the pointed arch in the sally-port, 97-100

_Tusculum_, its special point of likeness with Tiryns, 88, 89, 101

_Tylor_, E. B., 101, 143