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Table of Contents

PREFACE

BOOK I AT THE PYTHIAN FESTIVAL

CHAPTER I DRYAS WINS THE PRIZE

CHAPTER II PARENTAL JUSTICE

BOOK II A CHILDHOOD IN DELPHI

CHAPTER III THERIA, SEVEN YEARS OLD

CHAPTER IV ELEUTHERIA LOOKS OUT OF A WINDOW

CHAPTER V THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER VI THE GUESTS

CHAPTER VII WHAT GIFTS THE GUESTS BROUGHT

CHAPTER VIII DRYAS TAKES A ROBBER

CHAPTER IX LAUREL FROM TEMPÈ

CHAPTER X A BOY CALLED SOPHOCLES

CHAPTER XI WHY NOT BE THE PYTHIA?

BOOK III WITHIN THE ORACLE

CHAPTER XII “THE PLACE OF GOLDEN TRIPODS”

CHAPTER XIII IN PLEISTOS WOODS

CHAPTER XIV THE POOR SLAVE

CHAPTER XV THE SHATTERED CUP

CHAPTER XVI GATHERING THE THREADS

CHAPTER XVII A YOUTH UNDER THE WINDOW

CHAPTER XVIII GATHERING MORE THREADS

CHAPTER XIX THE SONG RE-SUNG

CHAPTER XX LOVE IN THE LANE

CHAPTER XXI A PROCESSION OF SACRIFICE

CHAPTER XXII IN THE PYTHIA HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIII THE CHILD PRIESTESS

CHAPTER XXIV THE HIGH, PERILOUS SEAT

CHAPTER XXV BITTER CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XXVI “PRAY TO THE WINDS”

CHAPTER XXVII THE MESSENGERS

CHAPTER XXVIII AN OUTCAST ON PARNASSOS

CHAPTER XXIX EËTÍON PURSUES

CHAPTER XXX SHEPHERD WISDOM

CHAPTER XXXI NIKANDER’S NEAREST OF KIN

CHAPTER XXXII TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THERMOPYLÆ

CHAPTER XXXIII AT EËTÍON’S CALL

CHAPTER XXXIV EËTÍON AND NIKANDER

CHAPTER XXXV THERIA TELLS HER VISION

CHAPTER XXXVI REFUGE IN THE PRECINCT

BOOK IV THE GOD WILL CARE FOR HIS OWN

CHAPTER XXXVII THE PERSIAN COMES

CHAPTER XXXVIII THANKFULNESS

CHAPTER XXXIX NIKANDER PLEADS FOR HIS DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XL AGAIN HOME

CHAPTER XLI A SCULPTOR’S RESPECTABILITY

CHAPTER XLII THE UNWILLING COLONIST

CHAPTER XLIII THE BIRD IN THE CAGE

CHAPTER XLIV THE METIC

CHAPTER XLV THE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XLVI THE DOOR OF ESCAPE

CHAPTER XLVII ALIEN MEADOWS

CHAPTER XLVIII TOWN MAKERS