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William Stearns Davis. A Victor of Salamis
A Victor of Salamis
Table of Contents
CHAPTER III
THE HAND OF PERSIA
CHAPTER IV
THE PENTATHLON
BOOK I
THE SHADOW OF THE PERSIAN
CHAPTER V
HERMIONE OF ELEUSIS
CHAPTER VI
ATHENS
CHAPTER VII
DEMOCRATES AND THE TEMPTER
CHAPTER VIII
ON THE ACROPOLIS
CHAPTER IX
THE CYPRIAN TRIUMPHS
CHAPTER X
DEMOCRATES RESOLVES
CHAPTER XI
THE PANATHENÆA
CHAPTER XII
A TRAITOR TO HELLAS
CHAPTER XIII
THE DISLOYALTY OF PHORMIO
CHAPTER XIV
MARDONIUS THE PERSIAN
BOOK II
THE COMING OF THE PERSIAN
CHAPTER XV
THE LOTUS-EATING AT SARDIS
CHAPTER XVI
THE COMING OF XERXES THE GOD-KING
CHAPTER XVII
THE CHARMING BY ROXANA
CHAPTER XVIII
DEMOCRATES’S TROUBLES RETURN
CHAPTER XIX
THE COMMANDMENT OF XERXES
CHAPTER XX
THERMOPYLÆ
CHAPTER XXI
THE THREE HUNDRED—AND ONE
CHAPTER XXII
MARDONIUS GIVES A PROMISE
CHAPTER XXIII
THE DARKEST HOUR
CHAPTER XXIV
THE EVACUATION OF ATHENS
CHAPTER XXV
THE ACROPOLIS FLAMES
CHAPTER XXVI
THEMISTOCLES IS THINKING
CHAPTER XXVII
THE CRAFT OF ODYSSEUS
CHAPTER XXVIII
BEFORE THE DEATH GRAPPLE
CHAPTER XXIX
SALAMIS
CHAPTER XXX
THEMISTOCLES GIVES A PROMISE
BOOK III
THE PASSING OF THE PERSIAN
CHAPTER XXXI
DEMOCRATES SURRENDERS
CHAPTER XXXII
THE STRANGER IN TRŒZENE
CHAPTER XXXIII
WHAT BEFELL ON THE HILLSIDE
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE LOYALTY OF LAMPAXO
CHAPTER XXXV
MOLOCH BETRAYS THE PHŒNICIAN
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE READING OF THE RIDDLE
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE RACE TO SAVE HELLAS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE COUNCIL OF MARDONIUS
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE AVENGING OF LEONIDAS
CHAPTER XL
THE SONG OF THE FURIES
CHAPTER XLI
THE BRIGHTNESS OF HELIOS
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William Stearns Davis
Published by Good Press, 2020
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In a tent at the lower end of the long stadium stood Glaucon awaiting the final summons to his ordeal. His friends had just cried farewell for the last time: Cimon had kissed him; Themistocles had gripped his hand; Democrates had called “Zeus prosper you!” Simonides had vowed that he was already hunting for the metres of a triumphal ode. The roar from without told how the stadium was filled with its chattering thousands. The athlete’s trainers were bestowing their last officious advice.
“The Spartan will surely win the quoit-throw. Do not be troubled. In everything else you can crush him.”
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