Cruises of the Athena in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, 1910 . thenarrow Euripus, where island and mainlandalmost join, and cast anchor in the harbor ofChalkis. June 29. Platea. The early morning trainby the best railroad in Greece takes us to Thebesand within easy reach of the battlefield of Platea,where the Greeks settled their final score withthe Persians. The whole region is eloquent ofsome of the most important events in Greekhistory. At night we return to the Athena. June 30. Thermopylae. Still skirting thecoast northward, we come as near as the broad-ening shallows will permit to
Cruises of the Athena in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, 1910 . thenarrow Euripus, where island and mainlandalmost join, and cast anchor in the harbor ofChalkis. June 29. Platea. The early morning trainby the best railroad in Greece takes us to Thebesand within easy reach of the battlefield of Platea,where the Greeks settled their final score withthe Persians. The whole region is eloquent ofsome of the most important events in Greekhistory. At night we return to the Athena. June 30. Thermopylae. Still skirting thecoast northward, we come as near as the broad-ening shallows will permit to the narrow passbetween mountain and sea, where, of old, theinscription proudly told that Leonidas andthree hundred Spartans withstood three hundredmyriads of men. Access is difficult from the seaon account of the shallowness of the water. July 1. Vale of Tempe. The drive throughthis exquisite vale will more nearly recall thescenery that we have learned to love at homethan any other excursion in Greece. Its extremenaturalness to us is due to its unlikeness to any-. The Pnyx: Town-Meeting Place, Athens thing else in Greece, which accounts for itsancient fame. July 2. Eleusis. Returning southward weagain head for Athens. Some time in the day weapproach the Piraeus, where, if not already visitedbefore, we shall have time for an excursion inthe late afternoon to Eleusis. The Athena an-chors in the harbor of Athens for the night andmuch of the following day. July 3. Salamis. Before leaving thesewaters a cruise through the Bay of Salamis willadd a climax to the historical associations of theplace. Think of one brief week which takes usto Marathon and Platea and Thermopylae andSalamis. In all the wars of this warring world,there are no other four names so memorable asthose, no other battles fought against such odds,or with such prowess, or for such a stake. Itwas the supreme effort of the East to dominatethe West, and had not the West at that momentshown its utmost reach of manhood, t
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