Cruises of the Athena in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, 1910 . Corinth ; a Ruin that St. Paul saw the Theater of Taormina being justly famed asthe finest in the world. The hardier will findtime to climb to Mola, that seems to look downon Taormina from among the stars. An extra day is allowed here to meet unex-pected exigencies. The party is free to arrivea day later or leave a day earlier than herescheduled. June 15. Crossing to Greece. June 16-17. The Peloponnesus. Time maypossibly permit a stop at sandy Pylos andSphacteria, where Sparta suffered her firstgreat humiliation. Then we ent
Cruises of the Athena in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, 1910 . Corinth ; a Ruin that St. Paul saw the Theater of Taormina being justly famed asthe finest in the world. The hardier will findtime to climb to Mola, that seems to look downon Taormina from among the stars. An extra day is allowed here to meet unex-pected exigencies. The party is free to arrivea day later or leave a day earlier than herescheduled. June 15. Crossing to Greece. June 16-17. The Peloponnesus. Time maypossibly permit a stop at sandy Pylos andSphacteria, where Sparta suffered her firstgreat humiliation. Then we enter the Gulf ofMessenia for the excursion to the wonderful ruinsof the ancient city and its great citadel, From this point there will be an opportunityfor the hardier to cross the mountains to thescanty ruins of Sparta, while the rest contentthemselves with a sail up into the Gulf of Laconia. June 18. Knossos. Crossing to Crete, wevisit the ruins of the Palace of King Minos, the 16. The Agora; Mycenae most wonderful archaeological discovery sincethe days of Schliemann, and then study the re-markable civilization of the Minoan Empire inthe beautiful Museum at Candia, the harbor ofKnossos. We leave in the afternoon for Greeceagain. (See note on page 31.) June 19. Mycenae. The excursion to thefar-famed capital of Agamemnon, with its LionGate and its great beehive tombs or treasurehouses, is made by special train, supplementedby native carts for the ascent of the the return the train stops at wall-girtTiryns for a visit to the remains of the Ho-meric Palace and the great walls so impressiveto Homer. June 20. Epidauros. From the same moor-ing place we take carriages to Epidauros, themost famous seat of the healing art in the an-cient world. The entire community constitutedone vast sanitarium, with almost every moderndevice. The site is of great beauty. At eveningwe weigh anchor and sail for the Piraeus. June 21-27. Athens. A week spent here
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