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Remains of ancient wall, probably of the Minoan age on Mount Youchtas, Heraklion province.

Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis, Heraklion province.

Cretan peasant.

Cretan love mantinada (rhyming couplet).

Landscape at Almyros river, near Heraklion.

Ancient coins of Hierapetra.

Gorge at Arvi, near Heraklion.

Inscription of ancient Priansos, seen and transcribed by the author at Toplou monastery, Sitia province.

Coins of ancient Priansos.

The house the author stayed at during his trip to Asomatoi, Rethymno province.

Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymno province.

View of Loutro, sea-side village at Sfakia, Chania province.

Title page of the second volume of the edition.

Winged statuette, probably of Eros, discovered at the excavations near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at ancient Aptera, under the author's supervision. The author took the statuette with him to Britain.

Sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: Marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.