Central Greece (1778 Subjects)
View of Thebes with Cadmeia, the ancient acropolis of Thebes.
View of the port of Aulis, Boeotia. Chalcis in the background.
Chapter page. The Castalian spring.
Landscape at Delphi.
The village of Chrisso (ancient Crissa) on Mount Parnassus.
Ttile page. The fountain of Dirce, Thebes.
The Aetolian coast seen from Patras.
View of Missolonghi.
Map of Euboea.
Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.
The Kastalian spring in Delphi.
Parnassus mountain.
The site of the acropolis of Orchomenos in Boeotia, on Cephisus river, from the south. Arvanite women occupied in agricultural tasks.
The Catabothra (underground water cave) of Lake Copais, in Boeotia.
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
The Erechtheion from the southwest. In the distance, on the left, a group of Turkish musician who customarily performed on the Acropolis every day at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
View of the temple of Olympian Zeus and Ilissus river.
The pass of Thermopylae. The mounted figures at the centre are the armed escorts of Edward Dodwell, whose mission was to protect the travelling party from the bandits who were prowling the pass of Thermopylae.
Coins of ancient Athens. Coins of the city of Neapolis (today Kavala) in Macedonia, which was a member of the Athenian League.
“Palikaria”, members of irregular troops of Roumeli, Greece.
The plain of Thebes.
Lake Yliki in Boeotia.
Lake Copais (formerly also called lake Cephissis).
The Catabothra (underground water cave) of Lake Copais.
Ancient wall structure at Thermopylae.
Landscape at Thermopylae.
Stone bridge over Spercheios river, in Central Greece.