FARRER, Richard Ridley

Richard Ridley Farrer travelled in the Greek State in 1880. With nothing extraordinary, this edition is illustrated by twenty-seven wood engravings based on drawings by Lord Windsor. Of special interest is the detailed map of Continental Greece, with inset maps of Corfu and the Cyclades. The Appendix contains advice on interacting with the natives, instructions on how to reach various areas and suggestions for a more comfortable trip. Farrer started out from Brindisi and visited Corfu, Athens – he speaks of the ancient city as well – Sounion, Marathon, Thebes, Chalcis, the Argolid, Arcadia, Olympia, Pyrgos. He ended his journey on Zacynthos.

Written by Ioli Vingopoulou

Title page.
The Albanian Coast.
The Old Fortress of Corfu.
The Acropolis of Athens and the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
The Acropolis from the Pnyx.
The Parthenon (West Front).
The Parthenon (East Front)
Eleusis and the bay of Salamis
Eleutherae.
Thebes, with Mount Parnassus.
Mount Helicon from Thespiae.
Livadeia.
Ruins of the Temple of Zeus at Nemea.
Nafplio from Tiryns.
Plain of Mantinea, from Tsipiana.
Temple of Apollo, Bassae.
Valley of the Alpheus.
Olympia.
Cephalonia, from Zante.
The pitch-springs in Zante.
Our last view of Greece from Zante.
Map of Greece.
Temple of Poseidon in Paestum.
View of Corfu, from the Garuna pass.
Delphi.
Remains of the Temple of Apollo at Ancient Corinth.
The Temple of Hephaestus.
The battlefield of Plataea.

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