General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1909 Original Publisher: W. Heinemann Subjects: Greece Athens (Greece) History / Ancient / Greece History / Europe / Greece Travel / Europe / Greece Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V THE JOURNEY TO DELPHI Among the Archaeological Societies of Greece the premier position is held by the French School, for, being far the most liberally treated by Government, they are able to undertake on a larger scale, and in a more generous manner, their share in the wonderful work of bringing to light the classic sites of this marvellous little country. With a good four thousand pounds per annum, as compared with the English Government grant of four hundred, they have at the end of the archaeological year, a noble record of work done, to shew to the world. They have, too, been specially happy in the selection of their hunting-grounds, having chosen the Island of Delos, the birthplace of Apollo, where a second Pompeii is now revealed, and the still more fascinating and romantic Delphi, the centre of Apollo worship and seat of his great oracle. The British School is doing brilliant work under many difficulties in the unwalled valley of the Eurotas – but that is another story. I had the good fortune to visit Delphi in company with some members of the British School of Archaeology, and we made up a party consisting of three gentlemen and two ladies. We took the usual route from Athens – a Greek steam-boat from the Piraeus, down the Gulf of Corinth till, about half-way down, we came to the Gulf of Itea on the right, and the boat stopped at a tiny town of that name. There is no such thing as a quay in any landing-place in Greece – consequen…
