The Perilous Seat

About this eBook

Author

Snedeker, Caroline Dale, 1871-1956

Original Publication

United States: Doubleday, Page & Company ,1923.

Credits

Mary Glenn Krause and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Delphi (Extinct city) -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67050

Release Date

December 30, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PERILOUS SEAT
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.BOOK I AT THE PYTHIAN FESTIVAL
5. 5.CHAPTER I DRYAS WINS THE PRIZE
6. 6.CHAPTER II PARENTAL JUSTICE
7. 7.BOOK II A CHILDHOOD IN DELPHI
8. 8.CHAPTER III THERIA, SEVEN YEARS OLD
9. 9.CHAPTER IV ELEUTHERIA LOOKS OUT OF A WINDOW
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOUSE
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE GUESTS
12. 12.CHAPTER VII WHAT GIFTS THE GUESTS BROUGHT
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII DRYAS TAKES A ROBBER
14. 14.CHAPTER IX LAUREL FROM TEMPÈ
15. 15.CHAPTER X A BOY CALLED SOPHOCLES
16. 16.CHAPTER XI WHY NOT BE THE PYTHIA?
17. 17.BOOK III WITHIN THE ORACLE
18. 18.CHAPTER XII “THE PLACE OF GOLDEN TRIPODS”
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII IN PLEISTOS WOODS
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV THE POOR SLAVE
21. 21.CHAPTER XV THE SHATTERED CUP
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI GATHERING THE THREADS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII A YOUTH UNDER THE WINDOW
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII GATHERING MORE THREADS
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX THE SONG RE-SUNG
26. 26.CHAPTER XX LOVE IN THE LANE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI A PROCESSION OF SACRIFICE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII IN THE PYTHIA HOUSE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII THE CHILD PRIESTESS
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV THE HIGH, PERILOUS SEAT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV BITTER CONSEQUENCES
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI “PRAY TO THE WINDS”
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII THE MESSENGERS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII AN OUTCAST ON PARNASSOS
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX EËTÍON PURSUES
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX SHEPHERD WISDOM
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI NIKANDER’S NEAREST OF KIN
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THERMOPYLÆ
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII AT EËTÍON’S CALL
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV EËTÍON AND NIKANDER
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV THERIA TELLS HER VISION
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI REFUGE IN THE PRECINCT
43. 43.BOOK IV THE GOD WILL CARE FOR HIS OWN
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVII THE PERSIAN COMES
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVIII THANKFULNESS
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXIX NIKANDER PLEADS FOR HIS DAUGHTER
47. 47.CHAPTER XL AGAIN HOME
48. 48.CHAPTER XLI A SCULPTOR’S RESPECTABILITY
49. 49.CHAPTER XLII THE UNWILLING COLONIST
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIII THE BIRD IN THE CAGE
51. 51.CHAPTER XLIV THE METIC
52. 52.CHAPTER XLV THE MARRIAGE
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVI THE DOOR OF ESCAPE
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVII ALIEN MEADOWS
55. 55.CHAPTER XLVIII TOWN MAKERS

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