The Perilous Seat
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I DRYAS WINS THE PRIZE4. CHAPTER II PARENTAL JUSTICE5. CHAPTER III THERIA, SEVEN YEARS OLD6. CHAPTER IV ELEUTHERIA LOOKS OUT OF A WINDOW7. CHAPTER V THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOUSE8. CHAPTER VI THE GUESTS9. CHAPTER VII WHAT GIFTS THE GUESTS BROUGHT10. CHAPTER VIII DRYAS TAKES A ROBBER11. CHAPTER IX LAUREL FROM TEMPÈ12. CHAPTER X A BOY CALLED SOPHOCLES13. CHAPTER XI WHY NOT BE THE PYTHIA?14. CHAPTER XII “THE PLACE OF GOLDEN TRIPODS”15. CHAPTER XIII IN PLEISTOS WOODS16. CHAPTER XIV THE POOR SLAVE17. CHAPTER XV THE SHATTERED CUP18. CHAPTER XVI GATHERING THE THREADS19. CHAPTER XVII A YOUTH UNDER THE WINDOW20. CHAPTER XVIII GATHERING MORE THREADS21. CHAPTER XIX THE SONG RE-SUNG22. CHAPTER XX LOVE IN THE LANE23. CHAPTER XXI A PROCESSION OF SACRIFICE24. CHAPTER XXII IN THE PYTHIA HOUSE25. CHAPTER XXIII THE CHILD PRIESTESS26. CHAPTER XXIV THE HIGH, PERILOUS SEAT27. CHAPTER XXV BITTER CONSEQUENCES28. CHAPTER XXVI “PRAY TO THE WINDS”29. CHAPTER XXVII THE MESSENGERS30. CHAPTER XXVIII AN OUTCAST ON PARNASSOS31. CHAPTER XXIX EËTÍON PURSUES32. CHAPTER XXX SHEPHERD WISDOM33. CHAPTER XXXI NIKANDER’S NEAREST OF KIN34. CHAPTER XXXII TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THERMOPYLÆ35. CHAPTER XXXIII AT EËTÍON’S CALL36. CHAPTER XXXIV EËTÍON AND NIKANDER37. CHAPTER XXXV THERIA TELLS HER VISION38. CHAPTER XXXVI REFUGE IN THE PRECINCT39. CHAPTER XXXVII THE PERSIAN COMES40. CHAPTER XXXVIII THANKFULNESS41. CHAPTER XXXIX NIKANDER PLEADS FOR HIS DAUGHTER42. CHAPTER XL AGAIN HOME43. CHAPTER XLI A SCULPTOR’S RESPECTABILITY44. CHAPTER XLII THE UNWILLING COLONIST45. CHAPTER XLIII THE BIRD IN THE CAGE46. CHAPTER XLIV THE METIC47. CHAPTER XLV THE MARRIAGE48. CHAPTER XLVI THE DOOR OF ESCAPE49. CHAPTER XLVII ALIEN MEADOWS50. CHAPTER XLVIII TOWN MAKERS