The Cruise of the Branwen

CONTENTS Lessons of the Marathon Race : The Zappeion : Government Subsidies and British Athletes : Inter– national Juries : Organisation of Teams : Times at PAG~ Athens : The Greek Stadium 76 CHAPTER VIII : ENGLISH FENCING Mr. Newton Robinson's Article in the Field: De– tailed Criticisms of Swordsmanship in Athens : The Score-sheets : French Article in Les Armes : "No Pointe d'Arret ! " : A Few Suggestions 105 CHAPTER IX : LES EPEES DE BRONZE The 24oth Olympiad : Temples at Olympia : The Discobolus : Mainotes and Cretans izz CHAPTER X : ATHENS TOURNAMENT The Song of the B ranwen CHAPTER XI : ATHENS Hadrian's Temple of Zeus : The Theseum : The Theatre of Dionysus : The Temple of Nike Apteros : The Propyhea : Th(Parthenon : Life and Art : Morals and Art : Perfect Physical Development : Statues and Discoveries CHAPTER XII : THE FOOTSTEPS OF ODYSSEUS Eastern and Western Routes by Sea : The Gulf of Corinth: Port Vathi : Ithaca and Odysseus : The Modern Inhabitants : The Cave of the Naiads : 132 b xv