BOOK III

_Within the Oracle_

XII. “THE PLACE OF GOLDEN TRIPODS” 89

XIII. IN PLEISTOS WOODS 101

XIV. THE POOR SLAVE 105

XV. THE SHATTERED CUP 113

XVI. GATHERING THE THREADS 117

XVII. THE YOUTH UNDER THE WINDOW 122

XVIII. GATHERING MORE THREADS 127

XIX. THE SONG RE-SUNG 133

XX. LOVE IN THE LANE 142

XXI. A PROCESSION OF SACRIFICE 152

XXII. IN THE PYTHIA HOUSE 156

XXIII. THE CHILD PRIESTESS 159

XXIV. THE HIGH, PERILOUS SEAT 164

XXV. BITTER CONSEQUENCES 170

XXVI. “PRAY TO THE WINDS” 177

XXVII. THE MESSENGERS 182

XXVIII. OUTCAST ON PARNASSOS 191

XXIX. EËTÍON PURSUES 196

XXX. SHEPHERD WISDOM 201

XXXI. NIKANDER’S NEAREST OF KIN 210

XXXII. TERRIBLE NEWS FROM THERMOPYLÆ 215

XXXIII. AT EËTÍON’S CALL 221

XXXIV. EËTÍON AND NIKANDER 226

XXXV. THERIA TELLS HER VISION 229

XXXVI. REFUGE IN THE PRECINCT 233