ARTABANUS AND THE GHOST Frontispiece.

MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE xii

PHERON DEFYING THE NILE 48

MAP OF GREECE 101

XERXES CROSSING THE HELLESPONT 121

FATE OF THE PERSIAN EMBASSADORS AT SPARTA 160

CITADEL AT ATHENS 241

RETURN OF XERXES TO PERSIA 297

[Illustration: MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE]