[Gutenberg 26700] • Saronia / A Romance of Ancient Ephesus

**CONTENTS:**

I. THE AGORA 1

II. THE MESSENGER OF EROS 4

III. THE CURSE OF HECATE 9

IV. SANCTUARY 18

V. THE TEMPLE OF DIANA 23

VI. LUCIUS 28

VII. CAUGHT 34

VIII. PAYING THEIR VOWS 38

IX. THE STUDIO OF CHIOS 41

X. THE RIBBON OF GOLD 46

XI. THE PRIESTESS OF DIANA 50

XII. THE FESTIVAL OF ARTEMIS 53

XIII. CHIOS THE GREEK 60

XIV. THE GROVE OF HECATE 66

XV. AT VENUSTA'S HOUSE 76

XVI. A GARDEN ON CORESSUS 83

XVII. THE PICTURE 85

XVIII. WARNING 91

XIX. THE DAWN OF FAITH 97

XX. PLEADING 105

XXI. THE WITCH 108

XXII. THE LOVE-PHILTRE 111

XXIII. THE CHARMED WINE 120

XXIV. THE MINSTREL 125

XXV. THE SACRED HOUNDS 131

XXVI. ON THE VERGE 135

XXVII. ONE FOR ANOTHER 145

XXVIII. SPIRITS OF THE DEEP 153

XXIX. MYRTLE AND OLEANDER 162

XXX. BY THE RIVER CAYSTER 165

XXXI. THE DOOMED CITY 171

XXXII. ENDORA 175

XXXIII. NIKA 180

XXXIV. THE HOROSCOPE 184

XXXV. THE VIRGIN CAVE 191

XXXVI. REVERIE 195

XXXVII. THE MESSAGE 199

XXXVIII. THE DEAD PRIEST 204

XXXIX. CONSTERNATION 209

XL. TWO MASTER MINDS 212

XLI. DAYBREAK 221

XLII. VARRO 227

XLIII. MYSTERY 231

XLIV. ACRATUS, THE TEMPLE SPOILER 235

XLV. REVELATION 238

XLVI. THE CROWN OF LIFE 249

XLVII. PARTING 253