Excerpt from The Classical Review, Vol. 11 Pylos and Sphacteria have been once again the victims Of coincidence. For many years they received from scholars about as much attention as if they had been once, casually, mentioned by Pausanias. Sud denly, within succeeding fortnights, there were paid to them two lengthy and alto gether independent visits Of inquiry. It seemed natural, as Mr. Grundy has explained, that the publication of the results of these two visits should also, in the first instance, be Simultaneous. The work of mutual criticism might be left to come later. Our first articles therefore appeared, side by side, in the April number of the Journal of Hellenic Studies, published in September, and Mr. Grundy has now Opened the dis cussion in the Classical Rexiew for November with a courteous criticism of my position. He has explained clearly the many import ant points on which from the first we were agreed. If I seem in my answer to be over polemical, it is only due to the fact that there is no Object in again going over these points of agreement. I have only to state clearly from my point of view Where we differ, and Why. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.