A history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. With supplementary chapters on the history of literature and art

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Abstract

From the death of Alexander the Great to the battle of Ipsus -- From the battle of Ipsus to the conquest of Greece by Romans -- History of Grecian art from the end of the Peloponnesian War to its decline -- Grecian literature from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the latest period. ; From the fall of the four hundred at Athens to battle of Ægospotami -- From the battle of Ægospotami to the overthrow of the thirty tyrants and the re-establishment of democracy at Athens -- Athens, and Athenian and Grecian art during the period of her empire -- History of Athenian literature down to the end of the Peloponnesian War -- Book V. The Spartan and Theban supremacies, B.C. 403-371. The expedition of the Greeks under Cyrus, and retreat of the ten thousand -- From the commencement of the Spartan Empire to the battle of Cnidus -- The Corinthian War : from the battle of Cnidus to the peace of Antalcidas -- From the peace of Antalcidas to the peace of Callias -- The supremacy of Thebes -- History of the Sicilian Greeks from the destruction of the Athenian armament to the death of Timoleon -- Book VI. The Macedonian supremacy, B.C. 356-146. From the accession of Philip to the end of the Sacred War -- From the end of the Sacred War to the death of Philip -- Alexander the Great -- ; Battles of Platæa and Mycale -- History of literature -- Book IV. The Athenian supremacy and the Peloponnesian War, B.C. 407-404. From the expulsion of the Persians to the death of Themistocles -- Rise and growth of the Athenian Empire : from the battle of Eurymedon to the thirty years' truce with Sparta -- From the thirty years' truce to the war between Corinth and Corcyra -- Causes of the Peloponnesian War -- Peloponnesian War : from the commencement of the war to the capture and destruction of Platæa -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the siege of Platæa to the sedition of Corcyra -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the sedition at Corcyra to the peace of Nicias -- Peloponnesian War continued : from the peace of Nicias to the expedition of the Athenians to Sicily -- Peloponnesian War continued : the Sicilian expedition -- From the end of the Sicilian expedition to the overthrow of the four hundred at Athens -- ; Introduction : outlines of Grecian geography -- Book I. The mythical age. The earliest inhabitants of Greece -- The Grecian heroes -- State of society of the Heroic Age -- Turn of the Heraclidæ into Peloponnesus and foundation of the earliest Greek colonies -- The poems of Homer -- Book II. Growth of the Grecian states, B.C. 776-500. General survey of the Greek people -- Early history of Peloponnesus and legislation of Lycurgus -- History of Sparta, the Messenian, Arcadian, and Argive Wars -- The age of despots -- Early history of Athens down to the usurpation of Pisistratus -- History of Athens from the usurpation of Pisistratus to the establishment of the democracy by Clisthenes -- History of the Greek colonies -- History of literature -- History of art -- Book III. The Persian wars, B.C. 500-478. The rise and growth of the Persian Empire -- The Ionic Revolt -- The battle of Marathon -- The battles of Thermoplæ and Artemisium -- The battle of Salamis -- ; Mode of access: Internet.