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Index
Cover
Description
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Book I: Aegean Prelude 3500–1000 B.C.
Chronological Table For Book I
Chapter I: Crete
I: The Mediterranean
II: The Rediscovery of Crete
III: The Reconstruction of a Civilization
IV: The Fall of Cnossus
Chapter II: Before Agamemnon
I: Schliemann
II: In the Palaces of the Kings
III: Mycenaean Civilization
IV: Troy
Chapter III: The Heroic Age
I: The Achaeans
II: The Heroic Legends
III: Homeric Civilization
IV: The Siege of Troy
V: The Home-Coming
VI: The Dorian Conquest
Book II: The Rise of Greece 1000-480 B.C.
Chronological Table For Book II
Chapter IV: Sparta
I: The Environment of Greece
II: Argos
III: Laconia
IV: Forgotten States
V: Corinth
VI: Megara
VII: Aegina and Epidaurus
Chapter V: Athens
I: Hesiod’s Boeotia
II: Delphi
III: The Lesser States
IV: Attica
Chapter VI: The Great Migration
I: CAUSES AND WAYS
II: The Ionian Cyclades
III: The Dorian Overflow
IV: The Ionian Dodecapolis
V: Sappho of Lesbos
VI: The Northern Empire
Chapter VII: The Greeks in the West
I: The Sybarites
II: Pythagoras of Crotona
III: Xenophanes of Elea
IV: From Italy to Spain
V: Sicily
VI: The Greeks in Africa
Chapter VIII: The Gods of Greece
I: The Sources of Polytheism
II: An Inventory of the Gods
III: Mysteries
IV: Worship
V: Superstitions
VI: Oracles
VII: Festivals
VIII: Religion and Morals
Chapter IX: The Common Culture of Early Greece
I: The Individualism of the State
II: Letters
III: Literature
IV: Games
V: Arts
VI: Retrospect
Chapter X: The Struggle for Freedom
I: Marathon
II: Aristides and Themistocles
III: Xerxes
IV: Salamis
Book III: The Golden Age 480-399 B.C.
Chronological Table For Book III
Chapter XI: Pericles and the Democratic Experiment
I: The Rise of Athens
II: Pericles
III: Athenian Democracy
Chapter XII: Work and Wealth in Athens
I: Land and Food
II: Industry
III: Trade and Finance
IV: Freemen and Slaves
V: The War of the Classes
Chapter XIII: The Morals and Manners of the Athenians
I: Childhood
II: Education
III: Externals
IV: Morals
V: Character
VI: Premarital Relations
VII: Greek Friendship
VIII: Love and Marriage
IX: Woman
X: The Home
XI: Old Age
Chapter XIV: The Art of Periclean Greece
I: The Ornamentation of Life
II: The Rise of Painting
III: The Masters of Sculpture
IV: The Builders
Chapter XV: The Advancement of Learning
I: The Mathematicians
II: Anaxagoras
III: Hippocrates
Chapter XVI: The Conflict of Philosophy and Religion
I: The Idealists
II: The Materialists
III: Empedocles
IV: The Sophists
V: Socrates
Chapter XVII: The Literature of the Golden Age
I: Pindar
II: The Dionysian Theater
III: Aeschylus
IV: Sophocles
V: Euripides
VI: Aristophanes
VII: The Historians
Chapter XVIII: The Suicide of Greece
I: The Greek World in the Age of Pericles
II: How the Great war Began
III: From the Plague to the Peace
IV: Alcibiades
V: The Sicilian Adventure
VI: The Triumph of Sparta
VII: The Death of Socrates
Book IV: The Decline and Fall of Greek Freedom 399-322 B.C.
Chronological Table for Book IV
Chapter XIX: Philip
I: The Spartan Empire
II: Epaminondas
III: The Second Athenian Empire
IV: The Rise of Syracuse
V: The Advance of Macedonia
VI: Demosthenes
Chapter XX: Letters and Arts in the Fourth Century
I: The Orators
II: Isocrates
III: Xenophon
IV: Apelles
V: Praxiteles
VI: Scopas and Lysippus
Chapter XXI: The Zenith of Philosophy
I: The Scientists
II: The Socratic Schools
III: Plato
IV: Aristotle
Chapter XXII: Alexander
I: The Soul of a Conqueror
II: The Paths of Glory
III: The Death of a God
IV: The End of an Age
Book V: The Hellenistic Dispersion 322-146 B.C.
Chronological Table for Book V
Chapter XXIII: Greece and Macedon
I: The Struggle for Power
II: The Struggle for Wealth
III: The Morals of Decay
IV: Revolution in Sparta
V: The Ascendancy of Rhodes
Chapter XXIV: Hellenism and the Orient
I: The Seleucid Empire
II: Seleucid Civilization
III: Pergamum
IV: Hellenism and the Jews
Chapter XXV: Egypt and the West
I: The Kings’ Register
II: Socialism Under the Ptolemies
III: Alexandria
IV: Revolt
V: Sunset in Sicily
Chapter XXVI: Books
I: Libraries and Scholars
II: The Books of the Jews
III: Menander
IV: Theocritus
V: Polybius
Chapter XXVII: The Art of the Dispersion
I: A Miscellany
II: Painting
III: Sculpture
IV: Commentary
Chapter XXVIII: The Climax of Greek Science
I: Euclid and Apollonius
II: Archimedes
III: Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Eratosthenes
IV: Theophrastus, Herophilus, Erasistratus
Chapter XXIX: The Surrender of Philosophy
I: The Skeptical Attack
II: The Epicurean Escape
III: The Stoic Compromise
IV: The Return to Religion
Chapter XXX: The Coming of Rome
I: Pyrrhus
II: Rome the Liberator
III: Rome the Conqueror
Epilogue: Our Greek Heritage
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
EPILOGUE
Index
About the Authors
Footnotes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Epilogue
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