[The Story of Civilization 02] • The Life of Greece · the Story of Civilization, Volume II by Durant, Will -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Notes on the Use of This Book 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 Photographs About the Authors Notes Bibliography Index Copyright

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