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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
CONTENTS
PART IX
THE SCOPE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK HISTORY
FOOTNOTES
GREEK HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY, COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SWEEP OF EVENTS AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY
PERIOD OF GREEK COLONISATION (750-550 B.C.)
ATHENS UNDER THE TYRANTS (540-510 B.C.)
THE ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
PERIOD OF THE PERSIAN WARS (492-479 B.C.)
POST-BELLUM RECONSTRUCTION (479-463 B.C.)
THE AGE OF PERICLES (463-431 B.C.)
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (431-404 B.C.)
SPARTAN SUPREMACY AND PERSIAN INFLUENCE
RISE OF THEBES (378-359 B.C.)
PHILIP OF MACEDONIA (359-336 B.C.)
THE AGE OF ALEXANDER (336-323 B.C.)
THE POST-ALEXANDRIAN EPOCH
THE ACHÆAN AND ÆTOLIAN LEAGUES
THE ROMAN CONQUEST (216-146 B.C.)
THE EGYPTIAN KINGDOM OF THE PTOLEMIES OR LAGIDÆ (323-30 B.C.)
THE SELEUCID KINGDOM OF SYRIA (312-65 B.C.)
THE SICILIAN TYRANTS (570-210 B.C.)
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE
THE LAND
THE NAME
THE ORIGIN OF THE GREEKS
EARLY CONDITIONS AND MOVEMENTS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER II. THE MYCENÆAN AGE
MYCENÆAN CIVILISATION[3]
THE PROBLEM OF MYCENÆAN CHRONOLOGY
THE PROBLEM OF THE MYCENÆAN RACE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER III. THE HEROIC AGE
THE VALUE OF THE MYTHS
THE EXPLOITS OF PERSEUS
THE LABOURS OF HERCULES
THE FEATS OF THESEUS
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
THE ARGONAUTS
THE TROJAN WAR
CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF THE HEROIC AGE
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
NAVIGATION AND ASTRONOMY
COMMERCE AND THE ARTS
THE ART OF WAR
TREATMENT OF ORPHANS, CRIMINALS, AND SLAVES
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IV. THE TRANSITION TO SECURE HISTORY
BELOCH’S VIEW OF THE CONVENTIONAL PRIMITIVE HISTORY[7]
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER V. THE DORIANS
THE MIGRATION—THE VIEW OF CURTIUS
MESSENIA
ARGOS
ARCADIA
DORIANS IN CRETE
CHAPTER VI. SPARTA AND LYCURGUS
PLUTARCH’S ACCOUNT OF LYCURGUS
EFFECTS OF LYCURGUS’ SYSTEM
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VII. THE MESSENIAN WARS OF SPARTA
FIRST MESSENIAN WAR
THE POET TYRTÆUS
CHAPTER VIII. THE IONIANS
ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF ATHENS
KING ÆGEUS
THESEUS
RISE OF POPULAR LIBERTY
DRACO, THE LAWGIVER
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IX. SOME CHARACTERISTIC INSTITUTIONS
THE ORACLE AT DELPHI
NATIONAL FESTIVALS
THE OLYMPIAN GAMES
MONARCHIES AND OLIGARCHIES
TYRANNIES
DEMOCRACIES
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER X. THE SMALLER CITIES AND STATES
ARCADIA, ELIS, AND ACHAIA
ARGOS, ÆGINA, AND EPIDAURUS
SICYON AND MEGARA
BŒOTIA, LOCRIS, PHOCIS, AND EUBŒA
THESSALY
CORINTH UNDER PERIANDER
CHAPTER XI. CRETE AND THE COLONIES
BELOCH’S ACCOUNT OF GREEK COLONISATION
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XII. SOLON THE LAWGIVER
THE LIFE AND LAWS OF SOLON ACCORDING TO PLUTARCH
SOLON’S JOURNEY AND RETURN; PISISTRATUS
A MODERN VIEW OF SOLONIAN LAWS AND CONSTITUTION
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIII. PISISTRATUS THE TYRANT
THE VIRTUES OF PISISTRATUS’ RULE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIV. DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED AT ATHENS
GROTE’S ESTIMATE OF CLISTHENES THE REFORMER
OSTRACISM
THE DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED
TROUBLE WITH THEBES
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XV. THE FIRST FOREIGN INVASION
THE ORIGIN OF ANIMOSITY
THE IONIC REVOLT
WAR WITH ÆGINA
THE FIRST INVASION
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
ON THE COURAGE OF THE GREEKS
IF DARIUS HAD INVADED GREECE EARLIER
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XVI. MILTIADES AND THE ALLEGED FICKLENESS OF REPUBLICS
CHAPTER XVII. THE PLANS OF XERXES
XERXES BRIDGES THE HELLESPONT
HOW THE HOST MARCHED
THE SIZE OF XERXES’ ARMY
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XVIII. PROCEEDINGS IN GREECE FROM MARATHON TO THERMOPYLÆ
THEMISTOCLES AND ARISTIDES
CONGRESS AT CORINTH
THE VALE OF TEMPE
XERXES REVIEWS HIS HOST
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIX. THERMOPYLÆ
THE FAMOUS STORY AS TOLD BY HERODOTUS
DISCREPANT ACCOUNTS OF THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS
AFTER THERMOPYLÆ
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLES OF ARTEMISIUM AND SALAMIS
BATTLE OF ARTEMISIUM
ATHENS ABANDONED
THE FLEET AT SALAMIS
XERXES AT DELPHI
ATHENS TAKEN
XERXES INSPECTS HIS FLEET
SCHEMES OF THEMISTOCLES
THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS
THE RETREAT OF XERXES
THE SPOILS OF VICTORY
SYRACUSAN VICTORY OVER CARTHAGE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXI. FROM SALAMIS TO MYCALE
MARDONIUS MAKES OVERTURES TO ATHENS
MARDONIUS MOVES ON ATHENS
ATHENS APPEALS TO SPARTA
MARDONIUS DESTROYS ATHENS AND WITHDRAWS
A PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH
PREPARATIONS FOR THE BATTLE OF PLATÆA
THE BATTLE OF PLATÆA
AFTER THE BATTLE
THE GREEKS ATTACK THEBES
THE FLIGHT OF THE PERSIAN REMNANT
CONTEMPORARY AFFAIRS IN IONIA
THE BATTLE OF MYCALE
AFTER MYCALE
A REVIEW OF RESULTS
A GLANCE FORWARD
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR
ATHENS REBUILDS HER WALLS
THE NEW ATHENS
THE MISCONDUCT OF PAUSANIAS
ATHENS TAKES THE LEADERSHIP
THE CONFEDERACY OF DELOS
THE TREASON OF PAUSANIAS
POLITICAL CHANGES AT ATHENS
THE DOWNFALL OF THEMISTOCLES
CHAPTER XXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE
THE VICTORIES OF CIMON
MITFORD’S VIEW OF THE PERIOD
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXIV. THE RISE OF PERICLES
THE AREOPAGUS
CIMON EXILED
THE WAR WITH CORINTH
THE LONG WALLS
CIMON RECALLED
THE FIVE-YEARS’ TRUCE
THE CONFEDERACY BECOMES AN EMPIRE
COMMENCEMENT OF DECLINE
THE GREATNESS OF PERICLES
A GREEK FEDERATION PLANNED
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXV. ATHENS AT WAR
THE SAMIAN WAR
THE WAR WITH CORCYRA
THE WAR WITH POTIDÆA AND MACEDONIA
CHAPTER XXVI. IMPERIAL ATHENS UNDER PERICLES
JUDICIAL REFORMS OF PERICLES
RHETORS AND SOPHISTS
PHIDIAS ACCUSED
ASPASIA AT THE BAR
ANAXAGORAS ALSO ASSAILED
CHAPTER XXVII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE AGE OF PERICLES
COST OF LIVING AND WAGES
SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND BOOKS
THE POSITION OF A WIFE IN ATHENS
CHAPTER XXVIII. ART OF THE PERICLEAN AGE
ARCHITECTURE
SCULPTURE
PAINTING, MUSIC, ETC.
THE ARTISTS OF THE OTHER CITIES OF HELLAS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXIX. GREEK LITERATURE
ORATORY AND LYRIC POETRY
TRAGEDY
COMEDY
THE GLORY OF ATHENS
CHAPTER XXX. THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
OUR SOURCES
THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR
PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT
THE SURPRISE OF PLATÆA
PERICLES’ RECONCENTRATION POLICY
THE FIRST YEAR’S RAVAGE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PLAGUE; AND THE DEATH OF PERICLES
THE ORATION OF PERICLES
THUCYDIDES’ ACCOUNT OF THE PLAGUE
LAST PUBLIC SPEECH OF PERICLES
THE END AND GLORY OF PERICLES
WILHELM ONCKEN’S ESTIMATE OF PERICLES
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
THE SPARTANS AND THEBANS ATTACK PLATÆA
PART OF THE PLATÆANS ESCAPE; THE REST CAPITULATE
NAVAL AND OTHER COMBATS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE FOURTH TO THE TENTH YEARS—AND PEACE
THE REVOLT OF MYTILENE
THUCYDIDES’ ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLT OF CORCYRA
DEMOSTHENES AND SPHACTERIA
FURTHER ATHENIAN SUCCESSES
A CHECK TO ATHENS; BRASIDAS BECOMES AGGRESSIVE
THE BANISHMENT OF THUCYDIDES
A TRUCE DECLARED; TWO TREATIES OF PEACE
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE RISE OF ALCIBIADES
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION
SICILIAN HISTORY
THE MUTILATION OF THE HERMÆ
THE FLEET SAILS
ALCIBIADES TAKES FLIGHT
NICIAS TRIES STRATEGY
SPARTAN AID
ALCIBIADES AGAINST ATHENS
ATHENIAN REINFORCEMENTS
ATHENIAN DISASTER
THUCYDIDES’ FAMOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FINAL DISASTERS
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XXXVI. CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
ATHENS AFTER THE SICILIAN DÉBACLE
ALCIBIADES AGAIN TO THE FORE
THE OVERTHROW OF THE DEMOCRACY: THE FOUR HUNDRED
THE REVOLT FROM THE FOUR HUNDRED
THE TRIUMPHS OF ALCIBIADES
ALCIBIADES IN DISFAVOUR AGAIN
CONON WINS AT ARGINUSÆ
THE TRIAL OF THE GENERALS
THE BATTLE OF ÆGOSPOTAMI
THE FALL OF ATHENS
A REVIEW OF THE WAR
GROTE’S ESTIMATE OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE
FOOTNOTES
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
Chapter I. Land and People
Chapter II. The Mycenæan Age
Chapter III. The Heroic Age
Chapter IV. The Transition to Secure History
Chapter V. The Dorians
Chapter VI. Sparta and Lycurgus
Chapter VII. The Messenian Wars of Sparta
Chapter VIII. The Ionians
Chapter IX. Some Characteristic Institutions
Chapter X. The Smaller Cities and States
Chapter XI. Crete and the Colonies
Chapter XII. Solon the Lawgiver
Chapter XIII. Pisistratus the Tyrant
Chapter XIV. Democracy Established at Athens
Chapter XV. The First Foreign Invasion
Chapter XVI. Miltiades and the Alleged Fickleness of Republics
Chapter XVII. The Plans of Xerxes
Chapter XVIII. Proceedings in Greece from Marathon to Thermopylæ
Chapter XIX. Thermopylæ
Chapter XX. The Battles of Artemisium and Salamis
Chapter XXI. From Salamis to Mycale
Chapter XXII. The Aftermath of the War
Chapter XXIII. The Growth of the Athenian Empire
Chapter XXIV. The Rise of Pericles
Chapter XXV. Athens at War
Chapter XXVI. Imperial Athens under Pericles
Chapter XXVII. Manners and Customs of the Age of Pericles
Chapter XXVIII. Art of the Periclean Age
Chapter XXIX. Greek Literature
Chapter XXX. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
Chapter XXXI. The Plague; and the Death of Pericles
Chapter XXXII. The Second and Third Years of the Peloponnesian War
Chapter XXXIII. The Fourth to the Tenth Years
Chapter XXXIV. The Rise of Alcibiades
Chapter XXXV. The Sicilian Expedition
Chapter XXXVI. Close of the Peloponnesian War
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