A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great: With a Sketch of the Subsequent History to the Present Time

Harper, 1882 - Greece - 709 pages

THE FORMATION OF HELLAS	1

Origin of the religious character of the family	7

THE MYTHOLOGY AND TRIBAL LEGENDS OF THE GREEKS	13

Historical value of Greek myths	20

The Aitolians and Akarnanians	26

The Eleians and the Arkadians	32

THE GREEK DESPOTS	39

Mythical lawgivers	41

Victory of the Athenians on the shores of the Great Har	374

414	381

413	390

CHAPTER XI	410

Synod of the Spartan allies at Corinth	416

Athenian occupation of Kythera 327	422

Defeat of Charminos by the Spartan admiral Astyochos	429

Determination of the Athenians in Samos to maintain	436

CHAPTER VII	47

B C	48

Greek astronomy	54

The Corinthian colony of Korkyra	60

481	65

The Trittyes and Naukrariai	71

Various opinions as to the causes of this misery	79

509	87

509? Alliance of Plataia with Athens	94

The historical and traditional Cyrus	110

The people of the Nile Valley	117

CHAPTER II	124

516? The Scythian expedition	130

The schemes of Aristagoras of Miletos	136

495? Battle of Ladê and fall of Miletos	143

PAGE	147

his trial and his death	157

March of Xerxes to Kelainai	163

357 The Social	164

Delphoi by the Athenians	175

Mission of Leonidas from Sparta to Thermopylai June	180

Heroism of Leonidas	185

The Greek fleet at Artemision	191

CHAPTER VI	211

Historical value of the story	217

Sources of the prosperity of Kyrênê	223

CHAPTER VII	232

478	235

THE PELOPONNESIAN WARTHE SICILIAN EXPEDITION	244

457	251

436	262

Attack of Oinoê and invasion of Attica	277

CHAPTER III	285

94	292

PAGE	296

CHAPTER IV	305

Second outbreak of plague at Athens	311

Campaign of Nikias on the coasts of the Saronic gulf	326

Lightness of the Athenian imperial yoke	335

CHAPTER VI	346

B C	354

427	361

96	442

CHAPTER IX	448

Surrender of Byzantion	454

Speech of Kaliik ratidas to the Milesians	463

28	478

FROM THE SURRENDER OF ATHENS TO THE RETURN	487

Victory of Pausanias and suppression of the tyranny	495

Reluctance of the Greeks to march with Cyrus	502

29	507

Passage of the Karduchian mountains	509

CHAPTER V	520

399	543

400	549

Gradual improvement in the condition of the Perioikoi	551

396	553

Narratives of the Messenian wars	557

THE RISE AND CULMINATION OF THE MAKEDONIAN POWER	583

33	588

The Tearless Battle	590

Results of the battle of Mantineia	598

353	608

347	615

Early years of Alexander the Great	631

Scythian invasion of Media	634

FORTUNES OF THE GREEK PEOPLE FROM THE LAMIAN WAR TO	655

146	661

Geography of Asia Minor	665

Seizure of the Akropolis by Peisistratos	673

Indecisive action off Artemision 192	675

THE EMPIRE OF ATHENS THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN	677

Execution of Spartan envoys at Athens	678

329	681

417	682

The Lydian Kings and the Asiatic Greeks	684

389	688

626	691

34	697

Unhistorical character of all the details	698

451	702

83	703

38	705

63	708

Title	A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great: With a Sketch of the Subsequent History to the Present Time The student's series
Author	George William Cox
Publisher	Harper, 1882
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	1 Apr 2011
Length	709 pages

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