Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History

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Author

Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901

Credits

This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler

Language

English

LoC Class

DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece

Subject

Greece -- History -- Juvenile literature

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eBook-No.

30809

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30809

Release Date

December 30, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AUNT CHARLOTTE’S stories of GREEK HISTORY
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CHAP. I.—OLYMPUS.
4. 4.CHAP. II.—LIGHT AND DARK.
5. 5.CHAP. III.—THE PEOPLING OF GREECE.
6. 6.CHAP. IV.—THE HERO PERSEUS.
7. 7.CHAP. V.—THE LABOURS OF HERCULES.
8. 8.CHAP. VI.—THE ARGONAUTS.
9. 9.CHAP. VII.—THE SUCCESS OF THE ARGONAUTS.
10. 10.CHAP. VIII.—THE CHOICE OF PARIS.
11. 11.CHAP. IX.—THE SIEGE OF TROY.
12. 12.CHAP. X.—THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES.
13. 13.CHAP. XI.—THE DOOM OF THE ATRIDES.
14. 14.CHAP. XII.—AFTER THE HEROIC AGE.
15. 15.CHAP. XIII.—LYCURGUS AND THE LAWS OF SPARTA. b.c. 884–668.
16. 16.CHAP. XIV.—SOLON AND THE LAWS OF ATHENS. b.c. 594–546.
17. 17.CHAP. XV.—PISISTRATUS AND HIS SONS. b.c. 558–499.
18. 18.CHAP. XVI.—THE BATTLE OF MARATHON. b.c. 490.
19. 19.CHAP. XVII.—THE EXPEDITION OF XERXES. b.c. 480.
20. 20.CHAP. XVIII.—THE BATTLE OF PLATÆA. b.c. 479–460.
21. 21.CHAP. XIX.—THE AGE OF PERICLES. b.c. 464–429.
22. 22.CHAP. XX.—THE EXPEDITION TO SICILY. b.c. 415–413.
23. 23.CHAP. XXI.—THE SHORE OF THE GOAT’S RIVER. b.c. 406–402.
24. 24.CHAP. XXII.—THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND. b.c. 402–399.
25. 25.CHAP. XXIII.—THE DEATH OF SOCRATES. b.c. 399.
26. 26.CHAP. XXIV.—THE SUPREMACY OF SPARTA. b.c. 396.
27. 27.CHAP. XXV.—THE TWO THEBAN FRIENDS. b.c. 387–362.
28. 28.CHAP. XXVI.—PHILIP OF MACEDON. b.c. 364.
29. 29.CHAP. XXVII.—THE YOUTH OF ALEXANDER. b.c. 356–334.
30. 30.CHAP. XXVIII.—THE EXPEDITION TO PERSIA. b.c. 334.
31. 31.CHAP. XXIX. ALEXANDER’S EASTERN CONQUESTS. b.c. 331–328.
32. 32.CHAP. XXX.—THE END OF ALEXANDER. b.c. 328.
33. 33.CHAP. XXXI. THE LAST STRUGGLES OF ATHENS. b.c. 334–311.
34. 34.CHAP. XXXII.—THE FOUR NEW KINGDOMS. b.c. 311–287.
35. 35.CHAP. XXXIII—PYRRHUS, KING OF EPIRUS. b.c. 287.
36. 36.CHAP. XXXIV. ARATUS AND THE ACHAIAN LEAGUE. b.c. 267.
37. 37.CHAP. XXXV. AGIS AND THE REVIVAL OF SPARTA. b.c. 244–236.
38. 38.CHAP. XXXVI. CLEOMENES AND THE FALL OF SPARTA. b.c. 236–222.
39. 39.CHAP. XXXVII. PHILOPŒMEN, THE LAST OF THE GREEKS. b.c. 236–184.
40. 40.CHAP. XXXVIII.—THE FALL OF GREECE. b.c. 189–146.
41. 41.CHAP. XXXIX.—THE GOSPEL IN GREECE. b.c. 146– a.d. 60.
42. 42.CHAP. XL.—UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
43. 43.CHAP. XLI.—THE FRANK CONQUEST. 1201–1446.
44. 44.CHAP. XLII.—THE TURKISH CONQUEST. 1453–1670.
45. 45.CHAP. XLIII. THE VENETIAN CONQUEST AND LOSS. 1684–1796.
46. 46.CHAP. XLIV.—THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. 1815.
47. 47.CHAP. XLV.—THE KINGDOM OF GREECE. 1822–1875.
48. 48.NOTES.

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