Historical Tales, Volume 10

About this eBook

Author

Morris, Charles, 1833-1922

Title

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10 (of 15), Greek

Credits

Produced by David Kline, Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DE: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: The Mediterranean Region, The Greco-Roman World

Subject

Greece -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

25642

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25642

Release Date

May 29, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Historical Tales
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.HOW TROY WAS TAKEN.
5. 5.THE VOYAGE OF THE ARGONAUTS.
6. 6.THESEUS AND ARIADNE.
7. 7.THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.
8. 8.LYCURGUS AND THE SPARTAN LAWS.
9. 9.ARISTOMENES, THE HERO OF MESSENIA.
10. 10.SOLON, THE LAW-GIVER OF ATHENS.
11. 11.THE FORTUNE OF CRŒSUS.
12. 12.THE SUITORS OF AGARISTÉ.
13. 13.THE TYRANTS OF CORINTH.
14. 14.THE RING OF POLYCRATES.
15. 15.THE ADVENTURES OF DEMOCEDES.
16. 16.DARIUS AND THE SCYTHIANS.
17. 17.THE ATHENIANS AT MARATHON.
18. 18.XERXES AND HIS ARMY.
19. 19.HOW THE SPARTANS DIED AT THERMOPYLÆ.
20. 20.THE WOODEN WALLS OF ATHENS.
21. 21.PLATÆA'S FAMOUS DAY.
22. 22.FOUR FAMOUS MEN OF ATHENS.
23. 23.HOW ATHENS ROSE FROM ITS ASHES.
24. 24.THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS.
25. 25.THE ENVOYS OF LIFE AND DEATH.
26. 26.THE DEFENCE OF PLATÆA.
27. 27.HOW THE LONG WALLS WENT DOWN.
28. 28.SOCRATES AND ALCIBIADES.
29. 29.THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND.
30. 30.THE RESCUE OF THEBES.
31. 31.THE HUMILIATION OF SPARTA.
32. 32.TIMOLEON, THE FAVORITE OF FORTUNE.
33. 33.THE SACRED WAR.
34. 34.ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND DARIUS.
35. 35.THE WORLD'S GREATEST ORATOR.
36. 36.THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
37. 37.PYRRHUS AND THE ROMANS.
38. 38.PHILOPŒMEN AND THE FALL OF SPARTA.
39. 39.THE DEATH-STRUGGLE OF GREECE.
40. 40.ZENOBIA AND LONGINUS.
41. 41.THE LITERARY GLORY OF GREECE. — FOOTNOTES:

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