Mosaics of Grecian History

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Author

Wilson, Robert Pierpont

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Robert J. Hall

Language

English

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DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece

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Greece -- History

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6841

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Release Date

November 1, 2004

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mosaics of Grecian History — BY MARCIUS WILLSON AND ROBERT PIERPONT WILLSON
2. 2.PREFACE. — THE PRINCIPAL HISTORIES OF GREECE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — I. GRECIAN MYTHOLOGY. — THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. — FOUR AGES OF MAN. — THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, AND ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE WORLD. — WHAT PROMETHEUS PERSONIFIED. — THE PUNISHMENT OF PROMETHEUS. — THE SUFFERINGS OF PROMETHEUS. — THE DELUGE OF DEUCALION. — MORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GODS, AND OF THEIR RULE OVER MANKIND. — OATHS. — THE FUTURE STATE. — THE DESCENT OF OR'PHEUS. — II. THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS OF GREECE. — THE FOUNDING OF ATHENS. — III. THE HEROIC AGE. — THE LABORS OF HERCULES. — FABLE OF HERCULES AND ANTÆUS. — THE ARGONAUTIC EXPEDITION. — THE TROJAN WAR. — COMBAT OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. — HECTOR'S EXPLOITS, AND DEATH OF PATRO'CLUS. — THE FATE OF TROY. — FATE OF THE CHIEF ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT. — IV. ARTS AND CIVILIZATION IN THE HEROIC AGE. — THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE GREEKS, AS REPRESENTED IN THEIR GREAT EPICS. — DOMESTIC LIFE AND CHARACTER. — V. THE CONQUEST OF THE PELOPONNESUS, AND COLONIES IN ASIA MINOR. — RETURN OF THE HERACLI'DÆ
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — I. HOMER AND HIS POEMS. — II. SOME CAUSES OF GREEK UNITY. — THE GRECIAN FESTIVALS. — THE NATIONAL COUNCILS.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — I. THE CONSTITUTION OF LYCURGUS. — II. SPARTAN POETRY AND MUSIC. — III. SPARTA'S CONQUESTS.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — I. CHANGES FROM ARISTOCRACIES TO OLIGARCHIES. — II. FROM OLIGARCHIES TO DESPOTISMS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — I. THE LEGISLATION OF DRACO. — II. LEGISLATION OF SOLON. — III. THE USURPATION OF PISIS'TRATUS. — THE TYRANNY AND THE DEATH OF HIP'PIAS. — IV. THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — I. THE POEMS OF HE'SIOD. — II. LYRIC POETRY. — CALLI'NUS. — ARCHIL'OCHUS. — ALC'MAN. — ARI'ON AND STESICH'ORUS. — ALCÆ'US. — SAPPHO. — ANAC'REON. — III. EARLY GRECIAN PHILOSOPHY. — THE SEVEN SAGES. — XENOPH'ANES AND PYTHAG'ORAS. — THE ELEUSIN'IAN MYSTERIES. — IV. ARCHITECTURE. — CHER'SIPHRON, AND THE TEMPLE OF DIANA. — V. SCULPTURE.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — I. THE IONIC REVOLT. — II. THE FIRST PERSIAN WAR. — THE BATTLE OF MARATHON. — LEGENDS OF THE BATTLE. — THE DEATH OF MILTIADES. — ARISTI'DES AND THEMIS'TOCLES. — III. THE SECOND PERSIAN INVASION. — THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ. — THE ABANDONMENT OF ATHENS. — THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS. — THE BATTLE OF PLATÆ'A.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — I. THE DISGRACE AND DEATH OF THEMISTOCLES. — II. THE RISE AND FALL OF CIMON. — THE BATTLE OF EURYM'EDON. — III. THE ACCESSION OF PERICLES TO POWER. — THE "AGE OF PERICLES."
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — CAUSES OF THE FIRST WAR. — THE CONGRESS AT SPARTA.—THE PERSECUTION OF PERICLES. — 1. THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR. — THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS. — THE DEATH OF PERICLES. — II. THE ATHENIAN DEMAGOGUES. — THE PEACE OF NI'ÇI-AS. — III. THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION. — IV. THE SECOND PELOPONNESIAN WAR. — THE HUMILIATION OF ATHENS. — CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT AT ATHENS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — LITERATURE. — I. LYRIC POETRY. — SIMON'IDES AND PINDAR. — II. THE DRAMA. — 1. TRAGEDY. — ÆSCHYLUS. — SOPHOCLES. — EURIP'IDES. — 2. COMEDY. — ARlSTOPH'ANES. — III. HISTORY. — HEROD'OTUS. — THUCYDIDES. — IV. PHILOSOPHY. — ANAXAG'ORAS. — THE SOPHISTS. — SOCRATES. — ART. — I. SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. — PARRHASIUS. — II. ARCHITECTURE. — 1. THE ACROPOLIS AND ITS SPLENDORS. — 2. OTHER ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS OF ATHENS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — I. THE EXPEDITION OF CYRUS, AND THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND. — II. THE SUPREMACY OF SPARTA. — III. THE RISE AND FALL OF THEBES.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — HIERO. — DIONYESIUS THE ELDER. — HIERO II. — ARCHIME'DES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — I. THE SACRED WAR. — II. SKETCH OF MACEDONIA. — III. INTERFERENCE OF PHILIP OF MACEDON. — IV. WAR WITH MAÇEDON. — THE SUCCESSES AND DEATH OF PHILIP. — V. ACCESSION OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. — VI. ALEXANDER INVADES ASIA. — VII. BATTLE OF ARBE'LA.—FLIGHT AND DEATH OF DARIUS. — VIII. THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — I. A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT GREECE. — PROSECUTION OF DEMOSTHENES. — II. THE WARS THAT FOLLOWED ALEXANDER'S DEATH. — III. THE CELTIC INVASION, AND THE WAR WITH PYRRHUS. — IV. THE ACHÆ'AN LEAGUE.—PHILIP V. OF MACEDON. — V. GREECE CONQUERED BY ROME.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — LITERATURE. — I. THE DRAMA. — MENANDER. — II. ORATORY. — ÆSCHINES AND DEMOSTHENES. — III. PHILOSOPHY. — PLATO. — ARISTOTLE. — EPICU'RUS AND ZE'NO. — IV. HISTORY — XENOPHON. — POLYB'IUS. — ART. — I. ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE. — II. PAINTING. — APELLES AND PROTOGENES.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — I. GREECE UNDER THE ROMANS. — II. CHANGES DOWN TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. — THE COURTS OF CRUSADING CHIEFTAINS. — THE TURKISH INVASION. — III. CONTESTS BETWEEN THE TURKS AND VENETIANS. — IV. FINAL CONQUEST OF GREECE BY TURKEY. — FIRST STEPS TO SECURE LIBERTY. — V. THE GREEK REVOLUTION. — A PROPHETIC VISION OF THE STRUGGLE. — AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH GREECE. — THE SORTIE AT MISSOLONGHI. — INTERFERENCE OF THE GREAT POWERS. — VI. GREECE UNDER A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY. — THE DEPOSITION OF KING OTHO. — THE ACCESSION OF KING GEORGE.
22. 22.INDEX.

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