The Historians’ History of the World, Volume 3

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Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943

Title

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03 : Greece to the Peloponnesian War

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Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

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World history

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55195

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July 24, 2017

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
2. 2.Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.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
5. 5.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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