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fell.--SIMON'IDES. 4. The Tomb of Leon'idas.--ANON. 5. Eulogy on
the Fallen.--BYRON Naval Conflict at Artemis'ium.--PLUTARCH:
PINDAR. The Abandonment of Athens. The Battle of Salamis. 1.
Xerxes Views the Conflict.--BYRON. 2. Flight of Xerxes.--JUVENAL:
ALAMANNI. 3. Celebrated Description of the Battle.--MITFORD:
ÆSCHYLUS. 4. Another Account.--BLACKIE. The Battle of Platæ'a.
1. Description of the Battle.--BULWER. 2. Importance of the
Victory.--SOUTHEY: BULWER. 3. Victory at Myc'a-le.--BULWER.
4. "The Wasps."--ARISTOPHANES.
CHAPTER X
.
THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE.
I. The Disgrace and Death of Themistocles. Tributes to his
Memory.--PLATO: GEMINUS: THIRLWALL. II. The Rise and Fall
of Cimon. Character of Cimon--THOMSON. Battle of
Eurym'edon.--SIMONIDES. Earthquake at Sparta, and Revolt of the
Helots.--BULWER: ALISON.
III. The Accession of Pericles to Power. Changes in the Athenian
Constitution.--BULWER. Tribute to Pericles.--CROLY. Picture of
Athens in Peace.--HAYGARTH.
CHAPTER XI
.
THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS, AND THE FALL OF ATHENS.
Speech of Pericles for War.--THUCYD'IDES.
I. The First Peloponnesian War. Funeral Oration of
Pericles.--THUCYDIDES. Comments on the Oration.--CURTIUS. The
Plague at Athens.--LUCRETIUS. Death of Pericles.--CROLY:
THIRLWALL: BULWER. Character of Pericles.--MITFORD.
II. The Athenian Demagogues. Cleon, the Demagogue.--GILLIES:
ARISTOPH'ANES. The Peace of Ni'cias.
III. The Sicilian Expedition. Treatment of the Athenian

Prisoners.--BYRON.
IV. The Second Peloponnesian War. Humiliation of Athens. Barbarities
of the Contest.--MAHAFFY.
CHAPTER XII
.
GRECIAN LITERATURE AND ART, FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THE PERSIAN TO THE CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN
WARS (B.C. 500-403).
LITERATURE.
Introductory. The Era of Athenian Greatness.--SYMONDS.
I. Lyric Poetry. Simonides.--"Lamentation of Dan'a-ë."--MAHAFFY.
Pindar.--"Threnos."--THIRLWALL: PRIOR: SYMONDS: GRAY:
POPE: HORACE.
II. The Drama.--BULWER. 1. Tragedy.--Melpom'ene.--AKENSIDE.
Æschylus.--"Death of Agamemnon."--PLUMPTRE: LAWRENCE:
VAN SCHLEGEL: BYRON: MAHAFFY. Sophocles.--OEd'ipus
Tyran'nus."--TALFOURD: PHRYN'ICHUS: SIM'MIAS.
Euripides.--"Alcestis Preparing for Death."--SYMONDS: MILTON:
MAHAFFY. The Transitions of Tragedy.--GROTE. 2. Comedy.
Characterization of. Aristophanes.--Extracts from "The Cloud."
"Choral Song from The Birds."--PLATO: GROTE: SEWELL:
MILTON: RUSKIN.
III. History. Hecatæ'ns.--MAHAFFY: NIEBUHR.
Herodotus.--"Introduction to History."--LAWRENCE. Herodotus and
his Writings.--MACAULAY. Thucyd'i-des.--MAHAFFY. Thucydides
and Herodotus.--BROWNE.
IV. Philosophy. Anaxag'oras: his Death.--WILLIAM CANTON. The
Sophists.--MAHAFFY. Socrates.--"Defence of Socrates."--"Socrates'
Views of a Future State."--MAHAFFY: THOMSON: SMITH: TYLER:
GROTE.
ART.
I. Sculpture and Painting. Phid'ias.--LÜBKE: GILLIES: LÜBKE.
Polygno'tus.--Apollodo'rus.--Zeux'is.--Parrha'sius. --Timan'thes.
Parrhasius and his Captive.--SENECA: WILLIS.
II. Architecture. Introductory.--THOMSON. The Adornment of
Athens.--BULWER. I. The Acrop'olis and its Splendors. The

Parthenon.--HEMANS. II. Other Architectural Monuments of Athens.
The Temple of The'seus.--HAYGARTH. Athenian Enthusiasm for
Art.--BULWER. The Glory of Athens.--TALFOURD.
CHAPTER XIII
.
THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN SUPREMACIES.
I. The Expedition of Cyrus, and the Retreat of the Ten
Thousand.--THOMSON: CURTIUS.
II. The Supremacy of Sparta.
III. The Rise and Fall of Thebes. Pelop'idas and
Epaminon'das.--THOMSON: CURTIUS.
CHAPTER XIV
.
THE SICILIAN GREEKS.
The Founding of Ætna.--PINDAR. Hi'ero's Victory at
Cu'mæ.--PINDAR. Admonitions to Hiero.--PINDAR. Dionysius the
Elder.--PLUTARCH. Damon and Pythias.--The Hostage.--SCHILLER.
Archime'des.--SCHILLER Visit of Cicero to the Grave of
Archimedes.--WINTHROP.
CHAPTER XV
.
THE MACEDONIAN SUPREMACY.
I. The Sacred War.--THIRLWALL.
II. Sketch of Macedonia.
III. Interference of Philip of Macedon. Demosthenes.--"The First
Philippic."--GROTE. Pho'cion.--His Influence at Athens.--GROTE.
IV. War with Macedon.
V. Accession of Alexander the Great.
VI. Alexander Invades Asia.
VII. The Battle of Arbe'la.--Flight and Death of Dari'us.-- GROTE:
ÆS'CHINES. Alexander's Feast at Persep'olis.--DRYDEN.
VI. The Death of Alexander. His Career and his Character.--LU'CAN.
Reflections on his Life, etc.--JUVENAL: BYRON.

CHAPTER XVI
.
FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER TO THE CONQUEST OF
GREECE BY THE ROMANS.
I. A Retrospective Glance at Greece. Oration of Æschines against
Ctes'iphon. Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown.
II. The Wars that followed Alexander's Death. Character of Ptolemy
Philadelphus--THEOC'RITUS.
III. The Celtic Invasion, and the War with Pyrrhus. Queen
Archidami'a.--ANON.
IV. The Achæ'an League.--Philip V. of Macedon. Epigrams on Philip
and the Macedonians.--Alcoe'us.
V. Greece Conquered by Rome. "The Liberty of
Greece."--WORDSWORTH. Desolation of Corinth.--ANTIPATER.
Last Struggles of Greece.--THIRLWALL: HORACE.
CHAPTER XVII
.
LITERATURE AND ART AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE
PELOPONNESIAN WAR.
LITERATURE.
I. The Drama.--MAHAFFY. Phile'mon.--"Faith in God."
Menander.--"Human Existence."--SYMONDS: LAWRENCE.
II. Oratory.--MILTON: CICERO. Æs'chines and
Demosthenes.--LEGARÉ: BROUGHAM: HUME.
III. Philosophy. Plato.--HAYGARTH: BROUGHAM: KENDRICK:
MITCHELL. Aristotle.--POPE: BROWNE: LAWRENCE: SMITH:
MAHAFFY. Academe.--ARNOLD. Epicu'rus and
Ze'no.--LUCRETIUS.
IV. History. Xen'ophon.--MITCHELL. Polyb'ius.
ART.
I. Architecture and Sculpture. Changes in Statuary.--WEYMAN. The
Dying Gladiator.--LÜBKE: THOMSON. The La-oc'o-on.--THOMSON:
HOLLAND.
II. Painting. Venus Rising from the Sea.--ANTIPATER. Apel'les and
Protog'enes.--ANTHON. Protogenes' Picture at Rhodes.--THOMSON.

Concluding Reflections. The Image of Athens.--SHELLEY. Immortal
Influence of Athens.--MACAULAY: HAYGARTH.
CHAPTER XVIII
.
GREECE SUBSEQUENT TO THE ROMAN CONQUEST.
I. Greece under the Romans. The Revolt.--FINLAY. Christianity in
Greece.--FELTON.
II. Changes down to the Fourteenth Century. Courts of the Crusading
Chieftains.--EDINBURGH REVIEW. The Duchy of
Athens.--FELTON. The Turkish Invasion.--HEMANS.
III. Contests between the Turks and Venetians. Past and Present of the
Acropolis of Athens. The Siege and Fall of Corinth.--BYRON.
IV. Final Conquest of Greece by Turkey. Turkish
Oppressions.--TENNENT. The Slavery of Greece.--CANNING:
BYRON. First Steps to Secure Liberty.--The Klephts.--FELTON.
Greek War-Songs.--RHIGAS: POLYZOIS.
V. The Greek Revolution. A Prophetic Vision of the
Struggle.--SHELLEY'S "Hellas". Song of the Greeks.--CAMPBELL.
American Sympathy with Greece.--TUCKERMAN: WEBSTER. The
Sortie at Missolon'ghi.--WARBURTON. A Visit to
Missolonghi.--STEPHENS. Marco Bozzar'is.--HALLECK.