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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
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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
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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-?."--MAHAFFY. Pindar.--"Threnos."--THIRLWALL: PRIOR: SYMONDS: GRAY: POPE: HORACE.
II. The Drama.--BULWER. 1. Tragedy.--Melpom'ene.--AKENSIDE. ?schylus.--"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. Hecat?'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.--L��BKE: GILLIES: L��BKE. 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
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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
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THE SICILIAN GREEKS.
The Founding of ?tna.--PINDAR. Hi'ero's Victory at Cu'm?.--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
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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: ?S'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
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FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER TO THE CONQUEST OF GREECE BY THE ROMANS.
I. A Retrospective Glance at Greece. Oration of ?schines 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 Ach?'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
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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. ?s'chines and Demosthenes.--LEGAR��: 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.--L��BKE: 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
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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. Battle of Navari'no.--CAMPBELL.
VI. Greece under a Constitutional Monarchy. Revolution against King Otho.--BENJAMIN. The Deposition of King Otho: Greece under his Rule. --TUCKERMAN: BRITISH QUARTERLY. Accession of King George.--His Government.--TUCKERMAN. Progress in Modern Greece.--COOK.
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CHAPTER I
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE GRECIAN STATES AND ISLANDS.
The country called HELLAS by the Helle'nes, its native inhabitants, and known to us by the name of Greece, forms the southern part of the most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Europe, extending into the Mediterranean between the ?ge'an Sea, or Grecian Archipelago, on the east, and the Ionian Sea on the west. The whole area of this country, so renowned in history, is only about twenty thousand square miles; which is considerably less than that of Portugal, and less than half that of the State of Pennsylvania.
The mainland of ancient Greece was naturally divided into Northern Greece, which embraced Thessaly and Epi'rus; Central Greece, comprising the divisions of Acarna'nia, ?to'lia, Lo'cris, Do'ris, Pho'cis, Breo'tia, and At'tica (the latter forming the
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