A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Volume 1

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Macmillan, 1902 - Greece - 534 pages

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Contents

Homer
62
Political and Social Organisation
67
Fall of Greek Monarchies and Rise of the Republics
72
Phoenician Intercourse with Greece
76
Greek Reconstruction of Early Greek History
80
CHAPTER II
87
Colonies on the Coasts of the Euxine Propontis and North Aegean
91
Colonies in the Western Mediterranean
96
Growth of Trade and Maritime Enterprise
110
THE GROWTH OF SPARTA AND THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GREECE
113
Influence of Lydia on Greece
115
The Opening of Egypt
119
Cyrene
121
Popular Discontent in Greece
122
SECT PAGE 1 Sparta and her Constitution
125
Spartan Conquest of Messenia
133
Internal Development of Sparta and her Institutions
137
The Cretan Constitutions
144
The Supremacy and Decline of Argos The Olympian Games
148
Democratic Movements Lawgivers and Tyrants
153
The Tyrannies of Central Greece
157
The Sacred War The Panhellenic Games
166
CHAPTER IV
172
Foundation of the Athenian Commonwealth
177
The Aristocracy in the Seventh Century
180
The Legislation of Solon and the Foundation of Democracy
191
CHAPTER V
201
Athens under Pisistratus
203
Growth of Sparta and the Peloponnesian League
214
Fall of the Pisistratids and Intervention of Sparta
216
King Cleomenes and the Second Spartan Intervention
220
Reform of Cleisthenes
222
First Victories of the Democracy
228
CHAPTER VI
231
The Persian Conquest of Asiatic Greece
240
The Persian Conquest of Egypt Polycrates of Samos
244
SECT PAGE 4 Ionia under Darius
247
Conquest of Thrace
251
The Ionic Revolt against Persia
255
Second and Third European Expeditions of Darius Battle of Marathon
262
Struggle of Athens and Aegina
274
Growth of the Athenian Democracy
277

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