Mosaics of Grecian History
by Robert Pierpont Wilson Marcius Willson
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Chapters (182)(click to expand)
- Mosaics of Grecian History
- PREFACE.
- THE PRINCIPAL HISTORIES OF GREECE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- 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
- CHAPTER III.
- I. HOMER AND HIS POEMS.
- II. SOME CAUSES OF GREEK UNITY.
- THE GRECIAN FESTIVALS.
- THE NATIONAL COUNCILS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- I. THE CONSTITUTION OF LYCURGUS.
- II. SPARTAN POETRY AND MUSIC.
- III. SPARTA'S CONQUESTS.
- CHAPTER V.
- I. CHANGES FROM ARISTOCRACIES TO OLIGARCHIES.
- II. FROM OLIGARCHIES TO DESPOTISMS.
- 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.
- CHAPTER VII.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- HIERO.
- DIONYESIUS THE ELDER.
- HIERO II.
- ARCHIME'DES.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- INDEX.
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