A History of Greece, Volume 04 of 12, originally published in 1847

Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative study of ancient Greece, George Grote's twelve-volume work, begun in 1846, established the shape of Greek history which still prevails in textbooks and popular accounts of the ancient world today. Grote employs direct and clear language to take the reader from the earliest times of legendary Greece to the death of Alexander and his generation, drawing upon epic poetry and legend, and examining the growth and decline of the Athenian democracy. The work provides explanations of Greek political constitutions and philosophy, and interwoven throughout are the important but outlying adventures of the Sicilian and Italian Greeks. Volume 4 continues the review of Greek contacts in the wider Mediterranean world, and also covers political developments, especially in Athens, from the rise of the Peisistratids to the battle of Marathon. CONTENTS. VOL. IV. 6 PART II. CONTINUATION OF HISTORICAL GREECE 20 CHAPTER XXV. ILLYRIANS, MACEDONIANS, P.EONIANS 20 CHAPTER XXVI. THRACIANS AND GREEK COLONIES IN THRACE 45 CHAPTER XXVII. KYRENE AND BARKA.—HESPERIDES 58 CHAPTER XXVIII. PAN-HELLENIC FESTIVALS—OLYMPIC, PYTHIAN, NEMEAN AND ISTHMIAN 87 CHAPTER XXIX. LYRIC POETRY.—THE SEVEN WISE MEN. 118 CHAPTER XXX. GRECIAN AFFAIRS DURING THE GOVERNMENT OF PEISISTRATUS AND HIS SONS AT ATHENS 156 CHAPTER XXXI. GRECIAN AFFAIRS AFTER THE EXPULSION OF THE PEISISTRATIDS.—REVOLUTION OF KLEISTHENES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACY AT ATHENS 187 CHAPTER XXXII. RISE OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.—CYRUS 262 CHAPTER XXXIII. GROWTH OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE 299 CHAPTER XXXIV. DEMOKEDES.—DARIUS INVADES SCYTHIA 357 CHAPTER XXXV. IONIC REVOLT 395 CHAPTER XXXVI. FROM IONIC REVOLT TO BATTLE OF MARATHON. 437 CHAPTER XXXVII. IONIC PHILOSOPHERS.—PYTHAGORAS.—KROTON AND SYBARIS 528 9781108009539 Cambridge University Press Volume I: Preface; Part I. Legendary Greece; Volume II: Part I. Legendary Greece (cont.); Part II. Historical Greece; Volume III: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume IV: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume V: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume VI: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume VII: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume VIII: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume IX: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume X: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume XI: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Volume XII: Part II. Historical Greece (cont.); Index. Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative Victorian study of ancient Greece, George Grote's twelve-volume work, begun in 1846, established the view of Greek history which still prevails in textbooks and popular accounts of the ancient world today. Grote employs direct and clear language to take the reader from the earliest times of legendary Greece to the death of Alexander and his generation, drawing upon epic poetry and legend, and examining the growth and decline of the Athenian democracy. The work explains Greek political ...

grote's Classic Twelve-volume Work Established The Shape Of Greek History Which Prevails In Accounts Of The Ancient World Today.