PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER I. THE PERIODS OF GREEK LITERATURE.
CHAPTER II. MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER III. ACHILLES.
CHAPTER IV. THE WOMEN OF HOMER.
CHAPTER V. HESIOD.
CHAPTER VI. PARMENIDES.
CHAPTER VII. EMPEDOCLES.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GNOMIC POETS.
CHAPTER IX. THE SATIRISTS.
CHAPTER X. THE LYRIC POETS.
CHAPTER XI. PINDAR.
CHAPTER XII. AESCHYLUS.
CHAPTER XIII. SOPHOCLES.
Transcriber's Notes:
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BY
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
AUTHOR OF "SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE" ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. I.
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE
1880
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TO
HENRY GRAHAM DAKYNS
I Dedicate these Volumes
IN MEMORY OF COMMON INTERESTS, JOINT STUDIES, AND SIXTEEN YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP
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