PREFACE.

CHAP. I. OLYMPUS.

CHAP. II. LIGHT AND DARK.

CHAP. III. THE PEOPLING OF GREECE.

CHAP. IV. THE HERO PERSEUS.

CHAP. V. THE LABOURS OF HERCULES.

CHAP. VI. THE ARGONAUTS.

CHAP. VII. THE SUCCESS OF THE ARGONAUTS.

CHAP. VIII. THE CHOICE OF PARIS.

CHAP. IX. THE SIEGE OF TROY.

CHAP. X. THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES.

CHAP. XI. THE DOOM OF THE ATRIDES.

CHAP. XII. AFTER THE HEROIC AGE.

CHAP. XIII. LYCURGUS AND THE LAWS OF SPARTA. b.c. 884 - 668.

CHAP. XIV. SOLON AND THE LAWS OF ATHENS. b.c. 594 - 546.

CHAP. XV. PISISTRATUS AND HIS SONS. b.c. 558 - 499.

CHAP. XVI. THE BATTLE OF MARATHON. b.c. 490

CHAP. XVII. THE EXPEDITION OF XERXES. b.c. 480

CHAP. XVIII. THE BATTLE OF PLATAEA. b.c. 479 - 460.

CHAP. XIX. THE AGE OF PERICLES. b.c. 464 - 429.

CHAP. XX. THE EXPEDITION TO SICILY. b.c. 415 - 413.

CHAP. XXI. THE SHORE OF THE GOAT'S RIVER. b.c. 406 - 402.

CHAP. XXII. THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND. b.c. 402 - 399.

CHAP. XXIII. THE DEATH OF SOCRATES. b.c. 399

CHAP. XXIV. THE SUPREMACY OF SPARTA. b.c. 396

CHAP. XXV. THE TWO THEBAN FRIENDS. b.c. 387 - 362.

CHAP. XXVI. PHILIP OF MACEDON. b.c. 364

CHAP. XXVII. THE YOUTH OF ALEXANDER. b.c. 356 - 334.

CHAP. XXVIII. THE EXPEDITION TO PERSIA. b.c. 334

CHAP. XXIX. ALEXANDER'S EASTERN CONQUESTS. b.c. 331 - 328.

CHAP. XXX. THE END OF ALEXANDER. b.c. 328

CHAP. XXXI. THE LAST STRUGGLES OF ATHENS. b.c. 334 - 311.

CHAP. XXXII. THE FOUR NEW KINGDOMS. b.c. 311 - 287.

CHAP. XXXIII PYRRHUS, KING OF EPIRUS. b.c. 287

CHAP. XXXIV. ARATUS AND THE ACHAIAN LEAGUE. b.c. 267

CHAP. XXXV. AGIS AND THE REVIVAL OF SPARTA. b.c. 244 - 236.

CHAP. XXXVI. CLEOMENES AND THE FALL OF SPARTA. b.c. 236 - 222.

CHAP. XXXVII. PHILOPOEMEN, THE LAST OF THE GREEKS. b.c. 236 - 184.

CHAP. XXXVIII. THE FALL OF GREECE. b.c. 189 - 146.

CHAP. XXXIX. THE GOSPEL IN GREECE. b.c. 146 - a.d. 60

CHAP. XL. UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

CHAP. XLI. THE FRANK CONQUEST. 1201 - 1446.

CHAP. XLII. THE TURKISH CONQUEST. 1453 - 1670.

CHAP. XLIII. THE VENETIAN CONQUEST AND LOSS. 1684 - 1796.

CHAP. XLIV. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. 1815.

CHAP. XLV. THE KINGDOM OF GREECE. 1822 - 1875.

NOTES.

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AUNT CHARLOTTE’S
stories of
GREEK HISTORY

by
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“Stories of French History,” “Stories of Bible History,” &c.

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