  In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek History so as to be intelligible to young children. In fact, it will generally be found that classical history is remembered at an earlier age than modern history, probably because the events are simple, and there was something childlike in the nature of all the ancient Greeks. I would begin a child’s reading with the History of England, as that which requires to be known best; but from this I should think it better to pass to the History of Greece, and that of Rome (which is in course of preparation), both because of their giving some idea of the course of time, and bringing Scripture history into connection with that of the world, and because little boys ought not to begin their classical studies without some idea of their bearing. I have begun with a few of the Greek myths, which are absolutely necessary to the understanding of both the history and of art. As to the names, the ordinary reading of them has been most frequently adopted, and the common Latin titles of the gods and goddesses have been used, because these, by long use, have really come to be their English names, and English literature at least will be better understood by calling the king of Olympus Jupiter, than by becoming familiar with him first as Zeus. CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. Decorative picture of people on horse-back Decorative chapter header | CONTENTS. | | chap. | | page | | I. | Olympus | 11 | | II. | Light and Dark | 18 | | III. | The Peopling of Greece | 26 | | IV. | The Hero Perseus | 35 | | V. | The Labours of Hercules | 42 | | VI. | The Argonauts | 51 | | VII. | The Success of the Argonauts | 59 | | VIII. | The Choice of Paris | 68 | | IX. | The Siege of Troy | 76 | | X. | The Wanderings of Ulysses | 84 | | XI. | The Doom of the Atrides | 94 | | XII. | After the Heroic Age | 102 | | XIII. | Lycurgus and the Laws of Sparta. b.c. 884–668 | 110 | | XIV. | Solon and the Laws of Athens. b.c. 594–546 | 118 | | XV. | Pisistratus and his Sons. b.c. 558–499 | 126 | | XVI. | The Battle of Marathon. b.c. 490 | 134 | | XVII. | The Expedition of Xerxes. b.c. 480 | 142 | | XVIII. | The Battle of PlatÆa. b.c. 479–460 | 151 | | XIX. | The Age of Pericles. b.c. 464–429 | 159 | | XX. | The Expedition to Sicily. b.c. 415–413 | 167 | | XXI. | The Shore of the Goat’s River. b.c. 406–402 | 174 | | XXII. | The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. b.c. 402–399 | 181 | | XXIII. | The Death of Socrates. b.c. 399 | 189 | | XXIV. | The Supremacy of Sparta. b.c. 396 | 196 | | XXV. | The Two Theban Friends. b.c. 387–362 | 203 | | XXVI. | Philip of Macedon. b.c. 364 | 210 | | XXVII. | The Youth of Alexander. b.c. 356–334 | 217 | | XXVIII. | The Expedition to Persia. b.c. 334 | 224 | | XXIX. | Alexander’s Eastern Conquests. b.c. 331–328 | 231 | | XXX. | The End of Alexander. b.c. 328 | 238 | | XXXI. | The Last Struggles of Athens. b.c. 334–311 | 245 | | XXXII. | The Four New Kingdoms. b.c. 311–287 | 252 | | XXXIII. | Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. b.c. 287 | 258 | | XXXIV. | Aratus and the Achaian League. b.c. 267 | 265 | | XXXV. | Agis and the Revival of Sparta. b.c. 244–236 | 272 | | XXXVI. | Cleomenes and the Fall of Sparta. b.c. 236–222 | 279 | | XXXVII. | Philopoemen, the Last of the Greeks. b.c. 236–184 | 286 | | XXXVIII. | The Fall of Greece. b.c. 189–146 | 293 | | XXXIX. | The Gospel in Greece. b.c. 146–a.d. 60 | 300 | | XL. | Under the Roman Empire | 308 | | XLI. | The Frank Conquest. 1201–1446 | 315 | | XLII. | The Turkish Conquest. 1453–1670 | 322 | | XLIII. | The Venetian Conquest and Loss. 1684–1796 | 328 | | XLIV. | The War of Independence. 1815 | 334 | | XLV. | The Kingdom of Greece. 1822–1875 | 340 | Decorative chapter header | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. | | | page | | Mount Olympus | 11 | | Head of Jupiter | 14 | | Supposed Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius in Ægina | 19 | | Head of Pallas | 21 | | Triptolemus | 23 | | Mars and Victory | 25 | | Mount Parnassus | 27 | | The World according to the Greeks | 30 | | Perseus and Andromeda | 38 | | Cyclopean Wall | 41 | | Scene in the ArachnÆan Mountains near Argos | 44 | | Building the Argo | 53 | | Corinth | 62 | | Plains of Troy | 69 | | Greek Ships | 73 | | Achilles binding his Armour on Patroclus | 78 | | Sepulchral Mound, known as the Tomb of Ajax | 80 | | LaocÖon | 82 | | Funeral Feast | 83 | | Ulysses tied to the Mast | 89 | | Port of Ithaca | 91 | | Plain of Sparta, with Mount Taygetus | 97 | | Greek Interior | 106 | | Greek Robe | 107 | | Male Costume | 108 | | Gate of MycenÆ | 119 | | Shores of the Persian Gulf | 129 | | View in the Vicinity of Athens | 141 | | Pass of ThermopylÆ | 145 | | Salamis | 148 | | Persian Soldier | 152 | | Tombs at PlatÆa | 153 | | The Acropolis, Athens | 162 | | PropylÆa, Athens | 163 | | The Academic Grove, Athens | 168 | | Athens | 180 | | Babylon | 182 | | Greek Armour | 188 | | Socrates | 190 | | Plato | 193 | | View on the Eurotas in Laconia | 202 | | Thessalonica | 209 | | Demosthenes | 212 | | Diana of Ephesus | 218 | | Alexander | 222 | | Bacchanals | 223 | | Alexander the Great | 225 | | Second Temple of Diana at Ephesus | 227 | | Princes of Persia | 234 | | Supposed Walls of Babylon | 242 | | Site of Susa, ancient Metropolis of Persia | 244 | | Gate of Hadrian in Athens | 247 | | Macedonian Soldier | 255 | | Delphi and the Castalian Fount | 262 | | Corinth | 267 | | View looking across Isthmus of Corinth | 269 | | Ruins of a Temple at Corinth | 271 | | Temple of Neptune | 285 | | Crowning the Victor in the Isthmian Games | 290 | | Livadia, the ancient Mideia in Argolis | 292 | | Sappho | 295 | | Lessina, the ancient Eleusis, on the Gulf of Corinth | 297 | | View from Corinth | 301 | | Parthenon and Erectheum | 304 | | Distant View of Parnassus | 307 | | Plains of Philippi | 309 | | Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople | 313 | | An Amphitheatre | 314 | | Promontory of Actium | 318 | | Mount Helicon | 321 | | Cathedral of St. Sophia | 323 | | Temple of Minerva, on the Promontory of Sunium | 330 | | Ancyra, Galatia | 332 | | The Acropolis, Restored | 337 | | The Isles of Greece | 344 | | Plain of Marathon | 346 | Mount Olympus
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