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H. A. GUERBER

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

I. EARLY INHABITANTS OF GREECE.

II. THE DELUGE OF OGYGES.

III. THE FOUNDING OF MANY IMPORTANT CITIES.

IV. STORY OF DEUCALION.

V. STORY OF DÆDALUS AND ICARUS.

VI. THE ADVENTURES OF JASON.

VII. THESEUS VISITS THE LABYRINTH.

VIII. THE TERRIBLE PROPHECY.

IX. THE SPHINX'S RIDDLE.

X. BLINDNESS AND DEATH OF ŒDIPUS.

XI. THE BROTHERS' QUARREL.

XII. THE TAKING OF THEBES.

XIII. THE CHILDHOOD OF PARIS.

XIV. THE MUSTER OF THE TROOPS.

XV. THE SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA.

XVI. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES.

XVII. DEATH OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES.

XVIII. THE BURNING OF TROY.

XIX. HEROIC DEATH OF CODRUS.

XX. THE BLIND POET.

XXI. THE RISE OF SPARTA.

XXII. THE SPARTAN TRAINING.

XXIII. THE BRAVE SPARTAN BOY.

XXIV. PUBLIC TABLES IN SPARTA.

XXV. LAWS OF LYCURGUS.

XXVI. THE MESSENIAN WAR.

XXVII. THE MUSIC OF TYRTÆUS.

XXVIII. ARISTOMENES' ESCAPE.

XXIX. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

XXX. MILO OF CROTON.

XXXI. THE JEALOUS ATHLETE.

XXXII. THE GIRLS' GAMES.

XXXIII. THE BLOODY LAWS OF DRACO.

XXXIV. THE LAWS OF SOLON.

XXXV. THE FIRST PLAYS.

XXXVI. THE TYRANT PISISTRATUS.

XXXVII. THE TYRANT'S INSULT.

XXXVIII. DEATH OF THE CONSPIRATORS.

XXXIX. HIPPIAS DRIVEN OUT OF ATHENS.

XL. THE GREAT KING.

XLI. HIPPIAS VISITS DARIUS.

XLII. DESTRUCTION OF THE PERSIAN HOST.

XLIII. THE ADVANCE OF THE SECOND HOST.

XLIV. THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.

XLV. MILTIADES' DISGRACE.

XLVI. ARISTIDES THE JUST.

XLVII. TWO NOBLE SPARTAN YOUTHS.

XLVIII. THE GREAT ARMY.

XLIX. PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE.

L. LEONIDAS AT THERMOPYLÆ

LI. DEATH OF LEONIDAS.

LII. THE BURNING OF ATHENS.

LIII. THE BATTLES OF SALAMIS AND PLATÆA.

LIV. THE REBUILDING OF ATHENS.

LV. DEATH OF PAUSANIAS.

LVI. CIMON IMPROVES ATHENS.

LVII. THE EARTHQUAKE.

LVIII. THE AGE OF PERICLES.

LIX. THE TEACHINGS OF ANAXAGORAS.

LX. BEGINNING OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.

LXI. DEATH OF PERICLES.

LXII. THE PHILOSOPHER SOCRATES.

LXIII. SOCRATES' FAVORITE PUPIL.

LXIV. YOUTH OF ALCIBIADES.

LXV. GREEK COLONIES IN ITALY.

LXVI. ALCIBIADES IN DISGRACE.

LXVII. DEATH OF ALCIBIADES.

LXVIII. THE OVERTHROW OF THE THIRTY TYRANTS.

LXIX. ACCUSATION OF SOCRATES.

LXX. DEATH OF SOCRATES.

LXXI. THE DEFEAT OF CYRUS.

LXXII. THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND.

LXXIII. AGESILAUS IN ASIA.

LXXIV. A STRANGE INTERVIEW.

LXXV. THE PEACE OF ANTALCIDAS.

LXXVI. THE THEBAN FRIENDS.

LXXVII. THEBES FREE ONCE MORE.

LXXVIII. THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA.

LXXIX. DEATH OF PELOPIDAS.

LXXX. THE BATTLE OF MANTINEA.

LXXXI. THE TYRANT OF SYRACUSE.

LXXXII. STORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS.

LXXXIII. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

LXXXIV. DION AND DIONYSIUS.

LXXXV. CIVIL WAR IN SYRACUSE.

LXXXVI. DEATH OF DION.

LXXXVII. PHILIP OF MACEDON.

LXXXVIII. PHILIP BEGINS HIS CONQUESTS.

LXXXIX. THE ORATOR DEMOSTHENES.

XC. PHILIP MASTERS GREECE.

XCI. BIRTH OF ALEXANDER.

XCII. THE STEED BUCEPHALUS.

XCIII. ALEXANDER AS KING.

XCIV. ALEXANDER AND DIOGENES.

XCV. ALEXANDER'S BRILLIANT BEGINNING.

XCVI. THE GORDIAN KNOT.

XCVII. ALEXANDER'S ROYAL CAPTIVES.

XCVIII. ALEXANDER AT JERUSALEM.

XCIX. THE AFRICAN DESERT.

C. DEATH OF DARIUS.

CI. DEFEAT OF PORUS.

CII. THE RETURN TO BABYLON.

CIII. DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

CIV. THE DIVISION OF THE REALM.

CV. DEATH OF DEMOSTHENES.

CVI. THE LAST OF THE ATHENIANS.

CVII. THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES.

CVIII. THE BATTLE OF IPSUS.

CIX. DEMETRIUS AND THE ATHENIANS.

CX. THE ACHÆAN LEAGUE.

CXI. DIVISION IN SPARTA.

CXII. DEATH OF AGIS.

CXIII. THE WAR OF THE TWO LEAGUES.

CXIV. THE LAST OF THE GREEKS.

CXV. GREECE A ROMAN PROVINCE.

INDEX.