The story of the Greeks / by H.A. Guerber.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Guerber, H. A. (Helene Adeline), d. 1929.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Greece--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Luton, England] : Andrews U.K. Ltd., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Story of the Greeks provides an intersting and thorough history of Greece. Beginning with Greek myth and legend, the author moves through major figures, the Trojan war, the city-states of of Sparta and Athens, the Persian War, the adventures of Alexander the Great and more, before ending with Greece's absorption into the Roman Empire. This ebook, specially formatted for today's e-readers, is a great introduction to anyone with an interest in classical Greek literature, philosophy, or history.

Contents:

• Cover
• Contents
• Front Matter
• Title Page
• Publisher Information
• The Story of the Greeks
• Preface
• Early Inhabitants Of Greece
• The Deluge Of Ogyges
• The Founding Of Many Important Cities
• Story Of Deucalion
• Story Of Daedalus And Icarus
• The Adventures Of Jason
• Theseus Visits The Labyrinth
• The Terrible Prophecy
• The Sphinx's Riddle
• Blindness And Death Of Oedipus
• The Brothers' Quarrel
• The Taking Of Thebes
• The Childhood Of Paris
• The Muster Of The Troops
• The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
• The Wrath Of Achilles
• Death Of Hector And Achilles
• The Burning Of Troy
• Heroic Death Of Codrus
• The Blind Poet
• The Rise Of Sparta
• The Spartan Training
• The Brave Spartan Boy
• Public Tables In Sparta
• Laws Of Lycurgus
• The Messenian War
• The Music Of Tyrtaeus
• Aristomenes' Escape
• The Olympic Games
• Milo Of Croton
• The Jealous Athlete
• The Girls' Games
• The Bloody Laws Of Draco
• The Laws Of Solon
• The First Plays
• The Tyrant Pisistratus
• The Tyrant's Insult
• Death Of The Conspirators
• Hippias Driven Out Of Athens
• The Great King
• Hippias Visits Darius
• Destruction Of The Persian Host
• The Advance Of The Second Host
• The Battle Of Marathon
• Miltiades' Disgrace
• Aristides The Just
• Two Noble Spartan Youths
• The Great Army
• Preparations For Defense
• Leonidas At Thermopylae
• Death Of Leonidas
• The Burning Of Athens
• The Battles Of Salamis And Plataea
• The Rebuilding Of Athens
• Death Of Pausanias
• Cimon Improves Athens
• The Earthquake
• The Age Of Pericles
• The Teachings Of Anaxagoras
• Beginning Of The Peloponnesian War
• Death Of Pericles
• The Philosopher Socrates
• Socrates' Favorite Pupil
• Youth Of Alcibiades
• Greek Colonies In Italy
• Alcibiades In Disgrace
• Death Of Alcibiades
• The Overthrow Of The Thirty Tyrants.
• Accusation Of Socrates
• Death Of Socrates
• The Defeat Of Cyrus
• The Retreat Of The Ten Thousand
• Agesilaus In Asia
• A Strange Interview
• The Peace Of Antalcidas
• The Theban Friends
• Thebes Free Once More
• The Battle Of Leuctra
• Death Of Pelopidas
• The Battle Of Mantinea
• The Tyrant Of Syracuse
• Story Of Damon And Pythias
• The Sword Of Damocles
• Dion And Dionysius
• Civil War In Syracuse
• Death Of Dion
• Philip Of Macedon
• Philip Begins His Conquests
• The Orator Demosthenes
• Philip Masters Greece
• Birth Of Alexander
• The Steed Bucephalus
• Alexander As King
• Alexander And Diogenes
• Alexander's Brilliant Beginning
• The Gordian Knot
• Alexander's Royal Captives
• Alexander At Jerusalem
• The African Desert
• Death Of Darius
• Defeat Of Porus
• The Return To Babylon
• Death Of Alexander The Great
• The Division Of The Realm
• Death Of Demosthenes
• The Last Of The Athenians
• The Colossus Of Rhodes
• The Battle Of Ipsus
• Demetrius And The Athenians
• The Achaean League
• Division In Sparta
• Death Of Agis
• The War Of The Two Leagues
• The Last Of The Greeks
• Greece - A Roman Province
• Also Available.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

• 1-283-41451-1
• 9786613414519
• 1-84989-348-9