. A history of Greece for junior classes . ? ATHENIAN COIN. CHAPTER V. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS—COLONIES—LITERATURE DOWNTO THE PERSIAN WARS. Before proceeding to give an account of the momentousstruggle between Europe and Asia, wiiicli was to decidewhether the south-east of Europe was to remain free orbecome a province of an Asiatic empire, we will cast aglance at some of the national institutions of the Greeks,their numerous colonies, and the progress of literaturesince the days of Homer. It has already been observed that the Greeks at notime formed one compact state, and that the country
. A history of Greece for junior classes . ? ATHENIAN COIN. CHAPTER V. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS—COLONIES—LITERATURE DOWNTO THE PERSIAN WARS. Before proceeding to give an account of the momentousstruggle between Europe and Asia, wiiicli was to decidewhether the south-east of Europe was to remain free orbecome a province of an Asiatic empire, we will cast aglance at some of the national institutions of the Greeks,their numerous colonies, and the progress of literaturesince the days of Homer. It has already been observed that the Greeks at notime formed one compact state, and that the country wasdivided into a number of small states, among whichSparta, after the Dorian conquest, became the largest andmost influential. The only bond of union among themwas their language and their religion, though even thesepresented considerable differences in the different partsof the country. But there existed from early times cer-tain associations for religious, and in part also for political,purposes, which acquired at least the appearance ofna
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