. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . had ac-cepted from Assyria and made possible throughout allGreece the spread and development of the democratic institutions andpersonal freedom of art ion andthought which we have seen origi-nating especially in Athens and the coast-cities of AsiaMinor. The new and fresh Hellenic civilization was not tohe throttled by the older ideals of the East. References for Outside Reading Seignobos, Ancient Civilization, pp. 110 156; Oman, History of Greece,cli. If), 17 20; Bury. History of Greece, ch, 7; Fling, Source Book,


. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . had ac-cepted from Assyria and made possible throughout allGreece the spread and development of the democratic institutions andpersonal freedom of art ion andthought which we have seen origi-nating especially in Athens and the coast-cities of AsiaMinor. The new and fresh Hellenic civilization was not tohe throttled by the older ideals of the East. References for Outside Reading Seignobos, Ancient Civilization, pp. 110 156; Oman, History of Greece,cli. If), 17 20; Bury. History of Greece, ch, 7; Fling, Source Book, eh. 5;Botsford, History of Greece, ch. 7; Plutarch, Lives of Themistocles <m<lAristides; !I<r<itus, BooksVl EX; NLahafiy, Survey of Greek Civilization,pp. L06 123. Topics for Oral or Written Report 1. The Greek -Tucker, Life in Ancient Athens, pp. 193-196; Guliok, Life of the Ancient Greeks, pp. L88 IM). 2. Tin; Ckkkk Navy.—Gulick, pp. IM) 205; Tucker, pp. 107 M \\ ( LRHTINQ \ I \ TO AS ICRIFICB. of aboul 525 b. o. THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF PERSIA 133 3. The Battle of Thermopylae, —Herodotus, Book VII, 110-225; (in Fling, Source Book) pp. L08-117.) 4. Account op the Battud op Salamis. Plutarch, Life of Tkemis- tocles; jEschylus, Persians, lines 355-520; Herodotus, Book VIII,71 94. 5. Themistocles ( Jareer Aptbr the War.—Plutarch, Life of r/hcm- islor/cs. 6. The Battle ok Plat^ja. -Herodotus, Book IX, ch. 39-85 (in Flings Sourer, Hook, pp. 128-130). CHAPTER XIII THE DELIAN LEAGUE AND THE GROWTH OFATHENIAN POWER 171. Continuation of the War Against Persia.—The great battles of Salamis and Platsea did not end the PersianWars. The Greek cities of Asia Minor were still to befreed from the rule of the Great King, and the Persiangarrisons in Thrace driven out. In order to keep the libertywhich they had regained, the Greeks in Thrace and AsiaMinor needed the protection which could only be gainedby united action. For it must not b


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