. A history of Greece for junior classes . R VII. Tlio Supremacy of Athens down to the commencement of the Peloponnesian War, . . ,75 CHAPTER Peloj)onnesian War, . . .83 CHAPTER IX. Fjom the Close of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Antalkidas, . . . .101 O CONTENTS. CHAPTER X. PAOB From the Peace of Antalkidas to the Battle of Chseroneia, . 109 CHAPTER during the Reign of Alexander the Great, . 121 CHAPTER XII. Greece under the Successors of Alexander until the Time of the Achaean League, . . .130 CHAPTER XIII. From the Formation of the Achfean League down to the Conq
. A history of Greece for junior classes . R VII. Tlio Supremacy of Athens down to the commencement of the Peloponnesian War, . . ,75 CHAPTER Peloj)onnesian War, . . .83 CHAPTER IX. Fjom the Close of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Antalkidas, . . . .101 O CONTENTS. CHAPTER X. PAOB From the Peace of Antalkidas to the Battle of Chseroneia, . 109 CHAPTER during the Reign of Alexander the Great, . 121 CHAPTER XII. Greece under the Successors of Alexander until the Time of the Achaean League, . . .130 CHAPTER XIII. From the Formation of the Achfean League down to the Conquest of Greece by the Ronums, . . 136 APPENDIX GIVING A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF GREECE, FROM 146 TO THE ACCESSION OF KING GEORGE, 1862. CHAPTER under the Romans ( 146 to 324), . .148 CHAPTER Byzantine Empire, from 330 to 1453, . , .153 CHAPTER under the Turks, from 1453 to 1S21, . .161 CHAPTER of the Greek Nation, from 1821 to 1862, . 170 LsDEX, . . . .195. 4a] or TH£ OLYKFIAK HISTOEY OF GEEECE IJ^mODUCTIOK The fiist people we meet -with at the very threshold ofEin-opean history ai-e th^ Greeks, or, as they called them-selves, Hellenes, occupying th« south-eastern peninsula ofour Coniinent. At the time when they fii^st ai^pear*iiihistory, they were not yet known by any name commonto them all, each tribe having it« own special name; andit was not till between 800 and 700 years , that thename Hellenes was applied to the whole nation, extend-ing from the Cambunian mountains in the north to thesouthern extremity, and over the adjacent islands. Inthe earliest times the gi^ater part of the country wasinhabited by a race called the Pelasgimis^ of whom a greatdeal has been ^^^:•itten, but very little is known. It is cer-tain, however, that they were not materially different fromthe Hellenes, and belonged to the same race as they, forin the course of time, and without any wars or violent,commotions, we find them unite
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