HISTORY OF GREECE

GENERAL HISTORY OF GREECE BIBLIOGRAHY

SUMMARY OF GREEK HISTORY

A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY

J.B. BURY

A HISTORY OF GREECE TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

THE SELEUCID EMPIRE. 358-251 BC. HOUSE OF SELEUCUS

THE MACEDONIAN WARS

ANDREW LANG

HOMER AND HIS AGE

K. O. MULLER

History of the literature of ancient Greece to the period of Isocrates

J. P. MAHAFFY

Greek Literature and History

SOCIAL LIFE IN GREECE FROM HOMER TO MENANDER

A very interesting and successful attempt to portray the everyday life of the Greeks. The author visits them in their homes, in their temples, in their assemblies, and on their journeys. Every person in the least interested in the characteristics of ancient life and manners will read the book with profit and delight. It is as interesting as it is scholarly.

A HISTORY OF CLASSICAL GREEK LITERATURE VOL. I. THE POETS

A HISTORY OF CLASSICAL GREEK LITERATURE VOL. II. THE PROSE WRITERS

We here find the same excellent characteristics as in the author’s other works. From beginning to end it has the favor of the open field and of fresh breezes. It is somewhat more descriptive and less critical than the work of Muller and Donaldson, doubt­less for the reason that it is designed for a less mature class of scholars. But though the author has written for pupils in the schools, he compliments the robust scholarship of young England and Ireland by giving the illustrative quotations exclusively in the original Greek. Mr. Mahaffy, in common with a large number of modern German scholars, has abandoned the belief in the unity of Homer. In support of his position on this point he has intro­duced as an appendix to his first volume an essay by Professor Sayce, who presents with great cogency the reasons that have led a very large number of modern critics to give up the doctrine of unity. The essayist says that “a close examination of Homer shows that it is a mosaic” and that “in its present form it cannot be earlier than the seventh century before the Christian era”.

The first volume is devoted to the poets; the second, to the writers of prose. It is furnished with a full index.

THE GREEK WORLD UNDER ROMAN SWAY. FROM POLYBIUS TO PLUTARCH

THE STORY OF ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE

EDWARD ZELLER

Greek Philosophy

A history of Greek philosophy : from the earliest period to the time of Socrate vol. 1

A history of Greek philosophy from the earliest period to the time of Socrates vol.2

SOCRATES AND THE SOCRATIC SCHOOLS

PLATO AND THE OLDER ACADEMY

Aristotle and the earlier Peripatetics VOLUME 1

Aristotle and the earlier Peripatetics VOLUME 2

STOICS, EPICUREANS AND SCEPTICS

THEODOR GOMPZER

The Greek Thinkers

Vol.1. From metaphysics to positive science. The age of enlightenment.

Vol. 2. Socrates and the Socratics. Plato

Vol. 3. (continued) Plato.

Vol. 4. Aristotle and his successors

A general history of Greece from the earliest period to the death of Alexander the Great, with a sketch of the subsequent history to the present time;

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE END OF THE PERSIAN WAR.

LIVES OF GREEK STATESMEN : SOLON AND THEMISTOCLES

THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS.

The design of this little volume is to give a history of that great struggle between the despotism of the East and the freedom of the West, which came to an end in the Anal overthrow of the Persians at Plataia and Mykale. The aim of the author is to show how much of the history and traditions is trustworthy, rather than how much is to be set aside as untrue. It is a narrative rather than a critical account, and is a clear exposition, not only of the great conflict which it is the more especial object of the volume to describe, but also of the political and military institutions of the Persians and of the several Grecian states. The author's studies preliminary to his larger work had admirably fitted him for the preparation of this. The style is clear and interesting. The maps are admirable.

THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE from the Flight of Xerxes to the Fall of Athens (B.C 479-403)

FROM THE FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERACY OF DELOS TO THE CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ROMAN CONQUEST.

H. R . HALL

THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION OF GREECE STUDIES OF THE MYCENAEAN AGE

CHRETSOS TSOUNTAS

THE MYCENAEAN AGE. A STUDY OF THE MONUMENTS AND CULTURE OF PRE-HOMERIC GREECE

THE SEA-KINGS OF CRETE

THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE

WILLIAM WATKISS LLOYD

THE AGE OF PERICLES A HISTORY OF THE POLITICS AND ARTS OF GREECE FROM THE PERSIAN TO THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR, vol 1

THE AGE OF PERICLES A HISTORY OF THE POLITICS AND ARTS OF GREECE FROM THE PERSIAN TO THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR,vol 2

A work that endeavors to give a broader view of Greek life and culture than had before been given by any English author. It aims to represent the Greek mind, not only in its political, but also in its artistic activity. The nature of the book may be correctly inferred from the following titles of chapters : ‘Athenian Democracy as Administered by Pericles; Poetry, Lyric and Dramatic, in the Age of Themistocles; Painting, Rudimentary and Advanced Music in the Age of Pericles. To this breadth of method the author has brought thoughtful and scholarly research, and a judgment usually sound. Unfortunately, the merits of the book are in some measure counterbalanced by one serious drawback. The author does not add to the abundance of his good and strong qualities the graces of a literary artist. In his preface he gives expression to his contempt for writers only on the lookout for opportunities to be smart, in the first place, and, in the second, picturesque and this clause, both by its sentiment and by its awkward method, conveys a correct intimation of the author’s entire lack of appreciation of a good English style. His modes of expression are so awkward that the reader often finds his attention put to a severe strain to understand his meaning. Long sentences sometimes appear to have been transferred from the German almost without transposing a single word. This very serious drawback must limit the use of what is, nevertheless, a very useful and excellent book.

THE HISTORY OF SICILY TO THE ATHENIAN WAR

ARTHUR J. GRANT

GREECE IN THE AGE OF PERICLES

FROM PERICLES TO PHILIP

BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER

ALEXANDER THE GREAT : THE MERGING OF EAST AND WEST IN UNIVERSAL HISTORY

R.C. JEBB

THE ATTIC ORATORS FROM ANTIPHON TO ISAEOS VOL. 1

THE ATTIC ORATORS FROM ANTIPHON TO ISAEOS VOL. 2

THE INVASION OF INDIA BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT AS DESCRIBED BY
ARRIAN Q. CURTIUS DIODOROS PLUTARCH AND JUSTIN

G. B. GRUNDY

THUCYDIDES AND THE HISTORY OF HIS AGE

THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN SUPREMACIES

RISE OF THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE

A rapid but a clear and graphic picture of Macedonian power from its earliest development to the death of Alexander the Great. The special quality of the book is to be found in its judicious omission of encumbering details and its agreeable admixture of narrative and comment. While it is a book of facts, it is also a book of ideas. The most important events are described in such a way as to convey a clear impression of their peculiar significance and importance. At the beginning is a short but sugges­tive chapter on the influence of geographical peculiarities on the character of Grecian history. It is by far the best short history of Alexander we have.

Alexander; a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, B. C. 301

Aristophanes and the war party ; a study in the contemporary criticism of the Peloponnesian war

THE SECOND ATHENIAN CONFEDERACY

MILITARY ANNALS OF GREECE

JOHN GILLIES

History of the World

FROM THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER TO THAT OF AUGUSTUS, COMPREHENDING THE LATTER AGES OF EUROPEAN GREECE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK KINGDOMS IN ASIA AND AFRICA, FROM THEIR FOUNDATION TO THEIR DESTRUCTION

VOLUME 1 -- VOLUME 2 -- VOLUME 3

ERNS CURTIUS

THE

HISTORY OF GREECE

VOLUME I

B1.-THE GREEKS BEFORE THE DORIAN MIGRATION

B2.-FROM THE DORIAN MIGRATION TO THE PERSIAN WARS

VOLUME II

B3.-FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE IONIAN REVOLT TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.

VOLUME III

B4.-THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR

VOLUME V

B5.- SPARTA SUPREME IN GREECE

B6.-THEBES THE GREAT POWER OF GREECE,

The author is probably more familiar with the climate, resources, and physical characteristics of Greece than is any other writer on Grecian history. As an archaeological and historical investigator, he travelled over and examined all parts of the Greek peninsula. With classical literature he is also very familiar; and he seems to have a special gift for the work of interpreting it. These qualifications doubtless go far towards justifying a manner of treating the subject which in a scholar of less general and special information would have been very unsatisfactory. Without taking the time and space to indicate his authorities, the author contents himself with advancing his theories and indicating his conclusions. As he differs on many points from the high authority of Grote, it would afford great satisfaction to the care­ful student of Greek history to see the reasons for the author's views. This absence of all references to authorities is the most unsatisfactory feature of the work, though the explanation is that the volumes were not so much intended for the use of scholars as for the use of general readers.

In his treatment of political questions the author resembles Thirlwall and Mitford more nearly than he resembles Grote. His sympathies are monarchical, and, therefore, he attaches far less importance than does Grote to the characteristics of self-government as an inspiring influence. He also differs from Grote in regard to the origin and movements of the early Hellenic races. Former historians have found no connecting thread till after the Dorian migrations. But Curtius, taking the myths as the foundation, and bringing to his assistance the results of modern philological research, has built up a theory which he puts forward with considerable confidence. He even goes so far as to describe the manner in which, as he believes, the ancestors of the Ionians separated from the ancestors of the Dorians. The book is in every way scholarly, and is entitled to careful attention.

THIRLWALL CONNOP

The

History of Greece

1 HEROIC AGES

2 THE PERSIANS

3 THE PELOPONNESSIAN WAR

4 THE ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY

5 PHILIP AND THE SACRED WAR

6 ALEXANDER IN ASIA

7 THE WARS OF THE SUCCESSORS

8 FALL OF GREECE

A work which, as a whole, is not perhaps to be compared favorably with that of Grote, but which still has some points of great advantage. It shows learning, sagacity, and candor; but it falls far short of Grote in that power of combination and gener­alization which has made the later work so justly famous. The English of Thirlwall is superior to that of Grote, although the style of neither of them is entitled to very high praise.

Thirlwall’s sympathies are aristocratic rather than democratic—the exact opposite of the sympathies of Grote. The books, therefore, may well be read at the same time, in order that convicting views may be compared and weighed. Another difference be­tween the two works is that while Grote is especially strong on the earlier history of Greece, Thirlwall is strong on the later history. Perhaps the best portion of Thirlwall’s book is that which relates to the age beginning with the period at which Grote ends.

WILLIAM MITFORD

HISTORY OF GREECE TO THE DEADH OF PHILIP, KING OF MACEDON

VOLUMES : 1 --- 2--- 3--- 4---- 5--- 6 ---- 7 --- 8 ---- 9 ----- 10-

As Grote’s is the great Liberal history of Greece, so this is the great history of the same country. Before the appearance of Thirlwall, it was the history most often consulted. In the use of terse and cogent English, Mitford was superior to his successors. He could praise tyrants and abuse liberty in a manner that was sure to interest his readers; and even his constant partialities and frequent exhibitions of anger give favor to his narration. He hated the popular party of Athens, as he hated the Whigs of England. These characteristics give spirit to a book which, with all its labor and learning, is merely a huge party pamphlet. Though it has had much influence in England, it is no longer of any considerable importance.

ADOLF HOLM

The history of Greece from its commencement to the close of the independence of the Greek nation

Vol. 1. Up to the end of the sixth century, B.C.

Vol. 2. The fifth century B.C.-

Vol. 3. The fourth century, B.C. up to the death of Alexander.-

Vol. 4. The Graeco-Macedonian age: the period of the kings and the leagues, from the death of Alexander down to the incorporation of the last Macedonian monarchy in the Roman Empire

FUSTEL DE COULANGES

THE ANCIENT CITY: A STUDY OR THE RELIGION, LAWS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF GREECE AND ROME.

Whatever is written by Coulanges is worthy of the student’s most thoughtful attention. He possesses the rare gift of uniting a very profound and broad scholarship with a spirited and entertaining literary style. Any one at all interested in Greek and Ro­man institutions will be enticed by a glance at the table of contents, and will not be disappointed when he puts the body of the work to the test of perusal.

In no other book has the organization of the ancient family been so briefly and clearly described; and nowhere else have the peculiarities of the Greek and Roman religious systems been so well presented. It will be a favorite book with every scholar that possesses it.

THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART. VOLUME 1.

THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART. VOLUME 2.

Winckelmann was doubtless the most skilful and delightful connoisseur of ancient art that has ever written. It is more than three fourths of a century since the original of the work was pre­pared; but these volumes are by no means yet superannuated. The numerous illustrations are exquisite, and, what is remarkable, are far better in the translation than in the original. The au­thor’s spirit may be gathered from his canon of criticism : “Seek not to detect deficiencies and imperfections until you have learn­ed to recognize and discover beauties”.

HENRY SCHLIEMANN

MYCENAE; A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES AT MYCENAE AND TIRYNS.

VICTOR DURUY

HISTORY

OF

GREECE

LEGENDARY HISTORY (2000-110-4 B.C.)

FROM THE DORIAN MIGRATION TO THE MEDIAN WARS (1104-490 B.C.).

THE MEDIAN WARS (492-479)

SUPREMACY OF ATHENS (479-431)

SUPREMACY OF MACEDON : PHILIP AND ALEXANDER (359-272)

THE ACHAIAN LEAGUE (272-146) ROMAN DOMINATION

G. F. SCHOMANN

THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE

The work of Schomann, of which the fist volume is now published in translation, is in Germany one of a series of manuals designed to spread among a wider circle a vivid knowledge of antiquity. The book was designed for a class of educated readers who have not made a special investigation into the characteristics of the ancient world. The present volume, entitled “The State”, is to be followed by a second on “The Greek States in their Relations with one Another”, and “The Religious System of Greece”. The work, it will be seen from the title, is chiefly political in its character; and, as such, it occupies a distinctive place among books on Grecian antiquities. While Boeckh deals chiefly with financial questions, and Guhl and Koner with social ones, Schomann discusses with similar insight and thoroughness the affairs of politics. Nowhere else is there to be found so good an account of the political assemblies, and of their significance in the life of the State. The work is written in a scholarly and attractive style, and the translation is excellent.