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Character of Pisistratus.--THIRLWALL.

Conspiracy of Harmodius and Aristogi'ton.--CALLIS'TRATUS.

IV. Birth of Democracy.--THIRLWALL.

CHAPTER VII.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREEK COLONIES.

The Cave of the c.u.mae'an Sibyl.--VIRGIL: GROTE.

The'ron of Agrigen'tum.--PINDAR.

Increase among the Sicilian Greeks.--GROTE.

CHAPTER VIII.

PROGRESS OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS.

I. The Poems of Hesiod.--"Winter."--FELTON: MURE: THIRLWALL: MAHAFFY.

II. Lyric Poetry.

Calli'nus of Ephesus.--"War Elegy".

Archil'ochus of Pa'ros--SYMONDS: MAHAFFY.

Alc'man.--"Sleep, or Night."--MURE.

Ari'on.--Stesich'orus.--MAHAFFY.

Alcaeus.--"Spoils of War."--AKENSIDE.

Sappho.--"Defence of."--SYMONDS: ANTIP'ATER.

Anac'reon.--"The Gra.s.shopper."--AKENSIDE.

III. Early Grecian Philosophy.

The Seven Sages.--(Maxims).-GROTE.

Tha'les, Anaxim'enes, Heracli'tus, Diog'enes, Anaximan'der, and Xenoph'anes.

Pythag'oras and his Doctrines.--BLACKIE: THOMSON: COLERIDGE: LOWELL.

The Eleusin'ian Mysteries.--VIRGIL.

IV. Architecture.

The Cyclo'pean Walls.--LORD HOUGHTON.

Dor'ic, Ion'ic, and Corinthian Orders.--THOMSON.

Cher'siphron, and the Temple of Diana.--STORY.

Temples at Paes'tum.--CRANCH.

V. Sculpture.

Glaucus, Rhoe'cus, Theodo'rus, Dipae'nus, Scyllis.

Cause of the Progress of Sculpture.--THIRLWALL.

CHAPTER IX.

THE PERSIAN WARS.

I. The Ionic Revolt.

II. The First Persian War.

The Battle of Marathon.

Legends of the Battle.--HEMANS: BLACKIE.

The Death of Milti'ades: his Character.--GROTE: GILLIES.

Aristi'des and Themis'tocles:--THOMSON: PLUTARCH: THIRLWALL.

III. The Second Persian Invasion.

Xerxes at Aby'dos.--HEROD'OTUS.

Bridging of the h.e.l.lespont.--JUVENAL: MILTON.

The Battle of Thermop'ylae.

1. Invincibility of the Spartans.--HAYGARTH.

2. Description of the Contest.--HAYGARTH.

3. Epitaphs on those who fell.--SIMON'IDES.

4. The Tomb of Leon'idas.--ANON.

5. Eulogy on the Fallen.--BYRON Naval Conflict at Artemis'ium.--PLUTARCH: PINDAR.

The Abandonment of Athens.

The Battle of Salamis.

1. Xerxes Views the Conflict.--BYRON.

2. Flight of Xerxes.--JUVENAL: ALAMANNI.

3. Celebrated Description of the Battle.--MITFORD: aeSCHYLUS.

4. Another Account.--BLACKIE.

The Battle of Platae'a.

1. Description of the Battle.--BULWER.

2. Importance of the Victory.--SOUTHEY: BULWER.

3. Victory at Myc'a-le.--BULWER.

4. "The Wasps."--ARISTOPHANES.

CHAPTER X.

THE RISE AND GROWTH OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE.

I. The Disgrace and Death of Themistocles.

Tributes to his Memory.--PLATO: GEMINUS: THIRLWALL.

II. The Rise and Fall of Cimon.

Character of Cimon--THOMSON.

Battle of Eurym'edon.--SIMONIDES.

Earthquake at Sparta, and Revolt of the Helots.--BULWER: ALISON.

III. The Accession of Pericles to Power.

Changes in the Athenian Const.i.tution.--BULWER.

Tribute to Pericles.--CROLY.

Picture of Athens in Peace.--HAYGARTH.

CHAPTER XI.

THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS, AND THE FALL OF ATHENS.

Speech of Pericles for War.--THUCYD'IDES.

I. The First Peloponnesian War.

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