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The Glory That Was Greece

by J. C. Stobart

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  1. 1The Grandeur That Was Rome
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3List of Illustrations
  4. 4Introduction
  5. 5Hellenism
  6. 6The Land and Its People
  7. 7I — Ægean Civilisation — A New Chapter of History
  8. 8Crete, the Doorstep of Europe
  9. 9Progress of Ægean Culture
  10. 10The Mainland Palaces
  11. 11The Makers of Ægean Art
  12. 12II — The Heroic Age — The Northern Invaders
  13. 13Homer and the Achæans
  14. 14The Shield of Achilles
  15. 15Kings and Gods
  16. 16Art of the Epic Period
  17. 17The Hero’s Home
  18. 18Hesiod’s World
  19. 19III — The Ages of Transition — The Coming of Apollo
  20. 20Athletics
  21. 21Sparta
  22. 22Pallas Athene
  23. 23Tyranny and Culture
  24. 24Ionia
  25. 25The West
  26. 26IV — The Grand Century — The Rise of Athens
  27. 27Pheidias
  28. 28Ictinus and the Temple-builders
  29. 29Tragedy and Comedy
  30. 30Aidôs
  31. 31V — The Fourth Century — Athens
  32. 32Sparta and Thebes
  33. 33Fourth-century Culture
  34. 34Sculpture
  35. 35The Other Arts
  36. 36Literature and Philosophy
  37. 37VI — The Macedonian World — Alexander and His Work
  38. 38Alexander in Art
  39. 39Alexandria
  40. 40Athens and Her Philosophers
  41. 41VII — Epilogue
  42. 42Glossary
  43. 43Bibliography

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