Hellenic History

"The purpose of this volume is to present in brief scope the evolution of Greek civilization a culture simple in its essential unity, although seemingly complex in its many and wide ramifications. In the conviction that the chief aim of history is to explain the present, the author has centered his attention on those phases of Greek life which have influenced to a marked degree the civilization of today." "In short this book represents an effort to combine political, economic, social and cultural history in one synthesis, centering attention on those factors which have contributed essentially to modern civilization." "The Hellenic History is intended to serve primarily as a text-book for college courses in Greek history, and as a guide to the reader who is interested in one or more phases of Greek achievement."

By : George Willis Botsford (1862 - 1917)

00 - Introduction 01 - Country and People 02 - The Minoan Age 03 - The Middle Age: Transition from Minoan to Hellenic Life 04 - Economic Growth and Colonial Expansion 05 - Evolution of the City-State, Amphictyonies and Leagues 06 - Crete, Lacedaemon and the Peleponnesian League 07 - Athens: From Monarchy to Democracy 08 - Intellectual Awakening: 1, Social and Literary Progress 09 - Intellectual Awakening: 2, Religious, Moral and Scientific Progress 10 - Conquest of the Asiatic Greeks by the Lydians and Persians 11 - The War with Persia and Carthage 12 - The Age of the War Heroes: 1, Political and Economic 13 - The Age of the War Heroes: 2, Society and Culture 14 - The Age of Pericles: 1, Imperialism 15 - The Age of Pericles: 2, The Athenian Democracy 16 - The Age of Pericles: 3, Society and Public Works 17 - The Age of Pericles: 4, Thought, Culture and Character 18 - The Peloponnesian War to the Beginning of the Sicilian Expedition 19 - The Sicilian Expedition and the Last Years of the War 20 - A Cultural Revolution 21 - The Lacedaemonian Empire and the Ascendancy of Thebes 22 - Sicily and Magna Graecia 23 - The Rise of Macedon to 337 24 - Economy and Society 25 - Social Aspects of the State 26 - Art and Intelligence in the Fourth Century 27 - Alexander's Empire and the Hellenistic Kingdoms 28 - The Organization and Administration of the Hellenistic States 29 - Hellenistic Culture: 1, City Construction and Art 30 - Hellenistic Culture: 2, Philosophy, Science and Culture