A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

John Bagnell Bury

Macmillan and Company, limited, 1913 - Alexander - 909 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 5
• Aegean Civilisation Crete: 7
• Mycenaean Civilisation 16oo11oo B C 2C 4 The Achaeans and the Trojan War: 44
• The Homeric Poems: 50
• Political and Social Organisation: 53
• The Dorian Conquest: 57
• Expansion of the Greeks to the Eastern Aegean: 64
• Fall of Greek Monarchies and Rise of the Republics: 74
• Jo Phoenician Intercourse with Greece: 76
• Greek Reconstruction of Early Greek History: 78
• CHAPTER II: 86
• Colonies on the Coasts of the Euxine Propontis and North Aegean: 89
• Colonies in the Western Mediterranean: 93
• Growth of Trade and Maritime Enterprise: 106
• Influence of Lydia on Greece I lo 6 The Opening of Egypt I 14: 114
• Cyrene: 116
• GROWTH OF SPARTA sect race 1 Sparta and her Constitution: 120
• Spartan Conquest of Messenia: 125
• Internal Development of Sparta and her Institutions: 130
• The Cretan Constitutions: 136
• The Supremacy and Decline of Argos The Olympian Games: 139
• Democratic Movements Lawgivers and Tyrants I44: 144
• The Tyrannies of Central Greece: 148
• The Sacred War The Panhellenic Games: 157
• CHAPTER IV: 163
• Foundation of the Athenian Commonwealth: 168
• The Aristocracy in the Seventh Century: 171
• The Legislation of Solon and the Foundation of Democracy: 180
• CHAPTER V: 190
• Athens under Pisistratus: 192
• Growth of Sparta and the Peloponnesian League 2ca2: 202
• Fall of the Pisistratids and Intervention of Sparta: 204
• King Cleomenes and the Second Spartan Intervention: 208
• Reform of Cleisthenes 21 I: 211
• First Victories of the Democracy: 216
• CHAPTER VI: 219
• The Persian Conquest of Asiatic Greece: 229
• sect Page 3 The Persian Conquest of Egypt Polycrates of Samos: 232
• Ionia under Darius: 234
• Conquest of Thrace: 238
• The Ionic Revolt against Persia: 241
• Second and Third European Expeditions of Darius Battle of Marathon: 247
• Struggle of Athens and Aegina: 258
• Growth of the Athenian Democracy: 260
• 1o Athens to be a Seapower: 263
• CHAPTER VII: 265
• Preparations of Greece: 269
• Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium: 271
• Battle of Salamis: 277
• Consequences of Salamis: 282
• Preparations for another Campaign: 285
• Battle of Plataea: 289
• Battle of Mycale and Capture of Sestos: 295
• Gelon Tyrant of Syracuse: 296
• ro The Carthaginian Invasion of Sicily and the Battle of Himera: 300
• Syracuse and Acragas under Hieron and Theron: 304
• Religious Movements in the Sixth Century 31 I: 311
• Spread of the Orphic Religion: 316
• Ionian Reason: 319
• CHAPTER VIII: 322
• The Confederacy of Delos: 328
• The Fortification of Athens and the Piraeus: 330
• Ostracism and Death of Themistocles: 334
• The Confederacy of Delos becomes an Athenian Empire: 336
• Policy and Ostracism of Cimon: 342
• CHAPTER X: 387
• General View of the: 396
• The Plague: 403
• The Siege and Capture of Plataea: 409
• Warfare in Western Greece: 418
• Nicias and Cleon Politics at Athens: 425
• Athenian Capture of Nisaea: 440
• Negotiations for Peace: 453
• SECT Page 3 The Sailing of the Sicilian Expedition: 466
• Siege of Syracuse 414 B C: 471
• The Second Expedition: 477
• Consequences of the Sicilian Catastrophe: 484
• ric Page 131 Coin of Rhodes: 488
• The Oligarchic Revolution: 489
• Fall of the Four Hundred The Polity The Democracy Restored: 493
• Coin of Colophon: 498
• Downfall of the Athenian Empire: 499
• Rule of the Thirty and Restoration of the Democracy: 507
• View of Phyle from a photograph by Dr Leaf Hellenic Society: 509
• Coin of Eleusis 51 I: 511
• CHAPTER XII: 514
• The Rebellion of Cyrus and the March of the Ten Thousand: 517
• Daric: 519
• Coin of Trapezus: 526
• War of Sparta with Persia: 530
• Asiatic Campaigns of Agesilaus Battle of Cnidus: 536
• Sparta at the Gates of the Peloponnesus the Corinthian War: 539
• Coin of Elis 54o 141 Monument of Dexileos photograph: 543
• The Kings Peace: 549
• Coin of Clazomenae: 550
• Alliance Coin of Ephesus: 553
• Alliance coin of Samos: 554
• CHAPTER XIII: 555
• Coin of Chalcidian League: 558
• Alliance of Athens and Thebes: 561
• The Second Athenian League and the Theban Reforms: 564
• Coin of Euboea: 565
• The Battle of Naxos and the Peace of Callias: 567
• Athens under the Restored Democracy: 574
• Portrait head of Socrates: 577
• Portrait head of Isocrates: 584
• CHAPTER XIV: 591
• Plan of Leuctra based on plan in G B Grundys Plataea: 594
• Policy of Thebes in Southern Greece Arcadia and Messenia: 598
• View of Megalopolis photograph: 601
• Coin of Arcadian League: 602
• Coin of Messene: 605
• The Arcadian Gate Messene photograph: 606
• Coin of Argos: 609
• Policy and Action of Thebes in Northern Greece 61 2: 612
• Coin of Larissa: 613
• The Battle of Mantinea: 619
• The Last Expedition of Agesilaus: 626
• Coin of Cyrene: 628
• CHAPTER XV: 629
• Coin of Syracuse: 630
• Ziz coin of Panormus: 633
• Carthaginian Conquest of Acragas: 635
• Plan of Acragas based on plan in Freemans History of Sicily: 636
• Rise of Dionysius: 639
• First Years of Dionysius: 642
• First Punic War of Dionysius: 648
• Second Punic War and Sicel Conquests of Dionysius: 656
• The Empire of Dionysius: 658
• Death of Dionysius Estimate of his Work: 663
• Dionysius the Younger: 666
• 1o Dion: 669
• Timoleon: 673
• Events in Great Greece: 679
• CHAPTE R XVI: 681
• Philip II of Macedonia: 683
• Mausolus of Caria: 688
• Phocis and the Sacred War: 694
• The Advance of Macedonia: 701
• Peace of Philocrates: 708
• Interval of Peace and Preparations for War 3461 b c: 715
• Battle of Chaeronea: 723
• The Synedrion of the Greeks Philips Death: 732
• CHAPTER XVII: 738
• Alexanders Campaigns in Thrace and Illyria: 740
• Alexanders Second Descent on Greece: 743
• Preparations for Alexanders Persian Expedition: 747
• Conquest of Asia Minor: 750
• sect page 6 Battle of Issus: 757
• Conquest of Syria: 763
• Conquest of Egypt: 772
• Battle of Gaugamela Arbela and Conquest of Babylonia: 774
• Io Conquest of Susiana and Persis: 779
• Death of Darius: 782
• Spirit of Alexanders Policy as Lord of Asia: 785
• CHAPTER XVIII: 787
• The Conquest of India: 798
• Alexanders Return to Babylon: 813
• Preparations for Arabian Expedition and the Death of Alexander: 818
• Greece under Macedonia: 823
• The Episode of Harpalus and the Greek Revolt: 829
• Aristotle and Alexander: 833
• CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE: 837
• NOTES AND REFERENCES 85: 851
• 396: 874
• INDEX +: 885
• 409: 887
• 422: 893
• 429: 904

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Page 405 - An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless, but as a useless character; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges of policy.

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Page 752 - Persian panoplies to Athens, as an offering to Athena on the Acropolis, with this dedication : " Alexander. son of Philip, and the Greeks (except the Lacedaemonians), from the barbarians of Asia." But Athens had no zeal for the cause of the Greeks and Alexander against the barbarians. The victor entrusted the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia to Callas, making no change in the method of the Persian administraSuimission tion ; and marched southward to occupy the satrapy of Lydia and of Lydia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great; Modern Library giants; Modern library of the world's best books
• Author: John Bagnell Bury
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan and Company, limited, 1913
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Oct 17, 2006
• Length: 909 pages