The Pelican History of GreeceThe general reader is introduced to Greek history from the time of the neolit pioneers to the close of the Hellenistic Age. |
Contents
Peoples and Languages and the Coming | 30 |
King Minos and the Linear B Tablets of Knosós | 40 |
The SeaRaiders | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Achaians Acropolis Aegean Aeschylus Aigina Alexander Alkibiades alliance allies ancient Antigonos Archon Argos armoured army Asia Assembly Athenian Athens attack Attica battle Boiotia bronze called campaign cavalry century citizens civilisation classical coast colonies Corinth Cretan Crete Cyclades Cyprus death defeated Delphoi democracy democratic Dorian east Egypt Egyptian empire enemy Euboia Euripides famous father fighting fleet force gods Greece Greek Herodotos Homer Ionia island Kerkyra killed Kimon king Kleomenes Knosós land later League Macedonia mainland Megara ments Miletos Minoan modern mountains Mycenae Mycenaean Nikias palace peace Peloponnese Peloponnesians perhaps Pericles Persian Pheidias Philip Phoenician Phokis Piraeus Plato poems poet political pottery probably Pylos Roman Salamis Samos says ships Sicily slaves Socrates Sparta story Syracuse temple Thebes Themistokles Thermopylai Thessaly things thought Thucydides tion took trade tradition troops Troy tyrant victory walls Xerxes young Zeus