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Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality By: Charles Morris (1833-1922) |
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Édition d'Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS Author of "Half Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the
Dramatists," etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume X Greek J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
Copyright, 1896, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
Copyright, 1904, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
Copyright, 1908, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
CONTENTS. PAGE HOW TROY WAS TAKEN 7 THE VOYAGE OF THE ARGONAUTS 28 THESEUS AND ARIADNE 33 THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES 41 LYCURGUS AND THE SPARTAN LAWS 50 ARISTOMENES, THE HERO OF MESSENIA 60 SOLON, THE LAW GIVER OF ATHENS 67 THE FORTUNE OF CROESUS 77 THE SUITORS OF AGARISTÉ 86 THE TYRANTS OF CORINTH 93 THE RING OF POLYCRATES 100 THE ADVENTURES OF DEMOCEDES 109 DARIUS AND THE SCYTHIANS 117 THE ATHENIANS AT MARATHON 126 XERXES AND HIS ARMY 135 HOW THE SPARTANS DIED AT THERMOPYLÆ 144 THE WOODEN WALLS OF ATHENS 154 PLATÆA'S FAMOUS DAY 165 FOUR FAMOUS MEN OF ATHENS 174 HOW ATHENS ROSE FROM ITS ASHES 186 THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS 194 THE ENVOYS OF LIFE AND DEATH 200 THE DEFENCE OF PLATÆA 205 HOW THE LONG WALLS WENT DOWN 213 SOCRATES AND ALCIBIADES 221 THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND 231 THE RESCUE OF THEBES 245 THE HUMILIATION OF SPARTA 259 TIMOLEON, THE FAVORITE OF FORTUNE 271 THE SACRED WAR 288 ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND DARIUS 296 THE WORLD'S GREATEST ORATOR 305 THE OLYMPIC GAMES 315 PYRRHUS AND THE ROMANS 324 PHILOPOEMEN AND THE FALL OF SPARTA 334 THE DEATH STRUGGLE OF GREECE 345 ZENOBIA AND LONGINUS 351 THE LITERARY GLORY OF GREECE 360
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
GREEK. PAGE A GREEK SHEPHERD, OLYMPIA Frontispiece . PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE 15 OEDIPUS AND ANTIGONE 42 GRECIAN LADIES AT HOME 87 THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS 98 RUINS OF THE PARTHENON 130 THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE ATHENIANS 145 THE VICTORS AT SALAMIS 160 ANCIENT ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM, ATHENS 181 A REUNION AT THE HOUSE OF ASPASIA 190 PIRÆUS, THE PORT OF ATHENS 213 PRISON OF SOCRATES, ATHENS 229 GATE OF THE AGORA, OR OIL MARKET, ATHENS 255 BED OF THE RIVER KLADEOS 289 THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 300 THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE STADIUM 316 THE THEATRE OF BACCHUS, ATHENS 322 REMAINS OF THE TEMPLE OF MINERVA, CORINTH 345 THE RUINS OF PALMYRA 358 ALONG THE COAST OF GREECE 362
HOW TROY WAS TAKEN.
The far famed Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, was the most
beautiful woman in the world. And from her beauty and faithlessness came
the most celebrated of ancient wars, with death and disaster to numbers
of famous heroes and the final ruin of the ancient city of Troy. The
story of these striking events has been told only in poetry. We propose
to tell it again in sober prose. But warning must first be given that Helen and the heroes of the Trojan
war dwelt in the mist land of legend and tradition, that cloud realm
from which history only slowly emerged... Continue reading book >>
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