The Story of the Greeks
By H.A. Guerber (1896)
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber (1896). Unabridged Charlotte Mason living book edition for Form II History.
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Chapter 1: Early Inhabitants Of Greece
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 1
Although Greece (or Hel´las) is only half as large as the State of New York, it holds a very important place in the history of the world. It is situated in the southern part of Europe, cut off from the rest of the continent by a chain of high mountains which form a great wall on the north. It is surrounded on nearly all sides by the blue waters of the Med-it-er-ra´ne-an Sea, which stretch so far inland that it is said no part of the country is forty miles from the sea, or ten miles from the hills. Thus shut in by sea and mountains, it forms a little territory by itself, and it was the home of a noted people.
The history of Greece goes back to the time when people did not know how to write, and kept no record of what was happening around them. For a long while the stories told by parents to their children were the only information which could be had about the country and its former inhabitants; and these stories, slightly changed by every new teller, grew more and[Pg 12] more extraordinary as time passed. At last they were so changed that no one could tell where the truth ended and fancy began.
The beginning of Greek history is therefore like a fairy tale; and while much of it cannot, of course, be true, it is the only information we have about the early Greeks. It is these strange fireside stories, which used to amuse Greek children so many years ago, that you are first going to hear.
About two thousand years before the birth of Christ, in the days when Isaac wanted to go down into Egypt, Greece was inhabited by a savage race of men called the Pe-las´gi-ans. They lived in the forests, or in caves hollowed out of the mountain side, and hunted wild beasts with great clubs and stone-tipped arrows and spears. They were so rude and wild that they ate nothing but raw meat, berries, and the roots which they dug up with sharp stones or even with their hands.
For clothing, the Pelasgians used the skins of the beasts they had killed; and to protect themselves against other savages, they gathered together in families or tribes, each having a chief who led in war and in the chase.
There were other far more civilized nations in those days. Among these were the E-gyp´tians, who lived in Africa. They had long known the use of fire, had good tools, and were much further advanced than the Pelasgians. They had learned not only to build houses, but to erect the most wonderful monuments in the world,—the Pyr´a-mids, of which you have no doubt heard.
In Egypt there were at that time a number of learned men. They were acquainted with many of the arts and sci[Pg 13]ences, and recorded all they knew in a peculiar writing of their own invention. Their neighbors, the Phœ-ni´-cians, whose land also bordered on the Mediterranean Sea, were quite civilized too; and as both of these nations had ships, they soon began to sail all around that great inland sea.
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Chapter 1: Early Inhabitants Of Greece
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 1
Chapter 2: The Deluge Of Ogyges
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 2
Chapter 3: The Founding Of Many Important Cities
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Story Of Deucalion
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Story Of Dædalus And Icarus
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Chapter 6: The Adventures Of Jason
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Chapter 7: Theseus Visits The Labyrinth
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Chapter 8: The Terrible Prophecy
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 8
Chapter 9: The Sphinx's Riddle
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Blindness And Death Of Œdipus
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 10
Chapter 11: The Brothers' Quarrel
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Chapter 12: The Taking Of Thebes
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 12
Chapter 13: The Childhood Of Paris
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 13
Chapter 14: The Muster Of The Troops
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 14
Chapter 15: The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
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Chapter 16: The Wrath Of Achilles
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 16
Chapter 17: eath Of Hector And Achilles
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Chapter 18: The Burning Of Troy
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 18
Chapter 19: Heroic Death Of Codrus
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 19
Chapter 20: The Blind Poet
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 20
Chapter 21: The Rise Of Sparta
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 21
Chapter 22: The Spartan Training
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Chapter 23: The Brave Spartan Boy
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Chapter 24: Public Tables In Sparta
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Chapter 25: aws Of Lycurgus
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Chapter 26: The Messenian War
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Chapter 27: The Music Of Tyrtæus
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 27
Chapter 28: Aristomenes' Escape
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Chapter 29: The Olympic Games
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Chapter 30: o Of Croton
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Chapter 31: The Jealous Athlete
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Chapter 32: The Girls' Games
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Chapter 33: The Bloody Laws Of Draco
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 33
Chapter 34: The Laws Of Solon
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Chapter 35: The First Plays
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Chapter 36: The Tyrant Pisistratus
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Chapter 37: The Tyrant's Insult
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Chapter 38: eath Of The Conspirators
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Chapter 39: Hippias Driven Out Of Athens
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Chapter 40: The Great King
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Chapter 41: Hippias Visits Darius
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Chapter 42: estruction Of The Persian Host
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Chapter 43: The Advance Of The Second Host
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Chapter 44: The Battle Of Marathon
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Chapter 45: tiades' Disgrace
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Chapter 46: Aristides The Just
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Chapter 47: Two Noble Spartan Youths
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Chapter 48: The Great Army
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Chapter 49: Preparations For Defense
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Chapter 50: eonidas At Thermopylæ
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Chapter 51: eath Of Leonidas
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Chapter 52: The Burning Of Athens
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Chapter 53: The Battles Of Salamis And Platæa
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Chapter 54: The Rebuilding Of Athens
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Chapter 55: eath Of Pausanias
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Chapter 56: on Improves Athens
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Chapter 57: The Earthquake
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Chapter 58: The Age Of Pericles
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Chapter 59: The Teachings Of Anaxagoras
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Chapter 60: Beginning Of The Peloponnesian War
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Chapter 61: eath Of Pericles
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 61
Chapter 62: The Philosopher Socrates
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Chapter 63: Socrates' Favorite Pupil
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Chapter 64: Youth Of Alcibiades
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Chapter 65: Greek Colonies In Italy
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Chapter 66: Alcibiades In Disgrace
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Chapter 67: eath Of Alcibiades
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Chapter 68: The Overthrow Of The Thirty Tyrants
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 68
Chapter 69: Accusation Of Socrates
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Chapter 70: eath Of Socrates
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Chapter 71: The Defeat Of Cyrus
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Chapter 72: The Retreat Of The Ten Thousand
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 72
Chapter 73: Agesilaus In Asia
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Chapter 74: A Strange Interview
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 74
Chapter 75: The Peace Of Antalcidas
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Chapter 76: The Theban Friends
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Chapter 77: Thebes Free Once More
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Chapter 78: The Battle Of Leuctra
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 78
Chapter 79: eath Of Pelopidas
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Chapter 80: The Battle Of Mantinea
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Chapter 81: The Tyrant Of Syracuse
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Chapter 82: Story Of Damon And Pythias
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Chapter 83: The Sword Of Damocles
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Chapter 84: on And Dionysius
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Chapter 85: War In Syracuse
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Chapter 86: eath Of Dion
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 86
Chapter 87: Philip Of Macedon
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 87
Chapter 88: Philip Begins His Conquests
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 88
Chapter 89: The Orator Demosthenes
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 89
Chapter 90: Philip Masters Greece
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 90
Chapter 91: Birth Of Alexander
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 91
Chapter 92: The Steed Bucephalus
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 92
Chapter 93: Alexander As King
The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber — Chapter 93
Chapter 94: Alexander And Diogenes
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Chapter 95: Alexander's Brilliant Beginning
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Chapter 96: The Gordian Knot
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Chapter 97: Alexander's Royal Captives
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Chapter 98: Alexander At Jerusalem
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Chapter 99: The African Desert
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Chapter 100: eath Of Darius
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Chapter 101: efeat Of Porus
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Chapter 102: The Return To Babylon
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Chapter 103: eath Of Alexander The Great
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Chapter 104: The Division Of The Realm
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Chapter 105: eath Of Demosthenes
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Chapter 106: The Last Of The Athenians
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Chapter 107: The Colossus Of Rhodes
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Chapter 108: The Battle Of Ipsus
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Chapter 109: emetrius And The Athenians
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Chapter 110: The Achæan League
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Chapter 111: sion In Sparta
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Chapter 112: eath Of Agis
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Chapter 113: The War Of The Two Leagues
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Chapter 114: The Last Of The Greeks
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Chapter 115: Greece A Roman Province
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