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. Last public speech of Pericles,

545

. The end and glory of Pericles,

548

. Wilhelm Oncken’s estimate of Pericles,

551

.

CHAPTER XXXII

The Second and Third Years of the Peloponnesian War

(429-428

B.C.

)

554

The Spartans and Thebans attack Platæa,

556

. Part of the Platæans escape; the

rest capitulate,

557

. Naval and other combats,

560

.

CHAPTER XXXIII

The Fourth to the Tenth Years—and Peace

(428-421

B.C.

)

566

The revolt of Mytilene,

566

. Thucydides’ account of the revolt of Corcyra,

570

. Demosthenes and Sphacteria,

575

. Further Athenian successes,

579

. A check to Athens; Brasidas becomes aggressive,

580

. The banishment of Thucydides,

581

. A truce declared; two treaties of peace,

582

.

CHAPTER XXXIV

The Rise of Alcibiades

(450-416

B.C.

)

584

CHAPTER XXXV

The Sicilian Expedition

(481-413

B.C.

)

591

Sicilian history,

591

. The mutilation of the Hermæ,

596

. The fleet sails,

599

. Alcibiades takes flight,

601

. Nicias tries strategy,

602

. Spartan aid,

604

. Alcibiades against Athens,

605

. Athenian reinforcements,

606

. Athenian disaster,

608

. Thucydides’ famous account of the final disasters,

610

. Demosthenes surrenders his detachment,

613

. Nicias parleys, fights, and surrenders,

614

. The fate of the captives,

615

.

CHAPTER XXXVI

Close of the Peloponnesian War

(425-404

B.C.

)

617

Athens after the Sicilian débâcle,

617

. Alcibiades again to the fore,

620

. The overthrow of the democracy; the Four Hundred,

624

. The revolt from the Four Hundred,

627

. The triumphs of Alcibiades,

630

. Alcibiades in disfavour again,

633

. Conon wins at Arginusæ,

634

. The trial of the generals,

636

. Battle of Ægospotami,

638

. The fall of Athens,

640

. A review of the war,

642

. Grote’s estimate of the Athenian Empire,

644

.

Brief Reference-List of Authorities by Chapters

647

PART IX

THE HISTORY OF GREECE

BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES

ARRIAN, JULIUS BELOCH, A. BŒCKH, JOHN B. BURY, GEORG BUSOLT,

H. F. CLINTON, GEORGE W. COX, ERNST CURTIUS, HERMANN

DIELS, DIODORUS SICULUS, JOHANN G. DROYSEN,

GEORGE GROTE, HERODOTUS, GUSTAV F.

HERTZBERG, ADOLF HOLM,

JUSTIN, JOHN P. MAHAFFY, EDUARD MEYER, WILLIAM MITFORD, ULRICH VON

WILAMOWITZ-MÖLLENDORFF, KARL O. MÜLLER, CORNELIUS NEPOS,

PAUSANIAS, PLATO, PLUTARCH, QUINTUS CURTIUS,

HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN, STRABO, CONNOP

THIRLWALL, THUCYDIDES, XENOPHON

TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON

THE SCOPE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK HISTORY

BY

EDUARD MEYER

A STUDY OF

THE EVOLUTION OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY

BY

HERMANN DIELS

AND A CHARACTERISATION OF

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HELLENIC SPIRIT

BY

ULRICH VON WILAMOWITZ-MÖLLENDORFF

WITH ADDITIONAL CITATIONS FROM

CLAUDIUS ÆLIANUS, ANAXIMENES, APPIANUS ALEXANDRINUS, ARISTOBULUS, ARISTOPHANES, ARISTOTLE, W. ASSMANN, W. BELOE, E. G. E. L. BULWER-LYTTON, CALLISTHENES, CICERO, E. S. CREASY, CONSTANTINE VII (PORYPHYROGENITUS), DEMOSTHENES, W. DRUMANN, VICTOR DURUY, ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, EUGAMON, EURIPIDES, EUTROPIUS, G. H. A. EWALD, J. L. F. F. FLATHE, E. A. FREEMAN, A. FURTWÄNGLER AND LÖSCHKE, P. GARDNER, J. GILLIES, W. E. GLADSTONE, O. GOLDSMITH, H. GOLL, J. DE LA GRAVIÈRE, G. B. GRUNDY, H. R. HALL, G. W. F. HEGEL, W. HELBIG, D. G. HOGARTH, ISOCRATES, R. C. JEBB, JOSEPHUS, F. C. R. KRUSE, P. H. LARCHER, W. M. LEAKE, E. LERMINIER, LIVY, LYSIAS, J. C. F. MANSO, L. MÉNARD, H. H. MILMAN, J. A. R. MUNRO, B. G. NIEBUHR, W. ONCKEN, L. A. PRÉVOST-PARADOL, GEORGE PERROT AND CHARLES CHIPIEZ, PHILOSTEPHANUS, PIGORINI, PHOTIUS, R. POHLMAN, POLYBIUS, J. POTTER, PTOLEMY LAGI, JAMES RENNEL, W. RIDGEWAY, K. RITTER, C. ROLLIN, J. RUSKIN, F. C. SCHLOSSER, W. SCHORN, C. SCHUCHARDT, S. SHARPE, G. SMITH, W. SMYTH, E. VON STERN, THEOGNIS, THEOPOMPUS, L. A. THIERS, C. TSOUNTAS AND J. IRVING MANATT, TYRTÆUS, W. H. WADDINGTON, G. WEBER, B. I. WHEELER, F. A. WOLF, XANTHUS

Copyright, 1904,

By HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS

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THE SCOPE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK HISTORY

Written Specially for the Present Work

By Dr. EDUARD MEYER

Professor of Ancient History in the University of Berlin