An eight-volume work on the history of Greece, first published between 1835 and 1844 by the scholar (and later Bishop of St David’s), Connop Thirlwall. Thework was commissioned for Lardner’s ‘Cabinet Cyclopaedia’ series, and the volumes were aimed at two audiences: those people who wanted more than a superficial knowledge of the subject, but did not have the time or means to study the original sources, and those who had access to the ancient authors, but required a guide or interpreter. INDICE: Volume I: 1. Geographical outlines of Greece; 2. The earliest inhabitants of Greece; 3. Foreign settlers in Greece; 4. The Hellenic nation; 5. The heroes and their age; 6. The government, manners, religion, knowledge, and arts of the Greeks in the heroic age; 7. The return of the Heracleids; 8. The legislation of Lycurgus; 9. The Messenian wars and affairs of Sparta down to the sixth century B.C.; 10. National institutions and forms of government; Appendix. Volume II: 11. Civil history of Attica to the expulsion of the Pisistratids; 12. The colonies of the Greeks, and the progress of art and literature from the Homeric age to the Persian war; 13. Affairs of the Asiatic Greeks to the year B.C. 521; 14. From the accession of Darius Hystaspis to the Battle of Marathon; 15. From the Battle of Marathon to the Battle of Salamis; 16. From the Battle of Salamis to the end of the Persian invasion; Appendix. Volume III: 17. From the commencement of the Athenian maritime ascendancy to the thirty years' truce between Athens and Sparta; 18. >From the commencement of the thirtyyears' truce to the renewal of hostilities between Athens and Corinth; 19. Causes and occasions of the Peloponnesian War; 20. From the commencement of the Peloponnesian War to the end of the third year; 21. Fourth and fifth years of the Peloponnesian War; 22. From the beginning of the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War to the general pacification of Sicily; 23. From the general pacification of Sicily to the Peace of Nicias; 24. From the Peace of Nicias to the conquest of Melos; 25. The Sicilian expedition before the arrival of Gylippus inSicily; 26. The Sicilian expedition from the arrival of Gylippus to its close; Appendix. Volume IV: 27. From the close of the Sicilian expedition to the beginning of the rupture between the Spartans and Alcibiades; 28. From the beginning of the rupture between the Spartans and Alcibiades to the overthrow of the Four Hundred at Athens, and the restoration of Alcibiades; 29. From the overthrow of the Four Hundred to the Battle of Notium; 30. From the Battle of Notium to the end of the Peloponnesian War; 31. From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the reestablishment of democracy at Athens; 32. Retrospective survey ofthe internal condition of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, carried forward to the renewal of hostilities between Athens and Sparta; 33. The expedition of Cyrus the younger; 34. The return of the Greeks; 35. From the renewal of hostilities between Sparta and Persia to the death of Lysander; 36. From the death of Lysander to the Peace of Antalcidas; Appendix. Volume V: 37. From the Peace of Antalcidas to the end of the war between Sparta and Olynthus; 38. From the end of the war with Olynthus to the Battle of Leuctra; 39. From the Battleof Leuctra to the founding of Messena; 40. >From the founding of Messena to the Battle of Mantinea; 41. Philip of Macedon; 42. From Philip's establishment on the throne of Macedonia to the end of the Social War; 43. From the end of the Social War to the fall of Olynthus; 44. from the fall of Olynthus to the end of the Sacred War; Appendix. Volume VI: 45. From the end of the Sacred War to the renewal of hostilities between Philip and the Athenians; 46. From the renewal of hostilities between Philip and the Athenians to his death; 47. From Alexander's accession to the taking of Thebes; 48. Retrospective survey of the history of Persia from the Peace of Antalcidas to Alexander's accession; 49. Alexander's expedition in Asia to the Battle of Issus; 50. From the Battle of Issus to the taking of Persepolis; 51. From the taking of Persepolis to the death of Darius; 52. Alexander's campaigns in Bactria and Sogdiana; Appendix. Volume VII: 53. Alexander's campaigns in India to his retreat from the Hyphasis; 54. Alexander's passage down the Indus and return to Susa; 55. >From Alexander's return to Susa to his death; 56
- ISBN: 978-1-108-01271-3
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 3550
- Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 8
- Idioma: Inglés