Mosaics of Grecian History

By Willson, Marcius

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Title:	Mosaics of Grecian History
Author:	Willson, Marcius
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
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Preface: The leading object had in view in the preparation of the present volume has been to produce, within a moderate compass, a History of Greece that shall not only be trustworthy, but interesting to all classes of readers. It must be acknowledged that our standard historical works, with all their worth, do not command a perusal by the people at large; and it is equally plain that our ordinary School Manuals?the abridgments and outlines of more voluminous works?do not meet with any greater favor. The mere outline system of historical study usually pursued in the schools is interesting to those only to whom it is suggestive of the details on which it is based; and we have long been satisfied that it is not the best for beginners and for popular use; that it inverts the natural order of acquisition; that for the young to master it is drudgery; that its statistical enumeration, if ever learned by them, is soon forgotten; that it tends to create a prejudice against the study of history; that it does not lay the proper foundation for future historical reading; and that, outside of the enforced study of the school?room, it is seldom made use of. The people in general?the masses?do not read such works, while they do read with avidity historical legends, historical romances, historical poems and dramas, and biographical sketches. And we do not hesitate to assert that from Shakspeare?s historical plays the reading public have acquired (together with much other valuable information) a hundred?fold more knowledge of certain portions of English history than from all the ponderous tomes of formal history that have ever been written. It may be said that people ought to read Hume, and Lingard, and Mackintosh, and Hallam.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Mosaics of Grecian History, 1 -- Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson, 1 -- Preface, 4 -- Chapter I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE GRECIAN STATES AND ISLANDS, 7 -- Chapter II. THE FABULOUS AND LEGENDARY PERIOD OF GRECIAN HISTORY, 17 -- THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS, 18 -- FOUR AGES OF MAN, 26 -- THE ORIGIN OF EVIL, AND ITS Introduction INTO THE WORLD, 28 -- WHAT PROMETHEUS PERSONIFIED, 32 -- THE PUNISHMENT OF PROMETHEUS, 33 -- THE SUFFERINGS OF PROMETHEUS, 35 -- THE DELUGE OF DEUCALION, 36 -- MORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GODS, AND OF THEIR RULE OVER MANKIND, 38 -- OATHS, 42 -- THE FUTURE STATE, 43 -- THE DESCENT OF OR'PHEUS, 44 -- THE FOUNDING OF ATHENS, 49 -- THE LABORS OF HERCULES, 53 -- FABLE OF HERCULES AND ANTAEUS, 53 -- THE ARGONAUTIC EXPEDITION, 55 -- THE TROJAN WAR, 58 -- COMBAT OF MENELAUS AND PARIS, 60 -- HECTOR'S EXPLOITS, AND DEATH OF PATRO'CLUS, 63 -- Achilles Engages in the Fight, 66 -- This Death of Hector, 67 -- THE FATE OF TROY, 70 -- FATE OF THE CHIEF ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT, 74 -- THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE GREEKS, AS REPRESENTED IN THEIR GREAT EPICS, 78 -- DOMESTIC LIFE AND CHARACTER, 79 -- RETURN OF THE HERACLI'DAE, 82 -- Chapter III. EARLY GREEK LITERATURE, AND GREEK COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS, 83 -- Ionian Language and Culture, 84 -- THE GRECIAN FESTIVALS, 90 -- THE NATIONAL COUNCILS, 93 -- Chapter IV. SPARTA, AND THE LEGISLATION OF LYCURGUS, 95 -- Chapter V. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, AND CHANGES IN GRECIAN POLITICS, 99 -- Chapter VI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF ATHENS, 102 -- THE TYRANNY AND THE DEATH OF HIP'PIAS, 106 -- Chapter VII. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREEK COLONIES, 108 -- Chapter VIII. PROGRESS OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, 110 -- CALLI'NUS, 112 -- ARCHIL'OCHUS, 113 -- ALC'MAN, 114 -- ARI'ON AND STESICH'ORUS, 114 -- ALCAE'US, 115 -- SAPPHO, 116 -- ANAC'REON, 117 -- THE SEVEN SAGES, 118 -- Mosaics of Grecian History -- i