History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12)

PART I.—LEGENDARY GREECE

Ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων θεῖον γένος, οἳ καλέονται Ἡμίθεοι προτἐρῃ γενέῃ.—HESIOD

PART II.—HISTORICAL GREECE.

... Πόλιες μερόπων ἀνθρώπων.—HOMER

PREFACE.

The first idea of this History was conceived many years ago, at a time when ancient Hellas was known to the English public chiefly through the pages of Mitford; and my purpose in writing it ...