CHAPTER XII
ATHENS. Origins of the Athenian people--Attica--Athens--The revolutions
in Athens--Reforms of Cleisthenes.
THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE. The slaves--The foreigners--The citizens.
THE GOVERNMENT. The assembly--The courts--The magistrates--Character of
the government--The demagogues.
PRIVATE LIFE. Children--Marriage--Women.
CHAPTER XIII
WARS. The Persian wars--Origin of these wars--Comparison of the two
adversaries--First Persian war--Second Persian war--Reasons for the
victory of the Greeks--Results of the wars.
WARS OF THE GREEKS AMONG THEMSELVES. The Peloponnesian war--War with
Sparta--Savage character of the wars--Effects of these wars.
CHAPTER XIV
THE ARTS IN GREECE. Athens in the time of Pericles--Pericles--Athens
and her monuments--Importance of Athens.
LETTERS. Orators--Sages--Sophists--Socrates and the philosophers--The
chorus--Tragedy and comedy--Theatre.
ARTS. The Grecian temples--Characteristics of Grecian
architecture--Sculpture--Pottery--Painting.
CHAPTER XV
THE GREEKS IN THE ORIENT. Asia before Alexander--Decadence of the
Persian empire--Expedition of the Ten Thousand--Agesilaus.
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