The History of Greece

William Mitford

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511707896

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Volume 1
William Mitford

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: September 2011
Print publication year:: 2010
First published in:: 1808
Online ISBN:: 9780511707896
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511707896

Subjects:: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics

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This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744–1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. Volume 1 covers the period from Greece's earliest foundations to the time of Pericles and the end of the first Peloponnesian War in 445 BCE.

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pp i-ii

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pp iii-x

CHAPTER I - History of GREECE, from the earliest Accounts to the End of the TROJAN WAR
pp 1-63

CHAPTER II - Of the Religion, Government, Jurisprudence, Science, Arts, Commerce, and Manners of the early GREEKS
pp 64-130

CHAPTER III - History of GREECE from the TROJAN WAR to the Return of the HERACLEIDS; and of the GRECIAN ORACLES, the Council of AMPHICTYONS, and the OLYMPIAN GAMES
pp 131-180

CHAPTER IV - History of the southern Provinces of GREECE, from the Return of the HERACLEIDS to the Conquest of MESSENIA by the LACEDÆMONIANS
pp 181-244

CHAPTER V - Summary View of the State of the Northern Provinces of GREECE, and of the Establishment of the early GRECIAN Colonies; with the History of ATHENS, from the TROJAN WAR to the first public Transaction with PERSIA
pp 245-306

CHAPTER VI - View of the Eastern Nations politically connected with GREECE
pp 307-336

CHAPTER VII - Continuation of the History of GREECE during the Reign of DARIUS King of PERSIA
pp 337-378

CHAPTER VIII - History of GREECE, from the accession of XERXES to the throne of PERSIA till the Conclusion of the first campain of that monarch's Expedition against GREECE
pp 379-439

CHAPTER IX - HISTORY of GREECE, from the Battle of SALAMIS to the Conclusion of the PERSIAN Invasion
pp 440-476

CHAPTER X - View of the People of the Western Countries politically connected with the GREEKS, and of the Grecian Settlements in SICILY and ITALY
pp 477-507

CHAPTER XI - Affairs of GREECE, from the Conclusion of that commonly called the PERSIAN WAR, to the Establishment of Security for the Greeks, against the Barbarians, by the successes of CIMON
pp 508-548

CHAPTER XII - Affairs of GREECE, from the Establishment of its Security against PERSIA, to the TRUCE for Thirty Years between ATHENS and LACEDÆMON
pp 549-590

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