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Excerpt from A Catechism of the History of Greece, Including Its Literature, Geography, and Antiquities Question. In what part of the world is the country situated which contained the States of Ancient Greece? Answer. The States of Ancient Greece comprised that tract of country which lately constituted the southern part of European Turkey. It was bounded on the east by the Ægean Sea, now called the Archipelago; on the south by the Cretan Sea, on the west by the Ionian Sea, or Adriatic Gulf; and on the north by the countries Illyria and Thrace. Q.What was its size? A. Greece was about 350 miles long, from north to south; and its medium breadth about 250 miles; being of less extent than England. Q.What was its ancient name? A. It was called by its ancient inhabitants Hellas, and the people were termed Hellenes; by the Romans it v.as called, Græcia and thence by us Greece. Q.Of what did ancient Greece consist? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.