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Excerpt from The History of Greece, From the Earliest Records to the Close of the Peloponnesian War: Including a Sketch of the Geography of Greece, and Dissertations on Greek Mythology, on the Heroic Age, on the Early Painters and Sculptors, and on the Social Condition of the Greek People IN presenting a New edition of the History of Greece, contained in the Encyclopaedia. Metropolitana, it has been my object, by a brief view of the inuences of Mythology upon the early Greeks, to convey a preliminary idea of their heroic and legendary belief. To this suc ceeds a compendious notice of the Mysteries, Oracles, and Games of that ingenious people. Immediately in connection with this part of the work, will be found illustrative notices of the Indo-collegiate system, from which, undoubtedly, the Hellenic mythological group was modelled. As the nature of the work necessarily precluded an ex tension of this important investigation, I have reserved for a distinct volume the ante-homeric History of Greece, which will, unaided by any rationalizing process, appear for the first time divested of its mythical colouring, and a principle be laid down by which its fable may be separated from its history. I have treated the Legends of the Gods, in accordance with the 7rpomt'a of the Homerid of Chios, pre senting a metrical version of the most remarkable passages: the originals will be found at the foot of each page. The same method has been pursued with the extracts from Homer, ieschylus, Sophoclés, and the Legends of Heroes; the only exceptions being occasional passages from Pope, Francis, Cooke, and Fawkes. 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 rar