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Excerpt from A Short History of Greece This short History of Greece is intended for younger students before they reach the standard of such books as Smiths or Omans Histories. My aim has been to give a plain straightforward and continuous narrative of the career of the chief States which made up the Greek race; and at the same time to point out the principles underlying their various lines of conduct and the general course of Greek history, especially as regards the eventual loss of national freedom; so that the learner, while having plenty of facts to form a solid foundation for his knowledge, may at the same time be gradually led on to acquire some grasp of the history as a whole, and obtain some insight into the manner in which thevarious events all contributed to the general result. The wars and battles have perhaps been described at rather greater length than is usual in elementary histories; my object has been to increase their interest by making the reasons for the various operations and their results more intelligible. Maps have been added to explain the more important operations, and in a few cases battle plans: for these I do not claim any originality, having simply followed standard histories and atlases. 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.