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Excerpt from History of Greece, Its Literature, Philosophy, and Arts: For Use in Schools, and in Private Instruction The present volume belongs to the department of the Educa tional Course vvhich is devoted to useful information. From its early and surprising pre-eminence in literature, philosophy, and the arts, Greece, and all connected with it, have occupied, and must ever'continue to occupy, a large space in men's thoughts. It therefore becomes necessary that information on this, subject should form a part of liberal education. In the present narrative, designed as a Class-book, and for the private study of the young, the political and military history are given with all possible brevity, so as to reserve a cousi derable space for What is of infinitely more importance, the history of Poetry, Morals, and the Imitative Arts. It Will be in time accompanied by a similar volume respecting Rome. 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.