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Excerpt from A Popular History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Incorporation With the Roman Empire As in the "Popular History of Rome," recently published, which forms the opening volume of Messrs. Ward, Lock and Co.'s series of "Popular Histories of the Great Nations," accuracy and completeness - in so far as completeness can be achieved in telling, within the compass of a single volume, the story of the great nations of ancient Greece - have been the chief objects kept in view. Commencing with a general view of Greece in the earliest times, giving the topographical details of the aspect of the country generally, with its limits and outlines, its rivers, mountain ranges and landmarks, the narrative proceeds to deal with those old, half-prehistoric legends of the mythical period, in which the deeds of heroes and founders of states are dimly shadowed forth. Thence through the Trojan war the history passes to the region of authentic narrative; comprising the story of the various fortunes and deeds of Sparta and Athens, and the other states of Greece, with their rise, progress, foreign and intestine struggles, their decay and fall. 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.