Author Description

Excerpt from History of Greece, Vol. 9 of 10 State of Macedonia when Alexander, Son of Philip, succeeded to the Throne. - Circumstances of surrounding Countries. - Aristotle's Treatise on Government. - Constitutions of various States. - Examples of limited Monarchy in Greece. Hitherto the history of Greece has been that of a small nation, of narrow territory, and, for that narrow territory, a small free population, served by numerous slaves; eminent nevertheless, singularly, through successful cultivation of science and arts, especially the military and those called the fine arts; respected thence among surrounding people, and, for an accompanying restlessness of enterprising spirit, feared; yet, through defect of political system, continually turning that spirit, with all its support of art and science, against itself, and thus, unless as a common disturber, rarely formidable to foreign countries. 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.