BOOK III.

_Grecian States and Colonies, from their Earliest Period to the Accession of Alexander the Great._

Geographical Outline of Greece. 105.

History of Greece. 107.

FIRST PERIOD.

Traditional and Fabulous History, from the Earliest Times to the Dorian Migrations. 107.

Greek Religion. 110.

SECOND PERIOD.

Authentic History, from the Dorian Conquest of the Peloponnesus to the Persian Wars. 116.

Sparta. 118.

Athens. 124.

Grecian Colonies. 130.

THIRD PERIOD.

From the Beginning of the Persian Wars to the Macedonian Supremacy. 134.

Invasions by Mardonius and Datis. 134.

The Battle of Marathon. 135.

Invasion by Xerxes; Battle of Thermopylæ. 138, 139.

Battle of Salamis, and Retreat of Xerxes. 141.

Battles of Platæa and Mycale. 144.

Hellenic League, and Greatness of Athens. 145.

The Peloponnesian War. 161.

The Sicilian Expedition. 169.

Decline of Athens. 175.

Battle of Ægos-Potami, and Fall of Athens. 179.

Spartan Supremacy. The Thirty Tyrants. 181.

The Corinthian War. 184.

Peace of Antalcidas. 187.

Theban Supremacy. 188.

Theban Invasions of the Peloponnesus. 192-195.

The Social War. 195.

The Sacred War. 196.

Battle of Chæronea. Supremacy of Philip of Macedon. 197.