# History of Greece, Volume 02 (of 12)

Author: Grote, George, 1794-1871

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57143

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=History+of+Greece%2C+Volume+02+%28of+12%29+Grote&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Exile and low condition of the Herakleids.—Their reappearance as a powerful force along with the Dorians.—Mythical account of this alliance, as well as of the three tribes of Dorians.—Têmenus, Kresphontês, and Aristodêmus, invade Peloponnêsus across the gulf of Corinth.—The prophet Karnus slain by Hippotês.—Oxylus chosen as guide.—Division of the lands of Peloponnêsus among the invaders.—Explanatory value of these legendary events.—Mythical title of the Dorians to Peloponnêsus.—Plato makes out a different title for the same purpose.—Other legends respecting the Achæans and Tisamenus.—Occupation of Argos, Sparta, and Messênia, by the Dorians.—Dorians at Corinth—Alêtês.—Oxylus and the Ætoli...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/21/index.md)
- [i. 145) conceived all the free inhabitants of Laconia not as](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Part I. ch. 2, p. 15.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/16/index.md)
- [ii. 162; the amputation of the nose and cars of Patarbêmis, by](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/27/index.md)
- [iii. 12, 2): and to prove this, he refers to the very passage](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/35/index.md)
- [iv. 8), who are ready before the rest, and march against the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/30/index.md)
- [book ii. p. 63) gives too lofty an idea, in my judgment, of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/17/index.md)
- [vii. 49, who, however, gives the narrative differently by](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/14/index.md)
- [ix. 99): Zeus or the king is a judge, not a lawmaker; he issues](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/19/index.md)
- [part iv. sect. 3, p. 609.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/9/index.md)
- [xiv. 87-93): always the associate and companion of Zeus, the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/18/index.md)
- [v. Δυσπόντιον which shows that the inhabitants of the Pisatid](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-greece-volume-02-of-12-57143/chapters/33/index.md)