Mosaics of Grecian History

Chapter 18

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GREECE SUBSEQUENT TO THE ROMAN CONQUEST.

I. Greece under the Romans. The Revolt.--FINLAY. Christianity in Greece.--FELTON.

II. Changes down to the Fourteenth Century. Courts of the Crusading Chieftains.--EDINBURGH REVIEW. The Duchy of Athens.--FELTON. The Turkish Invasion.--HEMANS.

III. Contests between the Turks and Venetians. Past and Present of the Acropolis of Athens. The Siege and Fall of Corinth.--BYRON.

IV. Final Conquest of Greece by Turkey. Turkish Oppressions.--TENNENT. The Slavery of Greece.--CANNING: BYRON. First Steps to Secure Liberty.--The Klephts.--FELTON. Greek War-Songs.--RHIGAS: POLYZOIS.

V. The Greek Revolution. A Prophetic Vision of the Struggle.--SHELLEY'S "Hellas". Song of the Greeks.--CAMPBELL. American Sympathy with Greece.--TUCKERMAN: WEBSTER. The Sortie at Missolon'ghi.--WARBURTON. A Visit to Missolonghi.--STEPHENS. Marco Bozzar'is.--HALLECK. Battle of Navari'no.--CAMPBELL.

VI. Greece under a Constitutional Monarchy. Revolution against King Otho.--BENJAMIN. The Deposition of King Otho: Greece under his Rule. --TUCKERMAN: BRITISH QUARTERLY. Accession of King George.--His Government.--TUCKERMAN. Progress in Modern Greece.--COOK.

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