CHAPTER X.
The Romans in Greece.
Position of Rome towards the Leagues 187
Roman interpretation of the 'liberty of the Greeks' 187
Opposition of the Ætolians 188
Probably not fairly stated by Polybius 189
Rome and the Achæans 189
Mistakes of Philopoemen gave Rome excuses for interference 189
Mommsen takes the Roman side 190
Hertzberg and Freeman on the Achæan question 190
Senility of the Greeks 191
Decay of the mother-country 191
The advocates for union with Rome 192
The advocates of complete independence 192
The party of moderate counsels 193
Money considerations 193 acted upon both extremes 194
Exaggerated statements on both sides 194
The Separatists would not tolerate separation from themselves 195
Democratic tyranny 195
Modern analogies forced upon us 195 and not to be set aside 196
The history of Greece is essentially modern 196 therefore modern parallels are surely admissible, if justly drawn 197
The spiritual history not closed with the Roman conquest 197
The great bequests of the Roman period 199
The Anthology, Lucian, Julian, Plotinus 200
Theological Greek studies 200
Have the Greeks no share in our religion? 201
Or is it altogether Semitic? 201
The language of the New Testament exclusively Greek 202
Saint Paul's teaching 202
Stoic elements in Saint Paul 203
The Stoic sage 203
The Stoic Providence 203
Saint John's Gospel 204
Neo-Platonic doctrine of the Logos 205
The Cynic independence of all men 205
The Epicurean dependence upon friends 206
The university of Athens 206
Greece indestructible 207
Greek political history almost the private property of the English writers, 207 who have themselves lived in practical politics 208
Not so in artistic or literary history 208 where the French and Germans are superior 209 especially in art 209
Importance of studying Greek art 209
Modern revivals of ancient styles,--Gothic, Renaissance 210
Probability of Hellenic revival 211
Greek art only recently understood. Winckelmann, Penrose, Dörpfeld 212
Its effect upon modern art when properly appreciated 212 and upon every detail of our life 212
Greek literature hardly noticed in this Essay 213
Demands a good knowledge and study of the language 213
Other languages must be content to give way to this pursuit 214
The nature and quality of Roman imitations 215
The case of Virgil 215
Theocritus only a late flower in the Greek garden of poetry 216
APPENDIX.
On the Authenticity of the Olympian Register 217
PROBLEMS IN GREEK HISTORY.