The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03
CHAPTER IX
SOME CHARACTERISTIC INSTITUTIONS (884-590 B.C.) 167
The oracle at Delphi, 170. National festivals, 170. The Olympian games, 172. Character of the games, 173. Monarchies and oligarchies, 175. Tyrannies, 177. Democracies, 179.