The Story of the Greeks [SCM]
by Helene A. Guerber Author, Christine Miller Editor
From the first inhabitants of Greece through its incorporation as a province of the Roman Empire in 196 BC, "The Story of the Greeks" retells as an engaging narrative the the history of Ancient Greece and the stories of its famous leaders and philosophers. In 115 lessons, we learn of the Trojan War, the Rise of Sparta, the Democracy of Athens, the Grecian-Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the Conquest of Alexander the Great, and much more. We meet the good and the just; the wicked and proud: Theseus, Achilles, Lycurgus, Draco, Solon, Leonidas, Pericles, Socrates, Dionysius, Demosthenes, to name just a few. (SCM Note): This edition is edited by Christine Miller and reflects a Biblical view of mythology and man's origins. Other versions of this book, including the ones available in public domain, are worded differently.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 115
- Pages
- 194
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Greece
- Historical Setting
- 2250 BC - 146 BC
- Publisher
- Nothing New Press
- Edition
- Third
- Copyright
- 2003
- Written
- 1896
- URL
- http://www.nothingnewpress.com/books/guerbers-h...
Chapters
- 1 The Beginning of the Nations
- 2 The First Inhabitants of Greece
- 3 Old Greek Fairy Tales
- 4 More Greek Fairy Tales
- 5 The Founding of Many Important Cities
- 6 Perseus and Mycenae
- 7 The Sons of Deucalion
- 8 Daedalus and Icarus
- 9 The Adventures of Jason
- 10 Theseus Visits the Labyrinth
- 11 The Terrible Prophecy
- 12 The Sphinx's Riddle
- 13 Blindness and Death of Oedipus
- 14 The Brothers' Quarrel
- 15 The Taking of Thebes
- 16 The Childhood of Paris
- 17 The Muster of the Troops
- 18 The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
- 19 The Wrath of Achilles
- 20 Death of Hector and Achilles
- 21 The Burning of Troy
- 22 Heroic Death of Codrus
- 23 The Blind Poet
- 24 The Rise of Sparta
- 25 The Spartan Training
- 26 The Brave Spartan Boy
- 27 Public Tables in Sparta
- 28 Laws of Lycurgus
- 29 The Messenian War
- 30 The Music of Tyrtaeus
- 31 Aristomenes' Escape
- 32 The Olympic Games
- 33 Milo of Croton
- 34 The Jealous Athlete
- 35 The Girls' Games
- 36 The Bloody Laws of Draco
- 37 The Laws of Solon
- 38 The First Plays
- 39 The Tyrant Pisistratus
- 40 The Tyrant's Insult
- 41 Death of the Conspirators
- 42 Hippias Driven Out of Athens
- 43 The Great King
- 44 Hippias Visits Darius
- 45 Destruction of the Persian Host
- 46 The Advance of the Second Host
- 47 The Battle of Marathon
- 48 Miltiades' Disgrace
- 49 Aristides the Just
- 50 Two Noble Spartan Youths
- 51 The Great Army
- 52 Preparations for Defence
- 53 Leonidas at Thermopylae
- 54 Death of Leonidas
- 55 The Burning of Athens
- 56 The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
- 57 The Rebuilding of Athens
- 58 Death of Pausanias
- 59 Cimon Improves Athens
- 60 The Earthquake
- 61 The Age of Pericles
- 62 The Teachings of Anaxagoras
- 63 Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
- 64 Death of Pericles
- 65 The Philosopher Socrates
- 66 Socrates' Favorite Pupil
- 67 Youth of Alcibiades
- 68 Greek Colonies in Italy
- 69 Alcibiades in Disgrace
- 70 Death of Alcibiades
- 71 The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants
- 72 Accusation of Socrates
- 73 Death of Socrates
- 74 The Defeat of Cyrus
- 75 The Retreat of the Ten Thousand
- 76 Agesilaus in Asia
- 77 A Strange Interview
- 78 The Peace of Antalcidas
- 79 The Theban Friends
- 80 Thebes Free Once More
- 81 The Battle of Leuctra
- 82 Death of Pelopidas
- 83 The Battle of Mantinea
- 84 The Tyrant of Syracuse
- 85 The Story of Damon and Pythias
- 86 The Sword of Damocles
- 87 Dion and Dionysius
- 88 Civil War in Syracuse
- 89 Death of Dion
- 90 Philip of Macedon
- 91 Philip Begins His Conquests
- 92 The Orator Demosthenes
- 93 Philip Masters Greece
- 94 Birth of Alexander
- 95 The Steed Bucephalus
- 96 Alexander as King
- 97 Alexander and Diogenes
- 98 Alexander's Brilliant Beginning
- 99 The Gordian Knot
- 100 Alexander's Royal Captives
- 101 Alexander at Jerusalem
- 102 The African Desert
- 103 Death of Darius
- 104 Defeat of Porus
- 105 The Return to Babylon
- 106 Death of Alexander the Great
- 107 The Division of the Realm
- 108 Death of Demosthenes
- 109 The Last of the Athenians
- 110 Ptolemy in Judea
- 111 The Wonderful Library
- 112 The Colossus of Rhodes
- 113 The Battle of Ipsus
- 114 Demetrius and the Athenians
- 115 The Achaean League
- 116 Division in Sparta
- 117 Death of Agis
- 118 The War of the Two Leagues
- 119 The Last of the Greeks
- 120 Ptolemy and Antiochus in Jerusalem
- 121 The Abomination of Desolation
- 122 The Victorious Jews
- 123 Greece a Roman Province
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