Not long ago, most scholars traced Greek history back to 776 B.C.E.* That was the year of the Greeks' first dated record, a list of the winners at the Olympic Games. Greek poets had written of earlier centuries, of glorious battles and ancient kingdoms rich in gold. But to historians, these were just fairy tales. Then a startling discovery knocked the experts on their ears.
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History
Chapter One DAYS OF DARKNESS, DAYS OF DAWN
Birth of the Greeks
The Dark Age
Rise of the City-States
The Golden Age
The Greco-Persian Wars
Greek Against Greek
Macedonian Conquest
Alexander and the Hellenistic Age
Roman Rule
Map: Greece in the Golden Age
Cultural History
Chapter Two CULTURAL TRIUMPHS
Literature: The Ageless Song
Art and Architecture: The Dream of Beauty
Philosophy: The Search for Meaning
Science and Mathematics: The Keys to Mystery
Government and Society: The Experiment in Democracy
Belief System
Chapter Three THE GLORIOUS GODS
The Twelve Olympians
The Lesser Gods
Myths and Mysteries
The Ways of Worship
Death of the Immortals
Beliefs and Society
Chapter Four THE MYTHS WORK THEIR MAGIC
Mythology's Many Uses
Mythology in the Arts
Mythology in Everyday Life
The Legacy of the Greeks
Chapter Five THE LASTING LIGHT
The Torch Passes
The Living Greeks
THE ANCIENT GREEKS: A TIME LINE
GLOSSARY
FOR FURTHER READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
