4. The gradual spread of the various branches of the Hellenic tribe over Greece was effected by several migrations, between B. C. 1500-1300; after which they preserved the settlements they had already obtained until the later migration of the Dorians and Heraclidae, about 1100. _Principal data for the history of the separate tribes in this period._ 1. AEOLUS follows his father Hellen into Phthiotis, which consequently remains the seat of the Aeolians; they spread from thence over western Greece, Acarnania, Aetolia, Phocis, Locris, Elis in the Peloponnesus, and likewise over the western islands. 2. DORUS follows his father into Estiaeotis, the most ancient seat of the Dorians. They are driven from thence after the death of Dorus by the Perrhaebi; spread over Macedonia and Crete; part of the tribe return, cross mount Oeta, and settle in the Tetrapolis Dorica, afterwards called Doris, where they remain until they migrate into Peloponnesus, under the guidance of the Heraclidae; about 1100. (See below, p. 127). 3. XUTHUS, expelled by his brothers, migrates to Athens, where he marries Creusa, daughter of Erectheus, by whom he has sons, Ion and Achaeus. Ion and his tribe, driven out of Athens, settle in that part of Peloponnesus called Aegialus, a name which by them was converted into Ionia, and in later times exchanged for Achaia. The Achaeans preserve their footing in Laconia and Argos, until the time of the Dorian migration. # L. D. HUELLMAN, _Early Grecian History_, 1814. Rich in original views and conjectures, beyond which the early history of nations seldom extends. # D. C. OTFRIED MUELLER, _History of the Hellenic Tribes and Cities_, 1820, vol. 1. containing, _Orchomenus and the Minyae_; vols. 2, 3, containing the _Dorians_, 1825. 5. Besides these original inhabitants, colonies at the same early period came into Greece from civilized countries, from Egypt, Phoenicia, and Mysia. The settlements of these strangers occurred probably between B. C. 1600-1400. Establishment in Attica of the colony of Cecrops, from Sais in Egypt, about 1550; in Argos, of the colony of Danaus, likewise from Egypt, about 1500.--The colony of Cadmus, from Phoenicia, settles in Boeotia about 1550.--The colony of Pelops, from Mysia, settles in Argos about 1400. 6. The mythology of the Hellenes proves beyond a doubt, that they were at first savages, like the Pelasgi since they had to learn even the use of fire from Prometheus; yet it is equally clear that they must, even in the earliest period, particularly from 1300-1200, when they had ceased to migrate, have made the first important steps towards the attainment of a certain degree of civilization. About the time of the Trojan war they appear to have been still barbarians, though no longer savages.