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A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of AntiquityHeeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)

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A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity

Name: A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity
Author: Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)

Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)

Geography, Ancient; History, Ancient

Expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis, somewhere about B. C. 1250;
  war of the seven confederate princes against Thebes about 1225; the
  town, however, was not taken until the second attempt made by the sons
  of the chiefs (Epigoni) in 1215.

14. Thus every thing was now ripe for some great national undertaking of
all the combined Hellenic nations; and that object was attained in the
war against Troy. The most important result of that expedition was the
kindling of one common national spirit,--a spirit which in spite of
dissensions and feuds, was never wholly extinguished, and which must
almost necessarily have arisen from an expedition carried on in so
distant a field, which lasted ten years, in which all were joined, and
which was crowned with such signal success. From the time of the Trojan
war downwards the Hellenes always looked upon themselves as but one
people.

  General view of the political state of Greece about the time of the
  Trojan war.--Division into several small states, the most powerful
  of which were Argos and Mycenae.--All those states were governed by
  hereditary chieftains or princes from a certain _family_ (kings,
  [Greek: basileis],) who combined the offices of leaders in war and
  judges in peace. Their authority being more or less extended in
  proportion to the qualities they possessed, and particularly to
  their valour in battle.--Manner of life among the people: a nation
  dwelling in cities, but at the same time cultivating the land and
  tending cattle; applying also to war, and already somewhat advanced
  in the art of navigation.

  A. W. SCHLEGEL, _De Geographia Homeri Commentatio_. Hannov. 1788. A
  review of the political geography of Greece at this period.--On the
  topography of Troy:

  LECHEVALIER, _Description de la Plaine de Troie_. Translated and
  accompanied with notes by HEYNE, Leipzig, 1794. Compare CLARKE,
  _Travels_, vol. i, c. 4-6, who has thrown doubts on the system of
  Lechevalier, which has, however, been again confirmed by LEAKE,
  _Travels in Asia Minor_.




SECOND PERIOD.

_From the Trojan war to the breaking out of the Persian war, B. C.
1200-500._

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A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of AntiquityHeeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)

History

A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity

Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)

Geography, Ancient; History, Ancient

Expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis, somewhere about B. C. 1250;
  war of the seven confederate princes against Thebes about 1225; the
  town, however, was not taken until the second attempt made by the sons
  of the chiefs (Epigoni) in 1215.

14. Thus every thing was now ripe for some great national undertaking of
all the combined Hellenic nations; and that object was attained in the
war against Troy. The most important result of that expedition was the
kindling of one common national spirit,--a spirit which in spite of
dissensions and feuds, was never wholly extinguished, and which must
almost necessarily have arisen from an expedition carried on in so
distant a field, which lasted ten years, in which all were joined, and
which was crowned with such signal success. From the time of the Trojan
war downwards the Hellenes always looked upon themselves as but one
people.

  General view of the political state of Greece about the time of the
  Trojan war.--Division into several small states, the most powerful
  of which were Argos and Mycenae.--All those states were governed by
  hereditary chieftains or princes from a certain _family_ (kings,
  [Greek: basileis],) who combined the offices of leaders in war and
  judges in peace. Their authority being more or less extended in
  proportion to the qualities they possessed, and particularly to
  their valour in battle.--Manner of life among the people: a nation
  dwelling in cities, but at the same time cultivating the land and
  tending cattle; applying also to war, and already somewhat advanced
  in the art of navigation.

  A. W. SCHLEGEL, _De Geographia Homeri Commentatio_. Hannov. 1788. A
  review of the political geography of Greece at this period.--On the
  topography of Troy:

  LECHEVALIER, _Description de la Plaine de Troie_. Translated and
  accompanied with notes by HEYNE, Leipzig, 1794. Compare CLARKE,
  _Travels_, vol. i, c. 4-6, who has thrown doubts on the system of
  Lechevalier, which has, however, been again confirmed by LEAKE,
  _Travels in Asia Minor_.




SECOND PERIOD.

_From the Trojan war to the breaking out of the Persian war, B. C.
1200-500._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity

A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity

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