Produced by David Kline, Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: A GREEK SHEPHERD, OLYMPIA.] Edition d'Elite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS _Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc._ IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume X Greek J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright, 1896, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1904, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright, 1908, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. CONTENTS. PAGE HOW TROY WAS TAKEN 7 THE VOYAGE OF THE ARGONAUTS 28 THESEUS AND ARIADNE 33 THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES 41 LYCURGUS AND THE SPARTAN LAWS 50 ARISTOMENES, THE HERO OF MESSENIA 60 SOLON, THE LAW-GIVER OF ATHENS 67 THE FORTUNE OF CROESUS 77 THE SUITORS OF AGARISTE 86 THE TYRANTS OF CORINTH 93 THE RING OF POLYCRATES 100 THE ADVENTURES OF DEMOCEDES 109 DARIUS AND THE SCYTHIANS 117 THE ATHENIANS AT MARATHON 126 XERXES AND HIS ARMY 135 HOW THE SPARTANS DIED AT THERMOPYLAE 144 THE WOODEN WALLS OF ATHENS 154 PLATAEA'S FAMOUS DAY 165 FOUR FAMOUS MEN OF ATHENS 174 HOW ATHENS ROSE FROM ITS ASHES 186 THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS 194 THE ENVOYS OF LIFE AND DEATH 200 THE DEFENCE OF PLATAEA 205 HOW THE LONG WALLS WENT DOWN 213 SOCRATES AND ALCIBIADES 221 THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND 231 THE RESCUE OF THEBES 245 THE HUMILIATION OF SPARTA 259 TIMOLEON, THE FAVORITE OF FORTUNE 271 THE SACRED WAR 288 ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND DARIUS 296 THE WORLD'S GREATEST ORATOR 305 THE OLYMPIC GAMES 315 PYRRHUS AND THE ROMANS 324 PHILOPOEMEN AND THE FALL OF SPARTA 334 THE DEATH-STRUGGLE OF GREECE 345 ZENOBIA AND LONGINUS 351 THE LITERARY GLORY OF GREECE 360 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. GREEK. PAGE A GREEK SHEPHERD, OLYMPIA _Frontispiece_. PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE 15 OEDIPUS AND ANTIGONE 42 GRECIAN LADIES AT HOME 87 THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS 98 RUINS OF THE PARTHENON 130 THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE ATHENIANS 145