II. Some Causes of Greek Unity. The Grecian Festivals. 1. Chariot Race and Death of Ores'tes.--SOPHOCLES. 2. Apollo's Conflict with the Python.--OVID. 3. The Apollo Belvedere.--THOMSON. The National Councils. CHAPTER IV. SPARTA, AND THE LEGISLATION OF LYCURGUS. Description of Sparta.--THOMSON. I. The Constitution of Lycurgus. Spartan Patriotic Virtue.--TYMNOE'US. II. Spartan Poetry and Music. Spartan March.--CAMPBELL.: HEMANS. Songs of the Spartans.--PLUTARCH: TERPAN'DER: PINDAR: ION. III. Sparta's Conquests. War-song.--TYRTOE'US. CHAPTER V. FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, AND CHANGES IN GRECIAN POLITICS. Introductory.--THIRLWALL: LEG'ARÉ. I. Changes from Aristocracies to Oligarchies.--HEEREN. II. Changes from Oligarchies to Despotisms.--THIRLWALL: HEEREN: BULWER: TYRTOE'US. CHAPTER VI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF ATHENS. I. The Legislation of Dra'co. II. The Legislation of So'lon.--PLUTARCH: A'KENSIDE: SOLON: THOMSON: SOLON. III. The Usurpation of Pisis'tratus. The Usurper and his Stratagem.--AKENSIDE. Solon's Appeal to the Athenians.--AKENSIDE. Character of Pisistratus.--THIRLWALL. Conspiracy of Harmodius and Aristogi'ton.--CALLIS'TRATUS. IV. Birth of Democracy.--THIRLWALL. CHAPTER VII. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREEK COLONIES. The Cave of the Cumæ'an Sibyl.--VIRGIL: GROTE. The'ron of Agrigen'tum.--PINDAR. Increase among the Sicilian Greeks.--GROTE. CHAPTER VIII. PROGRESS OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS. I. The Poems of Hesiod.--"Winter."--FELTON: MURE: THIRLWALL: MAHAFFY. II. Lyric Poetry. Calli'nus of Ephesus.--"War Elegy". Archil'ochus of Pa'ros--SYMONDS: MAHAFFY. Alc'man.--"Sleep, or Night."--MURE. Ari'on.--Stesich'orus.--MAHAFFY. Alcæus.--"Spoils of War."--AKENSIDE. Sappho.--"Defence of."--SYMONDS: ANTIP'ATER. Anac'reon.--"The Grasshopper."--AKENSIDE. III. Early Grecian Philosophy. The Seven Sages.--(Maxims).-GROTE. Tha'les, Anaxim'enes, Heracli'tus, Diog'enes, Anaximan'der, and Xenoph'anes. Pythag'oras and his Doctrines.--BLACKIE: THOMSON: COLERIDGE: LOWELL. The Eleusin'ian Mysteries.--VIRGIL. IV. Architecture. The Cyclo'pean Walls.--LORD HOUGHTON. Dor'ic, Ion'ic, and Corinthian Orders.--THOMSON. Cher'siphron, and the Temple of Diana.--STORY. Temples at Pæs'tum.--CRANCH. V. Sculpture. Glaucus, Rhoe'cus, Theodo'rus, Dipæ'nus, Scyllis. Cause of the Progress of Sculpture.--THIRLWALL. CHAPTER IX. THE PERSIAN WARS. I. The Ionic Revolt.