The Story of the GreeksGuerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
History
The Story of the Greeks
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Greece -- History; Readers -- History
Diana, goddess 47
temple of 65, 227, 237, 264
Diocles, traitor 269
Diogenes 234, 235
Dion 210-215
Dionysius the Elder 202-210
Dionysius the Younger 210-216
Dionysus, festival and theater of 92-94
Draco, cruel lawmaker 87, 88, 91
"Earth and water," demand for 110
Ecbatana, a walled city 104
Egyptians, civilization of 12
Epaminondas, as commander 196
dying words of 201
risks own life for Pelopidas 191
Ephesus, founded 56
taken by Alexander 237
temple at 227, 264
Ephialtes, perfidy of 128
Epimenides, long sleep of 90
Erostratus wins immortality 228
Eteocles quarrels with Polynices 37-39
Eurybiades, Spartan king 132-134
Flood of Ogyges 15
Furies, duty of 36
Galatia, how named 267
Golden Fleece, search for 25
Gordian knot, cutting the 240
Gordium 238
Granicus, battle near 237
Great Greece 54
Great King, The (see also _Darius_) 104
Greece, alphabet brought to 17
Egyptians settle in 13
freedom of 281
known as Achaia 282
punishment of criminals in 176
situation of 11
Greeks, at Thermopylae 127, 128
betrayal of 181
commercial journey by 26
geographical knowledge of 251
gods angry with 54
last of the 280
retreat of 182-184
statue judged by 83
Troy taken by 53
truce of 51
victory of, at Salamis 134
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 264
Harmodius, kills Hipparchus 99
statue in honor of 102
Hector, falls by hand of Achilles 50
kills Patroclus 50
sung by Homer 60
Hecuba, dream of 41
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