[Frontispiece: HERMES OF PRAXITELES. 4th Century BC.] The Book of the Ancient Greeks An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Greece from the Coming of the Greeks to the Conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C. By Dorothy Mills, M.A. Teacher of History at the Brearley School, New York Author of "The Book of the Ancient World" _With 16 Illustrations and a Map_ G. P. Putnam's Sons New York & London The Knickerbocker Press Copyright, 1925 by Dorothy Mills Published, August, 1925 Second impression, March, 1928 Third impression, October, 1928 Fourth impression, September, 1929 Fifth impression, October, 1930 Sixth impression, October, 1931 All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. The Knickerbocker Press New York Made in the United States of America To M. C. S. M. {v} PREFACE This book, like the first of the series the _Book of the Ancient World_, was used in its original manuscript form by one of my history classes. It carries on the story of the way in which man has been learning how to live from the time of the Coming of the Greeks to the loss of Greek independence in 146 B.C. The spirit of a nation is expressed and its history is recorded in three ways: in its political history, in its literature and in its art. The aim of this book has been to use such parts of the political history of the Greeks, of their literature and of their art as seem to have been the outward and visible signs of the spirit that inspired them.