History of Greece

Author(s)

• Mitford, William

Bibliographic Information

History of Greece

William Mitford

（Cambridge library collection, . Classics）

Cambridge University Press, 2010

• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2 : pbk
• v. 3 : pbk
• v. 4 : pbk

Other Title

The history of Greece

Note

Facsim. Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108011044

Description

This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744-1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. Volume 1 covers the period from Greece's earliest foundations to the time of Pericles and the end of the first Peloponnesian War in 445 BCE.

Table of Contents

• 1. History of Greece, from the earliest accounts of the end of the Trojan War
• 2. Of the religion, government, jurisprudence, science, arts, commerce, and manners of the early Greeks
• 3. History of Greece from the Trojan War to the return of the Heracleids
• 4. History of the southern provinces of Greece, from the return of the Heracleids to the conquest of Messenia by the Lacedaemonians
• 5. Summary view of the state of the northern provinces of Greece ... from the Trojan war to the first public transaction with Persia
• 6. View of the eastern nations politically connected with Greece
• 7. Continuation of the history of Greece during the reign of Darius king of Persia
• 8. History of Greece, from the accession of Xerxes to the throne of Persia till the conclusion of the first campaign of that monarch's expedition against Greece
• 9. History of Greece, from the battle of Salamis to the conclusion of the Persian invasion
• 10. View of the people of the western countries politically connected with the Greeks, and of the Grecian settlements in Sicily and Italy
• 11. Affairs of Greece, from the conclusion of that commonly called the Persian war, to the establishment of security for the Greeks, against the barbarians, by the successes of Cimon
• 12. Affairs of Greece, from the establishment of its security against Persia, to the truce for thirty years between Athens and Lacedaemon.

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108011051

Description

This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744-1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. The second volume takes the story of events in Greece from the Thirty Years' Truce to 404 BCE and the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Table of Contents

• 13. Affairs of Greece, from the thirty-years truce to that commonly called the Peloponnesian war
• 14. Of the Peloponnesian war, from its commencement to the death of Pericles
• 15. Of the Peloponnesian war, from the death of Pericles, in the third year, to the application for peace from Lacedaemon in the seventh
• 16. Of the Peloponnesian war, from the application for peace from Lacedaemon, in the seventh year, to the conclusion of peace between Lacedaemon and Athens in the tenth year
• 17. Of the Peloponnesian war, during the peace between Lacedaemon and Athens
• 18. Of the affairs of Sicily, and of the Athenian expedition into Sicily
• 19. Affairs of Greece, from the conclusion of the Sicilian expedition, until the return of Alcibiades to Athens, in the twenty-fourth year of the Peloponnesian war
• 20. Affairs of Greece, from the return of Alcibiades to Athens, till the conclusion of the Peloponnesian war.

Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108011068

Description

This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744-1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. Volume 3, first published in 1797, covers the period from 404 to 386 BCE, including the rise of Mitford's hero, Philip of Macedon.

Table of Contents

• 21. History of Athens, from the conclusion of the Peloponnesian war to the restoration of the democracy by Thrasybulus
• 22. Illustrations, from the orators and philosophers, of the civil history of Athens between the ages of Pericles and Demosthenes
• 23. Transactions of the Greeks in Asia and Thrace, from the conclusion of the Peloponnesian war
• 24. History of Lacedaemon, from the restoration of the Athenian democracy
• 25. Affairs of Greece, and transactions of the Greeks in Asia, from the establishment of the general confederacy against Lacedaemon, to the treaty between Lacedaemon and Persia
• 26. Affairs of Greece, from the Peace of Antalcidas till the depression of the Lacedaemonian power, and the elevation of Thebes
• 27. Affairs of Greece, from the elevation of Thebes, to the failure of the attempt to extend the Theban supremacy over Greece
• 28. Affairs of Greece, from the failure of the attempt to establish the supremacy of Thebes till the depression together of the aristocractial and democratical interests.

Volume

v. 4 : pbk ISBN 9781108011075

Description

This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744-1827), a scholar, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. This fourth volume, first published in 1808, covers events from 386 to the assassination of Philip of Macedon in 336 BCE, including a detailed character study of Philip.

Table of Contents

• 29. Affairs of the Grecian settlements in Sicily and Italy, from the Athenian invasion to the settlement of the Syracusan government under Dionysius and Hipparinus
• 30. Affairs of the Greeks in Sicily and Italy, from the settlement of the Syracusan government to the restoration of the Syracusan supremacy over the Sicilian, and its extension over the Italian, Greek cities
• 31. Affairs of the Sicilian and Italian Greek cities, from the establishment of the Syracusan empire to the death of Dionysius
• 32. Affairs of the Grecian settlements of Sicily and Italy, from the death of the first Dionysius to the restoration of the second Dionysius
• 33. Affairs of the Grecian settlements in Sicily and Italy, from the restoration of the younger Dionysius to the death of Timoleon
• 34. Affairs of Macedonia, from the reign of Perdiccas son of Alexander, to the establishment of Philip son of Amyntas
• 35. Affairs of Athens, from the general peace following the battle of Mantineai, and of Macedonia, from the establishment of Philip son of Amyntas, to the renewal of war between Macedonia and Athens
• 36. Affairs of Athens and Macedonia, from the renewal of hostility between them, to the end of the war between the Athenians and their allies, called the confederate or social war
• 37. Affairs of Greece, during the first period of the contest for possession of the temple and treasury of Delphi, called the Phocian or the Sacred war
• 38. Affairs of Greece during the second period of the Sacred War
• 39. Affairs of Greece, during the third period of the Sacred War
• 40. Affairs of Greece, from the end of the Sacred War to the acquisition of the land of the war-party of Athens by Demosthenes
• 41. Affairs of Greece, from the acquisition of the situation of First Minister of Athens by Demosthenes, to the election of the king of Macedonia to the office of general of the Amphictyonic Confederacy
• 42. Affairs of Greece, from the election of Philip king of Macedonia till his death.

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Details

• NCID: BB07779588
• ISBN:
  • 9781108011044
  • 9781108011051
  • 9781108011068
  • 9781108011075
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: 4 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB00083053