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HISTORY OF GREECE.
BY
GEORGE GROTE, Esq.
VOL. IV.
REPRINTED FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
329 AND 331 PEARL STREET.
1880.
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CONTENTS.
VOL. IV.
PART II.
CONTINUATION OF HISTORICAL GREECE.
CHAPTER XXV.
ILLYRIANS, MACEDONIANS, PÆONIANS.
Different tribes of Illyrians. — Conflicts andcontrast of Illyrians with Greeks. — Epidamnus and Apollonia inrelation to the Illyrians. — Early Macedonians. — Their originalseats. — General view of the country which they occupied — eastwardof Pindus and Skardus. — Distribution and tribes of the Macedonians.— Macedonians round Edessa — the leading portion of the nation. —Pierians and Bottiæans — originally placed on the Thermaic gulf,between the Macedonians and the sea. — Pæonians. — Argeian Greeks whoestablished the dynasty of Edessa — Perdikkas. — Talents for commandmanifested by Greek chieftains over barbaric tribes. — Aggrandizementof the dynasty of Edessa — conquests as far as the Thermaic gulf,as well as over the interior Macedonians. — Friendship between kingAmyntas and the Peisistratids.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
THRACIANS AND GREEK COLONIES IN THRACE.
Thracians — their numbers and abode. — Many distincttribes, yet little diversity of character. — Their cruelty, rapacity,and military efficiency. — Thracian worship and character Asiatic.— Early date of the Chalkidic colonies in Thrace. — Methônê theearliest — about 720 B. C. — Severalother small settlements on the Chalkidic peninsula and its threeprojecting headlands. — Chalkidic peninsula — Mount Athos. — Coloniesin Pallênê, or the westernmost of the three headlands. — In Sithonia,or the middle headland. — In the headland of Athos — Akanthus,Stageira, etc. — Greek settlements east of the Strymôn in Thrace. —Island of Thasus. — Thracian Chersonesus. — Perinthus, Selymoria, andByzantium. — Grecian settlements on the Euxine, south of the Danube.— Lemnos and Imbros.
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KYRENE AND BARKA. — HESPERIDES.
First voyages of the Greeks to Libya. — Foundation ofKyrênê. — Founded by Battus from the island of Thêra. — Colony firstsettled in the island of Platea — afterwards removed to Kyrênê. —Situation of Kyrênê. — Fertility, produce, and prosperity. — Libyantribes near Kyrênê. — Extensive dominion of Kyrênê and Barka overthe Libyans. — Connection of the Greek colonies with the Nomadsof Libya. — Manners of the Libyan Nomads. —