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Book of the Ancient Greeks

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Book of the Ancient Greeks

by Dorothy Mills

English· 11:11:22· 28 chapters
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.



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. - Summary from the subtitle and preface



Cast list for the play in Pt 2 Ch 14:

Iphigenia: WendyKatzHiller
Orestes, her brother: nzk13
Pylades, friend to Orestes: Greg Giordano
Thoas, King of Tauris: Alan Mapstone
A Herdsman: hmpecker
A Messenger: Andrew Gaunce
Chorus Leader: Devorah Allen
Chorus Member: BookBard
Athena: elmachina
Narrator: TriciaG
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Pt 1 Ch 1: The Mediterranean World

    04:49
  2. Chapter 2

    Pt 1 Ch 2: Crete

    25:57
  3. Chapter 3

    Pt 1 Ch 3: The Mainland

    17:25
  4. Chapter 4

    Pt 2 Ch 1: The Land of Greece

    08:51
  5. Chapter 5

    Pt 2 Ch 2: Greek Religion and the Oracles

    28:51
  6. Chapter 6

    Pt 2 Ch 3: The Olympic Games

    16:45
  7. Chapter 7

    Pt 2 Ch 4: The Greek City-State

    08:39
  8. Chapter 8

    Pt 2 Ch 5: Sparta

    28:09
  9. Chapter 9

    Pt 2 Ch 6: The Growth of Athens

    28:50
  10. Chapter 10

    Pt 2 Ch 7: Greek Colonies

    15:27
  11. Chapter 11

    Pt 2 Ch 8: The Beginning of the Persian Wars

    25:26
  12. Chapter 12

    Pt 2 Ch 9a: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes: The Preparations

    17:09
  13. Chapter 13

    Pt 2 Ch 9b: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes

    18:53
  14. Chapter 14

    Pt 2 Ch 9c: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes

    15:32
  15. Chapter 15

    Pt 2 Ch 10: The Athenian Empire

    30:40
  16. Chapter 16

    Pt 2 Ch 11: Life in Ancient Athens in the Time of Pericles

    25:53
  17. Chapter 17

    Pt 2 Ch 12: A Day with an Athenian

    26:06
  18. Chapter 18

    Pt 2 Ch 13: The Athenian Schoolboy

    20:08
  19. Chapter 19

    Pt 2 Ch 14: The Greek Theatre

    1:05:59
  20. Chapter 20

    Pt 2 Ch 15: The Temples of Athens

    16:25
  21. Chapter 21

    Pt 2 Ch 16a: The Downfall of Athens

    32:59
  22. Chapter 22

    Pt 2 Ch 16b: The Downfall of Athens

    36:57
  23. Chapter 23

    Pt 2 Ch 17: The Great Days of Thebes

    09:08
  24. Chapter 24

    Pt 2 Ch 18a: Alexander the Great

    29:00
  25. Chapter 25

    Pt 2 Ch 18b: Alexander the Great

    31:34
  26. Chapter 26

    Pt 2 Ch 19a: The Gifts of Greece to the World

    35:15
  27. Chapter 27

    Pt 2 Ch 19b: The Gifts of Greece to the World

    35:30
  28. Chapter 28

    Pt 2 Ch 20: The Hellenistic Age

    15:05