History of Greece, Volume 04 (of 12)

History of Greece, Volume 04 (of 12)

Different tribes of Illyrians. Conflicts and contrast of Illyrians with Greeks. Epidamnus and Apollonia in relation to the Illyrians. Early Macedonians. Their original seats. General view of the country which they occupied eastward of Pindus and Skardus. Distribution and tribes of the Macedonians. Macedonians round Edessa the leading portion of the nation. Pierians and Bottians originally placed on the Thermaic gulf, between the Macedonians and the sea. Ponians. Argeian Greeks who established the dynasty of Edessa Perdikkas. Talents for command manifested by Greek chieftains over barbaric tribes. Aggrandizement of the dynasty of Edessa conquests as far as the Thermaic gulf, as well as over the interior Macedonians. Friendship between king Amyntas and the Peisistratids. Thracians their numbers and abode. Many distinct tribes, yet little diversity of character. Their cruelty, rapacity, and military efficiency. Thracian worship and character Asiatic. Early date of the Chalkidic colonies in Thrace. Methn the earliest about 720 B.C. Several other small settlements on the Chalkidic peninsula and its three projecting headlands. Chalkidic peninsula Mount Athos. Colonies in Palln, 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 Strymn in Thrace. Island of Thasus. Thracian Chersonesus. Perinthus, Selymoria, and Byzantium. Grecian settlements on the Euxine, south of the Danube. Lemnos and Imbros. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60426
Author: Grote, George
Release Date: Oct 5, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English