GREECE
[See the diagrams of flint implements, [[Illustration II]] of pottery, [[Illustration III]]; and of alphabets, [[Illustration IV]]
The Periods into which the subject must be divided are roughly as follows:
I. Prehistoric down to about 1000 B.C.
II. Prehistoric Greek down to about 700 B.C.
III. Archaic Greek 700–500 B.C.
IV. Classical Greek 500–300 B.C.
V. Hellenistic after 300.
VI. Roman.
VII. Byzantine.