[CHAPTER XII.]

GRECIAN LITERATURE AND ART, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PERSIAN TO THE CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS (B.C. 500-403).

LITERATURE.

  1. Introductory.
  2. The Era of Athenian Greatness.—SYMONDS.
  3. Lyric Poetry.
  4. Simonides.—"Lamentation of Dan'a-ë."—MAHAFFY.
    Pindar.—"Threnos."—THIRLWALL: Prior: SYMONDS: Gray: Pope: Horace.
  5. The Drama.—BULWER.
    1. Tragedy.—Melpom'ene.—Akenside.
    2. Æschylus.—"Death of Agamemnon."—PLUMPTRE: LAWRENCE: VAN SCHLEGEL: Byron: MAHAFFY.
      Sophocles.—OEd'ipus Tyran'nus."—TALFOURD: Phryn'ichus: Sim'mias.
      Euripides.—"Alcestis Preparing for Death."—SYMONDS: Milton: MAHAFFY.
      The Transitions of Tragedy.—GROTE.
    3. Comedy.
    4. Characterization of.
      Aristophanes.—Extracts from "The Cloud." "Choral Song from The Birds."—Plato: GROTE: SEWELL: Milton: RUSKIN.
  6. History.
  7. Hecatæ'ns.—MAHAFFY: NIEBUHR.
    Herodotus.—"Introduction to History."—LAWRENCE.
    Herodotus and his Writings.—MACAULAY.
    Thucyd'i-des.—MAHAFFY.
    Thucydides and Herodotus.—BROWNE.
  8. Philosophy.
  9. Anaxag'oras: his Death.—William Canton.
    The Sophists.—MAHAFFY.
    Socrates.—"Defence of Socrates."—"Socrates' Views of a Future State."—MAHAFFY: Thomson: SMITH: TYLER: GROTE.

ART.

  1. Sculpture and Painting.
  2. Phid'ias.—LÜBKE: GILLIES: LÜBKE.
    Polygno'tus.—Apollodo'rus.—Zeux'is.—Parrha'sius. —Timan'thes.
    Parrhasius and his Captive.—SENECA: Willis.
  3. Architecture.
  4. Introductory.—Thomson.
    The Adornment of Athens.—BULWER.
    1. The Acrop'olis and its Splendors.
    2. The Parthenon.—Hemans.
    3. Other Architectural Monuments of Athens.
    4. The Temple of The'seus.—Haygarth.
      Athenian Enthusiasm for Art.—BULWER.
      The Glory of Athens.—Talfourd.

[CHAPTER XIII.]

THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN SUPREMACIES.