William Smith

A Smaller History of Greece William Smith

Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893) was a famous English lexicographer. He taught at University College specializing in classical studies. In 1842 he wrote A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Smith wrote several books on Greek and Latin for students. A Smaller history of Greece: From the earliest times to the Roman conquest includes Geography of Greece, Origin of the Greeks, and the Heroic Age, General Survey of the Greek People. National Institutions, Early History of Peloponnesus and Sparta to the end of the Messenian Wars, B. C. 668, Early History of Athens down to the Establishment of Democracy by Clisthenes B. C. 510, The Greek Colonies, The Persian Wars. --From the Ionic Revolt to the Battle of Marathon, B. C. 500-490, The Persian Wars. --The Battles of Thermopylae Salamis, and Plataea, B. C. 480-479, From the end of the Persian Wars to the beginning of the Peloponnesian War B. C. 479-431, Athens in the time of Pericles, The Peloponnesian War. --First Period, from the commencement of the War to the Peace of Nicias B. C. 431-421, The Peloponnesian War. --Second Period, from the Peace of Nicias to the Defeat of the Athenians in Sicily, B. C. 421-413, The Peloponnesian War. --Third Period, from the Sicilian Expedition to the end of the War B. C. 413-404, The Thiry Tyrants, and the death of Socrates B. C. 404-399, The Expedition of the Greeks under Cyrus, and Retreat of the Ten Thousand, B. C. 401-400, The Supremacy of Sparta, B. C. 404-371, The Supremacy of Thebes, B. C. 371-361, History of the Sicilian Greeks from the Destruction of the Athenian Armament to the Death of Timoleon, Phillip of Macedon, B. C. 359-336, Alexander the Great, B. C. 336-323, From the Death of Alexander the Great to the Conquest of Greece by the Romans, B. C. 323-146, and Sketch of the History of Greek Literature from the Earliest Times to the Alexander the Great. Reign of