Greek History

Highlights of the History of Greece

Stories of the ancient Greek civilization and the Greek nation since by some of the greatest writers.

Some of the years are approximate.

Ancient

Year	Title	Author(s)
3800 BC	Archeological Excavation of Crete	Dr. Edgar J. Banks
3800 BC	The Origin of Greek Alphabet Discovered	James Baikie\| \|David G. Hogarth
1235 BC	Theseus Founds Athens	Plutarch
594 BC	Solon’s Early Greek Legislation	George Grote
585 BC	The Ancient Olympics	George Grote
444 BC	Pericles	Plutarch
430 BC	The Great Athens Plague	George Grote
413 BC	Syracuse Defeats Athens	Sir Edward S. Creasy
400 BC	Crisis of Xenophon’s 10,000’s Quest for Home	Xenephon
399 BC	The Last Days of Socrates	Plato
331 BC	Alexander the Great Wins the Battle of Gaugamela	Sir Edward S. Creasy
322 BC	Alexander the Great Reduces Tyre	Oliver Goldsmith
280 BC	Pyrrhus Attacks Rome	Plutarch

Later

Year	Title	Author(s)
1100	Roger Ravages the Byzantine Empire	George Finlay
1824	Lord Byron and the Greek War of Independence	Lewis Sergeant\| \|John Nichol
1825	Siege of Missolonghi	George Finlay
1827	The Battle of Navarino	Harriet Martineau
1897	Greco-Turkish War of 1897	Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett
1912	The First Balkan War	J. Ellis Barker\| \|Frederick Palmer\| \|Stephen P. Duggan
1913	The Second Balkan War	Stephen P. Duggan\| \|Capt. A.H. Trapmann

General

Title	Author(s)
Herodotus	George C. Macaulay (translator)

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