194- West Yiew of the Acropolis restored. From Wordsworth’s Athens.
BOOK VI.
C H A P T E E L
GEEECE.
CONTENTS.
Historical notice — Pelasgic art — Tomb of Atreus — Other remains — Hellenic
G-reece — History of the orders — Doric order — The Parthenon — Ionic order —
Corinthian order — Caryatid.es ■— Forms of temples — Mode of lighting — Muni-
cipal arehitecture — Theatres.
CHRONOLOGY.
DATES.
Atridaj at Mycen®, from . . . b.c. 1207 to 1104
Return of the Heraclidaj to Peloponnese . 1104
Olympiads commence. 776
Cypselidse at Corinth —Building of temple
at Corinth, from. 655 to 581
Selinus founded, and first temple com-
menced. 626
Ascendancy of Jtgina—Building of temple
at JSgina, from. 508 to 499
Battle of Marathon. 490
DATES.
Battle of Salamis.b.c. 480
Theron at Agrigentum. Commences great
temple. 480
Cimon at Athens. Temple of Theseusbuilt 469
Pericles at Athens. Parthenon finished . 438
Temple of Jupiter at Olympia finished . 436
Propyleea at Athens huilt, from . . 437 to 432
Selinus destroyed by Carthaginians. . . 4io
Erechtheium at Athens finished . . . 409
Monument of Lysicrates at Athens. . . 335
Death of Alexander the Great .... 324
Till within a very recent periocl the histories of Greece and Eome have
heen considered as tlie ancient histories of the world; and even now,
in our nniversities and prfblic schools, it is scarcely acknowledged that
BOOK VI.
C H A P T E E L
GEEECE.
CONTENTS.
Historical notice — Pelasgic art — Tomb of Atreus — Other remains — Hellenic
G-reece — History of the orders — Doric order — The Parthenon — Ionic order —
Corinthian order — Caryatid.es ■— Forms of temples — Mode of lighting — Muni-
cipal arehitecture — Theatres.
CHRONOLOGY.
DATES.
Atridaj at Mycen®, from . . . b.c. 1207 to 1104
Return of the Heraclidaj to Peloponnese . 1104
Olympiads commence. 776
Cypselidse at Corinth —Building of temple
at Corinth, from. 655 to 581
Selinus founded, and first temple com-
menced. 626
Ascendancy of Jtgina—Building of temple
at JSgina, from. 508 to 499
Battle of Marathon. 490
DATES.
Battle of Salamis.b.c. 480
Theron at Agrigentum. Commences great
temple. 480
Cimon at Athens. Temple of Theseusbuilt 469
Pericles at Athens. Parthenon finished . 438
Temple of Jupiter at Olympia finished . 436
Propyleea at Athens huilt, from . . 437 to 432
Selinus destroyed by Carthaginians. . . 4io
Erechtheium at Athens finished . . . 409
Monument of Lysicrates at Athens. . . 335
Death of Alexander the Great .... 324
Till within a very recent periocl the histories of Greece and Eome have
heen considered as tlie ancient histories of the world; and even now,
in our nniversities and prfblic schools, it is scarcely acknowledged that