Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE FABULOUS AND LEOEXDARY PERIOD OF GRECIAN HISTORY: ENDIXQ WITH TIIK CLOSE OK TUB TCOJAN WAR, 1183 B C. ANALYSIS. 1. Extent of Ancient Greece. Of Modern Greece. Tho most ancient name of the country.—2. The two general divisions of Modern Greece. Extent of Northern Groeco, Of the Moroa. Whole area of tin.- country so renowned in history.—3. The general surface of the country. Ila fertility.—4. Mountains of Greece. Rivers. Climate. Tlic seasons. Scenery. Classical associations. 5. Grkcian Mythology, the proper introduction to Grecian history.—6. Chaos. Earth, and Heaven. The offspring of Earth and V ranus. [U' raims; the Titans: the Cyclopes.]—7. IF ruuua Is dethroned, and is succeeded by Sat' urn. [The furies: the Giants: and the Mclian Nymphs. Venus. Sat1 urn. Jupiter. Nep' tune. Flti'o.]—8. War of tho Titans against Sat urn. War of the Gianla with Jupiter. The result. New dynasty of Hie gods.—II. The wives of Jupiter. [Juno.] His offspring. [Mor'cury. Jliirs. Apol'lo. Viil'cnn. Diana. Miner1 vs.] Oth tx'leslial divinities. [C6ros. Vcs'ul]—10. Other deities not included among the celestial. [Uac'chus. Iris. Hebe. The Muses. The l-'ales. The Graces.] Monsters. [Harpies. Cor'- gons.] Rebellions against Jupiter. [Olyin'pus.]—II. Numbers, ami character, of the legends of tlio ginls. Vulgar belief, and philosophical explanations of them. 12. Eaklikst Inhabitants Ok Grkkck. The Pelas'Rians. Tribes included under this name.—i:i. Character and civilization of the Pelas'giana. [Cyclopean structures. Asia Minor.]—1-1. Foreign Settlers In Grkkck. Reputed founding of Ar'gos. [Ar'gos. Arf- L'olis. Oceaiuls. In'achus.] The accounts of the early Grecian setlleiucnts not reliable,—IS. Tlie fonrulinx of Athens. [At1 lica. O.u'y'ge.] The elements of Grecian civilization...