Introduction The Rise of Greek Civilization
Chapter One Greek Mythology
Background Knowledge
1.Mythology and Myth
2.The Geography of Greece
3.Timeline of Ancient Greece
4.Hesiod and His Theogony
Theogony
Genesis
The Iliad
The Rage of Achilles
Hector Returns to Troy
Chapter Two The Persian Wars
Background Knowledge
1.Polis
2.Herodotus
3.TheHistories
Solon's View of Happiness
Story of Candaulcs and His Wife
Story of A Thief
Three Forms of Government
Chapter Three Greek Tragedy
Background Knowledge
1.lntroduction
2.Tragedy Defined
3.Sophocles
4.Oedipus the King：An Introduction
Oedipus the King
Chapter Four The History of the Peloponnesian Wars
Background Knowledge
Pericles' Funeral Oration
The Addrcss by Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth Year of the War-The Melian Confercncc-Fate of Melos
Chapter Five Greek Philosophy
BackgroundKnowledge
1.AnOverview
2.The Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.)
Euthyphro
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