Includes Bibliography and Index

The leanest land -- Dawn in the Aegean: a picture portfolio -- Gods and ancestors -- The divine family: a genealogy -- The twelve Olympians: a picture portfolio -- The age of heroes -- The world of myth: a picture portfolio -- The Greek eruption -- Poets and tellers of tales: an anthology -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta: a chart of script -- Expansion and energy: a picture portfolio -- The rival cities -- The ideal form: a picture portfolio -- Apollo and Dionysus -- The noble structure: a picture portfolio -- Dramatists at their height: an anthology -- The Greeks had a word for it: a glossary -- Life and love -- The Greeks at home: a picture portfolio -- Triumph and tragedy -- The high shrine at Delphi: a picture portfolio -- Prime movers of thought: an anthology -- Posers of problems: a sampling -- Final harvest -- The Autumnal Age: a picture portfolio -- The lasting light -- Reflection and revival: a picture portfolio.

Broad panorama of the living heritage in history, art, science, philosophy and literature, that developed during fifteen centuries of Greek culture.

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