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 CONTENTS. PART IL HISTORICAL GREECE. CHAPTER I. GENERAL GEOGRAPHY AND LIMITS OF GREECE. Northern boundary of Greece Olympus. Scardns and Pindus thew extension and dissemination through southern Greece and Peloponnesus. Ossa and Pelion to the Cyclades. Geological features. Irrega larity of the Grecian waters rivers dry in summer. Frequent marshes and lakes. Subterranean course of rivers, out of land-locked basins. Difficulty of land communication and transport in Greece. Indentations in the line of coast universal accessibility by sea. Sea communica- tion essential for the islands and colonies. Views of the ancient philoso- phers on the influence of maritime habits and commerce. Difference between the land-states and the sea-states in Greece. Effects of the con- figuration of Greece upon the political relations of the inhabitants. Effects upon their intellectual development Limits of Greece. Its chief productions. Climate better and more healthy in ancient times than it is now. Great difference between one part of Greece and another. Epirots, Macedonians, etc. Islands in the TEgean. Greeks on the coast of Asia Minor. .. . 211-238 CHAPTER II. THE HELLENIC PEOPLE GENERALLY IN THIS EARLY HISTORICAL TIMES. The Hellens generally. Barbarians the word used as antithesis to Hel- lens. Hellenic aggregate how held together. 1. Fellowship of blood. 2. Common language. Greek language essentially one with a variety of dialects. 3. Common religious sentiments, localities, and sacrifices. Olympic and other sacred games. Habit of common sacrifice an early feature of the Hellenic mind began on a small scale. Amphiktyonies exclusive religious partnerships. Their beneficial influence in creating sympathies. What was called the Amphiktyonic Council. Its twelve constituent members and their mutual position. Antiquity of the Coun- cil simplicity of the old oo.th. Amphiktyonic meeting" originally at Thermopylae. Valuable influence of these Amphiktyonies and festivals in promoting Hellenic union. Amphiktyons had the superintendence of the temple of Delphi. But their interference in Grecian affairs is only rare and occasional. Many Hellenic states had no participation in it. Temple of Delphi. Oracles generally habit of the Greek mind t consult them. General analogy of manners an ong the Greeks. Polit-