Originally published in 1837, this is the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. This new edition includes the text of a never-before-published 'third volume'.

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Oswyn Murray

Introduction Book I: From the Earliest Period to the Legislation of Solon to BC 594 Book II: From the Legislation of Solon to the Battle of Marathon, BC 594-490 Book III: From the Battle of Marathon to the Battles of Plataea and Mycale, BC 490-BC 479 Book IV: From the End of the Persian Invasion to the Death of Cimon, BC 479-BC 449 Book V: From the Death of Cimon, BC 449, to the death of Pericles, in the third year of the Peloponnesian War, BC 429 Book VI: (a fragment) From the Start of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Delium, BC 432/1-BC 424/3 Bibiography of Works Cited by the Author Index