(A) History of Greece : to the death of Alexander the great / by J. B. Bury

Includes chronological table, notes, references and index.

Introductory -- The beginnings of Greece and the Heroic age -- The expansion of Greece -- Growth of Sparta -- The union of Attica and the foundation of the Athenian democracy -- Growth of Athens -- The advance of Persia to the Aegean -- The perils of Greece, the Persian and Punic invasions -- The foundation of the Athenian empire -- The Athenian empire under the guidance of Pericles -- The war of Athens with the Peloponnesians (431-421 B.C.) -- The decline and downfall of the Athenian empire -- The Spartan supremacy and the Persian war -- The revival of Athens and her second league -- The hegemony of Thebes -- The Syracusan empire and the struggle with Carthage -- Rise of Macedonia -- The conquest of Persia -- The conquest of the far east