World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Poetry, Historical Fiction, Philosophy, History, War & Military Fiction

Authors: Eva March Tappan In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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The last token, painting, frontispiece
Greece Part I: Stories from Greek literature: Historical note
The story of Oedipus, by Sophocles, retold by Rev. G. W. Cox
The sacrifice of Iphigenia, by Euripides
The deification of Homer, painting p. 22
Princess Nausicaa and the shipwrecked sailor, by Homer
The meeting between Odysseus and his father, by Homer
Greece Part II: Life in Early Greece: Historical note
How the Spartan boys were trained (about the ninth century B.C.), by Plutarch
Solon, who made laws for the Athenians (639-559 B.C.), by Eva March Tappan
At the Olympian Games (after the eighth century B.C.), by Charles Diehl
The chariot race (after the eighth century B.C.), by Sophocles
Greek girls playing ball, painting p. 75
Ode on a Grecian urn, by John Keats
Greece Part III: War with Persia: Historical note
The battle of Marathon (490 B.C.), by E. S. Creasy
The Lemnian: a story of Thermopylae (480 B.C.), by John Buchan
How Themistocles brought about the battle of Salamis (480 B.C.) by Plutarch
Greece Part IV: The Golden Age of Athens: Historical note
Pericles and his age (465-429 B.C.) by Eva March Tappan
A religious procession in honor of Apollo, painting p. 128
In the temple of Aphrodite, by Ernst Eckstein
The bout between the poets (405 B.C.) by Aristophanes
The siege of Plataea (427 B.C.) by Thucydides
When the ten thousand came to sea (400 B.C.) by Xenophon
The death of Socrates (399 B.C.) by Plato
Greece Part V: Macedonian supremacy: Historical note
Danger from Macedonia (348 B.C.) by Demosthenes
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) by Plutarch
In the studio of Apelles (4th century B.C.) by Henry Greenough
The death of Alexander the Great, painting p. 204
Greece Part VI: From the Roman conquest to the nineteenth century: Historical note
The sale of the philosophers (second century A.D.) by Lucian
Marco Bozzaris (1823), by Fitz-Greene Halleck
The Isles of Greece, by Lord Byron
Rome Part I: History and legend: Historical note
Funeral games in honor of Anchises, by Virgil, from translation of Christopher Pearse Cranch
The arrival of Aeneas in Italy, by Virgil, from translation of Christopher Pearse Cranch
How Rome was founded (753 B.C. ?), by Jacob Abbott
The contest between the Horatii and the Curiatii (about 650 B.C. ?), by Livy
Brutus condemning his sons to death, painting p. 268
Horatius (508 B.C. ?), by Thomas Babington Macaulay
How the Plebeians won their rights, by Eva March Tappan
Rome Part II: Stories of the Italian wars: Historical note
When Coriolanus spared Rome (490 B.C. ?), by Thomas Arnold
How Cincinnatus saved the consul (455 B.C.), by Thomas Arnold
The fall of Veii (396 B.C.) by Thomas Arnold
The geese that saved the Capitol (364 B.C.) by Thomas Arnold
Rome Part III: Rome becomes mistress of the world: Historical note
The Romans of the Early Republic and their ways, by Eva March Tappan
How Hannibal made his way to Italy (218 B.C.), by Livy
Hannibal crossing the Rhone, painting p. 336
How Archimedes defended Syracuse (212 B.C.), by Livy
Marius to the Roman people (106 B.C.), by Sallust
Spartacus to the gladiators (73 B.C.), by Elijah Kellogg
On the death of Lesbia's sparrow, by Catullus
Rome Part IV: Julius Caesar: Historical note
Cicero denouncing Catiline in the Roman senate, painting p. 368
When Caesar crossed the Rubicon (49 B.C.), by Plutarch
Caesar at the height of his power (48-44 B.C.), by Plutarch
The assassination of Caesar (44 B.C.) by James Anthony Froude
At the funeral of Caesar (44 B.C.) by William Shakespeare
Rome Part V: The Augustan Age: Historical note
Augustus, the shrewd young emperor (emperor 31 B.C.-14 A.D.), by Eva March Tappan
The letter of a Roman university student (44 B.C.), by Cicero the Younger
A Roman bore, by Horace
Why Ovid was banished (10 A.D.), by Maurice Baring
Rome Part VI: Rome under the Caesars: Historical note
The fall of Sejanus (27 A.D.) by S. Baring-Gould
In the time of Nero, painting p. 430
The emperor Nero on the stage (67 A.D.) by S. Baring-Gould
The destruction of Pompeii (79 A.D.) by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
A visit to Pompeii (nineteenth century) by Charles Dickens
How to treat the Christians (112 A.D.) a letter of Pliny the Younger to the emperor Trajan, and the emperor's reply
Rome Part VII: How the Romans amused themselves: Historical note
''Pollice verso'' (''Thumbs down''), painting p. 460
The dying gladiator, by Lord Byron
The Christian martyrs in the arena (64 A.D.) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
A Roman banquet, by W. A. Becker, adapted from Petronius
The country house of Pliny the Younger (end of the first century A.D.), described by himself
''Ave Caesar'' (''Hail, Caesar''), painting p. 490
The winning of the first missus (about 391 A.D.) by Georg Ebers
Rome Part VIII: The grandeur that was Rome: Historical note
Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher emperor (121-180 A.D.), by Eva March Tappan
Queen Zenobia and the Roman ambassadors (273 A.D.), by William Ware
The Roman roads, by J. R. S. Sterrett
Constantine the Great (born about 270 A.D. Emperor, 306-337), by Eva March Tappan
Rome Part IX: The coming of the Barbarians: Historical note
Rome pays ransom to Alaric the Goth (409 A.D.), by Wilkie Collins
Huns pillaging a French villa, painting p. 540
How the empire was saved from the Huns (451 A.D.), by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
Peace with the Goths or war ? (535 A.D.), by Felix Dahn
Justinian in council, painting p. 548
Belisarius (505-564 A.D.), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part IV include Greek mythology, the classical Greek period and the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. - Summary by Sonia
Cast list for The sacrifice of Iphigenia:
Iphigenia: Devorah Allen / Chorus: alanmapstone / Messenger: Foon / Clytemnestra: Monika M.C. / Agamemnon: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The bout between the poets:
Dionysus: alanmapstone / Aeschylus: TJ Burns / Chorus: Monika M.C. / Euripides: Tomas Peter / Voice: Foon / Pluto: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The sale of the philosophers:
Jupiter: alanmapstone / Mercury: Tomas Peter / First Customer: TJ Burns / Pythagoras: Foon / Second Customer: Sandra Schmit / Diogenes: Son of the Exiles / Third Customer: Angelique G. Campbell / Fourth Customer: Monika M.C. / Democritus: Jim Locke / Heraclitus: Devorah Allen / Socrates: Roger Melin / Fifth Customer: April6090 / Sixth Customer: Craig Franklin / Seventh Customer: ToddHW / Chrysippus: Larry Wilson / Eighth Customer: SaraHale / Ninth Customer: Eva Davis / Pyrrho: Nemo/ Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for At the funeral of Caesar:
First Citizen: alanmapstone / Second Citizen: Monika M.C. / Third Citizen: Foon / Fourth Citizen: TJ Burns / Brutus: Nemo / Antony: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia