History of Greece, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Greece, Vol. 3<br><br>I have thus brought down the history of Sparta to the period marked by the reign of Peisistratus at Athens: at which time she had attained her maximum of territory, was confessedly the most powerful state in Greece.and enjoyed a proportionate degree of deference from the rest. I now proceed to touch upon the three Dorian cities on and near to the Isthmus - Corinth, Sikyon, and Megara, as they existed at this same period.<br><br>Even amidst the scanty information which has reached us, we trace the marks of considerable maritime energy and commerce among the Corinthians, as far back as the eighth century u.c. The foundation of Korkyra and Syracuse, in the eleventh Olympiad, or 734 B.C. (of which I shall speak farther in connexion with Grecian colonisation generally), by expeditions from Corinth, affords proof that they knew howto turn to account the excellent situation which connected them with the sen on both sides of Peloponnesus. Moreover Thucydides, while he notices them as the chief liberators of the sea in early times from pirates, also tells us that the first great improvement in ship-building - the construction of the trireme, or ship of war, with a full deck and triple banks for the rowers - was the fruit of Corinthian ingenuity.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.