BOOK I.-The ancient history of the Egyptians.

BOOK II. The history of the Carthaginians.

BOOK II. continued.-The history of the Carthaginians.

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BOOK III.-The history of the Assyrians.

VOL. II.

BOOK. IV. The foundation of the empire of the Persians and
Medes by Cyrus; containing the reigns of Cyrus, of Cambyses,
and Smerdis the Magian.

BOOK V.-The history of the origin and first settlement of the
several states and governments of Greece.

BOOK VI. and Book VII.-The history of the Persians and

Grecians.

VOL. III.

BOOK VIII.-The history of the Persians and Grecians.

BOOK IX.-The history of the Persians and Grecians; continued

during the first fifteen years of the reign of Artaxerxes Mnemon.

BOOK IX. continued.-The ancient history of the Persians and

Grecians.

BOOK X.-The ancient history of the Persians and Grecians.

BOOK XI.-The history of Dionysius the elder and younger, tyrants

of Syracuse.

BOOK XII.-The history of the Persians and Grecians.

VOL. IV.

BOOK XIII.-The history of the Persians and Grecians.

BOOK XIV. The history of Philip.

BOOK XV. The history of Alexander.

BOOK XVI. The history of Alexander's successors.

VOL. V.

BOOKS XVII. and XVIII.—The history of Alexander's successors.
BOOK XIX.-Sequel of the history of Alexander's successors.

VOL. VI.

BOOKS XX. and XXI.-The history of Alexander's successors con-
tinued.

BOOK XXII.-The history of Syracuse.

BOOK XXIII.-The history of Pontus.
BOOK XXIV.-The history of Egypt.
General Index.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

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PREFACE. The usefulness of profane history, especially with re-

Of the honours and rewards granted to the victors

The different taste of the Greeks and Romans in regard to public

shows

Of the prizes of wit, and the shows and representations of the

theatre

Extraordinary fondness of the Athenians for the entertainments of

the stage. Emulation of the poets in disputing the prizes in those

representations. A short idea of dramatic poetry

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The origin and progress of tragedy. Poets who excelled in it at

Athens Eschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

lxv

Of the ancient, middle, and new comedy

The theatre of the ancients described

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Passion for the representations of the theatre one of the principal

causes of the decline, degeneracy, and corruption, of the Athenian

The origin and condition of the Elotæ, or Helots

Lycurgus, the Lacedæmonian lawgiver

War between the Argives and the Lacedæmonians

Wars between the Messenians and Lacedæmonians

The first Messenian war

The second Messenian war

The kingdom of Egypt

Syria

Macedonia

Thrace and Bithynia

THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS.

PART I. The description of Egypt: with an account of what is most

curious and remarkable in that country

CHAP. I. Thebais

II. Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis

SECT. I. The obelisks

II. The pyramids

III. The labyrinth

IV. The lake of Moeris

V. The inundations of the Nile

1. The sources of the Nile

2. The cataracts of the Nile

3. Causes of the inundations of the Nile

4. The time and continuance of the inundations

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8. Two different prospects exhibited by the Nile

9. The canal formed by the Nile, by which a communica-

tion is made between the two seas

CHAP. III. Lower Egypt.

PART II. Of the manners and customs of the Egyptians

CHAP. I. Concerning the kings and government

II. Concerning the priests and religion of the Egyptians

SECT. I. The worship of the various deities

II. The ceremonies of the Egyptian funerals

CHAP. III. Of the Egyptian soldiers and war.

IV. Of their arts and sciences

V. Of their husbandmen, shepherds, and artificers

VI. Of the fertility of Egypt

PART III. The history of the kings of Egypt

THE HISTORY OF THE CARTHAGINIANS.

PART I. Of the character, manners, religion, and government of

the Carthaginians

SECT. I. Carthage formed after the model of Tyre, of which that