Ancient Greece: Streams of History

Ancient Greece: Streams of History

Ancient Greece: Streams of History narratively presents the main geographical features of Greece. This special 1902 edition reprint by Ellwood Kemp provides interesting historical sketches of the life of the Greeks. Kemp eloquently describes four different stages of Greek development:

• Age of Homer
• Persian Wars
• Age of Pericles
• Age of Alexander the Great.

The writing emphasizes Greece’s growth to a land of great beauty and shows Alexander’s influence in spreading Hellenistic culture through Egypt and Asia.

The text provides a good look at the rise and fall of ancient Greece without seeking to glorify the Greek gods or the Greeks’ system of beliefs. This book is scheduled for the child to read independently.

You can read the first chapter here.