n R. Pöhlmann, in Müller’s Handbuch der classischen Alterthumswissenschaft.
o Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Alexander the Great.
Chapter LVIII. Greece During the Life of Alexander
b William Mitford, op. cit.
c Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.
d J. G. Droysen, op. cit.
e Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
f Plutarch, op. cit.
Chapter LIX. The Successors of Alexander
b Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
c Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.
d J. G. Droysen, op. cit.
e Justin, op. cit.
f Arrian, op. cit.
g B. G. Niebuhr, op. cit.
h William Mitford, op. cit.
i George Grote, op. cit.
j Photius, Excerpts from Arrian’s Bithynica.
Chapter LX. Affairs in Greece Proper After Alexander’s Death
b Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
c Plutarch, op. cit.
d J. G. Droysen, Geschichte des Hellenismus.
e George Grote, op. cit.
f Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.
Chapter LXI. The Failure of Grecian Freedom
b George Grote, op. cit.
c J. G. Droysen, op. cit.
d Pausanias, op. cit.
e Justin, op. cit.
f Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.
g Plutarch, op. cit.
h Polybius, op. cit.
i Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
Chapter LXII. The Exploits of Pyrrhus
b L. Ménard, op. cit.
c Titus Livius, op. cit.
d Plutarch, op. cit.
e Article on “Epirus,” in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
f Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
g Justin, op. cit.
h Pausanias, op. cit.
i Polybius, op. cit.
Chapter LXIII. The Leagues and their Wars
b Polybius, General History (translated by Sir H. Spears).
c W. Schorn, Geschichte Griechenlands von der Entstehung des ätol. und achäischen Bundes bis auf die Zerstörung von Korinth.
d Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
e Georg Weber, op. cit.
f Oliver Goldsmith, History of Greece.
g L. Flathe, Geschichte Macedoniens und der Reiche welche von macedonischen Königen beherrscht wurden.
h Plutarch, op. cit.
i Edward A. Freeman, History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy (edited by John B. Bury).
Chapter LXIV. The Final Disasters
b Barthold G. Niebuhr, op. cit.
c Polybius, op. cit.
d Connop Thirlwall, op. cit.
e Strabo, Geographica.
f Pausanias, op. cit.
g L. Flathe, op. cit.
h W. Schorn, op. cit.
i Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus, Excerpts from Polybius.
Chapter LXV. The Kingdom of the Seleucidæ
b Georg Weber, op. cit.
c An Universal History, compiled from original authors, 1799.
d Flavius Josephus, op. cit.
e Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.
f Appian, Roman History.
g Justin, op. cit.
h Arrian, op. cit.
Chapter LXVI. The Kingdom of the Ptolemies
b J. G. Droysen, op. cit.
c S. Sharpe, History of Egypt.
d G. Smith, The Gentile Nations.—Pausanias, op. cit.—Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.—Josephus, op. cit.—Arrian, op. cit.—Plutarch, op. cit.—Justin, op. cit.—Eutropius, Epitome of Roman History.
Chapter LXVII. Sicilian Affairs
b L. Ménard, op. cit.—Diodorus Siculus, op. cit.—Strabo, op. cit.—Plutarch, op. cit.—Edward A. Freeman, article on “Sicily,” in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.—Adolf Holm, Geschichte Siciliens im Alterthum.
A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GRECIAN HISTORY
A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE SOURCES
In a previous part of this work reference has been made to the large number of historians of Greece and to the fragmentary condition in which their works have come down to us. Attention has also been called to the comparatively small aid which the historian of Greece receives from epigraphical inscriptions. There are, to be sure, various inscriptions that give an incidental aid; as, for example, the famous inscription on the leg of the statue of Ramses II at Abu-Simbel; an Athenian inscription referring to the work on the Erechtheum; inscriptions from the walls of the temples at Ephesus, at Priene, and the like. All of these, however, give but incidental glimpses; taken together they would make but a most meagre and fragmentary historical record. There is, however, one inscription extant of far greater importance. This is the so-called Parian marble or Parian chronicle, which was found originally at Paros, was brought to England in 1627 at the instance of the earl of Arundel, and was subsequently presented to the University of Oxford, where it forms part of the collection of Arundel marbles.
This inscription originally comprised an epitome of the chief events in Grecian history (with various notable omissions) from the alleged reign of Cecrops, 1318 B.C., to the archonship of Diognetus, 264 B.C. At present, however, the last part of the record is lost, so that the extant portion comes only to the time of Diotimus, 354 B.C. Various parts of the inscription are more or less illegible, and there are, as just noted, numerous very noteworthy omissions, particularly as regards political events. Moreover, the entire record, as pointed out by Clinton,[52] is everywhere one year out of the way. Nevertheless, as a guide to the sequence of events in Grecian history and as a check on the other sources, the Parian chronicle is of the very greatest importance. It is not known just when or by whom this inscription was made, but it is apparently based on earlier sources that are in the main fairly reliable.