Novice Favorites Recommended for beginners of any age Book TitleAuthor Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren Story of the Greeks by Helene A. Guerber Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church Comprehensive History Book TitleAuthor Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor Story of the Greek People by Eva March Tappan Story of the Greeks by Helene A. Guerber Historical Tales: 10—Greek by Charles Morris Pictures from Greek Life and Story by Alfred J. Church Stories of the East From Herodotus by Alfred J. Church On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge Stories from Greek History by Ethelwyn Lemon Military History Book TitleAuthor by Frances Younghusband Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Alfred J. Church Story of the Persian War by Alfred J. Church Helmet and Spear by Alfred J. Church Biographies Book TitleAuthor Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks by F. J. Gould Old World Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman Statesmen and Sages by Charles F. Horne Soldiers and Sailors by Charles F. Horne Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men by Samuel B. Harding Cyrus the Great by Jacob Abbott Darius the Great by Jacob Abbott Xerxes by Jacob Abbott Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott Pyrrhus by Jacob Abbott Legends Book TitleAuthor Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church Odyssey for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church Stories from the Iliad Told to the Children by Jeanie Lang Stories from the Odyssey Told to the Children by Jeanie Lang Adapted Literature Book TitleAuthor Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred J. Church Stories from the Greek Comedians by Alfred J. Church Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers by Mary E. Burt Historical Fiction Book TitleAuthor Spartan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles Callias - The Fall of Athens by Alfred J. Church Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great by Alfred J. Church Three Greek Children: A Story of Home in Old Time by Alfred J. Church Crown of Pine by Alfred J. Church Hammer by Alfred J. Church Mythology Book TitleAuthor Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes by James Baldwin Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew by Josephine Preston Peabody Gods and Heroes or The Kingdom of Jupiter by Robert Edward Francillon Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Greek Heroes by Charles Kingsley Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum Children of the Dawn by Elsie Finnimore Buckley Golden Porch by W. M. L. Hutchinson Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men by Samuel B. Harding Eras of Ancient Greece — Reading Heroic Age Eastern Kingdoms Greek City States Persian War Athenian Empire Decline of Greece Hellenistic Age Greco-Roman Era Heroic Age Prior to 1000 B.C. Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to Aftermath of the Trojan War. Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from The Gods of Greece to Adventures of Ulysses (10 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from Wonderland to Bow of Odysseus (20 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan from In the Days of Myths to In the Days of Myths (cont.) (2 chaps) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Early Inhabitants of Greece to Burning of Troy (18 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from How Troy was Taken to Seven Against Thebes (4 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman Theseus (1 chap.) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding from Greeks to Wanderings of Odysseus (27 chaps) Iliad for Boys and Girls by Church (entire book) Odyssey for Boys and Girls by Church (entire book) Old Greek Stories by Baldwin (entire book) Golden Age of Greek Heroes by Baldwin (entire book) Greek Folk Stories by Peabody (entire book) Gods and Heroes by Francillon (entire book) Wonder Book by Hawthorne (entire book) Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne (entire book) Greek Heroes by Kingsley (entire book) Children of the Dawn by Buckley (entire book) Golden Porch by Hutchinson (entire book) Eastern Kingdoms 600 B.C. to 500 B.C. Foundation of Lydian and Babylonian Empires to Reign of Darius the Great Book TitleSelected Chapters Story of Greece by Macgregor from Bridge of Boats to Sandal Sewn by Histiaeus (5 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Fortune of Croesus to Darius and the Scythians (4 chaps) Soldiers and Sailors by Horne from Nebuchadnezzer to Cyrus the Great (2 chaps) Stories From Herodotus by Church (entire book) Cyrus the Great by Abbott (entire book) Darius the Great by Abbott (entire book) Greek City States 800 B.C. to 500 B.C. Rise of Sparta to Democratic Reforms in Athens Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from Lycurgus to Pisistratus (3 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from Land of Hellas to Law of Ostracism (14 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan from How the Early Greeks Lived to Greek Colonies: The Tyrants (6 chaps) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Heroic Death of Codrus to Hippias Driven out of Athens (21 chaps) Greek Life and Story by Church from Statesman and Poet to Exiles of Phocaea (3 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Lycurgus and the Spartan Laws to Tyrants of Corinth (6 chaps) Children's Plutarch: Greeks by Gould from Hardy Men of Sparta to Wise Man of Athens (2 chaps) Old World Hero Stories by Tappan from Homer, The Great Story Teller to Solon, Who Made Laws for the Athenians (3 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman from Lycurgus to Solon (2 chaps) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding from What Lycurgus Did for Sparta to What Solon Did for Athens (2 chaps) Statesmen and Sages by Horne Lycurgus (1 chap.) Artists and Authors by Horne Homer (1 chap.) Persian War 499 B.C. to 477 B.C. Ionian Revolt to Aftermath of the Persian War Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from Miltiades the Hero of Marathon to Aristides (4 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from Darius Demands Earth and Water to Battle of Plataea (13 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan from First and Second Persian Expeditions to Great Persian Invasion (cont.) (3 chaps) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Great King to Death of Pausanias (16 chaps) Greek Life and Story by Church from Battle-field of Freedom to Traitor or Patriot (6 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Athenians at Marathon to Plataea's Famous Day (5 chaps) Children's Plutarch: Greeks by Gould from Savior of Athens to Just Man (2 chaps) Old World Hero Stories by Tappan from Darius of Persia is Repulsed at Marathon to Xerxes of Persia tries to Conquer Greece (2 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman from Themistocles to Aristides (2 chaps) Statesmen and Sages by Horne Themistocles (1 chap.) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding from How the Athenians Fought the Persians to (4 chaps) Stories of the Ancient Greeks by Shaw from The Battle of Marathon to The Wooden Walls (4 chaps) Xerxes by Abbott (entire book) Athenian Empire 477 B.C. to 404 B.C. Formation of the Delian League to the Fall of Athens Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from Cimon to Socrates (5 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from Delian League to Walls of Athens Are Destroyed (26 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan from After the Persian War to Fall of Athens (5 chaps) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Cimon Improves Athens to Death of Alcibiades (12 chaps) Greek Life and Story by Church from In the Theatre at Athens to Lion's Cub (11 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Four Famous Men of Athens to Socrates and Alcibiades (7 chaps) Children's Plutarch: Greeks by Gould from Admiral of the Fleet to Three Powers (5 chaps) Old World Hero Stories by Tappan from Pericles and His Age to Two Philosophers, Socrates and Plato (2 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman from Cimon to Lysander (5 chaps) Statesmen and Sages by Horne from Pericles to Socrates (2 chaps) Artists and Authors by Horne Phidias (1 chap.) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding from Aristides the Just to Socrates, the Philosopher (4 chaps) Greek Comedians by Church (entire book) Greek Tragedians by Church (entire book) Sicilian Expedition by Church (entire book) Three Greek Children by Church (entire book) Our Little Athenian cousin by Cowles (entire book) Decline of Greece 404 B.C. to 338 B.C. Aftermath of Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Chaeronea Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from Xenophon to Epaminondas and Pelopidas (2 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from March of the Ten Thousand to Sacred War (12 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan from When Sparta Ruled to Philip of Macedonia (3 chaps) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants to Philip Masters Greece (23 chaps) Greek Life and Story by Church from Wisest of Men to One Hero of Thebes (4 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Retreat of the Ten Thousand to Sacred War (5 chaps) Children's Plutarch: Greeks by Gould from In Old Persia to Man Who Saved Sicily (6 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman from Artaxerxes to Timoleon (6 chaps) Statesmen and Sages by Horne from Diogenes to Aristotle (3 chaps) Artists and Authors by Horne Plato (1 chap.) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding from How Epaminondas Made Thebes Free to King Philip and Demosthenes (2 chaps) Callias - The Fall of Athens by Church (entire book) Helmet and Spear by Church (entire book) Hellenistic Age 336 B.C. to 146 B.C. Ascension of Alexander the Great to the Destruction of Corinth Book TitleSelected Chapters Famous Men of Greece by Haaren from Alexander the Great to Fall of Greece (7 chaps) Story of Greece by Macgregor from Alexander and Bucephalus to Demosthenes in the Temple of Poseidon (13 chaps) Story of the Greek People by Tappan Alexander the Great (1 chap.) Story of the Greeks by Guerber from Birth of Alexander to Greece a Roman Province (25 chaps) Greek Tales by Morris from Alexander the Great and Darius to Death-Struggle of Greece (5 chaps) Children's Plutarch: Greeks by Gould from Orator to Last of the Greeks (9 chaps) Old World Hero Stories by Tappan from Demosthenes, the Famous Greek Orator to Alexander the Great (2 chaps) Young Folks' Plutarch by Kaufman from Demosthenes to Philopoemen (9 chaps) Soldiers and Sailors by Horne Alexander the Great (1 chap.) Greek Gods and Heroes by Harding Alexander the Great (1 chap.) The Hammer by Church (entire book) Young Macedonian by Church (entire book) Alexander the Great by Abbott (entire book) Pyrrhus by Abbott (entire book) Greco-Roman Era 146 B.C. to 476 A.D. Fall of Mainland Greece to the Fall of the Western Empire Book TitleSelected Chapters Greek Tales by Morris from Zenobia and Longinus to Literary Glory of Greece (2 chaps) Statesmen and Sages by Horne Archimedes (1 chap.) Crown of Pine by Church (entire book)
Heroic Age Eastern Kingdoms Greek City States Persian War Athenian Empire Decline of Greece Hellenistic Age Greco-Roman Era
