...Greece, the last volumes of which were published in 1856, is the best on the subject in any language. "The poets, historians, orators, and philosophers...intelligible and more instructive to the student," while the political and social affairs of the Greeks have been described with the greatest minuteness...

...applied to himself, and it may be said of his History of Greece (12 vola. Lond. 1846 — 1856), that ' the poets, historians, orators, and philosophers of...intelligible and more instructive to the student ; and tlie general picture of the Grecian world may now be conceived with a degree of fidelity which, considering...

...JJwtory of Greece (12 vola. Loud. 1846 — 1856), that ' the poets, historians, orators, and philoaophers of Greece have been all rendered both more intelligible...imperfect materials, it is curious to contemplate.' His views of Greek, and especially of Athenian politics, are by some supposed to be unduly tinged by...

...rendered both more intelligible and more instructive than they were to a student in the last century ; and the general picture of the Grecian world may now...fidelity, which, considering our imperfect materials, it ie curious to contemplate. It is that general picture which an historian of Greece ia required first...

...jibe well with the caution toward the evidence that he advocated: "The general picture of the Greek world may now be conceived with a degree of fidelity,...considering our imperfect materials, it is curious to contemplate."81 I have discussed Karl Otfried Miiller's attitude toward mythology in this book and...

...to Mr. Grote the compliment he pays to others, "the çoets, historians, orators, and philosophers ot Greece have been all rendered both more intelligible...is sure ; and nothing can diminish the satisfaction he must now feel at his decided and proclaimed success but the consciousness that the moment is approaching...