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HISTORY OF GREECE.
BY
GEORGE GROTE, Esq.
VOL. XII.
REPRINTED FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
329 AND 331 PEARL STREET.
1875.
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AFRICAN TERRITORY OF CARTHAGE.
PLAN to illustrate the BATTLE OF ISSUS.
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CONTENTS.
VOL. XII.
CHAPTER XCI.
FIRST PERIOD OF THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT —SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF THEBES.
State of Greece at Alexander’s accession — dependenceon the Macedonian kings. — Unwilling subjection of the Greeks— influence of Grecian intelligence on Macedonia. — Basis ofAlexander’s character — not Hellenic. — Boyhood and Educationof Alexander. — He receives instruction from Aristotle. — Earlypolitical action and maturity of Alexander — his quarrels with hisfather. Family discord. — Uncertainty of Alexander’s position duringthe last year of Philip. — Impression produced by the sudden deathof Philip. — Accession of Alexander — his energy and judgment.— Accomplices of Pausanias are slain by Alexander — Amyntas andothers are slain by him also. — Sentiment at Athens on the death ofPhilip — language of Demosthenes — inclination to resist Macedonia,yet without overt act. — Discontent in Greece — but no positivemovement. — March of Alexander into Greece — submission of Athens.— Alexander is chosen Imperator of the Greeks in the convention atCorinth — continued refusal of concurrence by Sparta. — Conditionsof the vote thus passed — privileges granted to the cities. —Authority claimed by Alexa