Contents of Volume I:
A HISTORY OF GREECE is the thrilling story of the rise to power and influence of the greatest civilization the world has ever known. As Cyril Robinson’s exquisite narrative unfolds, we find ourselves plunged into mankind’s greatest and most magnificent adventure. The story begins in Minoan Crete, but quickly shifts to a dimly understood mainland culture. We follow the heroic deeds of the Mycenians and the Trojan war, the glorious artistic and intellectual triumphs of the Ionians, the turmoil of the Doric invasion and resultant dark age, the slow recovery culminating in the epic Persian wars and the renewed splendor of Periclean Athens. But civil strife soon follows and eventually embroils all of Greece.

Contents of Volume II:
A HISTORY OF GREECE continues with the bitter struggle between Sparta and Athens for mastery of the Hellenic world. Though Sparta finally emerges victorious, her victory soon turns to ashes with the ascendancy of Thebes and the still greater power of Philip of Macedon. Philip unites an unwilling Greece with his iron policy. Athens gives up her independence, but maintains an aloof intellectual and artistic leadership in the Greek world. Across this magnificent fabric of history strides Alexander the Great, who takes the banner of Hellenic culture all the way across the Persian Empire and into India itself, a stunning event that changed history for all time. This is followed by the Hellenic age and the final subjugation of Greece by Rome. An incredible epic, indeed.

CYRIL EDWARD ROBINSON (1884–1981), was born at Bury St. Edmunds in England, the son of a local clergyman. He attended Marlborough and Magdalen, achieving distinction at both institutions. He joined the staff of Winchester College in 1909, where he remained until his retirement in 1945. Robinson was an inspired and gifted teacher who taught classics using the Socratic method. He believed that knowledge and truth were already present in his students and that his task was to draw it forth. Few of his former pupils would doubt that he succeeded brilliantly. Robinson is the author of many books on Greece and Rome. His lucid mind, clear prose and elegant style make his historical works among the greatest of the 20th century.