Comic History of Greece

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Excerpt from Comic History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander the GreatA preface is usually an apology, - a gratuitous confession of a weakness which the writer would be chagrined to have the reader accredit to him.The critic is thus informed of the heel of Achilles, and very gratefully proceeds to aim his shafts at that point of vulnerability.This book was undertaken for the purpose of getting even with Greece for ever venturing to have a history.Two or three of the unstudious back row of which the author was a conspicuous member at college have expressed, with humiliating frank ness, their astonishment at the writer's associa tion with the project, and their concern for the publisher.At any rate, the author does not forget the exasperating Hellenic topography which he was compelled to describe, nor is he likely to lose sight of the drudgery which began with the Pelas gians and concluded with Philip of Macedon and an apology.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.