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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ...America? What east from South America Where is Australia? What large island country belongs to Europe? What large island country belongs to Asia? (Japan.) Which have the most cold, snowy lands, the northern or southern grand divisions? LESSON IV. ABOUT GREECE. On the next page is a map of Europe alone, taken out from the rest of the world, and made large, so that you may find the different countries marked on it. Long, long ago, when there were no white men in America, no towns, no roads, Lesson IV.--Who were the old Greeks and Romans? What is said of Greece? only the wild Indians hunting deer and buffalo through the thick woods, and when people in the Old World had no idea that there was another continent on the other side of the world, there were two nations in the south of Europe who already had palaces, fine temples, roads, and cities, and lived in great power and splendor. These people were the Greeks and Romans; and you may find their countries in the south of Europe, almost surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The home of the Greeks was Greece, and never was there a more beantiful home. The whole country is cut up by small ridges of mountains or hills, with charming valleys between, watered by many little rivers, and shaded with groves of dark, old olive trees, bearing the little fruit that makes our sweet oil. This was before Christ was born on the earth; and these old-time Greeks were not Christians, but worshipped a great many different gods. They built temples for these gods, and made statues, that is, human forms, out of marble, lo represent each god and goddess. The greatest of these gods was named Jupiter; and there were many statues and temples for him all over the land. Neptune was the god of the sea; and, when men were...
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