The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-27
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
The Greeks were Fighters From
Start 10 Finish
THEIR PROBABLE ORIGIN

InEIh TAObADLE UNioIN
Once Lived In Caves and Other Holes
In the Ground-Many Races Com
bined In One-One Greek War
Lasted for Ten Years-At First
Writing and Reading Poetry Was
the Chief Amusement of the
Greeks-The Persians Tried to
Whip the Greeks But Got Left
A Word About Thermopyle.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
Bilkinsville, \. c., March "a. 1919
The history or Greece, like that
ov most countries, liz bit uncertain.
Yet Greece liz, or ought to be, we'll
known ON account ov the part hit hez
awlways played in history. Its orig
inal inhabitants are believed to hey
been the descendants ov Java, who
wuZ a son ov Japthat, who made
some reputation when the world wuz
young. These people were hardly
more than savages, maxim their
homes in caves and feedin' upon
acorns an such. They clothed them
selves, when any clothes were worn,
with the skins ov animals and con-
gregated in large or small camps in
The early settlers were a mixture ov
many different races or tribes. Saw
ages at first, they slowly developed
an grew until they became noted
for great mental and physical quail
tiles, and at this time they are not
far behind the worlds best people
in some respects.
At some time, no one can tell just
when, the Greeks tried to establish
slave-holding, natives being the
slaves. Like most countries, Greece
had her heroes, such az Bacchus and
Hercules.
The first noted politician il said
to hev been Ogyges, who got to the
front somehow, probably bein' elect
ed by a minority ov the voters, still
| popular in some countries. A fell
| low by the name ov Cercrops led a
| colony ov people from Egypt and
settled in Greece. He an hiz band
started the city ov Athens and intro
duced the worship ov the goddess
Athena, or Minerva. He established
the court ov Areopagus. The dis
trict which he settled wuz hard to
get at, consequently the early pirates
who roved the seas never found hiz
settlement Az outsiders could not
pronounce the names ov the early
Greek rulers they were afraid ov
them anyway. But Cecrops wuz
man who did things and he lost hi
popularity and finally died in exile
In many cases the politician who il
worth hiz salt stands but little show
on this earth. Nearly everybody
gave George Washington a grea
name both az a soldier and az
citizen. But he had a terrible time
to keep out ov the hands ov mer'
politicians who wanted to pull hin
down an kick him out. Menestheu
succeeded. Ogyges az ruler ov hi
district, though the various district
ov the country continued separat
for a long time. They were contin
ually at war amongst themselves
On account ov an outrage wh1el
only affected a few people, an arm
ov about 100000 wuz made up fror
the different Greek provinces. On
city wuz beseiged for ten years. The
= finally captured the city. But whe
1 the rulers returned to their home
they found that new rulers had
taken their places and had things 8
l we'll In hand that they could not ge
, them out. In some cases the valiar
soldiers were compelled to leav
their country, provided they wer
: not killed, which happened in som
= cases.
8 According to Homer and Herr
dotus, two famous historians. tn
: early Greeks worshipped invisibl
imaginary gods instead ov idols.
'' The earliest Greeks were natur'
poets, or thought they were. Ever.
Y thing wuz reduced to poetry an
- much ov hit wuz publicly read
: great crowds at stated times. Gait
instead of coin were used az a mea
ure ov the medium Of exchang
y Merchants were looked upon wit
. suspicion and scorn. Pirates stoc
- much higher in the social scale ths
:. storekeepers. The early Greek do
= tors were surgeons and woun'
were dressed by them. But intern
diseases were supposed to be eau
ed by the gods and that no remedi
= could give any aid. War wuz CO
sidered about the only respectful