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Alphabetical Historical & Biographical Index
Comprehensive reference index of historical figures, battles, Greek city-states, and ancient institutions.
Academy, gardens of — p. 143
Achsan League — p. 268-270
Achzans exiled to Rome — p. 281
Achilles, avenges Patroclus — p. 50
betrays himself — p. 46
death of — p. 51
in the Styx — p. 45
prophecy regarding — p. 44
Acropolis, captured — p. 88, 96
Parthenon on — p. 149
statue of Athene on — p. 115
temple to Theseus near — p. 28, 143
Adrastus — p. 37-40
^gean Sea, derivation of name — p. 27
i'Egeus — p. 27
i'Egina, Draco at Island of — p. 88
JEncas, escape of — p. 53
i¥ltolian League — p. 268, 273
Agamemnon, insults priest of Apollo — p. 48
King of Mycens — p. 44
Age of Pericles — p. 146
Agesilaus, at Coronea — p. 189
courage of — p. 185, 199
Agis, condemned to death — p. 275
type of old Spartans — p. 271
Alcibiades, anecdotes of — p. 161, 163, 164
hostility toward — p. 166
killed by Persians — p. 171
shield of — p. 162
Alexander — p. 1 197-199
Alexander the Great, birthplace of — p. 227
crosses Libyan desert — p. 245
cuts Gordian knot — p. 238
death of — p. 236, 253
enters Jerusalem — p. 244
generosity of — p. 248
horsemanship of — p. 229, 231
marriage of — p. 252
omens concerning — p. 227
prophecy of — p. 256
self-denial of — p. 251
takes title of " Shah in Shah" — p. 249
tomb of — p. 255
Alexander the Great, victory of . , — p. 237,246
visit of, to Diogenes — p. 235
Alexandria, founded — p. 244
Lighthouse of — p. 264
Ambassador, life of, sacred . . . in, — p. 120
Amphictyonic Council — p. 20, 217, 224
Anaxagoras, philosopher — p. 151, 152
Antalcidas, treaty of — p. 190
Antigone — p. 36, 40
Antigonus Doson — p. 275
Antigonus Gonatas — p. 269
Antigonus, ** the one-eyed " — p. 262
Antipater, governor of Macedon, — p. 256, 258, 260
Apollo sends plague — p. 48
statue in honor of — p. 264
Appetite, recipe for good — p. 238
Aratus, leader of Achsan League — p. 269
poisoning of — p. 277
Arbela, battle at — p. 246
Archon, how elected — p. 87
origin of title of — p. 57
Areopagus, court of law — p. 91
Pisistratus before the — p. 95
Aristides, anecdote of — p. 118
burial of — p. 141
recall of — p. 124
Aristocrat, derivation of — p. 95
Aristodemus, daughter sacrificed by — p. 72
first ruler of Sparta — p. 61
Aristogiton — p. 99, 102
Aristomenes — p. 73-77
Aristophanes — p. 173-175
Aristotle, teacher of Alexander — p. 231
Arridaeus — p. 256, 261
Artaxerxes, befriends Themistocles — p. 140
sends for Hippocrates — p. 155
Aspasia — p. 152
Aster, an archer — p. 220
Athene, festival in honor of — p. 26
statue of Z15, Z49, — p. 247
temple to .... 88, loi, — p. 136, 149, 371
Athenians, at Marathon — p. 113-115
bribery of — p. 189
build statues — p. 102, 179
defeat Spartans — p. 56
extravagance of — p. 141
heroes among Z13, — p. 114
ingratitude of — p. 117, 119
last of the — p. 261
thirty-years' peace of — p. 148
Athens, art in — p. 149
becomes an oligarchy — p. 87
burning of — p. 132
called Cecropia — p. 16
chains of Xerxes in — p. 137
Olympic games at, in 1896 — p. 80
plague in — p. 155
purification of — p. 90
rebuilt — p. 137
title of king in — p. 56
voting in — p. 91, 103
Athos, Mount no, — p. 124, 126
Babylon, city of — p. 246
Hanging Gardens of — p. 264
Bessus, treachery of — p. 248
Brennus, leader of Gauls — p. 267
Bucephalus, meaning of — p. 229
monument to — p. 250
Bulis, self-sacrifice of — p. 120
Cadmus — p. 17, 191
Canal dug by Xerxes — p. 124
Cassander — p. 260-263
Cassandra — p. 42
Ceadas, pit of — p. 75
Cecrops founds Athens — p. 16
Chsronea, battle at — p. 225
Charilaus educated by Lycurgus — p. 62
Charon, babe of, as pledge — p. 193
Chilo dies of joy — p. 86
Chilonis, self-sacrifice of — p. 273
Chios, Island of — p. 60
Cimon, banishment of — p. 146
death of — p. 147
generosity of — p. 143
son of Miltiades — p. 117
Cleombrotus — p. 195, 273
Cleomenes — p. 275, 276
Cleopatra, last of the Ptolemies — p. 265
Clytus — p. 228, 237, 249
Codrus, heroic death of — p. 56
Coinage of money — p. 24
Colchis, Golden Fleece in — p. 25
Colossus of Rhodes — p. 264
Comedy of*' The Qottds*' — p. 174, 175
Coronea — p. 148, 189
Crete, location of — p. 33
Criminals, punishment of — p. 176
self<defense of — p. 91
Crito Z77, — p. 179
Croesus, ruler of Lydia — p. 353
Croton, Greek colony — p. 81, 166
Cunaxa, battle at — p. 180
Cyclops, meaning of — p. 14
Cydnus, Alexander bathes in — p. 340
Cylon — p. 88
Cyrus, death of — p. 180
Daedalus invents sails — p. 33
Damocles' sword — p. 309
Damon — p. 304-308
Danaus teaches shipbuilding — p. 17
Darius, army of, routed — p. 113
audience chamber of — p. 106
death of — p. 119, 348
offers peace to Alexander — p. 347
"The Great King" — p. 104
Decelea, fortification of — p. 168
Delos, Island of — p. 177, 179
robbed — p. 334
saved by thunderstorm — p. 130, 367
Demetrius, generosity of — p. 366
imprisonment of — p. 367
"The Preserver" — p. 263
Democedes, court physician — p. 107
Democrat, derivation of — p. 95
Demosthenes, cowardice of — p. 326
joy of, at death of Philip — p. 333
orator — p. 321-223
takes poison — p. 359
Diana, goddess — p. 47
temple of — p. 65, 227, 237, 264
Diocles, traitor — p. 269
Diogenes — p. 234, 335
Dion — p. 310-215
Dionysius the Elder — p. 202-210
Dionysius the Younger — p. 210-216
Dionysus, festival and theater of — p. 92-94
Draco, cruel lawmaker — p. 87, 88, 91
EA:batana, a walled city — p. 104
Epaminondas, as commander — p. 196
dying words of — p. 201
risks own life for Pelopidas — p. 191
Ephesus, founded — p. 56
taken by Alexander — p. 237
temple at — p. 227, 264
Ephialtes, perfidy of — p. 128
Epimenides, long sleep of — p. 90
Erostratus'wins immortality — p. 328
Eteocles quarrels with Polynices — p. 37-39
Eurybiades, Spartan king — p. 133-134
Flood of Ogyges — p. 15
Furies, duty of — p. 36
Galatia, how named — p. 367
Golden Fleece, search for — p. 25
Gordian knot, cutting the — p. 340
Gordium — p. 238
Granicus, battle near — p. 337
Great Greece — p. 54
Great King, The (see also Darius) — p. 104
Greece, alphabet brought to — p. 17
Egyptians settle in — p. 13
freedom of — p. 281
known as Achaia — p. 282
punishment of criminals in — p. 176
situation of — p. 11
Greeks, at Thermopyls — p. 127, 128
commercial journey by — p. 36
geographical knowledge of — p. 251
gods angry with — p. 54
last of the — p. 380
retreat of — p. 182-184
statue judged by — p. 83
Troy taken by — p. 53
truce of — p. 51
victory of, at Salamis — p. 134
Hanging Gardens of Babylon — p. 364
Harmodius, kills Hipparchus — p. 99
statue in honor of — p. 103
Hector, falls by hand of Achilles — p. 50
kills Patroclus — p. 50
sung by Homer — p. 60
Hecuba, dream of — p. 41
Helen runs away with Paris — p. 43
Hellas, how named (see also Greece) — p. 31
Hellen, second son of Deucalion — p. 30
Hellespont, a narrow strait — p. 109
Helots, Spartan slaves — p. 61
strike for freedom — p. 145
temperance taught by — p. 68
Hephaestion, drinks himself to death — p. 353
friend of Alexander — p. 336
mistaken for Alexander — p. 341
Heraclidae, banishment of — p. 28
regain possessions — p. 55
Heraclides, treachery of — p. 314
Hercules, birthplace of — p. 38
festival instituted by — p. 78
games in honor of — p. 38
Hermes, destruction of statues of — p. 166
Heroic Age 25» — p. 57
Hipparchus — p. 98, 99
Hippias, Athenian ruler — p. 98
capture of — p. 103
Hippocrates drives out plague — p. 156
Homer, birthplace of — p. 60
blindness of — p. 57
poems of, collected — p. 97
rank of, as poet — p. 58, 60
Hymettus, honey of — p. 17
Hyphasis River — p. 351
Icarian Sea, how named — p. 34
Icarus flies too high — p. 34
Inachus teaches Pelasgians — p. 13
Ionia, derivation of name — p. 31
Iphigenia rescued by Diana — p. 47
Ipsus, battle of — p. 365
Ismene dies of grief — p. 40
Isthmian games — p. 380
Ithome, fortified city 73* — p. 73
Jaddua, vision of — p. 344
Jason commands the "Argo " — p. 35
Jocasta, kills herself — p. 35
Queen of Thebes — p. 39
Jove, thunderbolts of — p. 163
Jupiter, festival and statue of — p. 78, 79
temple to — p. 345
Labyrinth of Crete — p. 39, 37, 964
L^ponia, adjective from — p. 66
Laius, killed by CEdipus — p. 31
words of oracle to — p. 29
Lamia, fortress of — p. 258
** Last of the Athenians" — p. 261
" Last of the Greeks " — p. 280
Lesna, courage of — p. 100
honor to — p. 103
Leonidas L, betrayal of — p. 129
guards Thermopylae — p. 125
reply of, to Xerxes — p. 127
Leonidas II — p. 270-275
Leuctra, Theban victory at — p. 196
Libya, temple at — p. 245
Long Walls, building of — p. 147
destruction of — p. 170
rebuilding of — p. 172
Lyceum, laying out of — p. 96
Lycurgus, in Spartan history — p. 61
iron money originated by — p. 70
laws of — p. 62-70
Macedon, location of — p. 217
Mantinea, Theban victory at — p. 199
Marathon, battle of — p. 113-115
situation of — p. 11 1
Mardonius, flight of — p. 134
Mausolus, Tomb of — p. 264
Mediterranean Sea, islands in — p. 13
stretch of — p. 11
Megalopolis, tomb in — p. 280
Menelaus 43| — p. 43
Messenia — p. 71, 280
Messenians, bribed by Romans — p. 280
thrown into Ceadas — p. 75
war against Spartans — p. 145
Messina, city and colony of — p. 77, 166
Lighthouse of — p. 264
Midas, cart of — p. 238
Miletus — p. 56, 137
Milo the athlete — p. 81, 82
Miltiades, at Marathon — p. 112
conviction and death of — p. 117
Mirage — p. 245
Money, coining of — p. 24
institution of iron — p. 70
Morea, why so called — p. 55
Nemean lion — p. 38
Nemesis, statue of — p. 116
Nestor the wise man — p. 44
CEdipus, answers Sphinx's riddle — p. 34
attempted murder of — p. 29
death of — p. 36
fulfillment of prophecy concerning — p. 31, 34
puts out his own eyes — p. 35
Ogyges, flood of — p. 15
Olympia, temple at — p. 78
Olympiad as measurement of time — p. 80
Olympias — p. 227, 261
Olympic games, bearing arms during — p. 126
excitement at — p. 86
girls in — p. 84
renewal of — p. 80
time reckoned by — p. 80
Ostracize, derivation of — p. 104
Paris, bringing up of — p. 43
Paros, Island of — p. 116
Parthenon — p. 149, 264
Patroclus, armor of Achilles on — p. 49
killed by Hector — p. 50
sung by Homer — p. 60
Pausanias, patriotism of mother of — p. 139
successor of Leonidas — p. 134
walled in — p. 139
remains of, in old tombs — p. 18
skill of, in building — p. 14
Pelopidae conquer Heraclidae — p. 28
Pelopidas, exiled Theban — p. 191
returns in disguise — p. 193
slain in battle — p. 199
Peloponnesian War, end of — p. 170
length of — p. 153
Peloponnesus, derivation of name — p. 24
Dorians settle in — p. 55
key of the — p. 270
laid waste — p. 154
present name of — p. 55
Pelops teaches coinage of money — p. 34
Perdiccas, against Ptolemy — p. 260
receives Alexander's ring — p. 253
Pericles, death of — p. 156, 157
eloquence of — p. 154
idol of the poor — p. 144
improvement of Athens by — p. 149
leader of the Athenians — p. 146
Persepolis, burning of — p. 248
Perseus builds Mycenae — p. 17
Persian army, route of, to Greece — p. 109
Persian vessels shut out of the .£gean — p. 147
Phalanx, Macedonian 3x8, — p. 350
Pharos — p. 264
Phidias-, death of — p. 149
ParthcHon decorated by — p. 149, 264
statues by — p. 79, 116, 149
Philip of Macedon, ambition of, — p. 217, 220, 226
at Chaeronea — p. 226
early training of — p. 217
formation of Macedonian phalanx by — p. 218
gift from, to Demosthenes — p. 222
left eye of, put out — p. 220
murder of — p. 226
president of Amphictyonic Council — p. 225
wealth of — p. 218
Philippic, origin of — p. 221
Philopctmon, anecdote of — p. 279
♦' Last of the Greeks" — p. 280
Philoxenus, a philosopher — p. 202-204
Phocion, caution of — p. 257
" Last of the Athenians " — p. 261
Phoenicians, home of — p. 13
Pindar, house of — p. 233
Pisistratidae, expulsion of . « — p. 102
Pisistratus, death of ....* — p. 98
hypocrisy of — p. 95
improvement of Athens by — p. 96
Plataca — p. 134, 136
Plato, Olympic crown given to — p. 212
pupil of Socrates — p. 159
words of Socrates preserved by — p. 177, 179
Polynices — p. 37-39
Porus, Indian king — p. 250
Poseidon 5a, — p. 280
Priam, begs Hector's body — p. 51
desertion of Paris by — p. 41
sung by Homer — p. 60
Prisoners of war as slaves — p. 48, 61
Ptolemy, builds tomb for Alexander — p. 255
conquered by Demetrius — p. 263
Pyramids of Egypt — p. 12, 264
Pyrrha — p. 19, 20
Pythias — p. 204-208
Quarries, The — p. 203
Retreat of the Ten Thousand — p. 185
Rome, Achaeans exiled to — p. 281
art in — p. 282
power of — p. 270, 277
Roxana, imprisonment of — p. 261
wife of Alexander — p. 253
Sacred Battalion — p. 195, 226
Sacred War — p. 324
Salamis, victory at — p. 234, 170
Sardis, burning of — p. 109
taken by Alexander — p. 337
Seleucia — p. 365
Seleucus — p. 262, 265, 267
Scyros, Island of, Achilles at — p. 46
Theseus killed at — p. 28, 143
Shipbuilding taught — p. 17
Sicyon joins Achaean League — p. 269
Sisygambis, love of, for Alexander — p. 242, 255
belief and practice of — p. 158,176
death of — p. 179
defense of ... : — p. 176
last conversation of — p. 177-179
life of Alcibiades saved by — p. 162
statue of — p. 179
Solon, laws of — p. 91, 103, 170
play acting disapproved by — p. 93
return of* to Athens — p. 97
Sophocles — p. 94
Sparta, earthquake at — p. 144
location of — p. 42
rebuilding of — p. 146
rulers of — p. 55
two kings of — p. 61
Spartan, an expression of courage — p. 66
Spartan babes, fate of — p. 63
Spartan boys, education of — p. 63-66
example of bravery of — p. 65
fidelity instilled in — p. 67
test of courage of — p. 65
trained to steal — p. 65
Spartan girls, carried off by Messenians — p. 71
education of — p. 63, 69
Spartan mother, admonition of — p. 68
Spartans, ask aid of Athenians — p. 74
at Pass of Thermopylae — p. 129
attack Amphea — p. 71
covet Messenia — p. 71
degeneracy of — p. 172, 270
force way into Thebes — p. 190
freed from Achaean League — p. 277
habits of — p. 67, 68, 136
influence of superstition on . . iiz, — p. 154
join in Olympic games — p. 79
overcome Messenians — p. 75
rout of three thousand by twelve — p. 195
swear allegiance to Lycurgus — p. 70
Sphinx — p. 33, 34
Styx, power of waters of — p. 45
Sun, eclipse of ....•• — p. 153, 154
Susa, statue at — p. 247
Sybaris, prosperity of — p. 165
Syracuse — p. 166, 204
Temple, at Delphi, command from — p. 19
at Ephesus — p. 227, 264
at Libya — p. 245
at Olympia — p. 78
of Bel, rebuilding of — p. 247
of Jupiter — p. 246
of Neptune — p. 258
protection by a — p. 88, 139, 258, 271
rebuilding of a — p. 247
saved by thunderstorm — p. 130, 267
test of courage at — p. 65
Theagenes, statue of — p. 83
Theater, the first — p. 93
Thebes, founding of — p. 17
siege of — p. 38-40
supremacy of — p. 197
taking of — p. 191, 233
council planned by — p. 125
courage of — p. 133
exiled by Athenians — p. 140
honor of — p. 140
jealousy of — p. 116
Thermopylae, Greeks at — p. 127, 128
Pass of — p. 20, 125
Thersander — p. 40, 44
Theseum — p. 143
Theseus, bones of — p. 143
Greek hero — p. 26-28
Thespians, bravery of — p. 130
Thespis builds first theater — p. 93
Thessaly, location of — p. 55
Thirty Tyrants, the — p. 170-172
Thrasybulus, statues to — p. 172
Tigris, Greeks swim the — p. 246
Torture, instrument of — p. 278
Tragedy, Greek meaning of — p. 93
writers of — p. 94
Troy, burning of — p. 53
location of — p. 41
siege of — p. 47-53
sung by Homer — p. 60
Truce, hundred years' — p. 38, 55
Tyrant, meanings of — p. 97
Tyre, burning of — p. 243
Tyrtaeus leads Spartans — p. 75
Ulysses, in disguise — p. 46
sung by Homer — p. 60
the crafty king — p. 44
wooden horse of — p. 53
Vine, golden — p. 106, 253
War, end of Peloponnesian — p. 170
engines of — p. 124, 263
First Messenian — p. 71
length of Peloponnesian — p. 153
of the Epigoni — p. 40
of the Two Leagues — p. 277
Second Messenian — p. 77
Wonders of the world — p. 149, 328, 364
Xanthippe — p. 158
Xenophon — p. 159, 182
Xerxes L, canal dug by — p. 124
defeat of — p. 134
host of — p. 121-124
sorrow of — p. 122
vessels of, wrecked — p. 126
Xuthus rules Athens — p. 21