burial of 141
discovers plans of Xerxes 133
recall of 124
Aristocrat, derivation of 95
Aristodemus, daughter sacrificed by 72
first ruler of Sparta 61
Aristogiton 99, 102
Aristomenes 73-77
Aristophanes 173-175
Aristotle, teacher of Alexander 231
Arridaeus 256, 261
Artaxerxes, befriends Themistocles 140
oath of 147
sends for Hippocrates 155
treachery of 181
Aspasia 152
Aster, an archer 220
Athene, festival in honor of 26
statue of 115, 149, 247
temple to 88, 101, 136, 149, 271
Athene, tree planted by 90, 137
Athenians, at Marathon 113-115
bribery of 189
build statues 102, 179
defeat Spartans 56
extravagance of 141
heroes among 113, 114
ingratitude of 117, 119
last of the 261
thirty-years' peace of 148
Athens, art in 149
becomes an oligarchy 87
burning of 132
called Cecropia 16
chains of Xerxes in 137
Olympic games at in, 1896 80
plague in 155
purification of 90
rebuilt 137
title of king in 56
voting in 91, 103
Athos, Mount 110, 124, 126
Babylon, city of 246
Hanging Gardens of 264
Bessus, treachery of 248
Brennus, leader of Gauls 267
Bucephalus, meaning of 229
monument to 250
Bulis, self-sacrifice of 120
Cadmus 17, 191
Canal dug by Xerxes 124
Cassander 260-263
Cassandra 42
Ceadas, pit of 75
Cecropia. See _Athens_.
Cecrops founds Athens 16
Chaeronea, battle at 225
Charilaus educated by Lycurgus 62
Charon, babe of, as pledge 193
Chilo dies of joy 86
Chilonis, self-sacrifice of 273
Chios, Island of 60
Cimon, banishment of 146
death of 147
generosity of 143
son of Miltiades 117
Cleombrotus 195, 273
Cleomenes 275, 276
Cleopatra, last of the Ptolemies 265
Clytus 228, 237, 249
Codrus, heroic death of 56
Coinage of money 24
Colchis, Golden Fleece in 25
Colossus of Rhodes 264
Comedy of "The Clouds" 174, 175
Corinth, city of 280, 281
Isthmus of 17, 131
Coronea 148, 189
Crete, location of 22
Criminals, punishment of 176
self-defense of 91
Crito 177, 179
Croesus, ruler of Lydia 253
Croton, Greek colony 81, 166
Cunaxa, battle at 180
Cyclops, meaning of 14
Cydnus, Alexander bathes in 240
Cylon 88
Cyrus, death of 180
Daedalus invents sails 22
Damocles' sword 209
Damon 204-208
Danaus teaches shipbuilding 17
Darius, army of, routed 113
audience chamber of 106
death of 119, 248
offers peace to Alexander 247
resolves to conquer Greece 108, 117
second army of 110
"The Great King" 104
Decelea, fortification of 168
Delos, Island of 177, 179
Delphi, temple at, rebuilding of 101
robbed 224
saved by thunderstorm 130, 267
Demeter, festival of 17, 191
Demetrius, generosity of 266
imprisonment of 267
"The Preserver" 263
Democedes, court physician 107
Democrat, derivation of 95
Demosthenes, cowardice of 226
joy of, at death of Philip 233
orator 221-223
takes poison 259
Deucalion 19, 20
Diana, goddess 47
temple of 65, 227, 237, 264
Diocles, traitor 269
Diogenes 234, 235
Dion 210-215
Dionysius the Elder 202-210
Dionysius the Younger 210-216
Dionysus, festival and theater of 92-94
Draco, cruel lawmaker 87, 88, 91
"Earth and water," demand for 110
Ecbatana, a walled city 104
Egyptians, civilization of 12
Epaminondas, as commander 196
dying words of 201
risks own life for Pelopidas 191
Ephesus, founded 56
taken by Alexander 237
temple at 227, 264
Ephialtes, perfidy of 128
Epimenides, long sleep of 90
Erostratus wins immortality 228
Eteocles quarrels with Polynices 37-39
Eurybiades, Spartan king 132-134
Flood of Ogyges 15
Furies, duty of 36
Galatia, how named 267
Golden Fleece, search for 25
Gordian knot, cutting the 240
Gordium 238
Granicus, battle near 237
Great Greece 54
Great King, The (see also _Darius_) 104
Greece, alphabet brought to 17
Egyptians settle in 13
freedom of 281
known as Achaia 282
punishment of criminals in 176
situation of 11
Greeks, at Thermopylae 127, 128
betrayal of 181
commercial journey by 26
geographical knowledge of 251
gods angry with 54
last of the 280
retreat of 182-184
statue judged by 83
Troy taken by 53
truce of 51
victory of, at Salamis 134
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 264
Harmodius, kills Hipparchus 99
statue in honor of 102
Hector, falls by hand of Achilles 50
kills Patroclus 50
sung by Homer 60
Hecuba, dream of 41
Helen runs away with Paris 43
Helios. See _Apollo._
Hellas, how named (see also _Greece_) 21
Hellen, second son of Deucalion 20
Hellespont, a narrow strait 109
bridging the 121
Helots, Spartan slaves 61
strike for freedom 145
temperance taught by 68
Hephaestion, drinks himself to death 252
friend of Alexander 236
mistaken for Alexander 241
Heracles. See _Hercules_.
Heraclidae, banishment of 28
regain possessions 55
Heraclides, treachery of 214
Hercules, birthplace of 28
festival instituted by 78
games in honor of 38
Hermes, destruction of statues of 166
Heroic Age 25, 57
Hipparchus 98, 99
Hippias, Athenian ruler 98
capture of 102
Darius' generals guided by 111
killed 113
seeks aid from Darius 105
Hippocrates drives out plague 156
Homer, birthplace of 60
blindness of 57
poems of, collected 97
rank of, as poet 58, 60
Hot Gateway 20, 125
Hymettus, honey of 17
Hyphasis River 251
Icarian Sea, how named 24
Icarus flies too high 24
Ilium. See _Troy_.
Immortals, bodyguard of Xerxes 122
gain Pass of Thermopylae 129
Inachus teaches Pelasgians 13
Ionia, derivation of name 21
location of 56, 104
Iphigenia rescued by Diana 47
Ipsus, battle of 265
Ismene dies of grief 40
Issus, Persians routed at 241
Isthmian games 280
Ithome, fortified city 72, 73
Jaddua, vision of 244
Jason commands the "Argo" 25
Jocasta, kills herself 35
Queen of Thebes 29
Jove, thunderbolts of 162
Jupiter, festival and statue of 78, 79
temple to 245
See also _Zeus_.
Labyrinth of Crete 22, 27, 264
Lacedaemon, how named 61
Laconia, adjective from 66
clemency shown to 197
location of 61
Laius, killed by OEdipus 31
words of oracle to 29
Lamia, fortress of 258
"Last of the Athenians" 261
"Last of the Greeks" 280
Leaena, courage of 100
honor to 103
Leonidas I., betrayal of 129
guards Thermopylae 125
reply of, to Xerxes 127
Leonidas II. 270-275
Leuctra, Theban victory at 196
Libya, temple at 245
Long Walls, building of 147
destruction of 170
rebuilding of 172
Lyceum, laying out of 96
Lycurgus, in Spartan history 61
iron money originated by 70
laws of 62-70
Macedon, location of 217
Mantinea, Theban victory at 199
Marathon, battle of 113-115
situation of 111
Mardonius, flight of 134
Mausolus, Tomb of 264
Mediterranean Sea, islands in 13
stretch of 11
Megacles, crime of 89, 101
Megalopolis, tomb in 280
Menelaus 42, 43
Messenia 71, 280
Messenians, bribed by Romans 280
thrown into Ceadas 75
war against Spartans 145
Messina, city and colony of 77, 166
Lighthouse of 264
Midas, cart of 238
Miletus 56, 137
Milo the athlete 81, 82
Miltiades, at Marathon 112
conviction and death of 117
Minerva. See _Athene_.
Mirage 245
Money, coining of 24
institution of iron 70
Morea, why so called 55
Nabis, tyrant 278
Navigation taught 17
Nearchus, exploration of 251
Nemean lion 38
Nemesis, statue of 116
Neptune. See _Poseidon_.
Nestor the wise man 44
OEdipus, answers Sphinx's riddle 34
attempted murder of 29
death of 36
fulfillment of prophecy concerning 31, 34
puts out his own eyes 35
Ogyges, flood of 15
Olympia, temple at 78
Olympiad as measurement of time 80
Olympias 227, 261
Olympic games, bearing arms during 126
excitement at 86
girls in 84
renewal of 80
time reckoned by 80
Ostracize, derivation of 104
Panathenaea, festival of 26
Paris, bringing up of 42
Paros, Island of 116
Parthenon 149, 264
Patroclus, armor of Achilles on 49
killed by Hector 50
sung by Homer 60
Pausanias, patriotism of mother of 139
successor of Leonidas 134
walled in 139
Pelasgians, homes and habits of 12
remains of, in old tombs 18
skill of, in building 14
spinning and weaving by 16
Pelopidae conquer Heraclidae 28
Pelopidas, exiled Theban 191
returns in disguise 193
slain in battle 199
Peloponnesian War, end of 170
length of 153
Peloponnesus, derivation of name 24
Dorians settle in 55
key of the 270
laid waste 154
present name of 55
Pelops teaches coinage of money 24
Perdiccas, against Ptolemy 260
receives Alexander's ring 253
Pericles, death of 156, 157
eloquence of 154
idol of the poor 144
improvement of Athens by 149
leader of the Athenians 146
Persepolis, burning of 248
Perseus builds Mycenae 17
Persian army, route of, to Greece 109
Persian fleet, destruction of 110
retreat of 115
Persian vessels shut out of the AEgean 147
Phalanx, Macedonian 218, 250
Pharnabazus 185-188
Pharos 264
Phidias, death of 149
Parthenon decorated by 149, 264
statues by 79, 116, 149
Philip of Macedon, ambition of 217, 220, 226
at Chaeronea 226
early training of 217
formation of Macedonian phalanx by 218
gift from, to Demosthenes 222
left eye of, put out 220
murder of 226
president of Amphictyonic Council 225
wealth of 218
Philippic, origin of 221
Philopoemon, anecdote of 279
"Last of the Greeks" 280
Philoxenus, a philosopher 202-204
Phocion, caution of 257
"Last of the Athenians" 261
Phoenicians, home of 13
Pindar, house of 233
Pisistratidae, expulsion of 102
Pisistratus, death of 98
hypocrisy of 95
improvement of Athens by 96
Plataea 134, 136
Plato, Olympic crown given to 212
pupil of Socrates 59
words of Socrates preserved by 177, 179
Poliorcetes, "the city taker" 263
Polynices 37-39
Porus, Indian king 250
Poseidon 52, 280
Priam, begs Hector's body 51
desertion of Paris by 41
sung by Homer 60
Prisoners of war as slaves 48, 61
Ptolemy, builds tomb for Alexander 255
conquered by Demetrius 263
Pyramids of Egypt 12, 264
Pyrrha 19, 20
Pythias 204-208
Quarries, The 203
Retreat of the Ten Thousand 185
Rome, Achaeans exiled to 281
art in 282
power of 270, 277
Roxana, imprisonment of 261
wife of Alexander 252
Sacred Battalion 195, 226
Sacred War 224
Salamis, victory at 134, 170
Sardis, burning of 109
taken by Alexander 237
Seleucia 265
Seleucus 262, 265, 267
Scyros, Island of, Achilles at 46
Theseus killed at 28, 143
Shipbuilding taught 17
Sicyon joins Achaean League 269
Sisygambis, love of, for Alexander 242, 255
Slaves, prisoners of war as 48, 61
Socrates, accusation against 175
belief and practice of 158, 176
death of 179
defense of 176
greatest philosopher of the world 171
last conversation of 177-179
life of Alcibiades saved by 162
statue of 179
Solon, laws of 91, 103, 170
play acting disapproved by 93
return of, to Athens 97
Sophocles 94
Sparta, earthquake at 144
location of 42
rebuilding of 146
rulers of 55
two kings of 61
Spartan, an expression of courage 66
Spartan babes, fate of 63
Spartan boys, education of 63-66
example of bravery of 65
fidelity instilled in 67
test of courage of 65
trained to steal 65
Spartan girls, carried off by Messenians 71
education of 63, 69
Spartan mother, admonition of 68
Spartans, ask aid of Athenians 74
at Pass of Thermopylae 129
attack Amphea 71
covet Messenia 71
degeneracy of 172, 270
force way into Thebes 190
freed from Achaean League 277
habits of 67, 68, 136
influence of superstition on 111, 154
join in Olympic games 79
overcome Messenians 75
rout of three thousand by twelve 195
seize Persian ambassadors 111
swear allegiance to Lycurgus 70
Sperthias, self-sacrifice of 120
Sphinx 33, 34
Styx, power of waters of 45
Sun, eclipse of 153, 154
Susa, statue at 247
Sybaris, prosperity of 165
Syracuse 166, 204
Temple, at Delphi, command from 19
at Ephesus 227, 264
at Libya 245
at Olympia 78
of Bel, rebuilding of 247
of Jupiter 246
of Neptune 258
protection by a 88, 139, 258, 271
rebuilding of a 247
saved by thunderstorm 130, 267
test of courage at 65
Theagenes, statue of 83
Theater, the first 93
Thebes, founding of 17
siege of 38-40
supremacy of 197
taking, of 191, 233
Themistocles, Athenian general 112
council planned by 125
courage of 133
exiled by Athenians 140
honor of 140
jealousy of 116
Thermopylae, Greeks at 127, 128
Pass of 20, 125
Thersander 40, 44
Theseum 143
Theseus, bones of 143
Greek hero 26-28
Thespians, bravery of 130
Thespis builds first theater 93
Thessaly, location of 55
Thirty Tyrants, the 170-172
Thrasybulus, statues to 172
Tigris, Greeks swim the 246
Torture, instrument of 278
Tragedy, Greek meaning of 93
writers of 94
Troy, burning of 53
location of 41
siege of 47-53
sung by Homer 60
Truce, hundred years' 28, 55
Tyrant, meanings of 97
Tyre, burning of 243
Tyrtaeus leads Spartans 75
Ulysses, in disguise 46
sung by Homer 60
the crafty king 44
wooden horse of 52
Vine, golden 106, 253
Voting in Athens 91, 103
War, end of Peloponnesian 170
engines of 124, 263
First Messenian 71
length of Peloponnesian 153
of the Epigoni 40
of the Two Leagues 277
Second Messenian 77
Wonders of the world 149, 228, 264
Xanthippe 158
Xenophon 159, 182
Xerxes I., canal dug by 124
defeat of 134
host of 121-124
sorrow of 122
vessels of, wrecked 126
Xuthus rules Athens 21
Zeus (see also _Jupiter_) 77, 151, 162