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Historical Parallels, vol. 1 (of 3)

Chapter 11: INDEX
By Arthur Thomas Malkin
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A survey of historical episodes that juxtaposes ancient Greek myths, wars, and institutions with later European examples to reveal recurring patterns. The author compares heroic exploits and military customs, examines tyranny and its collapse, considers treatment of prisoners, and traces constitutional change and strategic retreats. Chapters alternate between mythic narrative, anecdote, and analytical commentary to show how social institutions, cultural beliefs, and contingency shape outcomes. Classical and medieval materials, including poetry and legend, are deployed to argue that similar forces reappear across eras even as circumstances and consequences vary.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Battle between Theseus and a Centaur, from a design of Flaxman 11
Warrior, in the undress of the heroic age 39
Head of Hercules, from a Camarinæan coin ib.
Medal of Caligula 114
Profile of the Emperor Paul 152
Cosmo de’ Medici, from a Florentine medal 153
Lorenzo de’ Medici, from ditto 189
Giuliano de’ Medici, from ditto 189
Head of Napoleon, from the series of Napoleon medals 190
Medal struck by Napoleon after the retreat from Moscow, from ditto 237

All the medals have been engraved from the originals preserved in the British Museum.

INDEX

Alp Arslan, 93.

Antony, retreat of, from Parthia, 211-213.

Aristogiton, 169-174.

Aristomenes, 40-54.

Bajazet, imprisoned by Tamerlane, 86.

—— his treatment of French prisoners, 88-92.

Brooke, death of Lord, 134.

Buchan, Countess of, imprisoned by Edward I., 87, 88.

Caligula, 134-143.

Cambyses, 120-131.

Cleomenes, 132, 133.

Crassus, retreat and death of, 198-211.

Crœsus, 77-80, 156.

Cylon, insurrection of, 154.

Darius, invasion of Scythia by, 190-198.

England, state of, under first Norman kings, 23-27.

Fatalism, 156-161.

Greek history, mythic period of, 11-13, 21-23.

Guesclin, Bertrand du, treatment by Black Prince, 103, 104, 108-113.

Harmodius, 169-174.

Hereward le Wake, 54-58.

Hipparchus and Hippias, 168-174.

John, King of France, treatment by Black Prince, 105-107.

Julian, Emperor, invasion of Parthia, and death, 213-223.

Medici, Cosmo de’, 175-180.

—— Piero, 181.

—— Lorenzo and Julian, 181-189.

Messenians, early history of, 40-54.

Napoleon, retreat from Moscow 224-237237.

Paul, Emperor, 143-152.

Pazzi, conspiracy of, 183-189.

Pedro, Don, King of Castile, 31-36.

Pisistratus, 163-168.

Power, effects of absolute, 114-119.

Prisoners of war, treatment of, 77-113.

Reedman, Sir Matthew, anecdote from Froissart, 100-102.

Retreat of Darius from Scythia, 196-198;

—— Antony from Parthia, 211-213;

—— Julian in Assyria, 213-223;

—— Napoleon from Moscow, 225-237;

—— Ney in Russia, 190, 194;

—— Hawkwood in Lombardy, 194-197.

Roncesvalles, battle of, 74-85.

Scandinavia, compared with Greece in its early state, 9-20.

Triumphs, Roman, 82-86.

Trojan War, 36-39.

Valerian, treatment by Sapor, 85, 86.

Wallace, 58-76.