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Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical

Chapter 100: INDEX.
By John D. Quackenbos
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The volume surveys the literatures of ancient Near Eastern, Indian, Greek, and Roman civilizations, beginning with language families and the development of writing systems. It treats Sanskrit, Persian, Egyptian, Semitic, and Turanian traditions, outlining major genres, religious texts, legal codes, and literary monuments while explaining alphabets and hieroglyphic principles. Biographical sketches of prominent authors are paired with selected extracts to illustrate styles; comparative philology and historical context connect linguistic relationships and cultural influence. Maps, engravings, and a bibliography accompany chapters to aid study and classroom use.

INDEX.

  • Academic School of Philosophy, 241.
  • Accius, 328.
  • Achæus, 261.
  • Achilles Tatius, 295.
  • Acusilaus, 183.
  • Ælian, 302.
  • Æneid, the, 362.
  • Æschines, 257, 260.
  • Æschylus, 193, 194.
  • Æsop, 181.
  • Agathon, 261.
  • Agias, the Trœzenian, 156.
  • Albinovanus, 382.
  • Alcæus, 164.
  • Alcman, 178.
  • Alphabetic Writing, 19, 20.
  • Alphabets, Table of Ancient, 87.
  • Ambrose, 421.
  • Ammonius, 293.
  • Amos, 97.
  • Amphion, 138.
  • Anacreon, 172.
  • Anaxagoras, 234.
  • Anaximander, 183.
  • Anaximenes, 183.
  • Anthology, the, 297.
  • Antimachus, 192.
  • Antisthenes, 254.
  • Antonius, 327.
  • Anyte, 280.
  • Apocrypha, the, 99.
  • Apollodorus, 280.
  • Apollonius Rhodius, 275.
  • Appian, 302.
  • Apuleius, 420.
  • Arabic literature, 114.
  • Aratus, 280.
  • Archilochus, 161.
  • Archimedes, 276.
  • Arctinus of Miletus, 156.
  • Aristarchus, 277.
  • Aristophanes, 213;
  • of Byzantium, 277.
  • Aristotle, 247.
  • Arrian, 302.
  • Aryans, the, 13.
  • Assyrio-Babylonian literature, 106-114.
  • Athanasius, 294.
  • Augustine, St., 421.
  • Augustus, 329, 334, 338, 354, 357, 373, 380, 382.
  • Aurelius, Marcus, 428.
  • Ausonius, 424.
  • Avatars, 39.
  • Avesta, 60, 62.
  • Avienus, 428.
  • Bacchylides, 178.
  • Bassus Aufidius, 428.
  • Berosus, 279.
  • Bias of Priene, 184.
  • Bion, 269.
  • Boëthius, 422.
  • Book of the Dead, 122, 126.
  • Buddhist literature, 58.
  • Cadmus of Miletus, 179, 183.
  • Cæcilius, 316.
  • Cæsar, Julius, 339.
  • Callimachus, 274.
  • Callinus, 159.
  • Callistratus, 261.
  • Calpurnius Piso, 328.
  • Calvus, Licinius, 387.
  • Carbo, 328.
  • Carthaginian literature, 116.
  • Cato the Censor, 324.
  • Catullus, 352.
  • Catulus, 328.
  • Celsus, the philosopher, 293;
  • the physician, 390.
  • Champollion, 119, 120.
  • Charon of Lampsacus, 184.
  • Chilo of Sparta, 184.
  • Chinese, language, 67;
  • literature, 67-83.
  • Chrysostom, St., 294.
  • Cicero, 330.
  • Cincius, 328.
  • Cinna, 387.
  • Claudian, 423.
  • Cleanthes, 280.
  • Cleobulus of Lindus, 184.
  • Cleon, 213, 226.
  • Columella, 408.
  • Comparative Philology, 33.
  • Confucius, 70-73.
  • Cordus, Cremutius, 428.
  • Corinna, 186, 188.
  • Cornelius Severus, 382.
  • Cornutus, 392.
  • Cotta, 328.
  • Crassus, 327.
  • Crates, the poet, 261;
  • the grammarian, 277, 329.
  • Cratinus, 261.
  • Crœsus, 180, 181.
  • Ctesias, 233.
  • Cuneiform letters, 19, 65, 66, 105.
  • Curtius, Quintus, 408.
  • Cyclic Poets, 152, 156.
  • Cynics, the, 254.
  • Cyprian, 422.
  • Cyrus the Younger, 229.
  • Damophyla, 171.
  • Daniel, 98.
  • Darius, 66.
  • David, 93, 94.
  • Democritus, 237.
  • Demosthenes, 256.
  • Diodorus Siculus, 281.
  • Diogenes, the Cynic, 255;
  • Laertius, 302.
  • Dion Cassius, 302.
  • Dionysius, of Syracuse, 214, 242;
  • of Halicarnassus, 281.
  • Donatus, Ælius, 428.
  • Drama, Hindoo, 54;
  • Greek, 192, 263;
  • Roman, 308.
  • Ecclesiastes, 96.
  • Ecclesiasticus, 99.
  • Egyptian education, 131.
  • Egyptian literature, 117-131.
  • Eleatic School of Philosophy, 237.
  • Empedocles, 236.
  • Ennius, 311, 320.
  • Epicharmus, 212.
  • Epicurus, 238.
  • Eratosthenes, 277.
  • Erinna, 171.
  • Euclid, 276.
  • Eugamon of Cyrene, 156.
  • Eumenes, 24.
  • Euphorion, 280.
  • Eupolis, 261.
  • Euripides, 207.
  • Eusebius, 294.
  • Ezekiel, 98.
  • Ezra, 92, 98.
  • Fabius Pictor, 324, 328.
  • Flaccus, Verrius, 387;
  • Valerius, 408.
  • Frontinus, 428.
  • Galba, 328.
  • Galen, 302.
  • Gallus, Ælius, 387.
  • Glabrio, Acilius, 328.
  • Gorgias, 255.
  • Gracchi, the, 326.
  • Gratius, 382.
  • Greece, language of, 135;
  • literature of, 133-302.
  • Gregory, St., 421.
  • Habakkuk, 97.
  • Hebrew, language, 84;
  • literature, 83-104.
  • Hecatæus, the Milesian, 183.
  • Heliodorus, 295.
  • Hellanicus, 184.
  • Heraclitus, 183.
  • Herodian, 302.
  • Herodotus, 222.
  • Hesiod, 152.
  • Hiero, 175, 187, 195.
  • Hierocles, 295.
  • Hieroglyphics, 18;
  • Chinese, 68;
  • Cuneiform, 105, 106, 108;
  • Egyptian, 120.
  • Himyaritic inscriptions, 114,
  • Hipparchus, the astronomer, 277.
  • Hippocrates, 261.
  • Hipponax, 177.
  • Hirtius, 341.
  • Hittite inscriptions, 113.
  • Homer, 139-152.
  • Horace, 369.
  • Hortensius, 327.
  • Hosea, 97.
  • Iamblichus, 294.
  • Ibycus, 178.
  • Iliad, the, 141.
  • Ion, 261.
  • Ionic School of Philosophy, 234.
  • Irenæus, 293.
  • Isæus, 256.
  • Isaiah, 96.
  • Isocrates, 256.
  • Italic School of Philosophy, 234.
  • Jayadeva, 48.
  • Jehuda, 101.
  • Jeremiah, 97.
  • Jerome, St., 421.
  • Job, Book of, 93.
  • Joel, 97.
  • Jonah, 97.
  • Jones, Sir William, 33.
  • Josephus, 284.
  • Joshua, Book of, 92.
  • Judges, Book of, 92.
  • Justin Martyr, 293.
  • Juvenal, 408.
  • Kâlidâsa, 46;
  • lyrics of, 46;
  • epics of, 48;
  • dramas of, 50, 53.
  • King, the Five, 73.
  • Kings, Books of the, 92.
  • Labienus, Titus, 387.
  • Lactantius, 422.
  • Lælius, 326.
  • Language spoken, 17;
  • written, 18;
  • the Sanscrit, 31;
  • the Avesta, 60;
  • the Chinese, 67;
  • the Hebrew, 84;
  • the Chaldean, 105;
  • the Egyptian, 117;
  • the Greek, 135;
  • the Latin, 304.
  • Languages, origin and relationship of, 12;
  • Aryan, 16;
  • Semitic, 16, 83, 84;
  • Turanian, 17.
  • Latin, language, 304;
  • literature, 303-428.
  • Lavinius, 328.
  • Lesches of Mytilene, 156.
  • Library, the Pergamene, 24, 274;
  • the royal Persian, 67;
  • the imperial Chinese, 83;
  • the Hebrew, at Jerusalem, 104;
  • the royal Assyrian, 110;
  • the Alexandrian, 272.
  • Licinianus, 428.
  • Literature, General View of Ancient, 25;
  • Hindoo, 31-60;
  • Persian, 60-67;
  • Chinese, 67-83;
  • Hebrew, 83-104;
  • Assyrio-Babylonian, 104-114;
  • Arabic, 114;
  • Phœnician, 115;
  • Egyptian, 117-131;
  • Grecian, 133-302;
  • Roman, 303-428.
  • Livius Andronicus, 309.
  • Livy, 382.
  • Longinus, 294.
  • Longus, 295.
  • Lucan, 397.
  • Lucian, 288.
  • Lucilius, 323.
  • Lucretius, 348.
  • Lyceum, the, 248.
  • Lycophron, 280.
  • Lysias, 256.
  • Mahâbhârata, the, 43.
  • Manetho, 279.
  • Manilius, 382.
  • Manu, Code of, 38.
  • Marcellinus, 428.
  • Martial, 404.
  • Maximus, Valerius, 389.
  • Meleager, 280, 297, 300.
  • Menander, 264.
  • Mencius, 79.
  • Messala, 376, 386.
  • Micah, 97.
  • Mimnermus, 177.
  • Moschus, 269, 271.
  • Moses, 90.
  • Musæus, 138, 302.
  • Museum, the, 272.
  • Myrtis, 186.
  • Nævius, 310, 320.
  • Nahum, 97.
  • Nemesian, 422.
  • Neo-Platonism, 293.
  • Nepos, Cornelius, 347.
  • Nicander, 280.
  • Nonnus, 302.
  • Nossis, 280.
  • Odyssey, the, 147.
  • Oppian, 302.
  • Origen, 293.
  • Ovid, 379.
  • Pacuvius, 319.
  • Pânini, 57.
  • Papinian, 428.
  • Papyrus Ebers, 124.
  • Parallelism, 89.
  • Paterculus, Velleius, 389.
  • Pausanias, 292.
  • Pedianus, 428.
  • Pentateuch, 90.
  • Periander, 184.
  • Peripatetic School of Philosophy, 247.
  • Persian literature, 60-67.
  • Persius, 392.
  • Petronius Arbiter, 428.
  • Phædrus, 390.
  • Pherecydes of Syros, 179.
  • Philemon, 265.
  • Philo, 104, 293.
  • Phocylides, 177.
  • Phœnician literature, 115.
  • Phrynicus, 193.
  • Pilpay, 56.
  • Pindar, 185.
  • Pittacus, 164, 184.
  • Plato, 241.
  • Plautus, 312.
  • Pliny, the Elder, 401;
  • the Younger, 418.
  • Plotinus, 293.
  • Plutarch, 284.
  • Pollio, Asinius, 386;
  • Vitruvius, 387.
  • Polybius, 277.
  • Polycarp, 293.
  • Porphyry, 293.
  • Priscian, 428.
  • Prisse Papyrus, 124.
  • Probus, 408.
  • Procopius, 302.
  • Propertius, 377.
  • Proverbs, the, 96.
  • Prudentius Clemens, 428.
  • Psalms, the, 93.
  • Ptolemy, the astronomer, 292.
  • Purânas, 35.
  • Pyrrho, 238.
  • Pythagoras, 234.
  • Quintilian, 407.
  • Quintus Smyrnæus, 302.
  • Râmâyana, the, 40.
  • Rig-Veda, 34.
  • Rosetta Stone, 119.
  • Rufus, Valgius, 387.
  • Rutilius, the jurist, 328;
  • the poet, 428.
  • Sakoontalâ, 50.
  • Sallust, 343.
  • Samuel, Books of, 92.
  • Saneha, Memoirs of, 124.
  • Sanscrit, language, 31;
  • literature, 31-60.
  • Sappho, 165.
  • Scipio, 323, 326.
  • Semites, 16;
  • languages of, 83, 84.
  • Seneca, the rhetorician, 386;
  • the moralist, 394.
  • Septuagint, the, 104, 279.
  • Shoo, the Four, 77.
  • Silius Italicus, 408.
  • Simonides, 174;
  • the Elder, 177.
  • Sisenna, 328.
  • Skeptics, the, 238.
  • Socrates, 239.
  • Solomon, 96,
  • Solon, 177, 179, 184.
  • Sophocles, 200.
  • Spartianus, 428.
  • Stasinus of Cyprus, 156.
  • Statius, 405.
  • Stesichorus, 178.
  • Stoic School of Philosophy, 253.
  • Strabo, 281.
  • Suetonius, 415.
  • Sulpicia, 406.
  • Susarion, 212.
  • Symmachus, 428.
  • Tacitus, 412.
  • Talmud, the, 100.
  • Terence, 315.
  • Terpander, 178.
  • Tertullian, 422.
  • Thales, 180, 184, 234.
  • Theocritus, 266.
  • Theognis, 177.
  • Theophrastus, 252.
  • Theopompus, 233.
  • Thespis, 192.
  • Thucydides, 225.
  • Tibullus, 375.
  • Timæus, 279.
  • Timocreon, 178.
  • Trogus, Pompeius, 386.
  • Tryphiodorus, 302.
  • Tubero, 387.
  • Turanians, 12;
  • languages of, 17.
  • Turpilius, 328.
  • Tyrtæus, 160.
  • Ulpian, 428.
  • Varius, 375.
  • Varro, 337.
  • Veda, the, 34.
  • Virgil, 355-369.
  • Writing, ideographic, 18;
  • phonetic, 19;
  • among the Hindoos, 60;
  • of the Persians, 66;
  • Chinese, 68;
  • Hebrew, 86;
  • Cuneiform, 104;
  • Egyptian, 118;
  • Greek, 136, 156, 180, 262.
  • Xanthus, 184.
  • Xenophanes, 177, 237.
  • Xenophon, 229.
  • Zend, 67.
  • Zeno, 253.
  • Zenodotus, 277.
  • Zoroaster, 61-64.