- Academy, gardens of 142
- Achæan League 268-270
- Achæans exiled to Rome 281
- Achilles, avenges Patroclus 50
- betrays himself 46
- death of 51
- in the Styx 45
- prophecy regarding 44
- Acropolis, captured 88, 96
- Parthenon on 149
- statue of Athene on 115
- temple to Theseus, near 28, 143
- Adrastus 37-40
- Ægean Sea, derivation of name 27
- Persian vessels forbidden to enter 147
- Ægeus 27
- Ægina, Draco at Island of 88
- Æneas, escape of 53
- Ætolian League 268, 273
- Agamemnon, insults priest of Apollo 48
- Age of Pericles 146
- Agesilaus, at Coronea 189
- Agis, condemned to death 275
- Alcibiades, anecdotes of 161, 163, 164
- hostility toward 166
- killed by Persians 171
- shield of 162
- Alexander I 197-199
- Alexander the Great, birthplace of 227
- crosses Libyan desert 245
- cuts Gordian knot 238
- death of 236, 253
- enters Jerusalem 244
- generosity of 248
- horsemanship of 229, 231
- marriage of 252
- omens concerning 227
- prophecy of 256
- self-denial of 251
- takes title of "Shah in Shah" 249
- tomb of 255
- victory of 237, 246
- visit of, to Diogenes 235
- Alexandria, founded 244
- Ambassador, life of, sacred 111, 120
- Amphictyonic Council 20, 217, 224
- Anaxagoras, philosopher 151, 152
- Antalcidas, treaty of 190
- Antigone 36, 40
- Antigonus Doson 275
- Antigonus Gonatas 269
- Antigonus, "the one-eyed" 262
- Antipater, governor of Macedon 256, 258, 260
- Apollo sends plague 48
- Appetite, recipe for good 238
- Aratus, leader of Achæan League 269
- Arbela, battle at 246
- Archon, how elected 87
- Areopagus, court of law 91
- Pisistratus before the 95
- Aristides, anecdote of 118
- burial of 141
- discovers plans of Xerxes 133
- recall of 124
- Aristocrat, derivation of 95
- Aristodemus, daughter sacrificed by 72
- Aristogiton 99, 102
- Aristomenes 73-77
- Aristophanes 173-175
- Aristotle, teacher of Alexander 231
- Arridæus 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
- 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
- Cadmus 17, 191
- Canal dug by Xerxes 124
- Cassander 260-263
- Cassandra 42
- Ceadas, pit of 75
- Cecropia. See Athens.
- Cecrops founds Athens 16
- Chæronea, 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
- Coronea 148, 189
- Crete, location of 22
- Criminals, punishment of 176
- Crito 177, 179
- Crœsus, 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
- Dædalus 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
- 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
- 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
- Ephialtes, perfidy of 128
- Epimenides, long sleep of 90
- Erostratus wins immortality 228
- Eteocles quarrels with Polynices 37-39
- Eurybiades, Spartan king 132-134
- 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 Thermopylæ 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
- 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
- Helots, Spartan slaves 61
- strike for freedom 145
- temperance taught by 68
- Hephæstion, drinks himself to death 252
- friend of Alexander 236
- mistaken for Alexander 241
- Heracles. See Hercules.
- Heraclidæ, banishment of 28
- 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 Thermopylæ 129
- Inachus teaches Pelasgians 13
- Ionia, derivation of name 21
- 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
- Labyrinth of Crete 22, 27, 264
- Lacedæmon, how named 61
- Laconia, adjective from 66
- clemency shown to 197
- location of 61
- Laius, killed by Œdipus 31
- Lamia, fortress of 258
- "Last of the Athenians" 261
- "Last of the Greeks" 280
- Leæna, courage of 100
- Leonidas I., betrayal of 129
- guards Thermopylæ 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
- Mardonius, flight of 134
- Mausolus, Tomb of 264
- Mediterranean Sea, islands in 13
- 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
- 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
- Morea, why so called 55
- Œdipus, 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
- Panathenæa, 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
- Pelopidæ conquer Heraclidæ 28
- Pelopidas, exiled Theban 191
- returns in disguise 193
- slain in battle 199
- Peloponnesian War, end of 170
- 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 Mycenæ 17
- Persian army, route of, to Greece 109
- Persian fleet, destruction of 110
- Persian vessels shut out of the Ægean 147
- Phalanx, Macedonian 218, 250
- Pharnabazus 186-188
- Pharos 264
- Phidias, death of 149
- Philip of Macedon, ambition of 217, 220, 226
- at Chæronea 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
- Philopœmon, anecdote of 279
- Philoxenus, a philosopher 202-204
- Phocion, caution of 257
- "Last of the Athenians" 261
- Phœnicians, home of 13
- Pindar, house of 233
- Pisistratidæ, expulsion of 102
- Pisistratus, death of 98
- hypocrisy of 95
- improvement of Athens by 96
- Platæa 134, 136
- Plato, Olympic crown given to 212
- pupil of Socrates 159
- 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
- Sacred Battalion 195, 226
- Sacred War 224
- Salamis, victory at 134, 170
- Sardis, burning of 109
- Seleucia 265
- Seleucus 262, 265, 267
- Scyros, Island of, Achilles at 46
- Theseus killed at 28, 143
- Shipbuilding taught 17
- Sicyon joins Achæan 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
- Spartan mother, admonition of 68
- Spartans, ask aid of Athenians 74
- at Pass of Thermopylæ 129
- attack Amphea 71
- covet Messenia 71
- degeneracy of 172, 270
- force way into Thebes 190
- freed from Achæan 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
- Theagenes, statue of 83
- Theater, the first 93
- Thebes, founding of 17
- Themistocles, Athenian general 112
- council planned by 125
- courage of 133
- exiled by Athenians 140
- honor of 140
- jealousy of 116
- Thermopylæ, Greeks at 127, 128
- Thersander 40, 44
- Theseum 143
- Theseus, bones of 143
- 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
- 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
- Tyrtæus leads Spartans 75