A.

• Abdera, slaves of, iii. 32.
• Abortion, i. 125125.
• Absolution, sold in ancient times, i. 357357.
• Acacalis, from Egypt, iii. 387.
• Acacia-gum, from Egypt, iii. 387.
• Academy, gymnasium of the, i. 193193.
• Acarnania, formerly called Curetis, i. 6, n. 17n. 17.
  • exports of, iii. 340.
• Accoucheurs, i. 115115.
• Achaia, exports of, iii. 333.
• Acharnæ, charcoal of, iii. 172.
• Achillean barley, ii. 388, n. 1711n. 1711.
• Achilles, his filial piety, i. 3131.
  • his swiftness in the chase, i. 211211.
  • his cup, ii. 114114.
• Achradina, sun-dial of, iii. 308.
• Acoluthos, or attendant on travellers, iii. 34.
• Aconite, iii. 211.
  • of Italy, iii. 373.
• Acorns eaten in ancient times, ii. 125125-127.
  • exported from Epeiros, iii. 340.
• Acratisma, ii. 171171.
• Acratopotes, honours paid to, ii. 169169.
• Acropolis of Athens, i. 7777.
  • of Sparta, i. 9393.
• Acting, seasons of, ii. 268268.
• Actors, various classes of, ii. 236236.
  • bad character of, ii. 241241.
  • description of, ii. 232232, sqq.
  • salary of, ii. 240240.
  • costume of, ii. 260260.
• Adarces, a cosmetic, iii. 136.
  • from Cappadocia, iii. 345.
• Adonis, gardens of, ii. 322322.
• Adriatic, barn-door fowls from, iii. 369.
• Adulteration of wine, iii. 115.
• Adultery unknown at Sparta, i. 394394.
• Ægæan, extreme blueness of, i. 5555.
• Ægaleus, a mountain in Attica, i. 6666.
• Ægidæ, quarter of the, at Sparta, i. 9595, 105105.
• Ægina, description of, i. 6767.
  • dimensions of, i. 6868.
  • population of, i. 6969.
  • commerce of, iii. 253.
• Æginetan pottery, iii. 329.
  • wares, iii. 256.
• Æginetans, engaged in foreign trade, iii. 257.
• Ægis, an ornament for the bosom, ii. 6464.
• Ægosthena, wine of, iii. 331.
• Æolia, purple fish from, iii. 352.
• Æropos, a royal lampmaker, iii. 194, n. 1148, n. 1148.
• Æsakos, or branch of song, ii. 209209.
• Æschylus, his style and characters, i. 329329.
• Æsopic fables, i. 166166.
• Æsopos, the actor, ii. 242242.
• Æthiopia, exports of, iii. 381.
• Æthiopians, their mode of sepulture, iii. 435.
• Æthiopis, a plant, iii. 332.
  • from Mount Ida, iii. 352.
• Ætolia, called Curetis, i. 55.
  • exports of, iii. 340.
• Ætolians, called Curetes by Homer, i. 66.
• Affghanistân, topes or barrows of, iii. 431.
• Africa, productions of, iii. 381.
• Agaric from Sarmatia, iii. 345.
• Agates from Sicily, iii. 373.
• Agatharchos, a scene-painter, ii. 232232.
• Agathocles, an amateur of cups, ii. 113113.
• Age at which children walked, i. 136136.
• Agelæ, i. 279279.
• Agnodice, story of, i. 115115.
• Agnus-castus, crowns of, ii. 303, n. 1250n. 1250.
• Agora of Athens, description of, iii. 120.
  • of Sparta, i. 9696.
  • situation of, i. 103103.
  • foreigners excluded from, iii. 99.
• Agoranomoi, iii. 127.
• Agrenon, a curious garment worn on the stage, ii. 262262.
• Agriculture, science of, ii. 363363.
  • of Laconia, iii. 41.
• Agrigentum, bitumen from, iii. 376.
• Air, dryness of, in Greece, i. 4444.
• Akinetinda, a game, i. 153153.
• Alabandine, from Miletos, iii. 348.
• Alalcomenios, Bœotian for Maimacterion, iii. 440.
• Alastor, i. 363363.
• Albani, their mode of sepulture, iii. 433.
• Alcestis, i. 333333.
• Alcinoös, his orchard, ii. 133133, 318318.
• Alcisthenes, his rich mantle, iii. 219, n. 1314, n. 1314.
• Aleipterion, i. 196196.
• Aleision, fair of, iii. 274.
• Alexander, his power of drinking, ii. 195195.
  • his patronage of actors, ii. 234234, 235235.
  • his grief for the loss of Hephæstion, iii. 438.
• Alexandria, game-cocks of, iii. 388.
• Alexis, his picture of a poor family, iii. 95.
• Algidum, radishes from, iii. 374.
• Allowance to the poor, iii. 72.
• Almond-crackers, ii. 163163.
• Almonds, ii. 163163.
  • from Syria, iii. 390.
  • from Naxos, iii. 366.
• Aloes, from Andros, iii. 364.
  • from Egypt, iii. 389.
• Aloes-wood, from Arabia, iii. 401.
• Alopecidæ, a breed of dogs, i. 214214.
• Altar of Artemis, boys flogged at, i. 274274.
  • to the unknown gods, i. 7575.
• Altars in the agora, iii. 120.
• Alum, from Phrygia, iii. 349.
• Alysson, from Africa, iii. 384.
  • virtues of the, iii. 206.
• Amasis, privileges granted by him to the Greeks, iii. 258.
• Amazonium at Chalcis, iii. 429.
• Amber, from Liguria, iii. 373.
  • goblets, ii. 111.
• Ambracian Gulf, i. 5656.
• Amiæ, from the Black Sea, iii. 312.
• Amianthos, asbestos quarries near, iii. 362.
• Aminian vine, ii. 342342.
• Ammoniac, from Africa, iii. 383.
• Amomites, a kind of frankincense, iii. 399.
• Amomon, from Pontos, iii. 344.
  • from Persia, iii. 408.
• Amorgos, linen of, ii. 54, iii. 337.
  • flax of, iii. 216.
• Ampelitis, from Syria, iii. 394.
  • from Rhodes, iii. 366.
  • from Illyria, iii. 370.
• Amphiaraos, tomb of, i. 9898, iii. 427.
• Amphidromia, i. 128128.
• Ampyx, a fillet, ii, 5959.
• Amulets, ii. 6363. iii. 406.
  • for vineyards, i. 118, n. 341n. 341, ii. 350350.
• Amylæ, slippers of, iii. 337.
• Anaclinopale, i. 201201.
• Anacreon and the nurse, an anecdote, i. 139139.
• Anactoria, a name of Miletos, i. 1515.
• Anadendrides, appearance of a vineyard of, ii. 347347.
  • trained on trees, ii. 346346.
• Anadesma, a gilded fillet, ii. 6161.
• Anazarbos, olive grounds of, ii. 315, n. 1338n. 1338.
• Anchises, his meeting with Aphrodite, ii. 416416.
• Anchovies from the Lipari islands, iii. 376.
  • from Athens, iii. 329.
• Anchusa, root of, from Syria, iii. 393.
• Ancients, their theory concerning the Pelasgi, i. 33.
• Andalusia, productions of, iii. 379.
• Andania, Dii Kabyri worshipped at, i. 1919.
• Androcrates, heroon of, iii. 427.
• Andros, aloes of, iii. 364.
• Androsaces, from Syria, iii. 393.
• Anemonies, ii. 311, n. 1304n. 1304.
• Angling in Homeric times, ii. 132132.
• Animal food, ii. 137137.
• Animals, protected by the gods, i. 358358.
  • breed of, ii. 280280.
  • flesh of young, when not eaten, ii. 150150.
• Anis, from the Grecian islands, iii. 364.
• Anklets, ii. 6363.
• Ankula, a term in the game of Kottabos, ii. 213213.
• Antandros, a Pelasgian city, i. 1313.
• Antecœnium, or whet, ii. 156156.
• Anthedon, wine of, iii. 338.
• Anthema, a dance, ii. 257257.
• Anthesteria, festival of, iii. 419.
• Anthias, a sacred fish, iii. 234.
  • fishery, iii. 242.
• Anthosmias, a wine, ii. 166166, iii. 116.
• Anticyra, hellebore of, iii. 339.
• Antidotes, iii. 211.
• Antigenes, season of reed-cutting in his time, ii. 189189.
• Antigone, i. 331331.
• Antioch, cucumbers from, iii. 394.
• Antiope, children of, where exposed, i. 123123.
• Aoidoi, i. 319319.
• Aones, i. 1111.
• Apageli, i. 278278.
• Aparctias, iii. 322.
• Apetiotes, iii. 321.
• Aphamiotæ, Cretan serfs, iii. 63.
• Aphetæ, street of, i. 98, 104.
• Aphetæ, the, iii. 56.
• Aphrodision, iii. 308.
  • a basin of the Peiræeus, i. 7474.
• Aphrodite, character of her beauty, i. 309309.
  • her appearance to Anchises, ii. 416416.
• Aphroselenon, from Arabia, iii. 395.
• Apia, a name of Peloponnesos, i. 1717.
• Apiaries, fences of, ii. 295295.
• Apodyterion, i. 196196.
  • in the baths, ii. 9090.
• Apokinos, a dance, ii. 255255.
• Apollo, altar of, at the theatre, ii. 226226.
• Apollonia, asphaltos from, iii. 370.
• Aposeisis, a dance, ii. 255255.
• Apothetæ, i. 121121.
• Appetite, repressed at Sparta, i. 267267.
• Apple trees, ii. 316316.
  • in Ithaca, ii. 133133.
• Apples, ii. 159159.
  • grafting of, ii. 320320.
  • from Phocis, iii. 359.
• Apragmosune, a flower, i. 194194.
• Apulia, capparis from, iii. 374.
• Aquitania, gold from, iii. 377.
• Arabia, productions of, iii. 399.
• Arcadia, overland traffic with, iii. 254.
  • exports of, 332.
  • description of, i. 5757.
  • home of the Pelasgi, i. 1818.
  • superstition in, i. 364364.
• Arcadian hat, iii. 223.
• Arcadians older than the moon, i. 1818.
  • their love of music, i. 285285.
• Arcadian serfs, iii. 66.
• Archæanassa, beloved by Plato, ii. 4545.
• Archery, i. 201201.
• Archestratos the gastronomer, ii. 201201.
• Archias Phugadotheras, ii. 242242.
• Archimedes, vast ship built by him, iii. 306.
• Architecture preceded painting and sculpture, i. 303303.
  • in the heroic ages, ii. 7777.
• Archytas, manes of, iii. 422.
• Argeioi, iii. 55.
• Argestos, iii. 320, 322.
• Argive money, iii. 262.
• Argo, expedition of to Colchis, i. 33.
• Argol, iii. 199.
  • from the Grecian islands, iii. 364.
• Argolis, description of, i. 5858.
• Argonautic expedition commercial, iii. 247.
• Argos, pottery of, iii. 329.
  • its manufacture of arms, iii. 104.
  • exports of, iii. 333.
  • women of, i. 396396.
• Ariadne and Dionysos, a dance, ii. 137137.
• Ariæan slaves, iii. 67, 67, n. 274, n. 274.
• Arisaron from Egypt, iii. 386.
• Aristocratic feeling, iii. 102.
• Aristophanes, his genius and defects, i. 334334.
  • his attack upon Socrates, i. 337337.
  • his peculiar powers, i. 335335.
  • his immorality, i. 336336.
  • his poetry, i. 336336.
• Aristotle, his opinion of the Spartan women, i. 384384.
• Aristoxenos, his lettuces, ii. 327327.
• Arithmetic, study of, i. 182182.
• Armour, iii. 162.
  • used in decorating houses, ii. 121121.
• Armourers, trade of, iii. 157.
• Arms, manufactured at Argos, iii. 104.
  • of primitive hunters, i. 207207.
  • exported from Athens, iii. 327.
  • their export prohibited, iii. 291.
• Aromatic wines, iii. 128.
• Arrows of reeds, iii. 162.
• Arrow-heads, iii. 161, n. 916, n. 916.
• Art, progress of, i. 396396.
  • philosophy of, i. 307307.
  • causes of its excellence in Greece, i. 297297.
  • spirit of, i. 291291.
  • periods of, i. 293293.
  • works of exported, iii. 330.
  • of war when neglected, i. 112112.
• Artemis Brauronia, worship of, i. 403403.
  • her epithets, i. 217, n. 742n. 742.
  • character of her beauty, i. 310310.
  • Orthia, i. 103, 104.
• Artichoke, on the banks of the Indus, iii. 410.
  • from Persia, iii. 406.
• Artists in Greece appreciated by the public, i. 302302.
  • judges of beauty, i. 298298.
  • highly esteemed, i. 301301.
• Arts of the Pelasgi, i. 2626.
• Artizans kept in farms, ii. 331331.
• Aryballos, a kind of goblet, ii. 115115.
• Ascoliasmos, a rustic game, i. 156156.
• Ascoma, iii. 289.
• Ash-props for vines, ii. 346346.
• Asia Minor, exports of, iii. 347.
• Askolia, a Dionysiac festival, i. 156156.
• Aspalathos from Syria, iii. 393.
  • from Illyria, iii. 370.
• Asparagus, ii. 328328.
  • from Lybia, iii. 384.
• Aspasia, her character and genius, ii. 4646.
• Asphodel, groves of, iii. 421.
• Ass, the inventor of pruning, ii. 350350.
  • hoof of, how used, iii. 332.
  • head, a rustic talisman, ii. 326326.
• Asses, ii. 285285.
  • Arcadian and Argive, iii. 333.
  • milk of, iii. 212.
• Asbestos from Cypros, iii. 362.
• Astragal, the sides of, how distinguished, i. 161161.
• Astragalismos, a game, i. 160160.
• Astronomy, study of, i. 182182.
  • its origin among shepherds, ii. 408408.
• Astu, i. 7676.
• Astypalæa, snails from, iii. 367.
• Asylum for slaves, iii. 22.
• Athena Polias, chapel of, i. 8181.
  • colossal statue of, i. 7373.
  • Chalciæcos, i. 9696.
  • character of her beauty, i. 310310.
• Athenian Agora, iii. 120.
  • bread, iii. 110.
  • education, superior excellence of, i. 288288.
  • married pair, ii. 3232.
  • commerce, iii. 277.
  • ladies, their condition, i. 401401.
• Athenophanes, a buffoon, iii. 404.
• Athens, law of, in favour of industry, iii. 97.
  • extent of its walls, i. 7272.
  • description of, i. 7070.
  • called Hellas, i. 22.
• Atlantic citron wood, iii. 308.
• Atmosphere of Laconia, i. 9595.
• Atossa, her desire for Grecian slaves, iii. 5.
• Attagas, or francolin, ii. 152152.
• Attendants in baths, ii. 8989.
• Attic sheep, ii. 429429.
  • exports, iii. 329.
• Attica, peopled by the Pelasgi, i. 2121.
  • form assumed by slavery in, iii. 18.
  • commerce of, iii. 276.
  • population of, i. 6868.
  • description of, i. 6161.
• Auction-mart in the Agora, iii. 123.
• Aulis, pottery of, iii. 102, 238, 329.
• Autocabdali, extemporaneous actors, ii. 239239.
• Autochthoneïty of the Pelasgi, i. 33.
• Axe for wood-cutting, iii. 179.
• Axletrees, with what wood made, ii. 381381.

B.

• Babylon, dimensions of, i. 7272.
• Babylonia, soil of, iii. 405.
• Babylonian slaves, iii. 64.
• Baby, origin of the word, i. 140140.
• Babyx, bridge of, at Sparta, i. 105105.
• Bachelors, disreputable at Sparta, ii. 66.
  • excluded from the gymnasium, i. 387387.
• Bactriana, emeralds from, iii. 406.
• Bactriasmos, a dance, ii. 255255.
• Bætica, production of, iii. 379.
• Baggage of travellers borne by slaves, iii. 35.
• Baioulos, or nurse father, i. 136136.
• Baker, trade of the, iii. 108.
  • establishment of, 109.
  • slaves did the work of, iii. 30.
• Baking, process of, iii. 109.
• Balaneia, i. 197197.
• Balaneion, ii. 8888.
• Balls, games with, i. 157157.
  • for children, i. 145145.
• Balm of Gilead, iii. 391.
• Balsam gardens, iii. 391.
• Ban dogs, ii. 7777.
• Barbers, their shops, iii. 139.
  • their reputation, iii. 138.
• Barchæi, their mode of sepulture, iii. 433.
• Bards, sacred in GreeceGreece, i. 317317.
• Barley bread, iii. 28, n. 128, n. 128.
  • duration of its seeds, ii. 387387.
• Barn-door fowls, from the Adriatic, iii. 369.
• Barrow on the plains of Troy, i. 1515.
• Bars and bolts, ii. 9494.
• Barter, iii. 249.
• Basilinda, a game, i. 154154.
• Basil-gentle, when watered, ii. 310, n. 1301n. 1301.
• Basket-work round flasks, iii. 114.
• Bastard emerald, iii. 150.
• Bathing-room, ii. 8888.
• Baths, ii. 8989.
• Baths, frequented by the poor, ii. 8989.
  • architectural arrangements of, ii. 9090.
• Battle-axes, iii. 161.
  • of the Issos, i. 304304.
  • pieces, i. 308308.
• Baukides, ii. 6565.
• Baukismos, a dance, ii. 255255.
• Bazar in the Peiræeus, i. 7474.
• Bdellion, from Arabia Felix, iii. 400.
• Beans, food of cocks, ii. 278, n. 1114n. 1114.
  • from Philippi, iii. 342.
• Bear, hunting of, i. 224224.
  • where found, i. 225225.
  • his habits, &c., i. 226226.
  • an enemy of the bee, ii. 295295.
• Beards, worn long at Sparta, ii. 7171.
  • perfumed before dinner, ii. 175175.
• Beasts of burden, iii. 252.
• Beautiful, our ideas of the, i. 291291.
• Beauty, the ideal of, i. 292292.
  • stages of, i. 4343.
  • decline of, i. 301301.
  • estimation in which it was held, i. 297297.
  • honours to, in men, i. 300300.
  • of the Spartans, i. 279279.
  • of Grecian women, i. 370370.
  • of the modern Greeks, i. 370, n. 1051n. 1051.
• Beccaficoes, &c., pie made of, iii. 111.
• Bed-chambers, ii. 8484.
  • coverings, ii. 104104, 105105.
• Beds of Spartan youths, i. 271271.
  • of flowers, ii. 304304.
  • from Miletos, iii. 104.
  • from Chios, iii. 104.
• Bedsteads, ii. 102102, 106106.
  • wood employed in making, iii. 184.
• Bee, natural history of the, ii. 291291.
• Beef, how rendered tender in boiling, iii. 122.
• Bees, wild, ii. 290290.
  • three kinds of, distinguished by Aristotle, ii. 296296.
  • attention to their comforts, ii. 293293.
  • their alleged aversion to smells, ii. 293, 293, n. 1207n. 1207.
  • how known by their owners, ii. 298298.
  • how robbed, ii. 298298.
  • Pontic race, white, ii. 297297.
• Bee-keepers, ii. 291291.
• Bees’-wax from Cypros, iii. 367.
• Beer, iii. 119.
• Beggars, costume of, iii. 90.
  • song of, iii. 92.
• Belgium, pierre franche from, iii. 377.
• Bellows, ii. 124124.
  • of the smith, iii. 156.
• Belos, the glass coffin of, iii. 436.
• Βηλὸς, the name bestowed by the Dryopes on Mount Olympos, i. 1313.
• Bembyx, or top, i. 147147.
• Bena, jet from the neighbourhood of, iii. 342.
• Bendideion, i. 7676.
• Benefit clubs, iii. 75.
• Betrothment, ii. 1111.
• Bibasis, a kind of dance, i. 388388.
• Bills pasted in the agora, iii. 126.
• Birds in the farm-yard, ii. 279279.
  • what kinds eaten, ii. 151151.
  • in orchards, ii. 316316.
  • manure of, ii. 383383.
  • their language, i. 367367.
• Biscuits, iii. 109, n. 455, n. 455.
• Bithynians, serfs of the Byzantines, ii. 6666.
• Bitumen, smeared over vines, ii. 351351.
  • burnt in lamps, iii. 197.
  • brought from the Dead Sea, iii. 394.
• Blackberries eaten, ii. 162162.
• Black sheep, ii. 429429.
  • shepherds, ii. 414, n. 1818n. 1818.
  • slaves, iii. 333.
  • Sea, exports from the, iii. 342.
  • puddings, ii. 154154.
• Blindman’s buff, i. 149149.
• Blinds, ii. 8282.
• Blocks of stone of vast dimensions, i. 8181.
• Blood, circulation of, iii. 213.
  • used instead of soap, iii. 139, n. 739, n. 739.
  • stones from Africa, iii. 381.
• Boar-spears, i. 207207.
• Bœotia, chariots of, iii. 104.
  • exports of, iii. 337.
• Bœotian commerce with Athens, iii. 124.
• Boiling meat, ii. 129129.
• Bolsters, ii. 104104.
• Bolting flour, iii. 106.
• Book-shelves, ii. 8484.
• Boots, or half-boots, ii. 6565.
• Boöneta, i. 96, iii. 250.
• Booths in the agora, iii. 121.
• Boreas, iii. 320.
• Borysthenes, salt fish from, iii. 343, n. 1973, n. 1973.
• Bosom, generally covered, ii. 6767.
• Bosporos, crossed by the Pelasgi, i. 44.
  • exports from the, iii. 342.
  • abundance of fish in, iii. 236.
• Bottiæa, inhabited by the Pelasgi, i. 77.
• Bouagor, the, at Sparta, i. 271271.
• Boughs, what trees raised from, ii. 325325.
• Boundary olives, ii. 314314.
• Bous, a didrachma, iii. 251.
• Bows, iii. 161.
• Bowstring, iii. 161.
  • Laconian, iii. 336.
• Boxing, i. 202202.
  • not allowed in the gymnasia at Sparta, i. 276276.
  • but taught to virgins, according to Propertius, i. 386386.
• Boys admitted into the gymnasia, i. 193193.
  • drank wine, ii. 136136.
  • why scourged when detected in theft at Sparta, i. 273273.
• Bracelets, ii. 6363.
• Brahmins, their mode of sepulture, iii. 433.
• Brains eaten, ii. 151151.
• Bran, how removed from flour, iii. 106.
• Brass, used before iron, iii. 153.
  • sword of, iii. 158.
• Brazen fly, a game, i. 150150.
• Bread, ii. 128128.
  • materials employed in making, iii. 107.
• Bread-baskets of silver, ii. 129129.
  • ivory, ii. 2222.
• Bread-making, process of, iii. 109.
• Breast-plates for horses, iii. 164.
• Breed of animals, ii. 280280.
  • dogs, i. 214214.
  • horses attended to by Spartan ladies, i. 389389.
• Breeding-time, chase pursued during, i. 216216.
• Brenthion, an unguent, iii. 134.
• Bridal costume, ii. 1515.
  • gifts, ii. 2626.
• Bride-cake, ii. 2020.
• Brick-kilns, inspector of, ii. 9595.
• Bricks, iii. 176.
  • manufacture of, ii. 9595.
• Bright-smiths, assembly of, iii. 98.
• Broccoli, ii. 329, iii. 121, n. 566, n. 566.
• Brokers had pots and kettles for hire, ii. 123123.
• Bronteion, a machine for mimicking thunder on the stage, ii. 229229.
• Bronze of Corinth, iii. 273.
  • vessels from Cypros, iii. 367.
  • salvers, ii. 2121.
• Brood mares, studs of, ii. 280280.
• Bryallicha, a Spartan dance, i. 389, ii. 255255.
• Bryton, a kind of wine, iii. 118, n. 521, n. 521.
• Buffoons, ii. 2525.
  • their character, ii. 182182.
• Burials, iii. 417.
• Burning glasses, iii. 152, 175.
• Bustles, ii. 5656.
• Butcher, trade of the, iii. 111.
  • anecdote of one at Miletos, iii. 112.
• Butchers’ shops, iii. 112.
• Butler, ii. 237237.
• Byzantium, monopoly at, iii. 287.