M.

• Macedonia, exports of, iii. 340.
• Macedonian sportsmen, i. 228228.
  • language identical with that of Greece, i. 77.
• Macedonians, Pelasgi, i. 77.
• Machinery, description of that used on the stage, ii. 227227.
• Madder, from Caria, iii. 351.
  • from Galilee, iii. 393.
• Macrones, Eubœan Pelasgi, i. 55.
• Macronian slaves, iii. 8.
• Madonia, Bœotian, iii. 338.
• Magadaris, from Syria, iii. 393.
• Magados, a kind of actor, ii. 236236, 237237.
• Magians, their mode of sepulture, iii. 434.
• Magic rings, i. 363363.
• Magnet from Bœotia, iii. 338.
  • from Heraclea, iii. 349.
• Magnificence, love of, i. 3535.
• Magodis, a stringed instrument, iii. 192.
• Mail, shirts of, iii. 162.
• Maize, return of, iii. 407.
• Malabathron, from India, iii. 409.
• Malaria, iii. 168.
• Mallows, ii. 331, n. 1459n. 1459
• Malta, lap-dogs of, iii. 368.
• Mandrake, digging of, iii. 205.
• Manes, a term in the game of kottabos, ii. 214214.
• Mantinean radishes, iii. 333.
• Mantle of Athenian ladies, ii. 5555.
• Manufactures of Corinth, iii. 273.
  • of Bœotia, iii. 338.
• Manumission, iii. 9.
• Manure, ii. 383383.
  • pits of, ii. 383383.
  • for vines, ii. 340340.
• Manuscripts, description of, i. 8484.
  • how laid up, ii. 8484.
• Maple tables, ii. 100100.
  • tree, furniture made of, iii. 183.
• Marathon, fishery of, iii. 244.
• Marathonian bull, i. 207207.
• Marble of Paros, iii. 356.
• Mareotic vines, ii. 337337.
  • wine, ii. 167167, iii. 117.
• Mariners, their political predilections, iii. 319.
• Marjoram, from Egypt, iii. 386.
• Market, description of the, iii. 120, 128.
  • regulations of, iii. 280.
  • (See fish-market.)
  • of slaves, iii. 23.
• Marmarica, capparis from, iii. 384.
• Marocco leather, iii. 391.
• Maronean wine, iii. 116.
• Marriage of Alexander and Roxana, i. 303303.
  • invention of, ii. 22.
• Marriage a portion of the education of women, i. 409409.
  • reverence of, at Athens, ii. 55.
  • preliminaries of, i. 409409.
  • age at which contracted, ii. 88.
  • of brothers and sisters, ii. 88.
  • sometimes interested, i. 410410.
  • in what month contracted, ii. 99.
  • ceremonies of, ii. 1313.
  • gifts, ii. 1111.
  • feasts, ii. 1919, 174174, n. 1.
  • feast of Caranos, ii. 2020.
  • of slaves, iii. 21.
  • at Sparta, i. 391391.
• Married women, condition of, ii. 2828.
  • people occupied the same beds, ii. 3535.
• Marseilles, carbuncles from, iii. 377.
• Maryandinians, serfs, iii. 61.
• Maschalister, a belt, ii. 6464.
• Masks, materials of, ii. 265265.
  • classification of, ii. 266266.
  • of the stage, ii. 263263, 266266.
  • varieties of, ii. 267267.
  • used during vintage time, ii. 353353.
• Massacre of the Helots, iii. 51.
• Massagetæ, their woollen cloths, iii. 232.
  • ate their parents, iii. 434.
• Masters, their authority over slaves, iii. 8, 10.
• Masts, iii. 304.
• Matchmaker, her office, ii. 11.
• Materia medica, iii. 203, 209.
• Mats, Bœotian, iii. 338.
• Mattrasses, ii. 104104.
• Mausolos, tomb of, iii. 428.
• Mead, iii. 118.
• Meadows, formation of, ii. 389389.
• Meadow-saffron, iii. 211.
  • Messenian, iii. 332.
• Measures, iii. 129, 130.
  • of wine, iii. 114.
• Meat, trade in, iii. 112.
• Mechanè, a machine upon the stage, ii. 228228.
• Mechanism, curious specimen of, ii. 2424.
• Medical maxims, iii. 206, 209.
• Megalesian unguent, iii. 134.
• Megara, i. 6666.
  • pottery of, iii. 203.
• Megarean, contraband commerce, iii. 224.
  • sheep, ii. 429429.
  • cucumbers, ii. 326326.
• Megaris, trade of, ii. 330330.
• Melas, productions of the, iii. 337.
• Melian earth, iii. 199.
• Melilot, from Chalcedon, iii. 344.
  • Attic, iii. 328.
• Melilotus, ii. 330330.
• Melimela, ii. 320320.
• Melitta, a keen repartee attributed to her, ii. 4545.
• Melitturgos, ii. 291291.
• Melolanthe, a kind of beetle, i. 149149.
• Melos, kids from, iii. 368.
• Memphis, stones exported from the neighbourhood of, iii. 389.
• Men, their dress, ii. 6969.
• Mendæan wine, ii. 116116, iii. 117.
  • price of, iii. 115.
• Menecrates, of Syracuse, anecdote of, ii. 198198.
• Menelaides, a breed of dogs, i. 214214.
• Menelaus, his riches, iii. 261.
• Menestæ, or Penestæ, iii. 62.
• Mercers’ quarter of the agora, iii. 121.
• Merchandise in the agora of the Peiræeus, i. 7474.
• Merchantmen, iii. 303.
• Merino rams, ii. 280280.
• Merops, an enemy of the bee, ii. 295295.
  • how taken in Crete, iii. 368.
• Mesogeites, a wine, iii. 116.
• Messenia, description of, i. 6161.
• Messoatæ, quarter of, i. 9595.
• Metals, value of, understood, iii. 249.
• Metheglin, iii. 118.
• Metopion, perfume from Egypt, iii. 387.
• Microscope, known to the ancients, iii. 151.
• Midas, his gardens, ii. 318318.
• Migrations from Central Asia, i. 33.
• Milch cows, ii. 286286.
• Milesian beds, iii. 104.
  • wool, ii. 105105.
  • sheep, ii. 429429.
  • cypress, iii. 312.
• Miletos, exports of, iii. 354.
• Military games among the Spartans, i. 276276.
• Milk in Homeric times, ii. 137137.
  • substitutes for, i. 137137.
  • how preserved, ii. 287287.
  • pails for, ii. 286286.
  • pans, ii. 286286.
• Milking time, ii. 286286.
• Milky column, i. 126126.
• Miller, trade of the, iii. 104.
• Millet, duration of, in granaries, ii. 396396.
• Mills, by whom invented, iii. 104, n. 424, n. 424
  • public and private, iii. 105.
  • worked by women, i. 380, iii. 4, n. 9, n. 9
    • by slaves, iii. 105.
    • by animals, iii. 106.
• Millstones, description of, iii. 106.
• Milton compared with Homer, i. 327327, 328328.
• Mimicry of the sounds of nature, ii. 244244.
• Mines worked by the Pelasgi, i. 44.
  • of gold and silver, i. 44.
  • worked by slaves, iii. 20.
  • of gold on the shores of Thrace, i. 55.
  • of Spain, iii. 378.
  • of Macedonia, iii. 340.
• Mining, iii. 167.
• Minium from Cappadocia, iii. 346.
• Minos, tribute of slaves paid to, iii. 10.
• Mint, legend concerning, ii. 306306.
• Minyans expelled from Lemnos, i. 1616.
• Miraculous images, &c., i. 366366.
• Mirrors, ii. 118118.
• Misthios, the place where servants were hired, iii. 126.
• Mistletoe, food of the ox, ii. 313313.
  • from the Grecian islands, iii. 364.
• Misu, a kind of truffle, ii. 333333.
• Mnoia, a class of Cretan bondsmen, iii. 64.
• Models of Grecian artists, i. 310310.
• Molos, worship of his body, i. 366366.
• Molossia, i. 5454.
• Molossian dogs, ii. 280280.
• Molossians, Pelasgi, i. 88.
• Monarchies, spirit of education in, i. 237237.
• Monaulos, a musical instrument, iii. 190.
• Money, iii. 250.
  • whether prohibited at Sparta, iii. 260, 268.
  • allowed to Spartan travellers, iii. 265.
• Mongas, a dance, ii. 254254.
• Monkeys, their tricks at entertainments, ii. 188188.
  • from Africa, &c., iii. 382.
• Monopolies, iii. 286.
• Monoxyla, iii. 301.
• Monstrous fruit, ii. 323323.
  • vegetables, ii. 327327.
• Moon, influence of, on fruit, ii. 325, n. 1406n. 1406
• Moral precepts for the use of agriculturists, ii. 363363.
• Morality of early ages, ii. 415415.
• Morals, first lesson in, learned from the poets, i. 234234.
  • of the Sophists, i. 261261.
• Moriæ, or sacred olives, ii. 315315.
• Morochthos, from Egypt, iii. 389.
• Morphasmos, a dance, ii. 254254.
• Morrille, eaten by the ancients, ii. 333333.
• Mortars, ii. 382, iii. 176.
• Mosaic work, ii. 8181.
• Moss roses, from Cyrenè, iii. 385.
• Mothaces, who they were, i. 268268.
  • account of them, iii. 59.
• Mother of pearl, Acarnanian, iii. 340.
  • language of the Greek, Sanskrit, &c., i. 33.
  • obedience paid to her, i. 175175.
• Mothers of Sparta, their real character, i. 394394.
• Mothon, a dance, ii. 255255.
• Mourning, iii. 437.
• Mowing time, ii. 389389.
• Muïnda, a game, i. 149149.
• Mulberry tree, wood of, iii. 184.
  • grafting of, iii. 319.
  • bread of, iii. 108.
• Mules, price of, iii. 129.
• Mullets, from Abdera, iii. 342.
• Munda, palmati from, iii. 378.
• Munychia, i. 7575.
• Murænas, Spanish, iii. 379.
• Musæos, i. 317317.
• Mushrooms, ii. 332332.
  • eaten, ii. 154154.
  • danger of eating them, ii. 157157.
  • poisonous, remedy against, iii. 209.
  • how produced, ii. 332332.
  • from Italy, iii. 373.
• Music, branch of education, i. 181181.
  • estimation in which it was held, ii. 240240.
  • influence of, on character, i. 285285.
  • its effect on the character of the Arcadians, i. 286286.
  • importance of, in education, i. 184184.
  • healing powers of, i. 187187.
  • loved by shepherds, ii. 402, n. 1778n. 1778
  • study of, at Sparta, i. 281281.
• Musical instruments, iii. 188.
  • of shepherds, ii. 406406.
  • measures, i. 185185.
• Musicians of the theatre, ii. 252252.
  • at entertainments, ii. 183183.
  • stood for hire in the agora, iii. 125.
• Mussels, ii. 146146.
  • from the Black Sea, iii. 343.
• Mustard, iii. 201.
• Mycenæ, ancient capital of Argolis, i. 1818.
• Myles, inventor of mills, iii. 104, n. 424, n. 424
• Myndos, wine of, ii. 167167.
• Myrmecides, the Milesian, iii. 151.
• Myrobalans, from Egypt, iii. 387.
• Myron, his account of the Helots, iii. 46.
• Myrrh, from Arabia, iii. 397.
• Myrtle-berries, ii. 311, n. 1312n. 1312
• Myrtle, legend connected with, ii. 305305.
• Mys, a cup engraver, ii. 115115.
• Mysia, exports of, iii. 353.
• Myttotos, a dish, ii. 179, n. 756n. 756

N.

• Naming children, i. 129129, sqq.
• Names of goblets, ii. 115115.
  • on what principle given, i. 131131.
  • whence derived, i. 132132.
• Naphtha, from Mesopotamia, iii. 403.
  • anecdote concerning, 404, seq.
• Napkins, ii. 175, n. 740n. 740, iii. 216.
• Narcaphthon, from India, iii. 409.
• Narcissus, season of its blooming, ii. 310, n. 1297n. 1297
• Nardon, an unguent, iii. 134.
• Narycia, tar of, iii. 340.
• Nasamones, their mode of sepulture, iii. 435.
• National education, i. 109109.
• Nations, their various food, ii. 125125.
• Naucratis, an Egyptian port, iii. 258.
• Nausicaa, her character in Homer, i. 374374.
• Nautodikæ, iii. 281.
• Navigation, iii. 300.
  • cultivated by the Pelasgi, i. 2626.
• Naxos, milch goats from, iii. 368.
• Necklace, a dance so called, ii. 258258.
• Necklaces, ii. 6262, iii. 145, n. 813, n. 813
• Necrocorinthia, iii. 430.
• Nectar, ii. 166166, 168168.
• Nenuphar, iii. 333.
• Neodomades in the army, iii. 44.
  • who they were, i. 268268.
  • account of them, iii. 57.
• Nepenthè, iii. 213.
• Nets used in Homeric times, ii. 132132.
• Nettle, eaten, ii. 154154.
• Neurospastæ, i. 146146.
• Night-fishing, iii. 237.
• Nightingale, blue, in Crete, iii. 368.
• Nikostrateios, kind of grape, ii. 165165.
• Nisæan horses, ii. 282282.
• Nisyros, pumices of, iii. 357.
• Nitre, iii. 199.
  • Egyptian, iii. 389.
  • from Philadelphia, iii. 349.
• Nonacris, poisonous water of, iii. 332.
• Nooses or lassos, iii. 161.
• North wind, prevalence of, i. 4444.
• Notos, iii. 320.
• Nuptial ceremonies at Sparta, i. 392392.
  • rites, ii. 1818.
• Nurse, her songs, i. 137137.
• Nursery, i. 136136.
  • -governess, i. 136136.
  • songs, i. 138138.
  • tales, i. 140140.
  • of young vine plants, ii. 342342.
• Nurses, iii. 207, n. 1237, n. 1237.
  • Lacedæmonian, i. 134134.
• Nuts from the Black Sea, iii. 343.
• Nymphæa Lotus, Egyptian, iii. 388.
  • nelumbo, ii. 330330.
  • from Thessaly, iii. 339, n. 1915, n. 1915
• Nymphs, i. 362362.
  • founders of a temple of Hera, i. 1515.
  • their love of mortals, i. 363363.

O.

• Oa, female apartments, ii. 8686.
• Oaths of ladies, i. 390390.
• Ochres, iii. 199, n. 1186, n. 1186.
• Ochthoiboi, ii. 6464.
• Oclasma, a dance, ii. 254254.
• Octogenarian dancers, ii. 2525.
• Ocribas, a part of the theatre, ii. 225225.
• Odd and even, i. 162162.
• Œagros, the actor, ii. 242242.
• Œdipos, i. 332332.
• Œta, the rocks of, peopled by Pelasgi, i. 55.
• Oil in wine, ii. 353, n. 1592n. 1592
  • of olives, how made, ii. 357357.
  • merchants of, in the agora, iii. 25.
  • merchants of, iii. 197.
• Olen, the Lycian, comes to Greece, i. 77.
• Oligarchy, spirit of education in, i. 237237.
  • and democracy, their struggles, i. 4747.
• Olive gathering, ii. 357357.
  • -grounds, trees how planted in, ii. 315315.
  • best situation for, ii. 315315.
  • oil, iii. 327.
  • -trees, ii. 314, n. 1334n. 1334
  • -wood, image of Athena, i. 8282.
• Olives, iii. 327.
  • planting of, ii. 315, n. 1339n. 1339
• Olympias, iii. 320.
• Olympos, i. 1313.
  • nine mountains of that name, i. 1313, and n. 47n. 47.
  • inhabited by Pelasgi, i. 55.
• Olynthos, earth exported from, iii. 343.
• Olyra, ii. 129129.
• Omens, i. 368368.
  • during marriage ceremonies, ii. 1616.
• Omphacomel, iii. 118.
• Omphakinon, a robe, ii. 5858.
• Onagrinos, a robe, ii. 5959.
• Onions, from Cypros, iii. 366.
• Onyx shells, iii. 406.
  • from India, iii. 410.
• Ophella, army of, iii. 386.
• Ophthalmia, bees troubled with, i. 225225.
• Opisthosphendone, an ornament, ii. 6161.
• Opium, iii. 212.
• Opopanax, iii. 342.
• Opsonomoi, ii. 144144.
• Oracle of Dodona, i. 66.
  • concerning education, i. 107, n. 318n. 318
• Oral teaching, i. 233233.
• Orange-trees, ii. 316316.
• Orators of Greece, i. 345345.
  • unknown at Sparta, i. 282282.
• Orchard of Alcinoös, ii. 133133.
  • of the Greeks, ii. 313313.
• Organs, invention of, iii. 191.
• Oriental civilisation, iii. 248.
  • colonies, iii. 247.
• Origin of slaves in the East, iii. 5.
• Ornaments for the head, ii. 5959.
• Ornithias, the name of a wind, i. 44, n. 153n. 153
• Ornithiæ, or bird-winds, iii. 322.
• Orphans, how educated and treated by the state, iii. 74.
• Orpheus sings his wisdom to the Hellenes, i. 77.
• Orphic pantheism, i. 349, n. 993n. 993
• Orpiment of Pontos, iii. 346.
• Orthopale, i. 201201.
• Oryx, from Carthage, iii. 385.
• Ossa, inhabited by Pelasgi, i. 55.
• Ostrakinda, a game, i. 155155.
• Ostrich-eggs, iii.iii. 142, n. 791, n. 791
  • -feathers from Africa, iii. 382.
• Ostrya, an ominous wood, i. 113, n. 322n. 322
• Othryades, story of, i. 280280.
• Otos, or bustard, i. 231231.
• Ousoös, iii. 300.
• Outhouses, ii. 271271.
• Oven, heating of, iii. 109.
• Owls, catching of, i. 230230.
• Ox, figure of, impressed on money, iii. 251.
  • when first eaten, ii. 137137.
• Oxen employed in threshing not muzzled, ii. 394394.
  • from Epeiros, iii. 340.
  • how employed, ii. 286286.
  • how defended from flies, &c., ii. 286286.
• Oxyrunchi, from the Black Sea, iii. 343.
• Oysters, eaten in Homeric times, i. 210210.
  • from Abydos, iii. 352.
  • how eaten, ii. 147147.