[Names in CAPITALS denote authors to whom prominent reference is made, or from whom selections are taken.]
Aby'dos. Xerxes and his army at.
Acade'mla, or Ac-a-deme'. A public garden or grove,
the resort of the philosophers at Athens.
Acarna'ni-a, description of; aids Athens.
Achæ'ans, the; origin of.
Achæ'an League, the.
Achæ'us, son of Xuthus, and ancestor of the
Achæans.
Acha'ia, description of. Name given to Greece by the
Romans.
Achelo'us, the river, described.
Ach'eron, the river; described.
Acheru'sia (she-a), the lake, described.
Achil'les, accompanies expedition to Troy; contends with
Agamemnon, and withdrawn; refuses to enter the contest, puts his
armor on Patroclus, and the armor is lost; description of his new
armor; he enters the fight; encounters Æneas, who escapes;
kills Hector; delivers the body to Priam; death of.
Acri'si-us (she-us), King of Argos.
Acrop'olis, the Athenian; seizure of, by Cylon; by Pisistratus; by the
Persians; famous structures of; its splendors in the time of Pericles; injury
to, inflicted by the Venetians.
Actæ'on, the fable of.
Adme'tus, King of Pheræ.
Æge'an Sea.
Ægi'na, island of; war of, with Athens.
Æ'gos-pot'ami. Defeat of Athenians at.
Æmo'nia, same as Hæmonia, an early name of
Thessaly.
Æne'as, a Trojan hero, and subject of Virgil's
Æne'id; wounded, and put to flight by Diomed; fights for
the body of Patroclus; encounters Achilles, and is preserved by
Neptune; account of his escape from Troy.
Æne'id, the.
Æo'lians, the; colonies of.
Æ'olus, progenitor of the Æolians.
ÆS'CHI-NES, the orator; prosecutes Demosthenes; exile of;
oratory of. Extracts from: The Death of Darius; Oration against
Ctesiphon.
ÆS'CHYLUS, poet and tragedian. Life and works of. Extracts
from: Punishment of Prometheus; Retributive justice of the gods;
The taking of an oath; The name "Helen"; Beacon fires from Troy
to Argos; Battle of Salamis; Murder of Agamemnon.
Æscula'pius, god of the healing art. Shrine of.
Æ'son, King of Iolcus.
Æt'na, a city in Sicily, founded by Hiero.
Æto'lia.
Agamem'non, King of Mycenæ; commands the expedition
against Troy; contends with Achilles; demands restoration of
Helen; return to Greece and is murdered.
Agamemnon, the. Extracts from.
Aganip'pe, fountain of.
Ag'athon, a tragedian.
Agesan'dros, a Rhodian sculptor.
Agesila'us, King of Sparta. Defeats the Persians at
Sardis.
A'gis, King of Sparta.
Agrigen'tum, in Sicily.
A'jax. Goes with the Greeks to Troy; fights for the body
of Patroclus; his death.
AKENSIDE, MARK.—Character of Solon; of Pisistratus, and his
usurpation; Alcræs; Anacreon; Melpomene.
ALAMANNI, LUIGI.—Flight of Xerxes.
ALCÆ'US, a lyric poet.—Life and writings of. Extracts
from: The spoils of war; Sappho.
ALCÆ'US, of Messene.—Epigrams of, on Philip V.
Alcestis, the.
Alcibi'ades. Artifices of; retires to Sparta; intrigues
of, against Athens; is condemned to death, but escapes; is
recalled to Athens; is banished; death of.
Alcin'o-us, King. Gardens of.
"Al'ciphron, or the Minute Philosopher".
ALC'MAN, a lyric poet.—Life and writings of.
Alexander the Great. Quells revolt of the Grecian states;
invades Asia; defeats Darius; further conquests of; feast of, at
Persepolis; invades India; dies at Babylon; career, character,
and burial of; wars that followed his death.
Alexandria, in Egypt. Founded by Alexander.
Alex'is, a comic poet.
ALISON, ARCHIBALD.-Earthquake at Sparta, and Spartan heroism.
Alphe'us, river. Legends of.
A'mor, son of Venus, and god of love.
Amphic'tyon, Amphicty'ones, and Amphictyon'ic
Council.
Amphip'olis, in Thrace.
Amphis'sa, town of.
Amy'clæ, town of.
Anab'asis, the.
ANAC'REON, a lyric poet.—Life and writings of.
An'akim, a giant of Palestine.
Anaxag'oras, the philosopher; attacks upon, at Athens;
life, works, and death of.
Anaximan'der, the philosopher.
Anaxim'enes, the philosopher.
Anchi'ses, father of Æne'as.
Androm'a-che, wife of Hector. Lamentation of, over
Hector's body.
An'gelo, Michael.
ANONYMOUS.—Tomb of Leonidas; Queen Archidamia.
Antæ'us, son of Neptune and Terra. Encounter with
Hercules.
Antal'cidas, the peace of.
Anthe'la, village of.
ANTHON, CHARLES, LL.D.—Apelles and Protogenes.
Antig'o-ne, the.
Antig'onus, one of Alexander's generals; conquests and
death of.
Antig'onus II., a king of Macedon.—War of, with Phyrrus;
becomes master of Greece, and death of.
Antil'ochus (in the Iliad).
Anti'ochus, King of Syria.
ANTIP'ATER, of Sidon.—Extracts from: The birthplace of Homer;
Sappho; Desolation of Corinth; The painting of Venus rising from
the sea.
Antip'ater, one of Alexander's generals. Is given command
of Macedon and Greece; suppresses a Spartan revolt; the Athenian
revolt; is given part of Macedonia and Greece; death of.
Antiph'anes, a comic poet.
An'tiphon, orator and rhetorician.
An'tium (an'she-um); a city of Italy.
An'tonines, the. Treatment of Greece by.
An'ytus, the accuser of Socrates.
Apel'les, an Ionian painter; anecdote of.
Aphrodi'te. (See Venus.)
Apollo, the god of archery, etc.; aids the Trojans;
character of; conflict of, with Python.
Apollo Bel've-dere, statue of.
Apollodo'rus, of Athens, a painter.
Apollo'nia, town in Illyria.
Ap'pius Claudius, the Roman consul.
Arach'ne, tower of.
Arbe'la. Battle of.
Arca'dia and Arcadians. Arcadians assist Messenia;
assist Thebes in war with Sparta.
Archidami'a, Queen of Sparta.
Archela'us, King of Macedon.
Archida'mus, King of Sparta.
Archil'ochus, lyric poet.
Archime'des, the Syracusan; Cicero visits the tomb of.
Architecture.—First period. Second period. Third
period.
Ar'chons. Institution of, in Athens.
Areop'agus, or Hill of Mars. Court of; changes in
power of.
A'res (same as Mars).
Arethu'sa, fountain of.
A're-us, King of Sparta.
Ar'gives, the.
Ar'go, the ship.
Argol'ic Gulf.
Ar'golis.
Argonau'tic expedition, the.
Ar'gos, city of.
Ari'on, the poet.
Aristi'des, the Athenian general and statesman. At
Marathon; rise of, in Athenian affairs; banishment of, and return
to fight at Salamis; leadership and death of.
Aristi'des, a painter.
Aristoc'rates, King of Arcadia.
Aristode'mus, one of the Heraclidæ.
Aristogi'ton. Conspiracy of, against the
Pisistratidæ, and death of; tribute to.
Aristom'enes, a Messenian leader.
ARISTOPH'ANES, the comic poet. Life and works of. Extracts from:
The Wasps; Cleon the Demagogue; The Clouds; The
Birds.
Aristot'le, the philosopher. Life and works of.
ARNOLD, EDWIN.—The Academia.
Ar'ta, Gulf of.
Artaba'nus, uncle of Xerxes.
Artapher'nes, Persian governor of Lydia.
Artaxerx'es Longim'anus.
Artaxerxes Mne'mon.
Ar'temis. (See Diana.)
Artemis'ia (she-a), Queen of Carin.
Artemis'ium. Naval conflict at.
Arts. (See Literature.)
As'cra. Birthplace of Hesiod.
A'sius (a'she-us). A marshy place near the river
Ca-ys'ter, in Asia Minor.
Aso'pus, the river, in Bœotia.
Aspa'sia (she-a). Attacks upon.
Asty'anax, Hector's son. Fate of.
A'te, goddess of revenge.
Athe'na. (See Minerva.)
Athenodo'rus, a Rhodian sculptor.
Athens, and the Athenians; founding of the city;
early history of; legislation of Draco and Solon; usurpation of
Pisistratus; birth of democracy at; battle of Marathon; affairs
of, under Aristides and Themistocles; war of, with Ægina,
and settlement of; abandonment of city; successes of, at
Artemisium and Salamis; at Platæa; empire of Athens; Athens
rebuilt; affairs of, under Cimon; at battle of Eurymedon;
jealousy of Sparta against; affairs of, under Pericles; changes
in Constitution of; war of, with Sparta; reverses of, in Egypt,
decline of, and thirty years' truce of, with Sparta; the "Age of
Pericles"; war of, with Sparta; the plague at; violates the Peace
of Nicias; Sicilian expedition of; war of, with Sparta, and
revolt of allies; reverses and humiliation of; fall of Athens;
the rule of the Tyrants; lead of, in intellectual progress;
literature and art of; adornment of; glory of; alliance of, with
Sparta; engages in the Sacred War; leads against Macedon;
censured by Demosthenes; allies of, defeated by Philip; first
open rupture with Macedon; alliance of, with Thebes, and defeat
at Chæronea; revolt of, against Alexander; captured by
Antigonus; late architecture, sculpture, and painting of;
immortal influence of; the Duchy of Athens; captured by Turks and
Venetians; revolution at, against Otho.
A'thos, Mount, in Macedonia.
Atos'sa, mother of Xerxes.
Atri'dæ, the. A term meaning "sons of Atreus," and
applied by Homer to Agamemnon and Menelaus.
Attica.
"Attic Wasp," the.
Augustus, the Roman emperor.
Au'lis, on the Euripus.
Auso'nian, or Au'sones. An ancient race of
Italy.
Aver'nus, lake of.
Babylon.
Bacchus, god of vintage or wine; theatre of.
Bel'i-des, a surname given to daughters of Belus.
Beller'ophon, son of Glaucus.
BENJAMIN, S. G. W.—Revolution against Otho.
Bes'sus, satrap of Bactria.
Bias, one of the Seven Sages.
Birds, the.
BLACKIE, J. STUART.—Value of Greek fables. Fancies of the Greek
mind. Legend of Pandora. Prometheus. Story of Tantalus. The
founding of Athens. Pythagoras. Legends of Marathon. Xerxes and
the battle of Salamis.
Bœo'tla.
Boz-zar'ls, Marco.—Bravery and death of. Constantine
Bozzaris, and Noto Bozzaris.
Bras'idas, the Spartan.
Brazen Age, the.
British Quarterly Review.—The choice of Otho; and Greece
under his rule.
Bria're-us (or Bri'a-reus).
BROUGHAM, LORD.—Demosthenes' Oration on the Crown. The style of
Demosthenes. The doctrine of Plato.
BROWNE, R. W.—Thucydides and Herodotus. Aristotle.
BULWER, EDW. LYTTON.—Merits of a "Tyranny." The battle of
Platæa, and importance of. Xerxes at Sardis. Earthquake,
and revolt of Helots at Sparta. Changes in Athenian Constitution,
Oratory of Pericles. The Drama. Adornment of Athens.
BURLINGAME, EDW. L.—Roman treatment of Greece.
BYRON, LORD.—Dodona. Parnassus. Allusions to Attica. The
Corinthian rock. The Isles of Greece. The dead at
Thermopylæ. Xerxes at Salamis. Deathless renown of Greek
heroes. The Athenian prisoners at Syracuse. The revenge of
Orestes. Alexander's career. Siege and fall of Corinth. Greece
under Moslem rule. Views of Greek independence.
Byzan'tium (she-um).
Cadmus, founder of Cadme'a.
Cadmea, citadel of Thebes.
Cal'amis, the sculptor.
Calaure'a, island of.
Callic'ra-tes, a Spartan soldier.
Callicrates, an architect.
Callicrat'i-das, a Spartan officer.
Callim'achus, the Pol'emarch.
CALLI'NUS, a lyric poet.—Writings of.
Calli'o-pe, the goddess of epic poetry.
CALLIS'TRATUS.—Tribute to Harmodius.
Calyp'so, the nymph, island of.
Cambunian mountains.
CAMPBELL, THOMAS.—Music of the Spartans. Song of the Greeks.
Battle of Navari'no.
Can'dla, island of (Crete).
Can'næ, in Apulia. Battle at.
CANNING, GEORGE.—The Slavery of Greece.
CANTON, WILLIAM.—Death of Anaxagoras.
Capo d'Istria, Count.
Capys, a Trojan.
Carthaginians, the.
Caspian Gates, the.
Cassan'der, son of Antipater.—Master of Greece and
Macedon; death of.
Cassan'dra, daughter of Priam.
Castalian Fount, the.
Cat'ana, in Sicily.
Cau'casus, Mount.
Ca-ys'ter, the river, in Asia Minor.
Ce'crops.
Cecro'plan hill (Acropolis).
Celts, the.
Cephalo'nia, island of.
Cephis'sus, the river.
Ceraunian mountains.
Ce'res, goddess of grain, etc.
Chærone'a, in Bœotia; battle of.
Chal'cis, in Euboea.
Cha'os.
Cha'res, a Rhodian sculptor.
Cher'siphron, a Cretan architect. Story of.
Chersone'sus. the Thracian.
Chi'lo, one of the Seven Sages.
Chion'i-des, a comic poet.
Chi'os, island of.
Choëph'oroe, the.
Christianity in Greece.
Chro'nos, or Saturn.
Cicero, the Roman orator. Visits tomb of Archime'des.
Cili'cia (she-a).
Ci'mon (meaning Milti'a-des).
Cimon, son of Miltiades, and an Athenian general and
statesman; successes and rise of, at Athens; wins battle of
Eurym'edon; aids Sparta; the fall and banishment of; recall of,
expedition to Cyprus, and death of.
Cithæ'ron, Mount.
Ci'tium (she-um), in Cyprus.
Clazom'enæ, on an island off the Dorian coast.
CLE-AN'THES.—Hymn to Jupiter.
Cle-ar'chus, a Spartan general.
Cleo-bu'lus, one of the Seven Sages.
Cle'on, the Athenian.—Causes the Mityleneans to be put to
death; conduct and character of, and attacks upon, by
Aristoph'anes.
Cle'on of Lampsacus.
Cleon'ymus of Sparta.
Clouds, the.
Clis'thenes (eze), last despot of Si'çyon.
Clisthenes, founder of democracy at Athens; reforms
of.
Clytemnes'tra, wife of Agamemnon.
Cocy'tus, the river.
Codrington, Admiral.
Co'drus, early King of Athens.
Col'chis.
COLERIDGE, HENRY N.—The poems of Homer.
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL T.—Pythagore'an influences.
COLLINS, MORTIMER.—Fable of Hercules and Antæ'us.
Colonies, the Greek. In Asia Minor; history of, in Magna
Groeca, etc.; in Sicily, Italy, Africa, etc.
Col'ophon, in Ionia.
Comedy. The Old; the New.
COOK, REV. JOSEPH.—Progress in Modern Greece.
Corcy'ra, or Corfu, island of.
Corinna, a Bœotian poetess.
Corinth, and the Corinthians; conquest of; despotisms of;
war of, with Corcyra; aids Syracuse; destruction of; capture of,
by the Turks.
Corinthian Architecture.
Corinthian Gulf, the.
Corone'a, plains of. Athenian defeat at.
Coumour'gi, Äl'i, the Turkish Grand Vizier. Successes
of.
Councils, the National.
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER P.—Temples at Pæstum.
Cran'non, battle of.
Crat'erus, one of Alexander's generals.
Crati'nus, a comic poet.
Creation, the. Account of.
Cre'on.
Cresphon'tes, of the Heraclidæ.
Crete, island of; conquered by the Turks; revolution
in.
Cris'sa, town of.
Crissæ'an plain.
Cri'ti-as (cri'she-as), chief of the Thirty Tyrants.
Croe'sus, King of Lydia.
CROLY, GEORGE.—Pericles. Death of Pericles.
Croto'na, in Italy.
Crusaders, the. Courts of, in Greece.
Ctes'iphon, who proposed a crown for Demosthenes.
Cu'mæ, in Italy.
Cumæ'an Sibyl, the. Myth of.
CURTIUS, ERNST.—The Oration of Pericles. Retreat of the Ten
Thousand. Pelopidas and Epaminondas.
Cyc'la-des, the (islands).
Cyc'lic poets, the.
Cy'clops, or Cyclo'pes, the.
Cy'lon, the Athenian.
Cynoceph'alæ, In Thessaly. Battle of.
Cyprian queen (Venus).
Cyprus, Island of.
Cyrena'ica, colony of.
Cy-re'ne, colony of.
Cyropoedi'a, the.
Cyrus the Elder. Conquers Lydia.
Cyrus the Younger.
Cys'icus, Island of. Victory of Alcibiades at.
Cyth'era, island of.
Cytheræ'a, name given to Venus.
Damon and Pythias.
Dan'a-ë, Lamentation of.
Dan'a-i, the.
Dan'a-us, founder of Argos.
Dar'danus, son of Jupiter and Electra.
Dari'us I. (Hystas'pes), King of Persia; dominion of; he
suppresses the Ionic revolt; invades Greece; death of.
Darius III., King of Persia. Defeated at Issus, and at
Arbe'la; Flight and death of.
De-iph'obus, a Trojan hero.
De'lium, in Bœotia. Battle of.
Del'phi, or Delphos. City, temple, and oracle
of.
De'los, island of; Confederacy of States at.
Deme'ter. (See Ceres.)
Deme'trius, son of Antigonus. Seizes the throne of
Macedon.
Demos'the-nes, the Athenian general. Captures Pylus;
defeat and death of, at Syracuse.
DEMOS'THE'NES, the orator; pious fraud of; measures against, at
Athens, and attack upon, by Æschines; death of; oratory
of.—Extracts from: The First Philippic. Oration on the
Crown.
Deuca'lion, son of Prometheus. Deluge of.
Diana, or Ar'temis, temple to, at Ephesus.
Die'bitsch, Marshal.
Di'o-cles, of Syracuse.
Diodo'rus, the historian.
Diog'enes, the Cretan.
DIOG'ENES LAER'TIUS.—Xenophon.
Di'omed, a Greek hero in the Trojan war; valor of; fate
of.
Di'on, of Syracuse.
Dionysian Festivals, the.
Dionysius of Col'ophon, a painter.
Dionysius the Elder, of Syracuse.
Dionysius the Younger, of Syracuse.
Dionysius, the Roman historian.
Diopi'thes, the general.
Dipoe'nus, the sculptor.
Dis, a name given to Pluto.
Dodo'na, city and temple of.
Do'rians, the, migrations and colonies of.
Dor'ic architecture.
Do'ris.
Do'rus, progenitor of the Dorians.
Dra'co, the Athenian legislator.
Drama, the. Before Peloponnesian wars; characterization
of; influence of; the drama after Peloponnesian war.
Dry'ads, or Dry'a-des, the. Wood-nymph.
DRYDEN, JOHN.—Alexander's feast at Persep'olis.
Edinburgh Review. Courts of Crusaders.
Eges'ta, in Sicily.
E'lea, in Lucania. Eleatic philosophy.
Elec'tra, the.
Eleu'sis, and the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Eleu'therre, in Attica.
E'lis and E'leans.
Elo'ra, temple of. Elora is a town in south-western
Hindostan, noted for its splendid cave-temples, cut from a hill
of red granite, black basalt, and quartz rock. Of these, that
called "Paradise," to which reference is here made, is 100 feet
high, 401 feet deep, and 185 feet in greatest breadth. It is "a
perfect pantheon of the gods of India."
Elysium, the.
Ema'thia, or Macedon.
En'nius. The Fate of Ajax.
Eny'o, a war-goddess.
E'os, The same as Aurora, a term applied to the eastern
parts of the world.
Epaminon'das, the Theban. Character of, and his successes
against Sparta.
Eph'esus.
Ephi-al'tes.
Epichar'mus.
Epicu'rus, Life and works of.
Epidau'rus, in Argolis.
Epime'theus (thuse).
Epi'rus.
Er-ech'the-um, the.
Erech'theus (thuse).
Ere'tria.
Erin'nys. (See Furies.)
Euboe'a, island of.
Euboe'an Sea.
Eu'menes, Alexander's general.
Eumen'i-des, the.
Euphra'nor, a sculptor.
Eu'polis, a comic poet.
Eupom'pus, a Siçyonian painter.
EURIP'IDES. Life and works of. Extracts from: The Greek Armament.
Alcestis preparing for death.
Euri'pus, or Euboean Sea.
Euro'tas.
Eurybi'ades, a Spartan general.
Euryd'i-ce.
Eurym'edon, in Pamphylia.
Farnese Bull, the. Sculpture of.
Fates, the.
FELTON, C. C., D.D.—Ionian language and culture, Unity of the
Iliad. Works of Hesiod. Christianity in Greece. The Duchy
of Athens. The Klephts.
Festivals, the Grecian.
FINLAY, GEORGE, LL.D.—The Revolt against Rome.
Flamin'ius, Titus, Roman consul.
Frogs, the.
Furies, the.
Future State, the. Greek views of.
Gan-y-me'de, Jove's cup-bearer.
Gedro'sia (she-a), in Persia.
Ge'la, in Sicily.
Ge'lon, despot of Gela. Becomes despot of Syracuse;
dynasty of, extinguished.
GEM'INUS, TULLIUS.—Themistocles.
George, Prince of Denmark. Is chosen King of Greece;
progress of Greece under.
Giants, the; battle with Jupiter.
GILLIES, JOHN, LL.D.—Memorial to Miltiades. Aristophanes and
Cleon. The works of Phidias.
Gladiator, the Dying.
GLADSTONE, WM. EWART.—The humanity of the gods.
Glau'cus, a Trojan hero.
Glaucus, a sculptor.
Gods, the. Personifications and deifications of; moral
characteristics of; deceptions of.
Golden Age, the.
Gor'gias, the Sophist.
Gorgo'pis, lake, near Corinth.
Goths, the. Overrun Greece.
Government, forms of, and changes in.
Graces, the.
Grani'cus, the river. Battle at.
GRAY, THOMAS.—Pindar.
GROTE, GEORGE.—The Trojan war. The Cumæan Sibyl. Increase
of power among Sicilian Greeks. The Seven Sages. Lesson from the
fate of Miltiades. Transitions of tragedy. Aristophanes. The
Sophists and Socrates. Demosthenes' first Philippic. The
Influence of Phocion. Conquests of Alexander. The Oration on the
Crown.
Guiscard (ges-kar'), Robert. Conquests of.
Gy'ges, the.
Gylip'pus, a Spartan general.
Gyth'e-um (or Gy-the'-nm), port of Sparta.
Ha'des.
Ha'drian, the Roman emperor.
Hæ'mus, mountain chain of.
Halicarnas'sus, in Caria.
HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE.—Marco Bozzaris.
Hamil'car, a Carthaginian general.
Hannibal, a Carthaginian general.
Harmo'dius, an Athenian.
Harpies, the. Winged monsters with female faces and the
bodies, claws, and wings of birds.
HAYGARTH, WILLIAM.—Acheron and Acherusia. Ancient Corinth.
Sparta's invincibility. Battle of Thermopylæ. Athens in
time of peace. Temple of Theseus. The Academia. Immortality of
Grecian genius.
He'be, goddess of youth.
Hecatæ'us, the historian.
Hec'tor, eldest son of Priam, King of Troy; parting of,
with Androma-che; exploits of; encounters Achilles, is slain, and
his body given up to Priam; lamentation over, by Andromache and
Helen.
HEE'REN (ha'ren).—Authority of Homer. Freedom in colonies.
Character of a "tyranny".
He-ge'sias (she-as), the sculptor.
Helen of Troy. Abduction of; the name of; laments Hectors
death; supposed career of, after the Trojan war.
Hel'icon, Mount, in Bœotia.
Hel'las, or Greece; survival.
Hellas, the.
Helle'nes, and Hellen'ic (Hellen). Spirit of, in
modern Greece.
Hellen'ica, the.
Hellen'ics, the.
Hel'lespont, the.
He'lots, the. The revolt of.
HEMANS, FELICIA.—Mount Olympus, 2. Vale of Tempe, 3. City and
temple of Delphi, T. Mycenæ. Spartan march to battle.
Legend of Marathon. The Parthenon. The Turkish invasion.
Hephæs'tus, or Vulcan, M.
He'ra. (See Juno.)
Her-a-cli'dæ, the return of the.
Heracli'tus, the philosopher.
Hercules, frees Prometheus; twelve labors, &c., of;
fable of; encounter of, with Antæ'ns; sails with Argonautic
expedition; legends of, at Marathon; statue of.
Hermes. (See Mercury.)
Hermi'o-ne.
HEROD'OTUS, the historian. Life and writings of; compared with
Thucydides.—Extracts from: Xerxes at Abydos. Introduction to
history.
Heroic Age, the. Some events of; arts and civilization
in.
Heros'tratus.
Hertha, goddess of the earth.
HE'SI-OD. Life and works of.—Extracts from: Battle of the
Giants. Origin of Evil, etc. The justice of the gods. Winter.
Hi'ero I. Despot of Gela; becomes despot of Syracuse.
Hiero II. Despot of Syracuse.
Him'era, in Sicily.
Hippar'chus.
Hip'pias, son and successor of Pisistratus. Is driven from
Athens; leads the Persians against Greece.
Hippocre'ne (or crene' in poetry), fountain of.
Hippopla'çia (also Hypopla'kia). Same as The'be, in
Mysia, and so called because supposed to lie at the foot of or
under Mount Plakos.
History. To close of Peloponnesian wars; subsequent period
of.
HOLLAND. J. G.—The La-oc'o-on.
HOMER. Life and works of.—Extracts from: The gardens of
Alcin'o-us, Prayer to the gods. The taking of an oath. The Future
State. The descent of Orpheus. The Elysium. Punishment of Ate.
Ulysses and Thersites. Parting of Hector and Andromache. Death of
Patroclus. The shield of Achilles. Death of Hector. Priam begging
for Hector's body. Lamentation of Andromache; of Helen. Artifice
of Ulysses. The Raft of Ulysses. Similes of Homer. Jupiter grants
the request of Thetis.
HORACE.—Description of Pindar. Greece the conqueror of Rome.
Horolo'gium, the, at Athens.
HOUGHTON, LORD.—The Cyclopean walls.
HUME, DAVID.—The style of Demosthenes.
Huns, the. Overrun Greece.
Hy'las, legend of.
Hymet'tus, Mount.
Hype'ria's Spring, in Thessaly.
Ib'rahim Pä'sha (or pa-shä').
Ica'ria, island of.
Ictinus, the architect.
I'da, Mount.
Idalian queen (same as Venus).
Il'iad.
Il'i-um, or Troy. Grecian expedition against; the
fate of; fall of, announced to the Greeks; discoveries on site
of.
Illyr'ia.
Im'bros, island of.
In'achus, son of Oceanus.
In'arus, a Libyan prince.
Iol'cus, in Thessaly.
I'on, son of Xuthus.
ION, of Chios. The power or Sparta.
Io'nia, and Ionians; language and culture of.
Colonies of.
Ionian Sea.
Ion'ic Architecture.
Ionic Revolt, the.
I'os, island of.
Ip'sara, isle of.
I'ra, fortress of, in Messenia.
I'ris, the rainbow goddess.
Isag'oras, the Athenian.
Isles of Greece, the.
Isoc'ra-tes, an Athenian orator.
Is'sus, in Cilicia. Battle of.
Isthmian Games, the.
Italy, Greek colonies in.
Ithaca, island of.
Itho'me, fortress of.
Ixi'on. The punishment of.
Jason.
Jove. (See Jupiter.)
Julian, the Roman emperor.
Juno, or Hera, temple of, at Samos; temple of, near
Platæa.
Jupiter, Jove, or Zeus. Court of; temple of, and
games sacred to; hymn to; divides dominion of the universe;
statue of, at Tarentum.
Justin, the Latin historian.
JUVENAL.—Stories about Xerxes. Flight of Xerxes from Salamis.
Alexander's tomb.
Kalamä'ta.
KENDRICK, A. C., LL.D.—Plato and his writings.
Klephts, the.
Knights, the.
Kot'tos.
Laç-e-dæ'mon, or Sparta.
Laco'nia.
Lævi'nus, M. Valerius.
Lam'achus, an Athenian general.
Lamp'sacus, on the Hellespont.
LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE.—Reconciliation of Helen and Menelaus.
LANG, A.—Venus visits Helen of Troy. Reconciliation of Helen and
Menelaus.
La-oc'o-on, a priest of Apollo. Statuary group of the
Laocoon.
Lap'ithæ, a people of Thessaly.
LAWRENCE, EUGENE.—The murder of Agamemnon. Herodotus. Menander.
Aristotle.
Lebade'a, temple and oracle of.
LEGARÉ (le-gre'), HUGH S.—Character of a Greek democracy.
The eloquence of Æschines. The eloquence of
Demosthenes.
Lem'nian (relating to Vulcan).
Lem'nos, island of.
Leon'idas, a Spartan king. Bravery and death of, at
Thermopylæ; the tomb of.
Leotych'i-des.
Lepan'to.
Lernæ'an Lake.
Les'bos, island of.
Le'the.
Leu'cas, or Leucadia.
Leu'ce, in the Euxine Sea.
Leuc'tra, in Bœotia. Battle of.
LIDDELL, HENRY G., D.D.—Legends of the Greeks.
Literature and the Arts. In the Ionian colonies; the poems
of Homer. 1. Progress of, before the Persian wars; poems
of Hesiod; lyric poetry; philosophy; early architecture; early
sculpture. 2. Progress of, from the Persian to close of
Peloponnesian wars; lyric poetry; the Drama-tragedy; old comedy;
early history; philosophy; sculpture and painting; architecture.
3. Progress of, after Peloponnesian wars; the drama;
oratory; philosophy; history; architecture and sculpture;
painting.
Livy, the Roman historian.
Lo'cris, and Locrians.
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL.—A Pythagorean fantasy.
LÜB'KE, WILHELM.—Art at Athene. Phidias and his work. The
Dying Gladiator.
LU'CAN.—The Delphic oracle. Alexander's career and
character.
LUCRE'TIUS (she-us).—The plague at Athens. Epicurus.
Lyce'um, the, at Athens.
Lycur'gus, the Spartan law-giver; legislation of.
Lyric Poetry. Before the Persian wars; from Persian to
close of Peloponnesian wars.
Lysan'der, a Spartan general. Acts of.
Ly'si-as (she-as), an Athenian orator.
Lysic'rates, monument to.
Lysim'achus, Alexander's general.
Lysip'pus, of Sicyon. Works of.
Maca'ria, plain of.
MACAULAY, LORD.—Herodotus. Literature of Athens, and her
immortal influence.
Maç'edon, or Maçedo'nia. Invasion of,
by the Persians; by Xerxes; Athenian colonies in; supremacy of;
sketch of; interference of, in affairs of Greece; war of, with
Greece; with Persia; revolt of Sparta against; invasion of, by
Celts, and war with Pyrrhus; conquest of, by Rome.
Macis'tus, Mount, in Euboea, near Eretria.
Mæ-o'tis, same as Sea of Azof.
MAHAFFY, J. P.—The society of Olympus. Political life of the
Greeks. Domestic life in the Heroic Age. Hesiod's description of
the Styx. Archilochus. Stesich'orus. Barbarities in the
Peloponnesian wars. Simonides. Æschylus. The "Alcestis" of
Euripides. Thucydides. The Sophists. Socrates. Late Greek
tragedy. Aristotle.
Magne'sia (she-a).
Mah'moud, the Sultan.
Mantine'a, in Arcadia.
Mar'athon, the plains of; battle of, and legends connected
with.
Mardo'nius, Persian general. First invasion of Greece; his
second Invasion and defeat at Marathon; defeated at Platæa,
and is slain.
Mars.
Mavrocordä'to, Alexander.
Mede'a.
Medea, the.
Meg'ara.
Me'lian nymphs. They watched over gardens and flocks of
sheep.
Me'los, island of.
Melpom'e-ne, inventress of tragedy.
Memno'nian Palace. So called because said to have been
founded by the father of Memnon.
Memorabil'ia, the.
MENAN'DER, the comic poet. Life and works of. Fragment from.
Men-e-la'us.
Men'tor, a friend of Ulysses.
Mercury, or Her'mes.
Messa'na, in Sicily.
Messa'pion, Mount, in Bœotia.
Messe'nia, and Messe'nians, wars of, with
Sparta.
Messenian Gulf.
Messenian wars, the.
Metamorphoses, the.
Mi'con, a painter.
Mile'tus, in Ionia.
Milti'a-des, the Athenian general, etc. Commands at
Marathon; disgrace and death of; lesson of.
MILTON, JOHN.—Cocytus and Acheron. Heroic times foretold. Xerxes
crosses the Hellespont. Reference to Alcestis. Socrates.
Oratory.
Mi'mas, a mountain-range of Ionia.
Minerva, temple of; statue of, at Athens.
Mi'nos, Cretan law-giver.
Minot'ti. Story of.
Missolon'ghi. The sortie at.
MITCHELL, THOMAS.—The Old Comedy. Style of Plato. Xenophon.
MITFORD, WILLIAM.—Æschylus's account of Salamis. Character
of Pericles.
Mityle'ne.
Mnemos'y-ne, mother of the Nine Muses.
Mnes'icles, a sculptor.
Mnes'theus.—A great-grandson of Erechtheus, who deprived
Theseus of the throne of Athens, and led the Athenians in the
Trojan war.
Molda'via.
Monembasï'a. On the south-east coast of Laconia.
More'a.
Morosi'ni, a Venetian admiral.
Mum'mius, a Roman consul.
MURE, WILLIAM.—The "Works and Days" of Hesiod. Alcman.
Muses, the Nine.
Mye'a-le. Defeat of Persians at.
Myce'næ.
My'ron, a painter.
Myr'tis, a poetess.
Mys'ia (she-a).
Mythology, Grecian.
Na-i'a-des, or Nai'ads, the.
Nap'oli di Roma'nia.
Naupac'tus.
Nau'pli-a.
Navarï'no; battle of.
Nax'os, in Sicily.
Ne-ap'olis, in Italy.
Ne'mea, city of.
Ne'mean games.
Ne'mean lion.
Nem'esis, a female avenging deity.
Neptune, or Posei'don; temple of.
Ner-e'i-des, or Ner'e-ids.
Nestor, a Greek hero and sage.
Niçi-as (she-as), the Peace of.
Niçi-as, the Athenian general.
Niçi-as, a painter.
Ni'o-be, and her children.
Oaths, of the gods, etc.
O-ce-an'i-des, the.—Ocean-nymphs and sisters of the
rivers; supposed personifications of the various qualities and
appearances of water.
O-ce'anus, god of the ocean.
O-de'um, the.
Ody'ssey, the.
OEd'ipus Tyran'nus, the.
OE'ta, Mount.
Olym'pia, in E'lis; statue of Jupiter at.
Olym'piad.
Olym'pian Jove. Temple of; statue of.
Olym'pus, Mount; society of.
Olyn'thus, in Macedonia.
Oratory.
O're-ads, the.
Ores'tes, son of Agamemnon.
Or'pheus (pheus), the musician.
Orthag'oras of Sicyon.
Ortyg'ia, in Sicily.
Os'sa, Mount.
Otho, King of Greece; revolution against and deposition
of.
O'thrys Mountains.
OV'ID.—Apollo. The Creation. Deluge of Deucalion. The Descent of
Orpheus. Apollo's Conflict with Python.
Pæs'tum. Ruins of temples at.
Pagasæ, Gulf of.
Painting.
Palame'des, a Greek hero.
Pal'las (same as Minerva).
Pami'sus, the river.
Pam'philus, a painter.
Pan; legend of.—The god of shepherds, in form both man
and beast, having a horned head and the thighs, legs, and feet of
a goat.
Pan'darus, a Trojan hero.
Pando'ra, legend of.
Paradise Lost, the.
Par'çæ, or Fates.
Paris, of Troy. Abducts Helen; combat of, with Menelaus;
kills Achilles.
Parmen'ides.
Parnas'sus, Mount.
Par'nes, mountains of.
Par'non, mountains of.
Pa'ros, an island of the Cyclades group.
Parrha'sius (she-us). Anecdotes of.
Par'thenon, the; glories of; destruction of.
Passä'rowitz, in Servia. The peace of. Concluded
between Austria and Venice on the one side, and Turkey on the
other.
Pa'træ.
Patro'cius, a Greek hero.
Pausa'nias, a Spartan general. At Platæa; treason,
punishment, and death of.
Pax'os, island of.
Pegasus, the winged horse.
Pelas'gians, the.
Pe'leus.
Pe'li-as.
Pe'li-on, Mount.
Pelle'ne, or Cassandra, in Achaia.
Pelop'idas, the Theban.
Peloponne'sus, the.
Peloponnesian wars, the; the first war; the second
war.
Pe'lops.
Penel'o-pe, wife of Odysseus.
Pene'us, the river.
Pentel'icus, or Mende'li, Mount.
Pen'theus, King of Thebes.
Perdic'cas, Alexander's general.
Perian'der, despot of Corinth; one of the Seven Sages.
Per'icles, the Athenian general, etc. Accedes to power in
place of Cimon; constitutional changes made by, at Athens;
measures of, for war with Sparta; defeat of, at Tanagra; recalls
Cimon; progress under his rule; attacks upon, at Athens; declares
war against Sparta; oration of; death and character of.
Persep'olis. Alexander's feast at.
Per'seus (or se'us).
Per'seus, King of Macedon.
Persians, the.
Persian wars, the. Account of.
Phoe'do, the.
Phale'rum, bay of.
Phe'ræ, in Thessaly.
Phid'ias, the sculptor; the work and masterpieces of.
PHILE'MON, the comic poet. Life and works or.
Philip of Macedon; interference of, in Grecian affairs;
invades Thessaly; attacks of Demosthenes against; captures
Olynthus; reveals his designs against Greece, and defeats Athens
and Thebes at Chæronea; is invested with supreme command,
and declares war against Persia; death of.
Philip V. of Macedon; defeat of, at Apollonia and
Cynocephalæ.
Philippics, the.
Phil'ocles, bravery of.
Philopoe'men.
Philosophy. Before the Persian wars; to close of
Peloponnesian wars; subsequent to Peloponnesian wars.
Phleg'ethon, or Pyr-iphleg'ethon.
Pho'cion (she-on), Athenian statesman. Opposes the policy
of Demosthenes.
Pho'cis and Phocians, sacrilege of, and war
with.
Phoe'bus, the sun-god (Apollo).
Phoe'nix, warrior and sage.
PHRYN'ICHUS. Tribute to Sophocles.
Phy'le. A fortress in a pass of Mount Parnes, north-west
from Athens. This was the point seized by Thrasybulus in the
revolt against the Thirty Tyrants.
Pi-e'ri-an fount.
Pi-er'i-des, name given to the Muses.
Pi'e-rus, or Pl-e'ri-a, Mount.
Pi'e-rus, King of Emathia.
PIN'DAR. Life and writings of. Extracts from: The Greek Elysium;
Christening of the Argo; Spartan music and poetry; Tribute to
Theron; Athenians at Artemisium; Threnos; Founding of Ætna;
Hiero's victory at Cumæ; Admonitions to Hiero.
Pin'dus, mountains of.
Piræ'us, the.
Pi'sa and Pisa'tans.
Pisis'tratus and the Pisistrat'idæ;
usurpation of Pisistratus; death and character of; family of,
driven from Athens.
Pit'tacus, one of the Seven Sages.
Plague, the, at Athens.
Platæ'a and the Platæ'ans; battle of
Platæa; results of; attack on, by Thebans.
PLATO, the philosopher. Life and works of.
PLATO, the comic poet.—Tomb of Themistocles; Aristophanes.
PLINY.—Story of Parrhasius and Zeuxis.
PLUMPTRE, E. H., D.D.—Personal temperament of
Æschylus.
PLUTARCH.—Songs of the Spartans; Solon's efforts to recover
Salamis; Incident of Aristides's banishment; Artemisium; Lysander
and Phil'ocles.
Pluto.
Pnyx, the.
Polyb'ius. Life and works of.
Pol'ybus, King of Corinth.
Polycle'tus, a sculptor.
Polyc'ra-tes, despot of Samoa.
Polydec'tes, a Spartan king.
Polydec'tes, King of Seri'phus.
Polydo'rus, a Rhodian sculptor.
Polygno'tus, of Thasos.
POLYZO'IS.—war song.
POPE, ALEXANDER.—The Pierian Spring; Tribute to Homer;
Description of Pindar; Aristotle.
Posei'don, (See Neptune.)
Potidæ'a, revolt of.
Praxit'eles, an Athenian sculptor.
Priam, King of Troy.
Prie'ne, in Carla.
PRIOR, MATTHEW.—Description of Pindar.
Prod'icus, the Sophist.
Prome'theus. Legend of; Hesiod's tale of.
Prome'theus Bound, the.
Propon'tic Sea.
Propylæ'a, at Athens.
Pros'erpine, daughter of Ceres.
Protag'oras, the Sophist.
Pro'teus (or te-us), a sea-deity.
Protog'enes, a Rhodian painter.
Ptol'emy Cerau'nus, of Macedon.
Ptol'emy Philadelphus, King of Egypt.
Ptol'emy So'ter, Alexander's general.
Pyd'na, in Macedonia. Battle of.
Py'lus, in Messenia.
Pyr'rha, wife of Deucalion.
Pyr'rhus, a son of Achilles.
Pyr'rhus, King of Epirus; war of, with Macedon; with
Sparta; death of.
Pythag'oras, the philosopher; doctrines of, etc..
Pythag'oras, a painter.
Pyth'ia, priestess of Apollo.
Pythian games.
Py'thon; Apollo's conflict with.
Py'thon, an orator of Macedon.
Quintil'ian, the historian.
Rhadaman'thus, son of Jupiter and Europa.
Rhapsodists, the.
Rhe'a, daughter of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and
Earth).
Rhe'gium, in Magna Groecia.
RHI'GAS, CONSTANTINE. War song.
Rhodes, island of; sculptures of.
Rhoe'cus, a sculptor.
Roger, King of Sicily.
Rome and the Romans; called into Sicily, and become
masters of the island; defeat of, at Cannæ, and victory of,
at Cynocephalæ; become masters of Greece and Macedon; their
administration of Greece.
RUSKIN, JOHN.—The "Clouds" of Aristophanes.
Sacred War, the.
Sages, the Seven.
Sal'amis, island of; naval battle at.
Saler'no, bay of, in Italy.
Saloni'ca, once Thessaloni'ca.
Sa'mos, island of.
SAP'PHO (saf'fo), a poetess. Lire, writing, and characterization
of.
Sar'dis, in Asia Minor.
Saron'ic Gulf (Thermaic).
Sarpe'don, a Trojan hero.
Sat'urn. (See Chro'nos.)
Sa'tyrs, the.
Scæ'an Gates, the, of Troy.
Scaman'der, river in Asia Minor.
Scaptes'y-le, in Thrace.
SCHILLER.—The building of Thebes; the poet's lament; wailing of
the Trojan women; Damon and Pythias—The Hostage; a visit to
Archimedes.
SCHLEGEL, A. W., von.—Character of the Agamemnon.
Sçil'lus, In E'lis.
Sçl'o, island of.—Massacre at.
Sco'pas, the sculptor.
Sculpture.—Before the Persian wars; from Persian to close
of Peloponnesian wars; subsequent to Peloponnesian wars.
Sçyl'lis, a sculptor.
Sçy'ros, Island of.
Seleu'cus, Alexander's general; the Seleucidæ.
Seli'nus.—Ruins of temples at.
Seneca, Roman philosopher.
Seri'phus, island of.
Seven Chiefs against Thebes, the.
SEWELL, WILLIAM.—Anecdote of Chrys'ostom.
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.—The sufferings of Prometheus; an image of
Athens; a prophetic vision of the Greek Revolution.
Shield of Hercules, the.
Sicilian Expedition, the.
Sicily, Island of.—Colonies in; invasion of, by
Carthaginians; by the Athenians; affairs in the colonies under
Hiero, Dionysius, etc.; the Roman conquer.
Si'çy-on and Siçy-o'nians
(sish'i-on); sculpture of; painting of.
Slle'nus, a demi-god. The nurse, preceptor, and attendant
of Bacchus, to whom Socrates was wont to compare himself.
SIM'MIAS.—Tribute to Sophocles.
Sim'o-is, a river of Troas.
Simon'ides of Amorgos.
SIMON'IDES OF CEOS.—Life and writings of. Extracts from:
Epitaphs on the fallen at Thermopylæ; battle of Eurym'edon;
Lamentation of Dan'ae.
Slavonians, the.—Influences of.
SMITH, WILLIAM, LL.D.—Socrates. Aristotle.
SOCRATES; attack upon, by Aristophanes. Life and works of.
Extracts from: His Defence. Views of a Future State.
Solon, the Athenian law-giver.—Life and legislation of;
capture of Salamis by; his integrity; protests against acts of
Pisistratus; voluntary exile and death of; classed as one of the
Seven Sages. Extracts from: Ridicule to which his integrity
exposed him. Estimate of his own character and services.
Sophists, the.
SOPH'OCLES. Life and works of. Extracts from: The taking of
an
oath. Chariot-race of Orestes. The Œdipus Tyrannus.
SOUTHEY, ROBERT.—The battle of Platoon.
Sparta and the Spartans; Sparta is assigned to sons of
Aristodemus; early history of; education and patriotism of; their
poetry and music; conquests by; colonize Tarentum; reject the
demands of Darius, but refuse to help Athens at Marathon; efforts
of, to unite states against Persia; in battle of
Thermopylæ; monuments and epitaphs to; in battle of
Salamis; or Platæa; on coasts of Asia Minor; loses command
in war against Persia; earthquake at Sparta, and revolt of the
Helots; accepts aid from Athens; alliance of, with Athens,
renounced, and war begun; defeats Athens at Tanagra, and is
defeated; truce of, with Athens; begins Peloponnesian war;
concludes the peace of Nicias; war of, with Argives, and victory
at Mantinea; aids Syracuse against Athens; successes of, against
Athens; occupies Athens, and withdraws from Attica; supremacy of
Sparta; her defeat and humiliation by Thebes; engages in the
Sacred War; revolt of, against Macedon; war with Pyrrhus; with
Antigonus.
Spor'a-des, the (islands).
Sta-gi'ra, in Macedonia.
Stati'ra, daughter of Darius,
STEPHENS, JOHN L—A visit to Missolonghi.
Stesich'orus, the poet.
STORY, WILLIAM W.—Chersiphron, and the Temple of Diana.
Stroph'a-des, the (islands).
Stry'mon, the river.
Styx. A celebrated torrent in Arcadia—now called "Black
water" from the dark color of the rocks over which it flows—from
which the fabulous river of the same name probably
originated.
Su'da, in Achaia.
Su'sa, capital of Persia.
Susa'rion, a comic poet.
Syb'aris, in Italy; destroyed by Crotona.
Sylla, a Roman general.
SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON.—The "Theogony" of Hesiod; Archilochus;
the ladies of Lesbos; Sappho and her poems; the era of Athenian
greatness; Pindar; Euripides; Menander.
Syracuse, in Sicily.—Founded by Corinthians; progress of,
under Gilon, and war with Carthage; destroys the Athenian
expedition; affairs of, under Hiero and succeeding rulers.
Syrts, two gulfs in Africa.
TALFOURD, THOMAS NOON.—Unity of the Iliad; Sophocles;
the glory of Athens.
Tan'agora, in Bœotia, battle of.
Tan'talus, the story of.
Taren'turn, in Italy.
Tar'tarus, the place of punishment.
Ta-yg'etus, mountain-range of.
TAYLOR, BAYARD.—Legend of Hylas.
Te'gea, in Arcadia.
Teg'y-ra, battle at.
Tem'enus, of the Heraclidæ.
Tem'pe, Vale of.
Ten'edos, island of.
TENNENT, EMERSON.—Turkish oppression in Greece.
Ten Thousand Greeks, retreat of.
Te'os, in Ionia.
TERPAN'DER, the poet; Spartan valor and music.
Te'thys, wife of Ocean.
Tha'is, an Athenian beauty.
Tha'les, one of the Seven Sages; philosophy of.
Theag'enes, despot of Megara.
The'be, a city of Mysia.
Thebes, city of; Thebans at Thermopylæ; attack of
Thebans on Platæa; sympathy of, with Athens; seizure of, by
the Spartans; rise and fall of Thebes; defeat of, at
Charonea.
The'mis, goddess of justice, or law.
Themis'to-cles, Athenian general and statesman; at
Marathon; rise of, in Athenian affairs; character and acts of; at
Artemisium, and at Salamis; banishment, disgrace, and death of;
monuments and tributes to.
THEOC'RITUS.—Ptolemy Philadelphus.
Theodo'rus, the sculptor.
THEOG'NIS, poet of Megara.—The Revolutions in Megara.
Theog'ony, the.
The'ra, island of.
Therma'ic Gulf (Saronic).
Thermop'ylæ, pass of; battle at.
The'ron, ruler of Agrigentum.
Thersi'tes; a Greek warrior.
The'seus (or se-us), first king of Athens; temple to, at
Athens; legends of; temple of.
Thes'piæ and the Thespians.
Thes'pis.
Thes'salus, son of Pisistratus.
Thes'saly and the Thessa'lians.
The'tis, a sea-deity; "Thetis' son" (Achilles).
THIRLWALL, CONNOP, D.D.—The Trojan war. Want of political union
among the Greeks. Character of an ochlocracy. Effects of the fall
of oligarchy. Writings of Theognis. The rule of Pisistratus.
Reforms of Clisthenes. The "Theogony" of Hesiod. Progress of
Sculpture. Themistocles. Pericles. Pindar. The Greeks in the
Sacred War. Last struggles of Greece.
THOMSON, JAMES.—The Apollo-Belvedere. Sparta. Tribute to Solon.
Teachings or Pythagoras. Architecture. Aristides. Cimon.
Socrates. Architecture. Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Pelopidas
and Epaminondas. The Dying Gladiator. The La-oc'o-on. The
painting by Protog'enes at Rhodes.
Thrace.
Thrasybu'lus, an Athenian patriot.
Thrasybulus, despot of Syracuse.
THUCYD'IDES, the historian. Life and Works of. Extracts from:
Speech of Pericles for war; Funeral Oration of Pericles; Athenian
defeat at Syracuse.
Thu'rii, in Italy.
Tigra'nes.
Timo'leon, a Corinthian.—Rebuilds Syracuse, and restores
her prosperity.
Timo'theus.
Tire'sias (shi-as), priest and prophet. (See Œdipus
Tyrannus.)
Tir'yns, in Argolis.
Tissapher'nes, Persian satrap.
Ti'tans, the.
Tit'y-us, punishment of.
Tragedy.—At Athens; decline of.
Tra'jan, the Roman emperor.
Tripolit'za, modern capital of Arcadia.
Tri'ton. A sea-deity, half fish in form, the son and
trumpeter of Neptune. He blew through a shell to rouse or to
allay the sea.
Trojan War, the.—Account of; consequences of.
Troy. (See Ilium.)
TUCKERMAN.—American sympathy with Greece. Character of Otho. Of
King George.
Turks, the; invade Greece; contests of, with the
Venetians; Siege and capture of Corinth by; final conquest of
Greece; Greek revolution against; compelled to evacuate
Greece.
Tydl'des, a patronymic of Diomed.
TYLER, PROF. W. S.—The divine mission of Socrates.
TYMNÆ'US.—Spartan patriotic virtue.
Tyn'darus, King of Sparta.
Tyrant, or despot.—Definition of.
Tyrants, the Thirty. The Ten Tyrants.
Tyre, city of.
TYRÆ'US.—Spartan war-song.
Ulys'ses, subject of the Odyssey; goes to
Troy; rebukes Thersites; advises construction of the wooden
horse; wanderings of; character of; raft of, described.
Ulys'ses, a Greek general.
U'ranus, or Heaven.
Venetians, the; contests of, with the Turks;
capture the Peloponnesus and Athens; evacuate Athens; abandon
Greece.
Ve'nus, or Aphrodi'te, goddess of love; appears to
Helen; statue of; painting of, rising from the sea.
Vesta.
VIRGIL.—Landing of Æneas. The taking of an oath. The fate
of Troy. The Cumæan Cave. The Eleusinian Mysteries.
Vo'lo, gulf of.
Vulcan, god of fire.
WARBURTON, ELIOT B. G.—The sortie at Missolonghi.
Wasps, the.
WEBSTER, DANIEL.—Appeal of, for sympathy with the Greeks.
WEYMAN, C. S.—Changes in statuary.
WILLIS, N. P.—Parrhasius and his captive.
WINTHROP, ROBERT C.—Visit of Cicero to tomb of Archimedes.
WOOLNER, THOMAS.—Venus risen from the sea.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.—Fancies of the Greek mind. The joy of the
Greeks at the Isthmian games.
Works and Days, the.
Xan'thus, or the river Scamander.
Xenoph'anes, the philosopher.
Xen'ophon, the historian.—Leads the retreat of the Ten
Thousand. Life and works of.
Xerxes, King of Persia; prepares to invade Greece, and
reviews his troops at Abydos; stories of; bridges and crosses the
Hellespont; defeats the Spartans at Thermopylæ: is defeated
at Salamis: his flight; death of.
Xu'thus, son of Helen.
YOUNG, EDWARD.—The persuasive Nestor.
Ypsilan'ti, Alexander.—The first to proclaim the liberty
of Greece.
Zacyn'thus, Island of.
Ze'no, a philosopher of Elea.
Ze'no, the Stoic philosopher, of Citium.—Life and works
of.
Zeux'is, the painter.—Anecdote of.
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