Chapter 17

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 bridging the 121

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 regain possessions 55

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 location of 56, 104

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

Jaddua, vision of 244

Jason commands the "Argo" 25

Jocasta, kills herself 35 Queen of Thebes 29

Jove, thunderbolts of 162

Jupiter, festival and statue of 78, 79 temple to 245 See also _Zeus_.

Labyrinth of Crete 22, 27, 264

Lacedæmon, how named 61

Laconia, adjective from 66 clemency shown to 197 location of 61

Laius, killed by OEdipus 31 words of oracle to 29

Lamia, fortress of 258

"Last of the Athenians" 261

"Last of the Greeks" 280

Leæna, courage of 100 honor to 103

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 situation of 111

Mardonius, flight of 134

Mausolus, Tomb of 264

Mediterranean Sea, islands in 13 stretch of 11

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 Lighthouse of 264

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 institution of iron 70

Morea, why so called 55

Nabis, tyrant 278

Navigation taught 17

Nearchus, exploration of 251

Nemean lion 38

Nemesis, statue of 116

Neptune. See _Poseidon_.

Nestor the wise man 44

OEdipus, 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 length of 153

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 retreat of 115

Persian vessels shut out of the Ægean 147

Phalanx, Macedonian 218, 250

Pharnabazus 185-188

Pharos 264

Phidias, death of 149 Parthenon decorated by 149, 264 statues by 79, 116, 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

Philopoemon, anecdote of 279 "Last of the Greeks" 280

Philoxenus, a philosopher 202-204

Phocion, caution of 257 "Last of the Athenians" 261

Phoenicians, 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 59 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

Quarries, The 203

Retreat of the Ten Thousand 185

Rome, Achæans exiled to 281 art in 282 power of 270, 277

Roxana, imprisonment of 261 wife of Alexander 252

Sacred Battalion 195, 226

Sacred War 224

Salamis, victory at 134, 170

Sardis, burning of 109 taken by Alexander 237

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 education of 63, 69

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 at Ephesus 227, 264 at Libya 245 at Olympia 78 of Bel, rebuilding of 247 of Jupiter 246 of Neptune 258 protection by a 88, 139, 258, 271 rebuilding of a 247 saved by thunderstorm 130, 267 test of courage at 65

Theagenes, statue of 83

Theater, the first 93

Thebes, founding of 17 siege of 38-40 supremacy of 197 taking, of 191, 233

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 Pass of 20, 125

Thersander 40, 44

Theseum 143

Theseus, bones of 143 Greek hero 26-28

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 writers of 94

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

Ulysses, in disguise 46 sung by Homer 60 the crafty king 44 wooden horse of 52

Vine, golden 106, 253

Voting in Athens 91, 103

War, end of Peloponnesian 170 engines of 124, 263 First Messenian 71 length of Peloponnesian 153 of the Epigoni 40 of the Two Leagues 277 Second Messenian 77

Wonders of the world 149, 228, 264

Xanthippe 158

Xenophon 159, 182

Xerxes I., canal dug by 124 defeat of 134 host of 121-124 sorrow of 122 vessels of, wrecked 126

Xuthus rules Athens 21

Zeus (see also _Jupiter_) 77, 151, 162