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Mosaics of Grecian History
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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'nae, 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. Chaerone'a, in Boeotia; 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. Choeph'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. Cithae'ron, Mount. Ci'tium (she-um), in Cyprus. Clazom'enae, 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'cyon. 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 Antae'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 Boeotian 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, Ael'i, the Turkish Grand Vizier. Successes of. Councils, the National. CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER P.—Temples at Paestum. 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 Heraclidae. Crete, island of; conquered by the Turks; revolution in. Cris'sa, town of. Crissae'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'mae, in Italy. Cumae'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'alae, 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. Cytherae'a, name given to Venus.

Damon and Pythias. Dan'a-e, 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 Boeotia. 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 AEschines; 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. Diopl'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 Sicyonian 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 Cumaean 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. Hae'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 Thermopylae. Athens in time of peace. Temple of Theseus. The Academia. Immortality of Grecian genius. He'be, goddess of youth. Hecatae'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 Boeotia. 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. Mycenae. Spartan march to battle. Legend of Marathon. The Parthenon. The Turkish invasion. Hephaes'tus, or Vulcan, M. He'ra. (See Juno.) Her-a-cli'dae, the return of the. Heracli'tus, the philosopher. Hercules, frees Prometheus; twelve labors, &c., of; fable of; encounter of, with Antae'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'cia (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 Pae'sha (or pa-shae'). 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'nla, 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 Plataea. 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.

Kalamae'ta. KENDRICK, A. C., LL.D.—Plato and his writings. Klephts, the. Knights, the. Kot'tos.

Lac-e-dae'mon, or Sparta. Laco'nia. Laevi'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'ithae, a people of Thessaly. LAWRENCE, EUGENE.—The murder of Agamemnon. Herodotus. Menander. Aristotle. Lebade'a, temple and oracle of. LEGARE (le-gre'), HUGH S.—Character of a Greek democracy. The eloquence of AEschines. The eloquence of Demosthenes. Lem'nian (relating to Vulcan). Lem'nos, island of. Leon'idas, a Spartan king. Bravery and death of, at Thermopylae; the tomb of. Leotych'i-des. Lepan'to. Lernae'an Lake. Les'bos, island of. Le'the. Leu'cas, or Leucadia. Leu'ce, in the Euxine Sea. Leuc'tra, in Boeotia. 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. LUeB'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. Mac'edon, or Macedo'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. Mae-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. AEschylus. 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 Plataea, and is slain. Mars. Mavrocordae'to, Alexander. Mede'a. Medea, the. Meg'ara. Me'llan 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 Boeotia. 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.—AEschylus'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. Monembasi'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'nae. My'ron, a painter. Myr'tis, a poetess. Mys'la (she-a). Mythology, Grecian.

Na-i'a-des, or Nai'ads, the. Nap'oli di Roma'nia. Naupac'tus. Nau'pli-a. Navari'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. Nici-as (she-as), the Peace of. Nici-as, the Athenian general. Nici-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. Qdy'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.

Paes'tum. Ruins of temples at. Pagasae, 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'cae, 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. Passae'rowitz, in Servia. The peace of. Concluded between Austria And Venice on the one side, and Turkey on the other. Pa'trae. Patro'cius, a Greek hero. Pausa'nias, a Spartan general. At Plataea; 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'rae, 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 Chaeronea; is invested with supreme command, and declares war against Persia; death of. Philip V. of Macedon; defeat of, at Apollonia and Cynocephalae. 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 AEtna; Hiero's victory at Cumae; Admonitions to Hiero. Pin'dus, mountains of. Pirae'us, the. Pi'sa and Pisa'tans. Pisis'tratus and the Pisistrat'idae; usurpation of Pisistratus; death and character of; family of, driven from Athens. Pit'tacus, one of the Seven Sages. Plague, the, at Athens. Platae'a and the Platae'ans; battle of Plataea; 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 AEschylus. 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.) Potidae'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. Propylae'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 Cannae, and victory of, at Cynocephalae; 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. Scae'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. Scil'lus, In E'lis. Scl'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. Scyl'lis, a sculptor. Scy'ros, Island of. Seleu'cus, Alexander's general; the Seleucidae. 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'cy-on and Sicy-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 Thermopylae; 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 OEdipus 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 Thermopylae; monuments and epitaphs to; in battle of Salamis; or Plataea; 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 Boeotia, 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 Heraclidae. 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 Thermopylae; attack of Thebans on Plataea; 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'ylae, 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'piae 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 OEdipus 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. TYMNAE'US.—Spartan patriotic virtue. Tyn'darus, King of Sparta. Tyrant, or despot.—Definition of. Tyrants, the Thirty. The Ten Tyrants. Tyre, city of. TYRAE'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 AEneas. The taking of an oath. The fate of Troy. The Cumaean 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 Thermopylae: 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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