The Story of the Greeks

by H. A. Guerber

• [Babylon, city of] [246]
  • Hanging Gardens of [264]
• Bessus, treachery of [248]
• Brennus, leader of Gauls [267]
• Bucephalus, meaning of [229]
  • monument to [250]
• Bulis, self-sacrifice of [120]

• [Cadmus] [17], [191]
• Canal dug by Xerxes [124]
• Cassander [260]-[263]
• Cassandra [42]
• Ceadas, pit of [75]
• Cecropia. See [Athens].
• Cecrops founds Athens [16]
• Chæronea, battle at [225]
• Charilaus educated by Lycurgus [62]
• Charon, babe of, as pledge [193]
• Chilo dies of joy [86]
• Chilonis, self-sacrifice of [273]
• Chios, Island of [60]
• Cimon, banishment of [146]
  • death of [147]
  • generosity of [143]
  • son of Miltiades [117]
• Cleombrotus [195], [273]
• Cleomenes [275], [276]
• Cleopatra, last of the Ptolemies [265]
• Clytus [228], [237], [249]
• Codrus, heroic death of [56]
• Coinage of money [24]
• Colchis, Golden Fleece in [25]
• Colossus of Rhodes [264]
• Comedy of "The Clouds" [174], [175]
• Corinth, city of [280], [281]
  • Isthmus of [17], [131]
• Coronea [148], [189]
• Crete, location of [22]
• Criminals, punishment of [176]
  • self-defense of [91]
• Crito [177], [179]
• Crœsus, ruler of Lydia [253]
• Croton, Greek colony [81], [166]
• Cunaxa, battle at [180]
• Cyclops, meaning of [14]
• Cydnus, Alexander bathes in [240]
• Cylon [88]
• Cyrus, death of [180]

• [Dædalus invents sails] [22]
• Damocles' sword [209]
• Damon [204]-[208]
• Danaus teaches shipbuilding [17]
• [Darius], army of, routed [113]
  • audience chamber of [106]
  • death of [119], [248]
  • offers peace to Alexander [247]
  • resolves to conquer Greece [108], [117]
  • second army of [110]
  • "The Great King" [104]
• Decelea, fortification of [168]
• Delos, Island of [177], [179]
• Delphi, temple at, rebuilding of [101]
  • robbed [224]
  • saved by thunderstorm [130], [267]
• Demeter, festival of [17], [191]
• Demetrius, generosity of [266]
  • imprisonment of [267]
  • "The Preserver" [263]
• Democedes, court physician [107]
• Democrat, derivation of [95]
• Demosthenes, cowardice of [226]
  • joy of, at death of Philip [233]
  • orator [221]-[223]
  • takes poison [259]
• Deucalion [19], [20]
• Diana, goddess [47]
  • temple of [65], [227], [237], [264]
• Diocles, traitor [269]
• Diogenes [234], [235]
• Dion [210]-[215]
• Dionysius the Elder [202]-[210]
• Dionysius the Younger [210]-[216]
• Dionysus, festival and theater of [92]-[94]
• Draco, cruel lawmaker [87], [88], [91]

• ["Earth and water," demand for] [110]
• Ecbatana, a walled city [104]
• Egyptians, civilization of [12]
• Epaminondas, as commander [196]
  • dying words of [201]
  • risks own life for Pelopidas [191]
• Ephesus, founded [56]
  • taken by Alexander [237]
  • temple at [227], [264]
• Ephialtes, perfidy of [128]
• Epimenides, long sleep of [90]
• Erostratus wins immortality [228]
• Eteocles quarrels with Polynices [37]-[39]
• Eurybiades, Spartan king [132]-[134]

• [Flood of Ogyges] [15]
• Furies, duty of [36]

• [Galatia, how named] [267]
• Golden Fleece, search for [25]
• Gordian knot, cutting the [240]
• Gordium [238]
• Granicus, battle near [237]
• Great Greece [54]
• Great King, The (see also [Darius]) [104]
• [Greece], alphabet brought to [17]
  • Egyptians settle in [13]
  • freedom of [281]
  • known as Achaia [282]
  • punishment of criminals in [176]
  • situation of [11]
• Greeks, at Thermopylæ [127], [128]
  • betrayal of [181]
  • commercial journey by [26]
  • geographical knowledge of [251]
  • gods angry with [54]
  • last of the [280]
  • retreat of [182]-[184]
  • statue judged by [83]
  • Troy taken by [53]
  • truce of [51]
  • victory of, at Salamis [134]

• [Hanging Gardens of Babylon] [264]
• Harmodius, kills Hipparchus [99]
  • statue in honor of [102]
• 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 Œdipus [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]