The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)

by James Augustus St. John

M.

• Macedonia, exports of, iii. [340].
• Macedonian sportsmen, i. [228]228.
  • language identical with that of Greece, i. [7]7.
• Macedonians, Pelasgi, i. [7]7.
• Machinery, description of that used on the stage, ii. [227]227.
• Madder, from Caria, iii. [351].
  • from Galilee, iii. [393].
• Macrones, Eubœan Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
• Macronian slaves, iii. [8].
• Madonia, Bœotian, iii. [338].
• Magadaris, from Syria, iii. [393].
• Magados, a kind of actor, ii. [236]236, [237]237.
• Magians, their mode of sepulture, iii. [434].
• Magic rings, i. [363]363.
• Magnet from Bœotia, iii. [338].
  • from Heraclea, iii. [349].
• Magnificence, love of, i. [35]35.
• Magodis, a stringed instrument, iii. [192].
• Mail, shirts of, iii. [162].
• Maize, return of, iii. [407].
• Malabathron, from India, iii. [409].
• Malaria, iii. [168].
• Mallows, ii. [331, n. 1459]n. 1459
• Malta, lap-dogs of, iii. [368].
• Mandrake, digging of, iii. [205].
• Manes, a term in the game of kottabos, ii. [214]214.
• Mantinean radishes, iii. [333].
• Mantle of Athenian ladies, ii. [55]55.
• Manufactures of Corinth, iii. [273].
  • of Bœotia, iii. [338].
• Manumission, iii. [9].
• Manure, ii. [383]383.
  • pits of, ii. [383]383.
  • for vines, ii. [340]340.
• Manuscripts, description of, i. [84]84.
  • how laid up, ii. [84]84.
• Maple tables, ii. [100]100.
  • tree, furniture made of, iii. [183].
• Marathon, fishery of, iii. [244].
• Marathonian bull, i. [207]207.
• Marble of Paros, iii. [356].
• Mareotic vines, ii. [337]337.
  • wine, ii. [167]167, iii. [117].
• Mariners, their political predilections, iii. [319].
• Marjoram, from Egypt, iii. [386].
• Market, description of the, iii. [120], [128].
  • regulations of, iii. [280].
  • (See [fish-market].)
  • of slaves, iii. 23.
• Marmarica, capparis from, iii. [384].
• Marocco leather, iii. [391].
• Maronean wine, iii. [116].
• Marriage of Alexander and Roxana, i. [303]303.
  • invention of, ii. [2]2.
• Marriage a portion of the education of women, i. [409]409.
  • reverence of, at Athens, ii. [5]5.
  • preliminaries of, i. [409]409.
  • age at which contracted, ii. [8]8.
  • of brothers and sisters, ii. [8]8.
  • sometimes interested, i. [410]410.
  • in what month contracted, ii. [9]9.
  • ceremonies of, ii. [13]13.
  • gifts, ii. [11]11.
  • feasts, ii. [19]19, [174]174, n. 1.
  • feast of Caranos, ii. [20]20.
  • of slaves, iii. [21].
  • at Sparta, i. [391]391.
• Married women, condition of, ii. [28]28.
  • people occupied the same beds, ii. [35]35.
• Marseilles, carbuncles from, iii. [377].
• Maryandinians, serfs, iii. [61].
• Maschalister, a belt, ii. [64]64.
• Masks, materials of, ii. [265]265.
  • classification of, ii. [266]266.
  • of the stage, ii. [263]263, [266]266.
  • varieties of, ii. [267]267.
  • used during vintage time, ii. [353]353.
• Massacre of the Helots, iii. [51].
• Massagetæ, their woollen cloths, iii. [232].
  • ate their parents, iii. [434].
• Masters, their authority over slaves, iii. [8], [10].
• Masts, iii. [304].
• Matchmaker, her office, ii. [1]1.
• Materia medica, iii. [203], [209].
• Mats, Bœotian, iii. [338].
• Mattrasses, ii. [104]104.
• Mausolos, tomb of, iii. [428].
• Mead, iii. [118].
• Meadows, formation of, ii. [389]389.
• Meadow-saffron, iii. [211].
  • Messenian, iii. [332].
• Measures, iii. 129, 130.
  • of wine, iii. [114].
• Meat, trade in, iii. [112].
• Mechanè, a machine upon the stage, ii. [228]228.
• Mechanism, curious specimen of, ii. [24]24.
• Medical maxims, iii. [206], [209].
• Megalesian unguent, iii. [134].
• Megara, i. [66]66.
  • pottery of, iii. [203].
• Megarean, contraband commerce, iii. [224].
  • sheep, ii. [429]429.
  • cucumbers, ii. [326]326.
• Megaris, trade of, ii. [330]330.
• Melas, productions of the, iii. [337].
• Melian earth, iii. [199].
• Melilot, from Chalcedon, iii. [344].
  • Attic, iii. [328].
• Melilotus, ii. [330]330.
• Melimela, ii. [320]320.
• Melitta, a keen repartee attributed to her, ii. [45]45.
• Melitturgos, ii. [291]291.
• Melolanthe, a kind of beetle, i. [149]149.
• Melos, kids from, iii. [368].
• Memphis, stones exported from the neighbourhood of, iii. [389].
• Men, their dress, ii. [69]69.
• Mendæan wine, ii. [116]116, iii. [117].
  • price of, iii. [115].
• Menecrates, of Syracuse, anecdote of, ii. [198]198.
• Menelaides, a breed of dogs, i. [214]214.
• Menelaus, his riches, iii. [261].
• Menestæ, or Penestæ, iii. [62].
• Mercers’ quarter of the agora, iii. [121].
• Merchandise in the agora of the Peiræeus, i. [74]74.
• Merchantmen, iii. [303].
• Merino rams, ii. [280]280.
• Merops, an enemy of the bee, ii. [295]295.
  • how taken in Crete, iii. [368].
• Mesogeites, a wine, iii. [116].
• Messenia, description of, i. [61]61.
• Messoatæ, quarter of, i. [95]95.
• Metals, value of, understood, iii. [249].
• Metheglin, iii. [118].
• Metopion, perfume from Egypt, iii. [387].
• Microscope, known to the ancients, iii. [151].
• Midas, his gardens, ii. [318]318.
• Migrations from Central Asia, i. [3]3.
• Milch cows, ii. [286]286.
• Milesian beds, iii. [104].
  • wool, ii. [105]105.
  • sheep, ii. [429]429.
  • cypress, iii. [312].
• Miletos, exports of, iii. [354].
• Military games among the Spartans, i. [276]276.
• Milk in Homeric times, ii. [137]137.
  • substitutes for, i. [137]137.
  • how preserved, ii. [287]287.
  • pails for, ii. [286]286.
  • pans, ii. [286]286.
• Milking time, ii. [286]286.
• Milky column, i. [126]126.
• Miller, trade of the, iii. [104].
• Millet, duration of, in granaries, ii. [396]396.
• Mills, by whom invented, iii. [104, n. 424], n. 424
  • public and private, iii. [105].
  • worked by women, i. [380], iii. [4, n. 9], n. 9
    • by slaves, iii. [105].
    • by animals, iii. [106].
• Millstones, description of, iii. [106].
• Milton compared with Homer, i. [327]327, [328]328.
• Mimicry of the sounds of nature, ii. [244]244.
• Mines worked by the Pelasgi, i. [4]4.
  • of gold and silver, i. [4]4.
  • worked by slaves, iii. [20].
  • of gold on the shores of Thrace, i. [5]5.
  • of Spain, iii. [378].
  • of Macedonia, iii. [340].
• Mining, iii. [167].
• Minium from Cappadocia, iii. [346].
• Minos, tribute of slaves paid to, iii. [10].
• Mint, legend concerning, ii. [306]306.
• Minyans expelled from Lemnos, i. [16]16.
• Miraculous images, &c., i. [366]366.
• Mirrors, ii. [118]118.
• Misthios, the place where servants were hired, iii. [126].
• Mistletoe, food of the ox, ii. [313]313.
  • from the Grecian islands, iii. [364].
• Misu, a kind of truffle, ii. [333]333.
• Mnoia, a class of Cretan bondsmen, iii. [64].
• Models of Grecian artists, i. [310]310.
• Molos, worship of his body, i. [366]366.
• Molossia, i. [54]54.
• Molossian dogs, ii. [280]280.
• Molossians, Pelasgi, i. [8]8.
• Monarchies, spirit of education in, i. [237]237.
• Monaulos, a musical instrument, iii. [190].
• Money, iii. [250].
  • whether prohibited at Sparta, iii. 260, 268.
  • allowed to Spartan travellers, iii. [265].
• Mongas, a dance, ii. [254]254.
• Monkeys, their tricks at entertainments, ii. [188]188.
  • from Africa, &c., iii. [382].
• Monopolies, iii. [286].
• Monoxyla, iii. [301].
• Monstrous fruit, ii. [323]323.
  • vegetables, ii. [327]327.
• Moon, influence of, on fruit, ii. [325, n. 1406]n. 1406
• Moral precepts for the use of agriculturists, ii. [363]363.
• Morality of early ages, ii. [415]415.
• Morals, first lesson in, learned from the poets, i. [234]234.
  • of the Sophists, i. [261]261.
• Moriæ, or sacred olives, ii. [315]315.
• Morochthos, from Egypt, iii. [389].
• Morphasmos, a dance, ii. [254]254.
• Morrille, eaten by the ancients, ii. [333]333.
• Mortars, ii. 382, iii. [176].
• Mosaic work, ii. [81]81.
• Moss roses, from Cyrenè, iii. [385].
• Mothaces, who they were, i. [268]268.
  • account of them, iii. [59].
• Mother of pearl, Acarnanian, iii. [340].
  • language of the Greek, Sanskrit, &c., i. [3]3.
  • obedience paid to her, i. [175]175.
• Mothers of Sparta, their real character, i. [394]394.
• Mothon, a dance, ii. [255]255.
• Mourning, iii. [437].
• Mowing time, ii. [389]389.
• Muïnda, a game, i. [149]149.
• Mulberry tree, wood of, iii. [184].
  • grafting of, iii. [319].
  • bread of, iii. [108].
• Mules, price of, iii. [129].
• Mullets, from Abdera, iii. [342].
• Munda, palmati from, iii. [378].
• Munychia, i. [75]75.
• Murænas, Spanish, iii. [379].
• Musæos, i. [317]317.
• Mushrooms, ii. [332]332.
  • eaten, ii. [154]154.
  • danger of eating them, ii. [157]157.
  • poisonous, remedy against, iii. [209].
  • how produced, ii. [332]332.
  • from Italy, iii. [373].
• Music, branch of education, i. [181]181.
  • estimation in which it was held, ii. [240]240.
  • influence of, on character, i. [285]285.
  • its effect on the character of the Arcadians, i. [286]286.
  • importance of, in education, i. [184]184.
  • healing powers of, i. [187]187.
  • loved by shepherds, ii. [402, n. 1778]n. 1778
  • study of, at Sparta, i. [281]281.
• Musical instruments, iii. [188].
  • of shepherds, ii. [406]406.
  • measures, i. [185]185.
• Musicians of the theatre, ii. [252]252.
  • at entertainments, ii. [183]183.
  • stood for hire in the agora, iii. [125].
• Mussels, ii. [146]146.
  • from the Black Sea, iii. [343].
• Mustard, iii. [201].
• Mycenæ, ancient capital of Argolis, i. [18]18.
• Myles, inventor of mills, iii. [104, n. 424], n. 424
• Myndos, wine of, ii. [167]167.
• Myrmecides, the Milesian, iii. [151].
• Myrobalans, from Egypt, iii. [387].
• Myron, his account of the Helots, iii. [46].
• Myrrh, from Arabia, iii. [397].
• Myrtle-berries, ii. [311, n. 1312]n. 1312
• Myrtle, legend connected with, ii. [305]305.
• Mys, a cup engraver, ii. [115]115.
• Mysia, exports of, iii. [353].
• Myttotos, a dish, ii. [179, n. 756]n. 756

N.

• Naming children, i. [129]129, sqq.
• Names of goblets, ii. [115]115.
  • on what principle given, i. [131]131.
  • whence derived, i. [132]132.
• Naphtha, from Mesopotamia, iii. [403].
  • anecdote concerning, [404], seq.
• Napkins, ii. [175, n. 740]n. 740, iii. [216].
• Narcaphthon, from India, iii. [409].
• Narcissus, season of its blooming, ii. [310, n. 1297]n. 1297
• Nardon, an unguent, iii. [134].
• Narycia, tar of, iii. [340].
• Nasamones, their mode of sepulture, iii. [435].
• National education, i. [109]109.
• Nations, their various food, ii. [125]125.
• Naucratis, an Egyptian port, iii. [258].
• Nausicaa, her character in Homer, i. [374]374.
• Nautodikæ, iii. [281].
• Navigation, iii. [300].
  • cultivated by the Pelasgi, i. [26]26.
• Naxos, milch goats from, iii. [368].
• Necklace, a dance so called, ii. [258]258.
• Necklaces, ii. [62]62, iii. [145, n. 813], n. 813
• Necrocorinthia, iii. [430].
• Nectar, ii. [166]166, [168]168.
• Nenuphar, iii. [333].
• Neodomades in the army, iii. [44].
  • who they were, i. [268]268.
  • account of them, iii. [57].
• Nepenthè, iii. [213].
• Nets used in Homeric times, ii. [132]132.
• Nettle, eaten, ii. [154]154.
• Neurospastæ, i. [146]146.
• Night-fishing, iii. [237].
• Nightingale, blue, in Crete, iii. [368].
• Nikostrateios, kind of grape, ii. [165]165.
• Nisæan horses, ii. [282]282.
• Nisyros, pumices of, iii. [357].
• Nitre, iii. [199].
  • Egyptian, iii. [389].
  • from Philadelphia, iii. [349].
• Nonacris, poisonous water of, iii. [332].
• Nooses or lassos, iii. [161].
• North wind, prevalence of, i. [44]44.
• Notos, iii. [320].
• Nuptial ceremonies at Sparta, i. [392]392.
  • rites, ii. [18]18.
• Nurse, her songs, i. [137]137.
• Nursery, i. [136]136.
  • -governess, i. [136]136.
  • songs, i. [138]138.
  • tales, i. [140]140.
  • of young vine plants, ii. [342]342.
• Nurses, iii. [207, n. 1237], n. 1237.
  • Lacedæmonian, i. [134]134.
• Nuts from the Black Sea, iii. [343].
• Nymphæa Lotus, Egyptian, iii. [388].
  • nelumbo, ii. [330]330.
  • from Thessaly, iii. [339, n. 1915], n. 1915
• Nymphs, i. [362]362.
  • founders of a temple of Hera, i. [15]15.
  • their love of mortals, i. [363]363.

O.

• Oa, female apartments, ii. [86]86.
• Oaths of ladies, i. [390]390.
• Ochres, iii. [199, n. 1186], n. 1186.
• Ochthoiboi, ii. [64]64.
• Oclasma, a dance, ii. [254]254.
• Octogenarian dancers, ii. [25]25.
• Ocribas, a part of the theatre, ii. [225]225.
• Odd and even, i. [162]162.
• Œagros, the actor, ii. [242]242.
• Œdipos, i. [332]332.
• Œta, the rocks of, peopled by Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
• Oil in wine, ii. [353, n. 1592]n. 1592
  • of olives, how made, ii. [357]357.
  • merchants of, in the agora, iii. [25].
  • merchants of, iii. [197].
• Olen, the Lycian, comes to Greece, i. [7]7.
• Oligarchy, spirit of education in, i. [237]237.
  • and democracy, their struggles, i. [47]47.
• Olive gathering, ii. [357]357.
  • -grounds, trees how planted in, ii. [315]315.
  • best situation for, ii. [315]315.
  • oil, iii. [327].
  • -trees, ii. [314, n. 1334]n. 1334
  • -wood, image of Athena, i. [82]82.
• Olives, iii. [327].
  • planting of, ii. [315, n. 1339]n. 1339
• Olympias, iii. [320].
• Olympos, i. [13]13.
  • nine mountains of that name, i. [13]13, and [n. 47]n. 47.
  • inhabited by Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
• Olynthos, earth exported from, iii. [343].
• Olyra, ii. [129]129.
• Omens, i. [368]368.
  • during marriage ceremonies, ii. [16]16.
• Omphacomel, iii. [118].
• Omphakinon, a robe, ii. [58]58.
• Onagrinos, a robe, ii. [59]59.
• Onions, from Cypros, iii. [366].
• Onyx shells, iii. [406].
  • from India, iii. [410].
• Ophella, army of, iii. [386].
• Ophthalmia, bees troubled with, i. [225]225.
• Opisthosphendone, an ornament, ii. [61]61.
• Opium, iii. [212].
• Opopanax, iii. [342].
• Opsonomoi, ii. [144]144.
• Oracle of Dodona, i. [6]6.
  • concerning education, i. [107, n. 318]n. 318
• Oral teaching, i. [233]233.
• Orange-trees, ii. [316]316.
• Orators of Greece, i. [345]345.
  • unknown at Sparta, i. [282]282.
• Orchard of Alcinoös, ii. [133]133.
  • of the Greeks, ii. [313]313.
• Organs, invention of, iii. [191].
• Oriental civilisation, iii. [248].
  • colonies, iii. [247].
• Origin of slaves in the East, iii. [5].
• Ornaments for the head, ii. [59]59.
• Ornithias, the name of a wind, i. [44, n. 153]n. 153
• Ornithiæ, or bird-winds, iii. [322].
• Orphans, how educated and treated by the state, iii. [74].
• Orpheus sings his wisdom to the Hellenes, i. [7]7.
• Orphic pantheism, i. [349, n. 993]n. 993
• Orpiment of Pontos, iii. [346].
• Orthopale, i. [201]201.
• Oryx, from Carthage, iii. [385].
• Ossa, inhabited by Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
• Ostrakinda, a game, i. [155]155.
• Ostrich-eggs, iii.[iii.] [142, n. 791], n. 791
  • -feathers from Africa, iii. [382].
• Ostrya, an ominous wood, i. [113, n. 322]n. 322
• Othryades, story of, i. [280]280.
• Otos, or bustard, i. [231]231.
• Ousoös, iii. [300].
• Outhouses, ii. [271]271.
• Oven, heating of, iii. [109].
• Owls, catching of, i. [230]230.
• Ox, figure of, impressed on money, iii. [251].
  • when first eaten, ii. [137]137.
• Oxen employed in threshing not muzzled, ii. [394]394.
  • from Epeiros, iii. [340].
  • how employed, ii. [286]286.
  • how defended from flies, &c., ii. [286]286.
• Oxyrunchi, from the Black Sea, iii. [343].
• Oysters, eaten in Homeric times, i. [210]210.
  • from Abydos, iii. [352].
  • how eaten, ii. [147]147.

P.

• Packsaddles, iii. [182].
• Pactolos, gold dust in the, iii. [347].
• Pæan, singing of, at entertainments, ii. [209]209.
• Pædagogues, slaves, i. [169]169.
  • their duties and character, i. [170]170.
• Pædonomos, his authority at Sparta, i. [268]268.
• Pædotribæ, i. [193]193.
• Paint, ii. [68]68.
• Painters’ materials, iii. [199].
• Painting cloths, iii. [231].
  • its rise and character, i. [306]306.
  • on walls, ii. [81]81.
• Paints, iii. [99].
• Palaces of Homeric times, ii. [76]76.
• Palæstra, i. [193]193, [196]196.
• Palm wine, iii. [118].
• Palmati, from Spain, iii. [378].
• Pamphila, daughter of Plates, iii. [217].
• Pan, his hour of slumber, ii. [431]431.
• Panathenaia, treatment of the poor during, iii. [85].
• Pancration, not allowed at Sparta, i. [276]276.
• Pancuphos, i. [85]85.
• Pandoura, an instrument with three strings, iii. [192].
• Pandrosion, i. [81]81.
• Pandrosos, chapel of, i. [84]84.
• Pangæos, mines of, iii. [340].
• Panoply of gold, iii. [162].
• Panteus, his wife, story of, i. [397]397.
• Pap, feeding children with, i. [137]137.
• Papaver spinosum, from Syria, iii. [393].
• Paper, from Egypt, iii. [387].
• Paphian prince, his luxurious bed, ii. [104]104.
• Paphlagonia, exports of, 353.
• Paphlagonian slaves, iii. [7, n. 26], n. 26
• Paphos, lettuces of. iii. [300].
• Papyrus, barks of, iii. [301].
• Paralourges, a garment, ii. [58]58.
• Parapechu, a garment, ii. [58]58.
• Parasites, ii. [173]173, [202]202, sqq.
  • their poetical quotations, ii. [200]200.
• Parasitical plants, ii. [313]313.
• Parasols, iii. [187].
• Parents, their influence on education, i. [74]74.
• Parion, sea-urchins from, iii. [353].
• Parmeniscos, how he regained the power of laughter, ii. [188]188, [189]189.
• Parodoi, parts of the theatre, ii. [226]226.
• Parrot, sacred in India, iii. [411, n. 2647], n. 2647
• Parsley-borders, ii. [325]325.
  • how sown, ii. [329]329.
• Parthenope, dance representing, ii. [257]257.
• Parthenon, description of, i. [86]86, sqq.
  • view from the roof of, i. [90]90.
• Parthian court, ferocity prevailing in, i. [33, n. 143]n. 143
  • hedges, ii. [314]314.
• Parthians, their tombs, iii. [434].
• Parties, political, in Greece, i. [46]46.
• Paruphes, a garment, ii. [58]58.
• Passion of love, i. [420]420.
• Passions, art of commanding them, i. [263]263.
• Pastoral life, glimpses of, in Homer, ii. [404]404.
  • • ii. 401, sqq.
  • picture, ii. [423]423.
• Pastry, made by women, iii. [110].
• Patræ, fabrics of, iii. [215].
• Pay of actors, ii. [240]240.
• Peaches, Persian, iii. [407].
• Peacocks, from India, iii. [411].
  • skin-coverlets of, ii. [303]303.
  • in the farm-yard, ii. [278]278.
• Pear-trees, ii. [321]321.
  • in Ithaca, ii. [133]133.
• Pearl-fishery in the Persian Gulf, iii. [395].
• Pectis, a stringed instrument, iii. [192].
• Pedlars, iii. [125].
• Peiræeus, a closed port, i. [73]73.
  • commerce of, iii. [278].
• Pelamydes, iii. [240, n. 1447], n. 1447
• Pelamys, how taken, iii. [241].
• Pelanos, a piece of money, 262.
• Pelasgi, derivation of the name, i. 2, 3.
  • migrate from Central Asia, i. [3]3.
  • take possession of Cyzicos, i. [4, n. 11]n. 11
  • expelled from Cyzicos by the Tyrrhenians, i. [4, n. 11]n. 11
  • among the defenders of Troy, i. [4]4.
  • approached Greece over the Bosporos, i. [5]5.
  • their settlements on both sides the Bosporos, i. [5]5.
• Pelasgi, expelled from Thessaly by the Ætolians, i. [4, n. 11]n. 11
  • cross over into Eubœa, i. [5]5.
  • called Macrones and Curetes in Eubœa, i. [5]5.
  • in the valley of the Haliacmon, i. [5]5.
  • on Olympos, Ossa, and Pelion, i. [5]5.
  • called Centaurs and Lapithæ, i. [5]5.
  • enter Epeiros, i. [6]6.
  • settle round Dodona, i. [6]6.
  • in Bottiœa, i. [7]7.
  • in Emathea, i. [7]7.
  • at Crestona, i. [7]7.
  • at Miletos, i. [15]15.
  • in Lydia, i. [15]15.
  • at Ephesos, i. [15]15.
  • inhabit the whole western coast of Asia Minor, i. [14]14.
  • in Cypros, i. [16]16.
  • in Rhodes and Samos, i. [16]16.
  • in Chios, in Lesbos, &c., i. [16]16.
  • in Crete, i. [17]17.
  • land at Argos, i. [17]17.
  • at Epidauros and Hermione, i. [18]18.
  • in Messenia, i. [19]19.
  • in Achaia and at Corinth, i. [20]20.
  • how they found their way into Attica, i. [21]21.
  • build the walls of the Acropolis, i. [22]22.
  • piratical, expelled from Attica, i. [23]23.
  • cross into Italy, i. [23]23.
  • piratical, i. [4]4.
  • masters of the seas, i. [4]4.
  • a general appellation including several tribes, i. [7]7.
  • Nomades, but not miserable, i. [11, n. 42]n. 42.
  • considered a wandering people, i. [25]25.
  • inventors of the arts of primary necessity, i. [24]24.
  • slaves in Italy, i. [24]24.
  • serfs in Italy, iii. [66].
  • possessed a knowledge of the true God, i. [25]25.
  • made the first step in the arts, i. [25]25.
• Pelasgia, derivation of the name, i. [2]2.
  • an ancient name of Scyros, i. [17]17.
  • the ancient name of Thessaly, i. [10]10.
  • an ancient name of Chios, i. [16]16.
  • an ancient name of Lesbos, i. [17, n. 75]n. 75
  • a name of Peleponnessos, i. [7]7.
• Pelasgian Argos, i. [10]10.
  • laurel, i. [13]13.
  • wall, i. [23]23.
  • love of music, ii. [406]406.
• Pelasgiotis, i. [10]10.
• Pelasgos, from whom descended, i. [3]3.
  • king of Hemonia, i. [5]5.
• Pelion, inhabited by Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
• Pellenian cloaks, iii. 333[333].
• Pellitory of the wall, where planted, ii. [279, n. 1121]n. 1121
• Peloponnesos, general description of, i. [57]57.
• Pelorian festival, origin of, i. [9]9.
• Peloros, a slave, i. [9]9.
• Penestæ, iii. [62].
• Penitence, power of, i. [359]359.
• Pennyroyal, Bœotian, iii. [333].
• Pentachordon, a musical instrument, iii. [192].
• Pentalitha, a girl’s game, i. [160]160.
• Pentathli, the, i. [201]201.
• Pentelic marble, i. [86]86, and [n. 266]n. 266.
• Peplos, what, i. [82]82.
  • a garment or veil, ii. [57]57.
• Pepper from India, iii. [409].
• Pepperwort, root of, eaten, iii. [108].
• Perfume, use of, at repasts, ii. [175]175.
  • how used at repasts, ii. [184]184.
  • exported from Athens, iii. [327].
  • price of, iii. [133].
  • variety, iii. [132].
• Perfumed oil, ii. [358, n. 1606]n. 1606
• Perfumers sat under umbrellas, iii. [125].
  • their shops, iii. [131].
• Perfumer’s-trade, disreputable, iii. [91].
• Periactoi, a portion of the stage machinery, ii. [227]227.
• Periœci, Spartan trade, not in the hands of, iii. [264].
• Peritrachelion, a collar, ii. [62]62.
• Perirrhansis, i. [367]367.
• Periscelides, ii. [63]63.
• Peristyle, ii. [79]79.
• Peron, the perfumer, iii. [132].
• Perrhæbians, Pelasgi, i. [8]8.
• Perry, ii. 361, iii. [118].
• Persea, used by Cabinet makers, iii. [164].
• Persia, luxury of, ii. [106]106.
• Persian kings, their drink, ii. [135]135.
  • dresses, ii. [73]73.
• Persians, their mode of sepulture, iii. [433].
• Peter, the czar, brutality of, i. [33, n. 143]n. 143
• Petroleum, from the sea of Marmora, iii. [345].
• Pestle and mortar, iii. [104].
• Phæninda, a game at ball, ii. [158]158, [375]375.
• Phaleron, i. [75]75.
• Phallophori, actors, ii. [240]240.
• Pharos, of Alexandria, iii. [324].
• Phaselis, baths of, ii. [91]91.
• ‘Phaselitan,’ a ‘for a farthing,’ ii. [91]91.
• Phaselitans, their bad reputation, iii. [280].
• Phasis, horses and pheasants from, iii. [343].
  • horses from, ii. [286, n. 1171]n. 1171
• Pheasant, eaten, ii. [152]152.
• Pheasants in the farmyard, ii. [279]279.
• Pheidias, his reputation, i. [302]302.
• Phemios, his school at Smyrna, i. [179]179.
• Phiditia, iii. [84].
• Philadelphos, or Parthian hedges, ii. [314]314.
• Philemon, his character of a cook, ii. [197]197.
• Philias, an engineer of Taurominium, iii. [310].
• Philip the jester, anecdote of him, ii. [182]182.
  • of Macedon, his numerous wives, ii. [4]4.
• Philippos, divine honours paid to his beauty, i. [298]298.
• Philiscos, the wild man, his studies of the bee, ii. [290]290.
• Philochoros, opinion of, on the Pelasgi, i. [3]3.
• Philon, arsenals built by, i. [74]74.
• Philosophers working in mills, iii. [105].
  • their love of show, ii. [73]73.
• Philosophy, by whom invented, i. [41]41.
  • its comprehensive nature, i. [235]235.
• Philoxenos, the parasite, ii. [201]201.
• Phlius, wine of, iii. [331].
• Phocian commerce, iii. [1, n. 2], n. 2
• Phocians possessed no slaves, iii. [11].
• Phocis, exports of, iii. [339].
• Phœdra, dance representing, ii. [257]257.
• Phœnicia, exports of, iii. [390].
• Phœnician bakers, iii. [109].
• Phœnicians, their commerce, iii. [246].
• Phorbeiai, ii. [252, n. 977]n. 977
• Phreattys, i. [75]75.
• Phriel, a talismanic wood, ii. [387]387.
• Phructorion, a machine upon the stage, ii. [229]229.
• Phrygia, exports of, iii. [353].
• Phrygian dyers, iii. [231].
  • measures, i. [185]185.
  • slaves, iii. [7].
• Phrygians, their mode of sepulture, iii. [435].
  • Pelasgi, i. [4]4.
  • tombs of the, iii. [429].
• Phryginda, a game, i. [155]155.
• Phrynè, golden statue of her at Delphi, ii. [48]48.
  • her celebrated beauty, ii. [47]47.
• Phthiotis, called Hellas, i. [1]1.
  • peopled by Pelasgi, i. [5]5.
  • a Pelasgian settlement, i. [10, n. 37]n. 37
• Phygelites, a wine, iii. [116].
• Physical sciences, study of, i. [240]240.
  • organization of the Greeks, i. [42]42.
  • studies of the philosophers, i. [349]349.
• Physicians, their opinions concerning wine, iii. [119].
• Picenum, reaping at, ii. [393]393.
• Pickles, iii. [201].
• Picture-gallery, ii. [84]84.
  • when exhibited, ii. [176]176.
• Piety of the Greeks, i. [92]92.
• Pig offered up at rustic marriages, ii. [414]414.
• Pigs, fattened near the hearth, ii. [274]274.
• Pilanatæ, the quarter of, i. [9]9.
• Pillar of infamy, i. [79, n. 353]n. 353
• Pillows of Sicily, ii. [3]3.
• Pimples, how removed, iii. [130].
• Pinakides, dance so called, ii. [259]259.
• Pine, legend concerning the, ii. [300]300.
• Pinna marina, or silkworm of the sea, iii. [217].
• Pipe of barley-straw, iii. [271].
• Pirate luggers, iii. [304].
• Pisidia, lilies from, iii. [352].
• Pissasphaltos from Apollonia, iii. [370].
• Pistachio nuts from Syria, iii. [393].
• Pitch from Rhodes, iii. [366].
  • making of, iii. [198].
  • in wine, iii. [117].
• Pitfalls for the lion, i. [227]227.
  • i. [221]221.
• Pithyllos, the parasite, ii. [203]203.
• Pituoussa, a name of Miletos, i. [15]15.
• Placia, a Pelasgian city, i. [13]13.
• Plane tree in the agora, iii. [120].
  • trees, isle of, i. [95]95.
• Plangonian unguents, iii. [134].
• Planting trees, ii. [324]324.
  • vines, season for, ii. [344]344.
• Plants, when watered, ii. [310, n. 1301]n. 1301
• Platæa, women of, i. [396]396.
• Platæans, rites celebrated by them in honour of the brave, iii. [439].
• Platane tree, description of, ii. [302, n. 1248]n. 1248
  • evergreen, ii. [312, n. 1318]n. 1318
  • tree of vast dimensions, ii. [319, n. 1372]n. 1372
• Platanistas, the, i. [101]101.
  • battle in, i. [277]277.
• Plate from Etruria, iii. [104].
  • ii. [109]109.
  • varieties of, iii. [145].
  • enormous quantity of, iii. [143].
• Plato, his account of the Crypteia, iii. [54].
  • his conception of philosophy, i. [353]353.
  • his opinions concerning the stage, ii. [246]246.
• Pleasure barge of Ptolemy Philopater, iii. [311].
• Plecte Anadesme, ii. [59]59.
• Plectron, or clavis, i. [148]148.
• Pleiades, why noted by the farmers, ii. [373]373.
• Plinthinè, the cradle of Dionysos, ii. [336]336.
• Ploughing, ii. [384]384.
  • by night, ii. [385]385.
  • vineyards, ii. [349]349.
• Ploughs, ii. [382]382.
• Plundering expeditions, iii. [272].
• Plutarch, his description of the Crypteia, iii. [50].
• Podismos, a dance, ii. [257]257.
• Poetry, legal in Crete, i. [281]281.
• Poetry, its rise, i. [319]319.
• Poetry, element of education, i. [181]181.
• Poets, high honour in which they were held, i. [323]323.
  • wronged by Plato, i. [234]234.
  • wandering, in ancient times, i. [324]324.
  • in some sense rhapsodists, i. [322]322.
  • their influence, i. [234]234, [316]316.
  • how tyrannized by actors, ii. [241]241.
  • how quoted by the parasites, ii. [200]200.
• Poisoning fish, iii. [236].
  • wild beasts, i. [227]227.
• Poisons, iii. [210].
• Polenta, geese fattened with, ii. [276]276.
• Poletes of Epidamnos, iii. [275].
• Political institutions, their influence, i. [384]384.
• Politics of the sophists, i. [259]259.
  • why studied, i. [235]235.
• Polos, his style of acting, ii. [243]243.
• Polycrates, his attention to the breed of animals, ii. [280]280.
• Polygamy in very ancient times, ii. [3]3.
• Polypi, large in Spain, iii. [379].
• Polytheism, i. [352]352.
  • creation of, i. [25]25.
• Pomegranate wine, ii. 361, iii. [118].
• Pomegranates, ii. [164]164, [360]360.
  • from Cypros, iii. [366].
• Pompeii, remains of a baker’s shop at, iii. [106].
• Pompholyges, ii. [64]64, iii. [215, n. 1292], n. 1292
• Pompos, commerce in the time of, iii. [254].
• Pontos, exports from, iii. [344].
• Poor, allowance to, iii. 71, 73.
  • corn distributed to, iii. [85].
  • their food, iii. [94].
  • their fare during the Panathenaia, iii. [85].
  • citizens, their employment, iii. [88].
  • condition of the, iii. [68].
  • supported by piracy, iii. [1, n. 1], n. 1
• Poppy-seed, iii. [213].
  • in bread, iii. [108].
• Poppysma, i. [368]368.
• Population of Attica, i. [68]68.
• Porch of Homeric times, ii. [80]80.
• Porches, ii. [78]78.
• Pork, from Northern Italy, iii. [374].
• Porphyrion, a bird, ii. [153]153.
• Porphyris, a bird, ii. [153]153.
• Porphyry, cutting of, iii. [156].
  • quarries at Cythera, iii. [269].
• Port wine, iii. [117].
• Portals of the stage, ii. [226]226.
• Portents, i. [368]368.
• Porters, ii. [77]77.
  • slaves, iii. [32].
• Portico in the Peiræeus for the use of corn-merchants, iii. [128].
• Porticoes, ii. [78]78.
  • of the theatre, ii. [225]225.
• Porticoes, of the gymnasia, i. [196]196.
• Portions, ii. [11]11.
• Poseidoniatæ, curious custom of, i. [23, n. 115]n. 115
• Potter’s exhibition, iii. [98].
• Potters, iii. [193].
• Pottery, Attic, iii. [328].
  • prohibitions of, iii. [297].
  • of Athens, &c., iii. [103].
• Poultry, ii. [150]150.
  • brought from Bœotia, iii. [124].
• Pounding corn, iii. [104].
• Prætutian wine, iii. [370].
• Pramnian wine, iii. [116].
• Prangus or silphion, iii. [383, n. 2425], n. 2425
• Prayer, notions concerning, i. [357]357.
  • duty of, ii. [364]364.
• Praying for children, i. [113]113.
• Precedence at table, ii. [178]178.
• Presents at marriage-feasts, ii. [21]21.
• Price of fish, ii. [145]145.
  • of slaves, ii. [145]145.
  • of wine, iii. [115].
• Prices in ancient Greece, iii. 129, 298.
• Priests, influence of, on religion, i. [351]351.
• Primitive Worship, i. [65]65.
• Prisoners of war reduced to slavery, iii. [5].
• Prize of singing, ii. [211]211.
  • to the solver of a griphos, ii. [217]217.
  • in the game of kottabos, ii. [214]214.
• Productions of Cythera, iii. [270].
• Prognostications concerning the seasons, ii. [373, n. 1652]n. 1652
• Prohibition to export, iii. 282, 289.
• Promachos, cake so called, i. [278]278.
• Promenade in the agora, iii. [126].
• Prometheus, iron ring of, iii. [147].
• Pronomos of Thebes, iii. [191].
• Propator, or slave broker, iii. [1, n. 1], n. 1
• Prophetesses, i. [367]367.
• Props for vines, ii. [345]345.
• Propylæa, i. [77]77, [78]78.
• Proscenion, a part of the theatre, ii. [225]225.
• Prospelatæ, iii. [67].
• Protagoras[Protagoras] professed himself a sophist, i. [244]244, 245.
  • account of, i. [251]251.
• Πρόξενοι[Πρόξενοι], public entertainers of ambassadors, i. [2, n. 145]n. 145.
• Proxenos, or consul, iii. [282].
• Pruning learnt from an ass, ii. [350]350.
  • the anadendrades, ii. [347, n. 1558]n. 1558
  • vines, when performed, ii. [344]344.
• Prytaneion of Athens, iii. [97].
  • proverb concerning, i. [34, n. 145]n. 145
• Psammitichos, his present to the Athenians, iii. [86].
• Psimmythion, iii. [135].
• Psophis, Heraclean all-heal of, iii. [332].
• Public baths, ii. [89]89.
  • buildings in the agora of Sparta, i. [97]97.
• Public slaves, iii. [25].
  • mills, iii. [165].
• Puelos, ii. [88]88.
• Pummice-stone from Melos, iii. [357].
• Pump-makers, iii. [182].
• Punishments of slaves, iii. [8, n. 32], n. 32
• Puppets, i. [145]145.
• Purple fishery, iii. [225].
  • fish eaten, ii. [146]146.
    • caught at Cythera, iii. [269].
  • discovery of, iii. [224].
  • from Africa, iii. [382].
  • dye, preparation of, iii. [227].
• Puss, her nightly frolics, i. [215]215.
• Pylæon, an ornament, ii. [60]60.
• Pyreion or Trypanon, ii. [123]123.
• Pyrites, Acarnanian, iii. [340].
• Pyrrhic, a dance, i. [279]279, [287]287, ii. [256]256.
• Pythagorean diet, iii. [94].
• Pythagoreans, their mode of sepulture, iii. [433].
• Pythionica, tomb of, i. 73, iii. [428].
• Python, the orator, anecdote concerning, ii. [35]35.
• Pyxodoros, discoverer of the marble of Ephesos, iii. [347].

Q.

• Quail-fighting, i. [190, n. 621]n. 621
• Quails, catching of, i. [232]232.
• Quarrying, iii. [176].
• Queen-bees, ii. [296]296.
• Quercus suber, ii. [313]313.
• Quicksilver, Attic, iii. [330].
• Quince wine, iii. [118].
• Quinces, ii. [159]159.
  • Corinthian, iii. [334].
• Quoit-pitching, i. [200]200.