The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber (e novels to read TXT) 📖

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 186-188 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 Philopœmon, anecdote of 279 "Last of the Greeks" 280 Philoxenus, a philosopher 202-204 Phocion, caution of 257 "Last of the Athenians" 261 Phœnicians, 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 159 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

 

 

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