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163, 211, 239; religion, 22, 168, 169, 186-7

Green, P., 92, 112, 137, 238 Grundy, G. B., 68, 83

Habronichus, 146 Haliacmon, River, 100 Halicarnassus, 182, 183 Hamilcar, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160,

161, 162 Harmodius, 72 Harpalus, 29, 42 Hebrews, 56 Hebrus, River, 87 Helicon, Mount, 228 Hellenism, 47, 59, 164, 217 Hellespont, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 80,

121,    140, 171, 181, 190, 203, 206, 211, 212, 213, 219, 221, 242

‘Hellesponter’, in, 113, 130 helmets, 69, 101

Helots, 59, 60, 63, 65, 85, 102, 104,

118, 138, 140, 141, 150, 223, 231, 243,
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Herodotus, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30,

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Hieron of Gela, 158 Hignett, C., 204

Himera, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 190 Himeras, River, 159 Hipparchus, 72, 83, 93 Hippodrome, Istanbul, 245 Histiaea, 152 Histories, The, 36, 218 ‘Hollows, The’, 131 Homer, 22, 58, 62, 68, 71, 242 hoplites, 53, 54, 56, 69, 90, 91, 94, 101, 104, 107, 127, 135, 145, 193, 208,

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‘Hot Gates’, 69, 85, 108, 127, 133, 147, 148, 149 Housman, A. E., 36 Humbach, H., 22 Hyacinthia, 222

Hydarnes, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136,

139, 140, 142, 144 Hysiae, 228

Ikaros, 49 Iliad, The, 62 Ilissus, River, 112

Immortals, 36, 38, 68, 73, 80, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140,

141, 142 India, 43

Ionia and Ionians, 14, 15, 21, 25, 26,

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Iran and Iranians, 40, 41, 234, 241 Istanbul, 245

Isthmian League, see Corinth, League of ‘Isthmian line’, 116, 164, 167, 186,

214, 216, 223, 224, 226 Italy, 46, 47, 60, 81, 90, 155, 156, 171, 189, 222 Itea, Gulf of, 168

Jerusalem, 43 Jones, A. H. M., 62, 65

Kallidromos, Mount, 107, 116, 117,

118, 126, 133, 134, 136, 144, 148 khamsin, 130 Kitto, H. D. F., 62, 102 Kleomenes, 84, 85

Lacedaemonia and Lacedaemonians, see Sparta and Spartans Laconia, 58, 59 Laconian plain, 5 8 Lamia, 115, 118 Latychidas, King, 219, 221 Laurium, 56, 83 Leon, 108

Leonidas, 6, 14, 65, 66, 69, 72, 85,

101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,

113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120,

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142, 143, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150,

162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 207, 242,

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Leophron, 157 Lesbos, 48 Levant, 35, 79, 145 Libyans, 21 Licia, 35 Ligurians, 156

Locris and Locrians, 105, 117, 119,

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Lycurgus, 60, 61, 63, 66, 102, 103, 104, 118, 140, 244 Lydia, 41, 42, 45, 48 Lysander, 65

Macedonia, 27, 46, 48, 92, 108, 211

Maginot Line, 89, 105, 223

Magnesian, in

Maidos, 87

maistro, in, 154

Malian Gulf, 95, 99, 107

Malis and Malians, 105, 117, 133

Malta, 213

Mandrocles, 45

Man tinea, 104, 224 Marathon, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 63, 79>
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Maurice, Sir Frederick, 34, 87

Meander valley, 42

Medes, 21, 41, 43, 49, 52, 97, 126,

127, 129, 146, 149 medism, 32, 54, 80, 89, 180 Mediterranean Sea, 29, 35, 43, 75, 76, 82, 94, 154, 155 Megabazus, 46 Megacles, 83

Megara and Megarians, 178, 179, 184, 186, 187, 189, 193, 195, 197, 198,

214, 225, 229, 231, 237, 240 Megarian channel, 191, 193, 194, 196, 202

Megistias, 137, 139, 149 Melampus, 139 Melas, 87 Meliboea, 112 meltemi, 94, 130 Messenia, 5 8, 60 Messina, straits of, 157 ‘Middle Gate’, 107, 108 Miletus, 42, 48, 50 Miltiades, 50, 53, 54, 56, 205 mistral, 162

‘Mount Olympus line’, see Olympus, Mount Murychides, 222 Mycale, 6, 15 Mycenae, 81

Naxos, 49 Neapolis, 155

Necho, Pharaoh, 171 Nestus, River, 96 ‘Nine Ways’, 97 Nineveh, 41 Nisyros, 183 Nubia, 45

Odysseus, 62, 188, 197 Oeitian Mts, 134 Oenus, 58 Oeroe, River, 236 Olympia, 66, 207, 245 Olympic festival, 164 Olympic Games, 64, 91, 164 Olympus, Mount, 91, 95, 99, 100;

line, 90 Olynthus, 211, 212 Opus, 105

Oracle of Delphi, see Delphi: Oracle of

Orchomenus, 165, 231

Orwell, George, 65

Ossa, Mount, 99, 100

ostracism, 83, 93

Otanes, 86

Othrys, 119

Otranto, straits of, 46

Pagasae, Gulf of, 108, 109, 113, 122, 144

Pallene peninsula, 211 Paloukia Bay, 197 Pamphylia, 35 Panaetius, 193

Panormus Bay, 155, 156, 157, 158,

159, 162 Pantanassa ridge, 228 Pantites, 142 Paphos, 113

Parnassus, 165, 168, 169, 228 Parnes range, 225 Paros, 54, 206 Patras, Gulf of, 26 Pausanias, 14, 63, 149, 223, 224, 226, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235,

237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243, 244

Peisistradids, 54, 173 Pelion, Mount, 100, 112, 130 Peloponnese and Peloponnesians, 26,

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Peneus, River, 99, 100, 109 Perama, 181 Pericles, 76 perioikoi, 59, 102 Persepolis, 21, 22, 23 Perseus, 138

Persia and Persians, 13, 21-30,40-52,56, 60, 79, 83, 98, 101, 109, no, 120, 126, 132, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142,

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241, 242, 243, 244, 245; army, 13,

21, 33, 36, 67, 97, 118, 124, 126,

129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 144, 148, 153, 163, 165, 166, 167, 170, 175, 180, 186, 189, 201, 203, 223, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 244; and invasion of Greece, 31, 32, 38,

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89, 101, 108, no, in, 112, 113,

121, 123, 125, 130, 131, 133, 143,

144,    145, 150, 151, 153, 178, 183,

191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198,

199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 214, 219; religion, 22, 169

Persians, The, 189

Phaleron Bay, 50, 51, 52, 170, 174,

184, 195, 201, 202, 203, 204 Pharmakoussae, 181 Pheidippides, 50

Pheistarchus, King, 223 Phocaea, 42

Phocian wall, 115, 189, 242 Phocis and Phocians, 105, 107, 117, 118, 119, 135, 136, 148, 150, 165, 167, 168, 169 Phoenicia and Phoenicians, 25, 27,

28, 29, 34, 43, 46, 47, 78, 79, 81,

97, 108, 109, no, 124, 156, 180,

181, 182, 198, 200, 202, 204 Pieria, 101 Pindar, 145 Piraeus, 76

Plataea and Plataeans, 6, 14, 15, 51,

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208, 234, 241, 243 Poseidon, 28, 113, 160, 175, 213, 245 Potidaea and Potidaeans, 211, 212, 213 Prexinus, 108 prodroms, 31, 94

Psyttaleia, 191, 193, 194, 195, 201, 203 Punic-Persian alliance, 15 5 Pyrgos Hill, 237 Pytheas, 108

Quislings, 93

Rhegium, 155, 157 Rhetsi, 231 Rome, 40 Rubicon, 185 Russia, 46, 94

Sacae, 96

St George’s Island, 181, 195, 197, 199 Salamis, 6, 13, 14, 36, 88, 89, 93, 113, 125, 148, 161, 162, 166, 167, 172,

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Salamis Sound, 166, 184 Samos and Samians, 44, 49, 200, 219,

221, 232

Sardinia and Sardinians, 155, 171

Sardis, 24, 31, 42, 48

Saronic Gulf, 184, 191

Scione, 212

Scolus, 225

Scyllias, 123, 124

Scythia and Scythians, 45, 46, 93

Selinus, 156, 159, 160

Seneca, 6

Sepias, Cape, 95, 108, in, 112, 113, 150

Sestos, 27, 46 Shakespeare, William, 84 Sicily and Sicilians, 6, 47, 60, 79, 81,

90, 116, 136, 154, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162, 171, 190, 213, 222 Sicinnus, 187, 188, 189, 206 Sicyon, 231

Sidon, 28, 37, 46, 99, 108, 182 Simonides, 149 Siris, 176

Skiathos, 95, 108, 109, 113, 122 Skopelos, 113 Snodgrass, A. M., 72 Sosimenes, 193

Spain and Spaniards, 156, 160, 171 Sparta and Spartans, 23, 48, 50, 51, 52, 58-66, 67, 74, 79, 82, 83, 84, 102, 103, 105, 120, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 149,

150, 155, 180, 186, 187, 194, 205, 207, 209, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 231,

234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244; army, 32, 42, 53, 56, 71, 84,103, 129,133,166, 210, 223, 225,
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218, 220, 222, 227; navy, 92; Spartiates, 59, 61, 63, 65, 101, 102, 118, 120, 138, 141, 143, 163, 209, 223, 224, 226, 231, 232, 242, 243,

244; and Thermopylae, 14, 33, 69, 108, 113, 116, 118, 122, 126, 127,

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Strymon, River, 27, 97, 210 Suez canal, 25 Sumer, 43

Sunium, Cape, 31, 56, 105, 166, 207, 210

Susa, 24, 38, 126, 127, 172, 174, 203,

215, 221, 243 swords, 72 Sybaris, 47, 177

Syracuse and Syracusans, 47, 81, 156, 160, 168, 171 Syria, 43, 44

Tanagra, 225

Taranto, 60, 155; Gulf of, 177 Tarentum, see Taranto Taygetus, Mount, 5 8 Tegea and Tegeans, 104, 205, 222,

231, 238, 240, 243 Tempe pass, 90, 91, 92, 94, 99, 101 ‘Ten Thousand’, see Immortals Tenos, 49, 193 Terillus, 155, 157 Thasos, 48

‘Theban Band of Lovers’, 64 Thebes and Thebans, 64, 105, 138, 140, 142, 143, 220, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 239, 240,

242, 245

Themistocles, 54, 55, 56, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 101, 105, 113,

116, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, 133,

146, 150, 151, 153, 166, 170, 171,

175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 187, 188, 189, 192, 193, 194, 196, 205, 206,

207, 208, 209, 210, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 222, 232

Theompompos, 26 Therma, 98

Thermaic Gulf, 98, 109 Thermopylae, 6, 14, 33, 59, 63, 69, 71, 7
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107,    108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116,

117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 125, 134, 137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 162, 163,

164, 165, 166, 172, 174, 180, 182, 189, 190, 203, 204, 211, 223, 224, 235, 238, 242

Theron of Acragas, 81, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161 Theseus of Athens, 89 Thespiae and Thespians, 105, 138, 140, 142, 189 Thessaly and Thessalians, 81, 84, 90, 92, 107, 108, 109, no, 142, 165, 167, 206, 211, 213, 220, 238, 239 Thrace and Thracians, 27, 33, 35, 45, 46, 48, 96, 97, 211, 242 ‘Three Hundred’, 148, 149, 150, 162

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