ABANTIDES makes him-
self master of Sicyon, vi. 186.
Abas, king of Argos, ii. 410.
Abdolonymus is placed upon

the throne of Sidon against
his will, v. 88; his answer to
Alexander, 89.
Abelox, a Spaniard, his treach-
ery, i. 306.

Abradates, king of Susiana, en-
gages in Cyrus's service, ii.
186; he is killed in the battle
of Thymbria, 209.
Abraham goes to Egypt with

Sarah, i. 82; the scripture
places him very near Nim-
rod; and why, ii. 71.
Abrocomas, one of the generals

of Artaxerxes Mnemon's ar-
my, marches against Cyrus
the younger, iii. 535.
Absalom, brother of Alexander
Janneus, vii. 505; he is taken
prisoner at the siege of Jeru-
salem, ibid.
Aburtites, governor of Susa, for

Darius, surrenders that place
to Alexander, v. 174; he is
continued in his government,

Ácademy founded at Alexan-

dria, under the name of Mu-
seum, vi. 32.
Acarnanians, people of Greece,
their courage, vi. 361.
Accius. See Attius.
Acheans, settled by Acheus in
Peloponnesus, ii. 401; insti-
tution of their commonwealth,
vi. 177; their government,
cities of which the Achean
league is formed at first, 178;
several cities join it after-
wards, 183; chiefs who ren-
der that republic so flourish-
ing, 368, 376.

The Acheans enter into a
war with Sparta, vi. 240; af-
ter many losses they call in
Antigonus to their aid, 241;
in a war with the Etolians
they have recourse to Philip,
304; they declare for the
Romans against that prince,
462; they join with the Ro-
mans against Antiochus, 545;
their cruel treatment of many
Spartans, vii. 6; they subject
the Messenians, 51; they
send deputies to Rome con-
cerning Sparta, 58; Calli-
crates, one of their deputies,
betrays them, ibid.

The Acheans resolve to
share with the Romans in the
dangers of the war against
Perseus, vii. 229; they are
suspected by the Romans,
312; cruel treatment of them
by the Romans, 314, &c.
troubles in Achaia, 343; the
Acheans declare war against
the Lacedemonians, 344;
they insult the Roman com-
missioners, ibid. they engage
Thebes and Chalcis to join
them, 347; they are defeated
by Metullus, 348; and after
by Mummius, 351, &c. Achaia
is reduced into a Roman
province, 352.

Acichorius, general of the Gauls,
makes an irruption into Mac-
edonia, vi. 65; then into
Greece, 66; he perishes
there, 71.

Acilius, Manius, is appointed
to command in Greece a-
gainst Antiochus, vi. 545;
he defeats that prince near
Thermopyle, 550; he sub-
jects the Etolians, 553, &c.
Acilius, a young Roman, his

stratagem to make Perseus
quit his asylum, vii. 277.
Acrisius, king of Argos, ii. 410.
Acrotates, son of Arius, king
of Sparta, vi. 120; valor of
that young prince, ibid.

iii. 13.

Achemenes, brother of Artax-
erxes Mnemon, is placed at
the head of the army sent by
that prince against Egypt, iii.
161; he is killed in a battle,
ibid.
Acheus, son of Xuthus, founder

of the Acheans, ii. 418.
Acheus, cousin of Seleucus Ce-
raunus, has the administra-
tion of the affairs of Egypt,
vi. 272; he avenges the
death of that prince, 273; he
refuses the crown, and pre-
serves it for Antiochus the
Great, ibid. his fidelity to that
prince, ibid. he revolts a-
gainst Antiochus, 285; his
power, ibid. he is betrayed,
and delivered up to Antio-
chus, and put to death, 300.
Achaia, so called from Acheus.

See Acheans, ii. 418.
Acharnians, comedy of Aristo-
phanes, extract from it, i. 136.
Achillas, young Ptolemy's guar-
dian, viii. 208; he assassin-
ates Pompey, 210; he is put
to death, 218.

Achoris, king of Egypt, iv. 407.
Archradina, one of the quarters
of the city of Syracuse, de-
scription of it, iii. 583.

ment of Caria, after the death
of Idrieus, her husband, v.43.
Adherbal, general of the Car-
thaginians, defeats the Ro-
mans at sea, i. 240.
Adimantes is appointed general
of the Athenians, after the
battle of Arginuse, iii. 480;
by what means he escapes
death after his defeat at Egos-
potamus, 493.
Admetus, king of the Molossi-
ans, gives Themistocles ref-
uge, iii. 122; he is intimidat-
ed by the Athenians, and
sends him away, 141.

acidas, son of Arimbas, king
of Epiras, is driven out of his
dominions by the intrigues of
Philip, king of Macedonia, iv.
549; he reascends the throne,
ibid.

Eacides, king of Epirus, is ban-

ished by his own subjects, v.

472.

Egeus, king of Athens, ii. 413.
Egina, a little island near A-

thens, ii. 580.
Egospotamus, famous for Ly-
sander's victory over the
Athenians, iii. 493.
Egyptus, name given Sesostris,
i. 85.
Eolic dialect, ii. 420.

Eolus, son of Helenus, reigns

in Thessaly, ii. 417.
Era of Nabonassar, ii. 96; era

of the Seleucides, v. 506.
Eschines, Athenian orator, suf-
fers himself to be corrupted
by Philip's gold,iv. 535, 536,
&c. he accuses Demosthenes,
589; he is cast, and retires
into banishment, 591.
Æsop, the Phrygian, his histo-

ry, ii. 505; he goes to the
court of Cresus, 506; he is
supposed to be the inventor
of fables, 507.

Etolia, one of the principal

parts of Greece, ii. 402.
Etolians. War of the Etolians
against the Acheans and Phil-
ip, vi. 303; treaty of peace
between them, 347; the Eto-
lians join the Romans against
Philip, 360; they make peace
with that prince, 411; they
declare against him for the
Romans, 470; they condemn
the treaty made between Phil-
ip and the Romans, 488; they
form a resolution to seize De-
metrias, Chalcis, and Lace-
demon, by treachery, 534;
they call in the aid of Antio-
chus against the Romans,
537, 538; they offer to sub.
mit to the Romans, 556; and
cannot obtain peace, 560; the
senate, at the request of the
Athenians and Rhodians,
grant it them, vii. 3; cruel
treatment of them by the
Romans, 309, &c.
Agamemnon, king of Mycene,

ii. 412.

Agarista, wife of Megacles; her

father's conduct in choosing
her an husband, ii. 471.
Agathocles, seizes the tyranny
of Syracuse, i. 201; his ex-
peditions against the Cartha-
ginians in Sicily and in Afri-
ca, ibid. he brings over Opel-

Agesilaus is

elected king of
Sparta, iii. 593; his educa-
tion and character, ibid. he
sets out for Asia, 598; he
differs with Lysander, 602;
his expeditions in Asia, 607,
&c. Sparta appoints him gen-
eralissimo by sea and land,
612; he commissions Pisan-
der to command the fleet in
his stead, 613; his interview
with Parnabasus, 615; the
ephori recal him to the aid
of his country, 617; his rea-
dy obedience, 618; he gains
a victory over the Thebans
at Cheronea, in which he is
wounded, 630; he returns to
Sparta, 632; he always re-
tains his ancient manners,
ibid. he discovers the conspi-
racy formed by Lysander,
633; different expeditions of
Agesilaus in Greece, 634;
he causes his brother Teleu-
tias to be appointed admiral,
ibid. Sphodrias is acquitted
by his means, 341; Antal-
cides rallies him upon his be-
ing wounded by the Thebans,
343; dispute between Agesi

laus and Epaminondas in the
assembly of the allies of Spar-
ta, 347; he causes war to be
declared against the Thebans,
348; he finds means to save
those who had fled from the
battle of Leuctra, 355; his
conduct in the two irruptions
of the Thebans into the ter-
ritory of Sparta, 358; Sparta
sends aid to Tachos, king of
Egypt, who had revolted a-
gainst Persia, 412; actions of
Agesilaus in Egypt, 414; he
declares for Nectanebis a-
gainst Tachos, 115; he dies
on his return to Sparta, 117.
Agesilaus, uncle on the moth-

er's side to Agis, king of
Sparta, vi. 208; he abuses
that prince's confidence, 209;
violence which he commits
when one of the Ephori, 216;
he is wounded and left for
dead, 233.
Agesipolis, king of Sparta with
Agesilaus, iv. 317; differ-
ence between those two kings,
318; he commands the army
sent against Olynthus, 324;
his death, ibid.
Agesipolis reigns at Sparta with
Lycurgus, vi. 314; he is de-
throned by Lycurgus, 502;
he retires to the camp of the
Romans, ibid.
Agesistrata, mother of Agis,
king of Sparta, vi. 223; her
death, 226.,
Agratis, widow of Agis, king
of Sparta, is forced by Leoni-
das to marry Cleomenes, vi.
228; death of that princess,
246.

Agis, son of Eurysthenes, king
of Sparta, enslaves the inhab-
itants of Elos, i. 169.
Agis II. son of Archidamus,
king of Sparta, iii. 380; he
makes war against the peo-
ple of Elis, iii. 592; he ac-

knowledges Leoty chides for
his son at his death, ibid.
Agis III. son of another Archi-
damus, king of Sparta, com-
mands the army of the Lac-
edemonians against the Mac-
edonians, and is killed in a
battle, v. 201, 202.
Agis IV. son of Eudamidas,
reigns at Sparta, vi. 204; he
endeavours to revive the an-
cient institutions of Lycur
gus, 208; he effects it in
part, ibid. &c. only Agesilaus
prevents the final execution
of that design, 217; he is
sent to aid the Acheans a-
gainst the Etolians, ibid. on
his return to Sparta, he finds a
total change therę, 220; he
is condemned to die, and ex-
ecuted, 226.

Agonothete, a name given to

those who presided in the
public games of Greece,i. 87.
Agriculture. Esteem the an-
cients had for it, especially in
Egypt, i. 62; in Persia, ii.
324; and in Sicily, viii. 11.
Agrigentum. Foundation of
that city, iii. 357; luxury and
effeminacy of its inhabitants,
iv. 176; it is subjected first
by the Carthaginians, i. 184;
and afterwards by the Ro-
mans, 220.

Argon, prince of Illyria, vi.

197.

Ahasuerus, name given by the

scripture to Astyages, as also
to Cambyses and Darius. See
the names of the two last.
Ahaz, king of Judah, becomes
vassal and tributary to Tig
lathpilesar, ii. 97.
Alceus, son of Perseus, king of
Mycene, and father of Am-
phitryon, ii. 411.

Alceus, a Greek poet, ii. 492.
Alcetas, king of the Molossians,

great grandfather both to

Pyrrhus and Alexander the
Great, iv. 503.
Alcibiades, when very young,

he carries the prize of valor
in the battle against the Poti-
deans, ii. 213; character of
that Athenian, 340; his in-
timacy with Socrates, 341;
his convertibility of genius,
345; his passion for ruling
alone, 346; his enormous
expenses in the public games,
i. 104; cities that supplied
those expenses, 105.
Alcibiades begins to appear at
Athens, iii. 343; his artifice
for breaking the treaty with
Sparta, 347; he engages the
Athenians in the war with
Sicily, 352; he is elected
general with Nicias and La-
machus, 359; he is accused
of having mutilated the stat-
ues of Mercury, 367; he
sets out for Sicily, without
having been able to bring that
affair to a trial, 369; he takes
Catana by surprise, 375; he
is recalled by the Athenians
to be tried upon an accusa-
tion, 376; he flies, and is con-
demned to die for contuma-
cy, 377; he retires to Sparta,
379; he debauches Timea,
the wife of Agis, and has a
son by her, 380; he advises
the Lacedemonians to send
Gylippus to the aid of Syra-

cuse, 389.
Alcibiades retires to Tissapher-
nes, iii. 440; his credit with
that satrap, 441; his return
to Athens is concerted, 446;
he is recalled, 453; he beats
the Lacedemonian fleet, 454;
he goes to Tissaphernes, who
caused him to be seized and
carried prisoner to Sardis,
455; he escapes out of pris-
on, ibid. he defeats Mindarus
and Pharnabasus by sea and

land the same day, 456; he
returns in triumph to Athens,
458; and is declared gen-
eralissimo, 460; he causes
the great mysteries to be
celebrated, 461; he sets sail
with the fleet, 464; Thrasy-
bulus accuses him at Athens,
of having occasioned the de-
feat of the fleet near Ephesus,
469; the command is taken
from him, 470; he comes to
the Athenian generals at
Egospotamos, 492; the ad-
vice he gives them, 493; he
retires into the province of
Pharnabasus, 508; that sa-
trap causes him to be assas-
sinated, 509; his character,
ibid.

Alcibiades, one of the Spartan
exiles, is reinstated by the
Acheans, and sent deputy to
Rome with complaints a-
gainst them, vii. 38; the
Acheans condemn him to
die, 43; they soon after an-
nul that sentence, 46.
Alcmeonide expelled Athens
by Pisistratus, ii. 479; they
take the care of building the
new temple of Delphi up-
on themselves, ibid. their
aid in that undertaking, ibid.
Alcyoneus, son of Antigonus,

carries the head of Pyrrhus
to his father, vi. 128.
Alexamenes is sent by the Eto-
lians to seize Sparta, vi. 534;
his avarice occasions the mis-
carriage of that design, 535;
he is killed in Sparta, ibid.
Alexander, a young Lacedemo-
nian, put out one of Lycur-
gus's eyes, ii. 430; Lycur-
gus's manner of being re-
venged of him, ibid.
Alexander I. son of Amyntas I.

king of Macedon, avenged
the affront his mother and
sisters had received from the