me a mere province of Rome, under the name of Achaia.

Thus ends the history of ancient Greece, which, though so small, was yet
the most famous country the world has ever known,--the country from
which later nations learned their best lessons in art, philosophy, and
literature.

INDEX.

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Academy, gardens of 142

Achaean League 268-270

Achaeans exiled to Rome 281

Achilles, avenges Patroclus 50
betrays himself 46
death of 51
in the Styx 45
prophecy regarding 44

Acropolis, captured 88, 96
Parthenon on 149
statue of Athene on 115
temple to Theseus, near 28, 143

Adrastus 37-40

AEgean Sea, derivation of name 27
Persian vessels forbidden to enter 147

AEgeus 27

AEgina, Draco at Island of 88

AEneas, escape of 53

AEtolian League 268, 273

Agamemnon, insults priest of Apollo 48
King of Mycenae 44

Age of Pericles 146

Agesilaus, at Coronea 189
courage of 185, 199

Agis, condemned to death 275
type of old Spartans 271

Alcibiades, anecdotes of 161, 163, 164
hostility toward 166
killed by Persians 171
shield of 162

Alexander I 197-199

Alexander the Great, birthplace of 227
crosses Libyan desert 245
cuts Gordian knot 238
death of 236, 253
enters Jerusalem 244
generosity of 248
horsemanship of 229, 231
marriage of