35

Ogyges, flood of 15

Olympia, temple at 78

Olympiad as measurement of time 80

Olympias 227, 261

Olympic games, bearing arms during 126
excitement at 86
girls in 84
renewal of 80
time reckoned by 80

Ostracize, derivation of 104

Panathenaea, festival of 26

Paris, bringing up of 42

Paros, Island of 116

Parthenon 149, 264

Patroclus, armor of Achilles on 49
killed by Hector 50
sung by Homer 60

Pausanias, patriotism of mother of 139
successor of Leonidas 134
walled in 139

Pelasgians, homes and habits of 12
remains of, in old tombs 18
skill of, in building 14
spinning and weaving by 16

Pelopidae conquer Heraclidae 28

Pelopidas, exiled Theban 191
returns in disguise 193
slain in battle 199

Peloponnesian War, end of 170
length of 153

Peloponnesus, derivation of name 24
Dorians settle in 55
key of the 270
laid waste 154
present name of 55

Pelops teaches coinage of money 24

Perdiccas, against Ptolemy 260
receives Alexander's ring 253

Pericles, death of 156, 157
eloquence of 154
idol of the poor 144
improvement of Athens by 149
leader of the Athenians 146

Persepolis, burning of 248

Perseus builds Mycenae 17

Persian army, route of, to Greece