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 Thermopylae 129
attack Amphea 71
covet Messenia 71
degeneracy of 172, 270
force way into Thebes 190
freed from Achaean 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