Generosity, divisions of, II, 52;
close to nature, III, 24;
must not harm its object, I, 42-43;
in proportion to one's means, I, 42-44; II, 55;
to the recipient's merits, I, 45-60;
motives to, I, 47-49; III, 118;
means to winning popularity, II, 32;
gifts of money, II, 52-60;
personal service, II, 52, 53;
to individuals, II, 65-71;
to the state, II, 72 fg.;
when most appreciated, II, 63.
Glory, a means to popularity, II, 31, 43;
preferred to wealth, II, 88.
Gods, favour of, won by piety, II, 11;
do no harm, II, 12; III, 102;
free from care, III, 102;
slow to anger, III, 102, 104, 105.
Golden Mean, I, 89;
in generosity, II, 58, 59, 60;
in personal adornment, I, 130.
Good, the supreme, I, 5, 7; III, 52, 119;
not pleasure, I, 5; III, 116, 117, 118;
but moral goodness, III, 11, 35;
living in harmony with nature, III, 13;
the only, moral goodness, I, 67; III, 12.
Good faith, III, 104;
even to an enemy, III, 86 fg., 111, 113.
Good man, what constitutes a, III, 63, 75-77.
Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, brother of the younger Tiberius;
a more radical reformer;
tribune (123 and 122);
fell (121) a martyr to his reforms for the restoration of the public
lands and the reduction of the cost of living, II, 72, 80;
his death applauded by Cicero, II, 43.
Gracchus, Publius Sempronius, father of the elder Tiberius, II, 43.
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, father of the tribunes, II, 43;
in his own tribuneship he defended Scipio (187);
a great soldier, II, 80;
twice consul, triumphed twice;
a just ruler in Spain;
son-in-law of the elder, father-in-law of the younger Africanus, an
ardent aristocrat;
hence Cicero's praise, II, 43.
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, son of the foregoing;
a persuasive orator;
friend of the people and helper of the poor and oppressed;
murdered for attempting as tribune (133) to reform agrarian abuses and
build up a class of small farmers, I, 76, 109; II, 80;
his death applauded by Cicero, II, 43.
Gratidianus, Marcus Marius;
_see_ Marius.
Gratitude, how won, II, 63.
Greece, the land of liberty, letters, art, and civilization, II, 60;
III, 48, 73, 99;
cause of fall, II, 80.
Greek, belonging to or a native of Greece, I, 108, 111; II, 83; III, 82;
leaders in literature, I, 3;
masters of philosophy, I, 8, 51, 142, 153; II, 18;
Greek and Latin studies, I, 1.
Gyges, the shepherd who dethroned Candaules and became king of Lydia
(716-678), III, 38, 78.
Gytheum, the harbour-town and arsenal of Sparta, III, 49.
Hamilcar, a successful Carthaginian general in the First Punic War,
defeated by Regulus at Ecnomus;
opposed Regulus in Africa, III, 99;
confused with Hamilcar Barca (_q.v._), III, 99.
Hamilcar Barca, famous commander of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily
(247-241);
in Spain (238-229);
father of Hannibal, III, 99.
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