Hannibal (247-183), one of the world's greatest generals, I, 108; son of Hamilcar Barca, III, 99; sacked Saguntum (219), crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans on the Trebia and Ticinus (218), at Trasimenus (217), Cannae (216), I, 40; III, 113-114; defeated at Zama (202); maligned by the Romans as treacherous and cruel, I, 38. Harm, from gods to men, II, 12; III, 102; men to men, II, 16 fg. Health, impossible without man's co-operation, II, 12, 15; care of, II, 86. Hecaton, of Rhodes, a Stoic, pupil of Panaetius, III, 63, 89. Hercules, the greatest of heroes, son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Alcmena, I, 118; his choice of his path in life, I, 118; performer of the twelve labours; benefactor of humanity, III, 25; his attainment of heaven, III, 25. Hernicians, a tribe in the Sabine mountains, subdued by Rome (306), I, 35. Herodotus, of Halicarnassus (5th century), lived also at Athens and Thurii; the father of history; travelled widely and wrote the history of Persia and Greece, II, 41. Hesiod, the Boeotian didactic poet (8th century); author of the Theogony, the Works and Days, etc., I, 48. Hippolytus, son of Theseus; his stepmother Phaedra fell in love with him; he rejected her advances but promised not to tell, III, 108; she accused him falsely; his innocence proved, Phaedra hanged herself and Theseus suffered lifelong remorse, I, 32; III, 94. Home, of man of rank; _see_ House. Homer, the poet, author of Iliad and Odyssey, III, 97. Honesty, the bond of human society, III, 21 fg.; the corner-stone of government, II, 78 fg. House, suitable for a man of rank, I, 138-140. Hortensius, Quintus (114-50), Cicero's famous rival as orator and advocate; his close friend (after 63), III, 73; enormously wealthy; lavish in his aedileship (75), II, 57; not always scrupulous, III, 73-74. Hospitality, the duty of, II, 64. Humility, in prosperity, I, 90-91. Illyria, the country between Macedonia and the Adriatic, II, 40. Ingratitude, abhorred, II, 63. Injustice, active and passive, I, 23, 28; never expedient, III, 84; of hypocrisy, I, 41. Instinct and Reason, difference between man and beast, I, 11. Integrity, official, II, 75, 76, 77. Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra (_q.v._); sacrificed at Aulis, III, 95. Isocrates (436-338), one of the ten Attic orators, pupil of Gorgias and Socrates; a polished speaker; greater as a teacher than as an orator; might have been a great philosopher, I, 4. Italian War (90-88), caused by Rome's injustice to the allies, provoked by the fear of prosecution on the part of the corrupt aristocrats, II, 75; resulted in Rome's granting the contentions of the allies. Italy, in government identified with Rome, II, 76. Ithaca, the home of Odysseus (Ulysses), an island of the Ionian group west of Greece, probably the historical Leucas, III, 97.