Antiochus III, the Great, 187 _ff._; wrests Palestine from Egypt, 188; and Hannibal, 189; peace of, with Rome, 190. Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, policy of, 212; and the Jews, 212 _f._; invades Egypt, 213. Antiochus Hierax, 187. Antipater, house of, 219. Antipater II, 220. Antony, and Cleopatra, 153; as Ammon, 162. Apama, wife of Seleucus, 195. Aratus, of Sicyon, 236; seizes Sicyon, 230; seizes Corinth, 232. Areus I, correspondence of, with Jews, 79. Aristocracy, supported by Sparta, 20; defined, 20 _f._; destroyed in Sparta, 83; championed by Sparta, 94. Aristophanes, view of, as to extending Athenian citizenship, 31. Aristotle, 26, 36; on equality of states, 33; training of, 108; a poor historian, 108 _f._; theory of progress of, 109; empiricism of, 110 _f._; compared with Machiavelli, 110 _ff._; neglects the acquisition of power, 111; makes city-state the ultimate political unit, 112 _ff._; aversion of, for imperialism, 113; "strength" in the political system of, 113 _f._; and conquest of Asia, 114; defect in politics of, 114; and Alexander, 119 _ff._; teacher of poetry, 119, of politics, 120 _f._; view of, as to Asiatics, 122; and deification of rulers, 135, 147. Armenia, 188; conquers Syria, 192. Arsinoë Philadelphus, 157; death of, 160; deified, 164; imperial policy of, 227. Art, in Athens, 59. Artemis, temple of, in Sardis, 202. Asia Minor, priestly communities in, 197 _f._ Astral religion, 143. Atargatis, temple of, 197. Athena Alcis, in China, 193 _f._ Athenians, democratic imperialists, 39; self-confidence of, 40 _f._; political capacity of, 56 _f._; capacity of, in art and literature, 59 _f._; demands upon time of, 63 _f._; blame Sophists for decay of democracy, 77.