Poseidon, 3, 12, 15. Potidæa, siege of, 207, 208. Plague in Athens, 207, 209. Plataea, battle of, 172; siege of, 210–213. Plato, 240. Plutarch, 209, 235, 257, 263, 346. Pluto, 4, 6. Priam, king of Troy, 33, 39, 50, 51. Propylæa, the, 197. Protagoras, 201. Pylos, sea-fight of, 216. Rome, rise of, 351. Sacred Band of Thebans, 277, 278, 307, 308. Sacred war, the, 306. Salamis, siege of, 106. ---- battle of, 169–172. Samos, revolt against Athens, 194. Sardis, destruction of, 126. Satyrus and Demosthenes, 304. Scythians, Darius’ war against, 118, 120. Sicily, Alcibiades’ expedition against, 244; war with Carthaginians and Dionysius of Syracuse, 286; freed by Timoleon, 299. Socrates, 201, 260; friendship with Alcibiades, 236, 240–243. Solon the lawgiver, 99, 102, 106, 110, 111. Sophists, the, 201. Sophocles, 200. Sparta, 33, 76; war with Messenians, 89; war against Persia, 154, 156–160; wars with Athens, 195 _et seq._, 232, 333; destruction of Athenian army at Syracuse, 249–254; victory over Antiochus under Lysander, 259; surrender of Athens to, 261–263; expedition against Thebes, 270, 273 _et seq._ Spartans, the, training of, 82. Sphacteria, blockade of, 219, 221. Syracuse, siege of, 249; Corinthian expedition under Timoleon to, 286, 289 _et seq._ Telemachus, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70. Ten Thousand, the march of, 264–267. Thebes, war with Plataea, 202, 211, 213; conspiracy to obtain freedom from Sparta, 273; rise of, 277; Sacred War against Phocians, 306. Themistocles, rivalry with Aristides, 137, 140–144; war against Xerxes, 148; at pass of Thermopylae, 153; at battle of Artemisium, 161; tactics to defeat Persian fleet at Salamis, 163–167; Spartans deceived by, 182; ostracised, 185; death of, 187, 188. Thermopylae, battle of, 153, 156–160. Theseus, king, 189. Thetis, 34, 39, 48, 49, 51, 52. Thrace, city of, 121, 122. Thucydides, 192, 198, 201, 206, 228, 229, 252, 254. Timoleon, 286, 288, 293, 296, 298. Timophanes, 286. Tissaphernes, 254, 258, 264, 266. Trojan War, the, 32. Troy, city of, 32, 52. Tyrants, Grecian, 98. Tyre, siege by Alexander, 325. Tyrtaeus, 91, 93. Xenophon, 264, 266, 267, 268. Xerxes, king of Persia, 139; his dream, 145; invasion of Greece by, 148; scourging of Hellespont by, 148; Athens plundered by, 164; defeat of his fleet at Salamis, 169. Zephyrus, 17. Zeus, 3, 8, 9, 11, 23, 38, 39, 47, 51, 95, 197. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD. Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling, including ligatures, were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.