Agesilaus, at Coronea 189 courage of 185, 199 Agis, condemned to death 275 type of old Spartans 271 Alcibiades, anecdotes of 161, 163, 164 hostility toward 166 killed by Persians 171 shield of 162 Alexander I 197-199 Alexander the Great, birthplace of 227 crosses Libyan desert 245 cuts Gordian knot 238 death of 236, 253 enters Jerusalem 244 generosity of 248 horsemanship of 229, 231 marriage of 252 omens concerning 227 prophecy of 256 self-denial of 251 takes title of "Shah in Shah" 249 tomb of 255 victory of 237, 246 visit of, to Diogenes 235 Alexandria, founded 244 Lighthouse of 264 Ambassador, life of, sacred 111, 120 Amphictyonic Council 20, 217, 224 Anaxagoras, philosopher 151, 152 Antalcidas, treaty of 190 Antigone 36, 40 Antigonus Doson 275 Antigonus Gonatas 269 Antigonus, "the one-eyed" 262 Antipater, governor of Macedon 256, 258, 260 Apollo sends plague 48 statue in honor of 264 Appetite, recipe for good 238 Aratus, leader of Achaean League 269 poisoning of 277 Arbela, battle at 246 Archon, how elected 87 origin of title of 57 Areopagus, court of law 91 Pisistratus before the 95 Aristides, anecdote of 118 burial of 141 discovers plans of Xerxes 133 recall of 124 Aristocrat, derivation of 95 Aristodemus, daughter sacrificed by 72 first ruler of Sparta 61 Aristogiton 99, 102 Aristomenes 73-77 Aristophanes 173-175