The Story of the GreeksGuerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
History
The Story of the Greeks
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Greece -- History; Readers -- History
OEdipus, answers Sphinx's riddle 34
attempted murder of 29
death of 36
fulfillment of prophecy concerning 31, 34
puts out his own eyes 35
Ogyges, flood of 15
Olympia, temple at 78
Olympiad as measurement of time 80
Olympias 227, 261
Olympic games, bearing arms during 126
excitement at 86
girls in 84
renewal of 80
time reckoned by 80
Ostracize, derivation of 104
Panathenaea, festival of 26
Paris, bringing up of 42
Paros, Island of 116
Parthenon 149, 264
Patroclus, armor of Achilles on 49
killed by Hector 50
sung by Homer 60
Pausanias, patriotism of mother of 139
successor of Leonidas 134
walled in 139
Pelasgians, homes and habits of 12
remains of, in old tombs 18
skill of, in building 14
spinning and weaving by 16
Pelopidae conquer Heraclidae 28
Pelopidas, exiled Theban 191
returns in disguise 193
slain in battle 199
Peloponnesian War, end of 170
length of 153
Peloponnesus, derivation of name 24
Dorians settle in 55
key of the 270
laid waste 154
present name of 55
Pelops teaches coinage of money 24
Perdiccas, against Ptolemy 260
receives Alexander's ring 253
Pericles, death of 156, 157
eloquence of 154
idol of the poor 144
improvement of Athens by 149
leader of the Athenians 146
Persepolis, burning of 248
Perseus builds Mycenae 17
Persian army, route of, to Greece 109
Persian fleet, destruction of 110
retreat of 115
Persian vessels shut out of the AEgean 147
Phalanx, Macedonian 218, 250
Pharnabazus 185-188
Pharos 264
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