Phidias, death of 149 Parthenon decorated by 149, 264 statues by 79, 116, 149 Philip of Macedon, ambition of 217, 220, 226 at Chaeronea 226 early training of 217 formation of Macedonian phalanx by 218 gift from, to Demosthenes 222 left eye of, put out 220 murder of 226 president of Amphictyonic Council 225 wealth of 218 Philippic, origin of 221 Philopoemon, anecdote of 279 "Last of the Greeks" 280 Philoxenus, a philosopher 202-204 Phocion, caution of 257 "Last of the Athenians" 261 Phoenicians, home of 13 Pindar, house of 233 Pisistratidae, expulsion of 102 Pisistratus, death of 98 hypocrisy of 95 improvement of Athens by 96 Plataea 134, 136 Plato, Olympic crown given to 212 pupil of Socrates 59 words of Socrates preserved by 177, 179 Poliorcetes, "the city taker" 263 Polynices 37-39 Porus, Indian king 250 Poseidon 52, 280 Priam, begs Hector's body 51 desertion of Paris by 41 sung by Homer 60 Prisoners of war as slaves 48, 61 Ptolemy, builds tomb for Alexander 255 conquered by Demetrius 263 Pyramids of Egypt 12, 264 Pyrrha 19, 20 Pythias 204-208 Quarries, The 203 Retreat of the Ten Thousand 185 Rome, Achaeans exiled to 281 art in 282 power of 270, 277 Roxana, imprisonment of 261 wife of Alexander 252 Sacred Battalion 195, 226 Sacred War 224 Salamis, victory at 134, 170 Sardis, burning of 109 taken by Alexander 237 Seleucia 265 Seleucus 262, 265, 267