Part 24

Alexander the Great, 4; deification of, 36; accession of, to throne, 116, 123 f.; character of, 119; training of, 119 ff.; and Aristotle, 119 ff.; love of symbolism of, 123, 128, 139; destroys Thebes, 123 f.; spares Pindar's house, 124; visits Troy, 124 f.; cuts Gordian knot, 125 f.; plan of Persian campaign of, 126 f.; son of Zeus, 128, 133, 162 f.; in Persepolis, 129; dissolves Hellenic league, 129 f.; ceases to be hegemon of Hellas, 130; ceases to be king of Macedon, 130 f.; marries Roxane, 130; adopts Persian costume, 130; tries to establish Hellenism in Asia, 133 f.; founds city-states, 134 f.; plans conquest of West, 134; and absolute monarchy, 135; changes opinion as to Iranians, 135 f.; tries to fuse dominant peoples of Europe and Asia, 136 ff.; marries Persian princesses, 137; plans of, 144, rejected by the Macedonians, 150; demands recognition as a god, 146; departs from the life among men, 149.

Alexandria, 155, 157, 163, 213; new Athens, 158; trade of, 161 f.; imperial cult of Ptolemies in, 164 ff.; vs. Memphis, 170; laws of, 177; classes of population in, 181.

Ammon, god of Cyrene, 126 ff.; visited by Alexander, 139.

Ancient City, of Fustel de Coulanges, criticized, 7.

Andros, battle of, 159, 233.

Antigonids, constitutional government of, 216; wars of, with Rome, 217 f.; alliance of, with Seleucids, 223.

Antigonus I, Monophthalmus, 183; tries to take Alexander's place and fails, 184 f.; policy of, 218 f.; monarchy of, 220 f.

Antigonus II, Gonatas, victories of, at Cos and Andros, 159; rightful heir of Macedonian crown, 220; suzerain of Greece, 220; king of Macedon, 220, 223; education of, 222 f.; reign of, 223-233; peace of, with Egypt, 223; hostility of, with Epirus, 224; protects Greece from barbarians, 224; tyrants of, in Greece, 224 ff.; relation of, to Stoa, 225 f.; refuses deification, 225 f.; struggle of, with Ptolemy Philadelphus, 226, 229; renews alliance with Seleucids, 229; deserted by Antiochus II, 230; recovers Ægean, 232; treaty of, with Ætolians, 232; empire of, 233; death of, 233; failure of, in Greece, 235.

Antigonus III, Doson, Hellenic league of, 34; makes peace with Ætolians, 241; hegemon of Hellas, 243.

Antiochus I, Soter, 185.

Antiochus II, Theos, 185; deserts Macedon, 230.

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.