Part 51

Such was the ignorance of the Romans at that time, however, about all matters of art, that the sailors who were to carry these treasures to Rome were warned by the consul to be careful, as they would have to replace any article they had damaged or lost.

The Romans then placed garrisons in the principal Greek towns, and the country became a mere province of Rome, under the name of Achaia.

Thus ends the history of ancient Greece, which, though so small, was yet the most famous country the world has ever known,--the country from which later nations learned their best lessons in art, philosophy, and literature.

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Academy, gardens of 142

Achaean League 268-270

Achaeans exiled to Rome 281

Achilles, avenges Patroclus 50 betrays himself 46 death of 51 in the Styx 45 prophecy regarding 44

Acropolis, captured 88, 96 Parthenon on 149 statue of Athene on 115 temple to Theseus, near 28, 143

Adrastus 37-40

AEgean Sea, derivation of name 27 Persian vessels forbidden to enter 147

AEgeus 27

AEgina, Draco at Island of 88

AEneas, escape of 53

AEtolian League 268, 273

Agamemnon, insults priest of Apollo 48 King of Mycenae 44

Age of Pericles 146

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