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The Story of the Greeks · H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber — chapter 52 of 62 · ~241 words · public domain

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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

Aristotle, teacher of Alexander 231

Arridaeus 256, 261

Artaxerxes, befriends Themistocles 140 oath of 147 sends for Hippocrates 155 treachery of 181

Aspasia 152

Aster, an archer 220

Athene, festival in honor of 26 statue of 115, 149, 247 temple to 88, 101, 136, 149, 271

Athene, tree planted by 90, 137

Athenians, at Marathon 113-115 bribery of 189 build statues 102, 179 defeat Spartans 56 extravagance of 141 heroes among 113, 114 ingratitude of 117, 119 last of the 261 thirty-years' peace of 148

Athens, art in 149 becomes an oligarchy 87 burning of 132 called Cecropia 16 chains of Xerxes in 137 Olympic games at in, 1896 80 plague in 155 purification of 90 rebuilt 137 title of king in 56 voting in 91, 103

Athos, Mount 110, 124, 126

Babylon, city of 246 Hanging Gardens of 264

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