Part 59

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

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