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Protagoras, 201.Pyrrho, 205.Pythagoras, 195. Mspolicy, 196198.philosophy andPythian Games at Delphi, 84,Quintus, 78.Religion, the foundation of, 26. the popular religion of the Greeks, 27, 82. itscharacter and its influence on the morals of the nation, 34, 82. it was thoroughly poetical, 36. never became inany considerable degree a religion ofstate, 44. its conflict with the philosophers, 194, 199, 239. its desecrationin the later ages, 238.Roioers, in the ancient Grecian ships, satin one line, 168.Salamis, 39. battle of, 96.Samotkrace, 19.Sanctuaries needed for celebrating thecommon festivals among the Greeks, 88.Sardis, burning of, 96.Sciences, their influence on government,192, 193. the public provision made fortheir advancement, 193.Sculptors, Grecian, represented their divinities in human shapes, 36.Sculpture among the Greeks, 230.Senate, in various Grecian, cities, 114.Seven Wise Men, The, were rulers, presidents, and counsellors of state, 174.Sicyan, 8.Slavery, its prevalence among the Greeks,124. its influence on their politicalscience, 125. and on the character ofthe citizens, 127.Smyrna, founded by JEolians, 64.Socrates, 203. his philosophy, ib. Ms modeof teaching, 204, 205.Solon, established regulations for the recitation of Homer's rhapsodies, 78. didnot attempt to form a new constitution,106. in his name statesmen first appeared, 174. was a poet and soldier, aswell as law-giver, ib.Sophists, The, first applied philosophy topolitical science, 198. first gave instruction for pay, 200. their course ofinstruction, 201. their lax moral principles, 202.Sparta, built, 3. before the Persian warsalways asserted a kind of supremacyover the Peloponnesus, 98. loses thenominal supremacy in the Persian wars,ib. her government that of an hereditary aristocracy, 108. long without finances, 132. had no popular tribunals,152. its militia resembled a standingarmy, 156. scarcity of great commanders, ib. had little cavalry, 158. its rivalry with. Athens, 237.States. Grecian, with few exceptions wereINDEX TO ANCIENT GREECE. 513cities with their districts, 66, 104. hadall free constitutions, 105.Statesmen, Greek, the influences whichformed their character, 173. the firstwho deserved the name appeared in theage of Solon, 174. their objects andinfluence, 175. their relations to military commanders, ib. the age ofThemistocles, 176. that of Pericles, 179.that of Demosthenes, 183. when advocates became statesmen, 185.Sybaris, its destruction, 196.Syracuse claims to lead the Greeks in thePersian wars, 98.Tactics of the Greeks, military, 163. naval,170, 172.Tarentum founded, 64.Taxes among the Greeks, 138. they understood the difference between direct andindirect, ib. poll-tax levied chiefly onresident foreigners, 139. on property,ib. indirect, 141.Thales, 174.Thasos, 19. its gold mines, 131.Themistocles, 95, 98, 170. Ms characterand influence, 176. was a pupil ofMnesiphilus, 198.Theseus, date of Ms undertaking againstCrete, 51.Thessaly, geographical view, 16.Thrace, its gold mines, 131.Thucydides, Ms history, 215.Tragedy among the Greeks, 223. its influence, 224.Triphylia, a division of Elis, 5.Triremes, invention of, 168. formed theprincipal strength of the Grecianfleets, ib.Troy, the effect on Greece of the Trojanwar, 61, 63, 65.Tyrants, the name given by the Greeksto all irresponsible rulers, 105, 120.Voting, mode of, in the Grecian assemblies, 111.War, the art of, in the heroic age, 60.reasons for its slow advances, 1 54. militia, ib. the Grecian armies not numerous, 155. after the battle of Plataeee,wars were conducted chiefly by sea,156. troops were not paid, 157. weakness of the cavalry, or want of it, 158.infantry, 159. tactics, 160. the changein the art of war effected by Epaminondas,163. payment of troops introduced,164. employment of mercenaries, 165.the results of this, 166.Weaving, the art of, in the heroic age ofGreece, 58.Xerxes, his invasion of Greece, 95, burnsAthens, 96. /Xenophanes, 199.Xenophon, 166. his Anabasis, 217.