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The Life of Greece

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by Will Durant


  Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus), Roman naturalist and encyclopedist (23–79), 55, 143, 205, 223, 316, 317, 323, 492, 498, 528, 592, 619, 621, 622

  Plotinus (plō-tī’-nŭs), Egyptian philosopher (205?-27o?), 136, 657

  plumbing, 22, 52

  Plutarch , historian (46?-120?), 26, 68, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 104, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118–119, 129, 130, 142, 237, 240, 242*, 248, 249, 251, 252, 291*, 300, 305, 312, 370*, 419, 434, 435, 442, 444, 455, 474, 478, 483–484, 488, 492, 500, 538, 539, 541, 548, 549, 553, 629, 632, 633, 634, 645, 660, 661

  Pluto , 96, 178, 179, 189, 312

  Plutus , see Pluto

  Flutus (Aristophanes), 283

  Pnyx , 255

  Po River, 159

  Poems and Ballads (Swinburne), 154*

  Poetics (Aristotle), 526*

  poetry, of Alcaeus, 151–152

  of Anacreon 149

  of Apollonius of Rhodes, 608–609

  of Archilochus, 132

  of Callimachus, 608

  contests, 216

  in early Greece, 139–140

  of Hesiod, 98–103

  of Homer, 44, 52, 207–211

  of Jews, 603

  in Megara, 92–95

  of Mimnermus, 148

  and music, 226

  origin of, 193

  of Pindar, 375–377

  of Sappho, 153–156

  of Simonides, 130–131

  in Sparta, 74–77

  of Stesichorus, 171

  of Theocritus, 609–612

  police, 466

  Polis , 580

  politics, Pythagorean, 166

  of Plato, 519–521

  of Aristotle, 534–537

  Politics (Aristotle), 526*, 533*

  Polity of the Athenians, The (Old Oligarch), 279

  Pollias, potter, (6th century B.C.), 220

  Pollux (pŏl’-ŭks) (mythology), 105*

  Pollux, Julius, grammarian (2nd century A.D.), 212

  Polyaegos , 158

  Polybius , historian (ca. 202–120 B.C.), 79, 157, 172, 564, 568, 572, 593, 598, 600, 613–615, 632, 643–644, 659, 663, 665, 666

  Polycleitus , sculptor (fl. 430 B.C.), 72, 217, 322–323, 498

  Polycleitus the Younger, sculptor (4th century B.C.), 96

  Polycrates , tyrant of Samos (r. 535–515 B.C), 141–143, 149, 161, 206

  Polydorus , 40

  Polydorus, mythological King of Thebes, 406

  Polydorus, sculptor (1st century B.C.), 622

  polygamy, in Troy, 36; in Sparta, 81–82; in Athens, 304–305.

  Polygnotus of Thasos, painter (fl. 465 B.C.), 316, 324, 331, 491, 669

  Polymedes , sculptor (archaic period), 68*

  Polymnestor , 406

  Polymnestus, poet and musician (7th century B.C.), 75

  Polymnia , 186

  Polynices , 41, 394, 496

  Polyphemus , 60

  polytheism, 175–177

  Polyxena , 36, 406

  Pompeii, 18, 178, 618, 620, 669

  Pompey the Great (Cneius Pompeius Magnus), Roman general (106-48 B.C), 67, 106

  Pontica, 156

  Pontus (pōn’-tŭs), 275, 578

  Pope, Alexander, English poet (1688–1744), 106*

  Popilius, see Laenas, Caius Popilius

  population, of Crete, 11

  of Carthage, 67

  of Sparta, 73

  of Corinth, 91

  of Aegina, 95

  of Chios, 150

  of Sybaris, 160

  of Syracuse, 172

  of Athens, 254–255, 561

  of Alexandria, 592–593

  Population of Athens in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C., The (Gomme, A. W.), 255†

  porcelain, see ceramics

  pornai, 299, 300

  pornography, 428–429

  Portland, Duke of, see Bentinck, William Henry

  Portland Vase, 616

  Porus (pôr’-ŭs) King of India (ca. 325 B.C.), 546

  Poseidippus , dramatist (fl. 3rd century B.C.), 567

  Poseidippus, epigrammatist (ca. 270 B.C.), 577

  Poseidon (pō-sī’-dōn), 22, 43, 58, 109, 113, 168, 175, 181, 185, 186, 216, 329, 331, 334, 403, 510

  Poseidonia , 160, 168, 175, 300, 327. 333

  Poseidon, Thetis, Achilles, and Nereids (Sco-pas), 498

  postal service, 273, 589–590

  Posterior Analytics (Aristotle), 526*

  Potidaea , 158, 365, 441, 444, 470, 477

  pottery, see ceramics

  poverty, in Athens, 110–112, 465; in 4th and 3rd centuries, 563

  Pozzuoli, 169, see also Puteoli

  Praesus (prē’-sŭs), 11

  Prasiae , 108

  Pratinas , tragic poet (fl. 500 B.C.), 377

  Praxagora , 283, 427

  Praxagoras, physician (fl. 3rd century B.C.), 638

  Praxinoa , 609

  Praxiteles , sculptor (fl. 340 B.C.), 132, 184, 185, 217, 300, 302, 323, 324, 397, 467, 491, 492, 495–497, 498, 501, 621, 625, 671

  prayer, 14, 193, 195

  Praying Youth (Boëthus), 625

  premarital relations, in Sparta, 84; in Athens, 299–301

  Priam (prī’-ăm), 25, 26, 27, 35, 36, 43, 45, 48, 56, 58–59, 406, 407

  Priapus (prī-ă’-pŭs), 178, 299

  Priene (prī-ē’-nē), 141, 151, 327, 564, 618

  priests, 11, 13–14, 176, 192–195, 198, 595

  printing, 15

  Prior Analytics (Aristotle), 526*

  probouleuma, 256

  Proconnesus (prō’-kōn-nē’-sŭs), 156

  Procrustes (prō-krŭs’-tēz), 40

  Prodicus of Ceos, humanist (5th century B.C.), 358, 361, 363, 367, 401, 506

  Proetus (prō-ē’-tŭs), 27–28

  professionalism, in sports, 12–13, 468, 567

  “Prognostic” (Hippocrates), 343

  Promachus , Macedonian general (4th century B.C), 551

  Prometheus (prō-mē’-thŭs), 42, 100, 101, 194, 317, 384–385

  Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus), 376, 384–386, 390

  Prometheus the Fire Bringer (Aeschylus), 384

  Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus), 384

  Prometheus Unbound (Shelley), 386

  property, community, in Homeric society, 46; in Athens, in; in Egypt, 588

  Prophetic books, 595

  Propontis, 4*, 128, 135, 156, 157, 276, 437

  Propylaea , 325, 327, 329, 331

  prose, 139–140, 430–436, 486–491, 612–615

  prostitution, in Sparta, 83

  in Corinth, 91

  in Athens, 116, 299–301, 467–468

  in 3rd century, 567

  in Alexandria, 593

  Protagoras (prō-tăg’-ō-răs), philosopher (481-411 B.C.), 136, 358–360, 361, 362, 363, 367, 368, 370, 373, 417, 437, 514, 642, 643, 657

  Protagoras (Plato), 364, 368, 513*

  Protestantism, 658

  Protogenes (prō-tōj’-ě-nēz), painter (fl. 330–300 B.C.), 493, 619

  proverbs, 141, 607

  Proverbs, 603

  Provençal madrigals, 171

  prytaneum, 175, 197

  prytanies, 125, 257

  Psalms, Book of, 603

  Psamtik I, King of Egypt, Prince of Saïs (663-609 B.C.), 173

  Pseira , 11, 22

  Psyche (sī’-kē) (Rohde), 532*

  psychology, 145–147, 531–532, 647

  Psychro (sī’-krō), 6

  Ptolemies, 544, 575, 579, 582, 588, 589, 590, 592, 596, 597, 601, 602, 608, 609, 618, 623, 627, 638

  Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt (367-285 B.C.), 550, 558, 572, 579, 585, 586, 593, 595, 601, 607, 6l2, 624§

  Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt (309-247 B.C.), 585–587, 589, 590*, 591, 593, 594–595, 596, 601, 609, 624§, 657*

  Ptolemy III Euergetes I, King of Egypt (reigned 246–221 B.C.), 570, 571, 587, 601, 618, 636

  Ptolemy IV Philopator, King of Egypt (reigned 221–204 B.C
), 573

  Ptolemy V Epiphanes, King of Egypt (reigned 204–181 B.C), 581, 597

  Ptolemy VI Philometor, King of Egypt (181-145 B.C.), 594, 597, 600

  Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), Greco-Egyptian astronomer, geographer, and geometer at Alexandria (fl. 2nd century B.C.), 635, 669

  public baths, 90

  public works, in Corinth, 90

  in Athens, 121, 250, 251

  in Samos, 142

  in Egypt, 588–589 Punic Wars, 661

  punishment, in Sparta, 83–84

  in Athens, 112, 116–117, 261

  in religion, 290–291

  purdah, 306

  purification rites, 194, 196, 201

  Puritan Reformation, 191

  Puritans, 196, 390, 523, 581, 656

  Puteoli, 169

  Pyanepsia , 199

  Pyanepsion , 199

  Pydna , 70, 470, 477, 558, 665

  Pygmalion , 133

  Pylades , 388–389, 410

  Pylus (pī’-lŭs) in Elis, 58, 60

  Pylus in Messena, 442

  Pyramids, 143*

  Pyrrha , 39, 153

  Pyrrho , philosopher (365-275 B.C), 351, 503, 640, 642–643, 644, 657

  Pyrrhus , King of Epirus (318-272 B.C), 160, 568, 598, 612, 660–661

  Pythagoras , philosopher (6th century B.C), 68, 69, 131, 136, 142, 144, 161–166, 167, 191, 202, 204, 303, 338, 355, 357, 500, 511*, 523, 628*, 669

  Pythagoras of Rhegium, sculptor (5th century B.C), 322

  Pythagorean society, 166

  Pytheas of Massalia, navigator and geographer (4th century B.C.), 637

  Pythian games, 104*, 105, 179, 200, 216, 317, 477, 525

  Pythian oracle, 124, 161, 198, see also Delphic oracle

  Pythias, wife of Aristotle (4th century B.C), 524–525

  Pythocleides , musician and poet (5th century B.C.), 248

  Q

  Quadrature of the Parabola, The (Archimedes), 629–630

  quarrying, 133, 271, 464

  Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), Roman rhetorician and critic (35?-100?), 326, 526

  R

  Rabelais, Francois, French physician and writer (1490?-1553), 420, 428

  race origins, of Cretes, 20

  of Mycenaeans, 29–30

  of Trojans, 35

  of Achaeans, 39–40

  of Macedonians, 69–70

  of Argives, 72

  of Athenians, 107–108

  common to all Greeks, 203

  Raging Maenad, 498

  rainfall on Mediterranean coasts, 3; in Attica, 107, 268

  Rameses (răm’-ē-sēz) III, King of Egypt (reigned 1204-1172 B.C), 55, 432

  Ransom of Hector, The (Dionysius), 473

  Rape of the Leucippidae (Polygnotus), 316

  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter (1483–1520), 400

  Raphia , 573, 580, 587

  Ras-et-Tin, 590*

  rationalism, 70, 414

  red-figure ware, 220, 315

  Red Sea, 576, 589

  redistribution of land, under Lycurgus, 79

  under Peisistratus, 121

  in Athens, 466

  in Sparta, 569

  Reggio, 167, see Rhegium

  “Regimen in Acute Diseases” (Hippocrates), 343, 345

  religion, in Crete, 13–14

  in Mycenae, 32

  in Cyprus, 33–34

  in Homeric society, 54

  in Sparta, 79

  in Athens, 124, 467

  and philosophy, 135–136

  in social structure, 175–202

  in art, 217–218

  in law, 258

  as protection, 262

  in 4th and 3rd centuries, 565–566;

  in Judea, 580

  in Egypt, 595

  in Epicureanism, 646

  in Stoicism, 653–654

  return to, 657–658

  Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter (1606–1669), 333

  Renaissance, 203, 296, 349, 558, 576, 622, 667, 670

  Renan, Ernest, French Orientalist, author, and critic (1823–1892), 604

  Reproduction of Animals (Aristotle), 526*, 527*

  reproduction worship, 13, 177, 178, 179

  Republic (Plato), 206, 490, 509, 513*, 514

  Republic (Zeno), 563, 651

  Revelation, Book of, 604*

  revenge, in Homeric society, 54

  in Athens, 112

  revenue, 265–266, 439, 466

  revolution, in Sicyon, 89

  of Solon, 112–119

  of Aristogeiton, 124

  in Samos, 284

  in Leontini, 284

  in Corcyra, 285–286

  in Sparta, 568–570

  in Egypt, 597

  Rhacotis , 592

  Rhadamanthus , 14

  Rhamnus, 108

  rhapsodes, 207, 229

  Rhea , 20, 32, 99; see also Cybele

  Rhegion, 167, see Rhegium

  Rhegium, 160, 169, 322, 472

  rhetoric, 356, 430, 485–486

  Rhetoric (Aristotle), 526*

  rhetors, 260–261, 469

  Rhodae (rō’-dī), 169

  Rhodes (rōdz), 33, 62, 70, 128, 133, 134, 177, 219, 374, 437, 470, 493, 558, 562, 564, 566, 567, 570–571, 575, 580, 585, 609, 6l9, 621, 623, 627, 663, 665

  Rhoecus (rē’-kŭs), architect and sculptor (fl. 640 B.C.), 68, 143, 221

  Rhone River, 169

  rhyme, 207

  Ridgeway, William, Sir, English archeologist, 37

  Rita, 258

  rituals, 13–14, 175, 177, 187, 188–189, 190–191, 192–195, 199–200, 201

  roads, in Arcadia, 88

  in Athens, 121, 272

  in Seleucid Empire, 575

  Rome, 11, 14, 33, 35†, 44, 68, 70, 80, 86, 106, 109, 155, 169, 170, 197, 198, 205, 255, 266, 274, 280, 298, 314, 323, 470, 472, 499, 526, 557, 558, 561, 5&l, 566, 570, 571, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 584, 587, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 598, 599, 601, 613, 614, 618, 626, 632, 637, 643, 649, 656, 658, 659–666, 667, 668

  Room of the Virgins, 335

  Rosas, 169, see Rhodae

  Rosetta Stone, 597

  Rousseau, Jean Jacques, French philosopher (1712–1778), 18, 280, 308, 372, 509, 670

  Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great (d. 310 B.C.), 547

  Rubens, Peter Paul, Flemish painter (1577–1640), 620

  Runner (Parrhasius), 317–318

  Ruskin, John, English author and art critic (1819–1900), 626

  Russell, Bertrand, English philosopher and writer, 351*

  Russia, 25, 26, 75, 157, 219, 590

  S

  Sabazius , 186

  Sacae (sā’-sē), 238

  Sack of Troy (Polygnotus), 316

  Sacred Band, 462, 480, 541

  “Sacred Disease, The” (Hippocrates), 344

  Sacred Wars, 104, 477

  Sacred Way (Athens to Eleusis), 188, 272

  Sacred Way (of temple of Apollo), 105

  sacrifice, in Crete, 13–14

  in Homeric society, 54

  at Delphi, 105

  in religious structure, 193–195

  Saffron Picker, 18

  St. Elias, Mt., 96, 181†

  Saute (sā’-īt) Age (Egypt), 68

  Sakkara , 68

  Salaminia , 447

  Salamis , 34, 56, 95, 109, 113, 173, 194, 233, 237, 239–241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 248, 271, 319, 383, 392, 401, 431, 448, 455, 560

  Salerno, 168

  Salonika, 575, see also Thessalonica

  Samaria , 579, 580

  Samarkand (săm’-ēr-kănd’), 550

  Samos (sā’-mōs), 68, 85, 90, 91, 133, 140, 141–143, 149, 151, 161, 169, 175, 219, 226, 231, 235, 253, 284, 327, 342, 439, 449, 470, 585, 644

  Samothrace (săm’-ō-thrās), 156, 222, 498, 508, 505

  Sand-Reckoner, The (Archimedes), 630, 634

  Sanskrit, 204

  sapphic meter, 154

  “Sapphics” (Swinb
urne), 154*

  Sappho (săf’-ō), poet (7th century B.C.), 36, 75, 76*, 149, 151–156, 159, *86, 193, 302, 603

  Saracens, 170, 622*

  sarcophagi, 6, 16, 18, 623

  Sarcophagus of Alexander, 623

  Sardinia , 67, 661

  Sardis , 69, 76, 118, 234, 235, 447, 461, 587

  Saros (sä’-rŏs), Gulf of, 89

  Sarton, George Alfred Leon, historian of science, 638

  Sassanid Dynasty, 576

  Satan, 581, 605

  Saturnalia , 199

  Satyr (Praxiteles), 495

  satyr plays, 231, 384, 420

  satyrs, 178, 180

  Savignoni, Italian archeologist, 6

  Scamander River, 35

  Scandile , 158

  Scepsis , 601

  Schlegel, August Wilhelm, critic (1767–1849), 386

  Schliemann, Heinrich, German archeologist (1822–1890), 5, 6, 22*, 24–29, 32, 34, 35, 159

  Scholastics, 523, 667, 670

  schools, 288–289, 567, 604

  Schopenhauer, Arthur, German philosopher (1788–1860), 357, 657, 670

  science, in Crete, 15

  origins of, 135–136

  in 7th and 6th centuries, 136–139

  of Pythagoras, 164

  in Periclean age, 337–348

  in 4th century, 500–503

  of Aristotle, 526–531

  in Hellenistic age, 627–639

  scientific method, 527

  Scillus in Elis, 489, 504

  Scione (sī-ō’-nē), 158

  Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor, Publius Cornelius, Roman general (185-129 B.C.), 602, 613, 614, 643, 666

  Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius, Roman general (237-183 B.C.), 663, 664

  Scipio family, 575

  Scodra, 661

  Scopas (skō’-păs), sculptor (4th century B.C), 492, 494, 497–498, 623

  Scotland, 637

  scribes, in Crete, 8, 11

  in Homeric society, 52

  in Egypt, 588, 591

  Scriptures, 604, see Bible

  sculpture, in Crete, 17

  in Mycenae, 28, 31

  in Troy, 34

  Egyptian and early Greek, 68

  in 7th and 6th centuries, 221–223

  in Peri-clean age, 318–327

  in 4th century, 492, 494–499

  in Hellenistic age, 621–625

  Scutari, 156, see Chrysopolis

  Scylax (skī’-lăks) of Caria, historian (6th-5th centuries B.C.), 341

  Scylla , 61, 167

  Scyllis, Cretan sculptor (fl. 580 B.C), 23, 221, 322

  Scyros (skē’-iōs), 40, 158, 461

  Scythia , 157, 234, 238, 276

  Scythopolis, 580

  Seager, Richard B., American archeologist, 6

  secret ballot, 256

  secret police, in Sparta, 74, 80–81

  Segesta , 171, 327, 446

  Seisachtheia (sī-zäk’-thī-ä’) (Solon), 113–114

 

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