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The Life of Greece

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by Will Durant


  Selene (sē-lē’-nē), 177, 611

  Seleucia , 557, 559, 562, 572–573, 575, 576, 577, 587

  Seleucid Empire, 548, 572–578, 579, 581, 587, 664

  Seleucus (sē-lū’-kūs) I Nicator, King of Syria (365-281 B.C.), 558, 559, 572–573, 576, 612

  Seleucus III Soter, King of Syria (reigned 227–223 B.C.), 571

  Seleucus IV Philopator, King of Syria (reigned 187–176 B.C.), 573, 665

  Seleucus, astronomer (3rd century B.C), 577, 634

  Selinus (sē-lī’-nŭs), 170, 171, 172, 327, 356, 438, 471

  Sellasia , 570

  Selymbria, 157, 343

  Semele (sěm’-ě-lē), 187, 432

  Semites, 15, 34, 35, 170, 205, 297

  Semonides of Amorgos, poet (fl.650B.C), 131, 305

  Senate (Athens), 110, 112, 115, 116, 121, 247

  Senate (Rome), 613, 643, 600, 663, 664, 665, 666

  Senate (Sparta), 70–80

  senate of elders (Crete), 23

  Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Roman philosopher and writer (4 B.C.-A.D. 65), 645, 658

  separatism, 203–204.

  Serapis , 566, 595, 601

  Serbia, 543

  serfdom, in Homeric society, 46

  in Sparta, 73–74

  in Athens, III

  in Sybaris, 160

  Seriphos (sě-rē’-fōs), 131

  Seven against Thebes, 41

  Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus), 383, 384*

  Seven Wise Men, 91, 118, 137, 141

  Seven Wonders of the World, 143, 326, 494, 590, 621

  sexagesimal system, 69, 338

  Shakespeare, William, English poet and dramatist (1564–1616), 132*, 374, 390, 419, 428

  Shantung, 168

  shaving, 539–566

  Shaw, George Bernard, Irish dramatist and critic, 323

  Shechem, see Neapolis (Shechem)

  shekel, 20

  Shelley, Percy Bysshe, English poet (1792–1822), 245, 386, 412

  shipping, in Aegean, 4

  at Troy, 36

  at Athens, 273, 275–276

  ships and shipbuilding, in Phoenicia, 4

  in Athens, 273

  in Syracuse, 471, 598–599

  Shore (political party), 119–120, 124

  shorthand, 600

  “Should Old Men Govern?” (Plutarch), 130

  sibyls, 169, 197

  Sicans, 170

  Sicels , 170, 172

  Sicily, 3, 4, 21, 22, 67, 71, 90, 92, 106, 128, 153, 161, 169–173, 197, 226, 231, 241–242, 275, 276, 342, 360, 376, 391, 419, 420, 438–439, 443, 445–446, 448, 471–475, 486, 510, 557, 566, 576, 598–599, 609, 612, 660–661

  Sicinos , 131

  sickness, theory of, 195–196

  Sicyon , 23, 64, 79, 89, 90, 105, 160, 219, 221, 231, 322, 497, 560

  Sidon (sī’-dōn), 4, 68, 544, 623

  Sigeum , Cape, 544

  sileni, 178, 180

  Silenus (sī-lē’-nŭs), 365, 510

  Silloi (Timon of Phlius), 642

  Silver Race (Theogony), 102

  Simaetha , 197, 567, 611

  Simmias, philosopher and poet (5th-4th centuries B.C.), 400, 506

  Simon Maccabeus, Jewish patriot (2nd century B.C.), 583, 584

  Simon, disciple of Socrates 5th-4th centuries B.C.), 513

  Simonides of Ceos, poet (ca. 556–468 B.C.), 76*, 123, 129–131, 149, 211, 216, 228, 267, 374, 375, 438, 533

  Simus (sī’-mūs), Phrygian (4th century B.C.), 505

  sin, idea of, 196, 390

  Sinai, 544, 589

  Sinbad, 59*

  singing, in Crete, 14

  in Homeric society, 52

  in Sparta, 74–77

  in social structure, 228–230

  Sinope , 135, 156, 213, 507, 508, 575

  Sinuhe, 59*

  Siphnian Treasury, 132

  Siphnos (sēf’-nōs), 105, 132–133

  Sirach, Joshua ben, Jewish philosopher (2nd century B.C.), 604

  Sirens, 61

  Sitting Maiden, 625

  Siwa (sē’-wä), 544, 549

  skene, 378, 379

  Skepticism, 360, 369, 565, 640–644

  Skirophoria , 200

  Skirophorion , 200

  sky worship, 13, 38, 177

  slavery, in Crete, 10, 23

  in Homeric society, 46, 48

  in Sparta, 73–75

  in Athens, II, 254–255, 271, 278–280

  in Chios, 150

  in Sybaris, 160

  influence of oracles upon, 198

  in 4th century, 562

  in Judea, 580

  in Egypt, 589

  slave trade, 150, 279, 562

  Slavonic, 204

  Sleep, see Hypnoc

  Sleeping Ariadne, 625

  Smyndyrides of Sybaris (5th century B.C.), 160

  Smyrna, 148, 150, 208, 575, 617

  Snake Goddess, 17

  socialism, 285–286, 587–592, 596

  Social War (357), 470, 477

  Social War (220), 561

  Socrates , philosopher (469-399 B.C.), 4, 49, 131, 136, 142, 152, 178, 202, 229, 251, 253, 260, 267, 271, 282, 292, 304, 314, 3l6, 319, 337. 348, 349, 359, 362, 363, 364–373, 381, 401, 417, 419, 421, 424–426, 429, 444, 450, 451, 452–456* 460, 467, 489, 490, 491, 500, 503–509, 510, 511–512, 5*3, 5*4, 520, 523, 535, 625, 626, 644, 650, 651, 671

  Socratic schools, 503–509

  Soferim, 580, 603

  Soffdiana , 238, 546, 578

  soil, fertility of, in Crete, 3

  in Attica, 107, 268–269, 463

  in Sicily, 170

  erosion of, 268, 562

  Soli (sō’-lī), 118, 652

  Solon (sō’-lōn), Athenian lawgiver (640-558 B.C), 23, 34, 68, 103, no, 112–119, 120, 121, 125, 126, 141, 142, 151, 152, 170, 188, 208, 232, 249, 255, 258, 269, 273, 281, 282, 306, 317, 365, 399, 449, 487, 510, 563, 671

  Somaliland, 590

  Song of Songs, 603

  Sophism, 295, 337, 344, 351, 358–364, 367, 368–369, 413, 430, 434, 456, 503, 515, 657

  Sophist (Plato),-513*

  Sophist Reasonings (Aristotle), 526*

  Sophocles (sōf’-ō-klēz), dramatist. (406?-406 B.C.), 201, 300, 303, 311, 317, 383, 391–400, 401, 404, 412, 601, 622

  sophrosyne, 296

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

  Sostratus (sŏs’-tră-tŭs) of Cnidus, architect (4th-3rd centrry B.C), 134, 590*, 592

  Sosus (sō’-sŭs) of Pergamum, painter, 620

  Sotades (sō’-ta-dēz), potter (5th century B.C.), 315

  soul, 137, 139, 144, 146, 165, 190, 311–312, 416–417, 516–517, 531–532, 654

  South America, 24

  Spain, 3, 4, 21, 33, 67, 71, 128, 169, 170, 219, 234, 562, 575, 612, 613, 614, 617, 637, 666, 667

  Sparta , 23, 29, 32, 39, 56, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67–97, 98, 109, 124, 127, 133, 138, 177, 180, 194, 195, 203, 215, 218, 229, 235, 236, 238, 239–240, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 266, 271, 276, 280, 283, 289, 295–296, 298, 301, 306, 349, 365, 421, 440, 441, 442–443, 446, 447, 448–452, 459–463, 469, 477, 479–480, 487, 489, 515, 523, 542, 543, 548, 560, 561, 565, 567, 568–570, 666

  Spartacus, Thracian revolutionary (fl. 71 B.C), 150

  Spartan code, 78, 81–85, 87

  Spear Bearer (Polycleitus), 323

  Spencer, Herbert, English philosopher (1820–1903), 138, 145, 147, 357, 529, 657, 670

  Spengler, Oswald, German philosopher, 20

  Spercheus River, 106, 177

  Sperthias , Spartan (5th century B.C), 238

  Speusippus , philosopher (4th century B.C), 486, 601, 641

  Sphacteria , 86, 442

  Sphere and the Cylinder, The (Archimedes), 629, 630

  Sphinx, 326, 393–394

  spinning, in Crete, 6

  in Homeric society, 46

  in Athens, 272

  see also textiles

  Spinoza, Baruch, Dutch Jewish philosopher (1632–1677), 145*, 165, 5
16*

  Spintharus of Corinth, architect (6th century B.C), 226

  Sprades Islands, 33, 133, 156

  spring festivals, 13, 187–188, 199–200

  Stadium (Athens), 491

  stadiums, in Crete, 12

  in Epidaurus, 96

  in Delphi, 105

  in Smyrna, 150

  in Olympia, 214

  Stageirus , 158, 524, 525

  Stamatakis, Greek archeologist, 27

  Statesman (Plato), 513*

  Statira , sister and wife of Darius III (d. 331 B.C.), 547

  statuary, see sculpture

  stelae, 318–319

  Stensen, Nicolaus, Danish anatomist (1638–1686), 529†

  Stesichorus , poet (ca. 640–555 B.C.), 55* 76*, 103*, 171, 230, 303, 404,-610

  Stesilaus of Ceos (5th century B.C.), 237

  Sthenelus (stěn’-ē-lŭs), 39

  Stilpo , philosopher (380-300 B.C.), 467, 503–504, 509, 651

  Stirner, Max, German individualist (1806–1856), 295

  Stoa Poecile , 316, 651

  Stobaeus, Joannes, compiler of ancient writings (A.D. 500), 152

  Stoicism, 139, 147, 192, 280, 369, 416, 504, 509, 640, 644, 650–658

  stonework, in Crete, 16, 18–19

  in Troy, 34–35

  Strabo (strā’-bō), geographer (63? B.C.-A.D. 24?), ?5, 73, 89, 91, 129, 138, 152–153, 155, 156, 159, 401, 431, 570, 592, 619

  Strangford Apollo, 222

  strategoi, 125, 249, 264

  strategos autokrator, 264

  Strato (strā’-tō) of Lampsacus; Peripatetic philosopher (fl. 288 B.C), 633

  Stratonice , wife of Seleucus I (4th-3rd century B.C.), 572, 619

  Stratonice (city), 576

  streets, in Crete, 12

  in Smyrna, 150, 617

  in Alexandria, 592

  Strepsiades , 424–425

  strikes, 596–597

  Styx , 311

  Sublime Porte, 26

  Suez, 576, 589

  suicide, 655, 657

  Suidas, lexicographer (ca. A.D. 970), 155, 278*, 343, 377, 455, 511

  Sulla, Lucius Cornelius, Roman dictator (138-78 B.C.), 601

  Sumeria , 203, 572

  sundial, 69, 138

  Sung Dynasty, 220

  Sunium, 109, 129, 159, 329, 560

  sun worship, 13

  superstition, 13–14, 195–197, 467, 490, 566

  Suppliant Women, The (Aeschylus), 384*

  surgery, 346, 503

  Susa , 342, 430, 545, 547

  Susarion, comic poet (fl. 580 B.C), 231

  swastika, 14

  Swinburne, Algernon Charles, English poet (1837–1909), 105*, 154*

  Sybaris , 160–161, 168, 169, 172, 203, 437.

  Sybarites , 86, 159–161

  Sycamina , 580

  sycophancy, 260, 262

  Syene (sī-ē’-nē), 636

  Syennesis of Cyprus, physician (5th century B.C.), 345

  Sylla, see Sulla, Lucius Cornelius

  syllogism, 527, 642

  symbolism, in religion, 13–14, 195, 199–200

  symmories, 466

  Symonds, John Addington, English man of letters (1840–1893), 154

  symposion, 310

  Symposium (Plato), 302, 356*, 513*, 514

  Symposium (Xenophon), 310, 311

  synoikismoSy 40

  Syracuse, 122, 125*, 169, 170, 172–173, 184, 203, 272, 314, 327, 357, 378, 383, 406, 419, 420, 433, 438–439, 446–448, 470–475, 483, 491, 500, 507, 510, 562, 571, 575, 598–599, 600, 609, 616, 618, 627, 628, 629, 632, 639, 661

  Syria, 33, 34, 68, 70, 161, 178, 234, 238, 275, 276, 557, 572, 573, 578, 579, 585. 593, 603, 667

  Syrian Wars, 576

  Syros (sī’-rŏs), 131

  T

  table manners, 309–310

  taboos, 196

  Tacitus, Publius Cornelius, Roman historian (A.D. 55–120), 377, 433

  talent (weight), 47

  Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Bénévent, French statesman (1754–1838), 541

  Talmud, 604

  Talthybius , 406–409

  Tammuz , 13, 69, 178

  Tanagra , 107, 250, 492, 506

  Tang (täng) Dynasty, 220

  Tantalus , 39

  Tao (dou), 258

  Taormina , 378, 612, see also Tauromenium

  Taranto (tä’-rän-tō), 160, see also Taras

  Taranto, Gulf of, 160

  Taras, 160, 161, 230, 500, 510, 575, 639, 660, 661, 663

  Tarentum, 160, 272, 663, see also Taras

  Targum (tär’-gŭm), 604

  Tarsus (tär’-sŭs), 541, 575

  Tartarus , 99, 385

  Tartessus , 169

  Tauri (tô’-rī), 410

  Tauriscus of Rhodes, sculptor (2nd century B.C.), 623

  Tauromenium , 378, 612

  taxation, in Crete, 11; in Corinth, 90; in Athens, 115, 121, 265, 439, 466; in Rhodes, 571; in Egypt, 591

  tax farming, 265, 591–592

  Taygetus Mts., 72, 81

  Taylor, Jeremy, English bishop and author (1613–1667), 488*

  Techne Logon (Corax), 430

  Tegea , 88, 195, 492, 497, 499, 574

  Teiresias , 398

  Telamon , 28

  Telemachus , 46, 47, 48, 51, 59–60, 61, 210

  Temenus (těm’-ě-nŭs), 72

  Tempe (těm’-pē), Vale of, 106

  temperature, along Mediterranean coasts, 3; of Attica, 107

  Temple, 77, 574, 582, 584, 605, 606

  temples, of Aphrodite, 90–91

  of Apollo, 92, 104–105, 118, 328, 618

  of Artemis, 142, 143, 226, 322, 492, 618

  of Athena, 122, 327, 492; in Athens, 121

  as banks, 274

  of Branchidae, 222, 226

  of Ceres, 168

  of Concord, 172

  in Crete, 14

  Doric, origin of, 64

  in Hellenistic age, 617–618

  of Hera, 72, 88, 142, 172, 226, 322, 327

  of Isis, 618

  in Periclean age, 327–328

  of Poseidon, 109, 168–169

  in Selinus, 171

  in 7th and 6th centuries, 224–226

  of Theseus, 40

  worship, 192–195

  of Zeus, 88, 122, 172, 226, 325, 328, 617, 618

  Tenedos , 156, 193, 218, 374

  Tennyson, Alfred, Baron, English poet (1809–1892), 35, 611

  Tenos (tē’-nōs), 96, 131

  Ten Thousand, 91, 156, 193, 212, 460–461, 489

  Teos , 142, 148–149, 150, 327, 567

  Terence (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman comic dramatist (190–159 B.C.), 606, 607, 668

  Terpander , musician and poet (fl. 7th century B.C.), 16, 74–75, 223, 230

  Terpsichore , 186

  terra cottas, 220, 492, 626

  Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus), Latin Father of the Church (160–230), 455*

  Teucrians , 35

  Teuta , Queen of Illyria (fl. 230 B.C.), 661

  textiles, in Crete, 12

  in Megara, 92

  in Miletus, 134

  in Athens, 272

  Thais , courtesan (4th century B.C.), 300, 585

  Thales (thā’-lēz) of Miletus, philosopher and scientist (640–546 B.C.), 13, 68, 69, 71, 136–138, 141, 145, 151, 164, 657, 670

  Thaletas , musician and poet (7th century? B.C.), 23, 75

  Thalia , 186

  Thamyris , 69

  Thanatos , 186, 416

  Thargelia (festival), 194, 200

  Thargelia, courtesan, 300

  Thargelion , 200

  Thasos (thä’-sôs), 132, 157, 239, 275

  Theaetetus (Plato), 513*

  Theagenes , tyrant of Megara (fl. 630 B.C.), 92

  Theagenes, athlete (6th century B.C.), 216

  Theano , wife of Pythagoras (6th century B.C.), 163, 303

  theaters, in Crete, 7,
15

  in Argos, 72

  in Corinth, 90

  in Epidaurus, 96–97

  in Delphi, 105

  in Smyrna, 150

  origins of, 232

  of Dionysus, 377–379

  in Syracuse, 438

  Thebes (thēbz), 30, 31, 40–41, 94, 98, 102, 103, 105, 203, 207, 215, 280, 300, 301, 339, 352, 374, 461–463, 480, 497, 542, 543, 552, 620, 666

  Themis , 182

  themis, 257–268

  Themistocles , general and statesman (527?-46o? B.C.), 109, 173, 193–194, 237, 240, 241, 242, 245–246, 247, 249, 274, 330, 430, 437, 560

  Themistonoe , courtesan, 300

  Theocritus , poet (fl. 3rd century B.C.), 134, 171, 197, 567, 598, 603, 609–612, 619

  Theodoras of Cyrene, philosopher (4th-3rd century B.C.), 644–645

  Theodoras of Samos, architect (6th century B.C.), 68, 87*, 142–143, 221

  Theodoras of Taras (4th century B.C.), 540

  Theodosia, 157

  Theodota, courtesan, 366

  Theognis of Megara, poet (fl. 6th century B.C.), 92–95

  Theogony (Hesiod), 98–103

  Theophrastus , philosopher (372–287 B.C.), 196–197, 218, 228*, 291, 500, 553, 601, 607, 633, 637–638, 640–641, 669

  Theopompus of Chios, historian (b. 380 B.C.), 150, 467–468, 486, 488

  theoric fund, 199, 249, 266, 469, 479*

  Theoris , courtesan, 300, 400

  Thera (thē’-rä), 62, 133, 173

  Theramenes , statesman (d 403 B.C.), 449, 451

  Thermopylae , 106, 198, 216, 239, 240, 559, 573

  Thermus, 560

  Theron , tyrant of Acragas (5th century B.C.), 130, 172, 375, 438

  Thersites (thēr-sī’-tēz), 47

  Theseum (thê-sē’-ŭm), 217, 327, 330

  Theseus (thē’-sūs), 6, 23, 38†, 40, 41†, 43, 50*, 105*, 109, 195, 333, 395, 402–403

  thesmoi, 258

  Thesmophoria , 199

  Thesmophoriazusae (Aristophanes), 417, 426–427

  Thespiae , 41, 98, 239, 495, 543

  Thespis , poet, originator of tragedy (fl. 535 B.C.), 122, 232, 233, 379, 383

  Thespius , 41

  Thessalonica , 575

  Thessaly , 21, 27, 30, 33, 37, 38, 42, 43, 62, 96, 106, 128, 189, 198, 238, 360, 477

  thetes, 110, 115, 125, 250

  Thetis , 58

  thiasoi, 195, 282, 511

  Thoricus , 108

  Thothmes III, King of Egypt (reigned 1515–1461 B.C.), 587

  Thrace (thrās), 30, 36, 69, 106, 128, 129, 157, 158, 186, 189, 228, 234, 238, 239, 245, 275, 432, 437, 470, 477, 524, 542, 558, 559, 562

  Thracian Sea, 106

  Thrasybulus , patriot and military leader (fl. 411–391 B.C.), 451–452

  Thrasybulus, tyrant of Miletus (6th century B.C.), 90, 134, 136

  Thrasyllus , military leader (5th century B.C.), 353

  Thrasymachus , Sophist and rhetorician (fl. 5th century B.C.), 50, 295, 361, 367, 434

 

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