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  Attalus, uncle of Eurydice, 21-4, 35,

  38-40, 85, 287, 468 Aturi, 379 Aturia, 229 Augustine, 43 Augustus, Emperor, 217 Autophradates, 453 Azcmilk, King of Tyre, 191

  Baal, Haman, 202

  Babylon, 96, 97, 100, 128, 156, 157, 162 el passim

  Babylonia, 52, 158, 160, 245, 246, 249,

  271, 272, 383. 485 Bacchylides, poet, 48 Bactria, 125, 227, 279, 294-5, 297, 299,

  306, 308, 311, 318, 334-5, 353, 404,

  407. 479. 483. 485. 492. 493-4 Badakshan, 101, 298 Bagoas, 274-6, 377, 402, 409, 431,

  475

  Bahrein, 454, 459

  Balkh, 267, 280, 297-300, 302, 306-8, 314, 316, 318-19, 321, 331, 361, 404, 422, 479

  Bardylis, 84

  Barsine, d. of Artabazus, 50, 177, 276,

  298, 318, 418, 473 Batis, governor of Gaza, 191, 193 Bazcira, 308 Begram, 294, 295, 336 Behbehan, 255 Bel-Marduk, god, 248, 249

  Dcssus, 279-80, 282, 292-4, 297-300,

  302, 307, 314, 317, 336 Bisutun, 432

  Black Sea, 17, 42, 81, 82, 88, 92, 101,

  152, 203. 276, 306, 307, 433, 449. 48l Bocotia, 37, 74, 86 Branchidac, 219 Bucephala, 361,363,375,382

  Bucephalas, Alexander's horse, 47-8, 58,

  120, 235. 253. 275. 35<5. 361, 362 Bulgaria, 81 Burgaz, 141 Byblos, 180, 185 Byzantium, 42, 82, 115

  Calanus, 348, 349, 416, 435 Caligula, Emperor, 446 Callipus, 248

  Callisthenes, Alexander's historian, 94, 95, 121, 124, 133, 137, 146, 148-9. 151, 154-5, 170, 174, 189, 197, 206, 216, 241, 248, 310, 312, 445, 469; plot against Alexander, 323-5, 328— 30; quoted, 169, 191, 200-1, 208, 2ii, 214, 219, 235

  Campaspe, 50

  Cannae, 174

  Cappadocia, 99, 100, 119, 154, 187,

  233. 405. 478, 487 Caracalla, 115, 400, 442, 469, 478 Caria, 36, 135, 136, 139. 248, 250, 275 Carmania 398, 410 Carthage, 93, 181, 183, 190, 191, 217,

  338, 448, 460, 476 Caspian Sea, 50, 55, 97, 101, 119, 274,

  275. 277. 383. 398. 484 Cassander, 463, 468, 469, 470, 475 Cassandra, prophetess, 112 Ccbalinus, 283 Cclaenae, 149

  Ceylon, 339, 368. 369, 484, 492 Chandragupta, 372, 479, 480, 482, 485, 494

  Chares, 189, 199, 277, 320, 453 Charidcmus, 77, 89, 156 Chenab, R., 363-6, 371 China, 26, 97, 279, 296, 300, 485 Chios, 153, 199, 223, 412 Chocrilus, poet, 48 Cicero, 45

  Cilicia, 154-6, 162, 164-5, »70. J75. *77 227, 4". 453

  Cimon. 203

  Clearchus, 445, 484

  Cleitus, 282, 291, 309-14, 318, 322,

  327-328, 335, 432, 434, 464 Cleomenes, 198, 220, 458, 475, 489 Cleopatra, d. of Olympias, 91 Coenus, 359, 369, 371, 430 Corfu, 32

  Corinth, 32, 69, 71, 93 Cos, 152, 157, 163, 189, 199 Craterus, 153, 284, 287, 289, 308, 314,

  325. 355. 357. 360, 429. 431. 452-3.

  463. 474. 476-7 Crcstonia, 82

  Crete. 57, 67, 78, 99. 223, 224, 433. 453

  Critobulus, doctor, 51

  Croesus, 128

  Cycladcs, 162, 185

  Cyprus, 96, 100, 132, 178, 181, 187,

  194. 203, 213, 225, 235. 236, 449. 475 Cyrcne, 202-5

  Cyrus, King, 250, 260, 273, 292, 295,

  301, 303, 305. 408, 409 Cyzicus, 117, 203

  Damascus, 165, 175, 176, 177, 178

  Damghan, 269, 278

  Danube, R., 17, 42, 60, 68, 80, 81-4,

  86, 88, 89, 115 Dardanelles, 50, 52, 82, 88, 90, 92, 109,

  in, 112, 114, 116, 149, 152, 157, 162 Darius I, 104, 130, 221, 222, 253, 257,

  383. 389. 451 Darius II, 245

  Darius III, King of Persia, 19, 60, 127, 135, 136, 145, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254. 259. 275, 277. 278, 322; character and background, 99-100; preparation for war, 152-3, 155-7, 160-167; battle at Issus, 168-76; flight, 178, 180, 187, 189, 192-3, 199, 201; gathers new army, 223, 226-31; battle at Gaugamela, 233-4, 237, 239-43; death, 267-70, 272-4

  Dascylium, 118, 127

  Delphi, 50, 54, 71, 94, 208, 210,484

  Demades, 452

  Demaratus, 47, 50, 130, 253

  Demosthenes, 49, 60, 61, 85, 88, 150, 215, 452, 475

  Diades, 191

  Dimnus, 283, 286

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  Diodotus, 464, 467, 468 Diogenes, 71, 348, 349 Dion, 30, 33, 123

  Dionysius, I, ruler of Syracuse, 183, 184

  Dionysius II, ruler of Syracuse, 213 Dionysus, god, 31, 44, 45, 48, 82, 305,

  310. 333-4. 340-2, 309. 400, 443 Dodona, 45 Doloapsis, 220 Dor, 191 Dura, 483, 488

  Edessa, 19

  Egypt, 19, 50, 58, 66, 77, 95 el passim Elimea, 33, 40 Einpedocles, 440 Eordaia, 33, 40, 58 Epaminondas, 77

  Ephesus, 43, 118, 126, 129, 130, 131,

  140, 189 Ephialtes, 137, 138, 139 Ephippus of Olynthus, 444, 445, 447,

  451, 452, 470 Epirus, 17, 18, 22, 32, 91, 484 Erigyius, 430 Erythrae, 219, 468 Ethiopia, 195, 197, 338 Euagoras, 186

  Eumenes, secretary, 51, 386, 418,

  430-1, 438, 462-5, 467, 468, 474, 477

  Euphrates, R., 83, 96, 97. 101, 102, 189, 225-9, 250, 383. 455

  Euripides, 48, 57

  Europe, d. of Philip. 18, 85

  Eurydice, also called Cleopatra, bride of Philip 18, 21, 23, 35, 39, 85

  Euthymus, 440

  Failaka, 454, 459 Farah, 283, 291, 292

  Garah, 206, 207 Gardez, 293

  Gaugamcla, 121. 227-30, 236, 237. 242,

  244. 252. 255. 267. 273. 280, 339 Gaza, 191-4, 222, 261 Gerizini, Mount, 222 Glycera, 412, 433 Gordiuin, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154 Gorgo, 451, 452

  Granicus, R., 119-22, 124, 126-7, 129, 564

  132-6, 141, 148, 150, 152, 155, 169,

  172. 176. 275 Gurgan, 101, 268, 275, 276, 282, 449 Gwadar, 335

  Hadramut, 101

  Halicarnassus, 135-7, 139-40, 145, 148,

  157, 162, 163, 183 Hamadan. 93, 100, 222, 241-2, 251. 254,

  259, 267-9, 272, 279, 282, 285-6, 288-

  290, 299. 307. 334. 406-7, 410-II,

  413. 423. 432-3. 435 Hannibal, 338 Haranpur, 353, 354, 355 Hariva, 279

  Harpalus, 52, 268, 411-13, 437, 439,

  451. 453. 457. 458 Hecatacus, 39 Hector, 62, 64, 193 Hector, s. of Parmenion, 222 Hegelochus, 289 Helen of Troy, 44, 112 Helicon, 235

  Hellespont, 39, 50, 115, 117, 121, 189, 307

  Hephaistion, s. of Amyntor, 41, 52, 113, 180, 210, 275, 291. 311, 335, 423. 476. 477; relationship with Alexander, 56-9, 216, 430-1; at Issus, 176; bridges Euphrates, 226-8; at Gaugamela, 241-242; second-in-command, 318-19; in India, 339, 347, 359. 366, 378, 381; marriage, 418; death, 434-8, 447; funeral monument, 456-8, 461

  Heracles. 30, 41, 44, 47, 68. 71, 83, 152, 177. 181, 182, 191. 201, 333. 334. 443. 463. 470

  Herat, 280, 282, 293, 294, 298

  Hermeias, 53, 274

  Hermes, 213

  Herodotus, 52, 56, 60, 83, 94, 103, 201,

  270, 397. 449. 458 Himalayas, 45

  Hindu Kush, 79, 98, 101, 151. 293-7,

  336. 337. 375. 382, 390 Hippocrates, 48 Hissar, 315

  Homer, 25, 28, 54, 59, 60-7, 77, 94~5. 112-15, "9. 168, 193, 208, 213, 215

  el passim Horus, s. of Ra, 197

  Hulwan, 432 Hund, 339, 347 Hyrcania, 141

  Iasos, 451 Iatroclcs, 49 Iceland, 26

  Ida, Mount, 101, 119, 120 Idomencus, 63

  Iliad (Homer), 59-62, 64, 66, 95, 112,

  177.208, 217. 313

  Illyria, 42, 80, 116

  India, 47, 52, 55, 61, 77, 96 et passim Indian Ocean, 385, 389, 395, 397 Indus, R., 97. 210, 344. 364. 375. 383-7 Iollas, 463, 466

  Ionia, 128, 129, 130, 135, 143, 484 Iphicrates, 77

  Iran, 48, 71, 97, 99,100, 200 et passim Isfahan, 267 Isocrates, 58, 91

  Issus, 124, 146-8,164-6, 169-70, 173-4.

  178,187, 194,199. 222-3, 228-9,233.

  235, 240, 254, 276, 287

  Italy, 90. 164, 264, 278, 338, 448, 450, 485, 486

  Jcrash, 222 Jerusalem, 223

  Jhclum, R., 194. 353-5. 3<53 . 3 75

  Julian, Emperor, 222, 22
9, 467

  Julius Caesar, 20, 26, 217, 235, 277, 362,

  442, 467 Justinian, Emperor, 218

  Kabul, 293, 294. 29s. 331

  Kandahar, 292, 293, 475, 479

  Kapisa, 294

  Karachi, 387

  Karshi, 300

  Kazarun, 255

  Khabash, 109, 195

  Khavar, 267, 278

  Khonsu, s. of Amun, 202

  Khwarezm, 195, 306, 307, 492

  Kirkuk, 244, 496

  Kirman, 102, 388, 395, 398, 399-404.

  406, 408, 410, 449, 450 Kolokotronis, 60 Ksandrames, 368, 371 Kunduz, 297

  Kurkath, 302, 303

  Lahore, 367 Lampsacus, 117 Laomcdon, 50, 430, 475 Lebanon, 46, 63, 95, 101, 184, 186, 191, 449

  Lconidas, tutor to Alexander, 45, 46

  Lconnatus, 32, 176, 335, 421, 430, 473

  Lcosthenes, 453, 454, 475

  Lesbos, 26, 50, 53, 153, 157, 199. 223

  Libya, 200, 201, 202, 204, 220, 221, 448

  Loudias, R., 31, 48

  Lucian, 127

  Luristan, 447, 454

  Lycia, 50, 140, 142-4, 146, 149, 306

  Lydia, 128, 158, 248

  Lyncestis, 32, 34

  Lysander, Spartan general, 203

  Lysimachus, tutor to Alexander, 45, 46,

  52, 59, 186, 474 Lysippus, sculptor, 40, 41, 61, 123, 131

  Macedonia, 18, 19, 21-4, 28, 30 et passim

  Madagascar, 397

  Magadha, 371, 379

  Makran, 388-96, 398-9, 401, 403-5,

  409, 418-19, 422, 424-5, 427-8, 442,

  452. 459 Mallus, 163

  Mangal Dev. 354, 355, 356 Marathon, 301 Margitcs, 60, 61, 215 Marsyas, 52

  Mausolus, b. of Ada, 135

  Mazacus, 226-8, 239, 242, 247, 249-50,

  269, 405. 406 Medea, 201

  Medeius, cavalryman, 51 Media, 124, 233, 423, 474 Medius, 461-5, 470, 471 Megalopolis, 252 Megara, 164 Meleagcr, 473, 474 Mclkarth, Tyrian god, 181, 224 Mcmnon, 118-20, 122, 129, 135-6,

  138-9. IS2-7. 162, 177 Memphis, 109, 195-7, 203, 211-12,

  217-220, 222, 271, 478 Menecratcs, 445, 446 Menoitios, 113 Merv, 308, 485

  Meshed, 279, 280

  Meskenc, 227

  Mesopotamia, 83, 158, 484

  Midas, King, 149, 150

  Micza, 54, 55, 56, 58

  Miletus, 131, 133. 134. 139.189, 208

  Mithrines, 128, 250

  Mitylene, 153, 154. 157. 189, 223, 224

  Motya, 184

  Multan, 379, 380, 381, 421 Mut, w. of Amun, 202 Mycenae, 61, 64, 67 Myriandrus, 165, 166, 168, 170

  Naoussa, 54

  Naucratis, 198, 220, 222

  Nearchus the Cretan, 50-2, 143, 306, 430, 483, 490; preparation for Indian campaign, 333, 335; sea journey to Persia, 364-5, 377. 385-7. 392. 396, 400, 401; in Iran, 404-6, 408; marriage, 418; honoured, 421-3; exploration in Persian Gulf, 449-54; death of Alexander, 461-3

  Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, 181, 248, 250, 251, 471

  Nectanebo II, Pharaoh, 197, 204, 221

  Neoptolemus, 335

  Nicaea, 337, 361

  Nicomachus, f. of Aristotle, 53

  Nikatorion, 243

  Nile, River, 55. 94, in, 194,195. 197.

  204, 222, 364 Nippur, 158 Nubia, 195

  Odysseus, 64 Olympia, 203

  Olympias, w. of Philip, 90, 413, 469, 475; Alexander's birth, 214, 215, 217, 221; Alexander's youth, 57-9; flight from court, 18, 19, 22-5, 36; return to power, 39, 40, 43-5, 48; murder of Eurydice, 85; acts as queen, 91, 109, 123; warns against Lyncestian, 147, 164; and Antipater, 429, 452, 463, 469

  Olympus, Mount, 19, 30, 68

  Olynthus, 31, 95

  Onesicritus, 348, 349, 470

  Opis, 244, 423. 424. 427-30. 432, 454

  Orestes, 32

  Orcstis, 20, 33 Orontobates, 136, 139 Orpheus, 30

  Oxathres, b. of Darius III, 174 Oxus, R., 25, 67, 83, 97, 100, 101, 104, 119, 151, 230, 233, 268, 271, 279, 299 Oxyartes, 316

  Paeonia, 116

  Palestine, 191, 193, 223

  Palimbothra, 372, 484

  Panimcncs, Theban general, 73

  Pamphylia, 140, 143

  Paphlagonia, 119, 154

  Paraetonium, 204, 205

  Paris of Troy, 113

  Pannenion, 81, 140, 189, 222, 328, 335. 463; Philip's death, 38-40; deputy commander, 89-90; journey to Asia, 109, hi, 115, 116; Granicus, 120-2; Dascylium, 127-9; Miletus, 131; 132, 134; in Phrygia, 143-S. 147-9, 161-6; Issus, 169, 172, 173, 176-7; Gaugamela, 230-3, 235, 237, 239-43; Persepolis, 255, 261, 263, 268; execution of Alexander, 285-91

  Parrhasiois, 445

  Parthia, 293, 334, 398, 410

  Parysatis, w. of Darius II, 245

  Pasargadai, 260, 273, 408

  Patesi, 196

  Patroclus, 59, 62, 64, 113, 313, 434 Pattala, 384, 390, 391, 395 Pausanias, bodyguard, 20-3, 37, 69 Payas, R., 170, 177

  Pella, 30, 31. 33. 40, 48. 49-5*. 53. 58.

  63. 69, 79, 99, in, 149. 175. 177. 215.

  222 Pelopidas, 77 Pelusium, 195, 220

  Perdiccas, 58, 87. 90, 138, 223, 335, 359, 380, 430, 437-8, 462-3, 465-8, 473-5. 477-8, 485

  Pericles, 69, 437

  Persepolis, 98, 255-64, 267-8, 270-4,

  320, 408, 409, 490, 495 Perseus, 201

  Persia, 17, 37. 38. 43. 52, 85, et passim Persian Gulf, 101, 189, 288-9, 397. 450,

  451. 459. 476. 478, 493 Peshawar, 344 Petisis, 220

  Peuccstas, 52, 409, 410, 421, 422, 430, 455, 462, 475

  Phaidimus, 49

  Pharos, 198

  Phasclis, 144, 147, 148

  Philip, King of Macedonia, 116, 118, 123, 129, 130, 136. 145. 149. 153. 177. 183, 194, 210, 213-17, 237, 249, 272, 287, 313; character and background, 28, 30-40, 42; relationship, with Alexander, 43-4, 46—53. 55. 57-60, 65; and Army, 68-80; in Thrace and Thebes, 81-2, 84-6, 88, 91-3, 95. 98, death, 17-25

  Philip the Greek, doctor, 161, 462, 463

  Philippi, 31

  Philotas, s. of Parmenion, 38, 90, 222,

  224, 253. 283-91. 335 Phocion, 278

  Phoenicia, 96, 100, 132, 162, 178, 187,

  222, 227. 451, 455 Phratapherncs, 410 Phrygia, 96, 127, 144. *45. 149.154.

  187, 405 Pieria, 33

  Pindar, 48, 88, 203

  Pir-Sar, 343, 344, 34<5. 35L 441

  Piraeus, 203

  Pisidia, 141

  Pixodarus, b. of Ada, 135, 136 Plataea, 92

  Plato, 53, 70, 196, 201, 213 Plutarch, 261 Pnytagoras, 186, 187 Polemon, 285 Polydamas, 64, 285, 286 Polycidus, 73, 183 Polypcrchon, 429

  Porus, 351, 353-4. 356-8, 360-1, 366,

  371. 375. 378. 475 Poseidon, in, 168, 210 Priam, King of Troy, 113 Priene, 130, 140 Proteas, 461, 462 Protesilaos, in Psamtik I, 212

  Ptolemy, 52, 58, 121,133, 222, 263, 264. 300, 335. 337. 355. 357. 358, 378, 381, 418, 430, 462, 474. 478, 480: on Halicarnassus, 138; on Alexander the Lyncestian, 145-8; on Issus, 174; on Egypt, 201-2, 204, 206, 211, 214,

  219; plot against Alexander, 283-5; and Callisthenes, 325, 327; quoted, 82, 83, 87, 261, 366, 380 Ptolemy II, 446

  Punjab, 67, 83, 97, 101, 189, 230, 256, 282, 320, 333. 339. 351. 353. 363. 367, 378, 479. 482, 493

  Pushkalavati, 339, 351

  Pydna, 475

  Pyrogoteles, 40

  Pyrrho, 475

  Pyrrhus, 25, 26, 339, 480 Pythagoras, 440

  Pythionice, 411, 412, 413, 433, 439

  Ra, sun god, 197

  Red Sea, 449, 450, 45L 459. 497

  Rhacotis, 197

  Rhagae, 269

  Rhodes, 78, 118, 185, 198, 223, 235, 437. 489

  Romance of Alexander, 26, 41, 59, 114,

  196, 462 Rome, 90, 217, 277, 338 Roxane, d. of Oxyartcs, 316-20, 326,

  375, 404, 418, 428, 436, 466, 467,

 

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