Alexander the Great
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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,