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    The Life of Greece

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      Cambridge University, 670

      Camirus (kă-mī’-rŭs), 134, 571

      Canachus , sculptor (6th century B.C.), 322

      canals, 575, 589

      Candia , 5

      Candaules, King of Lydia, (8th century B.C.), 316

      Canetha , 580

      Cannae (kăn’-ē), 234, 662

      Canopus , 173

      Canova, Antonio, Italian sculptor (1757–1822), 334

      Capitoline Museum (Rome), 321*, 495, 623, 624†

      Capitoline Venus, 624

      Cappadocia , 13, 557, 578

      caprification, 269

      Captivity, 605

      Caria , 20, 30, 34, 134, 238, 276, 450, 494, 576, 623

      Carneades , orator and philosopher (213-129 B.C.), 351, 503, 598, 643, 657

      Carneia , 75

      Carrel, Alexis, American surgeon, born in France, 516*

      Carthage , 67, 70, 169, 170, 171, 173, 241–242, 272, 438–439, 471, 472, 474, 557, 561, 575, 598, 599, 602, 613, 660–661, 662, 666

      Caryatids , Porch of the, 332

      Carystus , 503

      Caspian Sea, 551, 575

      Cassander, King of Macedonia (ca. 350–297 B.C.), 558

      Cassandra (kă-săn’-drá), 180, 301, 307, 388, 406

      Cassius Longinus, Caius, Roman politician (d. 42 B.C.), 124

      Castalian Spring, 104

      Castor , 105*

      Catalogue of Women (Hesiod), 100–102

      Catana , 77, 167*, 170, 171

      Categories (Aristotle), 526*

      Catholicism, 217, 594

      Cato, Marcus Porcius (the Elder), Roman statesman (234-149 B.C.), 643

      Cato, Marcus Porcius (the Younger), Roman statesman (95-46 B.C.), 656

      Caucasus, 384

      Causes (Callimachus), 608

      Causes of Plants, The (Theophrastus), 637

      Cayster (kī-stěr) River, 143

      Caystrian Gulf, 143

      Cecrops (sē’-krŏ;ps), 40, 50*, 331

      celibacy, 83

      Cellini, Benvenuto, Italian artist in metal and writer (1500–1571), 32, 332, 630

      Celts, 37, 559, see also Gaul

      censorship, 117, 523

      centaurs, 328, 333

      Ceos (kě’-ōs), 129–131

      Cephallenia (kyě’ fäl-yē-nē’-ä), 159

      Cephalus , Athenian businessman (fl. 5th century B.C.), 272

      Cephesus (sē-fī’-sŭs) River, 269

      Cephisodotus , sculptor, and father of Praxiteles (fl. 400 B.C.), 495

      Cephisodotus, sculptor, and son of Praxiteles (fl. 4th century B.C.), 621

      ceramics, in Crete, 6–7, 16–17

      in Mycenae, 31

      in Cyprus, 34

      in Troy, 35

      after Dorian invasion, 63

      in Sparta, 77

      in Samos, 143

      in 7th and 6th centuries, 218–220

      in Peri-clean age, 315; in Hellenistic age, 616

      Ceramicus , 219, 220, 315, 464

      Cercidas , philosopher of Megalopolis (3rd century B.C.), 569

      Ceres (sē’-rēz), 168, see also Demeter

      Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Count, Italian-American archeologist (1832–1904), 33*

      Ceylon, 564

      Chaerephon , Athenian, 367

      Chaeronea , 29, 103, 104, 442, 479, 480, 488, 541, 558

      Chalcedon (kăl’-sē-dŏn), 156, 449

      Chalcidice , 157–158, 441

      Chalcis (kăl’-sis), 30, 106, 107, 157, 169, 219, 275, 141, 553, 562, 573, 575

      alphabet, 205

      Chaldeans, 135, 161, 653

      Chamaizi (kă-mī’-zē), 6

      Champollion, jean François, French Egyptologist (1790–1832), 8

      Chance, see Tyche

      Chandragupta Maurya , King of Magadha (321-296 B.C.), 6l2

      Chaos, 69, 99

      Characters (Theophrastus), 196–197, 641

      Charaxus (kăr’-ăk-sús), brother of Sappho (fl. 600 B.C.), 153

      Chares (kā’-rēz), 68*

      Chares of Lindus, sculptor (fl. 280 B.C.), 621

      Charilaus , King of Sparta (9th? centuryB.C.), 78

      Charioteer of Delphi, 143, 217, 221

      chariot races, 48, 212, 215

      charity, 294, 563

      Charlemagne, see Charles I

      Charles I, King of France and Emperor of the West (742–814), 29

      Charmides (kăr-mī’-dēz), philosopher (5th centuryB.C.), 366, 452, 510

      Charmides (Plato), 513*

      Charon (kā’-rŏn), 311

      Charondas , Sicilian lawgiver (fl. 6th centuryB.C.), 77, 170, 258

      Charybdis , 61, 167

      Chasidim , 581, 582, 583, 584, 604, 605

      chemistry, 589

      Cheops (kē’-ŏps), King of Egypt (fl. ca. 3700 B.C.), 432

      Chersonese (kûr’-sō-nēz) in Taurus, 108

      Chersonese in Thrace, 470

      Chigi vase, 219

      children, position of, in Homeric society, 47, 51–52

      in Sparta, 82–83

      in Athens, 287–288 Chilon (kī’-lŏn) of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages (fl. ca. 6th centuryB.C.), 141

      Chilonis , wife of Cleombrotus III (3rd centuryB.C.), 569

      China, 36, 135*, 180, 220, 575, 590, 637, 669

      Chios (kī’-ŏs), 150, 193, 207, 275, 279, 470, 499, 567

      Chloe (klō’-ē), 171

      Choephoroe (kō-ěf’-ō-rē) (Aeschylus), 388–389

      Choerilus , tragic poet (fl. 524 B.C.), 233

      Choiseul-Gouffier (shwä-zěl gouf-yā) Apollo, 222

      choragus 379, 482

      choral ode, 77

      choral singing, 228–229, 230

      chorus, in drama, 232, 379, 412

      Chremonides , statesman (3rd centuryB.C.), 560

      Christ, 188, 191, 321, 566, 595

      Christianity, 26, 68, 131, 139, 147, 176, 178*, 183, 189, 191, 192, 195, 311, 373, 523, 577, 583, 595, 640, 653, 657, 658

      Chronicles, Books of, 603

      Chronographia (Eratosthenes), 636

      Chrysa , 497

      Chryseis, (krī-sē’-ís), 56, 302

      Chryseis Queen of Macedonia (3rd century B.C.), 571

      Chryses (krī’-sēz), 56

      Chrysippus , Stoic philosopher (ca. 280–206 B.C.), 643, 649, 652, 655*, 656

      Chrysopolis, 156

      chthonic worship, 38, 177, 179–180, 188, 194–195

      Cicero, Marcus Tullius, Roman orator and man of letters (106-43 B.C.), 70, 80, 107, 118, 130, 356, 432, 488*, 491, 526, 541, 612, 631*, 649

      Cilicia , 118*, 238, 576

      Cimon (sī’-mŏn), Athenian statesman and general (510-449B.C.), 236, 245, 247, 279, 316, 420, 535

      Cineas of Thessaly, minister of Pyrrhus (fl. 280 B.C.), 660

      Circe (sûr’-sē), 60

      circumcision, 582, 584

      Cirrha , 104*

      Cithaeron , Mt., 98

      Citium , 34, 650

      citizenship, in Sparta, 79–80, 570; in Athens, 110, 116, 124–125, 250, 254

      city planning, 330, 592, 617

      city-state, 71, 174, 203–204, 554

      Cius (kē’-ŭs), 156

      Cladeus (klă’-dā-ŭs) River, 88

      clans, in Crete, 10

      in Homeric society, 45, 53–54

      in Attica, 108

      abolishment of, in Athens, 124, 268

      classes, in Homeric society, 46

      in Sparta, 73–74

      in Athens, 110–111, 276–280

      see also metics, slaves, freemen, etc.

      class war, in Homeric society, 47

      in Athens, 112–114, 280–286, 465–467

      in 4th and 3rd centuries, 562–564

      in Sparta, 569–570

      Claudius, Appius, Roman statesman (fl. 300 B.C.), 660

      Claudius Ptolemy, see Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus)

      Clazomenae (klā-zŏm’-ē-nē), 150, 219, 339

      Cleanthes (klē-ăn’-thēz), Stoic philosopher (300?-220?B.C.), 136, 634, 652, 653–654, 655, 658

     
    Cleinias , father of Alcibiades (d. 447 B.C.), 444

      Cleinias, friend of Xenophon, 302

      Cleis, daughter of Sappho, 153

      Cleisthenes, (klīs’-thē-nēz) of Athens, statesman (fl. ca. 507 B.C.), 79, 108, 110, 124–126, 237, 248, 249, 469, 487

      Cleisthenes tyrant of Sicyon (6th century B.C.), 79, 89, 124†, 160, 231

      Cleitus, Macedonian general (d. 328 B.C.). 538, 544, 550

      Cleobolus (klē’-ō-bū’-lŭs) of Lindus in Rhodes, one of the Seven Sages (fl. 6th century B.C.), 141

      Cleombrotus (klē’-ŏm-brō’-tus) II, King of Sparta (reigned 380–371B.C.), 462

      Cleombrotus III, King of Sparta (reigned 243–240 B.C.), 569

      Cleomenes (klē-ŏm’-ē-nēz) I, King of Sparta (reigned 520–490 B.C.), 85

      Cleomenes III, King of Sparta (reigned 235–220 B.C.), 569–570

      Cleon (klē’-ŏn), Athenian demagogue and general (d. 422 B.C.), 255, 271, 341, 421–422, 423, 429, 433, 440, 441, 442–443

      Cleonae (klē-ō’-nē), 158

      Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (69-30 B.C.), 89†, 593, 602

      Cleophon (klē’-ō-fŏn), Athenian demagogue (fl. 411–404 B.C.), 255, 450

      Clepsydra , courtesan, 300

      cleruchies, 250, 588

      climate, 3, 21, 107

      Clio (klí’-ō), 186

      Clitias , potter, (fl. 560 B.C.), 219

      clothing, in Crete, 9

      of Achaeans, 37, 45

      in Homeric society, 51

      in Sparta, 85

      in Athens, 292–293

      Clouds, The (Aristophanes), 339*, 369, 381, 424–428, 429

      clubs 255, 282–283, 310

      Clymene , 103*

      Clytaemnestra , 29, 32, 36, 39, 51, 56, 59, 386–389, 404–405, 409

      Cnidian Sentences (Euryphron), 342

      Cnidus (nī’-dŭs), 62, 105, 133–134, 141, 171, 342, 461, 491, 495, 497, 499, 501, 564

      Cnossus (nŏs’-ŭs), 5–8, 10–13, 15, 18–23, 28, 29, 33, 35, 44, 47

      Codrus, legendary King of Athens (fl. 1068 B.C.), 109, 113

      coinage, in Lydia, 69

      in Argos, 72

      in Corinth, 90

      in Aegina, 95, 114

      in Athens, 114, 121, 273–274, 314

      in Syracuse, 314

      in Elis, 314

      in Seleucid Empire, 575

      Colchis , 43, 55, 157, 238, 403

      Collection of Lemmas (Archimedes), 629

      colonization, 3, 34, 59, 70–71, 106, 121, 127–129, 133–135, 156–158, 159–160, 168–169, 170, 173

      Colonus (kŏ-lō’-nŭs), 180, 391

      Colophon (kŏl’-ŏ-fōn), 148, 645

      Colossus of Rhodes, 143*, 177

      Colotes (kō-lō’-tēz) of Lampsacus, philosopher (3rd century B.C.), 649

      Columbus, Christopher, Genoese explorer (1446?-1506), 27

      columniation, 68, 169, 221, 224–225, 327, 492, 617–618

      Coma Berenices, 587

      comedy, 230–231, 420–429, 482–483, 606–608

      Commentaries (Pythagoras), 163

      common land, see property, community

      common mess, in Crete, 23; in Sparta, 83, 84–85

      communication, in Homeric society, 46–47; in Egypt, 589–590

      communism, in Pythagorean society, 166

      in Lipari Islands, 170, 171

      in plays of Aristophanes, 283

      in Athens, 465

      in philosophy of Plato, 509–510, 520

      Concord, temple of, 172

      concubinage, in Homeric society, 48, 50

      in Athens, 304–305

      in 4th century, 467

      in Hellenistic age, 567

      Confucius, Chinese philosopher (551-478 B.C.), 371, 376, 473

      Congress (United States of America), 256

      Congreve, William, English dramatist (1670–1729), 607

      Conies (Apollonius of Perga), 627, 628

      Conies (Euclid), 628

      Conon (kō’-nŏn), Athenian general (fl. 400 B.C.), 461

      conscription in army, 264

      Conservatori, Palace of, 625

      Constanta, 157, see also Istrus

      Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (272–337), 575, 649, 667*

      Constantinople, 155, 157, 571, 577, 667*, see also Byzantium

      constitutional law, in Sparta, 79–81, 86

      in Athens, under Draco, 111–112, under Solon, 114–118

      Constitution of Athens, The (Aristotle), 526*, 534*

      contraception, 468

      contracts, 259

      cooking, in Homeric society, 51; in Athens, 309

      Copais (kō’-pīs), Lake, 103

      Copernicus, Nikolaus, Polish astronomer (1473–1543), 340, 502, 634, 635, 669

      Corax of Syracuse, rhetorician (fl. 466 B.C.), 430

      Corcyra , 60, 90–91, 159, 246, 284, 440–441, 662

      Corfu , 60, 159, 662, see also Corcyra

      Corinna , lyric poetess (fl. 5th century B.C.), 107, 374, 376

      Corinth , 38, 62, 64, 79, 89–92, 105, 159, 172, 185, 200, 211, 216, 219, 221, 272, 275, 279, 315, 375, 439, 440–441, 474, 480, 504, 507, 510, 542, 560–561, 562, 569, 575, 662, 663, 666

      Corinth, Gulf of, 62, 89, 104

      Corinth, Isthmus of, 31, 62

      Corinthian order (architecture), 122, 224, 327, 492, 617

      Corinthians I (St. Paul), 91

      Coronea , 103, 215, 440, 444, 461, 489

      Coronis , 96

      Corpus Hippocraticum, 343–345

      Corsica, 150, 661

      Corydon , 611

      Cos (kōs), 62, 134, 272, 342, 343, 470, 495, 609, 639

      cosmetics, 292

      cosmogony, 98–103, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144–145, 168

      cosmology, in philosophy of Thales, 137

      of Anaximander, 138–139

      of Heracleitus, 144–145

      of Pythagoras, 164

      of Anaxagoras, 339–340

      of Parmenides, 350

      of Leucippus, 353

      of Empedocles, 356–357

      of Epicurus, 646

      of Stoics, 652–653

      cosmopolitanism, 362, 562, 600

      Cossutius , Roman architect (2nd century B.C.), 617

      Council of Athens, see boule

      Council of Elders (Judea), 579–580

      Council of Five Hundred, 256, 263, 264, 290

      Council of 501, 125, 126

      Council of Five Thousand, 449

      Council of Four Hundred (6th century), 115, 121, 125

      Council of Four Hundred (411 B.C.), 449

      Council of Thirty, 451–452, 510, 554

      courtesans, see hetairai, also concubinage, also prostitution

      courts, in Crete, 11; in Athens, 116, 125, see also heliaea

      Crannon (kră’-ŭn), 106, 553

      Crates (krā’-tēz) of Thebes, Cynic philosopher (4th century B.C.), 509, 650–651

      Cratinus , comic dramatist (ca. 520–423 B.C.), 420, 429

      Cratylus (Plato), 371, 513*

      credit system, 464

      cremation, 311

      Creon (krē’-ŏn) of Corinth, 403–404

      Creon of Thebes, 41, 396–397, 398

      Cresilas , sculptor (fl. 450 B.C.), 322

      Crete (krēt), 5–23, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 47, 54, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, 75, 78, 128, 133, 170, 179, 203, 218, 231, 301, 566, 585

      crime, in Sparta, 83

      in Athens, 116–117, 258

      Crimea, 157

      Crisaea , 104

      Critias , Athenian orator, politician, and author (d. 403 B.C.), 368, 370, 373, 451–452, 510

      Critius, sculptor (fl. 5th century B.C.), 324

      Crito (krī’-tō), Athenian, 260*, 365, 369, 454–455

      Crito (Plato), 513*

      Croesus (krē’-sŭs), King of Lydia (fl. 560 B.C.), 118–119, 141, 142, 143, 575

      Croiset, Alfred (1845–1923) and Maurice, French classical scholars, 453*

      Cronia, 199

      Cronus (krō’-nŭs), 99, 102, 121, 181, 565
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      Crotona , 142, 160, 161, 166, 167, 169, 172, 203, 318, 327, 342

      Crotone (krō-tō’-nē), 161, see also Crotona

      Crouching Venus, 499

      Crusoe, Robinson, 59*

      Ctesias , physician and historian (fl. 5th century B.C.), 134

      Ctesibius of Alexandria, inventor (fl. 2nd century B.C.), 588, 616, 633

      Ctesicles of Ephesus, painter (3rd century B.C.), 619

      Ctesiphon Athenian orator (4th century B.C.), 484–485

      Cumae (kū’-mē), 107, 160, 169, 197, 205, 668

      Cunaxa , 460, 489

      Cupbearer, 10, 20

      Cupid of Centocelle, 495†

      currents, around Aegean Islands, 4

      in Bosporus, 4*

      curriculum, of Pythagorean school, 163–164

      in Athenian schools, 289

      in Academy, 511–512

      custom, in religion, 193

      in Athens (law), 257–258

      in morality, 295–296

      Cuvier, Georges, Baron, French naturalist (1769–1832), 8

      Cybele , 13, 20, 69, 76, 143, 178, 227, 467, 507

      Cyclades , 5, 10*, 21, 33, 96, 106, 128, 129–133, 235, 246, 585

      Cyclopes (sī-klō’-pēz), 27†, 60

      Cydippe , 608

      Cyme (sī-mē) in Aeolia, 98

      Cyme in Euboea, 169

      Cynicism, 280, 369, 372, 503, 506–509, 644, 650–651

      Cynosarges (sén’-ō-sär’-jēz), 506

      Cynoscephalae , 663

      Cyprus (sī’-prŭs), 4, 15, 21, 33–34, 70, 118, 133, 185, 193, 219, 234, 238, 247, 272, 275, 437, 461, 558, 585, 589, 650

      Cypselus , tyrant of Corinth (fl. 655–625 B.C.), 90, 92, 218, 221

      Cyrenaic School, 173, 504–505, 586, 644

      Cyrene (sī-rē’-ně), 3, 68, 105, 128, 133, 173, 275, 430, 504, 510, 575, 585, 598

      Cyrnus (sēr’-nŭs), 92–95

      Cyropaedia (Xenophon), 490–491

      Cyrus the Great, King of Persia (d. 529 B.C.), 119, 141, 245, 490, 546

      Cyrus the Younger, Persian prince (d. 401 B.C.), 460, 461, 489

      Cythera , 159

      Cyzicus , 135, 156, 449, 501, 575

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      Daedalus , 6, 15, 17, 19, 22, 229

      Dalmatia, 159, 662

      Damascus, 150, 544, 575, 576, 579, 580

      Damo (dā;’-mō), daughter of Pythagoras, 163

      Damocles (dăm-ō-klēz), 558*

      Damon (dā’-mŏn) of Athens, musician and Sophist (fl. 5th century B.C.), 248

      Damon of Syracuse, Pythagorean (4th century B.C.), 471*

      Damophon of Messene, sculptor (2nd century B.C.), 621

      Danae (dăn’-ă-ē), courtesan, 300

      Danaus (dăn’-ă-ŭs), 68, 72

      dancing, in Crete, 13, 15

      in Homeric society 48, 51

      in Sparta, 83

      contests, 212

      in 7th and 6th centuries, 229–230

      in drama, 232

      Dancing Woman, 15

     
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