The Philosophy of Greece Considered in Relation to the Character and History of Its People (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... INDEX Abdera, 114,126. Academy, Plato's, 218, 239; the Middle, 251; the New, 256/. Achaian colonies in Italy, 72. Achilles, a pattern of Greek virtue, 7; shield of, 16; references to, 5, 14, 16,18, 29, 47, 141. 'Achilles and the tortoise, ' 90. Acragas, sumptuousness of its in-habitants, 97; temples of, ib.; Chthonian divinities worshipped at, ib.; change of government at, ib.; Empedocles still remembered at, 100; reference to, 157. Acropolis of Athens, 47, 209. Actaeon, story of, 19. Actium, battle of, 266. Actuality in Aristotle, 227, 228. Adonis, 68. Aegina, good government of, 26; references to, 15, 94. Aeginetan sculpture, 158. Aeschylus on the supremacy of Zeus. 41; on a future life, 69; historical significance of his tragedies, 94; connects morality with nature-worship, 105; rela-tion to Nature, 122; on the law of retaliation, 130; irreverence towards certain gods, 167; refer-ences to, 28, 124, 125, 239. Aesop, 171. Aethiopians, 82. Agamemnon, 18. Agassiz, 43. Agathon, a disciple of Gorgias, 147; agrees with Protagoras, to.; may represent Alcidamas in Plato, 149. Agora, 209. Air, made the first principle by Anaximenes, 54. Ajax, 12. Alcestis, 29. Alcibiades, 179, 190, 191. Alcidamas, succeeds Gorgias, 148; denounces slavery, 149. Alcmaeon, agnosticism of, 96; sur-mises brain to be the organ of mind, ib. Alcmene, 148. Alexander of Troy, 12. Alexander the Great, 214, 215, 245. Algol, 77. Altis of Olympia, 47. Amateurs in philosophy, 96. Amazons, 20. Amour rcntrt in Sophocles, 124. Anaxagoras, birth and origin, 104; migrates to Athens, ib.; friend-ship with Pericles, ib.; astro-nomical speculations, 107; driven from Athens, 108; constructs his philosophy under the influence of Empedecles, but in opposition to him, ib.; theory of infinite qualities, 109; ...