Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3 · Plutarch
Discourse, separating the useful part of a.
Diseases, causes of new. Divination, art of; Homer's knowledge of. Dog, Locrians' wooden; Worship of, by Egyptians; power of mimicry in a. Dogs, set before Lares; sacrifice of, to Mana Geneta; sacrifice of, in Lupercal games; stone-chasing of; intelligence shown by. Dolphin, tribute to the. Domitius, Cneus. "Do not overdo," saying. [Greek] defined. Dreams, origin of. Drimylus, mountain. Drinkers, certain great. "Drink five or three, but not four," saying. Drinking, references to, in the Iliad. Drugs in Homer. Druidical students. Drunkenness, talkativeness and; of old men as compared with old women; partial compared with total. Earth, an element; nature and magnitude of the; figure, site and position, motion, and zones of. See World. Earthquakes, cause of. Ease of mind; in exile. Echo, production of an. Eclipse, cause of; shadow in an, in proportion to moon's diameter; of sun; of moon. Eclipses in Homer. Education of children. {Greek] Egypt, kings of. Egyptian gods and myths; legend about Love. EI the word, on Apollo's temple at Delphi. Elaeus, founding of. Elaphebolia, festival of. Elasii. Element, difference between principle and. Elements, Nature viewed as the mixture and separation of the; of members of human body; and principles. Elephant, amour of an, with Alexandrian maid. Elephantiasis. Elephants, intelligence of; excelled by fishes. Elephas, mountain. Eleutheria, origin of festival of. Ellipse, a figure of speech.
Embryo, nature of human; of animals. Emetics, use of. Emmets, intelligence of. Empedocles, quoted; strictures of Colotes against; defence of. Emphasis, trope called. Emprepes, story of. Enmities accompany friendship. Enmity, advantage and profit from. Envy, follows ability; an enemy to peace of mind; and hatred; praising one's self without exciting; in hearers; the aged most free from attacks proceeding from; of statesmen. Epaenetus, on liars. Epaminoxidas, stories of. Epicaste. Epicureans, theories of. Epicurus, the doctrine of; admits it is pleasanter to do than receive a kindness; views on the deity; Colotes, disciple of, confuted; followers of, distinguished by inactivity in public matters. Epidamnians, POLETES among. Epigrams in Homer. Epilepsy, "sacred disease,". Epiphonesis in Homer. Epitaphs, uselessness of. Epithets in Homer. Eretria, women of. Eryxo. [Greek] Euboidas, saying of. Eudaemonidas, quoted. Eudamidas, son of Archidamus. Eumenes; and Attalus. Eunostus, hero of Tanagra. Euphranor, painter. Euphrates, myths of the. Euripides, quoted; on banishment; on God; paraphrase of Homer by. Eurotas, river. Eurycratidas, son of Anaxandridas. Euthynous the Italian. Evenus, quotation from. Exercise, importance of; Homer's acquaintance with value of. Exercises, Homer's order of. Exordiums, Homer's. Fabius, friend of Augustus Caesar. Fabius Maximus, heroic act of. Fabricius, C., and Pyrrhus. Face in the moon. Failing sickness. False modesty. Fancy, defined. "Fast from evil," saying. Fasting, practice of; thirst from. Fate, necessity considered the same as; the nature of; essay concerning; pertains to mind of God; Homer's views of.
Fates, province of the. Fathers, and daughters, certain Greek and Roman cases of; advice to; love of, for daughters. Fear, and superstition; Homer on. Feast of Fools. Feasts. See Banquets. February, derivation of. Fever, cause and nature of. Fig-leaf as an omen. Fig-trees, fruit of. Figures, definition of. Figures of speech, Homer's. Fire, compared with water as to usefulness; an element. Fish, abstention from eating; cunning of; kind of, called remora or echeneis; eating of, forbidden by Pythagoreans. Fish-lines, horses' hair for. Fish-nets, rotting of. Five, significance of number; the number dedicated by the Wise Men. Five elements in the world. Five gods of Rhea. Fives, counting by. Five senses, the. Five Wise Men. Flamen Dialis, question concerning; rules for. Flaminian Way. Flattery vs. friendship. Flesh, of sacrificed beasts; the eating of. Flowers, chaplets of, worn at table. Flute, mentioned by Homer. Flute-girls at feasts. Flute-music. Flutes from asses' bones. "Follow God," saying. Food, superstitions about; choice of; digestion of; from the sea vs. food from land. See Diet. Fortuna Primigenia, Worship of. Fortune, temples of; of the Romans; essay on; various opinions of. Four, the number, venerated by Pythagoreans. Four species of animals. Fox, cunning of the. Freedom of speech, ill-advised. Friends, folly of seeking many; discerning flatterers from. Friendship, a dual relation; enmities an accompaniment of; constancy a requisite in.
Frogs, breeding of. Frost, hunting impeded by. Frozen speech. Fruit, salt lacking in. Funeral customs in Homer. Funeral rites, Roman. Furciferi. G, the letter, introduction of. Galatia, heroines of. Galaxy, or Milky Way. Galba and Maecenas. Ganges, river, story of. Gardens of Adonis. Garlands, of oaken leaves; in games. Garlic, scruples concerning. Garrulity. Gauran, mountain. Geese, sacred. Gelo, sayings of. Genders, change of, in Homer. Generation, extent of a. Generation, and corruption; of human beings; ancient theories of; of animals; of gods. Generative seed. Geneta, dogs sacrificed to. Geniuses and heroes. Geometer, God as a. Gifts, bridal. Gnome, defined; Homer's use of. Gnossians, customs among. God, the tutelary, of Rome; existence and essence of a; what is?; immortality and eternity of; Platonic conception of; Homer's conception. Gods, ancients' conception of; generation of; Homer's belief in; piety toward, taught by Homer. Gold, scarcity of, in ancient times. Gracefulness, a character of speech. Grafting of trees. Great Trench, battle of the. Greedy disease. Greek Questions. Grief, advice concerning; exhibitions of; Homer on. Grief-easing stone. Guests, at wedding suppers; entertainment of many, at a supper; that are called shadows; who come late. See also Banquets. Gymnastics in Homer. Haemus, mountain. Hail, why round. Halcyon, virtues of the. Halinda, plant called. Halo, cause of the. Hamaxocylists, race of. Hannibal, Fabius Maximus and; and the women of Salmantica.
Happiness, true seat of. Harmony, in music. Harp-music. Harps, at entertainments. Hart, tears of, salt. Hatred, envy and. Hay-making, prayers for. Head, covering and uncovering the. Health, estimates of; rules for preservation of; preservers of. Hearing, essay concerning; cause of sense of. Heart, seat of the emotions according to Stoics, following Homer. Heat, a first principle; causes premature old age; of women; Homer's appreciation of. Heaven, nature end essence of; circles or division of. Hebrus river. Hedge-hogs, cunning of; sea hedge-hogs. Hegesippus, quoted. Helicon, story of. Hens, impregnation of, by the wind. Hera as goddess of marriage. Heraclides, wrestler, a great drinker. Herbs growing in certain rivers and mountains. Hercules, payment of tithes to; swearing by; and the Muses, altar common to; sacrifices to; Greek and Roman stories of; Herodotus' estimate of. Herodotus, on modesty of women; criticism of. Heroes, beliefs concerning; of Homer. Heroic metre in Homer. Herondas, saying of. Hesiod, on gods, daemons, heroes, and men; quoted; on begetting children; on receiving gifts of fortune. Hiero, sayings of. Hippocratidas. Hippodamus, Spartan commander. Hippolytus, story of. Hippothorus, tune called. Histriones, players called. Hogs, Jews' antipathy toward.
Homer, on prophets; gives name of friendship to sexual love; quoted; on bravery; unmetrical line of; on man's wretched lot; on modesty; on advantages of music; order of different kinds of exercises according to; on intercourse between men and their wives; calls salt divine; epithets applied to liquids by; a moot point in third book of Iliad; essay on life and poetry of; biographical sketch of; the two works of; metre and dialects used by; epithets used by; tropes found in; figures of speech in; various styles used by; on constitution of the universe; natural philosophy of; on God and the gods; on the human soul; places emotions about the heart; on virtue and vice; mention of arithmetic and music in; philosophies which found their origin with; sayings of, paraphrased by later writers; rhetorical art of; types represented in his speakers; knowledge of laws; civil polity in; experience of, in warlike affairs; heroes described by; knowledge of medicine, diet, wine, surgery, etc.; of divination and omens; of tragedy and comedy; mastery of word-painting. Homoioptelon in Homer. Homoioteleuton, Homer's use of. Honor, the god so called. Honor to parents, in Homer. Horatius and Horatia, and Greek parallel. Horse, cure of a stumbling. Horse-races, rites of. Horses called [Greek]. Horta, temple of. Hostages, Roman virgins as. Hunger, causes of; allayed by drinking.
Hurricanes, causes of. Hybristica, rites of. Hydaspes, river. Hyperbole in Homer. Hyperides, Greek orator. Hysteropotmi. Ibis, worship of the; use of physic by; figure of, first letter in Egyptian alphabet. Ibycus, story of murderers of. Icarius, story of. Icebergs, tradition of. Ichneumon, armor of the; outmatched by the trochilus. Ida, Mount. Idathyrsus, sayings of. Ideas, defined. Idleness, a gentlemanly crime; and health. Idola of Democritus originate with Homer. Imagination, defined. Immortality of the soul. Impotency in men. Inachus, river. Incense used by Egyptians. Inclination of the world. Incongruous, a figure of speech. India, river and mountain of; Alexaiider the Great in. Indus, story of the. Ino. Inquisitiveness. Intemperance in eating. Intercourse between men and their wives. Interpreters of oracles. Intoxication, signs of. See Drunkenness. Introductions, Homer's. Ion the poet, cited. Iphicrates, sayings of. Ireland, mention of. Iris-struck trees. Irony, use of, in Homer. Isaeus, Greek orator. Isis and Osiris, essay on. Imnenus, river. Isocrates, Greek orator. Isosceles triangles. Isthmian games, crowns at. Ivy, beliefs concerning; consecrated to Bacchus and to Osirls; the nature of. January as the first month. Janus, double-faced god; image of, on coins. Jealousy. See Envy. Jesting at an entertainment. Jews, allusion to; Spartans of same stock as the; effect of superstition on; abstention of, from swine's flesh; customs of; God worshipped by. Jocasta, death of. Journeys, days for beginning. Juno, Roman beliefs about; nuptial ceremonies connected with. Jupiter, priests of; conception of year belonging to; rules or priests of; statue of, in Caria. See Zeus. Justice, ancients' conception of.
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