Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3 · Plutarch
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Abuse of and by one's enemies. Achelous, myths of the. Achilles, Homer's lessons from. Achilles's Grove. Acrotatus, saying of. Actaeon, tragic history of. Actors, tragic vs. comic. Administration, caution about. Admonitions, on hearing. Adrastea, root of madness. Adultery and curiosity compared. Advantage from enemies. Aeantis, chorus of tribe. Aegyptus, Nile formerly called. [Greek], Aemilii, tyrants called. Aemilius, Paulus. Aenianes, the. Aeschines the Academic, Life of; quoted. Aeschylus, verses of; quoted; paraphrase of Homer by. Aesculapius, temple of. Aesop, at Delphi; at banquet of seven Wise Men. Agasicles, Spartan king. Agathocles, king of Sicily. Age, cause of old. Aged, the part of the, in state affairs; love of pure wine by; intoxication among the. Agenor, grove of. Agesilaus, sayings of. Agesipolis, son of Cleombrotus. Agesipolis, son of Pausanias. Agis, King; example of; story of. Agis the Younger. Air, an element. Ajax, parents of; place of soul of. Alalcomenae, city called. [Greek] Alcamenes, son of Teleclus. Alcibiades, stories about. Alcippus, wife and daughters of. Alexander the Great, sayings and stories of; and Timoclea; orations on; remark of Theocritus about; Diogenes and; in India; as a great drinker. Alexander, tyrant of Pheraeans. Alexandridas, son of Laid to. Allegory in Homer. Almonds for drinkers. Alpha, position of, in alphabet. Alpheus, history of. Altar of ashes at Olympia. "Alter ego" of Pythagoras, parallel saying in Homer.
Amasis, Herodotus relates a detail concerning. Amazonian river. Ambassadors, recording names of. Ambition, accompaniments of. America, a hint of. Ammon, Egyptian name for Jupiter; temple of. Ammonius the philosopher. [Greek] Amoebus, musician. Amphilochus, oracle of. Amplification in Homer. Anatole, mountain. Anaxagoras, story of. Anaxander, son of Eurycrates. Anaxarchus. Anaxilas, saying of. Anchus compared with Curtius. Ancients, council of. Andocides, Greek orator. Androclidas, saying of. Anger, nature of; the restraint of; Homer on. Animals, human beings born of; self-cures by wild; craftiness of water and of land; amours of, with human beings; reason in; generation of; embryos of; method of nutrition and growth of; appetites and pleasures in; vision of, in the dark. Answers to questions. Antalcidas, sayings of. Anthedon, explanation of. Anticyra, cure of madness from. Antigonus the First. Antigonus the Second. Antiochus; surnamed the Falcon. Antiochus Hierax. Antiochus the third. Antipater, nickname of. Antiphon, Greek orator. Antiphrasis in Homer. Antithesis, Homer's use of. Ants, intelligence of. Apelles and Megabyzus. Apesantus, mountain. [Greek], defined. [Greek] Aphrodite, epithets of; statue of, at Elis; called "fruitful Cytherea."; charmed girdle of. Aphrodite the Murderess, temple of. Apis. Apollo, place of birth; temple of, at Delphi; derivation from [Greek] and [Greek]; titles of; an oracle delivered by; a flatterer the enemy of; motto in temple of; inventor of music; causes of common diseases are from.
Apollodorus, painter. Apollonius, consolation to, on death of son. Apoplexy produced by fumes of lamp-wick. {Greek] Apostrophe, figure of speech called. Apothegms, of kings and great commanders; Roman; Laconic or Spartan; in Homer. Appetites in animals. Apples and apple-trees. Araenus, sea shore of. Arar, river, derivation of name. Aratus, paraphrase of sayings of Homer by. Archimedes, story of. Aregeus, sayings of. Ares, varying opinions of. Aretaphila, Cyrenaean woman. Argive women, the. Argives, images called; customs of. Argyllus, mountain in Egypt. Aristarchus, arrangement of Iliad and Odyssey by. Aristides the Just. Aristippus, rebuke of a father by. Aristo, punishment of. Aristoclia of Haliartus. Aristodemus, tyrant of Cumae. Ariston, sayings of. Aristophanes, and Socrates; comparison between Menander and. Aristotimus, tyrant of Elis; daughters of. Aristotle; on talkativeness; on use and abuse of wealth; on music; conception of God; views on indignation and mercy held in common with Homer. Arithmetic of Pythagoras and in Homer. Arrangement, Homer's skill in. Arrhippe, virgin ravished by Tmolus. Artaxerxes Longimanus, sayings of. Artaxerxes Mnemon, sayings of. Artemis, temple of, at Ehpesus. Asbestos produced by ancients. Asparagus for brides. Ass, connection of Typhon with; musical instruments made from bones of. Aster, stone called. Astronomy, observations concerning; goats show knowledge of; ancient; Homer's knowledge of. Astycratidas, quoted. Asyndeton in Homer. Ateas, sayings of. Atheism and superstition. Atheists, beliefs of.
Athenaeum, mountain. Athene Chalcioecus, temple of. Athenians, decrees proposed to; question of renown of. Athenodorus and Xeno. Atoms the final cause. Attalus. attention, directions concerning. Augurs, tenure of office of. Augustus Caesar, in his later years. Aurea, cause of the. Auspices, prohibition of use of, after August. Autoglyphus, stone called. Autonamasia in Homer. Autumn, men's stomachs in; least credit to dreams in. Axioms, complications of ten. Bacchus, called Liber Pater; called Bull-begot; Greek and Roman punished by; identity of Osiris and; feast of; Mithridates called, on account of great drinking; Adonis identified with; called the good counsellor; Herodotus' estimate of. Ballenaeus, mountain. Banishment, essay on. Banquets, philosophising at; arranging guests at; consular place at; position of director of; suitability of chaplets of flowers at; inviting many guests to; flute-girls at. Barbers, talkativeness of. Barley, soil for growing. Barrenness, in women; of mules. Bashfulness. Bathing after exercise. Baths, hot vs. cold; former compared with present; Homer on. Bears, paws of, as food. Bees, Simonides' allusion to; illustrations drawn from; effect of smoke on; tendency of, to sting the impure; craftiness of Cretan. Beggars' flesh among Aenianes. Bellerophon, continence of. Berecyntus, mountain and priest named. Bessus, punishment of. Bias, Spartan leader. Bird or egg, which was first? Birds, in soothsaying; wisdom shown by; tree which is a natural snare for. Birth, value of good.
Birthdays of famous men. Births, premature. Biton and Cleobis. Boar, characteristics of the. Boars, trees, sweet. Bodies, division and mixture of. Body, definition of a. Boeotians, sullenness of. Boeotus, son of Neptune. Bona, temple of. Borrowers, treatment of. Borrowing money. Bottiaean maids. Boys, Sepulchre of the; love of; Herodotus on defiling of. Boys' necklaces. Brasidas, sayings of; stories of. Breathing, theory about. Bridal customs, Roman. Brides, food for. Britain, fountain-head of religion; longevity of inhabitants of. Brixaba, mountain. Bronze, weapons of. Broth, Lacedaemonian. Brotherly love. Brothers and sisters, Greek and Roman parallels concerning. Bucephalus, intelligence of. Bulimy, greedy disease. Bullae, boys' necklaces. Bundle of sticks story. burial, among Lacedaemonians. Bysius, the month. Caesar, Augustus, sayings of. Caesar, Julius, stories and sayings of. Caicus, river of Mysia. Callicratidas, Spartan admiral. Callipides, Greek actor. Calydon, mountain. Camillus, dictator. Camma, story of. Candles, matter of extinguishing. Carbonate of soda, ancient use of. Carmenta, temple of. Carmina, verses called. Cases, changes of, in Homer. Caspian Sea. Castor and Pollux, statues of; stars called. Catechresis in Homer. Cato the Elder, at Utica. Cats, Egyptian views on; the young of; madness of; caused by perfumes. Cattle, salt used for. Catulus, Lutatius. Caucasus, mountain, story of. Caudine Forks, Roman hero at. Causes, definition and division of. Celtic women, the. Censors, inauguration ceremonies of. Ceres, feast in honour of.
Chabrias, sayings of. Chalcedonian women, custom of. Chaldeans, belief of. Changes of gender, number, etc., in Homer. Charila, sacrificial rites of. Charillus, King. Charon, Homer a disciple of. Chastity, of animals; herb for protection of. Child-birth, effect of moon on. Children, time of naming Roman; training of; love of only; conception and birth of. Chiomara, story of. Chios, women of. [Greek] Christianity, allusions to. Chrysermus, History of India by. Chrysippus, on various virtues; works of. Cicero, sayings of. Cios, women of. Circe and Odysseus. Cithaeron, mountain. Civil polity, division of, by Homer. Claudia, virtues of. Cleanthes, Athenian philosopher. Clearchus, tyrant of Heraclea. Cleomachus the Pharsalian. Cleombrotus, son of Pausanias. Cleombrotus the Lacedaemonian. Cleomenes, quoted. Cleomenes, son of Anaxandridas. Cleomenes, son of Cleombrotus. Clitoris, stone called. Cloelia, Roman maiden. Clothing of Lacedaemonians. Clouds, causes of. Cnidians, Crown of the. Coccygium, mountain. Cocks, use of, according to Chrysippus. Coeranus, story of. Coins, images on. Cold, first principle of; a preserver of health; use of, in Homer. Coliads, the. Colour, defined. Colours of early painters. Colotes the Epicurean. Comedy, origin of, with Homer. Comets, beliefs about. Commendation, consideration in. Comminius, story of. Congelation. Conjugal precepts. Constancy, crowns of. Consualia, feasts called. Consular place at table. Copiousness, a character of speech. Corinthians, Hall of the. corruption, are animals obnoxious to? Cotys, sayings of. Counting, by fives; animals' power of; in Homer.
Cranes, intelligence of; fish compared with. Crassus, hay bound about horns of. Crater history, vase called. Creation of the world. Crocodiles, intelligence of; the bird trochilus the friend of; customs of, in breeding. Croesus, Herodotus on. Cronium, mountain. Cronos, festivals of. Crystallus, river called. Cuffing, exercise of. Cupping-glasses, phenomenon in. Curiosity, essay on. Curius, M'., story of. Curtius, Roman knight. Cuttle-fish, sign of storm; cunning of. Cybele, worship of. Cynic and king anecdote. Cyrenaics, temperance of. Cyrus, sayings of. Cyrus the Younger, sayings of. Daemon of Socrates. Daemons, remarks on. Damindas, story of. Damis, quoted. Damonidas, sayings of. Dancing, three parts in. Darius, sayings of; Alexander the Great and the corpse of; Alexander and the wife of. Darkness, visibility of; reason of animals' seeing in. Daughters sacrificed by fathers. Day, time of beginning. Dead, rites of the honoured. Death, opinions of; remarks on; sleep before; a good thing; cause of; question of appertaining to soul or body. deaths of sons, cases of. debtors, unfortunate lot of. Decrees proposed to Athenians. Defamation of character, curiosity results in. Deity, knowledge of a. Demaratus, sayings of. Demeter, wanderings of. Demetrius, sayings of. Demetrius Phalereus. Demetrius the grammarian. Democracy depicted by Homer. Democritus, attacked by Colotes the Epicurean; defence of. Demosthenes, Life of; speech ON THE CROWN; parallel passages in Homer and. Dercyllidas, Spartan ambassador.
Destiny, necessity considered the same as. Dexicrcon, Venus of. Diana, temples of, in Rome; priestesses of. Diana Dictynna. Diana Orthia, rites of. Diatyposis in Homer. Didymus the Cynic, surnamed Planetiades. Diet of Lacedaemonians; in sickness; in health; effect of, on health; variety in; Homer's views about. Digestion of food. Dinarchus, Greek orator. Diogenes, Alexander and; advice of, to boys; soliloquy of; sayings and stories of; Melanthius on a tragedy of; eats a raw fish. Dion, sayings of. Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. Dionysius the Hydragogue. Dionysius the Younger; Diogenes and. Diorphus, mountain. Director of a feast.
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