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Abarsam, 187 – 91 Amphilochus, 156 Aegae (Cilicia), 316 Amphitrite, 41 – 42 Aegae (Vergina), 77 , 116 , 169 Amphitryon, 29 Aeneas, 9 , 116 , 186 Amyce, 51 , 128 – 29 , 133 , 148 , 154 – 57 Agatharchides of Cnidus, 6 , 281 , 295 – 97 , Amyclas, 148 – 49 325 , 334 – 41 Amyntas (son of Antiochus), 319 Agathocles (son of Lysimachus), 198 – 204 , 211 , Anchises, 186 241 , 250 , 267 , 295 , 331 , 344 anchors, 1 – 2 , 23 – 26 , 40 , 44 – 50 , 55 , 67 , 90 , 97 , Agathos Daimon, 115 , 140 , 146 , 173 , 322 – 23 140 – 41 , 161 , 172 , 210 , 216 , 271 – 74 , 287 , al Mina, 156 309 – 11 , 318 Alcman, 254 – 55 Ancyra, 47 Alcmene, 29 Antigone, 44 al- Dinawari, 187 – 91 Antigonia, 18 , 51 , 102 – 03 , 106 – 07 , 111 , 115 , Alexander I of Epirus, 260 129 , 137 – 38 , 155 – 56 , 159 , 166 – 67 , Alexander I of Macedon, 61 , 227 – 28 , 241 , 245 193 , 250 Alexander III the Great, 1 – 2 , 7 – 11 , 23 – 24 , Antigonus I Monophthalmus, 2 , 13 – 20 , 46 – 51 , 2 8 – 4 0 , 4 5 – 6 6 , 6 9 , 7 9 – 8 1 , 8 4 , 8 8 – 8 9 , 65 , 68 – 70 , 74 , 82 – 86 , 89 , 92 – 102 , 95 – 96 , 106 , 110 – 14 , 138 , 155 , 159 , 168 , 106 – 07 , 111 – 15 , 137 , 159 – 62 , 165 – 66 , 172 – 73 , 184 , 204 , 240 – 44 , 252 – 54 , 192 , 199 – 200 , 249 , 262 , 274 , 284 – 93 , 261 – 65 , 268 – 71 , 274 , 287 , 295 , 304 – 05 , 306 – 07 , 314 – 15 , 318 – 19 , 324 , 332 – 33 , 308 – 21 , 335 , 346 – 50 . See also Alexander 343 , 345 , 350 Romance Antigonus II Gonatas, 168 , 170 Alexander Balas, 302 – 03 Antigonus III Doson, 241 Alexander of Abonouteichos, 45 Antioch (- on- the- Orontes, - near- Daphne), 6 , Alexander (son of Lysimachus), 204 , 264 , 332 – 33 1 0 , 1 8 – 1 9 , 2 4 – 2 8 , 4 9 – 5 3 , 6 1 – 6 3 , 8 5 – 8 7 , Alexander Romance , 4 , 7 – 9 , 2 3 , 2 6 – 2 7 , 3 1 , 3 9 , 90 – 91 , 100 – 18 , 121 – 38 , 141 – 45 , 148 , 55 – 57 , 60 , 64 – 66 , 79 , 82 – 88 , 94 – 100 , 151 – 57 , 166 – 73 , 182 , 193 , 204 , 113 – 17 , 127 , 134 , 140 , 159 – 60 , 171 – 73 , 220 – 21 , 250 , 272 – 74 , 277 – 79 , 183 , 252 , 259 – 63 , 268 – 69 , 304 , 310 – 12 , 284 , 289 – 91 , 296 – 99 , 302 – 04 , 315 – 25 , 346 , 350 309 – 13 , 319 – 20 Alexandria (Egypt), 24 – 26 , 37 , 40 , 47 – 48 , 64 , Antioch- under- Lebanon, 171 81 , 89 , 115 – 17 , 135 , 143 , 146 , 168 – 73 , 183 , Antiochus I of Commagene, 53 252 , 256 , 263 – 64 , 283 , 297 – 301 , 304 , 313 , Antiochus I Soter, 2 – 4 , 8 – 14 , 18 – 20 , 45 , 316 , 319 , 322 , 346 , 350 50 , 53 , 58 , 63 – 65 , 103 , 106 – 07 , 111 , al- Tabari, 43 – 44 , 187 – 92 114 , 128 , 132 – 33 , 138 , 141 , 150 , 153 – 54 , Amactyon, 82 , 315 , 324 159 , 163 , 166 – 70 , 174 , 178 – 83 , 193 , Ammianus Marcellinus, 48 , 63 – 64 , 87 , 99 , 105 , 201 – 29 , 233 – 41 , 244 – 48 , 251 – 52 , 108 , 116 , 138 , 143 , 158 , 164 , 260 – 61 , 308 , 260 – 61 , 264 , 268 , 276 – 77 , 286 – 94 , 315 – 17 297 – 301 , 304 – 06 , 309 – 21 , 325 , Ammon, 26 – 28 , 31 , 51 , 57 , 61 , 75 , 80 – 82 , 115 , 183 , 342 – 46 252 , 275 , 312 – 13 , 324 Antiochus II h eos, 182 – 83 , 292

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Antiochus III the Great, 25 , 53 , 241 , 251 , 278 , Arsinoe II Philadelphus, 8 , 180 – 83 , 198 – 205 , 211 , 292 , 300 – 05 , 345 241 , 250 , 267 , 288 , 296 , 311 , 344 , 347 Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 241 , 280 , 298 , 302 Arsinoe (supposed concubine of Philip II), 347 Antiochus VII Sidetes, 168 , 280 , 302 – 03 Artabanus IV/ V. See Ardevan Antiochus VIII Grypus, 108 , 166 , 280 Artaxerxes I, 226 Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, 241 Artaxerxes II, 211 Antiochus X Eusebes, 241 Artemidorus, 31 Antiochus (father of Seleucus), 11 – 12 , 24 , 28 , Artemis, 110 , 117 , 145 , 148 , 182 , 211 138 , 167 – 69 Arthur, 43 Antipater, 13 , 26 , 70 , 240 – 42 , 259 , 262 – 64 , 314 Aryades, 126 Anyte of Tegea, 31 , 326 – 27 Asclepius, 31 , 142 , 186 , 277 , 326 Apama (wife of Seleucus), 12 – 14 , 18 – 19 , 53 , 58 , Assyrian Dream Book, 32 104 , 114 , 169 , 192 – 93 , 211 , 217 , 224 , 286 Astrabacus, 30 Apama (daughter of Seleucus), 170 astrology. See Chaldaeans , Leptines Apama (daughter of Antiochus I), 224 Astyages, 77 Apamea (Syrian), 11 , 18 – 19 , 49 – 51 , 62 , 85 , 104 , Atargatis, 18 , 174 , 178 , 182 110 , 113 – 15 , 118 – 19 , 123 , 127 – 30 , 135 , Athena, 41 , 65 , 142 , 156 , 233 , 348 154 – 57 , 162 , 168 – 74 , 279 , 289 , Athenaeus of Naucratis, 5 , 16 , 20 , 29 , 38 , 73 , 79 , 305 , 313 117 , 150 , 159 , 199 , 227 , 242 – 44 , 275 , 280 , Apamea- on- the- Euphrates, 217 299 – 303 , 335 – 38 aphrodisiacs, 5 Athenians, 151 , 156 Aphrodite, 41 , 141 , 178 , 181 , 185 – 86 , 229 – 31 , 234 , Augustus, 9 , 25 , 55 , 118 , 135 239 , 243 , 266 Axius (Macedonia), 11 , 81 , 104 Apollo, 1 – 3 , 6 , 18 , 23 – 28 , 44 – 45 , 48 – 51 , 54 – 5 8 , Axius (Orontes), 11 , 130 66 – 67 , 90 , 99 , 115 , 125 , 132 , 136 – 42 , 145 – 50 , 154 , 157 , 172 – 73 , 179 – 82 , 249 , Baal, 36 , 111 , 119 – 23 , 128 , 133 – 34 , 152 , 163 255 , 271 – 72 , 277 – 78 , 287 , 290 , 312 – 13 . Babylon, 2 – 4 , 12 – 15 , 18 – 19 , 23 – 25 , 3 3 – 4 0 , 4 6 – 5 1 , See also Branchidae 56 , 61 – 70 , 74 , 82 , 87 – 98 , 102 , 111 , 133 – 34 , Apollonius, King of Tyre, 220 – 24 , 304 141 , 157 – 65 , 172 , 179 , 193 , 211 , 217 , 246 , Appian, 5 , 7 , 10– 20 , 24 – 26 , 31 – 36 , 249 – 53 , 258 – 63 , 269 – 77 , 280 , 284 – 86 , 3 9 – 4 0 , 4 6 – 4 8, 5 4 – 6 1 , 7 0 , 7 4 – 7 5 , 291 – 94 , 297 , 303 , 306 , 309 – 15 , 318 , 88 – 99 , 107 – 09 , 114 , 132 – 33 , 141 , 321 – 24 , 342 , 345 157 – 63 , 166 – 72 , 184 , 203 – 04 , 216 , Bacchylides, 41 238 – 41 , 250 , 259 – 65 , 270 – 72 , 277 , basileion , 14 , 159 , 163 – 65 280 – 84 , 287 – 99 , 302 – 15 , 318 , 321 – 25 , Bellerophon, 60 , 184 , 201 , 334 – 35 331 – 34 , 340 – 46 Berossus, 38 , 81 , 133 – 34 , 162 – 63 Apuleius, 234 birds, 43 , 48 , 103 , 115 – 16 , 189 , 191 , 263 , 268 , 316 , Aradus, 49 331 – 32 , 347 . See also crows , eagles Archelaus, 51 , 61 , 73 , 116 , 227 , 241 – 42 , 245 , 274 Boa, 199 Ardeshir I, 56 , 75 , 81 – 84 , 87 – 88 , 187 –92 , 320 – 24 boars, 77 , 104 , 109 , 115 – 17 , 162 , 262 , 332 Ardevan, 75 , 83 , 94 , 187 – 92 , 320 – 24 Bottia, 103 , 113 – 14 , 135 , 290 Argives, Argos, 3 , 48 – 50 , 53 , 71 – 73 , 81 , 106 , 116 , Branchidae, 2 – 3 , 55 – 58 , 64 , 138 – 39 , 249 , 265 , 124 , 151 – 56 , 242 , 259 – 61 , 295 , 337 . See 271 – 72 , 277 – 78 , 284 , 290 – 92 , 308 – 09 , also Argives, Argos 324 . See also Apollo Argonauts, 81 – 82 , 131 , 260 Bucephalas, 46 , 60 – 63 , 140 , 171 – 73 , 312 , 319 Ariadne, 42 , 93 bulls, 21 , 30 , 53 , 58 – 63 , 85 – 87 , 97 , 104 – 09 , Aristaenetus, 236 – 38 115 – 16 , 134 , 156 , 161 , 262 , 274 , 309 – 13 Aristander of Telmessus, 28 , 39 Aristobulus, 33 – 36 , 90 , 160 , 281 , 287 – 88 Cadmus, 116 , 143 Arrian of Nicomedia, 11 – 14 , 33 – 41 , 46 – 48 , 51 – 5 2 , Calasiris, 235 64 , 90 , 112 , 116 , 127 , 138 , 144 – 48 , 160 , Callisthenes of Olynthus, 7 , 51 – 52 , 57 , 59 , 252 , 256 – 57 , 260 , 280 – 81 , 285 – 88 , 89 – 90 , 110 , 300 293 – 96 , 309 , 314 Cambyses, 182 , 205 , 260 arrows, 2 , 46 – 48 , 139 – 44 , 149 , 172 – 73 , 231 , Campaspe, 243 311 – 13 , 318 , 350 Candace, 27 , 39 , 82 , 184 , 319 – 20 , 324

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Candaules, 27 , 39 , 319 – 20 , 324 , 350 Demetrius I Poliorcetes, 3 , 5 , 12 , 15 – 19 , 45 – 47 , capitals, Seleucid, 165 – 67 4 9 , 5 8 – 6 0 , 6 5 – 6 6 , 7 5 , 9 2 – 9 6 , 1 00 , 131 , Cassander, 14 – 19 , 159 , 166 , 262 , 264 137 , 155 , 167 – 70 , 184 , 192 , 199 , 209 – 12 , Castalia, 138 , 143 , 225 , 231 , 243 – 44 215 – 16 , 241 – 42 , 249 , 263 , 275 , 280 – 81 , Cerberus, 52 286 – 93 , 308 – 09 , 312 – 14 , 332 Cercidas, 254 , 257 Demetrius II Aetolicus, 170 , 241 , 297 – 98 Chaldaeans, 2 , 33 – 38 , 69 – 70 , 74 , 83 , 97 – 98 , Demetrius of Byzantium, 301 133 , 157 – 63 , 173 , 221 , 246 , 249 , 262 , 294 , Demetrius of Scepsis, 254 – 55 , 300 311 – 12 , 315 , 324 Demodamas of Miletus, 58 , 286 Chandragupta, 5 , 15 – 16 , 20 , 59 , 96 , 115 , destiny, 4 , 9 , 118 , 309 , 315 , 324 249 , 279 diadem, 2 , 12 , 33 – 40 , 55 , 66 – 67 , 87 , 90 , 161 , 204 , Chares of Mytilene, 78 , 88 248 , 262 , 276, 287 – 88 , 294 – 95 , 305 , Chariclea, 235 , 237 309 – 11 , 314 , 319 – 20 , 350 Charicles, 236 – 37 Didyma. See Branchidae Chester Beatty Papyrus I, 238 Didymeia (supposed sister of Seleucus), 58 Chimaera, 60 , 334 – 35 Diodorus, 5 , 12 – 19 , 29 , 35 – 38 , 52 , Cilicia, 18 , 63 5 6 – 5 7 , 6 4 , 6 8 – 7 0 , 7 3 – 7 4 , 8 0 , 8 4 – 9 1 , Circe, 186 96 – 98 , 101 – 02 , 116 , 126 – 31 , 139 , 144 – 45 , Claudian, 126 , 228 – 30 , 243 148 – 50 , 160 , 166 – 68 , 184 , 233 , 241 – 42 , Cleombrotus of Ceos, 214 , 246 250 , 256 – 57 , 261 – 63 , 272 , 277 , 280 – 88 , Cleomenes I of Sparta, 261 291 – 96 , 303 , 308 – 09 , 313 – 14 , 321 – 24 , Cleonice, 266 338 – 40 , 348 – 49 Cleopatra Selene, 241 Diogenes of Babylon, 303 coinage, 6 , 20 , 47 – 53 , 61 – 63 , 87 , 100 , 107 –11 , Diogenes of Tarsus, 303 117 , 137 – 38 , 141 , 188 – 89 , 200 , 205 , 211 , Dionysius of Messenia, 37 270 – 77 , 308 , 323 Dionysus, 42 , 55 , 62 , 118 – 19 , 124 – 26 , 257 , 339 Combabus, 3 , 10 , 91 , 174 – 86 , 192 – 93 , 196 – 97 , Dioxippus, 80 200 – 05 , 217 – 18 , 239 , 276 , 288 , 309 – 12 , Dodona, 61 , 114 , 260 316 , 322 – 23 dogs, 190 – 91 , 204 , 262 – 65 , 292 , 295 , 306 , concubines. See pallakides 315 – 16 , 331 – 33 Constantine, 185 Dracontius, 229 , 231 – 32 , 239 , 243 – 44 Corupedium, 12 , 19 , 47 , 52 , 203 , 247 , 264 – 65 , dragons, 2 , 44 , 99 , 102 , 115 – 19 , 123 – 26 , 133 – 34 , 277 , 331 , 345 139 – 46 , 151 , 173 , 263 , 309 , 313 , 321 – 23 , Craterus, 60 , 335 – 36 334 – 35 , 348 – 50 . See also Drakon , serpents Cratinus, 254 – 57 Drakon, 102 , 115 , 118 – 19 , 124 – 25 , 132 , 140 , 146 , Cretans, 50 , 106 , 153 – 54 153 , 279 , 313 , 335 . See also dragons , crows, 116 – 17 , 213 , 219 serpents Ctesicles, 181 – 82 , 205 dreams, 3 , 25 – 28 , 31 – 32 , 55 , 58 , 64 – 65 , 73 – 75 , Ctesiphon, 84 , 163 , 321 – 24 77 , 80 – 82 , 92 , 112 , 115 , 160 , 175 , 182 – 83 , Cupid, 141 , 229 – 31 226 – 27 , 231 , 262 , 267 , 271 , 297 , 317 , 326 , Cybele (Cybebe), 3 , 179 , 186 , 199 348 , 350 Cyparissus, 147 – 49 , 289 Duris of Samos, 6 , 68 , 80 , 204 , 237 , 261 , 282 – 88 , cypresses, 138 , 147 – 50 , 172 – 73 , 289 291 – 95 , 310 , 325 , 331 – 33 Cypriots, 154 dyarchism, 19 Cyrus, 73 , 77 , 80 eagles, 2 , 49 , 81 , 85 , 91 , 100 – 10 , 113 – 15 , Daphne (nymph), 139 – 41 , 144 – 49 118 – 20 , 132 , 136 – 37 , 150 – 51 , 161 , Daphne (oracle and suburb), 2 , 18 , 24 , 46 – 48 , 172 – 73 , 273 , 309 , 311 – 13 , 316 , 52 , 56 – 60 , 67 , 84 , 99 , 105 – 07 , 126 – 28 , 331 , 347 – 48 134 – 52 , 155 , 171 – 73 , 272 – 77 , 280 , 290 , Egypt, Egyptians, 2 , 13 – 14 , 20 , 26 , 42 , 64 , 302 , 309 – 13 , 318 , 322 – 23 69 – 70 , 88 – 93 , 120 , 148 , 150 , 160 , 171 – 74 , Darius III, 26 , 75 – 76 , 80 – 84 , 112 , 134 , 162 , 184 , 182 , 235 , 238 , 248 – 49 , 259 , 289 , 302 , 209 , 264 , 312 – 20 317 – 20 , 338 – 40 , 346 , 374 . See also Darius (son of Artaxerxes II), 211 Nectanebo , Ptolemy I Soter Demaratus, 30 – 31 elephants, 17 , 59 , 63 , 106 , 115 – 16 , 127 , 312 , 324

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Ephesus, 117 Heliodorus, 235 – 37 Ephialtes, 254 – 56 , 258 helmets, 2 , 62 , 74 , 86 – 87 , 103 , 257 , Ephippus, 275 309 , 311 Ephorus, 27 – 28 Hera, 3 , 28 , 114 , 127 , 175 – 78 , 182 Epsepi, Bishop, 194 – 95 , 328 – 30 Heraclea (cities), 52 , 128 , 147 , 154 – 55 , 200 era, Seleucid, 15 , 97 , 276 Heraclea (games), 52 , 150 Erasistratus, 3 , 45 , 207 , 210 , 213 – 20 , 224 , 227 – 28 , Heracleis, 52 , 147 , 155 242 – 46 , 252 , 264 , 293 , 314 – 16 Heracles, 9 , 23 , 29 – 30 , 42 , 48 – 53 , 57 , 80 , 106 , Eratosthenes, 28 113 , 118 – 19 , 124 , 127 – 29 , 134 , 138 , 144 – 47 , Eshmun, 186 150 , 153 – 54 , 173 , 272 – 74 , 279 , 339 Ethiopia, 339 Heraclidae, 52 , 147 , 154 Eumenes I of Pergamum, 292 Hermes, 27 , 80 – 82 , 186 Eumenes II of Pergamum, 292 Herodotus, 28 – 30 , 37 , 42 – 43 , 47 , 50 , 53 – 55 , 61 , Eumenes of Cardia, 14 , 65 – 66 , 70 71 – 72 , 76 , 88 – 89 , 112 , 116 , 125 , 152 , 156 , eunuchs, 37 , 175 , 178 – 79 , 185 – 205 , 239 , 243 , 159 – 61 , 174 , 178 , 227 , 246 , 260 – 61 , 280 , 265 , 322 – 23 , 330 . See also Combabus , 294 , 333 Philetaerus Herophilus, 214 Euphorion of Chalcis, 5 – 6 , 25 – 26 , 47 , 52 , 73 , Hesiod, 30 , 109 , 123 , 144 , 148 – 49 , 157 , 220 , 116 , 142 – 44 , 275 , 278 – 79 , 302 , 309 , 323 254 , 258 Euphraeus of Oreus, 227 Hierapolis- Bambyce, 3 , 18 , 61 , 91 , 175 , 178 , 186 Euphrates, 1 , 18 , 25 , 34 – 36 , 40 – 42 , 55 , 67 , 74 , Hieronymus of Cardia, 6 , 10 , 14 , 54 , 92 , 204 , 88 – 91 , 97 , 157 , 161 , 217 , 252 – 53 , 276 , 311 237 , 243 – 44 , 282 – 94 , 310 , 325 , 336 – 38 Eupolis, 254 – 56 Hipparchus, 266 Euripides, 257 Hippocephalus, 87 Europa, 30 Hippocrates, 213 – 15 , 218 – 19 , 225 – 32 , Europus, 11 , 318 240 – 46 , 309 Eutychides of Sicyon, 103 , 134 – 37 , 173 Hippolytus, 176 , 184 , 201 , 239 Hittites, 47 , 119 – 24 , 133 farr , 71 , 75 , 83 – 84 Homartes, 73 , 78 – 79 Fausta, 185 horns, 21 , 58 – 63 , 81 , 87 , 96 , 107 , 156 , 274 – 75 , Ferdowsi, 187 – 92 294 , 309 , 314 – 16 , 320 folktale, 4 , 197 , 238 horses, 1 – 2 , 39 , 46 – 48 , 60 – 62 , 66 , 69 – 72 , 75 – 76 , Fraser, 53 , 64 , 115 , 168 , 171 – 72 , 209 , 214 , 220 , 79 – 80 , 83 – 90 , 97 , 103 , 106 , 114 , 129 , 136 , 237 – 39 , 248 , 291 , 303 – 05 , 325 139 – 40 , 143 , 161 , 177 , 185 , 248 – 49 , Fulgentius, 145 , 233 , 243 272 – 74 , 276 , 309 , 313 – 14 , 320 , 323 . See also Bucephalas Galatians, 267 , 301 Humbaba, 179 Galen, 213 , 218 – 20 , 225 – 26 , 237 , 245 , 309 Hurrians, 119 – 24 , 133 Gaza, 15 , 262 , 291 , 345 Hyacinthus, 148 – 49 ghosts, 2 , 29 , 64 – 66 , 247 , 266 – 68 , 284 , 287 , Hydaspes, 12 308 – 13 , 316 , 324 Giants, 99 , 103 , 117 – 18 , 120 , 125 – 26 , 130 – 31 Illuyanka, 119 – 22 Gilgamesh, 179 , 185 India, Indians, 15 , 62 , 125 – 27 , 132 , 151 , 195 , goats, 35 , 71– 75 , 79 , 85 , 96 , 104 , 115 – 16 , 185 , 262 – 63 , 279 , 321 – 24 , 340 , 348 . See also 314 – 16 , 335 Chandragupta , Porus Gyges, 29 Ione. See Iopolis Iopolis (Ione), 52 – 53 , 61 , 101 , 124 , 147 , 152 , 154 Hadrian, 108 Ipsus, 2 , 16 – 18 , 24 , 46 – 47 , 56 , 65 , 86 , Haftvad, 321 – 24 92 – 95 , 106 , 159 , 166 , 249 , 277 , Haliacmon, 72 – 73 , 77 , 90 285 – 88 , 291 – 92 , 306 – 08 , 311 , Hannibal, 29 , 260 332 , 345 Harmatelia, 348 Ishtar, 179 – 81 , 185 hearths, 1 , 54 – 55 , 166 , 309 Hedammu, 119 – 22 Jerusalem, 58 , 290 , 296 – 97 , 302 Hegesianax of Alexandria, 301 – 02 Jews, 155 , 280 , 296 – 97

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John Malalas, 5 , 11 – 12 , 18 , 51 – 53 , 58 , 74 , 85 – 91 , Lysimachus, 3 , 14 – 20 , 39 , 47 – 49 , 59 – 60 , 159 , 100 – 05 , 108 – 10 , 113 – 21 , 124 , 130 – 38 , 166 – 68 , 198 – 205 , 211 , 240 , 247 – 51 , 259 – 68 , 147 – 56 , 162 , 166 – 71 , 192 , 212 , 220 – 21 , 275 , 292 – 95 , 306 , 314 – 15 , 321 , 331 – 32 , 342 – 45 242 , 280 – 81 , 284 , 289 – 90 , 294 , 304 , 309 , 313 – 17 Macedon, 20 , 76 – 77 , 216 , 226 – 27 , 231 , 247 – 5 2 , Julian, 45 , 108 , 136 – 37 , 167 , 220 – 21 , 245 , 253 , 259 – 61 , 265 , 268 , 277 , 308 256 , 261 , 293 , 296 , 309 , 314 Macedonians, 151 , 155 , 165 Justin, 5 , 10 – 20 , 23 – 29 , 36 , 39 , 44 , 47 , 55 , 59 – 60 , magi. See Chaldaeans 74 , 90 , 110 – 11 , 116 , 138 , 160 , 167 – 70 , Marcellinus Rhetor, 236 – 38 202 , 211 , 241 – 42 , 250 , 260 , 263 – 68 , 272 , Marduk, 133 – 34 , 163 277 – 81 , 286 – 87 , 295 – 98 , 303 , 309 , Matrona, 66 312 – 14 , 324 , 346 Maximus of Tyre, 263 , 322 Melanippides of Melos, 227 Kasios, Mt, 100 – 02 , 108 – 09 , 117 – 25 , 129 , 134 , Meliboea, 127 – 29 147 , 149 – 53 , 157 , 290 Memnon of Heraclea, 247 – 52 , 261 , 298 Kasiotis, 149 , 153 – 54 Memphis, 13 Kasos, 121 , 149 , 152 – 54 , 157 Meroe, 182 – 83 , 205 , 339 – 40 Kucha, 193 messengers, 27 , 80 – 82 , 238 , 324 , 339 Midas, 47 , 76 Ladon (river in Arcadia), 145 Mihrag, 190 , 322 – 23 Ladon (river at Daphne), 67 , 134 , 144 – 45 , 311 Minos, 41 , 93 , 153 Ladon (serpent of the Hesperides), 145 Mistress of Animals, 185 Lagus (father of Ptolemy I Soter), 46 , 95 , Mithridates I Ctistes, 75 , 87 – 88 , 92 – 94 297 , 347 Mnesiptolemus of Cyme, 299 – 302 Laodice (mother of Seleucus), 1 , 11 , 23 – 26 , 31 , Mohammad- Shah, 195 44 , 50 , 55 , 169 – 70 , 184 , 278 , 309 , 312 monomachy, 80 , 94 – 96 , 126 – 27 , 264 Laodice (daughter of Seleucus), 170 Moses, 88 – 90 , 163 , 252 Laodicea- by- the- Sea, 18 , 51 , 103 – 04 , 109 – 11 , Mulik Scindal, 195 – 96 114 – 15 , 118 – 20 , 132 , 135 , 162 , Mullak Onker, 194 – 95 , 202 , 328 169 – 72 , 313 Laodicea- in- Phoenicia, 171 Natalis Comes, 334 Laodicea- near- Libanus, 132 Nectanebo, 26 – 27 , 81 , 115 , 160 , 171 – 73 , 183 , 264 , Lebaea, 76 , 294 312 , 315 – 17 legend, 4 – 6 , 310 Nemrud Dağ, 53 Leptines, 213 , 238 , 246 , 311 Nicanor/ Nicator, 15 , 58 , 96 , 102 , 291 , 294 , Leviathan, 120 306 – 07 , 343 Libanius, 5 , 10 – 14 , 18 , 48 – 52 , 56 – 63 , 70 , 74 , Nicatoreum, 20 , 166 – 68 , 203 – 04 , 260 , 264 – 65 , 93 – 95 , 102 , 105 – 09 , 113 – 15 , 268 , 295 , 345 118 – 19 , 135 – 56 , 167 , 171 , 182 – 83 , Nicatoria, 320 277 , 280 – 81 , 284 , 289 , 296 , 302 , Nicomedes I of Bithynia, 151 309 , 313 – 18 , 322 – 23 Nicomedia, 151 lions, 27 – 28 , 35 , 59 – 60 , 77 , 185 , 262 , 335 Nymphis of Heraclea, 247 , 261 , 283 , 297 – 99 Litan, 119 – 20 , 128 Lucian, 5 , 10, 18 , 45 , 60 , 65 – 66 , 92 , 97 – 98 , 149 , Oannes, 134 157 – 61 , 174 , 178 – 87 , 192 , 197 – 202 , 205 , Ochloti, 316 217 – 19 , 228 – 29 , 232 , 235 , 238 – 39 , Odacon, 134 243 – 44 , 252 – 54 , 258 , 279 – 81 , 285 , Odatis, 73 , 78 – 79 288 , 292 – 94 , 309 , 312 – 16 , 322 – 23 , 337 Olympias, 26 – 31 , 55 , 96 , 110 – 12 , 142 , 160 , Lysandra (daughter of Ptolemy I, wife of 173 , 183 , 242 – 44 , 264 , 312 , 316 , Lysimachus), 201 , 211 , 248 347 , 350 Lysias, 314 – 16 omens, 1 – 4 , 10 , 23 , 31 – 39 , 46 – 48 , 54 –61 , 64 – 67 , Lysimacheum, 204 , 264 – 65 , 268 , 295 , 70 – 72 , 77 , 81 – 83 , 90 , 99 , 103 , 106 , 110 , 331 – 32 , 345 115 , 118 , 133, 140 , 160 , 247 , 259 – 63 , 269, Lysimachia, 20 , 159 , 166 – 68 , 204 , 248 – 53 , 259 , 279 , 285 , 292 – 94 , 306 – 07 , 310 , 315 – 18 , 265 , 295 , 344 – 45 324 , 343 – 44 , 348

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Onopnictes, 102 Phila (love- object of Perdiccas II), 219 , Ophion, 279 225 , 242 – 43 Ophionion, 279 Phila (daughter of Seleucus), 170 , 192 , 212 , 240 Oppian of Apamea, 51 , 279 Philetaerus, 8 , 20 , 49 , 180 – 82 , 187 , 198 – 205 , 248 , Oppian of Corycus, 122 , 127 260 , 264 – 65 , 288 , 306 , 311 , 315 Orontes, 2 , 11 , 18 , 51 – 53 , 67 , 74 , 90 – 91 , 101 – 08 , Philinna (wife of Philip II), 242 113 – 19 , 123 – 36 , 140 , 146 , 153 – 54 , 166 , 173 , Philinnion, 30 279 , 311 – 13 , 322 Philip (doctor), 264 , 314 , 320 – 21 Oropus, 171 , 259 Philip II of Macedon, 11 – 13 , 23 – 28 , 39 , 49 – 51 , Orosius, 265 60 , 80 , 86 , 110 , 115 , 160 , 184 , 227 , 240 – 43 , 246 , 263 – 64 , 268 , 274 , Pagras, 103 , 120 , 130 – 32 312 – 15 , 320 , 335 , 347 , 349 pallakides , 219 , 228 , 236 , 239 , 242 – 43 Philip III Arrhidaeus, 111 , 242 Pancaste, 243 – 44 Philip V of Macedon, 242 Paratonium, 140 , 173 , 313 , 318 Philochorus, 287 Pausanias (assassin of Philip II), 184 , 268 Phlegon of Tralles, 30 , 295 , 331 – 32 , 336 Pausanias (Spartan regent), 267 Phoenix, 184 , 239 Pausanias of Antioch, 5 , 18 , 53 – 54 , 85 – 87 , Phylarchus, 5 – 6 , 20 , 139 , 145 , 148 , 199 , 237 , 244 , 103 – 05 , 119 – 20 , 124 – 25 , 130 , 133 , 136 , 148 , 261 , 283 – 84 , 287 – 88 , 291 – 92 , 325 , 335 152 – 53 , 156 , 167 , 171 , 280 – 81 , 289 – 90 , Pithon, 13 , 69 294 , 309 Plato, 29 , 73 , 185 , 227 , 241 – 42 , 255 – 56 , 314 – 16 Pausanias Periegetes, 12 – 20 , 30 – 31 , 41 – 42 , 47 , 54 , Pliny the Elder, 214 – 15 , 266 , 276 , 331 , 333 56 – 58 , 60 , 70 , 86 , 95 , 106 , 119 , 125 , 129 , Plutarch, 5 , 12 – 20 , 28 – 29 , 35 – 39 , 45 – 48 , 136 , 143 – 45 , 148 – 49 , 152 , 157 – 58 , 163 , 168 , 55 – 61 , 64 – 66 , 75 , 80 , 92 – 96 , 106 , 110 , 184 , 186 , 199 – 203 , 211 , 224 , 233 , 241 , 116 , 125 – 27 , 130 , 143 , 148 , 156 – 60 , 247 – 52 , 263 , 267 – 68 , 295 , 309 – 10 , 168 – 70 , 184 , 199 , 209 – 12 , 215 – 16 , 314 , 324 – 27 , 332 , 347 226 , 239 , 241 – 42 , 255 – 57 , 260 – 62 , Pella (Apamea), 104 , 113 – 14 , 127 , 130 , 135 , 266 – 67 , 276 , 280 – 81 , 287 – 88 , 292 – 95 , 171 , 290 308 – 14 , 331 – 32 , 350 Pella (Macedonia), 11 , 54 , 60 , 80 , 104 , 135 , 246 Polycaste, 225 , 229 – 30 , 233 , 237 , 243 – 44 Peneus, 145 Polycles, 236 – 37 Perdiccas I, 71 , 82 , 85 , 88 – 89 , 294 Polycrates of Samos, 43 – 44 Perdiccas II, 207 , 211 – 15 , 218 – 19 , 224 – 33 , 236 – 46 Pompeius Trogus. See Justin Perdiccas III, 227 Pomponia, 29 Perdiccas (regent), 13 – 14 , 29 , 66 , 71 – 73 , 76 , 84 , Porus, 12 , 59 – 60 , 82 , 96 , 110 , 127 , 171 , 95 , 116 , 230 , 239 – 40 , 243 , 246 , 318 – 21 , 263 – 64 , 314 – 15 335 – 36 , 347 Poseidon, 41 , 142 Perdix, 233 Posideion, 156 Pergamum, 20 , 49 , 62 , 198 – 200 , 203 , 218 , 224 , Posidonius, 279 – 80 , 289 , 293 , 303 227 , 248 , 260 , 292 pothos , 252 , 268 persea trees, 150 Potiphar, 184 – 85 Perseus (hero), 9 , 23 , 42 , 50 – 52 , 72 , 102 , 118 – 19 , Proclus, 142 , 266 – 67 , 310 , 313 123 – 25 , 133 – 36 , 149 – 53 , 173 , 272 , 309 Protagorides of Cyzicus, 302 Perseus (king of Macedon), 242 Ptolemy I Soter, 2 , 11 – 20 , 33 , 39 – 40 , 46 – 49 , 64 , Persia, Persians, 7 – 8 , 15 – 16 , 24 , 27 , 33 , 36 – 37 , 69 – 70 , 88 – 95 , 214 – 15 , 249 – 50 , 259 – 62 , 4 3 – 4 4 , 5 3 , 5 6 – 5 8 , 6 1 – 6 4 , 6 8 – 8 2 , 8 5 , 8 8 – 8 9 , 264 , 275 , 286 – 88 , 291 , 297 , 301 , 318 – 21 , 96 , 99 , 104 , 113 , 124 – 25 , 134 , 150 – 53 , 163 , 331 , 346 – 50 171 , 179 , 182 , 187 , 190 – 93 , 197 , 216 , 226 , Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 182 – 83 , 215 , 241 , 249 , 260 – 61 , 264 , 294 , 314 – 17 , 320 – 25 , 335 – 36 , 259 , 301 , 339 339 – 41 , 348 Ptolemy (son of Seleucus), 11 Petesis, 317 Ptolemy Ceraunus, 3 , 20 , 198 , 203 , 241 , 247 – 50 , Phaedra, 176 , 180 , 184 , 201 , 235 , 239 253 , 259 – 60 , 263 – 68 , 295 , 306 , 310 – 13 Phalysius, 31 , 326 – 27 Ptolemy Chennus, 76 , 253 – 55 , 315 , 331 Pharnace (Apamea), 104 , 113 Ptolemy of Alorus, 241 Phaselis, 89 pulse, 213 – 14 , 218 – 21 , 225 , 231 , 235 – 38

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Pyrrhus, 66 , 262 Solomon, 43 – 44 Pythagoras, 45 , 141 , 258 Soranus, 215 , 226 – 28 , 231 – 32 , 237 – 46 Python, 142 sphragis , 31 , 42 – 43 , 326 – 27 . See also rings Stheneboea, 176 , 184 , 201 Ramitha, 132 stoas, 105 rams, 75 , 80 – 84, 262 , 275 . See also sheep Strabo, 11 – 18 , 35 , 48 , 51 – 52 , 90 – 92 , Rhampsinitus, 42 101 – 02 , 106 , 113 , 116 , 119 – 33 , riddles, 221 – 24 140 , 143 , 146 , 151 – 59 , 163 – 71 , rings, 1 , 16 , 23 – 31 , 40 – 44 , 87 , 90, 180 , 326 198 – 200 , 203 – 05 , 240 , 249 , 255 , Roxane, 184 , 242 , 314 , 321 279 , 286 – 88 , 296 , 309 , 315 , Rufus of Ephesus, 216 , 228 , 237 , 309 322 – 23 , 349 Stranga, 75 , 80 – 82 , 90 Sakaia , 38 Stratonice I, 3 – 4 , 8 – 10 , 18 – 19 , 45 , 91 , 114 , Sakhr, 43 167 – 70 , 174 – 85 , 192 – 93 , 197 , 200 – 21 , Samson, 96 224 – 29 , 233 – 42 , 245 – 46 , 252 – 53 , 276 , Sandracottus. See Chandragupta 287 – 88 , 291 – 94 , 306 , 309 – 16 , Sarapeum, 64 , 262 , 317 322 – 23 , 342 – 46 Sarapis, 13 , 27 , 37 , 64 , 113 – 14 , 262 , 313 Stratonice (wife of Demetrius II Sasan, 56 , 83 , 188 – 91 , 324 Aetolicus), 297 Sasanids, 83 – 84 , 187 , 322 , 325 . See also Ardeshir I sunlight, 76 Scipio Africanus, 29 Seleucia-in- Pieria, 2 , 18 – 20 , 49 – 51 , 91 , 100 – 01 , Tarhunna, 119 , 121 104 , 107 – 08 , 111 , 114 , 117 – 18 , 133 , 157 , Tellis, 254 – 55 161 , 166 – 72 , 193 , 203 – 04 , 260 , Temenus, 50 – 51 , 61 , 71 , 106 , 153 264 – 65 , 277 , 295 – 97 , 306 , 309 , Teshub, 119 – 21 313 , 345 Testamentum Alexandri , 64 Seleucia-on- the- Tigris, 2 , 10 , 17 , 20 , 49 – 51 , Tetrapolis, Syrian, 2 , 9 – 10 , 18 , 47 , 51 – 53 , 61 – 63 , 97 , 100 , 107 , 111 , 133 , 157 – 66 , 67 , 91 , 97 – 101 , 114 , 117 – 18 , 121 , 171 – 73 , 211 , 249 – 53 , 273 , 276 – 77 , 290 , 132 – 37 , 140 , 144 – 46 , 150 – 51 , 154 – 55 , 294 , 303 , 306 – 12 , 315 , 321 , 324 , 345 159 – 61 , 169 – 73 , 211 , 273 – 75 , 279 , Seleucia-Zeugma, 252 289 – 90 , 309 – 11 , 322 – 23 . See also Seleucus (grandfather [?] of Seleucus I Antioch- by- the- Orontes , Apamea Nicator), 12 (Syria), Laodicea- by- the- Sea , Seleucus excursus. See Appian Seleucia- in- Pieria Seleucus II Callinicus, 298 h eophrastus, 243 Seleucus IV Philopator, 108 , 241 h eseus, 41 – 42 , 93 , 125 Seleucus Romance, 7 , 172 , 224 , 304 – 07 , 310 , 325 h etis, 42 Semiramis, 182 – 83 h orax, 204 , 331 – 33 Seneca, 233 , 238 h race, 14 , 20 , 47 , 66 , 112 , 247 , 250 – 52 , serpents, 25 , 29 , 59 – 60 , 115 – 26 , 129 – 31 , 268 , 308 134 , 142 , 150 – 51 , 160 , 172 – 73 , 263 , thunderbolts, 2 , 29 , 41 , 55 , 101 – 03 , 107 – 12 , 311 – 12 , 318 , 322 . See also 117 – 20 , 123 – 24 , 130 – 34 , 153 , 157 , 172 , 222 , dragons 248 , 259 , 268 , 272 , 279 , 295 , 309 , 347 – 48 Sesonchosis, 262 Tiamat, 133 – 34 Shapur, 187 – 92 Timaeus of Tauromenium, 299 – 300 sheep, 71 – 72 , 79 , 85 , 96 , 116 , 314 , 322 , 340 . See Timagenes of Alexandria, 283 , 286 – 87 , 297 – 300 also goats , rams Timochares, 302 shepherds, 70 , 73 – 75 , 81 – 85 , 97 , 120 , 132 , 185 , Triparadisus, 13 , 69 324 . See also goats , sheep Triptolemus, 151 – 52 , 156 Silpius, Mt, 102 , 108 – 09 , 113 – 14 , 124 , 134 , Tyche, Tychai, 103 – 04 , 113 , 134 – 38 , 167 , 149 , 152 173 , 289 Simonides of Magnesia, 301 – 02 Typhon, 117 – 19 , 122 – 26 , 131 – 33 , 173 , 258 , Sinai, 88 279 , 309 Siwah, 57 , 61 , 263 . See also Ammon typology, 9 , 47 , 99 , 112 , 118 , 130 – 33 , 136 – 37 , Socrates, 45 149 – 53 , 172 – 73 , 207 , 245 , 258 , 274 , 279 , 322

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Tyre, 27 , 66 , 82 , 89 , 220 – 22 , 262 – 63 , 279 , Xuan Zang, 193 – 94 309 , 320 Tyronichus of Chalcis, 254 – 55 Yam, 119 – 20 Year of the Kings, 17 , 159 , 291 Ugarit, 120 Zariadres, 68 , 73 , 78 – 79 , 88 Valerius Maximus, 212 – 13 , 238 , 294 Zephyr, 149 Virgil, 9 Zeus, 2 , 9 , 29 , 41 , 47 – 49 , 51 , 54 – 56 , 59 – 61 , 65 , vultures, 3 , 266 100 – 24 , 127 – 34 , 138 , 142 – 43 , 150 – 51 , 157 , 162 , 173 , 210 , 258 – 60 , wolves, 3 , 116 , 185 – 86 , 262 , 266 – 67 272 – 73 , 279 , 290 , 309 , 347 – 48 Xerxes, 37 , 58 , 81 , 226 , 249 , 333 Zuleikha, 185