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Abortion, 90, 91
Ab Urbe Condita/From the Founding of the City (Livy), xvii
Academy, 35
Achaeans, 182
Achilles, 39, 183, 223, 226
Acilianus, Manicius, 18
Acropolis, ix, 9, 56-57, 60, 205-10 Actium, Battle of, xii, 195
Actors, 62-63, 143-44
Acusilaus, 232
Adonis, 206
Advisory councils of emperors, 148 Aeneas, x, 226
Aeneid (Virgil), 121, 127, 226 Aeschines, 160
"Aetna" (Lucilius), 103
Against Conon (Demosthenes), 199-203 Against Ctesiphon (Aeschines), 160 Agathon, 201
Agora/market, 114, 154, 155-56, 174 Agriculture, 61, 62, 67
Ahala, Gaius Servilius, 168
Ajax, son of Oileus, 223, 225 Alcibiades, 154, 156
Alcimedon of Aegina, 235, 236 Alcimidas, 236, 237
Alcinous, king, 225
Alexander the Great, x, 14
Altis, 230-31
Amusements, 110
Amynias, 8
The Ancient Customs of the Spartans
(Plutarch), 3-5
Animals, medicine and, 104
Anio River, 217, 218
Annals (Tacitus), xviii
Anointer, 97, 98
Antilochus, 223, 225-26
Antisthenes, 49
Anytus, 133
Aphrodite, 182
Apicius, 85
Apocolocyntosis (Seneca), 191
Apollo, 134, 185. See also Delphic Oracle Apollodorus, 49-53
Apologia (Plato), 133
Appetite control, 83-86
Application, 18
Archestratus, 49
Archias, Aulus Licinius, 141
Archimedes, 137-40 Architects/architecture: Callicrates and
Ictinus, 57-58, 112; Mnesicles, 57, 58; Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128, 161. See also Housing; Parthenon
Archons, 154-55
Ares, 182
Argives, 224
Aristides, 153-57
Ariston, 200, 201
Aristophanes: Athenian Golden Age, x;
biographical sketch, 245; Clouds, 7, 34-35, 135; Lysistrata, 205-10; on
INDEX
257
Index
258
Socrates, 135; on sophistry, 34-35;
Wasps, 8, 52
Aristotle: Athenian Constitution, 52;
biographical sketch, 245; on community property, 5; on Pittacus, 201; Politics, 5; purchase of books by Speusippus, 149; references to Plutarch's Moral Essays, 71
Artemis, 182, 206, 207
Art Institute of Chicago, 58
Arulenus, Rusticus, 17
Aspasia, 159-63
Aspens, Torquatus, 241
Assault and battery, 199-203 Assembly, Athenian, 153-57, 206 Asturicus, 119
Astyages, 185, 186
Astylus, 231
Ateius Philologus, Lucius, 45
Athena, 56-57, 128, 223, 224 Athenaeus: biographical sketch, 245; on
ship built for King Hiero, 138; Sophists at Dinner/Deipnosophistae, 75-78
Athena Promachus, 59, 60, 128
Athenian Constitution (Aristotle), 52 Athenian Golden Age, x, 55, 58
Athens: as center of Greek civilization, ix;
domestic life in, 7-11; Golden Age, x, 55, 58; ostracism in, ix, 153-57; Peloponnesian War, x, 8-9, 58, 205, 207; politics, ix; women in politics in, 159-63
Athletes, xiv, 10, 223-27, 229-33, 239-43 Athletic trainers, 28-29, 235-38
Athletic trainer's manual, 235-38
Atria, 109, 110
Attalus, king, 80
Attic room, 119
Atticus, Herodes, 85
Augustus, emperor, xiv, 22, 122, 148,
189-92, 195
Aulus Gellius. See Gellius, Aulus Authority, 174, 175
Autolycus (Euripides), 98 Aventine, 174, 176
Bailiff, 8 Banking, 49-53
Banquet (Xenophon), 161 Bassus, Aufidius, 148 Battle of Actium, xii, 195 Battle of Cannae, 173, 241 Battle of Marathon, 10 Battle of Plataea, 155, 156 Battle of Salamis, 52, 157 Beatings, 4
Ben-Hur, 243
Bion, 28
Bolted door, 114, 115 Book buying, 149
Brixia, 18
Brutus, 165
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 173 Brutus, Publius Junius, 173 Bulimia, 86
Butchers, 61, 62
Caelius, 82
Caligula, emperor, 102, 241
Callias, 160, 161
Callicolone, 182
Callicrates, 57-58, 112
Calonice, 206
Cannae, Battle of, 173, 241
Caprus of Elis, 231
Capsarius, 44
Carthage, x. See also Punic Wars Carvilius Ruga, Spurius, 22 Cascellius, 13, 14
Cassius, Dio, 102
Catiline, 165-71
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 174-77 Celsus: biographical sketch, 245-46;
De Medicina, 97-99; on good
health, 97-99 Cerveteri, 32
Chaeronea, 73
Chalkotheke, 57
Chariot racing, 61, 64, 119, 121,
239-43 Chief priest, 167
Children, physical punishment of, 42-44. See also Education
Chiron, 39, 119
Cholozyges, 206 Chryselephantine statuary, 59, 60 Chrysippus, 42-43, 71, 73, 74
Cicero: biographical sketch, 246; on Catiline, 165-71; De Inventione, 34; on Diagoras, 232; on disreputable occupations, 61-64; On Divination, 64; On Duties/De Officiis, 61-62; on employment, 61-64; on Mark Antony, xiii; On the Orator, 110; Philippics, xiii, 62-63; on political maneuverings, 82
Cicero, Quintus Tullius, 142
Cimon, 157
Circus Maximus, 61, 119, 242. See also
Chariot racing Citizenship, 141
City-states, Greek, ix
Cleisthenes, ix, 153
Clement, Paul A. , 73
Cleopatra, xii
Clothing. See Food and clothing Clouds (Aristophanes), 7, 34-35, 135 Cluvius, Gaius, 22
Cob, 13-14
Codrus, 119
Coisyra, 8-9
Colias, 8-9
Coliseum, 126, 127
Colonnades, 126, 128
Colossal statues, 59, 60, 128
Colossus of Rhodes, 128
"Committee of Ten for the Safety of the
State," 205
Common homes, 117-23
Community property, 5
Competition: among artists, 59; among
writers, xvii Comum, 37-38
Concerning Spectacles/De Spectaculis
(Tertullian), 64 Conon, 199-202
Construction, of the Parthenon, ix, 55-60 Consuls, 167-68, 212
Consumer goods, prices of, 65-68
A Continuation of the History of Aufidius
Bassus (Pliny the Elder), 148 Cooks, 61, 62, 64
Corinth, x
Cornelia, 195
Corporal punishment, 42-44 Corps de ballet, 62
Cotton, 79
Country life vs. city life theme, 7-8 Crassus, Marcus Licinius, 122 Crates of Mallos, 45
Cratippus, 61
Croesus, 185-88
Croton, 231
Ctesias, 201
Curtius, 82
Cyrus the Great, 185
Damagetus, 232
Dameas, 231
Darius, king, 91
Decree of the Senate, 168 Deification, 189-92. See also Gods/
goddesses
De Inventione (Cicero), 34
Delian League, 56, 58
Delphic Oracle, 127, 185-88
De Medicina (Celsus), 97-99
Demetrius, 63
Democedes, 91
Demosthenes: Aeschines on, 160; Against
Conon, 199-203; Apollodorus's speech, 51; biographical sketch, 246; On the Crown, 160; early life of, 111
Demostratus, 206-7
Denarii, 67
De Officiis/On Duties (Cicero), 61-62 De Spectaculis/Concerning Spectacles
(Tertullian), 64 Diagoras, 232
Dialogue on Oratory (Tacitus), 42 Dialogues: Memorabilia (Xenophon), 10,
162, 202; Menexenus, 160, 162, 163; Protagoras (Plato), 31-36; Symposium (Plato), 75, 201
Dido, queen, 126-28
Dinner party satire, 15, 64 Diocles, Appuleius, 239-43 Diocletian, emperor, 65-68, 240 Diogenes Laertius, 36
The Disowned Son (Lucian), 93-96 Disreputable occupations, 61-64 Distaff, 79, 80
Distinctions (Erasistratus), 84 Divorce, 22, 23
Doctors, 57, 58, 64, 102
Index
259
Index
260
Dogs, Pliny on, 13-16
Domestic life: in Athens, 7-11; dogs in,
13-16; prearranged marriages, 17-20; role of wives, 21-24; in Sparta, 3-6
Domitian, emperor, 17, 117, 121, 241 Domitius Marsus, 43
Domus Aurea, 125-29
Dorieus, 232
Dover, K. J. , 8 Dowries, 22 Drachmas, 60 Drunkenness, 199-201 Drusus Nero, 148 Duris of Samos, xvii
Edict of Diocletian, 65-68, 240 Education: funding for Roman schools,
37-40; lower classes and, 29; Plutarch on, 27-30; Quintilian on, 41-46; Socrates and Protagoras on, 31-36
The Education of Children (Plutarch), 27-30
Elegant home, description of, 109-12 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 29 Employment: Apollodorus and Pasio,
49-53; building the Parthenon, ix, 55-60; Cicero's career advice, 61-64; Diocletian's cap on wages and prices, 65-68; disreputable occupations, 61-64; professions, 62, 64
Encore, 142
Ennius, Quintus, 142-43 Entertainment, 61
Epharmostus of Opus, 231
Ephialtes, xvii
Epigrams (Martial), 149
Epistle (Seneca the Younger), 44
Epistles (Horace), 43
Equal rights, ix
Equestrian Order, 18, 240
Erasistratus, 83, 84
Erechtheum, 56
Erechtheus, 56
Esquiline, 126, 128
Ethics, of the medical profession, 89-92 Etruscans, 80
Euathlus, 36
Eubulus, 201
Eucles, 10, 232 Eulogy, 21-24 Eunuch (Terence), 62 Euphranor, 119, 120 Euripides, 98 Euthanasia, 90, 91 Exedrae, 110 Exercise, 44
The Expedition/Anabasis (Xenophon), 85
Fabric making, 79-82
Factions, 241
Fannius Chaerea, Gaius, 143-44
Fasces, 194, 213
Favorinus, 83-85
Feder, Lillian, 104
Fenestella, 79-80
Financial support: of teachers, 33, 35-36;
of writers, xiv. See also Wages Firefighting, 122
First Punic War, 195. See also Punic Wars Fishermen, 61, 62
Fishmongers, 61, 62
Five Good Emperors, xii, 121
Flash fires, 117-20, 122
Flavian Amphitheater. See Coliseum Flavius, Quintus, 144
Flogging, 42-43
Flooding, 217-19
Florus, Mestrius, 73
Food and clothing: appetite control and
curbing weight gain, 83-86; food in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, 75-78; laundry in ancient Greece, 71-74; making clothing, 79-82
Footraces, 187, 223-27
Forum, 174
Frivolous lawsuits, 52-53
From the Founding of the City/Ab Urbe
Condita (Livy), xvii Frusino, 119, 120
Fundanius, Marcus, 173 Funeral games, 223-27
Gabii, 121
Galba, Servius Sulpicius, 127 Games. See Sports and games Gardens/gardening, 121 Gardiner, E. Norman, 29
Gellius, Aulus, 22, 83-86, 149, 195, 245 Gender, 42, 109. See also Women General education, 28
Genetyllis, 8-9
Genre identification, xiii
Genres, xv
The German Wars (Pliny the Elder), 148 Gibbon, Edward, xii, 121
Glabrio, Manlius Acilius, 240-41 Gladiators, 61, 64
Glorious son, 190
Gnipho, Marcus Antonius, 45 Gods/goddesses, 134, 181-85, 206. See also
Delphic Oracle
Golden Age, Athenian, x, 55, 58
Golden House, 125-29
Good health, maintaining, 97-99 Gracchus, Tiberius, xi, 167, 169, 211-15 Gracchus, Gaius, 214
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius.
See Gracchus
Grammaticus, 41, 43, 45. See also Teachers Greater Hippias, 33
Great fire of 64 CE, Rome, 122
Greek history, chronology of, xxi-xxiii Greek names, 232
Greeks, introduction to, ix-x. See also
Athens; Sparta Gulick, Charles, 75, 77 Gymnasium, 4, 35 Gyneconitis, 110-11
Hack, 8
Hadrian, emperor, 84-85, 120
Handball, 98
Hannibal, x, 128
Harkness, Albert, 168
Health care: animals and, 104; Hippocrates
and the ethics of the medical profession, 89-92; as holy calling, 94; maintaining good health, 97-99; medical malpractice, 96; medical miracles, 93-96; mind-body connection, 101-5
Hector, 183 Hellenistic Age, x Henderson, Jeffrey, 8 Henry, Madeleine, 162 Hephaestus, 182, 184
Hera, 182
Heraclea, 33, 141
Herculaneum, 118
Hermes, 182
Herodotus: biographical sketch, 246; on
Delphic Oracle, 185-88; on Democedes, 91; Histories, xv; on Phidippides, 10; on Scythians, 209; work of, xii-xiii; on writing history, xv
Heston, Charlton, 243
Hiero, king, 138
Highwayman, 200
Hippias of Elis, 33
Hippocrates, 89-92, 246
Hippocratic Corpus, 89
Hippocratic Oath, 89-92
Hispulla, Corellia, 45
Histories (Herodotus), xv
Histories (Tacitus), xviii, 218
History, writing: Herodotus on, xv; Livy
on, xvii-xviii; Plutarch on, xvi-xvii; Tacitus on, xviii-xix; Thucydides on, xiv-xv
Homer: biographical sketch, 246; birthplace, 144; food in Iliad and Odyssey, 75-78; Iliad, ix, 75-78, 95, 138, 156, 181-84, 207, 223-27; Odyssey, 28-29, 73, 75-78, 225; references to Plutarch's Moral
Essays, 71
Homeschooling, 27, 41. See also Education Horace: biographical sketch, 247; on
encouraging students, 44; Epistles, 43; Odes, 44; patronage and, xiv; on physical exercise, 44; Satire, 44
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. See Horace Hortensia, 177
Hortensius, Quintus, 177
Hostilius, Tullus, 82
House fires, 117-20, 122
Household management, 113-16 Housekeepers, 115
Housing: household management, 113-16;
insulae, 117-18; Juvenal on common homes, 117-23; Nero's Golden House, 125-29; Vitruvius's description of an elegant home, 109-12
Index
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262
Hunger, 85
Hybrida, Gaius Antonius, 167-68 Hyperbolus, 154, 155
Ictinus, 57-58, 112
Idomeneus, xvii
Iliad (Homer), ix, 75-78, 95, 138, 156,
181-84, 207, 223-27 Immigration, 141
Indenture, 90
Indictments, 200
Injured worker at Parthenon, 57, 59 In Praise of Turia/Laudatio Turiae
(Vespillo), 21-24
The Institutes of Oratory (Quintilian), 41, 43 Insulae, 117-18. See also Housing Intellectual life: Archimedes, 137-40;
literature study, 141-45; Pliny the Elder's writings, 147-50; trial of Socrates, 50, 133-36
Ion, xvii
Ionian woman, 160, 161-62 Ischomachus, 113-16 Isocrates, 51
Isthmian Games, 229
Jones, W. H. S. , 90
Julius Caesar: assassination of, 165;
biographical sketch, 247; Catiline and, 170; mythology of, 189-92; National Records, 14; political maneuverings, 82; Roman civil war, xi-xii
Juries, 50, 133
Juvenal: biographical sketch, 247; on
chariot racing, 239, 241; on common homes, 117-23; on physical exercise, 44; Satire, 117-23; Satire VII, 39; work of, xiii
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius. See Juvenal Knights, 126, 128
Lacerta, 239
Lactantius, 65, 67 Lamplight, study by, 98 Landlords, 122
Land reform, xi Latifundia, xi
Laudatio Turiae/In Praise of Turia
(Vespillo), 21-24
Laundry in ancient Greece, 71-74 Lawyers, 141
Leto, 182
Letters: education funding, 37-40; Pliny
the Younger on education funding, 37-40; Pliny the Younger on prearranged marriages, 17-20; prearranged marriages, 17-20
Letters (Pliny the Younger), 45 Liberal, 62
Liberal arts education, 28, 34 Libo, Annius, 241
Lictors, 194, 213
Life of Deified Augustus (Suetonius), 190 Life of Julius Caesar (Suetonius), 195 Life of Nero (Suetonius), 122
Life of Pericles (Plutarch), xvi-xvii
The Life of Pomponius Secundus
(Pliny the Elder), 148 Light, 43
Literature, study of, 141-45 Litterator, 41
Livia, 190
Livius, Titus. See Livy
Livy: Ab Urbe Condita/From the Founding of the City, xvii; biographical sketch, 247; on Second Punic War, 139; on women in Roman politics, 173-78; on writing history, xvii-xviii
Longevity, xiii
Long Walls, 57-58
Lower classes: common homes, 117-23;
disputes with patricians, 176; disreputable occupations, 61-64; education and, 29. See also Employment
Lucian: biographical sketch, 247; The Disowned Son, 93-96; Symposium, 75
Lucilius, 101, 103 Lyceum, 35
Lycon, 133
Lycurgus, king, 3, 195-96 Lyre, 32
Lysicles, 161
Lysimachus, 155
Lysistrata (Aristophanes), 205-10 Lysistrata (character), 205-9
Machaon, 95
Macrinus, Minicius, 18, 217-19 Maelius, Spurius, 168-69
Magistrate, 206-9
Making a living. See Employment Marathon, Battle of, 10
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, 138-40 Marcus Aurelius, emperor, xii, 104 Mark Antony, xii, 63, 195 Market/agora, 114, 154, 155-56, 174 Marriages, prearranged, 17-20 Martial: biographical sketch, 247; on
chariot racing, 239; Epigrams, 149; on
Tongilianus, 120
Martialis, Marcus Valerius. See Martial Massage, 97, 98
Masseuse/anointer, 97, 98 Matchmakers, 10, 162
Mauricus, Junius, 17, 45
Median Empire, 186
Medical malpractice, 96
Medical miracles, 93-96
Medical profession, ethics of, 89-92 Medicine. See Health care
"Medicine by template," 93 Mediolanum (Milan), 38
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), 104 Melesias, 235-38
Meletus, 133
Memnon, king, 226
Memorabilia (Xenophon), 10, 162, 202 Menexenus (Plato), 160, 162, 163
Meno (Plato), 34
Mental illness, 93-96
Merchantman, 138
Mestrius Florus, 71
Metamorphoses (Ovid), 189-92
Military campaigns: Diocletian and, 65;
funding of, 49-53. See also specific
battles and wars
Military coups, 165-71 Military leaders, 64
Milo, Titus Annius, 170
Milo of Croton, 91, 229-33 Mind-body connection, 101-5 Mnemonics, 33
Mnesicles, 57, 58
Money: ancient Greek, 60; athletes and,
240; wage and price controls, 65-68
Montaigne, Michel de, 29
Moral Essays/Moralia (Plutarch), 27,
71-74
Mount Vesuvius, 37
Murray, A. T. , 50-51, 200, 202 Myrrhine, 206
Mythology. See Gods/goddesses
Names, Greek, 232
Nasica, Publius Scipio, 167, 169, 211, 212 National Records, 14
Natural disasters, 217-19
A Natural History (Pliny the Elder),
148, 150 Nausicaa, 73
Nemean Games, 229
Nepos, Cornelius, 82
Nero, emperor, 101, 103, 122,
125-29, 241 Nerva, emperor, 17
Nestor, 190, 224
Nicias, 154, 156, 206-7 Novices, 79, 80
Numa Pompilius, king, 193-96
Ocean, 182-83
Octavian. See Augustus, emperor Octavianus, emperor, xii
Octavius, Marcus, 211
Odeon, 57
Odes (Horace), 44
Odysseus, 223
Odyssey (Homer), 28-29, 73, 75-78, 225 Oeconomicus (Xenophon), 113-16
Olive oil stains, 74
Olympian 7 (Pindar), 232
Olympian Ode (Pindar), 235
Olympic Games, xiv, 229-30, 233
On Benefits (Seneca), 80
On Cooking/De Re Coquinaria (Apicius), 85 On Divination (Cicero), 64
On Duties/De Officiis (Cicero), 61-62
On the Crown (Demosthenes), 160
On the Orator (Cicero), 110
Oppian Law, 173-78
Oppius, Gaius, 174
Opposing parties, 154, 156
Oratory, xv, 41-42, 151
Orbilius Pupillus, Lucius, 43
Index
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264
Orthagoras the Theban, 33, 34 Ostracism, ix, 153-57
Ostrakon, 154, 156
Ovid: biographical sketch, 247-248;
Metamorphoses, 189-92 Ovidius Naso, Publius. See Ovid Oxford Classical Dictionary, 90 Ox-hunger, 84, 86
Padua, 18
Paedagogus, 43-44
Palatine, 126, 128, 166, 169
Pallas Athena, 182
Panathenaic festival, 9
Pancration, 236-37
Pandrosus, 207-8
Panurgus, 143-44
Parallel Lives (Plutarch), xvi, 195
Paralus, 160, 162
Parthenon, ix, 55-60, 128
Pasias, 8
Pasicles, 51
Pasio, 49-53
Pasion, 8
Patricians, 176
Patroclus, 223, 226
Patronage of writers, xiv
Paulina, Pompeia, 103
Pausanias, 58, 128, 229, 232, 248
Pax Romana, 190
Peisirodus, 232, 237
Peloponnesian War, x, 8-9, 58, 205, 207 Penelope, 28-29
Performers, 61, 62-63, 64
Perialogos (Orbilius), 43
Pericles: Athenian Golden Age, x, 55;
death of, 58, 160, 162; Plutarch on,
xvi-xvii; Protagoras and, 31 Peristyle, 110, 111
Persian Empire, 56, 185
Persicus, 119-20
Petronius: biographical sketch, 248; The
Satyricon, 15, 64 Pets, 13-16
Phaeacia, 73
Phaeacians, 75, 77, 225 Phayllus, 231
Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128, 161 Pherenice, 237
Phidippides (athlete), 10
Phidippides (play character), 7-10 Philanthropy, 37
Philippics (Cicero), xiii, 62-63
Philolaus, 149
Philostratus, 235
Phoebus, 182, 183
Phoenicians, 113
Phormio, 51
Phryxian wool, 80
Physical exercise, 44, 97-99
Physical punishment of children, 42-44 Physicians. See Doctors
Pindar, xiv, 232, 235-38, 248
Pittacus, 201
Plagiarism, xiii
Plataea, Battle of, 155, 156
Plataea, 114
Plato: Apologia, 133; biographical sketch,
248; on education, 31-36; on family legal cases, 93; Menexenus, 160, 162, 163; Meno, 34; Protagoras, 31-34, 161; purchase of books by Philolaus, 149; Republic, 28; Symposium,
75, 201 Plebeians, 176
Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius. See Pliny the Younger
Plinius Secundus, Gaius. See Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder: as advisor to emperors, 148; animals and medicine, 104; biographical sketch, 248; on the Colossus of Rhodes, 128; A Continuation of the History of Aufidius Bassus, 148; on dogs as pets, 13-16; on Hippocrates, 89; The Life of Pomponius Secundus, 148; on making clothing, 79-82; on medicine, 94; A Natural History, 148, 150; Problems in Grammar, 148, 149; The Scholar, 148; study by lamplight, 98; Throwing the Javelin from Horseback, 148; writings of, 147-50; on Zeuxippus, 35
Pliny the Younger: on arranged marriage, 17-20; biographical sketch, 248-49; on education funding, 37-40; Letters, 45; on Pliny the Elder, 98, 147-50;
on public recitations, 142; on tutoring, 45; on walking as exercise, 101; on the weather, 217-19
Plutarch: The Ancient Customs of the Spartans, 3-5; on Archimedes, 138; biographical sketch, 249; on Demosthenes, 111; on Demostratus, 206-7; on Diagoras, 232; The Education of Children, 27-30; on Gracchus, xi, 211-15; on house fires, 122; on Hyperbolus, 155; influence of, 29; on injured worker at Parthenon, 59; on laundry, 71-74; Life of Pericles, xvi-xvii; Moral Essays/ Moralia, 27, 71-74; on Numa Pompilius, 193-96; on ostracism, 153-57; Parallel Lives, xvi, 195; Sayings of Spartan Women, 3; Sayings of the Spartans, 3; sources of, 160; on Timotheus's trial, 51; on Vestal Virgins, 193-96; on women in Athenian politics, 159-63; work of, xiii; on writing history, xvi-xvii
Podalirius, 95
Police forces, 205-10 Polises/city-states, ix
Politics: in Athens, ix; military coups,
165-71; ostracism in Athens, 153-57; women in Athens, 159-63; women in Rome, 173-78
Politics (Aristotle), 5
Pollio, Asinius, 45
Polyclitus, 119, 120
Pompeii, 118
Pompilius Andronicus, Marcus, 45 Pontianus, Laenus, 241 Poppy-cloth, 80-81
Poseidon, 56, 182, 183, 225 Pottery, 32, 72
Poulterers, 61, 62
Praeneste, 120
Praetorian ranks, 18
Praxidamas of Aegina, 231
Prayer of Achilles, 155, 156
Prearranged marriages, 17-20
Prices, cap on, 65-68, 240
Prices of consumer goods, 65-68
Primary documents: evaluation of, xii-xix;
Herodotus on, xv; Livy on, xvii-xviii;
oratory, xv; Plutarch on, xvi-xvii; Tacitus on, xviii-xix; Thucydides on, xiv-xv
Prisoner of History (Henry), 162 Problems in Grammar (Pliny the Elder),
148, 149 Professions, 62, 64
Propylaea, 56, 57, 58, 59 Protagoras, 31-36
Protagoras (Plato), 31-34, 161 Public recitations, 142
Punic Wars, 127, 138, 139, 173, 195, 241 Purple cloth, 82
Pygmalion, 127
Pylaea, 4
Pythian Games, 187, 229, 231
Quadrigae, 239, 243
Quintilian: on Bassus, 148; biographical
sketch, 249; on Celsus, 97; on Demetrius and Stratocles, 63; on education, 41-46; on Hortensia's speech, 177; The Institutes of Oratory, 41, 43; on origins of satire, 122; on physical exercise, 44; on Pliny the Elder's Problems in Grammar, 149; rhetoric, 38
Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius. See Quintilian
Red-figure vessel, 32, 72
Religion: Delphic Oracle, 185-88; disputes
between Greek gods and goddesses, 181-83; Julius Caesar and, 189-92; vestal virgins, 193-96. See also Gods/ goddesses
Republic (Plato), 28 Rhetoric professors, 38 Rioting, 211-15, 242 River Xanthus, 182, 183 Rogers, Benjamin, 206 Rocky Bottom, 9
Rolfe, John C. , 86, 149
Roman Empire, x
Roman history, chronology of, xiii-xxvii Roman knights, 126, 128
Roman Republic, x
Roman schools, funding for, 37-40 Roman Senate, 166-67, 211-13
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266
Romans, introduction to, x-xii
Rome: civil wars, xi-xii; construction of, x;
women in politics, 173-78 Romulus, x, 82
Roscius Gallus, Quintus, 142, 143-44 Rufinus, Antonius, 241
Rufus, Lucius, 214
Rustic (hick), 155, 156
Rustic simplicity, 18-19
Sacred Mount, 175, 176 Sacrosanctitas, 213, 214
Saevius Nicanor, 45
Safety: assault and battery, 199-203;
flooding, 217-19; police forces,
205-10; rioting, 211-15 Salamis, Battle of, 52, 157 Salaries, 65-68. See also Wages Sallust, 45, 170
Sallustius Crispus, Gaius. See Sallust Sancus, 79, 81
Sardis, 186
Sarpedon, 76
Satire, 7, 39, 44, 117-23
Satire (Horace), 44
Satire (Juvenal), 117-23
Satire VII (Juvenal), 39
Satyreius, Publius, 214
The Satyricon (Petronius), 15, 64 Sayings of Spartan Women (Plutarch), 3 Sayings of the Spartans (Plutarch), 3 Scaevola, Publius Mucius, 212
The Scholar (Pliny the Elder), 148 Schools, 37-40, 41. See also Education Scipio, Metellus, 80
Scipio, Publius Cornelius, 169
Scopas, 58
Scorpus, 239
Sculpture/sculptors: Athena Promachus,
59, 60, 128; chryselephantine statuary, 59, 60; of Nero, 126, 128; Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128; Zenodorus, 126; of Zeus, 59, 128
Scylax (dog), 15
Scythians, 84, 205, 209
Secessio, 176
Second Punic War, x, 138, 139, 173, 241 Secundus, Pomponius, 148
Sejanus, 80
Seneca the Younger: Apocolocyntosis, 191; On Benefits, 80; biographical sketch, 249; Epistle, 44; on mind-body connection, 101-5
Servants, 115
Servius, king, 194
Seven Hills, 128, 169, 174, 218 Shakespeare, William, 29
Shipbuilder, 207, 208
Shipbuilding, 138
Silk, 79
Simois, 182, 183
Skepticism, xiv
Slaves, 43-44
Social classes, 61-64, 176. See also Lower
classes; Upper class, Roman Socrates: Aspasia and, 162, 163; Athenian
Golden Age, x; on education, 31-36; on household management, 113-16; in Memorabilia, 10; Peloponnesian War and, 205; on Protagoras, 31; sophistry, 35; trial of, 50, 133-36
Solon, ix
Sophistry, 31-35, 135
Sophists at Dinner/Deipnosophistae
(Athenaeus), 75-78 Sora, 119, 120
Sparta, x, 3-6, 58
Speeches, interpretation of, 177
Spencer, W. G. , 99
Speusippus, 149
Spindle, 79, 80
Spinning thread, 79-82
Sports and games: athletic trainer's manual,
235-38; chariot racing, 61, 64, 119, 121, 239-43; funeral games, 223-27; Milo of Croton, 91, 229-33; Olympic Games, xiv, 229-30, 233; Pythian Games, 187, 229, 231
Spotted robes, 79, 81
Spurinna, Vestricius, 101-2 Stephanus, 51
Steps of Lamentation, 14 Stesimbrotus of Thasos, xvii
Stoics, 73
Stratocles, 63
Street construction and usage, Rome,
121-22
Strepsiades, 7-10
Strife, 182, 183
Suetonius: biographical sketch, 249; on
firefighting, 122; on the Golden House, 125-29; on Julius Caesar, xii; Life of Deified Augustus, 190; Life of Julius Caesar, 195; Life of Nero, 122; on Orbilius, 43; teacher biographies, 45; work of, xiii
Sulla, 195
Summary seizure, 200 Sychaeus, 126-27 Symposia, 201
Symposium (Lucian), 75 Symposium (Plato), 75, 201 Symposium (Xenophon), 75
Tabloid journalism topics in biographies, 125, 127
Tacitus: Annals, xviii; biographical sketch, 249; Dialogue on Oratory, 42; Histories, xviii, 218; letter from Pliny the Younger, 37-40; on National Records, 14; on writing history, xviii-xix
Tanaquil, 79, 81
Tantalus, 76
Tarquinius Pricus, 81
Tarquinius Superbus, x
Taxiarchs, 200
Teachers, 45. See also Education; Rhetoric
professors; Tutors Temple of Apollo, 58
Temple of Athena, 58
Temple of Jupiter, 167, 170
Tents, 200
Terence, 62, 249
Terentius Afer, Publius. See Terence Terentius Varro, Marcus, 79 Tertullian, 64, 249-250
Thaeaus of Argos, 231
Thargelia, 160, 161
Thebans occupation of Plataea, 114 Thebes, 34
Themis, 181, 183
Themistocles, 52, 71-74, 157 Theon, 71-74
Theseus, xvi
Thinkery, 10
Thirsty lamp, 9
Thirty Tyrants, 135
Throwing the Javelin from Horseback (Pliny
the Elder), 148
Thucydides: on Hyperbolus, 155; Thebans
occupation of Plataea, 114; on writing
history, xiv-xv
Tiberius, emperor, 148, 190
Tiber River, 217, 218 Timasarchus, 236, 237 Timasitheus, 229
Timotheus, 49-51
Tivoli, 120
Tongilianus, 120
Torquatus, Caius Bellicius, 240-41 Transport ships, 113
Tredennick, Hugh, 134
Trials: of Socrates, 50, 133-36; of
Timotheus, 49-53 Tribunes, 211
Triclinia, 110, 111 Trimalchio, 15, 64
Triple colonnades, 126, 128 Trojan War, ix, x
Tullius, Servius, 80, 81 Turia, 21
Tutors, 27-29, 41, 45
Ucalegon, 119, 121
Upper class, Roman: disputes with
plebeians, 176; education and, 29; home construction for, 121; household management, 113-16; housing, 109-12; prearranged marriages, 17-20
Valerius, Lucius, 173, 174-78 Valerius Maximus, 21
Vergilius Maro, Publius. See Virgil Vespasian, emperor, 38, 127 Vespillo, Quintus Lucretius, 21-24 Vestal Virgins, 193-96
Virgil: Aeneid, 121, 127, 226; biographical sketch, 250; patronage and, xiv
Vitellius, emperor, 241
Vitruvius: biographical sketch, 250; book
on architecture, 107; on construction of upscale homes, 121; description of an elegant home, 109-12
Index
267
Index
268
Volsinii, 121 Vulcan, 148, 149 Vulcatius, 13, 14 Vulgar, 62-63
Wages, 65-68, 240
Walking as exercise, 101
Wasps (Aristophanes), 8, 52
Watts, N. H. , 142
Weather, 217-19
Weight gain, curbing, 83-86 Westcott, John H. , 19, 38
Williams, W. Glynn, 82
Wisdom, 134
Wise laws, 190
Without a shirt, 4
Wives, role of, 21-24
Women: in Athenian politics, 159-63;
gyneconitis, 110-11; Olympic Games and, 237; role of in household
management, 115; in Roman politics, 173-78; seizure of the Acropolis, 205-10; writers, 163
Wool, 79
Wrestling, 229-33, 235-38
Xanthippe, 32
Xanthippus, 157, 160, 162 Xenophon: Banquet, 161; biographical
sketch, 250; The Expedition/Anabasis, 85; on matchmakers, 10; Memorabilia, 10, 162, 202; Oeconomicus, 113-16;
Symposium, 75
Zacynthus, 206, 208 Zenodorus, 126
Zeus statue at Olympia,
59, 128
Zeuxippus of Heraclea, 33, 34
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Matz is professor of classical languages at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY.
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Abortion, 90, 91
Ab Urbe Condita/From the Founding of the City (Livy), xvii
Academy, 35
Achaeans, 182
Achilles, 39, 183, 223, 226
Acilianus, Manicius, 18
Acropolis, ix, 9, 56-57, 60, 205-10 Actium, Battle of, xii, 195
Actors, 62-63, 143-44
Acusilaus, 232
Adonis, 206
Advisory councils of emperors, 148 Aeneas, x, 226
Aeneid (Virgil), 121, 127, 226 Aeschines, 160
"Aetna" (Lucilius), 103
Against Conon (Demosthenes), 199-203 Against Ctesiphon (Aeschines), 160 Agathon, 201
Agora/market, 114, 154, 155-56, 174 Agriculture, 61, 62, 67
Ahala, Gaius Servilius, 168
Ajax, son of Oileus, 223, 225 Alcibiades, 154, 156
Alcimedon of Aegina, 235, 236 Alcimidas, 236, 237
Alcinous, king, 225
Alexander the Great, x, 14
Altis, 230-31
Amusements, 110
Amynias, 8
The Ancient Customs of the Spartans
(Plutarch), 3-5
Animals, medicine and, 104
Anio River, 217, 218
Annals (Tacitus), xviii
Anointer, 97, 98
Antilochus, 223, 225-26
Antisthenes, 49
Anytus, 133
Aphrodite, 182
Apicius, 85
Apocolocyntosis (Seneca), 191
Apollo, 134, 185. See also Delphic Oracle Apollodorus, 49-53
Apologia (Plato), 133
Appetite control, 83-86
Application, 18
Archestratus, 49
Archias, Aulus Licinius, 141
Archimedes, 137-40 Architects/architecture: Callicrates and
Ictinus, 57-58, 112; Mnesicles, 57, 58; Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128, 161. See also Housing; Parthenon
Archons, 154-55
Ares, 182
Argives, 224
Aristides, 153-57
Ariston, 200, 201
Aristophanes: Athenian Golden Age, x;
biographical sketch, 245; Clouds, 7, 34-35, 135; Lysistrata, 205-10; on
INDEX
257
Index
258
Socrates, 135; on sophistry, 34-35;
Wasps, 8, 52
Aristotle: Athenian Constitution, 52;
biographical sketch, 245; on community property, 5; on Pittacus, 201; Politics, 5; purchase of books by Speusippus, 149; references to Plutarch's Moral Essays, 71
Artemis, 182, 206, 207
Art Institute of Chicago, 58
Arulenus, Rusticus, 17
Aspasia, 159-63
Aspens, Torquatus, 241
Assault and battery, 199-203 Assembly, Athenian, 153-57, 206 Asturicus, 119
Astyages, 185, 186
Astylus, 231
Ateius Philologus, Lucius, 45
Athena, 56-57, 128, 223, 224 Athenaeus: biographical sketch, 245; on
ship built for King Hiero, 138; Sophists at Dinner/Deipnosophistae, 75-78
Athena Promachus, 59, 60, 128
Athenian Constitution (Aristotle), 52 Athenian Golden Age, x, 55, 58
Athens: as center of Greek civilization, ix;
domestic life in, 7-11; Golden Age, x, 55, 58; ostracism in, ix, 153-57; Peloponnesian War, x, 8-9, 58, 205, 207; politics, ix; women in politics in, 159-63
Athletes, xiv, 10, 223-27, 229-33, 239-43 Athletic trainers, 28-29, 235-38
Athletic trainer's manual, 235-38
Atria, 109, 110
Attalus, king, 80
Attic room, 119
Atticus, Herodes, 85
Augustus, emperor, xiv, 22, 122, 148,
189-92, 195
Aulus Gellius. See Gellius, Aulus Authority, 174, 175
Autolycus (Euripides), 98 Aventine, 174, 176
Bailiff, 8 Banking, 49-53
Banquet (Xenophon), 161 Bassus, Aufidius, 148 Battle of Actium, xii, 195 Battle of Cannae, 173, 241 Battle of Marathon, 10 Battle of Plataea, 155, 156 Battle of Salamis, 52, 157 Beatings, 4
Ben-Hur, 243
Bion, 28
Bolted door, 114, 115 Book buying, 149
Brixia, 18
Brutus, 165
Brutus, Marcus Junius, 173 Brutus, Publius Junius, 173 Bulimia, 86
Butchers, 61, 62
Caelius, 82
Caligula, emperor, 102, 241
Callias, 160, 161
Callicolone, 182
Callicrates, 57-58, 112
Calonice, 206
Cannae, Battle of, 173, 241
Caprus of Elis, 231
Capsarius, 44
Carthage, x. See also Punic Wars Carvilius Ruga, Spurius, 22 Cascellius, 13, 14
Cassius, Dio, 102
Catiline, 165-71
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 174-77 Celsus: biographical sketch, 245-46;
De Medicina, 97-99; on good
health, 97-99 Cerveteri, 32
Chaeronea, 73
Chalkotheke, 57
Chariot racing, 61, 64, 119, 121,
239-43 Chief priest, 167
Children, physical punishment of, 42-44. See also Education
Chiron, 39, 119
Cholozyges, 206 Chryselephantine statuary, 59, 60 Chrysippus, 42-43, 71, 73, 74
Cicero: biographical sketch, 246; on Catiline, 165-71; De Inventione, 34; on Diagoras, 232; on disreputable occupations, 61-64; On Divination, 64; On Duties/De Officiis, 61-62; on employment, 61-64; on Mark Antony, xiii; On the Orator, 110; Philippics, xiii, 62-63; on political maneuverings, 82
Cicero, Quintus Tullius, 142
Cimon, 157
Circus Maximus, 61, 119, 242. See also
Chariot racing Citizenship, 141
City-states, Greek, ix
Cleisthenes, ix, 153
Clement, Paul A. , 73
Cleopatra, xii
Clothing. See Food and clothing Clouds (Aristophanes), 7, 34-35, 135 Cluvius, Gaius, 22
Cob, 13-14
Codrus, 119
Coisyra, 8-9
Colias, 8-9
Coliseum, 126, 127
Colonnades, 126, 128
Colossal statues, 59, 60, 128
Colossus of Rhodes, 128
"Committee of Ten for the Safety of the
State," 205
Common homes, 117-23
Community property, 5
Competition: among artists, 59; among
writers, xvii Comum, 37-38
Concerning Spectacles/De Spectaculis
(Tertullian), 64 Conon, 199-202
Construction, of the Parthenon, ix, 55-60 Consuls, 167-68, 212
Consumer goods, prices of, 65-68
A Continuation of the History of Aufidius
Bassus (Pliny the Elder), 148 Cooks, 61, 62, 64
Corinth, x
Cornelia, 195
Corporal punishment, 42-44 Corps de ballet, 62
Cotton, 79
Country life vs. city life theme, 7-8 Crassus, Marcus Licinius, 122 Crates of Mallos, 45
Cratippus, 61
Croesus, 185-88
Croton, 231
Ctesias, 201
Curtius, 82
Cyrus the Great, 185
Damagetus, 232
Dameas, 231
Darius, king, 91
Decree of the Senate, 168 Deification, 189-92. See also Gods/
goddesses
De Inventione (Cicero), 34
Delian League, 56, 58
Delphic Oracle, 127, 185-88
De Medicina (Celsus), 97-99
Demetrius, 63
Democedes, 91
Demosthenes: Aeschines on, 160; Against
Conon, 199-203; Apollodorus's speech, 51; biographical sketch, 246; On the Crown, 160; early life of, 111
Demostratus, 206-7
Denarii, 67
De Officiis/On Duties (Cicero), 61-62 De Spectaculis/Concerning Spectacles
(Tertullian), 64 Diagoras, 232
Dialogue on Oratory (Tacitus), 42 Dialogues: Memorabilia (Xenophon), 10,
162, 202; Menexenus, 160, 162, 163; Protagoras (Plato), 31-36; Symposium (Plato), 75, 201
Dido, queen, 126-28
Dinner party satire, 15, 64 Diocles, Appuleius, 239-43 Diocletian, emperor, 65-68, 240 Diogenes Laertius, 36
The Disowned Son (Lucian), 93-96 Disreputable occupations, 61-64 Distaff, 79, 80
Distinctions (Erasistratus), 84 Divorce, 22, 23
Doctors, 57, 58, 64, 102
Index
259
Index
260
Dogs, Pliny on, 13-16
Domestic life: in Athens, 7-11; dogs in,
13-16; prearranged marriages, 17-20; role of wives, 21-24; in Sparta, 3-6
Domitian, emperor, 17, 117, 121, 241 Domitius Marsus, 43
Domus Aurea, 125-29
Dorieus, 232
Dover, K. J. , 8 Dowries, 22 Drachmas, 60 Drunkenness, 199-201 Drusus Nero, 148 Duris of Samos, xvii
Edict of Diocletian, 65-68, 240 Education: funding for Roman schools,
37-40; lower classes and, 29; Plutarch on, 27-30; Quintilian on, 41-46; Socrates and Protagoras on, 31-36
The Education of Children (Plutarch), 27-30
Elegant home, description of, 109-12 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 29 Employment: Apollodorus and Pasio,
49-53; building the Parthenon, ix, 55-60; Cicero's career advice, 61-64; Diocletian's cap on wages and prices, 65-68; disreputable occupations, 61-64; professions, 62, 64
Encore, 142
Ennius, Quintus, 142-43 Entertainment, 61
Epharmostus of Opus, 231
Ephialtes, xvii
Epigrams (Martial), 149
Epistle (Seneca the Younger), 44
Epistles (Horace), 43
Equal rights, ix
Equestrian Order, 18, 240
Erasistratus, 83, 84
Erechtheum, 56
Erechtheus, 56
Esquiline, 126, 128
Ethics, of the medical profession, 89-92 Etruscans, 80
Euathlus, 36
Eubulus, 201
Eucles, 10, 232 Eulogy, 21-24 Eunuch (Terence), 62 Euphranor, 119, 120 Euripides, 98 Euthanasia, 90, 91 Exedrae, 110 Exercise, 44
The Expedition/Anabasis (Xenophon), 85
Fabric making, 79-82
Factions, 241
Fannius Chaerea, Gaius, 143-44
Fasces, 194, 213
Favorinus, 83-85
Feder, Lillian, 104
Fenestella, 79-80
Financial support: of teachers, 33, 35-36;
of writers, xiv. See also Wages Firefighting, 122
First Punic War, 195. See also Punic Wars Fishermen, 61, 62
Fishmongers, 61, 62
Five Good Emperors, xii, 121
Flash fires, 117-20, 122
Flavian Amphitheater. See Coliseum Flavius, Quintus, 144
Flogging, 42-43
Flooding, 217-19
Florus, Mestrius, 73
Food and clothing: appetite control and
curbing weight gain, 83-86; food in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, 75-78; laundry in ancient Greece, 71-74; making clothing, 79-82
Footraces, 187, 223-27
Forum, 174
Frivolous lawsuits, 52-53
From the Founding of the City/Ab Urbe
Condita (Livy), xvii Frusino, 119, 120
Fundanius, Marcus, 173 Funeral games, 223-27
Gabii, 121
Galba, Servius Sulpicius, 127 Games. See Sports and games Gardens/gardening, 121 Gardiner, E. Norman, 29
Gellius, Aulus, 22, 83-86, 149, 195, 245 Gender, 42, 109. See also Women General education, 28
Genetyllis, 8-9
Genre identification, xiii
Genres, xv
The German Wars (Pliny the Elder), 148 Gibbon, Edward, xii, 121
Glabrio, Manlius Acilius, 240-41 Gladiators, 61, 64
Glorious son, 190
Gnipho, Marcus Antonius, 45 Gods/goddesses, 134, 181-85, 206. See also
Delphic Oracle
Golden Age, Athenian, x, 55, 58
Golden House, 125-29
Good health, maintaining, 97-99 Gracchus, Tiberius, xi, 167, 169, 211-15 Gracchus, Gaius, 214
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius.
See Gracchus
Grammaticus, 41, 43, 45. See also Teachers Greater Hippias, 33
Great fire of 64 CE, Rome, 122
Greek history, chronology of, xxi-xxiii Greek names, 232
Greeks, introduction to, ix-x. See also
Athens; Sparta Gulick, Charles, 75, 77 Gymnasium, 4, 35 Gyneconitis, 110-11
Hack, 8
Hadrian, emperor, 84-85, 120
Handball, 98
Hannibal, x, 128
Harkness, Albert, 168
Health care: animals and, 104; Hippocrates
and the ethics of the medical profession, 89-92; as holy calling, 94; maintaining good health, 97-99; medical malpractice, 96; medical miracles, 93-96; mind-body connection, 101-5
Hector, 183 Hellenistic Age, x Henderson, Jeffrey, 8 Henry, Madeleine, 162 Hephaestus, 182, 184
Hera, 182
Heraclea, 33, 141
Herculaneum, 118
Hermes, 182
Herodotus: biographical sketch, 246; on
Delphic Oracle, 185-88; on Democedes, 91; Histories, xv; on Phidippides, 10; on Scythians, 209; work of, xii-xiii; on writing history, xv
Heston, Charlton, 243
Hiero, king, 138
Highwayman, 200
Hippias of Elis, 33
Hippocrates, 89-92, 246
Hippocratic Corpus, 89
Hippocratic Oath, 89-92
Hispulla, Corellia, 45
Histories (Herodotus), xv
Histories (Tacitus), xviii, 218
History, writing: Herodotus on, xv; Livy
on, xvii-xviii; Plutarch on, xvi-xvii; Tacitus on, xviii-xix; Thucydides on, xiv-xv
Homer: biographical sketch, 246; birthplace, 144; food in Iliad and Odyssey, 75-78; Iliad, ix, 75-78, 95, 138, 156, 181-84, 207, 223-27; Odyssey, 28-29, 73, 75-78, 225; references to Plutarch's Moral
Essays, 71
Homeschooling, 27, 41. See also Education Horace: biographical sketch, 247; on
encouraging students, 44; Epistles, 43; Odes, 44; patronage and, xiv; on physical exercise, 44; Satire, 44
Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. See Horace Hortensia, 177
Hortensius, Quintus, 177
Hostilius, Tullus, 82
House fires, 117-20, 122
Household management, 113-16 Housekeepers, 115
Housing: household management, 113-16;
insulae, 117-18; Juvenal on common homes, 117-23; Nero's Golden House, 125-29; Vitruvius's description of an elegant home, 109-12
Index
261
Index
262
Hunger, 85
Hybrida, Gaius Antonius, 167-68 Hyperbolus, 154, 155
Ictinus, 57-58, 112
Idomeneus, xvii
Iliad (Homer), ix, 75-78, 95, 138, 156,
181-84, 207, 223-27 Immigration, 141
Indenture, 90
Indictments, 200
Injured worker at Parthenon, 57, 59 In Praise of Turia/Laudatio Turiae
(Vespillo), 21-24
The Institutes of Oratory (Quintilian), 41, 43 Insulae, 117-18. See also Housing Intellectual life: Archimedes, 137-40;
literature study, 141-45; Pliny the Elder's writings, 147-50; trial of Socrates, 50, 133-36
Ion, xvii
Ionian woman, 160, 161-62 Ischomachus, 113-16 Isocrates, 51
Isthmian Games, 229
Jones, W. H. S. , 90
Julius Caesar: assassination of, 165;
biographical sketch, 247; Catiline and, 170; mythology of, 189-92; National Records, 14; political maneuverings, 82; Roman civil war, xi-xii
Juries, 50, 133
Juvenal: biographical sketch, 247; on
chariot racing, 239, 241; on common homes, 117-23; on physical exercise, 44; Satire, 117-23; Satire VII, 39; work of, xiii
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius. See Juvenal Knights, 126, 128
Lacerta, 239
Lactantius, 65, 67 Lamplight, study by, 98 Landlords, 122
Land reform, xi Latifundia, xi
Laudatio Turiae/In Praise of Turia
(Vespillo), 21-24
Laundry in ancient Greece, 71-74 Lawyers, 141
Leto, 182
Letters: education funding, 37-40; Pliny
the Younger on education funding, 37-40; Pliny the Younger on prearranged marriages, 17-20; prearranged marriages, 17-20
Letters (Pliny the Younger), 45 Liberal, 62
Liberal arts education, 28, 34 Libo, Annius, 241
Lictors, 194, 213
Life of Deified Augustus (Suetonius), 190 Life of Julius Caesar (Suetonius), 195 Life of Nero (Suetonius), 122
Life of Pericles (Plutarch), xvi-xvii
The Life of Pomponius Secundus
(Pliny the Elder), 148 Light, 43
Literature, study of, 141-45 Litterator, 41
Livia, 190
Livius, Titus. See Livy
Livy: Ab Urbe Condita/From the Founding of the City, xvii; biographical sketch, 247; on Second Punic War, 139; on women in Roman politics, 173-78; on writing history, xvii-xviii
Longevity, xiii
Long Walls, 57-58
Lower classes: common homes, 117-23;
disputes with patricians, 176; disreputable occupations, 61-64; education and, 29. See also Employment
Lucian: biographical sketch, 247; The Disowned Son, 93-96; Symposium, 75
Lucilius, 101, 103 Lyceum, 35
Lycon, 133
Lycurgus, king, 3, 195-96 Lyre, 32
Lysicles, 161
Lysimachus, 155
Lysistrata (Aristophanes), 205-10 Lysistrata (character), 205-9
Machaon, 95
Macrinus, Minicius, 18, 217-19 Maelius, Spurius, 168-69
Magistrate, 206-9
Making a living. See Employment Marathon, Battle of, 10
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, 138-40 Marcus Aurelius, emperor, xii, 104 Mark Antony, xii, 63, 195 Market/agora, 114, 154, 155-56, 174 Marriages, prearranged, 17-20 Martial: biographical sketch, 247; on
chariot racing, 239; Epigrams, 149; on
Tongilianus, 120
Martialis, Marcus Valerius. See Martial Massage, 97, 98
Masseuse/anointer, 97, 98 Matchmakers, 10, 162
Mauricus, Junius, 17, 45
Median Empire, 186
Medical malpractice, 96
Medical miracles, 93-96
Medical profession, ethics of, 89-92 Medicine. See Health care
"Medicine by template," 93 Mediolanum (Milan), 38
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), 104 Melesias, 235-38
Meletus, 133
Memnon, king, 226
Memorabilia (Xenophon), 10, 162, 202 Menexenus (Plato), 160, 162, 163
Meno (Plato), 34
Mental illness, 93-96
Merchantman, 138
Mestrius Florus, 71
Metamorphoses (Ovid), 189-92
Military campaigns: Diocletian and, 65;
funding of, 49-53. See also specific
battles and wars
Military coups, 165-71 Military leaders, 64
Milo, Titus Annius, 170
Milo of Croton, 91, 229-33 Mind-body connection, 101-5 Mnemonics, 33
Mnesicles, 57, 58
Money: ancient Greek, 60; athletes and,
240; wage and price controls, 65-68
Montaigne, Michel de, 29
Moral Essays/Moralia (Plutarch), 27,
71-74
Mount Vesuvius, 37
Murray, A. T. , 50-51, 200, 202 Myrrhine, 206
Mythology. See Gods/goddesses
Names, Greek, 232
Nasica, Publius Scipio, 167, 169, 211, 212 National Records, 14
Natural disasters, 217-19
A Natural History (Pliny the Elder),
148, 150 Nausicaa, 73
Nemean Games, 229
Nepos, Cornelius, 82
Nero, emperor, 101, 103, 122,
125-29, 241 Nerva, emperor, 17
Nestor, 190, 224
Nicias, 154, 156, 206-7 Novices, 79, 80
Numa Pompilius, king, 193-96
Ocean, 182-83
Octavian. See Augustus, emperor Octavianus, emperor, xii
Octavius, Marcus, 211
Odeon, 57
Odes (Horace), 44
Odysseus, 223
Odyssey (Homer), 28-29, 73, 75-78, 225 Oeconomicus (Xenophon), 113-16
Olive oil stains, 74
Olympian 7 (Pindar), 232
Olympian Ode (Pindar), 235
Olympic Games, xiv, 229-30, 233
On Benefits (Seneca), 80
On Cooking/De Re Coquinaria (Apicius), 85 On Divination (Cicero), 64
On Duties/De Officiis (Cicero), 61-62
On the Crown (Demosthenes), 160
On the Orator (Cicero), 110
Oppian Law, 173-78
Oppius, Gaius, 174
Opposing parties, 154, 156
Oratory, xv, 41-42, 151
Orbilius Pupillus, Lucius, 43
Index
263
Index
264
Orthagoras the Theban, 33, 34 Ostracism, ix, 153-57
Ostrakon, 154, 156
Ovid: biographical sketch, 247-248;
Metamorphoses, 189-92 Ovidius Naso, Publius. See Ovid Oxford Classical Dictionary, 90 Ox-hunger, 84, 86
Padua, 18
Paedagogus, 43-44
Palatine, 126, 128, 166, 169
Pallas Athena, 182
Panathenaic festival, 9
Pancration, 236-37
Pandrosus, 207-8
Panurgus, 143-44
Parallel Lives (Plutarch), xvi, 195
Paralus, 160, 162
Parthenon, ix, 55-60, 128
Pasias, 8
Pasicles, 51
Pasio, 49-53
Pasion, 8
Patricians, 176
Patroclus, 223, 226
Patronage of writers, xiv
Paulina, Pompeia, 103
Pausanias, 58, 128, 229, 232, 248
Pax Romana, 190
Peisirodus, 232, 237
Peloponnesian War, x, 8-9, 58, 205, 207 Penelope, 28-29
Performers, 61, 62-63, 64
Perialogos (Orbilius), 43
Pericles: Athenian Golden Age, x, 55;
death of, 58, 160, 162; Plutarch on,
xvi-xvii; Protagoras and, 31 Peristyle, 110, 111
Persian Empire, 56, 185
Persicus, 119-20
Petronius: biographical sketch, 248; The
Satyricon, 15, 64 Pets, 13-16
Phaeacia, 73
Phaeacians, 75, 77, 225 Phayllus, 231
Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128, 161 Pherenice, 237
Phidippides (athlete), 10
Phidippides (play character), 7-10 Philanthropy, 37
Philippics (Cicero), xiii, 62-63
Philolaus, 149
Philostratus, 235
Phoebus, 182, 183
Phoenicians, 113
Phormio, 51
Phryxian wool, 80
Physical exercise, 44, 97-99
Physical punishment of children, 42-44 Physicians. See Doctors
Pindar, xiv, 232, 235-38, 248
Pittacus, 201
Plagiarism, xiii
Plataea, Battle of, 155, 156
Plataea, 114
Plato: Apologia, 133; biographical sketch,
248; on education, 31-36; on family legal cases, 93; Menexenus, 160, 162, 163; Meno, 34; Protagoras, 31-34, 161; purchase of books by Philolaus, 149; Republic, 28; Symposium,
75, 201 Plebeians, 176
Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius. See Pliny the Younger
Plinius Secundus, Gaius. See Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder: as advisor to emperors, 148; animals and medicine, 104; biographical sketch, 248; on the Colossus of Rhodes, 128; A Continuation of the History of Aufidius Bassus, 148; on dogs as pets, 13-16; on Hippocrates, 89; The Life of Pomponius Secundus, 148; on making clothing, 79-82; on medicine, 94; A Natural History, 148, 150; Problems in Grammar, 148, 149; The Scholar, 148; study by lamplight, 98; Throwing the Javelin from Horseback, 148; writings of, 147-50; on Zeuxippus, 35
Pliny the Younger: on arranged marriage, 17-20; biographical sketch, 248-49; on education funding, 37-40; Letters, 45; on Pliny the Elder, 98, 147-50;
on public recitations, 142; on tutoring, 45; on walking as exercise, 101; on the weather, 217-19
Plutarch: The Ancient Customs of the Spartans, 3-5; on Archimedes, 138; biographical sketch, 249; on Demosthenes, 111; on Demostratus, 206-7; on Diagoras, 232; The Education of Children, 27-30; on Gracchus, xi, 211-15; on house fires, 122; on Hyperbolus, 155; influence of, 29; on injured worker at Parthenon, 59; on laundry, 71-74; Life of Pericles, xvi-xvii; Moral Essays/ Moralia, 27, 71-74; on Numa Pompilius, 193-96; on ostracism, 153-57; Parallel Lives, xvi, 195; Sayings of Spartan Women, 3; Sayings of the Spartans, 3; sources of, 160; on Timotheus's trial, 51; on Vestal Virgins, 193-96; on women in Athenian politics, 159-63; work of, xiii; on writing history, xvi-xvii
Podalirius, 95
Police forces, 205-10 Polises/city-states, ix
Politics: in Athens, ix; military coups,
165-71; ostracism in Athens, 153-57; women in Athens, 159-63; women in Rome, 173-78
Politics (Aristotle), 5
Pollio, Asinius, 45
Polyclitus, 119, 120
Pompeii, 118
Pompilius Andronicus, Marcus, 45 Pontianus, Laenus, 241 Poppy-cloth, 80-81
Poseidon, 56, 182, 183, 225 Pottery, 32, 72
Poulterers, 61, 62
Praeneste, 120
Praetorian ranks, 18
Praxidamas of Aegina, 231
Prayer of Achilles, 155, 156
Prearranged marriages, 17-20
Prices, cap on, 65-68, 240
Prices of consumer goods, 65-68
Primary documents: evaluation of, xii-xix;
Herodotus on, xv; Livy on, xvii-xviii;
oratory, xv; Plutarch on, xvi-xvii; Tacitus on, xviii-xix; Thucydides on, xiv-xv
Prisoner of History (Henry), 162 Problems in Grammar (Pliny the Elder),
148, 149 Professions, 62, 64
Propylaea, 56, 57, 58, 59 Protagoras, 31-36
Protagoras (Plato), 31-34, 161 Public recitations, 142
Punic Wars, 127, 138, 139, 173, 195, 241 Purple cloth, 82
Pygmalion, 127
Pylaea, 4
Pythian Games, 187, 229, 231
Quadrigae, 239, 243
Quintilian: on Bassus, 148; biographical
sketch, 249; on Celsus, 97; on Demetrius and Stratocles, 63; on education, 41-46; on Hortensia's speech, 177; The Institutes of Oratory, 41, 43; on origins of satire, 122; on physical exercise, 44; on Pliny the Elder's Problems in Grammar, 149; rhetoric, 38
Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius. See Quintilian
Red-figure vessel, 32, 72
Religion: Delphic Oracle, 185-88; disputes
between Greek gods and goddesses, 181-83; Julius Caesar and, 189-92; vestal virgins, 193-96. See also Gods/ goddesses
Republic (Plato), 28 Rhetoric professors, 38 Rioting, 211-15, 242 River Xanthus, 182, 183 Rogers, Benjamin, 206 Rocky Bottom, 9
Rolfe, John C. , 86, 149
Roman Empire, x
Roman history, chronology of, xiii-xxvii Roman knights, 126, 128
Roman Republic, x
Roman schools, funding for, 37-40 Roman Senate, 166-67, 211-13
Index
265
Index
266
Romans, introduction to, x-xii
Rome: civil wars, xi-xii; construction of, x;
women in politics, 173-78 Romulus, x, 82
Roscius Gallus, Quintus, 142, 143-44 Rufinus, Antonius, 241
Rufus, Lucius, 214
Rustic (hick), 155, 156
Rustic simplicity, 18-19
Sacred Mount, 175, 176 Sacrosanctitas, 213, 214
Saevius Nicanor, 45
Safety: assault and battery, 199-203;
flooding, 217-19; police forces,
205-10; rioting, 211-15 Salamis, Battle of, 52, 157 Salaries, 65-68. See also Wages Sallust, 45, 170
Sallustius Crispus, Gaius. See Sallust Sancus, 79, 81
Sardis, 186
Sarpedon, 76
Satire, 7, 39, 44, 117-23
Satire (Horace), 44
Satire (Juvenal), 117-23
Satire VII (Juvenal), 39
Satyreius, Publius, 214
The Satyricon (Petronius), 15, 64 Sayings of Spartan Women (Plutarch), 3 Sayings of the Spartans (Plutarch), 3 Scaevola, Publius Mucius, 212
The Scholar (Pliny the Elder), 148 Schools, 37-40, 41. See also Education Scipio, Metellus, 80
Scipio, Publius Cornelius, 169
Scopas, 58
Scorpus, 239
Sculpture/sculptors: Athena Promachus,
59, 60, 128; chryselephantine statuary, 59, 60; of Nero, 126, 128; Pheidias, 58-59, 60, 128; Zenodorus, 126; of Zeus, 59, 128
Scylax (dog), 15
Scythians, 84, 205, 209
Secessio, 176
Second Punic War, x, 138, 139, 173, 241 Secundus, Pomponius, 148
Sejanus, 80
Seneca the Younger: Apocolocyntosis, 191; On Benefits, 80; biographical sketch, 249; Epistle, 44; on mind-body connection, 101-5
Servants, 115
Servius, king, 194
Seven Hills, 128, 169, 174, 218 Shakespeare, William, 29
Shipbuilder, 207, 208
Shipbuilding, 138
Silk, 79
Simois, 182, 183
Skepticism, xiv
Slaves, 43-44
Social classes, 61-64, 176. See also Lower
classes; Upper class, Roman Socrates: Aspasia and, 162, 163; Athenian
Golden Age, x; on education, 31-36; on household management, 113-16; in Memorabilia, 10; Peloponnesian War and, 205; on Protagoras, 31; sophistry, 35; trial of, 50, 133-36
Solon, ix
Sophistry, 31-35, 135
Sophists at Dinner/Deipnosophistae
(Athenaeus), 75-78 Sora, 119, 120
Sparta, x, 3-6, 58
Speeches, interpretation of, 177
Spencer, W. G. , 99
Speusippus, 149
Spindle, 79, 80
Spinning thread, 79-82
Sports and games: athletic trainer's manual,
235-38; chariot racing, 61, 64, 119, 121, 239-43; funeral games, 223-27; Milo of Croton, 91, 229-33; Olympic Games, xiv, 229-30, 233; Pythian Games, 187, 229, 231
Spotted robes, 79, 81
Spurinna, Vestricius, 101-2 Stephanus, 51
Steps of Lamentation, 14 Stesimbrotus of Thasos, xvii
Stoics, 73
Stratocles, 63
Street construction and usage, Rome,
121-22
Strepsiades, 7-10
Strife, 182, 183
Suetonius: biographical sketch, 249; on
firefighting, 122; on the Golden House, 125-29; on Julius Caesar, xii; Life of Deified Augustus, 190; Life of Julius Caesar, 195; Life of Nero, 122; on Orbilius, 43; teacher biographies, 45; work of, xiii
Sulla, 195
Summary seizure, 200 Sychaeus, 126-27 Symposia, 201
Symposium (Lucian), 75 Symposium (Plato), 75, 201 Symposium (Xenophon), 75
Tabloid journalism topics in biographies, 125, 127
Tacitus: Annals, xviii; biographical sketch, 249; Dialogue on Oratory, 42; Histories, xviii, 218; letter from Pliny the Younger, 37-40; on National Records, 14; on writing history, xviii-xix
Tanaquil, 79, 81
Tantalus, 76
Tarquinius Pricus, 81
Tarquinius Superbus, x
Taxiarchs, 200
Teachers, 45. See also Education; Rhetoric
professors; Tutors Temple of Apollo, 58
Temple of Athena, 58
Temple of Jupiter, 167, 170
Tents, 200
Terence, 62, 249
Terentius Afer, Publius. See Terence Terentius Varro, Marcus, 79 Tertullian, 64, 249-250
Thaeaus of Argos, 231
Thargelia, 160, 161
Thebans occupation of Plataea, 114 Thebes, 34
Themis, 181, 183
Themistocles, 52, 71-74, 157 Theon, 71-74
Theseus, xvi
Thinkery, 10
Thirsty lamp, 9
Thirty Tyrants, 135
Throwing the Javelin from Horseback (Pliny
the Elder), 148
Thucydides: on Hyperbolus, 155; Thebans
occupation of Plataea, 114; on writing
history, xiv-xv
Tiberius, emperor, 148, 190
Tiber River, 217, 218 Timasarchus, 236, 237 Timasitheus, 229
Timotheus, 49-51
Tivoli, 120
Tongilianus, 120
Torquatus, Caius Bellicius, 240-41 Transport ships, 113
Tredennick, Hugh, 134
Trials: of Socrates, 50, 133-36; of
Timotheus, 49-53 Tribunes, 211
Triclinia, 110, 111 Trimalchio, 15, 64
Triple colonnades, 126, 128 Trojan War, ix, x
Tullius, Servius, 80, 81 Turia, 21
Tutors, 27-29, 41, 45
Ucalegon, 119, 121
Upper class, Roman: disputes with
plebeians, 176; education and, 29; home construction for, 121; household management, 113-16; housing, 109-12; prearranged marriages, 17-20
Valerius, Lucius, 173, 174-78 Valerius Maximus, 21
Vergilius Maro, Publius. See Virgil Vespasian, emperor, 38, 127 Vespillo, Quintus Lucretius, 21-24 Vestal Virgins, 193-96
Virgil: Aeneid, 121, 127, 226; biographical sketch, 250; patronage and, xiv
Vitellius, emperor, 241
Vitruvius: biographical sketch, 250; book
on architecture, 107; on construction of upscale homes, 121; description of an elegant home, 109-12
Index
267
Index
268
Volsinii, 121 Vulcan, 148, 149 Vulcatius, 13, 14 Vulgar, 62-63
Wages, 65-68, 240
Walking as exercise, 101
Wasps (Aristophanes), 8, 52
Watts, N. H. , 142
Weather, 217-19
Weight gain, curbing, 83-86 Westcott, John H. , 19, 38
Williams, W. Glynn, 82
Wisdom, 134
Wise laws, 190
Without a shirt, 4
Wives, role of, 21-24
Women: in Athenian politics, 159-63;
gyneconitis, 110-11; Olympic Games and, 237; role of in household
management, 115; in Roman politics, 173-78; seizure of the Acropolis, 205-10; writers, 163
Wool, 79
Wrestling, 229-33, 235-38
Xanthippe, 32
Xanthippus, 157, 160, 162 Xenophon: Banquet, 161; biographical
sketch, 250; The Expedition/Anabasis, 85; on matchmakers, 10; Memorabilia, 10, 162, 202; Oeconomicus, 113-16;
Symposium, 75
Zacynthus, 206, 208 Zenodorus, 126
Zeus statue at Olympia,
59, 128
Zeuxippus of Heraclea, 33, 34
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Matz is professor of classical languages at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY.
His published works include Greenwood's Daily Life of the Ancient Romans and Daily Life through World History in Primary Documents, as well as other books on Greek and Roman history and culture.
