Abae, in Arabia, ii. 221

'Abd-susin, i. 80

Abila, i. 317; ii. 37

Aborras, river, i. 221.5 See Chaboras
Absalom, Jewish envoy, ii. 180

Abydos, besieged by Lysimachus, i. 117;

by Philip, ii. 33, 34; occupied by Antio-
chus III, 44, 45, 48, 89, 90; besieged
by the Romans, 95; evacuated by
Antiochus, 106

Acarnania, ii. 80-82
Acesines, river, i. 294

Achaeans, the, at war with Nabis, ii. 67;
co-operate with Rome against Antiochus
III, 73, 74; their contingent at Per-
gamos, 101; at Magnesia, 109; embassy
of Seleucus IV to A., 123; Achaean
embassy to Alexandria, 138; Ptolemy
VII asks the A. for troops, 143
Achaemenes, house of; its rise to power,

i. 4, 241; residences of the kings, 41,
241, 258; their home in Persis, 42, 47;
the diadem their symbol of royalty, i.
57; ii. 274; their hoards, i. 63; their
supremacy threatened by provincial
nobility, 89; their paradeisoi, 1581;
they profess Zoroastrianism, 259; their
palace in Ecbatana, i. 264; ii. 18; their re-
lations with Bactria, i. 275; the Arsacids
claim affiliation to them, 286; their
tradition continued by the Seleucids, i.
308; ii. 269 f. See also Persian Empire
Achaeus (1), father-in-law of Seleucus II,
- i. 157, 202, 204, 269; ii. 270

- (2), grandson of preceding, assumes
government on death of Seleucus III,
i. 300; given full powers in Asia Minor,
301, 325; his loyalty suspected, 302;
assumes diadem, 311; allied with Egypt,
315; his rule in Asia Minor and his end,
ii. 1-13, 295

Achaia, city in Aria, i. 269
Achais, city in Media, i. 265
Acilius Glabrio, Manius, ii. 80, 82-85
Ada, princess of Caria, i. 92
Adana, ii. 151

Adaraksh, i. 263

Adar-Gushasp, i. 263

Adasa, battle of, ii. 202

Adida, ii. 229, 230

Adora, ii. 230

Adramyttium, i. 117; ii. 101
Aduli, i. 186

Aegae (in Aeolis), ii. 4

Aeginium, ii. 79
Aegium, ii. 73

Aelius, Publius, ii. 59

Aemilius Paullus, Lucius, ii. 145
Aemilius Regillus, Lucius, ii. 98, 99; moves
to Elaea, 100; divides the fleet, 101;
goes to Teos, 104; defeats Polyxenidas,
105

Aenus (1), on the Euphrates, i. 220

(2), in Thrace, ii. 33, 100

Aeolis, Aeolian, i. 104,3 105,3 203; Seleucus

Philopator in Aeolis, ii. 94, 96, 97, 99, 101
Aeschrion, general of Demetrius II, ii. 233
Aethiopian elephants, i. 186; ii. 289, 290
Aetolia, Aetolians, coins of Antiochus I
with Aetolian emblem, i. 1272; League
mediates between Ptolemy and Antiochus
III, 314; its place in grouping of powers,
ii. 31, 36; includes Lysimachia, 491;
embittered towards Rome, 54, 56; action
of Aetolians before Antiochus' invasion,
66-68; receive Antiochus, 70, 71; co-
operate with Antiochus in Greece, 78-
85; maintain war after flight of Antio-
chus, 86, 87; granted armistice, 100
Aetolian mercenaries, ii. 286; in Hyrcania,
ii. 19. See Timarchus (1), Theodotus
(2), Nicolaus, Dorymenes, Scopas (2),
Thoas, Dicaearchus, Damocritus
Agathocles (1), son of Lysimachus, i. 65-67,
70, 71, 120, 130

- (2), eparch of Persis (?), i. 286 5
(3), favourite of Ptolemy IV, ii. 321
Agathon of Pydna, i. 245
Agesilaus, Spartan king, i. 8
Ahuramazda, i. 259, 260
Ajalon, valley of, ii. 178

Alabanda, i. 166; ii. 43, 98. See Menyllus
Alcaeus, the poet, i. 8, 240

Alcetas, brother of Perdiccas, i. 95

Alcimus, the High-priest, ii. 199-201, 203,

204

Alcomenae, i. 40
Alexander (1) the Great, nature of his
conquests, i. 22, 23, 24; his death, 28,
250; his Oriental proclivities, 29, 42,
262; the marriage at Susa, 31; he
transports Greeks to Bactria, 32; money
promised by him, 36; he appoints
Stamenes to Babylonia, 372; his rela-
tions with Peucestas, 42; he builds
ships in Babylon, 45; his diadem put on
by Seleucus, 69; Paphlagonians send an
embassy to him, 81; his policy with
regard to native races of Asia Minor,
91-93; he dispossesses Mithridates of
Cius, 96; his policy with regard to the
Greek cities, 100-110, 161; tradition of
his founding Smyrna, 1165; Alexandria
Troas named after him, 120; his saluta-
tion by the Ammonian oracle, 1211;
he receives divine honours, 126, 177;
Antiochus I sees him in a dream, 143;
tradition of his erecting altar at Apamea,
215; perhaps the founder of Nicopolis,
219; and of Nicephorium, 220; he re-
founds Haran as Carrhae, 222; his siege
of Tyre, 229; he develops navigation in
Babylonia, 243; his conquest of Baby-
lon, 245; his last days in Babylon, 246,
247; he consults Babylonian soothsayers,
256; appoints Atropates to Media, 263;
founds cities in Media, 264, 265; founds
Alexandropolis in Nisa, 266; colonizes
Aria, 268; Margiana and Drangiana, 270;
Arachosia, 271; coast of Indian Ocean,
273; enters India by Khaibar pass, 273,
274, 292; founds Cadrusi, 274; meets
with resistance in Bactria, 275; colonizes
Bactria and Sogdiana, 276; appoints
Tlepolemus to Carmania, 278; has the
Empire measured, 281; his treasurer,
282; he orders the exploration of the
Caspian, 282; represses Zoroastrian cus-
toms, 290; Chandragupta and Alexander,
295; altars erected by A. beside the
Hyphasis, 296; his influence on India,
298; colonizes Samaria, ii. 164; his
relations with the army, 271; story of
his wearing divine insignia, 275; his
attempt to introduce proskynesis, 278; A.
polygamous, 279

- (2), son of Alexander the Great, i. 33-
35, 37, 50, 57, 93

(3), son of Cassander, i. 64

(4), son of Lysimachus, i. 71, 1281

(5), son of Antiochus I, i. 169, 193,
324, 325, 327

- (6), name of Seleucus III before his
accession, i. 204

- (7) II of Epirus, i. 299 3

209; in Rome, ib.; establishes himself
in Ptolemais, 210; defeats Demetrius,
211; his reign, 212-221; question of his
identity, 299

Alexander (11) Zabinas, his reign, 249-252
- (12) Jannaeus, king of the Jews, ii. 257;
the Jews rebel against him, 261; he tries
to stop Antiochus XII, 262
Alexandria (1) in Egypt; its value as
harbour, i. 146; its medical schools,
179; its degeneracy, 223; its literary
movement, 230; university, 231; pre-
parations in A. to meet attack of
Antiochus III, 314; popular rising in
A., ii. 30; people elect Ptolemy Euer-
getes II, 136; A. besieged, 140; A.
invites Seleucid princes to Egypt, 268
— (2) Troas, i. 120, 160, 199; ii. 2, 68,
107

-

-

(3) in Syria, i. 216; ii. 152

(4) on the Eulaeus, i. 247, 2559; ii.
232; restored by Antiochus IV, 160

- (5) in Mesene, i. 247, 2559

(6) in Aria, i. 268, 269, 270

(7) in Margiana, i. 270

(8) in Arachosia, i. 268, 270, 271, 273,
329

(9) among Oritae, i. 273, 279, 330
(10) in Macarene, i. 273

(11) "on the Caucasus," i. 274, 279

(12) Eschate, i. 276, 279

(13) Oxiana, i. 277

(14) near Bactra, i. 277

(15) in Carmania, i. 278
Alexandropolis, i. 266
Almopia, i. 321

Amanus, mountain, i. 67, 68, 209, 219,
230

Amardus, river, i. 263

Amastris (Amestris), i. 134, 135
Amestris, niece of Darius Codomannus, i.
117, 119

Amisus, i. 80, 104, 111, 112
Amitrochades. See Bindusara
Ammon, ii. 275

Ammonian oracle, i. 121

Ammonite country, ii. 171, 172, 1822
Ammonius, minister of Balas, ii. 213-215;
bribed by Marathus, 217; accused by
Ptolemy, 219; his death, 220
Amnias, river, i. 96, 154

Amphilochus, mythical hero, i. 230
Amphimachus, satrap of Mesopotamia, i.
44, 47

Amphipolis (1), in Macedonia, ii. 145.
See Apollodorus (3), Metrodorus

- (2) on the Euphrates, i. 220

Amyce, plain of, i. 211

Amynander, king of the Athamanians, ii.
75, 76, 83

Amyntas, general of Antigonus, i. 97
Anagnia, ii. 189, 191, 192

Anahita, Anaitis (Nanaea), i. 260; ii.
18, 160 Artemis Persike, i. 226
Anaximbrotus, satrap of Phrygia, i. 177
Ancyra, i. 141, 1542; battle of A., 194,
195, 198, 285, 288

Andragoras, dynast of Parthia, i. 284,
287, 288

Andriace, ii. 42

Andriscus of Adramyttium, ii. 208, 209
Andromachus, i. 202, 2042; ii. 2
Andron, pirate captain, i. 118

Andronicus (1), commander in Ephesus, ii.
97

- (2), agent of Antiochus IV, ii. 128, 171
Andros, the island, i. 113; ii. 86
Androsthenes of Cyzicus, general of Anti-
ochus III, ii. 23
Anemurium, ii. 39

Antalcidas, Peace of, i. 88, 101

Antigenes, Macedonian chief, i. 34, 35,
43, 46, 247

Antigonia (1) in Syria, i. 63, 211-213
- (2) Nicaea, i. 115

(3) Alexandria Troas, i. 115
Antigonus (1) the One-eyed; A. and the
Cossaeans, i. 232; satrap of Phrygia,
opposes Perdiccas, 33 f.; at Triparadisus,
36, 37; conquers Asia, 40-49; his war
with Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy
and Seleucus, 51-60; battle of Ipsus
and death of A., 59, 60; his treatment
of the Phrygians, 91; his action with
regard to the unsubdued races of Asia
Minor, 94-97; with regard to the Greek
cities, 106, 111-117; receives divine
honours, 126; Docimus, his lieutenant,
130; his capital, Celaenae, 151, 164;
respects freedom of Erythrae, 161; em-
bassy of Ilian Body to A., 1622; his
foundation of Antigonia in Syria, 211,
212; guided by warning of the Chal-
daeans, 256; his action in the eastern
satrapies, 271, 274, 277, 278; joined by
Pithon the son of Agenor, 294; relations
of A. to the army, ii. 271

— (2) Gonatas, in Central Greece, i. 128;
attacks Ptolemy Keraunos, 129; checked
in Central Greece, 132; his war with
Antiochus I, 135; cf. 324; becomes
king in Macedonia, 144; marries Phila,
145; battle of Cos, 150; left guardian
of children of Nicomedes, 156, 173;
defeats Sophron, 1881

(3) Doson, i. 205

house of, takes root in Macedonia, i.
145. For the Antigonid kingdom see
Macedonia

(4), son of Demetrius Soter, ii. 214, 300
Antilibanus, mountain, i. 23, 207, 216
Antioch (1), on the Orontes ("near
Daphne"), cradle of first Gentile church,
i. 20; Seleucus I at Antioch, 63, 64,

69; chief capital of the Empire under
Antiochus I (?), 151; court of Antiochus
II and Berenice fixed there, 179;
Berenice at Antioch, 181-183; A.
captured by Ptolemy III, 185, 186;
Seleucus II has his seat of government
at A., 191; satrapy of A., 208; A.
accessible to ships, 210; description of
A., 211-214; route from A. to the East,
217; magistrates of A., 2231; its
literary standing, 225; temple of
Artemis Persike, 226; custom of Ara-
maean population, 2281; its rise in
dignity under Seleucus II, 236; rebellion
of Stratonice, 237; inscription of A.
(?), 254; Zoroastrian temple, 291;
Antiochus III at A. 303; party favour-
able to Achaeus, ii. 10; residences of
Antiochus III at A., 38, 52, 57; Roman
customs introduced by Antiochus IV,
131; epheboi of A., 146; additions of
Antiochus IV, 149-151; A. clamours
for restoration of Andriscus, 209;
governed by Hierax and Diodotus, 214;
rebels against Balas, 218; first great
earthquake, 2184; offers diadem to
Ptolemy, 220; receives Demetrius II,
221; Cretan oppression, 224; A. rebels,
225; receives Tryphon, 227; captured
by Antiochus Sidetes, 238; its bereave-
ment after battle in Media, 247; rebels
against Demetrius II, 248; receives
Zabinas, 249; arrival of the body of
Sidetes, 251; rises against Zabinas, 252;
federation of adelphoi demoi, 2521;
Grypos reigns there, 253; held by
Cyzicenus and recaptured by Grypos,
254; attacked by Antiochus XI and
Philip, 260; captured by Demetrius III,
ib.; by Philip, 261; in possession of
Tigranes, 263, 265; receives Antiochus
XIII, 266; receives Philip II, 267;
opposes restoration of Seleucids, ib.;
assembly of A. and assembly of army,
272; public library of A., 276; lake of
A., i. 211, 212

Antioch (2) in Pieria, i. 216