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Achilles, when mute, 227

Achradusian, coined word, 347

Adimantus, an admiral, 260; his father, idem.

Admetus, the King, 67

Adulterers, depilated, 407

Æagrus, an actor, 35

, verse from, 127; lost tragedy, 150; periods imitated, 223; ridiculed, 229; supposed disciples, 231; ‘The Persæ,’ 233; parodied, 235; unfair criticism, 249; “Philoctetes,” 252; ‘Niobé’ quoted, 253; ‘Glaucus Potniensis’ quoted, 254

Æsculapius, temple of, 423; daughters of, 438

Æsimus, unknown, 340

Agathon, tragic poet, 184, 268, 274; pederastic habits, 282

Aglaurus, two women, 291

Agoranomi (the), 73

Agyrrhius, an effeminate general, 334; an upstart, 408

Alcæus, a parody of, 157, 276

Alcibiades, lisp in speech. 11; obtains a subsidy, 201

Alcmena, seduced by Zeus, 117

Alimos, the town of, 114

Alliance against Sparta, 339; garrison at Corinth, 408

Allusion, obscene, 283, 342; and Smæus, 374; to Ulysses, 415

Alopé, seduced by Posidon, 117

Ammon, temple to Zeus, 120

Amynon, infamy of, 347

Anacreon, 276

Andromeda, the play, 181, 315

— release of, 314

Anti-dicasts and lawsuits, 93

Antilochus, Nestor’s son, 348

Antiphon, a gluttonous parasite, 68

Antisthenes, a constipated miser, 372

Antithenes, a dissolute doctor, 347

Antitheus, 309

Aphareus, son of, his piercing vision, 411

Aphrodisiac, 388

Apodrasippides, explained, 18

Apollo as god of healing, 49; priestesses of, 56; physician, 118; altar, how misused, 289

Apothecary, outfit of, 438

Archers, mounted corps of, 146; at Athens, 313

Archidemus, 211

Ares, a fighting-cock, 129

Arginusæ, sea-battle of, 179; slaves who fought at, 217

Argos, citizens of, 433

Ariphrades, his infamous habits, 69, 335

Aristocrates, a general, 94

Aristophanes, why uncrowned, 58; modifies opinion, 234

Aristyllus, debaucheries of, 416

Artemis, goddess of chase, 26; the surname of, 131

Artemisium, battle of, 60

Asia Minor, coast towns, 59

Asses’ (the) shadow, 19; asses used for the Mysteries, 189

Athenian law, 217

Attica, invasion of, 341

Audience, favour, how gained, 12

Augé, the seduced, 237

Bacchus, “Feast of Cups,” 302; surnames of, 313

Baptism, the pagan, 133

Bar, the, language of, 380

Barathrum, a ravine, 424

Barriers, let down, 77

Bastard. when of strange women, 170

Baths, how heated, 292; use in winter, 430

Battus, silphium of, 450

Bed of Procrustes, 383

Beginning, fable of the, 146

Bell, to awaken sentinels, 130

Birds as love-gifts, 124

Boasters, the, of Corinth, 204

Bottles painted on coffins, 381

Boxing, story of, 72

Brasidas, an Athenian general, 31

Brigand, the option of, 384

Buffoonery at Megara, 12

Bullocks’ intestines, as comparison, 61

Buzzard, double meaning, 147

Byzantium, 21

Cake, eaten by priest, 464

Callias, identity of, 102

Callias, the general, his debaucheries, 203

Calligenia, adoration of, 285

Callimachus, poverty of, 372

Canephori, rank in feasts, 164

Canephorus, the part of, 367

Cannonus, the decree of, 388

Carians, mountaineers, 102