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a after the cipher signifies above; m, in the middle of the page, or nearly so ; b, below.

Accessories, ornamental, on Greek works of art, were never
without some well determined motive founded on
the national creed and tradition, 34 a.
Achilles, the principal hero of the Iliad, his reappearance
attended with the most brilliant phenomena, 50 a ;
in the poem of Quintus, visits, together with
Ajax Telamonios, the tomb of Patroklos, 17 b ;
defeats the Amazons, 18 a ; fights with and kills
Penthesilea, ib. m; admires her great beauty after
her death, ib.; kills Thersites, who had jeered him
in insolent terms, ib.
/Eacida:, the two only ^Eacidae of the Grecian army
before Troy, Achilles and Ajax Telamonios, how
distinguished from the other heroes, 24 note 7 ;
the one (Achilles) is always represented as a young
man, the other (Ajax) as a man of ripe age, 27 b ;
attributes and emblems of, quite different from
those of the Pelopidse, 34 a.
Mgina, marble figures from the temple of, 10 note 2 ;
12 a ; how their cuirasses are arranged, 13 m,
and 43 b; why the heads of these remarkable
figures are left without individual expression, 41.
Affected, the, what constitutes it in a work of art, lab.
"AyaXfia, in Homer, what, 44 a, and note 6.
Agamemnon, symbols on his buckler, 9a; remarkable de-
scription of his cuirass, 45 m.
Agathias, quoted, 37 note 3.

Alva Xvypa, Parca, Fate, in the poem of Quintus, 17 b.
Aischylos, had written an Atae Aokjooc, 47 m.
Ajaces, the two, their intimacy in the Epos of Homer,
21 a ; appearing together in various poetical fic-
tions and works of art, 21 m; symmetrically
represented on the Bronzes of Siris, ib. b ; how
represented in the Iliad, 24 a.
Ajax, Son of O'ileus, wore a. linen cuirass, 9m; in the
poem of Quintus he kills Derione the Amazon,
17 m; is one of the two warriors represented
on the Bronzes of Siris, 20 b ; constantly attached
to the great Ajax in the Iliad, 21 a ; his usual
epithet is the swift {ra-xyc), ib.; does not himself
command his Locrians, and why, ib. and note 3 ;
how represented in the Iliad, 26 m; 27 a; how
represented on one of the Bronzes of Siris, 28 m ;
on coins of the Opuntian Locrians, 29 a ; his
mother (Rhene or Eriopis), 46 b; worshipped
by the Locrians in Greece and in Italy as
a national hero and a tutelar divinity, 46 b;
often represented in the works of art, 47 a ;
on ancient monuments sometimes with, sometimes
without, a beard, 47 m ; often produced on the
tragic stage, ib.; represented on the Piombino
gem, 50 b.
Ajax, Son of Telamon, the Macida, in the poem of
Quintus, 17 m ; prevails upon Achilles to hasten
with him to the scene of battle, 18 a ; kills
four of the chief Trojan warriors, whilst Achilles
destroys four Amazons, 18 a ; aimed at by Pen-
thesilea, but in vain, ib.; is one of the two
heroes represented on the Bronzes of Siris, 20 b;
his friendship and constant union with the swift
Ajax (Oileos), in the Iliad, 21 a, and note 4;
his intimacy with Ajax Oileos in the epos of
Homer observed by Greek authors of subsequent

ages, 21 m ; how represented in' the Iliad, 24,
and note 7; 25 passim; 26 a; how represented
on one of the Bronzes of Siris, 27 b; and 28;
born in the lifetime of Hercules, who gave him
the name Aiac, 28 a; his shield and sword re-
presented on coins of Salamis, 25 b; defending
the body of Patroklos, is the subject of several
ancient groups in Rome and Florence, 31 m ;
resemblance of Ajax Telamonios on one of the
Bronzes of Siris with the head in the Vatican
which represents that hero, 34 m; his enormous
buckler, how fabricated, 44 m; is the principal
figure in the XVIIth book of the Iliad as de-
fending the body of Patroklos, 47 and foil.;
represented on the Piombino gem, 50 b.

'AicpoQivta, usage of dedicating them to the national gods,
very old in Greece, 51 a; consecrated by Roman
leaders, less out of piety than from political rea-
sons, 51 m.

Alcibiades, characteristic figure on his golden shield, 9 a.

Alcimos, an Epirote, his armour weighed two talents, 45 a.

Alexander, the Great, 9a; his cuirass of linen cloth, 9 m ;
is said to have introduced semi-cuirasses, ib. and
note 13 ; at the passage of the Granicus, 11
note 8; his influence on art, 36; ordered that
none but Lysippos should make his portraits in
bronze, 38 a and note 7; was an iEacida on
his mother's side, and a Heraclida by his father's,
39 a; his great satisfaction when 3000 Greek
artists joined him at Ecbatana, 46 m.

Amasis, King of Egypt, sent two richly embroidered
cuirasses as presents, 9 m and note 12.

Amazons, three epochs of the mythos of the, 16 a; with
Penthesilea, frequent subject of the songs of poets
and rhapsodists who came after Homer, 16 m;
the data which remain to us upon this point
of mythical story correspond with the subject of
the Bronzes of Siris, ib. ; works of art repre-
senting Penthesilea and her Amazons, 16 note 3;
who came to Troy with Penthesilea, 17 a; their
bravery and fate, ib. and 17 m.

Amphios, wore a linen cuirass, 9 m.

Anthologia Grceca, quoted, 38, note 6.

"Avtvjsc, margins of the shields, 6 a b.

Apollo of Antium, 7 m.

Apollodoros, painted an Ajax Oileos pursued by the wrath
of the gods, 47 a.

Apollonios quoted, 10 m,

Apulejus quoted, 38 note 7.

Archelaos of Macedonia, men of genius at his court, 46 m.

Ares, in the poem of Quintus, being about to avenge
his daughter Penthesilea, is averted by the thunder
of Jove, 18 m.

Aristcenetos quoted, 43 b.

Aristarchos, how he explained the yvaXov, 10 m; quoted,
45 a.

'Apyvp6t)\a, what, 41 a.

Armour of Agamemnon, motley-coloured, 45 b.

Arms and other objects decked with gold and silver
rivets, 41 a; offensive, omitted in the Bronzes
of Siris, and why, 3 ; of brass, how fabricated in the
time of Homer, 44 m; magnificent, of gold, 51-52.

Arrian quoted, 38 note 7.
 
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