AN INDEX OF REMARKABLE THINGS.
.Burial, earnestly desired, 521 ; denied to some,
524; time of, 540.
Burning the dead, manner of, 553 ; antiquity
of, ib.; occasion of, ib.
Business, Athenian laws relating to, 161.
Baying and selling, laws relating to, 150.
Cables of ships, 497.
Castor and Pollux, temple of, 31; why the
former was said to be hatched out of an
egg, 619.
Cecrops founded the city of Athens, 5; gave
name to the citadel, 26; supposed to have
founded the court of Areopagus, 91; insti-
tuted marriage, 585.
Celibacy in men deemed infamous by the Spar-
tans, 585.
Cenotaphs, 564.
Ceres, first instructed the Athenians in ltws,
124; oracle of, at Patrs in Achaia, 267.
< lervces, 132, 187.
Children, how and when registered, 43; laws
relating to, 135; might be disinherited, 136;
how buried, 528; what gods were invoked
for procuring of, 623 ; management of, 628;
different sorts of, 635, &c; partook of the
good and evil actions of their parents, 643 ;
zealous in vindicating their parents, 644 ;
provided for them, ib. > when abdicat-
ed, 647.
' 'irrha, oracle of Apollo at, 256.
Citadel of Athens, circumference of the, 26 ;
fortified by Cimoti, the son of Miltiades, 26 ;
adorned with the arms of the valiant, 486.
Citizens, of Athens, 39; Athenian laws relat-
ing to, 134.
Coats of mail, 423.
Cock sacrificed to Mars, 195.
('ockfighting practised one day in a year, 132.
Coffins, 553.
Colophonion horsemen, 414.
Condition of the Athenian slaves, 50, <fcc; of
the Spartan slaves, or Helots, 61.
Confinement of women, 618.
Conquerors at the Olympic and Isthmic games,
reward's of the, 131.
Conversation at the public repasts of the Lace-
daemonians, 695.
Coiporate societies, laws relating to, 15{.
' Corpses, polluted houses in which they were,
539; in what manner carried to be buri-
ed, 540.
Corype in Thessaly, oracle of Apollo at, 260.
Courses at supper, 672.
Court of Justice, for homicide, 97, &c; for civil
as well as criminal affairs, and their judicial
proceedings, 100, &c.
Crests for helmets, 421.
Cretans, countermarch of the, 448; sounded
alarms on flutes, 462; manner of the, in en-
tertaining strangers, 700.
Criminals, allowed to plead their own defence,
105,116; punished with a fine, 116; with
infamy or disgrace, ibid, with servitude, ib.
with marks impressed with a hot iron, 117,
with imprisonment, ib. with perpetual ba-
nishment, 118; with death, 119.
Cross upon which malefactors were hang-
ed, 120.
Crowns conferred as rewards, 122.
Cycle of Thales. 396: of Solon, 397; of Me-
lon, ibid.; of Calippus, ibid.
Cynosajgcs, 37.
Doedalus's fable, interpretation of, 4'J'.'
Dancing, 69"
Darts, 434.
Dead enemies, how treated, 473.
Dead bodies, not supposed by the Spartans to
pollute, 567.
Dead men, how reverenced, 521, when admit-
ted into thp, Elysian fields, ibid ; under the
power of the infernal deities, 530 ; eyes of,
closed, 533; stretched out, washed with
warm water, and anointed with oil, 534 :
adorned with rich and splendid garments,
ibid; laid out, and attended, 536 ; mouths of,
filled with a piece of money, 537 ; with
cakes, 538.
Death, when sudden, occasioned by Apollo or
Diana, 530 ; expressed in gentle words, 532;
in what manner inflicted on criminals, 119,
120.
Debtors, bodies of, delivered to their credit-
ors, 527.
Declaration of war, form of a, 453.
Decrees, Athenians, not to be erased from the
tablets, 129 ; of the senate, how long to con-
tinue, 134; of the senate and people, laws
relating to the, 133, &c.
Delos, oracle of Apollo and Diana at, 256.
Delphi, city of, where supposed to have been
situated, 247; oracle at the, ibid.
Description of the city of Athens, 25, &c.
Dials, 522.
Diana, temple of, 32.
Dinner, 648.
Dirge at funerals, 551.
Discourse at entertainments, after funerals, 567;
at feasts, 695.
Divination, difi'erent}kinds of, 272; by dreams
274; by sacrifices, 283 i by birds, 289 , by in-
sects and reptiles, 295, by signs in the hea-
vens, 296 ; by lots, 299; by rods, 301 ; by
arrows, ibid ; by ominous words and things,
303; by water, 313; by polished and en-
chanted crystals, 314 ; by various other mat-
ters, 314, &c.
Divine worship, laws relating to, 130.
Divorces, 608; Athenian laws relating to, 153.
Dodona, oracle at, 240, &c.
Doves, blood of, used in philtres, 578.
Dowries, 591; Athenian laws relating to, 153.
Draco, law of, remarkable for their severity,
125, repealed by Solon, ib.
Dreams, divination by, 274; kinds of, 274, &c.
Drink, 656, &c.
Dying men, how treated by their friends, 531;
prayed to Mercury, ib.
Earth, three handfuls of, throws on dead bo-
dies, 522.
Eating, times of, 647.
Elysian fields, admittance into the, 521, 522.
Employments of women, 618, &c.
Enchantments, 312, &c.
Enemies, how treated after death, 473.
Engagements by sea, 515; on land, 457,
&c.
Engines in sieges, 468, &c; to cast stones, 472;
how eluded, ib.
Ensigns, 443.
.Burial, earnestly desired, 521 ; denied to some,
524; time of, 540.
Burning the dead, manner of, 553 ; antiquity
of, ib.; occasion of, ib.
Business, Athenian laws relating to, 161.
Baying and selling, laws relating to, 150.
Cables of ships, 497.
Castor and Pollux, temple of, 31; why the
former was said to be hatched out of an
egg, 619.
Cecrops founded the city of Athens, 5; gave
name to the citadel, 26; supposed to have
founded the court of Areopagus, 91; insti-
tuted marriage, 585.
Celibacy in men deemed infamous by the Spar-
tans, 585.
Cenotaphs, 564.
Ceres, first instructed the Athenians in ltws,
124; oracle of, at Patrs in Achaia, 267.
< lervces, 132, 187.
Children, how and when registered, 43; laws
relating to, 135; might be disinherited, 136;
how buried, 528; what gods were invoked
for procuring of, 623 ; management of, 628;
different sorts of, 635, &c; partook of the
good and evil actions of their parents, 643 ;
zealous in vindicating their parents, 644 ;
provided for them, ib. > when abdicat-
ed, 647.
' 'irrha, oracle of Apollo at, 256.
Citadel of Athens, circumference of the, 26 ;
fortified by Cimoti, the son of Miltiades, 26 ;
adorned with the arms of the valiant, 486.
Citizens, of Athens, 39; Athenian laws relat-
ing to, 134.
Coats of mail, 423.
Cock sacrificed to Mars, 195.
('ockfighting practised one day in a year, 132.
Coffins, 553.
Colophonion horsemen, 414.
Condition of the Athenian slaves, 50, <fcc; of
the Spartan slaves, or Helots, 61.
Confinement of women, 618.
Conquerors at the Olympic and Isthmic games,
reward's of the, 131.
Conversation at the public repasts of the Lace-
daemonians, 695.
Coiporate societies, laws relating to, 15{.
' Corpses, polluted houses in which they were,
539; in what manner carried to be buri-
ed, 540.
Corype in Thessaly, oracle of Apollo at, 260.
Courses at supper, 672.
Court of Justice, for homicide, 97, &c; for civil
as well as criminal affairs, and their judicial
proceedings, 100, &c.
Crests for helmets, 421.
Cretans, countermarch of the, 448; sounded
alarms on flutes, 462; manner of the, in en-
tertaining strangers, 700.
Criminals, allowed to plead their own defence,
105,116; punished with a fine, 116; with
infamy or disgrace, ibid, with servitude, ib.
with marks impressed with a hot iron, 117,
with imprisonment, ib. with perpetual ba-
nishment, 118; with death, 119.
Cross upon which malefactors were hang-
ed, 120.
Crowns conferred as rewards, 122.
Cycle of Thales. 396: of Solon, 397; of Me-
lon, ibid.; of Calippus, ibid.
Cynosajgcs, 37.
Doedalus's fable, interpretation of, 4'J'.'
Dancing, 69"
Darts, 434.
Dead enemies, how treated, 473.
Dead bodies, not supposed by the Spartans to
pollute, 567.
Dead men, how reverenced, 521, when admit-
ted into thp, Elysian fields, ibid ; under the
power of the infernal deities, 530 ; eyes of,
closed, 533; stretched out, washed with
warm water, and anointed with oil, 534 :
adorned with rich and splendid garments,
ibid; laid out, and attended, 536 ; mouths of,
filled with a piece of money, 537 ; with
cakes, 538.
Death, when sudden, occasioned by Apollo or
Diana, 530 ; expressed in gentle words, 532;
in what manner inflicted on criminals, 119,
120.
Debtors, bodies of, delivered to their credit-
ors, 527.
Declaration of war, form of a, 453.
Decrees, Athenians, not to be erased from the
tablets, 129 ; of the senate, how long to con-
tinue, 134; of the senate and people, laws
relating to the, 133, &c.
Delos, oracle of Apollo and Diana at, 256.
Delphi, city of, where supposed to have been
situated, 247; oracle at the, ibid.
Description of the city of Athens, 25, &c.
Dials, 522.
Diana, temple of, 32.
Dinner, 648.
Dirge at funerals, 551.
Discourse at entertainments, after funerals, 567;
at feasts, 695.
Divination, difi'erent}kinds of, 272; by dreams
274; by sacrifices, 283 i by birds, 289 , by in-
sects and reptiles, 295, by signs in the hea-
vens, 296 ; by lots, 299; by rods, 301 ; by
arrows, ibid ; by ominous words and things,
303; by water, 313; by polished and en-
chanted crystals, 314 ; by various other mat-
ters, 314, &c.
Divine worship, laws relating to, 130.
Divorces, 608; Athenian laws relating to, 153.
Dodona, oracle at, 240, &c.
Doves, blood of, used in philtres, 578.
Dowries, 591; Athenian laws relating to, 153.
Draco, law of, remarkable for their severity,
125, repealed by Solon, ib.
Dreams, divination by, 274; kinds of, 274, &c.
Drink, 656, &c.
Dying men, how treated by their friends, 531;
prayed to Mercury, ib.
Earth, three handfuls of, throws on dead bo-
dies, 522.
Eating, times of, 647.
Elysian fields, admittance into the, 521, 522.
Employments of women, 618, &c.
Enchantments, 312, &c.
Enemies, how treated after death, 473.
Engagements by sea, 515; on land, 457,
&c.
Engines in sieges, 468, &c; to cast stones, 472;
how eluded, ib.
Ensigns, 443.