Anakreon, 39
Andronikos, 176, 178
Antigonos the One-eyed, 161, 166, 170
Antiochos IV of Syria, King, 173–74, 200, 266
Antoninus Pius (Roman emperor), 204, 211,
212, 213
Antony, Mark, 183, 184, 186–87, 189
Aphrodite (goddess), 118, 119, 120, 254, 284;
sanctuary at Acropolis, 130; warships named
after, 151
Apollo (god): Apollo Hypoakrais/Hyp’Akrais/
Hypo Makrais, 120, 120, 254; Apollo Lykeios,
149; Apollo Patroos, 156, 156–57, 157, 231;
Apollo Pythios, 36–37; plague and, 124; rape
of Kreusa, 119–20; sanctuary at Delphi, 43,
172, 240; temple of Apollo Zoster, 316, 316–
17; temple on Delos, 114, 126, 281
Archaic period, 19, 21, 171, 250; Persian destruc-
tion of Athens and, 57, 73, 262; tyranny in, 29
Archidamos, King, 141
Arch of Hadrian, 201, 201–2, 210
archons, 26, 32, 82, 193, 325; basileus (king ar-
chon), 44–45; term of tenure, 25
Areopagos (Hill of Ares), 5–6, 227, 238, 265
Ares (god), 116, 189, 190, 191, 223
Arginoussai, Battle of (406 b.c.), 131
Ariobarzanes, King, 170, 185
Aristion, 185
aristocracy, 21, 25, 70, 158, 161, 228; decline of,
40; factions of, 28–29; knights, 138; tyrants
and, 29
Aristogeiton, 39, 55
Aristomachos (healing deity), 303
Aristophanes, 31–32, 71, 121, 145, 275
Aristotle, 26, 28, 149, 152, 158, 267, 296
Artemis (goddess), 24, 58, 124, 151, 234; Artemis
Agrotera, sanctuary and temple of, 105–6,
106, 267; Artemis Aristoboule, temple of, 61,
62; Artemis Propylaia, temple of, 209, 209 –
10; Brauron, sanctuary at, 24, 124–26, 125,
126, 210, 250, 276, 277–79
Asia Minor, 171, 182, 188, 202
Asklepieion, 122, 122–24, 123, 255; additions to,
154–55; Christian church built over, 235, 238;
plan of, 155; in Roman period, 193; uses for,
155–56
Asklepios (hero/god), 122, 122–24, 123, 238;
dual aspect of, 155; plague and, 127
Athena (goddess), 14, 20, 43, 77, 250; Athena
Archegetis, gate of, 193, 193; Athena Hephais-
tia, 103; Athena Parthenos, statue of, 77, 79–
80, 80, 298; Athena Polias, temple of, 31, 93;
Athena Promachos, statue of, 237; Athena
Skiras, temple of, 326; building of the Propy-
laia and, 88–89; old temple of (Acropolis),
30–31, 53, 54, 57, 99; other statues of, 44, 52–
53, 55, 76; temple at Pallene, 116, 116–17; tem-
ple at Sounion, 109–12, 111, 306–7, 307
Athena Nike, temple of, 31, 42–43, 52, 57, 242,
250; amphiprostyle plan of, 126; building of,
74, 90–92, 91, 92; foundations of, 42; in the
Propylaia, 84
Athens, city-state of, 3–10, 4, 25–26, 117; bar-
barian invasions (late Roman period), 223,
231, 235, 238, 239–40, 257; as cultural and
educational center, 170, 221; defensive wall
around, 59–60; destruction of (Persians), 57,
73, 262; f leet of, 6, 8, 56, 58, 61, 117, 149,
296; Frankish period, 82, 90; later history of,
239–44; other wars with Sparta, 137, 138;
plague in, 117–18, 124, 126, 264; in prehis-
toric times, 11–20; Roman conquest of, 105,
183–85; site summary of, 247; walls joining
Peiraieus, 66, 67–68, 72; wars of, 41–42,
47–58, 68, 91–92, 324
Attalids of Pergamon, 170–71, 173
Attica, peninsula of, 3, 8, 9, 41; border with Boio-
tia, 36; caves in, 11, 50, 119–20, 229, 300, 317;
invasion route into, 141–42; mining district,
310, 313; Peisistratids and, 37–38; Periklean
sanctuaries in, 106–17; political unification
of (synoikismos), 15, 16, 18; in prehistoric
times, 11, 13; site summary of, 271, 272, 273 –
74; “wandering temples” from, 191–92
Augustus (Roman emperor), 183, 184, 186, 187–
88, 191
Aulus Gellius, 219–20
Avlon Valley, 220
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