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Chapter 18

II. Places, Etc

A. = Aristophanes, Æ. = Æschylus, E. = Euripides, S. = Sophocles, Sh. = Shakespeare.

  • Abdera, 298.
  • Acharnæ, in Acharnians, 296.
  • Achelous, in Trachiniæ, 160.
  • — 304 n.
  • Acropolis, 14, 49, 239.
  • — in Eumenides, 113.
  • Ægospotami, 13, 182, 324.
  • Æthiopia, in Andromeda, 299.
  • Ætolia, in Cresphontes, 307-8.
  • Alexandria, Library of, 39.
  • — Pleiad of, 39.
  • — Theatrical activity in, 3rd century B.C., 39.
  • Amphipolis, 294.
  • Arachnæus, Mount, in Agamemnon, 101.
  • Arden, Forest of, 63.
  • Areopagus, in Eumenides, 112 ff., 128 n.
  • Argolid plain, in S.’s Electra, 63.
  • Argos, in Agamemnon, 99 ff.
  • — — Choephorœ, 106.
  • — — Eumenides, 112.
  • — — Supplices of Æ., 84.
  • — — E.’s Electra, 253.
  • — — — Heracleidæ, 200 ff.
  • — — — Orestes, 268 ff.
  • — — — Supplices, 234 n., 235.
  • — — — Telephus, 295.
  • — 316, 321.
  • Asia Minor, Græco-Roman theatres in, 59 n.
  • Asopus, plain of, in Agamemnon, 124.
  • Athens, 228-9, 244, 252 n., 307, 312, 324-5.
  • — Agathon of, 21.
  • — and drama, 3, 5.
  • — — Euripides, 317 ff.
  • — Athena’s temple in, 63.
  • — in Eumenides, 111 ff.
  • — — Œd. Coloneus, 168 ff., 185.
  • — — E.’s Erechtheus, 297.
  • — — — Hippolytus, 205 ff., 213.
  • — — — Ion, 236 ff.
  • — — — Supplices, 234 n., 235.
  • — local cults of, in Æ., 128.
  • — Phrynichus of, 6.
  • — Sophocles of, 12.
  • Athens’ war with Eleusis, 119.
  • Athos, Mt., in Agamemnon, 101.
  • Attica, 4, 279.
  • — and Furies, 131.
  • — E.’s cenotaph in, 18.
  • — in Eumenides, 113.
  • — — Heracleidæ, 200.
  • — — Medea, 194.
  • Aulis, 247, 270.
  • — in Iph. at A., 285 ff.
  • Bradfield College, Gk. plays at, 55.
  • Byzantium, 313.
  • — Homer, the tragedian of? 40.
  • — Python of? 39.
  • Caria, Mausolus, k. of, 38.
  • Catana, Python of? 39.
  • Chæronea, battle of, 31.
  • Chapel, Sistine, 102.
  • Chios, Ion of, 21 ff.
  • — Sophocles in, 15.
  • Chryse, in S.’s Philoctetes, 161.
  • Cithæron, Mt., in Œd. Tyr., 147 ff.
  • — — — E.’s Bacchæ, 277 ff.
  • Colchis, Mt., in E.’s Medea, 192 ff.
  • Colonus, Eumenides at, 172.
  • — in Œd. Coloneus, 168 ff.
  • — Sophocles’ home, 172.
  • — — song, 71.
  • Congo, Upper, 248.
  • Corinth, 22.
  • — and drama, 3.
  • — in Œd. Tyr., 147.
  • — — Medea, 192 ff., 313.
  • Crete, in Hippolytus, 206 ff.
  • Cynthus, 249.
  • Cyzicus, 167.
  • Delium, 234 n.
  • Delphi, 257.
  • — in Choephorœ, 108, 110.
  • — — Eumenides, 111 ff., 63.
  • — — S.’s Electra, 142.
  • — — — Œd. Tyr., 147 ff.
  • — — E.’s Andromache, 220 ff.
  • — — — Ion, 236 ff., 314.
  • — — — Iph. T., 247 ff.
  • — — — Medea, 193.
  • — — — Phœnissæ, 264.
  • Dodona, in E.’s Andromache, 221.
  • Egypt, 184.
  • — in Prom. V., 94.
  • — — Supplices of Æ., 84 ff.
  • — — Helena of E., 259 ff., 322.
  • Eleusis, Æ. of, 10, 119.
  • — mysteries of, 10, 11, 173.
  • Eleutheræ, priest of Dionysus of, 80.
  • England and Education, 324.
  • Eretria, Achæus of, 21, 25.
  • — Menedemus of, 25.
  • Eridanus, R., in Hippolytus, 208.
  • Etna, Mt., in Cyclops, 289 f.
  • — — eruption of, in Prom. V., 91.
  • Eubœa, in Agamemnon, 101.
  • — — Trachiniæ, 154.
  • Forest of Arden, in Shakespeare, 63.
  • Gela, 11.
  • Great Britain, dramatic renaissance in, v.
  • Hades, 86, 95, 202-3.
  • — in Critias’ Pirithous, 29.
  • — — E.’s Herc. Fur., 228 ff.
  • — Sophocles in, 14 n.
  • Halicarnassus, Dionysius of, 306 n.
  • Helene, island of, 262.
  • Hellas, 89, 248.
  • Hull, 248.
  • Hydaspes R., 39.
  • Icaria, Thespis of, 4.
  • Ilium, 245.
  • Jhelum R., 39.
  • Lemnos, in Æ.’s Philoctetes, 120.
  • — — E.’s Hypsipyle, 304.
  • — — S.’s Philoctetes, 161 ff.
  • Lenæon, 49.
  • Lesbos, in Æ.’s Bassarids, 117.
  • Macedonia, Archelaus, k. of, 18.
  • — E.’s death in, 15, 277.
  • Macistus, Mt., in Agamemnon, 124.
  • Malea, 275.
  • Marathon, 122, 163, 325.
  • — Æ. at, 10.
  • — in Heracleidæ, 200.
  • Melos, sack of, 244.
  • — Venus of, 182.
  • Messenia, in E.’s Cresphontes, 307.
  • Miletus, capture of, 494 B.C., 7.
  • Molottia, in Andromache, 221.
  • Mount Arachnæus, see Arachnæus.
  • — Athos, see Athos.
  • — Cithæron, see C.
  • — Etna, see E.
  • — Œta, see Œ.
  • — Parnassus, see P.
  • Mysia, in E.’s Telephus, 295-6.
  • Nauplia, 275.
  • Nemea, in E.’s Hypsipyle, 304.
  • Nile, R., in E.’s Helena, 322.
  • Nine Ways, 294.
  • Odessa, 248.
  • Odeum at Athens, 56.
  • Œnophyta, 184.
  • Œta, Mt., in Trachiniæ, 155.
  • Omphalos at Delphi, in Eumenides, 111.
  • Othrys, Mt., in Alcestis, 188.
  • Oxyrhynchus, 18, 304.
  • Parnassus, Mt., in Ion, 237.
  • Parthenon, 14, 182.
  • Peiræus, 49, 245.
  • Peloponnese, 6, 304.
  • Persia, in Persæ, 123-4.
  • Phaselis, Theodectes of, 36.
  • Pheræ, Alexander of, 35.
  • — in Alcestis, 186.
  • Phlius, Pratinas of, 6.
  • Phocis, 249.
  • Phthia, in Andromache, 219 ff.
  • Platæa, battle of, in Persæ, 87.
  • Propylæa, 14.
  • Punjaub, 39.
  • Salamis, 7, 12, 14.
  • — Æ. at, 10.
  • — E. at, 17.
  • — E. born at, 17.
  • — in Persæ, 87.
  • Saronic gulf, in Agamemnon, 124.
  • Scyros, in S.’s Philoctetes, 162.
  • Scythia, in Prom. V., 93.
  • Seaford, Sussex, 354 n.
  • Shrine of Thetis, in Andromache, 219 ff.
  • Sicilian sea, in E.’s Electra, 253.
  • Sicily, 119, 313.
  • — Æ. in, 10.
  • Sicyon, 3 n., 22.
  • — Neophron of, 21.
  • Sistine Chapel, 102.
  • South Russia, 247-8.
  • Sparta, in E.’s Telephus, 295.
  • — — A.’s Acharnians, 296.
  • Susa, Xerxes’ palace at, in Persæ, 88.
  • Syracuse, E. in, 17.
  • — Hiero of, 10.
  • Tauri, in Iph. T., 321.
  • Tegea, Aristarchus of, 21-2.
  • Tent of Agamemnon, 52.
  • Thebes, in Seven.
  • — — Antigone, 137 ff.
  • — — Œd. Col., 168 ff., 185.
  • — — Œd. Tyr., 145 ff.
  • — — E.’s Antiope, 298.
  • — — — Bacchæ, 277 ff.
  • — — — Herc. Fur., 228 ff.
  • — — — Hypsipyle, 304-5.
  • — — — Phœnissæ, 264 ff.
  • — — — Supplices, 235.
  • The Marshes, Athens, 49.
  • Thessaly, in Alcestis, 186 ff.
  • — — Andromache, 219 ff.
  • Thibet, 248.
  • Thrace and Athens, 294-5.
  • — in Hecuba, 215 ff.
  • Tomb of Achilles, in Hecuba, 216.
  • — — Agamemnon, in E.’s Electra, 253.
  • — — Clytæmnestra, in E.’s Orestes, 269.
  • — — Darius, in Æ.’s Persæ, 64.
  • — — Proteus, in E.’s Helena, 259.
  • Trachis, in Trachiniæ, 154 ff.
  • Troad, 295.
  • Trœzen, in Hippolytus, 205 ff.
  • Troy, 118, 270.
  • — in Agamemnon, 99 ff.
  • — — Æ.’s Philoctetes, 120.
  • — — — Weighing of the Souls, 120.
  • — — S.’s Ajax, 132 ff.
  • — — — Laocoon, 174.
  • — — — Philoctetes, 161 ff.
  • — — E.’s Electra, 253.
  • — — — Hecuba, 215 ff.
  • — — — Helena, 259 ff.
  • — — — I. A., 285 ff.
  • — — — Rhesus, 291 ff.
  • — — — Telephus, 295.
  • — — — Troades, 243.
  • Upper Congo, 248.
  • Verona, its scenery, in Sh., 63.
  • Venusberg, 283.
  • Venice, its scenery, in Sh., 63.