Abradates and Panthea, story of, i. 100.
Abraham, his name universally respected,

i. 187.

Ace, rebuilt by Ptolemy II., ii. 74; now
called Acre, ib.
Achæmenides, his Persian expedition de-
feated by the Egyptians and Athenians,
i. 228; slain in battle, 278.
Achæus, his good services to Seleucus
Caraunus, ii. 86; refuses the kingdom
of Syria, ib.; declares himself king of
Asia, 92; besieged in Sardis by Antio-
chus the Great, 102; beheaded, 103.
Achemenes, made governor of Egypt by
Xerxes, i. 207.

Achillas, makes war upon Cæsar at Alex-

andria, ii. 401; put to death, 402.
Achoris, succeeds Psammitichus in the
kingdom of Egypt, i. 386; his death,
392.

Acichorius, commands an expedition of
Gauls into Macedonia, ii. 30; his ill-
success, 31.

Acra, Mount, Syrian fortress there de-
stroyed by Simon, ii. 243.
Acrostics, mentioned by Cicero, what
they were, ii. 522.

Actiac Era, commencement of the, ii. 491.
Actium, utter defeat of Antony there, ii.

482.

Adamantius, why Origen so called, ii. 56.
Æchmalotarch, the head of the captivity
at Babylon, ii. 288, note 3.
Ægean Sea, cleared from Persian ships,
i. 223.

Ælius Gallus, his unsuccessful expedition
against the Troglodytes in the East, ii.
503.

Emilius, the Roman admiral, his success

against the fleet of Antiochus the Great,
ii. 122.

Etolians, invite Antiochus the Great to
make war on the Romans in Greece, ii.
119.

Africa, assigned to Pompey for five years,
ii. 384.

Agathoclea, her wickedness, ii. 93; plun- |

ders Ptolemy's treasury at his death,
107; killed, ib.

Agathocles, brother of Agathoclea, aims at
the regency of Egypt, ii. 107; executed,

ib.

Agathocles, son of Lysimachus, his ac-

tions against Demetrius, ii. 14; mur-
dered by means of his aunt and step-
mother Arsinoe, 27.
Agathocles, governor of Parthia for An-
tiochus, ii. 70.

Agesilaus, his expedition into Phrygia, i.

379; into Lydia, and defeat of Tissapher-
nes, 381; continues the war in Asia
Minor, 382; appointed generalissimo
of the Lacedæmonians on land and sea,
ib.; projects an expedition into the heart
of Persia, 383; recalled to defend La-
cedæmon against the new confederacy,
ib.; commands the Lacedæmoniaus
against Persia, 398; joins the revolt of
Nectabenus against Tachos king of
Egypt, 399; his death, 400.

Agrippa, a favourite of Augustus, marries
his daughter Julia, ii. 508; assisted by
Herod in his war in the Cimmerian
Bosphorus, 515; recalled to Rome,
529; his death, ib.

Agrippa II., unsuccessfully attempts to
mediate between the Jews and the Ro-
man procurator Florus, ii. 558.
Ahasuerus, of Ezra, identified with Cam-
byses, i. 146; of Esther, with Artaxerxes
Longimanus, 224; by Usher with Da-
rius Hystaspis, ib.; by Scaliger with
Xerxes, 225; decision in favour of Ar
taxerxes, ib. See Astyages.
Ahaz, king of Judah, his wicked reign, i.
2-14; encouraged by Isaiah, 2; his
perverseness and terrible defeat, 3;
applies for aid to Tiglath-Pileser, king
of Assyria, 4; becomes tributary to
that monarch, ib.; his idolatry, 10;
subjects himself to Arbaces, ib.; his
death, 13; excluded from the royal
sepulchre, ib.

Ahaziah, king of Israel, in partnership

with Jehosaphat in the trade to Ophir,
i. 6.

Ahikam, his friendship to Jeremiah, i. 52.
Alcaudonius, king of the Arabs, offers

himself by auction, ii. 413.

Alcibiades the Athenian, death of, i. 373.
Ahriman, or darkness, created by the In-
finite Being, i. 196; contest with Or-
muzd, 198; creates all impure animals
and plants, ib.; remains subject to Or-
muzd, 200.
Alcimus, succeeds Menelaus to the high
priesthood, ii. 192; the Syrians endea-
vour to establish him in that office,
196; their success, 215; his death, 216.
Aldus, his edition of the Septuagint, ii. 58.
Alexander the Great, his birth, i. 403;

succeeds his father Philip on the throne
of Macedon, 411; as captain-general of
Greece, 412; takes Thebes, ib.; passes
into Asia, defeats the Persian army at
the river Granicus, and reduces Asia
Minor, 413; conquers Darius at the
battle of Issus, 414; Syria falls into
his hands, 415; invades Phoenicia, and
lays siege to Tyre, ib.; captures that
city, 416; marches against Jerusalem,
to punish the Jews for supplying Tyre
with provisions, 418; met by Jaddua
the high priest, and adores the God of
the Hebrews, ib.; enters Jerusalem,
and is shown the prophecies of Daniel
concerning himself, 419; receives an
embassy from the Samaritans, ib.; takes
Gaza, after a two months' siege, 420;
drags Betis round the city, ib.; invades
Egypt, and becomes master of the en-
tire country, 421; projects a journey
to the temple of Jupiter Ammon, 422;
founds the city of Alexandria, 423; de-
clares himself the son of Jupiter, 424;
crosses the Euphrates and Tigris, and
utterly defeats Darius in the battle of
Arbela, 428; enters Babylon, 429;
marches on to Susa and Persepolis, ib. ;
burns Persepolis, 430; pursues Darius
to Ecbatana and Rages, 431; subdues
the eastern provinces of the Persian
empire, 432; verifies the prophecies of
Daniel, ib.; puts Parmenio to death,
ib.; crosses the Oxus into Sogdiana,
takes Bessus, ib.; difficult conquest of
Sogdiana, 433; murder of Clitus, ib.;
marries Roxana, ib.; projects the con-
quest of India, 434; puts Callisthenes
to death, ib.; subdues the Indians west-
ward of the Indus, ib.; crosses the In-
dus, and defeats Porus on the banks of
the Hydaspes, 435; sails down the In-
dus, 436; marches through the south-
ern provinces of Persia, ib.; returns to
Babylon, 437; punishes oppressions
committed during his absence, ib; re-
solves on the circumnavigation of Africa,

437; violation of Pasargada, and ex-
ecution of Orsines, ib.; reaches Susa,
438; marries Statira, eldest daughter
of Darius, and encourages marriages
between his officers and Persian ladies,
ib., note; mutiny in the army, 439;
marches to Ecbatana, 440; death of
Hephæstion, ib.; subdues the Cossæans,
and marches to Babylon, ib.; projects
numerous magnificent designs, 441;
dies of a fever brought on by excessive
drinking, 442; his character, 443; his
empire finally divided between Ptolemy,
Cassander, Lysimachus, and Seleucus,
477; the four horns of the he-goat of
Daniel's prophecies, ib.; his sepulchre
in Egypt visited by Augustus, ii. 491.
Alexander Ægus, son of Roxana, united
with Aridæus Philip in the nominal
sovereignty of the empire, i. 444;
murdered, 468.

Alexander Balas, the impostor, supported
in his claim to Syria by three kings and
the Roman senate, ii. 223; supported
by Jonathan, 224; war with Demetrius
Soter, 225; is victorious and seated on
the throne of Syria, 226; marries the
daughter of Ptolemy Philometor, and
bestows great honours on Jonathan,
226; his maladministration, 229
cruelty of his favourite, ib.; opposed
by Demetrius Nicator, 230; his defeat
and death, 233.

Alexander, brother of Antiochus the Great,
incites the Persians to revolt from the
Syrian empire, ii. 87.

Alexander, son of Ptolemy Physcon, ap-
pointed by his mother king of Cyprus,
as a counterpoise to Ptolemy Lathyrus,
ii. 274; made king of Egypt instead of
Ptolemy Lathyrus, 313; besieges
Ptolemais, 315; craftily treats with
Ptolemy Lathyrus on one hand, and
Cleopatra on the other, ib. ; defeated by
Ptolemy Lathyrus, 316; murders his
mother Cleopatra, 325.

Alexander Zebina, an impostor, supported
against Demetrius Nicator by Ptolemy
Physcon, ii. 268; shares the kingdom
of Syria with Cleopatra, ib.; his popu
larity, 269; his death, 271.
Alexander Jannæus, son of Hyrcanus I.,
succeeds to the throne of Judæa, ii.
315; contemporary state of affairs in
Syria and Egypt, ib.; defeated by Pto-
lemy Lathyrus, 319; prosecutes the
war eastward of the Jordan, but is
utterly vanquished, ib.; prosecutes the
war on his south-western frontier, ib. ;
besieges Gaza, 320; destroys that city,
ib.; his quarrel with the Pharisees, 321;
forms a body-guard of 6000 foreign
mercenaries, 322; renews the war east-
ward of the Jordan, ib.; successfully

prosecutes the war eastward of the
Jordan, 323; his ill-success in Gaulo-
nitis, followed by a war with his own
subjects, ib.; continuation of the civil
war, 325; Syrian intervention, followed
by his utter defeat, 326; renews the
war against his subjects with success,
ib.; gains a complete victory over his
opponents, and exacts a terrible revenge,
328; reduces the rebels eastward of
the Jordan, 332; his conquests and
triumphant return to Jerusalem, 333;
bequeaths his kingdom to his queen
Alexandra, 334; his death, ib.
Alexander, eldest son of Aristobulus II.,
escapes to Judæa, but is defeated by
Gabinius, ii. 379; again defeated, 384;
sent to Syria by Julius Cæsar, but put
to death by the adherents of Pompey,

394.
Alexander, son of Herod the Great, incurs
his father's displeasure, ii. 528; carried
to Rome and accused before Augustus,
529; reconciliation effected by him, ib.;
fresh breach, 530; reconciliation effect-
ed by Archelaus, king of Cappadocia,
531; renewal of the quarrel with his
father, 534; his trial and execution,
536.

Alexandra, queen of Alexander Jannæus,
succeeds her husband to the govern-
ment of Judæa, ii. 334; secures an
honourable funeral for her husband, and
her own succession, by confiding the
administration to the Pharisees, ib.;
appoints her son Hyrcanus to the high
priesthood, 335; scheming of her son
Aristobulus to obtain the kingdom at
her death, 341; her death, 343.
Alexandra, sister-in-law of Herod, her
intrigues for placing her son Aristobulus
on the throne of Judæa, ii. 471; im-
prisoned by Herod, 475; plots against
the government, 497; put to death, ib.
Alexandria, the greatest mart in the world,
i. 8; founded by Alexander the Great,
423; peopled by Ptolemy, 462; great
increase of the Jewish colony there,
463;
foundation of the college and
library, ii. 22; account of it, 23; be-
sieged by Antiochus Epiphanes, 149;
sedition between the Jews and Samar-
itans, 229.

Alexandria, bishop of, appointed by the
Nicene Council to calculate Easter-day,

ii. 203.

Alexandrians, refuse to submit to Antio-
chus Epiphanes, ii. 146; place Ptolemy
Physcon on the throne of Egypt, 148;
their flight from Egypt and consequent
revival of learning in Greece, Asia Mi-
nor, and the East, 251; their insurrec-
tion appeased by Cæsar, 400.
Altar for burnt offerings described, i. 118.

Amariah, high priest in the reign of Je-
hosaphat, i. 34.

Amasis, usurps the throne of Egypt, i. 77;
confirmed on the throne by Nebuchad-
nezzar, 79; his death, 140; contem-
porary with Pythagoras, 191.
Amathus, taken and razed by the king of
Judæa, ii. 323.

Amisus in Pontus, long siege of, by the
Romans, ii. 341; made a free city by
Lucullus, 343.

Ammianus Marcellinus, corrected, ii. 241.
Ammon, his short and idolatrous reign, i.
36; murdered by his servants, ib.; ex-
cluded from the royal sepulchre, ib.
Ammonites, execution of God's judgments
against them, i. 76; attempt to hinder
Nehemiah in the restoration of Jerusa
lem, 318; defeated by Judas Macca-
bæus, 183.

Ammonius, the favourite of Alexander
Balas, his cruelty, ii. 230.
Amos, his prophecy of the captivity of
Israel beyond Damascus accomplished,
i. 11.

Amyntas, his revolt from Alexander, i.

422; endeavours to obtain possession
of Egypt, ib.; his death, ib.
Amyrtæus, reigns in the fens of Egypt, i.
271; his successful revolt from Persia,
354; becomes king of all Egypt, 356;
his death, 369.

Anaclateria of Ptolemy, what it was, ii.

116.

Ananelus, appointed by Herod to the
high priesthood, ii. 464; deposed, 471.
Andreas, solicits Ptolemy for the Jews, ii.
33.

Andriscus the impostor, claims the king-
dom of Macedonia, ii. 226.
Andronicus, governor of Antioch, puts
Onias the high priest to death, ii. 143;
punished for it, ib.

Angels of the churches, why the Asian
bishops so called, i. 336.
Angli, their origin, ii. 319.
Anna the prophetess, her marriage, ii.

321; becomes a widow, 327; her de-
votion, ib., note 1.

Annas, appointed to the high priesthood,
ii. 547.

Annius, a lying historian, i. 481.
Anointing of kings and priests, i. 133.
Antalcidas the Lacedæmonian, his dis-

honourable peace with the Persians, i.
385-388; starves himself to death, ib.
Antigonia, city of, built by Antigonus, i.
478; destroyed by Seleucus, ib.
Antigonus, generalissimo of Asia Minor,
aims at the possession of the empire,
451; his operations against Eumenes,
452; endeavours to dispossess Ptolemy
of Syria and Phoenicia, but obliged to
withdraw to Mesopotamia, ib.; cam-

i.