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526 INDEX. Page PHILOSOPHY, Anaximenes. (See his name) 243 Heraclitus, (See his name) 244 Anaxagoras. (See his name) 246 Diogenes. (See his name) 248 the Eleatic philosophers 249 Xenophanes. (See his name) 250 Parmenides. (See his name) 251 Melissus. (See his name) 252 Zeno. (See his name) ib. Empedocles. (See his name) 253 the Italic philosophers 256 Pythagoras. (See his name) ib. PHILOXENUS (lyric poet), his age, country, &c 448 his treatment by Dionysius the elder ib. estimation of his poems ib. PHRYNICHUS (tragedian), his age, country, &c 293 the lyric predominated over the tragic with him ib. employed only one actor ib. introduced female parts ib. his distribution of the chorus ib. his play of The Phoenissce ib. its resemblance to The Persians of iEschylus 294 his Capture of Miletus — effects of its production ib. PHRYNIS (lyric poet), his age, country, &c 448 abused by Pherecrates ib. PIERIA distinguished from Thrace 26 PINDAR — his age — cotemporary of jEschylus 216 his birthplace 217 his family skilled in music ib. instructed by Lasus 218 not a common mercenary poet ib. though employed by Hiero and others . ib. his freedom of speech to Hiero and Arcesilaus 219 his intercourse with princes limited to poetry ib. excelled in all varieties of lyric and choral poetry 220 all lost except his epinikia, or trium- phal odes ib. the epinikia, and their mode of per- formance explained ib. their style lofty and dignified 222 turn upon the destiny or merit of the victor ib. though delivered by a chorus, express his own feelings, &c 224 contain much sententious wisdom .... ib. but more occupied by mythical narratives ib. reference of these to the main theme, either historical or ideal 225 copious mythology introduced 226 his meaning frequently difficult to com- prehend at the present time ib. general characteristics of his Epinikian odes 227 PINDAR, style and metres — Doric, JEolic, and Lydian 227 distinction between 228 his language, &c ib. differs widely from Homer in his no- tions respecting the state of man after death 229 PISISTRATIDS, the. (See Athens) .. 278 POETRY of the Greeks its first efforts 16 songs of the husbandmen 17 the Paan 19 the Threnos and Hymenceos 20, 21 origin and character of the chorus. ... 22 ancient composers of sacred hymns . . 24 in the worship of Apollo ib. of Demeter and Dio- nysus 25 of the Corybantes, &c. 26 Thracian origin of several early poets. . ib. influence of this origin on the poetry of Homer 28 Epic poetry— its metrical form, &c. .. 35 poetical style and tone of the ancient epic 36 perpetuated by memory, not by writing 37 subjects and extent of the ante-Homeric epic poetry 39 the exploits of Hercules — the ship Argo, &c 40 never favourable to the elevation of a single individual 49 its state more developed in the Odyssey than in the Iliad 58 the Didactic Epos described 86 general remarks on the influence of the Epos 103 the only kind of poetry before the 7th century, b.c 104 its connexion with the monarchical period 105 influence of the forms of government on poetry ib. Elegiac poetry. (See Elegeion) .... ib. Epigrammatic poetry. (See that title) 126 Iambic and Satyrical poetry. (See that title) 128 Lyric poetry. (See that title) 148 moral improvement after Homer evident in the notions as to the state of man after death 229 general alteration in the spirit of Greek poetry during the first five centuries 238 Dramatic poetry. (See that title) . . 285 later epic poetry and its writers 454 Antimachus. (See his name) ib. POETS or minstrels. their social position in the heroic age. . 29 as depicted by Homer 30 before his time 31 as depicted by Hesiod, &c 32 epic poets connected with the early minstrels 36