INDEX
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius and Miller, Walter
Hecaton, of Rhodes, a Stoic, pupil of Panaetius, iii, 63, 89.
Hercules, the greatest of heroes, son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Alcmena, i, 118; his choice of his path in life, i, 118; performer of the twelve labours; benefactor of humanity, iii, 25; his attainment of heaven, iii, 25.
Hernicians, a tribe in the Sabine mountains, subdued by Rome (306), i, 35.
Herodotus, of Halicarnassus (5th century), lived also at Athens and Thurii; the father of history; travelled widely and wrote the history of Persia and Greece, ii, 41.
Hesiod, the Boeotian didactic poet (8th century); author of the Theogony, the Works and Days, etc., i, 48.
Hippolytus, son of Theseus; his stepmother Phaedra fell in love with him; he rejected her advances but promised not to tell, iii, 108; she accused him falsely; his innocence proved, Phaedra hanged herself and Theseus suffered lifelong remorse, i, 32; iii, 94.
Home, of man of rank; see House.
Homer, the poet, author of Iliad and Odyssey, iii, 97.
Honesty, the bond of human society, iii, 21 fg.; the corner-stone of government, ii, 78 fg.
House, suitable for a man of rank, i, 138-140.
Hortensius, Quintus (114-50), Cicero's famous rival as orator and advocate; his close friend (after 63), iii, 73; enormously wealthy; lavish in his aedileship (75), ii, 57; not always scrupulous, iii, 73-74.
Hospitality, the duty of, ii, 64.
Humility, in prosperity, i, 90-91.
Illyria, the country between Macedonia and the Adriatic, ii, 40.
Ingratitude, abhorred, ii, 63.
Injustice, active and passive, i, 23, 28; never expedient, iii, 84; of hypocrisy, i, 41.
Instinct and Reason, difference between man and beast, i, 11.
Integrity, official, ii, 75, 76, 77.
Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra (q.v.); sacrificed at Aulis, iii, 95.
Isocrates (436-338), one of the ten Attic orators, pupil of Gorgias and Socrates; a polished speaker; greater as a teacher than as an orator; might have been a great philosopher, i, 4.
Italian War (90-88), caused by Rome's injustice to the allies, provoked by the fear of prosecution on the part of the corrupt aristocrats, ii, 75; resulted in Rome's granting the contentions of the allies.
Italy, in government identified with Rome, ii, 76.
Ithaca, the home of Odysseus (Ulysses), an island of the Ionian group west of Greece, probably the historical Leucas, iii, 97.
Janus, an old Italian sun-god; a covered passage (commonly called his temple) adjoining the forum accommodated the banking houses of Rome, ii, 87.
Jason, tyrant of Pherae (395-370), generalissimo of Thessaly (374-370), an able soldier and diplomat, i, 108.
Jests; see Wit.
Jove; see Jupiter.
Jugurtha, king of Numidia (118-106), campaigned with Scipio against Numantia; war with Rome (112-106) protracted by his bribes as much as by his arms, iii, 79; executed in Rome (104).
Julius; see Caesar.
Junius; see Brutus and Pennus and Silanus.
Jupiter, the greatest of the gods of Italy, iii, 102, 105; "Supreme and Best," iii, 104; father of Hercules, i, 118.
Justice, the second Cardinal Virtue, i, 15, 17, 20-41; in what consisting, i, 20; not fully comprehended, iii, 69; queen of all the virtues, iii, 28; most important, i, 153; close to nature, i, 153; iii, 24; rule of duty, i, 29-30; in war, i, 38-40; and generosity, i, 42; vs. Wisdom, i, 152-157; vs. Fortitude, i, 157; vs. Temperance, i, 159-160; indispensable in business, ii, 40; inspires most confidence, ii, 34; the best means to popularity, ii, 39; to glory, ii, 43; always expedient, iii, 96; in conflict with apparent expediency, iii, 40, 86.
Labeo, Quintus Fabius, grandson of Fabius Maximus, consul (183); injustice of, i, 33.
Lacedaemon; see Sparta.
Laciads, citizens of the deme of Lacia, west of Athens, the home of Miltiades, ii, 64.
Laelius, Gaius, surnamed "the Wise," iii, 16; statesman; soldier under Scipio at Carthage, successful against Viriathus, ii, 40; a Stoic, pupil of Diogenes and Panaetius; a man of endless charm and wit, i, 90, 108; his friendship for Africanus immortalized, ii, 31; a man of letters, centre of the literary group comprising also Scipio, Panaetius, Polybius, Terence, Lucilius.
Lanarius, Gaius Calpurnius, iii, 66.
Latin, study of combined with Greek, i, 1-2.
Latins, the people of Latium, the province in which Rome is situated, the first territory added to Rome, i, 38; decisive battle on the Anio, iii, 112.
Law, the origin of, ii, 41-42; the majesty of, i, 148; as a profession, ii, 65; its decline with the end of the Republic, ii, 67; iii, 2.