gelo. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, begun at the instance of Alfred the Great, viii, 54.
Angoulême, Duke of, mission of, as French military commander, ix, 99.
Angro-Mainyus.-The evil power in the Zoroastrian system, i, 57, 58. "Animals and Plants under Do-
mestication,' variation of, Dar- win's, xiv, 164, 172, 180. Animal worship, Egyptian, i, 39, 40; influence of, extended to the Jews, 41.
Animals of Egypt worshipped neath the temple, ii, 341. Anne, Princess.-(Afterwards Queen.) Wife of Prince George
of Denmark (1665-1714), play- mate with Sarah Jennings (after- wards Duchess of Marlborough) at York House, vii, 183-185; her character, 185; marriage, 186; corresponds (as "Mrs. Morley") with Duchess of Marlborough ("Mrs. Freeman"), 186; resides at Chatsworth, 187; succeeds to British throne (1702), 191; alienated from Duchess of Marl- borough, 199-201; takes up Mrs. Masham in place of "Mrs. Free- man," 203; parts with Lord Godolphin, her confidential min- ister, 204; dismisses Duchess of Marlborough, 206; also dis- misses Duke of Marlborough, 215; her death, 217.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), Court of, vii, 182; ruled by Duchess of Marl- borough, viii, 102; English writ- ers of the reign of, xiii, 281. (See Preceding.)
Anne of Austria.-Wife of Louis XIII of France, rules through Italian favorites, viii, 102. "Anne of Geierstein," Scott's, xiii, 128.
Anselm, Saint.-(1033-1109.) Me- diæval Theology, v, 171; birth, family, and contemporaries, 171, 172; studies under Lanfranc, whom he succeeds as prior, then abbot, of Bec (1063-93), 173; his theological and philosophic studies, 173; becomes arch- bishop of Canterbury on death of Lanfranc, 175, 179; breach with William Rufus, 180; quar- rel with the King over the rite of investiture, 182-186, 193; the Pope refuses to depose Anselm at King's bidding, 186; Anselm finally receives the pallium, 187; the appeals to Rome, 188; sides with the Pope rather than with his sovereign, 190; visit to Rome, 194; Henry I becomes reconciled to the archbishop, 195; death and estimate of, 196, 197; combats the Nominalism of Roscelin, 209; vii, 36, 117, 123. Anselm of Laon. — - (1030-1117.) French theologian, vii, 33, 36. Anson, Ellen Louise. Wife of Woodrow Wilson, xvi, 25, 26. Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906.) American reformer, woman suf- fragist, xvi, 142; family his- tory, 142; active in temperance and anti-slavery organization, 142.
Antietam, Battle of (Sept., 1862), xii, 333.
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Anti-Corn-Law Association, x, 79. Anti-Federalists, xi, 160. Anti-Masonic movement in U. S. political history, xii, 77, 78. Antioch, Saul and Barnabas at, ii, 415; Christians of, 417; contri- butions of, to their poor breth- ren, 417; its baths, theatres, museums, and temples, fii, 212. Antiochus IV. — King of Syria detests (175-164 B. C.), monotheism of Jews and afflicts them, ii, 393; death of, 394. "Antiquary," The, Scott's novel, xiii, 112, 113.
Antiquity, Classical, rich in poetry, 1, 321; ii, 33; Moses, august character of, 97. Anti-slavery agitation, xii, 215, 216, 223; movement, 255. Antisthenes. (4 4 4-3 7 1 B. C.) Athenian philosopher and found- er of school of the Cynics, 1, 215, 257. Antoninus Pius.-Emperor of Rome (138-161 A. D.), adopts his fu- ture son-in-law, Marcus Aurelius, iv, 107.
Antonio, the Merchant, of Shaks-
peare's plays, xiii, 305. Antony, Mark. Roman general (83-30 B. C.), Cicero's philippics against; his infatuation for Cleopatra, iii, 297, 322, 323; marries Octavia, 323; fights Oc- tavius (Augustus Cæsar) at Actium (31 B.C.), 326; civil war ends his career, 328; dies before Cleopatra, 329; vii, 109. Aosta, Italy, birthplace of Anselm (1033), v, 171.
Apelles. Greek painter (time of Alexander the Great), "the Titian of his day," i, 309, 310, 311; iii, 138, 139; Venus (Aphro- dite) of, 143.
Apollo Velvedere.-Sculptured fig. ure of, i, 125; vi, 187, 192. Apollodorus. (Circa 404 B. C.) Greek painter, i, 257, 307; in- vented chiaroscuro, 308; iii, 134, 136.
Apollonius of Perga, Greek geo-
metrician (circa 2nd half of 3rd cent. B. C.). IIis treaties on conic sections, iii, 177. Appomattox, Lee's capitulation at (April, 1865), xii, 343. Aquila and Priscilla.-Paul lodges with, at Corinth, ii, 432, 435. Aquinas, Thomas.-(1225-74). The scholastic philosophy, v, 215; a recruit of the Dominican order, 231; birth and parentage, 231; a prodigy of dialectical skill, 232; studies under Albertus Magnus, 233; personal appear- ance, 234; his commentary on the "Book of Sentences," 234; doctor of theology, 235; the "Summa Theologica," 235, 236, 247; the "Catena," an interpre- tation of Patristic literature, 236; offered preferment but re- fuses it, 238; Dr. Vaughan's "Life" of the medieval doctor, 239; Platonic and Aristotelian in his writings, 241; death, 241; vii, 32, 35, 37. Arabia. Patriarchial
of, ii, 42; its fine horses, 206;.
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religious systems of, v, 25, 26; degrading Polytheism of, 28. See Mohammed.
"Arabian Nights," i, 121. Arago, Dominique François.- (1786-1853.) French physicist and astronomer, ix, 112, 347; magnetic discoveries, xiv, 401; his rotating disc, 419. "Aratra Pentelici," Ruskin's, xiv, 100.
Arbela, Battle of (331 B. C.), in which the Macedonians (under Alexander the Great) defeated the Persians (under Darius), i, 63.
Arbitration, xii, 376, 408-443. Arblay, Madame d' (1752-1840), Macaulay's Essay on, xiii, 266. Arbuthnot, John.-(1667-1735.) British physician and man-of- letters, vii, 199. Archæology, Modern, xiv, 351. See Layard, Sir Austen H. Archimedes of Sicily.-Reputed in- ventor of the arch, iii, 107. Archimedes of Syracuse.- (287- 212 B. C.) Astronomical re-
searches, iii, 165; mathematical writings, 175. Architecture, Church, early devel- opment, v, 362; original church modelled after the ancient Basil- ica, 364, 365; transition to the Romanesque, 366, 368, 371; architects of latter, 367; the ogive or arch appears, 372; Eng- lish and continental cathedrals, 377; St. Paul's more Grecian than Gothic, 381; Gothic Churches, 384; Westminster Abbey, 387. See William Wykeham.
Architecture, Gothic. See William of Wykeham.
Architecture, Grecian artists the
of. (1824-1900.)
Opposed to Darwin's evolution- ary theories, xiv, 193. "Ariadne Florentina," Ruskin's, xiv, 100.
Arians and the Arian controversy, iv, 259, doctrines, 260, 261; Empress Faustina patroness of the sect, 261; Ambrose deems doctrine dangerous error, 262; Empress challenges him to pub- lic disputation, and his refusal to compromise himself, 261, 262. Ariosto, Ludivico. (1474-1533.) Italian poet, witchery of his writings, xiii, 94. Aristarchus.-Greek astronomer (circa 280-264 B. C.), labors and writings in astronomy, iii, 164, 166. Aristippus.
(temp. 380 B. C.) Greek philosopher and founder of Cyreniac school, i, 215, 257. Aristophanes.-( 4 4 4-380 B. C.) Father of comedy. His Greek plays, the "Clouds," etc., i, 250, 274, 330. Aristotle.-(384-322 B. C.) Greek philosopher, and disciple of Plato, i, 222; birth, and tutor
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to Alexander the Great, 223; his "History of Animals," 223; father of the history of philoso- phy, 224; systematizes knowl- edge and carries far his investi- gations, 224, 225; writes on ethics, 226; "father of logic," 227; precision and exactness as a writer, 228; his "Organum" (philosophy of first principles) taught publicly at Paris in 1215 A. D., v, 224.
Arius.-( 256-336 A. D.) Pres- byter of Alexandria and founder
of Arianism, iv, 158, 159; dep- osition of but defends his views, 159, 161.
Arkansas, applies (1836) for ad- mission into the Union, xii, 222. Arlington, General Lee's estate at, xii, 322.
Army Commissions in England, Ab- olition of purchase of, x, 361, 362.
Arnold, Benedict. - (1741-1801.)
American Revolutionary general and traitor, xi, 133, 135, 143, 144, 177; his blasted name, 213; a Judas Iscariot, 305. "Arrows of the Chace," Ruskin's, xiv, 99.
Ionic, and Corinthian columns, 297, 299; sculpture, 301; Gre cian statuary, 302, 303; paint. ing, 306-311; art in literature, 311-313; great art benefits the human race and gives impulse to civilization, 315.
Art in the United States, centen- nial exposition, xii, 377. Art, modern, xiv, 73. See Ruskin, John.
Art, Roman, decline of when she lost her great men, 1, 293.
Art, The revival of. See Michael Angelo.
Art and Science, early development of in Egypt, iii, 528.
Artaxerxes I.-King of Persia (465-424 B. C.) Shares hard- ships of his army, 1, 55. Artaxerxes, II. King of Persia (405-359), 1, 63.
Artemis (Diana).-Huntress, god- dess of the chace, 1, 48, 117; statue of, 126.
Artemisia, mausoleum to her hus band, iv, 176.
Early British chieftain and legendary hero, viii, 28. Arthur's Court, Knights of Tenny- son's "Idylls of the King" founded on Malory's prose his- tory of, xiii, 468. Artistic historical writing. See Macaulay.
(1757-1836.) Afterwards Charles X of France, ix, 198.
"Art of England," Ruskin's, xiv, 100.
Arrow War, Chinese, xiv, 279. Art, Greek.-1, 283-315; marks a stepping-stone of the race, 285; art in writing, in music, and in eloquence, as well as in archi- tecture, sculpture, and painting, 287; eternal ideas the founda- tion of, 288; art prostituted, 290; flourishes alike under Pa- gan and Christian influences, 291; art indebted to great ideas as well as to the contemplation of ideal beauty, 293; art in architecture, 294; seen in tem- ples, 296, 297; culmination in the Parthenon, 298; Doric, Roman numerals refer to Volumes. see Prefatory Note at beginning of Index.
Arts, The Fine, il, 83. Aryan, or Indo-European race, 1, 53; emigration to India, 54; Irans (Persians) a part of, 70; nomadic and partly civilized, 71; Bettlement on banks of Indus and Ganges, 74; migrations, 74;
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in monastic institutions, v, 137. Ascham, Roger.-(1515-68.) Tutor to Princess Elizabeth, viii, 67. Asepticism, Lord Lister's work in, xiv, 468.
Ashdod, a city of the Philistines,
Ashdod and Gaza, keys of Egypt, ii, 160.
Ashley, Lord.-On factory ques- tion, x, 76.
Asia Minor, grand cities of, iii,
212; Christian sects in, v, 332. Asiatic Monk, European pietist em- braces the religious tenets of, ▼, 331.
Asiatic supremacy, iv, 27. Aspasia. The beautiful and cul- tured wife of Pericles, admirer of Socrates, i, 209, 250, 255. Asquith, Herbert Henry.-(1852-.) English politician, attempts to settle Irish question, xv, 32, 33. Asquith, Mrs. Margot.-Diary, XV, 33.
Asser, Welsh monk (died 909
A. D.), who wrote Life of "Alfred the Great," viii, 53, 54. Asshur.-National god of Assyria, 1, 43; corresponds with Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter, 44. Assyrian and other ancient re- ligions, i, 27; national deity of Asshur, 43; influence of deities on Jews, 44; Asshur its chief deity, 43, 44, 48; oldest of great empires occupying Mesopotamia, 43; other gods than Asshur, 45, 46; planet deities of, 47; their goddesses, 48; oblations and sacrifices to their gods, 49. Assyrian monarchies, ii, 31; em- pire of, 291; formidable under
warlike sovereigns, 292; break up of empire, 337.
Assyrian and Aramean inscriptions, recovery of, xiv, 384.
Astarte (Astoreth).—Goddess of fecundity, i, 48.
Astral deities, 1, 47.
Astrology of the East, iii, 157. Astronomical discoveries. See Gal- ileo.
Astronomy, ancient study of, 1, 47; iii, 147; great lights of, 151; Chaldean, 152, 153; Egyptian, 154; Greek, 155. Astyages.—King of Media (584-
549 B. C.), orders his grandson Cyrus to be destroyed at birth; this is defeated by Harpagus, an officer at court, who gives the child to a herdsman, iv, 38, 39; the deception discovered, Cyrus accepted by Astyages as his heir, 40; Cyrus later heads revolt against his grandfather, defeats him in battle, and unites Medis with Persia, 41. Asvaghosha.-Early biographer of Buddha, i, 85. Athaliah.
- Daughter of Jezebel, who reigned over Judah (483 B. C.), perishes with the remaja- ing priests of Baal, ii, 279; ascendancy over her husband Jehoram and malign influence, 289.
Athanaric, Gothic King, iv, 333. Athanasius.-Saint and father of the early Christian church (296- 373 A. D.), opposes Arius and his doctrines, iv, 161, 165; takes prominent part in the council of Nicæa, 162, 163; made patriarch of Alexandria, but subsequently banished, 165. Athene (Minerva). - Goddess of wisdom, 1, 117, 120, 121; statue of, 126.
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