Library of History
By Diodorus Siculus. Made English, By G. BOOTH. London [1814]

A TABLE OF The Principal Matters In the First Five BOOKS of Diodorus the Sicilian: Containing his MYTHOLOGIES




A TABLE OF The Principal Matters In the First Five BOOKS of Diodorus the Sicilian: Containing his MYTHOLOGIES.

A.
  • ACteon; Torn in pieces by Dogs, and Occasion, Page 171
  • Adoption; the Rites of it among the Barbarians, 147
  • Adulteresses; an innumerable Company burnt in Egypt, 31
  • Aeacus; His Genealogy, 166
  • Aegestines; Their War with the Selinuntines, 297
  • Aegypt; Its Shape, Greatness, &c. 14
  • —All living Creatures first there, 3
  • —One Sea, 86
  • —Other Matters of Aegypt, 12, 13, 22, 36, 40, 41, &c. 42, 43, 51, 61
  • —Divided into three Parts; for the Priests, Kings, and Soldiers, 38
  • —Three other Classes, 39
  • —Their Gods most ancient, 3
  • —Many Colonies from hence; as Babylonians, Argives, Colchians, Jews, and Athenians, 13
  • —The Number of their Judges and Salaries, 39
  • —Their Kings, &c. p. 36 45, 46.
  • —Their Burials, 38 58
  • Aeolus, 164
  • —The Entertainer of Ulysses, 179
  • Aequinoctial; Under the Aequinox, the most temperate Air, and the State of the Days and Shadows, 82
  • Air; Airy Bodies seen in some Parts of Africa, 109
  • Aesculapius; His Original, 166
  • —Accus'd by Pluto, ibid. ibid.
  • Age; An Age accounted 30 Years with the Grecians, 81
  • Aethiopians; Boast they were the first Men; p. 85
  • —Religious 86 ibid
  • Aetna; Vomits Fire, 138.
  • Africa; Where Till'd, and where Desert, p. 108
  • —Freed from wild Beasts by Hercules, p. 136
  • —The nature of the Fruits of the African Palm-Tree, 81
  • Alexandria; Built by Alexander the Great; p. 26 33
  • Amalthea; Amalthea's Horn in Africa, p. 145
  • —In Aetolia, what? 120
  • Amazons of Africa, 110
  • —Their Seats, Arms, &c. 111, 112
  • The Scythian Amazons, 76
  • —Their Wars with Hercules, p. 77, 135 156
  • —Their Irruption into Attica, and Overthrow by Theseus, 141
  • Ammon King of Lybia, the Husband of Rhea, 120
  • —Overcome by Saturn, 122
  • Amphiraus General of the Argives at Thebes; a Conjurer Betray'd by his Wife, and Reveng'd by his Son, 163 188
  • Apis Consecrated to Osiris, 9
  • —Its Worship, 44, 45 55
  • Apollo; the Son of Jupiter,
  • —Found out the Laurel, 7
  • —His several Names, 211
  • —His good Acts, 209
  • —His Contest with Marsyas, and his Cruelty towards him, 114, 115
  • Apries; King of Aegypt, 35
  • —Strangl'd ibid.
  • Aquaduct; a Stately Aquaduct made by Semiramis at Ecbatana, 58 32
  • Arabia; its Description, Situation, People, &c. p. 78 92
  • —The Happy; its Fruitfulness, Spices, &c. p. 79
  • —The Tree as Cedar, Juniper, &c. ibid.
  • —Gold pure, Cattle, Wild Beasts, Precious Stones, 80
  • —A description of both Shoars in the Red-Sea, 102, &c. 122, 124
  • Arbaces the Mede, his Conspiracy against Sardanapalus, 66, 67 80
  • Argives; their War with the Thebans, 163
  • —The Destruction of the Seven Captains at Thebes, ibid.
  • Argonauts; the Expedition of the Argonauts, 148, &c. 181, 160
  • —Explanation of the Fable, 151
  • Ariadna; Ariadna's Crown in the Heavens, 160
  • Arts; one Man using several Trades not allow'd in Aegypt, 39
  • Asphaltes; the Lake Asphaltes, and its Brimstone or Pitch, 78
  • Assyrians; their Kings do not suffer Themselves to be openly seen, 64
  • —They sent Aid to the Trojans under Memnon, 65
  • Astrology; the Aegyptians excellent Astrologers, 26, 36 44
  • —So the Caldeans, 70
  • —Atlas Hercules, 141
  • —Hyperion 141
  • —The Heliadae in Rhodes, 200
  • Astyages; the last King of the Medes; overcome by Cyrus, 72
  • Atalanta; Belov'd by Meleager, Intrapt by the Thestiadae, 145
  • Athens; how their Common-wealth was divided, 13
  • Atlantides; their Country in Affrica, 115
  • —The Names of the Atlantides and their Offspring, ibid.
  • Atlas; his Kingdom, and chief Study, 115
  • —Why he's said to Carry the Heavens upon his Shoulders, ibid.
  • Avernus; a Description of the Lake Avernus, 138
  • Amber; where it is produc'd, 185, 186
B.
  • Babylon; built by Semiramis, 57
  • —Its Walls, Towers, Lake, Passage under Water, Hanging Gardens, 57
  • Bacchus; how many there were, 116 to 119 148
  • —His Acts, 120 to 122 ibid. 141, &c.
  • —The Indian Bacchus the most Ancient, 126, 127
  • —Why he was of a double Shape, 129
  • —The natural meaning of Bacchus, 117
  • Bactra; 55, 56
  • —Besieg'd by Ninus, 57
  • Baleares; a Description of the Baliary Islands, 183
  • Balm; the Place and Usefulness, 79
  • Bards; Ancient Poets among the Gauls, 189
  • Belus; his Temple, 58
  • —His Statue, ibid.
  • Beasts; Worshipp'd in Aegypt, 43, 44 54
  • Brimstone; how it Rises up in the Lake Asphaltes, 79
  • —The Plenty of it about Babylon, 59
  • Britain; The Discription of the Island, 185
  • —Their Laws, Manners, &c 185
  • —Their Traffick with Tin there, ibid.
  • —The Island Discover'd by Julius Caesar, ibid.
  • Busiris; the Ground of the Story of his killing all Passengers that landed in Egypt. 46
  • Burials; the manner of Embalming in Egypt 47
  • Bull; a dreadfull wild Bull, 100
  • —The Marathonian Bull, 159
C.
  • Cadmus; Built Thebes, his Wife, Children, &c. 127, 197 223
  • —Was the First that taught the Greeks Letters, and brought them into Greece, 201, 120 227
  • Cadusians; their perpetual War with the Medes, 71
  • Caesar; Julius Caesar first Discover'd the Northen Parts to the Romans, 185
  • —Conquer'd Britain, ibid.
  • Calydonia; the Calydonian Boar, the Hunting of him, 145
  • Camels; Wild Camels, 105
  • Camels; Leopards of Arabia, their Shape, 80
  • Campes; the Great Monster, kill'd by Bacchus, 122
  • Carbuncles; where they are Found, 111
  • Cat; Worship'd in Egypt, 47
  • Chastity; a Trial of Conjugal Chastity, 31
  • Celtiberians; their Description, Customs, &c. 190
  • Centaurs; their Original, 165
  • —Their Conflict with Hercules, 133
  • —And War with the Lapithae, 165
  • —Eurytion the Centaur kill'd by Hercules, 144
  • Cerberus; Drawn out of Hell by Hercules, 139, 140 c. 161
  • Ceres; is the Earth, 5, 117 137
  • —The same with Isis, as the Egyptians say, 206
  • —Her Acts, 177
  • —Obscene Speech in her Feasts, ibid.
  • Chaldeans; their Astrology, Augurs, 69, 70 82, 83
  • —Their Priests, 66
  • Chemmis King of Egypt, his Pyramid, 32
  • Chius; the Ancient Inhabitants of Chius, 239
  • Circes; her History, 150
  • Circumcision; the Troglodites Cicumcis'd, 98
  • Caelus King of the Atlantides, his Sons, 113, 115 135
  • Corsica; its Situation, Cities, ancient Inhabitants, &c. 181
  • —Bitter Honey, 182 ibid.
  • Corybantes; the Sons of the Mother of the Gods, 170
  • —Their Sacreds, 198
  • Crete; the Antiquities, 116, 122, 135, 204, 211 142, 230, 157, 238
  • —Its Name, whence, 122,
  • Crocodile; its Description, 16
  • —The Hunting of it, 16, 17
  • Crueltty of Hecates, 151, 152 151
  • Cyaxares; the first Monarch of the Medes, 71
  • Cybele; her Name, whence, 114
  • —The several Stories of the Atlantides and Phrygians concerning her, 114, 115 134
  • Cyrus transferr'd the Empire from the Medes, to the Persians, 72
  • —Crucified by the Scythian Queen, 76
D.