V.

Valerian, Attic, iii. 328. Valley of the Eurotas, i. 1, _n._ 185. Vane, on ships, iii. 305. Vanity, ludicrous example of, ii. 99. Vases, curious, iii. 154, _n._ 868. Vegetable garden, iii. 326. Vegetables, in the interstices of vineyards, ii. 348. variety of, ii. 331. between orchard-trees, ii. 325. ii. 155, 158. sold in the agora, iii. 121. Veil, ii. 56. Velarium of the theatre, ii. 2, _n._ 875. Veneration for the Divinity, i. 29. Venus’s ears from Egypt, iii. 388. Vercelli, gold mines of, iii. 374. Vermilion, from Spain, iii. 379. Vices of the Greek character, i. 33. Vine, grafting of, ii. 321. how propagated, ii. 340. origin of, ii. 335. grafted, on cherry-tree, &c. ii. 342. in gardens, ii. 312. varieties of, ii. 344. planting of, ii. 340. in what countries it flourished, ii. 336. importance of in France, ii. 2, _n._ 1487. props for, ii. 345. -bird pie, iii. 111. what soil preferred for its cultivation, ii. 336. its prodigious productiveness, ii. 355. occasionally of a vast size, ii. 348. affected by the winds, ii. 338. of Egypt, ii. 337. cultivated without props, ii. 349. Vineyards, how formed, ii. 339. their situation in Greece, ii. 337. selection of, ii. 338. boys set to keep watch over, ii. 400. Vintage, season of, ii. 351. sports of, ii. 353. description of, ii. 352. Vintners, iii. 113. Violets, varieties of, ii. 309. country of, ii. 2, _n._ 1294. Vipers, iii. 209. Virgins, their secluded life, i. 410. raced naked at Sparta, i. 386.

W.

Wages of mariners, iii. 317. Waggons, construction of, ii. 381. Wainscoting, ii. 80. Wake-robin, when sown, ii. 332, iii. 392. Walking-sticks, iii. 187. Laconian, iii. 336. Walls of orchards, ii. 314. War, passion of the Greeks for, i. 33. galleys, iii. 302. the chief of sciences, i. 112. Warm baths, ii. 88. Washing hands, ii. 173. Water, how purified, ii. 373. how discovered, ii. 367. why poisonous, iii. 339, _n._ 1917. indications of, ii. 369. drinking of, ii. 134. superior for the quenching of steel, iii. 155. -caltron, bread of, iii. 108. coolers for, iii. 114. how cooled, ii. 2, _n._ 1651. -melons, ii. 326. -mills, iii. 105, _n._ 427. Water mingled with wine, iii. 113. Watery milk, ii. 269. Wax, from Sardinia, iii. 376. Weaning children, i. 143. calves, ii. 286. Weasel, about farms, ii. 2, _n._ 1765. Weather, observations concerning, ii. 373. Weaving, iii. 214. origin of the art, iii. 215. Weaving and dyeing in Laconia, iii. 337. Weeding, ii. 388. Weights, iii. 129. Wells in Attica, ii. 371. Whale-fishery at Cythera, iii. 269. Whales, iii. 234. Wheat, from Spain, iii. 379. of Elatea, iii. 339. from Sicily, iii. 374. Bœotian, iii. 338. Wheelwrights, iii. 181. Whip, of great service at Sparta, i. 385. used in scourging slaves, iii. 20, _n._ 79. from Elis, iii. 33. White bees, ii. 297. Wicker lanterns, ii. 121. Wife of Panteus, story of, i. 397. on what terms she lived with her husband, ii. 31. possessed the control of the house, i. 407. Wigs, iii. 140. Wild boars, from Argos, iii. 33. chase of, i. 221. ducks, how caught, ii. 277. thyme, planted in gardens, ii. 2, _n._ 1298. spikenard, iii. 344. Wind, signs of, ii. 380. their effect on vines, ii. 338. names of, 319. violent, iii. 323. Wine, adulterated, iii. 115. Peloponnesian, iii. 331. early use of, ii. 135. varieties of, ii. 169. how drunk, ii. 190. watered, iii. 113. drunk clandestinely by boys, i. 167. drunk by women, ii. 36. miraculous production of, ii. 336. -press, ii. 352. with what plants flavoured, ii. 118. invention of, ii. 165. its qualities, iii. 119. price of, iii. 115. sold in the agora, iii. 121. of Asia Minor, iii. 354. of the islands, iii. 355. of Italy, iii. 370. Winnowing, ii. 392. Winter apartments, ii. 88. Wits’ club, ii. 189. Wives, borrowing of, at Sparta, i. 394. how chosen, at Sparta, i. 392. Women, their thrifty habits, i. 379. of Sparta, not courageous, i. 395. worked handmills, iii. 105. wives of the state in Sparta, i. 383. their position among the Ionians, i. 401. business habits of, i. 1, _n._ 1156. frequented the theatre, i. 408, 411, 415. not present at entertainments, ii. 174. their authority, ii. 35. their sway, i. 407. liberty enjoyed by them in Homeric times, i. 372, 373. performed religious rites, i. 403. fought on horseback among the Sauromatæ, i. 1, _n._ 143. fetched water, in Heroic times, i. 380, 382. in the Heroic ages, i. 369. drank wine, ii. 136. made bread, i. 380. what festivals they attended, i. 404. their position in society, i. 32. worked before the introduction of slaves, iii. 4. idea of their beauty, i. 371. respect paid to them, i. 33. freedom among the shepherds, ii. 412. of Doric states, i. 382. present at the theatre, ii. 2, _n._ 972. said to have danced on the stage, ii. 2, _n._ 968. their dress, ii. 53. their form, i. 369. vain and luxurious, ii. 39. Wood sold in the agora, iii. 123. of Attica, i. 62. Wooden tables, ii. 100. bowls, ii. 115. Wool, Megarian, iii. 331. Italian, iii. 374. dyeing of, iii. 331. Work-baskets, i. 379. World, education of the, i. 289. Wormwood, wine flavoured with, iii. 119, 342. Wreaths, use of, ii. 304. Wreckers, iii. 323. Wrestling, i. 201. Writing, art of, possessed by women, i. 406, 407. early understood by the Greeks, iii. 248. how taught, i. 180. little stress laid on at Sparta, i. 280. Written characters on fruit, ii. 324.