Myths, 6–7, 12, 14, 28–9, 41, 43, 91–2, 108–9, 133–4, 144, 166, 201, 346–7
Naval battles, 4, 16–17, 34–5, 246, 283–4
Nightmares, see Dreams
Omens, 53–4, 119, 156, 162, 316
Orgies, 115–18, 128–9, 270–1
Paradoxes, see Contradiction, paradox
Peace, see War
Peasants, 51–2, 57, 175–6, 315; see also Famines; Misery
Philosophy, 16, 103, 241, 242, 255, 257–60
Pilgrims, see Travelers
Pirates, 3, 66, 67–9, 79, 155, 275–7, 308; see also Brigands
Plagues, 4, 34, 74, 237–9, 263, 343
Pleasure, 4, 21, 69, 113–21 passim, 198; see also Banquets; Festivals, holidays; Orgies
Plots, see Conspiracies
Poetry, 8–9, 11–12, 14, 47, 148–51, 158–9, 254, 255–6, 261–3, 290–1
Poverty, see Misery
Pride and humility, 8, 288, 322, 324–5, 327, 337, 341, 352–3
Priestesses, see Priests
Priests, 5, 8–9, 32–3, 39, 41, 43, 46, 52, 53–4, 56–60, 67, 71, 76, 77, 79, 103–6, 108, 127–32, 136–7, 139–40, 153, 156–7, 161, 199, 205, 210, 219–22, 234–5, 244, 245, 247–8, 270, 293–6, 307, 310, 316, 320–1, 326, 328
Prisoners, 79, 85–6, 178–9, 222–4, 279–80, 286
Promise, 10, 17–18, 162, 178–83, 335
Prostitutes, prostitution, 32, 53, 95, 119, 120–2, 127, 268, 269, 270–1, 287, 290, 319, 324, 332, 360
Proverbs, see Sayings
Psychoanalysis, 6, 83–4, 92, 94, 233, 340–1, 368
Punishment, see Crimes; Torture; Massacres
Reconciliation, 162–3, 214–15, 244–5, 248
Religion, 5–6, 32–3, 71, 105, 106–7, 115, 188, 219–22, 247–9, 310–11, 325–8
Renunciation, see Abdication, renunciation
Revolt, 21, 24, 50, 152, 156–7, 161, 163–4, 171, 173, 175–6, 183, 273–4, 316–17
Riot, see Revolt
Rivalry, 50, 67–74, 154, 177–8, 247–8, 310
Roads, 37, 38, 66, 69, 239, 308
Sacrifice, 105, 108, 111–12, 127, 178–9, 209, 224–5, 324, 339
Sayings, proverbs, 72–4, 110, 124, 232, 245, 348
Schisms, see Heresies
Science, see Knowledge, learning
Sea, ships, shipping, 9, 15, 17, 34, 35, 50, 67–8, 116–17, 155–6, 246–7, 276–7, 278, 283–4, 300, 308
Sedition, see Revolt
Shamans, see Priests
Sieges, 81–90, 277–9, 283–4
Singing, 8, 54–5, 60, 253, 322, 334, 339
Slavery, 18–19, 36
Speeches, 48–9, 59, 178–9, 201, 228–9, 334–6
Steppes, 107, 186–7, 195–6, 208, 229, 277, 303, 308, 318, 328–9
Storms, 3, 102, 237–8, 278, 297–8, 300
Strategy, 34–5, 46, 163, 170–1, 201–2, 283–4, 285–7
Structuralism, 6, 248, 256–7
Suicide, 139, 163, 182, 260–1
Sun, cult of the, 6, 108–12, 113–14, 115, 123, 133, 139–42, 188, 220, 248, 271, 362
Symbols, 9, 142–3, 248–9, 319, 325, 348
Taoism, 145, 146, 257, 363
Taxation, 21, 39, 274, 309–11
Technology, 9–10, 12, 36–7, 244
Tempests, see Storms
Terror, 18, 20–1, 56–7, 157, 189, 201, 203, 206, 208, 335
Time, passim
Tolerance, 255–6, 310–11, 327, 330
Torture, 15, 22, 56–7, 131, 141, 157, 178–9, 181, 187, 222, 223–4, 288, 298
Tradition, 14, 46, 94, 108–9, 165, 187, 190, 219–20, 234–5, 316, 346
Travelers, 6, 61, 71, 74, 75, 97, 107–8, 143–4, 151, 157, 159–60, 165–6, 254, 271, 278, 296, 298, 344
Treason, 24, 41, 54–5, 83, 95, 190, 194, 197, 220–1, 339–40
Treasure, 265, 275, 277, 302–3
Triumph, 54–5, 184–5, 319, 338, 340, 343–4, 355–6
Truth, 104, 105, 106, 132, 176, 264, 354–5
Twins, 156, 158, 168
Unity, universality, 106–7, 231, 311, 312, 314, 326–7, 330, 333, 346–8
Vengeance, 15, 16, 24, 61, 67, 222, 288, 290–1, 300
Violence, 3, 178, 280–1, 305–6, 324, 330
Virginity, sacred, 109, 111–12, 122–3, 325–6
Visions, see Dreams
War, peace, passim
Water, 37–8, 66, 156, 239, 244
Weights and measures, 239–40, 242, 310
INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES
Abati, Bocca degli, 139
Abed, 134–5, 137
Abelard, 26, 117
Abraham, 174, 248, 326, 350
Abreu, Jean-Claude, 366
Achilles, 148, 363
Adelaide, Empress of Sicily, 47, 49, 50, 60, 153
Adeodatus, 117
Adler, Oskar, 360
Admetus, 363
Adrianople, 107, 285, 331, 355
Aegean Sea, 278, 284
Afghanistan, 134, 143, 268
Africa, 7, 16, 120, 198, 204, 215, 299, 304, 333
Agades, 356
Agrigentum, 47
Ahasuerus, 26, 341, 347
Ahmed, see Badalwi, Ahmed
Ahriman, 143
Ainus, 69, 186, 317
Ala-chan, 348
Alans, 80, 317, 319
Alaric (king of the Visigoths), 297
Alassio, 348
Al Azhar University, 135
Albania, 334
Alcibiades, 118, 225
Alès, 348
Aletsch glacier, 348
Alexain, 348
Alexander (father of Fabrician), 79
Alexander of Macedonia (Alexander the Great), 117, 148, 174, 225, 315, 364
Alexander VI (Borgia), Pope, 124, 348
Alexandria (Egypt), 105, 108, 109, 113–32, 139, 141, 147, 177, 184, 190, 192, 193, 198, 202, 268, 299, 305, 321, 322, 333, 340, 355, 362
Alexandria (Piedmont), 348
Alexeev, Admiral Yevgeni Ivanovitch, 347
Alexis, 7, 18, 26, 31, 34, 41, 57, 64, 68, 90, 159–60, 173–4, 239, 241, 244, 284, 285, 364
the bastard, see Bastardy in the Index of Principal Historical Themes
childhood, 92, 94–100, 119
youth, 115, 116–21
maturity, 148–9
old age, 267
chronology, 133–4
physical appearance, 92–3, 117, 146–8, 267
an epileptic?, 148
the healer, 148
personality, 92–3, 108–9, 146–7, 159, 180, 183, 191–3, 205, 233, 312, 313–15, 321–2, 326, 340–1, 368
double life, 148, 151
the good, 280, 286, 341
the beloved, 193
the debauchee, see Banquets; Festivals, holidays; Orgies, in the Thematic Index. See also Alexandria
and Vanessa, 112, 122–32, 160, 213, 232, 255, 288
and the Yemenite, 149–50, 268
and Theodora, 272–5, 277
the father, 317–22
the cruel, 279–80
commander in chief, 164–7, 201–3, 286–7
the politician, 176–8, 196–7, 212–13, 214, 230–3, 303–4
heir of the Porphyries, Venostae, Basil, Arsaphes, 31, 41, 45, 64, 68, 95, 159, 161–2, 165–6, 175, 184, 218, 230–1, 244
the judge, 224–5
the censor, 263–4
reorganizer of the Empire, 230–1, 236, 246–65 passim
defender of the arts and literature (the Age of Alexis), 8–9, 255–6, 290–1
the poet, 148–51, 158–9, 255–7, 282
and the gods, 108–12, 115, 248–9, 326–7, 335
Fool of God, mystic, saint, 139–47, 205, 232–3, 242, 345
unifier of the Empire, 281–2, 312; see also Father of the Peoples
Father of the Peoples, 213, 244, 337, 348
pseudo-Alexis, 164, 168
names by which he was known:
Alachian, 140, 144
Alechia, 140, 142, 144, 145
Alaouis, 140, 142, 145
Ha Li-Chien, 143–4
Ha Lee-Chiang, 143–4, 145, 148
his legend, 346–8
cities and localities named after him:
Alexain, Alixan, Alès, 348
Alexkovo, Aletsch, Ala-chan, 348
Alassio, 348
in art and literature, 167–70, 184, 206–7, 226–7, 287–8, 290–1, 295, 338, 342–3, 349–52, 369
our contemporary, 173–4, 175, 336–7
Alexkovo, 348
Alfarubeira, Don Pedro of, 284
Alfrania (mother of Philocrates), 101–2
Alixan, 348
Alpha (star), 348
Alph River, 155
Alps, 61, 198, 292, 308, 344
Altai Mountains, 7, 189, 196, 201, 216, 303, 328, 364, 369
Amaterasu (goddess), 300
America, 336
Ampère, J.-J., 84
Amphibolus, 5, 36, 37, 38, 41, 44–5, 51, 67, 70–4, 153, 154, 155, 173, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 186, 191, 194, 196, 201, 202, 213, 221, 223, 225, 281, 335
Amphyses River, 3, 15, 17, 36, 37, 41, 43, 51, 75, 154, 156, 171, 178, 184, 196, 252, 262, 299
Amu-Darya River, 196
Amyot, Jacques, 28, 118
Anagni, 298
Ancre, maréchal d’, see Concini, Concino
Andersen, Hans Christian, 171
Angkor, 323
Anouilh, Jean, 24, 27
Antioch, 108, 119, 120, 137, 299, 305, 332, 333
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 84–5
Apollo, 363
Aqaba, Gulf of, 367
Aquileus, 6, 17, 36–7, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 50–5 passim, 57–9, 66, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 85, 95, 97, 106, 107, 109, 153, 155, 156, 161, 164, 166, 170, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 191, 194, 195, 205, 216, 217, 220–2, 234–5, 247, 248, 262, 293, 305, 306, 307, 309–10, 312, 317, 320–1, 328, 333, 335
Aquileus on the Adriatic, 287, 305
Aquitaine, 299
Arabia, 134, 135, 293, 312, 324, 325, 330, 333
Arachosia, 155, 303
Aragon, Louis, 361, 365
Aral Sea, 196, 303
Aranjuez, 299
Archimandrites, 15, 307
Argentina, 269
Arginous Islands, 17, 308
Ariosto, Ludovico, 351
Arismapians, 285, 286
Aristo, 241, 257–8, 295, 333, 356
Aristobulus, 349
Aristotle, 117, 225
Armenia, 310
Arno River, 344
Arrhideus, 155, 170–1, 178, 183, 187, 191, 201, 202
Arsaphes, 3, 9, 17, 21–2, 23, 25, 26–31, 32, 33, 34–5, 37–40 passim, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 69, 70, 73, 76, 94, 124, 138, 153, 162, 173, 175, 176, 184, 191, 201, 213, 217, 218, 221, 231, 234, 236, 239, 244, 247, 249, 265, 307, 308, 356
Artagnan, Charles de Batz or de Montesquiou, Comte d’, 227
Arthur, King, 351
Ascoli Piceno, 167, 169
Ashurbanipal, 232, 315
Asia, 69, 71, 134, 144–7, 149, 158, 164, 177, 187–9, 196, 200–1, 203, 215–16, 231, 242, 246, 267–8, 276, 280, 299–304, 307, 328–9, 339, 341; see also Central Asia
Asoka, 174, 315
Aspasia, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29
Assisi, 344
Astakia, 155, 156, 170, 172, 173, 182, 183, 191, 202
Athens, 115, 198, 284, 307
Atlantis, 7
Atlas Mountains, 310, 317; Anti-Atlas, 317
Attavanti, Attavante degli, 338
Attila, 225
Auch, 227
Augustine, Saint, 117, 248, 263
Augustus, Emperor, 281
Auric, Georges, 124
Austerlitz, battle of, 207
Autun, 107
Avenches, 107
Avignon, 60
Aziri, 258, 259–60, 295, 324, 334
Babaji, see Sarabhavanamuktenand-āmanayagam, Swami Sri
Babiloth, 350
Babylon, 105, 142, 145, 302, 307, 350, 356
Bacon, Francis, 258, 366
Bactria, 7, 31, 35, 196, 285, 303, 305
Badalwi, Ahmed, 137, 142, 144
Baer, Hubert, 360, 369
Baghdad, 307, 351
Baikal, Lake, 196, 303
Baikonur, 200
Bajazet, 214
Balamir (Kha-Khan of the Oïghurs), 188–91, 194–5, 199–213, 214–17, 219–23, 225, 228–31, 234–5, 246, 268, 274–7, 279–82, 285–8, 291, 293, 296–306, 307, 312, 313, 320–3, 329, 333, 335, 340, 351, 356, 365, 367, 368, 369
Balearic slingers, 102, 202, 206, 285, 303, 320
Balkans, 245
Balkh, 75–90, 91, 107, 108, 157, 168, 174, 190, 195, 197, 202, 206, 288, 335, 355, 361
Balkhash, Lake, 196, 303
Balthazar (King, Magus), 288
Balzac, Honoré de, 271, 360
Bamian, 142, 143, 145, 148, 149
Barante, Prosper de, 84
Barbey d’Aurevilly, 118, 362
Barka, 299
Barrès, Maurice, 37, 85, 134, 157, 362
Barthélémy, Abbé, 172
Basilicata, the, 298
Basil the Great, Emperor, 3–4, 7, 8, 18, 34, 37, 38, 44–54, 56–64, 65–8, 70, 72–4, 75, 76, 79, 91, 94, 103, 114, 124, 152–3, 156, 162, 165, 173, 177, 184, 186, 196, 201, 203, 213, 217–21, 230, 231, 236, 239, 244, 246, 247, 249, 255, 269, 276, 277, 307–9, 312, 333, 356, 361, 362
Basques, 7, 269
Báthory, Stephen, 284
Bayan, 188
Bayet, Albert, 5
Befana, 347
Bengal, 320
Benghazi, 299
Benedict, Saint, 352
Beneventum Prince of, see Talleyrand-Périgord
Beneventum, 298
Benoist-Méchin, Jacques, 362
Berenson, Bernard, 226
Bergotte (character in Proust), 168–9
Bernay, Alexandre de, 350
Berthelot, Philippe, 368
Besançon, 257
Bibiena, 344
Bingham, Hiram, 12, 138, 359
Bjöersenson, Bjöersen, 5, 270
Black Forest, 346
Black Sea, 134, 284
Bleda, 188
Bloch, Marc, 6, 363
Blum, Léon, 177
Boccaccio, 271
Boccherini, Luigi, 352
Bodrum, 346
Bogomil, 35–6, 37, 38
Boileau, Nicolas, 264
Bologna, 63
Bolsena, Lake, 294–6
Bordighera, 348
Borges, Jorge Luis, 256, 362, 368
Borgia (Pope Alexander VI), see Alexander VI
Borgia, Cesare, 124
Borgia, Lucrezia, 124, 348
Borgo Pace, 294
Bormann, Martin, 367
Bossuet, 6, 139, 314, 368
Boucicault, Marshal, 284, 285
Bourbon, constable de, 297, 347
Bourdaille, Armand, 134–8, 139, 140–2, 143, 144, 148, 149
Bourget, Paul, 117
Bragmardo, General Hernani, 284–5
Bramante (Donato d’Angelo Lazzori), 250
Branciforte, Captain Jules, 284
Brantôme, Seigneur de (Pierre de Bourdelle), 271
Brasillach, Robert, 14, 28
Brazil, 7
Bréhier, Émile, 177, 365
Bréton, André, 291
Brittany, 7, 312, 330, 351
Brosses, President Charles de, 295, 367
Bruince, 5, 185, 201, 203–7, 214, 215, 218, 219, 224, 225, 235, 237, 239, 241, 247, 248, 250, 265, 268, 274, 276, 277, 287–8, 290, 295, 308, 310–13, 317, 319, 320–1, 327–8, 330, 333–4, 336–7, 341–3, 350, 355, 365
Brummell, George, 118
Brunschvicq, Léon, 366
Büchner, Georg, 328
Bucovina, 347
Buddha, 145, 146, 147, 363
Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de, 261
; Bukhara, 77, 107, 148, 151, 192, 193, 328, 364
Buñuel, Luis, 139
Burgundians, 284–6
Burkhardt, Jacob, 369
Burnouf, Jean-Louis, 14, 134
Byblos, 275
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 37, 85, 119, 174, 317
Byzantium, 216, 273, 307, 349
Cadore, 344
Caesar, Julius, 214, 225, 257, 350, 356
Caesarea, 79, 105
Caillois, Roger, 256, 363
Cairo, 135
California, University of, 140, 142
Callicles, 204
Callisthenes, 349
Camaldoli, 344
Cambaluc, see Peking
Camus, Albert, 260, 291
Canary Islands, 204
Cannae, battle of, 207
Canossa, 348
Cape Verde Islands, 204
Cappadocia, 346
Capua, 298
Caribbean Sea, 67
Carinthia, 283
Carnarvon, Lord, 302
Carpathians, 347
Carradine, Captain then Admiral, 277, 279, 287, 303, 333, 334, 350, 355
Carroll, Lewis, see Dodgson, Charles
Carter, Howard, 302
Carter-Bennett, Sir Allan, 40, 43, 45, 65–6, 114–15, 138, 139, 140–1, 144, 145, 153, 156, 159, 162, 213, 216, 219, 231, 241, 244, 245, 246, 249, 256, 267, 274, 280, 317, 319, 341, 362, 363
Carthage, 63, 67, 102, 107, 215, 305
Caspian Sea, 189
Catherine II (Empress of Russia), 273
Cato, 225
Caucasus Mountains, 187, 188, 189, 308
Cellini, Benvenuto, 347, 370
Central Asia, 75, 196, 200, 303, 328–9, 364
Ceram, C. W., 359, 367
Cerbical Islands, 246, 284, 308
Cervantes, Miguel de, 347, 351
Cesarion, 225
Ceylon, 329
Chalcis, 120
Chamfort (Nicolas Sébastien Roch), 249
Chantilly, chateau of, 338
Chaposhnikov, Marshal Boris Mikhailovitch, 206
Chardin, Jean, 25, 143
Chardon-Cohen, Dr. Annette, 369
Charlemagne, Emperor, 174, 326, 351
Charles V, Emperor, 214, 225, 297
Charles XII (King of Sweden), 174
Chasles, Michel, 225
Chateaubriand, François-René, Vicomte de, 37, 85, 174, 254
Châtillon, Gauthier de, 351
Cherubini, Luigi, 351
Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, Duchesse de Luynes, then of, 227
Chicago, 228
Chigi, Agostino, 364
China, 7, 69, 143–5, 147, 186, 187, 188, 196, 200, 204, 215, 222, 226, 252, 258, 277, 288, 299–304, 312, 322, 325, 329
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