Danabe, the Persians attack Julian near,
439
Danaus leads a colony from Egypt to Greece,
113
, flight of, from Egypt, 119
—— , the common father of the Greeks and
Macedonians, 253
Daniel appointed one of the presidents of
the Medo-Persian empire, 170
induces Cyrus to order the rebuilding
of the temple, 170
i——, a cotemporary of Zerd-husht or Zoroaster,
183
Danube, or Ister, crossed by Alexander, 259
, Trajan’s bridge over the, 418
Daphne, the pass of, 427
Darabjerd, quicksilver from, 583
Daradax probably the Dhahab or Dabb, 213
,' Cyrus’ army at the, 213
Dardanelles, Xerxes’ fleet sail through the,
193
, Xenophon leads the 10,000 across the,
241
Dardanians, the, supposed descendants of the
Trojans, 512
Daric, gold piece coined in the reign of Darius
Hystaspes, 189
Darius Hystaspes obtains the Medo-Persian
throne by stratagem, 175, 668
, the Gushtasp of the Persians, 175
, his account of his accession, 175 (and
note)
his organization of the empire, 176,
189 .
,9 called the Broker, from his statistics,
17,6 his firmans on barrel-shaped bricks, 177
causes the building of the temple to be
resumed, 177
t his expedition to Samos to reinstate
Syloson, 178
quells the rebellions in Susiana and
Babylonia, 178
recaptures and repeoples Babylon, 179
leaves Babylon to quell revolts in the
upper provinces, 179
| consolidation and extent of his empire,
180 ( A p p e n d i x B . )
.___ despatches Scylax to navigate the
Indus, 180 ..
| his invasion and subjection of Scythia,
iso, 181 m m | his passage of the Bosphorus and Ister
on bridges of boats, 181
} his forces defeat the rebel Athenians,
&c., under Aristagoras, 182
defeats the Ionians, Samians, &c., 182
j his son avenges the death of the Magi
and. defeats the Scythians, 186
assumes the title of Archimagus, 186
is defeated at Marathon, and returns
to Persia, 187, 188
dies when ready to invade Egypt* 188
} his character and public works, 188,
189
t inscriptions at Persepolis, Hamadan,
Bisutun { A p p e n d i x B < )
Darius Hystaspes and his conquests ( A p p e n d
i x B . )
------------ and hall of Persepolis ( d i t t o )
, his expedition led to Alexander’s
knowledge of the east, 340
inscription of ( A p p e n d i x D . )
Nothus or Ochus deposes Sogdianus,
200
confides a part of the empire to his
younger son Cyrus, 200
divides his government, 202
appoints Cyrus satrap of Lesser Asia,
202
—— is succeeded by his son Artaxerxes
(Arsaces), 203
, his advice to Arsaces, 250
— Codomanus, satrap of Armenia, descendant
of Darius II., 260
—— succeeds Arses on the throne of Persia,
260
prepares to resist Alexander, 260,261
character and disposition of, 261
, strength of the army of, 263, 264
, his loss at the battle of the Granicus,
264, 265
, his army augmented, 269
was assisted by many talented Greeks,
269
Codomanus, crosses the Euphrates,
and encamps at Sochi, 269
executes Charidemus the Athenian,
269, 270
prepares for battle, 270
■ the army of, passes that of Alexander,
270
position of the army of, 271
strengthens his right wing, 272
---- , his defeat at the battle of the Issus,
272-275 •
——, his family taken by Alexander, 275
k SS-, his proposal of peace, 276, 277
, his inactivity during the siege of Tyre,
280
, his forces ordered to assemble at
Babylon, 280
, his general, Mazseus, abandons Thap-
^ sacus, 285
retreats across the Tigris and Z&b to
Arbil, 286
crosses the Great Zab, and encamps at
Guagamela, 287
, his offers of peace are again rejected
by Alexander, 287
, Alexander’s reply to the deputies of,
288
, his address to his army, 289
—— , his order of battle, 290
is defeated at Arbela, 294
* his forces retreat towards Babylon, 294
, his route to the Median Ecbatana, 295,
296
j ----- , furniture, &c., of, taken at Arbela,
296
, his general, .Mazseus, delivers up
Babylon to Alexander, 296
quits Ecbatana, 302
— is pursued by Alexander,- 303
Darius Codomanus is carried away captive
by Bessus, 303, 304
, his death ; his remains honourably interred
by Alexander, 304
, his character, age, and period of his
reign, 304
, Alexander’s generosity to the faithful
adherents of, 305
, daughters of, murdered by Roxana, 380
Dascylium the seat of Pharnabazus’ government,
243
Dastagerd taken by Heraclius 445
Dataphernes delivers up Bessus to Alexander,
311
Datis, Darius’ general at Marathon, 187
David chosen king of the Hebrews, 120
—— opposed by Ishbosheth, and acknowledged
by the twelve tribes, 120
makes Jebus his capital, 120
, extent of the kingdom of, 120
, brass brought from Mesopotamia by,
120,121
, his death; he is succeeded by Solomon,
121
Dead Sea produced by the destruction of the
cities of the plain, 67, 68
, scriptural and profane accounts of, 68
Debil a commercial depot of the Arabs, 581
Dei’rd, remains at, 607
Dejoces is raised to the throne of Media,
146
succeeded by his son Phraortes, 146
Dekel, or Dijlath, the third river of Eden, 2
Delem (Bander), the, probably the Brizana
river,of Nearchus, 354
Delhi, defeat of Mahmud by Taimur at, 494
—, route through, 572
Deli-chai, the, formerly the Pinarus, 271
- ■ Darius’ army posted along the, 271
Deloaspis, or viceroy of Egypt, 284
Delphos, temple, plundered by Xerxes, 195
Deluge, traces of the, 3
, Berossus’ account of the, 56
, the, commenced in the month of Jear
or Jar, corresponding with part of April
and May, 6
, supposed population of the old world
at the time of the, 6 ( n o t e )
, the surface of the earth not materially
changed by the, 17
Demetrius conducts the siege of Tyre, 389
, his army routed by Ptolemy, 390
defeats Cilles, 390
, expeditions of, against Petra and the
Nabatheans, 391
—— recalled from Babylon, 391
, his successes in Greece, Cyprus, &c.,
and victory over Ptolemy, 392
assumes regal dignity, 392
and Antigonus are repulsed in Egypt,
393
proceeds against Rhodes, 393
— — generalissimo of the Greeks, 397
defeated by Seleucus at the battle of
Ipsus, 397
— — retreats to Ephesus, &c., 398
, the possessions of, 398
Demetrius is expelled from Macedonia by
Pyrrhus, 398’
, his attempt to surprise Seleucus •
fails, 398
, death of, 399
Nicator’s wars when king of Syria,
404
—• made prisoner by the Parthians, 405
, attempted liberation of, by Antiochus
Sidetes, 405
Democritus acquired knowledge from the
Magi and Chaldeans, 527
travelled to India, Ethiopia, &c., 527
—r i n s t r u c t e d by the command of Xerxes
in Persian philosophy and religion, 527
■-----, and other sages connected with the
literature of the east, 539
Dendrobosa, Nearchus’ fleet reaches, 349
Denis, St., university of, 547
Denon’s work on Egypt, 536
Dera Ismael Khan, on the Indus, 370
Derah island, the Margastana of Nearchus,
354
Derapoor, Alexander crossed the Jailum,
near, 324
Dercyllidas, his treaty with Tissaphernes
and Pharnabazus, 244
Deryeth a king of the Himyarites, 80
Desert route taken by Nebuchadnezzar, 155
Devanagari letters prove the derivation of
Indian literature from the Assyrians, 34
Sanscrit, its characters like those of the
Himyari, 82, 84
Dhafar, or Zhafar, the Himyaritic Thafar, 49
- - -- -■> Himyari inscriptions at, 81
■, probably Idaphar, 82 ( n o t e )
Dhahab, or Dabb, the presumed Daradax,
Cyrus’ army arrives at the, 213
Dhakhan-, Beni ’Abd, lost tribe, 45
Dhamahan, Darius murdered near, 304
Diacira pillaged by Julian’s soldiery, 436
, probable situation of, 436, n o t e
Dinars and dirhems, with Arabic inscriptions,
457
Diocletian, the general of Galerius, defeats .
the Persians, 430
enters into a treaty with the Persians,.
430
Dioscorides, physician of Antony and Cleopatra,
his work on medicinal herbs, 531
Diridotis (Teredon), Nearchus’ fleet reaches,
355
—— :, supposed to have been at Jebel
Sanam, 355
Discoveries of the Spaniards and Portuguese
in the fifteenth century, 589
Dispersion of mankind, and confusion of
tongues, 27, 29
into seven different nations, 27
, three divisions *of Noah’s sons, 30
, Shemitic possessions after the, 31
Diu attacked by the Turks, 501
Division introduced by Hispanus, 554
Diy&lah, the, former course of, and probable.
cause of the change, 164
the, probably the Durus river, reached
by Julian’s army, 439