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480 INDEX Wessapians, an Ozolian Locrian tribe, iii. lor fin. ; an lapygian tribe, vii. 33 med. Messene, in Sicily, originally named ZancI^, vi. 4 fin.; re-peopled by Anaxilas, ib. ; geographical im- portance of, iv. I init., vi. 48 fin. ; the Messenians come to terms with the Athenians, iii. 90 fin. ; revolt from Athens, iv. i init. ; Messene becomes the head- quarters of the Syracusans in the war with Rhegium, ib. 24 ; the Messenians attack and are defeated by the Naxians, ib. 25 med. ; quarrels in Messene, v. 5 init. ; the Messenians refuse to receive Alcibiades, vi. 50 init. ; attempt to betray Messene to the Athenians frustrated by Alcib- iades, ib. 74. Messenians in Peloponnesus, old inhabitants of Laconia, i. lor med., iv. 41 init. ; use the Doric dialect, iii. 112 med., iv. 3 fin., 41 init. ; settled by the Athen- ians at Nanpactus, i. 103, ii. 9 med. ; accompany the Athenians on an expedition round Pelopon- nesus, ii. 25 fin. ; aid Phormio at Naupactus, ib. 90; serve under Phormio in Acarnania, ib. 102 init. ; under Nicostratus at Corcyra, iii. 75 init., 81 init. ; persuade Demosthenes to attack Actolia, ib. 94 98 ; serve under Demosthenes at Olpae, ib. 107 init., io3 med., 112 med.; De- mosthenes wishes to settle them at Pylos, iv. 3 fin. ; a Mcssenian privateer joins him there, ib. 9 med. ; the Messenians assist in the capture of Sphacteria, ib. 32 med.; stratagem of their general, '6- 36 ; garrison Pylos, ib 41 init. ; withdrawn, v. 35 fin.; replaced, ib. 56 ; taken by the Atlicnians to S3racusc, vii. 57 med. ^cj). ib. 31.] [Compare Helots. J Metagenes, a Lacedaemonian, swears to the Fifty Years' Peace and the Alliance, v. 19 med.; ib. 24 init. Metapontium, in Italy, allied to the Athenians, vii. 33 med. ; lends aid against Syracuse, ib., ib. 57 fin- Methone, between Epidaurus and Troezen, iv. 45; ordered to be restored under treaty, v. 18, §viii. Methon6, in Macedonia, vi. 7 fin. ; Mcthonacan light-armed troops under Nicias at Mende, iv. 129 fin. Methone, in Laconia, ii. 25 init. Methydrium, in Arcadia, v. 58 init. Methymna, colonised from Boeotia, vii. 57 med.; opposite Harmatus, viii. loi fin.; the Methymnaeans independent allies of Athens, iii. 50 med., vi. 85 med., vii. 57 med.; refuse to join in the revolt of Lesbos, iii. 2 init , 5 init. ; de- feated in an attack on Antissa, ib. 18 med. ; revolt from Athens, viii. 22 fin. ; re-conquered by the Athenians, ib. 23 fin. ; Methj'm- naean exiles attempt Methymna, viii, 100 med. ; induce Eresus to revolt, ib. fin. Metics, metic hoplites at Athens, ii. 13 fin., 31 fin., iv. 90 init. ; serve in the fleet, i. 143 init., iii. 16 init. [cp. vii. 63 med.] Metropolis, in Acarnania, iii. 107 init. Midius, a river near Abydos, viii. 106 init. M ight before right, i. 77, iii. 39 med., V 85 fl-. Migrations in ancient Hellas, i. 2, 12. Miletus, situated on a peninsula, viii. 25 fin.; the Milesians, lon- ians, and tributaries of the Athen- ians, vii. 57 init. ; quarrel with the Samians, i. 115 init.; the Athenians defeat the Samians sailing from Miletus, »Zi. 116 med.;