Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

(Sean Pound) #1
Index 1269

foreigners and barbarians
488
literature 655–656
money and coinage 759
music and musical instru-
ments 769
social organization 1031–
1032
war and conquest 1146–
1147
Oeconomicus (Th e Estate-
Manager) (Xenophon) 36
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
195, 257
Off ering List 643
off erings 899
oikistai 712–714
oikoi
economy 352, 354
family 454
occupations 815, 816
social organization 1020,
1021
oikonomia 363
Oikonomikos (Xenophon) 365
oil lamps
household goods 562, 568
illumination 583–586,
588–590
oil palms 19
oils, perfumed
adornment 7
health and disease 547–
548
Old Akkadian Dynasty
empires and dynasties 387
war and conquest 1131,
1132
Old Assyrian Period
empires and dynasties 398
war and conquest 1132
Old Babylonian Period
astronomy 127
music and musical instru-
ments 765
Old Kingdom (Egypt)
adornment 6
art 96
children 189
climate and geography 239
clothing and footwear 274
craft s 286, 288
death and burial practices
313
empires and dynasties
392–393
exploration 437
foreigners and barbarians
485
gender structures and roles
495
government organization
512
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 573, 574
illumination 585

laws and legal codes 624
literature 643–645
metallurgy 679
migration and population
movements 691, 696
military 727
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 742
music and musical instru-
ments 764
resistance and dissent 871
settlement patterns 964
social organization 1014
sports and recreation 1049
towns and villages 1087–
1088
war and conquest 1126,
1127
Old Stone Age 359
Old Temple
architecture 86
art 121–122
calendars and clocks 173
education 386
religion and cosmology
865
Old Testament
drama and theater 330,
331
education 380
foreigners and barbarians
486
migration and population
movements 699–700
religion and cosmology
832
weights and measures
1175
oligarchies 508–509, 530
olive oil
agriculture 40, 41
food and diet 479, 480
household goods 569
illumination 590
olives
agriculture 38, 41–42
climate and geography 260
food and diet 480
olla 184
Olmec
adornment 13–14
agriculture 46
art 119–120
borders and frontiers 149
children 198
climate and geography
266
clothing and footwear
282–283
death and burial practices
322
drama and theater 338
empires and dynasties 419
employment and labor 434
family 458
festivals 470, 471

foreigners and barbarians
491
government organization
536–537
military 735–736
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 750
religion and cosmology
863, 864
resistance and dissent 881
roads and bridges 892
ships and shipbuilding
984
social collapse and aban-
donment 1009
social organization 1042
sports and recreation 1057
towns and villages 1095
writing 1192
Olójó 462
Olympiads
calendars and clocks 171
sacred sites 904
sports and recreation 1054
Olympian odes 658
Olympian Odes (Pindar)
1058–1059
Olympic Games
climate and geography 259
festivals 468
Olympus, Mount 905f
oman akyiwade 297
omens
astronomy 127, 135–136
government organization
517
pandemics and epidem-
ics 823
religion and cosmology 860
science 930, 931
Ona 4
onagers 576
Onomaris 441
“On the Embassy” (Aeschines)
919–920
Opening of the Mouth cer-
emony 314
open pit mining 748
Opet 464
oppida
cities 218–222
economy 362
military 732
social organization 1029
towns and villages 1092
oracles 840
oral scriptures 832
oral tradition
drama and theater 329,
333
literature 639, 641–642,
654, 655, 665
numbers and counting
806
orature 870
orbits 131

orchestra 334, 335
ordeals (punishment) 300–
302
ore purifi cation 680, 684, 685
organ meats 481–482
Orkney Islands
building techniques and
materials 157
towns and villages 1091
ornamental plants. See horti-
culture
ornaments 566
orrery 129
Orthodox Church, Ethiopia
462
orthogonal planning 1093
Osiris
agriculture 23
drama and theater 330
Osiris, cult of
death and burial practices
313
festivals 464
Ostia 261
ostraca 347
Ötzi (iceman)
climate and geography 252
death and burial practices
318
metallurgy 682
outcastes 1024
ovens
food and diet 479
household goods 561, 562
overla nd t ravel 1117, 1118
overpopulation 1006
Ovid
adornment 12
astronomy 132, 133
literature 664
oxen
agriculture 38
t ra nspor tat ion 1115, 1118

P
Pacifi c Islands
agriculture 33
architecture 69
Pacifi c Northwest 265
Pacifi c region. See Asia and
the Pacifi c
paedagogus 382
Paekche
empires and dynasties
405–406
religion and cosmology 845
paganism 858
pagodas 67
paidotribēs 383
paint. See also pigments,
mineral
household goods 563
textiles and needlework
1073
painted pebbles 1188f

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