Greek Mythology, page 31
CHAERONEA, Battle of (338 BC) 28, 102, 119, 120, 181
Chalcomedusa, grandmother of Odysseus 237
Chandler, Richard (1738–1810), antiquary 102, 103
CHAOS (gorge, Mycenae) 210, 214
CHAOS, primordial void 9, 15
Charon, ferryman of the dead 131, 254, 255
CHARYBDIS, whirlpool 32, 243, 247
Cheiron, centaur 126, 137, 138, 138, 145, 147, 224
Chimaera, fire-breathing monster 17, 153, 154, 158
Christie, Agatha (1890–1976), writer 218
Chrysaor, giant 32
Chryses, Trojan priest 225
Chrysippus, prince of Elis 109
Chrysothemis, Mycenaean princess 212
Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman 43
CICHYRUS 250, 258
Cicones, Thracian tribe 25, 240
Cimmerians, Black Sea tribe 73
Cimon (510–450 BC), Athenian politician 180, 182
Cinyras, Paphian king 82
Circe, sorceress 32, 140, 144, 243, 246
CITHAERON, MOUNT 107, 109, 110, 117
CLADEUS, River 97
Clarke, Edward (1769–1822), traveller 43
Cleisthenes (c. 570 – c. 507 BC), Athenian statesman 180, 182
Clement of Alexandria (c. AD 150 – c. 215), theologian 83
Cleobis, Argive youth 63, 159, 168
Cleopatra VII (69–30 BC), Egyptian queen 74, 197
Cleopatra, Calydonian queen 196
Clio, Muse (0f history) 23
Clytemnestra, Mycenaean queen 202, 204, 212–15, 225, 231
Cocalus, Sicilian king 189
COCYTUS, River 249, 250, 254, 257
Codrus, king of Athens 175
Coeus, Titan 45
COLCHIS 140–42
COLONUS 112
Coluthus, 5th-/6th-century AD epic poet 223
CONSTANTINOPLE 102, 234
CORCYRA 155, 157, 165
Coressus, co-founder of Artemision 72
CORFU 155, 165, 246, 247
CORINTH 33, 110–12, 123, 124, 132, 145, 150–58, 166, 175, 177, 211, 237, 259
Coronis, Apollo’s lover 57
CORYPHASION 88, 94, 95
Costobocs, Caucasian tribe 44
CRANAË 223
Creon (i), king of Corinth 154, 155
Creon (ii), king of Thebes 113, 114, 116
Cretan Bull, 7th Labour of Heracles 128, 178, 186, 187
CRETE 17, 47, 56, 98, 106, 108, 118, 128, 133, 144, 149, 178, 184–92, 204, 220, 223, 247
Cretheis, queen of Iolcus 145
Cretheus, king of Iolcus 138, 140, 152
Creusa, Athenian princess 60
CRIMEA 69, 213
CRISA 57, 61
Croesus (595–547 BC), Lydian king 61, 73, 75
Cronus, erstwhile king of the gods 12, 16–19, 21, 31, 54, 59, 78, 79, 97, 137, 160, 171, 250, 257
Cteatus, prince of Elis 99
Curetes 17, 98, 106
Cybele, Asiatic mother goddess 68, 69, 71
CYCLADES 31, 34, 46, 52, 190
Cyclopes, Titan blacksmiths 16, 18, 66, 116, 121, 122, 134, 168, 210, 217, 240; see also Polyphemus
CYLLENE, MOUNT 88, 89, 112
CYNOSCEPHALAE, Battle of (197 BC) 27
CYNTHUS, MOUNT 46, 47, 52
Cypselus, 7th-century BC Corinthian tyrant 156, 157
CYZICUS 141
Dactyls 98
Daedalus, inventor 186, 188–91
Dakaris, Sotirios, archaeologist 259, 260
Danaë, Argive princess, mother of Perseus 10, 162, 163
Danaids, Egyptian princesses 161, 162
Danaus, king of Argos 161, 162, 167
DANUBE, River 144, 228
DARDANELLES 140, 220, 232, 233, 236
Dardanus, king of Troy 220
de Coubertin, Baron de (1863–1937), founder of modern Olympics 102, 103
Death see Thanatos
Debussy, Claude (1862–1918), composer 218
Decius (c. AD 201–251), Roman emperor 72
Deineira, Calydonian princess 131, 132
Deiphobus, Trojan prince 221, 223, 227, 230, 231
DELOS 10, 45–50, 52, 55, 65, 68, 181, 188, 190, 244
DELPHI 10, 12, 17, 19, 48, 53–57, 55, 59–63, 68, 72, 100, 108–11, 131, 132, 139, 140, 159, 162, 168, 175, 178, 180, 187, 215, 237, 255
Demeter, goddess of the earth and harvest 17, 28, 32, 36–40, 41, 43, 44, 99
Demetrius the Besieger (337–288 BC), Macedonian general and king 148
Demodocus, Homeric bard 8, 9, 80, 244
Demophoön, Eleusinian prince 38
Demosthenes (d. 413 BC), Athenian general 94, 95
Despoina, fertility goddess 32
Deucalion, son of Prometheus 23, 59
DEXIA BAY 246, 248
DIA 188
Dia, wife of Ixion 137, 146
DICTE, MOUNT 17, 191
Dictys, fisherman 163, 165
DIMINI 137, 147–49
Diomedes (i), Thracian king, owner of mares 128
Diomedes (ii), Greek hero at Troy 166, 226, 230
DION 14, 15, 21, 24–28, 257
Dione, goddess at Dodona 79
Dionysus, god of wine, drama and transformation 20, 25, 27, 40, 52, 57, 58, 59, 62, 80, 104, 105–8, 106, 126, 188, 194, 197, 255
Dioscuri, the Heavenly Twins (Castor and Polydeuces) 180, 202–4
DIRCE 104
Dirce, queen of Thebes 109
DODONA 79, 140, 197
Echidna, snake-girl 17
Echo, repetitive nymph 117, 118
EGYPT 11, 27, 47, 50, 85, 86, 90, 118, 130, 133, 134, 161, 190, 191, 205, 217
Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth 46, 65
Electra, Mycenaean princess 212, 214, 215
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES 37, 39, 40, 42–44, 178, 180
ELEUSIS 10, 36–38, 40, 41, 42–44, 175, 183, 257
ELIS 91, 94, 97–102, 109, 126, 131, 138, 163, 210
ELYSIAN FIELDS 18, 256, 257
Emmerich, Sister Anne Catherine (1774–1824), visionary nun 71, 75
Endymion, shepherd, beloved of Selene 72
Eos, goddess of the dawn 221, 228, 238
Epaminondas (c. 418–362 BC), Theban general 119, 120, 198
Epeius, Greek inventor 230
EPHESUS 64, 67–76
Ephesus, Ephesian prince 72
EPHYRA 151, 249, 250, 253, 254, 257–70, 258
Epicasta see Jocasta
Epictetus (c. AD 55–135), philosopher, 101
Epicurus (341–270 BC), philosopher 181
Epidaurus 177
Epigoni, attackers of Thebes 114
Epimetheus, Titan 151
Erebus, primeval Darkness 80
ERECHTHEUM (ATHENS) 171, 183
Erechtheus, Athenian king 60, 174, 175, 177, 180
Erichthonius, Athenian king 113, 174
ERIDANUS, River 50
Erinyes, ‘Furies’ 16, 25, 59, 112, 215
Eris, goddess of strife 145, 222
Eros (i), primeval god of desire 15, 80
Eros (ii) god of desire, son of Aphrodite 79, 80, 83, 205
Erymanthian Boar, 4th Labour of Heracles 125, 125
ERYMANTHUS, MOUNT 125, 126
Eteocles, Theban prince 111, 113, 166
ETNA, MOUNT 22
EUBOEA 31, 212
Eumaeus, Ithacan swineherd 239, 240, 245, 246, 248
Euripides (c. 480–406 BC), Athenian tragedian 11, 25, 27, 28, 60, 65, 107, 116, 147, 154, 155, 175, 178, 211, 214, 215, 219, 223, 255
Europa, Phoenician princess 108, 185
EUROTAS, River 179, 201, 205, 208
Eurycleia, Odysseus’ nurse 238, 245
Eurydice (i), Ciconian princess, beloved of Orpheus 25
Eurydice (ii), Theban queen 114
Eurynome, sea-nymph 22
Eurynomus, flesh-eating daimon 255
Eurystheus, king of Tiryns 114, 116, 117, 122–26, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 140, 210
Eurytus, prince of Elis 99
Evans, Sir Arthur (1851–1941), archaeologist 190, 191
EVENOS, River 132
Exekias, 6th-century BC Athenian vase painter 69, 70
Fates 16, 194
Fourmont, Abbé (1690–1746), French antiquarian 207
Furies see Erinyes
Gaia, earth goddess 15–17, 32, 54–56, 63, 171, 174
Galba (AD 3–69), Roman emperor 61
Ganymede aka Catamitus, Trojan prince 86, 103, 220
Gauls, Balkan tribe 62
GERANIA 91
Geryon, giant 129
Giants 16, 17, 18, 32, 56, 144, 160, 171, 243
Glauce, Corinthian princess 154, 155, 157
Glaucus (i), sea-god 32
Glaucus (ii), king of Corinth 153
GLYKIS LIMEN 259
Gorgons, hideous winged sisters 116, 150, 163–65, 253
GORTYN 185, 192, 252
Goths, tribesmen migrating west in 4th/5th centuries AD 27, 28, 43, 74, 75, 102, 103, 157, 168, 181, 182, 206, 207
Gouyet, Abbé Julien, 19th-century priest 71
Graces, goddesses of allure 81, 84, 151
Graeae, grotesque goddesses 163
GRANICUS, Battle of (334 BC) 27
GULF OF PAGASAE 137, 145, 148
HADES, the Underworld 16, 17, 20, 25, 39, 56, 62, 82, 90, 105, 111, 113, 131, 147, 149, 152, 162, 179, 180, 189, 243, 249–51, 253–59
Hadrian (AD 76–138), Roman emperor 43, 76, 157, 181–83
Haemon, Theban prince 114
Haides, ruler of Hades 17, 20, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 44, 131, 163, 164, 179, 196, 249–51, 252, 253, 254, 258, 260
HALIARTUS 113
HALYS, River 61
Harilaos Soaps 44
Harmonia, queen of Thebes 24, 80, 109
Harpies, half-bird, half-woman 17, 141
Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC), female pharaoh 190
Hebe, goddess of youth 22, 132
Hecabe, queen of Troy 220–23, 230, 232
Hecate, goddess of necromancy and the dead 46, 143
Hector, Trojan prince 220, 221, 225–27, 229
Helen, Spartan queen 11, 60, 81, 166, 179, 180, 200–2, 204–5, 205, 208, 212, 215, 220, 223, 224, 228, 230–33, 238
Helenus, Trojan prince 221
HELICON, River 26, 257
HELICON, MOUNT 24
Helios, sun god 17, 33, 37, 49, 80, 86, 114, 129, 140, 151, 155, 186, 243
Helle, Boeotian princess 139, 140
HELLESPONT 140
Hephaestus, blacksmith god 22, 80, 123, 151, 171, 174, 177, 226
Hera, queen of the gods 17, 18, 19, 19, 21–23, 33, 46, 47, 56, 66, 80, 88, 94, 99, 102, 103, 105, 106, 106, 112–14, 116, 117, 122, 123, 128, 129, 130, 137, 139, 140, 152, 154, 159, 160, 160, 167, 222, 223, 259
Heracleides, 2nd-century BC traveller 119
Heracles (i), eldest of Curetes 98
Heracles (ii), superhero 9, 12, 18, 26, 27, 40, 52, 66, 68, 91, 99–101, 103, 114, 115, 116, 117, 121–32, 123, 125, 127, 130, 140, 141, 147, 176, 178, 179, 186, 210, 221, 229, 255, 257
Hermaphroditus, androgynous god 80
Hermes, god of trickery, travel and dreams 36, 38, 80, 87–90, 94, 97, 103, 123, 137, 147, 151, 152, 160, 161, 163, 171, 222, 223, 237, 239, 243, 244, 253
HERMIONE 160, 255
Hermione, Spartan princess 60, 215
Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), public benefactor 61, 103, 158, 181–83,
Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC), historian 9, 11, 33, 43, 47, 73, 84, 102, 159, 173, 177, 190, 200, 247, 259
Herostratus, 4th-century BC arsonist 73, 75
Heruli, Black Sea tribe invading Greece in 3rd century AD 102, 103, 181, 182
Hesiod, 8th-century BC epic poet 9, 11, 15, 24, 46, 66, 80, 142, 151, 163, 164, 171, 251, 254, 256
Hesione, Trojan princess 221, 229
Hesperides, ‘Daughters of Evening’, possessors of golden apples 130, 163
Hestia, hearth goddess 17
HIERA 176
Hilaeira, princess 202
HILL OF ATē 220
Hippias (d. 490 BC), Athenian tyrant 50, 53, 180
Hippias of Elis (c. 460–395 BC), philosopher 102
Hippo, Amazonian queen 69
Hippodameia (i), princess of Elis 98, 99, 163
Hippodameia (ii), Lapith queen 146, 147
Hippolyta, Amazonian queen 69, 128, 129, 178
Hippolytus, Athenian prince 10, 69, 86, 178, 179
Hippomenes, Arcadian prince 196, 197
Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945), German dictator 102
Hittites 233, 234
Homer, 8th-century BC epic poet 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22, 31, 36, 47, 59, 65, 69, 79, 87, 90, 91, 112, 140, 153, 154, 162, 184, 188, 195, 221, 227, 232–36, 238, 239, 246, 247, 249, 251, 253, 254, 256–58
Horae, ‘the Hours’ 19
Hyacinthus, Amyclaean prince 10, 201
Hydra, many-headed monster, 2nd Labour of Heracles 17, 124, 132
Hyginus (c. 64 BC – AD 17), Roman writer 109
Hylas, Argonaut 141
Hymenaeus, marriage god 24
HYMETTUS, MOUNT 171
Hyperboreans, mythical northerners 57, 125
Hypermnestra, a Danaid 162
HYPHASIS, River 27
Hypnos, god of sleep 251
Hypsipyle, Lemnian queen 140
HYSIAE, Battle of (c. 668 BC) 167, 168
Iacchus see Dionysus
Iambe, Eleusinian servant 38, 40
Icarius, Spartan aristocrat 204, 238
Icarus, high flyer 189
IDA, MOUNT (i), Crete 17, 98, 191
IDA, MOUNT (ii), Troad 81, 146, 214, 219, 220, 222, 222, 223, 230
Idas, Theban prince 202, 203
IGOUMENITSA 260
ILION see TROY
ILISSUS, River 40
Ilus, founder of Troy 81, 220, 221
INACHUS, River 160
Ino, Theban princess 107, 139, 140, 152, 244
INOPUS, River 47
Io, Argive priestess 160, 161, 161
Iobates, Lycian king 153,
Iolaus, Heracles’ nephew 124, 126
IOLCUS 10, 90, 91, 137–40, 143–45, 147, 149, 152, 154, 155, 179, 195, 202, 224
Iole, Oechalian princess 132
Ion, Athenian prince 60, 61
IONIA/Ionians 48–50, 52, 61–63, 73, 75,
IONIAN ISLANDS 247, 248
IONIAN SEA 141, 210
Iphicles, Heracles’ brother 116
Iphigenia, Mycenaean princess 66, 212, 213, 213, 215, 224
Iphitus (i), Argonaut 140
Iphitus (ii), Oechalian prince 131
Iphitus (iii), king of Elis 100
Iris, messenger goddess 19, 46
Isis, Egyptian goddess 28, 50, 161
Ismene, Theban princess 111, 113
ISTHMIA 33, 34, 153, 158
ITHACA 13, 59, 93, 144, 161, 204, 224, 236–39, 242, 244–48, 253
ITHAKI 237, 246–48
Itys, Thracian prince 174
Iulus see Ascanius
Ixion, Lapith king 137, 146
Jason, prince of Iolcus 10, 11, 138–45, 143, 148, 152, 154, 155, 175, 195, 202
Jesus Christ 42, 71
Judgment of Paris 12, 146, 222–23, 222
Julian (AD 330–363), Roman emperor 62
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC), Roman politician 9, 156, 157, 234, 235
Jung, Carl (1875–1961), psychiatrist, 218
KARNAK 50
KERYKEION, herald’s staff 89, 90, 253
KNOSSOS 8, 12, 33, 108, 128, 160, 178, 184, 186–92, 217, 237
Kore, harvest goddess, equated with Persephone 37, 44, 258
KYKEON, cocktail 38, 40
Ladon, dragon 130
Laelaps, tenacious dog 186
Laertes, Ithacan king 236, 237, 239, 242, 245
Laestrygonians, giants 243
Laius, Theban king 109–12
Laocoön, Trojan priest 230
Laomedon, Trojan king 33, 221
LAPHRION 194, 198, 199
Lapiths, Thessalian tribe 137, 146, 146, 147, 179
LARISSA HILL (Argos) 168
LARISSA HILL (Nafplio) 122
LARISSA 165
LATMUS, MOUNT 72
Leake, William (1777–1860), antiquarian 27, 28
Learches, Boeotian prince 139, 140
Leda, Spartan queen, mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and the Dioscuri 86, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 253
LEFKAS 247
LEMNOS 22, 80, 140, 229
Leon, Calydonian hero 197
Leonidas (c. 540–480 BC), Spartan king 206, 207, 208
Leonymus of Croton, 7th-/6th-century BC traveller 228
LERNA 124
LESBOS 11, 26, 203
LETHE, River 257
Leto, Titan goddess, mother of Artemis and Apollo 45–47, 49, 52, 55, 56, 62, 63, 65, 109, 193, 255
LETOAI see PAXIMADIA ISLANDS
LETOÖN 46
Leuce, nymph 251
Leucothea see Ino
LEUCTRA, Battle of (371 BC) 119, 120, 167, 207
LIBYA 171, 247
LINEAR A TABLETS 190
LINEAR B TABLETS 8, 93–95, 120, 191, 217
Lord Byron (1788–1824), poet 34, 35
Lotus-Eaters, laid-back tribe 240
LUXOR 50, 130
Lycaeus, Arcadian king 23
LYCAVETTUS, MOUNT 171
LYCIA 46, 47, 69, 122, 153, 226
Lycomedes, king of Scyros, 180, 224
Lycurgus (i), Thracian king 107
Lycurgus (ii), ?7th-century BC Spartan lawgiver 207
Lycurgus (iii) (c. 390–324 BC), Athenian politician 44
Lycus, Theban king 109
Lynceus (i), Egyptian prince, Argive king 162
Lynceus (ii), Theban prince 202, 203
Lysimachus (c. 360–281 BC), Macedonian general 74, 75
Lysippus, 4th-century BC sculptor 27
Macednos, founder of Macedonia 23
MACEDONIA 23, 26
Machaon, Greek surgeon at Troy 229
maenads, female Dionysiacs 25, 36, 59, 62, 107
Maia, nymph, mother of Hermes 88, 89
MALEA 240
MANISA 47
MANTINEA, Battle of (362 BC) 119, 120, 167
MARATHON, Battle of (490 BC) 103, 180–82, 186
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180), Roman emperor 43, 44
Marsyas, satyr 47, 48
Mary, mother of Christ 71, 75, 76
Medea, Colchian princess 10, 142–45, 150, 152, 154, 155, 175–77, 228, 243
Medusa, mortal Gorgon 32, 153, 163–65, 164
Megabyzi, eunuch priests 68
Megapenthes, Argive king 166, 210
Megara, Theban princess, wife of Heracles 114, 115, 116
Mehmet the Conqueror (1432–1481), Ottoman sultan 234, 235
Melanippe, Amazon princess, 129
Melanippus, Theban hero 166
Meleager, Calydonian prince 131, 140, 166, 194–96, 194
