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Melicertes, Theban prince 139, 140, 152, 153
Melissa, 6th-century BC Corinthian queen 259
Memnon, Ethiopian king 91, 228
Menelaus, Spartan king 33, 34, 93, 204, 205, 208, 212, 215, 223–25, 231, 239
Menestheus, Athenian king 180
Menoeceus, Theban prince 113
Mentor, Ithacan noble 239
Merope, Corinthian queen 110
MESSENE 91, 94
MESSOLONGHI 197, 199
METAURUS 10
Metis, Titan goddess, mother of Athene 171, 172
Midas, Phrygian king 48
MIDEA 133, 135, 210
Minos, Cretan king 108, 128, 149, 178, 184–90, 237, 251
Minotaur, half-man, half-bull 12, 33, 168, 178, 185, 186–88, 187, 190, 191
Minthe, nymph 250
MISTRA 206, 208
Mithridates VI (134–63 BC), king of Pontus 52, 74, 75, 119, 120, 181
Mnemosyne, Titan goddess 16, 23
Moschus, 2nd-century BC poet 185
Mummius, Lucius, 2nd-century BC Roman general 156, 157
Muses, inspirational goddesses 23–27, 47, 49, 62, 145, 171, 228
MYCENAE 8, 59, 93, 114, 133, 134, 166, 183, 190, 204, 210–18, 216, 224, 231, 233, 237, 246
MYKONOS 46, 52
Myrrha, Paphian princess, mother of Adonis 82
Myrtilus, chariot-technician 99
NAFPLIO 122, 135, 160, 181
Narcissus, Theban prince 86, 117, 117, 118
Nauplius, king of Nauplia 225, 238
Nausicaa, Scherian princess 244
NAVARINO 88, 94, 95
NAXOS 32, 46, 50, 62, 188
NECROMANTEION 250, 254, 259, 260
Neleus, founder of Pylos 10, 87, 90, 91, 138
Nemean Lion, 1st Labour of Heracles 123
Nemesis, goddess of vengeance 16, 204
Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, Greek hero at Troy 60, 215, 229, 231, 253
Nephele, cloud goddess 137, 139, 140
Nereids, sea-nymphs 12, 16, 32, 145
Nereus, sea-god 16
NERITON, MOUNT 236
Nero (AD 37–68), Roman emperor 61, 102, 103, 157
Nessus, centaur 132
Nestor, king of Pylos 33, 88, 90, 91, 93–95, 224
NILE, River 10, 47, 190
Niobe, Theban queen 12, 47, 48, 109
Nonnus, 4th-/5th-century AD epic poet 80
NYSA, MOUNT 106
Nyx, goddess of Night 15, 254
Ocean, Titan river-god 16, 22, 31, 37, 66, 129, 163, 243, 249, 253, 256, 257
Octavian see Augustus
Odysseus, Ithacan king, Greek hero at Troy 12, 59, 76, 93, 113, 144, 153, 161, 169, 204, 224–26, 229–32, 236–48, 241, 242, 250, 253, 255, 257, 258
Oeagrus, Thracian king 24
Oedipus, Theban king 9, 10, 48, 59, 110–13
Oenomaeus, king of Elis 99, 100
Oenone, nymph 222, 223, 230
OETA, MOUNT 121, 132
Ogilvie, Robert (1932–1981) 13
OGYGIA 244
Oineus, Calydonian king 166, 193, 194, 195
OLYMPIA 12, 20, 51, 73, 89, 91, 97, 99–103, 126
OLYMPIC GAMES 26, 91, 96–100, 102, 103, 181, 182
OLYMPUS, MOUNT 14, 15, 18–26, 28, 38, 46, 48, 73, 89, 105, 128, 132, 127, 154, 160, 171, 220, 250, 257
Omphale, Lydian queen 131
OMPHALOS (Delphi) 54, 59, 63
Oncius, Arcadian king 32
ORCHOMENOS 116, 118, 120, 134
Orestes, Mycenaean prince 59, 60, 166, 212–15, 218
Orpheus, Thracian musician 24–26, 26, 140, 144, 257
ORTYGIA 46
OSSA, MOUNT 18
Ouranus, sky-god 15–17, 78
Ovid (43 BC – AD 8), Roman poet 12, 49, 50, 83, 84
PACTOLUS, River 47
PAESTUM 33
Paionios, 5th-century BC sculptor 103
PALAEPAPHOS 79, 83, 84, 86
Palamedes, Greek hero at Troy 225, 238, 239
PALIKI 247
PALLADIUM, statue of Athene at Troy 220, 230
Pallas (i), Titan 171
Pallas (ii), Athenian noble 177, 178
Pan, god of the wild 48, 56, 66, 118, 239
Pandion, Athenian king 174, 175
Pandora, first woman 9, 23, 151
Pandrosus, Athenian princess 174
Panoptes see Argos Panoptes
PAPHOS 16, 78–86, 117, 202
Paphos, Paphian prince 84
Paris, Trojan prince 10, 12, 81, 146, 204, 205, 205, 212, 220, 222, 222, 225, 228, 230, 234, 238
PARNASSUS, MOUNT 23, 53, 54–57, 59, 230, 238, 245
PARTHENON (ATHENS) 12, 19, 19, 43, 146, 171, 173, 178, 179, 181–83, 234
Pasiphaë, Cretan queen, mother of the Minotaur 178, 186
PATRAS 194, 197, 198
Patroclus, Greek hero at Troy 196, 225–28, 251, 253
Paul (c. AD 5 – c. 57), evangelist 70, 71, 75, 85, 86, 156, 157
Paulus, Lucius Aemilius (c. 229–160 BC), Roman general 27
Paulus, Sergius, 1st-century AD proconsul 85
Pausanias (c. AD 110–180), travel writer 12, 23, 25, 34, 35, 43, 59, 60, 67, 79, 80, 85, 97, 98, 100, 105, 111, 118–20, 134, 155, 162, 165, 197, 198, 203, 206, 210, 217, 255, 257, 258
PAXIMADIA ISLANDS 47
Pegasus, winged stallion 32, 150, 153, 154, 154, 158, 164
Peirithous, Lapith king 137, 146, 147, 179, 258, 259
Peisistratus (i), prince of Pylos 93
Peisistratus (ii) (c. 625–528 BC), Athenian tyrant 42, 44, 50, 52, 180
Pelasgos Gelanor, Argive king 162
Peleus, Phthian king 24, 86, 128, 145, 195, 222, 227
Pelias, king of Iolcus 10, 90, 138–40, 144, 145, 147, 154
PELION, MOUNT 18, 24, 136–39, 145–47, 223
PELLANA 208
Pelopia, priestess 211
Pelopidas (d. 364 BC), Theban politican 119
PELOPONNESE 37, 53, 93, 94, 119, 126, 139, 147, 152, 158, 160, 171, 194, 203, 207, 215
Pelops, king of Elis 12, 96, 98–101, 98, 103, 109, 175, 210, 230, 255
PENEIUS, River 126
Penelope, Ithacan queen, wife of Odysseus 204, 238, 239, 244–46
PENTELLICON, MOUNT 172
Penthesilea, Amazon queen 69, 70, 227
Pentheus, Theban king 107, 108, 109, 113
Periander, 6th-century BC Corinthian tyrant 156, 259, 260
Periboea see Merope
Pericles (495–429 BC), Athenian statesman 34, 44, 181, 182
Periphetes, brigand 177
PERIPHLEGETHON, River 249, 250
Persephone, fertility goddess of the Underworld 36–40, 38, 41, 44, 82, 99, 131, 179, 188, 196, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258, 260
Perseus (i), Argive prince 10, 12, 32, 122, 138, 162–66, 164, 202, 210
Perseus (ii) (c. 212–166 BC), Macedonian king 27
Persians 9, 34, 35, 43, 44, 52, 61, 62, 73, 75, 84, 86, 118, 120, 173, 177, 181, 183, 207, 218
PETRA TOU ROMIOU 79, 86
Phaedra, Cretan princess 86, 178, 179, 186, 253
Phaethon, reckless charioteer 49, 50
PHAGA, MOUNT 111
PHASIS, River 140, 142
Pheidias (c. 480 – c. 430 BC), sculptor 70, 101, 103, 183
Pheidon, ?7th-century BC Argive king 167, 168
PHERAE 147, 149
Philip II (382–336 BC), Macedonian king 27, 28, 102, 157, 181, 182
Philip V (221–179 BC), Macedonian king 27, 198
Philoctetes, Greek hero at Troy 132, 229, 230
Philomela, Athenian princess 174, 175
Philopoemen (253–183 BC) Megalopolitan politician 206, 207
Philostratus the Elder (c. AD 190 – c. 230), Greek sophist 136
Phineas, prophet 141, 142
PHOCIS 59, 214
Phoebe (i), Titan 54
Phoebe (ii), princess 202
Pholus, centaur 126, 147
Phorcys, sea-god 32, 163
Phrixus, Boeotian prince 139, 140, 144
Phrontis, Menelaus’ helmsman 33, 34
PHRYGIA 47, 69,
Phryne, 4th-century BC courtesan 43
PHTHIA 69, 145, 224, 226, 227
PIERIA 23, 25, 89, 254
Pieros, king of Pieria 23, 24
PIMPLEIA 24
Pindar (c. 522 – c. 422 BC), poet 11, 24, 61, 91, 96, 99, 100, 119, 139, 143, 150, 153, 169, 173, 239, 257
PISA 101, 212
Pittheus, king of Troezen 175, 176
PLATAEA, Battle of (479 BC) 62, 119, 120, 134, 135, 181
Plato (c. 427–348 BC), philosopher 42, 79, 81, 180, 181, 183, 251, 257, 259
PLATRITHIAS 246, 248
Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79), Roman polymath 73
Plouton see Haides
Plutarch (c. AD 46–120), philosopher 42, 59, 188, 258
PO, River 50
Podarces see Priam
POLIS CAVE 246, 248
Polybus, Corinthian king 110–12
Polycleitus, 5th-century BC sculptor 70, 167, 168
Polycrates (d. 522 BC), Samian tyrant 50, 52
Polydectes, king of Seriphos 163, 165
Polydeuces, Spartan prince 140, 180, 202, 203
Polymestor, Thracian king 232
Polyneices, Theban prince 111, 113, 114, 166
Polyphemus, Cyclops 76, 240–42, 241
Polyxena, Trojan princess 224, 228, 231
Polyzelus, 5th-century BC Sicilian aristocrat 63
Pontus, sea-god 16
PONTUS, kingdom of 52, 74, 75, 119, 181
Poseidon, god of the sea, horses and earthquakes 10, 12, 17, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31–34, 54, 62, 80, 87, 94, 99, 122, 128, 138, 150, 153, 158, 165, 171–76, 173, 179, 183, 186–88, 221, 241, 242, 244–46, 250, 251
POSEIDONIA 33
POTIDEA 33
PREVEZA 260
Priam, Trojan king 9, 69, 214, 220, 221, 223, 226, 227, 231
Priapus, fertility god 80
Procne, Athenian princess 174, 175
Procris, Athenian princess 186, 237
Procrustes, innkeeper 176, 177
Proetus, king of Tiryns 122
Prometheus, Titan 23, 126, 151
Ptolemy I (367–283 BC), Macedonian general and Egyptian king 85, 86
PYDNA, Battle of (168 BC) 27
Pygmalion, Paphian king 83, 84
Pylades, Phocian prince 214, 215
PYLOS 8, 10, 33, 56, 87–91, 92, 93–95, 131, 139, 224, 239, 251
Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion 23
Pyrrhus of Epirus (318–272 BC), Epirote king 167, 168
Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 485 BC), philosopher 42
PYTHIAN GAMES 61, 63
Python, serpent 45, 55, 55, 56, 62
Quintus of Smyrna, 3rd-/4th-century AD epic poet 69
Rhadamanthus, Cretan prince, judge of the dead 149, 185, 189, 251
RHAMNOUS 204
Rhea, Titan goddess 16, 17, 54, 250
RHENEA 46, 50, 52
Rhesus, Thracian king 226
RHONE, River 144
Riefenstahl, Leni (1902–2003), photographer and filmmaker 102
SALAMIS 34, 37, 43
SALAMIS, Battle of (480 BC) 34, 35, 43, 181, 182
Salmoneus, king of Elis 138, 139, 152
SALMYDESSUS 141
SAME 236
SAMOS 22, 50, 129
SAMOTHRACE 190, 214
SANTORINI 190, 191
Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570), poet 11, 82, 254
Saracens 86
Sarpedon (i), Cretan prince 185
Sarpedon (ii), Lycian prince 226
satyr, half-man, half-horse (later half-goat) 47, 48, 107, 109
SCAMANDER, River 226, 232
SCHERIE 244, 245, 247
Schliemann, Heinrich (1822–1890), archaeologist 134, 135, 217, 218, 232, 234, 235, 246, 248
Sciron, brigand 177
SCIRONIAN ROCKS 137
Scylla, monster 32, 243, 247
SCYROS 180, 182, 224, 229
SCYTHIA 69, 129
SELÇUK 65, 71, 75, 76
Selene, moon goddess 17, 72, 114, 123
Semele, Theban princess, mother of Dionysus 105, 106
SEPEIA, Battle of (494 BC) 134, 167, 168
SERIPHOS 163, 165
SESKLO 148, 149
Severin, Tim (b. 1940), explorer 247
SICILY 22, 63, 66, 90, 119, 129, 155, 156, 189, 190, 247
SICYON 56, 151, 156, 158, 211, 212
silenoi, half-man, half-horse 107
Sinis (i), brigand 177
Sinis (ii), Greek spy at Troy 230
SIPYLUS, MOUNT 47
Sirens, destructive singers 23, 144, 242, 243
Sisyphus, Corinthian king 150, 152, 153, 155, 237, 255
SIWAH 27, 130
SMYRNA 69, 71
Socrates (c. 469–399 BC), philosopher 49, 61, 251, 257
Solon (c. 638–558 BC), lawgiver 180, 182
Sophocles (c. 497–405 BC), tragedian 48, 59, 104, 110–12, 114, 214
SPARTA (SPARTI) 8, 11, 12, 73, 75, 93, 119, 120, 131, 134, 140, 156, 157, 166, 167, 168, 179–81, 200–4, 205, 206–8, 212, 215, 223, 231, 238, 239
SPHACTERIA 88, 94, 95
Sphinx, riddler 10, 17, 50, 62, 63, 111
Statius (c. AD 45–96), Roman poet 121, 134
Stesichorus (c. 640–555 BC), poet 10, 205
Stheneboea see Anteia
Sthenelus, Mycenaean king 114, 210
Strabo (64/63 BC – c. AD 24), geographer 31, 33, 73, 74, 156, 197, 247, 255
Strophius, Phocian king 214
STYMPHALIA 127
Stymphalian Birds, 6th Labour of Heracles 127
STYX, River 131, 224, 249, 251, 254
Sulla (c. 138–78 BC), Roman dictator 74, 75, 119, 120, 181, 182
SUNIUM 30, 31, 33–35, 178, 181
SYRACUSE 155–57
TAENARUM 131, 179
Talos, bronze giant 144
Tantalus, Lydian king 98, 255
TAPHOS 210
TARTARUS 15, 16, 18, 251, 253, 256
TAURIS 213, 215
TAŸGETUS, MOUNT 65, 201, 203, 206
TEGEA 198, 215
Teiresias, Theban prophet 112–14, 243, 245, 246
Telamon, king of Aegina 221, 224
Telegonus, son of Odysseus and Circe 246
Telemachus, Ithacan prince 87, 93, 204, 238–40, 245, 246
Telesilla, 6th-century BC Argive poet 167
TELESTERION (Eleusis) 40, 43, 45
TEMPE 56
TENEDOS 224, 230, 231, 233
Tenes, king of Tenedos 224
Tereus, Thracian king 174
Terpsichore, Muse (of dance) 23
Teucer (i), colonist in the Troad 220
Teucer (ii), Salaminian prince 229
Thamyris, lyre-player 24
Thanatos, death-god 251
THEBES 10–12, 29, 47, 48, 67, 104–14, 116–20, 122, 130, 134, 139, 166, 167, 186, 210, 220, 244
Themis, Titan 16, 17, 54
Theodosius (AD 347–395), Roman emperor 27, 43, 45, 63, 85
THERAPNE 200, 203, 205, 207, 208
THERMODON, River 128, 178
THERMOPYLAE 132
THERMOPYLAE, Battle of (480 BC) 120, 206, 207
Theseus, Athenian king and hero 10, 12, 33, 69, 112, 114, 128, 129, 132, 138, 146, 147, 169, 175–80, 176, 182, 186–88, 187, 190, 195, 204, 231, 257–59
THESPROTIA 250, 258, 259
Thetis, Nereid, mother of Achilles 21, 22, 24, 86, 145, 222, 224, 226, 228
THORNAX, MOUNT 160
THRACE 107, 124, 128, 129, 152, 174, 212
THRIASIAN PLAIN 33, 173
THRINACIA 243
Thucydides (c. 455 – c. 395 BC), historian 9, 190, 206
Thutmose III (1481–1425 BC), pharaoh 190
Thyades, Athenian female Dionysiacs 59
Thyestes, Mycenaean pretender 133, 210–12
Thyia, early mortal 23
Timotheus (c. 446–357 BC), poet 24
TINOS 46
TIRYNS 66, 114, 116, 117, 121–26, 128–35, 140, 153, 166, 178, 210, 217, 221, 233
Titans 16, 18, 23, 46, 54, 106, 130, 151, 157, 256
Tithonus, Trojan prince 221, 228
Tityos, giant 56, 255
TOMI 144
Triptolemus, Eleusinian prince 39, 41, 44
TROAD 220, 221, 229
Troas, Trojan king 220, 221
TROEZEN 33, 175, 178
Troilus, Trojan prince 221, 224, 225
TROJAN HORSE 166, 220, 230, 231, 235
TROY 8, 9, 11, 21, 22, 33, 48, 69, 81, 91, 93, 131, 146, 166, 196, 204, 205, 212, 214, 217, 219–35, 238–40, 244, 246, 251, 253
Tydeus, Calydonian prince 166, 194
Tyndareus, king of Sparta 201, 204, 121, 224, 238
Tyro, princess 138, 152, 155
Tyrtaeus, 7th-century BC poet 11
Ulysses see Odysseus
VARDOUSIA MOUNTAINS 132
VATHY 237, 246, 248
Vergil (70–19 BC), Roman poet 12, 81
Virbius see Hippolytus
VOIDHOKILIá 88–90, 93–95
VOLOS 137, 147–49
Walmu, 13th-/12th-century BC Wilusan king 233
WILUSA 8, 233
Wood, John Turtle (1829–1890), engineer 74, 75
Woolf, Virginia (1882–1941), author 218
XANTHUS 46
Xenophanes (c. 570 – c. 475 BC), philosopher 18
Xerxes (519–465 BC), Persian Great King 9, 34, 233, 234
YEROSKIPOU 78, 83
ZACYNTHUS 236
Zagreus see Dionysus
Zephyrus, god of the west wind 201
Zetes, Argonaut 140, 141
Zethus, builder of walls 109
Zeus, supreme god 12, 16, 18–28, 19, 31, 33, 37, 39, 46, 50, 54, 56, 59, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 79–82, 86, 88–91, 94, 97–103, 105, 106, 106, 108, 109, 112–14, 116, 117, 123, 126, 130–32, 137, 138, 145, 146, 151, 152, 154, 160–63, 171–74, 179, 182–85, 192, 197, 201–5, 211, 215, 220, 221, 226, 227, 228, 237, 241, 243, 244, 250, 251, 253, 257
Zeuxis (b. c. 460 BC), artist 102
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Greek Mythology
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