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Lynceus, 127–28, 314
Maia, 49–51, 315
Mariandynians, 187
Marpessa, 42–43
Marsyas, 39–40, 315
Medea, 95–96, 189–200, 305, 315
brothers murdered by, 192, 193–95
Circe’s purification of, 194–95
Cupid’s arrow shot into, 189, 190
dragon guardian bespelled by, 192
Jason’s marriage to, 192, 195, 198–99
magic ointment made by, 190–92
Pelias’ failed rejuvenation by, 197–98
poisoned cloak created by, 199
sons murdered by, 199–200
Talus defeated by, 197
Medus, 96
Medusa, 3, 155–56, 312, 315
Perseus and, 88–91
Poseidon’s rape of, 30, 89
Megapenthes, king of Argos, 92
Megara, 140–41, 156, 315
Melampus, 59, 106–8, 315
Melanion, 110–11
Melanippus, 172
Melanthius, 262
Meleager, king of Calydon, 85, 109, 178, 219–20, 306, 315
Melicertes, 56
Melpomene, 84, 315
Memnon, king of the Ethiopians, 226
Menelaus, king of Sparta, 203–6, 207, 223, 228, 234, 242–44, 315
Helen retrieved by, 229, 242, 243–44, 260, 261
homeward journey of, 244
palace of, 242–43
Paris’ combat with, 214–16
Menestheus, king of Athens, 208
Menoeceus (father of Creon), 162
Menoeceus (son of Creon), 171
Menoetius (servant of Hades), 152
Menoetius (son of Iapetus), 3
Merope, 163, 167–68
Merops, king of Egypt, 53
Mestra, 70
Metharme, 78
Metis, 4, 6, 81, 315
Mezentius, king of the Etruscans, 284, 285, 315
Midas, king of Phrygia, 39–40
ass’s ears of, 40, 315
golden touch granted to, 57–58, 315
Milky Way, 138
Minos, king of Crete, 19, 34, 83, 96–98, 100, 102–4, 148, 150, 176, 232, 257, 316
Minotaur, 96–99, 148, 316
Minyans, 58–59, 139–40
Mnemosyne, 1, 6, 84, 316
Molorchus, 142–43
Morpheus, 121
Mossynoecians, 188
Muses, xvii, 39, 67, 78, 84, 134, 201, 316
music of spheres, 35
Mycenae, xvi, 15, 92, 136–56, 207, 209–10
family history of, 230–39, 333n
Myrmidons, 24
Myrrha, 78, 316
Myrtilus, 231
Mysia, 181–83, 208–9, 210–11
Nana, 85–86
Narcissus, 116–18, 311, 316
Nausicaa, 245–46, 306, 316
Naxos, island of, 31–32, 56–57, 98–99
nectar, 4, 36, 53
Neleus, king of Pylos, 107–8, 157, 176
Nemesis, 2, 26, 118, 316
Neoptolemus, 227, 228
Nephele, 175
Nereids, 90, 316
Nereus, 2, 153–54, 316
Nessus, 159–60, 316
Nestor, king of Pylos, 208, 218, 219, 221, 241–42, 274, 316
Night, 1, 316
children of, 2, 84
Niobe, 15, 316
Apollo’s punishment of, 38–39
Nisus, 284
Numa Pompilius, king of Rome, 290
Numitor, king of Alba Longa, 287, 288, 306, 316
Nycteus, 21–22
Ocean, 1, 2, 3, 6, 21, 53, 316
Odysseus, xvii, 45, 84, 204–6, 214, 219, 220, 240–66, 274, 316, 331n, 334n
Achilles’ divine armor won by, 226–27, 257, 306
Achilles’ hiding place revealed by, 207
Aeolus’ winds given to, 253
Argos (dog) met by, 262–63, 307
Athena’s aid to, 241, 242, 244–45, 247–48, 260, 261, 262
bow of, 264–66
on Calypso’s island, 244–45, 248, 259, 308
and cattle of Helios, 256, 258–59
Cicones attacked by, 249
on Circe’s island, 254–55, 256, 258
Cyclops escaped by, 250–53, 276
Delphic oracle interpreted by, 208–9
disguised as old beggar, 260–61, 262–64
Hades visited by, 255–58, 333n
homeward voyage of, 249–59, 333n
Ithaca reached by, 259–66
in land of Laestrygonians, 253–54
long campaign expected by, 205–6
with Lotus Eaters, 250
mother’s message to, 256–57
oath of Tyndareus proposed by, 204–5
Palladium stolen by, 228
with Phaeacians, 245–60, 306
Poseidon offended by, 240, 244, 245–46, 252–53, 256
rebirth of, 35
Scylla and Charybdis passed by, 258, 330n
Sirens passed by, 258
suitors killed by, 263–66
Telemachus’ reunion with, 261–62, 265, 266
Tiresias consulted by, 255, 256
treasure given to, 259, 260
in Trojan horse, 228–29, 243, 249, 270
see also Penelope; Telemachus
Oedipus, xx, 161–74, 257, 316, 331n
children of, 164, 168, 169–74
at Colonus, 170–71
Corinthian royalty’s adoption of, 163, 167–68
death of, 170, 171
Delphic oracle and, 162–63, 164, 165–68, 169, 170
father’s curse of, 169, 171
incest and patricide of, 162–68
naming of, 163
pierced ankles of, 163, 168
self-blinding of, 168
Sphinx’s riddles answered by, 163–64
Tiresias consulted by, 166
Oenemaus, king of Pisa, 231
Oeneus, king of Calydon, 169
Oileus (Little Ajax), 207–8, 229, 306
Olympic Games, 158, 316
Olympus, Mount, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 24–25, 26–27, 37, 41, 46, 51, 60, 66–67, 85, 106, 138, 150, 160, 216, 221–22, 231, 317
Omphale, queen of Lydia, 157–58
Orestes, 235, 236–39, 305, 317
Orion, 69, 74, 257, 317
Orpheus, 84, 138, 317
with Argonauts, 134, 178, 184, 195
Eurydice and, 134–35, 311
Orthus (guard dog), 3, 151–52, 317
Otus, 31–32, 317
oxen, fire-breathing, 190–91
Palamedes, 205–6
Palinurus, 274, 279
Palladium, 25, 227, 228
Pallas (son of Eyander), 283, 284–85, 286
Pallas (Titan), 96
Pan, 51–52, 64, 157, 317, 320
Pandarus, 215–16
Pandion, king of Athens, 111–12
Pandora, xvii, 10, 12, 317
Paris, xvii, 26, 201–4, 214–15, 226, 317
death of, 227
Helen won by, 203–4, 205, 214, 215, 217, 227, 228, 271
Judgment of, 201–2, 203, 267
Menelaus’ combat with, 214–16
nickname of, 202
Parthenopaeus (Atalanta’s son), 329n
Parthenopaeus (at Thebes), 170, 171–72
Pasiphae, 97, 148, 176, 317
Patroclus, 204, 207, 221, 222–26, 317
Pegasus, 30, 89, 105, 106, 317
Peleus, 98, 196, 317
Achilles as son of, 109, 120, 178, 206–7, 223, 225
Thetis married to, 201–2, 204, 206, 220
Pelias, king of Iolcus, 176–78, 197–98, 317
Pelion, Mount, 176–77, 197, 201–2, 206–7
Pelopia, 233–34, 305
Pelops, 32, 227–28, 230–32, 317, 333n
Penelope, 204, 205, 206, 245, 317, 333n
enduring beauty of, 240, 263–64
Odysseus’ reunion with, 266
suitors of, 240–42, 257, 261, 262, 263–66
weaving of, 240–41
Penthesileia, queen of the Amazons, 48, 226
Pentheus, king of Thebes, 59–60, 162, 317
Perdix, 102
Perigune, 94
Periphetes “Clubman,” 94, 317
Pero, 107–8
Persephone, 6, 30, 65–66, 70–73, 78, 80, 101, 230, 317
Perses, 79–80, 91
Perseus, 30, 87–92, 318
Andromeda rescued by, 90–92, 136
Athena’s aid to, 88–89, 91, 92
Atlas turned to stone by, 89–90
birth of, 87–88
magical objects acquired by, 89, 90–91
Medusa’s head collected by, 88–91
prophecy concerning, 87, 92
sons of, 136
Phaea, 94
Phaeacians, 195–96, 245–60, 306
Phaedra, 75, 100, 104, 313
Phaenon, 26, 318
Phaethon, 53–54, 318
Phasis River, 189, 190, 192–93
Phenomoe, 38
Pheres, 176
Philammon, 45–46
Philemon, 128–30, 308, 318
Philoctetes, 160, 208, 210, 227, 318
Philomela, 111–15, 318
Philomelus, 70
Phineus (brother of Cepheus), 91
Phineus, king of the Thynians, 184–85, 188, 274, 318
Phoebe, 1, 3, 36, 318
Phoenicia, xv, xvii, 19, 189, 268, 318
Phoenix (Achilles’ tutor), 207, 219–20, 223, 318
Phoenix (brother of Cadmus), 17, 19, 318
Pholus, 145, 159
Phrixus, 175–76, 188–89, 190
Phrygia, 39–40, 57–58, 85–86, 128–30
Phrygian cap, 40
Phylacus, king of Thessaly, 107–8
Phyleus, 146, 147
Pierus, daughters of, 84
Pillars of Hercules, 151
Pirithous, king of Lapiths, 32, 100–101, 156, 318
Pisistratus (son of Nestor), 242–43
Pisistratus, king of Athens, xvii–xviii
Pittheus, king of Troezen, 92–93, 318
Pleiades, 24–25, 38, 318
Plutus, 70
Pollux, 26, 101, 203, 318
with Argonauts, 178, 183–84, 191
Polybus, king of Corinth, 163, 167–68
Polydectes, king of Seriphus, 88, 91, 318
Polydorus (son of Cadmus), 162
Polydorus (Trojan), 273
Polyhymnia, 84, 318
Polynices, 168, 169–73, 318
Polyphemus (Argonaut), 182–83
Polyphemus (Cyclops), 250–53, 276, 310, 318
Polyxena, 229
Polyxo, 179
Pomona and Vertumnus, 132–33, 318, 322
Poseidon, xvi, 11, 17, 27–33, 42, 47, 70, 81, 247, 318
Argo dedicated to, in Corinth, 197, 198, 200
birth of, 27
children of, 31, 48, 75, 90, 93, 98, 150, 151, 152, 176, 177, 183, 211
city patronage sought by, 29
Demeter raped by, 30, 172, 307
Doliones protected by, 180
as earth shaker, 3, 28
horses ruled by, 27–28, 196
Laocoon killed by, 229
male lovers of, 32, 231
Medusa raped by, 30, 89
Minos and, 97, 148
as Neptune, 267, 271, 279
Odysseus’ offense to, 240, 244, 245–46, 252–53, 256
oracle of Delphi linked to, 28–29, 37
rebellion against Zeus joined by, 28, 32
sea ruled by, 5–6, 27, 29
Troy served by, 32–33
wife of, 29–30
Priam, king of Troy, 33, 43, 158, 202, 205, 208, 211, 215, 217, 225–26, 228–29, 271, 283, 318
Priapus, 79, 318
Proca, king of Alba Longa, 287
Procne, 111–15, 318
Procris, 82–83, 319
Procrustes, 95, 319
Proetus, king of Argos, 59, 69, 104–5, 108
Prometheus, xvii, 3, 154, 201, 319
Io and, 16–17
men created by, 6, 8–10, 26
Pyrrha and Deucalion warned by, 11–12
Zeus’ punishment of, 9–10
Protesilaus, king of Phylace, 211
Proteus, 244, 319
Psyche, 61–67, 319
Pygmalion, 77–78, 319
Pygmies, 69
Pylades, 236–37
Pylos, xvi, 106–8, 157, 208, 218, 219, 221, 241–42, 274
Pyramus and Thisbe, 118–20, 319, 321
Pyrcon, 28–29
Pyrrha, 11–12, 175, 319
Python, 36, 37, 40, 319
rebirth, cycle of, 34–35
Rhadamanthys, 19, 34, 319
Rhea, 1, 3–4, 27, 69, 297, 319
Rhea Silvia, 287–88, 319
Rhoecus, 109
Romans, Rome, xv, 281, 286, 287–95, 310
Alba Longa and, 287–88, 290–91
Etruscan rule of, 292–95
founding of, 280–81, 288–90
gods of, xvii, 267
patricians of, 289
as republic, 281, 295
Sabine women taken by, 289–90, 319
self-image of, 333n–34n
site of, 152–53, 283–84, 288–89, 312
souls waiting to be born in, 280–81
Tarpeian Rock of, 283, 290
Trojan origin claimed by, xviii–xix, 267; see also Aeneas
Romulus and Remas, xviii, 280–81, 287–90, 319
Sabines, 283, 289–90, 319
sacrifices, 9, 12, 50, 72, 80, 86, 140, 159, 176, 177, 187, 232, 233, 242
for ghosts of the dead, 256
human, xvi, 154, 171, 175, 209–10, 225, 229
Salmacis, 79, 313
Salmoneus (brother of Athamas), 176
Salmoneus, king of Elis, 14, 319
Sarpedon, king of Lycia, 19, 150, 319
satyrs, 21, 39–40, 51–52, 67, 319
Scaevola, 292–93, 319
Sciron, 94–95
Scylla and Charybdis, 195, 258, 275, 276, 309, 319, 330n
Scylla and Glaucus, 122–24, 320, 330n
Scyros, island of, 207, 227
Selene, 3, 133–34, 320
Semele, 55–56, 60, 162, 320
Maia, 49–51, 315
Mariandynians, 187
Marpessa, 42–43
Marsyas, 39–40, 315
Medea, 95–96, 189–200, 305, 315
brothers murdered by, 192, 193–95
Circe’s purification of, 194–95
Cupid’s arrow shot into, 189, 190
dragon guardian bespelled by, 192
Jason’s marriage to, 192, 195, 198–99
magic ointment made by, 190–92
Pelias’ failed rejuvenation by, 197–98
poisoned cloak created by, 199
sons murdered by, 199–200
Talus defeated by, 197
Medus, 96
Medusa, 3, 155–56, 312, 315
Perseus and, 88–91
Poseidon’s rape of, 30, 89
Megapenthes, king of Argos, 92
Megara, 140–41, 156, 315
Melampus, 59, 106–8, 315
Melanion, 110–11
Melanippus, 172
Melanthius, 262
Meleager, king of Calydon, 85, 109, 178, 219–20, 306, 315
Melicertes, 56
Melpomene, 84, 315
Memnon, king of the Ethiopians, 226
Menelaus, king of Sparta, 203–6, 207, 223, 228, 234, 242–44, 315
Helen retrieved by, 229, 242, 243–44, 260, 261
homeward journey of, 244
palace of, 242–43
Paris’ combat with, 214–16
Menestheus, king of Athens, 208
Menoeceus (father of Creon), 162
Menoeceus (son of Creon), 171
Menoetius (servant of Hades), 152
Menoetius (son of Iapetus), 3
Merope, 163, 167–68
Merops, king of Egypt, 53
Mestra, 70
Metharme, 78
Metis, 4, 6, 81, 315
Mezentius, king of the Etruscans, 284, 285, 315
Midas, king of Phrygia, 39–40
ass’s ears of, 40, 315
golden touch granted to, 57–58, 315
Milky Way, 138
Minos, king of Crete, 19, 34, 83, 96–98, 100, 102–4, 148, 150, 176, 232, 257, 316
Minotaur, 96–99, 148, 316
Minyans, 58–59, 139–40
Mnemosyne, 1, 6, 84, 316
Molorchus, 142–43
Morpheus, 121
Mossynoecians, 188
Muses, xvii, 39, 67, 78, 84, 134, 201, 316
music of spheres, 35
Mycenae, xvi, 15, 92, 136–56, 207, 209–10
family history of, 230–39, 333n
Myrmidons, 24
Myrrha, 78, 316
Myrtilus, 231
Mysia, 181–83, 208–9, 210–11
Nana, 85–86
Narcissus, 116–18, 311, 316
Nausicaa, 245–46, 306, 316
Naxos, island of, 31–32, 56–57, 98–99
nectar, 4, 36, 53
Neleus, king of Pylos, 107–8, 157, 176
Nemesis, 2, 26, 118, 316
Neoptolemus, 227, 228
Nephele, 175
Nereids, 90, 316
Nereus, 2, 153–54, 316
Nessus, 159–60, 316
Nestor, king of Pylos, 208, 218, 219, 221, 241–42, 274, 316
Night, 1, 316
children of, 2, 84
Niobe, 15, 316
Apollo’s punishment of, 38–39
Nisus, 284
Numa Pompilius, king of Rome, 290
Numitor, king of Alba Longa, 287, 288, 306, 316
Nycteus, 21–22
Ocean, 1, 2, 3, 6, 21, 53, 316
Odysseus, xvii, 45, 84, 204–6, 214, 219, 220, 240–66, 274, 316, 331n, 334n
Achilles’ divine armor won by, 226–27, 257, 306
Achilles’ hiding place revealed by, 207
Aeolus’ winds given to, 253
Argos (dog) met by, 262–63, 307
Athena’s aid to, 241, 242, 244–45, 247–48, 260, 261, 262
bow of, 264–66
on Calypso’s island, 244–45, 248, 259, 308
and cattle of Helios, 256, 258–59
Cicones attacked by, 249
on Circe’s island, 254–55, 256, 258
Cyclops escaped by, 250–53, 276
Delphic oracle interpreted by, 208–9
disguised as old beggar, 260–61, 262–64
Hades visited by, 255–58, 333n
homeward voyage of, 249–59, 333n
Ithaca reached by, 259–66
in land of Laestrygonians, 253–54
long campaign expected by, 205–6
with Lotus Eaters, 250
mother’s message to, 256–57
oath of Tyndareus proposed by, 204–5
Palladium stolen by, 228
with Phaeacians, 245–60, 306
Poseidon offended by, 240, 244, 245–46, 252–53, 256
rebirth of, 35
Scylla and Charybdis passed by, 258, 330n
Sirens passed by, 258
suitors killed by, 263–66
Telemachus’ reunion with, 261–62, 265, 266
Tiresias consulted by, 255, 256
treasure given to, 259, 260
in Trojan horse, 228–29, 243, 249, 270
see also Penelope; Telemachus
Oedipus, xx, 161–74, 257, 316, 331n
children of, 164, 168, 169–74
at Colonus, 170–71
Corinthian royalty’s adoption of, 163, 167–68
death of, 170, 171
Delphic oracle and, 162–63, 164, 165–68, 169, 170
father’s curse of, 169, 171
incest and patricide of, 162–68
naming of, 163
pierced ankles of, 163, 168
self-blinding of, 168
Sphinx’s riddles answered by, 163–64
Tiresias consulted by, 166
Oenemaus, king of Pisa, 231
Oeneus, king of Calydon, 169
Oileus (Little Ajax), 207–8, 229, 306
Olympic Games, 158, 316
Olympus, Mount, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 24–25, 26–27, 37, 41, 46, 51, 60, 66–67, 85, 106, 138, 150, 160, 216, 221–22, 231, 317
Omphale, queen of Lydia, 157–58
Orestes, 235, 236–39, 305, 317
Orion, 69, 74, 257, 317
Orpheus, 84, 138, 317
with Argonauts, 134, 178, 184, 195
Eurydice and, 134–35, 311
Orthus (guard dog), 3, 151–52, 317
Otus, 31–32, 317
oxen, fire-breathing, 190–91
Palamedes, 205–6
Palinurus, 274, 279
Palladium, 25, 227, 228
Pallas (son of Eyander), 283, 284–85, 286
Pallas (Titan), 96
Pan, 51–52, 64, 157, 317, 320
Pandarus, 215–16
Pandion, king of Athens, 111–12
Pandora, xvii, 10, 12, 317
Paris, xvii, 26, 201–4, 214–15, 226, 317
death of, 227
Helen won by, 203–4, 205, 214, 215, 217, 227, 228, 271
Judgment of, 201–2, 203, 267
Menelaus’ combat with, 214–16
nickname of, 202
Parthenopaeus (Atalanta’s son), 329n
Parthenopaeus (at Thebes), 170, 171–72
Pasiphae, 97, 148, 176, 317
Patroclus, 204, 207, 221, 222–26, 317
Pegasus, 30, 89, 105, 106, 317
Peleus, 98, 196, 317
Achilles as son of, 109, 120, 178, 206–7, 223, 225
Thetis married to, 201–2, 204, 206, 220
Pelias, king of Iolcus, 176–78, 197–98, 317
Pelion, Mount, 176–77, 197, 201–2, 206–7
Pelopia, 233–34, 305
Pelops, 32, 227–28, 230–32, 317, 333n
Penelope, 204, 205, 206, 245, 317, 333n
enduring beauty of, 240, 263–64
Odysseus’ reunion with, 266
suitors of, 240–42, 257, 261, 262, 263–66
weaving of, 240–41
Penthesileia, queen of the Amazons, 48, 226
Pentheus, king of Thebes, 59–60, 162, 317
Perdix, 102
Perigune, 94
Periphetes “Clubman,” 94, 317
Pero, 107–8
Persephone, 6, 30, 65–66, 70–73, 78, 80, 101, 230, 317
Perses, 79–80, 91
Perseus, 30, 87–92, 318
Andromeda rescued by, 90–92, 136
Athena’s aid to, 88–89, 91, 92
Atlas turned to stone by, 89–90
birth of, 87–88
magical objects acquired by, 89, 90–91
Medusa’s head collected by, 88–91
prophecy concerning, 87, 92
sons of, 136
Phaea, 94
Phaeacians, 195–96, 245–60, 306
Phaedra, 75, 100, 104, 313
Phaenon, 26, 318
Phaethon, 53–54, 318
Phasis River, 189, 190, 192–93
Phenomoe, 38
Pheres, 176
Philammon, 45–46
Philemon, 128–30, 308, 318
Philoctetes, 160, 208, 210, 227, 318
Philomela, 111–15, 318
Philomelus, 70
Phineus (brother of Cepheus), 91
Phineus, king of the Thynians, 184–85, 188, 274, 318
Phoebe, 1, 3, 36, 318
Phoenicia, xv, xvii, 19, 189, 268, 318
Phoenix (Achilles’ tutor), 207, 219–20, 223, 318
Phoenix (brother of Cadmus), 17, 19, 318
Pholus, 145, 159
Phrixus, 175–76, 188–89, 190
Phrygia, 39–40, 57–58, 85–86, 128–30
Phrygian cap, 40
Phylacus, king of Thessaly, 107–8
Phyleus, 146, 147
Pierus, daughters of, 84
Pillars of Hercules, 151
Pirithous, king of Lapiths, 32, 100–101, 156, 318
Pisistratus (son of Nestor), 242–43
Pisistratus, king of Athens, xvii–xviii
Pittheus, king of Troezen, 92–93, 318
Pleiades, 24–25, 38, 318
Plutus, 70
Pollux, 26, 101, 203, 318
with Argonauts, 178, 183–84, 191
Polybus, king of Corinth, 163, 167–68
Polydectes, king of Seriphus, 88, 91, 318
Polydorus (son of Cadmus), 162
Polydorus (Trojan), 273
Polyhymnia, 84, 318
Polynices, 168, 169–73, 318
Polyphemus (Argonaut), 182–83
Polyphemus (Cyclops), 250–53, 276, 310, 318
Polyxena, 229
Polyxo, 179
Pomona and Vertumnus, 132–33, 318, 322
Poseidon, xvi, 11, 17, 27–33, 42, 47, 70, 81, 247, 318
Argo dedicated to, in Corinth, 197, 198, 200
birth of, 27
children of, 31, 48, 75, 90, 93, 98, 150, 151, 152, 176, 177, 183, 211
city patronage sought by, 29
Demeter raped by, 30, 172, 307
Doliones protected by, 180
as earth shaker, 3, 28
horses ruled by, 27–28, 196
Laocoon killed by, 229
male lovers of, 32, 231
Medusa raped by, 30, 89
Minos and, 97, 148
as Neptune, 267, 271, 279
Odysseus’ offense to, 240, 244, 245–46, 252–53, 256
oracle of Delphi linked to, 28–29, 37
rebellion against Zeus joined by, 28, 32
sea ruled by, 5–6, 27, 29
Troy served by, 32–33
wife of, 29–30
Priam, king of Troy, 33, 43, 158, 202, 205, 208, 211, 215, 217, 225–26, 228–29, 271, 283, 318
Priapus, 79, 318
Proca, king of Alba Longa, 287
Procne, 111–15, 318
Procris, 82–83, 319
Procrustes, 95, 319
Proetus, king of Argos, 59, 69, 104–5, 108
Prometheus, xvii, 3, 154, 201, 319
Io and, 16–17
men created by, 6, 8–10, 26
Pyrrha and Deucalion warned by, 11–12
Zeus’ punishment of, 9–10
Protesilaus, king of Phylace, 211
Proteus, 244, 319
Psyche, 61–67, 319
Pygmalion, 77–78, 319
Pygmies, 69
Pylades, 236–37
Pylos, xvi, 106–8, 157, 208, 218, 219, 221, 241–42, 274
Pyramus and Thisbe, 118–20, 319, 321
Pyrcon, 28–29
Pyrrha, 11–12, 175, 319
Python, 36, 37, 40, 319
rebirth, cycle of, 34–35
Rhadamanthys, 19, 34, 319
Rhea, 1, 3–4, 27, 69, 297, 319
Rhea Silvia, 287–88, 319
Rhoecus, 109
Romans, Rome, xv, 281, 286, 287–95, 310
Alba Longa and, 287–88, 290–91
Etruscan rule of, 292–95
founding of, 280–81, 288–90
gods of, xvii, 267
patricians of, 289
as republic, 281, 295
Sabine women taken by, 289–90, 319
self-image of, 333n–34n
site of, 152–53, 283–84, 288–89, 312
souls waiting to be born in, 280–81
Tarpeian Rock of, 283, 290
Trojan origin claimed by, xviii–xix, 267; see also Aeneas
Romulus and Remas, xviii, 280–81, 287–90, 319
Sabines, 283, 289–90, 319
sacrifices, 9, 12, 50, 72, 80, 86, 140, 159, 176, 177, 187, 232, 233, 242
for ghosts of the dead, 256
human, xvi, 154, 171, 175, 209–10, 225, 229
Salmacis, 79, 313
Salmoneus (brother of Athamas), 176
Salmoneus, king of Elis, 14, 319
Sarpedon, king of Lycia, 19, 150, 319
satyrs, 21, 39–40, 51–52, 67, 319
Scaevola, 292–93, 319
Sciron, 94–95
Scylla and Charybdis, 195, 258, 275, 276, 309, 319, 330n
Scylla and Glaucus, 122–24, 320, 330n
Scyros, island of, 207, 227
Selene, 3, 133–34, 320
Semele, 55–56, 60, 162, 320
