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Seriphus, island of, 88, 91
Sextus Tarquinius, 294–95
Sibyl at Cumae, 42, 83, 275, 279–82, 320
Sicily, 103–4, 195, 275, 276–77, 279
Sicyon, 21–22, 23, 233–34
Side, 69
Silvius, 280
Sinis “Pine-Bender,” 94, 320
Sinon, 228–29, 270, 320
Sinope (Assyrian colony), 187–88
Sinope (maiden), 43
Sirens, xvii, 35, 84, 195, 258, 320
Sirius, 74
Sisyphus, 23–24, 104, 257, 320
Siwa, oasis of, 90
Sky, 1–2, 3–4, 6, 17, 310, 311, 320
Sleep, 2, 34, 121, 222
Sparta, xvi, xviii, 43, 48, 56, 66, 101, 203–4, 207, 229, 234, 242–44, 260, 261
Sphinx, 3, 165, 320
riddles of, 163–64
Stheneboea, 104, 106
Sthenelus (ghost warrior), 187
Sthenelus, king of Mycenae, 136, 137, 140
Stheno, 30, 312
Strife (Eris), 2, 201–2, 220, 280, 320
Styx River, 3, 10, 34, 36, 54, 55, 65, 66, 134, 135, 173, 206, 226, 280, 320
Symplegades (Clashing Rocks), 185–86
Syrinx, 52, 320
Taenarum, cave of, 155
Talus, 19, 197, 320
Tantalus, king of Lydia, 230, 237, 239, 320
Tarpeia, 290, 320
Tarquin the Elder, king of Rome, 292
Tarquin the Proud, king of Rome, 294, 308
Tartarus, 1, 3, 4, 5, 28, 35, 57, 80, 280, 320
Taygete, 25
Telamon, king of Salamis, 158
Telamon (brother of Pelous), 178, 207, 218
Telamon (son of Aeacus), 24
Telegonus, 17
Telemachus, 205, 206, 240, 257, 261–62, 264, 265, 266, 320
news of Odysseus sought by, 241–44, 260, 261
Telephassa, 17
Telephus, king of Mysia, 208–9
Telphusa, 37
Tereus, king of Thrace, 111–15, 318, 321
Terpsichore, 84, 321
Tethys, 1, 3, 21
Teutamides, 91–92
Thalia, 84, 321
Thamyris, 84
Thebes, xvi, 7, 21–23, 30, 37, 38–39, 48, 55–56, 59–60, 70, 116, 136–37, 139–40, 161–74
founding of, 19, 21, 161–62, 171, 331n
seven gates of, 170, 171
seven warriors against, 169–73, 204, 331n
Sphinx at, 163–64, 165
Tiresias at, 166, 171, 174
see also Oedipus
Theia, 1, 3, 52, 82, 321
Themis, 1, 6, 29, 90, 238, 321
oracle of, 12, 37
Theophrane, 31, 321
Thersites, 226
Theseus, king of Athens, xvi, 92–102, 104, 109, 148, 178, 257, 321
Amazons fought by, 99–100
Attica reformed by, 99
competition removed by, 96
conception and birth of, 93
Crommyonian Sow killed by, 94
death of, 102
Hercules’ rescue of, from Hades, 101, 155
Oedipus at Colonus protected by, 170–71
oracle concerning, 92–93
outlaws defeated by, 93–95
Peirithous befriended by, 100–101
Poseidon as father of, 75, 93, 98
Thespius, daughters of, 139
Thestius, 25–26
Thetis, 28, 46, 68, 98, 195, 321
as mother of Achilles, 206, 207, 213–14, 218, 223, 224, 225
Peleus married to, 201–2, 204, 206, 220
Thisbe, 118–20, 319, 321
Thrace, 16, 58, 74, 111–15, 148–50, 178, 273
Thyestes, 232–34, 305, 321
Thynians, 184–85
thyrsus, 57
Tiberenians, 188
Tiber River, 152–53, 275, 278, 279, 281, 282, 287, 288, 291, 292, 321
Tiphys, 178, 186–87
Tiresias, 59, 116, 137, 255, 256, 321
androgynous experience of, 69
at Thebes, 166, 171, 174
Titans, 2, 4–5, 6, 36, 52, 69, 79–80, 82, 89–90, 321
Tithonus, 83–84, 311, 321
Titus Tatius, king of Sabines, 290
Tityus, 37, 321
Triops, 31
Triton, 81, 196–97, 321
Trojans, Troy, 25, 26–27, 75–77, 124, 150, 201–29, 240
allies of, 205, 210–11, 214, 226, 273
Apollo’s and Poseidon’s service to, 32–33
archaeological remains of, 332n
fall of, 202, 203, 229, 235, 270–72, 273, 275
Hercules’ devastation of, 33, 158, 202
house of, 301
Palladium in, 25, 227, 228
walls of, 32–33, 205, 210, 211, 214, 215, 217–18, 226, 227–29
wealth of, 205, 235
see also Aeneas
Trojan War, xiv, xvi, xvii, 7, 25, 26, 48, 158, 201–29, 234–35, 267, 269, 270–72, 273, 274–76, 280, 332n–33n
adverse winds and, 208–10
female captives of, 205, 211–14, 217–18, 219, 229, 235, 271, 275
funeral rites in, 213, 223, 225–26
gods in, 209–10, 212–14, 215, 216–17, 218–20, 221–22, 223, 224, 225, 271
Greek landing in, 210–11
Judgment of Paris in, 201–2, 203
last battles of, 214–26
Mysia misadventures of, 208–9, 210–11
nine-year stalemate of, 211–12
number of Greek ships in, 207–8
and oath of Tyndareus, 204–5
oracles in, 208–9, 211
Trojan horse in, 228–29, 243, 249, 270
Tros, 27
Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome, 291
Turnus, 282–83, 284–86, 321
Tydeus, 169–72, 204
Tyndareus, king of Sparta, 25–26, 203, 204–5, 234, 321
Typhon, 3, 5, 85, 105, 143, 151, 163, 276, 321
Tyro, 176
Underworld, see Hades
Urania, 84, 321
Vertumnus, 132–33, 318, 322
vestal virgins, 287–88, 322
Volscians, 283, 285
Wandering Rocks, 195
Xuthus, king of Athens, 44–45
Zephyrus, 43, 322
Zetes, 178, 182, 184–85, 322
Zethus, 22–23, 306
Zeus, xiv, xvi, 3–27, 29, 52, 60, 66–67, 70, 75, 83, 84, 86, 143, 178, 182–83, 188, 192, 194, 203, 229, 322
Apollo punished by, 148–49
Ares rejected by, 48
Atalanta and Melanion punished by, 111
Athena given birth by, 6, 81, 239, 315
birth of, 4
and Demeter’s mourning, 72–73
domestic quarrels of, 68–69
eagles of, 5, 10, 27, 65, 154
Endymion’s wish granted by, 133–34
evils loosed by, 10
Flood unleashed by, 10–12, 175
Hephaestus and, 46–47, 224
Hercules sired by, 136–37, 154, 157, 158, 160
Hermes sired by, 49–51
hospitality laws enforced by, 13–14, 105, 128–30, 263
as Jupiter, 267, 271, 272, 277–78, 285
justice enforced by, 13, 15, 173
lightning bolts of, 5, 11, 13, 14, 23, 54, 157, 172, 218, 259
male lovers of, 26–27
Marpessa and, 42–43
mortal challengers of, 11, 14
Odysseus and, 244–45, 254
oracle of, 15, 90
Peleus-Thetis marriage arranged by, 201–2
Persephone’s kidnapping allowed by, 71
Phaethon struck down by, 54
Phineus punished by, 184
power of, 13
predicted fall of, 17
Prometheus punished by, 9–10, 16–17, 154
rebellions against, 28, 32
sacred Dodona grove of, 177, 200
spherical human race split by, 8
sun moved backward by, 232
Tantalus punished by, 230, 257
Titans defeated by, 4–5, 80
Tityus punished by, 37
in Trojan War, 214, 216, 218–20, 221–22, 223, 224, 225
Typhon’s attack on, 85
wives of, 6
woman created by, 10, 15
women seduced by, 15–26, 36–37, 55–56, 68, 87–88, 96, 116, 136–37, 148, 161, 162, 197
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