his occupation in Hades, 278

note.

Alexis, Comic poet, referred to, 92
note; Menander borrows from,
154 note.

Alkamenes, Greek sculptor, referred
to, 176 note.

Alkestis, of Euripides, referred to,
97 note.

Alkestis, wife of Admetus, brought
from Hades by Herakles, 286 note.
Alkibiades, his life saved by Sokra-
tes, 108 note; a principal figure
in the Symposion of Plato, 144
note; referred to, 221.
Alkinous, in Hades, 276.
Alkiphron, epistolary writer, re-
ferred to, 182 note.

Alkmene, wife of Amphitryon, be-
loved by Zeus, 3 note, 21, 55, 132.
Alpheius, a River-God, questioned
by Poseidon respecting his rape
of the nymph Arethusa, 75.
Amaurotes, the allies of Pantagruel,
262 note.

Ambrosia, how regarded by the Py-
thagoreans, 9 note; its enhanced
price noticed by Momus, 226,
235.
Amenena karena, Homeric synonym

for the Dead, 89 note.
Ammianus Marcellinus (Italian his-
torian in Greek of the fourth cen-
tury, A.D.), referred to, 156, 232.
Ammon (Zeus), claimed by Alex-
ander of Macedon as his father,
116, 120, 124, 127; ram's horns
an appendage of, 232.
Amphiaraus, his oracle near Thebes,

Amyntas, father of Philip of Mace-
don, 124.

Anakreon, his (spurious) Odes,
referred to, 252 note.

Anchises, beloved by Aphrodite, 23;
his good fortune sneered at by
Hera, 41, and note; noticed by
Momus, 231.

Andokides, an Attic orator, referred
to, 235 note.

Andria, the, of Terence, quoted, 29
note; referrred to, 248 note.
Andromeda, her rescue by Perseus
narrated, 83-82.

Andrapodistes (kidnapper), exten-
sive trade of the, 70 note.
Aneskolepismenos ("crucified " or
"impaled "), 244, and note.
Antandros ("vicarious substitute "),
a word peculiar to Lucian, 131,
and note.

Anthologia Græca, epigrams in,
quoted, 3, 49, 165, 240 notes.
Antikyras (the two), famous for
hellebore, 123 note.

Antilochus, son of Nestor, remon-
strates with Achilleus in Hades,
128-130.
Antinous, the favourite of Hadrian
the Roman Emperor, 7 note;
numerous temples and statues
raised in his honour, 11 note; re-
ferred to, 231 note.

Antioch, Christian, a witty satire of
the Emperor Julian against, 108

rank in Heaven, 177; Zeus ridi-
culed by Momus as, 232.
Anytus, a principal informer against
Sokrates, 222 note.

Aornus, a hill-fort on the Indus,
stormed by the Macedonians, 127

note.

Apelles, the laureate-painter of
Alexander of Macedon, 116, 117,
177 notes.

Aphrodite (Venus), referred to,
16; charges Selene with her
amour with Endymion, 22-24;
upbraids Eros, 24-26; referred to,
29, 30; her liaison with Ares, 33-
34; interrogates Eros, 36-38;
before Paris, 38-48; her children
criticized by Apollo, 52-53; a
competitor for the golden apple,
60-69; at the bridal-procession of
Zeus and Europa, 84; referred to,
103, 104; wounded in battle, 185.
Aphrodite, Anadyomene ("rising
from the sea"), the original of,
127 note; referred to, 178, 255.
Aphrodite," the Golden," 104, 178.
Aphrodite, "the Knidian," 10 note,
178, and note, 255 note.
Aphrodite, Cestus of, stolen by
Hermes, 16; Athena demands of
Paris its removal, 44; described,
44 note.

Apis, the sacred Egyptian Bull,
criticized by Momus, 232, and note.
Apokalupsis (Apocalypse of St. John),
the, referred to, 222 note, 255

note.

Apollo, the lover of Daphne and
Hyakinthus, 4; discourses with
Hephæstus on the infant Hermes,
15-16; recounts to Hermes the
manner of the death of Hya-
kinthus, 27-28; envies Hephæstus
his beautiful wives, 29-30; Hera
ridicules his pretensions to uni-
versal knowledge, and his oracu-
lar jugglery, 31; informed by
Hermes of the revenge of He-
phæstus on Aphrodite and Ares,
33-34; criticizes Aphrodite's pro-
geny, 53; discourses with Bac-
chus on Priapus, 51; identified
with Helios, in later Hellenic
theology, 56 note; criticizes the

divine pretensions of the Dios-
kuri, 58-60; his altercation with
Thanatos, 97 note; his prophetic
pretensions ridiculed in Zeus the
Tragedian, 168-178; his gigantic
statue at Rhodes, 178, and note;
his servitude with Admetus ridi-
culed by Cyniskus, 217; his
numerous prophet rivals, 233, and
note; takes the chair at an Olym-
pian Convention, 235; his plu-
ralities abolished by Act of the
Olympian Parliament, 236.
Apollodorus (Bibliotheca), referred
to, 5, 19, 22, 32, 35, 50, 55, 59,
69, 72, 74, 80, 136, 145, 154, 160,
165, 186, 231, 256 notes.
Apollonius (of Rhodes), Argonautica
cited, 58, 69, 81, 129, 280 notes.
Apollonius (of Tyana), his birth
miraculously announced, 66 note.
Appian (a Greek historian of Rome),
referred to, 119 note.

Apuleius (De Aureo Asino), relates
the immortalization of Psyche, 9
note; describes the representation
in sculpture of Diana and her
Dogs, 32 note; describes a theatri-
cal representation of the Judgment
of Paris, 48 note ; narrates a rabies.
panic, 134 note; on the descent of
Psyche to Hades, quoted, 146.
note; his De Magia referred to,
232; his De Aureo Asino referred
to, 242 note.
Aquarius (Constellation of), Zeus
promises Ganymedes to place
him in the Heavens as, 47 note.
Aratus (author of the Phænomena,
a poem), referred to, 80 note.
Araxes, a river of Armenia, referred
to, 157.

Arbela, the scene of one of the great
victories of Alexander of Mace-
don, noticed by Hannibal, 116;
by Alexander, 118.
Archimedes, the great mechanician,
referred to, 109 note.
Areiopagus (Court of) at Athens,
referred to, 222 note.

Ares (Mars), robbed by Hermes,
15; the lover of Aphrodite, 25,
30; caught in adultery with
Aphrodite, 33-34; conquered by

Eros, 37; referred to, 39: ridi-
cules the threat of Zeus and his
golden chain, 49-59; wounded
by Diomedes, and conquered by
Athena, 199.
Arethusa, a Nereid nymph, beloved

by Alpheius, the story of, 65-66.
Argonauts, the, instructed by the
prophet Phineus, 160 note.
Argus, the guardian of Io, 5, and
note; referred to, 42.
Argyraspids, a body-guard of the
Persian kings, 122 note.
Ariadne, the mistress of Dionysus,

her introduction into Heaven ridi-
culed by Momus, 229, and note.
Arion, the story of, related by the
Dolphins, 72-73.

Aristeas, a legacy-hunter, his man-
ner of death related, 112-113.
Aristeides, eulogized by Plutarch
at the expense of the military
heroes of history, 121 note; in-
stanced by the philosopher
Damis, 205; by Cyniskus, 221.
Aristippus, the founder of the Cy-
renaic school, his manner of arri-
val in Hades, and his selfish prin-
ciples, 143, and note.
Aristodemus, a famous tragic actor,
200, and note.

Aristophanes, referred to, 14, 20,
37, 44, 87, 90, 92, 94, 106, 123,
140, 145, 162, 166, 170, 171, 172,
175, 179, 180, 183, 194, 196, 200,
203, 207, 217, 230, 232, 234, 239,
242, 253, 254, 257, 265, 270, 277
notes.

Arkadia, the especial abode of Pan,
52, and note.

Arnold, Th., Theophrastus quoted
by, 208 note.

Arrian (Anabasis), Alexander of

Macedon's visit to the Oracle of
Zeus Ammon, related by, 116
note; referred to, 122; rejects the
story of Alexander's exploits at
Oxydrakæ, 126 note.

Arsakes, a Persian Satrap, the
manner of his death described,
and his indignation at his forced
march to Hades on foot, 156-157.
Artaxerxes (Mnemon), King of
Persia, referred to, 150 note.

Artemis (Diana), satirized by Hera,
32; obstetrical duties transferred
to her, in later Hellenic theology,
32 note; why unassailed by
Eros, 38; her office as midwife,
59; metamorphoses the nymph
Arethusa, 65 note; her actions
ridiculed by the philosopher
Damis, 200; her sanguinary altar
in Tauris noticed by him, 203.
Artemisia, the sister and wife of
Mausolus, builds the famous tomb
to his memory, 150 note, 152.
Asia, gradual extension of the name,
45 note.

Asklepius (Esculapius), quarrels
with Herakles in Heaven, 25-27;
deals in medicine, 59; protected
by Zeus from the criticism of
Momus, 230; prohibited from the
trade in prophecy by Act of the
Celestial Parliament, 235.
Aspasia, mistress of Perikles, of
the class of heteræ, 44 note.
Asphodel, a plant abundant in the
Elysian Fields, 240, and note.
Asphodelian Meadows," quoted
by Menippus in a parody of the
Odyssey, 280, and note.

66

Ass, the Golden, of Apuleius,
noticed, 32, 48, 134, 146, 242,
279 notes.

Assyrians, the, sacrifice to the
Dove, 201, and note.

Asteria, beloved by Zeus, 3 note.
Atalanta, the Kalydonian heroine,
surpasses all the heroes of Hellas
in fleetness, 129 note.

Atalanta in Calydon (Swinburne's),
referred to, 200 note.

Athamas, the father of Helle, 74,

231.

Athena (Minerva), Hephæstus as-

sists at her birth, 17-18; why
spared by Eros, 36, 37; competitor
for the golden apple, 38-45, 68;
conspires with other divinities
against Zeus, 50; purifies the
daughters of Danaus, 71 note;
supplies Perseus with wings, 81;
punishes Teiresias, the prophet,
with blindness, 160 note; favours
Telamonian Aias, 164 note; ad-
vises her father, Zeus, 168, 171,