Hermaphroditus (son of Aphrodite and Hermes), the mythical ori- ginal of the foregoing, 19 note, 30, 52, 53.
Hermes (Mercurius), sent by Zeus to deliver lo, 4-5; Ganymedes entrusted to the care of, 9; ex- plains to Poseidon the critical condition of Zeus, 18-20; conveys to Helios the orders of Zeus, 21- 22; reports to Apollo the capture of Aphrodite and Ares, 33-34; chaperons the three goddesses to Ida, 38-43; cautions Ares against too free speech in regard to those in "high places," 49-50; com- plains to his mother of the mul tiplicity of his employments, 54- 56; points out to Apollo the two Dioscuri, 58-59; reads the in- scription on the golden apple, 68; the guardian of Io, 71-72; his quarrel with Charon, 93-95; directed by Pluto to bring him certain legacy-hunters, &c., 95- 96; strips a number of dead men of their insignia of rank, power, and wealth, 105-111; acts as cicerone to Menippus in Hades, 135-136; inetamorphoses Pro- tesilaus, 150; urges on the dead, 156; carries off on his shoulders a struggling potentate, 158; pro- poses a Council of the Gods, ad- vises Zeus to take Demosthenes for his model, consoles Zeus upon the defeat of their champion, 168-174; makes proclamation upon the Homeric model, 175; acts as master of the ceremonies, 176-180; recommends Demos- thenes' style to Zeus, 181; per- forms his duties as herald, 184 consoles Zeus upon the defeat of their champion, 208; makes pro- clamation again at a Convention of the Olympian divinities, 227; keeps Charon waiting, bands over the way-bill to Klotho, assists to drag the reluctant dead people on board Charon's boat, conducts them to Tisiphone and Rhada- manthys, 237-261.
Hermolaus, a millionaire, 101; a
page of Alexander of Macedon, 116.
Hero, a, defined, 93.
Herodotus, of Halikarnassus, the historian, quoted or referred to, 31, 35, 36, 72, 83, 85, 91, 124, 156, 170, 173, 175, 183, 185, 190, 191, 192, 193, 202, 208, 232, 242, 244, 257, 270, 276, 277 notes. Hesiod (Theogony and Works and Days), quoted or referred to, 1,3, 6, 17, 21, 22, 37, 39, 47, 50, 52, 56, 80, 138, 165, 210, 212, 231, 240, 241, 256, 267, 270. Hesychius, a Greek lexicographer, referred to, 48, 177, 240 notes. Hetæra, the, distinguished from the Porne, 44 note.
Hiero, tyrant of Syrakuse, his mag- nificent ship described in Athe- næus, 109 note.
Hierosulos, temple-robber, frequent mention in Greek literature of, 185 and note.
Hiketides ("Suppliants "), of Æs- chylus, referred to, 5 note. Himeros ("Desire" personified), an attendant of Aphrodite, 47 and note, 48.
Hipparchia, the wife of Krates, the Cynic, 112 note.
Hippokrates, the Greek physician, recommends hellebore, 123 note. Holbein, Hans, German painter of the sixteenth century, his Todten- tanz referred to, 254 note. Homer, Hannibal asserts his igno- rance of, 117; his authority dis- regarded by Menippus, 152, 153; his authority cited by Aphrodite, 178; Zeus proposes to recite, 181; Timokles, the Stoic, appeals to, 198; his theology ridiculed by Damis, the Epikurean, 199- 200; quoted by Wieland, 209 note; ironical allusions by Cy- niskus the Cynic to, 212-213; inspires Menippus, 265; his character of the Olympian deities influences the youthful Cynic, 266; his characterization of the Dead, 275.
Homeric Hymns (to Hermes), 37 note; (to Helios), 56 note.
Horns, a syllogistic term in the phraseology of the Stoics, sati- rized by Diogenes, 88; illus- trated, 88 note. Hyakinthus, a handsome Spartan prince, beloved by Apollo, 4; Apollo recounts to Hermes the manner of the death of, 27-28; in Hades, 135.
Hydra, the hundred-headed dragon or serpent, its existence objected to Zeus by Momus, 186. Hyginus, the Fabulist, referred to, 1, 32, 51, 74, 78, 80, 154, 231. Hymenæus, the Marriage-divinity,
an attendant of Aphrodite, 48. Hypaspiste, the body-guard of Alex-
ander of Macedon, 112, and note. Hypereides, an Athenian orator, Counsel for the courtesan Phryne, 255 note.
Hyperion ("the Sublime Divinity," father of Helios), 56 note. Hypermnestra, one of the Danaides,
Ichthus, like the English "Fish," used unscientifically, 73 and
Ida, Mt., the scene of the rape of Ganymedes, 6, 7, 9, 10; fre- quented by Cybele and her Kory- bantic priests, 24; the scene of the Judgment of Paris, 38-48. Idomeneus, one of the Achæan princes at Ilium, in Hades, 140. Ideas, a metaphysical term in the Platonic philosophy, contemptu- ously noticed by Menippus, 268. Ikarius, introduces wine-drinking into Attica, his fate instanced by Hera, 36 and note; the father of Penelope, 51.
Iliad (of Homer), the, quoted, or referred to, 6, 17, 29, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 70, 76, 80, 84, 104, 105, 112, 136, 138, 149, 152, 153, 164, 171, 181, 184, 185, 196, 199, 204, 212, 213, 215, 223, 230, 239, 256, 271 notes.
Ilium (Troja), Odysseus on his re- turn from, 63.
"Immortals," the, a division of the Persian army, 122 note.
Inachus, the first king of Argos, father of Io, 4.
"Incorporealities," a philosophic term, 255.
Indians, the, expedition of Dionysus against, 35. Indopatres,
a bellicose Tartar prince, on the point of crossing the Styx, 255.
Ino, wife of Athamas, 231 note. Io, the Argive princess, conducted by Hermes to Egypt, 4-5; her metamorphosis and adventures related by Zephyrus, 71-72. Iolaus, the nephew and squire of Herakles, 96, and note.
Iole, beloved by Herakles, men- tioned by Propertius, 135 note. Iphianassa, a Nereid, 80-82. Iphikrates, an Athenian comman- der, 124 note.
Iris, the Messenger of the Gods, conveys to Poseidon the commands of Zeus respecting the island of Delos, 75-76.
Irus, a Phrygian king, father of
Ganymedes, 55 note; the name of the beggar of the Odyssey, 276 and note.
Isis, the name of lo as an Egyptian
divinity, 5 and note; customary offerings to, 88 note.
Islands of the Blessed, the, the Good despatched by Minos to, 165 and note; by Rhadamanthys to, 257, and note.
Ismenodorus, a millionaire, on his way to Orcus, 156. Isokallos, equality of beauty in Hades, 152.
Isotimia, equality of honour in Hades, 86, 152.
Issus, the, battle of, between the Persians and Macedonians, 116 and note, 118.
Italiotes, meaning of, 119 note. Ithaka, the island of Odysseus, 43. Ixion, a king of the Lapithæ, Hera
complains to Zeus of the im- proper conduct towards her of, 12-14, 111, and note; his fate in Tartarus witnessed by Menippus, 275.
Jacobitz, Karl, an editor of Lu- cian, quoted, or referred to, 17, 41, 50, 87, 88, 89, 90, 145, 147, 157, 175, 177, 194, 196, 199, 216, 218, 239, 248.
James, St., first head of the Christian Church, quoted, 251 note. Jensius, a commentator on Lucian, quoted, 166, note.
Jewish Scriptures, the, according to the Christian Fathers contain the sources of the pagan Hellenic theology or myth, 58 note. Jews, the, scape-goats
Joppa (a town on the coast of S.E. Palestine), the bones of the sea- monster killed by Perseus found at, 82 note.
Julian, the Roman Emperor, his satire upon the Christians of An- tioch, 108; his Kaisares referred to, 115, 120 notes. Juno, her vengeance on Io repre- sented by Ovid, 5 note; repre-
Katerina di Siena, St., the stigmata
of, 257 note. Katharmata ("the refuse of a sacri- fice"), special meaning at Athens of, used by St. Paul, 90 note. Kaukasus, Mt., the scene of the suffering of Prometheus, 1-2. Kekrops, (mythical) founder of Athens and Athenian legislator, mentioned by Menippus, 277. Keleusma ("the boat-song "), 253
Keltiberians (of Hispania), sub- dued by Hannibal, 115. Kentaurs (“bull-killers "), a half- savage Thessalian people, famous in Greek myth, 128 note, 154 note; their insolence and violence noticed by Momius, 186. Kepheus, King of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda, 80-82. Kerameikus ("Potters' Quarter"), a part of the city of Athens, Zeus takes a walk in, 182. Kerberus, three-headed canine jani- tor of Orcus, his vigilance re- marked by Diogenes, 122; one of the "lions" of Hades; his in- terview with Menippus, 145-146, and notes, 165; dragged from his post by Herakles, 242 note; 260, 270 note, 271; the criminals in Tartarus gnawed by, 274, 280. Kerkyon, a robber-chief, alluded to by Momus, 186, and note. Kestos (magic girdle of Aphrodite), the, Athena requires her to lay aside, 44; description in the Iliad of, 44 note.
Keton, a king, identified by Palæ- phatus with the Ketos, 82 note. Ketos, the, a sea-monster, Andro- meda exposed to, 80-82. Kings, The (Jewish book of), the sacrifices of Solomon narrated in, 215 note.
Kirrha, a port of Phokis, 113 and
Kitharon, Mt., the promontory of, 74; infested with robbers, 156. Klarus, a town in Lydia, with an oracle of Apollo, 31. Kleisthenes, a pupil of Aristotle, put to death by Alexander of
Macedon, 116 note; an Athenian legislator, 236 note.
Kleitus, an intimate friend of Alex- ander, put to death by that king, 116 note; Alexander taunted by Diogenes with the murder of, 123; also, by his father Philip, 125. Kleomenes, a Spartan king, how made mad, 56 note.
Klisia, the Greek reclining-couch, 54 and note.
Klotho, one of the three Fates, 166 and note, 167, 215, 216, 237-255. Klymene, beloved by Helios, 24; the mother of Phaethon, 57.
Klytoria, beloved by Zeus, com- memorated in the Anthologia, 3
Kratinus, the Comic poet, and the oracle of Trophonius, 92 note. Kraton, a rich Sybarite, on board Charon's boat, 107.
Kreon, king of Thebes, father of Megara, 26 note.
Kreophagist trainer, the first, 107
Krete, the island of, scandalous story quoted by Momus respect- ing burial of Zeus in, 226, 230 and note.
Kritias (a pupil of Sokrates, and
one of the "Thirty "), orator and author of (lost) dramas, referred to, 101 note. Krosus, king of Lydia, complains to Pluto of the jeers of Menippus, 90-91; pointed out to the Cynic by Æakus, 140; consults the Del- phic Oracle, 185 note, 202, 214 note; the fated death of his son, 220.
Leda, wife of Tyndareus king of Sparta, beloved by Zeus, 3 note; the mother of Helene, 46; the mother of the Dioscuri, 55, 59; one of the "lions" of Hades, 135 and note. Legacy-hunters, their servile adu- lation and disappointments, 95- 105, 112-114.
Lehmann, Johann Theoph., editor and commentator of Lucian, quoted or referred to, 28, 50, 62,. 69, 139, 154, 201, 239, 246, 262. Lemnos, an island of the Ægean, the home of Charis, one of the wives of Hephæstus, 30. Lemures, see Larva.
Leontion, a name of the Greek
courtesan, 248 note.
Lerna (a place near Argos), the scene of the rape of Amymone, 69-71.
Lethe (the river of forgetfulness in the infernal world),120; Diogenes advises Alexander of Macedon to drink from, 123; suggested to Protesilaus by Pluto, 149; the (typical) tyrant Megapenthes is
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