Hekatomb, its etymological number
of victims often exceeded, 215,
and note.
Helene, the daughter of Priam,
offered by Aphrodite to Paris,
46-48; sister of the Dioscuri, 59
note; under the protection of
Proteus, 66 note; in Hades, 136,
and note.
Heliades, the, sisters of Phaethon,
58 note; the title of a lost drama
of Eschylus. 58 note.
Heliodorus (Ethiopica or
genes and Charikleia), referred to,
70 note, 88 note, 192 note.
Helios (the Sun-God), the commands
of Zeus, to refrain from driving
his chariot, conveyed by Hermes
to, 21-22; stops his chariot to
visit Klymene, 24; informs He-
phæstus of the amour of Aphrodite
and Ares, 33; arraigned by Zeus
for giving over his chariot to his
son, 56-58.
Hellespontus, the straits of that
name, why so called, 74.
Helle, the sister of Phrixus, the
place for her sepulture disputed
by Poseidon and Amphitrite, 74
Hemerodromus, the Greek courier,
54 and note.
Hemsterhuis, Tiberius, the principal
editor of Lucian, quoted or re-
ferred to, 7, 11, 24, 34, 55, 75, 79,
98. 101, 115, 117, 120, 132, 151,
156.
Hephaestus (Vulcanus), Hera sar-
castically suggests that he is cast
off in favour of Ganymedes, 10,
11; reports to Apollo the actions
of the young Hermes, 15-16;
assists at the birth of Athena, 17-
18; envied by Apollo and
Hermes the possession of his beau-
tiful wives, 29-30; his revenge on
Ares and Aphrodite related by
Hermes, 33-34; the artificer of
the golden boat of Helios, 56 note;
burns up the river Xanthus, 76-
77; his deformities and occu-
pation criticized by Cyniskus,
217.
Hephæstion (a special favourite of
Alexander of Macedon), Philip
reproaches his son with his ex-
cessive affection for, 126 and
Hera (Juno), metamorphoses Io,
5 and note; upbraids Zeus with
his love for Ganymedes, 9-12;
complains to Zeus of the im-
portunities of Ixion, 12-14; lays
a trap for Semele, 20; incites
Herakles to murder his wife,
26; disputes with Leto about
their respective children, 30-32;
denounces Bacchus to Zeus, 34-
36; a competitor for the golden
apple, 38-45; conspires to put
Zeus in fetters, 50; her quarrel
with her two rivals narrated
by Panope, 48; her enmity to
Leto, 75; inflicts blindness on
Teiresias, 160; takes part in a
council of the Gods, reproaches
Zeus with his infidelities, and
taunts him with his fears, 168-
174; incites Athamas to madness,
231 note; her temple-honours to be
restored, 236.
Herakles (Hercules), quarrels with
Asklepius in heaven, 25-27; his
easy life in heaven, 55; sends
Iolaus to Sardinia, 96 note;
rivalled by Alexander of Mace-
don, 127; accidentally slays the
Kentaur Cheiron, 128 note; in
Hades, 129; ironically inter-
rogated in Hades by Diogenes,
130-133; in the general Council
of the Gods counsels vigorous
measures, 169, 193-194; excepted
from the criticism of Momus by
express wish of Zeus, 230; his
posthumous fate compared with
that of his master Eurystheus by
Momus, 231; drags Kerberus from
Orcus, 242 note; his lion's skin
adopted by Menippus, 263, 270,
272.
Heramithra, a Tartar prince, 255.
Hermæ, busts of Hermes, 202 and
Hermagoras, a statuary, 170, 194,
195.
Hermaphrodite, Zeus conjectured
by Poseidon to be an, 19 and note.
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, 33-31;
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
cicerone to Menippus in Hades,
135-136; metamorphoses 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
Duys), 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.
Horatius Flaccus, referred to, 3, 35,
55, 59, 77, 95, 100, 103, 105,
111, 113, 123, 125, 134, 141, 142,
143, 185, 193, 239, 274.
Hora, the, their names according
to Hesiod, 21 note.
Horkos (the personified divinity
who punishes perjury), 247 and
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.
Hupaspiste, 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 lo, 4.
Incorporealities," a philosophic
term, 255.
Indians, the, expedition of Dionysus
against, 35.
8 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" of, 90
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-
sented by Seneca upbraiding her
husband's infidelities, 13 note.
Jupiter, Wieland's character of, 14
Justin, a Latin historian, referred
to, 126 note.
Justinian, the Roman Emperor, re-
ferred to, 178 note.
Juvenal, Decimus Junius, the Latin
satirist, quoted, or referred to, 5,
11, 72, 95, 115, 120, 123, 140,
141, 146, 175, 177, 180, 182, 201,
202, 215, 247, 252, 253, 272, 278.
Kadmus, King of Thebes, father of
Semele, 20.
Kaisares ("Cæsars"), the, a satire of
the Emperor Julian, 115, 120
Kallias, a stepson of Perikles, in-
stanced by Damis, 205, and note.
Kallidemides, a parasite, his lamen-
tations in Hades, 99-101.
Kallimachus, the Greek poet, re-
ferred to, 32, 61, 75.
Kallinikos, an epithet of Herakles,
130, and note.
Kallisto, a nymph beloved by Zeus,
3 note; mother of Pan, 50, 162
Kalydonian Hunt, the, 29 note.
Kandus, a Persian dress, 125 note.
Kanephoros," the basket-carrier,'
Kanon, the, a piece of sculpture of
Polykleitus, 176 note.
Kaphareus, a headland of Eubœa,
181, and note.
Kara-Sun, a tributary of the Tigris,
269 note.
Karion, a slave of Megapenthes,
Kassander, a lieutenant of Alexan-
der of Macedon, 122 note.
Kastalia, the sacred fountain of the
Delphic Parnassus, regretted by
Apollo, 191.
Kastor, one of the twin Dioscuri,
58 and note, 59.
Katagraphos (variegated "), a term
used by Plato, 260 note.
Kataplous, the, title of a Dialogue of
Lucian, its meaning, 237 note.
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 Momus, 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, 4 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
Kithæron, 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, S
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