Pausanias, 27 note; Apollo alludes
to his love for her, 20; Hera
sneers at the failure of Apollo's
prescience to inform him as to
the result of his love for, 31;
Teiresias instances to Menippus
the undoubted miracle of her
transformation, 162.
Daphnis and Chloe, the pastoral
romance of Longus, noticed, 242
Dareius, king of Persia, the Mace-
donian victories over him depre-
ciated by Hannibal in Hades,
116; Alexander (on the same
occasion) boasts of his conquest of,
118; Zeus quotes a saying of,
208, and note; his occupation in
Hades, 278.
Deadborough, the wardship of,
named in the Decree of the Dead,
280.
Decuma, the name of one of the
Latin Parca, 214 note.
Deinias, a patron of parasites, men-
tioned, 100.
Delos (the island of) made stationary
by Poseidon at the command of
Zeus, for the convenience of Leto,
75-76.
Delphi, its oracle-shop ridiculed by
Hera, 31; famous inscription on
its temple, 91; preferred by
Apollo as most convenient for
the display of his prophetic fa-
culty, 191.
Delphic Oracle, the, pronounces
Sokrates to be the wisest man,
144 note; ridiculed by Damis,
202; by Cyniskus, 211, 220.
Delphines (Dolphins), the, at
Poseidon's request, relate the
story of Arion, 72-73.
Demeter (Ceres), her love for Iasion,
sarcastic allusion of Momus to,
231, and note.
Demoi, Attic equivalent to the
English "hundreds," 236 note.
Demokritus (of Abdera),
laughing philosopher," a pre-
decessor of Menippus in satire,
86 note; his influence on Pyrrho,
Demonax, a Stoic philosopher (a
friend of Lucian), his life written
by Lucian, 164 note.
Demons, avenging (attendants of
Minos in Hades), the, seen by
Menippus, 272.
Demosthenes, the orator, his stigma
on Philip of Macedon as "a public
robber," 117 note; his speeches
referred to, 125 note; an exordium
of his borrowed by Zeus, 169, 181;
quoted by Zeus, 187; a pupil of
Satyrus, the comic actor, 200
note; the enmity of Meidias
towards him, 205 note.
Destiny (Elaquévn), represented
by the Cynic philosopher as supe-
rior to the king of Gods, 211, 213,
and note; 219, 221, 223, 224;
her deification criticized by Mo-
mus, 226, 234.
Dia, the wife of Ixion, and mother
of Peirithous, 13 note.
Diabolism, Christian, borrows some
of its physical characteristics of
the Devil from the Greek divinity
Pan, 50 note, 233 note.
Diana, and her dogs, Apuleius de-
scribes a piece of sculpture repre-
senting, 32 note.
Didyma, a town of Lydia, Hera
ridicules Apollo's oracle at, 31.
Dii Majores (of the Latin Theo-
logy), the twelve principal
Deities, referred to, 121, and note;
enumerated, 189 note.
Dike, one of the Hours, 21 note.
Dikte (the cave of), in the island of
Krete, the scene of the nuptials of
Zeus and Europa, 85.
Dimærites, a Greek naval officer,
205, and note.
Diodorus (of Sicily, Greek his-
torian of the first century, A.D.),
his Historical Library referred to,
5, 22, 27 notes.
Diogenes (of Laerte), on the syllo-
gisms of the schools of Zeno and
of Chrysippus, 88 note; referred
to, 91, 111, 112, 141, 142, 191,
290 notes.
Diogenes (of Sinope), represented
by Plutarch as swallowing an
octopus, 67 note; in Hades sends
messages to various classes of men
by Polydeukes, 86-89; converses
in Hades, with a fellow-disciple of
Antisthenes, on the strange fate of
two millionaires, 112-114; jeers
at Alexander of Macedon for his
pretensions to divinity, and sati-
rizes his vain-glory, 120-123;
affects astonishment at seeing
Herakles in Hades, and inter-
rogates that hero on his double
existence, 130-133; complimented
by Kerberus on his almost unique
indifference to death, and the
mode of it chosen by him, 146,
and note; ridicules Mausolus, a
Persian viceroy, on the vain-glory
of his conquests, and especially
on that of his splendid tomb,
150-152; his indifference as to
the manner of his burial, 152,
and note; entertains himself and
fellow Cynics by comparing
notes as to their experiences on
the road to the infernal regions,
and interrogates a poor man as to
the cause of his weeping, 155-
159; still pursues his favourite
occupation in Hades, 264; forces
certain former tyrants to contem-
plate change of quarters in Hades,
279.
Diomedes (Tydides), his capital
Argos, 70, note; in Hades, 140;
his wounding Ares ridiculed by
the Epicurean philosopher, 199.
Dion (son-in-law of Dionysius,
tyrant of Syrakuse) accuses the
younger Dionysius to Minos, 274.
Dion (Chrysostom), famous Greek
rhetorician, records the feats of
memory of Alexander of Mace-
don, 117.
Dionysiac mysteries, the, established
licence at, 203, and note.
Dionysii, the Tyrants of Syra-
cuse, courted by Plato, 143, and
Dionysius, the Younger, respited by
Minos on the intercession of Aris-
tippus, 274.
Dionysus (Bacchus), the manner of
his birth related by Hermes, 19-
20; his character denounced by
Hera and defended by Zeus, 35-
36; discourses with Apollo on
Aphrodite's children and on the
character of Priapus, 52-54;
Alexander of Macedon boasts his
rivalry with, 127; origin of the
name of, 127 note; sarcastic allu-
sion of Momus to, 247.
Diophantus, an orator, mentioned,
111.
Dioskuri (Kastor and Polydeukes),
their identity of appearance and
divine pretensions ridiculed by
Apollo, 58-59.
Dipolia, a festival of Zeus, remark-
able religious ceremony following
upon the priest's sacrificial slaugh-
ter of the cow or ox at the, 166
Dipsodes (Drunkards), the, en-
gage in battle with the Amau-
rotes, 262 note.
Dis (Dives), a synonym of Pluto,
used by Milton, 144 note.
Diskobolos ("the Quoit-Thrower "),
a celebrated work of the sculptor
Myron, 176 note.
Divine Legation, the, an ingenious
interpretation of the metamor-
phoses of the Golden Ass given by
Warburton in, 277 note.
Doris, a Nereid, taunts a sister-
Nereid, Galateia, with the defor-
mities of her lover, Polyphemus,
61-63; informed by Thetis of the
exposure of Danae and the in-
fant Perseus, 77-78.
Doryphoros ("the spear-bearer "),
a celebrated work of the Greek
sculptor Polykleitus, 176 note.
Dove, the, said to have been an
object of Assyrian divine worship,
201, and note.
Drachme, the, a Greek silver coin,
mentioned, 94, and note.
Dryden, John, borrows the subject
of one of his comedies from Plau-
tus, 24 note.
Dryskull, mover of the resolution
adopted by a Convention of the
dead respecting the plutocrats,
Du Soul (Solanus), a commentator
on Lucian, referred to, 164, 243
Echo, a nymph loved by Pan, 52,
and note; refuses to return the
bellowings of Polyphemus, 63.
Eileithuia, the divinity who comes
to assist women in childbirth,
allusion by Hephaestus to, 17, and
note; her office transferred to
Artemis, 32 note.
Eirene, one of the Hora, 21 note.
Eironeia ("affected ignorance"), the
special characteristic of the So-
kratic Dialogue, 144, and note.
Eimarmene ("Destiny"), its signi-
fication noticed by Wieland, 213
Ekbatana, the capital of Media,
scene of the death of Hephæstion
a favourite of Alexander of
Macedon, 126 note.
Ekklesia (at Athens), the name given
to the Popular Assembly, 179
note; the usual translation of the
title of Lucian's Dialogue Orπv
'Exxλnoia inaccurate, 225 note.
Ekklesiastes, its Lucianic tone in re-
gard to Hades referred to, 129 note.
"EXXE, a play on the word by
Klotho, 246, and note.
Elektra, daughter of Atlas and
mother of Iasion, 231 note.
Elenchos, a term used in the Logic
of the Stoics, 191, and note.
Elenchomenos (Zeus), the title of a
Dialogue of Lucian, Wieland's
remark on, 209 note.
Eleusinian Mysteries (celebrated in
honour of Demeter and Perse-
phone at Eleusis), alluded to by
Mikyllus, 256.
Eleusis, the famous township of
Attica, allusion by Krates to, 156.
Eleutheria, a village at the foot of
Mount Kitharon, 156.
Eleven, the, Officers of the Athenian
Areiopagus, an allusion by Cy-
niskus to, 222, and note.
Elias (or Elijah), a Jewish pro-
phet, his fire-chariot asserted by
St. Chrysostom to be the original
of the chariot of Phaethon, 58 note.
Elysian Fields, the, Minos dis-
misses the good to, 165; de-
scriptions in the poets of, 165
note; their delights not valued
by the Cynic, 222, and note.
Elysium, Lucian's representation in
his True History of, 119 note.
Empedokles, the distinguished
Greek philosopher and statesman,
insulted by Menippus in Hades,
142; possible origin of the fable
of Etna and the slippers or san-
dals of, high estimate and eulogy
by Lucretius of, 142 note.
Empusa, a hobgoblin of the Greek
nursery, 37 note.
Enagismata, purificatory funeral
ceremonies in the Greek ritual,
mentioned by Charon, 240, and
Endymion (a handsome Latmian
youth), Selene charged by Aphro-
dite with her love for, 22-24.
Enipeus, a Thessalian river-god,
reproaches Poseidon for his seduc-
tion of the nymph Tyro, 78-79.
Entaphia, Greek funeral furniture,
allusion by Hermes to, 107, and
Eos (Aurora), her love and inter-
cession for Tithonus, noticed, 100
note.
Epigoni (the name given to the
descendants of the Seven against
Thebes) referred to, 92 note.
Epikurus, his abstinent living
noticed, 112 note; relieved by
Momus of the charge of doing
mischief by denial of a divine
Providence, 184; allusion by
Momus to, 186.
Epikurism, the arguments of, 168-
Ephebos, the name given to the
Athenian youth at the age of 18,
125 note.
Ephialtes, the incubus or night-mare
of the Greek mythology, 37 note.
Epistemon (a companion of Pan-
tagruel on his voyage), his tem-
porary sojourn in Hades, 262 note.
Erasmus, Desiderius, his interpre-
tation of xv, 24 note; references
to his Adagia, 89, 98, 100 notes.
Erectheus, mythic king of Athens,
277.
Eridanus (the modern Pado), the
burial-place of Phaethon, 58, and
Erigone, daughter of Ikarius, her
adventures with her dog Mæra,
referred to, 63 note; her trans-
lation to heaven ridiculed by
Momus, 229.
Eris (Discordia), Goddess of Dis-
cord, her introduction of the
golden apple into the nuptial
feast of Thetis and Peleus re-
lated by the Nereid Panope, 68.
Eros (Cupido), threatened with im-
prisonment by Zeus, 3-4; pro-
mised to Ganymede as a com-
panion by Zeus, 8; his bride
Psyche admitted to heaven, 9
note; challenged by Hermes to a
wrestling match, 16; his tricks
upon his mother Aphrodite re-
counted by that Goddess, 23; idyll
of Moschus on, 23 note; up-
braided and cautioned by his
mother, 24-25; explains to her
why he spares certain divine
personages, 36-38; his assistance
promised to Paris by Aphrodite,
47; mentioned by Apollo, 52;
in a picture by Philostratus
releasing Andromeda from her
chains, 81 note; the blame for the
war of Ilium attributed by Paris
to, 138; exculpated by Diogenes,
Erotion (Erotium), a favourite name
for a courtesan, 248 note.
Erinyes, ("The Angry Ones"), the
uneuphemistic name for the Eu-
menides, 130, 256, and note.
Esoteric teaching, Alexander finds
fault with Aristotle for publish-
ing to the world, 123 note.
Eukleides, an Athenian archon,
mentioned, 243.
Euklio, the hero of the Aulularia of
Plautus, 252 note.
Eukrates, a plutocrat, mentioned, 95.
Eumenes, a lieutenant of the Mace-
donian Perdikkas, 157 note.
Eumenides (Furiæ), an instance
of Greek euphemism, 49 note,
139 note, 256 note.
Eunomia, a name of one of the
Hora, 21 note.
Eunomius, the unexpecting heir of
a millionaire, 113.
Euonymus, an instance of Greek
euphemism, 49 note.
Euphemism, much cultivated by the
Greeks, 49 note.
Euphorbus (a Trojan hero), Pytha-
goras said to have asserted himself
to have been, 141, and note.
Euphranor (of Korinth), an eminent
sculptor, author of the "Paris,"
Euphrates, the river, alluded to,
263, 269, 271.
Euphrone, an instance of Greek
euphemism, 49 note.
Euripides, quoted or referred to,
20, 31, 35, 48, 53, 63, 80, 81, 84,
97, 98, 133, 138, 139, 154, 161,
171, 173, 183, 200, 201, 203, 220,
249, 256, 264, 265.
Europe (Europa), the daughter of
Agenor, king of Sidon, beloved
by Zeus, and recorded in Greek
Anthology, 3 note; Hermes de-
spatched by Zeus to, 55; Zephy-
rus narrates the rape of, 83-85;
recorded by the poet Propertius,
Eurotas, the Lakonian river, Diana
on the banks of, 38 note; receives
the Alpheius, 65 note.
Eurydike, the wife of Orpheus,
"half-regained by him from
Hades, 270 note.
Eurystheus (a king of Mykenæ), the
taskmaster of Herakles, eulogized
by Momus, 186; instanced by the
Olympian Censor, 231.
Eusebius (ecclesiastical historian),
recounts a number of instances of
diabolic deceptions, 233 note.
Eustathius, the Greek commentator
on Homer, his explanation of
Bouλvròs, 239 note; his explanation
of the Homeric comparison of
ghosts to bats, 272 note.
Euxeinos ("the Hospitable Sea"),
instance of Greek euphemism,
Exposing infants (among
Greeks and Latins), prevalency
of the practice of, 242 note.
Faerie Queen, the (of Spenser),
beauty of the heroine Una how
eulogized, 62 note; the names of
the fifty Nereids enumerated in,
Fate and Fates (Moirai), their
supreme power asserted by the
Cynic philosopher Cynískus,
210-224; their usurpation of the
credit of the Olympian divinities
lamented by Momus, 234.
Fielding, Henry, his comedy of the
Miser referred to, 252 note.
Fire, the object of the worship of
the Persians, allusion by the phi-
losopher Damis to, 201.
Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de,
Hist. des Oracles referred to, 31
note; most famous modern imi-
tator of Lucian's Dialogues of the
Dead, 120 note; his dialogue,
Alexandre et Phrine, quoted, 127
note; represents Alexander of
Macedon complaining of his pre-
ference of Phryne, 255 note.
Francesco d'Assisi, St., the stigmata
of, 257 note.
Fritzsche, German editor of Lucian,
referred to, 145 note.
Furca, an instrument of slave-tor-
ture among the Romans, 273 note.
Furiæ, the, Latin equivalent of the
Greek Erinyes, 139 note.
Gadara, a town in Cole-Syria, the
birthplace of Menippus, 86 note.
Gades (the modern Cadiz), reference
of Alexander of Macedon to,
119.
Galateia, a Nereid, her lover Poly-
phemus ridiculed by the nymph
Doris, 61-63.
Galene (a Nereid), the Nereid
Panope relates the introduction of
the Golden Apple by Eris into
the wedding-feast of Thetis and
Peleus to, 68-69.
Gamos, the special significance of
the word, 82 note.
Ganymedes (a handsome Ilian
prince) instructed by Zeus in the
nature of his duties in heaven, 5-
9; Hera upbraids Zeus for his
love for, 9-12; Hera hands the
wine-cup to, 13; related to Paris,
39; Hermes recounts his commis-
sion from Zeus to, 41; his exalta-
tion to heaven noticed by Hermes,
55, and note; the scandal of his
relations with Zeus passed over
by Momus, 226, 231 and note,
Gargantua and Pantagruel, of Rabe-
lais, quoted, 262 note, 278 note.
Gargarus, Mt. (one of the summits
of Ida, in the Troad), the scene of
the Judgment of Paris, 38 and
note, 40.
Gastrolatry, Greek, the Deipnoso-
phists, a repertory of, 67 note.
Gaugamela, a small town in the
province of Adiabene (Baghdad
pachalik), the actual scene of the
great battle commonly called that
of Arbela, 116 note.
Ge, or Gæa, the personified Earth-
Deity, mother of Iapetus, 3 note.
Gela (a Greek city of Sicily) the
parent of Agrigentum, 106 note.
Gerrhon, a kind of shield used chiefly
in the Persian army, 124 note.
Gellius, Aulus (Noctes Attica), a
Latin compiler of the second
century A.D., relates the story of
Apollo and Marsyas with entire
faith, 32 note; referred to, 213,
214, and notes.
Genesis (the book of), Le Clerc ap-
peals to the authority of, 69 note.
Geræstus (a port in the island of
Eubœa), sarcastic allusion of
Momus to the loss of Poseidon
at, 188, and note.
Gesner, Johann Matthias, a com-
mentator on Lucian, his proposed
transposition of a passage in the
Dialogues of the Dead, 115 note;
his proposed reading of a proper
name in Zeus the Tragedian, 201
Gerusalemme Liberata, La, of Tasso,
referred to, 44 note.
Glauke, the second wife of Iason,
Medeia's fatal gift to, 84 note.
Glaukopis, the Homeric epithet of
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