INDEXES 1-21
Eurybië (u-rib' i-e), daughter of Pontus and Ge, 153
Euryclea (ù-ri-klë' a), nurse of Odysseus who recognized
him by his scar, 493, 494, 495, 496, 499
Eurydice (ù-rid' i-së), Creon's wife, who committed sui-
cide, 381; Dryad, Orpheus' wife who died from a snake
bite; Orpheus, by his music, won her return from Hades
but lost her again when he looked back too soon, 104,
354-359, 355, 357, 359
Euryphaëssa (ù-ri-fa-es' sa), "Widely Shining," Theia,
wife of Hyperion and mother of Helius, 57
Eurystheus (ù-ris' the-us), Sthenelus' son, for whom
Heracles performed his labors, 520, 521, 529, 541, 544
Eurytion (ù-rif i-on), centaur, 525, 604, 605; a giant
herdsman, helper of Geryon, and killed by Heracles,
527
Eurytus (ur' i-tus), archer, Heracles' teacher, king of
Oechalia, father of Iphitus and Iole, murdered by Her-
acles, 522, 534, 536
Euterpe (ù-ter' pë), Muse of lyric poetry or tragedy and
flute playing, 73, 125
Euxine (ûk' sïn), Black Sea, 577-578
Evadne (e-vad' ne), daughter of Poseidon and mother of
Iamus, 616; widow of Capaneus who threw herself into
his burning funeral pyre, 565
Evander (e-van' der), father of Pallas, king of Pal-
lanteum, and an ally of Aeneas, 635, 647, 652
Fate(s), 125-126, 336. See also Moira
Faunus (faw' nus), "Favorer," Roman woodland god of
the festival of the Lupercalia, and equated with Pan or
a satyr; a fawn is a satyr, 634-635
Faustulus (faw' stu-lus), Amulius' shepherd who res-
cued and brought up Romulus and Remus, 653, 657
Ficus ruminalis (fi-cus or fi' kus ru-mi-na' lis), "fig tree,"
marking the spot where a she-wolf found Romulus and
Remus, 653
Flood, The, sent by Zeus to punish wicked mortals, 94-95,
102
Flora (flo' ra), Roman agricultural goddess of flowering,
consort of Zephyrus, 626, 633
Forum Boarium (bo-ar' i-um), commercial quarter of
Rome where there was a cult of Hercules, centering
upon the Greatest Altar (Ara Maxima, ar' a maks' i-
ma), 642
Furies, Fury, 332, 343, 349-351, 412, 413, 587. See also
Erinyes; EumenidesGaea (je' a or gë' a) or Gaia (gï' a). See Earth
Galatea (gal-a-të' a), beloved of Pygmalion, 175, 175-176;
Nereid, in love with Acis and wooed by Polyphemus,
147-150
Ganymede (gan' i-mëd), Trojan prince carried off by
Zeus to become the cupbearer of the gods on Olympus,
110, 115-117, 184-185, 442
Gegeneis (jë-je' nays), "Earth-born" giants, 79. See also Gi-
ants
Ge (je or gâ). See Earth
Gelonus (je-lo' nus), son of Heracles and Echidna, 528
Gemini (je' me-në or je me-nï), the constellation of the
twins (Dioscuri), 670
Genius (jen' i-us), a man's creative power, 641
Geryon (jer' i-on), The Cattle of Geryon, the tenth Labor
of Heracles, 527; three-bodied son of Chrysaor and Cal-
lirhoë, killed by Heracles, who took Geryon's Cattle,
154
Geshtu-e, (gesh' tu-e) intelligent god killed on orders of
Enlil; from his flesh humankind is created, 102
Giants, 63, 67; Gigantomachy (jî-gan-to' mak-ë), battle of
the giants against Zeus and the Olympians, 79-80
Gibraltar (Pillars of Heracles), 527
Gilgamesh (gil' ga-mesh), Mesopotamian hero linked to
Heracles, 98, 102
Girdle of Hippolyta (hip-pol' i-ta), the ninth labor of
Heracles, 527
Glauce (glaw' se), or Creusa, Creon's daughter, whom
Jason married and Medea murdered, 574, 585
Glaucus (glaw' kus), Hippolochus' son who exchanged
his golden armor for the bronze armor of Diomedes,
445^146; mortal turned into a sea-god, lover of Scylla
of whom Circe was jealous, 152-153; son of Minos and
Pasiphaë; he fell into a vat of honey and was brought
back to life by Polyidus, 569-570
Golden Age, the Age of Paradise, 81
Golden Fleece, 573-574, 579, 581
Gorgon, Gorgons (gor' gonz), three daughters of Phor-
cys and Ceto, so terrifying in appearance that those
who looked upon them were turned into stone; only
Medusa was mortal and beheaded by Perseus, 153-154,
506-512, 697
Graces, Charités (Latin, Gratiae), lovely attendants of
Aphrodite, 73, 174
Graeae (grë' ë or gri' î), or Graiai (gri' ï), "Aged Ones,"
three sisters of the Gorgons, "Old Women," sharing one
eye and one tooth, who helped Perseus, 153, 506
Greek alphabet, 47
Gyes (jï' ëz or gï' ëz), one of the three Hecatonchires, 54,
78
Hadad (ha' dad), Semetic sky-god, 365
Hades (hâ' dëz), Greek god of the Underworld and his
realm, son of Cronus and Rhea, husband of Perse-
phone, called Pluto or Dis by the Romans, 20-21, 109,
307-310, 309, 314-316, 315, 319, 332, 349-351, 528-530,
533
Haemon (hë' mon), son of Creon and Eurydice who de-
fies his father and kills himself to die with his beloved
Antigone, 381
Hammurabi (ham' mùr-a-bë), king of Babylon and law-
giver, nineteenth century B.c., 98
Harmonia (har-mô' ni-a), necklace of, 400; the wife of
Cadmus, 275, 289, 378, 381
Harpies (har' pëz), the "Snatchers," dread daughters of
Thaumus and Electra, 153, 577-578
Hebe (hë' bë), "Youthful Bloom," daughter of Zeus and
Hera, cupbearer to the gods, and wife of Heracles on
Olympus, 109, 115
Hecate (hek' a-tê), goddess of the moon, ghosts, and
witches and a dread fury in the Underworld, 208-210,
309-310
Hecatonchires (hek-a-ton-kï' rëz), "Hundred-Handed or
-Armed," offspring of Uranus and Gaia, 54-55, 76-78
Hector (hek' tor), son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of
Andromache, and father of Astyanax; greatest Trojan
hero, killed by Achilles and ransomed by Priam, 442,
444, 457, 461, 463, 465
Hecuba (hek' ù-ba), or Hekabe (hek' -a-bë), Priam's wife