maenads (mainades) 305, 329, 336, 338;
see alsoBacchants; Dionysus; Thuiades
Maenalus 265
mageiros 138
mages 152, 188
magic 30, 35, 126, 145, 357–70; Greek
Magical Papyri 34
magoi 357–70
Maia 62, 206–8, 274
Mallus 154
Manetho of Sebennytos 259
manganeia 361, 366
mania 339–41;see alsoBacchants;
maenads; Thuiades
manteis 152–3, 361, 368;see alsodivination
Manticles 152
mantike ̄,seedivination
Mantinea 153, 269–71, 273, 276–7
Marathon 49, 63–4, 67, 77, 80, 88–9,
105, 193, 210, 222, 265, 293, 403
Marduk 30, 33
Maris 27
Mark Antony 257
marriage 294, 302, 306, 307
Marx 289, 292
masks 334
Master of Animals 68, 141
maturation 65
Maximus 367
Medea 81, 205, 299, 303, 359, 364,
367–8, 425, 435
Medinet Habu 29
Medusa 269, 276, 425;see alsoGorgon
Megalai Theai,seeGreat Goddesses
Megalopolis 264, 267, 269–72, 274
Megara 62, 83, 105, 317, 334
megara 212
megaron 337
Megistias 152
Meidias Painter 78, 300
meion 290
meirakion 215
Mekone 125, 140
Melampus 152
Melanippus 51, 112
Meleager 51–2
Meleso 409
Melissa 95
Melos 28
Melqart 34
Memory 338–9
Memphis 154, 253, 366
Men 181
Menander Comicus 203, 299, 309;
Aspis(Shield) 81, 306;Dyscolus 64,
293, 303;Heros 270;Perikeiromene 81;
Phasma(Ghost) 298, 307, 309;
Samia 300–1
Menander Rhetor 153
Menelaion 110, 237, 243
Menelaus 67, 102, 104, 237
Menidi 102
menstruation 178, 181
Menuthis 258
Mesopotamia 21–37
Messene 112
Messenia 65, 243
Metageitnion 77
Metaneira 344
metaphor 388
metempsychosis 86
Meter 34
Methana 69
Methydrion 273, 276
Methymna 334–5
metics 288, 290
Metis 214, 217
Meuli 141–4
miasma 53, 179, 184–5, 188;see also
pollution
Mikion 82
Miletus 329, 337
Minos 92
Minotaur 196, 200
Minthe 90
Minyas 330
Mirthless Rock 346–7, 352–5
Mistress of Animals 141, 268
Mithras 73
Mithrobarzanes 365
Mohammed 216
Moirai (Fates) 49, 76, 214
monolatry 35–7
monotheism 35–7
Moon 204–8, 246–7, 360, 363
Moses 216, 365–6
Mother, Great 64
mountains 62
Murshili II 34
Musaeus 148, 365
Muses 43, 50, 62, 74, 113, 130, 146,
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