Qatna 27
Ra 73
Ramesses III 29
rams 134, 194
Regina Vasorum 350–3
religion, definition of 357–8
Resheph 48
retribution, divine 375–80
Rhadamanthys 92
Rhakotis 253, 260
Rhamnous 76, 83, 112
Rhea 43, 272–3, 277
Rhetra, Great 238–9
rhizotomia 364
Rhodes 28, 68, 83
rites of passage 63
ritual 21–36, 42, 52–3, 63, 65, 75, 79,
87–99, 103–14, 119–25, 129, 132–44,
148–51, 154, 156, 163–4, 166, 169,
178–89, 190–202, 204–15, 221, 229–34,
246–7, 249, 252, 255–7, 266, 271, 283,
285, 290–1, 294, 298–310, 312, 315,
320–1, 328–44, 348, 351, 353, 356–8,
361–2, 364, 368–9, 373–6, 380–4,
398–9, 409–12, 417–18, 425
rivers (as gods) 56 –7, 64 –6
Romantics 57
Rome 292
Rufinus of Aquileia,Ecclesiastical
History 160, 367
Ruskin 57
Sabazios,seeDionysus Sabazios
Sabrata 365
sacrifice 65, 106–8, 113, 119–22, 125,
132–44, 195, 409–15 andpassim;
human 52, 267
Saftulis 61
saints 104, 110
Salaminioi 199
Salamis (Cyprus) 29
Salamis (Saronic gulf) 199, 230, 319–20,
342
Salem 33
Samos 29, 47, 75, 134, 137, 141, 172, 328;
see alsoHeraion
sanctuaries 163–77 andpassim
Sappho 69, 125, 316
Sarapieion, Great 255, 260, 263; of
Parmeniscus 260
Sarapis 31, 154, 181, 257, 259– 61
Sardinia 28
Sardis 29, 31
Sargon II 29
Sarpedon 74, 89, 154, 418–19
Satan 90
Saturnalia 292
satyrs 72–3, 331–2, 338, 415–16
Satyrus 363
Scamander 65– 6
scapegoats 21, 187–8
Scopas 79, 317
Scyrus 111
sea, gods of 68–9
Sea Peoples 28–9
Seasons,seeHorai
seduction 300
Selene 205;see alsoMoon
Seleuceia on the Calycadnos 154
Seleucids 31
Selinus (Selinous) 75, 108, 186
Selloi 156
Semele 46, 53, 108, 127, 335, 415
Semites 27
Semonides 62
Sennacherib 29
Sepias 69
serpents,seesnakes
sex 181–3, 361; see alsoaphrodisia;
Aphrodite; Eros
Shalmaneser V 29
Shamash 73
Shield of Heracles 75, 80
Siberia 142
Sibyls 50
Sicily 28, 62, 66, 81, 134, 364, 366, 412
Sicyon 61, 68, 79, 172, 334
Sidon 28, 34
silens 331
Simaitha 121, 362
Simo 336
Simonides 54, 130, 152, 248, 319–20
Sinope 259
Sinuri 138
Siphnos, treasury of 45, 76
Sirius 206–7, 247
Sisiphus 93, 95
Sithnids 62
situla 258
Siwah 147
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