index 271
Lucius Tanicius, 189
Luohans, 209
“made, not born,” 2, 21, 28, 154, 155, 160, 165,
216
magic, 3, 33–34, 36–37, 70, 81, 108; life be-
stowed by, 2, 21, 22, 26, 106–7, 114; “magic-
wand” myths, 96, 106, 112, 114, 223n2; pro-
tective power of, 28, 144; and technology,
3, 23–24, 94, 241n34
magnetism, 100–102, 234n30
Mahāvastu, 110
Ma Jun, 201
manga, 210
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 47–48, 50
Marpessa, 55–56
Martinho-Truswell, Antone, 223n2
maschalismos (ritual dismemberment of
enemy warriors), 116, 236n26
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), 32, 84
Master Impression, Minoan seal, 19
Mazinger Z (anime-manga series), 210
Medea, 1, 2, 33–44; Daedalus linked to, 79;
Etruscan name Metaia, 79; and the Golden
Fleece, 9; and Jason, 9–10, 33, 35, 42–43;
legacy of, 125; Pasiphae as aunt of, 70;
and Pelias, 35–40; pharmaka (drugs) of,
9, 11, 33–38, 63–65, 144; powers of, 9–11,
28, 33–40; rejuvenating powers of, Plate
5 , 33–34, 36–38, 37–41; and Talos, 10–11,
12, 13, 14 , 16 , 17, 27–28, 30, 51, 206; theft of
ichor by, 63–65
medicine, 36; physiological theories in an-
cient, 26–27; purpose of, 58
medieval era, 1, 23, 24, 30, 49, 67, 72, 81, 94,
101, 102, 108, 110, 124, 134, 144, 172, 184,
187, 195, 201, 206, 226n42
Megasthenes, 207
Memnon, 54, 188–89
memory, 5, 11, 44–45, 47, 50, 53, 59, 64–65,
160, 176, 219, 228n1
Mendelsohn, Daniel, 134
mercury, 49, 93–94, 100
Metropolis (film). See Lang, Fritz, Metropolis
Mickey Mouse, 52
Microsoft, 215
Midas, 35
Mikon, 13, 38
military: Alexander’s technological devices
for, 66–67; cyborg/robot soldiers in, 66;
human enhancements designed for, 32,
62, 64–65, 130–32, 134; modern appropri-
ations of Talos by, 31–32; pharmacological
projects of, 64–65
Mill, John Stuart, 241n39
Minerva. See Athena
Minoan civilization, 19, 86
Minos, King, 7, 12, 17, 19, 48, 51, 70, 72, 75,
78, 89, 142
Minotaur, 19, 72, 74 , 89
mirrors: with Eos and Tithonus, 55 ; with He-
phaestus making horse, Plate 8, 139, 140 , 141;
with Medea, 39, 40 ; with Talos, 17, 18 , 19
misogyny, 107, 157–58
MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Mithradates VI, King, 196–97
Mont’e Prama (Sardinia), 20–21
morality. See ethics and morality
Mori, Masahiro, 69, 209, 234n33
mosaic effect/theory, 5
Mu (Chinese king), 121
Muhammad, 101
Musk, Elon, 215
Myron of Athens: Discus Thrower (detail),
Plate 7, 99 ; Riace bronze statue A (detail),
Plate 7, 99
Nabis, 193–95, 194
naphtha, 67
Napoleon Bonaparte, 47
Narts, 47
nectar, 27, 42, 57–58
Neils, Jenifer, 173–75
Neoplatonism, 112
nepenthe, 64
Nero, 181, 183
Neverdie Land, 49
Nicander of Colophon, 143
Nike, 196–97
Niobid Painter, 162, 170; calyx krater with
Pandora, Plate 14, 164–66, 165 , 167 (detail),
169–70, 171 (details), 175
Nonnus, 57, 138
Nostoi (Returns) [Greek saga], 33–34
Nuada (Nudd) of the Silver Hand, King, 68
nuraghe (stone towers), 85
Nuragic civilization, 20–21, 85–86; stone
giants of Mont’e Prama, 20
nutrition and diet, 42, 48, 57–58
Nysa, 198–200, 207, 247n37