INDEXES 1-17Baucis (baw' kis), she and her husband Philemon, a pi-
ous old couple, entertained Zeus and Hermes and were
rewarded, 618
Bellerophon (bel-ler' ô-fon), Sisyphus' grandson who
tamed Pegasus and killed the Chimaera, 613-615
Bellona (bel-16' na), Roman war goddess, 626
Belus (bë' lus), father of Aegyptus and Danaiis, 508, 517
Beroë (ber' o-ë), child of Aphrodite and eponymous an-
cestor of the city of Berytus, 297
Besika Bay (bes' ika), site of Mycenaean cemetery near
Troy, 45^6
Besik Tepe (bes' ika ta' pe), Bronze age tumulus at the
site of Troy, 46
Bias (bï' as), brother of Melampus who helped him win
Pero, 574, 606-607
Biton (bî' ton), he and his brother Cleobis were judged
the second happiest of men by Solon, 136-137
Black Sea. See Euxine
Boeotia (bë-ô' shi-a), Boeotian, region in Greece, north
of Attica, 607-608
Boôtes (bô-ô' tez), constellation into which Areas was
changed, 207
Briareus (brï-â' re-us), one of the three Hecatonchires, 54,
78
Brisei's (brï-së' is), Achilles' beloved, taken by Agamem-
non, 23, 455, 463
Brontes (bron' tëz), "Thunder," one of the three Cyclopes,
54
Bronze Age, historical period between the Neolithic and
Iron Ages, third of the legendary four Ages, 82
Bull of Heaven, monstrous opponent, killed by Gil-
gamesh and Enkidu, 103
Bull of Marathon, (mara a-thon), one of Theseus' labors,
557-558
Busiris (bù-sï' ris), king of Egypt, killed by Heracles, 528
Byblis (bib' lis), Miletus' daughter who loved her brother
Caenus and was turned into a fountain called by her
name, 618
Cabiri (ka-bï' rï), great gods of a mystery cult, 365
Cacus (ki' kus), "Bad," Italian fire-god, Vulcan's son,
who stole Heracles' cattle and was killed by him,
631-632
Cadmus (kad' mus), Theban king, son of Agenor,
brother of Europa, and husband of Harmonia, 275,
277-281, 289, 375, 378-379, 379, 381, 508, 680
Caduceus (ka-du' se-us), herald's wand, especially that
of Hermes, 270
Caeneus (se' ne-us). See Caenis
Caenis (se' nis), a Lapith girl turned into a man named
Caeneus, 603
Calais (ka' la-is), he and his brother Zetes were winged
sons of Boreas and Orithyia, and Argonauts, 549,554,578
Calchas (kal' kas), Greek prophet in the Trojan War, 453
Calliope (ka-lï' o-pë), Muse of epic poetry, 73, 125
Callirhoë (kal-lir' o-ë), an Oceanid, wife of Chrysaor and
mother of Geryon and Echidna, 154; daughter of Ach-
eloiis and wife of Alcmaeon, 400
Callisto (kal-lis' to), daughter of Lycaon and Artemis'
follower who mated with Zeus, bore Areas, was turned
into a bear, and became the constellation Great Bear,
206-208
Calydon (kal' li-don), a city in Aetolia in western Greece,
430; Calydonian (ka-li-dô' ni-an) boar hunt, 608-612, 610
Calypso (ka-lip' sô), Atlas' daughter who detained
Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, 484, 485, 486, 492
Camilla (ka-mil' la), Etruscan leader of the Volscians,
warrior maiden, killed by Arruns, 652
Canace (kan' a-së), daughter of Aeolus and mother of a
child by her brother Macareus, 617
Cancer, constellation of the crab Hera sent to help the
Lernaean Hydra, 523
Capaneus (kap' an-e-us), Evadne's husband, one of the
Seven against Thebes, struck down by Zeus, 396-398,565
Carthage (kar' thage), city in north Africa, kingdom of
Dido, and enemy of Rome, 650-652
Cassandra (kas-san' dra), daughter of Priam and Hecuba
and Apollo's beloved, whose true prophecies were
never believed; raped by Ajax the Less and murdered
by Clytemnestra, 235, 409, 410, 442, 444, 475-477, 476
Cassiepea (kas-si-e-pë' a), Cepheus' wife and Androm-
eda's mother, who boasted she was more beautiful than
the Nereids, 512
Castor (kas' tor), horse-tamer and rider, son of Zeus and
Leda, and brother of Polydeuces (Pollux), 436-437, 642.
See also Dioscuri
Catreus (ka' tre-us), son of Minos and Pasiphaë and
fated to be killed by his son Althaemenes, 569
Cattle of Geryon (jer' i-on), the tenth labor of Heracles,
527-528, 530, 631-632
Cattle of the Sun, killed by Odysseys' men, who were
punished with death, 492
Caunus (kaw' nus), Miletus' son who fled from the love
of his sister Byblis, 618
Cecrops (se' kropz), Cecropian, early, autochthonous
king of AthensCecropian, 548, 549, 554
Celaeno (se-lê' no), a Harpy who prophesied to Aeneas,
646-647
Celeus (se' le-us), king of Eleusis, husband of Metaneira,
and father of Demophoôn, 310-313
Centaur (sen' tawr), creature with a human head and
torso and the legs and body of a horse, 530, 611; Cen-
taurus (sen-taw' rus), monstrous offspring of Ixion and
Nephele and father of the centaurs, 603
Cephalus (sef a-lus), son of Hermes and Herse, lover of
Eos, and husband of Procris, 20, 549, 551-552
Cepheus (se' fe-us), husband of Cassiepea and father of
Andromeda, 512-514
Cephisus (se-fî' sus), Boeotian river, father of Narcissus,
300
Cerberus (ser' ber-us), the hound of Hades, offspring of
Echidna and Typhon, 332, 342, 349, 529; the twelfth La-
bor of Heracles, 528-530
Cercopes (ser-kô' pêz), two dwarfs who attempted to
steal Heracles' weapons, 531, 531-532
Cercyon (ser' si-on), a brigand wrestler killed by The-
seus, 556, 556, 557
Ceres (se' rëz), Roman agricultural goddess equated
with Demeter, with a temple on the Aventine, 633
Cerynea (se-ri-në' a), Cerynean Hind or Stag, third La-
bor of Heracles, 523-524, 530; mountain in Arcadia, 523
Ceto (se' to), daughter of Pontus and Ge, wife of Phorcys,
and mother of the Graeae, Gorgons, and Ladon, 153
Ceyx (se' iks), king of Trachis, husband of Alcyone,
friend of Heracles and Déianira, and turned into a sea-
bird, 574, 605-606
Chalciope (kal-sî' o-pë), daughter of Aeëtes and wife of
Phrixus, 575, 579