1-22 INDEXESwho bore him many children and was changed into a
bitch, 438, 442, 443, 470, 475^77
Helen (hel' en), daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of
Menelaus, whom she left for Trojan Paris, 20, 373, 375,
406, 437, 447, 450, 456-457, 470, 564, 678, 685
Helenus (hel' e-nus), son of Priam and Hecuba and a
prophet who married Andromache, 442, 444, 473, 475,
646
Helius (hë' li-us), sun-god, son of Hyperion and Theia,
father of Phaëthon, and grandfather of Medea, 56-57,
310, 492, 527, 584, 607-608, 616-617
Hell. See Tartarus
Hellas (hel' las), ancient Greek name of Greece: Helladic,
40
Helle (hel' le), daughter of Athamas and Nephele and
Phrixus' sister, she fell off the ram at the Hellespont,
573-574, 574
Hellen (hel' len), son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and
eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes, 78, 97
Hellespont (hel' le-spont), Dardanelles, where Helle fell
off the ram, 575
Hephaestus (he-fës 'tus), son of Zeus and Hera or Hera
alone; lame, artisan god, husband of Aphrodite, he was
equated with Vulcan by the Romans, 85, 86, 90, 109,
117-122,118, 249, 548
Hera (hë' ra), daughter of Cronus and Rhea, 92, 109,
111-113, 112, 117, 119-120, 128, 248-249, 438, 440,
468-469, 505, 521, 522, 523, 533, 585, 602
Heracles (her' a-klëz), son of Zeus and Alcmena, he per-
formed many deeds and twelve Labors and won im-
mortality among the gods on Olympus, 83, 114, 129,
333, 381, 519, 524, 526, 529, 531, 535, 536, 538, 540, 542,
543, 563, 577
Hercules (her' kù-lëz), the Roman name of Heracles; for
the Romans Hercules (like Mercury) was especially a
god of commerce and profit, 628,631-632,635,641-642,
697
Hermaphroditus (her-ma-frô-dï' tus), Hermaphrodite,
son of Hermes and Aphrodite, he became one with
Salmacis and turned into a hermaphrodite, 20, 270-272
Hermes (her' mëz), son of Zeus and Maia, trickster god
of thieves, who stole Apollo's cattle; the Romans
equated him with Mercury, 92, 109, 110, 122, 158,
257-272, 268, 269, 269, 439, 485, 506, 549, 551, 611. Tris-
megistus (tris-meg-is' tus), 270. See Argeiphontes; psy-
chopompos
Hermione (her-mï' ô-në), daughter of Menelaus and He-
len and wife of Neoptolemus and Orestes, 406, 415
Herm(s), phallic pillars, topped by the head of Hermes,
then phallic pillars topped by the head of anyone,
268-269
Heroes, 129
Hero (hë' rô), Aphrodite's priestess who committed sui-
cide when her lover Leander drowned, 618
Heroic Age, Hesiod's fourth of his five Ages, 82
Hersilia (her-sil' i-a), wife of Romulus, 657
Hesione (hë-sï' ô-në), Laomedon's daughter, rescued by
Heracles, 442, 443, 527
Hesperides (hes-per' i-dëz), Apples of the Hesperides,
the eleventh Labor of Heracles, 528; "Daughters of
Evening," three guardians of the tree with golden ap-
ples at the ends of the earth, 528
Hestia (hes' ti-a), daughter of Cronus and Rhea and god-
dess of the hearth; the Romans equated her with their
Vesta, 108-109, 109,110, 182
Hiera (hi' er-a), Hierophant (hi' er-o-fant), "He who re-
veals holy things," a priest, 323
Hieros gamos (hi' e-ros ga' mos), "Sacred or Holy Mar-
riage," between a sky-god and earth-goddess, 55,113,411
Himeros (hi' mer-os), "Desire," a child of Aphrodite, 73
Hippocoôn (hip-po' ko-on), Spartan king attacked by
Heracles, 533
Hippocrene (hip-po-krë' ne), "Horse's Fountain," foun-
tain (created by Pegasus' hoof) on Mt. Helicon, home
of the Muses, 72
Hippodamia (hip-po-da-mï' a or hip-pô-da-më' a), wife
of Pelops, 113-114, 405-407; wife of Pirithous, 603,
113-114, 405-407; wife of Pirithous, 603
Hippolyta (hip-pol' i-ta), queen of the Amazons: Girdle
of Hippolyta, ninth Labor of Heracles, 527
Hippolytus (hip-pol' i-tus), follower of Artemis, son of
Theseus and Antiope; he rejected Aphrodite and the
love of his stepmother Phaedra and was killed, 210-224,
549, 564-565, 638
Hippomedon (hip-po' me-don), one of the Seven against
Thebes, 397
Holy or sacred marriage. See hieros gamos
Horae (hô' rë or hô' ri), "Hours," the Seasons, daughters
of Zeus and Themis and attendants of Aphrodite, 126,
174
Horatii (ho-râ' shi-ï), three Roman brothers who fought
against the three Curatii from Alba Longa, 658
Horatius (ho-râ' shi-us), one of the three Horatii who
murdered his unpatriotic sister, Horatia, 659
Hound of Hell. See Cerberus
Hours. See Horae
Humbaba the Terrible (hum-bâ'-bâ), guardian of the Sa-
cred Forest and monstrous opponent, killed by Gil-
gamesh and Enkidu, 103
Hurrians (hur' ri-ans), people of northern Syria, ab-
sorbed by Hittites in the fourteenth century B.c., 98
Hyacinthus (hï-a-sin' thus): Hyacinth, Spartan youth,
loved and accidently killed by Apollo, 240
Hydra (hi' dra), "Water Snake," in particular the dragon-
like monster with poison blood, offspring of Echidna and
Typhon, encountered by Heracles at Lerna, 345,523, 524,
530
Hylas (hi' las), Argonaut, beloved of Heracles who was
seized by water nymphs, 20, 532, 532-533, 577
Hyllus (hïl' lus), son of Heracles and Dei'anira and hus-
band of Iole, 520, 537, 545
Hyperboreans (hï-per-bor' ë-anz), mythical people in a
paradise in the far north, 508
Hyperion (hï-për' i-on), Titan, husband of Theia and fa-
ther of Helius, Selene and Eos, 54, 56-57
Hypermnestra (hï-perm-nes' tra) or Hypermestra (hï-
per-mes' tra), Danai'd who did not kill her husband
Lynceus, 508, 517
Hypsipyle (hïp-sip' i-lë): daughter of Thoas and Lemn-
ian queen who bore Jason twin sons, 576-577; nurse of
Opheltes, 396
Iamus (î-am' us), son of Apollo and Evadne with orac-
ular powers, 616
Iapetus (ï-ap' e-tus), Titan, father of Prometheus,
Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius, 54, 78, 83