Mycenae, Mycenaeans 23–8, 34, 51, 70,
87, 101–3, 111;see alsoLinear B
Mylasa 83
Myrtilus 108, 208
Myrto 79
mystai 339–40, 343, 355;see alsoDionysus
Mystes
mysteries 233–4, 342–56, 358, 381;
see alsoDemeter; Eleusis; initiation;
Persephone
myth,see passim
Mytilene 81
Naaman 34
Nabis 251
naiads 61–2
names (use of in prayers and hymns) 122– 4
nature, gods of 56–70
Naucratis 317
Naukydes 75, 78
Naupactus 315
Nausicaa 54
Naxos 29
neanias 215–16
neaniskos 215
nebris 334
necromancy 86, 94–6, 153, 364–5
Necropolis (Alexandrian) 254
Neda 273–4
Nemea 81, 104, 110
Nemesia 77
Nemesis 76–8, 83
neokoros 163– 4, 169
Neoptolemus 109
Nephelokokkygia 120–1
Nereids 68–9
Nereus 68
Nergal 34
Nesiotes 408
Nesteia 212
Nestor 133–9
New Year 209–10
Nicander 316
Nicias 217
Nicomachus 77, 290
Nicopolis 254
Night 44, 76
Nike 399, 402, 407, 411, 417;see also
Athena Nike
Nineveh 29
Ninnion Tablet 349, 351–3
Noah 24, 44
nomos 389
Notitia urbis Alexandrinae 254
nous 386–7
nympheutriai 307
nympholepts 59–60
nymphs 51, 56, 58–63, 66, 273Ocean 45–6, 73
Odysseus 98, 102, 206, 328;see also
Homer,Odyssey
Oechalia (Oichalia) 65, 127
Oedipus 184, 187;see alsoSophocles,
Oedipus Rex
Oenanthe 256
Oenoanda 158
Oenomaus 109, 208
Oenus 140
oikists 103
oikos 287, 318;see alsohome
Oite 101
Olbia 329, 340
Old Man of the Sea 68
Old Oligarch 289
Olivier, Laurence 429
ololyge ̄ 133, 136
Olympia 29, 49, 51–2, 67, 76, 98, 107–11,
149, 152, 204–5, 208, 214, 217, 320,
334; Olympic Games 42, 191, 204, 211,
215, 230
Olympians 41–55, 67, 71, 90, 129,
153, 207, 222, 227, 311, 379, 423–37
andpassim
Olympus 41–55, 57, 75–6, 127, 130, 214,
265, 331, 425–33
Olynthus 302
oniromancy 153–4
Onkos 275
Opheltes 104, 110
oracles 145–59;Oracle of the Potter 261;
see alsoDelphi; divination
Orchomenus 272, 330
oreibasia 329
Orestes 91, 111–12, 187, 189, 302–3
Oresthasion 272
orgeo ̄nes 112, 294
orgia 294–5
Origen 263
Orion 206–7
Orontes 83
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