as inspiration
labors 144–147
sense of humor
slaying lion
slaying snakes
slaying sons and nephew
strength
and Theseus 24.1–24.2
wives 22.1, 22.2
Hermes (messenger of the gods) 8–9, 94–99
aiding Perseus 20.1, 20.2
and Apollo 10.1, 15.1, 16.1
birth
fetching Persephone from Hades
62
inventions 15.1–15.2, 15.3
killing Argus
teaching women to deceive
thievery 15.1–15.2
Hermione
Herodotus (historian)
Hesiod
Hesperides 8.1–8.2, 8.3–8.4, 20.1, 20.2, 22.1
Hestia (goddess of the hearth) 8–9, 3.1, 4.1, 34–39
Hippolyta, Queen (Amazons)
Homer
Humans, creation of 17.1–17.2, 17.3
Hunt goddess see Artemis
Hydra 144–145, 22.1, 22.2
Hylas
Hyperion (Titan) 3.1, 17.1
I
Iapetus
Ida, Mount
Io (priestess)
Iolaos
Iolcus
Iphicles 22.1–22.2
Iphigenia
Iris
Israelites
J
Jason (wanderer of the seas) 150–159
Justice 24.1, 24.2
Justice, goddess of see Themis
L
Labyrinth 164–165
Leda
Lemnos (island) 13.1, 21.1, 23.1
Lernaean hydra 144–145
Leto (daughter of Titans) 10.1–10.2, 68, 11.1, 12.1, 21.1
Life, beginnings of
Love god see Eros
Love goddess see Aphrodite
Lyres
Apollo playing his 10.1, 15.1
Hermes playing his 15.1, 15.2, 99
invention 15.1–15.2, 15.3
Orpheus playing his 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
M
Maenads (dancing women)
Maeve, Queen (Celtic lore)
Maia (daughter of Atlas) 12.1, 15.1
Marriage goddess see Hera
Medea 156–157, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1
Medusa (Gorgon) 6.1, 6.2, 45, 20.1, 130, 20.2, 21.1
Megara
Melpomene (Muse)
Menae
Menelaus, King (Sparta) 25.1, 25.2
Merope 21.1, 21.2
Messenger of the gods see Hermes
Metis (nymph) 7.1–7.2, 7.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Minos, King (Crete) 24.1–24.2
Minotaur 24.1, 24.2–24.3, 24.4, 166, 24.5
Mnemosyne (Titan) 10.1, 10.2
Mohini
Moon goddess see Selene
Morning Star
Mortals
Dionysus’ affect on
loved by immortals 18.1, 19.1
see also women
Mother Earth see Gaia
Muses 10.1, 67, 10.2
Music god see Apollo
Mycenae 22.1–22.2
Mysia
Mythology, reasons for itr.1–itr.2, 9.1
N
Native American stories
Naxos (island)
Nemean lion 22.1–22.2
Nereids 6.1, 20.1
Nereus 6.1, 13.1
Nessus
Nicippe
Night 1.1, 8.1
Nile (river), Egypt
Niobe 11.1–11.2
Notos
Nymphs 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1
O
Oceanus (Titan) 3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1
Odysseus 23.1, 155, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3
Oenone 25.1, 25.2
Oenopion, King (Chios) 21.1–21.2
Olive trees , 49
Olympians 3.1, 4.1
Olympus, Mount
Oracles 20.1, 20.2, 22.1, 23.1
Orion (constellation) 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
Orion (the hunter) 134–139
Orpheus 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
Ortygia (island)
Othrys, Mount
P
Paris, Prince (Troy) 25.1–25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5
Pasiphaë 24.1–24.2
Peacocks 12.1, 12.2
Pegasus (winged horse) 20.1, 21.1
Pelasgians
Peleus, King (Phthia) 25.1, 25.2
Pelias, King (Iolcus) 23.1–23.2, 23.3
Pentheus
Periphetes
Persephone 8–9, 9.1, 63
Perseus (constellation) 20.1, 20.2
Perseus (ill-fated hero) 124–133
and Andromeda 20.1–20.2, 20.3–20.4
birth and childhood 20.1, 20.2
cleverness 20.1, 20.2
and the Graeae 20.1, 20.2–20.3
heartlessness 20.1, 20.2
and Medusa 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
and Polydectes 20.1–20.2, 20.3
sense of wariness
Peter Pan
Philoctetes 22.1, 22.2, 25.1
Phineas, King (Salmydessus) 23.1–23.2
Phobos
Phorcys (sea god)
Pirithous, King
Plato
Polydectes, King (Seriphos) 20.1–20.2, 20.3
Polydeuces 23.1, 25.1
Polyhymnia (Muse)
Polyphemus
Pontus (wholeness of the seas) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 13.1
Poseidon (god of the sea) 8–9, 6.1
birth
children 20.1, 21.1
friendship with Nereus
helmet of invisibility
honors
joy in visiting Pontus
and Medusa 6.1, 6.2, 20.1, 21.1
and Minos 24.1–24.2
rulership of the seas 4.1, 5.1
trident 4.1, 6.1
vengeance
war with Titans 4.1–4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1
and Zeus
Priam, King (Troy) 25.1, 25.2
Procrustes (robber)
Prometheus 17.1–17.2, 17.3
Proteus
R
Revenge
Rhea (Titan) 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1
River Styx 8.1–8.2, 8.3, 25.1
Rivers, mother to 3.1, 7.1
Roman mythology
S
Salmydessus, Thrace
Sarmatians 11.1
Sea god see Poseidon
Seas
beginnings 1.1, 1.2
gods of
Seasons 9.1, 9.2
Sekhmet (Egyptian goddess of war)
Selene (goddess of the moon) 8–9, 17.1, 17.2, 112–117
Semele 19.1–19.2
Seriphos (island)
Sicily (island)
Side
Sinis
Sirens 23.1–23.2, 23.3–23.4
Skamander (river), Troy
Socrates
Sophocles
Sparta
Stars 14.1, 91, 18.1, 20.1, 127, 21.1, 137, 21.2
Stymphalian birds
Styx (river of hate) 8.1–8.2, 8.3, 25.1
Sun
in creation stories
and daylight
Sun god see Helios
Symplegades (rocks) 23.1–23.2
T
Tartarus (Underworld) 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1
Terpsichore (Muse)
Tethys (Titan) 3.1, 7.1
Thalia (Muse)
Thebes 22.1, 22.2, 24.1
Theia (Titan) 3.1, 17.1
Themis (Titan) 3.1, 9.1
Theseus (king of Athens) 160–169
Thetis
Thetis (nymph goddess) 25.1, 25.2
Tiryns
Titans
families
locked in Tartarus 2.1, 4.1
Uranus’ fear of 2.1, 2.2
war with Olympians 4.1–4.2, 6.1
Trickster tales
Triton (Poseidon’
s son)
Troezen
Trojan horse , 178–179
Troy
war with Greece 4.1, 25.1–25.2
Tyndareus, King (Sparta) 25.1, 25.2
Typhon 4.1–4.2, 4.3
Tyr (Norse god of war)
U
Underworld
children in 2.1, 3.1
Erebus
Odysseus in
Tartarus 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1
Underworld god see Hades
Urania (Muse)
Uranus (Father Heaven) 8–9, 2.1
assisting Rhea
and Cronus 3.1, 14.1
emergence
marriage to Gaia 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
plots against him 2.1, 3.1
and Pontos
prophesy about Cronus 3.1, 7.1
soothing personality
usurping childbearing from
women
and Zeus
Uranus (planet) , 19
V
Variable stars
Venus (goddess) see Aphrodite
Venus (planet) 14.1, 14.2
Virgil
W
War god see Ares
War gods in other cultures 16.1, 16.2
Water gods
Water nymphs 7.1, 11.1
Wheelchairs 13.1, 13.2
Winds
Wine
Wine god see Dionysus
Wisdom goddess see Athena
Women
creation of
Dionysus’ affect on
learning from the gods
monthly cycles 18.1–18.2
power in childbearing
Wood nymphs
Z
Zephyr
Zeus (king of the gods) 8–9, 4.1
and Alcmena
and Aphrodite 14.1–14.2
Apollo-Hermes judgment
appointing Poseidon ruler of the
seas
and the Argonauts
and Artemis
battle with Cronus 4.1–4.2
birth
birth of Athena 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 12.1–12.2
breastplate
as cheat
children 9.1–9.2
and Danaë
and Demeter
Endymion’s endless sleep 18.1, 116–117, 18.2
freeing his siblings 5.1–5.2, 6.1
and Gaia 3.1, 4.1
and Hera 12.1–12.2, 79, 16.1
and Leto 10.1, 12.1
lightning bolt 4.1, 32, 4.2, 5.1
and Maia 12.1, 15.1
making Orion a constellation
marriages 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 15.1, 19.1
and Metis 7.1, 12.1, 12.2
most-beautiful contest
and nymphs 7.1–7.2
prophesy that his son would
overthrow him
romances
as ruler of everything except sea
and Underworld 4.1, 5.1
and Semele 19.1–19.2
sense of entitlement
usurping childbearing from
women
vengefulness
war with Titans 4.1, 4.2