Chapter XXXII: Eros and Psyche (2)

9th Labour. Obtaining the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons, 124 to 126.

10th Labour. Fetching the cattle of Geryon, 128 to 131.

11th Labour. Procuring three golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides, 131 to 135.

12th Labour. Fetching the three-headed dog Cerberus from the Lower World, 135 to 137.

Heracles delivers Prometheus from the eagle, 12. Fights with the Centaurs and causes the death of Chiron unintentionally, 117 to 119. Delivers Hesione from the monster, 126 and 127. Punishes Laomedon her father for breaking his word to him, 140. Kills the giant Cacus for stealing his cattle, 130 and 131. Wrestles with Nereus the sea-god, 132. Wrestles with Antaeus, son of the Earth, and squeezes him to death, 133. Kills Busiris who had been accustomed to sacrifice a stranger every year to the gods, 133 and 134. Visits Atlas, and takes his place for a time in supporting the heaven, 134 and 135. Goes to Oechalia to sue for Iole daughter of King Eurytus, and is taunted by her father with his former madness, 137 and 138. Punishes Eurytus for this, 145. Kills Iphitus, son of Eurytus, 138. Is smitten with sickness, and when he asks the Oracle what he shall do, is refused an answer, 139. Quarrels with Apollo about this and carries off the sacred Tripod, 139. Enters the service of Omphale queen of Lydia, with whom he remains for three years, 139 and 140. Punishes Augeas for his faithlessness, 141 and 142. Goes to Calydon to sue for Deianira, and wins her in a contest with the river-god Acheloüs, 142 and 143. Marries Deianira and lives with her for some time in Calydon, 143. Accidentally kills his servant-boy and has to leave, and go to Trachin to be purified, 143 and 144. Is about to celebrate his victory over Eurytus when he receives from Deianira a robe poisoned with the blood of the Centaur Nessus, which causes him such terrible suffering that he resolves to die, 145 and 146. Ascends Mt. Oeta and builds a funeral pile which he causes to be set alight, 146. But before the flames reach him, he is carried up to Mt. Olympus and enthroned among the gods, 146 and 147. The goddess Hebe is given to him for a wife, 147.

_Hermēs_. The Messenger of the gods. Takes Pandora to Epimetheus, 10. Is sent to tell Deucalion and Pyrrha that they may make any request they like, 14. Helps Ares to escape from captivity, 28. Kills the watchman Argus, and rescues Io, 31 and 32. Takes Dionysus to King Athamus, 63; and afterwards to be brought up by some nymphs, 64. Gives Perseus a sickle with which to cut off the head of Medusa, 97. Returns to the nymphs the three Precious Things they had lent to Perseus, 103. Steals part of the booty of Amphitryon for Zeus, 108. Helps to arm Heracles for his fight with the Minyae, 112. Brings the Golden Ram to carry away Phrixus and Helle, 149. Brings Psyche into the assembly of the gods, 243.

_Hersīonē_. Daughter of Laomedon king of Troy. Is rescued by Heracles from the monster, 126. Is given to the hero Telamon after the conquest of Troy, and allowed to take her little brother Podarces or Priam with her, 140 and 141.

_Hesperides_. Three nymphs who tended the garden of golden apple-trees, 132. (See _Garden of Hesperides_.)

_Hestia_. Daughter of Cronus, 4.

_Hippodamīa_. Daughter of Oenamaus king of Elis. Her father compels nil her suitors to compete with him in a chariot-race, 77. Pelops wins, and marries Hippodamia, 78 and 79.

_Hippolyta_. An Amazon carried off by Theseus to be his wife, 193 and 194. She is killed, fighting for him against her country-women, 195.

_Hippolytus_. Son of Theseus and Hippolyta, 194. Is beloved by Phaedra, wife of Theseus, 197. She causes his death, 198.

_Hippomedon_. One of the Seven Heroes who march against Thebes, 213.

_Horn of Plenty_. The horn of the goat Amalthea, converted by Zeus into a miraculous horn, 5. Is given to Heracles in exchange for the horn of Acheloüs, 143.

_Hundred-armed_. Monsters, children of Uranus and Gaea, 1. Are thrust into Tartarus, 2 and 3. Are released by Zeus and help him to fight against the old gods, 4.

_Hydra_. A monster killed by Heracles, 114 to 116. Heracles poisons his arrows with the Hydra's gall, 116; and uses them in shooting at the Centaurs, 118; and 144.

_Hylas_. The most beautiful boy in Greece. Is dragged down into a forest pool by the nymphs who live there, and never seen again, 155 and 156.

_Hypsipele_. Queen of Lemnos. Saves the life of her father when all the other men in the island are killed, 153 and 154. Is banished in consequence, and becomes nurse to the child of Lycurgus king of Nemea, 215 to 217.

_[I-macro]CARUS_. Son of Daedalus. Flies away from Crete with his father, but falls into the sea and is drowned, 52 and 53.

_Idas_. Carries off Marpessa in a winged chariot, 20. Is preferred by her to the god Apollo, 21 and 22.

_Ino_. Wife of Athamas, and stepmother of Phrixus and Helle, 63 and 148. Tries to get Phrixus put to death, 148 and 149. Is killed in trying to escape from her husband, in his madness, 63 and 150.

_Io_. Daughter of a king of Argos. Is beloved by Zeus, and changed by him into a white cow to save her from Hera, 31. Hera gets possession of the cow and puts her under the charge of the watchman Argus, 31. She is rescued by Hermes, 31 and 32. Hera however continues to torment her till she is protected by the king of Egypt who marries her, 32 and 33.

_Iobatēs_. King of Lycia. Receives Bellerophon kindly, 47; but at the request of Proetus, sends him on dangerous missions in the hope of his being killed, 47 to 50; until, finding that he is under the protection of the gods, he begs him to settle in the country and gives him his daughter in marriage, 51.

_Iolus_. A cousin of Heracles. Accompanies him on his expedition to destroy the Lernean Hydra, 115 and 116.

_Iolcus_. The city of King Pelias, 151. Jason sets out from Iolcus in quest of the Golden Fleece, 152 and 153. Returns with the Fleece, 171. Is obliged to leave the city, 173.

_Iolē_. Daughter of Eurytus king of Oechalia. Is sought in marriage by Heracles, but refused to him by her father, 137 and 138.

_Iphiclēs_. Son of Amphitryon and Alcmene, and half-brother of Heracles, 108 and 109.

_Iphiclus_. (1) The owner of a famous herd of cattle demanded by Neleus king of Pylos in return for the hand of his daughter Pero, 69. (2) Grandson of the above. Melampus instructs him how to propitiate the gods and obtain an heir, 71 and 72.

_Iphitus_. Son of Eurytus, king of Oechalia. Is killed by Heracles in a fit of anger, 138.

_Isthmus_. The neck of land which connects the peninsula of Peloponnesus with the rest of Greece. The Argonauts land there on their return from Colchis, 171.

_Italy_. Heracles passes through the country when driving home the cattle of Geryon to Mycenae, 130.

_JASON_. Nephew of Pelias, king of Iolcus, by whom he is sent to fetch the Golden Fleece, 152. Reaches Colchis, 159; and accomplishes the tasks demanded by Aeëtes, 160 to 164. Obtains possession of the Fleece by the help of Medea, and escapes with her, 165. Is purified by Circe from the blood of Absyrtus, 167. Arrives at Iolcus and shows Pelias the Golden Fleece, 171. Goes to Corinth, where King Creon offers him Glauce for his wife, 173. Presents her with a marriage-robe which, unknown to him, has been poisoned by Medea, 174. Sees Medea drive away in her dragon-car, 175.

_Jocasta_. Wife of Laïus king of Thebes, and mother of Oedipus, 205. Marries Oedipus, not knowing who he is, 207 and 208. When it is discovered, she hangs herself in her despair and grief, 209.

_LABYRINTH_. A wonderful house made for Minos king of Crete by the artist Daedalus, 52 and 186. Theseus enters it and kills the Minotaur, 189 and 190.

_Lïus_. King of Thebes and husband of Jocasta. Exposes his son Oedipus on Mt. Cithaeron, 205. Is killed by his son unknowingly, 206 and 207.

_Land of Shades_. See _Lower World_.

_Laodamas_. Son of Eteocles. Succeeds his father as king of Thebes, and is killed in fighting against the Epigoni, 225.

_Laomedon_. King of Troy, and father of Ganymede, Hesione and Priam. Tries to cheat the gods Apollo and Poseidon, and is punished by them, 126. Receives from Zeus two horses of the gods to console him for the loss of Ganymede, 127. Promises the horses to Heracles if he will deliver Hesione from the monster, but fails to keep his word, 126 and 127. Is punished by Heracles for his faithlessness, 140.

_Lapithae_. The subjects of Pirithoüs the friend of Theseus, 195. They conquer the Centaurs with the help of Theseus, 196.

_Lēda_. Wife of Tyndareus king of Sparta. Marries Zeus in the form of a swan, and becomes the mother of Pollux and Helena, as well as of Castor and Clytaemnestra, 200.

_Lemnos_. An island inhabited by women only. The Argonauts rest there on their way to Colchis, 153 and 154.

_Lernē_. The city near which was the abode of the Lernean Hydra destroyed by Heracles, 115.

_Lēto_. Marries Zeus, and becomes the mother of Apollo and Artemis, 23 and 24. Begs her children to punish Niobe, 80.

_Libya_. The country of Antaeus. Heracles wrestles with him, 133.

_Lichas_. A herald. Brings to Heracles the robe poisoned by Deianira which causes him such agony that he beats Lichas to death against the rocks, 145 and 146.

_Lower World_. Pluto is made king of the Lower World, 5. Persephone is carried off to it by Pluto, 16 to 18. The Danaïdes are condemned to never-ending punishment, 37 and 38. Tantalus is condemned to a similar punishment, 76. Alcestis is allowed to return from the Lower World, 94. Heracles goes there to fetch Cerberus, 135 to 137. Theseus and Pirithoüs descend with the intention of carrying off Persephone, 199 to 202. Castor and Pollux spend alternate days in Olympus and in the Lower World, 201. The helmet of Pluto is lent to Perseus, 97.

_Lycia_. The country of King Iobates. Bellerophon slays the Chimaera, and afterwards settles in the country, 47 to 51.

_Lycomēdēs_. King of part of the island of Scyros, 202. Kills Theseus by treachery, 203.

_Lycurgus_. King of Nemea. The Nemean games are instituted in memory of his child by the heroes marching through his country on their way to Thebes, 215 to 217.

_Lydia_. The country of Queen Omphale, whom Heracles serves as a slave for three years, 139 and 140.

_Lynceūs_. Son of Aegyptus. Is saved from death by his wife Hypermnestra, 36. Succeeds Danaus as king of Argos, 37.

_MARPESSA_. Daughter of Evenus. Runs away with Idas, 20. Prefers him to the god Apollo, 21 and 22.

_Medēa_. Daughter of Aeëtes king of Colchis. Helps Jason to win the Golden Fleece, and escapes with him, 161 to 165. Kills her brother Absyrtus, 166. Is purged by Circe from the stain of blood, 167. Deceives Talos and makes him destroy himself, 169 and 170. Deludes the daughters of Pelias into killing their father, 172 and 173. Sends a poisoned robe to Glauce, 174. Flees away from Corinth in her dragon-car, 175. Is at the court of Aegeus at Athens when Theseus arrives, 183. Her plan for poisoning him fails, and she flees away in her winged car, 183 and 184.

_Mediterranean_. The sea which one of the Giants is in the act of crossing when buried by Athene under the island of Sicily, 6. Europa is carried across it by Zeus, 58.

Medūsa. One of the three Gorgons. Is killed by Perseus, 96 to 98. Her head turns his enemies to stone, 101.

_Megara_. Daughter of Creon, king of Thebes. Becomes the wife of Heracles, 112. Dies, 137.

_Melampus_. Learns the language of birds and insects, 68; and the art of knowing the future, 72. Obtains the cattle of Iphiclus for his brother Bias, 69 to 72. Restores the reason of the daughters of Proetus, 73 and 74.

_Meleager_. Son of Oeneus and Althaea, king and queen of Calydon. Takes part in the great boar-hunt which Atalanta also attends, and dies in consequence of a quarrel with his uncles, 83 to 88.

_Mīlanion_. Wins the race with Atalanta by the help of three golden apples which he drops at intervals, 89 and 90.

_Minos_. King of Crete. Father of Ariadne and Phaedra. Refuses to let Daedalus leave his country, 52. Is sent a bull for sacrifice by Poseidon, but fails to kill it, 122. Receives Heracles who delivers him from the mad bull, 122 and 123. Is furnished by Hephaestus with an iron watchman, 169. Demands from the Athenians a tribute of seven youths and seven maidens, 186. Hears that Theseus has slain the Minotaur and carried off his daughter Ariadne, 190 and 191. Gives his daughter Phaedra in marriage to Theseus, 197.

_Minotaur_. A monster, half man, half bull, who lived in the Labyrinth of Crete, 187. Is killed by Theseus, 189 and 190.

_Minyae_. The subjects of King Erginus. They are conquered by Heracles and obliged to pay tribute to the Thebans, 112.

_Moors_. Name given to the people of Africa, burnt black by Phaëthon, 41.

_Muses_. Nine beautiful goddesses of poetry, art and science. They teach a riddle to the Sphinx, 207. They sing at the marriage of Eros and Psyche, 243.

_Mycēnae_. A city of Greece. Perseus exchanges his kingdom of Argos for the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns, 103. The right of his son Electryon to succeed is disputed by Pterelaus, 104. Amphitryon comes to Mycenae to sue for Alcmene, but is obliged to leave on account of the unintentional murder of Electryon, 105. Sthenelus drives away Alcmene and seizes the kingdom, 105. His son Eurystheus succeeds him as king, 109. Heracles goes to Mycenae and serves Eurystheus for twelve years, 113.

_Mysia_. A country of Asia Minor. The Argonauts land on their way to Colchis, and leave Heracles and Hylas behind when they sail away, 155 and 156.

_NAXOS_. An island, the favourite land of the god Dionysus, 66 and 67. He finds Ariadne on the island and marries her, 191 and 192.

_Nēleūs_. King of Pylos. Demands the cattle of Iphiclus in return for the hand of his daughter Pero, 69. Gives her in marriage to Bias, 72. Refuses to purge Heracles from the murder of Iphitus, 138. Heracles marches against him and kills him and all his family, 142.

_Nemea_. A city of Greece. Heracles goes there to kill the Nemean lion, 113. The Nemean Games are instituted in memory of the child of King Lycurgus, 215 to 217.

_Nēreūs_. A sea-god. Is compelled by Heracles to tell him how to obtain the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides, 132.

_Nessus_. A Centaur. Carries Deianira across the river and tries to run away with her, but is shot by Heracles with a poisoned arrow, 144.

_Nestor_. Son of Neleus king of Pylos. The only member of the family of Neleus left alive after the revenge of Heracles, 142.

_Niobē_. Daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion king of Thebes. Boasts of her superiority to the goddess Leto, and is punished by having all her children taken from her at once, 80 to 83.

_OCEANUS_. The great stream that flows right round the world. The horses of Helios bathe in it every evening, 39. The Gorgons live on an island in Oceanus, 97. On an island in Oceanus lives the three-headed king Geryon, whose cattle Heracles is sent to fetch, 128. The golden apple-tree from which the Garden of the Hesperides grows, is planted by Hera in Oceanus, 131 and 132.

_Oechalia_. The capital of Eurytus king of Euboea. The city is destroyed by Heracles, 145.

_Oedipus_. Son of Laïus and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. Is exposed by his parents on Mt. Cithaeron because of the prediction that he shall kill his father and marry his mother, 205. Is found by a herdsman and taken to Polybus king of Corinth who adopts him, 206. Kills his father not knowing who he is, 207. Goes to Thebes where he delivers the country from the Sphinx, and is rewarded with the kingdom and the hand of Jocasta, 207 and 208. Puts out his eyes in despair, on discovering his parentage, 209. Is banished from Thebes, and finds a refuge at Athens, where he dies, 210 and 211.

_Oeneūs_. King of Calydon, and father of Meleager and Deianira. Inaugurates the great Calydonian boar-hunt, 83 to 88. Receives Heracles, who comes to sue for Deianira, 142.

_Oenomus_. King of Elis. Makes all the suitors of his daughter Hippodamia, vie with him in a chariot-race, and is killed in racing with Pelops, 77 to 79.

_Oeta, Mt_. Heracles ascends the mountain and builds his funeral pile upon it, 146.

_Olympus, Mt_. The abode of the gods, 2. The Giants try to climb up into it, 5 and 6. Demeter comes down from it to the earth, 16 and 17. Hera drives Leto from it, 23; but afterwards receives her back again, 24. Hera descends from it to give bad advice to Semele, 61. Zeus descends and shows himself to Semele in god-like splendour, 62. Dionysus and Semele are received among the gods, 67. Tantalus is allowed sometimes to ascend to Mt. Olympus, 75. Ganymede is brought to Mt. Olympus by the sacred eagle of Zeus, 127. Heracles is enthroned as a god, 147. Psyche is received among the Immortals, 243. Heracles drives the horses of Diomedes to the foot of Mt. Olympus, 124.

_Omphalē_. Queen of Lydia. Heracles sells himself to her as a slave for three years, 139 and 140.

_One-eyed, The_. Monstrous children of Uranus and Gaea, 1. Are thrust into Tartarus, 2 and 3. Are released by Zeus, and forge weapons for him, 4.

_Oracle_. A temple of Apollo at Delphi, where the god vouchsafed prophetic answers (also called Oracles) to those who came to enquire concerning the future. Answers are given to Cadmus, 56; Oenomaus, 77; Acrisius, 95; the parents of Andromeda, 99; Heracles, 113 and 139; the Trojans, 126; Pelias, 151; the Athenians, 203; Oedipus, 206; Adrastus, 213; Alcmaeon, 227; the parents of Psyche, 231.

_Orpheūs_. Delivers the Argonauts from the Sirens by overpowering their song, 168.

_Ossa, Mt_. The Giants propose to set up this mountain on the top of Mt. Pelion, and so climb up to Olympus, 6.

_Othrys, Mt_. The mountain from which the old gods fight with the younger ones, 4.

_Otus_. Son of Poseidon and brother of Ephialtes, 27. He and his brother fight against the gods and make Ares prisoner, 28. They are killed through a device of Artemis, 28.

_PALLANTIDAE_. Sons of Pallas, the brother of Aegeus, 177. They lay a plot to kill their Uncle and Theseus, 184.

_Pallas_. Brother of Aegeus king of Athens, 177.

_Pandōra_. Is fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay, and endowed with gifts by all the gods, 10. Is sent to be the wife of Epimetheus, anil takes with her, as her dowry, a casket full of Diseases and Cares, 10 and 11.

_Parnassus_. A mountain sacred to the gods. Zeus proves it to be the centre of the earth, 14. The chest in which Deucalion and Pyrrha have been preserved during the Flood, strands there, 14. The sacred Oracle of Apollo is located in Delphi, a city on Mt. Parnassus, 55.

_Parthenopaeus_. One of the Seven Heroes who marched against Thebes, 213.

_Pegasus_. A beautiful winged horse. Bellerophon becomes his master, is taught by the goddess Athene how to control him, and by his help overcomes the Chimaera, 48 to 50.

_Pelias_. King of Iolcus, 151; and father of Alcestis, 92. Gives his daughter in marriage to Admetus, 92 and 93. Sends Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece, 152. Kills the father of Jason during his absence, 171. Is put to death by his own daughters, through the treachery of Medea, 172 and 173.

_Pēlion, Mt_. The Giants propose to climb up from this mountain to Olympus, 6.

_Peloponnesus_. A peninsula of Greece, named after Pelops, 79.

_Pelops_. Is killed by his father, and served up to the gods at a banquet, 75; but is brought to life again by Zeus, 76. Is dispossessed of his kingdom of Phrygia, 77. Travels to Elis, and through craft conquers Oenomaus in the chariot-race, 77 to 79. Marries Hippodamia, and becomes king of Elis, 79.

_Perigunē_. Daughter of the Fir-bender, one of the robbers slain by Theseus on his way to Athens, 180.

Pēro. Daughter of Neleus, king of Pylos, 69. Becomes the wife of Bias, 72.

_Persephonē_. Daughter of Demeter. Is carried off by Pluto to be queen of the Lower World, 16 to 18. Sends back Alcestis to live again for a time in the Upper World, 94. Receives Heracles when he visits the Lower World, 136. Gives Psyche the casket for which she has been sent by Aphrodite, 212.

_Perseūs_. Son of Zeus and Danaë, 95 and 96. Is sent by the king of the island where his mother has taken refuge, to fetch the head of Medusa, 96 to 98. Rescues Andromeda from the monster, and is married to her, 99 to 101. Returns with the head of Medusa, and rescues his mother from the king, who wants to marry her, 101. Kills his grandfather unintentionally, and succeeds to the kingdom of Argos, 102; but exchanges it for the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns, 103.

_Phaedra_. Daughter of Minos king of Crete. Is married to Theseus, 197. Loves Hippolytus and asks him to marry her, 197. Causes his death when he refuses, and then hangs herself in despair, 198.

_Phaëthon_. Son of Helios, 39. Obtains leave from his father to drive the chariot of the sun for a single day, 40. Falls from it, and is killed by a thunderbolt, 41.

_Phēgeūs_. Purges Alcmaeon from the stain of blood, and gives him his daughter in marriage, 227. Sends his sons to kill Alcmaeon on account of his faithlessness, 229.

_Phenicia_. The home of Europa and Cadmus, 54.

_Phineūs_. (1) Brother of Cepheus. Disputes the right of Perseus to marry Andromeda, and is turned to stone, 100 and 101. (2) A seer whom the Argonauts deliver from the Harpies, 157 and 158.

_Pholus_. One of the Centaurs. Entertains Heracles in his cave, 117 and 118.

_Phrixus_. Son of King Athamas, and brother of Helle. His stepmother lays a plot to kill him, hut he is rescued by a Golden Ram and carried away to Colchis, where he marries the daughter of King Aeëtes, 148 to 150.

_Phrygia_. The country of Tantalus, 75. His son Pelops is driven away from his kingdom, 77.

_Phylacus_. Inherits the cattle of his father Iphiclus, 69. Agrees to give them to Melampus if he will teach him how his son may propitiate the gods and obtain an heir, 70 to 72.

_Phyleūs_. Son of Augeas king of Elis. Refuses to bear false witness against Heracles, and is banished by his father, 120 and 121. Heracles restores him, and makes him king, 142.

_Pillars of Heracles_. Two mountains of rock set up by Heracles in the sea between Europe and Africa, 128.

_Pīrithoüs_. King of the Lapithae. Forms a friendship with Theseus, 195; who helps him to defeat the Centaurs, 196. Pirithoüs is compelled to sit for ever on an iron seat in the Lower World, 200 and 202.

_Pluto_. Son of Cronus, 4. Is made king of the Lower World, 5. Carries off Persephone, 16 to 18. Allows Sisyphus to return to the earth for a single day, 44. Allows Heracles to take Cerberus to the Upper World on condition that he captures him without weapons, 136.

_Podarces_. Son of Laomedon king of Troy. Is rescued by his sister Hesione when the town is sacked by Heracles, 140. Receives the name of Priam, 141.

_Pollux_. Son of Zeus and Leda, and brother of Castor, 200 and 201. Rescues his sister Helena, 201. Takes part in the expedition of the Argonauts, 157. Petitions Zeus that he and his brother Castor may be allowed to share the same fate, 201.

_Polybus_. King of Corinth, 205. Adopts Oedipus, 206.

_Polynīces_. Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Is banished from Thebes by his brother Eteocles, and takes refuge with Adrastus king of Argos, 212 and 213. Induces Adrastus to march an army against Thebes, 213. Accepts his brother's challenge to single combat, in which he gives and receives a mortal blow, 220.

_Poseidon_. Son of Cronus, 4. The sea is made subject to him, 4 and 5. Gives Idas a winged chariot in which to carry off Marpessa, 20. Becomes the father of Otus and Ephialtes, 27. Punishes Cassiopea for being vain of her beauty, 99. Gives Pterelaus a golden hair which preserves him from death, 107. Sends Minos a bull for sacrifice, and punishes him for keeping it back, 122. Punishes Laomedon for his faithlessness, 126. The Argo is dedicated to Poseidon, 171. Poseidon disputes with Athene the guardianship of Athens, 176. At the request of Theseus, he creates the monster that destroys Hippolytus, 198.

_Priam_. See _Podarces_.

_Proetus_. King of Argos. Cleanses Bellerophon from the murder of his brother, 45; but thinking he has done him an injury, sends him to Iobates, whom he desires to kill him, 46. Sends to beg Melampus to restore his daughters to their right minds, 73 and 74.

_Promēthēus_. Brings down fire to the earth against the will of Zeus, 9 and 10. Is chained, as a punishment, to Mt. Caucasus where an eagle preys upon his liver, 12. Is delivered by Heracles, 12. Warns his son Deucalion of the great flood about to take place, 13.

Psȳchē. Is hated by Aphrodite on account of her beauty, 231. Is carried away by the Wind-god, and secretly married to Eros, 232 and 233. She disobeys his command that she shall never seek to see him, and he is obliged to leave her, 236. Psyche enters the service of Aphrodite, who requires her to accomplish hard tasks, 237 to 242. Zeus gifts Psyche with immortality, and sanctions her marriage with Eros, 243.

_Pterelus_. Grandson of Perseus and king of the Teleboae. Disputes the right of Electryon to the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns, 104. Amphitryon leads an expedition against him, and conquers him through the treachery of his daughter, 106 and 107.

_Pylos_. The home of Melampus, 68; also of King Neleus and his daughter Pero, 69. Heracles conquers the city, 142.

_Pyrrha_. Wife of Deucalion, who is saved with him in a wooden chest at the time of the great Flood, 13 to 15.

_Pythia_. The Priestess of Apollo, through whom the prophetic answers vouchsafed by the god were transmitted, 55. Answers are given by her to Cadmus, 56; to Heracles, 113; to the Athenians, 203; to Oedipus, 206. An answer is refused to Heracles, 139.

_RHEA_. Wife of Cronus, 2. Saves her son Zeus from being devoured by his father, 3.

_Rome_. Heracles passes the spot where Rome was afterwards built, in bringing the cattle of Geryon to Mycenae, 130.

_SALMONEUS_. King of Elis. Tries to imitate Zeus, and is destroyed by a thunderbolt, 42 and 43.

_Sciron_. One of the robbers killed by Theseus on his journey to Athens, 181.

Scyros. The island where Theseus proposed to spend the last days of his life, 202. He is treacherously killed there by Lycomedes, 203. The Athenians fetch his bones from the island, 203 and 204.

_Selēnē_. Goddess of the moon. Loves Endymion, 30.

_Semelē_. Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. Is secretly married to Zeus, 61. Prevails on him to come to her clothed in the glory of the gods, and dies at the sight, 61 and 62. Is gifted by Zeus with immortality, 67.

_Shadow-leader_. The conductor of dead souls to the Lower World. He takes Alcestis thither, 94.

_Sicily_. The goddess Athene buries one of the Giants beneath the island, 6. Persephone is carried off from it by the god Pluto, 16. Daedalus flies to it from the island of Crete, 53.

_Silēnus_. Plays with Dionysus when a child, 64. Follows him in his journey through the world, 65 and 66; and helps to celebrate his marriage with Ariadne, 192.

_Sirens_. Treacherous sea-nymphs, who attract sailors by their magic singing and then tear them to pieces. The Argonauts escape them through listening to the song of Orpheus, 168.

_Sīsyphus_. King of Corinth. Tries to cheat gods as well as men, and is tormented in the Lower World with an unending punishment, 43 and 44.

_Sparta_. The country of King Tyndareus, husband of Leda. Theseus and Pirithoüs go there and carry off Helena, 199.

_Sparti_. The warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, 58.

_Sphinx_. A monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lioness. She propounds a riddle and devours everyone who fails to answer it, 207 and 208. Oedipus guesses the riddle, and the Sphinx dies, 208.

_Sthenelus_. Brother of Electryon. Drives his niece Alcmene and her brother from Mycenae, and seizes the kingdom, 105. Becomes the father of Eurystheus, 109.

_Storm-foot_. One of the Harpies from whom the Argonauts deliver Phineus, 167 and 158.

_Stretcher, The_. One of the robbers killed by Theseus on his way to Athens, 181 and 182.

_Stymphlus_. A city in Arcadia. Heracles drives away the birds that infest the Stymphalian lake, 121 and 122.

_Styx_. A river of the Lower World, by which the gods swore an inviolable oath, 40; 62.

_Swift-wing_. One of the Harpies from whom Phineus is delivered by the Argonauts, 157 and 158.

_Syria_. Io travels to Syria to find her child, 33.

_TAENARUS, MT_. Psyche is directed to go there to find an entrance to the Lower World, 240.

_Talōs_. An iron watchman, made by Hephaestus for Minos king of Crete. Medea deludes him into killing himself, 169 and 170.

_Tantalus_. King of Phrygia, 65; and father of Niobe, 80. Kills his son Pelops and offers the flesh to the gods at a banquet, 75. Is condemned in the Lower World to an unending punishment, 76.

_Tartarus_. A dark pit below the earth into which the hundred-armed and one-eyed monsters are banished by Uranus, 2. They are released by Zeus, and the old gods whom he has defeated, take their place, 4. Typhöeus is thrust into Tartarus, 7.

_Telamōn_. Receives the beautiful Hesione as a reward for having been the first to scale the walls of Troy, 140.

_Tēleboae_. The subjects of King Pterelaus. They are sent on an embassy to Electryon, and a quarrel takes place, 104. Amphitryon marches against them at the desire of Alcmene, and conquers their land, 105 to 107.

_Thebes_. Built by the descendants of Cadmus, 59. A wall is built round it by means of the song of Amphion, 59 and 60. Alcmene takes shelter there when driven by Sthenelus from Mycenae, 105. Amphitryon delivers the city from the destroying Fox, 106. Heracles is born in Thebes, 108 and 110. He delivers the land from the tribute imposed by the Minyae, 111 and 112; but leaves the city after his madness, 113. Laïus and Jocasta are king and queen of Thebes, and Oedipus is born there, 205. Oedipus delivers the land from the Sphinx, and becomes king, 207 and 208; but on the discovery of his parentage, he is banished, 209 and 210. His sons Eteocles and Polynices succeed him, but Polynices is banished by his brother, 212. Polynices goes to Argos, 212; and persuades Adrastus to lead an army against Thebes, 213. The Argives are defeated before Thebes, 218 to 220. Creon king of Thebes refuses burial to the Argives, and immures Antigone for disobeying his orders, 221 to 223. The Epigoni march against Thebes, 224 and 225. The Thebans decide to abandon the city, 225 and 226. The Epigoni and others re-people it, 226 and 227.

_Thermōdon_. A river in Asia, near which was the country of the Amazons, 125.

_Thersander_. Son of Polynices. Made king of Thebes by the Epigoni, on their taking possession of the city, 226.

_Thēseūs_. Son of Aegeus king of Athens. Is brought up at Troezen by his mother Aethra, 177 and 178. Is sent by her to the court of his father at Athens, 179. Or: his way there, he kills many robbers,--the Club-carrier, 179; the Fir-bender, 179 and 130; Sciron, 181; the Stretcher, 181 and 182. Reaches Athens, 182; and is recognised by Aegeus, 183. Medea's attempt to poison him fails, 183. The Pallantidae are foiled in their plan to murder him, 184. Theseus captures the Bull of Marathon, 184 and 185. Goes to Crete as part of the tribute of seven youths and seven maidens, kills the Minotaur, and escapes with Ariadne, 187 to 190. Is compelled to leave Ariadne at Naxos, 191. Forgets to hoist the white sail, and thus causes the death of his father, 192 and 193. Carries off Hippolyta to be his wife, 193. Conquers the Amazons, 194 and 195. Makes a friendship with Pirithoüs, and helps him to defeat the Centaurs, 195 and 196. Erects an Altar of Pity in the market-place of Athens, 196. Marries Phaedra, 197. Prays for the death of Hippolytus, 198. Joins Pirithoüs in carrying off the beautiful Helena, 199; and descends with him to the Lower World to try and get possession of Persephone, 199. Finds himself unable to leave a stone on which he had sat down for a moment, 200; but after many years is released by Heracles, 201 and 202. On his return to Athens, finds himself forgotten, and retires to Scyros, 202. Is there killed treacherously by Lycomedes, 203. His bones are transferred to Athens, 203 and 204.

_Thrace_. The country of Diomedes, whose fierce horses Heracles goes to fetch, at the command of Eurystheus, 123.

_Tiresias_. A blind seer of Thebes. Explains the visit of Zeus to Alcmene, 108. Foretells the fate of Oedipus, 205; and 225. Advises the Thebans to abandon the city, 225. Goes with them, and dies during the flight, 226.

_Tiryns_. Perseus exchanges his kingdom of Argos for the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns, 103. The right of his son Electryon to succeed is disputed by Pterelaus, 104. Sthenelus takes possession of the kingdom, 105. He is succeeded by Eurystheus, 109.

_Titans, Titanides_. Children of Uranus and Gaea, 2. The father of Prometheus was a Titan, 9.

_Trchis_. A city of Greece. Heracles leaves Calydon for Trachis, 144; and goes from Trachis to Euboea, 145.

_Tripod_. A three-legged stool on which the Priestess of Apollo sat when uttering her divine predictions, 55. Heracles carries off the sacred Tripod from Delphi, 139.

_Triptolemus_. Is taught by Demeter how to sow corn and cultivate the land, 19.

_Troezēn_. The home of Aethra, wife of King Aegeus, 177. Theseus is brought up by her at Troezen, 177 and 178. Helena is placed there under her care for a time, but is rescued by her brothers, 199 and 201.

_Troy_. The country of King Laomedon, father of Ganymede. Apollo and Poseidon build a wall round Troy, and punish Laomedon for withholding the reward he has promised, 126. Heracles lands at Troy, and rescues Hesione from the monster, 126 and 127. Returns to punish Laomedon for his faithlessness, and conquers the city, 140.

_Tȳdeūs_. Is driven from his country on account of an unintentional murder, and goes for refuge to Adrastus king of Argos, 212 and 213. Takes part in the expedition against Thebes, 213. Bears a message to Eteocles, and distinguishes himself by feats of strength, 218. Is killed before Thebes, with all the other heroes, 220.

_Tyndareūs_. King of Sparta, 199; and husband of Leda, 200.

_Typhōeūs_. A monster created by Gaea to fight against the gods, 6. Is conquered by Zeus, and flung into Tartarus, 7.

_URANUS_. God of the sky, 1. Is killed by his son Cronus, 2.

_WANDERING ROCKS_. The Argonauts pass through them in safety by the help of Hera, 168 and 169.

_Wind-god_. Carries Psyche into the beautiful valley, 232. Brings her two sisters to see her, 234; and takes them home again, 235.

_ZEŪS_. Son of Cronus and Rhea. Is hidden in the island of Crete and nourished by the goat Amalthea, 3. Makes war against his father and thrusts him into Tartarus, 4. Marries Hera, 4. Conquers the Giants, 6; and Typhöeus, 7. Sends Pandora to bring Disease and Care into the world, 10 and 11. Punishes Prometheus for bringing down fire to the earth, 12. Destroys the world by a Flood, 13 and 14; and allows Deucalion and Pyrrha to re-people it, 14 and 15. Stops the fight about to take place between Apollo and Idas, 21. Marries Leto and becomes the father of Apollo and Artemis, 23. Becomes the father of Endymion whom he gifts with perpetual sleep, 29. Hurls a thunderbolt at Phaëthon to prevent him from destroying the earth, 41. Carries off Europa in the form of a bull, 54 and 58. Marries Semele, and at her wish goes to her surrounded with the glory of the gods, 62. Raises her from the Lower World to Olympus, 67. Conceals his son Dionysus from Hera, 63; and gifts him with divine power, 64 and 65. Imposes a punishment upon Apollo, 81. Marries Danaë in the form of a golden shower, and becomes the father of Perseus, 95 and 96. Marries Alcmene, and becomes the father of Heracles, 108 and 100. Decrees that the next child born of the race of Perseus shall rule over the cities of Mycenae anil Tiryns, 109. Sends his sacred eagle to steal away Ganymede, 127. Interposes between Heracles and Apollo, 139. Punishes Hera for trying to destroy Heracles, 141. Marries Leda in the form of a swan, and becomes the father of Pollux and Helena, 200. Grants the wish of Pollux to share the fate of his brother Castor, 201. Causes the two sons of Alcmaeon to grow up to manhood in a single night, 229.

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