Helen’s identification of ,
Hera as champion of
morale bolstering of
names used for
Poseidon’s inspiring of
postwar fates of
raids of
size of force of
use of term
war won by
Zeus’ turning of battle against
see also Mycenae, Mycenaeans, Mycenaean world; specific Achaeans
Achilles , xiv-xvii,
Agamemnon’s offer of gifts to
Agamemnon’s quarrels with , xvi,
Aineias’ genealogy related to
Aineias rescued from
Amazon queen and,
Andromache’s family and
anger of,
Apollo chased by
Apollo compared with,
aristeía of
arming of
armor of, see armor of Achilles
Athene’s appearance to
authority of
beauty of
birthright of
Briseis taken from,
childhood of
death of
diminishment as hero
Embassy to, see Embassy to Achilles
emergence as hero
Enkidu compared with,
epithets for
family origins of
flame around head of,
as folk hero
funeral games and
ghost of
grief of,
in Hades,
hair cut by
healing arts and
Hektor and, see subheadings under Hektor
Helen and,
historic-mythic thematic convergence and
homosexual speculations about,
honor of ,
horses of
Iris as messenger to
late-stage entry to epic of
leadership of
as loner and outsider
lyre playing of
meaning of name of,
military service challenged by
mortality of
Myrmidons led by,
Odysseus’ quarrel with
Patroklos as scapegoat for
Patroklos’ ghost and
Patroklos’ relationship with
Patroklos’ use of armor of
Priam’s meeting with
return to war of
ritual goblet of
similes used by
Skamandros River battle of ,
son of; see also Neoptolemos
spear of,
Thersites hated by
Thersites killed by,
Thetis called upon by
Thetis’ hiding of
Thetis’ tempering of
tragedy of
tumulus of(map)
use of name
war trauma and
withdrawal from war of ,
Achilles’ heel (ankle),
Acts of Andrew
Admetos,
Adrestos
Aegean Sea(map)
aegis,
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeolians,
evolution of epic and,
use of term
Aeolis
Aeschines,
Aeschylus,
Aethiopis (epic),
Antilochos in.
first, lost, transitional lines of
Memnon’s armor in
Odysseus-Aias quarrel in
Aetolia
Africa, “leopard men” of,
Agamemnon, king of Mycenae ,
Achaeans tested by
Achilles’ instinct to kill
Achilles offered gifts by
Achilles’ quarrels with , xvi,
arming of
assemblies called by
authority of
Briseis confiscated by ,
Chryseis as war prize of
Chryses threatened by
as commander in chief
delusional dream sent to
Diomedes’ taking issue with
emergency council of the princes convened by
epithets of
failed campaign to region by ,
first appearance of
at funeral games
ghost of
Hektor’s corpse and
Helen’s identification of
homecoming of
paired brothers motif and,
plunder of
ransom rejected by
sacrifice by
scepter of
shield of,
Thersites’ attack on
as unfit to command,
wounding of
Agenor
Ahhiyawa
Aiakos,
Aias, Telamonian ,
in Embassy to Achilles
Hektor wounded by
Odysseus’ quarrel with
Patroklos’ corpse and
ships defended by
suicide of
Aias (son of Oïleus) ,
Aidoneus
Aigina,
Aineias
Achilles’ return encounter with
divine rescue of,
origins and destiny of,
Aithe
Akkadian epic,
Aktor,
Alaksandu of Wilusa,
Alcaeus,
Alcmeonis,
Alexander the Great, xiv,
Alexandros:
use of name,
see also Paris
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi,
Ali, Muhammad
Alkimos
Altes
Amphiaraus
Amphidamas,
Anat,
Anatolia (now Turkey)(map)
Bronze Age alliances in,
Etruscan origins in
fugitive exiles in,
Luwians in
Mycenaean interference in,
Mycenaeans on coast of
Anchises,
Andromache, xiii,
Hektor’s death and
military directives given by
on Neoptolemos
postwar fate of,
Angel of Mons
“Another Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” (MacDiarmid) ,
Antenor
Antilochos,
at funeral games
Antimachos,
ants
Aphrodite,
Aineias rescued by,
divine deceptions and ,
Helen’s confrontation with
Helen’s recognition of
Judgment of Paris and
origins of,
Paris desired by
Paris whisked away by,
wounding of
Apollo,
Achilles’ death and ,
Achilles hated by,
aegis of
Agenor and
Chryses as priest of
civilized virtues of
as guardian of Troy ,
Hektor aided by
Niobe’s children and
offerings to
origins of,
Patroklos’ death and
plague sent by
Sarpedon’s death and
Thetis’ marriage and,
Apollodorus,
Arcadia,
archaeology,
in Lesbos,
of Mycenaean world,
at Troy,
Archaic Age,
Archilochus,
Arctinus of Miletus
Ares,
origins of
shunning of
wounding of
argeiphóntēs (slayer of Argos)
Argives, use of term
Argolid,
Argos(map),
Aristarchus
aristeía
of Achilles
of Agamemnon
of Diomedes
of Patroklos
Aristotle
arming scenes
armor
&nbs
p; cremation and,
of Hektor
magic
of Patroklos,
stripping of,
armor of Achilles
Hektor’s taking of
Hephaistos’ making of ,
Odysseus-Aias quarrel over
Patroklos’ use of ,
army, testing of,
by Agamemnon
Artemis
Asklepios,
Assyrian siege machines,
Astyanax,
as better than his father
death of,
Hektor’s death and
postwar fate of,
Astynoös
Athene
Achilles fed by
aegis of
Aphrodite mocked by
birth of,
Diomedes aided by
epithets of,
intervention in war by
Judgment of Paris and
prototype of
Trojan women’s offering to
in wounding of Ares
Athens,
athletic contests, see funeral games
Atreides
audience of Homer ,
Achilles’ shield and
allusions recognized by
battlefield carnage and
Catalogue of Ships and,
death and
depiction of divinity and
description of,
disparagement of Paris and
Eumelos known to
expectations of
Iliad’s memory lapses and
king unworthy of command and
modern
near-death misses and,
opening lines and
Zeus-Hera pact and
Aulis
authority
of Agamemnon
of Nestor
scepter of the assembly and
of Zeus
Automedon
Axylos
Ba’al
Babylonian creation epic,
Balios
bathing,
battle joy,
beauty, goddesses’ dispute about
beauty contest, see Judgment of Paris
Bellerophontes,
berserk state
Bible
Black Sea,
Boiotia, Boiotians(map) ,
Boros,
Bosporus
boundaries, Hermes’ identification with
Briareus,
Briseis
Agamemnon’s confiscation of
Patroklos’ death and
Bronze Age,
athletic contests in,
Catalogue of Ships and,
funerals in
metalworker status in
metalwork of,
treatment of fugitive exiles in,
treatment of war injuries in,
Bronze Age Greeks, see Achaeans; Argives; Danaans; Mycenae, Mycenaeans, Mycenaean world
burials,
at Lefkandi,
see also funerals; graves
Byzantium
cannibals, cannibalism,
Catalogue of Ships
weight of contingents in,
catalogue poetry,
Catullus
cemeteries(map)
Chapman, George
chariots,
of Achilles
divine
of Priam
race of
Charis
Cheiron
Peleus’ spear from,
children:
sacrifice of,
tempering of
Christmas Truce
Chryseis
return of
Chryses
Agamemnon’s threat to
Cicero
city-states,
Clytemnestra
colonization
concubines,
courage
cows,
Hera associated with,
cremation,
Crete(map),
Cyclops,
Cynossema
Cypria (epic),
Achilles-Agamemnon quarrel in
Achilles-Troilos relationship in ,
catalogue of Trojan allies in,
Patroklos in,
Cyprus (Kypros),
Daedalus, nephew of,
Danaans.
Dardanelles, see Hellespont
Dardanians, xix,
see also Trojans, Troy
Dares of Phrygia
Dark (Iron) Age,
funerals and burials of ,
hero cults and.
metalworker status in
metalwork of,
scenes of life from,
Daughter of the Sun
Dawn Goddess, Indo-European,
Death
death and dying
of Achaeans vs. Trojans
boundaries and
darkening of vision and
divine rescue from ,
fates worse than
in Iliad vs. conventional heroic sagas
magic and,
mutilation after,
ransom vs.
terminology for,
transcendence of,
of wounded,
see also specific heroes
Deception of Zeus
Deidameia
Deïphobos
Demeter,
Demetrius of Scepsis,
demigods:
divine rescue of,
vulnerability of
Demodokos,
Dictys of Crete
Diomede,
Diomedes, king of Argos ,
Achilles compared with
Agamemnon confronted by
Aineias rescued from
Aphrodite attacked by
aristeía of
armor of
Athene’s aid to
cults of
delayed homecoming of,
in Doloneia
family history of
in funeral games
Glaukos’ interlude with
nocturnal mission to Trojan camp of
Paris’ wounding of,
in Skyros
Dione
Dionysos
Diòs apátē, see Deception of Zeus
divine intervention
Agamemnon’s delusional dream as
Agenor and
Apollo’s plague as
of Athene, see Athene, intervention in war by
Hektor’s corpse and
of Hephaistos
of Hermes
Patroklos’ wounding and
of Poseidon
Zeus’ forbidding of
Zeus’ revoking of command against
divine rescue
of Agenor
of Aineias,
depicted on Cyprian bowl,
of Paris,
DNA.
Dodecanese Islands,
dogs, dog imagery
Dolon,
Doloneia,
dreams
Achilles’ dream of Patroklos
Agamemnon’s delusional
Drimios
duel, Paris-Menelaos
Aphrodite’s intervention in ,
oath taking and
winner of
duty
Dzhangariada
earrings,
Ecclesiasticus
Echepolos
Eëtion
Egypt, Egyptians:
in Battle of Kadesh,
Helen in,
Elēon,
Embassy to Achilles
innovative elements in,
Meleager evoked in ,
members of
Patroklos’ greeting of
England
English translation
Enkidu,
Enyalios
Eos,
Epeians
Epeigeus
Epeios
epic:
Achilles’ origins outside of
tradition of
evolution of,
genre limitations of
hero cults and,
Homer’s new direction for ,
see also specific epics
Epic of Manas
“Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries” (Housman)
Erinyes,
Etruscans,
Euboia,
Eumelos,
Euphorbos
Euripides,
Eurynome
Eurypylos
Eurystheus,
Eurytion.
Ewings, John,
exile, of sons by their fathers,
exile and sanctuary theme
fame
fathers:
functions of stories about,
sons exiled by,
superiority to
fertility goddess, in Helen’s origins ,
fire, firebrands,
around Achaean ships
around Achilles’ head,
Hephaistos as
in Meleager legend,
in Patroklos’ cremation
in tempering of children
flyting,
folklore
Achilles and
sea creatures in
food
friends, guest
funeral games,
political implications of,
funerals,
Gallipoli campaign
genealogies, exchange of,
Germany
gifts
Agamemnon’s offer of
to Peleus,
see also ransom
Gilgamesh, epic of,
Glaukos,
death of
Sarpedon’s death and
glory
of Achilles ,
of Hektor
of Peleus
reverse side of
gods and goddesses
anger and withdrawal of,
deceptions of,
disguises of
nature of
nature of mortals’ relationship with
Trojan War as spectacle of
see also divine intervention; divine rescue; specific gods and goddesses
Gorgon
graves
Mycenaean,
Great Britain
Greek classical age, knowledge of Iliad in
Greek names, note about orthography of
Greeks, Bronze Age, see Achaeans; Argives; Danaans; Mycenae, Mycenaeans, Mycenaean world
Greek studies, Roman curriculum of
guest friends
Hades (Underworld),
Aiakos in
Hermes in
in Odyssey,
Priam’s symbolic journey to ,
Haditha, U.S. Marine rampage in ,
hair cutting
Hall, Arthur
hapiru (semi-autonomous bands of freebooters),
Hattusa (now Boǧazköy)
Hattusili III, Hittite king
healing
hecatombs,
Hekabe
Hektor’s death and
postwar fate of,
Hektor , xv,
Achilles’ armor taken by
Achilles’ dragging of
Achilles’ post-return encounter with
Achilles’ refusal to bury
Achilles’ showdown with
Andromache’s meeting with
Apollo’s aid to
arrival at ships of
charioteer of
death of , xiii, xix,
epithet of
etymology of name of,
false beliefs of
flight of
funeral of
glory of
as heroic defender,