Sexual life in ancient Greece : with thirty-two full-page plates

GENERAL INDEX

Feminism, origin, 246; development, 256; scorn of, 493

Festivals, 103-32

Feverfew, an aphrodisiac, 513

Fico, 367, 37°

Figs, at the Dionysia, 122 n.

Flagallation, 130, 503

Flatterers, inconstancy of, 498

Flea-wort, magical property of,

364

“Flirt,” no Greek word for, 19

Flora, 212

Flowers, symbolism of, 423 ff.

Flute, 167

Flute-players, 169, 172 f., 339, 345, 472; nakedness of, 98; at the Pythia, 109

*“ Foals of Aphrodite,” 129, 331,

397 : Fruitfulness, festivals of, 121

Gea, and Uranus, 181

Galatea, 270

Gall, 42, 71

“* Gallantry,” unknown in Greece, 19, 32, 57) 411

Gallos, Syrian goddess, 507

Gamelion, the marriage-month, 42

Games, to public, 87, 103, 426

Ganymede, 169, 183, 214, 417, 426, 452, 456, 459, 463, 464

Garlic, 111 ; as an abstergent, 521

Gaugamela, battle of, 344

Gelon of Syracuse, dress of, 80

Girdle, 310; the adulteress’s, 63 ; Aphrodite’s, 6, 184, 201; dedicated to Artemis, 194; sole garment of dancers, 98; of an hetaira, 338; symbolism, of, 84; as votive offering, 42

Girls, as actresses, 297; at the baths, ror; castration of, 11, 511; clothing, 83 ff., 953; as cupbearers, 171 ; education of, 28, 418; flagellation at feast of Dionysus, 503; allowed at Games, 93; naked in public, 11, 83, 87, 95, 98, 99

Glycera, Harpalus’s hetaira, 403

Gnatheena, Gnathenion, the hetaire, 346, 354

Gnathon, 289

Goat, sacred to Aphrodite, 208, and to Dionysus, 122n., 219; Pan god of, 224 ; in witchcraft, 374; milk of, an aphrodisiac, 364

Gods of the Greeks, their nature, 182 ; amours of, 190, 226 f.

Gongyla, friend of Sappho, 319

Gorgidas, founder of the Sacred Band, 442

Gorgo, friend of Sappho, 319

Gortyn, the Laws of, 458

Graves, inscriptions on, 429

Graces, the Three, 51, 213, 479, 481

Grease-paint, see Cosmetics

Greeks, their love of art and beauty, 5, 87, 91, 93, 96, 212, 524; culture of, 5, 18, 28, 30, 103, 296, 523; moral ideals of, 3, 17, 89, 5253; idea of love, 307, 434; sensuality of, 6, 17; lack of nationality, 103; and women, 18 ff., 59; introduce “mixed bathing”, go

Guests, bathing of, 99

Gum, in witchcraft, 374

Gyges and Candaules, 97, 255, 499

Gymnasion, 89, 92, 419 ; arrangement of, 90; for men only, 92; decency in, 96; public baths at, 100; patron gods of, 131; immorality in, 453 n.

Gymnastics, 90-6 ; and the sexes, 11, 87, 95; nakedness and, 9°, 419; spectators at, 95

Gymnic contests, 104, 109, IIo, 118, 120, 131

Gymnopedia, 35, (dance), 164

Gymnos, meaning of, 80, 94, 419

Gynaekonitis (women’s quarters), 31, 57

Gynaekonomus (‘‘ chaperone’), 29

Gynatkokratia, 195

Gyne, 32

Gypones, 266

115, 460;

Habrocomes, see Abrocomes

Habrotonum, see Southernwood

Hades, 116, 240

Hemorrhoids (‘‘ evil wolf’’), 365

Hail, charm against, 367

Hair, 433; dyeing of, among women, 7I, 357, 407, among men, 16; used as towel, 435, 519n.; sacrificed to Adonis, 392; as votive offering, 42, 508 ; in witchcraft, 379 ; pubic, 417, 506

Hairiness, dislike of among the Greeks, 12 (n.), 506

“ Handle-kiss,”’ 310, 343

Harbours, a haunt of prostitutes, 338, 340, 400, 405, 438

Hare, sacred to Aphrodite, 208 ; superstition concerning, 365

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