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

GENERAL INDEX

Harmodius, the tyrannicide, 405

Harmonia, 213, 46

Harpagion, “the rape,” 459

Harpalus, and Pythionike, 401 ; licentiousness of, 402

Harpalyce, incest of, 152, 258, 518 n.

Harvest festivals, 121

Hebe, 214

Hecate, 372

Hector, 420; leave-taking with Andromache, I9

Hecuba, 70

Hedone, 5

Hedonism, 16

Hekatombaion (month), 114

Hekatoncheires, 181

Helen of Troy, 24, 25, 7°, 203, 2365 Alcman’s palinode to, 245 3 Stesichorus’s Epithalamium, 47

Helicon, Mt., and Priapus, 224

Helios, 185; Priapus identified with, 223

Hellanodike, 105

“ Hellebore,”’ as hetaira-name, 408

Hellenistic literature, erotic in, 256 fi.

Hellotia, Games of, 109

Hemlock, in superstition, 371

Hen, superstition concerning, 365 f.

Hepheestus, 8, 185 f.

Hera, goddess of marriage, 42, 56, 185, 214; in beauty contest, 97; persecutes Heracles, 231 ; Ixion and, 227, 502; jealousy of, 45, 183, 188, 217, 230; marriage of, 184, temple of Samos, 434; tempts Zeus, 6, 184; Aspasia so nicknamed, 352

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Heracles, 230-3; birth and parentage, 56, 231; and the Amazons, 195; labours of, 231 f.; and the Olympic

Games, 104; priests of, 125, 128; his sensuality, 9, 10 and n., 70; statues in gymnasia, 91, 131, 453n.; and Cycnus, 241, 463, Eurystheus, 464, Hebe, 214, Hylas, 132, 464, 476, Tolaus, 10, 444, 463, Omphale, 58, 225, 233, 504, Silenus, 520

Herbs and plants, magical, 268, 275, 304, 374

Hermaphroditic images, 501

Hermaphroditism, 124 ff.; 506n.

gods, 124;

Hermaphroditos, 125-7, 214; and Priapus, 223

Hermerotes, 214

Hermes, 52, 125, 126, 130, 208 f., 417, 464; festivals of, 453 n. ; favoured by the Nymphs, 219 ; father of Pan, 224; part-father of Orion, 211; statues of in gymnasia, 91, 131, 453 n., 498; and Cadmus, 426

Hermes Chthonios, 113

‘‘ Hermes is common,” 278

Hermes pillars, 127, 130

Hermonassa, the hetaira, 400

Hermotimus, the eunuch, 497

Heepyllis; concubine of Aristotle, 395

Hesperides, the, 184

Hesperus, 49, 273, 425 and n., 477

Hetairee, 339-63; 84, 129, 152, 172, 179, 295, 260, 329 ff., 376 ff., 395 ff.; avarice of, 354, 358 £., 385 ff., 401, 405, 408 ; benefactions of, 346, 350, 356, 4043 earnings, see Prostitutes ; on male homosexuality, 447 ; importunity of, 405; learning of, 345 ; memorials to, 401, 402, 404; nicknames, 408 f.; royal honours for, 344, 403; portrayed on the stage, 343; statues to, 339, 35°, 403; superstitions of, 363 f.; in temples, 388 f.; temples dedicated to, 389, 402; toilet of, 357 f., 407 f.

Hetairistria, 316

Hiero, vase-painter (fl. c. 480-450 BiG) 317

Hieroduli, 195, 341 ; prostitution of, 196; in temples, 393

Hilaro-tragedia, 265

Hilarodia, 266

Himation, 80; indispensable for women, 84

Hippias, the tyrant, 405

Hippic contests, 104, 109

Hippocleides, and Agariste, 164, 247

Hippodameia, 150, 228, 431 n.

Hippolytus, 195; and Phedra, I5I, 157

Hippomanes, 268, 364

Hippothots, story of, 491

Homosexuality, 411-98 ; 132, 134, 193, 280; terminology, 413 ff. ; ethics of, 440 ff.; sacredness of, 434; indicates advance in civilization, 244, 434 ; originates in sight of beauty, 91; not

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