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Authors: Caroline Alexander
The War That Killed Achilles (45 page)
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
see
Achaeans; Argives; Danaans; Mycenae, Mycenaeans, Mycenaean world
burials,
at Lefkandi,
see also
funerals; graves
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),
(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
see
Hellespont
Dardanians, xix,
see also
Trojans, Troy
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
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
aristeÃa
of
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 apátÄ, see
Deception of Zeus
Deception of Zeus
divine intervention
Agamemnon's delusional dream as
Agenor and
Apollo's plague as
of Athene,
see
Athene, intervention in war by
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 Hektor
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,
ElÄon,
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
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
divine intervention; divine rescue;
specific gods and goddesses
Gorgon
graves
Mycenaean,
Great Britain
Greek classical age, knowledge of
Iliad
in
Iliad
in
Greek names, note about orthography of
Greeks, Bronze Age,
see
Achaeans; Argives; Danaans; Mycenae, Mycenaeans, Mycenaean world
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),
(semi-autonomous bands of freebooters),
Hattusa (now BogÌazköy)
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,
Homer's alleged invention of ,
Iliad
's first mention of,
's first mention of,
Iris' message for
leadership of
omen ignored by
paired brothers motif and,
parents' imploring of
Paris disparaged by
Patroklos killed by
Poulydamas' exchange with
return to Troy of
shield of,
as sympathetic character,
unheroic actions of,
wounding of
Helen
abduction or seduction of
Achaean warriors identified by ,
Aphrodite confronted by
avenging of,
beauty of
duel for,
see
duel, Paris-Menelaos
see
duel, Paris-Menelaos
in Egypt,
etymology of name of
Hektor addressed by
Hektor's death and
Hittite law and,
Iris as messenger to
Judgment of Paris and
origins of,
pact of suitors of
phantom of,
possessions of
postwar life of
self-characterization of
weaving of
Helenos
Helios
Hellen
Hellenes
Hellespont (Dardanelles)(map)
boundless,
current and wind in,
helmets:
of Achilles
of Hektor
of Paris
of Patroklos
Hephaistos,
Achilles' armor made by ,
falls of,
houses crafted by
intervention in war by
lameness of,
Thetis' saving of
Hera,
Achaean cities sacrificed by
Aphrodite mocked by
cows associated with,
in Deception of Zeus
Hephaistos thrown from Olympos by
.
.
horses and,
intervention in war by
Judgment of Paris and
Sarpedon's death and ,
Thetis' marriage and ,
Zeus' pact with
Herakles,
Hermes,
with Priam
Herodotus,
heroes:
Achilles' distinctiveness from tradition of
angry, withdrawal of
cult worship of,
Peleus as outside tradition of
quarrels between,
see
quarrels between heroes
see
quarrels between heroes
smith as nurturer and guardian of ,
superiority of fathers and
whisking away of,
withdrawal-to-return theme of ,
see also specific heroes
Hesiod,
Athene's birth in
on athletic games,
catalogue poetry of,
divine deception in,
on Heracles' shield
on Menoitios
on Niobe,
on origins of Myrmidons ,
Theogony
of,
of,
hetaros,
Hill of the Thicket,
Himerius,
Hippolochos
Hippomolgoi
Hittites,
Ahhiyawa and
Alaksandu of Wilusa in texts of
in Battle of Kadesh,
cremation and,
cuneiform of
divine appeasement and,
law of, Helen's situation and,
Luwian in ritual text of
mission of suppliant parent and
Mycenaean contact with,
religious festivals of
Song of Kumarbi of,
Trojans related to,
“vanishing deity” stories of,
Weather God of
Wilusa as vassal state of,
Homer
as blind bard,
Embassy's innovative elements and ,
as “first geographer,”
Hektor as alleged invention of ,
Hesiod's borrowing from
new direction for epic of ,
origins of
outlandishness eschewed by ,
Patroklos developed by,
Phoinix as invention of,
Plato's banning of works of
theogony of
Homeric Hymns,
homosexuality,
honor
of Achilles,
see
Achilles, honor of
see
Achilles, honor of
of Agamemnon
Horace
horses,
burial of,
Diomedes cults and
divine
in funeral games,
grief of,
Hera and,
of King Rhesos,
Pedasos
Housman, A. E., (“Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries”)
Hypeiron
Hyperboreans,
Ibycus,
ichor
Ida, Mount
Idaios
Idomeneus,
Iliad
(Homer):
(Homer):
Anatolian phraseology in ,
dating of
dissemination of, xiii-xvi,
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