The World of Homer
Eëtion, buried in his armour, 47, 112, 248, 265.
Egypt, relations between, and Crete, 3;
known to Homer, 18-9.
Eleusis, Mysteries of, 117, 120, 133, 275.
Elpenor, burial of, 106, 112.
Ephorus, 281, 282, 283.
Ephyre, Eumelian tradition of, 171, 174-5.
Epicaste, 34.
Epicharmus attacks the character of Odysseus, 188-9.
Epopeus, 174, 175.
Erechtheus, worship of, 117, 214;
marriage of his daughter, 139;
tradition of, according to Euripides, 285-6.
Eriphyle, 34.
Eris, 205.
Eteocles, 31, 158, 159.
Eumaeus, kidnapped by Phoenicians, 19, 30;
belts his chiton, 62;
piety of, 124; r., 32, 103.
Eumelus, methods and reputed works of, 170-9, 187, 219, 273.
Euphorbus, his corslet, 73, 74-5;
would have mutilated Menelaus, 265.
Euripides, cited on the fate of Hector, 46;
his version of the Tale of Thebes, 158;
of Theseus, 158-9;
of Odysseus, 188;
of Palamedes, 192-3;
of Ephigeneia, 211;
of Polyxena, 217;
his _Erechtheus_, 286; r., 138.
Eurycleia, 129.
Eurypylus, 163, 209, 241.
Eurytus, his bow, 49; urn, 110.
Eustathius, Bishop of Thessalonica, quoted on the quality of
Homeric religion, 133-4.
Evans, Arthur, cited on the François Vase, 8;
on Homeric mention of bronze and iron, 99;
on burial customs, 107;
and on the Mycenaean sun-god, 114.
Fairies, Homeric, 132.
Farnell, G. S., cited on Homer's Artemis, 116.
Fibulae, 2, 4, 6, 64, 65, 84, 86-7, 91-3, 145, 148.
Fitz-Alan Stewarts, fabulous genealogy of, 139, 140.
Four Ages:
First (Aegean or Minoan), 2-3, 7.
Second (Homeric), 3-4, 6-7.
Third (Dipylon), 4-5, 7.
Fourth (Proto-Historic), 5, 6.
Games, periodical, not known in Homerian times, 30.
Geography, confusion of early mythical, 179.
Gezer, excavations at, 99.
Ghost-worship ignored by Homer, 110, 117.
Glam, burning of, 266, 267.
Glaucus, his encounter with Diomede, 231-3;
tells the tale of Bellerophon, 161, 171; r., 13, 17, 18, 46.
Golden Ram, search for the fleece of, 165.
Gold work in Attica, 147.
Gorgias, 188.
Greece, influence of Minoan culture in, 3;
probable conquests in, by Achaeans, 10, 11, 12;
relation of, to Crete, 15-6;
relations between, and Egypt, 19;
language or languages of prehistoric, 151-3;
legendary history of, 168;
prominent vices of, 189.
Grettir, 266, 267.
Grote, George, cited on Attica and the ancient epic poets of
Greece, 154;
cited on Athenian version of the Tale of Thebes, 158;
uses Achacan legends, 182;
his discovery of apparent discrepancies in conncction with
Achilles, 234, 237-8, 239-43;
on the Solonian laws, 270;
Mr. Verrall on, 284.
Gunnar, 266.
Hades, wounding of, 136.
Haghia Triada, seal impressions of, 63, 73, 79.
Hall, H. R., cited on Phoenician commerce, 19.
Hallstatt, cemetery of, 96.
Hammurabi, Laws of, 39.
Harrison, Miss Jane E., cited, 275.
Hector, relations of, with Helen, 35, 36;
relations of, with Achilles, 45-6, 111, 120, 235, 241, 264-5, 277;
and Patroclus, 45, 108, 265;
relations of, with Aias, 46, 185, 238;
his prowess in battle, 51-4;
reputed connection of, with Boeotia, 183-6;
offers Polyxena to Achilles, 217; r., 43, 112, 212.
Helbig, Herr, cited on different uses of bronze and iron, 97,
98, 100;
cited on Homeric cremation, 107;
cited on anti-Minoan stories, 156.
Helen, has been in Egypt, 18;
occupations of, 30, 33;
immortal charm of, 34-5;
blamed by the Trojan women, 35, 37;
and Paris, 35, 206-7;
un-Homeric traditions of, 190, 214-5;
parentage of, according to Cypria, 206;
reputed to be mother of Iphigeneia, 210; r., 36.
Helios, 174, 177, 179.
Helle, legends of, 163-4.
Hellen, sons of, 139 140.
Hephaestus, demands the return of the bride-price, 37-8;
domestic misfortunes of, 122;
and spear and armour of Achilles, 205, 244.
Hera, Homeric description of, 36, 43, 121;
her peplos, 93;
jealousy of, 122, 162, 205-6;
favours the Argo, 178;
in battle, 232.
Heracles, a bowman, 49;
feud of, with Neleus, 135-6, 168;
Homeric tradition of, 162;
presumed older poem on, 172; r., 161.
Hermione (daughter of Helen), 35.
Herodotus, cited on changes in Athenian female costume, 90;
on purification by blood, 134;
cited on the origin of the Ionians, 138, 142, 143;
cited on Pelasgian speech, 151-2;
on body-snatching, 183;
on relations of _Cypria_ and _Iliad_, 200;
r., 119, 281.
Hero-worship, in historic Greece, 125-6;
un-Homeric, 127;
few traces of, in early Northern literature, 266, 267.
Hesiod, on uses of bronze and iron, 103;
his myth of Cronos, 116; his view of Minos, 156;
legends known to, 168-9;
school of, 170;
in agreement with Homer on birth of Circe and Aietes, 177;
geography of, 178,179;
non-Homeric stratum of his poetry, 272, 273, 274-5;
r., 22, 159.
Heyne, C. G., cited, 240, 241.
Hill-Tout, Mr., cited on use of corslets and shields, 80.
Hipparchus, alleged founder of Homeric recitations
at Athens, 270-1, 283, 286-7.
Hippemolgoi, the, 18.
Hippias, 271.
Hippolochus mutilated, 265.
Hipponax, 63.
Hogarth, David George, excavations of, 148;
cited on Ionian civilisation, 149.
Hogg, James, part of "Auld Maitland" speculatively assigned to, 293-4.
Homer, reality of Homeric civilisation, 1-2, 3-4, 5-9;
epoch of his heroes indefinite, 10;
omits mention of Achacan conquests in Crete, 10-11, 12;
his account of Crete in _Odyssey_, 13;
and attitude towards Asians, 13, 17-8;
his view of the dependency of Crete, 15-6;
ignores Ionian traditions, 10, 158, 187, 218, 221;
ancestry, 20;
his system of land tenure, 21-4, 26-7;
a lover of peace, 28-9;
purification by swine's blood unknown to, 29-30, 129, 133, 135,
198;
interested in the "folk," 31-2;
in touch with Aegean culture, 33;
his chivalrous treatment of women, 34-7;
on family life and morality, 41-4;
customs of, war and weapons, 45-50;
his tactics, 51-5;
criticism of his battles, 56-9;
on men's dress and armour, 60-79;
female costume, 81-95;
his age one of "overlap," 96, 104;
cremation and cairn-burial, 105-12;
religion and ethics of, 107, 110, 111, 115-7, 120-7, 128;
makes scanty mention of temples, 130-1;
not superstitious, 132-3;
his conception of the Ionians, 137, 142-3;
ignorant of the Theseus myth, 155;
his view of Minos, 155-6;
individuality of his minor characters, 161;
his knowledge of "Sagas" and _Märchen_, 161-3;
and treatment of material, 163-71;
did not borrow from Eumelus, 172, 174, 177-9;
his story of Bellerophon, 176;
in accord with Hesiod on parentage of Circe, 177;
geographical knowledge of, not extensive, 179;
his casual mention of Thersites, 180-2;
cult of heroes unknown to, 185, 194;
his tradition of Odysseus, 188-9, 190;
Palamedes apparently unknown to, 190, 193, 198;
disagreement of critics over authenticity of his works, 200-8;
his characterisation of Achilles, 246-50;
of Agamemnon, 250;
perfection of form in his poetry, 254-5;
only one mention of writing in, 261;
rejects all _märchenhaft_, 264;
ferocity in, not expurgated, 264-5;
did not sing for "groundlings," 277;
reputed connection of Pisistratus with his poems, 281, 286;
effect of, on the Athenians 286.
Hoplites, 55, 56.
Horse, the Wooden, 47, 163, 215-6.
Hypsipyle is loved by Jason, 96, 179.
Idas, 207, 208.
Idomeneus of Cnossos, 14;
prowess of, 15, 53;
his Achaean descent, 16;
his trophies, 47;
his genealogy, 156.
_Iliad_, manner of, Achaean, 12, 221;
the _Catalogue_, 13-7;
tenure of property in, 22;
treatment of women in, 35, 36;
domestic relations, 43;
account of battle in, 51-4;
untouched by Ionian hands, 59, 150;
false passage in, 103;
cremation customary in, 105;
other funeral rites, 112;
Dionysus, 118-9;
Ionians once mentioned in, 138;
geographical knowledge not extensive in, 179, 198;
character of Odysseus, 188;
no mention of Palamedes, 194, 195;
later or earlier than the _Cypria_?, 195-6, 200;
asserted not to be the work of one man, 201;
Aristotle's criticism of, 201-2;
tradition of Castor and Polydeuces in, 208;
material possibly obtained from, for the _Cypria_, 211-2;
multiplex authorship of, a foregone conclusion with sundry
critics, 223-4;
Miss Stawell on, 244-6, 244;
Verrall on, 226-8, 245;
Leaf, 230, 231, 233, 241, 244;
Grote, 234-43;
ferocity prevalent in, 265;
Mr. Murray considers the body of, to be Ionian, 271-3;
author's general conclusions on, 246-50;
possibly alien passages in, 250-1;
who were the purgers?, 263.
_Iliad_, the _Little_. See Cyclic Poems.
Imbrios, mutilated, 265.
Infanticide, female, 40, 44.
Ino, ill-treats her step-children, 34, 164; r., 127.
Ion, descent of, 139; buried in Attica, 140.
Ionian, civilisation, different from Homeric, 6-9, 144, 148-9;
--colonists apparently unknown to Homer, 12;
--land tenure in early settlements, 23;
--poets, their treatment of women, 37;
--historical warfare, 56;
--poets, anachronisms of, 60-3, 70;
--art, 148-9, 150.
Ionians, who were they?, 137-8;
their fabulous genealogy, 138-9, 140;
difference between, and Achaeans, 141;
Homeric conception of, 142-3;
intermarriages and religious observances of, 143-4;
in Attica, 147;
mixed traditions of, 154, 157;
have no Homeric traditions, 158;
attempts of, to attach themselves to the great traditions,
158-9, 160, 195;
degradation of Odysseus traceable to, 189-90, 193;
could not purge what they themselves practised, 268.
Iphigeneia, various legends of, 157, 193, 210-11, 221, 279.
Iphitus, murder of, 135, 136.
Ireland, early civilisation in, 21-2;
heroic, ceremonial observances in, 31;
method of war in, in late Celtic times, 48.
Iron, early and later uses of, 3, 4, 5, 21, 96-104, 107.
Isocrates, boasts of Theseus, 158-9;
cited on the public recitation of Homer, 282-3, 285.
Itylus, 157.
Jardanus (river), 13.
Jason, loves Hypsipyle, 96, 179;
legends of, 165-7, 175-6.
Jehoram, King, not cremated, 108.
Kalewala, the Finnish, 165, 166.
Kirchhoff, Herr, cited on Homeric mention of iron, 100.
Kuhnert, Herr Ernst, on quality of Homer's poetry, 169.
Laertes, 43.
Laestrygones, 18.
Laid law, William, 294.
Land Tenure, Homeric, 21-3;
in Ionian colonies, 23.
Langside, battle of, 53.
Laocoon,215.
Laomedon, 162.
Layard. Sir A. H., cited on Greek armour and costume, 67, 74, 91,
92, 93.
Leaf, Walter, cited on Homeric fighting, 58;
on Homeric armour, 70, 76;
on costume of Mycenaean women, 83-4;
on archaic female costume, 94;
on false passage in the _Iliad_, 103;
on Demeter and Diogenes, 118;
on the "chiton trailers," 138;