Erotes: "loves, " pl. of "eros;" Greek title of Lucian's
work, rendered here as "Different Loves."
139, 160, 163
Eros: god of love; both oldest god, arising from Chaos,
and youngest, as archer son of Aphrodite.
6, 49, 74, 75, 76, 78,
85, 112, 113, 136, 146, 154, 155, 157
Erymanthian boar: mythical beast captured on
Hercules' fourth labor, before his voyage to Mysia.
141
Euphrates: river in present-day Iraq.
127
Euripides: Athenian playwright, 484406 BCE.
79, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145
Eurydice: dryad; wife of Orpheus; her loss
drove him to forswear the love of women.
69, 70, 71, 153
Fates: three goddesses who set destiny, spinning,
measuring, and cutting the thread of life.
Furies: goddesses of revenge who pursue murderers (especially
matricides such as Orestes).
83
Ganymede: hero; son of Tros, most handsome of
mortal men, beloved (and great-grandson) of Zeus.
IV, 4, 5, 39,
44-47-49, 50, 51, 134-136, 140, 143, 146, 150, 151, 159
Genetylides: goddesses of birth.
81
Golden Fleece: the pelt of Zeus' flying ram,
mythical treasure sought by Jason and the Argonauts.
57, 66
Goldenhorse: translation; see Chrysippus.
30-33, 34, 131, 150
Hades: god of the underworld, brother of Zeus;
also, the underworld itself.
17, 70, 98. 117, 125
Heaven: see Olympus
20, 49, 57, 70, 139
Hebe: goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and
Hera, cast aside to make room for Ganymede.
48
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