Hylas: hero; son of Thiodamas, beloved of
Hercules, taken by the river nymphs. 45, 47, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 60, 125, 126, 137, 138, 152, 159
Ida: mountain in Phrygia, close to Troy,
from which Zeus abducted Ganymede.
45, 47, 135
Iolaus: hero; Hercules' helper, nephew, and beloved.
Lovers and beloveds swore loyalty at his tomb.
2, 6, 7, 8, 85,
126, 137, 141, 147, 154
Jason: hero; leader of the Argonauts and
Hera's protegee.
57, 60, 61, 138
King of the Gods, also King of Heaven: see Zeus.
4, 45, 46
Laius: hero; tutor and raper of Chrysippus
(Goldenhorse); murdered by his own son, Oedipus.
31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 117, 131, 141, 150
Lemnian women: heroines; cursed with a
foul stench for not honoring Aphrodite.
8
Lernean swamp: notorious marsh; home of the
Hydra, and Dionysus' gate into the underworld.
Lernean heads: the Hydra's; if one was cut,
two grew back unless the stump was cauterized.
8
Lesbos: island in the northern Aegean,
directly east of Thrace.
73, 75, 146
Liriope: water nymph, mother of Narcissus; "Lilly Face."
Lord of the Sea: see Poseidon
Love: see Aphrodite
Lucian of Samosata: satirist, author (?) of
Erotes, (Different Loves); 120190 CE.
127
Lyceum: gymnasium where philosophy was taught,
near ancient Athens.
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