GENERAL INDEX
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
Hebrew religion, contrasted with Greek, 3
Helena, 286
Helios, displaced by S. Elias, 44
Hemlock, 578
Hera, as type of women, 591;
cults of, 591;
wedding of, 599
Heracles, 469
Hermes Agoraeus, oracle of, 305
Hermes, as escorter of the dead, 544;
succeeded by S. Michael, 45
Heroes, in form of serpents, 273
Heron, 309
Hesiodic Ages of mankind, 294
Hesperides, 282
Hiccough, as omen, 330
Hippolytus, oath of, 418
Holy Ghost, rarely named by peasants, 51
Holy Week, 572 ff.
Homicide, Delphic tradition concerning, 444, 480;
Plato’s legislation concerning, 451
Honey-cakes, as diet of genii, 274
Honey, as food for the dead, 533;
chief offering to Nymphs, 150;
offered to the Fates, 121
Hospitality of Greeks, 31
Human sacrifice, 262 ff., 273, 276;
a modern conception of, 341 ff.;
as means of sending a wife to some god, 583;
long-continued in Ancient Greece, 343;
modern story of, 339, 436;
substitute for, 583
Humour, popular sense of, 69
Hylas, modern parallel to story of, 161
Hymenaeus, legend of, 552
Iasion, as type of the initiated, 579
Icarus, 76
Icons, 301
Idolatry, popular inclination towards, 59
Image, magical treatment of, 16