Abantes of Euboea, 14, 143. Abrahams, Miss E., cited on early Greek female costume, 87, 89, 90, 92. Achaean culture, quality of, 3-4, 7; architecture, 42; Homeric Epics the fruit of, 221; Northern character of, 262 _et sqq_. Achaeans, the, 2; probable conquests of, in Greece and Crete, 10-2, 13-4, 16; character of their invasion, 33; domestic life of, 37, 41-4; siege operations of, 47; in battle, 52-4; not under a vow during siege of Troy, 132. Achaeus, 139. Achilles, mutiny of, 24-5; shield of, 29; Wrath of, 35, 195, 202, 246-7; love of, for his mother, 36, 239, 247-8; relations of, with Agamemnon, 38, 54, 122, 123, 131, 195, 234, 235, 237-43, 247; relations of, with Hector, 45-6, 277, 279; and Patroclus, 45, 54, 105, 111, 123, 236, 239-42, 244, 248-9; merciful qualities of, 46, 47, 265; vengeance of, on Achaeans, 54, 235-43; quoted on death, 106; cult of, 126; tradition of, and Thersites, 133, 180-1; Homeric tradition and characterisation of, 167, 168, 169, 246-50; tradition of, in _Cypria_, 190, 209, 211; spear of, 205, 209; tradition of, in _Aethiopis_, 212-4; in _Iliou Persis_, 217; armour of, 225, 244-5; meeting of, and Aeneas, 251; r., 18, 28, 30, 98, 132, 163, 193. Acusilaus, 173. Adrastus, 17, 126, 158. Aegean culture, 2; arrival of, in Thessaly, 11; recollection of, in Homeric days, 20, 33; architecture, 42; armour and weapons, 48-9, 60-1; iron not used for weapons in, 96; vases, 97; jewellery, 99; burial customs, 106-7; traces of hero-worship in, (?) 113; religion, 116, 117; gold cups of Vaphio, 132. Aegeus, legends of, 175. Aegina, relics found in, 145-6. Aegisthus, warned by the gods, 37, 123. Aeneas, represents the "Orleans branch" at Troy, 17, 251; prominence of, in _Iliou Persis_, 216; protected by Apollo, 232. Aepytus, grave of, 109. Aeschylus, mentions purification by swine's blood, 29, 134-45; traditions used by, 188, 270; r., 37, 39. Aethra, un-Homeric traditions of, 155, 214-6. Agamemnon, the Over Lord, 15; character of, 24, 248, 250; relations of, with Achilles, 24-5, 38, 54, 95, 122, 123, 131, 234, 235, 237-43, 247; brings home Cassandra, 43; ferocity of, 46, 51-2, 265; proclaims purification, 133; Ionian hostility to, 160; un-Homeric traditions of, 142, 190, 192, 195, 202, 208, 210, 279; his camp wall, 227-30; arming of, 251; r., 102, 127, 230. Agrios, late story of, 180-1. Aias, quoted on blood-price, 29; shield and armour of, 31, 70-1; relations of, with Hector, 46, 53, 54. 185, 238; Ionian partiality for, 160, 189, 202; reference to, in Quintus Smyrnaeus, 192; cult of, 213; suicide of, 163, 216.