Civilization, Homeric; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Homer; Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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.
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