his account of Crete in _Odyssey_, 13; and attitude towards Asians, 13, 17-8; his view of the dependency of Crete, 15-6; ignores Ionian traditions, 10, 158, 187, 218, 221; ancestry, 20; his system of land tenure, 21-4, 26-7; a lover of peace, 28-9; purification by swine's blood unknown to, 29-30, 129, 133, 135, 198; interested in the "folk," 31-2; in touch with Aegean culture, 33; his chivalrous treatment of women, 34-7; on family life and morality, 41-4; customs of, war and weapons, 45-50; his tactics, 51-5; criticism of his battles, 56-9; on men's dress and armour, 60-79; female costume, 81-95; his age one of "overlap," 96, 104; cremation and cairn-burial, 105-12; religion and ethics of, 107, 110, 111, 115-7, 120-7, 128; makes scanty mention of temples, 130-1; not superstitious, 132-3; his conception of the Ionians, 137, 142-3; ignorant of the Theseus myth, 155; his view of Minos, 155-6; individuality of his minor characters, 161; his knowledge of "Sagas" and _Märchen_, 161-3; and treatment of material, 163-71; did not borrow from Eumelus, 172, 174, 177-9; his story of Bellerophon, 176; in accord with Hesiod on parentage of Circe, 177; geographical knowledge of, not extensive, 179; his casual mention of Thersites, 180-2; cult of heroes unknown to, 185, 194; his tradition of Odysseus, 188-9, 190; Palamedes apparently unknown to, 190, 193, 198; disagreement of critics over authenticity of his works, 200-8; his characterisation of Achilles, 246-50; of Agamemnon, 250; perfection of form in his poetry, 254-5; only one mention of writing in, 261; rejects all _märchenhaft_, 264; ferocity in, not expurgated, 264-5; did not sing for "groundlings," 277; reputed connection of Pisistratus with his poems, 281, 286; effect of, on the Athenians 286. Hoplites, 55, 56. Horse, the Wooden, 47, 163, 215-6. Hypsipyle is loved by Jason, 96, 179.