by Hesiod
PERSEUS: hero who slew the Gorgon Medusa. 41, 49, 147, 151, 152, 155, 162, 163, 166
PHOIBÊ (fē-bē): “shining goddess,” a Titan, mother of Leto. 37, 63
PHOIBOS (fē-bos): see Apollo.
PHORKYS (for-kis): a sea god. 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56
PIERIA: an area of southeastern MACEDONIA sacred to the Muses. 34, 109, 160
PLEIADÊS (plē-a-dēz): daughters of Atlas, a constellation in the constellation Taurus. 49, 86, 123, 133, 134
PLOUTOS: “wealth,” son of Demeter and Iasion, often identified with Hades. 78, 88, 90
POSEIDON: son of Kronos and Rhea, lord of the sea, god of earthquakes and horses. 22, 25, 31, 33, 47, 48, 49, 53, 64, 65, 76, 137, 148, 156, 159
PROMETHEUS: “forethinker,” a Titan who deceives Zeus at Mekonê and steals fire in a fennel stalk. 18, 26, 27, 33, 37, 67–71, 73, 97, 99, 101, 111, 112
RACE OF HEROES: the fourth of the five races of humankind. 98–100, 115
RETRIBUTION (Nemesis): a personification. 116, 117
RHEA (rē-a): consort of Kronos, mother of the Olympians. 22, 24–28, 37, 64–66, 73
SEA (Pontos): father with Earth of many monsters. 22, 24, 27, 36–38, 45, 47, 50, 57, 80, 94, 153
SEMELÊ (sem-e-lē): mother of Dionysos. 86, 87, 90, 91
SHAME (Aidos): a personification. 116, 121
SILVER RACE: the second of the five races of humankind. 98, 99, 101, 114, 115
SIRIUS: the Dog Star, harbinger of the Dog Days. 125, 133, 134, 157, 169
SKY (Ouranos, oo-ra-nos): a child of Earth. 12, 14, 16, 17, 21–28, 34, 36–42, 44, 62, 66, 67, 73–75, 80, 83, 84, 142
SLEEP (Hypnos): a god, brother of Death. 42, 46, 77, 80
SPHINX: a winged, devouring female monster with a lion’s body, child of Chimaira. 24, 54, 56, 153
STRIFE (Eris): a child of Night (Nyx). 45, 46, 101–103, 109, 110, 142, 147, 157
STYX: “hateful,” an Oceanid and underworld river. 57, 60, 63, 77, 79, 80
SUCCESSION MYTH: a mythic pattern wherein a generation overthrows the one preceding. 12, 13, 26, 27, 41, 66, 83
SUN (Helios): a child of Hyperion. 33, 37, 60, 61, 90, 92
TARTAROS: a dark place beneath Earth, later confused with the House of Hades. 21, 23, 25, 29, 36, 37, 38, 67, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 164
TELEGONOS (tel-e-gon-os): son of Circe and Odysseus. 95, 96
TETHYS (tē-this): a watery goddess, the consort of Ocean. 22, 37, 54, 58, 59
THEBES: a major city, capital of Boeotia. 1, 4, 31, 86, 90, 99, 100, 115, 145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153–156, 164
THEIA (thē-a): “goddess,” a Titan, mother of Sun, Moon, and Dawn. 22, 23, 37, 58, 61
THEMIS: “law,” a Titan. 22, 31, 33, 37, 83, 85
theogony: “the begetting of the gods.” 1, 2, 9, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22, 31, 33, 37, 84, 97, 104, 109, 111, 137, 153, 164, 173, 175, 178
THESEUS: Athenian hero, slayer of the Minotaur and son of Aegeus. 88, 117, 158, 159, 161
THESSALY: territory in northern Greece. 57, 73, 135, 146, 154, 159, 160, 169
THETIS (thē-tis): a Nereid, mother of Achilles. 24, 47, 50, 94
TIRYNS: important citadel near MYCENAE on the Argive Plain, home to Herakles. 52, 145, 151, 155
TITANOMACHY (tī-tan-o-ma-kē): the battle between the Olympian gods and the Titans. 25, 73
TITANS: the children of Sky and Earth. 17, 22, 23–26, 29, 33, 37, 40, 42, 60, 62, 67, 73–76, 79–81, 83, 99, 97, 114, 123
TITHONOS (tith-ō-nos): a Trojan prince abducted by Dawn. 90, 92, 93
TRITOGENEIA (trī-to-ghen-ē-a): an epithet of Athena. 83, 84, 160
TRITON (trī-ton): a sea god, son of Amphitritê and Poseidon. 86
TROY: citadel in Asia Minor. 57, 92, 99, 100, 115, 137
TYPHON (tī-fon): a gigantic monster, enemy of Zeus. 9, 13, 17, 25, 26, 27, 29, 52, 54, 56, 70, 80–82, 153
TYRSENIANS: the Etruscans. 96
ZEUS: king of the Olympians and Greek storm god. 1, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21–29, 31, 33–37, 39, 49, 51, 54, 57, 60, 62, 64–68, 71–77, 79–88, 92, 94, 96–103, 109–116, 118–120, 122, 123, 125, 128, 129, 132, 135, 137, 139, 141, 145, 148, 152–158, 160, 162, 166, 167, 168, 169