INDEX OF MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS
[References are to the lines of the Latin text. If the passage is longer than one line, only the first line is cited. Line citations to passages of especial importance to the subject under discussion are starred. A few historical characters from the Octavia are included in the Index. The names of the characters appearing in these tragedies are printed in large capitals, with the name of the tragedy in which the character occurs following in parentheses.]
Absyrtus, a son of Aeëtes, and brother of Medea. Medea, fleeing with Jason from Colchis, slew her brother and scattered his mangled remains behind her, in order to retard her father's pursuit, Med. 121, 125, *131, 452, 473, 911; his dismembered ghost appears to the distracted Medea, ibid. 963.
Abyla, see Calpe.
Acastus, son of Pelias, king of Thessaly. He demands Jason and Medea from Creon, king of Corinth, for vengeance on account of the murder of his father through the machinations of Medea, Med. 257, 415, 521, 526.
Achelǒus, the river-god of the river of the same name. He fought with Hercules for the possession of Deianira, changing himself into various forms, H. Oet. *299; defeated by Hercules, ibid. *495.
Acheron, one of the rivers of hades, Thy. 17; described by Theseus, H. Fur. 715.
Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, and one of the celebrated Greek heroes in the Trojan War. He was connected by birth with heaven (Jupiter), the sea (Thetis), and the lower world (Acacus), Tro. 344; educated by Chiron, the centaur, ibid. 832; hidden by his mother in the court of Lycomedes, king of Scyros, in the disguise of a girl's garments, in order to keep him from the war, ibid. 213; while there, became the father of Pyrrhus by Deïdamia, daughter of the king, ibid. 342; his activities in the early period of the Trojan War, ibid. 182; wounds and cures Telephus, ibid. *215; overthrows Lyrnessus and Chrysa, taking captive Briseïs and Chryseïs, ibid. 220; effect of his anger on account of the loss of Briseïs, ibid. 194, 318; example of the taming power of love, Oct. 814; slays Memnon and trembles at his own victory, Tro. *239; slays Penthesilea, the Amazon, ibid. 243; works dire havoc among Trojans in revenge for death of Patroclus, Agam. 619; slays Hector and drags his dead body around walls of Troy, Tro. 189; is slain by Paris, ibid. 347; his ghost appears to the Greeks on the eve of their homeward voyage, and demands the sacrifice of Polyxena upon his tomb, ibid. *170.
Actaeon, a grandson of Cadmus, who accidentally saw Diana bathing in a pool near Mt. Cithaeron. For this he was changed by the angry goddess into a stag, and in this form was pursued and slain by his own dogs, Oed. *751; Phoen. 14.
Acte, the mistress of Nero who displaced Poppaea, Oct. 195.
Admētus, see Alcestis.
Adrastus, king of Argos. He received the fugitive Polynices at his court, gave him his daughter in marriage, and headed the expedition of the Seven against Thebes, in order to reinstate his son-in-law upon the throne, Phoen. 374.
Aeacus, son of Jupiter and Europa, father of Peleus; on account of his just government on earth he was
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