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Bellerophon (also Bellerophontes), 128

Biographical Pattern, 129
Catasterism (Greek Katasterismos), 130
Centaurs and Hippocentaurs (Greek Kentauroi and Hippokentauroi), 132
Charon, 136
Combat Myth and Legend, 137
Cosmogony (Greek Kosmogonia), 139
Culture Hero, 141
Cyclopes (Greek Kyklopes), 143
Demeter (Roman Ceres), 144
Dionysos (Roman Bacchus and Liber Pater), 147
Divine Guilds, 151
Eileithyia, 160
Elysion Field (Latinized form Elysium) and Isles of the Blessed, 160
Epithet, 162
Eponymy, 163
Erebos (Latinized form Erebus), 164
Fabulous Peoples and Places, 165
Flood Myth and Legend, 171
Folk Etymology, 173
Genealogy, 174
Giants (Greek Gigantes), 177
Hades (also Aidoneus) (Roman Dis and Orcus), 179
Hephaistos (Roman Vulcan), 183
Hera (Roman Juno), 186
Herakles (Latinized form Hercules), 189
Hermes (Roman Mercury), 196
Hero (Greek Heros), 199
Hestia (also Histia), (Roman Vesta) 202
Honor (Greek Tim), 202
Hubris, 204
Hunters, 207
Ichor, 211
Iris, 211
Jason (Greek Iason), 212
Kadmos (Latinized form Cadmus), 214
Ker (or Keres), 215
Kouretes (Latinized form Curetes), 216
Kronos (Roman Saturn), 216
Labyrinth (Greek Labyrinthos), 218
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Luminaries, 219
Maenads (Greek Mainades), 223
Meleager (Greek Meleagros), 226
Midas, 226
Monsters, 228
Mountains, 235
Myth of the Ages, 236
Nectar (Greek Nektar), 239
Nymphs (Greek Nymphai), 239
Odysseus, 244
Oedipus (Greek Oidipous), 247
Olympians (Greek Olympioi), 250
Oracles, 251
Orpheus, 253
Pan, 254
Pandora, 257
Persephon (Latinized form Proserpina; also Kor), 259
Perseus, 261
Personified Abstractions, 264
Poseidon (Roman Neptune), 266
Promotion and Demotion, 269
Romantic Narratives, 275
Satyrs (Greek Satyroi) and Silens (Greek Silenoi), 279
Seers, 281
Sex-Changers, 283
Sexual Myths and Legends, 286
Special Rules and Properties, 290
Succession Myth, 293
Tartaros (Latinized form Tartarus), 294
Tasks, 295
Theban Wars, 297
Theseus, 299
Titans (Greek Titanes), 302
Transformation, 302
Translation, 305
Triads, 306
Trickster, 309
Trojan War, 314
Waters, 315
Winds, 321