Attis or Atys, Aphrodite accuses
Eros of inflaming the Goddess
Rhea with love for, 24, and note;
Hermes reproaches Zeus with his
admission to Heaven, 177; ridi-
culed by Momus, 232.
Augustin, St., maintains the reality
of the diabolic inspiration of the
Oracles, 233 note.

Aulularia, the, of Plautus, referred
to, 252 note.

Aurelius, Antoninus, alludes to
Menippus the Satirist, 86 note.
Aurora (Greek Eos), omits to re-
quire from Zeus for her favourite
everlasting youth with ever-
lasting life, 100 note.
Avare, L', of Molière, an imitation
of the Aulularia of Plautus, 252

note.

B.

Babylon, Alexander of Macedon in-
forms Diogenes, in Hades, that
he is lying unburied at, 121;
Stateira, second wife of Alexan-
der, murdered at, 126 note; Me-
nippus, the Cynic, goes to consult
the Magi at, 262, 269.
Bacchus, see Dionysus.

Briareus, the Giant, saves Zeus
from defeat and fetters (as quoted
by Ares from Homer), 50.
Brimo, a name of Hekate, 280 and

note.

Briseis, the slave-girl, cause of the
quarrel of Agamemnon and Achil-
leus, 164.

C.

Caligula, Caius, the Roman Cæsar,
his Life by Suetonius quoted,
215; the vilest des pot recorded
in History, 259 note.
Cannæ (the field of) famous for the
vast number of gold rings cap-
tured by Hannibal, 115 note.
Capua, Alexander of Macedon (in
Hades) retorts upon Hannibal his
luxurious life at, 118.
Carthage, Scipio (in Hades) boasts
of having razed, 119.
Castellanus, on Hellenic Festivals,
referred to by Jensenius (a com-
mentator on Lucian), 166 note.
Cat, the, an object of Egyptian
worship, 201.

Catullus, Valerius, his poem De
Atyde referred to, 24 note; his
Peleus et Thetis, 69 note; Ad
Manlium quoted, 137 note.
Celsus, Λόγος ̓Αληθής, referred to, 92

note.

Chain, the Golden, and the threat

of Zeus, ridiculed by Ares, 40-50.
Chaldæans, the, diviners by dreams,
113.

Chares, the sculptor of the Kolossus

of Rhodes, 178 note.

Charikles, the father of Polias,
noticed, 277.

Charikles (of Becker), the, referred
to, 8, 44, 122 notes.
Charinus, a legacy-hunter, 95.
Charis, a wife of Hephaestus, her
possession by that God excites
the envy of Hermes and Apollo,
29-30.
Charites (Gratia), unite with the
Hora (Hours) in adorning Pan.
dora, 21 note.

Charmides, a principal companion

of Sokrates in Hades, 144, and

note.

Charmolaus, a handsome youth, one
of the passengers in Charon's
boat, 106.
Charcades, a legacy-hunter, his
expected descent to Hades, 99.
Charon, the ferryman of the Styx,
requested by Hermes to pay up
his arrears of debt to him, 93-95;
desires Hermes to strip the rich
and powerful of their various
weighty encumbrances, 105; de-
mands of Menippus his accus-
tomed fee, 146-148; a principal
dramatis persona in the Ferry-Boat,
237-261; Menippus and Mithro-
barzanes embark in his boat, 263;
represented in Art with the pilus,
270 note; receives Menippus on
board, 272.

Charops, the husband of Aglaia and
father of Nireus, 153; of Egina,
a man of infamous debauchery,
adduced by Cyniskus as an in-
stance of successful wickedness,
222.
Cheiron, one of the Kentaurs, tutor
of Achilleus, 128, and note; im-
parts to Menippus his reasons for
preferring Hades to Heaven and
immortality, 154-155.

Cheirotonia, voting by show of
hands, 236 note.

Cheniskus, name for the figure-head
of a Greek ship, 205, and note.
Chilon, one of the "Seven Sages,"
author of the proverb, " Know
thyself," 91 note, 142.

Chimæra, the, a monster of Tar-
tarus, to whom Minos delivers the
wicked for torture, 164, and note;
seen by Menippus in Tartarus,
274.

Chinese Empire, its outskirts known
slightly to the Roman world of
the second century, 255 note.
Chlamys, originally a Macedoniau
dress, worn by Athenians, 125
and note.

Choaspes, a tributary of the river
Tigris, 269, and note.

Christian Fathers, the, refer Hel-

lenic theology and mythology to

the Jewish Sacred Scriptures, 58
note; the Oracles to diabolic in-
spiration, 233 note.

Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, cause
of the feud between Agamemnon
and Achilleus, 164 note.
Chrysippus, second founder of the
School of the Porch, the absurd
Syllogisms of his School ridiculed
by Diogenes in Hades, 88, and

note.

Chrysostom, St., a Christian Father
of the fourth century, his expla-
nation of the Hellenic myth of
Phaethon and the chariot of
Helios, 58 note; on the tomb of
Zeus in Krete, 230 note.
Cicero, M. Tullius, his refusal to

listen to Homer on the rape of
Ganymedes, 6 note; on the statues
of the Gods, 44 note; on the Sa-
tires of Menippus, 86 note; on
the death of Kodrus, 105 note;
on the Summum Bonum, 122
note; on the death of Sokrates,
145 note; references to, 186, 187,
207, 218, 223, 249.
Clemens, Titus Flavius, of Alexan-

dria, on the island of Mykonus,
89 note; on Sacrifice, 215 note;
his statement of the vegetarian
diet of St. Matthew quoted, 269

note.

Corpseland, a member of that bo-
rough proposes the solemn decree
of the Dead, 280.

Cow, the, a famous statue by
Myron, of; thirty-six epigrams
in the Anthologia celebrate her
praise, 176 note; an object of
divine worship with the Egyp-
tians, 201, 232.
Curtius Rufus (Roman biographer
of Alexander of Macedon), his
explanation of the story of Lysi-
machus and the lion, 126 note.
Cybele (or Rhea), the tricks of
Eros upon, 24, and note; 232

note.

Cyklops, see Polyphemus.
Cynic, derivation of the name,
Menippus and Diogenes famous
followers of that sect, 86-87 note;
Cyniskus (in the Convicted Zeus),

a distinguished member of the
sect, 209-224.
Cyniskus, a Cynic, convicts Zeus of
imposture, 209-224; a dramatis
persona of the Ferry Boat, 237,
241, 244, 249, 250, 253, 256-
261.

Cyrus, the Persian king, in Hades,
140; noticed by the philosopher
Damis, 202.

D.

Dagger, the, an object of worship
with the Scythians, 201, and note.
Damasias, an athlete in Charon's
boat, 107 and note.

Damis, a millionaire, a fellow-
traveller with Diogenes to Hades,
158; an Epikurean philosopher
antagonist of Timokles (repre-
senting the Stoic Sect), 168-170;
his controversial combat with
Timokles described at length,
196-208.

Damnippus, a millionaire, a dramatis
persona in Hades, 101-102.
Damon, a legacy-hunter, referred
to, 95.
Damoxenus, a pugilist, the message
of Diogenes in Hades to, 89, and

note.
Danae, one of the earthly mistresses
of Zeus, commemorated in the
Anthologia, 3 note; Hermes de-
spatched to, 55; the story of her
exposure related by Thetis, 77-
78; referred to, 80, 266.
Danaus, King of Argos, and father
of the Danaides, his treatment of
his daughters, 69; referred to,
114.

Dante Alighieri, the Lucianic Dia-
logue Nekyomanteia, a sort of pro-
totype of the Inferno of, 86 note;
indebted to the Phadon of Plato,
139 note; his Inferno quoted, 261,
274, 275 notes.
Daphne, the river-nymph, her
flight from Apollo instanced by
Eros, 4; Apollo taunted by
Hermes with his pursuit of, 27;
her story related differently by

Pausanias, 27 note; Apollo alludes
to his love for her, 20; Hera
sneers at the failure of Apollo's
prescience to inform him as to
the result of his love for, 31;
Teiresias instances to Menippus
the undoubted miracle of her
transformation, 162.

Daphnis and Chloe, the pastoral
romance of Longus, noticed, 242

note.

Dareius, king of Persia, the Mace-
donian victories over him depre-
ciated by Hannibal in Hades,
116; Alexander (on the same
occasion) boasts of his conquest of,
118; Zeus quotes a saying of,
208, and note; his occupation in
Hades, 278.

Deadborough, the wardship of,
named in the Decree of the Dead,

280.

Decuma, the name of one of the

Latin Parca, 214 note.
Deinias, a patron of parasites, men-
tioned, 100.

Delos (the island of) made stationary

by Poseidon at the command of
Zeus, for the convenience of Leto,
75-76.

Delphi, its oracle-shop ridiculed by

Hera, 31; famous inscription on
its temple, 91; preferred by
Apollo as most convenient for
the display of his prophetic fa-
culty, 191.

Delphic Oracle, the, pronounces
Sokrates to be the wisest man,
144 note; ridiculed by Damis,
202; by Cyniskus, 211, 220.
Delphines (Dolphins), the, at
Poseidon's request, relate the
story of Arion, 72-73.
Demeter (Ceres), her love for Iasion,
sarcastic allusion of Momus to,
231, and note.
Demoi, Attic equivalent to the
English "hundreds," 236 note.
Demokritus (of Abdera),
laughing philosopher," a pre-
decessor of Menippus in satire,
86 note; his influence on Pyrrho,
144 note.
Demonax, a Stoic philosopher (a

"the

friend of Lucian), his life written
by Lucian, 164 note.
Demons, avenging (attendants of
Minos in Hades), the, seen by
Menippus, 272.
Demosthenes, the orator, his stigma
on Philip of Macedon as "a public
robber," 117 note; his speeches
referred to, 125 note; an exordium
of his borrowed by Zeus, 169, 181;
quoted by Zeus, 187; a pupil of
Satyrus, the comic actor, 200
note; the enmity of Meidias
towards him, 205 note.

Destiny (Eluaquévn), represented
by the Cynic philosopher as supe-
rior to the king of Gods, 211, 213,
and note; 219, 221, 223, 224;
her deification criticized by Mo-
mus, 226, 234.

Dia, the wife of Ixion, and mother
of Peirithous, 13 note.
Diabolism, Christian, borrows some
of its physical characteristics of
the Devil from the Greek divinity
Pan, 50 note, 233 note.
Diana, and her dogs, Apuleius de-
scribes a piece of sculpture repre-
senting, 32 note.

Didyma, a town of Lydia, Hera
ridicules Apollo's oracle at, 31.
Dii Majores (of the Latin Theo-
logy), the twelve principal

Deities, referred to, 121, and note;
enumerated, 189 note.

Dike, one of the Hours, 21 note.
Dikte (the cave of), in the island of
Krete, the scene of the nuptials of
Zeus and Europa, 85.

Dimarites, a Greek naval officer,
205, and note.

Diodorus (of Sicily, Greek his-
torian of the first century, A.D.),
his Historical Library referred to,
5, 22, 27 notes.

Diogenes (of Laerte), on the syllo-
gisms of the schools of Zeno and
of Chrysippus, 88 note; referred
to, 91, 111, 112, 141, 142, 191,
290 notes.

Diogenes (of Sinope), represented
by Plutarch as swallowing an
octopus, 67 note; in Hades sends
messages to various classes of men

by Polydeukes, 86-89; converses
in Hades, with a fellow-disciple of
Antisthenes, on the strange fate of
two millionaires, 112-114; jeers
at Alexander of Macedon for his
pretensions to divinity, and sati-
rizes his vain-glory, 120-123;
affects astonishment at seeing
Herakles in Hades, and inter-
rogates that hero on his double
existence, 130-133; complimented
by Kerberus on his almost unique
indifference to death, and the
mode of it chosen by him, 146,
and note; ridicules Mausolus, a
Persian viceroy, on the vain-glory
of his conquests, and especially

on

that of his splendid tomb,
150-152; his indifference as to
the manner of his burial, 152,
and note; entertains himself and
fellow Cynics by comparing
notes as to their experiences on
the road to the infernal regions,
and interrogates a poor man as to
the cause of his weeping, 155-
159; still pursues his favourite
occupation in Hades, 264; forces
certain former tyrants to contem-
plate change of quarters in Hades,
279.

Diomedes (Tydides), his capital
Argos, 70, note; in Hades, 140;
his wounding Ares ridiculed by
the Epicurean philosopher, 199.
Dion (son-in-law of Dionysius,

tyrant of Syrakuse) accuses the
younger Dionysius to Minos, 274.
Dion (Chrysostom), famous Greek
rhetorician, records the feats of
memory of Alexander of Mace-
don, 117.

Dionysiac mysteries, the, established
licence at, 203, and note.
Dionysii, the Tyrants of Syra-
cuse, courted by Plato, 143, and

note.

Dionysius, the Younger, respited by
Minos on the intercession of Aris-
tippus, 274.

Dionysus (Bacchus), the manner of
his birth related by Hermes, 19-
20; his character denounced by
Hera and defended by Zeus, 35-

Dipsodes (Drunkards), the, en-
gage in battle with the Amau-
rotes, 262 note.

Dis (Dives), a synonym of Pluto,
used by Milton, 144 note.
Diskobolos ("the Quoit-Thrower "),
a celebrated work of the sculptor
Myron, 176 note.

Divine Legation, the, an ingenious
interpretation of the metamor-
phoses of the Golden Ass given by
Warburton in, 277 note.
Doris, a Nereid, taunts a sister-
Nereid, Galateia, with the defor-
mities of her lover, Polyphemus,
61-63; informed by Thetis of the
exposure of Danae and the in-
fant Perseus, 77-78.
Doryphoros ("the spear-bearer"),
a celebrated work of the Greek
sculptor Polykleitus, 176 note.
Dove, the, said to have been an
object of Assyrian divine worship,
201, and note.

Drachme, the, a Greek silver coin,
mentioned, 94, and note.
Dryden, John, borrows the subject
of one of his comedies from Plau-
tus, 24 note.

Dryskull, mover of the resolution

adopted by a Convention of the
dead respecting the plutocrats,

280.

Du Soul (Solanus), a commentator
on Lucian, referred to, 164, 243

notes.