General Index

A

Abas, 32 n 24

Acarnania, 126

Acastus, 28 –34 passim , 57 , 59 –60, 67 , 81 , 86

Achilles, 1 , 3n 5, 35 , 43n 13, 174n 50;

as slayer of Hector, 46 , 49 , 52 , 55 ;

and Agamemnon as models for Jason and Heracles, 64 –65;

and Odysseus as models for Idas and Idmon, 68 –87 passim ;

as infant, 88 , 90 , 97 –98, 101 ;

as model for Jason on Lemnos, 121 –23;

as model for Telamon, 200 –201, 208 –11 passim

Acrisius, 112

Actius, 74

Admetus, 35 n 28

Adonis, 165 n 35

Adrasteia, 170

Adrastus, 155

Agamemnon, 139 ;

and Achilles as models for Jason and Heracles, 64 –65;

and the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, 105 ;

as model for Hypsipyle, 116 –17;

as model for Jason, 120 ;

and Odysseus as models for Jason and Telamon, 206 –8

Ajax, son of OEleus^[*]

his argument with Idomeneus, 82 , 86 ;

as model for Heracles, 182 –87

Ajax, son of Telamon, 1n 5, 35 , 47n 18, 210

Alcestis, 30 n 23

Alcimede, her reaction to the departure of Jason, 35 , 38 –54 passim , 62 , 95

Alcinous:

as model for Jason, 66 –69, 70n 24, 80 ;

as model for Hypsipyle, 133 , 144 ;

as model for Cyzicus, 159

Allusion:

general discussion of, 4 –13;

some specific examples of, 48 , 74 , 79 , 92 –93, 97n 18, 119 , 129 , 133n 40, 135 , 141n 47, 144 , 161 , 187 –88

Aloadae, 80

Amaltheia, 169

Amazons, 200

Amphiaraus, 80

Amphion, 27 n 9, 109 , 124 , 126

Amphius, 155

Amycus, 34

Amymone, 28 n 11

Anaphe, 77 , 79 , 86

Anaurus, 24

Andromache, as model for Alcimede, 8 , 41n 8, 42 –55 passim

Andromeda, 125

Anticleia, 145

Antimachus, 10 , 93n 11

Antiphates, 159 –60

Antiphus, 118

Aphetae Argous, 88 –105 passim , 176n 1, 197n 39

Aphrodite, 77n 34;

restores male population of Lemnos, 103 –4, 135 , 142 ;

on Jason's cloak, 109 , 125 , 125n 29;

punishes Lemnian women, 111 , 111 n 6

Apollo, 10 , 11n 27, 14 –25 passim , 32n 24, 39 , 52 –53, 57 –87 passim , 92 –97 passim , 105n 33, 126 , 133 ;

Actian and

Apollo

Embasian Apollo, 74 ;

Altar of Jasonian Apollo, 149

Apollonius:

literary strategies of, 1 –13;

his relationship with the Muses, 14 –20;

his originality in dealing with sources and models (e.g.), 148 –50;

his attitude toward the "Best of the Argonauts," 205

Apsyrtus, 126 , 172n 48

Aratus, 18 –22

Arcadia, 30 , 72 , 169 –71

Areius, 29 , 31 , 35n 28

Ares, 109 , 125 , 125 n 29;

Field of Ares, 193n 28

Arganthoneion, 183

Argo :

driven by Heracles, 5 , 183 , 193 , 196 ;

voyage of, 9 , 67 , 88 –105 passim , 111 , 178n 6;

crew of, 28 n 13, 29 , 146 ;

building of, 20 –21, 28 , 69n 21, 202 –3;

as sacrificial victim, 70 ;

talking, 88 , 127 ;

at Oros Arkton, 149 , 172 ;

dedication of its anchor, 151 , 158 –59

Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes:

as a Callimachean and Hellenistic epic, 1 –3, 10 , 205 ;

as an example of the "presque homérique," 5 –7;

influence of Greek tragedy on, 9 , 45n 15;

structural composition of, 11 –13, et passim ;

the literary program of, 14 –25;

influence of the Hecale on, 8n 20;

Homeric etiquette in, 160n 28;

its temporal relationship with Callimachus's Hymn to Zeus , 170

Ariadne, 9 , 98n 21

Artemis:

contrasted with Apollo, 16n 8, 39 , 53 ;

her association with Medea, 55n 30, 191 , 193n 28;

her association with Thetis and Medea, 89 –105 passim

Asteris, 156

Asterius, 27 n 9

Astyanax, 42 , 43 –55 passim

Atalanta, 129

Athena, 49 , 75 –79, 85 –86, 109 , 111 , 133 ;

helped build the Argo, 20 ;

provides for Jason, 51 , 120 ;

shrine of Jasonian Athena, 151 –52, 158 –59

Athos, Mount, 91 , 102 , 103

Attire, significance of, 32 –34, 59 –61, 122n 26, 124

Atys, 165 n 35

Audience, expectations of, 6 , 10 , 46 , 50 , 51 , 60 , 65 , 84 , 105 , 205

Augeas, 26 n 9, 32n 24

Aulis, 104 –6, 146n 52

B

Bebryces, 179

Bias, 29 , 31

Boreads, Zetes and Calas, 27 –31 passim , 179 , 202 –9 passim

Briareus, 165

C

Cabiri, 151

Callimachus, his influence on the Argonautica , 1 –2, 8 –10, 14 –22, 8n 20, 29n 15, 30n 19, 77 –79, 169 , 169 –72, 189

Calliope, 32 n 24

Calypso, as model for Hypsipyle, 106 , 129 , 131 , 132 , 134 , 145

Catalogue of Argonauts, 4 , 18 , 22 , 26 –36, 39 , 58 , 60 , 67 , 72n 30, 97 –98, 124 –26, 210

Ceyx, 197 n 39

Chariclo, 90 , 97

Chios, 112

Chiron, 84 n 49, 88 –100 passim

Chytus Harbor, 152 , 161 , 172

Circe, as model for Hypsipyle, 106 , 130 –37, 144 –45

Cius, 183 , 193 , 202

Cleite, 149 –55 passim , 165

Clymene, 35

Cnossus, 169 , 170

Colchis:

journey to and from, 5 , 18 , 57 , 66 , 72 , 77 , 92 , 94 , 98 , 101 , 106 , 108 , 126 –28, 148 , 172 , 196 ;

Idas at, 82 n 44;

arrival of Heracles at, 176 , 176 n 3

Cottus, 165

Crete, 169 –70

Cronus, 84 , 169

Curetes, 169

Cybele, 168 n 40

Cyllenus, 169 –70

Cyzicus, 4 , 93n 12, 107 , 148 –79 passim , 180

D

Dardanus, 168 , 171

Delphi, 75 , 81

Demeter, 99 n 24

Demetrius, 156

Demodocus, 47 , 125n 29;

as model for Orpheus, 67 –68, 80 , 82n 44, 83

Dindymon, 10 , 149 –74 passim

Diomedes, 3 n 5, 82 , 117

Dionysus, 32 n 24

Dioscuri, 114n 12;

Castor, 32 n 24;

Polydeuces, 34 ;

Tyndaridae, 79

Divorce, of Peleus and Thetis compared with that of Jason and Medea, 98 –101, 125n 29

Doliones, 4 , 148 –74 passim

Dolops, 90 , 100 , 104

Dryopians, 178 , 189 , 197 , 204

E

Echion, 32 n 24

Ecphrasis of Jason's Cloak, 109 , 120 –29

Electryon, 109 , 125

Eleius, 32 n 24

Empedocles, 84

Epiphany:

of Apollo, 77 ;

of Athena, 85 –86;

of Glaucus, 202 –3

Erato, 17

Erginus, 32 n 24

Eros, 77 n 34, 125 , 126

Erymanthian Boar, 30 , 72n 30, 124

Erytus, 32 n 24

Eumelus, steeds of, 35

Euneus, son of Jason and Hypsipyle, 98n 20

Euphemus, 32 n 24, 35n 28

Euryalus, 207 –8

Eurydice, 31 n 23

Eurylochus, as model for Heracles, 136 , 138

Eurynome, 84

Eurynomus, 118

Eurystheus, 204

G

Gaia, 165

Gegeneis, 4 , 148 –74 passim , 186n 16

Gigantomachy, 33n 25

Glaucus, 5 , 94 , 173 , 179 , 201 –8 passim

Greek tragedy, influence of, 9 , 45n 15

H

Hecate, 96

Hecatonchires, 164

Hector, 3 n 5, 80 , 117 ;

as model for Jason departing from home, 8 , 40 –55 passim , 146 ;

in battle against Achilles, 122 –23, 174n 50, 201 , 209

Hecuba, as model for Alcimede, 51

Helius, 32 n 24

Hera:

her love for Jason and hatred of Pelias, 22 –24, 173 ;

assists Jason, 77n 34, 94 , 150 ;

her hatred of Heracles, 161

Heracles:

as old fashioned hero, 2 , 13 ;

abandonment of, 4 , 72n 28, 83 , 100 –101, 196 –210 passim ;

his victory over Nemean Lion, 15 ;

the dodecathlon of, 26n 11, 204n 53;

as man of strength, 29 –36 passim , 92 –99 passim ;

election of, 57 , 61 –66;

his seating on the Argo, 72 ;

participates in the sacrifice to Apollo, 74 –79;

rowing of the Argo by, 92 –99 passim ;

and the Apples of the Hesperides, 124 –25, 176 –77;

his reaction to women of Lemnos, 135 –46;

his battle with the Gegeneis, 149 –50, 157 , 161 , 172 ;

contrasts with Jason in battle, 172 –74;

his arrival in Colchis, 176 , 176 n 1, 176n 3;

loses his oar, 180 –82;

his hunger, 184 –89;

his relationship with Hylas, 187 –96;

his brutal treatment of the Boreads, 202 ;

contrasts with Jason in general, 205 , 210 –11

Hermes, 32 n 24;

his first sacrifice and the launch of the Argo, 70 –87 passim ;

his assistance to Odysseus, 132 , 135

Hesperides, 124 , 174 , 177 , 202 , 204

Hippodamia, 109 , 126

Hippolyte, the Amazon, 94n 13

Hippolyte, sister of Jason, 41n 8

Homer, as major model for Apollonius, 5 –9

Hylas, 29 n 15, 31 , 94 , 140 , 176 –212 passim

Hyllus, 190

Hypsipyle, 9 , 43n 12, 55 –56, 157n 22;

as compared with Medea, 89 , 95 –96, 98 ;

in the roles of Calypso, Nausicaa, and Circe, 106 –47 passim ;

Jason's dalliance in bed with, 177 , 200

I

Idas:

his argument with Idmon, 57 –86 passim , 199 ;

his rejection of Medea's help, 176

Idmon, 29 , 32n 24, 41n 10;

his argument with Idas, 57 –86 passim , 199

Idomeneus, as model for Idmon, 82 , 86

Ilissus, 31

Ino, 72 , 127

Inversion of the model, 43n 13, 53 , 65 , 111 , 113 , 117 , 157n 22, 192

Iolcus, 35 , 37 –56 passim , 90n 6, 94 , 126

Iphianassa, 95n 14

Iphias, 39 , 44 , 52 –55 passim , 95

Iphiclus, 29 , 31 , 35 n 28, 72n 30

Iphigeneia, 104

Ithaca, 1 n 5, 3n 7, 70n 24, 111n 6, 118 , 119 , 132 , 156

J

Jason:

as real-life hero, 2 , 7 , 24 –25, 205 ;

handles the loss of Heracles, 4 , 198 –210 passim ;

his future dealings with Medea, 9 , 96 –97, 211 ;

loses his sandal, 22 –25;

enlists the Argonauts, 26 ;

his quest, 32 ;

as diplomatic hero, 33 , 209 –10, 198 –210 passim ;

his departure from home, 37 –56;

his speech to Alcimede, 48 –52;

his comparison to Apollo, 52 –55, 92 –95;

definition of and election as leader, 61 –66;

his handling of quarrels, 66 –86 passim , 198 –210 passim ;

his sacrifice to Apollo, 74 –79;

his cloak, 120 –29;

his encounter with Hypsipyle (parallel with Odysseus's), 129 –46;

as love hero, 138 ;

his experience at Oros Arkton parallels Odysseus's with Ægeus, 160 –67;

his celebration of Samothracian and Cyzicene mysteries as prelude to heroic action, 167 –74;

his argument with Telamon, 198 –210 passim

L

Ladon, 174 , 177 , 203

Lemnos, 4 , 9 , 43n 12, 88 –147 passim , 173 , 176 , 177 , 200 , 204

Leodocus, 29 , 31 , 35 n 28

Lepreus, 197n 39

Lindos, 189

Lynceus, 205

Lysanias, 14

M

Macries, 149 , 157

Magnesia, 88 –102 passim

Mariandyni, 94

Medea:

invaluable assistance of, 3 , 82n 44, 84 , 124 –26, 173 –74, 176 , 204 ;

her future dealings with Jason, 4 , 9 , 89 , 98 ;

her love for Jason, 10 ;

her departure from Colchis, 17 , 126 ;

her future abandonment by Jason, 54 , 97 , 212;

her association with Artemis, 55n 30;

birth of son, Medeius, to, 98 –100;

frightening nature of, 104n 30;

her comparison with Hypsipyle, 128 , 146 ;

murder of Apsyrtus by, 172n 48;

comparison of with Hylas, 193

Medeius, 98 –101

Medes/Persians, 99 –100

Melampus, 31 –32, 72n 30

Meleager, 29 , 129n 34

Menelaus, 76

Mentor, 76

Merops, 148 , 154 , 155

Meter, 150 , 151 , 167 –69

Minyadae, 26 –35 passim

Mnestheus, 207

Molorchus, 15 , 29n 15

Mopsus, 29 , 164 –67, 171

Muses, 17 –25 passim

Myrine, 103 , 108 –45 passim , 144

Myrtilus, 126

Mysia, 5 , 94 , 107 , 146 , 151 , 176 –202 passim

Mytilene, 176n 1

N

Nauplius, 28 n 11, 32n 24

Nausicaa:

as model for Hypsipyle, 106 –47 passim ;

her welcome of Odysseus, 159 –60;

as model for the nymph who abducts Hylas, 191 –93

Neda, 169 –70

Neleus, 31

Nestor:

as model for Iphias, 53 –54;

his sacrifice at Pylos as model for the sacrifice at Pagasae, 75 –77, 79 , 86

O

Odysseus, 1 , 3n 5, 8 , 43n 13, 47 , 89n 6;

and Achilles as models for Idas and Idmon, 66 –74 passim , 80 , 82 –87;

as model for Jason on Lemnos, 106 ,

118 –19, 123n 27, 129 –46, 174n 50;

as model for Jason on Oros Arkton, 159 –64, 171 ;

and Polyphemus as models for Heracles and Hylas, 184 –88;

and Nausicaa as models for Hylas and the nymph, 191 –93;

and Euryalus as models for Jason and Telamon, 207 –9

OEdipus^[*] , 175n 51

Olympus, Mount, 103 , 104n 30, 124

Omphale, 176n 1

Ophion, 84

Oracle:

for Pelias, 18 –25, 60 ;

for Jason, 51 , 68 –79;

for Cyzicus, 148 –74;

establishing the sanctuary of Jasonian Athena, 158

Oreithyia, 31

Oros Arkton, 4 , 148 –74 passim , 177 , 194

Orpheus, 4 ;

as symbol for the man of brain, 26 –32 passim ;

in role of Demodocus, 66 –87;

his cosmogonical song, 83 –85, 123 –24, 202 ;

as coxswain, 89 –95, 105 ;

his song on Oros Arkton, 169

Ortygia, 78 –79

P

Pagasae, 4 , 10 , 29 , 33 , 37 , 57 –87 passim , 88 –105 passim , 198 –202

Pallene, 91 , 102

Panormus, 158n 24

Patroclus, 43n 13;

death of, 64 , 82 , 174 n 50, 200 –201

Peisistratus, 76

Pelasgi, 149 , 157 , 168 (see also Macries)

Peleus, 4 , 41n 8, 50 , 97 –105 passim

Pelias:

as fearsome, 4 , 7 , 38 , 45 , 54n 27, 128 , 132n 39;

his fears about the man with one sandal, 19 , 22 –24, 60 ;

death of, 99n 24, 173 , 202

Pelion, Mount, 88 , 90 , 97

Pellene, 26 n 9

Pelopia, 33 , 59

Pelops, 109 , 126

Penelope, 3 n 5, 21 , 51n 21, 119

Percote, 154

Pergamon, Altar of Zeus, 33n 25

Perseus, 112 , 125

Persians/Medes, 99 –100

Phasis, 158 n 24

Phemius, 20 n 21, 21

Phineus, 125 , 160n 30

Phleias, 32 n 24

Phorbas, 32 n 24

Phrixus, 45 , 72 , 109 , 127

Phrygia, 156 , 168 , 170 , 181

Phylace, 31

Phylacus, 31

Pieria, 30 , 70 , 72 , 124

Pimpleia, 27 n 8

Piræus, 89n 5

Polyphemus, the Argonaut, 32n 24, 177 –80, 193 –96, 202

Polyphemus, the Cyclops, 118 ;

as model for Heracles, 186 –88;

his association with Polyphemus the Argonaut, 195n 34

Polyxo, 108 –41 passim

Poseidon, 22 , 32n 24, 86 , 159 ;

his implicit anger with Heracles, 180 –96 passim

Posidippus, 93n 11

Priam, as model for Æëtes, 40 –55 passim

Priolaus, 94 n 13

Proecdosis, 46n 15, 89n 5, 131n 36

Proemium, 4 , 11 , 13 , 14 –25 passim , 27 , 28 , 37 , 56 , 60

Propontis, 156 , 160 , 160n 30, 162

Ptolemies, 168n 40

Pylos, 30 , 75

Pytho, 52 , 68 , 77 –79

R

Realism, contemporary taste for, 69 , 205 , 205n 54

Reconciliation:

of Agamemnon and Achilles, 65 ;

of Hermes and Apollo, 72 –74;

cosmic, 87 ;

between Argonauts and Doliones, 166 ;

between Jason and Telamon, 205

Rhea, 10 , 84 ;

anger of on Oros Arkton, 150 –72 passim

S

Samothrace, 108n 4, 151 –54, 167 –68, 174

Sciathus, 100

Selene, 15 n 8

Sepias Acte, 91 , 99 –101

Seriphos, 112

Sicily, 89 n 5

Sicinus, 111 –13

Sintian men and women, 102 –4

Subtext, influence of, 10 , 39 , 44 , 50 –51, 57 , 68 –69, 74 , 89 , 129 , 171 , 187 , 197 –98n 41

Symplegades, 13 , 211

T

Talaus, 29 , 31 , 35n 28

Talos, 97 n 18, 125

Taphian Pirates/Teleboans, 125

Telamon, 5 , 35 , 176 –211 passim

Telchines, 92n 11

Teleboans/Taphian Pirates, 125

Telemachus, 51n 21, 157 ;

as model for Jason, 76 –86 passim ;

as model for Hypsipyle, 118 –19

Thebes, 124

Theiodamas, 177 –204 passim

Thermopylae, 91 , 100

Thersites, as model for Heracles, 138 –46 passim

Theseus, 98 n 21

Thetis, 4 , 77n 34, 120 , 123 ;

her anger with Peleus as subtext, 88 –105 passim ;

parallels Medea, 125n 29, 146n 52

Thoas, 107 –16, passim , 132

Thrace, 27 , 30

Thrasymedes, 76

Tiphys, 28 n 13, 29 , 41n 10, 158 ;

contrasts with Heracles, 89 , 92 –94;

his order to leave Mysia, 179 , 196 , 202

Tiresias, 114n 12

Tithonus, 15

Titias, 94 n 13, 169 –70

Tityus, 109 , 126

Trachis, 197n 39

Troy, 50 , 64 , 81 –83, 119 , 122

Typheus, 80

U

Uranus, 165

X

Xanthus, 52

Z

Zenodotus, 64n 15

Zethus, 109 , 124 , 126

Zeus, 32 n 24;

in the prologue of Aratus's Phænomena , 18 ;

his punishment of Idas, 82n 44;

and the thunderbolt as his weapon, 84 , 121 –27 passim ;

his birth, 169 –72;

his plan for Heracles, 179 , 201 –3