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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