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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