Future life, Achaean conception of, 521 f.;
conceived in general as resembling life of gods, 525;
Homeric conception of, 516 ff.;
material character of, 524;
modern conceptions of, 518 f.;
Pindaric conception of, 518
Garlands, at weddings and at funerals, 557 f.
Garlic, as prophylactic, 140
'Garlic in your eyes,' 14
Gello, 71;
by-names of, 179;
story of, 177
Gelloudes, 176-9, 211;
activities of, 179;
cure for injuries inflicted by, 179
Genii, 255-291;
confused with victims offered to them, 267, 271 ff., 276 f.;
definition of, 256;
how related to the place or object which they inhabit, 259;
in form of bulls, 261 f., 277;
in form of dragons, 262, 280;
in form of snakes, 258, 259, 272 f.;
in Homer, 269;
in human shape, 275;
mating with Lamiae, 276;
of air, 283 ff.;
of bridges, 262;
of buildings, 259-275;
of churches, 261;
of houses, 259;
of human beings, 287 ff.;
of mountains and caves, etc., 280 ff.;
of water, 275 ff.;
offerings to, 260, 274;
sacrifice to, 262 ff.;
sacrifice to, in Ancient Greece, 269 ff.
Gennadius, story of, 399
Getae, human sacrifice among the, 350
Ghosts, asking for burial of body, 431;
conventionally substituted for revenants in ancient literature, 429;
haunting neighbourhood of tombs, 430 f., 433;
in ancient literature, 427;
a modern Greek notions concerning, 428
Giants, story of, 73
Gifts to the dead, 493, 528 ff.;
how regarded by the Church, 531 f.;
in form of clothing, 536 f.;
in form of drink, 536;
in form of food, 533 ff.;
in modern Greece, 532;
in the classical-period, 530 f.;
in the Dipylon-period, 530;
in the Homeric Age, 529;
in the Mycenaean Age, 529;
motive for, 531, 537;
on what days presented, 530 f.;
until what date continued, 539 f.
Goat-skins, worn at certain popular festivals, 223 ff.
God, as controller of weather, in popular phrases, 51;
modern applications of word, 48
'God of Crete,' 74
Godhead, ancient view of, 65;
attainable by men, 604 f.
Gods, character of Greek, 526;
Greek conception of, 292 f.
Good Friday, 572 ff., 574 f.
Gorgons, 184-190;
and Scylla, 188;
appearance of, 184;
as deities of the sea, 188;
character of, 185;
compared with Sirens, 187;
depravity of, 185-6
Gorgon, meaning of the word, 186
Goshawk, 311
Guardian-angels, 288
Guardian-spirits, in ancient Greece, 290
Hades, 97;
house of, how conceived by Homer, 517;
modern presentment of, 518, 549
Hair, as source of strength, 76;
cf. 83
Hare, unlucky to meet, 307
Hawks, 309
Headache, magical cure of, 22
Healing, miraculous, 60, 302
Hebrew religion, contrasted with Greek, 3
Helena, 286
Helios, displaced by S. Elias, 44
Hemlock, 578
Hera, as type of women, 591;
cults of, 591;
wedding of, 599
Heracles, 469
Hermes Agoraeus, oracle of, 305
Hermes, as escorter of the dead, 544;
succeeded by S. Michael, 45
Heroes, in form of serpents, 273
Heron, 309
Hesiodic Ages of mankind, 294
Hesperides, 282
Hiccough, as omen, 330
Hippolytus, oath of, 418
Holy Ghost, rarely named by peasants, 51
Holy Week, 572 ff.
Homicide, Delphic tradition concerning, 444, 480;
Plato's legislation concerning, 451
Honey-cakes, as diet of genii, 274
Honey, as food for the dead, 533;
chief offering to Nymphs, 150;
offered to the Fates, 121
Hospitality of Greeks, 31
Human sacrifice, 262 ff., 273, 276;
a modern conception of, 341 ff.;
as means of sending a wife to some god, 583;
long-continued in Ancient Greece, 343;
modern story of, 339, 436;
substitute for, 583
Humour, popular sense of, 69
Hylas, modern parallel to story of, 161
Hymenaeus, legend of, 552
Iasion, as type of the initiated, 579
Icarus, 76
Icons, 301
Idolatry, popular inclination towards, 59
Image, magical treatment of, 16
Immorality of ancient deities, 39
Immortal fruit, 281 f.;
waters, 281
Immortality, doctrine of, 350 f.
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