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 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.