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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02240-9 - Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity Roger D. Woodard Index More information Index Greek language entries are at the end of the index. Abazas, 154, 167, 204 Apollo, 6, 109, 118, 136, 225 Abkhazians, 157, 167 Apollo Atepomarus, 6 Actaeon, 136, 137 aporia, 105, 109, 208 Adonis, 136, 271 apotheosis, 37, 42, 50, 52, 75, 79, 80, 88, 105, 107, 199, Aegeum, 152 219, 222, 233 Aegis, 134, 163 Appius Claudius Caecus, 137, 138 Aequians, 4, 106, 113, 191 Apsara¯s, 141, 165, 166, 253 Aeschylus, 6, 48, 153 Āptyas, 179, 241 aestus, 92, 103, 133, 173, 207, 219, 231, 255, 256, 258 Apuleius, 113 aetiology 3, 4, 6, 25, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, Aquilonia, 73 51, 52, 55, 78, 85, 88, 89, 95, 97, 98, 100, 104, 105, 109, Ara Maxima, 82, 93, 138, 189, 194, 231, 232, 236 111, 112, 114, 116, 118, 119, 128, 129, 137, 160, 161, 176, Aramazd, 149 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 208, arbor infelix, 189 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 219, 220, 223, 228, 234, 236, Ardea, 47, 108, 110, 111 249, 251, 256, 257, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267 Ares, 154, 155 Afghanistan, 102 Aricia, 225, 235 Agamemnon, 6, 48 Aristeides, 211 Agastya, 164 Aristobulus, 51, 52, 55, 87 Ager Romanus, 127, 128, 181, 188 Aristotle, 28 Agni, 15, 91, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 151, 162, Armilustrium, 193, 224 165, 168, 169, 170, 174, 176, 188, 203, 210, 211, 217, Arnobius, 9 229, 249, 250, 256 Arthur, 154, 269, 273 Ahalya, 141 Aruna¯, 254, 255 Ahuramazda, 15 astrology, 144 Ailill, 138 Āśvala¯yana Gṛhya Sūtra, 248 Aitareya Bra¯hmaṇa, 145, 257 Aśvamedha, 142, 145, 164, 165, 193 Alba Longa, 4, 10, 22, 179, 181, 184, 185, 197, 243 Aśvins, 192, 242, 253 Allia, 57, 108, 111 Atepomarus, 6, 105 Amazons, 132 Atharva Veda, 18, 140, 242, 248, 257 149 ś 248 Anahit, Atharva Veda Pari is__ta, Anaxagoras, 65 Athena, 133, 134, 135, 136 ancilia, 113, 193, 235 Athenaeus, 10 Ancillarum Feriae, 6, 40, 48, 267 Athens, 48, 274 Anna Perenna, 264, 265 Atiedian priests, 16, 17, 18 anus, 207 augural books, 22 Anuśa¯sanaparvan, 139, 163 augury, 59, 84, 113, 127, 260, 267 Āpastamba Śrauta Sūtra, 252, 253 August, 9, 39, 61, 224, 272 Aphrodite, 136 Augustine, 44, 66, 68, 72, 93, 178, 212, 232, 264, 274 279 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02240-9 - Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity Roger D. Woodard Index More information 280 * Index Augustus, 53, 97 Caelian, 224 Aulus Gellius, 9, 27, 28, 62, 82, 127 Calendar of Philocalus, 10 Ausonius, 69 Calendar of Polemius Silvius, 10, 40 auspices, 22, 113, 115, 127, 233 Callimachus, 135, 136, 270, 271 Avabhṛtha, 252, 253, 255 Camenae, 235 Avaricum, 244 Camerini, 60 Aventine, 62, 82, 92, 103, 126, 127, 133, 137, 161, 178, Camillus, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 207, 212, 219, 231, 232, 256, 263 115, 116, 117, 189, 233, 236, 262, 271 Avesta, 17 Campus Martius, 8, 33, 37, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 61, 62, 67, 76, 78, 80, 81, 88, 89, 128, 129, 177, 184, 192, 193, Bahra¯m, 149 199, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 235, 256, 258, 260, balam, 128, 140, 162, 163, 170, 218, 230, 253, 257, 258 261, 266, 267 ban-chainte, 206, 214 caper, 220 Bartholomae, 15, 269 Capitoline, 9, 13, 19, 27, 58, 82, 93, 95, 97, 111, 113, 201, Bataraz, 154, 157, 158, 169, 204, 205 226, 263 Batraz, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 168, 171, 175, 178, Capitoline Arx, 97 183, 186, 189, 194, 201, 204, 206, 217, 223, 228, 230, capra, 220, 221 236, 255, 258, 272 Caprae Palus, 8, 33, 37, 41, 42, 47, 49, 99, 177, 219, 220, Belgae, 245 222, 225, 228, 256, 261, 267 Bellerophon, 132 caprificus, 5, 6, 7, 8, 33, 39, 41, 49, 177, 209, 267 Beltane, 29, 30 Carinae, 190 Benveniste, Émile, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 27, 29, Carmenta, 231 63, 69, 93, 94, 199, 201, 259, 266 Carmina Marciana, 224 berserkir, 239 Carmina Saliaria, 19, 193 Bhṛgu, 163 Cassandra, 48 Black Sea, 155 Cassius Dio, 27, 64 Black Yajurveda, 15 Castor, 125 blind, 138, 207 Cato, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25 blindness, 135, 136 Caucasus, 139, 153, 157, 160, 167, 168, 186, 202, 204, Bona Dea, 92, 103, 126, 134, 135, 137, 138, 161, 162, 173, 230, 258, 270, 276 174, 177, 178, 180, 189, 207, 208, 214, 227, 231, 250, Celts, 29, 244, 245, 249 255, 256, 257, 266, 270 Censorinus, 96 Book of Leinster, 91, 122, 124, 131, 132, 206, 218, 219, centuriones, 73 230, 274 ceremonial bath, 251, 254, 256 Book of the Dun Cow, 91, 122, 130, 206, 230, 269 Ceres, 19, 32, 263, 264, 275 boundary, 32, 43, 45, 61, 63, 66, 80, 81, 86, 90, 91, 93, Çerfus Martius, 16, 19 95, 100, 101, 109, 113, 114, 115, 121, 124, 127, 128, 129, Cerus, 19 139, 140, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 161, 162, 163, 181, 182, Chariclo, 135, 136 184, 186, 188, 194, 199, 202, 206, 228, 236, 240, 241, childbirth, 152, 153, 157 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 260, 267 Chilon, 64 Bovillae, 264, 265 Chimarrhus, 132 Brahma, 164, 253 Cicero, 2, 21, 36, 37, 42, 48, 58, 59, 60, 85, 137, 138, 190, Brahmahatya¯, 164, 165, 166, 169, 179 197, 222, 260 brahmanicide, 145, 146, 164, 170, 179, 241 Cincinnatus, 191 Brahmavadhya¯, 164 Circassians, 154, 155, 157, 158, 167, 168, 169, 205, Brahmins, 146, 162, 164, 242, 248, 251, 252, 253 217, 258 Bratuspantium, 245 Circus Flaminius, 61 Bṛhaspati, 91, 128, 140, 141, 142, 145, 148, 151, 162, 170, Circus Maximus, 9, 34, 65, 66, 82, 200, 212, 223, 181, 188, 217, 218, 230, 256, 258, 266 225, 232 Bricriu, 132, 138 clairvoyant woman, 92, 100, 101, 134, 139, 143, 158, Britons, 245 159, 169, 185, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 210, 211, 214, Bzhedukhs, 157, 158, 159, 160, 205 215, 236, 240, 251, 258, 266 Claudius, 82, 127 Cacus, 92, 103, 124, 125, 126, 133, 137, 207, 208, 219, 231 Claudius Quadrigarius, 108 Cadmus, 136 Clivus Capitolinus, 71 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02240-9 - Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity Roger D. Woodard Index More information Index * 281 Cloaca, 82, 224 Deirdre, 92, 206 Clodius, 52, 138 delba, 132, 171, 230 Clytemnestra, 6 Delphi, 109 Columella, 8, 24, 26, 28, 32 Demeter, 79, 263 Columna Bellica, 184 Devayajana, 80 comitia, 53, 54, 59, 62, 63, 76, 80, 113 dharma, 140 comitia centuriata, 62, 63 di certi, 44 comitia curiata, 53, 94 di incerti, 44 comitia tributa, 62 di selecti, 44 Comitium, 43, 47, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 68, 71, Diana, 13, 137, 235 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 114, 128, dictator, 4, 21, 22, 24, 106, 108, 111, 191, 243 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 233, 235, 250, 255, 256, 260, dies comitiales, 96 261, 266, 269 dies fasti, 70, 96 Conchobor, 92, 121, 123, 130, 131, 133, 163, 184, dies fissi, 71 185, 194, 206, 214, 218, 230, 236, 274 dies nefasti, 70, 96 138 171 172 ı 252 253 Connacht, , , D¯ks_a¯, , Consualia, 9 Diodorus Siculus, 107, 231 Consus, 9, 34, 65, 66, 82, 200, 212 Diogenes Laertius, 28, 64 continuum, 107, 109, 111, 118 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 2, 4, 10, 29, 37, 45, 46, 49, contio, 54 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 65, 66, 67, 76, 80, 85, 88, Corinth, 64 104, 112, 115, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, Cornelius Scipio, 68 195, 197, 199, 213, 221, 231, 243, 261, 263, 264 Corybantic rites, 55 Dionysus, 51, 263, 275 cowherds, 23, 30 Diopeithes, 55 Cremera, 57 distant locale, 85, 90, 91, 92, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, Creon, 64 105, 109, 110, 111, 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, Crimthann Nia Náir, 133 127, 128, 129, 130, 137, 145, 156, 162, 163, 169, 172, Cronus, 136 175, 177, 181, 183, 184, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, Crustumerium, 4 209, 211, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 223, 227, 230, Crypta of Balbus, 61, 222 233, 234, 235, 239, 241, 249, 254, 256, 258, 262, CúChulainn, 91, 92, 96, 97, 101, 103, 109, 121, 122, 123, 267, 269 124, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 138, 154, 160, 161, 166, 168, Dius Fidius, 126 171, 172, 176, 177, 179, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 194, divination, 91, 115, 142, 143, 148, 161, 169, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209, 214, 218, 219, 223, 227, 230, 236, 239, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 214, 215, 229 244, 247, 250, 252, 255, 258, 266 Donbettyr, 156, 206, 217 Cumae, 225 dragons, 91, 103, 120, 121, 124, 145, 146, 147, 148, Cumaean Sibyl, 207 149, 151, 156, 161, 173, 175, 176, 183, 194, 216, 218, Curatius, 197 228, 230 126 195 199 232 233 234 236 ṛ 140 253 257 Cures, , , , , , , d _s_tivis_a, , , curia, 26, 94, 197, 199 Druids, 121, 133 Curia, 50, 51, 53 Dryads, 13 Curia Calabra, 97 Duenos Inscription, 212 Curia Hostilia, 50, 53, 113 Dumézil, Georges, 1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 26, 31, 32, 54, 79, 90, curiae, 53, 94, 198 93, 94, 101, 108, 132, 142, 144, 146, 147, 150, 153, Curiae, 236 155, 159, 171, 175, 179, 183, 192, 193, 198, 201, 205, 234, Curiae Veteres, 82 241, 243 Curiatii, 10, 101, 179, 181, 183, 184, 186, 188, 197 duumviri, 187, 189 curio, 197 dysfunctional warrior, 82, 83, 90, 91, 92, 93, 101, 103, curis, 46, 195, 196, 197 111, 115, 118, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 134, 137, 139, 143, Curule Aedile, 96 147, 155, 160, 162, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 179, 183, 185, 187, 188, 189, 193, 194, 198, 199, 201, 54 80 202 203 205 207 208 209 210 216 218 227 229 Daks_ina¯gni, , , , , , , , , , , , , Dea Dia, 128, 181 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, December, 9, 38, 138, 227 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 255, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, Declona, 197 266, 268 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02240-9 - Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity Roger D.
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