GENERAL INDEX

Modern scholars are not listed in this index. Full details of modern works referred to in the notes to chapters one-four appear in the bibliography on pages 184--90.

Abas, 101 Argives, 3f., 7-129 passim, 137, 156, Achilleus, 5 177; helplessness of, l l 9f., 129 Actaeon, 16 Argonauts, 54f., 58 n. 83, 6D--62, 120 Adrastus, 9 n. 20, 11, 37, 40, 54, 56, Argos, 3f., 7, 9--15, 17-25, 27, 33, 38 74, 82, 88 n. 11, 96, 98, 107, n. 58, 39f., 42 n. 61, 48f., 57, l 12f., 120--23, 126f., l 74f.; attempts 59--61, 64--67, 69, 71, 77, 81, 83f., to forestall war, 50, 78, 93, l 16, 109, 112, l 17f., 120f., 125, 161; 120, 122; character of, 65, 69, significance of, 134, I 75 76--79, 92f., 117; as figural pillar, Ariadne, 94 92f.; ignorance of, 59, 69; narrative Arion, 66 of, 63-70 Arulenus Rusticus, 137, 144f., 153 Aegyptus, 31 n. 44, 40 Atalanta, 125 , 28, 55, 60 n. 87, 90, 98 Athamas, 16 Agave, 9, 10, 16, 127 Athene, 5, 49 Agrippina, the younger, 179 Athenians, 49, 77, 96f., l 09f. Agylleus, 51 Athens, 24 n. 36 Alcathous, l 05 Atropos, 42 n. 61, 48, 50, 72, 114 Alcmene, 49, 178 Atys, 97, 102, 115, 125 Aletes, 9 n. 20, 16f., 87, 98, 124 Alexander, 173 Bacchus, 4, 9, 13, 14 n. 26, 23f., Amor, 54f., 61, 120, 177 27-30, 38, 52, 60, 62, 108, 158, , 18, 28, 31; 34, 47, 50, 160, 175-77 63f., 70, 104--07, 111-1 7, 120--22, Bellona (Enyo), 32, 37, 48, 50, 53f., 125, 127, l 79f.; augury of, 113, 58, I 19, 134, 177 120, 134; androlaasia of, 63, 105--07; Britannicus, 138, I 79 aristeia of, I 04; haruspicy of, 134; katabasis of, 73, 79 n. 3 Cacus, 174 Amyntor, 103 , 9f., 16, 38, 53 n. 77, 72, Anchises, 60 n. 87, I 74f. 91, 153, 176 anonymous shade, 28, 42 n. 61, 70, Caeneus, I 00f. 179f. Calypso, 5 anonymous Theban, 16, 70 n. 97, 84, Capaneus, 25, 29--34, 36, 40, 42-44, 91, 98, 153 62, 75, l I 7f., l 65f., l 79f.; Antheus, l 03f. androlaasia of, 107; aristeia of, 104; Antigone, 37, 42 n. 61, 79, 87f., 92f., character of, 31, 157; and_ 116, 123, 154 n. 65; character of, Coroebus, 32f., 69; death of, 10, 93, 126f. 3lf., 53, 69, 73, 107, 121, 180; Apollo, 16, 29, 32, 34, 49, 77, I 13f., and Hercules, 29f.; as magnanimus, 120, 137, 142, 175; character of, 30; as insignis, 30f.; unheroic acts 63-70; and Poine, 45, 63-70 of, 30--33 Apollo Pal.atim,.s, 161 Cato, 154, 169 Archemorus (see Opheltes) Ceres, 58, l 76f. Ardor, 52 Charops' son, 45, 120, 177 Argia, 11, 40, 42 n. 61, 49, 79, 81, Chatti, 146 n. 4 7, l 65f., I 71, l 77 83, 87, 93, 116, 117 n. 9, 122, Chios, 62 127, 154 n. 65 Chremetaon, l 05 194 GENERAL INDEX

Chromis, 105 general, I 72; and , 135-48, Cicero, 82 167-76; and Theseus, 156-58; and Claudius, Tiberius, 166 Titus, 139, 148f., 152, 161, l 78f.; dementia, 141, 153 n. 61 and Vespasian, 148 Clementia, 3 n. 11, 46, 54, 97, 125, Dryas, 18, 107 152 Dymas, 50, 115, 175 Clonis, 105 concilium deorum, 4-15, 164 ekphrasis, 18 Concordia (goddess), I 76 Ennius, 4 n. 16, 169 Concordia (temple), I 6 I Enyo (see Bellona) Coroebus, 45, 55, 63-69, 78, 92 n. Erinys, 28, 42 n. 61, 44, 46, 70, 72 16, 110, 120, 137, 142, 174; Eriphyle, 47, 114, 127 comparison with Capaneus, 32, 69; Eris, 52 heroism of, 32, 65, 67-69; role of, Eteocles, 9---128 passim, l 34f., 148-151, 67f. 153-56, 170, 175; appearance of Coroebus episode, 45, 63-65, 77, 137; Laius to, 14, 70--73, 78; character importance of, 63; role of, 63; of, 33, 36, 71, 80, 83f., 91, 95, structure of, 65 115; and Domitian, 148, 156, 161, Crenaeus, 74, 102, 124 l 78f.; and Polynices, 9---11, 22, 34, Creon, 34, 40, 42, 44, 50, 76-78, 81, 79---92, 107, 118, 161; as princeps, 87-92, 96, 98, 109, 113, 118, 124, 134, 150; as {Yrannus, 87, 127, 149, 128, 151, 154 n. 65, 157, 170 154 Crotopus, 64-67, 77f., 98 Eunaeus, 62, 115, 125 Euripides, 56, 96 Dacian wars, 140, I 70f. Euryalus, 175 Daphneus, I 8, 63 n. 91 Eurydice (mother of Opheltes), 62f., Decius Mus, 134 113, l 15f., 124, 127f. Decor, 127 Eurydice (mother of Menoeceus), 53, Demeter, I 76 124 deuotio, 134 Evadne, 28, 92 n. 15, I 66 Diana, 14 n. 26, 18, 29, 113, 125 Evander, 174 Dido, 174 Dio Cassius, 131, 135, 144, 149, 152, Fama, 18, 52, 54, 173; role of, 116 155 n. 70, 157-59, 171, 177 Fates (Parcae), 6f., 16, 21, 23, 33f., Dio Chrysostomus, 135 39f., 43-45, 49f., 53, 66, 68, 85, Dionysos, I 6f. l l 9f.; relationship to Jupiter, 6, Dirce, 16 25-28; role of, 34 Discordia, 53, 56f., 127 Fatum, 3 n. 11 Doloneia, 49 Fides, 23, 37 Dolor, 127 Fors, 38, 42 n. 61, 72 Domitia, 148; as domina, I 78; and Fortuna, 38, 42 n. 61, 50, 84f., 89, Juno, 176, 178 113, 116; role of, l 76f. Domitian, 31, 131-79 passim; as .fratemas acies, theme of, 99, 138, 148, aetemus, 172; baldness of, 175; 161, 168, 170 character of, 136, 149, 157; as deus, Furies, 15, 24f., 5 I, 53-60, 61 n. 89, 158-60; as dominus, 158-60; in 70, 73f., 78, 83, 87f., 91, 115-18, epilogue to Thebaid, 167f., l 73f.; 120, 127, 144, 152, 177; agents and Eteocles, 148-50, 178; as provocateurs of Pluto, 15 n. 28, figural pillar, 167-76; intolerance of 33-48; as goddesses of destruction, criticism, 142, 144, 147f., 164; and 45, 54-60 Jupiter, 140 n. 38, 144, 158 n. 80, .faror, 29, 40, 42, 46, 52, 55-57, 60, 161-6 7; '-audes Domitiani, I 40; and 63, 83, 149; significance and Minerva, 160, l 76f.; as poet, 146; instances of, 3, 44, 61 n. 89, 79 in prologue to Thebaid, 142, 167, Furor, 3 174f.; as rex, 149---51; as ruler/