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Hearn, L., 209.

Hehn, V., 222.

Heinsius, D., 175.

Helios, survives as St. Elias, 188.

Hellenic art, its originality explained, 75. See Greeks.

Hepidanus, chronicler, 135.

Hera, temple of. See Column.

Heraclea, 89, 97.

Herbs, lore of, 58; on Mount Pollino, 142-143.

Herculaneum, its buried treasures, 115.

Hercules, 23, 27.

Hermits in Calabria, 111-112.

Herodotus, 175.

Hesiod, 100.

Hippocratic oath, 297.

Hipponium. See Montdeone,

Hohenstaufen, their fate avenged, 6-8.

Home, south Italian feeling for, 179.

Homer, his colour-sense, 52; on dragons, 100, 101; his idea of gifts, 123-124; his “Ore of Temese,” 202.

Homo ibericus, 109.

Horace, 80, 154, 197; on Garganian winds, 21; his house at Venosa, 31; praises the simple life but enjoys good food, 41; the perfect anti-sentimentalist, 42; on Bandusian Fount, 43 seq.; approves of being genially unwise, 46; his duplex ficus, 51; hatred of avarice, 218.

Huillard-Bréholles, I. L. A., 37, 186.

Humanitarians, their ferocity, 312.

Humour in south Italy, 58.

Huxley, T. H., 264.

Hymenæus, 39.

Ibn Alathir, 135.

Ibn Chaldun, 135.

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