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The Story of the Greeks · H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber — chapter 56 of 62 · ~202 words · public domain

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Hector, falls by hand of Achilles 50 kills Patroclus 50 sung by Homer 60

Hecuba, dream of 41

Helen runs away with Paris 43

Helios. See Apollo.

Hellas, how named (see also Greece) 21

Hellen, second son of Deucalion 20

Hellespont, a narrow strait 109 bridging the 121

Helots, Spartan slaves 61 strike for freedom 145 temperance taught by 68

Hephaestion, drinks himself to death 252 friend of Alexander 236 mistaken for Alexander 241

Heracles. See Hercules.

Heraclidae, banishment of 28 regain possessions 55

Heraclides, treachery of 214

Hercules, birthplace of 28 festival instituted by 78 games in honor of 38

Hermes, destruction of statues of 166

Heroic Age 25, 57

Hipparchus 98, 99

Hippias, Athenian ruler 98 capture of 102 Darius' generals guided by 111 killed 113 seeks aid from Darius 105

Hippocrates drives out plague 156

Homer, birthplace of 60 blindness of 57 poems of, collected 97 rank of, as poet 58, 60

Hot Gateway 20, 125

Hymettus, honey of 17

Hyphasis River 251

Icarian Sea, how named 24

Icarus flies too high 24

Ilium. See Troy.

Immortals, bodyguard of Xerxes 122 gain Pass of Thermopylae 129

Inachus teaches Pelasgians 13

Ionia, derivation of name 21 location of 56, 104

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