West. See East-West relations
“what if” history. See counterfactual history
Whittier, John Greenleaf, “Mithridates at Chios,” 218
wolf: as metaphor for Rome, 108, 110, 141, 162, 277
as symbol of Rome, 33, 33, 35, 35, 52, 108
women. See Amazons; prostitutes, sacred; individual women and goddesses
Wordsworth, William, 364
wounds, 310–11, 340, 353, 361
wrestling, 50, 51
Xenocles, 108, 142, 159
Xenophon: on Cyrus, 104, 235
on education, 48–49, 75
The Education of Cyrus, 48–49, 73
on fire ceremony, 235
On Hunting, 73, 87
The March of the Ten Thousand, 48, 335
on Persian thought, 46
travels of, 48, 85–86, 88, 315, 335
on warfare, 295, 308
Xerxes, 93, 94, 114, 121, 185, 200, 262, 300
Xerxes (son of M), 114, 343, 352, 358
Xiphares (son of M), 114, 253, 277, 284, 316, 330, 339
yew, 48
Yushchenko, Viktor, 416n42
Zachalias, 247
Zela, 84
Battle of (47 BC), 369
Battle of (67 BC), 310–11
Zenobius, 216–20
Zeus, 32, 46, 62, 79, 152, 208, 233–35, 311
Zopyrus, 237–38, 241
Zoroastrianism: Aristonicus and, 60
characteristics of, 46–47
and death, 82
and fire ceremony, 234–35
flowers sacred in, 295
and sibling marriage, 100. See also Darkness; Light; Sun; Truth
Zosimé, 298, 358
Zygi, 333
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