Ganelon infamous betrayer of his master Roland, Charlemagne's greatest warrior, in the French epic "Song of Roland."
Gaville refering to Francesco dei Cavalcanti, who was killed by the people of Gaville; many townspeople were then killed by his kinsmen avenging his death.
Gianni de' Soldanier Ghibelline deserter.
Gorgon Greek Mythology. any of three sisters with snakes for hair, so horrible that the beholder is turned to stone.
Great Priest Pope Boniface III.
Gualandi, Sismondi and Lanfranchi Ghibelline nobles.
Gualdrada legendary modest woman, used as a model of womanhood.
Guido Bonatti court astrologer and military adviser.
Guido Guerra a leader of the Guelphs; the last name means "war."
Guido Guido Cavalanti, poet and friend of Dante; also Farinata's son-in-law.
Guido, Alessandro the Counts of Guidi.
Hannibal 247c.–183 b.c.; Carthaginian general; crossed the Alps to invade Italy in 218 b.c.
Hecate Greek Mythology. a goddess of the moon, earth, and underground realm of the dead, later regarded as the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft.
Hecuba taken to Greece from Troy as a slave; written about by Ovid.
Helen Greek Legend. the beautiful wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; the Trojan War is started because of her abduction by Paris to Troy.
High Olympus mountain in Northern Greece, between Thessaly and Macedonia; c. 9,580 ft. (2,920 m); in Greek mythology, the home of the gods.
holy hour dawn.
hydras water serpents.
Hypsipyle daughter of the king of Lemnos; seduced and deserted by Jason; saved her father when all the men of Lemnos were being killed.
Icarus Greek Mythology. the son of Daedalus; escaping from Crete by flying with wings made by Daedalus, Icarus flies so high that the sun's heat melts the wax by which his wings are fastened, and he falls to his death in the Aegean sea.
Infamy of Crete the Minotaur.
