Hale, Nathan. 1755-76. American Revolutionary spy. Executed by British -“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”.

Halepa, Pact. 1878. Turks grant self-government to Cretan Greeks.

Hallstatt. ~1100BC. Pioneer iron-age culture in Austria. Spread to Spain, Greece.

Hamas. 1987-. Militant terrorist movement for elimination of Israel and establishment of a Palestinian state. Denounced 1993 peace agreement. PLO.

Hargreaves, James. -1778. English. Invented spinning jenny 1764.

Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.

Hebe. Greek goddess of youth.

Hecate. Greek goddess of magic. 3 heads or bodies.

Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.

Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.

Helios. Greek sun god before Apollo.

Hellen. Mythical ancestral king of Greeks.

Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece.

Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.

Hellenistic Art. c330-50BC. Cosmopolitan culturally diverse period of Alexander’s empire. Sensual, emotional sculpture. Dying Gaul. Laocoön.

Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.

Helsinki Group. 1976. Soviet dissidents who monitor human rights aspect of Helsinki Accord. Orlov. Shscharansky.

Hennepin, Louis. 1626-1701. Missionary explorer of Great Lakes. First European to Niagara Falls.

Henry IV. 1050-1106. Holy Roman Emperor, 1056-. Civil War. Struggles with Gregory VII led to excommunication. Worms Synod. Clement III.

Hephaestus. Greek god of fire, metalsmith. =Vulcan.

Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.

Hercules. Roman hero = Greek Heracles.

Hermaphroditus. Greek deity with male and female attributes.

Hermes. Greek fertility, messenger god. = Mercury.

Hermitage. 1764. St Petersburg art museum.

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