7 From the Greek word "parthenos," which means "maiden." 17 Mercury's wand was called the Caduceus. 32 She was also known as Ilia. 42 Also called Erinnys or Eumenides. Their names were Alecto, Tisiphone, and MegÆra. See Appendix, page 353. 43 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XI, line 590, etc. 45 Two gates of sleep there are: one of horn, through which pass the true dreams; the other of shining white ivory, through which the spirits send false dreams up to the world. 46 Pale Death steps with the same foot to the huts of the poor and the palaces of kings. 58 Old name for Naxos. 62 "Pactolus singeth over golden sands."—Gray. 67 Here in a vast cave, King Æolus keeps under his control the struggling winds and roaring tempests, and holds them chained in prison. They, chafing at restraint, surge against their barriers with the great rumbling of a mountain. Æolus sits in a lofty stronghold, holding a scepter, and soothes their feeling and softens their wrath. If he did not do this, they would surely carry with them in rapid course the seas and lands and the deep sky and sweep these with them to the high heavens. 72 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 645. 73 See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 655. 75 Some authorities state that Hippolyte was not killed, but lived to marry the hero Theseus. See page 301. 81 According to some stories, Atlas was the father of the Hesperides and owner of the Garden. 92 Hawthorne's Wonder Book, "The ChimÆra." 97 Sometimes given as Glauce. 98 Sometimes given as Milanion. 99 Ovid, Metam., Book X, line 610. 104 Some authorities say that it was Hippolyte whom Theseus married, and that she was therefore not slain by Hercules. This is the story that Shakespeare adopted in "Midsummer-Night's Dream." 109 Sophocles, Œdipus the King. 111 This was the same Creon whose daughter Megara had married Hercules. |