A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Z

Ab-syr´tus.
Son of King Æetes of Colchis;
slain by Medea, 271.

A-by´dus.
A city of Asia Minor;
the home of Leander, 111-116.

A-chÆ´us.
Grandson of Hellen, and ancestor of the Achaians, 38.

A-cha´i-ans.
Inhabitants of the province of Achaia, 38.

A-cha´tes.
Friend and inseparable companion of Æneas, 366, 367.

Ach-e-lo´us.
River in Greece, bearing the name of its god, 232.

Ach-e-men´i-des.
Ulysses’ sailor, rescued from Polyphemus by Æneas, 365.

Ach´e-ron.
1. River in Hades, 161;
Ulysses visits, 350;
Æneas crosses, 372.
2. Father of Furies, 163.

A-chil´les.
Son of Peleus and Thetis, 314-316;
surrenders Briseis, 318, 319;
the Greeks appeal to, 323-325;
slays Hector, 326-329;
death, 330;
in Happy Isles, 359;
father of Pyrrhus, 361;
significance, 394, 395.

A´cis.
Youth loved by Galatea, and slain by Polyphemus, 341.

A-cris´i-us.
King of Argos, and father of Danae, 240, 241, 249;
significance, 390, 391.

A-crop´o-lis.
Hill in Athens, the site of the Parthenon and Theseus’ temple, 262.

Ac-tÆ´on.
Hunter changed to a stag by Diana, 100, 101.

Ad-me´te.
Daughter of Eurystheus, covets Hippolyte’s girdle, 223.

Ad-me´tus.
King of Thessaly, served by Apollo, and saved from death by Alcestis, 64, 65;
Hercules restores Alcestis to, 230;
one of the Argonauts, 266;
in Calydonian Hunt, 275;
significance, 386.

A-do´nis.
Hunter loved by Venus and slain by a boar, 108-110;
significance, 195, 389.

A-dras´tus.
King of Argos;
his horse Arion, 153;
father of Hippodamia, 260;
sends expedition against Thebes, 287.

Æ´a-cus.
One of the three judges of the dead in Hades, 163.

Æ-Æ´a.
Island inhabited by Circe and visited by Ulysses, 347-350.

Æ-e´tes.
King of Colchis, father of Medea and Absyrtus, 268, 271;
brother of Circe, 347;
significance, 392.

Æ-ge´an Sea.
Delos chained in, 62;
Arion borne by dolphins in, 82, 83;
named after Ægeus, 259.

Æ-ge´us.
King of Athens;
father of Theseus, 250, 252, 253;
drowns himself, 259;
significance, 391.

Æ´gis.
Shield or breastplate of Minerva and Jupiter, 58;
loaned to Perseus, 243;
bears Medusa’s head, 249.

Æ-gis´thus.
Murderer of Agamemnon;
slain by Orestes, 336.

Æg´le.
One of the Heliades;
changed to a poplar tree, 87.

Æ-gyp´tus.
Brother of Danaus, 166.

Æ-ne´a-dÆ.
City which Æneas proposed to found in Thrace, 363.

Æ-ne´as.
Son of Venus and Anchises, 111;
Æneas’ descendants, 140;
worship introduced into Italy by, 198;
hero of Virgil’s Æneid, 360-377. Æ-ne´as Sil´vi-a.
Son of Æneas;
founder of Alba Longa, 377.

Æ-ne´id.
Virgil’s epic poem on the adventures of Æneas, 374.

Æ-o´li-a.
1. Same as Æolian Islands.
2. In Asia Minor, near Ægean Sea, 214.

Æ-o´li-an Islands.
The home of Æolus, god of the winds, 213, 346;
supposed to be Lipari Islands, 213.

Æ-o´li-an Race.
Descendants of Æolus, son of Hellen, 38.

Æ´o-lus.
1. God of the winds, 213-215;
Juno’s bargain with, 266;
gift to Ulysses, 346;
destruction of Æneas’ fleet, 365;
significance, 400.
2. Son of Hellen, founder of the Æolian race, 38.

Æs-cu-la´pi-us.
Son of Apollo and Coronis, 63, 64;
Machaon, son of, 331;
significance, 387.

Æ´son.
Father of Jason, 263;
rejuvenated by Medea, 273.

Æ´ther.
God of light, 13;
dethroned, 17.

Æ´thra.
Princess of Troezene, 250;
mother of Theseus, 253;
Helen intrusted to, 260;
significance, 391.

Æt´na.
Volcano in Sicily, 183;
the tomb of Enceladus, 24;
forge of Vulcan, 145, 148, 326;
Ceres’ visit to, 187.

Æ-to´li-a.
Country between Epirus and Locris, 275.

Af´ri-ca.
Hercules’ visit to, 226, 227.

Afterthought.
Name given to Epimetheus, 25.

Ag-a-mem´non.
Chief of the expedition against Troy, 314-319;
return of, 336;
troops of, 361;
significance, 394.

A-ga´ve.
Mother of Pentheus;
infuriated by Bacchus, slays her son, 182.

A-ge´nor.
Father of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, Phoenix, 44-47.

Ag-la´ia.
One of the Graces;
an attendant of Venus, 105.

A-Ï´des.
Same as Pluto;
significance, 401.

A-Ï-do´neus.
Same as Pluto, god of the Infernal Regions, 159.

A´jax.
Greek hero in Trojan war, 314;
Patroclus’ corpse recovered by, 328;
insanity of, 330.

Al´ba Lon´ga.
City in Italy founded by Æneas Silvia, 377.

Al-ces´tis.
Wife of Admetus;
dies to save his life, 65;
restored by Hercules, 230.

Al-ci´des.
Same as Hercules, 216;
lion skin of, 220;
Deianeira accompanies, 234;
Deianeira’s charm for, 236;
pose of, 239.

Al-cim´e-de.
Queen of Iolcus;
mother of Jason, 263.

Al-cin´o-us.
PhÆacian king, enables Ulysses to reach Ithaca, 355.

Al-cip´pe.
Daughter of Mars;
carried off by Halirrhothius, 139.

Alc-me´ne.
Wife of Jupiter, and mother of Hercules, 28, 216;
significance, 389.

A-lec´to.
One of the Furies, 163;
sent by Juno to kindle war between Æneas and the Latins, 373.

A-lec´try-on.
Servant of Mars;
changed to a cock, 106, 107.

Al-phe´us.
1. River of Peloponnesus;
dammed to clean Augean stable, 221.
2. The river god who pursued Arethusa, 190-193.

Al-thÆ´a.
Mother of Meleager, 275, 276.

Am-al-the´a.
Goat which nursed Jupiter, 21.

Am-a-se´nus.
River over which Metabus flung Camilla, 373.

A-ma´ta.
Wife of Latinus, 372;
driven mad by Alecto, 373;
suicide of, 376.

Am´a-zons.
Nation of warlike women;
Hercules visits, 224;
Theseus visits, 259;
Bellerophon visits, 295;
Queen of the, 329.

Am-bro´si-a.
Celestial food used by the gods, 41;
gods deprived of, 84.

Am´mon.
Temple of Jupiter in Libya, 48.

A´mor.
Same as Eros, Cupid, etc.;
god of love, 13;
son of Venus and Mars, 107.

Am-phi´on.
Son of Jupiter and Antiope;
musician;
King of Thebes, 80-82.

Am-phi-tri´te.
Same as Salacia, queen of the sea;
wife of Neptune, 154, 158;
train of, 155;
significance, 397. An-chi´ses.
Husband of Venus, 111;
father of Æneas, 360-362;
prophecy recalled by, 364;
death of, 365;
death anniversary of, 369;
Æneas’ visit to, 370-372.

An-ci´le.
Shield of Mars, guarded by the Salii in Rome, 143.

An-drÆ´mon.
Husband of Dryope;
saw her changed to a tree, 298.

An-drom´a-che.
Wife of Hector;
parting of Hector and, 321-323;
grief of, 328;
captivity of, 365.

An-drom´e-da.
Daughter of Celeus and Cassiopeia;
saved by Perseus, 246-249;
significance, 391.

An-tÆ´us.
Giant son of GÆa;
defender of the Pygmies;
slain by Hercules, 227, 228.

An-te´i-a.
Wife of Proetus;
accuses Bellerophon falsely, 291;
significance, 393.

An´te-ros.
God of passion, 107, 108;
son of Venus and Mars, 140.

An-tig´o-ne.
Daughter of Œdipus and Jocasta;
buried alive, 285-288;
significance, 393.

An-tin´o-us.
One of Penelope’s suitors;
slain by Ulysses, 358.

An-ti´o-pe.
Wife of Jupiter;
mother of Amphion and Zethus;
persecuted by Dirce, 80.

A-pha´re-us.
Father of Castor’s murderer, 279.

Aph-ro-di´te.
Same as Venus, Dione, etc., 103, 105;
significance, 399.

A-pol´lo.
Same as Phoebus, Sol, and Helios, 61-91;
god of the sun, music, poetry, and medicine, 55;
Diana’s brother, 93;
Niobe’s sons slain by, 94;
Mars and Venus seen by, 106, 107;
Mercury steals cattle of, 132-134;
giants slain by, 139;
walls built by, 151, 152;
Marpessa claimed by, 155;
Vesta loved by, 198;
Janus, son of, 205;
oracles of, 280, 281;
steed of, 294;
Cassandra loved by, 310;
Chryses appeals to, 318, 319;
Ulysses incurs anger of, 354;
significance, 386, 390, 393, 396, 398.

Aq´ui-lo.
West wind, son of Æolus and Aurora, 213, 215.

A-rach´ne.
Minerva’s needlework contest with, 58, 59.

Ar-ca´di-a.
Province of Peloponnesus, 221, 275;
Mercury’s birthplace, 131.

Ar´cas.
Son of Jupiter and Callisto;
constellation of the Little Bear, 52.

A-re-o-pa-gi´tÆ.
Judges of the criminal court of Athens, 140.

A-re-op´a-gus.
Hill near Athens;
site of the Parthenon, 140.

A´res.
Same as Mars, 138;
significance, 400.

A-re´te.
1. Goddess of virtue;
takes charge of Hercules, 218-220.
2. Wife of Alcinous;
mother of Nausicaa, 355.

Ar-e-thu´sa.
Nymph of Diana;
changed to a fountain, 190-193.

Ar´ges (Sheet-lightning).
A Cyclop;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18.

Ar´go.
Vessel in which Jason set sail in search of the golden fleece, 266-274;
significance, 392.

Ar-go-nau´tic Expedition
in search of golden fleece, 154;
Zetes and Calais in, 215;
Hercules in, 230;
Meleager in, 275;
significance, 391, 392.

Ar´go-nauts.
Name given to Jason and crew, 267-271;
significance, 392.

Ar´gos.
City in Argolis, dedicated to Juno, 52-54;
Eurystheus, king of, 218-220;
Acrisius, king of, 240, 249;
Adrastus, king of, 260, 287;
Proetus, king of, 291;
Agamemnon’s return to, 336;
significance, 389, 390.

Ar´gus.
1. Name of myriad-eyed giant who watched Io, 135-137;
significance, 385.
2. Name of Ulysses’ faithful hound, 357.

A-ri-ad´ne.
Daughter of Minos;
Theseus aided by, 256, 257;
deserted by Theseus, 179, 257;
marries Bacchus, 181;
significance, 391.

A-ri´on.
1. Winged steed;
the offspring of Neptune and Ceres, 153.
2. Musician;
thrown into the sea by pirates, saved by a dolphin, 82, 83.

Ar-is-tÆ´us.
Youth who indirectly causes Eurydice’s death, 76.

Ar´te-mis.
Same as Diana, goddess of the moon and the chase, 93, 97. As-cal´a-phus.
Spirit in Hades who saw Proserpina eat pomegranate seeds, 195.

A´si-a Mi´nor.
West of Asia;
Bacchus’ visit to, 176;
Vesta’s shrine in, 198;
Thetis’ flight from, 326.

As-kle´pi-os.
Same as Æsculapius;
son of Apollo and Coronis, 63.

As-ty´a-nax.
Infant son of Hector and Andromache, 321.

At-a-lan´ta.
Maiden who takes part in Calydonian Hunt and races with Milanion or Hippomenes, 275-278;
significance, 392.

Ath´a-mas.
King of Thebes;
father of Phryxus and Helle, 265;
Ino in madness slain by, 174;
significance, 391.

A-the´ne.
Same as Minerva, 55;
tutelary goddess of Athens, 57;
significance, 395.

A-the´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Athens, 215;
tribute of, 253, 256;
ingratitude of, 262.

Ath´ens.
Minerva’s festivals at, 60;
tribunal at, 139, 140;
contest for, 152;
Ægeus, king of, 250;
Theseus’ arrival at, 252, 253;
Ariadne elopes to, 256;
Castor and Pollux’ visit to, 260;
Theseus, king of, 262;
Peleus, king of, 305.

At´las.
1. Mountains.
2. One of Iapetus’ sons, 25;
daughters of, 98;
heavens supported by, 227-229;
Perseus petrifies, 244-246;
significance, 379.

At´ro-pos.
One of the Fates;
cuts the thread of life, 165.

At´ti-ca.
Province of Greece;
Cecrops founds city in, 57;
oppression of, 255;
shores of, 259.

Au-ge´as.
King of Elis;
his stables were cleansed by Hercules, 221-223.

Au´lis.
Port in Boeotia, the meeting-place of the Greek expedition against Troy, 312, 315.

Au-ro´ra.
Same as Eos, goddess of dawn;
attendant of Apollo, 85, 107;
jealousy of, 70;
Tithonus loved by, 90;
Æolus’ wife, 213.

Aus´ter.
Southwest wind, same as Notus;
a son of Æolus and Aurora, 215.

Au-tom´e-don.
Achilles’ charioteer, 328.

Av´en-tine.
One of the seven hills on which Rome is built, 226.

A-ver´nus.
Lake near Naples;
the entrance to Hades in Italy, 160;
Æneas’ visit to, 370.

Bab´y-lon.
The home of Pyramus and Thisbe, 117.

Bac-cha-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Bacchus, 182.

Bac-chan´tes.
Female followers of Bacchus, 176, 182;
Orpheus slain by, 79, 80.

Bac´chus.
Same as Dionysus, god of wine and revelry;
son of Jupiter and Semele, 171-182;
Vulcan visited by, 147;
Ariadne rescued by, 257;
tutor of, 300;
gift from, 306.

Bau´cis.
1. The mortal who showed hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury;
wife of Philemon, 43, 44.
2. Father of Dryope (changed to a tree), 298.

Bel-ler´o-phon.
Demigod;
mounts Pegasus and slays the dread ChimÆra, 291-296;
significance, 393, 394.

Bel-lo´na.
Goddess of war;
attendant of Mars, 138.

Ber-e-ni´ce.
Queen whose hair was changed into a comet, 130, 384.

Ber´o-e.
Nurse of Semele, whose form Juno assumes to arouse Semele’s jealousy, 171, 172.

Bi´ton.
Brother of Cleobis;
draws his mother to the temple, 54.

Boe-o´ti-a.
Province in Greece, whose principal city was Thebes, 47, 280.

Bo´re-as.
North wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora;
kidnaps Orithyia, 213-215;
sons of, 267.

Bos´po-rus.
Channel connecting Black Sea and Sea of Marmora, on route of Argonauts, 268.

Brass Age.
Third age of world, 35.

Bri-a´re-us.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18;
umpire, 152.

Bri-se´is.
Captive of Achilles during Trojan war;
claimed by Agamemnon, 318, 319, 324;
significance, 394.

Bron´tes (Thunder).
A Cyclop;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18.

Bru´tus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Ca´cus.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
giant slain by Hercules on Mount Aventine, 226;
significance, 386.

Cad´mus.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Thebes, 45-48;
husband of Harmonia, 107;
daughter of, 171;
dragon-tooth seed of, 268;
significance, 386, 390, 393.

Ca-du´ce-us.
Wand given to Mercury by Apollo, 134.

CÆ´sar.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Cal´a-is.
Son of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Cal´chas.
Soothsayer of the Greeks during the Trojan war, 315.

Cal-li´o-pe.
One of the nine Muses, loved by Apollo, 90;
mother of Orpheus, 75.

Cal-lis´to.
Maiden loved by Jupiter;
changed into a bear by Juno;
the Great Bear, 52.

Cal´y-don.
Home of Meleager;
site of Calydonian Hunt, 275.

Cal-y-do´ni-an Hunt.
Organized by Meleager to slay a boar, 275-279.

Ca-lyp´so.
Nymph who detained Ulysses on Ogygia seven years, 354;
significance, 395.

Ca-mil´la.
Volscian maiden;
fights, and is slain by, Æneas, 373, 376;
dedicated to Diana, 374.

Ca-mil´lus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Cam´pus mar´ti-us.
Roman exercising grounds sacred to Mars, 143.

Can´cer.
Crab which attacked Hercules to defend the Hydra;
a constellation, 221.

Cap´i-tol.
Temple dedicated to Jupiter in Rome, 48.

Car´thage.
A city in Africa, built by Dido, visited by Æneas, 367.

Cas-san´dra.
Daughter of Priam;
her prophecies, though true, were always disbelieved, 310, 364;
captivity of, 361.

Cas-si-o-pe´ia.
Mother of Andromeda, 246;
a constellation, 249;
significance, 391.

Cas´tor.
One of the Dioscuri or Gemini, 278, 279;
rescue of Helen by, 260;
Argonauts joined by, 266;
Calydonian Hunt joined by, 275.

Cau-ca´si-an Mountains.
Same as Caucasus;
Prometheus chained to, 28, 227.

Ce´crops.
Founder of Athens, 57;
descendants of, 255.

Ce-lÆ´no.
One of the Harpies;
frightens Æneas by prophesying harm, 365.

Ce´le-us.
1. King of Eleusis;
father of Triptolemus, 188.
2. Father of Andromeda;
significance, 391.

Cen´taurs.
Children of Ixion, half man, half horse;
Chiron, 218, 263, 314;
Hercules fights, 221;
battle of, 230, 260;
Nessus, 234-236;
significance, 391, 397.

Cen-tim´a-ni (Hundred-handed).
Three sons of Uranus and GÆa, 17, 18.

Ceph´a-lus.
Hunter loved by Procris and Aurora, 70, 71, 90;
significance, 387.

Cer´be-rus.
Three-headed dog which guarded the entrance of Hades, 76, 77, 160;
Hercules captures, 229, 260;
significance, 401.

Cer´cy-on.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
encountered by Theseus, 252.

Ce-re-a´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, 196.

Ce´res.
Same as Demeter, goddess of agriculture and civilization, 159, 183-197;
Cronus disgorges, 22;
Psyche consults, 127, 128;
Neptune loves, 153;
Pelops’ shoulder eaten by, 167;
significance, 396, 397.

Cer-y-ne´a.
Town of Achaia, 221.

Cer-y-ne´ian Stag.
Stag taken by Hercules;
one of his labors, 221.

Ces´tus.
Venus’ magic, love-inspiring girdle, 130, 308.

Ce´yx.
King of Thessaly;
shipwrecked, and changed with his wife Halcyone into birds, 211, 212.

Cha´os.
The first of all divinities, who ruled over confusion, 12, 13;
ejection of, 17;
daughter of, 57.

Char´i-tes.
The three Graces;
attendants of Venus, 105.

Cha´ron.
The boatman who ferries the souls over Acheron, 161;
Æneas ferried by, 372;
significance, 397.

Cha-ryb´dis.
Whirlpool near the coast of Sicily, 352, 353, 365. Chi-mÆ´ra.
Monster slain by Bellerophon, 292-296;
significance, 394, 401.

Chi´o-ne.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Chi´os.
One of the islands of the Archipelago, 99.

Chi´ron.
Learned Centaur, 218, 263, 266, 314;
death of, 221.

Chry-se´is.
Daughter of Chryses;
taken by Agamemnon, 318, 319.

Chry´ses.
Father of Chryseis;
priest of Apollo;
brings a plague on the Greek camp, 318, 319.

Ci-co´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses, 337.

Ci-lic´i-a.
Province in Asia Minor, between Æolia and Troas, 47.

Ci´lix.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Cilicia, 45, 47.

Cim-me´ri-an Shores.
Land visited by Ulysses to consult Tiresias, 350.

Cir´ce.
Sister of Æetes;
sorceress who changes Ulysses’ men into swine, 347-353;
significance, 395, 396.

Cle´o-bis.
Brother of Biton;
a devoted son, 54.

Cle-o-pa´tra.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Cli´o.
One of the nine Muses, 88.

Clo´tho.
One of the Fates;
she spins the thread of life, 165.

Clym´e-ne.
1. Wife of Iapetus;
an ocean nymph, 25.
2. Nymph loved by Apollo;
mother of Phaeton, 83, 87.

Clyt-Æm-nes´tra.
Wife of Agamemnon;
slain by Orestes, 336;
significance, 394.

Clyt´i-e.
Maiden who loves Apollo, and is changed into a sunflower, 72.

Co-cy´tus.
River in Hades, formed of tears of the condemned, 160, 161.

Coe´us.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 17.

Col´chi-an Land.
Ram bears Phryxus to, 154;
Argonauts arrive at, 268;
Argonauts depart from, 269;
sailors of, 271.

Col´chis.
Land in Asia ruled by Æetes, where the golden fleece was kept, 265, 266;
return from, 274.

Co-lo´nus.
Forest sacred to Furies, where Œdipus vanished in a storm, 286.

Co-los´sus.
Statue of Apollo in the Island of Rhodes, 91.

Con-sen´tes.
Same as Pan, god of the universe and of nature, 300.

Co´pre-us.
Son of Pelops;
owner of the marvelous horse Arion, 153.

Co´ra.
Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 183;
significance, 396.

Cor´inth.
City and isthmus between Greece proper and the Peloponnesus, 152, 158, 294;
Sisyphus, king of, 167, 291;
Sciron at, 251;
Polybus, king of, 280-282, 286.

Co-ro´na.
Constellation, also known as Ariadne’s Crown, 181.

Co-ro´nis.
Maiden loved by Apollo;
mother of Æsculapius, 62, 63;
significance, 386, 389.

Co´rus.
Northwest wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Cor-y-ban´tes.
Same as Curetes;
Rhea’s priests, 21.

Cot´tus.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18.

Cre´on.
Father of Jocasta and of Megara, 219;
King of Thebes, 288.

Cre´tan Bull.
Hercules captures, 223.

Crete.
Island home of Minos, 223, 253, 256;
Menelaus’ journey to, 312;
Æneas’ sojourn in, 364;
Zeus, king of, 379.

Cre-u´sa.
1. Wife of Æneas;
killed in attempting to fly from Troy, 361-363.
2. Same as Glauce;
maiden loved by Jason, 273.

Cri´us.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 17.

Cro´nus.
Same as Saturn;
a Titan who rules supreme;
father of Jupiter, 17-23, 25, 35;
daughters of, 51, 183, 198;
son of, 159.

Cru´mis-sa.
Island where Neptune carried Theophane;
birthplace of the golden-fleeced ram, 154.

Cu´mÆ.
Cave where the Sibyl gave her prophecies, 370.

Cu´pid, or Cu-pi´do.
Same as Amor, god of love;
son of Venus and Mars, 107, 140;
growth of, 108;
darts of, 112, 147, 367;
Psyche and, 121-130, 381. Cu-re´tes.
Same as Corybantes;
Rhea’s priests, 21.

Cy´a-ne.
River which tried to stop Pluto when he kidnapped Proserpina, 186.

Cyb´e-le.
Same as Rhea, goddess of the earth, 20;
chariot of, 278.

Cy-clo´pes.
Three children of Uranus and GÆa, 17, 18;
thunderbolts forged by, 22, 64, 147;
Orion visits the, 99;
Vulcan and the, 145;
Island of the, 339;
Æneas warned against, 365;
significance, 385, 398.

Cy´clops.
Polyphemus the, 339-345, 365.

Cyc´nus.
Intimate friend of Phaeton, 87.

Cyl-le´ne.
Mountain upon which Mercury was born, 131, 132.

Cyn´thi-a.
Same as Diana, goddess of the moon and the chase, 93, 96.

Cyn´thi-us.
Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and fine arts, 61.

Cyp-a-ris´sus.
Friend of Apollo;
turned to a cypress tree, 67.

Cy´prus.
Island in the Mediterranean sacred to Venus, 105, 120, 123.

Cyth-e-re´a.
Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, and laughter, 103.

DÆd´a-lus.
Architect who planned the Cretan Labyrinth, 253-255;
inventor of sails, 214.

Dan´a-e.
Maiden visited by Jupiter as a golden shower;
mother of Perseus, 240-242;
significance, 379, 390, 397.

Da-na´i-des.
Daughters of Danaus, who slay their husbands, 166, 167.

Dan´a-us.
King of Argos;
father of the fifty Danaides, 166.

Dan´ube.
River of Europe;
Medea slays Absyrtus near its mouth, 271.

Daph´ne.
Maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree, 68-70;
significance, 387, 389, 395.

Dar´da-nus.
Ancient king of Troy, who gives his name to his race, 364;
mares of, 215.

De-i-a-nei´ra.
Wife of Hercules, 232-236;
causes Hercules’ death by using the Nessus robe, 235, 236;
significance, 390.

De-iph´o-bus.
Son of Priam and Hecuba;
married Helen after the death of Paris, 362.

De´los.
Floating island;
birthplace of Apollo and Diana, 62;
shrine of Apollo at, 91, 363, 364;
significance, 386, 396.

Del´phi.
Shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles, 37, 47, 91;
Ceyx visits, 211;
Œdipus consults oracle at, 281, 282, 285, 290;
Orestes at, 336.

Del´uge.
Caused by Jupiter’s wrath, 36;
slime from, 65.

De-me´ter.
Same as Ceres;
goddess of agriculture, 183, 187;
significance, 396.

De´mi-os (Dread).
Attendant or son of Mars, 138.

Des´ti-ny.
One of the ancient deities not subjected to Jupiter, 39.

Deu-ca´li-on.
Only male survivor of Deluge;
father of Hellen, 37, 38.

Di´a.
Maiden loved and deserted by Ixion, king of the LapithÆ, 169;
significance, 389.

Di-a´na.
Goddess of the moon and chase;
daughter of Jupiter and Latona, 93-101;
birth of, 62;
nymphs of, 70, 190;
arrows of, 139;
Arethusa protected by, 192;
Œneus neglects, 275;
Iphigenia saved by, 316;
temple of, 336;
Camilla rescued by, 373, 374;
significance, 388, 396, 398.

Di´do.
Queen of Tyre and Carthage;
loved and deserted by Æneas, 366-369;
Æneas sees, in Hades, 372.

Di-o-me´des.
1. Greek hero during Trojan war, 314;
recovers Patroclus’ body, 328;
helps Ulysses secure the Palladium, 332.
2. The possessor of horses taken by Hercules, 223.

Di-o´ne.
1. Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, laughter, etc., 103.
2. Mother of Venus by Jupiter;
goddess of moisture, 44.

Di-o-nys´i-a.
Festivals held in Greece in honor of Bacchus, 182.

Di-o-nys´us.
Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, 174.

Di-os-cu´ri.
Collective name given to Castor and Pollux, 278.

Di-os-cu´ri-a.
Festivals in honor of Castor and Pollux, 279. Dir´ce.
Wife of Lycus;
bound to a bull by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.

Dis.
Same as Pluto, god of Infernal Regions, 159, 370.

Dis-cor´di-a, or Eris.
Goddess of discord, 138;
she appears at Peleus’ marriage feast, 306.

Do-do´na.
Temple and grove sacred to Jupiter, 48, 49, 266.

Dol´phin.
Constellation, 82.

Do´ri-an Race.
Descendants of Dorus, 38.

Do´ris.
Wife of Nereus, 154, 305.

Do´rus.
Son of Hellen;
ancestor of Dorian race, 38.

Dreams.
Spirits in cave of Somnus;
passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 210, 211;
Mercury, leader of, 137.

Drep´a-num.
Land visited by Æneas, where Anchises died, 365.

Dry´a-des.
Plant nymphs, supposed to watch over vegetation, 297.

Dry´o-pe.
Princess changed into a tree, 298-300.

Dull´ness.
Obscure deity put to flight by Minerva, 55, 57.

Earth.
Æther and Hemera create the, 13;
divisions of the, 15;
realm of the, 25;
the mother of all, 38;
oath by the, 172;
AntÆus, son of the, 228;
significance, 398.

E´cho.
Nymph who pined for love of Narcissus;
changed to a voice, 118, 119;
answers Cephalus, 71;
mocks Ariadne, 179.

Egg.
Earth hatched from a mythical, 15.

E´gypt.
Gods take refuge in, 24;
Io takes refuge in, 136;
Menelaus and Helen detained in, 336.

E-lec´tra.
Daughter of Agamemnon;
saves Orestes, 336.

El-eu-sin´i-a.
Festivals at Eleusis, in honor of Ceres and Proserpina, 196.

E-leu´sis.
City in Greece visited by Ceres during her search for Proserpina, 188, 196.

E´lis.
Province of the Peloponnesus;
Alpheus in, 193;
Augeas, king of, 221;
significance, 388.

El-pe´nor.
Follower of Ulysses;
dies in Island of ÆÆa, 350.

E-lys´i-an Fields.
Abode of the blessed in Hades, 161, 163, 169;
Cleobis and Biton conveyed to, 54;
Adonis conveyed to, 110.

En-cel´a-dus.
Giant defeated by Jupiter;
buried under Mt. Ætna, 24.

En-dym´i-on.
Youth loved by Diana, who carries him to a cave on Mt. Latmus, 96-98;
significance, 388, 389, 396.

En´na.
Plain in Sicily;
favorite resort of Proserpina, 183.

E-ny´o.
Name given to Bellona, goddess of war, 138.

E´os.
Name given to Aurora, goddess of dawn, 72, 90;
jealousy of, 70, 71;
winds, offspring of, 213.

Ep´a-phus.
Son of Jupiter and Io;
founder of Memphis, 136.

Eph´e-sus.
City in Asia Minor sacred to Diana, 101.

Eph-i-al´tes.
Giant son of Neptune, 154;
brother of Otus;
imprisons Mars, 139;
significance, 400.

E-pig´o-ni.
Sons of the seven chiefs who besieged Thebes, 290.

Ep-i-me´theus (Afterthought).
Son of Iapetus, 25;
husband of Pandora, 28-34, 37.

E-pi´rus.
Country visited by Æneas, who meets Andromache there, 365.

Er´a-to.
One of the Muses;
daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 90.

Er´e-bus.
God of darkness, 13;
marries his mother, Night, 13;
progenitor of egg, 15;
dethroned, 17.

E-rid´a-nus.
River into which Phaeton fell from the sun chariot, 87;
Hercules consults nymphs of, 226.

E-rin´ny-es.
Collective name given to the Furies, 163;
significance, 393.

E´ris.
Same as Discordia, goddess of discord and strife, 138;
apple cast by, 306.

Er-i-sich´thon.
An unbeliever;
punished by famine, 197.

E´ros.
Same as Cupid, 107;
child of Light and Day, 13;
arrows of, 13, 112;
egg produces, 15;
causes man’s creation, 25;
man’s life given by, 27.

Er-y-man´thus.
Place where Hercules slew the wild boar, 221. Er-y-the´a.
Island home of Geryones;
visited by Hercules, 226.

E-te´o-cles.
Son of Œdipus and Jocasta, 285;
reigns one year, 287;
slain by his brother, 288.

E-thi-o´pi-a.
Country visited by Bacchus, 176.

E-thi-o´pi-ans.
Happy race of Africa, south of the river Oceanus;
visited by the gods, 16.

Eu-boe´an or Eu-bo´ic Sea.
Sea where Hercules cast Lichas, 238.

Eu-mÆ´us.
Swineherd visited by Ulysses on his return to Ithaca, 355, 357;
Ulysses aided by, 358.

Eu-men´i-des.
Collective name given to Furies, 163;
forest sacred to, 286;
significance, 393.

Eu-phros´y-ne.
One of the three Graces or Charites;
attendant of Venus, 105.

Eu-ro´pa.
Daughter of Agenor;
wife of Jupiter, 44-48, 59;
mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon, 45, 325;
significance, 386.

Eu-ro´tas.
River near Sparta, where Helen bathed, 310.

Eu´rus.
East wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Eu-ry´a-le.
One of the three terrible Gorgons, 242.

Eu-ry´a-lus.
Youth sent with Nisus to warn Æneas that his son was in danger, 374.

Eu-ry-cle´a.
Nurse of Ulysses;
recognizes him after twenty years’ absence, 357;
Penelope awakened by, 358.

Eu-ryd´i-ce.
Wife of Orpheus, who seeks her in Hades, 75-80;
significance, 387-389.

Eu-ryl´o-chus.
Leader of Ulysses’ men, 347;
escaped Circe’s spell, 349;
Ulysses’ men misled by, 353.

Eu-ryn´o-me.
Wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Graces, 105.

Eu-rys´theus.
Hercules’ taskmaster;
appointed twelve labors, 218-229.

Eu´ry-tus.
Iole’s father;
visited twice by Hercules, 235.

Eu-ter´pe.
One of the Muses;
presided over music, 88.

Eux´ine Sea.
Same as Pontus Euxinus, or the Black Sea, 15.

E-van´der.
King of Tuscans;
ally of Æneas;
father of Pallas, 374, 375.

E-ve´nus.
Father of Marpessa;
drowned himself in river of same name, 155;
Hercules crosses, 234.

Fa´ma.
Attendant of Jupiter, goddess of fame, 41.

Fates.
Three sisters;
also known as MoerÆ or ParcÆ, 165.

Fau´na.
Wife of Faunus;
a rural divinity of the Romans, 301.

Fau´nus.
Rural divinity of the Romans;
husband of Fauna, 301.

Flo´ra.
Goddess of flowers, 301, 303;
wife of Zephyrus, 215, 301.

Flo-ra´li-a.
Festivals in May in honor of Flora, 301.

Forethought.
Name given to Prometheus, 25.

For-tu´na.
1. Goddess of fortune;
an attendant of Jupiter, 41.
2. Goddess of plenty, 232.

Fo´rum.
Chief place in Rome where public matters were discussed, 142.

Fu´ries.
The Eumenides, or avenging deities, 163;
Œdipus punished by, 286;
Orestes pursued by, 336.

GÆ´a.
Same as Tellus and Terra, 13;
wife of Uranus, 15;
reign of, 17;
conspiracy of, 18;
Typhoeus created by, 23;
Enceladus created by, 24;
AntÆus, son of, 227;
Syrinx protected by, 300;
significance, 396.

Gal-a-te´a.
1. Nymph loved by Polyphemus and Acis, 341-343.
2. Statue loved by Pygmalion, who prays Venus to give it life, 121.

Gan´y-mede.
Trojan prince carried off by Jupiter to act as cup-bearer, 43.

Ge.
Same as GÆa, Tellus, Terra, the Earth, 13.

Gem´i-ni.
Same as Dioscuri;
Castor and Pollux, 278.

Ge-ry´o-nes.
Giant whose cattle are taken by Hercules, 226;
significance, 401.

Glau´ce.
Maiden loved by Jason;
slain by Medea, 273;
significance, 392.

Glau´cus.
Fisherman changed to a sea god, 303, 304;
lover of Scylla, 352, 353. Golden Age.
First age of the ancient world, when all was bliss, 35;
Janus’ reign, 205.

Gor´gons.
Three sisters,—Euryale, Stheno, and Medusa, 242-246;
Ægis decorated by head of one of, 58;
significance, 401.

Grac´chi, The.
Unborn souls of Roman heroes, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Gra´ces.
Same as GratiÆ;
the three attendants of Venus, 105.

Gra-di´vus.
Name given to Mars when leader of armies, 143.

GrÆ´Æ.
Three sisters with but one eye and tooth among them, 243;
significance, 391, 401.

Gra´ti-Æ.
Same as Graces, or Charites;
Venus’ attendants, 105.

Great Bear.
Constellation formed by Callisto, 52.

Gre´ci-an.
Mythology, 25;
camp, 329.

Greece.
Highest peak in, 37;
alphabet introduced into, 48;
nations of, 49;
art in, 52;
Cecrops comes to, 57;
Pelops takes refuge in, 167;
Paris visits, 310;
war between Troy and, 314;
Orestes’ return to, 336;
captives taken to, 361.

Greek Divinities, 39;
PanathenÆa, 60;
fleet, 332.

Greeks.
Departure of, 315;
plague visits, 318;
defeat of, 323, 324;
return of, 335;
Agamemnon, chief of, 336;
attack Ciconians, 337;
Polyphemus visited by, 343-346;
Circe visited by, 347;
a civilized nation, 380.

Gy´es.
One of the three Centimani;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18.

Ha´des.
The Infernal Region, kingdom of Pluto, 159-170;
Hercules’ visit to, 65, 229, 230;
Orpheus’ visit to, 76-79;
Adonis’ visit to, 110;
Psyche’s visit to, 128;
Mercury conducts souls to, 137, 317;
Proserpina’s visit to, 194, 195;
Lara conducted to, 203;
Theseus’ visit to, 260;
Pollux in, 279;
Œdipus in, 286;
Ulysses’ visit to, 350;
Æneas’ visit to, 370.

HÆ´mon.
Son of Creon;
lover of Antigone, 288.

Hal-cy´o-ne.
Wife of Ceyx, King of Thessaly, 211, 212.

Hal-irr-ho´thi-us.
Son of Neptune;
slain by Mars, 139.

Ham-a-dry´a-des.
Nymphs who lived and died with the trees they inhabited, 297, 298.

Har-mo´ni-a.
Daughter of Mars and Venus, 107, 140;
wife of Cadmus, 48;
mother of Semele, 171.

Har´pies.
Monsters, half woman, half bird;
banished to Strophades Islands, 267;
Æneas sees, 365;
significance, 400.

Heav´en.
Creation of, 15;
realm of, 25;
Atlas, supporter of, 244;
significance, 384, 398.

He´be.
Goddess of youth;
cup-bearer of the gods, 41;
wife of Hercules, 238.

He´brus.
River in which the Bacchantes cast Orpheus’ remains, 80.

Hec´a-te.
Name given to Proserpina as Queen of Hades, 195.

Hec´tor.
Son of Priam;
leader of Trojan army, 320-326;
slain by Achilles, 328;
Priam buries, 329;
shade of, 360;
widow of, 365.

Hec´u-ba.
Wife of Priam;
mother of Paris and Hector, 307, 310;
Hector seen by, 328;
captivity of, 361.

Hel´en.
Daughter of Jupiter and Leda;
wife of Menelaus;
kidnapped by Paris, 310-312;
kidnapped by Theseus, 260;
Paris upbraided by, 320;
return of, 335;
Æneas wishes to slay, 361;
significance, 394.

Hel´e-nus.
King of Epirus, whose slave Andromache became after the death of Hector, 365.

He-li´a-des.
Sisters of Phaeton;
changed into trees, 87.

Hel´i-con.
Mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and Muses, 90, 149.

He´li-os.
Name of Apollo as god of the sun, 61, 72;
significance, 386, 388, 395.

Hel´le.
Daughter of Athamas and Nephele;
drowned in the Hellespont, 265;
significance, 391, 392, 397.

Hel´len.
Son of Deucalion;
ancestor of the Hellenes, 38.

Hel-le´nes.
Name given to ancient Greeks, 38. Hel´les-pont.
Name given to the strait from Helle, 265;
Leander swims across the, 111-117.

He-me´ra (Day).
One of the first divinities, who rules with Æther (Light), 13, 17.

Heph-Æs-ti´a.
Festivals in honor of HephÆstus, or Vulcan, 148.

He-phÆs´tus.
Name given to Vulcan, god of the forge, 144;
significance, 399.

He´ra, or He´re.
Name given to Juno, queen of heaven, and goddess of the atmosphere and of marriage, 51;
significance, 385.

Her´a-cles.
Same as Hercules;
son of Jupiter and Alcmene, 216.

He-rÆ´um.
Town dedicated to the service of Juno, 52.

Her´cu-les.
Same as Heracles, god of all athletic games, 216-239;
Prometheus delivered by, 28;
Hades visited by, 65;
Hesione delivered by, 152;
Centaurs defeated by, 260;
Argonautic expedition joined by, 266, 267;
arrows of, 330;
apparition of, 331;
significance, 379, 389, 390, 393, 395.

Her´mes.
Same as Mercury, messenger of the gods, 131;
significance, 399.

Her-mi´o-ne.
Same as Harmonia;
daughter of Venus and Mars, 107.

He´ro.
Maiden loved by Leander, who swam the Hellespont to visit her, 111-117.

He-si´o-ne.
Daughter of Laomedon;
rescued from sea monster by Hercules, 151, 152, 224.

Hes-pe´ri-a.
Ancient name of Italy, so called by Æneas, 23, 364.

Hes-per´i-des.
Daughters of Hesperus, guardians of golden apples, 226;
significance, 390.

Hes´pe-rus.
God of the West;
father of the Hesperides, 72, 226.

Hes´ti-a.
Same as Vesta, goddess of the family hearth, 198;
significance, 399.

Him´e-rus.
God of the desire of love;
attendant in Venus’ numerous train, 106.

Hip-po-cre´ne.
Fountain created by Pegasus, 294.

Hip-po-da-mi´a.
Wife of Pirithous;
almost carried off by the Centaurs, 260.

Hip-pol´y-te.
Queen of the Amazons, 223, 224;
Theseus’ wife, 259.

Hip-pol´y-tus.
Son of Theseus and Hippolyte, 259;
loved by PhÆdra, 262.

Hip-pom´e-nes.
Same as Milanion;
lover of Atalanta, 278.

Hope.
The good spirit in Pandora’s box;
an ancient deity, 33-35.

Ho´rÆ.
Collective name of the seasons;
Venus’ attendants, 105.

Horn Gate.
Gate leading from cave of Somnus to outer world, 210, 211.

Hours.
Attendants of Apollo, 85;
attendants of Venus, 105.

Hundred-handed, the.
Same as Centimani, 18.

Hup´nos.
Same as Somnus, god of sleep, 208.

Hy-a-cin´thus.
Youth loved by Apollo and Zephyrus;
changed to a flower, 67.

Hy´dra.
Monster serpent slain by Hercules in the swamp of Lerna, 220, 221;
significance, 400.

Hy-ge´ia.
Daughter of Æsculapius;
watched over health of man, 64.

Hy´las.
Youth loved by Hercules;
stolen by the water nymphs, 267.

Hy´men.
God of marriage;
attendant of Venus, 106.

Hy-met´tus.
Mountain in Attica, 90.

Hyp-er-bo´re-an Mountains.
The mountains separating the land of the Hyperboreans from Thrace, 215.

Hyp-er-bo´re-ans.
People north of Oceanus, a virtuous race, 16.

Hy-pe´ri-on.
The Titan who had charge of the sun chariot, 17, 20, 22.

Hyp-erm-nes´tra.
Daughter of Danaus;
saves her husband, 166.

I-ap´e-tus.
One of the Titans;
father of Prometheus, 17, 25, 229.

I-a´pis.
Leech consulted by Æneas;
cures Æneas with Venus’ aid, 376.

I-a´si-us.
Same as Iasion;
father of Atalanta, 275, 364.

Ic´a-rus.
Son of DÆdalus;
fell into the Icarian Sea, 253-255.

I´da.
Mountain in Crete, and near Troy also, 21, 320. I´das.
A mortal befriended by Neptune;
elopes with Marpessa, 155.

Il´i-a.
1. One of the Titanides;
daughter of Uranus and GÆa, 17.
2. Priestess of Vesta;
wife of Mars;
mother of Romulus and Remus, 140, 377.

Il´i-ad.
Homer’s epic poem on the Trojan war, 318, 321, 329.

Il´i-um.
Same as Troy whence comes the Iliad’s name, 317, 360, 363, 370.

In´a-chus.
River god (father of Io), 134, 136.

Infernal Regions.
Judges in the, 45;
Orpheus visits, 76-79;
Adonis visits, 108;
Pluto’s realm, 159;
Proserpina’s sojourn in, 194;
Æneas visits, 370.

I´no.
Same as Leucothea;
second wife of Athamas;
daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, 174, 265;
significance, 392.

I´o.
Maiden loved by Jupiter;
changed into a heifer, 134-137;
significance, 385, 396.

I-ob´a-tes.
King of Lycia;
recipient of the sealed letter carried by Bellerophon, 291-295.

I-o-la´us.
Friend of Hercules;
helped slay the Hydra, 220.

I-ol´cus.
Kingdom of Æson and Jason;
usurped by Pelias, 263.

I´o-le.
Maiden loved by Hercules, 235, 236;
significance, 390, 392.

I´on.
Grandson of Hellen;
ancestor of Ionian race, 38.

I-o´ni-an Race.
Race descended from Ion, grandson of Hellen, 38.

I-o´ni-an Sea.
Sea west of Greece, named after Io, 136, 137.

Iph-i-ge-ni´a.
Daughter of Agamemnon;
sacrificed to Diana, 315, 316;
Orestes finds, 336.

I´ris (the Rainbow).
Attendant of Juno, 52, 329, 374.

Iron Age.
Fourth and last age previous to the Deluge, 36.

Isles of the Blest.
Islands west of Oceanus, inhabited by the virtuous dead, 16, 17;
Ulysses searches for, 359.

Is´ma-rus.
Town in Thrace, spoiled by Ulysses, 337.

Is-me´ne.
Daughter of Œdipus and Jocasta, 285;
dies of grief, 290.

Isth´mi-an Games.
Games held in honor of Neptune, at Corinth, every four years, 158.

It´a-ly.
Saturn retires to, 23;
Ceres returns to, 190;
Janus, king of, 205.

Ith´a-ca.
Ulysses’ island kingdom, 214, 312, 337;
Ulysses arrives in sight of, 346;
Ulysses returns to, 354, 355;
Telemachus returns to, 357;
home of Penelope.

I-u´lus.
Æneas’ son;
Æneas saves, 361;
Cupid assumes form of, 367;
stag wounded by, 373;
brave defense by, 374.

Ivory Gate.
Gate leading from cave of Somnus to outer world, 210, 211.

Ix-i´on.
Criminal in Tartarus;
bound to wheel of fire, 77, 169, 260;
significance, 389.

Ja-nic´u-lum.
City on the Tiber, founded by Janus, 205.

Ja´nus.
God of all beginnings, of entrances, gates, etc., 205-207;
opening of temple of, 373.

Ja´nus Quad´ri-fons.
A square temple dedicated to Janus, 206.

Ja´son.
Son of Æson;
captured the golden fleece, 263-274;
significance, 392, 393.

Jo-cas´ta.
Wife of Laius, 280;
marries Œdipus, her son, 285;
commits suicide, 286;
significance, 392, 393.

Jove.
Same as Jupiter, 39;
birth of, 20;
day of, 207;
Leda courted by, 311;
decree of, 329.

Ju´no.
Birth of, 22;
flight of, 24;
Jupiter’s wife, 44;
same as Hera, 51-54;
jealousy of, 61, 62, 135-137, 171, 172, 174, 203, 216;
Mars, son of, 138;
Vulcan, son of, 144;
Tityus insults, 169;
Æolus, servant of, 213;
Hercules persecuted by, 216-218, 219, 224;
Jason carries, 264;
Jason aided by, 266, 267;
contest of Minerva and Venus with, 306-308;
Troy destroyed by, 362;
Æneas persecuted by, 364, 365, 369, 373-375;
significance, 385, 389, 400.

Ju´pi-ter.
Birth of, 20;
supremacy of, 21;
giants defeated by, 22-24;
kingdom divided by, 25;
Prometheus punished by, 28;
Mercury, messenger of, 31, 134;
Deluge caused by, 36;
same as Jove, 39-49;
Juno courted by, 51;
Minerva borne by, 55;
Latona courted by, 61;
Æsculapius slain by, 64;
Amphion, son of, 80;
Phaeton slain by, 87;
Muses, daughters of, 88;
Venus, daughter of, 103;
Graces, daughters of, 105;
Venus borrows thunderbolts of, 111;
Mercury, son of, 131;
Io courted by, 135, 136;
Mars, son of, 138;
Vulcan, son of, 144;
thunderbolts of, 147, 155;
Neptune exiled by, 151;
Semele courted by, 171-174;
Ceres, wife of, 183;
Hercules, son of, 216, 218;
games in honor of, 230, 239;
Hercules saved by, 238;
Danae courted by, 240, 241;
Helen, daughter of, 260, 311;
Bellerophon punished by, 295;
Thetis loved by, 305, 306;
Thetis seeks, 319;
interference of, 320, 362, 375;
Sarpedon, son of, 325;
Apollo appeased by, 354;
significance, 381, 384, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390, 394, 396, 398-400.

Jus´tice.
Same as Themis, 44;
mother of seasons, 105.

Ju-tur´na.
Sister and charioteer of Turnus, 376.

Ju-ven´tas.
Same as Hebe, goddess of youth, 41.

Ka´kia.
Goddess of vice;
tries to mislead Hercules, 218.

Lab´y-rinth.
A maze in Crete, constructed by DÆdalus for the Minotaur, 253-257.

Lac-e-dÆ-mo´ni-a.
Province in Peloponnesus;
capital Sparta, also name of Sparta, 312.

Lac-e-dÆ-mo´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of LacedÆmonia, or Sparta, 212.

Lach´e-sis.
One of the Fates;
twists the thread of life, 165.

La´don.
Dragon which guarded golden apples of Hesperides, 226.

La-er´tes.
Father of Ulysses, 315, 345;
Penelope weaves his shroud, 357.

LÆs-try-go´ni-ans.
Cannibals visited by Ulysses, 347.

La´ius.
Father of Œdipus, 280;
slain by him, 282;
significance, 392-394.

Lam-pe´tia.
One of the Heliades, 87;
guards the cattle of the sun, 353, 354.

La-oc´o-on.
Trojan priest;
crushed to death by two serpents, 333-335.

La-od-a-mi´a.
Wife of Protesilaus;
dies of grief, 316, 317.

La-om´e-don.
King of Troy;
employs Neptune and Apollo to build walls, 151, 152;
significance, 386.

Lap´i-thÆ.
People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs, 230, 260;
Ixion, king of, 169;
Pirithous, king of, 259.

La´ra.
Wife of Mercury;
mother of the two Lares, 203.

La´res.
Two tutelary divinities of ancient Roman households, 203;
saved by Anchises, 362.

Lat´in.
Names of days in, 207.

Lat´ins.
People of Latinus and Æneas, 377;
Æneas fights, 375.

La-ti´nus.
King of Latium, 372;
welcomes and then wars against Æneas, 373, 374, 376;
Æneas makes peace with, 377.

La´ti-um.
Province of Italy, ruled by Latinus, 377;
Æneas comes to, 372.

Lat´mus.
Mountain in Asia Minor, where Endymion lies asleep, 97;
significance, 388, 392, 394.

La-to´na.
Same as Leto;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of Apollo and Diana, 61, 62;
boast of, 93;
significance, 396.

Lau´sus.
Hero slain by Æneas during wars against the Rutules, 376.

La-vin´i-a.
Daughter of Latinus, 372, 373;
Æneas’ second wife, 376, 377.

Le-an´der.
Youth of Abydus;
Hero’s lover, who swam the Hellespont, 111-117.

Le-ar´chus.
Son of Athamas and Ino;
slain by his father, 174.

Le´da.
Mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen and ClytÆmnestra, 311;
significance, 394.

Le´laps.
The tireless hunting dog given by Procris to Cephalus, 70. Lem´nos.
Island in the Grecian Archipelago;
Vulcan landed there, 144;
Philoctetes on, 330.

Ler´na.
Marsh where the Hydra lay concealed, 220.

Le´the.
River of forgetfulness, which separated the Elysian Fields from Hades, 161, 163, 208, 210.

Le´to.
Same as Latona;
mother of Apollo and Diana, 61;
significance, 386, 388, 392, 394.

Leu-co´the-a.
Same as Ino, Athamas’ wife;
sea goddess, 174;
Ulysses rescued by, 355.

Li´ber.
Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, 174.

Lib-er-a´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Liber, or Bacchus, held in the autumn, 182.

Lib´y-a.
Ancient name of Africa;
coast upon which Æneas landed, 48, 366.

Li´chas.
Bearer of the Nessus robe;
slain by Hercules, 236-238.

Light.
Same as Æther, 13.

Lip´a-ri Islands.
Same as Æolian Islands, where Ulysses landed, 213.

Little Bear.
Arcas changed into the constellation of the, 52.

Lo´tis.
Nymph changed into a lotus blossom, 299.

Lo-toph´a-gi.
People whose food was the lotus;
the Lotus-eaters, 338.

Love.
Same as Eros, Cupid, etc., 13;
Psyche courted by, 124-127.

Loves.
Attendants of Venus, 148.

Lower Regions.
Visited by Æneas, 372.

Lu´nae.
Same as Diana, 207.

Lyc´i-a.
Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the ChimÆra, 291, 295.

Lyc-o-me´des.
King of Scyros;
treacherously slays Theseus, 262;
shelters Achilles, 314, 315.

Ly´cus.
Antiope’s second husband;
slain by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.

Lyd´i-a.
Kingdom of Midas, in Asia Minor, 177, 230.

Lyn´ceus.
Husband of Hypermnestra, who spared his life, 166.

Lyn´cus.
King of Scythia;
changed into a lynx by Ceres, 196.

Ly´ra.
Orpheus’ lute;
placed in heavens as a constellation, 80.

Ma-cha´on.
Celebrated leech;
son of Æsculapius, 64;
Philoctetes healed by, 331.

Ma´ia.
Goddess of the plains;
mother of Mercury, 131;
significance, 399.

Ma´nes.
Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, 203.

Mar-pes´sa.
Daughter of Evenus;
marries Idas, 155.

Mars.
Same as Ares;
son of Jupiter and Juno, 52;
god of war, 138-143;
Venus courted by, 106-108;
day of, 207;
descendants of, 377;
significance, 400.

Mar´sy-as.
1. Shepherd who enters into competition with Apollo, 73, 74.
2. Name of river, 74.

Mar´ti-us, Cam´pus.
Roman exercising grounds, 143.

Mat-ro-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Juno, in Rome, 54.

Me-de´a.
Daughter of Æetes, 268, 269;
wife of Jason, 271, 273, 274;
wife of Ægeus, 252, 253;
significance, 392.

Me´di-a.
Country in Asia Minor, where Medea took refuge, 253.

Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an.
Sea dividing world in two, 15.

Me-du´sa.
Gorgon slain by Perseus, whose hair was turned into snakes, 242-249;
Neptune marries, 154;
Pegasus, offspring of, 294;
significance, 391.

Me-gÆ´ra.
One of the Furies, Eumenides, or Erinnyes, 163.

Meg´a-ra.
First wife of Hercules, whose three children he burns in his madness, 219;
significance, 390.

Me-le-a´ger.
Son of Œneus and AlthÆa;
leader of Calydonian Hunt, 275, 276;
significance, 392.

Me´li-an Nymphs.
Nymphs who nursed Jupiter in infancy, 21.

Mel-pom´e-ne.
One of the Muses;
presides over tragedy, 88.

Mem´phis.
Town in Egypt, founded by Epaphus, 136.

Men-e-la´us.
King of Sparta;
husband of Helen of Troy, 310-314;
Paris fights, 320;
return of, 335;
Telemachus visits, 357;
significance, 394. Men´e-ti-us.
One of the four sons of Iapetus and Clymene, 25.

Men´tor.
Name assumed by Minerva to act as a guide for Telemachus, 357, 358.

Mer-cu-ra´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Mercury, the messenger god, 137.

Mer´cu-ry.
Same as Hermes;
son of Jupiter and Maia, 131-137;
Pandora guided by, 29, 31;
Jupiter’s ally, 43;
Adonis guided by, 108;
Mars delivered by, 139;
Bacchus guarded by, 174;
Proserpina guided by, 195;
Lara loved by, 203;
day of, 207;
leader of dreams, 210;
Perseus helped by, 243;
Pan, son of, 300;
Protesilaus guided by, 317;
Priam led by, 329;
Ulysses aided by, 349, 354;
Æneas aided by, 369;
significance, 385, 386, 399, 400.

Mer´o-pe.
Daughter of Œnopion;
promised bride of Orion, 99.

Met-a-nei´ra.
Wife of Celeus, king of Eleusis;
mother of Triptolemus, 188.

Me´tis.
Daughter of Oceanus;
gives a potion to Cronus, 22.

Me´tus.
Attendant of Mars;
god of war and strife, 138.

Me-zen´ti-us.
Father of Lausus;
slain by Æneas, 376.

Mi´das.
King of Lydia, 74, 75;
changed all he touched to gold, 177-179.

Mi-la´ni-on.
Same as Hippomenes;
husband of Atalanta, 278.

Mi´lo.
Island where statue of Venus was found, 130.

Mi-ner´va.
Same as Athene, goddess of wisdom;
daughter of Jupiter, 55-60;
man given soul by, 27;
flute of, 73;
Vulcan wooes, 147;
contest of Neptune and, 152;
Medusa punished by, 242;
Perseus aided by, 243;
gift to, 249;
Argo built by, 266;
Bellerophon helped by, 292;
Juno and Venus dispute with, 306-308;
Ulysses aided by, 354-358;
significance, 395, 396.

Min-er-va´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Minerva, in Rome, 60.

Mi´nos.
1. King of Crete, 223;
father of Ariadne and PhÆdra, 253, 256.
2. Son of Jupiter and Europa;
judge in Hades, 45, 163.

Min´o-taur.
Monster which Minos kept in the Labyrinth, 253-257;
significance, 391, 401.

Mne-mos´y-ne.
A Titanide, 17, 22;
goddess of memory;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Muses, 88.

Moe´rÆ.
The Fates, or ParcÆ, who spin, twist, and cut the thread of life, 165.

Mor´pheus.
Prime minister of Somnus, god of sleep, 208, 212.

Mors.
Same as Thanatos, god of death, 208-212, 213.

Mo-sych´lus.
Mountain in Lemnos, where Vulcan fell from heaven, 144.

Mu-sag´e-tes.
Apollo’s name when he led the choir of the Muses, 88.

Mu´ses, the Nine.
Daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 73-75, 88-90;
mount of the, 294.

My-ce´nÆ.
Favorite city of Juno, with Sparta and Argos, 52;
Perseus exchanges Argos for, 249.

Myr´mi-dons.
Achilles’ followers;
led by Patroclus, 324, 325;
significance, 395.

Mys´ter-ies.
Religious rites celebrated in honor of the God of Wine, 182.

Myths.
Fabulous tales, 378-401.

Na-i´a-des.
Fountain nymphs subject to Neptune, 297, 298.

Na-pÆ´Æ.
Valley nymphs, who looked after the flocks also, 297.

Nar-cis´sus.
Youth loved by Echo;
enamored with his own image, 118-120.

Nau-sic´a-a.
Daughter of Alcinous and Arete;
befriends Ulysses, 355.

Nax´os.
Island visited by Theseus and Bacchus, 179, 257;
significance, 391.

Nec´tar.
Beverage of the gods, poured out by Hebe and Ganymede, 41, 84.

Ne´leus.
Son of Neptune;
brother of Pelias, 154.

Ne´me-a.
Forest in Greece, devastated by a lion slain by Hercules, 220.

Ne´me-an Games.
Games in honor of Jupiter and Hercules, 239. Ne´me-an Lion.
Monster slain by Hercules, 220.

Nem´e-sis.
Goddess of vengeance, 163;
pursues Orestes, 336.

Ne-op-tol´e-mus.
Same as Pyrrhus;
Achilles’ son;
slays Priam, 361.

Neph´e-le.
Wife of Athamas;
mother of Phryxus and Helle, 265;
significance, 391, 397.

Nep´tune.
Same as Poseidon, god of the sea, 149-158;
son of Cronus, 22;
kingdom given to, 25;
Deluge controlled by, 36, 37;
horse created by, 57;
Delos created by, 62;
walls built by, 65;
Mars punished by, 139;
girl protected by, 197;
Vesta wooed by, 198;
Minos punished by, 223;
Pegasus created by, 244;
Hippolytus slain by, 262;
Thetis wooed by, 305;
Trojans punished by, 332, 333;
Polyphemus, son of, 339;
Ulysses’ men slain by, 354, 355;
Æneas saved by, 366, 370;
significance, 397, 400.

Ne-re´i-des.
Water nymphs;
daughters of Nereus and Doris, 153, 155;
significance, 397.

Ne´re-us.
God of the sea;
the personification of its pleasant aspect, 154, 226;
father of Thetis, 305;
significance, 397.

Nes´sus.
The Centaur who carries Deianeira across the river;
slain by Hercules, 234, 235;
significance, 390.

Nes´tor.
Greek hero during Trojan war;
noted for wise counsel, 275, 314, 357.

Ni´ce.
Same as Victory;
attendant of Jupiter, 41.

Night.
Same as Nyx or Nox, 13, 15, 57, 208.

Nightmares.
Attendants of Somnus, crouching in his cave, 210.

Ni´o-be.
Daughter of Tantalus, whose children are slain by Apollo and Diana, 93-96, 167;
significance, 398.

Ni´sus.
Youth who accompanies Euryalus to summon Æneas back to camp, 374.

No´man.
Name assumed by Ulysses to mislead Polyphemus, 343, 344.

No´tus or Auster.
Southwest wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Nox.
Same as Nyx, goddess of night;
marries Chaos and Erebus, 13.

Nu´ma Pom-pil´i-us.
Second king of Rome;
built Vesta’s temple, 200.

Nymphs.
Name given to female minor divinities, 297.

Ny-si´a-des.
Nymphs who cared for Bacchus, and form a constellation, 174.

Nyx.
Same as Nox, goddess of night;
mother of Day and Light, 13, 15, 17, 163.

O-ce-an´i-des.
Daughters of Oceanus;
nymphs of the ocean, 25, 103, 303;
significance, 397.

O-ce´a-nus.
1. River surrounding the earth, according to ancients, 15, 16, 229.
2. One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 17, 20, 22, 25, 149;
significance, 397.

O-cris´i-a.
A slave;
wife of Vulcan;
mother of Servius Tullius, 148.

O-dys´seus.
Same as Ulysses;
hero of the Odyssey, 337.

Od´ys-sey.
Epic poem of Homer on the adventures of Ulysses, 337.

Œd´i-pus.
Son of Laius and Jocasta;
King of Thebes, 280-290;
significance, 392, 393, 394.

Ϋneus.
Father of Meleager and Deianeira;
husband of AlthÆa, 232, 275.

Œ-no´ne.
Wife of Paris, son of Priam, 307, 308;
she dies on his funeral pyre, 331;
significance, 394.

Œ-no´pi-on. Father of Merope;
blinds Orion, 99.

Ϋta.
Mountain on whose summit Hercules builds his funeral pyre, 238.

O-gyg´i-a.
Island where Calypso detains Ulysses seven years, 354.

O-lym´pi-a.
City in Elis noted for its temple and games, 49, 230, 239.

O-lym´pi-ad.
Time between Olympian Games; i.e., four years, 49.

O-lym´pi-an Games.
Games instituted by Hercules in honor of Jupiter, 49, 230.

O-lym´pus.
Mountain north of Greece;
the abode of the gods, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 39, 51, 55, 58, 70, 76, 96, 106, 120, 128, 132, 135, 153, 171, 240, 297, 373, 375;
gods fly from, 24;
Prometheus visits, 28;
Ganymede transported to, 43;
Vulcan expelled from, 144;
Ceres visits, 194;
Bellerophon storms, 295;
Thetis visits, 319;
significance, 384.

Om´pha-le.
Queen of Lydia;
the taskmistress of Hercules, 230.

O-ne-i-co-pom´pus.
Name borne by Mercury as conductor of dreams, 131, 137.

Ops.
Same as Cybele;
name given to Rhea, and also to Ceres, 20.

O-re´a-des.
Mountain nymphs who guided travelers, 297.

O-res´tes.
Son of Agamemnon and ClytÆmnestra;
friend of Pylades, 336.

O-ri´on.
Youth loved by Diana, and accidentally slain by her, 98-100.

Or-i-thy´i-a.
Wife of Boreas;
mother of Calais, Zetus, Cleopatra, and Chione, 215.

Or´pheus.
Musician;
son of Apollo and Calliope, 75-80, 266;
significance, 387, 388.

Os´sa.
Mountain in Thessaly, upon which the Titans piled Pelion, 23.

O´tus.
Giant son of Neptune;
slain by Diana and Apollo, 139, 154;
significance, 400.

Pac-to´lus.
River in Asia Minor in which Midas washed, to remove his golden plague, 179.

Pa-lÆ´mon.
Son of Athamas and Ino;
changed into sea god, 174.

Pal-a-me´des.
Messenger sent to summon Ulysses to war against Troy, 312.

Pal-i-nu´rus.
Æneas’ pilot;
lost at sea off Cape Misenum, 370, 372.

Pal-la´di-um.
Statue of Minerva, 60;
stolen from Troy by Ulysses and Diomedes, 198, 332.

Pal´las.
1. Name given to Minerva in Athens, 27, 55, 57.
2. Son of Evander;
slain by Turnus while fighting for Æneas, 374, 375.

Pal´lor.
Special attendant of Mars;
lover of strife, 138.

Pan.
Same as Consentes, god of nature and the universe, 74, 127, 300, 301;
significance, 400.

Pan-ath-e-nÆ´a.
Festivals held in honor of Minerva, 60.

Pan-do´ra.
First woman;
created in heaven, she brings evil into the world, 29-35, 37.

Par´cÆ.
The Fates, or MoerÆ;
they spin the thread of destiny, 165.

Par´is.
Son of Priam and Hecuba, 307;
judgment of, 308;
visits Troy, 308, 310;
elopes with Helen, 312;
duel with Menelaus, 320;
in battle, 323;
Achilles slain by, 330;
death of, 331;
significance, 394.

Par-nas´sus.
Mountain in Greece, 37, 38;
sacred to Apollo and the Muses, 90.

Par-the´ni-um.
Mountain upon which Atalanta was exposed, 275.

Par´the-non.
Temple dedicated to Minerva at Athens, 60.

Pa-tro´clus.
Friend of Achilles;
slain by Hector, 324-328;
significance, 395.

Peg´a-sus.
Steed born from the sea foam and the blood of Medusa, 154, 244;
Bellerophon rides, 292-296;
significance, 394, 397.

Pe´leus.
Husband of Thetis;
father of Achilles, 266, 275, 305, 314.

Pe´li-as.
Uncle of Jason;
brother of Neleus, 154;
usurps the throne of Æson, 263-266, 273.

Pe´li-on.
A high mountain in Thessaly, piled upon Ossa by the giants to reach Olympus, 23, 266.

Pel-o-pon-ne´sus.
The peninsula south of Greece, 49, 167.

Pe´lops.
Son of Tantalus;
gave his name to the Peloponnesus, 167;
father of Copreus, 153;
significance, 389.

Pe-na´tes.
Household gods worshiped in Rome with the Lares, 203, 204;
Æneas saves the, 362.

Pe-nel´o-pe.
1. Wife of Ulysses, 312;
suitors of, 357-359;
significance, 395.
2. A nymph, the mother of Pan, 300.

Pe-ne´us.
1. River god;
father of Daphne;
changes Daphne into a laurel.
2. Name of a river in Greece, 68.

Pen-the-si-le´a.
Queen of Amazons;
slain during Trojan war, 329.

Pen´theus.
King of Thebes;
refuses to receive Bacchus, and is slain, 181, 182. Per-i-phe´tes.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
encountered and slain by Theseus, 251.

Per-seph´o-ne.
Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 183, 187, 194.

Per´seus.
Son of Jupiter and Danae;
slays Medusa, 240-249;
significance, 390, 391, 393, 394, 395.

Pet´a-sus.
Name given to the winged cap worn by Mercury, 134.

PhÆ-a´ci-ans.
People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home, 355;
significance, 395.

PhÆ´dra.
Daughter of Minos;
wife of Theseus, 262;
significance, 391.

Pha´e-ton.
Son of Apollo and Clymene;
drives the sun car, and is slain, 83-88;
significance, 388, 395.

Pha-e-tu´sa.
Sister of Phaeton;
one of the Heliades, 87;
Apollo’s flocks guarded by, 353.

Phe-re-phat´ta.
Name given to Persephone, or Proserpina, 183.

Phid´i-as.
Noted Greek sculptor;
made statues of the gods, 49, 60.

Phi-le´mon.
Husband of Baucis;
changed into an oak, 43, 44.

Phil-oc-te´tes.
Friend of Hercules;
receives his arrows, 238, 330, 331.

Phi-lon´o-e.
Daughter of Iobates;
wife of Bellerophon, 292;
significance, 394.

Phin´e-us.
The blind king of Thrace;
annoyed by the Harpies, 248, 249, 267.

Phleg´e-thon.
One of the rivers of Hades;
a river of fire, 161, 163, 350.

Pho´bos.
One of the attendants of Mars, god of war, 138.

Pho´cis.
Province in Greece, bounded by Doris, Locris, and the Gulf of Corinth, 336.

Phoe´be.
One of the Titanides, 17, 20;
same as Diana, 93.

Phoe´bus.
Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and of medicine, 61, 67, 90, 94, 96, 318;
significance, 386.

Phoe-nic´i-a.
Province in Asia Minor, named after Phoenix, 47;
significance, 386.

Phoe´nix.
Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phoenicia, 45, 47.

Phryx´us.
Son of Athamas and Nephele;
rides on golden-fleeced ram to Colchis, 154, 265;
significance, 391, 397.

Pi-re´ne.
Fountain near Corinth, where Pegasus drinks, 294.

Pi-rith´o-us.
King of the LapithÆ;
friend of Theseus, 259, 260, 275.

Ple´ia-des.
Seven of Diana’s nymphs;
pursued by Orion and changed into stars, 98.

Plu´to.
Same as Hades, Dis, AÏdoneus, etc., 159-170;
god of the Infernal Regions, 25, 76, 77, 79, 110, 208, 350;
birth of, 22;
Proserpina kidnapped by, 183-187;
Arethusa sees, 193;
Ceres visits, 195;
Perseus aided by, 243;
Theseus punished by, 260;
significance, 396, 401.

Plu´tus.
Name given to Pluto when invoked as god of wealth, 159.

Pod-a-lir´i-us.
Son of Æsculapius;
skilled in medicine, 64.

Po-dar´ces.
Same as Priam, King of Troy;
slain by Pyrrhus, 152.

Po-li´tes.
Last of Priam’s sons;
slain at his feet by Pyrrhus, 361.

Pol´lux.
Son of Jupiter and Leda;
brother of Castor, Helen, and ClytÆmnestra, 260, 266, 275, 278, 279.

Pol´y-bus.
King of Corinth;
adopted Œdipus when forsaken by the servant, 280-282.

Pol-y-dec´tes.
King of Seriphus;
sends Perseus in quest of Medusa, 242, 249.

Pol-y-do´rus.
Trojan youth, murdered in Thrace;
his grave discovered by Æneas, 363.

Pol-y-hym´ni-a.
Muse of rhetoric;
daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 90.

Pol-y-ni´ces.
Son of Œdipus, 285;
slain by Eteocles, 287;
buried by Antigone, 288.

Pol-y-phe´mus.
Giant son of Neptune, 154;
Ulysses visits, 339-346;
Galatea loved by, 341;
blinded by Ulysses, 344;
Achemenides escapes from, 365.

Po-lyx´e-na.
Daughter of Priam;
affianced wife of Achilles, 330. Po-mo´na.
Goddess of the orchards;
wife of Vertumnus, 303.

Pon´tus.
Name given to the sea when first created, 13, 15.

Po-sei´don.
Same as Neptune, god of the sea and of horse trainers, 149.

Po´thos.
God of the amities of love;
one of the numerous attendants of Venus, 106.

Pri´am.
Same as Podarces, 152;
King of Troy, 307;
Paris received by, 310;
duel witnessed by, 320;
Hector, son of, 325;
Hector’s death seen by, 328;
Mercury leads, 329;
Polyxena, daughter of, 330;
death of, 335, 361.

Pri-a´pus.
God of the shade;
pursues the nymph Lotis, 299, 301.

Pro´cris.
Wife of Cephalus;
slain by his unerring javelin, 70, 71;
significance, 387, 389.

Pro-crus´tes (The Stretcher).
Encountered and slain by Theseus, 252.

Proe´tus.
Husband of Anteia, and kinsman of Bellerophon, 291, 292.

Pro-me´theus (Forethought).
Son of Iapetus;
man created by, 25;
Olympus visited by, 27;
chained to Caucasian Mountains, 28;
Hercules delivers, 28, 227;
Deucalion, son of, 37;
significance, 379, 398.

Pro-ser´pi-na.
Same as Proserpine and Persephone;
goddess of vegetation, 183-197;
Orpheus visits, 77;
Adonis welcomed by, 110;
Pluto kidnaps, 159;
emblem of death, 212;
significance, 396.

Pro-tes-i-la´us.
First Greek who landed on Trojan coast, 316, 317.

Pro´teus.
Inferior sea divinity;
shepherd of the deep, 156;
Menelaus consults, 336;
significance, 381.

Psy´che.
Fair princess loved by Cupid;
the emblem of the soul, 121-130;
significance, 381.

Psy-cho-pom´pus.
Name given to Mercury as leader of souls to Hades, 131, 137.

Pyg-ma´li-on.
1. Celebrated sculptor, who loves a statue, 120, 121.
2. Brother of Dido;
murderer of SychÆus, Dido’s husband, 366.

Pyg´mies.
Race of small people in Africa;
defended by AntÆus, 227, 228.

Pyl´a-des.
Son of Strophius;
intimate friend of Orestes, 336.

Pyr´a-mus.
Faithful lover of Thisbe;
commits suicide, 117, 118.

Pyr´rha.
Wife of Deucalion;
the only woman who survives the Flood, 37, 38.

Pyr´rhus.
Same as Neoptolemus;
son of Achilles, 361.

Pyth´e-us.
Surname given to Apollo as python slayer, 61, 65.

Pyth´i-a.
Name given to Apollo’s priestess at Delphi, 91.

Pyth´i-an Games.
Games celebrated at Delphi every three years, 91.

Py´thon.
Serpent born of the Deluge slime;
slain by Apollo, 65-67;
significance, 387, 400.

Quin-qua´tri-a.
Festivals in honor of the goddess Minerva, 60.

Quir´i-nal.
One of the seven hills on which Rome is built, 142.

Quir-i-na´li-a.
Festivals in Rome in honor of Quirinus, 142.

Qui-ri´nus.
Name given to Romulus when deified, 142.

Re-gil´lus.
Lake in Italy where occurred the battle in which the Dioscuri were supposed to assist, 279.

Re´mus.
Son of Mars and Ilia;
twin brother of Romulus, 140-142, 377.

Rhad-a-man´thus.
Son of Jupiter and Europa;
judge in Hades, 45, 163.

Rhe´a.
Female Titan;
daughter of Uranus and GÆa, 17;
wife of Cronus, 18;
Jupiter saved by, 20;
Corybantes, priests of, 21;
Cronus defeated by, 22;
Juno, daughter of, 51;
Pluto, son of, 159;
Ceres, daughter of, 183;
Vesta, daughter of, 198;
significance, 396.

Rhodes.
Island in the Mediterranean, where the Colossus stood, 91.

Rome.
City founded by Romulus;
it comprises seven hills, 142.

Rom´u-lus.
Son of Mars and Ilia;
founder of Rome, 140, 142, 372, 377. Ru´tu-les.
Nation in Italy, governed by Turnus, 374, 375.

Sa-git-ta´ri-us.
The constellation formed by Chiron, the Centaur who taught Hercules, 221.

Sa-la´ci-a.
Same as Amphitrite;
wife of Neptune, 154.

Sa´li-i.
Priests appointed to watch the sacred shields in Rome, 143.

Sal-mo´neus.
King who wished to emulate Jupiter, 168.

Sar-pe´don.
Son of Jupiter and Europa, 45;
slain during the Trojan war, 325.

Sat´urn, or Cronus.
Son of Uranus and GÆa, 18;
father of Jupiter, 20;
Italy ruled by, 23, 35;
husband of Rhea, 25;
day of, 207.

Sa´tyrs.
Male divinities of the woods, half man, half goat, 300.

ScÆ´an Gate.
Gate which led from Troy to the plain, 321.

Sci´ron.
Giant encountered by Theseus on the Isthmus of Corinth, 251, 252.

Scyl´la.
Sea nymph changed to monster by Circe. She lived under rock of same name, 352, 353, 365.

Scy´ros.
Island in the Archipelago, the home of Lycomedes, visited by Achilles and Theseus, 262.

Scyth´i-a.
Country north of the Euxine Sea, 196.

Seasons.
The four daughters of Jupiter and Themis, 105.

Sec´u-lar Games.
Games in honor of Pluto every hundred years, 160.

Se-le´ne.
Name given to Diana as moon goddess, 93;
significance, 388, 389.

Sem´e-le.
Daughter of Cadmus;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of Bacchus, 171-174;
significance, 397.

Se-ri´phus.
Island where Danae and Perseus were cast ashore, 242, 249.

Ser´vi-us Tul´li-us.
Sixth king of Rome;
son of Vulcan and Ocrisia, 148.

Ses´tus.
City opposite Abydus;
the home of Hero, 111, 112, 116.

Seven Wonders of the World, 49, 91.

Sheet-lightning.
Same as Arges, 18.

Sib´yl.
Prophetess of CumÆ, who led Æneas down to the infernal Regions, 370-372.

Si-ca´ni-a.
Land where Anchises died;
visited twice by Æneas, 365.

Sic´i-ly.
Island home of Polyphemus;
visited by Arion, 82;
visited by Proserpina, 183;
visited by Ulysses, 339;
visited by Æneas, 365, 370.

Si-le´nus.
Tutor of Bacchus;
generally represented on an ass, 174-177, 300.

Sil-va´nus.
God of the woods;
one of the lesser Roman divinities, 301.

Silver Age.
Second age of the ancient world, 35.

Sil´vi-a.
Daughter of Latin shepherd;
her stag was wounded by Iulus, 373.

Si´nis (The Pine-bender).
Giant encountered and slain by Theseus, 251.

Si´non.
Greek slave, who advised the Trojans to secure the wooden horse, 332, 335.

Sip´y-lus.
Mountain where stood the statue of Niobe, 94.

Si´rens.
Maidens who allured mariners by their wondrous songs, 350-352;
significance, 397.

Sir´i-us.
Favorite dog of Orion;
a constellation, 98, 100.

Sis´y-phus.
King condemned to roll a rock in Tartarus to the top of a steep hill, 77, 167;
significance, 389.

Sol.
Name frequently given to Apollo as god of the sun, 61.

Som´nus.
God of sleep;
the child of Nox, and twin brother of Mors, 208-212.

Spar´ta.
Capital of LacedÆmon;
favorite city of Juno, 52;
home of Menelaus, 310-312.

Sphinx.
Riddle-giving monster;
slain by Œdipus, 283-285;
significance, 393, 401.

Stel´li-o.
Urchin changed to lizard by Ceres when searching for Proserpina, 197.

Ster´o-pes (Lightning).
One of the Cyclopes;
son of Uranus and GÆa, 18. Sthe´no.
One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal, like Euryale, 242.

Stroph´a-des.
Islands where the Harpies took refuge when driven from Thrace, 267;
Æneas visits the, 364.

Stro´phi-us.
Father of Pylades;
shelters Orestes, 336.

Stym-pha´lus.
Lake upon whose banks Hercules slew the brazen-clawed birds, 226.

Styx.
River in Hades, by whose waters the gods swore their most sacred oaths, 43, 77, 84, 161, 172;
Achilles bathed in the, 314.

Su-a-de´la.
One of Venus’ train of attendants;
god of the soft speech of love, 106.

Sy-chÆ´us.
King of Tyre;
husband of Dido;
murdered by Pygmalion, 366.

Sym-pleg´a-des.
Floating rocks safely passed by the Argo, 268.

Sy´rinx.
Nymph loved by Pan, and changed into reeds, 300, 301.

TÆn´a-rum, or TÆn´a-rus.
The Greek entrance to Hades on Cimmerian coast, 160, 229.

Ta-la´ri-a.
Mercury’s winged sandals, given by the gods, 134.

Ta´lus.
Brazen giant;
son of Vulcan;
the watchman of Minos, 256, 257.

Tan´ta-lus.
Father of Pelops;
condemned to hunger and thirst in Hades, 77, 93, 167;
significance, 389, 390.

Tar´ta-rus.
Abyss under the earth, where the Titans, etc., were confined, 17, 18, 22, 25;
Orpheus’ music heard in, 77;
wicked in, 161-169;
significance, 385, 391.

Tau´ris.
Country to which Diana brought Iphigenia, 316;
visited by Orestes, 336.

Tel´a-mon.
Husband of Hesione, the daughter of Laomedon, 152.

Te-lem´a-chus.
Son of Ulysses and Penelope, 312;
adventures of, 357, 358.

Tel-e-phas´sa.
Wife of Agenor;
mother of Europa, 47;
significance, 386.

Tel´lus.
Same as GÆa;
name given to Rhea, 13.

Ten´e-dos.
Island off the coast of Troy, 332, 335.

Terp-sich´o-re.
Muse of dancing;
daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 88.

Ter´ra.
Same as GÆa, goddess of the earth, 13.

Teu´cer.
Ancient king of the Trojans, 364.

Tha-li´a.
1. One of the three Graces;
daughter of Jupiter and Eurynome, 105.
2. One of the nine Muses;
Muse of comedy, 88.

Than´a-tos.
Same as Mors, god of death, 208.

Thebes.
Capital of Boeotia;
founded by Cadmus, 47, 48;
Amphion, king of, 80-82;
Athamas, king of, 174;
Pentheus, king of, 181;
Œdipus, king of, 280-290.

The´mis.
One of the six female Titans, 17, 22;
goddess of justice, 44, 105, 107, 163.

The-oph´a-ne.
Maiden changed by Neptune into a sheep, 153.

The´seus.
Son of Ægeus and Æthra;
hero of Athens, 179, 250-262, 266, 275;
significance, 391, 393.

Thes-mo-pho´ri-a.
Festivals in Greece in honor of Ceres, 196.

Thes´sa-ly.
A province of Greece, 311;
fight of the gods in, 23;
Admetus, king of, 64;
Ceyx, king of, 211;
Æson, king of, 263, 273;
Protesilaus of, 316.

The´tis.
1. Mother of Achilles, 314;
a sea nymph, 20.
2. One of the Titanides, 17;
marriage feast of, 305, 306;
Olympus visited by, 319;
Achilles comforted by, 325;
Achilles’ armor brought by, 326-328;
Achilles instructed by, 329.

This´be.
Babylonian maiden loved by Pyramus, 117, 118.

Thrace.
Country on the Black Sea;
the home of Mars, 138, 223, 267, 363;
significance, 400.

Thyr´sus.
The vine-encircled wand borne by the followers of Bacchus, 182.

Ti´ber.
River in Italy, 200, 202, 205;
Æneas sails up the, 363, 372, 374.

Ti-re´si-as.
The blind seer visited by Ulysses on the Cimmerian shore, 350, 353. Ti-siph´o-ne.
One of the three Furies, or Eumenides, 163, 165, 174.

Ti-tan´i-des.
The six daughters of Uranus and GÆa, 17.

Ti´tans.
Name given to the six sons of Uranus and GÆa, 17, 18;
revolt of, 22, 23, 25;
significance, 398.

Ti-tho´nus.
Trojan prince who visited Aurora, 90.

Tit´y-us.
Giant in Tartarus, whose prostrate body covered nine acres, 169.

Tra-chin´i-a.
Land where Hercules died, 216.

Tri-na´cri-a.
Land visited by Ulysses, whose men slay the cattle of the sun, 353, 354.

Trip-tol´e-mus.
Nursling and protÉgÉ of Ceres, 188, 196.

Tri´ton.
Son of Neptune and Amphitrite;
father of the Tritons, 154, 303;
significance, 397.

Troe-ze´ne.
Ancient city in Argolis, 152;
birthplace of Theseus, 250, 251;
significance, 391.

Tro´jans.
Inhabitants of Troy, 316-335, 360-376.

Troy.
City of Asia Minor, ruled by Laomedon and Priam;
war of, 305-336.

Tuc´ci-a.
Vestal virgin who stood the test of purity, 200.

Tur´nus.
Chief of the Rutules;
wars against Æneas, 372-377.

Tus´cans.
People of Tuscania in Italy, governed by Evander;
allies of Æneas, 374, 375.

Tyn-da´re-us.
Stepfather of Helen;
binds her suitors by oath, 311.

Ty-phoe´us.
Same as Typhon;
monster sent to dethrone Jupiter, 23, 24.

Tyre.
City in Phoenicia, governed by SychÆus and Dido, 366.

U-lys´ses.
Same as Odysseus, hero of the Odyssey;
King of Ithaca, 214, 312, 315, 330, 332;
adventures of, 337-359;
significance, 386, 395.

U-ra´ni-a.
Muse of astronomy, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 88, 90.

U´ra-nus (Heaven).
Husband of GÆa, created by her, 15, 17, 18;
significance, 385.

Ve´nus.
Same as Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, 103-130;
day of, 207;
Hippomenes aided by, 278;
Juno and Minerva dispute with, 306-308;
Paris advised by, 310, 312;
Paris saved by, 320;
Æneas, son of, 360, 362, 366, 367, 370, 372, 376;
significance, 389.

Ver-tum´nus.
God of the orchards;
loved by Pomona, 303.

Ves´ta.
Same as Hestia, goddess of fire and of the family hearth, 198-204;
birth of, 22;
significance, 399.

Ves-ta´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Vesta, held in Rome, 202.

Ves´tals.
Virgins dedicated to the service of Vesta, 200-202, 377.

Vic-to´ri-a.
Same as Nice, goddess of victory, 41.

Vol´scians.
Tribe in Italy who join the Rutules against Æneas, 373, 374, 376.

Vul´can.
Same as HephÆstus, god of the forge, 144-148;
Jupiter’s head cleft by, 55;
Venus, wife of, 106, 107;
armor made by, 326, 374;
significance, 399.

Vul-ca-na´li-a.
Festivals celebrated in honor of Vulcan, 148.

Zeph´y-rus.
God of the south wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213;
Hyacinthus slain by, 67;
Venus conducted by, 105;
Psyche saved by, 122, 128;
Flora, wife of, 301.

Ze´tes.
Son of Boreas and Orithyia;
took part in Argonautic expedition, and drove away Harpies, 215.

Ze´thus.
Twin brother of Amphion;
son of Jupiter and Antiope, 80-82.

Zeus.
Same as Jupiter;
father of the gods, 39;
significance, 379, 385, 388, 395.