GREEK AND LATIN PROPER NAMES MYTHOLOGICAL, ETC.

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ActÆon—ak-te´on, not ak´te-on.

Adonis—a-do´nis, not a-don´is.

Alcides—al-si´dez, not al´si-dez.

Amphion—am-phi´on, not am´phi-on.

Amphitrite—am-phi-tri´te, not am´phi-trite nor am-phit´ri-te.

Anabasis—a-nab´a-sis, not an-a-ba´sis.

Antiope—an-ti´o-pe, not an´ti-ope nor an-ti-o´pe.

Anubis—a-nu´bis, not an´u-bis.

Arion—a-ri´on, not a´ri-on.

Aristides—ar-is-ti´dez, not ar-is´ti-dez.

Aristogiton—a-ris-to-ji´ton, not ar-is-toj´i-ton.

Belides (singular, masculine)—be-li´dez.

Belides (plural, female descendants of Belus)—bel´-i-dez.

Bellerophon—bel-ler´o-phon, not bel-ler-o´phon.

CÆculus—sek´u-lus, not se´ku-lus.

Calliope—kal-li´o-pe, not kal-li-o´pe nor kal´li-ope.

Caucasus—kaw´ka-sus, not kaw-ka´sus.

Charon—ka´ron, not cha´ron nor char´on.

ChÆronea—ker-o-ne´a, not cher-o-ne´a.

Chimera—ke-me´ra, not kim´er-a nor chi-mer´a.

Codrus—ko´drus, not kod´rus.

Corcyra—kor-si´ra, not kor´si-ra.

Coriolanus—ko-ri-o-la´nus, not kor-i-ol´a-nus.

Crete—kre´te, not kreet.

Cyclades—sik´la-dez, not si´kla-dez.

Cyclops—si´klops, not sik´lops.

Cyclopes—si´klo-pez, not si´klops.

Cyrene—si-re´ne, not si-rene´.

Cyzicus—siz´i-kus, not si-zi´kus.

Danaides—da-na´i-dez, not da-ni´dez.

Darius—da-ri´us, not da´ri-us.

Deianira—de-i-an-i´ra, not de-yan-i´ra.

Diodorus—di-o-do´rus, not di-od´o-rus.

Diomedes—di-o-me´dez, not di-om´e-dez.

DodonÆus—do-do-ne´us, not do-do´ne-us.

Echo—e´ko, not ek´ko.

Endymion—en-dim´i-on, not en-di´mi-on.

Epirus—e-pi´rus, not ep´i-rus.

Erato—er´a-to, not e-ra´to.

Eumenes—u´me-nez, not u-me´nez.

Euripus—u-ri´pus, not u´ri-pus.

Eurydice—u-rid´i-se, not u´ri-dice´ nor u-ri-di´se.

Ganymedes—gan-i-me´dez, not gan-i-medz´.

Geryon—je´ri-on, not je-ri´on.

Halcyone—hal-si´o-ne, not hal´si-one nor hal-si-o´ne.

Hebe—he´be, not heb´.

Hecate—hek´a-te or hek´at, not he´kate.

Hecuba—hek´u-ba, not he-ku´ba.

Helena—hel´en-a, not he-le´na.

Hermione—-her-mi´o-ne, not her´mi-one nor her-mi-o´ne.

Herodotus—he-rod´o-tus, not her-o-do´tus.

Hiero—hi´er-o, not hi-e´ro.

Hippocrene—hip-po-kre´ne, not hip-pok´re-ne.

Hippodromus—hip-pod´ro-mus, not hip-po-dro´mus.

Icarus—ik´a-rus, not ik-a´-rus.

Iolaus—i-o-la´us, not i-o´la-us.

Iphiclus—iph´i-klus, not iph-i´klus.

Iphigenia—iph-i-je-ni´a, not iph-i-je´ni-a.

Irene—i-re´ne, not i-rene´.

Ithome—i-tho´me, not ith´o-me.

Lachesis—lak´e-sis, not la-ke´sis.

Laocoon—la-ok´o-on,not la-o-koon´.

Lethe—le´the, not leth.

Leucothoe—lu-koth´o-e, not lu-ko´tho-e nor lu-ko-tho´e.

Libitina—lib-i-ti´na, not li-bit´i-na.

Lycaon—li-ka´on, not lik´a-on.

Lyceus—li-se´us, not lis´e-us.

Meleager—me-le-a´ger, not me-le-a´jer nor me-le´a-jer.

Meroe—mer´o-e, not me-ro´e.

Mitylene—mit-i-le´ne, not mit´i-lene.

Myrmidones—myr-mid´o-nez, not myr´mi-donz nor myr-mi-do´nez.

Naiades—na-i´a-dez, not na´a-dez.

Nemesis—nem´e-sis, not ne-me´sis.

Nereides—ne-re´i-dez, not ner´yi-dez.

Nereus—ne´rus, not ne-re´us.

NicÆa—ni-se´a, not nis´e-a.

Nundina—nun´di-na, not nun-di´na.

Oceanus—o-se´a-nus, not o-se-a´nus.

Ocypete—o-sip´e-te, not o-si-pe´te.

Œdipus—ed´i-pus, not e´di-pus nor e-di´pus.

Opigena—o-pij´e-na, not op-i-je´na.

Orion—o-ri´on, not o´ri-on.

Pactolus—pak-to´lus, not pak´to-lus.

PalÆmon—pa-le´mon, not pal´e-mon.

Parrhasius—par-ra´she-us, not par-ras´i-us.

Pasiphae—pa-siph´a-e, not pas-i-pha´e.

Pegasus—peg´a-sus, not pe-ga´sus.

Penelope—pe-nel´o-pe, not pen´e-lope.

Phlegethon—phlej´e-thon, not phleg´e-thon.

Pleiades—ple´ya-dez not ple´yadz.

Polyphemus—pol-y-phe´mus, not po-liph´e-mus.

Priapus—pri-a´pus, not pri´a-pus.

Proserpine—pros´er-pine, not pro-ser´pi-ne.

Rhode—ro´de, not rode.

Sarapis—sa-ra´pis, not sar´a-pis.

Sardanapalus—sar-da-na-pa´lus, not sar-dan-ap´a-lus.

Semiramis—se-mir´a-mis, not sem-i-ra´mis.

Tereus—te´re-us, not te-re´us.

Terpsichore—terp-sik´o-re, not terp´si-kore.

ThebÆ—the´be, not thebe.

Theodamas—the-od´a-mas, not the-o-da´mas.

Theodamus—the-o-da´mus, not the-od´a-mus.

Theodotus—the-od´o-tus, not the-o-do´tus.

Theodorus—the-o-do´rus, not the-od´o-rus.

Thessalonica—thes-sa-lo-ni´ka, not thes-sa-lon´i-ka.

Thrace—thra´se, not thrase.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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