Arcadia, beloved of Jove, changed into a bear by Juno, and set in the heavens by her lover as the constellation of the Great Bear, while her son Arcas was made the Little Bear, H. Fur. 6; is the constellation by which the Greek sailors guided their ships, ibid. 7; called the frozen Bear, ibid. 1139. See Jupiter, Arctos, Bears.

Calpe, one side of a rocky passage rent by Hercules, thus letting the Mediterranean Sea into the outer ocean. Calpe was one of the so-called "pillars of Hercules," or Gibraltar, while the opposite mass in Africa from which it was rent was called Abyla, H. Fur. 237; H. Oet. 1240, 1253, 1569.

Cancer, the zodiacal constellation of the Crab, in which the sun is found in the summer solstice, Thy. 854; Hip. 287; H. Oet. 41, 67, 1219, 1573.

Caphereus, a cliff on the coast of Euboea, where Nauplius lured the Greek fleet to destruction by displaying false fires, Agam. 560. See Nauplius.

Capnomant?a, a method of divining by observation of the smoke of the sacrifice, described, Oed. *325.

Cassandra (Agamemnon), beloved by Apollo, but false to him; for this, the gift of prophecy bestowed by him was made of no avail by his decree that she should never be believed, Tro. 34; Agam. 255, 588; given by lot to Agamemnon in the distribution of the captives, Tro. 978; raves in prophetic frenzy and describes the murder of Agamemnon in progress, Agam. *720; is led away to death, rejoicing in the prospect, and predicting the death of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, ibid. 1004.

Castor, one of the twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta; his brother was Pollux, Phoen. 128; Castor was the rider of the famous horse, Cyllarus, given to him by Juno, Hip. 810; the twins were members of the Argonautic expedition, Med. 230; called Tyndaridae, from the name of their reputed father, H. Fur. 14; Castor a famous horseman, Pollux, a famous boxer, Med. 89; the two were set as constellations in the sky to the grief of Juno, Oct. 208.

Caucasus, a rough mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas, Thy. 1048; here Prometheus was chained, H. Oet. 1378; Med. 709. See Prometheus.

Cecrops, the mythical founder and first king of Athens; hence the Athenians were called Cecropians, Med. 76; Thy. 1049.

Cenaeum, a promontory on the north-west point of the island of Euboea; here Hercules sacrificed to Jove, who was called Cenaean Jove from the position of his temple, after his victory over Eurytus, H. Oet. 102; while sacrificing here, Hercules donned the poisoned robe sent by Deianira, ibid. 782.

Centaurs, a race of wild people in Thessaly, half man, half horse, H. Oet. 1049, 1195, 1925; fight of, with the Lapithae, H. Fur. 778; the centaur, Nessus, killed by Hercules, H. Oet. *503 See Chiron, Nessus.

Cerberus, the monstrous three-headed dog, guardian of hades, Thy. 16; H. Oet. 23; H. Fur. 1107; his existence denied, Tro. 404; said to have broken out of hades, and to be wandering abroad in the Theban land, Oed. 171; his clanking chains heard on earth, ibid. 581; Hercules, in the accomplishment of his twelfth labor, brought the dog in chains to the upper world, H. Oet. 1245; Agam. 859; H. Fur. *50, 547; Theseus describes the dog in great detail, and how he was brought to the upper world by Hercules, ibid. *760; his actions in the light of day, ibid. *813. See Hercules.

Ceres, the daughter of Saturn, sister of Jupiter, mother of Proserpina, and goddess of agriculture; her vain and anxious search for her daughter, H. Fur. 659; taught Triptolemus the science of agriculture, Hip. 838; the mystic rites of her worship, H. Fur. 845. Her name used frequently by metonymy for grain. See Eleusin, Proserpina, Triptolemus.

Ceyx, king of Trachin who suffered death by shipwreck. His wife Alcyone, mourned him incessantly, until finally both he and she were changed into kingfishers, H. Oet. 197; Agam. 681; Oct. 7.

Chaonian Oaks, a sacred grove in Chaonia of Epirus containing a temple and oracle of Jupiter, said to be the oldest oracle in Greece; the oracle was supposed to be given out by the oaks themselves, which were endowed with the miraculous power of speech, or by the doves which resorted there. These great "Chaonian trees" are used as a type of tall trees in general, Oed. 728; the "talking oak" of Chaonia, H. Oet. 1623. See Dodona.

Charon, the aged man who ferries souls across the river Styx, H. Fur. 555; his personal appearance described by Theseus, ibid. *764; forced by Hercules to bear him across the Lethe (not Styx), ibid. *770; overwearied by his toil of transporting such throngs of Theban dead, Oed. 166; charmed by the music of Orpheus, H. Oet. 1072; Cassandra prophesies that his skiff shall on that day carry two royal souls across the river of death, Agam. 752.

Charybdis, a whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Scylla, alternately sucking in and vomiting up the sea, Med. 408; H. Oet. 235; Thy. 581. See Scylla.

Chimaera, a monster combining a lion, a dragon, and a goat, which vomited forth fire, Med. 828.

Chiron, a centaur dwelling in a cavern on Mt. Pelion, famous for his knowledge of plants, medicine, and divination. To his training was intrusted the young Jason, Hercules, Aesculapius, and Achilles, H. Fur. 971; Tro. 832; set in the sky as the zodiacal constellation of Sagittarius, the "Archer," Thy. 860.

Chrys?is, the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo at Chrysa. She was taken captive by the Greeks and fell to the lot of Agamemnon, who, being forced by a pestilence sent by Apollo to give her up, claimed BriseÏs, the captive maid of Achilles. Hence arose a deadly strife between the two, Tro. 223. See Achilles.

GHOSTS. The ghost appears as a dramatis persona in the following plays: Agamemnon, in which the ghost of Thyestes appears in the prologue to urge Aegisthus on to fulfil his mission; Thyestes, in which the ghost of Tantalus similarly appears in the prologue; Octavia, in which the ghost of Agrippina appears. In the following plays the ghost affects the action though not actually appearing upon the stage: Troades, in which the ghost of Achilles is reported to have appeared to the Greeks and demanded the sacrifice of Polyxena, 168 ff.; Andromache also claims to have seen the ghost of Hector warning her of the impending fate of Astyanax, 443 ff.; Oedipus, in which the ghost of LaÏus and other departed spirits are described as set free by the necromancy of Tiresias, 582 ff.; Medea, in which the mangled ghost of Absyrtus seems to appear to the distracted Medea, 963; ghosts appear larger than mortal forms, Oed. 175.

Giants, monstrous sons of Earth, fabled to have made war upon the gods, scaling heaven by piling mountains (Pelion, Ossa, and Olympus) one on another, Tro. 829; Thy. 804, 810, 1084; H. Fur. 445; they were overthrown by the thunderbolt of Jupiter, H. Oet. 1302; Oed. 91; with the help of Hercules, H. Oet. 1215; buried under Sicily, ibid. 1309; seem to the mad Hercules to be again in arms, and to be hurling mountains, H. Fur. 976; after death of Hercules there is danger that they will again pile up mountains and scale heaven, H. Oet. 1139, *1151. See Briareus, Enceladus, Gyas, Mimas, Othrys, Typhoeus, Titans.

Golden Age, the first age of mankind, when peace and innocence reigned on the earth; described, Hip. *525; Oet. *395; Med. *329.

Golden-Fleeced Ram, (1) the ram on which Phrixus and his sister, Helle, escaped from Boeotia; as they fled through the air Helle fell off into the sea, Tro. 1035; on arrival at Colchis Phrixus sacrificed the ram and gave his wonderful fleece to King AeËtes, who hung it in a tree sacred to Mars. This fleece was the prize sought by the Argonauts under Jason, Med. 361, 471. See Phrixus, Helle, Argonauts. (2) The emblem and pledge of sovereignty in the house of Pelops, Thy. *225.

Gorgon, Medusa, one of the three daughters of Phorcys, whose head was covered with snaky locks, and sight of whom had power to turn to stone. She was killed by Perseus, and her head presented to Minerva who fixed it upon her shield, H. Oet. 96; Agam. 530. See Perseus.

Gracchi, two popular leaders of the Sempronian gens, quoted as examples of men brought to ruin by popular renown, Oet. 882.

Grad?vus, a surname of Mars, H. Fur. 1342.

Gyas, one of the giants who sought to dethrone Jove, H. Oet. 167, 1139.

H

Hades, the place of departed spirits, situated in the under world; the upper world entrance to, and downward-leading passage, H. Fur. 662; description of, ibid. 547; Theseus, returned with Hercules from hades, describes in great detail the places and persons of the lower world, ibid. **658; chorus sings of the world of the dead and of the thronging peoples who constantly pour into its all-holding depths, ibid. *830; its torments and personages described by ghost of Tantalus, Thy. 1; its regions and inhabitants seen by Creon through the yawning chasm in the earth made by Tiresias' incantations, Oed. *582.

Harpies, mythical monsters, half woman and half bird; driven from Phineus by Zetes and CalaÏs, Med. 782; still torment Phineus in hades as upon earth, H. Fur. 759; used as type of winged speed, Phoen. 424.

Hebe, the daughter of Juno, cupbearer to the gods, and given as bride to the deified Hercules, Oct. 211.

Hecate, daughter of Perses, presider over enchantments; often identified with Proserpina as the underworld manifestation of the deity seen in Diana on earth and Luna in heaven, H. Oet. 1519; Med. 6, 577, 833, 841; Tro. 389; Hip. 412; Oed. 569.

Hector, the son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, the bravest warrior and chief support of Troy, Tro. 125; burns the Greek fleet, ibid. 444; Agam. 743; slays Patroclus, Tro. 446; slain by Achilles and his body dragged around the walls of Troy, ibid. *413; Agam. 743; his body ransomed by Priam, ibid. 447; lamented by the band of captive Trojan women, Tro. 98; his ghost warns Andromache in a dream of the danger of their son Astyanax, ibid. 443; she hides the boy in Hector's tomb, ibid. 498; she loves Astyanax for the boy's resemblance to his father, ibid. 646.

HECUBA (Troades), the wife of Priam, unhappily survives Troy; as one of the captive Trojan women, leads them in a lament for Troy's downfall, for Hector and Priam, Tro. *1; before the birth of Paris, dreamed that she had given birth to a firebrand, ibid. 36; her once happy estate described, and contrasted with her present wretchedness, ibid. *958; given to Ulysses by lot, ibid. 980; having suffered the loss of all her loved ones she is at last changed into a dog, Agam. *705; rejoices for the first time after Hector's death on occasion of wooden horse being taken into Troy, ibid. 648.

HELEN (Troades), daughter of Jupiter and Leda, sister of Clytemnestra, wife of MenelaÜs, reputed the most beautiful woman in Greece; given by Venus to Paris as a reward for his judgment in her favor, Oct. 773; fled from her husband for love of Paris, Agam. 123; afterward pardoned by Agamemnon and returned home with MenelaÜs, ibid. 273; sent by Greeks to deceive Polyxena and prepare her for sacrifice on tomb of Achilles, Tro. 861; cursed by Andromache as the common scourge of Greeks and Trojans, ibid. *892; bewails and describes her own hard lot, ibid. 905; she is not to blame for the woes of Troy, ibid. 917.

Helle, sister of Phrixus, who fled with him on the golden-fleeced ram, and fell off into the sea which thereafter bore her name (Hellespont), Tro. 1034; Thy. 851. See Phrixus.

Herc?an Jove, an epithet of Jupiter as the protector of the house; it was at his altar in the courtyard of his own palace that Priam was slain, Tro. 140; Agam. 448, 793.

HERCULES (Hercules Furens, Hercules Oetaeus), the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, H. Fur. 20; H. Oet. 7 and passim; night unnaturally prolonged at his conception, *641.

Pel?rus, a promontory in Sicily opposite the coast of Italy; Sicilian Pelorus shall be one land with Italy—stated as type of the last extreme of improbability, H. Oet. 81; the sea-monster Scylla was supposed to dwell under this promontory, Med. 350.

Penthesil?a, a celebrated queen of the Amazons, who came to the aid of Priam; she was armed with battle-axe and moon-shaped shield, Agam. 217; her fierce struggles in battle described, Tro. 672; slain by Achilles, ibid. 243.

Pentheus, a king of Thebes, son of Echion and Agave; he opposed the introduction of the worship of Bacchus into his kingdom; while spying on his mother and her sisters who were engaged in the worship of Bacchus on Mt. Cithaeron, he was torn in pieces by them whom Bacchus had driven to madness, Phoen. 15, 363; Oed. 441, 483; his shade comes up from hades, torn and bleeding still, ibid. 618.

Periclymenus, a son of Neptune, who had power of changing into various forms; he was one of the Argonauts, and was slain by Hercules, Med. 635.

Perseus, son of DanaË whom Jove approached in the form of a golden shower, H. Fur. 13; earned a place in heaven by slaying the Gorgon, H. Oet. 51, 94.

PHAEDRA (Hippolytus or Phaedra), daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and PasiphaË, daughter of the Sun, Hip. 155, 156, 678, 688, 888; the Minotaur is her brother, ibid. 174; Ariadne was her sister, ibid. 760, 245; bewails her exile from Crete, and her marriage to a foreign and a hostile prince (Theseus), ibid. 85; confesses to her nurse that she is swayed by an unnatural passion, ibid. 113; confesses her love to Hippolytus, ibid. 640; is scorned by him, ibid. *671; confesses her sin to her husband and slays herself, ibid. 1159.

PhaËthon, son of Clymene and Phoebus; desiring to prove his sonship to Phoebus, he claimed the privilege of driving his father's chariot for one day; he was hurled from the car by the runaway steeds, Hip. 1090; and smitten to death by a thunderbolt of Jove, H. Oet. 854; he is a warning against over-ambition and impious daring, ibid. 677; Med. 599; gave a magic fire to Medea, ibid. 826.

PhaËthontiades, the sisters of PhaËthon, who immoderately wept for his death where his charred body fell on the banks of the Po, and were changed into poplar trees, H. Oet. 188.

Phasis, a river of Colchis, the country of Medea, Med. 44, 211, 451, 762; Hip. 907; Agam. 120; Medea named from the river, H. Oet. 950.

Pherae, a city in Thessaly, ruled over by Admetus, husband of Alcestis, who died herself that so she might redeem him from death, Med. 663; it was here that Apollo, being doomed to serve a mortal for a year, kept the flocks of Admetus, H. Fur. 451.

PHILOCT?TES (Hercules Oetaeus), a Thessalian prince, son of Poeas, and a friend of Hercules; he appears upon the scene of the death of Hercules, H. Oet. 1604; receives the famous bow and arrows of Hercules, ibid. 1648; applies the torch to the pyre of his friend, ibid. 1727; describes in detail to the nurse the death of Hercules, ibid. *1610.

Philippi, a city of Thrace, celebrated by the victory gained there by Antony and Octavianus over the forces of Brutus and Cassius, Oct. 516.

Philom?la, a daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and sister of Procne, who had married Tereus, king of Thrace; she suffered outrage at his hands, and, with her sister, punished him by slaying his son Itys and serving him to the father; she was changed into a nightingale, and ever mourns for Itys, Agam. 670; H. Oet. 199; described, except for her name (Thracia pellex), purely as a nightingale singing at sunrise and hovering over her young, H. Fur. 146.

Phineus, king of Salmydessus on the coast of Thrace; blind and tormented by the Harpies, Thy. 154; still in hades, as on earth, tormented, H. Fur. 759.

Phlegethon, a river in the lower world, flowing with streams as of fire, Oed. 162; Thy. 73, 1018; it encircles the guilty with its fiery streams, Hip. 1227; mentioned instead of the Styx, as the river over which Charon rows his boat, Agam. 753; connotes hades in general, Hip. 848.

Phlegra, a vale in Thrace where the giants fought with the gods, Thy. 810; Hercules assisted the gods in this struggle, H. Fur. 444.

Phoebus, one of the names of Apollo as the "shining one." Under this name he is most frequently conceived of as the sun-god, driving his fiery chariot across the sky, seeing all things, darkening his face or withdrawing from the sky at sight of monstrous sin, lord of the changing seasons, etc., H. Fur. 595, 607, 844, 940; Phoen. 87; Med. 728, 874; Hip. 889; Oed. 250; Agam. 42, 816; Thy. 776, 789, 838; H. Oet. 2, 680, 792, 1387, 1439, 1442; his sister is Luna, or Phoebe, H. Fur. 905; Med. 86; Hip. 311; Oed. 44; the name, Phoebus, is frequently used merely of the sun, its bright light, its burning heat, etc., without personification, H. Fur. 25, 940; Tro. 1140; Med. 298, 768; Oed. 122, 540, 545; Agam. 463, 577; Thy. 602; H. Oet. 41, 337, 666, 688, 727, 1022, 1581, 1624, 1699; he is more intimately concerned in the affairs of men, and appears on earth; he is the grandfather of Medea, Med. 512; the father of PasiphaË, Hip. 126, 154, 654, 889; the lover and inspirer of Cassandra, Tro. 978; Agam. 255, 722; he is god of prophesy, giving oracles to mortals, Med. 86; Oed. 20, 34, 214, 222, 225, 231, 235, 269, 288, 291, 296, 719, 1046; Agam. 255, 294, 295; he is god of the lyre, H. Fur. 906; Oed. 498; Agam. 327; and of the bow, H. Fur. 454; Hip. 192; Agam. 327, 549; his tree is the laurel, Oed. 228, 453; Agam. 588; Cilla is dear to him, Tro. 227; he is the beautiful god of the flowing locks, Hip. 800; worshiped under the name of Smintheus, Agam. 176; hymn in praise of, ibid. 310; slew the Python with his arrows, H. Fur. 454; exposed the shame of Venus and for this cause Venus' wrath is upon his descendants, Hip. 126; he kept the flocks of Admetus, king of Pherae, for a year, ibid. 296.

Phorbas (Oedipus), an old man, head shepherd of the royal flocks, forced by Oedipus to tell the secret of the king's birth, Oed. 867.

Phrixus, son of Athamas and Nephele, and brother of Helle; persecuted by his stepmother, Ino, he fled away through the air with his sister upon a golden-fleeced ram obtained from Mercury, Tro. 1034; on the way Helle fell into the sea, called Hellespont from this incident, H. Oet. 776; for this same reason the Aegean Sea is called Phrixian Sea, Agam. 565; Phrixus fared on alone to Colchis, where he sacrificed the ram and presented the golden fleece to AeËtes; the golden fleece was the object of the quest of the Argonauts, Med. 361, 471.

PirithoÜs, a son of Ixion, Hip. 1235; a close friendship existed between him and Theseus, and they shared all their adventures; when PirithoÜs formed the mad project of stealing Proserpina from hades, Theseus accompanied him thither, ibid. 94, 244, 831.

Pisa, an ancient city of Elis where the Olympic games, sacred to Jove, were held, H. Fur. 840; Thy. 123; Agam. 938.

Pisces, the zodiacal constellation of the Fish, Thy. 866.

PleÏades, called also Atlantides, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, three of whom, Electra, Maia, and Taÿgete, were beloved of Jove, H. Fur. 10; spoken of as a constellation w death, *617.

TIRESIAS (Oedipus), a celebrated prophet of Thebes, father of Manto; blind and old, he is led by his daughter into the presence of Oedipus, where he attempts by various processes to discover the murderer of LaÏus, Oed. 288; practices pyromantia, capnomantia, hieroscopia, and later necromantia, ibid. *307; discovers by the last process that Oedipus himself slew LaÏus, ibid. *530.

Tisiphone, one of the furies who seems to appear to the distracted Deianira, H. Oet. 1012; seems to appear to the mad Hercules, guarding the door of hell since Cerberus has been removed, H. Fur. 984. See Furies.

Titans, a name given to the sons of Coelus and Terra, one of whom was Hyperion, identified by Homer with the sun. The Titans warred against one of their own number, Saturn, who had succeeded to the throne of his father. The word is, however, frequently confounded with the Giants, who banded together to dethrone Jove; they piled up mountains in their attempt to scale heaven, but were overthrown by Jove's thunderbolt and buried under Sicily, H. Fur. 79, 967; Med. 410; Agam. 340; H. Oet. 144, 1212, 1309; in all other passages in Seneca, Titan means the sun, more or less completely personified as the sun-god, lord and ruler of the day, H. Fur. 124, 133, 443, 1060, 1333; Med. 5; Tro. 170; Hip. 678, 779; Oed. 1, 40; Thy. 120, 785, 1095; Agam. 460, 908; H. Oet. 42, 291, 423, 488, 723, 781, 891, 968, 1111, 1131, 1163, 1287, 1512, 1518, 1566, 1575, 1760; Oct. 2. See Giants, Phoebus.

Tityus, a giant, son of Earth, who offered violence to Latona; for this he was punished in hades, where a vulture kept feeding upon his ever-renewed vitals, H. Fur. 756, 977; H. Oet. 947; Hip. 1233; Agam. 17; Thy. 9, 806; Oct. 622; relieved for a while by the music of Orpheus, H. Oet. 1070.

Tmolus, a mountain in Lydia, a favorite haunt of Bacchus, Phoen. 602.

Toxeus, a youth slain by Hercules, H. Oet. 214.

Triptolemus, son of the king of Eleusis, through whom Ceres gave the arts of agriculture to mankind, Hip. 838.

Tritons, sea-deities; they sung the marriage chorus of Achilles, Tro. 202.

Trivia, an epithet of Diana, because she presided over places where three roads meet, Agam. 382; Oct. 978; applied by association to Luna, the heavenly manifestation of Diana, Med. *787.

TroÏlus, a son of Priam, slain by Achilles, Agam. 748.

Troy, an ancient city of Troas, whose walls were built by Neptune and Apollo, Tro. 7; it was first destroyed under the reign of Laomedon, father of Priam, by Hercules and Telamon, because of the perfidy of Laomedon, Agam. 614, 862; Tro. 135, *719; its second fall was after ten years of siege by the Greeks, Tro. 74; her festal day turned out to be a day of doom, Agam. 791; it is not the Greek heroes who destroyed Troy, but the lying traitor, Sinon, who deceived the Trojans about the wooden horse, ibid. 615; mourning for the fall of Troy, ibid. 589; distant view of the smouldering ruins as seen by the Greek vessels from the sea on their homeward voyage, ibid. 456.

Tullia, a daughter of Servius Tullius, king of Rome; her impious sin and its punishment, Oct. 304.

Tyndaridae, Castor and Pollux, the sons of Jupiter and Leda, but falsely named from Tyndarus, the mortal husband of Leda; their stars give help to sailors, H. Fur. 14, 552; Oct. 208. See Castor, Leda.

Typhoeus, one of the Giants who fought against Jove, Med. 773; Thy. 809.

Typhon, a giant, apparently the same as Typhoeus, H. Oet. 1733; Oct. 238.

Tyrrhene, an epithet applied to the band of Phoenician pirates who attempted to kidnap Bacchus, Oed. 249; to the dolphin, in reference to the story of how these pirates were changed into dolphins by the power of Bacchus, Agam. 451; to the Tuscan Sea, because the Etrurians were supposed to have been of Tyrrhenian stock, Oct. 311; and to Inarime, an island, possibly to be identified with Ischia, lying in the Tyrrhene sea off the coast of Campania, H. Oet. 1156.

U

Ulysses (Troades), Tro. passim.

V

Venus, a goddess, sprung from the foam of the sea, Hip. 274; she is the goddess of love, ibid. 417, 576, 910; Oct. 545; the mother of Cupid, the god of love, Hip. 275; H. Oet. 543; Oct. 697; called Erycina, because Mt. Eryx in Sicily was sacred to her, Hip. 199; she persecuted the stock of Phoebus (i. e., PasiphaË and Phaedra), because that god had published her amours with Mars, ibid. 124; cursed Messalina with insatiate lust, Oct. 258; the effect upon the world which the cessation of the power of Venus would produce, Hip. **469; she has no existence, but is feigned by men as a goddess in order to excuse their own lusts, ibid. 203; used frequently by metonymy for the passion of love, either lawful or unlawful, ibid. 211, 237, 339, 447, 462, 721, 913; Agam. 183, 275, 927; Oct. 191, 433.

Virginia, the daughter of Virginius, slain by her father to save her from the lust of Appius Claudius the decemvir, Oct. 296.

Virgo, the zodiacal constellation of the Virgin, Astraea, the daughter of Jove and Themis, who left the earth last of all the gods on account of man's sin, Thy. 857.

Vulcan, the god of fire; forges the thunderbolts of Jove, Hip. 190; is pierced by Cupid's darts, ibid. 193; is called the father of Cupid and husband of Venus, Oct. 560.

Z

Zetes, a winged son of Boreas, who, together with his brother CalaÏs, was a member of the Argonautic expedition; they were slain by Hercules, Med. 634; they had previously driven away the harpies from Phineus, king of Thrace, ibid. 782.

Zethus, a Theban prince, son of Antiope, the niece of Lycus, king of Thebes; he and his twin brother, Amphion, were exposed in infancy on Mt. Cithaeron, but were saved and brought up by shepherds. Arrived at manhood they killed Lycus and Dirce, his wife, on account of their cruelties to Antiope, and together reigned in Thebes. Reference is made to their rustic life in H. Fur. 916; the shade of Zethus comes up from hades, still holding by the horn the wild bull to which he had tied Dirce, Oed. 610. See Dirce.