“Forth like a fury Philomela flew,And at his face the head of Itys threw.”Pope.“And thou, melodious Philomel,Again thy plaintive story tell.”SirThomas Lyttleton.Phleg′ethon.A river of fire in the infernal regions. It was the picture of desolation, for nothing could grow on its parched and withered banks.“... Infernal rivers ...... Fierce Phlegethon,Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”Milton.Phle′gon(earth loving), one of the four chariot horses of Sol.Phle′gyas.Son of Mars and father of Ixion and Coronis. For his impiety in desecrating and plundering the temple of Apollo at Delphi, he was sent to Hades, and there was made to sit with ahuge stone suspended over his head, ready to be dropped on him at any moment.Phœ′bus.A name of Apollo, signifying light and life.“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,Towards Phœbus’ lodging.”Shakespeare.Phor′cus.A son of Neptune, father of the Gorgons.Phryx′us, see Golden Fleece.Picum′nus.A rural divinity, who presided over the manuring of lands, called also Sterentius.Pi′cus.A son of Saturn, father of Faunus, was turned into a woodpecker by Circe, whose love he had not requited.Pier′ides.A name of the Muses, derived from Pieria, a fountain near Mount Olympus, where they were supposed to have been born. Also, the daughters of Pierus, a king of Macedonia, who settled in Bœotia. They challenged the Muses to sing, and were changed into magpies.Pillar, see Calpe.Pilum′nus.A rural divinity, which presided over the corn while it was being ground.Pine-Tree, see Atys.Pirith′ous.A son of Ixion and great friend of Theseus, King of Athens. The marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia became famous for the quarrel between the drunken Centaurs and the Lapithæ, who, with the help of Theseus, Pirithous, and Hercules, attacked and overcame the Centaurs, many of whom were killed, and the rest took to flight.Pi′tho, the goddess of Persuasion, daughter of Mercury and Venus. She is sometimes referred to under the name of Suada.Plants, see Demogorgon.Pleasure, see Rembha.Plei′ades, The. Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Their names were Electra, Alcyone, Celæno, Maia, Sterope, Taygete, and Merope. They were made a constellation, but as there are only six stars to be seen, the ancients believed that one of the sisters, Merope, married a mortal, and was ashamed to show herself amongst her sisters, who had all been married to gods.“... The grayDawn and the Pleiades before him danced,Shedding sweet influence.”Milton.Plu′to.King of the infernal regions. He was a son of Saturn and Ops, and husband of Proserpine, daughter of Ceres. He is sometimes referred to under the name Dis, and he personifies hell. His principal attendant was the three-headed dog Cerberus, and about his throne were the Eumenides, the Harpies, and the Furies.“With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fateKnocks at the cottage and the palace gate.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Night soon will seize, and you must go below,To story’d ghosts and Pluto’s house below.”Creech.Plu′tus, the god of riches, was son of Jason and Ceres. He is described as being blind and lame; blind because he so often injudiciously bestows his riches, and lame because fortunes come so slowly.Plu′vius.A name of Jupiter, because he had the rain in his control.Podalir′ius.A famous surgeon, a son of Æsculapius, who was very serviceable amongst the soldiers in the Trojan war.Poet, see Parnassus.Poetry, see Apollo, Calliope, The Muses.Poisonous Herbs, see Circe.Poisonous Lake, see Avernus.Poll′ear.Son of Siva, the Hindoo god of wisdom.Pol′lux.Twin brother of Castor. Their father was Jupiter and their mother Leda. He and his brother form the constellation Gemini. His Greek name was Polydeuces. See Ædepol.Polybo′tes.One of the giants who made war against Jupiter.Polydec′teswas turned into stone when Perseus showed him Medusa’s head. See Perseus.Polydeu′ces.The Greek name of Pollux.Polyhym′nia.Daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. One of the Muses who presided over singing and rhetoric.Polyphe′mus, one of the most celebrated of the Cyclopes, a son of Neptune. He captured Ulysses and twelve of his companions, and it is said that six of them were eaten. The rest escaped by the ingenuity of Ulysses, who destroyed the Cyclop’s one eye with a firebrand.“Charybdis barks and Polyphemus roars.”Francis.Polyx′ena.Daughter of Priam, king of Troy. It was by her treachery that Achilles was shot in the heel.Pomo′na.The Roman goddess of fruits and gardens.“So to the sylvan lodgeThey came, that like Pomona’s arbour smiledWith flowerets decked and fragrant smells.”Milton.Poplar-Tree, see Heliades.Portu′nus(Palæmon), son of Ino, was god of harbours.Posei′don.A name of Neptune.Prac′riti.The Hindoo goddess of nature.Predictions, see Cassandra.Pri′am.The last king of Troy. See Paris.Pria′pus, the guardian of gardens and god of natural reproduction, was son of Venus and Bacchus.“Priapus could not half describe the grace(Though god of gardens) of this charming place.”Pope.Pris′ca.Another name of Vesta.Pro′cris.Daughter of the king of Athens. See Cephalus.Prog′ne, wife of Tereus. See Itys and Tereus.“Complaining oft gives respite to our grief,From hence the wretched Progne sought relief.”F. Lewis.Prome′theuswas son of Japetes and father of Deucalion. He presumed to make clay men, and animate them with fire which he had stolen from heaven. This so displeased Jupiter that he sent him a box full of evils, which Prometheus refused; but his brother Epimetheus, not so cautious, openedit, and the evils spread over all the earth. Jupiter then punished Prometheus by commanding Mercury to bind him to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture daily preyed upon his liver, which grew in the night as much as it had been reduced in the day, so that the punishment was a prolonged torture. Hercules at last killed the vulture and set Prometheus free.Prophecy, see Nereus.Proser′pine.A daughter of Jupiter and Ceres. Pluto carried her off to the infernal regions and made her his wife. She was known by the names of “the Queen of Hell,” Hecate, Juno Inferna, and Libitina.“He sung, and hell consentedTo hear the poet’s prayer,Stern Proserpine relented,And gave him back the fair.”F. Lewis.Pro′teus.A marine deity, who could foretell events and convert himself at will into all sorts of shapes.“The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind,The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.”The Lusiad.“What chain can hold this varying Proteus fast?”Budgell.Psy′che.The wife of Cupid. The name is Greek, signifying the soul or spirit.Pygma′lion.A famous sculptor who had resolved to remain unmarried, but he made such a beautiful statue of a goddess that he begged Venus to giveit life. His request being granted, Pygmalion married the animated statue.“Few, like Pygmalion, doat on lifeless charms,Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.”Py′lades.“His wineWas better, Pylades, than thine.... If you pleaseTo chuse me for your Pylades.”F. Lewis.Pylo′tis.A Greek name of Minerva.Pyr′acmon, one of the chiefs of the Cyclopes.Py′rois(luminous). One of the four chariot horses of Sol.Py′thia.The priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who delivered the answers of the oracle. Also the name of the games celebrated in honour of Apollo’s victory over the Pithon.Py′thon.A famous serpent killed by Apollo. See Septerion.Quadra’tus.A surname given to Mercury, because some of his statues were four-sided.Quad′rifron′tis.Janus was sometimes depicted with four faces instead of the usual two, and he was then called Janus Quadrifrontis.Qui′es.The Roman goddess of rest; she had a temple just outside the Collini gate of Rome.Quie′tus.One of the names of Pluto.Quiri′nus.A name given to Mars during war time; and Virgil refers to Jupiter under the same name.Quoit, see Hyacinthus.Race, see Atalanta.Radaman′thus, see Rhadamanthus.Rage, see Furies.Rainbow, see Iris.Ra′ma.A Hindoo god, who was the terrestrial representative of Vishnu.Ram’s Hide, see Golden Fleece.Reeds, see Pan and Syrinx.Rem′bha.The Hindoo goddess of pleasure.Reproduction, see Priapus.Rest, see Quies.Revenge, see Ate.Rhadaman′thus, a son of Jupiter and Europa, was the judge of the Asiatics in the infernal regions.“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.He hears and judges each committed crime,Inquires into the manner, place, and time;The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,Loth to confess, unable to conceal;From the first moment of his vital breath,To the last hour of unrepenting death.”Dryden.Rhamnu′sia.A name of Nemesis, from Rhamnus, a town in Attica, where she had a temple in which was her statue, made of one stone ten cubits high.Rhe′a.The Greek name of Cybele.Rhetoric, see Calliope, Polyhymnia.Riches, see Plutus.Riddle, see Sphinx.Rim′mon.A Phrygian god of whom Milton says—“... Rimmon, whose delightful seatWas fair Damascus, on the fertile banksOf Abana and Pharpar, lucid streams.”Riot, see Saturnalia.River of Fire, see Phlegethon.Roads, see Vialis.Robber, see Cacus, Cœculus.Rom′ulus.The traditional founder of Rome. He was a son of Mars and Ilia, and twin brother of Remus. The infants were thrown into the Tiber, but were miraculously saved and suckled by a she-wolf, till they were found by Faustulus, a shepherd, who brought them up. Remus was killed in a quarrel with his brother, and Romulus became the famous emperor.Rumi′a Dea.The Roman goddess of babes in arms.Runci′a.The goddess of weeding or cleansing the ground.
“Forth like a fury Philomela flew,And at his face the head of Itys threw.”Pope.
“Forth like a fury Philomela flew,And at his face the head of Itys threw.”Pope.
“Forth like a fury Philomela flew,And at his face the head of Itys threw.”Pope.
“Forth like a fury Philomela flew,
And at his face the head of Itys threw.”
Pope.
“And thou, melodious Philomel,Again thy plaintive story tell.”SirThomas Lyttleton.
“And thou, melodious Philomel,Again thy plaintive story tell.”SirThomas Lyttleton.
“And thou, melodious Philomel,Again thy plaintive story tell.”SirThomas Lyttleton.
“And thou, melodious Philomel,
Again thy plaintive story tell.”
SirThomas Lyttleton.
Phleg′ethon.A river of fire in the infernal regions. It was the picture of desolation, for nothing could grow on its parched and withered banks.
“... Infernal rivers ...... Fierce Phlegethon,Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”Milton.
“... Infernal rivers ...... Fierce Phlegethon,Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”Milton.
“... Infernal rivers ...... Fierce Phlegethon,Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”Milton.
“... Infernal rivers ...
... Fierce Phlegethon,
Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.”
Milton.
Phle′gon(earth loving), one of the four chariot horses of Sol.
Phle′gyas.Son of Mars and father of Ixion and Coronis. For his impiety in desecrating and plundering the temple of Apollo at Delphi, he was sent to Hades, and there was made to sit with ahuge stone suspended over his head, ready to be dropped on him at any moment.
Phœ′bus.A name of Apollo, signifying light and life.
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,Towards Phœbus’ lodging.”Shakespeare.
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,Towards Phœbus’ lodging.”Shakespeare.
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,Towards Phœbus’ lodging.”Shakespeare.
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,
Towards Phœbus’ lodging.”
Shakespeare.
Phor′cus.A son of Neptune, father of the Gorgons.
Phryx′us, see Golden Fleece.
Picum′nus.A rural divinity, who presided over the manuring of lands, called also Sterentius.
Pi′cus.A son of Saturn, father of Faunus, was turned into a woodpecker by Circe, whose love he had not requited.
Pier′ides.A name of the Muses, derived from Pieria, a fountain near Mount Olympus, where they were supposed to have been born. Also, the daughters of Pierus, a king of Macedonia, who settled in Bœotia. They challenged the Muses to sing, and were changed into magpies.
Pillar, see Calpe.
Pilum′nus.A rural divinity, which presided over the corn while it was being ground.
Pine-Tree, see Atys.
Pirith′ous.A son of Ixion and great friend of Theseus, King of Athens. The marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia became famous for the quarrel between the drunken Centaurs and the Lapithæ, who, with the help of Theseus, Pirithous, and Hercules, attacked and overcame the Centaurs, many of whom were killed, and the rest took to flight.
Pi′tho, the goddess of Persuasion, daughter of Mercury and Venus. She is sometimes referred to under the name of Suada.
Plants, see Demogorgon.
Pleasure, see Rembha.
Plei′ades, The. Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Their names were Electra, Alcyone, Celæno, Maia, Sterope, Taygete, and Merope. They were made a constellation, but as there are only six stars to be seen, the ancients believed that one of the sisters, Merope, married a mortal, and was ashamed to show herself amongst her sisters, who had all been married to gods.
“... The grayDawn and the Pleiades before him danced,Shedding sweet influence.”Milton.
“... The grayDawn and the Pleiades before him danced,Shedding sweet influence.”Milton.
“... The grayDawn and the Pleiades before him danced,Shedding sweet influence.”Milton.
“... The gray
Dawn and the Pleiades before him danced,
Shedding sweet influence.”Milton.
Plu′to.King of the infernal regions. He was a son of Saturn and Ops, and husband of Proserpine, daughter of Ceres. He is sometimes referred to under the name Dis, and he personifies hell. His principal attendant was the three-headed dog Cerberus, and about his throne were the Eumenides, the Harpies, and the Furies.
“With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fateKnocks at the cottage and the palace gate.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Night soon will seize, and you must go below,To story’d ghosts and Pluto’s house below.”Creech.
“With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fateKnocks at the cottage and the palace gate.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Night soon will seize, and you must go below,To story’d ghosts and Pluto’s house below.”Creech.
“With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fateKnocks at the cottage and the palace gate.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Night soon will seize, and you must go below,To story’d ghosts and Pluto’s house below.”Creech.
“With equal foot, rich friend, impartial fate
Knocks at the cottage and the palace gate.
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Night soon will seize, and you must go below,
To story’d ghosts and Pluto’s house below.”
Creech.
Plu′tus, the god of riches, was son of Jason and Ceres. He is described as being blind and lame; blind because he so often injudiciously bestows his riches, and lame because fortunes come so slowly.
Plu′vius.A name of Jupiter, because he had the rain in his control.
Podalir′ius.A famous surgeon, a son of Æsculapius, who was very serviceable amongst the soldiers in the Trojan war.
Poet, see Parnassus.
Poetry, see Apollo, Calliope, The Muses.
Poisonous Herbs, see Circe.
Poisonous Lake, see Avernus.
Poll′ear.Son of Siva, the Hindoo god of wisdom.
Pol′lux.Twin brother of Castor. Their father was Jupiter and their mother Leda. He and his brother form the constellation Gemini. His Greek name was Polydeuces. See Ædepol.
Polybo′tes.One of the giants who made war against Jupiter.
Polydec′teswas turned into stone when Perseus showed him Medusa’s head. See Perseus.
Polydeu′ces.The Greek name of Pollux.
Polyhym′nia.Daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. One of the Muses who presided over singing and rhetoric.
Polyphe′mus, one of the most celebrated of the Cyclopes, a son of Neptune. He captured Ulysses and twelve of his companions, and it is said that six of them were eaten. The rest escaped by the ingenuity of Ulysses, who destroyed the Cyclop’s one eye with a firebrand.
“Charybdis barks and Polyphemus roars.”Francis.
“Charybdis barks and Polyphemus roars.”Francis.
“Charybdis barks and Polyphemus roars.”Francis.
“Charybdis barks and Polyphemus roars.”
Francis.
Polyx′ena.Daughter of Priam, king of Troy. It was by her treachery that Achilles was shot in the heel.
Pomo′na.The Roman goddess of fruits and gardens.
“So to the sylvan lodgeThey came, that like Pomona’s arbour smiledWith flowerets decked and fragrant smells.”Milton.
“So to the sylvan lodgeThey came, that like Pomona’s arbour smiledWith flowerets decked and fragrant smells.”Milton.
“So to the sylvan lodgeThey came, that like Pomona’s arbour smiledWith flowerets decked and fragrant smells.”Milton.
“So to the sylvan lodge
They came, that like Pomona’s arbour smiled
With flowerets decked and fragrant smells.”
Milton.
Poplar-Tree, see Heliades.
Portu′nus(Palæmon), son of Ino, was god of harbours.
Posei′don.A name of Neptune.
Prac′riti.The Hindoo goddess of nature.
Predictions, see Cassandra.
Pri′am.The last king of Troy. See Paris.
Pria′pus, the guardian of gardens and god of natural reproduction, was son of Venus and Bacchus.
“Priapus could not half describe the grace(Though god of gardens) of this charming place.”Pope.
“Priapus could not half describe the grace(Though god of gardens) of this charming place.”Pope.
“Priapus could not half describe the grace(Though god of gardens) of this charming place.”Pope.
“Priapus could not half describe the grace
(Though god of gardens) of this charming place.”
Pope.
Pris′ca.Another name of Vesta.
Pro′cris.Daughter of the king of Athens. See Cephalus.
Prog′ne, wife of Tereus. See Itys and Tereus.
“Complaining oft gives respite to our grief,From hence the wretched Progne sought relief.”F. Lewis.
“Complaining oft gives respite to our grief,From hence the wretched Progne sought relief.”F. Lewis.
“Complaining oft gives respite to our grief,From hence the wretched Progne sought relief.”F. Lewis.
“Complaining oft gives respite to our grief,
From hence the wretched Progne sought relief.”
F. Lewis.
Prome′theuswas son of Japetes and father of Deucalion. He presumed to make clay men, and animate them with fire which he had stolen from heaven. This so displeased Jupiter that he sent him a box full of evils, which Prometheus refused; but his brother Epimetheus, not so cautious, openedit, and the evils spread over all the earth. Jupiter then punished Prometheus by commanding Mercury to bind him to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture daily preyed upon his liver, which grew in the night as much as it had been reduced in the day, so that the punishment was a prolonged torture. Hercules at last killed the vulture and set Prometheus free.
Prophecy, see Nereus.
Proser′pine.A daughter of Jupiter and Ceres. Pluto carried her off to the infernal regions and made her his wife. She was known by the names of “the Queen of Hell,” Hecate, Juno Inferna, and Libitina.
“He sung, and hell consentedTo hear the poet’s prayer,Stern Proserpine relented,And gave him back the fair.”F. Lewis.
“He sung, and hell consentedTo hear the poet’s prayer,Stern Proserpine relented,And gave him back the fair.”F. Lewis.
“He sung, and hell consentedTo hear the poet’s prayer,Stern Proserpine relented,And gave him back the fair.”F. Lewis.
“He sung, and hell consented
To hear the poet’s prayer,
Stern Proserpine relented,
And gave him back the fair.”
F. Lewis.
Pro′teus.A marine deity, who could foretell events and convert himself at will into all sorts of shapes.
“The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind,The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.”The Lusiad.
“The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind,The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.”The Lusiad.
“The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind,The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.”The Lusiad.
“The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind,
The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.”
The Lusiad.
“What chain can hold this varying Proteus fast?”Budgell.
“What chain can hold this varying Proteus fast?”Budgell.
“What chain can hold this varying Proteus fast?”Budgell.
“What chain can hold this varying Proteus fast?”
Budgell.
Psy′che.The wife of Cupid. The name is Greek, signifying the soul or spirit.
Pygma′lion.A famous sculptor who had resolved to remain unmarried, but he made such a beautiful statue of a goddess that he begged Venus to giveit life. His request being granted, Pygmalion married the animated statue.
“Few, like Pygmalion, doat on lifeless charms,Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.”
“Few, like Pygmalion, doat on lifeless charms,Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.”
“Few, like Pygmalion, doat on lifeless charms,Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.”
“Few, like Pygmalion, doat on lifeless charms,
Or care to clasp a statue in their arms.”
Py′lades.
“His wineWas better, Pylades, than thine.... If you pleaseTo chuse me for your Pylades.”F. Lewis.
“His wineWas better, Pylades, than thine.... If you pleaseTo chuse me for your Pylades.”F. Lewis.
“His wineWas better, Pylades, than thine.... If you pleaseTo chuse me for your Pylades.”F. Lewis.
“His wine
Was better, Pylades, than thine.
... If you please
To chuse me for your Pylades.”F. Lewis.
Pylo′tis.A Greek name of Minerva.
Pyr′acmon, one of the chiefs of the Cyclopes.
Py′rois(luminous). One of the four chariot horses of Sol.
Py′thia.The priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who delivered the answers of the oracle. Also the name of the games celebrated in honour of Apollo’s victory over the Pithon.
Py′thon.A famous serpent killed by Apollo. See Septerion.
Quadra’tus.A surname given to Mercury, because some of his statues were four-sided.
Quad′rifron′tis.Janus was sometimes depicted with four faces instead of the usual two, and he was then called Janus Quadrifrontis.
Qui′es.The Roman goddess of rest; she had a temple just outside the Collini gate of Rome.
Quie′tus.One of the names of Pluto.
Quiri′nus.A name given to Mars during war time; and Virgil refers to Jupiter under the same name.
Quoit, see Hyacinthus.
Race, see Atalanta.
Radaman′thus, see Rhadamanthus.
Rage, see Furies.
Rainbow, see Iris.
Ra′ma.A Hindoo god, who was the terrestrial representative of Vishnu.
Ram’s Hide, see Golden Fleece.
Reeds, see Pan and Syrinx.
Rem′bha.The Hindoo goddess of pleasure.
Reproduction, see Priapus.
Rest, see Quies.
Revenge, see Ate.
Rhadaman′thus, a son of Jupiter and Europa, was the judge of the Asiatics in the infernal regions.
“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.He hears and judges each committed crime,Inquires into the manner, place, and time;The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,Loth to confess, unable to conceal;From the first moment of his vital breath,To the last hour of unrepenting death.”Dryden.
“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.He hears and judges each committed crime,Inquires into the manner, place, and time;The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,Loth to confess, unable to conceal;From the first moment of his vital breath,To the last hour of unrepenting death.”Dryden.
“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.He hears and judges each committed crime,Inquires into the manner, place, and time;The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,Loth to confess, unable to conceal;From the first moment of his vital breath,To the last hour of unrepenting death.”Dryden.
“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:
And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.
He hears and judges each committed crime,
Inquires into the manner, place, and time;
The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,
Loth to confess, unable to conceal;
From the first moment of his vital breath,
To the last hour of unrepenting death.”
Dryden.
Rhamnu′sia.A name of Nemesis, from Rhamnus, a town in Attica, where she had a temple in which was her statue, made of one stone ten cubits high.
Rhe′a.The Greek name of Cybele.
Rhetoric, see Calliope, Polyhymnia.
Riches, see Plutus.
Riddle, see Sphinx.
Rim′mon.A Phrygian god of whom Milton says—
“... Rimmon, whose delightful seatWas fair Damascus, on the fertile banksOf Abana and Pharpar, lucid streams.”
“... Rimmon, whose delightful seatWas fair Damascus, on the fertile banksOf Abana and Pharpar, lucid streams.”
“... Rimmon, whose delightful seatWas fair Damascus, on the fertile banksOf Abana and Pharpar, lucid streams.”
“... Rimmon, whose delightful seat
Was fair Damascus, on the fertile banks
Of Abana and Pharpar, lucid streams.”
Riot, see Saturnalia.
River of Fire, see Phlegethon.
Roads, see Vialis.
Robber, see Cacus, Cœculus.
Rom′ulus.The traditional founder of Rome. He was a son of Mars and Ilia, and twin brother of Remus. The infants were thrown into the Tiber, but were miraculously saved and suckled by a she-wolf, till they were found by Faustulus, a shepherd, who brought them up. Remus was killed in a quarrel with his brother, and Romulus became the famous emperor.
Rumi′a Dea.The Roman goddess of babes in arms.
Runci′a.The goddess of weeding or cleansing the ground.