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, orEris.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-bœ´anorEu-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 Mœræ 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;Typhœus 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, orHe´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.