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.