Mœ´ræ.The Fates, or Parcæ, who spin, twist, and cut the thread of life,165.
Mor´pheus.Prime minister of Somnus, god of sleep,208,212.
Mors.Same as Thanatos, god of death,208-212,213.
Mo-sych´lus.Mountain in Lemnos, where Vulcan fell from heaven,144.
Mu-sag´e-tes.Apollo’s name when he led the choir of the Muses,88.
Mu´ses, the Nine.Daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne,73-75,88-90;mount of the,294.
My-ce´næ.Favorite city of Juno, with Sparta and Argos,52;Perseus exchanges Argos for,249.
Myr´mi-dons.Achilles’ followers;led by Patroclus,324,325;significance,395.
Mys´ter-ies.Religious rites celebrated in honor of the God of Wine,182.
Myths.Fabulous tales,378-401.
Na-i´a-des.Fountain nymphs subject to Neptune,297,298.
Na-pæ´æ.Valley nymphs, who looked after the flocks also,297.
Nar-cis´sus.Youth loved by Echo;enamored with his own image,118-120.
Nau-sic´a-a.Daughter of Alcinous and Arete;befriends Ulysses,355.
Nax´os.Island visited by Theseus and Bacchus,179,257;significance,391.
Nec´tar.Beverage of the gods, poured out by Hebe and Ganymede,41,84.
Ne´leus.Son of Neptune;brother of Pelias,154.
Ne´me-a.Forest in Greece, devastated by a lion slain by Hercules,220.
Ne´me-an Games.Games in honor of Jupiter and Hercules,239.
Ne´me-an Lion.Monster slain by Hercules,220.
Nem´e-sis.Goddess of vengeance,163;pursues Orestes,336.
Ne-op-tol´e-mus.Same as Pyrrhus;Achilles’ son;slays Priam,361.
Neph´e-le.Wife of Athamas;mother of Phryxus and Helle,265;significance,391,397.
Nep´tune.Same as Poseidon, god of the sea,149-158;son of Cronus,22;kingdom given to,25;Deluge controlled by,36,37;horse created by,57;Delos created by,62;walls built by,65;Mars punished by,139;girl protected by,197;Vesta wooed by,198;Minos punished by,223;Pegasus created by,244;Hippolytus slain by,262;Thetis wooed by,305;Trojans punished by,332,333;Polyphemus, son of,339;Ulysses’ men slain by,354,355;Æneas saved by,366,370;significance,397,400.
Ne-re´i-des.Water nymphs;daughters of Nereus and Doris,153,155;significance,397.
Ne´re-us.God of the sea;the personification of its pleasant aspect,154,226;father of Thetis,305;significance,397.
Nes´sus.The Centaur who carries Deianeira across the river;slain by Hercules,234,235;significance,390.
Nes´tor.Greek hero during Trojan war;noted for wise counsel,275,314,357.
Ni´ce.Same as Victory;attendant of Jupiter,41.
Night.Same as Nyx or Nox,13,15,57,208.
Nightmares.Attendants of Somnus, crouching in his cave,210.
Ni´o-be.Daughter of Tantalus, whose children are slain by Apollo and Diana,93-96,167;significance,398.
Ni´sus.Youth who accompanies Euryalus to summon Æneas back to camp,374.
No´man.Name assumed by Ulysses to mislead Polyphemus,343,344.
No´tusorAuster.Southwest wind;son of Æolus and Aurora,213-215.
Nox.Same as Nyx, goddess of night;marries Chaos and Erebus,13.
Nu´ma Pom-pil´i-us.Second king of Rome;built Vesta’s temple,200.
Nymphs.Name given to female minor divinities,297.
Ny-si´a-des.Nymphs who cared for Bacchus, and form a constellation,174.
Nyx.Same as Nox, goddess of night;mother of Day and Light,13,15,17,163.
O-ce-an´i-des.Daughters of Oceanus;nymphs of the ocean,25,103,303;significance,397.
O-ce´a-nus.1. River surrounding the earth, according to ancients,15,16,229.2. One of the Titans;son of Uranus and Gæa,17,20,22,25,149;significance,397.
O-cris´i-a.A slave;wife of Vulcan;mother of Servius Tullius,148.
O-dys´seus.Same as Ulysses;hero of the Odyssey,337.
Od´ys-sey.Epic poem of Homer on the adventures of Ulysses,337.
Œd´i-pus.Son of Laius and Jocasta;King of Thebes,280-290;significance,392,393,394.
Œ´neus.Father of Meleager and Deianeira;husband of Althæa,232,275.
Œ-no´ne.Wife of Paris, son of Priam,307,308;she dies on his funeral pyre,331;significance,394.
Œ-no´pi-on.Father of Merope;blinds Orion,99.
Ϋta.Mountain on whose summit Hercules builds his funeral pyre,238.
O-gyg´i-a.Island where Calypso detains Ulysses seven years,354.
O-lym´pi-a.City in Elis noted for its temple and games,49,230,239.
O-lym´pi-ad.Time between Olympian Games; i.e., four years,49.
O-lym´pi-an Games.Games instituted by Hercules in honor of Jupiter,49,230.
O-lym´pus.Mountain north of Greece;the abode of the gods,15,17,20,21,22,28,29,39,51,55,58,70,76,96,106,120,128,132,135,153,171,240,297,373,375;gods fly from,24;Prometheus visits,28;Ganymede transported to,43;Vulcan expelled from,144;Ceres visits,194;Bellerophon storms,295;Thetis visits,319;significance,384.
Om´pha-le.Queen of Lydia;the taskmistress of Hercules,230.
O-ne-i-co-pom´pus.Name borne by Mercury as conductor of dreams,131,137.
Ops.Same as Cybele;name given to Rhea, and also to Ceres,20.
O-re´a-des.Mountain nymphs who guided travelers,297.
O-res´tes.Son of Agamemnon and Clytæmnestra;friend of Pylades,336.
O-ri´on.Youth loved by Diana, and accidentally slain by her,98-100.
Or-i-thy´i-a.Wife of Boreas;mother of Calais, Zetus, Cleopatra, and Chione,215.
Or´pheus.Musician;son of Apollo and Calliope,75-80,266;significance,387,388.
Os´sa.Mountain in Thessaly, upon which the Titans piled Pelion,23.
O´tus.Giant son of Neptune;slain by Diana and Apollo,139,154;significance,400.
Pac-to´lus.River in Asia Minor in which Midas washed, to remove his golden plague,179.
Pa-læ´mon.Son of Athamas and Ino;changed into sea god,174.
Pal-a-me´des.Messenger sent to summon Ulysses to war against Troy,312.
Pal-i-nu´rus.Æneas’ pilot;lost at sea off Cape Misenum,370,372.
Pal-la´di-um.Statue of Minerva,60;stolen from Troy by Ulysses and Diomedes,198,332.
Pal´las.1. Name given to Minerva in Athens,27,55,57.2. Son of Evander;slain by Turnus while fighting for Æneas,374,375.
Pal´lor.Special attendant of Mars;lover of strife,138.
Pan.Same as Consentes, god of nature and the universe,74,127,300,301;significance,400.
Pan-ath-e-næ´a.Festivals held in honor of Minerva,60.
Pan-do´ra.First woman;created in heaven, she brings evil into the world,29-35,37.
Par´cæ.The Fates, or Mœræ;they spin the thread of destiny,165.
Par´is.Son of Priam and Hecuba,307;judgment of,308;visits Troy,308,310;elopes with Helen,312;duel with Menelaus,320;in battle,323;Achilles slain by,330;death of,331;significance,394.
Par-nas´sus.Mountain in Greece,37,38;sacred to Apollo and the Muses,90.
Par-the´ni-um.Mountain upon which Atalanta was exposed,275.
Par´the-non.Temple dedicated to Minerva at Athens,60.
Pa-tro´clus.Friend of Achilles;slain by Hector,324-328;significance,395.
Peg´a-sus.Steed born from the sea foam and the blood of Medusa,154,244;Bellerophon rides,292-296;significance,394,397.
Pe´leus.Husband of Thetis;father of Achilles,266,275,305,314.
Pe´li-as.Uncle of Jason;brother of Neleus,154;usurps the throne of Æson,263-266,273.
Pe´li-on.A high mountain in Thessaly, piled upon Ossa by the giants to reach Olympus,23,266.
Pel-o-pon-ne´sus.The peninsula south of Greece,49,167.
Pe´lops.Son of Tantalus;gave his name to the Peloponnesus,167;father of Copreus,153;significance,389.
Pe-na´tes.Household gods worshiped in Rome with the Lares,203,204;Æneas saves the,362.
Pe-nel´o-pe.1. Wife of Ulysses,312;suitors of,357-359;significance,395.2. A nymph, the mother of Pan,300.
Pe-ne´us.1. River god;father of Daphne;changes Daphne into a laurel.2. Name of a river in Greece,68.
Pen-the-si-le´a.Queen of Amazons;slain during Trojan war,329.
Pen´theus.King of Thebes;refuses to receive Bacchus, and is slain,181,182.
Per-i-phe´tes.Son of Vulcan,148;encountered and slain by Theseus,251.
Per-seph´o-ne.Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation,183,187,194.
Per´seus.Son of Jupiter and Danae;slays Medusa,240-249;significance,390,391,393,394,395.
Pet´a-sus.Name given to the winged cap worn by Mercury,134.
Phæ-a´ci-ans.People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home,355;significance,395.
Phæ´dra.Daughter of Minos;wife of Theseus,262;significance,391.
Pha´e-ton.Son of Apollo and Clymene;drives the sun car, and is slain,83-88;significance,388,395.
Pha-e-tu´sa.Sister of Phaeton;one of the Heliades,87;Apollo’s flocks guarded by,353.
Phe-re-phat´ta.Name given to Persephone, or Proserpina,183.
Phid´i-as.Noted Greek sculptor;made statues of the gods,49,60.
Phi-le´mon.Husband of Baucis;changed into an oak,43,44.
Phil-oc-te´tes.Friend of Hercules;receives his arrows,238,330,331.
Phi-lon´o-e.Daughter of Iobates;wife of Bellerophon,292;significance,394.
Phin´e-us.The blind king of Thrace;annoyed by the Harpies,248,249,267.
Phleg´e-thon.One of the rivers of Hades;a river of fire,161,163,350.
Pho´bos.One of the attendants of Mars, god of war,138.
Pho´cis.Province in Greece, bounded by Doris, Locris, and the Gulf of Corinth,336.
Phϫbe.One of the Titanides,17,20;same as Diana,93.
Phϫbus.Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and of medicine,61,67,90,94,96,318;significance,386.
Phœ-nic´i-a.Province in Asia Minor, named after Phœnix,47;significance,386.
Phœ´nix.Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phœnicia,45,47.
Phryx´us.Son of Athamas and Nephele;rides on golden-fleeced ram to Colchis,154,265;significance,391,397.
Pi-re´ne.Fountain near Corinth, where Pegasus drinks,294.
Pi-rith´o-us.King of the Lapithæ;friend of Theseus,259,260,275.
Ple´ia-des.Seven of Diana’s nymphs;pursued by Orion and changed into stars,98.
Plu´to.Same as Hades, Dis, Aïdoneus, etc.,159-170;god of the Infernal Regions,25,76,77,79,110,208,350;birth of,22;Proserpina kidnapped by,183-187;Arethusa sees,193;Ceres visits,195;Perseus aided by,243;Theseus punished by,260;significance,396,401.
Plu´tus.Name given to Pluto when invoked as god of wealth,159.
Pod-a-lir´i-us.Son of Æsculapius;skilled in medicine,64.
Po-dar´ces.Same as Priam, King of Troy;slain by Pyrrhus,152.
Po-li´tes.Last of Priam’s sons;slain at his feet by Pyrrhus,361.
Pol´lux.Son of Jupiter and Leda;brother of Castor, Helen, and Clytæmnestra,260,266,275,278,279.
Pol´y-bus.King of Corinth;adopted Œdipus when forsaken by the servant,280-282.
Pol-y-dec´tes.King of Seriphus;sends Perseus in quest of Medusa,242,249.
Pol-y-do´rus.Trojan youth, murdered in Thrace;his grave discovered by Æneas,363.
Pol-y-hym´ni-a.Muse of rhetoric;daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne,90.
Pol-y-ni´ces.Son of Œdipus,285;slain by Eteocles,287;buried by Antigone,288.
Pol-y-phe´mus.Giant son of Neptune,154;Ulysses visits,339-346;Galatea loved by,341;blinded by Ulysses,344;Achemenides escapes from,365.
Po-lyx´e-na.Daughter of Priam;affianced wife of Achilles,330.
Po-mo´na.Goddess of the orchards;wife of Vertumnus,303.
Pon´tus.Name given to the sea when first created,13,15.
Po-sei´don.Same as Neptune, god of the sea and of horse trainers,149.
Po´thos.God of the amities of love;one of the numerous attendants of Venus,106.
Pri´am.Same as Podarces,152;King of Troy,307;Paris received by,310;duel witnessed by,320;Hector, son of,325;Hector’s death seen by,328;Mercury leads,329;Polyxena, daughter of,330;death of,335,361.
Pri-a´pus.God of the shade;pursues the nymph Lotis,299,301.
Pro´cris.Wife of Cephalus;slain by his unerring javelin,70,71;significance,387,389.
Pro-crus´tes(The Stretcher).Encountered and slain by Theseus,252.
Prϫtus.Husband of Anteia, and kinsman of Bellerophon,291,292.
Pro-me´theus(Forethought).Son of Iapetus;man created by,25;Olympus visited by,27;chained to Caucasian Mountains,28;Hercules delivers,28,227;Deucalion, son of,37;significance,379,398.
Pro-ser´pi-na.Same as Proserpine and Persephone;goddess of vegetation,183-197;Orpheus visits,77;Adonis welcomed by,110;Pluto kidnaps,159;emblem of death,212;significance,396.
Pro-tes-i-la´us.First Greek who landed on Trojan coast,316,317.
Pro´teus.Inferior sea divinity;shepherd of the deep,156;Menelaus consults,336;significance,381.
Psy´che.Fair princess loved by Cupid;the emblem of the soul,121-130;significance,381.
Psy-cho-pom´pus.Name given to Mercury as leader of souls to Hades,131,137.
Pyg-ma´li-on.1. Celebrated sculptor, who loves a statue,120,121.2. Brother of Dido;murderer of Sychæus, Dido’s husband,366.
Pyg´mies.Race of small people in Africa;defended by Antæus,227,228.
Pyl´a-des.Son of Strophius;intimate friend of Orestes,336.
Pyr´a-mus.Faithful lover of Thisbe;commits suicide,117,118.
Pyr´rha.Wife of Deucalion;the only woman who survives the Flood,37,38.
Pyr´rhus.Same as Neoptolemus;son of Achilles,361.
Pyth´e-us.Surname given to Apollo as python slayer,61,65.
Pyth´i-a.Name given to Apollo’s priestess at Delphi,91.
Pyth´i-an Games.Games celebrated at Delphi every three years,91.
Py´thon.Serpent born of the Deluge slime;slain by Apollo,65-67;significance,387,400.