Chapter 23

Quin-qua´tri-a.Festivals in honor of the goddess Minerva,60.

Quir´i-nal.One of the seven hills on which Rome is built,142.

Quir-i-na´li-a.Festivals in Rome in honor of Quirinus,142.

Qui-ri´nus.Name given to Romulus when deified,142.

Re-gil´lus.Lake in Italy where occurred the battle in which the Dioscuri were supposed to assist,279.

Re´mus.Son of Mars and Ilia;twin brother of Romulus,140-142,377.

Rhad-a-man´thus.Son of Jupiter and Europa;judge in Hades,45,163.

Rhe´a.Female Titan;daughter of Uranus and Gæa,17;wife of Cronus,18;Jupiter saved by,20;Corybantes, priests of,21;Cronus defeated by,22;Juno, daughter of,51;Pluto, son of,159;Ceres, daughter of,183;Vesta, daughter of,198;significance,396.

Rhodes.Island in the Mediterranean, where the Colossus stood,91.

Rome.City founded by Romulus;it comprises seven hills,142.

Rom´u-lus.Son of Mars and Ilia;founder of Rome,140,142,372,377.

Ru´tu-les.Nation in Italy, governed by Turnus,374,375.

Sa-git-ta´ri-us.The constellation formed by Chiron, the Centaur who taught Hercules,221.

Sa-la´ci-a.Same as Amphitrite;wife of Neptune,154.

Sa´li-i.Priests appointed to watch the sacred shields in Rome,143.

Sal-mo´neus.King who wished to emulate Jupiter,168.

Sar-pe´don.Son of Jupiter and Europa,45;slain during the Trojan war,325.

Sat´urn, orCronus.Son of Uranus and Gæa,18;father of Jupiter,20;Italy ruled by,23,35;husband of Rhea,25;day of,207.

Sa´tyrs.Male divinities of the woods, half man, half goat,300.

Scæ´an Gate.Gate which led from Troy to the plain,321.

Sci´ron.Giant encountered by Theseus on the Isthmus of Corinth,251,252.

Scyl´la.Sea nymph changed to monster by Circe. She lived under rock of same name,352,353,365.

Scy´ros.Island in the Archipelago, the home of Lycomedes, visited by Achilles and Theseus,262.

Scyth´i-a.Country north of the Euxine Sea,196.

Seasons.The four daughters of Jupiter and Themis,105.

Sec´u-lar Games.Games in honor of Pluto every hundred years,160.

Se-le´ne.Name given to Diana as moon goddess,93;significance,388,389.

Sem´e-le.Daughter of Cadmus;wife of Jupiter;mother of Bacchus,171-174;significance,397.

Se-ri´phus.Island where Danae and Perseus were cast ashore,242,249.

Ser´vi-us Tul´li-us.Sixth king of Rome;son of Vulcan and Ocrisia,148.

Ses´tus.City opposite Abydus;the home of Hero,111,112,116.

Seven Wonders of the World,49,91.

Sheet-lightning.Same as Arges,18.

Sib´yl.Prophetess of Cumæ, who led Æneas down to the infernal Regions,370-372.

Si-ca´ni-a.Land where Anchises died;visited twice by Æneas,365.

Sic´i-ly.Island home of Polyphemus;visited by Arion,82;visited by Proserpina,183;visited by Ulysses,339;visited by Æneas,365,370.

Si-le´nus.Tutor of Bacchus;generally represented on an ass,174-177,300.

Sil-va´nus.God of the woods;one of the lesser Roman divinities,301.

Silver Age.Second age of the ancient world,35.

Sil´vi-a.Daughter of Latin shepherd;her stag was wounded by Iulus,373.

Si´nis(The Pine-bender).Giant encountered and slain by Theseus,251.

Si´non.Greek slave, who advised the Trojans to secure the wooden horse,332,335.

Sip´y-lus.Mountain where stood the statue of Niobe,94.

Si´rens.Maidens who allured mariners by their wondrous songs,350-352;significance,397.

Sir´i-us.Favorite dog of Orion;a constellation,98,100.

Sis´y-phus.King condemned to roll a rock in Tartarus to the top of a steep hill,77,167;significance,389.

Sol.Name frequently given to Apollo as god of the sun,61.

Som´nus.God of sleep;the child of Nox, and twin brother of Mors,208-212.

Spar´ta.Capital of Lacedæmon;favorite city of Juno,52;home of Menelaus,310-312.

Sphinx.Riddle-giving monster;slain by Œdipus,283-285;significance,393,401.

Stel´li-o.Urchin changed to lizard by Ceres when searching for Proserpina,197.

Ster´o-pes(Lightning).One of the Cyclopes;son of Uranus and Gæa,18.

Sthe´no.One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal, like Euryale,242.

Stroph´a-des.Islands where the Harpies took refuge when driven from Thrace,267;Æneas visits the,364.

Stro´phi-us.Father of Pylades;shelters Orestes,336.

Stym-pha´lus.Lake upon whose banks Hercules slew the brazen-clawed birds,226.

Styx.River in Hades, by whose waters the gods swore their most sacred oaths,43,77,84,161,172;Achilles bathed in the,314.

Su-a-de´la.One of Venus’ train of attendants;god of the soft speech of love,106.

Sy-chæ´us.King of Tyre;husband of Dido;murdered by Pygmalion,366.

Sym-pleg´a-des.Floating rocks safely passed by the Argo,268.

Sy´rinx.Nymph loved by Pan, and changed into reeds,300,301.

Tæn´a-rum, orTæn´a-rus.The Greek entrance to Hades on Cimmerian coast,160,229.

Ta-la´ri-a.Mercury’s winged sandals, given by the gods,134.

Ta´lus.Brazen giant;son of Vulcan;the watchman of Minos,256,257.

Tan´ta-lus.Father of Pelops;condemned to hunger and thirst in Hades,77,93,167;significance,389,390.

Tar´ta-rus.Abyss under the earth, where the Titans, etc., were confined,17,18,22,25;Orpheus’ music heard in,77;wicked in,161-169;significance,385,391.

Tau´ris.Country to which Diana brought Iphigenia,316;visited by Orestes,336.

Tel´a-mon.Husband of Hesione, the daughter of Laomedon,152.

Te-lem´a-chus.Son of Ulysses and Penelope,312;adventures of,357,358.

Tel-e-phas´sa.Wife of Agenor;mother of Europa,47;significance,386.

Tel´lus.Same as Gæa;name given to Rhea,13.

Ten´e-dos.Island off the coast of Troy,332,335.

Terp-sich´o-re.Muse of dancing;daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne,88.

Ter´ra.Same as Gæa, goddess of the earth,13.

Teu´cer.Ancient king of the Trojans,364.

Tha-li´a.1. One of the three Graces;daughter of Jupiter and Eurynome,105.2. One of the nine Muses;Muse of comedy,88.

Than´a-tos.Same as Mors, god of death,208.

Thebes.Capital of Bœotia;founded by Cadmus,47,48;Amphion, king of,80-82;Athamas, king of,174;Pentheus, king of,181;Œdipus, king of,280-290.

The´mis.One of the six female Titans,17,22;goddess of justice,44,105,107,163.

The-oph´a-ne.Maiden changed by Neptune into a sheep,153.

The´seus.Son of Ægeus and Æthra;hero of Athens,179,250-262,266,275;significance,391,393.

Thes-mo-pho´ri-a.Festivals in Greece in honor of Ceres,196.

Thes´sa-ly.A province of Greece,311;fight of the gods in,23;Admetus, king of,64;Ceyx, king of,211;Æson, king of,263,273;Protesilaus of,316.

The´tis.1. Mother of Achilles,314;a sea nymph,20.2. One of the Titanides,17;marriage feast of,305,306;Olympus visited by,319;Achilles comforted by,325;Achilles’ armor brought by,326-328;Achilles instructed by,329.

This´be.Babylonian maiden loved by Pyramus,117,118.

Thrace.Country on the Black Sea;the home of Mars,138,223,267,363;significance,400.

Thyr´sus.The vine-encircled wand borne by the followers of Bacchus,182.

Ti´ber.River in Italy,200,202,205;Æneas sails up the,363,372,374.

Ti-re´si-as.The blind seer visited by Ulysses on the Cimmerian shore,350,353.

Ti-siph´o-ne.One of the three Furies, or Eumenides,163,165,174.

Ti-tan´i-des.The six daughters of Uranus and Gæa,17.

Ti´tans.Name given to the six sons of Uranus and Gæa,17,18;revolt of,22,23,25;significance,398.

Ti-tho´nus.Trojan prince who visited Aurora,90.

Tit´y-us.Giant in Tartarus, whose prostrate body covered nine acres,169.

Tra-chin´i-a.Land where Hercules died,216.

Tri-na´cri-a.Land visited by Ulysses, whose men slay the cattle of the sun,353,354.

Trip-tol´e-mus.Nursling and protégé of Ceres,188,196.

Tri´ton.Son of Neptune and Amphitrite;father of the Tritons,154,303;significance,397.

Trœ-ze´ne.Ancient city in Argolis,152;birthplace of Theseus,250,251;significance,391.

Tro´jans.Inhabitants of Troy,316-335,360-376.

Troy.City of Asia Minor, ruled by Laomedon and Priam;war of,305-336.

Tuc´ci-a.Vestal virgin who stood the test of purity,200.

Tur´nus.Chief of the Rutules;wars against Æneas,372-377.

Tus´cans.People of Tuscania in Italy, governed by Evander;allies of Æneas,374,375.

Tyn-da´re-us.Stepfather of Helen;binds her suitors by oath,311.

Ty-phϫus.Same as Typhon;monster sent to dethrone Jupiter,23,24.

Tyre.City in Phœnicia, governed by Sychæus and Dido,366.

U-lys´ses.Same as Odysseus, hero of the Odyssey;King of Ithaca,214,312,315,330,332;adventures of,337-359;significance,386,395.

U-ra´ni-a.Muse of astronomy, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne,88,90.

U´ra-nus(Heaven).Husband of Gæa, created by her,15,17,18;significance,385.

Ve´nus.Same as Aphrodite, goddess of beauty,103-130;day of,207;Hippomenes aided by,278;Juno and Minerva dispute with,306-308;Paris advised by,310,312;Paris saved by,320;Æneas, son of,360,362,366,367,370,372,376;significance,389.

Ver-tum´nus.God of the orchards;loved by Pomona,303.

Ves´ta.Same as Hestia, goddess of fire and of the family hearth,198-204;birth of,22;significance,399.

Ves-ta´li-a.Festivals in honor of Vesta, held in Rome,202.

Ves´tals.Virgins dedicated to the service of Vesta,200-202,377.

Vic-to´ri-a.Same as Nice, goddess of victory,41.

Vol´scians.Tribe in Italy who join the Rutules against Æneas,373,374,376.

Vul´can.Same as Hephæstus, god of the forge,144-148;Jupiter’s head cleft by,55;Venus, wife of,106,107;armor made by,326,374;significance,399.

Vul-ca-na´li-a.Festivals celebrated in honor of Vulcan,148.

Zeph´y-rus.God of the south wind;son of Æolus and Aurora,213;Hyacinthus slain by,67;Venus conducted by,105;Psyche saved by,122,128;Flora, wife of,301.

Ze´tes.Son of Boreas and Orithyia;took part in Argonautic expedition, and drove away Harpies,215.

Ze´thus.Twin brother of Amphion;son of Jupiter and Antiope,80-82.

Zeus.Same as Jupiter;father of the gods,39;significance,379,385,388,395.


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