97,180;C. 149-154Nimrod and the giants,440Ni´nus,148Ni´o-be,77,170;the punishment of,99-103;quotation from Landor's Niobe,102,103;genealogy, interpretation, etc.,C. 78Nirvana (nēr-vä´na): annihilation, or absorption into the Infinite, of the Karma (human character, or soul) after it has passed through innumerable existences, and learned the virtuous life. SeeBuddhaNi´sus, father of Scylla,201,202Ni´sus, friend of Euryalus,368-370Noah and Deucalion,440No´mĭ-ŏs, No´mĭ-us, an epithet applied to Apollo as the pasturer or herdsman; see 104-106,110;C. 30(In Art)Nôrns,374,375,388,402;in Wagner's Ring,424,426Norse gods, myths of,2,373-397;C. 268-281Norse heroes, myths of,398-405;C. 268-282Norse mythology, narrative of,373-405;records of,457-460;translations and authorities,458-460notes, andC. 268-282North American Indians, mental state of,441;myths of,448Norway, Norsemen,442,448;C. 268-281Nos´toi, the,453Nothung (no´tŏŏng),418,421-425No´tus,38Nŏx, Nyx (nĭx). SeeNightNū'ma Pom-pil´ĭ-us,61,63;C. 28Nut (nōōt). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Nycteus (nik´tūs),75;C. 62Nymphs, the,45,46,97,180,189,205;C. 131Ny´sa, an ideal maiden in pastoral poetryNy´sa, Nysian-born (nish´ĭ-an),258.Three cities bore the name of Nysa,—in Caria, in Palestine, and in India; the last is here referred to;C. 42, 110-112Nysæan (ni-se´an) nymphs,152Nyx (nĭx), Nŏx. SeeNightO-a´sis or O´ȧ-sis, in Libya, oracle of Jupiter Ammon at,20Oblivion, valley of,359,360Ocean, O-çe´ȧ-nus, the river,3,35,42,43,327,328O-çe´ȧ-nids,55,58O-çe´ȧ-nus, the Titan,4,5,22;older dynasty of the waters,55,67,68,204,207;C. 4, 50-52Ocyrrhoë (o-sĭr´o-ē),104O´din,373-377,386-405passim;in Wagner's Ring,412-430;interpretation of,437;C. 268-281Odysseus (o-dis´ūs). SeeUlyssesandOdysseyOdyssey (od´ĭ-sĭ), cited,18,35,47,51, and footnotespassim;hero of,275,276;narrative of,318-345;Lang's sonnet,318;a kind of myth,433,448;history of,452;translations and authorities,C. 231-244, 298Œchalia (e-ka´lĭ-a),225,226;C. 156-162Œdipus (ed´ĭ-pus), mentioned,90,206,207,455;myth of,261-264,268;and the Sphinx,262;is made king,262;at Colonus,263;extracts from Plumptre's translation of Sophocles' Œdipus the King and Œdipus Coloneus,262-264;C. 182-189Œneus (e´nūs),225,237Œnomaüs (en-o-ma´us),170,171Œnone (e-no´nē),310,432;C. 221Œnopion (e-no´pĭ-ŏn), father of Merope and king of Chios. SeeOrionŒte (ē'tē), or Œ'ta, Mount,96,226,227;C. 76, 156-162O-i´clēs̟, father of Amphiaraüs and grandfather of AlcmæonOïleus (o-i´lūs),286Olympian religion, the,20;C. 23and table AOlympic Games,C. 178-181(Textual)O-lym´pus, Mount,93,97O-lym´pus, home of the Greek gods of heaven,2,6;located and described,18;Homer's conception of,18,19,42;myths of greater gods of,64-151;of lesser gods of,172-180;dynasty of, dethroned,181;C. 22Om´phȧ-lē,221O-phi´ŏn,C. 4, 71Ŏps,59Oracle, at Delphi,5,27,42;at Dodona,19,20;of Jupiter Ammon in the Oasis,20;of Trophonius,C. 30;of the dead,51;of Apollo, consulted,128,130,175,315,316,347;C. 24-25, 30Or-ꞓhom´e-nŏs, Or-ꞓhom´e-nus,216;C. 156-162Or´cus,83. SeePlutoO´re-ads (O-re´ȧ-dēs̟),46,186,188,192O-res´tēs̟,196,268,275,315-317;C. 190-194(2),228-230Oriental mythology, records of,462,463Origin, of the world, Greek,3;of the gods,4,8;of man,8,9;Norse,373,374O-ri´ŏn,41,170;myth of,122,123;C. 96Orithyia (or-ĭ-thi´ya), daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens, loved by Boreas,38,39;C. 38(9)Or´mŭzd,463Orpheus (or´fūs),112,206,230,232,233,242,359,451;and Eurydice,165-168,203;quotation from Landor's Orpheus and Eurydice,167,168;C. 118;cited,3Orphic hymns,451Or´thĭ-a,C. 32.SeeDianaOrtygia (or-tij´ĭ-a),120;C. 32, 93O-si´ris,447.SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Os´sa, Mount,93,97;C. 76.It is in Thessaly. By piling Ossa on Pelion the Titans Cœus and Iapetus and the monster Typhoeus thrice attempted to scale Olympus, but were as often beaten back by the lightnings of Jove.SeeVirgil, Georgics 1, 281Othrys (oth´ris), the mountain in Thessaly occupied by the Titans in their war with Jupiter and the other OlympiansOt´ter,400,401O´tus,93Ov´id (O-vid´ĭ-us), account of, and of his poems,456,457;references to his works,54,60,65,68,72,73,79,82,84,90,92,94,96,98,102,110,112,116,117,120,123,125,126,139,141,145,147,150,153,157,159,160,165,172,175,180,188,191,195,200,202,203,207,208,215,230,233,235,237,243,246,249,250,269;translations,C. 299;also of the Metamorphoses in 15 books by various authors, published by Sir Samuel Garth, in Vol. II of English Translations from Ancient and Modern Poems,3vols., London, 1810Pac-to´lus,158;C. 110-112Pa´dus, or Po, the river,359Pæ´ȧn, Pæ´ŏn, Paiëon (pi-e´ŏn), heals Mars,86,290;C. 68Pæ´ȧn, the chant,26,92;C. 68Pakht (päċht) and Bäst. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Pȧ-læ´mŏn,202. SeeMelicertesPal-ȧ-me´dēs̟,279Pa´lēs̟,61Pal-ĭ-nū'rus,352,355;C. 245-254Pal-la´dĭ-um, the,310,314;C. 27Pal´lȧs, Athena,7,23;C. 27.SeeMinervaPal´lȧs, a Giant,7Pal´lȧs, son of Evander,365-367,371,372Pan, described,45;Pandean pipes,66,67;contest with Apollo,110,111;father of Silenus,152;P. and the personification of nature,181-187;extracts from Milton, Schiller, Mrs. Browning, reference to Wordsworth,181-183;E. C. Stedman's Pan in Wall Street,183-185;love of Echo,189;in Buchanan's Naiad,190;P. and Pomona,195;C. 43, 54, 57, 129-130, 131Pan-ath-e-næ´a,C. 27, 176-181Pan´dȧ-rus,289;C. 196Pan-de´mŏs,C. 34.SeeVenusPan-di´ŏn,249;C. 148(4),174Pan-do´ra,2;creation of,11,25;wife of Epimetheus, her casket,11;C. 10-15Pan´dro-sŏs, daughter of Cecrops. SeeHersePan´o-pē,88;C. 70Pan´o-pē, a Nereid,55;C. 50-52Pa´phĭ-an,128;C. 34.SeeVenusPa´phŏs,32,126,147,149;C. 34, 100Papyri (pȧ-pī'rī), the sacred,462Parcæ (pär´sē), Mœræ (mē'rē). SeeFatesPăr´is (should be Pā'ris, by rule),276,296;the judgment of,278,350;P. and Helen,278,279,289,313;and Menelaüs,286-289;and Achilles,308;and Œnone,309,310;C. 190-194(5),195, 207, 221Pär-nas´sus, Mount, in Phocis,26,27,97,112;C. 30, 38(4),76Pa´rŏs,198Pär-the´nĭ-us,C. 298Pär´the-nŏn,C. 4, 24-25, 27, 38(10),40, 48, 176-181Pär-then-o-pæ´us,265Pär-then´o-pē,205,329Pär´the-nŏs, the Virgin, a title of AtheneParvati (pär´wȧ-tē or pär´vȧ-tē). SeeHindu divinities(2)Pasiphaë (pȧ-sif´a-ē),246;C. 172Pȧ-sith´e-a. (1) A Nereid.(2) One of the GracesPȧ-tro´clus or Pat´ro-clus,275,296-299,303;C. 190-194(4),207Patronymics,C. 77Pau-sa´nĭ-ȧs,455;references to,75,125,180,207,208,241,246,249,265,268;C. 26Peg´ȧ-sus, myth of,211,214,215;C. 155Peitho (pi´tho), Suadela (swȧ-dē'la), goddess of PersuasionPe-la´ġĭ-a,C. 34.SeeVenusPe-las´ġic division of the Greeks,16Pe-las´ḡus, son or grandson of Phoroneus,17,206,207;C. 21, 57, table DPeleus (pe´lūs),206,225,231,237,239,274;myth of Peleus and Thetis,269-272,277,279;translation of Catullus, LXIV, by C. M. Gayley,269-272,family of Peleus,275,276;C. 190-194(1),199Pe´lĭ-ȧs,106,170,230,233;daughters of,235,C. 83Pe-li´dēs̟,272;C. 77Pe´lĭ-ŏn, Mount,93,111,271,274;C. 76.SeeOssaPel-o-pon-ne´sus,16,207Pe´lops,99,206,250,434;and Hippodamia,170,171,275;genealogy, etc.,C. 78, 190-194(2)Pe-na´tēs̟, described,61,62Pe-nel´o-pē,275,276,279,328,338-344;C. 190-194(3), (4),231-244Pe-ne´us river,111,113,218,271;C. 85-86Pen-thes-ĭ-le´a,307Pentheus (pen´thūs),89,152-156,261;C. 110-112, 182-189, table NPe-phre´dō, one of the GrææPẽr´dix,248Pĕr-ĭ-e´rēs̟,C. 148(2), (5)Pĕr-ĭ-phe´tēs̟ or Pĕr-ĭ-pha´tēs̟,251;C. 176-181Pẽr-se´is, daughter of Perses, wife of Helios, and mother of Pasiphaë, Ariadne, Phædra, and Æëtes,C. 125, table HPẽr-seph´o-nē,53,127,327.SeeProserpinaPerseus (pẽr´sūs),17,206;myth of,208-214;and Medusa,208-211;and Atlas,211;and Andromeda,211-214,215,216;and Acrisius,214;lines from Kingsley and Milman,212,213;C. 149-154Persia,448;records of myth,463;studies on,C. 304Personification, to-day,434;among savages,435Pes´sĭ-nus, Pes´ĭ-nus,C. 41Pet´ȧ-sus, the,34Phæacia (fe-a´shĭ-a),332-338;Lang's Song of,335,336;C. 231-244Phæ´dra,259,260,328;C. 172, table L;176-181(Illustr.)Phæ´drus,2Pha´e-thŏn, Pha´e-tŏn, myth of,94-98,432;C. 76Pha-e-thū´sa,330Phan´tȧ-sus, son of Somnus,C. 125.SeeSleepPha´ŏn,139;myth of,149,454;C. 107Pha´rŏs, island,203;C. 145Phar-sa´lus, a city in Thessaly; Phar-sa´lĭ-a, the region thereaboutPha´sis, the river,223;C. 156-162Phe´ræ, capital of Thessalia Pelasgiotis, home of AdmetusPhid´ĭ-ȧs, Olympian Jove of,21;Homer's lines in Iliad,21;C. 27, 38(10),64Phĭ-le´mŏn and Bau´çis, myth of,77-80;Swift's burlesque,79,80Phil-oc-te´tēs̟,227,309,453;C. 219-220Phil-o-me´la,249,250;C. 174Phineus (fi´nūs),213,231,