ALTHÆA, wife of Eneus, king of Calydon, mother of Meleager

(viii. 446).

AMPHION, Son of Jupiter and Antiope, husband of Niobe, who by the power of music built the walls of Thebes.

AMPHITRITE, daughter of Nereus, wife of Neptune.

AMPHITRYON, prince of Thebes, husband of Alcmene.

ANDROGEOS, son of Minos, slain by the Marathonian bull at Athens.

ANDROMEDA, daughter of Cepheus, exposed to perish by a seamonster, and rescued by Perseus (iv. 683-739).

APOLLO, son of Jupiter and Latona, god of music, archery, and prophecy. Under the name Phoebus, god of the sun.

ARACHNE, a maid of Lydia, who challenged Minerva to a trial of skill in embroidery, and was by her changed to a spider (vi. 1-145).

ARETHUSA, a fountain nymph of Elis, pursued by Alpheus, from

whom she took refuge beneath the sea, reappearing in the isle of Ortygia (v. 597-641).

ARGO, the ship which bore the Argonauts, under Jason, to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

ARIADNE, daughter of Minos, who rescued Theseus from the labyrinth, and afterwards, being deserted by him, became the bride of Bacchus (viii. 172-182).

ASCALAPHUS, son of Acheron, changed by Proserpine into an owl (v. 538-550).

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ASTREA, goddess of Justice, who forsook the earth in the iron age (i. 150), and became the constellation Virgo. ATALANTA, daughter of Iasos, beloved by Meleager (viii. 324), and afterwards won by Hippomenes, and changed to a lioness (x. 560-707).

ATHAMAS, Son of Eolus, king of Thebes, father of Phrixus and Helle (see Ino).

ATLAS, son of Iapetos and Clymene, converted by the head of Medusa into a mountain, still bearing the heavens on its summit (iv. 631-662).

ATRIDES (son of Atreus), a name of Agamemnon and Menelaus. AURORA (dawn), daughter of Hyperion and Theia, mother of

Boreas, Zephyrus, and Notus, also (by Tithonus) of Memnon. AVERNUS, a small deep lake in Campania, near Naples, the entrance to the infernal regions.

BACCHUS (Dionysus), son of Jupiter and Semele (daughter of Cadmus, iii. 253-315), god of wine and revelry.

Index of Proper Names.

BAUCIS, wife of Philemon, changed to a linden (viii. 620-721).
BERECYNTUS, a mountain in Phrygia sacred to Cybele.

BOREAS (North wind), son of Astræus and Aurora.

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BUSIRIS, king of Egypt, who sacrificed strangers on the altar of Jupiter, and was slain by Hercules.

CADMUS, son of Agenor, sent in search of Europa; founder of Thebes (iii. 1-137).

CÆNEUS, one of the Lapithæ, originally a maiden (Cænis), crushed in battle with the Centaurs, and changed to an eagle (xii. 514-526).

CALAIS, winged son of Boreas and Orithyia.

CALYDON, a district of Etolia, ravaged by the wild boar slain in the Calydonian Hunt (viii. 260-525).

CASSIOPEIA, queen of Ethiopia, wife of Cepheus, and mother of Andromeda.

CASTALIA, a spring of Mount Parnassus (iii. 14).

CAYSTRUS, a river of Asia Minor, forming the Asian marsh, near

Ephesus.

CENTAURI, a fierce race of Thessaly,

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- horses with human head

and breast, offspring of Ixion, routed in battle with the Lapitha (xii. 210-525).

CEPHALUS, prince of Athens, grandson of Æolus, who killed unwittingly his wife Procris (vii. 661-865).

CEPHEUS, king of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda.

CEPHISUS, a stream of Bœotia (iii. 19).

CERBERUS, the three-headed watch-dog of the infernal regions, offspring of Typhon and Echidna.

CERES (Demeter), goddess of harvests, daughters of Saturn, and mother of Proserpina (v. 341-661).

CHARYBDIS, a whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, opposite Scylla. CIRCE, an enchantress, daughter of the Sun, sister of etes, who bewitched the companions of Ulysses.

CLYMENE, mother of Phaëthon (i. 756).

CLYTIE, a nymph who in hopeless love of the sun-god is changed to a sunflower (iv. 232-270).

COLCHIS, a district east of the Black Sea, sought by the Argonauts for the Golden Fleece.

CUPIDO (Eros), god of Love, son of Mars and Venus.

CYANE, a nymph of Sicily, converted by Pluto to a fountain (v. 409-437).

CYBELE, "mother of the gods," daughter of Uranos and Gaia, worshipped in Phrygia with frantic rites.

CYCLOPES, monsters with a single eye (see Polyphemus).

CYCNUS, a Ligurian prince, kinsman of Phaëthon (ii. 367-380); a son of Neptune, overcome in battle by Achilles and converted to a swan (xii. 72–148).

CYLLENE, a mountain of Arcadia, birthplace of Mercury.

DÆDALUS, a skilful artist of Athens, builder of the Cretan labyrinth (viii. 152-259).

DEIANIRA, sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, to whom she sent the poisoned shirt of Nessus (ix. 130-158).

DELOS, a small island of the Ægean sea, birthplace of Apollo and
Diana.

DEUCALION, Son of Prometheus, prince of Thessaly; he and his
wife Pyrrha are sole survivors of the deluge (i. 313-415).
DIANA (Artemis), daughter of Jupiter and Latona, twin-sister of
Apollo, goddess of the chase.

DICTE, a mountain of Crete.

DICTYNNA, a mountain nymph of Crete.

DIOMEDES (Tydides), son of Tydeus, a Greek chief at Troy (xiv. 441).

ECHION, one of the offspring of the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus (iii. 126).

EGERIA, a fountain nymph, wife and counsellor of Numa (488-551).
EREBUS, offspring of Chaos, divinity of the lower world.
ERINYES, a name of the Furies.

EUMENIDES (merciful), the same.

EUROPA, daughter of Agenor, king of Sidon, borne to Crete by Jupiter in the form of a bull: mother of Minos (ii. 833-875). EURUS, the South-east wind.

EURYDICE, wife of Orpheus, who in search of her visits the infernal regions (x. 177).

EURYSTHEUS, grandson of Pelops, king of Argos, who imposes the twelve labors on Hercules.

FAUNUS, a rural deity of the Latins.

GALATEA, a sea-nymph of Sicily, loved by Polyphemus (see Acis: xiii. 750-897).

GANYMEDES, Son of Tros, borne to Olympus by Jupiter in form of an eagle (x. 143-161).

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GIGANTES (Giants), sons of Uranos and Gaia, who made war upon the gods (i. 152-162).

GORGONES, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, monsters with serpent-hair, converting all who saw them into stone (see MEDUSA).

HADES, the dwelling-place of departed souls, beneath the earth, ruled by Pluto.

HÆMUS, a mountain range making the northern boundary of Thrace.

HECATE, goddess of night and enchantments: the Diana of the lower world.

HECTOR, eldest son of Priam, and champion of Troy, — slain by Achilles.

HELEN, daughter of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Menelaus, stolen by Paris, and so the cause of the siege of Troy.

HELIADES, daughters of the Sun, sisters of Phaethon, changed after his death to poplars (ii. 325-366).

HELICON, a mountain of Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses. HELLE, daughter of Athamas and Nephele, who fled from Ino with the Golden Ram, and was drowned in the Hellespont, to which she gave her name.

HERCULES (Heracles), son of Jupiter and Alcmene, received among the gods after performing the twelve labors imposed by Eurystheus (ix. 134-272).

HERMIONE (Harmonia), daughter of Mars and Venus, and wife of Cadmus changed to a serpent (iv. 576-603).

HESPERUS, Son of Iapetus and Asia: the Evening Star.

HYACINTHUS, a beautiful youth of Laconia, loved by Apollo, accidentally killed by him, and converted to the flower hyacinth (x. 162-219).

HYMENÆUS, god of marriage.

IAPETUS, a Titan, son of Uranos and Gaia, father of Atlas and Prometheus.

ICARUS, Son of Dædalus, who fled with him from Crete, on wings fastened with wax, and was drowned in the Icarian Sea (viii. 152-259).

IDOMENEUS, a king of Crete, who fought at the siege of Troy.

INACHUS, Son of Oceanus, king of Argos, father of Io.

INO, daughter of Cadmus, wife of Athamas, converted into the sea

divinity Leucothea (iv. 416-542.

Io, daughter of Inachus, changed to a heifer to avoid the jealousy of Juno; afterwards made the Egyptian goddess Isis (i. 5S4-747). IPHIGENIA, daughter of Agamemnon, offered in sacrifice to Diana (Artemis) at Aulis (xii. 27-35).

ITYS, son of Tereus, slain by his mother Progne and served at meat to his father (vi. 620-651).

IXION, father of the Centaurs, chained for his crimes to a fiery wheel in Tartarus.

JASON, son of Æson, king of Thessaly, leader of the Argonauts (vii. I-122).

JUNO (Here), daughter of Saturn (Kronos), queen of the gods, sister and wife of Jupiter.

Jupiter (Zeus), son of Saturn (Kronos), king of the gods.

LAERTES, king of Ithaca, father of Ulysses.

LATONA (Leto), daughter of Cous and Phoebe, mother of Apollo and Diana.

LICHAS, the messenger who gave the poisoned shirt to Hercules (ix. 24-227).

LUCIFER (light-bearer), the Morning Star.

LYCÆUS, a mountain of Arcadia, sacred to Jupiter and to Pan.

LYCAON, king of Thrace, changed to a wolf by Jupiter (i. 163-243). LYNCUS, a Scythian king, changed to a lynx by Ceres (v. 620-660).

MÆNADES (frenzied), female worshippers of Bacchus.

MARS (Ares or Mavors), son of Jupiter and Juno, god of War. MARSYAS, a satyr, who defied Apollo in music, and was flayed by him (vi. 383-400).

MEDEA, daughter of Æetes, king of Colchis, an enchantress, who delivered Jason from his perils and fled with him (vii. 1-424). MEDUSA, the Gorgon, slain by Perseus, and her head set in the ægis of Minerva (iv. 793-803).

MELEAGER, Son of Œneus and Althæa, hero of the Calydonian Hunt, who perished by burning of the fatal brand (viii. 260-525). MEROPS, husband of Clymene, mother of Phaëthon.

MIDAS, king of Phrygia, whose touch, by gift of Bacchus, turned all things into gold (xi. 85-193).

MINOS, son of Jupiter and Europa, king of Crete: makes war on Athens, and builds the Labyrinth (viii. 1-151).

MINOTAURUS, a monster, half-man and half-bull, born of Pasiphaë, in Crete.