Myths of Greece and Rome Part 27

Onomacritus, 267, 269, 271.

Orphic Argonautics, 266.

Orphic Hymn, 188.

Ovid, 12, 35, 37, 44, 70, 118, 172, 173, 177, 178, 208, 255, 298, 299.

Pike, 61.

Pindar, 17, 168.

Pitt, 163, 196, 205.

Pope, 23, 39, 57, 77, 147, 156, 167, 168, 239, 292, 298, 299.

Potter, 166, 229, 246, 311, 315, 316.

Prior, 68, 143, 148, 174, 243, 283.

Quintus Smyrnaeus, 307.

St. John, 242, 244.

Saxe, 62, 63, 77, 84, 119, 160, 253, 255.

Schiller, 121, 238.

Scott, 165.

S. G. B., 238.

Shakespeare, 44, 76, 139.

Sh.e.l.ley, 55, 103, 241.

Simonides, 241.

Somerville, 90.

Sophocles, 169, 232, 234, 236, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 331.

Southey, 91.

Spenser, 59, 82, 105.

Statius, 136, 138.

Swift, 75.

Tennyson, 59, 80, 105, 306, 307, 331, 339, 359.

Theocritus, 216, 310, 341.

Timocreon of Rhodes, 159.

Virgil, 41, 51, 64, 131, 142, 160, 161, 163, 168, 169, 182, 193, 196, 202, 205, 213, 224, 333, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 373, 374, 376, 377.

Warton, 182.

Wordsworth, 33, 65, 88, 223, 273, 295, 316, 317.

Worsley, 87.

Young, 202.

GLOSSARY AND INDEX.

Ab-syr'tus. Son of King AEetes of Colchis; slain by Medea, 271.

A-by'dus. A city of Asia Minor; the home of Leander, 111-116.

A-chae'us. Grandson of h.e.l.len, and ancestor of the Achaians, 38.

A-cha'i-ans. Inhabitants of the province of Achaia, 38.

A-cha'tes. Friend and inseparable companion of AEneas, 366, 367.

Ach-e-lo'us. River in Greece, bearing the name of its G.o.d, 232.

Ach-e-men'i-des. Ulysses' sailor, rescued from Polyphemus by AEneas, 365.

Ach'e-ron. 1. River in Hades, 161; Ulysses visits, 350; AEneas crosses, 372. 2. Father of Furies, 163.

A-chil'les. Son of Peleus and Thetis, 314-316; surrenders Briseis, 318, 319; the Greeks appeal to, 323-325; slays Hector, 326-329; death, 330; in Happy Isles, 359; father of Pyrrhus, 361; significance, 394, 395.

A'cis. Youth loved by Galatea, and slain by Polyphemus, 341.

A-cris'i-us. King of Argos, and father of Danae, 240, 241, 249; significance, 390, 391.

A-crop'o-lis. Hill in Athens, the site of the Parthenon and Theseus' temple, 262.

Ac-tae'on. Hunter changed to a stag by Diana, 100, 101.

Ad-me'te. Daughter of Eurystheus, covets Hippolyte's girdle, 223.

Ad-me'tus. King of Thessaly, served by Apollo, and saved from death by Alcestis, 64, 65; Hercules restores Alcestis to, 230; one of the Argonauts, 266; in Calydonian Hunt, 275; significance, 386.

A-do'nis. Hunter loved by Venus and slain by a boar, 108-110; significance, 195, 389.

A-dras'tus. King of Argos; his horse Arion, 153; father of Hippodamia, 260; sends expedition against Thebes, 287.

AE'a-cus. One of the three judges of the dead in Hades, 163.

AE-ae'a. Island inhabited by Circe and visited by Ulysses, 347-350.

AE-e'tes. King of Colchis, father of Medea and Absyrtus, 268, 271; brother of Circe, 347; significance, 392.

AE-ge'an Sea. Delos chained in, 62; Arion borne by dolphins in, 82, 83; named after AEgeus, 259.

AE-ge'us. King of Athens; father of Theseus, 250, 252, 253; drowns himself, 259; significance, 391.

AE'gis. s.h.i.+eld or breastplate of Minerva and Jupiter, 58; loaned to Perseus, 243; bears Medusa's head, 249.

AE-gis'thus. Murderer of Agamemnon; slain by Orestes, 336.

AEg'le. One of the Heliades; changed to a poplar tree, 87.

AE-gyp'tus. Brother of Danaus, 166.

AE-ne'a-dae. City which AEneas proposed to found in Thrace, 363.

AE-ne'as. Son of Venus and Anchises, 111; AEneas' descendants, 140; wors.h.i.+p introduced into Italy by, 198; hero of Virgil's AEneid, 360-377.

AE-ne'as Sil'vi-a. Son of AEneas; founder of Alba Longa, 377.

AE-ne'id. Virgil's epic poem on the adventures of AEneas, 374.

AE-o'li-a. 1. Same as AEolian Islands. 2. In Asia Minor, near AEgean Sea, 214.

AE-o'li-an Islands. The home of AEolus, G.o.d of the winds, 213, 346; supposed to be Lipari Islands, 213.

AE-o'li-an Race. Descendants of AEolus, son of h.e.l.len, 38.

AE'o-lus. 1. G.o.d of the winds, 213-215; Juno's bargain with, 266; gift to Ulysses, 346; destruction of AEneas' fleet, 365; significance, 400. 2. Son of h.e.l.len, founder of the AEolian race, 38.

AEs-cu-la'pi-us. Son of Apollo and Coronis, 63, 64; Machaon, son of, 331; significance, 387.

AE'son. Father of Jason, 263; rejuvenated by Medea, 273.

AE'ther. G.o.d of light, 13; dethroned, 17.

AE'thra. Princess of Troezene, 250; mother of Theseus, 253; Helen intrusted to, 260; significance, 391.

AEt'na. Volcano in Sicily, 183; the tomb of Enceladus, 24; forge of Vulcan, 145, 148, 326; Ceres' visit to, 187.

AE-to'li-a. Country between Epirus and Locris, 275.

Af'ri-ca. Hercules' visit to, 226, 227.

Afterthought. Name given to Epimetheus, 25.

Ag-a-mem'non. Chief of the expedition against Troy, 314-319; return of, 336; troops of, 361; significance, 394.

A-ga've. Mother of Pentheus; infuriated by Bacchus, slays her son, 182.

A-ge'nor. Father of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, Phoenix, 44-47.

Ag-la'ia. One of the Graces; an attendant of Venus, 105.

A-'des. Same as Pluto; significance, 401.

A--do'neus. Same as Pluto, G.o.d of the Infernal Regions, 159.

A'jax. Greek hero in Trojan war, 314; Patroclus' corpse recovered by, 328; insanity of, 330.

Al'ba Lon'ga. City in Italy founded by AEneas Silvia, 377.

Al-ces'tis. Wife of Admetus; dies to save his life, 65; restored by Hercules, 230.

Al-ci'des. Same as Hercules, 216; lion skin of, 220; Deianeira accompanies, 234; Deianeira's charm for, 236; pose of, 239.

Al-cim'e-de. Queen of Iolcus; mother of Jason, 263.

Al-cin'o-us. Phaeacian king, enables Ulysses to reach Ithaca, 355.

Al-cip'pe. Daughter of Mars; carried off by Halirrhothius, 139.

Alc-me'ne. Wife of Jupiter, and mother of Hercules, 28, 216; significance, 389.

A-lec'to. One of the Furies, 163; sent by Juno to kindle war between AEneas and the Latins, 373.

A-lec'try-on. Servant of Mars; changed to a c.o.c.k, 106, 107.

Al-phe'us. 1. River of Peloponnesus; dammed to clean Augean stable, 221. 2. The river G.o.d who pursued Arethusa, 190-193.

Al-thae'a. Mother of Meleager, 275, 276.

Am-al-the'a. Goat which nursed Jupiter, 21.

Am-a-se'nus. River over which Metabus flung Camilla, 373.

A-ma'ta. Wife of Latinus, 372; driven mad by Alecto, 373; suicide of, 376.

Am'a-zons. Nation of warlike women; Hercules visits, 224; Theseus visits, 259; Bellerophon visits, 295; Queen of the, 329.

Am-bro'si-a. Celestial food used by the G.o.ds, 41; G.o.ds deprived of, 84.

Am'mon. Temple of Jupiter in Libya, 48.