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GREEK AND LATIN PROPER NAMES--MYTHOLOGICAL, ETC.
=Actaeon=--ak-te'on, not ak'te-on.
=Adonis=--a-do'nis, not a-don'is.
=Alcides=--al-si'dez, not al'si-dez.
=Amphion=--am-phi'on, not am'phi-on.
=Amphitrite=--am-phi-tri'te, not am'phi-trite nor am-phit'ri-te.
=Anabasis=--a-nab'a-sis, not an-a-ba'sis.
=Antiope=--an-ti'o-pe, not an'ti-ope nor an-ti-o'pe.
=Anubis=--a-nu'bis, not an'u-bis.
=Arion=--a-ri'on, not a'ri-on.
=Aristides=--ar-is-ti'dez, not ar-is'ti-dez.
=Aristogiton=--a-ris-to-ji'ton, not ar-is-toj'i-ton.
=Belides= (singular, masculine)--be-li'dez.
=Belides= (plural, female descendants of Belus)--bel'-i-dez.
=Bellerophon=--bel-ler'o-phon, not bel-ler-o'phon.
=Caeculus=--sek'u-lus, not se'ku-lus.
=Calliope=--kal-li'o-pe, not kal-li-o'pe nor kal'li-ope.
=Caucasus=--kaw'ka-sus, not kaw-ka'sus.
=Charon=--ka'ron, not cha'ron nor char'on.
=Chaeronea=--ker-o-ne'a, not cher-o-ne'a.
=Chimera=--ke-me'ra, not kim'er-a nor chi-mer'a.
=Codrus=--ko'drus, not kod'rus.
=Corcyra=--kor-si'ra, not kor'si-ra.
=Coriola.n.u.s=--ko-ri-o-la'nus, not kor-i-ol'a-nus.
=Crete=--kre'te, not kreet.
=Cyclades=--sik'la-dez, not si'kla-dez.
=Cyclops=--si'klops, not sik'lops.
=Cyclopes=--si'klo-pez, not si'klops.
=Cyrene=--si-re'ne, not si-rene'.
=Cyzicus=--siz'i-kus, not si-zi'kus.
=Danaides=--da-na'i-dez, not da-ni'dez.
=Darius=--da-ri'us, not da'ri-us.
=Deianira=--de-i-an-i'ra, not de-yan-i'ra.
=Diodorus=--di-o-do'rus, not di-od'o-rus.
=Diomedes=--di-o-me'dez, not di-om'e-dez.
=Dodonaeus=--do-do-ne'us, not do-do'ne-us.
=Echo=--e'ko, not ek'ko.
=Endymion=--en-dim'i-on, not en-di'mi-on.
=Epirus=--e-pi'rus, not ep'i-rus.
=Erato=--er'a-to, not e-ra'to.
=Eumenes=--u'me-nez, not u-me'nez.
=Euripus=--u-ri'pus, not u'ri-pus.
=Eurydice=--u-rid'i-se, not u'ri-dice' nor u-ri-di'se.
=Ganymedes=--gan-i-me'dez, not gan-i-medz'.
=Geryon=--je'ri-on, not je-ri'on.
=Halcyone=--hal-si'o-ne, not hal'si-one nor hal-si-o'ne.
=Hebe=--he'be, not heb'.
=Hecate=--hek'a-te or hek'at, not he'kate.
=Hecuba=--hek'u-ba, not he-ku'ba.
