Chapter XXX: Analysis of Myths (2)
Chaos-_Nyx_
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+-Erebus-_Nyx_
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+-_Hemera_-
+-Æther
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| +-_Gæa_
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| | +-Uranus-_Gæa_
| | |
| | +-Oceanus-
| | +-_Thetis_
| | | |
| | | +-Achelous-_Calliope_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Sirens_
| | | |
| | | +-Alpheus-_Arethusa_
| | | |
| | | +-Peneus-_Gæa_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Daphne_
| | | |
| | | +-Inachus
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Io_
| | | |
| | | +-Proteus
| | | |
| | | +-_Doris_-Nereus
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Amphitrite_-Neptune
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Triton
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Dione_-Jupiter
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Venus_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Arethusa_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Galatea_-Acis
| | | | |
| | | | +-Peleus-_Thetis_
| | | | | |
| | | | | | Jupiter-_Antiope_-Lycus-_Dirce_
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Zethus Tantalus
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Amphion-_Niobe_-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Pelops-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Atreus-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Tyndareus-_Leda_-Jupiter |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Helen_ |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Castor |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Pollux |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Clytæmnestra_-Agamemnon-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | _Iphigenia_-+ |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Pylades-_Electra_+ |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Orestes-+ |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +-Achilles _Helen_-Menelaus-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +-Pyrrhus-_Hermione_-+
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Clymene_-Apollo
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Heliades_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Phaeton
| | | |
| | | +-_Metis_-Jupiter
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Minerva_
| | | |
| | | +-_Clymene_-Iapetus
| | | |
| | | +-_Æthra_-Atlas
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Pleiades_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Maia_-Jupiter
| | | | |
| | | | +-Mercury-_Penelope_-Ulysses
| | | | | |
| | | | +-Pan +-Telemachus
| | | |
| | | +-_Calypso_-Ulysses
| | | |
| | | +-_Clytie_
| | | |
| | | +-_Electra_-Jupiter
| | | |
| | | | Teucer
| | | | |
| | | +-Dardanus-_Batea_-+
| | | ||
| | | +-Laomedon
| | | | |
| | | | +-Priam-_Hecuba_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Hector-_Andromache_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Paris-_Helen_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Cassandra_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Polites
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Polyxena_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Deiphobus-_Helen_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Hesione_-Telamon
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Ajax
| | | | |
| | | | +-Tithonus-_Aurora_
| | | |
| | | +-_Themis_-Capys
| | | |
| | | +-Anchises-_Venus_
| | | |
| | | +-Æneas-_Creusa_
| | | & |
| | | -_Lavinia_ +-Iulus
| | | |
| | | +-Æneas Silvia
| | | ||
| | | +-Numitor
| | | |
| | | +-_Ilia_-Mars
| | | |
| | | +-Remus
| | | |
| | | +-Romulus
| | |
| | +-Coeus-
| | +-_Phoebe_
| | | |
| | | +-_Latona_-Jupiter Mars
| | | | |
| | | | _Dia_-Ixion-+
| | | | | |
| | | | Centaurs-+ |
| | | | | |
| | | | _Hippodamia_-Pirithous-+ |
| | | | |
| | | +-Apollo- & -_Coronis_--------+
| | | +-_Diana_ |
| | | +-Æsculapius
| | | |
| | | +-Machaon
| | | |
| | | +-_Hygeia_
| | |
| | +-Iapetus-_Clymene_
| | | |
| | | +-Menetius
| | | |
| | | +-Atlas
| | | |
| | | +-Hesperus
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Hesperides_
| | | |
| | | +-Epimetheus-_Pandora_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Pyrrha_-Deucalion
| | | | |
| | | | +-Hellen Sol
| | | | | |
| | | | +-Æolus _Pasiphæ_-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +-Salmoneus _Circe_-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Tyro_-Neptune Æetes-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Æson Absyrtus-+
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-Jason-_Medea_-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Pelias
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Neleus
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Nestor
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Sisyphus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Glaucus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Bellerophon-_Philonoë_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Dorus
| | | | |
| | | | +-Xuthus
| | | | |
| | | | +-Ion
| | | | |
| | | | +-Achæus
| | | |
| | | +-Prometheus
| | | |
| | | +-Deucalion-_Pyrrha_
| | |
| | +-Hyperion-_Gæa_
| | | |
| | | +-_Aurora_-Æolus
| | | |
| | | +-Boreas-_Orithyia_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Zetus
| | | | |
| | | | +-Calais
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Cleopatra_
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Chione_
| | | |
| | | +-Corus
| | | |
| | | +-Eurus
| | | |
| | | +-Notus
| | | |
| | | +-Aquilo
| | | |
| | | +-Zephyrus-_Flora_
| | |
| | +-Crius
| | |
| | +-_Themis_-Jupiter
| | | |
| | | +-_Parcæ_
| | | |
| | | +-_Horæ_
| | |
| | +-_Ilia_
| | |
| | +-Cronus-
| | +-_Rhea_
| | | |
| | | +-_Vesta_
| | | |
| | | +-_Juno_-
| | | +-Jupiter
| | | | |
| | | | +-Mars-_Venus_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Anteros
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Cupid-_Psyche_
| | | | | |
| | | | | | Jupiter-_Io_
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Epaphus
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Libya_-Neptune
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | _Telephassa_- |
| | | | | | Agenor-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-Belus
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-Pygmalion
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-_Dido_-Sychæus
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-Danaus
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-_Danaides_-50 Sons
| | | | | | | | ||
| | | | | | | | +-Acrisius
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-_Danae_-Jupiter
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Celeus- |
| | | | | | | | _Cassiopeia_ |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | _Andromeda_-+ |
| | | | | | | | -Perseus----+
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-Alcæus
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | +-Amphitryon-_Alcmene_
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | +-Iphicles
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | +-Iolaus
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-Electryon
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | +-_Alcmene_-Jupiter
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Oeneus-_Althæa_
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Meleager-+
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | _Deianeira_- -+
| | | | | | | | | +-Hercules
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | +-Hyllus-_Iole_
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-Sthenelus
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-Eurystheus
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | +-_Admete_
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-Ægyptus
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | +-50 Sons
| | | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Harmonia_ |
| | | | | | -Cadmus-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Cilix
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Phoenix
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Europa_-Jupiter
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Sarpedon
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Rhadamanthus
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Minos
| | | | | | ||
| | | | | | +-Minos-_Pasiphae_
| | | | | | Ægeus-_Æthra_ |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | _Hippolyte_ |
| | | | | | | & |
| | | | | | +----Theseus-_Phædra_-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Hippolytus |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-_Ariadne_-Bacchus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Ino_-Athamas-_Nephele_
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Phryxus-+
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | _Helle_-+
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Palæmon
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Learchus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Autonoe_-Aristæus
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Actæon
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Agave_
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Pentheus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Semele_-Jupiter
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | +-Bacchus-_Ariadne_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Polydorus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Labdacus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Laius-_Jocasta_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Oedipus-_Jocasta_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Eteocles
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Polynices
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Antigone_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-_Ismene_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Vulcan-_Medusa_
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Cacus
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Periphetes
| | | | | |
| | | | | +-Cercyon
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Hebe_-Hercules
| | | |
| | | +-Neptune-_Amphitrite_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Triton
| | | |
| | | +-_Ceres_-Jupiter
| | | | |
| | | | +-_Proserpina_
| | | |
| | | +-Pluto-_Proserpina_
| | |
| | +-_Mnemosyne_-Jupiter
| | | |
| | | +-_Clio_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Hymen
| | | |
| | | +-_Calliope_
| | | | |
| | | | +-Orpheus-_Eurydice_
| | | |
| | | +-_Thalia_
| | | |
| | | +-_Euterpe_
| | | |
| | | +-_Urania_
| | | |
| | | +-_Melpomene_
| | | |
| | | +-_Terpsichore_
| | | |
| | | +-_Polyhymnia_
| | | |
| | | +-_Erato_
| | |
| | +-Brontes
| | |
| | +-Steropes
| | |
| | +-Arges
| | |
| | +-Briareus
| | |
| | +-Cottus
| | |
| | +-Gyes
| | |
| | +-Typhoeus
| | | |
| | | +-Hydra
| | | |
| | | +-Cerberus
| | | |
| | | +-Chimæra
| | | |
| | | +-Nemean Lion
| | | |
| | | +-_Sphinx_
| | |
| | +-Enceladus
| | |
| | +-Antæus
| | |
| | +-_Harpies_
| | |
| | +-Tityus
| | |
| | +-Nereus
| |
| +-Eros
| |
| +-Pontus
| |
| +-Phorcys
| |
| +-_Bellona_
| |
| +-_Stheno_
| |
| +-_Euryale_
| |
| +-_Medusa_-Neptune
| |
| +-Pegasus
| |
| +-Polyphemus
|
+-Charon
|
+-_Eris_
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+-Somnus
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| +-Morpheus
|
+-Mors
{Transcription:
Chaos (M) married Nyx (F). Their child was Erebus (M).
Erebus (M) married Nyx (F).
Their children were Hemera (F), Æther (M), Charon (M), Eris (F),
Somnus (M) and Mors (M).
Hemera (F) married Æther (M).
Their children were Gæa (F), Eros (M) and Pontus (M).
Gæa (F) had a child, Uranus (M).
Uranus (M) married Gæa (F).
Their children were Oceanus (M), Thetis (F), Coeus (M), Phoebe
(F), Iapetus (M), Hyperion (M), Crius (M), Themis (F),
Ilia (F), Cronus (M), Rhea (F), Mnemosyne (F), Brontes
(M), Steropes (M), Arges (M), Briareus (M), Cottus (M),
Gyes (M), Typhoeus (M), Enceladus (M), Antæus (M), Harpies
(F), Tityus (M) and Nereus (M).
Oceanus (M) married Thetis (F).
Their children were Achelous (M), Alpheus (M), Peneus (M),
Inachus (M), Proteus (M), Doris (F), Metis (F), Clymene
(F), Æthra (F), Calypso (F), Clytie (F) and Electra (F).
Achelous (M) married Calliope (F).
Their children were Sirens (F).
Alpheus (M) married Arethusa (F).
Peneus (M) married Gæa (F).
Their child was Daphne (F).
Inachus (M) had a child, Io (F).
Doris (F) married Nereus (M).
Their children were Amphitrite (F), Dione (F), Arethusa
(F), Galatea (F), Thetis (F) and Clymene (F).
Amphitrite (F) married Neptune (M).
Their child was Triton (M).
Dione (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Venus (F).
Galatea (F) married Acis (M).
Thetis (F) married Peleus (M).
Their child was Achilles (M).
Achilles (M) had a child, Pyrrhus (M).
Pyrrhus (M) married Hermione (F).
Hermione's parents were Menelaus (M) and Helen (F).
Menelaus (M) had a sibling, Agamemnon (M).
Their parent was Atreus (M).
Atreus' (M) parent was Pelops (M).
Pelops (M) had a sibling, Niobe (F).
Their parent was Tantalus (M).
Niobe (F) married Amphion (M).
Amphion (M) had a sibling, Zethus (M).
Their parents were Jupiter (M) and Antiope (F).
Antiope (F) also married Lycus (M), and Lycus (M)
also married Dirce (F).
Agamemnon (M) married Clytæmnestra (F).
Their children were Iphigenia (F), Electra (F) and
Orestes (M).
Electra (F) married Pylades (M).
Clytæmnestra (F) had three siblings, Helen (F),
Castor (M) and Pollux (M)
Their parents were Tyndareus (M) and Leda (F).
Leda (F) also married Jupiter (M).
Clymene (F) married Apollo (M).
Their children were Heliades (F) and Phaeton (M).
Metis (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Minerva (F).
Clymene (F) married Iapetus (M).
Æthra (F) married Atlas (M).
Their children were Pleiades (F) and Maia (F).
Maia (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Mercury (M).
Mercury (M) married Penelope (F).
Their child was Pan (M).
Penelope (F) also married Ulysses (M).
Their child was Telemachus (M).
Calypso (F) married Ulysses (M).
Electra (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Dardanus (M).
Dardanus (M) married Batea (F), whose parent was
Teucer (M).
Their descendants were Laomedon (M) and Themis (F).
Laomedon (M) had three children, Priam (M), Hesione
(F) and Tithonus (M).
Priam (M) married Hecuba (F).
Their children were Hector (M), Paris (M), Cassandra
(F), Polites (M), Polyxena (F) and Deiphobus (M).
Hector (M) married Andromache (F).
Paris (M) married Helen (F).
Deiphobus (M) married Helen (F).
Hesione (F) married Telamon (M).
Their child was Ajax (M).
Tithonus (M) married Aurora (F).
Themis (F) married Capys (M).
Their child was Anchises (M).
Anchises (M) married Venus (F).
Their child was Æneas (M).
Æneas (M) married Lavinia (F).
Their child was Æneas Silvia (M).
Æneas (M) also married Creusa (F).
Their child was Iulus (M).
Æneas Silvia's (M) descendant was Numitor (M).
Numitor (M) had a child, Ilia (F).
Ilia (F) married Mars (M).
Their children were Remus (M) and Romulus (M).
Coeus (M) married Phoebe (F).
Their child was Latona (F).
Latona (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their children were Apollo (M) and Diana (F).
Apollo (M) married Diana (F).
Apollo (M) also married Coronis (F).
Their child was Æsculapius (M).
Coronis (F) had a sibling, Ixion (M)
Their parent was Mars (M).
Ixion (M) married Dia (F).
Their children were Centaurs (M) and Pirithous (M).
Æsculapius (M) had two children, Machaon (M) and
Hygeia (F).
Pirithous married Hippodamia (F).
Iapetus (M) married Clymene (F).
Their children were Menetius (M), Atlas (M), Hesperus (M),
Epimetheus (M) and Prometheus (M).
Hesperus (M) had a child, Hesperides (F).
Epimetheus (M) married Pandora (F).
Their child was Pyrrha (F).
Prometheus (M) had a child, Deucalion (M).
Pyrrha (F) married Deucalion (M).
Their child was Hellen (M).
Hellen (M) had three children, Æolus (M), Dorus (M)
and Xuthus (M).
Æolus (M) had two children, Salmoneus (M) and
Sisyphus (M).
Salmoneus (M) had a child, Tyro (F).
Tyro (F) married Neptune (M).
Their children were Æson (M), Pelias (M) and
Neleus (M).
Æson (M) had a child, Jason (M).
Jason (M) married Medea (F).
Medea (F) had a sibling, Absyrtus (M).
Their parent was Æetes (M).
Æetes (M) had two siblings, Pasiphæ (F) and
Circe (F).
Their parent was Sol (M).
Neleus (M) had a child, Nestor (M).
Sisyphus (M) had a child, Glaucus (M).
Glaucus (M) had a child, Bellerophon (M).
Bellerophon (M) married Philonoë (F).
Xuthus (M) had two children, Ion (M) and Achæus (M).
Hyperion (M) married Gæa (F).
Their child was Aurora (F).
Aurora (F) married Æolus (M).
Their children were Boreas (M), Corus (M), Eurus (M),
Notus (M), Aquilo (M) and Zephyrus (M).
Boreas (M) married Orithyia (F).
Their children were Zetus (M), Calais (M), Cleopatra (F)
and Chione (F).
Zephyrus (M) married Flora (F).
Themis (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their children were Parcæ (F) and Horæ (F).
Cronus (M) married Rhea (F).
Their children were Vesta (F), Juno (F), Jupiter (M),
Neptune (M), Ceres (F) and Pluto (M).
Juno (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their children were Mars (M), Vulcan (M) and Hebe (F).
Mars (M) married Venus (F).
Their children were Anteros (M), Cupid (M) and
Harmonia (F).
Cupid (M) married Psyche (F).
Harmonia (F) married Cadmus (M).
Vulcan (M) married Medusa (F).
Their children were Cacus (M), Periphetes (M) and
Cercyon (M).
Hebe (F) married Hercules (M).
Jupiter (M) married Io (F).
Their child was Epaphus (M).
Epaphus (M) had a child, Libya (F).
Libya (F) married Neptune (M).
Their children were Agenor (M) and Belus (M).
Agenor (M) married Telephassa (F).
Their children were Cadmus (M), Cilix (M), Phoenix
(M) and Europa (F).
Cadmus (M) married Harmonia (F).
Their children were Ino (F), Autonoe (F), Agave
(F), Semele (F) and Polydorus (M).
Ino (F) married Athamas (M).
Their children were Palæmon (M) and Learchus (M).
Athamas (M) also married Nephele (F).
Their children were Phryxus (M) and Helle (F).
Autonoe (F) married Aristæus (M).
Their child was Actæon (M).
Agave (F) had a child, Pentheus (M).
Semele (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Bacchus (M).
Bacchus (M) married Ariadne (F).
Polydorus (M) had a child, Labdacus (M).
Labdacus (M) had a child, Laius (M).
Laius (M) married Jocasta (F).
Their child was Oedipus (M).
Oedipus married Jocasta (F).
Their children were Eteocles (M), Polynices
(M), Antigone (F) and Ismene (F).
Europa (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their children were Sarpedon (M), Rhadamanthus (M)
and Minos (M).
Minos' (M) descendant was Minos (M).
Minos (M) married Pasiphae (F).
Their children were Phædra (F) and Ariadne (F).
Phædra (F) married Theseus (M), whose parents
were Ægeus (M) and Æthra (F).
Theseus (M) also married Hippolyte (F).
Their child was Hippolytus (M).
Ariadne (F) married Bacchus (M).
Belus (M) had four children, Pygmalion (M), Dido (F),
Danaus (M) and Ægyptus (M).
Dido (F) married Sychæus (M).
Danaus' (M) children were the Danaides (F).
Ægyptus (M) had 50 sons.
The Danaides (F) married the 50 sons.
Their descendant was Acrisius (M).
Acrisius (M) had a child, Danae (F).
Danae (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Perseus (M).
Perseus (M) married Andromeda (F), whose
parents were Celeus (M) and Cassiopeia (F).
Their children were Alcæus (M), Electryon (M)
and Sthenelus (M).
Alcæus (M) had a child, Amphitryon (M).
Electryon (M) had a child, Alcmene (F).
Amphitryon (M) married Alcmene (F).
Their child was Iphicles (M).
Iphicles (M) had a child, Iolaus (M).
Alcmene (F) also married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Hercules (M).
Hercules (M) married Deianeira (F),
whose sibling was Meleager (M),
and whose parents were Oeneus (M)
and Althæa (F).
Their child was Hyllus (M), who married
Iole (F).
Sthenelus (M) had a child, Eurystheus (M).
Eurystheus (M) had a child, Admete (F).
Neptune (M) married Amphitrite (F).
Their child was Triton (M).
Ceres (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their child was Proserpina (F).
Pluto (M) married Proserpina (F).
Mnemosyne (F) married Jupiter (M).
Their children were Clio (F), Calliope (F), Thalia (F),
Euterpe (F), Urania (F), Melpomene (F), Terpsichore
(F), Polyhymnia (F) and Erato (F).
Clio (F) had a child, Hymen (M).
Calliope (F) had a child, Orpheus (M).
Orpheus (M) married Eurydice (F).
Typhoeus (M) had three children, Hydra (M), Cerberus (M)
and Chimæra (M).
Chimæra (M) had two children, Nemean Lion (M) and
Sphinx (F).
Pontus (M) had a child, Phorcys (M).
Phorcys (M) had four children, Bellona (F), Stheno (F), Euryale
(F) and Medusa (F).
Medusa (F) married Neptune (M).
Their children were Pegasus (M) and Polyphemus (M).
Somnus (M) had a child, Morpheus (M).}
INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS.
Addison, 24, 49, 83, 85, 165, 172, 173.
Æschylus, 246.
Akenside, 163.
Apollonius, 126.
Apollonius Rhodius, 181, 269.
Arion, 158.
Aristophanes, 15.
Arnold, Edwin, 111, 112, 114.
Arnold, Matthew, 74.
Beaumont and Fletcher, 300.
Bion, 108, 110.
Boyesen, 97, 137.
Browning, E. B., 22, 108, 137.
Bryant, 41, 43, 58, 94, 145, 153, 172, 211, 305, 315, 318, 319,
320, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 328, 329, 336, 338, 344, 345,
346, 349, 352, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359.
Byron, 49, 91, 93, 116.
Catullus, 226, 255, 257, 259, 306.
Chapman, 149.
Coluthus, 308, 312.
Conington, 41, 51, 64, 142, 193, 202, 213, 224, 333, 360, 361,
362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 373, 376, 377.
Cornwall, 184.
Cowper, 131, 156, 308.
Croxall, 177, 178.
Darwin, 123, 187, 218, 219, 228, 230.
Dryden, 35, 37, 44, 70, 161, 168, 169, 208.
Elton, 12, 15, 21, 29, 33, 45, 52, 108, 110, 136, 138, 154, 171,
220, 241, 255, 267, 269, 271, 307, 308, 310, 312, 339.
Emerson, 297.
Euripides, 166, 229, 311, 315, 316.
Eusden, 118.
Flaccus, 52, 220, 269, 271.
Fletcher, 38.
Francklin, 169, 232, 234, 236, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287,
288, 290, 331.
Frere, 15.
Goldsmith, 134.
Gray, 179.
Hemans, 60, 98.
H. H. (Helen Hunt Jackson), 73.
Hesiod, 15, 21, 29, 33, 154, 229, 339.
Holmes, 330.
Homer, 23, 39, 41, 43, 58, 94, 145, 147, 149, 153, 156, 161, 167,
168, 172, 211, 292, 297, 305, 315, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323,
324, 325, 326, 328, 329, 336, 338, 344, 345, 346, 349, 352,
354, 355, 357, 358, 359.
Homeric Hymn, 190, 195.
Horace, 27, 75, 278.
Hunt, 114, 216, 341.
Ingelow, 187, 194.
Iriarte, Tomas de, 372.
Keats, 67, 90, 98, 105, 119, 120, 134, 149, 176, 179, 192, 301,
303, 304.
Landon, 113.
Longfellow, 27, 88, 99, 107, 206.
Lowell, 23, 64, 79, 131.
Lucan, 214.
Macaulay, 130, 279.
Martinez de la Rosa, 177.
Melanippides, 73.
Meleager, 94, 265.
Meredith, Owen, 72.
Milton, 79, 144, 163, 238.
Moore, 16, 71, 72, 193, 278.
Morris, 97, 100, 101, 110, 123, 127, 128, 151, 183, 194, 235, 248,
252, 335.
Moschus, 45, 137.
Nonnus, 171.
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 Smyrnæus, 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.
Shelley, 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 Æetes of Colchis;
slain by Medea, 271.
A-by´dus.
A city of Asia Minor;
the home of Leander, 111-116.
A-chæ´us.
Grandson of Hellen, 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 Æneas, 366, 367.
Ach-e-lo´us.
River in Greece, bearing the name of its god, 232.
Ach-e-men´i-des.
Ulysses' sailor, rescued from Polyphemus by Æneas, 365.
Ach´e-ron.
1. River in Hades, 161;
Ulysses visits, 350;
Æneas 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-tæ´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.
Æ´a-cus.
One of the three judges of the dead in Hades, 163.
Æ-æ´a.
Island inhabited by Circe and visited by Ulysses, 347-350.
Æ-e´tes.
King of Colchis, father of Medea and Absyrtus, 268, 271;
brother of Circe, 347;
significance, 392.
Æ-ge´an Sea.
Delos chained in, 62;
Arion borne by dolphins in, 82, 83;
named after Ægeus, 259.
Æ-ge´us.
King of Athens;
father of Theseus, 250, 252, 253;
drowns himself, 259;
significance, 391.
Æ´gis.
Shield or breastplate of Minerva and Jupiter, 58;
loaned to Perseus, 243;
bears Medusa's head, 249.
Æ-gis´thus.
Murderer of Agamemnon;
slain by Orestes, 336.
Æg´le.
One of the Heliades;
changed to a poplar tree, 87.
Æ-gyp´tus.
Brother of Danaus, 166.
Æ-ne´a-dæ.
City which Æneas proposed to found in Thrace, 363.
Æ-ne´as.
Son of Venus and Anchises, 111;
Æneas' descendants, 140;
worship introduced into Italy by, 198;
hero of Virgil's Æneid, 360-377.
Æ-ne´as Sil´vi-a.
Son of Æneas;
founder of Alba Longa, 377.
Æ-ne´id.
Virgil's epic poem on the adventures of Æneas, 374.
Æ-o´li-a.
1. Same as Æolian Islands.
2. In Asia Minor, near Ægean Sea, 214.
Æ-o´li-an Islands.
The home of Æolus, god of the winds, 213, 346;
supposed to be Lipari Islands, 213.
Æ-o´li-an Race.
Descendants of Æolus, son of Hellen, 38.
Æ´o-lus.
1. God of the winds, 213-215;
Juno's bargain with, 266;
gift to Ulysses, 346;
destruction of Æneas' fleet, 365;
significance, 400.
2. Son of Hellen, founder of the Æolian race, 38.
Æs-cu-la´pi-us.
Son of Apollo and Coronis, 63, 64;
Machaon, son of, 331;
significance, 387.
Æ´son.
Father of Jason, 263;
rejuvenated by Medea, 273.
Æ´ther.
God of light, 13;
dethroned, 17.
Æ´thra.
Princess of Troezene, 250;
mother of Theseus, 253;
Helen intrusted to, 260;
significance, 391.
Æt´na.
Volcano in Sicily, 183;
the tomb of Enceladus, 24;
forge of Vulcan, 145, 148, 326;
Ceres' visit to, 187.
Æ-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-ï´des.
Same as Pluto;
significance, 401.
A-ï-do´neus.
Same as Pluto, god 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 Æneas 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.
Phæacian 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 Æneas and the Latins, 373.
A-lec´try-on.
Servant of Mars;
changed to a cock, 106, 107.
Al-phe´us.
1. River of Peloponnesus;
dammed to clean Augean stable, 221.
2. The river god who pursued Arethusa, 190-193.
Al-thæ´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 gods, 41;
gods deprived of, 84.
Am´mon.
Temple of Jupiter in Libya, 48.
A´mor.
Same as Eros, Cupid, etc.;
god of love, 13;
son of Venus and Mars, 107.
Am-phi´on.
Son of Jupiter and Antiope;
musician;
King of Thebes, 80-82.
Am-phi-tri´te.
Same as Salacia, queen of the sea;
wife of Neptune, 154, 158;
train of, 155;
significance, 397.
An-chi´ses.
Husband of Venus, 111;
father of Æneas, 360-362;
prophecy recalled by, 364;
death of, 365;
death anniversary of, 369;
Æneas' visit to, 370-372.
An-ci´le.
Shield of Mars, guarded by the Salii in Rome, 143.
An-dræ´mon.
Husband of Dryope;
saw her changed to a tree, 298.
An-drom´a-che.
Wife of Hector;
parting of Hector and, 321-323;
grief of, 328;
captivity of, 365.
An-drom´e-da.
Daughter of Celeus and Cassiopeia;
saved by Perseus, 246-249;
significance, 391.
An-tæ´us.
Giant son of Gæa;
defender of the Pygmies;
slain by Hercules, 227, 228.
An-te´i-a.
Wife of Proetus;
accuses Bellerophon falsely, 291;
significance, 393.
An´te-ros.
God of passion, 107, 108;
son of Venus and Mars, 140.
An-tig´o-ne.
Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta;
buried alive, 285-288;
significance, 393.
An-tin´o-us.
One of Penelope's suitors;
slain by Ulysses, 358.
An-ti´o-pe.
Wife of Jupiter;
mother of Amphion and Zethus;
persecuted by Dirce, 80.
A-pha´re-us.
Father of Castor's murderer, 279.
Aph-ro-di´te.
Same as Venus, Dione, etc., 103, 105;
significance, 399.
A-pol´lo.
Same as Phoebus, Sol, and Helios, 61-91;
god of the sun, music, poetry, and medicine, 55;
Diana's brother, 93;
Niobe's sons slain by, 94;
Mars and Venus seen by, 106, 107;
Mercury steals cattle of, 132-134;
giants slain by, 139;
walls built by, 151, 152;
Marpessa claimed by, 155;
Vesta loved by, 198;
Janus, son of, 205;
oracles of, 280, 281;
steed of, 294;
Cassandra loved by, 310;
Chryses appeals to, 318, 319;
Ulysses incurs anger of, 354;
significance, 386, 390, 393, 396, 398.
Aq´ui-lo.
West wind, son of Æolus and Aurora, 213, 215.
A-rach´ne.
Minerva's needlework contest with, 58, 59.
Ar-ca´di-a.
Province of Peloponnesus, 221, 275;
Mercury's birthplace, 131.
Ar´cas.
Son of Jupiter and Callisto;
constellation of the Little Bear, 52.
A-re-o-pa-gi´tæ.
Judges of the criminal court of Athens, 140.
A-re-op´a-gus.
Hill near Athens;
site of the Parthenon, 140.
A´res.
Same as Mars, 138;
significance, 400.
A-re´te.
1. Goddess of virtue;
takes charge of Hercules, 218-220.
2. Wife of Alcinous;
mother of Nausicaa, 355.
Ar-e-thu´sa.
Nymph of Diana;
changed to a fountain, 190-193.
Ar´ges (Sheet-lightning).
A Cyclop;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18.
Ar´go.
Vessel in which Jason set sail in search of the golden fleece,
266-274;
significance, 392.
Ar-go-nau´tic Expedition
in search of golden fleece, 154;
Zetes and Calais in, 215;
Hercules in, 230;
Meleager in, 275;
significance, 391, 392.
Ar´go-nauts.
Name given to Jason and crew, 267-271;
significance, 392.
Ar´gos.
City in Argolis, dedicated to Juno, 52-54;
Eurystheus, king of, 218-220;
Acrisius, king of, 240, 249;
Adrastus, king of, 260, 287;
Proetus, king of, 291;
Agamemnon's return to, 336;
significance, 389, 390.
Ar´gus.
1. Name of myriad-eyed giant who watched Io, 135-137;
significance, 385.
2. Name of Ulysses' faithful hound, 357.
A-ri-ad´ne.
Daughter of Minos;
Theseus aided by, 256, 257;
deserted by Theseus, 179, 257;
marries Bacchus, 181;
significance, 391.
A-ri´on.
1. Winged steed;
the offspring of Neptune and Ceres, 153.
2. Musician;
thrown into the sea by pirates, saved by a dolphin, 82, 83.
Ar-is-tæ´us.
Youth who indirectly causes Eurydice's death, 76.
Ar´te-mis.
Same as Diana, goddess of the moon and the chase, 93, 97.
As-cal´a-phus.
Spirit in Hades who saw Proserpina eat pomegranate seeds, 195.
A´si-a Mi´nor.
West of Asia;
Bacchus' visit to, 176;
Vesta's shrine in, 198;
Thetis' flight from, 326.
As-kle´pi-os.
Same as Æsculapius;
son of Apollo and Coronis, 63.
As-ty´a-nax.
Infant son of Hector and Andromache, 321.
At-a-lan´ta.
Maiden who takes part in Calydonian Hunt and races with Milanion
or Hippomenes, 275-278;
significance, 392.
Ath´a-mas.
King of Thebes;
father of Phryxus and Helle, 265;
Ino in madness slain by, 174;
significance, 391.
A-the´ne.
Same as Minerva, 55;
tutelary goddess of Athens, 57;
significance, 395.
A-the´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Athens, 215;
tribute of, 253, 256;
ingratitude of, 262.
Ath´ens.
Minerva's festivals at, 60;
tribunal at, 139, 140;
contest for, 152;
Ægeus, king of, 250;
Theseus' arrival at, 252, 253;
Ariadne elopes to, 256;
Castor and Pollux' visit to, 260;
Theseus, king of, 262;
Peleus, king of, 305.
At´las.
1. Mountains.
2. One of Iapetus' sons, 25;
daughters of, 98;
heavens supported by, 227-229;
Perseus petrifies, 244-246;
significance, 379.
At´ro-pos.
One of the Fates;
cuts the thread of life, 165.
At´ti-ca.
Province of Greece;
Cecrops founds city in, 57;
oppression of, 255;
shores of, 259.
Au-ge´as.
King of Elis;
his stables were cleansed by Hercules, 221-223.
Au´lis.
Port in Boeotia, the meeting-place of the Greek expedition
against Troy, 312, 315.
Au-ro´ra.
Same as Eos, goddess of dawn;
attendant of Apollo, 85, 107;
jealousy of, 70;
Tithonus loved by, 90;
Æolus' wife, 213.
Aus´ter.
Southwest wind, same as Notus;
a son of Æolus and Aurora, 215.
Au-tom´e-don.
Achilles' charioteer, 328.
Av´en-tine.
One of the seven hills on which Rome is built, 226.
A-ver´nus.
Lake near Naples;
the entrance to Hades in Italy, 160;
Æneas' visit to, 370.
Bab´y-lon.
The home of Pyramus and Thisbe, 117.
Bac-cha-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Bacchus, 182.
Bac-chan´tes.
Female followers of Bacchus, 176, 182;
Orpheus slain by, 79, 80.
Bac´chus.
Same as Dionysus, god of wine and revelry;
son of Jupiter and Semele, 171-182;
Vulcan visited by, 147;
Ariadne rescued by, 257;
tutor of, 300;
gift from, 306.
Bau´cis.
1. The mortal who showed hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury;
wife of Philemon, 43, 44.
2. Father of Dryope (changed to a tree), 298.
Bel-ler´o-phon.
Demigod;
mounts Pegasus and slays the dread Chimæra, 291-296;
significance, 393, 394.
Bel-lo´na.
Goddess of war;
attendant of Mars, 138.
Ber-e-ni´ce.
Queen whose hair was changed into a comet, 130, 384.
Ber´o-e.
Nurse of Semele, whose form Juno assumes to arouse Semele's
jealousy, 171, 172.
Bi´ton.
Brother of Cleobis;
draws his mother to the temple, 54.
Boe-o´ti-a.
Province in Greece, whose principal city was Thebes, 47, 280.
Bo´re-as.
North wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora;
kidnaps Orithyia, 213-215;
sons of, 267.
Bos´po-rus.
Channel connecting Black Sea and Sea of Marmora, on route of
Argonauts, 268.
Brass Age.
Third age of world, 35.
Bri-a´re-us.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18;
umpire, 152.
Bri-se´is.
Captive of Achilles during Trojan war;
claimed by Agamemnon, 318, 319, 324;
significance, 394.
Bron´tes (Thunder).
A Cyclop;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18.
Bru´tus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.
Ca´cus.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
giant slain by Hercules on Mount Aventine, 226;
significance, 386.
Cad´mus.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Thebes, 45-48;
husband of Harmonia, 107;
daughter of, 171;
dragon-tooth seed of, 268;
significance, 386, 390, 393.
Ca-du´ce-us.
Wand given to Mercury by Apollo, 134.
Cæ´sar.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.
Cal´a-is.
Son of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.
Cal´chas.
Soothsayer of the Greeks during the Trojan war, 315.
Cal-li´o-pe.
One of the nine Muses, loved by Apollo, 90;
mother of Orpheus, 75.
Cal-lis´to.
Maiden loved by Jupiter;
changed into a bear by Juno;
the Great Bear, 52.
Cal´y-don.
Home of Meleager;
site of Calydonian Hunt, 275.
Cal-y-do´ni-an Hunt.
Organized by Meleager to slay a boar, 275-279.
Ca-lyp´so.
Nymph who detained Ulysses on Ogygia seven years, 354;
significance, 395.
Ca-mil´la.
Volscian maiden;
fights, and is slain by, Æneas, 373, 376;
dedicated to Diana, 374.
Ca-mil´lus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.
Cam´pus mar´ti-us.
Roman exercising grounds sacred to Mars, 143.
Can´cer.
Crab which attacked Hercules to defend the Hydra;
a constellation, 221.
Cap´i-tol.
Temple dedicated to Jupiter in Rome, 48.
Car´thage.
A city in Africa, built by Dido, visited by Æneas, 367.
Cas-san´dra.
Daughter of Priam;
her prophecies, though true, were always disbelieved, 310, 364;
captivity of, 361.
Cas-si-o-pe´ia.
Mother of Andromeda, 246;
a constellation, 249;
significance, 391.
Cas´tor.
One of the Dioscuri or Gemini, 278, 279;
rescue of Helen by, 260;
Argonauts joined by, 266;
Calydonian Hunt joined by, 275.
Cau-ca´si-an Mountains.
Same as Caucasus;
Prometheus chained to, 28, 227.
Ce´crops.
Founder of Athens, 57;
descendants of, 255.
Ce-læ´no.
One of the Harpies;
frightens Æneas by prophesying harm, 365.
Ce´le-us.
1. King of Eleusis;
father of Triptolemus, 188.
2. Father of Andromeda;
significance, 391.
Cen´taurs.
Children of Ixion, half man, half horse;
Chiron, 218, 263, 314;
Hercules fights, 221;
battle of, 230, 260;
Nessus, 234-236;
significance, 391, 397.
Cen-tim´a-ni (Hundred-handed).
Three sons of Uranus and Gæa, 17, 18.
Ceph´a-lus.
Hunter loved by Procris and Aurora, 70, 71, 90;
significance, 387.
Cer´be-rus.
Three-headed dog which guarded the entrance of Hades, 76, 77, 160;
Hercules captures, 229, 260;
significance, 401.
Cer´cy-on.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
encountered by Theseus, 252.
Ce-re-a´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, 196.
Ce´res.
Same as Demeter, goddess of agriculture and civilization, 159,
183-197;
Cronus disgorges, 22;
Psyche consults, 127, 128;
Neptune loves, 153;
Pelops' shoulder eaten by, 167;
significance, 396, 397.
Cer-y-ne´a.
Town of Achaia, 221.
Cer-y-ne´ian Stag.
Stag taken by Hercules;
one of his labors, 221.
Ces´tus.
Venus' magic, love-inspiring girdle, 130, 308.
Ce´yx.
King of Thessaly;
shipwrecked, and changed with his wife Halcyone into birds, 211, 212.
Cha´os.
The first of all divinities, who ruled over confusion, 12, 13;
ejection of, 17;
daughter of, 57.
Char´i-tes.
The three Graces;
attendants of Venus, 105.
Cha´ron.
The boatman who ferries the souls over Acheron, 161;
Æneas ferried by, 372;
significance, 397.
Cha-ryb´dis.
Whirlpool near the coast of Sicily, 352, 353, 365.
Chi-mæ´ra.
Monster slain by Bellerophon, 292-296;
significance, 394, 401.
Chi´o-ne.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.
Chi´os.
One of the islands of the Archipelago, 99.
Chi´ron.
Learned Centaur, 218, 263, 266, 314;
death of, 221.
Chry-se´is.
Daughter of Chryses;
taken by Agamemnon, 318, 319.
Chry´ses.
Father of Chryseis;
priest of Apollo;
brings a plague on the Greek camp, 318, 319.
Ci-co´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses, 337.
Ci-lic´i-a.
Province in Asia Minor, between Æolia and Troas, 47.
Ci´lix.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Cilicia, 45, 47.
Cim-me´ri-an Shores.
Land visited by Ulysses to consult Tiresias, 350.
Cir´ce.
Sister of Æetes;
sorceress who changes Ulysses' men into swine, 347-353;
significance, 395, 396.
Cle´o-bis.
Brother of Biton;
a devoted son, 54.
Cle-o-pa´tra.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.
Cli´o.
One of the nine Muses, 88.
Clo´tho.
One of the Fates;
she spins the thread of life, 165.
Clym´e-ne.
1. Wife of Iapetus;
an ocean nymph, 25.
2. Nymph loved by Apollo;
mother of Phaeton, 83, 87.
Clyt-æm-nes´tra.
Wife of Agamemnon;
slain by Orestes, 336;
significance, 394.
Clyt´i-e.
Maiden who loves Apollo, and is changed into a sunflower, 72.
Co-cy´tus.
River in Hades, formed of tears of the condemned, 160, 161.
Coe´us.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 17.
Col´chi-an Land.
Ram bears Phryxus to, 154;
Argonauts arrive at, 268;
Argonauts depart from, 269;
sailors of, 271.
Col´chis.
Land in Asia ruled by Æetes, where the golden fleece was kept,
265, 266;
return from, 274.
Co-lo´nus.
Forest sacred to Furies, where Oedipus vanished in a storm, 286.
Co-los´sus.
Statue of Apollo in the Island of Rhodes, 91.
Con-sen´tes.
Same as Pan, god of the universe and of nature, 300.
Co´pre-us.
Son of Pelops;
owner of the marvelous horse Arion, 153.
Co´ra.
Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 183;
significance, 396.
Cor´inth.
City and isthmus between Greece proper and the Peloponnesus,
152, 158, 294;
Sisyphus, king of, 167, 291;
Sciron at, 251;
Polybus, king of, 280-282, 286.
Co-ro´na.
Constellation, also known as Ariadne's Crown, 181.
Co-ro´nis.
Maiden loved by Apollo;
mother of Æsculapius, 62, 63;
significance, 386, 389.
Co´rus.
Northwest wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.
Cor-y-ban´tes.
Same as Curetes;
Rhea's priests, 21.
Cot´tus.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18.
Cre´on.
Father of Jocasta and of Megara, 219;
King of Thebes, 288.
Cre´tan Bull.
Hercules captures, 223.
Crete.
Island home of Minos, 223, 253, 256;
Menelaus' journey to, 312;
Æneas' sojourn in, 364;
Zeus, king of, 379.
Cre-u´sa.
1. Wife of Æneas;
killed in attempting to fly from Troy, 361-363.
2. Same as Glauce;
maiden loved by Jason, 273.
Cri´us.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 17.
Cro´nus.
Same as Saturn;
a Titan who rules supreme;
father of Jupiter, 17-23, 25, 35;
daughters of, 51, 183, 198;
son of, 159.
Cru´mis-sa.
Island where Neptune carried Theophane;
birthplace of the golden-fleeced ram, 154.
Cu´mæ.
Cave where the Sibyl gave her prophecies, 370.
Cu´pid, or Cu-pi´do.
Same as Amor, god of love;
son of Venus and Mars, 107, 140;
growth of, 108;
darts of, 112, 147, 367;
Psyche and, 121-130, 381.
Cu-re´tes.
Same as Corybantes;
Rhea's priests, 21.
Cy´a-ne.
River which tried to stop Pluto when he kidnapped Proserpina, 186.
Cyb´e-le.
Same as Rhea, goddess of the earth, 20;
chariot of, 278.
Cy-clo´pes.
Three children of Uranus and Gæa, 17, 18;
thunderbolts forged by, 22, 64, 147;
Orion visits the, 99;
Vulcan and the, 145;
Island of the, 339;
Æneas warned against, 365;
significance, 385, 398.
Cy´clops.
Polyphemus the, 339-345, 365.
Cyc´nus.
Intimate friend of Phaeton, 87.
Cyl-le´ne.
Mountain upon which Mercury was born, 131, 132.
Cyn´thi-a.
Same as Diana, goddess of the moon and the chase, 93, 96.
Cyn´thi-us.
Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and fine arts, 61.
Cyp-a-ris´sus.
Friend of Apollo;
turned to a cypress tree, 67.
Cy´prus.
Island in the Mediterranean sacred to Venus, 105, 120, 123.
Cyth-e-re´a.
Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, and laughter, 103.
Dæd´a-lus.
Architect who planned the Cretan Labyrinth, 253-255;
inventor of sails, 214.
Dan´a-e.
Maiden visited by Jupiter as a golden shower;
mother of Perseus, 240-242;
significance, 379, 390, 397.
Da-na´i-des.
Daughters of Danaus, who slay their husbands, 166, 167.
Dan´a-us.
King of Argos;
father of the fifty Danaides, 166.
Dan´ube.
River of Europe;
Medea slays Absyrtus near its mouth, 271.
Daph´ne.
Maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree, 68-70;
significance, 387, 389, 395.
Dar´da-nus.
Ancient king of Troy, who gives his name to his race, 364;
mares of, 215.
De-i-a-nei´ra.
Wife of Hercules, 232-236;
causes Hercules' death by using the Nessus robe, 235, 236;
significance, 390.
De-iph´o-bus.
Son of Priam and Hecuba;
married Helen after the death of Paris, 362.
De´los.
Floating island;
birthplace of Apollo and Diana, 62;
shrine of Apollo at, 91, 363, 364;
significance, 386, 396.
Del´phi.
Shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles, 37, 47, 91;
Ceyx visits, 211;
Oedipus consults oracle at, 281, 282, 285, 290;
Orestes at, 336.
Del´uge.
Caused by Jupiter's wrath, 36;
slime from, 65.
De-me´ter.
Same as Ceres;
goddess of agriculture, 183, 187;
significance, 396.
De´mi-os (Dread).
Attendant or son of Mars, 138.
Des´ti-ny.
One of the ancient deities not subjected to Jupiter, 39.
Deu-ca´li-on.
Only male survivor of Deluge;
father of Hellen, 37, 38.
Di´a.
Maiden loved and deserted by Ixion, king of the Lapithæ, 169;
significance, 389.
Di-a´na.
Goddess of the moon and chase;
daughter of Jupiter and Latona, 93-101;
birth of, 62;
nymphs of, 70, 190;
arrows of, 139;
Arethusa protected by, 192;
Oeneus neglects, 275;
Iphigenia saved by, 316;
temple of, 336;
Camilla rescued by, 373, 374;
significance, 388, 396, 398.
Di´do.
Queen of Tyre and Carthage;
loved and deserted by Æneas, 366-369;
Æneas sees, in Hades, 372.
Di-o-me´des.
1. Greek hero during Trojan war, 314;
recovers Patroclus' body, 328;
helps Ulysses secure the Palladium, 332.
2. The possessor of horses taken by Hercules, 223.
Di-o´ne.
1. Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, laughter, etc., 103.
2. Mother of Venus by Jupiter;
goddess of moisture, 44.
Di-o-nys´i-a.
Festivals held in Greece in honor of Bacchus, 182.
Di-o-nys´us.
Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, 174.
Di-os-cu´ri.
Collective name given to Castor and Pollux, 278.
Di-os-cu´ri-a.
Festivals in honor of Castor and Pollux, 279.
Dir´ce.
Wife of Lycus;
bound to a bull by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.
Dis.
Same as Pluto, god of Infernal Regions, 159, 370.
Dis-cor´di-a, or Eris.
Goddess of discord, 138;
she appears at Peleus' marriage feast, 306.
Do-do´na.
Temple and grove sacred to Jupiter, 48, 49, 266.
Dol´phin.
Constellation, 82.
Do´ri-an Race.
Descendants of Dorus, 38.
Do´ris.
Wife of Nereus, 154, 305.
Do´rus.
Son of Hellen;
ancestor of Dorian race, 38.
Dreams.
Spirits in cave of Somnus;
passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 210, 211;
Mercury, leader of, 137.
Drep´a-num.
Land visited by Æneas, where Anchises died, 365.
Dry´a-des.
Plant nymphs, supposed to watch over vegetation, 297.
Dry´o-pe.
Princess changed into a tree, 298-300.
Dull´ness.
Obscure deity put to flight by Minerva, 55, 57.
Earth.
Æther and Hemera create the, 13;
divisions of the, 15;
realm of the, 25;
the mother of all, 38;
oath by the, 172;
Antæus, son of the, 228;
significance, 398.
E´cho.
Nymph who pined for love of Narcissus;
changed to a voice, 118, 119;
answers Cephalus, 71;
mocks Ariadne, 179.
Egg.
Earth hatched from a mythical, 15.
E´gypt.
Gods take refuge in, 24;
Io takes refuge in, 136;
Menelaus and Helen detained in, 336.
E-lec´tra.
Daughter of Agamemnon;
saves Orestes, 336.
El-eu-sin´i-a.
Festivals at Eleusis, in honor of Ceres and Proserpina, 196.
E-leu´sis.
City in Greece visited by Ceres during her search for
Proserpina, 188, 196.
E´lis.
Province of the Peloponnesus;
Alpheus in, 193;
Augeas, king of, 221;
significance, 388.
El-pe´nor.
Follower of Ulysses;
dies in Island of Ææa, 350.
E-lys´i-an Fields.
Abode of the blessed in Hades, 161, 163, 169;
Cleobis and Biton conveyed to, 54;
Adonis conveyed to, 110.
En-cel´a-dus.
Giant defeated by Jupiter;
buried under Mt. Ætna, 24.
En-dym´i-on.
Youth loved by Diana, who carries him to a cave on Mt. Latmus, 96-98;
significance, 388, 389, 396.
En´na.
Plain in Sicily;
favorite resort of Proserpina, 183.
E-ny´o.
Name given to Bellona, goddess of war, 138.
E´os.
Name given to Aurora, goddess of dawn, 72, 90;
jealousy of, 70, 71;
winds, offspring of, 213.
Ep´a-phus.
Son of Jupiter and Io;
founder of Memphis, 136.
Eph´e-sus.
City in Asia Minor sacred to Diana, 101.
Eph-i-al´tes.
Giant son of Neptune, 154;
brother of Otus;
imprisons Mars, 139;
significance, 400.
E-pig´o-ni.
Sons of the seven chiefs who besieged Thebes, 290.
Ep-i-me´theus (Afterthought).
Son of Iapetus, 25;
husband of Pandora, 28-34, 37.
E-pi´rus.
Country visited by Æneas, who meets Andromache there, 365.
Er´a-to.
One of the Muses;
daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 90.
Er´e-bus.
God of darkness, 13;
marries his mother, Night, 13;
progenitor of egg, 15;
dethroned, 17.
E-rid´a-nus.
River into which Phaeton fell from the sun chariot, 87;
Hercules consults nymphs of, 226.
E-rin´ny-es.
Collective name given to the Furies, 163;
significance, 393.
E´ris.
Same as Discordia, goddess of discord and strife, 138;
apple cast by, 306.
Er-i-sich´thon.
An unbeliever;
punished by famine, 197.
E´ros.
Same as Cupid, 107;
child of Light and Day, 13;
arrows of, 13, 112;
egg produces, 15;
causes man's creation, 25;
man's life given by, 27.
Er-y-man´thus.
Place where Hercules slew the wild boar, 221.
Er-y-the´a.
Island home of Geryones;
visited by Hercules, 226.
E-te´o-cles.
Son of Oedipus and Jocasta, 285;
reigns one year, 287;
slain by his brother, 288.
E-thi-o´pi-a.
Country visited by Bacchus, 176.
E-thi-o´pi-ans.
Happy race of Africa, south of the river Oceanus;
visited by the gods, 16.
Eu-boe´an or Eu-bo´ic Sea.
Sea where Hercules cast Lichas, 238.
Eu-mæ´us.
Swineherd visited by Ulysses on his return to Ithaca, 355, 357;
Ulysses aided by, 358.
Eu-men´i-des.
Collective name given to Furies, 163;
forest sacred to, 286;
significance, 393.
Eu-phros´y-ne.
One of the three Graces or Charites;
attendant of Venus, 105.
Eu-ro´pa.
Daughter of Agenor;
wife of Jupiter, 44-48, 59;
mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon, 45, 325;
significance, 386.
Eu-ro´tas.
River near Sparta, where Helen bathed, 310.
Eu´rus.
East wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.
Eu-ry´a-le.
One of the three terrible Gorgons, 242.
Eu-ry´a-lus.
Youth sent with Nisus to warn Æneas that his son was in danger, 374.
Eu-ry-cle´a.
Nurse of Ulysses;
recognizes him after twenty years' absence, 357;
Penelope awakened by, 358.
Eu-ryd´i-ce.
Wife of Orpheus, who seeks her in Hades, 75-80;
significance, 387-389.
Eu-ryl´o-chus.
Leader of Ulysses' men, 347;
escaped Circe's spell, 349;
Ulysses' men misled by, 353.
Eu-ryn´o-me.
Wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Graces, 105.
Eu-rys´theus.
Hercules' taskmaster;
appointed twelve labors, 218-229.
Eu´ry-tus.
Iole's father;
visited twice by Hercules, 235.
Eu-ter´pe.
One of the Muses;
presided over music, 88.
Eux´ine Sea.
Same as Pontus Euxinus, or the Black Sea, 15.
E-van´der.
King of Tuscans;
ally of Æneas;
father of Pallas, 374, 375.
E-ve´nus.
Father of Marpessa;
drowned himself in river of same name, 155;
Hercules crosses, 234.
Fa´ma.
Attendant of Jupiter, goddess of fame, 41.
Fates.
Three sisters;
also known as Moeræ or Parcæ, 165.
Fau´na.
Wife of Faunus;
a rural divinity of the Romans, 301.
Fau´nus.
Rural divinity of the Romans;
husband of Fauna, 301.
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