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 Prœtus;
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 Œdipus 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 Phœbus, 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;
Prœtus, 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 Bœotia, 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.

Bœ-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.

Cϫus.
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 Œdipus 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.