Stories of Old Greece and Rome — Appendices 51-73

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The story of Hercules's accepting Arete (Virtue) as his guide--the "Choice of Hercules"--may be found in The Tatler, No. 97. The Nemean games instituted by Hercules in honor of Jupiter were celebrated at Nemea, a city of Argolis.

The most famous statue of Hercules is the Farnese Hercules in the National Museum at Naples.

Another well-known piece of sculpture is The Infant Hercules Strangling a Serpent, in the Uffizi at Florence.

Quite worth the student's consideration are the poems "Deïaneira" and "Herakles" in the classical but too-little-read "Epic of Hades" by Lewis Morris.

The following is an extract from the description of the Centaur Nessus:-- "Take This white robe.

It is costly.

See, my blood Has stained it but a little.

I did wrong;

I know it, and repent me.

If there come A time when he grows cold--for all the race Of heroes wander, nor can any love Fix theirs for long--take it and wrap him in it, And he shall love again."

LII

Poem:-- The Fortunate Isles ANDREW LANG The following is from Pindar:-- "The Isles of the Blest, they say, The Isles of the Blest, Are peaceful and happy, by night and by day, Far away in the glorious west.

They need not the moon in that land of delight They need not the pale, pale star;

The sun is bright, by day and night, Where the souls of the blessed are.

They till not the ground, they plow not the wave, They labor not, never!

oh, never!

Not a tear do they shed, not a sigh do they heave, They are happy forever and ever!"

LIII

The chosen device of Charles V. of Germany represented the Pillars of Hercules entwined by a scroll that bore his motto "Plus Ultra."

This device, represented on the German dollar, has been adopted as the sign of the American dollar ($).

LIV

The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word meaning the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people.

They lived near the sources of the Nile, or, according to others, in India.

Homer tells us that the cranes used to migrate every winter to the Pygmies' country, where they occasioned a fierce warfare.

H.

M.

Stanley, in his last African expedition, discovered a race of diminutive men that correspond very well in appearance to those mentioned by Homer.

Terra is the same goddess as Gæa (the Earth).

Poem:-- Battle of Pygmies and Cranes JAMES BEATTIE LV

The Apples of the Hesperides may have been suggested by the oranges of Spain.

See the poem "The Golden Apples," in William Morris's "Earthly Paradise."

LVI

Two poems on the Medusa which are well worth reading are "The Doom of King Acrisius" in William Morris's "Earthly Paradise," and Shelley's lines "On the Medusa of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Florentine Gallery."

LVII

There are translations of Simonides's "Lament of Danaë" by William C. Bryant and John H. Frere.

Tennyson has a singular use of the proper noun in the "Princess" when he says:-- "Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me."

LVIII

Cassiopeia was said to have been an Ethiopian; and was, therefore, in spite of her boasted beauty black.

Milton alludes to her in "Il Penseroso" as: "that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended."

Though Cassiopeia attained the honor of being set among the stars, she was placed--through the efforts of the sea-nymphs--in a part of the heavens near the pole, where she is half the time held with her head downward, to teach her humility.

LIX

For a Gaelic Andromeda and Perseus, see "The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin" in Curtin's "Myths of Ireland."

Poem:-- Andromeda CHARLES KINGSLEY LX

From the incident of Bellerophon's bearing to Iobates the letters that contained his own death-warrant, came the expression "Bellerophontic letters."

This is used to describe any written message that a person may deliver, unknowingly, and that is prejudicial to himself.

On Mount Helicon, the home of the Muses and Pegasus, was the fountain Hippocrene, which was opened by a kick from the hoof of Pegasus.

Poems:-- Pegasus in Pound HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

Bellerophon in Argos and in Lycia WILLIAM MORRIS Pegasus in Harness SCHILLER LXI

The most famous soothsayer was Melampus, who was also the first mortal endowed with prophetic powers.

The story is told that before his house stood an oak tree containing a nest of serpents.

The old serpents were killed by some servants, but Melampus took care of the young ones, and fed them carefully.

One day when he was sleeping under the oak tree, the serpents licked his ears with their tongues; and when he awoke he was surprised to find that he now understood the languages of birds and creeping things.

In this way he was able to foretell future events, and he became a celebrated soothsayer.

Once Melampus was taken captive and put into prison; but he overheard the woodworms saying that the timbers of the prison were so nearly eaten through that the roof would soon fall in.

He told this to his captors, who immediately took advantage of the warning and left the building; but not before they rewarded Melampus by setting him free.

LXII

The best description of Hercules's lament for Hylas is in Lang's translation of the thirteenth Idyl of Theocritus.

Poem:-- Hylas BAYARD TAYLOR The naming of Jason's ship may have been after its builder, or from the city of Argos, or from the word "Argo," meaning swift or white.

The story of the Symplegades may be a reference to the rolling and clashing of icebergs.

The dove incident occurs in many ancient stories, from that of Noah down.

Poems:-- Talking Oak ALFRED TENNYSON Life and Death of Jason WILLIAM MORRIS Æson and King Athamas FREDERICK TENNYSON LXIII

Medea's preparations for her magic potion are like the incantations of the witches in Macbeth, Act IV, Sc.

I.

"Round about the caldron go;

In the poison'd entrails throw.

* * * * * Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing: * * * * * Witches' mummy; maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark," etc. LXIV

Medea's sorceries were assisted by the prayers that she addressed to Hecate, a mysterious divinity who embodied the terrors of the darkness.

She haunted cross roads and graveyards; and, being goddess of sorcery and witchcraft, wandered only by night and was seen only by dogs, whose barking told of her approach.

Translations of the Medea of Euripides are by Augusta Webster, William C.

Lawton, and Wodhull.

LXV

Poems on Atalanta:-- Atalanta's Race in "The Earthly Paradise" WILLIAM MORRIS Atalanta in Calydon ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE

Hippomenes and Atalanta WALTER S. LANDOR

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Dædalus shared with Æolus the honor of inventing sails for the ships hitherto propelled by oars.

Dædalus could never bear the idea of a rival; and when his nephew Perdix was apprenticed to him, the lad gave such promise of excelling his teacher in mechanical arts that Dædalus grew to hate him.

One day when Perdix was walking on the seashore he picked up the spine of a fish, and later on he imitated it in iron, thus inventing the saw.

He also invented a pair of compasses.

Then Dædalus, envious of his nephew's skill, pushed him off a tower and killed him; but Minerva, pitying the boy, changed him into a partridge, which bears his name.

LXVII

Castor and Pollux were deities of boxing, wrestling, and all equestrian exercises.

They were generally seen mounted on snow-white horses, and their appearance on the battle-field was a good omen for the army among whom they came.

The Romans believed that they fought at the head of their legions at the famous battle of Lake Regillus.

LXIX

Poems:-- Theseus and Hippolyta WALTER S. LANDOR

Ariadne FREDERICK TENNYSON Hippolytus of Euripides Phædra ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE

Phædra in "The Epic of Hades" LEWIS MORRIS LXX

The story of Œdipus is taken from the "Œdipus Rex," "Œdipus Coloneus," and "Antigone" of Sophocles (trans.

of Plumptre or of Lewis Campbell).

Other poems:-- Swell-foot the Tyrant PERCY B. SHELLEY

The Downfall and Death of King Œdipus EDWARD FITZGERALD Antigone AUBREY DE VERE The Sphinx RALPH W. EMERSON

Fragment of an Antigone MATTHEW ARNOLD LXXI

In her "Characteristics of Women," Mrs. Jameson has compared the character of Antigone with that of Cordelia in Shakespeare's "King Lear."

The scene of Œdipus going alone into the forest at Colonus is similar in pathos and tragedy to Lear's defiance of the midnight tempest on the lonely heath.

LXXII

For references in poetry to the judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris JAMES BEATTIE Judgment of Paris JOHN STUART BLACKIE Œnone ALFRED TENNYSON LXXIII

Other minor deities not mentioned in the text are: Victoria (Nike), goddess of victory.

Phosphor, the morning star.

Hesperus, the evening star, god of the west.

Hygeia, a daughter of Æsculapius, watched over the health of man.

The Graces, daughters of Jove, presided over banquets, dances, and also social pleasures and polite accomplishments.

They were three in number--Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia.

They are also called Gratiæ.

Momus was the god of laughter.

The Seasons were the four daughters of Jupiter and Themis.

Their collective name was Horæ (the Hours).

As the Hours they attended the sun-car of Apollo.

Fama, goddess of Fame.

Faunus, god of fields and shepherds.

He was also gifted with prophetic powers.

Fauna, the sister wife or daughter of Faunus.

She was also called the Bona Dea.

Pales, a deity who presided over cattle and pastures.

Manes, the souls of the departed who had become deified.

INDEX

Absyrtus, 273-274. Acetes, 174-177. Achelous, 231. Acheron River, 140. Achilles, 152, 208, 279. Acis, 359. Acrisius, 234-236, 249-250. Acropolis, 305. Actæon, 56. Admete, 219. Admetus, 33-35, 268. Adonis, 78-79. Adrastus, 302, 314, 356. Æacus, 143. Æetes, 271, 273-274. Ægean Sea, 32, 300. Ægeus, 277, 287-288, 291-292, 300. Ægis, 23, 239, 249. Ægyptus, 145. Æneas, 80, 194, 197, 201. Æolian Is.

, 200, 202. Æolus, 18, 200-204. Æolus, Temple of, 203. Æsculapius, 69, 305, 336-337. Æsepus, 208. Æson, 262, 265, 275-276. Æther, 347. Æthra, 287-288, 303. Agave, 178. Agenor, 167. Aglaia, 373. Aidoneus; see Pluto.

Ajax, 279. Alcestis, 34-35, 332. Alcides; see Hercules.

Alcimede, 262. Alcmene, 212. Alecto, 144. Alectryon, 77. Alpheus, 133, 217, 350-351. Althæa, 278-282. Amalthea, 349. Amazons, 219, 301. Ammon, Jupiter, 325. Amor; see Eros.

Amphion, 107, 342. Amphitrite, 152-154. Anchises, 79-80. Ancient of the Deep; see Proteus.

Ancile, 118. Andræmon, 186. Andromeda, 245-247, 249, 367. Anteia, 251. Anteros, 81. Anteus, 225-226. Antigone, 311-312, 315-316, 372. Antiope (1) (Amazon), 301. Antiope (2), 342. Aphrodite; see Venus, 337-339. Apollo, 30-52, 59, 65, 77, 126, 142, 165, 332-333, 336, 344. Apollo Belvedere, 333. Aquilo; see Boreas.

Arachne, 24-26. Arcadia, 183, 279. Arcas, 73. Areopagitæ, 123. Areopagus, 122. Ares; see Mars.

Arete, 213, 363. Arethusa, 132-133, 350-351. Argo, 235, 250, 267, 274, 368. Argonauts, 156, 267, 274, 277. Argos, 144, 251, 273, 277, 331, 368. Argus, 68. Ariadne, 178-179, 296-300. Arion (1) (musician), 108. Arion (2) (horse), 157, 356. Aristæus, 110, 158. Artemis; see Diana.

Asphodel, the meads of, 141. Astarte, 339. Atalanta, 279-286, 370. Athamas, 164, 171, 266. Athena; see Minerva.

Athene; see Minerva.

Athens, 29, 122, 287-288, 291, 300-301, 313, 330. Atlas, 4, 138, 224, 226-229, 243-244. Atropos, 142. Augeas (Augean Stables), 217. Aurora, 129, 201, 206-209. Auster; see Notus.

Aventine, Mt. , 221. Avernus, Lake, 139. Babylon, 97. Bacchanalia, 359. Bacchanals, 177. Bacchantes, 113, 173, 177. Bacchus, 125, 167-182, 299, 359. Baucis, 70-72. Bear, Myth of Great and Little, 73. Bellerophon, 243, 251-261. Bellerophontic Letters, 367. Bellona, 117. Berenice, 339. Beroë, 169. Biton, 331. Bœotia, 120, 168. Bona Dea, 373. Boreas, 201, 204, 269. Cacus, 221. Cadmus, 120-122, 271. Caduceus, the, 66. Calais, 204. Calliope, 109, 345. Callisto, 73. Calydon, 278-279. Calydonian Hunt, 278-282. Campus Martius, 119. Cancer, 215. Capitol, 325. Carpathian Wizard, 358. Cassiopeia, 245, 366. Castor, 268, 279, 303, 371. Caucasus, Mt. , 6, 224. Celeus, 130. Centaur, 69, 212, 216, 232-233, 302. Cephalus, 207-208, 362. Cepheus, 248. Cepreus, 356. Cerberus, 91, 111, 139, 229. Cerealia, 351. Ceres, 88, 129-136, 137, 146, 156, 188, 349, 351. Cerynea, Stag of, 216. Cestus, the, 337. Ceÿx, 355-356. Chaos, 347. Charon, 91, 140, 353. Charybdis, 163. Chimæra, 253, 258-260. Chios, 335. Chiron, 69, 212, 216, 262. Cilicia, 168. Cilix, 167. Circe, 162. Cithæron, Mt. , 177. Clashing Is.

, 270-271. Cleobis, 331. Clio, 344. Clotho, 142. Clymene, 47. Clytie, 45, 334. Cnidos, Venus of, 338. Cocytus, 139. Cœus, 348. Colchis, 266, 271-273, 278. Colonus, 312. Colossus of Rhodes, 333. Consentes; see Pan.

Cora; see Proserpina.

Corinth, 164, 251, 254, 289, 306-307, 359. Cornucopia, 232. Corona, 179. Coronis, 69, 142. Corus, 203. Crab, 215. Creon, 213, 315-316. Crete, 293, 295. Creusa, 277. Crius, 348. Cronos (Cronus); see Saturn.

Crumissa, 156. Cupid, 81-92, 126, 340. Cyane River, 128-129, 132. Cybele; see Rhea.

Cyclops, 137, 335, 348, 357. Cycnus, 51. Cynthia; see Diana.

Cynthius; see Apollo.

Cyparissus, 336. Cyprus, 75, 104, 284. Cyrene, 158. Cytherea; see Venus.

Dædalus, 293-294, 370. Danaë, 235-237, 249, 366. Danaïdes, 111, 144-145. Danaüs, 144-145, 235. Daphne, 45-47. Death; see Mors.

Deïaneira, 231-234. Delos, 32, 53, 333. Delphi, oracle of, 20, 168, 306-308, 311, 328, 355. Deluge, The Story of the, 16, 21, 328. Demeter; see Ceres.

Demios, 345. Destiny, 325. Deucalion, 19, 328. Dia, 174. Diana, 53-63, 133, 278, 305. Diana of the Ephesians, 334. Diana of Versailles, 335. Diana of the Hind, 335. Diomede, 330. Diomedes, 218. Dione (1) (goddess), 337. Dione (2); see Venus.

Dionysia, 359. Dionysus; see Bacchus.

Dirce, 343. Dis; see Pluto.

Discordia, 318, 345. Dodona, 267, 325-326. Doris, 152. Dreams, 149, 355-356. Dryads, 185, 188. Dryope, 186-187, 361. Echo, 93-95. Egeria, 305. Egypt, 175. Eleusinian Festivals, 351. Eleusinian Mysteries, 351-352. Eleusis, 130, 136, 351. Elgin Marbles, 330. Elis, 132, 217. Elysian Fields, 141, 332. Endymion, 61-63, 335. Enna, Vale of, 127. Eos; see Aurora.

Ephesus, 334. Ephialtes, 119. Epidaurus, 336. Epimetheus, 4, 8-15, 138. Epirus, 326. Erato, 345. Erebus, 347. Eridanus River, 51, 223, 334. Erinnys; see Furies.

Eris; see Discordia.

Eros; see Cupid.

Also page 347. Erymanthus, Mt. , 216. Erysichthon, 188-191. Erythea, 221. Eteocles, 311, 314-315. Etna, Mt. , 124-125, 127, 200. Eumenides; see Furies.

Euphrosyne, 373. Europa, 74, 167. Eurus, 201, 203. Eurydice, 107-114, 160. Eurystheus, 214, etc. Eurytion, 221. Euterpe, 344. Evenus, 165. Fama, 373. Famine, Goddess of, 189. Farnese Bull, 343. Farnese Hercules, 363. Fates, 142, 317. Father Nile, 359. Fauna, 373. Fauns, 183, 185, 360. Faunus, 373. Flora, 209. Floralia, 210. Fortuna, 232. Forum, 194, 205. Furies, 111, 144, 313, 353-354. Gæa, 347. Galatea (1), (and Pygmalion), 104-106. Galatea (2), (Nereid), 152, 357. Ganymede, 116. Ge; see Gæa. Geryon, 221. Gibraltar, 221. Glauce, 277. Glaucus, 161-162. Gorgons, 237-238, 241-242. Gorgon's Cave, 241. Graces, 372. Grææ; see Gray Old Women.

Gratiæ; see Graces.

Gray Old Women, 239-240. Hades (1), 35, 79, 91, 110, 127, 138-151, 199, 303-304, 313. Hades (2); see Pluto.

Hæmon, 316. Halcyon birds, 356. Halcyone, 355-356. Hamadryads, 185-186, 188, 191, 210. Harmonia, 122, 168. Harpies, 204, 269. Hebe, 115, 234. Hecate, 370. Hecuba, 320. Helen, 74, 302-303, 322. Heliades, 334. Helicon, Mt. , 254, 257, 367. Helios; see Apollo.

Helle, 266. Hellespont, 100, 266, 341. Hemera, 347. Hephæstia, 347. Hephæstus; see Vulcan.

Hera; see Juno.

Heracles; see Hercules.

Hercules, 6, 155, 212-234, 268-269, 322, 332, 356, 363, 368. Here; see Juno.

Hermes; see Mercury.

Hero, 100-104. Hesione, 155-156, 220. Hesperides, 223. Hesperides, Garden of, 181, 220, 223, 227, 365. Hesperus (Hesper), 129, 223, 372. Hestia; see Vesta.

Hippocrene, 367. Hippodamia, 302. Hippolyte (Hippolyta), 219-220, 301. Hippolytus, 301, 304-305. Hippomenes, 283-286. Horæ, 373. Hours, 206. Hupnos; see Somnus.

Hyacinthus, 68, 335-336. Hydra, 215. Hygeia (Hygea), 372. Hylas, 268, 368. Hymen, 110. Hyperion, 348. Hypermnestra, 145, 235. Iapetus, 348. Ibycus, 353. Icarian Sea, 294. Icarus, 293-294. Ida, Mt. , 116, 319-320, 323, 349. Idas, 165-166. Ilia (1), (one of Titanides), 348. Ilia (2), (Rhea Silvia), 117. Ino, 164, 171-172, 266. Io, 66-68. Iobates, 252-253, 260. Iolaus, 215, 219. Iole, 233. Ionian Sea, 70. Iphitus, 230. Iris, 206, 356. Isles of the Blest, 220-221, 364. Ismene, 311. Istar, 339. Isthmian Games, 164, 359. Itylus (Itys), 344. Ixion, 111, 147, 303. Janus, 204-206, 362. Jasius, 279. Jason, 156, 262-277, 279. Jocasta, 306, 309, 311-312, 315. Jove; see Jupiter.

Juno, 23, 30, 31, 66-67, 73-74, 93, 123-124, 137, 169-170, 201-202, 212-213, 215, 219, 264, 319-320, 331, 346, 349. Jupiter, 1-3, 33, 67, 70-72, 73-74, 76, 93, 123, 134, 137, 168-171, 199, 235, 261, 267, 317-318, 325-327, 344, 349. Jupiter Ammon, temple of, 325-326. Juventas; see Hebe.

Kakia, 213. Lachesis, 142. Laius, 306, 308, 311. Laomedon, 154-156, 220, 230. Lapithæ, 301-302. Lara, 198-199. Lares, 198-199. Latmus, Mt. , 62. Latona, 31-32, 53. Leander, 100-104, 340. Learchus, 172. Leda, 74, 302. Lelaps, 207. Lerna, 215. Lethe, 141, 148. Leto; see Latona.

Leucothea, 164. Liber; see Bacchus.

Liberalia, 359. Libia, 326. Lichas, 234. Lipari Is.

; see Æolian Is.

Lotis, 187. Lycia, 251-253. Lycomedes, 305. Lycus, 342. Lydia, 180, 230. Lynceus, 235. Lyncus, 136. Lyra, 343. Mæonia, 174. Maia, 64. Manes, 373. Marpessa, 165-166. Mars, 77, 116-123, 271, 345. Mars, Field of, 119. Marsyas, 37-40. Matronalia, 331. Medea, 272-277, 291-292, 369-370. Media, 292. Medici (Venus de), 338. Medusa, 237, 241-242, 244, 248, 366. Megæra, 144. Megara, 213. Melampus, 367-368. Meleager, 231, 268, 278-282. Melian Nymphs, 349. Melicertes, 164, 172. Melpomene, 345. Memnon, 208-209. Menelaus, 322. Mercury, 9, 64-72, 79, 120, 125, 135, 183, 198-199, 206, 214, 238. Merope, 335. Metis, 349. Metus, 345. Midas, 40-43, 180-182, 360. Milanion, 283. Milo (Melos) (Venus of), 337. Minerva, 22-29, 38, 238, 255, 319-321, 329-330, 370. Minos (1), (Judge in Hades), 143. Minos (2), (King), 218, 293, 296. Minotaur, 218, 293, 295-298. Mnemosyne, 137, 344, 348. Momus, 373. Morpheus, 149. Mors, 148, 150. Musagetes, 344. Muses, 39, 254, 344. Mycenæ, 250. Naiads, 185, 198, 361. Narcissus, 94-97. Naxos, 175, 178, 299. Nemea, 363. Nemean Games, 363. Nemean Lion, 214. Nemesis, 144. Nephele, 266. Neptune, 3, 28, 32, 36, 122, 137, 152-157, 165-166, 190, 202, 218, 243, 266, 304, 349, 357, 359. Nereids, 152, 157, 356. Nereus, 152, 318. Nessus, 232-234, 364. Nestor, 279-280. Nightmares, 149. Nike (Nice); see Victoria.

Ninus, 98. Niobe, 54, 145. Notus, 201, 203. Nox; see Nyx.

Numa Pompilius, 196, 205. Nysa, Mt. , 172. Nysiades, 172. Nyx, 347. Oceanides, 157. Oceanus, 152, 347. Ocrisia, 346. Odysseus; see Ulysses.

Œdipus, 306-316, 371. Œneus, 231, 278. Œnone, 320, 322-323, 372. Œnopion, 335. Œta, Mt. (Œte), 234. Olympia, 326. Olympiads, 326. Olympic Games, 326. Olympus, 1, 2, 3, 138, 261, 317. Omphale, 230. Oneicopompus; see Mercury.

Ops; see Rhea.

Orcus; see Pluto.

Oreads, 185, 189. Orestes, 353. Orion, 57-59, 335. Orithyia, 204. Orpheus, 107-114, 160, 173, 268, 343. Otus, 119. Pactolus, 182. Palæmon, 164, 358. Pales, 373. Palladium, 329-330. Pallas; see Minerva.

Pallor, 345. Pan, 40-41, 183-185, 210, 361. Panathenæa, 330. Pandora, 8-15. Parcæ; see Fates.

Paris, 319-323, 372. Parnassus, 19, 328. Parthenium, Mt. , 279. Parthenon, 29, 330. Pax, 353. Pegasus, 243, 254-261, 367. Peleus, 279, 317. Pelias, 262, 264-265, 274-276. Pelion, Mt. , 267. Pelops, 146. Penates, 194, 198. Peneus, 46, 217. Pentheus, 173-174, 177-178. Peplus, the, 330. Perdix, 370. Periphetes, 288-289. Persephone; see Proserpina.

Perseus, 236-250, 367. Phædra, 304-305. Phaëton, 47-52, 334. Pherephatta; see Proserpina.

Phidias, 29, 326, 330. Philemon, 70-72. Philoctetes, 234, 322. Philomela, 343, 344. Philonoë, 253, 260. Phineus (1), 247-248. Phineus (2) (soothsayer), 269-270. Phlegethon River, 140, 144. Phocis, 328. Phœbe (1), (one of Titanides), 348. Phœbe (2); see Diana.

Phœbus; see Apollo.

Phœnicia, 167. Phœnix, 167. Phosphor, 372. Phrygia, 173, 360. Phryxus, 266. Phthia, 317. Pillars of Hercules, 221, 365. Pine-Bender; see Sinis.

Pirene, 254, 256. Pirithous, 279, 301-303. Pleiades, 58. Plenty, Goddess of; see Fortuna.

Plexippus, 281. Pluto, 3, 112, 127, 129, 135, 137-147, 229, 302, 349. Plutus, 352-353. Pollux, 268, 279, 303, 371. Polybus, 306. Polydectes, 237-238. Polyhymnia, 345. Polyidus, 254. Polynices, 311, 314-316. Polyphemus, 153. Pomona, 210-211. Pontus, 347. Portumnus; see Palæmon, 359. Poseidon; see Neptune.

Praxiteles, 337. Priam, 230, 320, 322. Priapus, 187. Procne, 343-344. Procris, 207-208, 362. Procrustes, 290-291. Prœtus, 251. Prometheus, 4-6, 138, 224. Proserpina, 91, 127-135, 142, 302, 352. Proserpine; see Proserpina.

Proteus, 157, 159, 223-224, 358. Psyche, 81-92. Psychopompus; see Mercury.

Pygmalion, 104-106, 342. Pygmies, 224-225, 365. Pyramus, 97-100, 341. Pyrrha, 19, 328. Pytheus; see Apollo.

Pythia, 329. Pythian Games, 329. Python, 36, 329, 332. Quirinal, Mt. , 346. Quirinalia, 246. Quirinus, 345. Remus, 118. Rhadamanthus, 142. Rhea, 137, 173, 286, 348-349. Rhea Silvia, 117. Rhœcus, 191-192, 362. Romulus, 118, 345. Sagittarius, 216. Salii, 119. Salmoneus, 146. Saturn, 137, 348-349. Satyrs, 172, 183, 360. Sciron, 289. Scylla, 162-164. Scyros, 305. Scythia, 136. Seasons, 373. Selene; see Diana.

Semele, 167-171. Seriphus, 237. Servius Tullius, 346. Sestus, 100. Seven against Thebes, 315. Seven Wonders, 327. Sicily, 127, 131. Silenus, 172, 179-180. Silvia; see Rhea Silvia.

Sinis, 290. Sirius, 57. Sisyphus, 111, 147, 251. Sleep, Cave of, 148-151, 206. Sleep, God of, 148. Sleep, Spirit of, 92. Sol; see Apollo.

Somnus, 148. Sparta, 303, 322. Speaking Oak, 267. Sphinx, 309-310. Stellio, 130. Stretcher, The; see Procrustes.

Stymphalus, Lake, 217. Styx, 49, 72, 141, 170. Sylvanus, 210. Symplegades, 270-271, 368. Syrinx, 184. Talus, 295-296, 299. Tantalus, 111, 145. Tartarus, 137, 139, 143-148, 348. Telamon, 230, 279-280. Telephassa, 167. Tellus; see Gæa. Tereus, 343. Terpsichore, 345. Terra; see Gæa. Tethys, 152. Thalia, 344, 373. Thanatos; see Mors.

Thebes, 107, 121, 168, 171, 173, 306, 308-309, 311-314, 326. Themis, 81, 138, 143, 348. Theophane, 156. Theseus, 218, 268, 277, 279-280, 286-305, 330. Thesmophoria, 351. Thessaly, 33, 189, 355. Thetis, 153, 316-318, 348. Thisbe, 97-100, 341. Thrace, 218, 269. Thunderer, The; see Jupiter.

Thyrsus, the, 359. Tiber, 195-196, 337. Tisiphone, 144, 171. Titanides, 348. Titans, 137-138, 152, 347-348. Tithonus, 208, 362-363. Tityus, 147. Tmolus, 41. Toxeus, 281. Triptolemus, 136. Triton, 157. Troy, 79, 116, 154, 194, 220, 320. Tuccia, 196. Ulysses, 202-203, 330. Urania, 345. Uranus, 347-348. Veneralia, 339. Venus, 78-80, 82-83, 89-92, 105, 126, 284-285, 319-321, 337-339. Venus of Milo, 327. Vertumnus, 210-211. Vesta, 117, 136, 193-197, 349. Vestalia, 197. Vestals, 195-196. Vesuvius, 139. Victoria, 372. Vulcan, 76-78, 123-126, 285, 346. Vulcanalia, 347. Winds, 200-201, 203. Winds, Tower of the, 203. Wizard of the Deep; see Proteus.

Zephyrus, 68, 83, 86, 133, 201, 203, 209. Zetes, 204. Zethus, 342. Zeus; see Jupiter.

Zodiac, 303. FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Appendix, page 325. [2] See Appendix, page 327. [3] See Appendix, page 327. [4] See Appendix, page 328. [5] See Appendix, page 328. [6] See Appendix, page 329. [7] From the Greek word "parthenos," which means "maiden."

[8] See Appendix, page 331. [9] See Appendix, page 332. [10] See Appendix, page 332. [11] See Appendix, page 334. [12] See Appendix, page 333. [13] See Appendix, page 334. [14] See Appendix, page 334. [15] See Appendix, page 335. [16] See Appendix, page 335. [17] Mercury's wand was called the Caduceus.

[18] See Appendix, page 335. [19] Cf.

"Story of Cyparissus," Appendix, page 336. [20] See Appendix, page 336. [21] See Appendix, page 337. [22] See Appendix, page 338. [23] See Appendix, page 340. [24] See Appendix, page 341. [25] See Appendix, page 341. [26] See Appendix, page 341. [27] See Appendix, page 342. [28] See the "Story of Dirce," Appendix, page 342. [29] See Appendix, page 345. [30] See Appendix, page 343. [31] See Appendix, page 345. [32] She was also known as Ilia.

[33] See page 74. [34] See Appendix, page 346. [35] See page 76. [36] See Appendix, page 349. [37] See Appendix, page 351. [38] See Appendix page 350. [39] See Appendix, page 347. [40] Appendix, page 357. [41] See Appendix, page 352. [42] Also called Erinnys or Eumenides.

Their names were Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megæra.

See Appendix, page 353. [43] See Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, Book XI, line 590, etc. [44] See "Story of Ceÿx and Halcyone," Appendix, page 355. [45] Two gates of sleep there are: one of horn, through which pass the true dreams; the other of shining white ivory, through which the spirits send false dreams up to the world.

[46] Pale Death steps with the same foot to the huts of the poor and the palaces of kings.

[47] See Appendix, page 356. [48] See Appendix, page 357. [49] See page 36. [50] See page 230. [51] See Appendix, page 356. [52] See page 110. [53] See Appendix, page 359. [54] See "Story of the Dragon's Teeth," page 121. [55] See Appendix, page 359. [56] See page 164. [57] See page 113. [58] Old name for Naxos.

[59] See page 299. [60] See page 40. [61] See Appendix, page 360. [62] "Pactolus singeth over golden sands."

--GRAY.

[63] See Appendix, page 361. [64] See Appendix, page 360. [65] See Appendix, page 361. [66] See Appendix, page 362. [67] Here in a vast cave, King Æolus keeps under his control the struggling winds and roaring tempests, and holds them chained in prison.

They, chafing at restraint, surge against their barriers with the great rumbling of a mountain.

Æolus sits in a lofty stronghold, holding a scepter, and soothes their feeling and softens their wrath.

If he did not do this, they would surely carry with them in rapid course the seas and lands and the deep sky and sweep these with them to the high heavens.

[68] See page 269. [69] See Appendix, page 362. [70] See Appendix, page 362. [71] See Appendix, page 362. [72] See Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, Book XIV, line 645. [73] See Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, Book XIV, line 655. [74] See Appendix, page 363. [75] Some authorities state that Hippolyte was not killed, but lived to marry the hero Theseus.

See page 301. [76] See page 155. [77] See Appendix, page 364. [78] See page 6. [79] See Appendix, page 365. [80] See Appendix, page 365. [81] According to some stories, Atlas was the father of the Hesperides and owner of the Garden.

[82] See page 302. [83] See page 35. [84] See page 155. [85] See page 145. [86] See Appendix, page 366. [87] See Appendix, page 366. [88] See Appendix, page 367. [89] See Appendix, page 367. [90] See Appendix, page 367. [91] See page 243. [92] Hawthorne's _Wonder Book_, "The Chimæra."

[93] See Appendix, page 368. [94] See Appendix, page 368. [95] See page 121. [96] See Appendix, page 369. [97] Sometimes given as Glauce.

[98] Sometimes given as Milanion.

[99] Ovid, _Metam.

_, Book X, line 610. [100] See Appendix, page 370. [101] See page 218. [102] See Appendix, page 370. [103] See page 179. [104] Some authorities say that it was Hippolyte whom Theseus married, and that she was therefore not slain by Hercules.

This is the story that Shakespeare adopted in "Midsummer-Night's Dream."

[105] See page 74. [106] See Appendix, page 371. [107] See page 229. [108] See Appendix, page 371. [109] Sophocles, _Œdipus the King_.

[110] See Appendix, pages 371, 372. [111] This was the same Creon whose daughter Megara had married Hercules.

[112] See page 234. Transcriber's Notes: In versions of this eBook that cannot display Greek (page 355), only the author's transliterations are included.

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