4-căn'tha. A nymph beloved by Apollo, and changed by him into the herb bear's-foot. 4-ces'tes. The son of Crinisus and Egesta:a king of Sicily, who entertained Æneas. 4-eha'tēs. The faithful companion of Æneas. Ash'e-ron. The son of Sol and Terra, changed by Jupiter into a river of hell or the infernal regions;-used also for hell itself. 4-chil'lēs. (The hero of Homer's Iliad.) The son of Peleus (king of Thrace) and Thetis. He was a Greek, who signalized himself in the Trojan war, and who, having been dipped by his mother in the river Styx, was invulnerable in every part except his right heel, but was at length killed by Paris with an arrow. Ac-i-dā'li-a. A surname of Venus. A cis. The son of Faunus, a Sicilian shepherd, who was killed by Polyphemus because he had obtained the affections of Galatæa. 4-ori''si-us. A king of Argos, killed accidentally with a quoit by his grandson Perseus. Ac-tæ'on. The son of Aristæus, and a famous hunter, who, having surprised Diana as she was bathing, was turned by her into a stag and killed by his own dogs.

Ad-me'tus. A king of Thessaly, and husband of Alcestis. He was remarkable for his misfortunes and piety.

4-do'nis. A beautiful youth, beloved by Venus. A-dras'tus. A king of Argos, and one of the seven chiefs who sacked Thebes. Ea-cus. One of the infernal judges. E-g'on. A giant, or monster, who was thrust under Etna:-represented as a marine god. E-ge'rị-a. A beautiful nymph, worshipped by the Romans, particularly by the ladies. E-ge'us. A king of Athens, who gave name to the Ægean Sea by drowning himself in it. E-gi'na. The daughter of Asopus, and a favorite of Jupiter.

E'gis. The shield of Jupiter. E-is'thus. A king of Argos, and son of Thyestes. He was killed by Orestes for having murdered Agamemnon.

E-gyp'tus. The son of Belus, and brother of Danaus. He had fifty sons, who were married to their fifty cousins, the daughters of Danaus. E-ne'as. (The hero of Virgil's Eneid.) A Trojan prince, the son of Anchises and Venus. He, surviving the destruction of Troy, sailed into Italy, and succeeded King Latinus. 'o-lus. The god of the winds and storms.

Es'a-cus. The son of Priam, who threw him self into the sea in pursuit of Hesperia and was changed by Thetis into a cormorant. Es-cu-la'pi-ŭs. The god of medicine, and the son of Apollo, killed by Jupiter with a thunderbolt on account of his skill, and particularly for having restored Hippolytus to life. Ag-a-měm'non. A king of Mycena and Argos, brother to Menelaus, and commander-in-chief of the Grecian army at the siege of Troy. Ag-a-nip'pę. A fountain at the foot of Mount Helicon, consecrated to Apollo and the Muses. Ag-la'i-a. One of the three Graces, an attend. ant on Venus.

A'jax. The son of Telamon, and, next to Achil les, bravest of the Greeks in the Trojan war. Al-ces'te, or Al-ces'tis. The daughter of Pelias, and wife of Admetus. She was brought back from hell by Hercules.

Al-ci'deş. A patronymic or title of Hercules. Al-cin'o-us. A king of Phæacia, who enter. tained Ulysses when he was shipwrecked. Alc-me'na. The mother of Hercules. Al-cy'o-ne. The daughter of Neptune, and wife of Ceyx. She, on hearing of her husband's death, threw herself into the sea, and was changed into a kingfisher.

4-lec'to. One of the three Furies. A-măz'o-nēş (Eng. Am'a-zons). A nation of warlike women in Cappadocia. Am'mon, or Ham'mon. An Egyptian and Libyan deity, identified incorrectly by the Greeks and Romans with Jupiter or Zeus. Am-phi'on. The son of Jupiter and Antiope, who built the city of Thebes by the music of his harp. He and his brother Zethus are reported to have invented music. Am-phi-tri'te. The daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, sea-goddess, and wife of Neptune. An-chi'sēs. The son of Capys, and father of Eneas, whom his son Eneas carried on his shoulders out of the flames of Troy. An-dròm'a-chẽ. The daughter of Eëtion, king of Thebes, and wife of Hector. An-drom'e-da. The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiope. She, contesting with Juno and the Nereids for beauty, was exposed to a sea-monster, but was rescued and married by Perseus. An-tæ'us. The son of Neptune and Terra. H. was a famous giant, killed by Hercules. An-tig'o-ne. The daughter of Edipus and Jocasta. She was famous for her filial piety.

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Aph-ro-di'te. The Greek name for Venus.

'pis. An Egyptian deity, variously identified, as with Serapis and Osiris, and worshipped under the shape of an ox, in token of his having taught the Egyptians the art of husbandry.

-pol'lo. The son of Jupiter and Latona, and the god of music, poetry, eloquence, medicine, and the fine arts. Mount Parnassus was his favorite residence, and he had oracles at Delos and Delphi.

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4-rǎeh'ne. A Lydian virgin, turned into a spider for contending with Minerva at spinning. Ar-e-op-a-gita (Eng. Ar-e-op'a-gites). judges of the Areopagus at Athens. Ar-e-thu'są. One of Diana's nymphs, the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was changed into a fountain.

Är-go-nâu'tæ (Eng. Är'go-nâuts). The companions of Jason, in the ship Argo, who went to Colchis in search of the golden fleece. Ärgus. The son of Arestor; said to have had a hundred eyes, but, being killed by Mercury when appointed by Juno to guard Io, she put his eyes on the tail of a peacock. A-ri-ăd'nę. A daughter of Minos: she, from love to Theseus, gave him a clew of thread which guided him out of the Cretan labyrinth, and she became his wife; but being afterwards deserted by him, she was married to Bacchus. 4-ri'on. A lyric poet of Methymna, who, in his voyage to Italy, was saved from the cruelty of the mariners by the dolphins, which the sweetness of his music brought together. Ar-is-tæ'us. A son of Apollo; he was a rural deity who taught mankind to extract oil from the olive, and to make honey, butter, &c. Är'te-mis. The Greek name of Diana. festivals were called Artemisia. As-căl'a-phus. The son of Acheron and Nox, turned into an owl by Ceres for informing Pluto that Proserpine had eaten some grains of a pomegranate;-also a son of Mars, and one of the Argonauts.

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4s-ca'ni-us, or I-u'lus. The son of Æneas and

Creusa, and founder of Alba Longa in Italy. 4-so'pus. The son of Oceanus and Tethys, and king of Boeotia, changed into a river for rebelling against Jupiter.

4s-træ'a. The goddess of justice; changed into the constellation Virgo.

At-a-lăn’tạ. A princess of Scyros, who consented to marry that one of her suitors who should outrun her. Hippomenes was the successful competitor.

A'te. A daughter of Jupiter, and the goddess of discord.

Atlas. One of the Titans, and king of Mauritania. He supported the world on his shoulders, and was turned into a mountain by Per

seus.

A'treus. The son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. At'ro-pos. One of the three Fates; the one that cut the thread of life.

Au'ge-as, or Au-gi'as. One of the Argonauts, afterwards king of Elis. It was one of the labors of Hercules to cleanse his stables of the

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Au-tol'y-cus. One of the Argonauts, the son of Mercury and Chione, and a notorious thief.

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Bac-chan'tēs. Priestesses of Bacchus. Bac'chus. The son of Jupiter and Semele, and the god of wine and of drunkards. Bel-ler'o-phon. The son of Glaucus, king of Egypt, and very beautiful. With the aid of the horse Pegasus, he destroyed the Chimæra. Bel-lo'na. The goddess of war, and the companion and wife or sister of Mars.

Bellus. The son of Neptune and Libya, and one of the first kings of Babylon or Assyria, to whose statue divine honors were paid, and to whom a magnificent temple was built. Bō'na Dē'a. A name given to Ops, Vesta, Cybele, and Rhea, and by the Latins to Fauna or Fatua. Her sacrifices were performed secretly or by night, and by women only. Bō're-as. The son of Astræus and Aurora; the name of the north wind. Bri-a're-us. A giant that warred against heaven, and was feigned to have had fifty heads and one hundred hands. He is also called Agæon. Bri-sē'is, or Hip-po-da-mi'a. The daughter of Brises, priest of Jupiter. She was given to Achilles upon the taking of Lyrnessus in the Trojan war, but afterwards forced from him by Agamemnon.

Bu-si'ris. The son of Neptune and Libya. He was a tyrant of Egypt, and a giant, who fed his horses on human flesh, and was killed by Hercules.

C.

Ca-bi'rī. Mystic divinities, sacred priests, or deified heroes, whose rites were celebrated in the islands of Samothracia and Lemnos. Ca'cus. The son of Vulcan, a notorious robber, slain by Hercules for stealing his oxen. Căd'mus. The son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, the founder of the city of Thebes, and the reputed inventor of sixteen letters of the Greek alphabet.

Cal'chas. A famous soothsayer in the Grecian army engaged in the Trojan war. Cal-li'o-pe. One of the Muses. She presided over eloquence and epic poetry. Cal-lis'to. An Arcadian nymph, metamorphosed by Jupiter into a she-bear, and made a constellation, called the Great Bear.

Ca-lyp'sō. One of the Oceanides, and one of the daughters of Atlas. She reigned in the island Ogygia, and entertained Ulysses.

Ca-mil'la. A famous queen of the Volsci, who opposed Æneas after his landing in Italy. Ca-moe'næ. A title of the Muses. Căp'a-neus. A famous Grecian, killed at the siege of Thebes. Cas-san'dra. The daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but no one believed what she foretold. Cas-tǎl'i-dēs. The Muses, so called from the

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Căs'tor. A son of Jupiter and Leda. He and his twin brother Pollux shared immortality alternately, living and dying every six months, and were formed into the constellation Gemini. Ce' crops. A very rich Egyptian, the founder and first king of Athens, where he instituted marriage, altars, and sacrifices.

Cen-tâu'ri (Eng. Cen'tâurs). A people of Thessaly, half man and half horse, vanquished by Theseus.

Cër'be-rus. The three-headed dog of Pluto.

He guarded the gates of hell; but Hercules overcame him and brought him away. Ce'rēs. The daughter of Saturn and Cybele, and the goddess of corn, harvest, and flowers. Char'i-tes. The Graces.-See GRACES. cha'ron. The son of Erebus and Nox, and ferryman of hell, who conducted the souls of the dead, in a boat, over the rivers Styx and Ach

eron.

Cha-ryb'dis.

A ravenous woman, turned by Jupiter into a gulf or whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite to the rocks called Scylla. Chi-mæ'ra. A strange monster of Lycia, killed by Bellerophon.

Chi'ron. The son of Saturn and Phillyra. He was a Centaur, was preceptor to Achilles, taught Asculapius physic, and Hercules astronomy, and was made the constellation Sagittarius. chlō'ris. The goddess of flowers; Flora. Chry-se'is. The daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, famed for her beauty and for her skill in embroidery. She fell to Agamemnon's lot in the course of the Trojan war, but was afterwards restored, in order to stop a plague among the Grecians, which Apollo had sent at the request of her father.

Cir'ce. The daughter of Sol and Perse. She was a noted enchantress.

Cli'o. The Muse who presided over history.
Clo-a-ci'na. A surname of Venus, and a god-

dess at Rome who presided over the cloaca, sewers or drains.

Clō'thō. One of the three Fates; the one that presided over birth.

Clyt-em-nes' tra. The faithless wife of Agamemnon, killed by her son Orestes for her crimes.

Co-cy'tus. One of the infernal rivers.

Coe'lus. Son of Ether and Tellus, and one of the most ancient of gods; the same as Uranus. Co'mus. The god of revelry, feasting, and jollity.

Cor-y-bǎn'tēs. Priests of Cybele.

Cre-u'sa. The daughter of Priam, and wife of Eneas.

Crō'cus. A young man who was enamoured

of the nymph Smilax, and was changed into the flower or plant called crocus. Croe'sus. The king of Lydia, and the richest man of his time.

Cu'pid. The son of Mars and Venus, a celebrated deity; the god of love, and love itself. Cyb'e-le. The daughter of Coelus and Terra, wife of Saturn, and mother of Jupiter and other gods. She is called also Rhea, Ops, &c. Cyclops (sing. & pl.; Lat. pl. Cy-clo'pēs). Vulcan's workmen, giants who had only one eye, in the middle of the forehead, and who were slain by Apollo in a pique against Jupiter.

ber, Arges, Brontes, and Steropes. Their number was greater according to other mythologists, and in the age of Ulysses Polyphemus was the chief among them.

Cyn'thi-a. A surname of Diana. Cyn'thi-us. A surname of Apollo. Cyp-a-ris'sus. A beautiful youth metamorphosed by Apollo into a cypress for having killed a favorite stag.

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Dæd'a-lus. An ingenious artist and artificer of Athens, who formed the Cretan labyrinth, and invented the auger, axe, glue, plumb-line, saw, and masts and sails for ships.

Dăn'a-e. The daughter of Acrisius, and mother of Perseus.

Da-na'i-dēs. The fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Argos, all of whom, except one (Hy. permnestra), killed their husbands on the first night after marriage, and were therefore doomed to draw water out of a deep well and eternally to pour it into a cask full of holes. Daph'ne. The daughter of the river Peneus. She was changed into a laurel-tree. Dăph'nis. A shepherd of Sicily, and son of Mercury. He was educated by the nymphs, and inspired by the Muses with the love of poetry.

Där'da-nus. The son of Jupiter and Electra, and founder of Troy.

De-id-a-mi'a. The daughter of Lycomedes, king of Scyros, wife of Achilles, and mother of Pyrrhus.

De-Iph'o-bus. A son of Priam and Hecuba. He married Helena after the death of Paris, but was betrayed by her to the Greeks. Děj-a-nī'ra. The daughter of Eneus, and wife of Hercules, who killed herself in despair because her husband burnt himself to avoid the torment occasioned by the poisoned shirt that she had given him to regain his love, according to the direction of Nessus, the Centaur, from whom she received it. De'li-a. A festival in honor of Apollo. De'li-us. A surname of Apollo. Deu-ca'li-on. The son of Prometheus, and king of Thessaly, who, with his wife Pyrrha, was preserved from the general deluge. They repeopled the world by throwing stones behind them, as directed by the oracle.

Di-a'na. The daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and goddess of hunting, chastity, and marriage.

Di'do. The queen of Carthage, daughter of Belus, and wife of Sichæus. She built Carthage, and, according to Virgil, entertained Æneas on his voyage to Italy, and stabbed herself in despair because Eneas left her.

Di-o-me'dēs. The son of Tydeus, and king of
Etolia, who gained great reputation at Troy
and with Ulysses carried off the Palladium.
Di'ræ. A name or title of the Furies.

Dir'ce. The wife of Lycus, king of Thebes.
She was dragged to death by a mad bull.
Dis. A title of Pluto:-also, a god of the Gauls.
Dis-cör'di-a. A malevolent deity, the goddess

Ech'ō. The daughter of Aër, or Air, and Tellus.
She pined away through love for Narcissus.
E-gē'ri-a. A nymph of Aricia, and wife of
Numa.

-lec'tra. The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She instigated her brother Orestes to avenge their father's death upon their mother and Ægisthus. E-lysi-um, or the Elysian Fields. The happy residence of the virtuous after death. En-cěl'a-dus. The son of Titan and Terra, and the strongest of the giants, who conspired against Jupiter and attempted to scale heaven. En-dym'i-on. A king of Elis, or a shepherd of Caria, condemned to a sleep of thirty

years.

E-pe'us. An artist, who made the Trojan horse and invented the sword and buckler. Eph-i-ǎl'tēs. A monstrous giant, son of Neptune.

Er'a-to. One of the Muses :-she presided over lyric and amorous poetry.

Er e-bus. The son of Chaos and Nox, an infernal deity:-a river of hell, or hell itself. E-rin'ny-ēs. A Greek name for the Eumenides, or Furies.

Er-y-ci'na. A surname of Venus.

Eu-měn'i-dēs. A name of the Furies.
Eu-phör bus. The son of Panthous. He was
slain by Menelaus in the Trojan war.
Eu-phros'y-nē. One of the three Graces.
Eu-rō'pa. The daughter of Phoenix or Agenor.

Her beauty charmed Jupiter, who took the form of a white bull and carried her to Crete. Eu-ry'a-lē. A queen of the Amazons:-also, one of the three Gorgons. Eū-ry'a-lus. A Peloponnesian chief in the Trojan war:-also a Trojan and a friend of Nisus, for whose loss Æneas was inconsolable. Eu-ryd'i-ce. The wife of Orpheus, killed by a serpent on her marriage-day.

Eu-ryl'o-chus. One of the companions of Ulysses, and the only one who was not changed by Circe into a swine. Eu-ryn'o-me. The daughter of Oceanus, and mother of the Graces. Eu-rys'theus. The son of Sthenelus, and king of Mycenae, who, at Juno's instigation, set his brother Hercules twelve different labors. Eu-tër'pe. The Muse who presided over music.

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Fates, or Pär'ça. Powerful goddesses, who presided over the birth and the life of mankind. They were the three daughters of Nox and Erebus, named Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Clotho was supposed to hold the distaff, Lachesis to draw the thread of human life, and

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Fâu'ni (Eng. Fâuns). Rural deities, described as having the legs, feet, and ears of goats, and the rest of the body human.

Fâu'nus. A fabled king of Italy, fond of agriculture, and revered as a deity.

Fe-rō'ni-a. The goddess of woodlands and groves, and the patroness of slaves.

Flo'ra. The goddess of flowers and gardens. For-tu'na. The goddess of fortune, from whose hand were derived riches and poverty, happiness and misery ;-said to be blind.

Fu'ries. The three daughters of Nox and Acheron, Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megara. They were armed with snakes and lighted torches, and were ministers of the vengeance of the gods.

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Găl-a-tæ'a. A sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris, loved by Polyphemus and by Acis. Găn-y-me'dēş (Eng. Găn'y-mede). The son of Tros, king of Troy. Jupiter, in the form of an eagle, snatched him up, and made him his cup-bearer, instead of Hebe.

Ge'ni-i. Spirits, demons, or guardian angels who presided over the birth and life of men. Ge'ry-on. A monster, represented as having three bodies and three heads, and as having fed his oxen with human flesh, and who was therefore killed by Hercules.

Gör'di-us. A husbandman who became king of Phrygia, and who tied a knot of cords, on which the empire of Asia depended, in so intricate a manner that Alexander, unable to unravel it, cut it asunder.

Gör'gonş. Three daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. Their bodies were covered with impenetrable scales, their hair was entwined with serpents, they had wings and brazen claws, and they could change into stone those whom they looked on. Gra'ces. Three goddesses, represented as beautiful virgins, and attendants on Venus. Their names are Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia.

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Hæ'mon. A Theban prince who slew himself on the tomb of Antigone for love. Hăm-a-dry'a-dēs. (Eng. Ham'a-dry-ads). Nymphs who lived in woods and presided over trees.

Här-py'i-æ (Eng. Här'pies). The three daugh ters of Neptune and Terra, named Aello, Celæne, and Ocypete, hideous winged monsters, with the faces of virgins, the bodies of vultures, and hands armed with claws.

He'be. The daughter of Juno. She was the goddess of youth, and Jupiter's cup-bearer, but was banished from heaven on account of an unlucky fall.

Hěc'a-te (Eng. Hec'ate). A goddess of hell, sometimes identified with Diana on earth, Luna in heaven, and Proserpine in hell. Hěc'tor. The son of Priam and Hecuba; the most valiant of the Trojans, slain by Achilles.

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Thrace, and wife of Priam. She tore her eyes out for the loss of her children, and was turned into a bitch for railing at the Grecians. Hěl'e-na (Eng. Hěl'en). Daughter of Tyndarus and Leda, and wife of Menelaus; the most beautiful woman of her age, who, by running away with Paris, occasioned the Trojan war. Hěl'e-nus. Son of Priam and Hecuba, spared by the Greeks for his skill in divination. He-li'a-dēs. The three daughters of Sol (the sun) and Clymene, Lampethusa, Lampetia, and Phaëthusa, changed into poplars for lamenting greatly the death of their brother Phaeton. Hěl'i-con. A mountain of Boeotia, sacred to the Muses.

Hěl'le. The daughter of Athamas; flying from her step-mother Ino, she was drowned in a strait, hence called Hellespont. Hĕr-a-cli'dæ. The descendants of Hercules. Her'cu-les, or Hĕr'a-klēs. The son of Jupiter and Alcmena. He became a famous hero, and was remarkable for his great strength, and celebrated for his twelve labors. Hër'mæ. Statues of Mercury in Athens. Her'mēs. The Greek name of Mercury. Her-mi o-ne. The daughter of Mars and Venus, and wife of Cadmus. She was changed into a serpent. Also, a daughter of Menelaus and Helena, married to Pyrrhus.

He'rō. A beautiful woman of Sestos, in Thrace, and a priestess of Venus, whom Leander of Abydos loved so tenderly that he swam over the Hellespont every night to see her; but he being at length unfortunately drowned, she threw herself, in despair, into the sea. He-si'o-ne. The daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy, saved from a sea-monster by Hercules. Hes-per'i-dēs. Three nymphs, daughters of Hesperus. They guarded the golden apples which Juno gave to Jupiter.

Hěs'pe-rus, or Věs'per. The son of Japetus, and brother to Atlas; changed into the evening

star.

Hip-pol'y-tus. The son of Theseus and Antiope, or Hippolyte. He was restored to life by Esculapius at the request of Diana. Hip-pom'e-don. The son of Nesimachus, and one of the seven Grecian chiefs in the war against Thebes.

Hip-pom'e-nes. A Grecian prince, who, beating Atalanta in the race by throwing golden apples before her, married her. They were changed by Cybele into lions.

Hy-a-cin'thus. A beautiful boy, beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus. The latter killed him; but Apollo changed the blood that was spilt into a flower called the Hyacinth. Hy'a-dēs. Nymphs whose parentage, names, and number are differently stated by the ancients; but the number is seven as they appear in the constellation that bears their name. Their names are Ambrosia, Eudora, Pedile, Coronis, Polyxo, Phyto, and Thyene or Dione. Hy'dra. A monster or serpent with nine-or, according to some, one hundred-heads, which infested the Lake Lerna. It was killed by Hercules.

Hy-ge'i-a. A daughter of Esculapius. She was the goddess of health.

Hym-e-næ'us, and Hy'mẹn. The son of Bac

Apollo and one of the Muses, and the god of marriage.

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I-ǎc'ehus. A surname of Bacchus. Ic'a-rus. The son of Dædalus. He, flying with his father out of Crete, soared so high that the sun melted the wax which fastened his wings to his body, and he fell into the sea,— thence called the Icarian Sea. I-dom'e-neus. A king of Crete, who was banished for sacrificing his son on account of a vow which he had made in a tempest.

I'ō. The daughter of Inachus and Ismene, turned by Jupiter into a cow, and worshipped after her death.

Iph-i-ge-ni'a. The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and a priestess of Diana. I'ris. The daughter of Thaumas and Electra, one of the Oceanides, and messenger of Juno, who turned her into a rainbow.

I'sis. A very widely worshipped Egyptian goddess.

I-to'nus. The son of Deucalion, and king of Thessaly, reported to have found out the fusion of metals and the art of coining money. x-i'on. A king of Thessaly, and father of the Centaurs. He killed his own sister, and was punished by being fastened in hell to a wheel perpetually turning round.

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Ja'nus. The god of the year, who presided over the gates of heaven, and over peace and war. He is represented with two faces; and his temple at Rome was always open in time of war and shut in time of peace.

Ja'son. The leader of the Argonauts, who obtained the golden fleece at Colchis.

Ju'no. The daughter of Saturn and Ops, sister and wife of Jupiter. She was queen of heaven and of all the gods, and the goddess of marriages and births.

Ju'pi-ter. The son of Saturn and Ops. He was the supreme deity of the heathen world, the most powerful of all the gods, the father and king of gods and men, and the governor of all things.

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Lach'e-sis. One of the three Fates;-the one that spun out the thread of life. La'i-us. King of Thebes, killed unwittingly by his own son, Edipus.

La-oc'o-on. The son of Priam and Hecuba, and high-priest of Apollo. He opposed the recep tion of the wooden horse into Troy. He and his two sons were killed by serpents. La-om'e-don. A king of Troy, killed by. Her cules for refnsing him his daughter Hesione after he had rescued her from the sea-mon