HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 



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Cy'clops. Vulcan's workmen, giants who had only 

 one eye, in the middle of their foreheads; slain by 

 Apollo in a pique against Jupiter. 



Dsed'alns. A most ingenious artificer of Athens, 

 who formed the Cretan labyrinth, and invented the 

 auger, axe, glue, plumb-line, saw, and masts and sails 

 for ships. 



Da'mon. The friend of Pythias. 



Dana'ides, or Bel'ides. The fifty daughters of 

 Danaus, king of Argos, all of whom, except Hyperm- 

 nestra, killed their husbands on the first night of their 

 marriage, and were therefore doomed to draw water 

 out of a deep well, and eternally pour it into a cask full 

 of holes. 



Daph'ne. A nymph beloved by Apollo ; the daughter 

 of the river Peneus ; changed into a laurel tree. 



Dapb/nis. A shepherd of Sicily and son of Mercury ; 

 educated by the nymphs, and inspired by the Muses 

 with the love of poetry. 



Dar'danus. A son of Jupiter and founder of Troy. 



Deida'mia. The daughter of Lycomedes, king of 

 Scyros ; wife of Achilles, and mother of Pyrrhus. 



Deipb/obus. A son of Priam and Hecuba ; married 

 Helena after the death of Paris, but betrayed by her to 

 the Greeks. 



Dejani'ra. Wife of Hercules, who killed herself in 

 despair, because her husband burned himself to avoid 

 the torment occasioned by the poisoned shirt she had 

 given him to regain his love. 



Del'phi. A city of Phocis, famous for a temple and 

 an oracle of Apollo. 



Deucalion. The son of Prometheus, and king of 

 Thessaly, who, with his wife Pyrrha, was preserved 

 from the general deluge, and repeopled the world by 

 throwing stones behind them, as directed by the oracle. 



Dian'a. Daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and god- 

 dess of hunting, chastity, and marriage. 



Di'do. Founder and queen of Carthage ; daughter of 

 Belus, and wife of Sichaeus. According to Virgil, she 

 entertained yEneas on his voyage to Italy, and burned 

 herself in despair, because he left her. 



Diome'des. Son of Tydeus, and king of jEtolia ; 

 gained great reputation at Troy, and, with Ulysses, 

 carried off the Palladium. 



Dir'ce. Wife of Lyeus, king of Thebes; dragged to 

 death by a mad bull. 



Dry'ades. Nymphs of the woods. 



Ech/o. The daughter of Aer, or Air, and Tellus, who 

 pined away for love of Narcissus. 



Elec'tra. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnes- 

 tra; instigated her brother Orestes to revenge their 

 father's death upon their mother and yEgisthus. 



Elys'ium. The happy residence of the virtuous after 

 death. 



Encel'adus. Son of Titan and Terra, and the strong- 

 est of the giants; conspired against Jupiter, and at- 

 tempted to scale heaven. 



Endym'ion. A shepherd and astronomer of Caria, 

 condemned to. a sleep of thirty years. 



Epe'us. The artist who made the Trojan horse, in- 

 ventor of the sword and buckler. 



Er'ato. The Muse of lyric and amorous poetry. 



Er'eane. A river whose waters inebriated. 



Er'ebus. The son of Chaos and Nox; an infernal 

 deity. A river of hell, and often used by the poets for 

 hell itself. 



Erin'nys. The Greek name for the Furies, or Eumen- 

 ides. 



E'ros. A name of Cupid. 



Eumen'ides. A name of the Furies. 



Euphor'bus. The son of Panthous; slain by Mene- 

 laus in the Trojan war. 



Euphros'yne. One of the three Graces. 



Euro'pa. The daughter of Agenor ; carried by Jupi- 

 ter, in the form of a white bull, into Crete. 



Eury'ale. A queen of the Amazons. Also one of the 

 three G ergons. 



Eury'alus. A Peloponnesian chief in the Trojan 

 war. Also, a Trojan and a friend of Nisus, for whose 

 loss .Sineas was inconsolable. 



Euryd'ice. Wife of Orpheus ; killed by a serpent on 

 ^er marriage day. 



Euryl'ochus. One of the companions of Ulysses; 

 the only one who was not changed by Circe into a hog. 



Euter'pe. One of the Muses, presiding over music. 



Evad'ne. Daughter of Mars and Thebe ; threw her- 

 self on the funeral pyre of her husband, Cataneus. 



Fab'ula. Goddess of lies. 



I 'a'liia. Goddess of report, etc. 



Fates. Powerful goddesses, who presided over the 

 birth and the life of mankind, were the three daughters 

 of Nox and Erebus, named Clotho, Lachesis, and Atro- 

 pos. Clotho was supposed to hold the distaff, Lachesis 

 to draw the thread of human life, and Atropos to cut 

 it off. 



Fau'na, and Fatu'a. Names of Cybele. 



Fau'ni. Rural gods, described as having the legs, 

 feet, and ears of goats. 



Fau'nus. Son of Mercury and Nox, and father of the 

 Fauni. 



Flo'ra. The goddess of flowers. 



Fortu'na. The goddess of fortune ; said to be blind. 



Fu'ries. The three daughters of Nox and Acheron, 

 named Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera, with hair com- 

 posed of snakes, and armed with whips, chains, etc. 



Galate'a. A sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and 

 Doris, passionately loved by Polyphemus. 



Gan'ymede. The son of Tros, king of Troy, whom 

 Jupiter, in the form of an eagle, snatched up and made 

 his cupbearer. 



Ge'ryon. A monster, having three bodies and three 

 heads, and who fed his oxen with human flesh, and was 

 therefore killed by Hercules. 



Gor'dius. A husbandman, but afterward king of 

 Phrygia, remarkable for tying 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. 



Gor'gons. The three daughters of Phorcus and Ceta, 

 named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. Their bodies were 

 covered with impenetrable scales, their hair entwined 

 with serpents; they had only one eye betwixt them, 

 and they could change into stones those whom they 

 looked on. 



Gra'ces. Three goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia, and Eu- 

 phrosyne, represented as beautiful, modest virgins, and 

 constant attendants on Venus. 



Ha'des. A title of Pluto. 



Har'pies. Winged monsters, daughters of Neptune 

 and Terra, named Aello, Celaeno, and Ocypete, with the 

 faces of virgins, the bodies of vultures, and hands 

 armed with claws. 



He'be. The daughter of Juno ; goddess of youth, and 

 Jupiter's cupbearer; banished from heaven on account 

 of an unlucky fall. 



Hec'tor. The son of Priam and Hecuba ; the most val- 

 iant of the Trojans, and slain by Achilles. 



Hec'uba. The wife of Priam, who tore her eyes out 

 for the loss of her children. 



Hel'ena, or Hel'en. The wife of Menelaus. and the 

 most beautiful woman of her age, who, running away 

 with Paris, occasioned the Trojan war. 



Hel'enus. A son of Priam and Hecuba, spared by 

 the Greeks for his skill in divination. 



Hel'le. The daughter of Athamas, who, flying from 

 her stepmother Ino, was drowned in the Pontic sea, and 

 gave it the name of Hellespont. 



Her'cules. The son of Jupiter and Alcmena; the 

 most famous hero of antiquity, remarkable for his great 

 strength aud numerous exploits. 



Her'mes. A name of Mercury. 



Hermi'one. The daughter of Mars and Venus, and 

 wife of Cadmus ; was changed into a serpent. Also, a 

 daughter of Menelaus and Helena, married to Pyrrhus. 



He'ro. A beautiful woman of Sestos, in Thrace, and 

 priestess of Venus, whom Leander of Abydos loved so 

 tenderly that he swam over the Hellespont every night 

 to see 'her; but he, at length, being unfortunately 

 drowned, she threw herself in despair, into the sea. 



Hesper'ides. Three nymphs, jEgle, Arethusa, and 

 Hesperethusa, daughters of Hesperus. They had a gar- 

 den bearing golden apples, watched by a dragon, which 

 Hercules slew, and bore away the fruit. 



Hes'perus. The son of Japetus, and brother to At- 

 las ; changed into the evening star. 



Hippol'ytus. The son of Theseus and Antiope, or 

 Hippofyte, who was restored to life by ^Esculapius, at 

 the request of Diana. 



HippNim'enes. A Grecian prince, who, beating Ata- 

 lanta in the race by throwing golden apples before her, 

 married her. They were changed by Cybele into lions. 



Hvacin'thus. A beautiful ooy, beloved by Apollo 

 and Zephyrus. The latter killed him ; but Apollo changed 

 the blood that was spilled into a flower called hyacinth. 



Hy'ades. Seven daughter! of Atlas aud 

 changed by Jupiter into seven stars. 



