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Graeae. — Three sisters who were gray-haired from their birth. 



They symbolize the strong billows of the wide open main. 

 Hamadryads. — Dryads. 

 Harpies. — Disgusting birds with the heads of maidens and 



faces pale with hunger. They were sent by the gods to 



torment a certain Phineas in punishment for his cruelty. 

 He'be. — Daughter of Juno, and goddess of youth. She was 



cup-bearer to the gods, which office she resigned upon 



becoming the wife of Hercules, and was succeeded by 



Ganymede. 

 Heim'dal (Northern myth.). — The watchman of the gods. 

 He'la (Death). — One of the children of Loki. 

 He'ra. — Juno. 

 Hercules. — The son of Jupiter and Alcmena, a mortal. He 



was celebrated for his strength. 

 Her'mes. — Mercury. 



Ho'rus. — Son of Osiris ; Egyptian god of silence. 

 Hyacin'thus. — A youtli beloved by Apollo, by whom he was 



accidentally killed in playing quoits, and became a flower. 

 Hyge'ia. — Goddess of health. 

 Hymen. — God of marriage. 

 Hype'rion. — The father of the sun, moon, and dawn. The 



original sun-god. 

 I'clior. — An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in 



the veins of the aticient gods. 

 liu'na. — The wife of Bragi, the northern god of poetry. She 



keeps in a box the apples which the gods taste to renew 



their youth. 

 In'dra. — Hindu god of heaven, of thunder, lightning, storm, 



and rain. 

 I'no. — See Leucothea. 

 lo. — A water-nymph, loved by Jupiter, who turned her into 



a heifer to baffle the jealous suspicions of Juno, his wife. 

 I'ris. — Goddess of the rainbow, and messenger of Juno. 

 I'sis. — The wife of the Egyptian god Osiris. She represents 



tlie earth. 

 Ja'nus. — The porter of heaven. He is the guardian deity of 



gates, and is represented with two faces. 

 Jove. — Jupiter. 



Ju'no. — The wife of Jupiter, and queen of the gods. 

 Ju'piter. — Called the father of gods. He was the ofispring 



of Saturn and Rhea. 



