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Pros'erpine. — A daughter of Ceres. Pluto loved her, and 



finally carried her otF to his dominions as his queen. 

 Pro'teus. — 'A sea-god who possessed the power of prophecy, 



and of changing himself into different shapes. 

 Psy'che. — A beautiful mortal whom Cupid made his wife, and 



Jupiter made immortal ; a daughter was born and named 



Pleasure. 

 Quiri'nus. — A war-god, said to be Romulus, the founder of 



Rome, exalted after his death to a place among the gods. 

 Sat'urn. — A Roman deity, answering to the Greek Cronos, or 



Time; one of the oldest and principal gods, the son of 



Coelus and Terra, and the father of Jupiter. 

 Sem'ele. — The mother of Bacchus by Jupiter. 

 Sera'pis. — Hermes. 

 Si'rens. — Sea-nymphs, wlio had the power of charming by their 



song all who heard them. 

 Si'va. — -The third person of the Hindu triad. He is the per- 

 sonification of the destroying principle. 

 Som'nus, — The god who presides over sleep. 

 Sphinx. — A monster usually represented as having the winged 



body of a lion and the face and breast of a young woman ; 



represented also in other forms. 

 Styx. — A river that encompasses the nether world, flowing 



round it seven times. 

 Su'rya (Hindu myth.).— The god of the sun. 

 Sylva'nus. — A Latin divinity corresponding to Pan. 

 Tar'tarus, — The bottomless pit. 

 Tel'lus. — The goddess of the world, by whose power plants 



potent for enchantment are produced. 

 Ter'minus. — The god of landmarks. 

 Te'thys. — A Titan who with Oceanus ruled over the watery 



element till succeeded by Neptune and Amphitrite. 

 Thali'a. — See Muses. 

 The'mis (Law). — The mother of the Fates. 

 Theog'ony (Gr. theos, God, and gonos, a race). — That branch 



of heathen theology which treated of the genealogy of 



their deities. 

 Thor (The Thunderer). — Odin's eldest son ; the strongest of 



gods and men. 

 Thoth. — The god of eloquence among the ancient Egyptians, 



supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. 

 Tisiph'one. — See Furies. 



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