1 34 NA MES. — OR A TOR Y.—PA IN TING. 



Ti'tans. — A gip:antic race who inhabited the earth before the 



creation of man. 

 Tri'ton. — A son of Neptune and Amphitrite. The poets made 



him his father's trumpeter. 

 Tyr (Northern myth.). — The god of battles. 

 Ura'nia. — See Muses. 

 Valhalla (Nortliern myth.). — The most beautiful of the palaces 



of the gods. 

 Valkyr'iur. — Warlike virgins, mounted on horses, and armed 



with helmets, spears, and shields. Odin's messengers. 

 Varu'na. — The god of the waters, the Indian Neptune, and 



regent of the west division of the earth. 

 Ve'nus. — Goddess of love and beauty. Daughter of Jupiter 



and Dione. 

 Ves'ta. — A goddess presiding over tlie public and private 



hearth. 

 Vish'nu. — The second in the triad of the Hindus. He is the 



personification of the preserving principle. 

 Vul'can, — The celestial artist ; son of Jupiter and Juno. He 



"was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the 



sight of him that she flung him out of heaven. After 



falling a day, he alighted in the isle of Lemuos, which was 



thenceforth sacred to him. 

 Wo'den.— Odin. 



Ya'ma (Hindu myth.). — The god of the infernal regions. 

 Zeph'yrus. — The west wind, and lover of Flora. 

 Zeus. — Greek name for Jupiter. 



NAMES. 



Onomatol'og'y (Gr. onoma^ a name, and hgos^ a discourse). — 

 Tlie science of names. 



ORATORY. 



Chiron'omy (Gr. clieir^ the hand, and nomos, rule). — The art 

 or rule of moving the hands in oratory and in pantomime. 

 Rhet'oric. — The science of oratory. See GRAMMAR. 



PAINTING. 



Paint'ing. — The art of representing objects in nature, or scenes 

 in human life, with fidelity and expression. 



