AN ACCENTUATED LIST OF 



ATALANTA, L., Atalarita, a celebrated beauty, who 

 made all her lovers race with her, on the penalty 

 of death if they could not catch her. Ovid, 

 Met. x. 598. 



CARDUI, L., Car' dm, feeds on Thistle (Carduus 

 nutans). 



NYMPHALIDJE, Dup., Nymphalida, the family of which 

 Nymphalis (a genus of exotic Butterflies) is the 

 type. 



LIMENITIS, F., Limenl'tis, \ifj,viri?, harbour-keeping, 



an epithet applied to several divinities. 

 SIBYL'LA, F., Sibyl'la, a Sibyl. 



APATURA, F., Apatura, a surname of Venus, which 

 she obtained from a trick (aTrdrrj) that she 

 played_on some Giants. Strabo, xi. 757. 

 IRIS, L., I'ris, the messenger of Juno ; 



" Mille trahens varios ad verso Sole col ores." 



Virg. ^En. iv. 700. 



SATYRIDJE, Bdv., Satyrida, the family of which Sat'yrus is 

 the type. 



ARGE, Esp., Ar'ge, apyos, white. 



GALATEA, L., Galatea [Galathea], a nymph beloved 



by Acis. 

 EREBIA, Dal., Ereb'ia, Erebus, the region of darkness ; 



from the dark colours of this genus. 

 BLANDINA, F., Blandl'na, the name of a slave who 



was martyred during the persecution of the 



church at Lyons, A.D. 177. 

 CASSIOPE, F., Cassiope, the mother of Andromeda. 



Proper, i. 17. 3. 

 SATYRUS, Bdv., Sat'yrus, a Satyr, a rustic deity, half 



man and_half goat. Cf. Virg. Eel. v. 73. 

 EGERIA, L., Eger'ia [^Egeria], a nymph who was 



supposed to have favoured and instructed Numa 



Pompilius. Ovid, Fast. iii. 275. 

 MEG^ERA, L., Mega'ra, one of the Furies. Virg. 



^En. xii. 846. 

 SEMELE, L., Sem'ele, the mother of Bacchus. Pind. 



Ol. ii. 48. 

 IANIRA, L., lanl'ra, one of the Nereids; or the 



wife of Capaneus. Cf. ^Esch. Sept. c. Theb. 440. 

 TITHONUS, L., Tithonus, the husband of Aurora. 



Cf. Virg. Geor. i. 447. 



