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^e'crops. The first king of Athens, originally Cecropia, 92 

 Charlemagne (chSr'le man). King of the Franks and emperor of 



the Eomans (742-814), 87, 150, 154 

 €hei'ron. A centaur and the teacher of Achilles, 179 

 €hi mse'ra. A monster of Lyeia, slain by Bellerophou, 57-71 

 City of the Seven Hills. Rome, which was built on seven hills, 112 

 CU'max. A mountain in Lycia, in Asia Minor, 64 

 Clym'e ne. Daughter of Oceanus and mother of PhaSthon, 5 

 Qil i' 9i a. A country of Asia Minor, 192 

 Cdr'inth. A city of ancient Greece, 8, 59 

 Cro to'na, or Cro'ton. A district in the south of Italy inhabited by 



a people called Crotoniates, 116 

 9yl lar'us. The white war-horse ridden by Castor, 114 

 De me't6r. The goddess of vegetation and fruits, 28 

 Didier (di dya' ) . A king of Lombardy defeated by Charlemagne, 152 

 Don Quixote (don ke ho'tf). Hero of a famous romance of the 



same title written by Cervantes, 171-176 

 El fe'ta. The wife of Cambuscan, 225 

 En'na. A district in the southern part of Sicily, 28 

 E'os. One of the horses of Helios. Also the Greek name of the 



goddess of the dawn, 4 

 E paph'os. A young scoffer, 6 



E pe'us. The builder of the great wooden horse, 210, 227 

 Et'na. A mountain in Sicily, highest volcano in Europe, 28, 31 

 E'ton. One of the black horses of Aidoneus, 29 

 Eu phra'teg. A large river in western Asia, 133 

 Eu rip'y lus. A soothsayer with the Greeks at Troy, 217 

 Fir dn'si. Abul Kasim Mansur, the great epic poet of Persia (940- 



1020), 145 

 Fi'rouz Sehah. A Persian prince in the " Arabian Night's Enter- 

 tainment," 283, 242 

 Fo'rum. The great market place or public place in Rome, 108 

 Gaea (je'a). The personification of the earth, 18 

 Gal'a thf . One of the horses of Hector, 172, 196 

 Gjaliar (yal'lar). In Norse mythology, a golden bridge iu the land 



of the dead, 44. It spans the river Gjol (yol), 44 

 Giau'cus. The father of Bellerophon, 59 

 Grif'fen. The winged horse of Atlantes, 73, 86-91 

 Gyl'ler the Golden. Haider's favorite horse, 39, 45 



