248 EXPLANATORY INDEX 



Py thag'o ras. A famous Greek philosopher, 116 



Quin'tU is. The month of July in ancient Eome, 109, 114 



Bab'i can. One of the horses of Astolpho, 82 



Ea'kush. The war-horse of Eustem, 128, 138-149 



Eei'nold. A French knight celebrated in medieval romances, 166 



Eheims (remz). A city of France, northeast of Paris, 163 



Eing'h6m. Balder's ship, 40 



Eo'land. A nephew and peer of Charlemagne, 166; in Italian 



poetry, called Orlando, 87 

 Eoncesvalles (ron thes val'yes). A pass in the Pyrenees where 



Charlemagne's army was defeated by the Moors, 166 

 Eo'zi nan te. The horse of Don Quixote, 171-176 

 Eiis'tem. Ancient national hero of Persia, 128-149 

 St. Ajossa (a yos'sa). A medieval battle-fleld in the north of Italy, 



155, 169 

 San'-eho Pan'za. The squire of Don Quixote, 173 

 Sar'a 9en. A name applied to certain Arab tribes and finally to all 



Mohammedans, 159 

 Sar pe'don. A Lycian prince, ally of Troy, 229 

 Sar'rS. An ancient district of Tartary, 229 

 Sese'an. The principal gate of Troy, 207, 211 

 Scythian (sith'i an). Belonging to Scythla, a wild region in south- 

 eastern Europe, 102 

 Seistan (sis'tan). A region in eastern Persia, 128 

 Sem pro'ni us A tra'ti nus. A Eoman military officer, 110 

 S6r'gi us. A Eoman pontiff, 114 

 Si'nai. A mountain of Arabia near the Eed Sea, 105 

 Si'non. A Greek warrior at the siege of Troy, 215, 223 

 Sls'y phus. The founder and king of Corinth, 59 

 Skyphios (skif'i us). The horse called into being by Poseidon, 97, 



102 

 Sleipnir (slip'nir). Odin's eight-footed horse, 38-52 

 Sol. In Norse mythology, the maiden that drives the sun-oar, 20-26 

 Ster'o pe. One of the horses of Helios, 4 

 Styx (stiks). The chief river of the lower regions, 12, 32 

 Swa'lin. The shield of Sol, 22 

 Syb'a ris. A Greek colony in the southern part of Italy, 115. Its 



inhabitants were called Sybarites, 116 

 Tar'quin. The last king of ancient Eome, 109 



