PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
Pronounce æ as in Cæsar; ei as i in island; œ as æ; y, when accented, as i in island; when unaccented, as i in till.
Pronounce ch as k. C and g are soft (as s and j) before ei, i, y, æ, œ, eu; otherwise, hard, as k and g (in gas).
A-chil'-les.
Æ-ne'-as.
Ag-a-mem'-non.
A-ge'-nor.
A'-jax.
An-chi'-ses.
An-dræ'-mon.
An-drom'-a-che.
An-te'-nor.
An-til'-o-chus.
Aph-ro-di'-te.
A-pol'-lo.
A'-res.
Ar'-te-mis.
A'-si-us.
As-ter-o-pæ'-us.
As-ty'-a-nax.
A-the'-ne.
A'-treus.
Au-tom'-e-don.
Ax'-i-us.
Bel-ler'-o-phon.
Bri-a'-re-us.
Bri-se'-is.
Cal'-chas.
Ceb-ri'-o-nes.
Chry'-se.
Chry-se'-is.
Chry'-ses.
Co'-on.
De-iph'-o-bus.
Di'-o-med.
Di-o'-ne.
Do'-lon.
E-pei'-us.
Eu-me'-lus.
Eu-phor'-bus.
Eu-ry'-a-lus.
Eu-ryb'-a-tes.
Eu-ryp'-a-lus.
Glau'-cus.
Ha'-des.
He'-be.
Hec'-u-ba.
Hel'-e-nus.
Hel'-les-pont.
He-phæs'-tus.
He'-ra.
Her'-mes.
Her-mi'-o-ne.
Hip-pol'-o-chus,
I-dæ'-us.
I-do'-me-neus.
I'-lus.
I-phid'-a-mas.
I'-ris.
La-er'-tes.
La-o'-di-ce.
La-o'-do-cus.
Le'-da.
Lyc'-i-a.
Lyr-nes'-sus.
Ma-cha'-on.
Men-e-la'-us.
Men-œ'-ti-us.
Me-ri'-o-nes.
My-ce'-næ.
Myr'-mi-dons.
Oe'-neus.
O-lym'-pus.
O-ri'-on.
Pæ'-on
Pan'-da-rus.
Pa-tro'-clus
Ped'-a-sus.
Pe'-leus.
Phœ'-nix.
Phthi'-a.
Po-lyd'-a-mas.
Pol-y-do'-rus.
Po-sei'-don.
Rhe'-sus.
Sa-mo-thrace'.
Sar-pe'-don.
Scæ'-an.
Sca-man'-der.
Sca-man'-dri-us.
Si'-don.
Si-do'-ni-an.
Si'-mo-is.
Sthen'-e-lus.
Tal-thyb'-i-us.
Tar'-tar-us.
Tel'-a-mon.
Teu'-cer.
Ther-si'-tes.
The'-tis.
Tho'-as.
Thra'-ci-ans.
Ty'-deus.
Xan'-thus.
As many of the Greek gods are better known under the names given to them by the Romans, the following list is given:—
Greek — Latin
Zeus. — Jupiter.
Hera. — Juno.
(Pallas) Athene. — Minerva.
Aphrodite. — Venus.
Poseidon. — Neptune.
Ares. — Mars.
Hephæstus. — Vulcan.
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