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Other minor deities not mentioned in the text are:

Victoria (Nike), goddess of victory.

Phosphor, the morning star.

Hesperus, the evening star, god of the west.

Hygeia, a daughter of Æsculapius, watched over the health of man.

The Graces, daughters of Jove, presided over banquets, dances, and also social pleasures and polite accomplishments. They were three in number—Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia. They are also called Gratiæ.

Momus was the god of laughter.

The Seasons were the four daughters of Jupiter and Themis. Their collective name was Horæ (the Hours). As the Hours they attended the sun-car of Apollo.

Fama, goddess of Fame.

Faunus, god of fields and shepherds. He was also gifted with prophetic powers.

Fauna, the sister wife or daughter of Faunus. She was also called the Bona Dea.

Pales, a deity who presided over cattle and pastures.

Manes, the souls of the departed who had become deified.

[INDEX]

[FOOTNOTES]

[1] See Appendix, page [325].

[2] See Appendix, page [327].

[3] See Appendix, page [327].

[4] See Appendix, page [328].

[5] See Appendix, page [328].

[6] See Appendix, page [329].

[7] From the Greek word "parthenos," which means "maiden."

[8] See Appendix, page [331].

[9] See Appendix, page [332].

[10] See Appendix, page [332].

[11] See Appendix, page [334].

[12] See Appendix, page [333].

[13] See Appendix, page [334].

[14] See Appendix, page [334].

[15] See Appendix, page [335].

[16] See Appendix, page [335].

[17] Mercury's wand was called the Caduceus.

[18] See Appendix, page [335].

[19] Cf. "Story of Cyparissus," Appendix, page [336].

[20] See Appendix, page [336].

[21] See Appendix, page [337].

[22] See Appendix, page [338].

[23] See Appendix, page [340].

[24] See Appendix, page [341].

[25] See Appendix, page [341].

[26] See Appendix, page [341].

[27] See Appendix, page [342].

[28] See the "Story of Dirce," Appendix, page [342].

[29] See Appendix, page [345].

[30] See Appendix, page [343].

[31] See Appendix, page [345].

[32] She was also known as Ilia.

[33] See page [74].

[34] See Appendix, page [346].

[35] See page [76].

[36] See Appendix, page [349].

[37] See Appendix, page [351].

[38] See Appendix page [350].

[39] See Appendix, page [347].

[40] Appendix, page [357].

[41] See Appendix, page [352].

[42] Also called Erinnys or Eumenides. Their names were Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megæra. See Appendix, page [353].

[43] See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XI, line 590, etc.

[44] See "Story of Ceÿx and Halcyone," Appendix, page [355].

[45] Two gates of sleep there are: one of horn, through which pass the true dreams; the other of shining white ivory, through which the spirits send false dreams up to the world.

[46] Pale Death steps with the same foot to the huts of the poor and the palaces of kings.

[47] See Appendix, page [356].

[48] See Appendix, page [357].

[49] See page [36].

[50] See page [230].

[51] See Appendix, page [356].

[52] See page [110].

[53] See Appendix, page [359].

[54] See "Story of the Dragon's Teeth," page [121].

[55] See Appendix, page [359].

[56] See page [164].

[57] See page [113].

[58] Old name for Naxos.

[59] See page [299].

[60] See page [40].

[61] See Appendix, page [360].

[62] "Pactolus singeth over golden sands."—Gray.

[63] See Appendix, page [361].

[64] See Appendix, page [360].

[65] See Appendix, page [361].

[66] See Appendix, page [362].

[67] Here in a vast cave, King Æolus keeps under his control the struggling winds and roaring tempests, and holds them chained in prison. They, chafing at restraint, surge against their barriers with the great rumbling of a mountain. Æolus sits in a lofty stronghold, holding a scepter, and soothes their feeling and softens their wrath. If he did not do this, they would surely carry with them in rapid course the seas and lands and the deep sky and sweep these with them to the high heavens.

[68] See page [269].

[69] See Appendix, page [362].

[70] See Appendix, page [362].

[71] See Appendix, page [362].

[72] See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 645.

[73] See Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XIV, line 655.

[74] See Appendix, page [363].

[75] Some authorities state that Hippolyte was not killed, but lived to marry the hero Theseus. See page [301].

[76] See page [155].

[77] See Appendix, page [364].

[78] See page [6].

[79] See Appendix, page [365].

[80] See Appendix, page [365].

[81] According to some stories, Atlas was the father of the Hesperides and owner of the Garden.

[82] See page [302].

[83] See page [35].

[84] See page [155].

[85] See page [145].

[86] See Appendix, page [366].

[87] See Appendix, page [366].

[88] See Appendix, page [367].

[89] See Appendix, page [367].

[90] See Appendix, page [367].

[91] See page [243].

[92] Hawthorne's Wonder Book, "The Chimæra."

[93] See Appendix, page [368].

[94] See Appendix, page [368].

[95] See page [121].

[96] See Appendix, page [369].

[97] Sometimes given as Glauce.

[98] Sometimes given as Milanion.

[99] Ovid, Metam., Book X, line 610.

[100] See Appendix, page [370].

[101] See page [218].

[102] See Appendix, page [370].

[103] See page [179].

[104] Some authorities say that it was Hippolyte whom Theseus married, and that she was therefore not slain by Hercules. This is the story that Shakespeare adopted in "Midsummer-Night's Dream."

[105] See page [74].

[106] See Appendix, page [371].

[107] See page [229].

[108] See Appendix, page [371].

[109] Sophocles, Œdipus the King.

[110] See Appendix, pages [371], [372].

[111] This was the same Creon whose daughter Megara had married Hercules.

[112] See page [234].

[Transcriber's Notes]

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced quotation marks retained.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.

When accent marks or spelling of some Index entries differed from the referenced text, the Index entries were changed. However, the Index was not systematically checked for such errors.

[Illustrations]: the "Venus de Milo" listed as facing page 78 was missing from the copy of the book used to prepare this etext.

Page [95]: "cool stream" was misprinted as "cool steam".

Page [150]: "quarumaltera" is a misprint for "quarum altera".

Page [201]: "Sceptratenens" is a misprint for "Sceptra tenens"; "temperatiras" is a misprint for "temperat iras".

Page [307]: "bewailing the cruel fat" must be a misprint for "fate".

Page [356]: "Pelops'" was misprinted as "Pelop's"; changed here.

Page [370]: "Euripides" was printed as "Eurypides", but was changed to match the spelling on two other pages.