P. 240.—“A-donˈis.” A beautiful youth beloved by Venus. He died from a wound which he received from a wild boar. The grief of the goddess was so great that the gods of the lower world allowed Adonis to return to the earth for six months every year. In this myth the death of the youth every year probably represents winter, and his return, summer.
“Cypris” and “Cyth-e-reˈa.” Venus.
P. 241.—“Arethusa.” The nymph of the famous fountain of Arethusa, on the island of Ortygia.
P. 242.—“Meles.” A small stream in Ionia, on the bank of which Homer is said to have been born.
“Pegassean fountain.” The inspiring well of the muses on Mt. Helicon, said to have been formed from a kick given by Pegasus. It is sometimes called the Hippocrene.
“Daughter of Tyndarus.” Helen of Troy.
“Son of Thetis.” Achilles.
“Eros.” Cupid.
“Al-ciˈdes.” Hercules.
“Orpheus.” See C. L. S. C. Notes in The Chautauquan for November, 1884. Eurydice is the wife of Orpheus, instead of Proserpine, as there stated.