Stars, see Aurora.
Sterentius (Steren′tius). The Roman god who invented the art of manuring lands. See also Picumnus.
Steropes (Ster′opes). One of the Cyclopes.
Stone, see Medusa and Phlegyas.
Stone (rolling), see Sisyphus.
Streets, see Apollo.
Stymphalides (Stym′phali′des). The carnivorous birds destroyed in the sixth labor of Hercules.
Styx. A noted river of hell, which was held in such high esteem by the gods that they always swore “By the Styx,” and such an oath was never violated. The river has to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead. See Achilles and Thetis.
“To seal his sacred vow by Styx he swore:—
The lake with liquid pitch,—the dreary shore.”
Dryden.
“... Infernal rivers that disgorge
Into the burning lake their baleful streams,
Abhorrèd Styx, the flood of deadly hate.”