“To the ocean now I fly,
And those happy climes that lie
Where day never shuts his eye,
Upon the broad fields of the sky:
There I suck the liquid air,
All amidst the gardens fair
Of Hesperus and his daughters three,
That sing about the golden tree.”
Milton.
Hestia (Hes′tia). The Greek name of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth.
Hieroglyphics (Hierogly′phics), see Mercury.
Highways, see Janus.
Hildur (Hil′dur). The Scandinavian Mars.
Hippia (Hip′pia). A surname of Minerva.
Hippius (Hip′pius). A surname of Neptune.
Hippocampus (Hippocam′pus). The name of Neptune’s favorite horse, a fabulous marine animal, half horse and half fish.
Hippocrenides (Hippocre′nides), a name of the Muses, from the fountain of Hippocrene (the horse fountain), which was formed by a kick of the winged horse Pegasus.
Hippolyte (Hippol′yte), queen of the Amazons, daughter of Mars. Her father gave her a famous girdle, which Hercules was required to procure (see Hercules). She was conquered by Hercules, and given by him in marriage to Theseus.