Aus´ter.
Southwest wind, same as Notus;
a son of Æolus and Aurora, [215].
Au-tom´e-don.
Achilles’ charioteer, [328].
Av´en-tine.
One of the seven hills on which Rome is built, [226].
A-ver´nus.
Lake near Naples;
the entrance to Hades in Italy, [160];
Æneas’ visit to, [370].
Bab´y-lon.
The home of Pyramus and Thisbe, [117].
Bac-cha-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Bacchus, [182].
Bac-chan´tes.
Female followers of Bacchus, [176], [182];
Orpheus slain by, [79], [80].
Bac´chus.
Same as Dionysus, god of wine and revelry;
son of Jupiter and Semele, [171-182];
Vulcan visited by, [147];
Ariadne rescued by, [257];
tutor of, [300];
gift from, [306].
Bau´cis.
1. The mortal who showed hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury;
wife of Philemon, [43], [44].
2. Father of Dryope (changed to a tree), [298].
Bel-ler´o-phon.
Demigod;
mounts Pegasus and slays the dread Chimæra, [291-296];
significance, [393], [394].