Ly´ra.
Orpheus’ lute;
placed in heavens as a constellation, [80].
Ma-cha´on.
Celebrated leech;
son of Æsculapius, [64];
Philoctetes healed by, [331].
Ma´ia.
Goddess of the plains;
mother of Mercury, [131];
significance, [399].
Ma´nes.
Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, [203].
Mar-pes´sa.
Daughter of Evenus;
marries Idas, [155].
Mars.
Same as Ares;
son of Jupiter and Juno, [52];
god of war, [138-143];
Venus courted by, [106-108];
day of, [207];
descendants of, [377];
significance, [400].
Mar´sy-as.
1. Shepherd who enters into competition with Apollo, [73], [74].
2. Name of river, [74].
Mar´ti-us, Cam´pus.
Roman exercising grounds, [143].
Mat-ro-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Juno, in Rome, [54].
Me-de´a.
Daughter of Æetes, [268], [269];
wife of Jason, [271], [273], [274];
wife of Ægeus, [252], [253];
significance, [392].