Me´di-a.
Country in Asia Minor, where Medea took refuge, [253].
Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an.
Sea dividing world in two, [15].
Me-du´sa.
Gorgon slain by Perseus, whose hair was turned into snakes, [242-249];
Neptune marries, [154];
Pegasus, offspring of, [294];
significance, [391].
Me-gæ´ra.
One of the Furies, Eumenides, or Erinnyes, [163].
Meg´a-ra.
First wife of Hercules, whose three children he burns in his madness, [219];
significance, [390].
Me-le-a´ger.
Son of Œneus and Althæa;
leader of Calydonian Hunt, [275], [276];
significance, [392].
Me´li-an Nymphs.
Nymphs who nursed Jupiter in infancy, [21].
Mel-pom´e-ne.
One of the Muses;
presides over tragedy, [88].
Mem´phis.
Town in Egypt, founded by Epaphus, [136].
Men-e-la´us.
King of Sparta;
husband of Helen of Troy, [310-314];
Paris fights, [320];
return of, [335];
Telemachus visits, [357];
significance, [394].