Mi-la´ni-on.
Same as Hippomenes;
husband of Atalanta, [278].
Mi´lo.
Island where statue of Venus was found, [130].
Mi-ner´va.
Same as Athene, goddess of wisdom;
daughter of Jupiter, [55-60];
man given soul by, [27];
flute of, [73];
Vulcan wooes, [147];
contest of Neptune and, [152];
Medusa punished by, [242];
Perseus aided by, [243];
gift to, [249];
Argo built by, [266];
Bellerophon helped by, [292];
Juno and Venus dispute with, [306-308];
Ulysses aided by, [354-358];
significance, [395], [396].
Min-er-va´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Minerva, in Rome, [60].
Mi´nos.
1. King of Crete, [223];
father of Ariadne and Phædra, [253], [256].
2. Son of Jupiter and Europa;
judge in Hades, [45], [163].
Min´o-taur.
Monster which Minos kept in the Labyrinth, [253-257];
significance, [391], [401].
Mne-mos´y-ne.
A Titanide, [17], [22];
goddess of memory;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Muses, [88].
Mœ´ræ.
The Fates, or Parcæ, who spin, twist, and cut the thread of life, [165].
Mor´pheus.
Prime minister of Somnus, god of sleep, [208], [212].