Spar´ta.
Capital of Lacedæmon;
favorite city of Juno, [52];
home of Menelaus, [310-312].
Sphinx.
Riddle-giving monster;
slain by Œdipus, [283-285];
significance, [393], [401].
Stel´li-o.
Urchin changed to lizard by Ceres when searching for Proserpina, [197].
Ster´o-pes (Lightning).
One of the Cyclopes;
son of Uranus and Gæa, [18].
Sthe´no.
One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal, like Euryale, [242].
Stroph´a-des.
Islands where the Harpies took refuge when driven from Thrace, [267];
Æneas visits the, [364].
Stro´phi-us.
Father of Pylades;
shelters Orestes, [336].
Stym-pha´lus.
Lake upon whose banks Hercules slew the brazen-clawed birds, [226].
Styx.
River in Hades, by whose waters the gods swore their most sacred oaths, [43], [77], [84], [161], [172];
Achilles bathed in the, [314].
Su-a-de´la.
One of Venus’ train of attendants;
god of the soft speech of love, [106].