Mo' ly—a fabulous plant having magic properties. It had a white blossom and a black root.
My cē' næ, or Mykēnai—an ancient city of Argolis, in the northeastern Peloponnesus. "Dr. Henry Schliemann, in 1876, made rich discoveries there, weapons, ornaments, vessels of gold, silver and clay," skeletons "surrounded by bands of gold, golden shovels engraved with battle-scenes," etc. (See Baedeker's Greece—Mycenæ and Athens.)
Myr' mĭ dŏns—a warlike people of Thrace, ruled by Achilles and taken by him to the Trojan war as followers.
Nau sic' a ä—the daughter of Alkinoös.
Nē ŏp tŏl' ĕ mŏs—the son of Achilles.
Nĕs' tor—the leader of the warriors of Pylos, in southwestern Greece.
O ke' a nos, or Oceanus—the god of the river Oceanus, and son of Heaven and Earth.
Od ys' seus (sūse), or Ulysses—the son of Laertes and Anticleia and the hero of Homer's Odyssey. Being summoned to the Trojan war, he feigned madness, and harnessed a mule and a cow to a plough and began ploughing the sea-shore. Palamedes, to test his madness, placed his infant son, Telemachos, in front of the plough, and Odysseus quickly turned it aside. He became famous for his bravery and craft in the war. He is looked upon by critics as the most perfect type of adult Greek ideals.
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