Ska man' dros, or Scamander—a river of the Troad or plains of Troy.
Scher' i a—an island northwest of Greece. "The ancients identified Corfù with the Phæacian island of Scheria, mentioned in the 'Odyssey,' as ruled over by Alkinoös." (Baedeker.)
Skyl' la—a rock in southwestern Italy. It was supposed to be the abode of a monster with many heads and hands.
Sky' ros—a large island east of Greece.
Sim' o is—a river in the Troad, and a branch of the Scamander.
Si' rens—daughters of Achelöos and a Muse, or, according to another account, daughters of Phorkys. They failed to care for Persephone when Pluto seized her to carry her off, and Demeter took revenge by transforming them into monsters half woman and half bird.
Sis' y phos—a hero who secured a fountain to the citadel of Corinth by betraying Zeus. Sisyphos was punished by being obliged to roll stones up-hill in Hades.
Spar' ta—a town in the southern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Eurotas. It was the chief city of Lacedæmon and the home of Menelaos and Helen. It had no walls, but its acropolis was covered with temples. Ancient Sparta was noted for the bravery of its people. At present Sparta has about 3,600 inhabitants. There are few relics of its ancient greatness.
Styx—a stream of water in central lower Greece. "The thread of water descends from a huge cliff against a background of dark moss, which has earned for the brook the name of 'Black Water.' At the bottom of the cliff the water loses itself in a chaos of rocks. The ancients saw in the icy coldness of the water and in the barren tract around an image of the underworld." (See Baedeker's Greece.) To swear by the Styx was to take "the great oath of the gods."
Tan' ta los—a king of Phrygia punished by the gods for treachery and for cruelty to his son. He was doomed to suffer from hunger and thirst while standing close to food and water which he could not reach.