Metapontum, 119, 284, 289.
Metchnikoff, E., 68.
Mice, eaten as medicine, 56.
Michael, saint, pre-renaissance relief of, 14; a cave-saint on Gargano, 17; childish and emasculate character, 23-29; affinities with older gods, 23, 26, 27; stripped of his higher attributes, 28; a mere ghost, 29.
Middle Ages, their influence upon dragon-idea, 104.
Milk of the Virgin Mary, 250-251.
“Millionaires” of Acri, 195; of Cotrone, 302.
Milo of Croton, defeats Sybarites, 196; devoured by wolves, 222.
“Milosao,” Albanian rhapsodies, 190, 191.
Milton, indebtedness to S. della Salandra, 160 seq.; to other Italian poets, 169; friendship with Marquis Manzo, 168, 169; manuscripts at Cambridge, 170; his “grand manner,” 171.