Dosiadas. Author of two enigmatic poems whose verses are so arranged as to present the profile of an altar.
Drachma. Greek coin worth tenpence.
Draco. Ancient Athenian lawgiver, 621 B.C.
Dromo. Stock name for a slave.
Electra. See Agamemnon.
Eleusis. A town a few miles from Athens, where the Mysteries were celebrated.
Eleven, The. The board at Athens in charge of prisons and executions.
Empedocles. A Pythagorean philosopher, 444 B.C. His skill in medicine and natural knowledge caused him to be credited with supernatural powers. He fell or threw himself into the crater of Etna, as some say that by his sudden disappearance he might be believed to be a God; but his brazen sandal was thrown up and betrayed him.
Empūsa. A monstrous spectre believed to devour human beings, and capable of assuming different forms.
Endymion. A beautiful Carian youth with whom Selene fell in love.