Av´en-tine, Mount, one of the Seven Hills of Rome, [146].
A-ver´nus, a miasmatic lake close to the promontory between Cumæ and Puteoli, filling the crater of an extinct volcano, by the ancients thought to be the entrance to the infernal regions, [265], [266].
Av-i-cen´na, celebrated Arabian physician and philosopher, [313].
A´ya, mother of Rinaldo, [820].
Ay´mon, Duke, father of Rinaldo and Bradamante, [791]-[792], [794].
B
Ba´al, king of Tyre, [358].
Bab-y-lo´ni-an River, dried up when Phaëton drove the sun-chariot, [44].
Bac´cha-na´li-a, a feast to Bacchus that was permitted to occur but once in three years; attended by most shameless orgies, [161].
Bac´cha-nals, devotees and festal dancers of Bacchus, [161], [164].