Bac´chus (Dionysus), god of wine and revelry, [8], [10], [46]-[47], [123], [160]-[165], [179], [187].

Ba´don, battle of, Arthur’s final victory over the Saxons, [394], [400].

Bag-de-ma´gus, King, a knight of Arthur’s time, [427]-[428], [489].

Bal´dur, son of Odin, and representing in Norse mythology the sun-god, [343]-[347].

Bal-i-sar´do, Orlando’s sword, [786].

Ban, King of Brittany, ally of Arthur, father of Launcelot, [391], [401], [424].

Bards, minstrels of Welsh Druids, [361], [531].

Bas´i-lisk. See [Cockatrice].

Bau´cis, wife of Philemon, visited by Jupiter and Mercury, [49]-[51].

Bay´ard, wild horse subdued by Rinaldo, [661]-[663], [672], [696], [704], [708], [768]-[769], [784]-[788], [814], [826].