Osiris, Isis, Orus, and their train,
With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused
Fanatic Egypt and her priests to seek
Their wandering gods, disguised in brutish forms
Rather than human.” Milton.
Os′sa. One of the mountains which the giants piled on the top of Olympus to enable them to ascend to heaven and attack the gods.
Ox, see Apis.
Owl, see Æsculapius and Itys.
Pacto′lus. The river in Lydia where Midas washed himself by order of Bacchus, and the sands were turned to gold.
Pæ′an. A name given to Apollo, from pæan, the hymn which was sung in his honour after he had killed the serpent Python.