De′los, a name of Apollo, from the island in which he was born.
Del′phi. A town on Mount Parnassus, famous for its oracle, and for a temple of Apollo. See Delphos.
Del′phicus. A name of Apollo, from Delphi.
Del′phos, the place where the temple was built from which the oracle of Apollo was given.
De′marus. The Phœnician name of Jupiter.
De′mogor′gon was the tyrant genius of the soil or earth, the life and support of plants. He was depicted as an old man covered with moss, and was said to live underground. He is sometimes called the king of the elves and fays.
“Which wast begot in Demogorgon’s hall
And saw’st the secrets of the world unmade.”
Spencer.
Deucha′lion, one of the demigods, son of Prometheus and Pyrra. He and his wife, by making a ship, survived the deluge which Jupiter sent on the earth, circa 1503 B.C.