Laver′na. The goddess of thieves.

Law, see Menu.

Lawgiver, see Nomius.

Laws, see Themis.

Lean′der, see Hero.

Leather Bottle, see Ascolia.

Le′da was the mother of Castor and Pollux, their father being Jupiter, in the shape of a swan. After her death she received the name of Nemesis.

Lem′nius. One of the names of Vulcan.

Lem′ures. The spectres of departed souls. Milton, in his “Ode to the Nativity,” says—

“Lemures moan with midnight plaint.”