Hyperborei (hī-per-bor´e-ī)—lit. “beyond the north wind.” A fabulous people living in the extreme north in a land of perpetual sunshine, in a state of perfect happiness.
Hyperion (hī-per-ī´ōn)—lit. “he who goes above.” (i) A name applied to the sun. (ii) A Titan, father of the sun.
Hypsipyle (hip-sip´i-lē).—Daughter of Thoas, king of Lemnos, in the time of the Argonauts.
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Iacchus (i-ak’us).—A name of Bacchus.
Iapetus (i-ap’et-us), or Japetus.—One of the Titans; father of Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Icarus (ī-kar’us).—See “[Dædalus].”
Ichthyophagi (ik-thi-of´a-jī)—i. e. fish-eaters.—A name given by the ancients to various peoples on the coasts of Asia and Africa.
Ida (ī´da).—(i) A mountain range near Troy, celebrated as the scene of the judgment of [Paris] (q.v.). From the summit of Ida the gods watched the battles in the plain of Troy. (ii) A high mountain in Crete, on which Jupiter was brought up.