Myths of Greece and Rome by H. A. Guerber (classic books for 11 year olds txt) 📖

home of Pyramus and Thisbe, 117.

Bac-cha-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Bacchus, 182.

Bac-chan´tes.
Female followers of Bacchus, 176, 182;
Orpheus slain by, 79, 80.

Bac´chus.
Same as Dionysus, god of wine and revelry;
son of Jupiter and Semele, 171-182;
Vulcan visited by, 147;
Ariadne rescued by, 257;
tutor of, 300;
gift from, 306.

Bau´cis.
1. The mortal who showed hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury;
wife of Philemon, 43, 44.
2. Father of Dryope (changed to a tree), 298.

Bel-ler´o-phon.
Demigod;
mounts Pegasus and slays the dread Chimæra, 291-296;
significance, 393, 394.

Bel-lo´na.
Goddess of war;
attendant of Mars, 138.

Ber-e-ni´ce.
Queen whose hair was changed into a comet, 130, 384.

Ber´o-e.
Nurse of Semele, whose form Juno assumes to arouse Semele’s jealousy, 171, 172.

Bi´ton.
Brother of Cleobis;
draws his mother to the temple, 54.

Bœ-o´ti-a.
Province in Greece, whose principal city was Thebes, 47, 280.

Bo´re-as.
North wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora;
kidnaps Orithyia, 213-215;
sons of, 267.

Bos´po-rus.
Channel connecting Black Sea and Sea of Marmora, on route of Argonauts, 268.

Brass Age.
Third age of world, 35.

Bri-a´re-us.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18;
umpire, 152.

Bri-se´is.
Captive of Achilles during Trojan war;
claimed by Agamemnon, 318, 319, 324;
significance, 394.

Bron´tes (Thunder).
A Cyclop;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18.

Bru´tus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Ca´cus.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
giant slain by Hercules on Mount Aventine, 226;
significance, 386.

Cad´mus.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Thebes, 45-48;
husband of Harmonia, 107;
daughter of, 171;
dragon-tooth seed of, 268;
significance, 386, 390, 393.

Ca-du´ce-us.
Wand given to Mercury by Apollo, 134.

Cæ´sar.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Cal´a-is.
Son of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Cal´chas.
Soothsayer of the Greeks during the Trojan war, 315.

Cal-li´o-pe.
One of the nine Muses, loved by Apollo, 90;
mother of Orpheus, 75.

Cal-lis´to.
Maiden loved by Jupiter;
changed into a bear by Juno;
the Great Bear, 52.

Cal´y-don.
Home of Meleager;
site of Calydonian Hunt, 275.

Cal-y-do´ni-an Hunt.
Organized by Meleager to slay a boar, 275-279.

Ca-lyp´so.
Nymph who detained Ulysses on Ogygia seven years, 354;
significance, 395.

Ca-mil´la.
Volscian maiden;
fights, and is slain by, Æneas, 373, 376;
dedicated to Diana, 374.

Ca-mil´lus.
Unborn soul of Roman hero, seen by Anchises in Hades, 372.

Cam´pus mar´ti-us.
Roman exercising grounds sacred to Mars, 143.

Can´cer.
Crab which attacked Hercules to defend the Hydra;
a constellation, 221.

Cap´i-tol.
Temple dedicated to Jupiter in Rome, 48.

Car´thage.
A city in Africa, built by Dido, visited by Æneas, 367.

Cas-san´dra.
Daughter of Priam;
her prophecies, though true, were always disbelieved, 310, 364;
captivity of, 361.

Cas-si-o-pe´ia.
Mother of Andromeda, 246;
a constellation, 249;
significance, 391.

Cas´tor.
One of the Dioscuri or Gemini, 278, 279;
rescue of Helen by, 260;
Argonauts joined by, 266;
Calydonian Hunt joined by, 275.

Cau-ca´si-an Mountains.
Same as Caucasus;
Prometheus chained to, 28, 227.

Ce´crops.
Founder of Athens, 57;
descendants of, 255.

Ce-læ´no.
One of the Harpies;
frightens Æneas by prophesying harm, 365.

Ce´le-us.
1. King of Eleusis;
father of Triptolemus, 188.
2. Father of Andromeda;
significance, 391.

Cen´taurs.
Children of Ixion, half man, half horse;
Chiron, 218, 263, 314;
Hercules fights, 221;
battle of, 230, 260;
Nessus, 234-236;
significance, 391, 397.

Cen-tim´a-ni (Hundred-handed).
Three sons of Uranus and Gæa, 17, 18.

Ceph´a-lus.
Hunter loved by Procris and Aurora, 70, 71, 90;
significance, 387.

Cer´be-rus.
Three-headed dog which guarded the entrance of Hades, 76, 77, 160;
Hercules captures, 229, 260;
significance, 401.

Cer´cy-on.
Son of Vulcan, 148;
encountered by Theseus, 252.

Ce-re-a´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Ceres, goddess of agriculture, 196.

Ce´res.
Same as Demeter, goddess of agriculture and civilization, 159, 183-197;
Cronus disgorges, 22;
Psyche consults, 127, 128;
Neptune loves, 153;
Pelops’ shoulder eaten by, 167;
significance, 396, 397.

Cer-y-ne´a.
Town of Achaia, 221.

Cer-y-ne´ian Stag.
Stag taken by Hercules;
one of his labors, 221.

Ces´tus.
Venus’ magic, love-inspiring girdle, 130, 308.

Ce´yx.
King of Thessaly;
shipwrecked, and changed with his wife Halcyone into birds, 211, 212.

Cha´os.
The first of all divinities, who ruled over confusion, 12, 13;
ejection of, 17;
daughter of, 57.

Char´i-tes.
The three Graces;
attendants of Venus, 105.

Cha´ron.
The boatman who ferries the souls over Acheron, 161;
Æneas ferried by, 372;
significance, 397.

Cha-ryb´dis.
Whirlpool near the coast of Sicily, 352, 353, 365.

Chi-mæ´ra.
Monster slain by Bellerophon, 292-296;
significance, 394, 401.

Chi´o-ne.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Chi´os.
One of the islands of the Archipelago, 99.

Chi´ron.
Learned Centaur, 218, 263, 266, 314;
death of, 221.

Chry-se´is.
Daughter of Chryses;
taken by Agamemnon, 318, 319.

Chry´ses.
Father of Chryseis;
priest of Apollo;
brings a plague on the Greek camp, 318, 319.

Ci-co´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses, 337.

Ci-lic´i-a.
Province in Asia Minor, between Æolia and Troas, 47.

Ci´lix.
Brother of Europa;
founder of Cilicia, 45, 47.

Cim-me´ri-an Shores.
Land visited by Ulysses to consult Tiresias, 350.

Cir´ce.
Sister of Æetes;
sorceress who changes Ulysses’ men into swine, 347-353;
significance, 395, 396.

Cle´o-bis.
Brother of Biton;
a devoted son, 54.

Cle-o-pa´tra.
Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Cli´o.
One of the nine Muses, 88.

Clo´tho.
One of the Fates;
she spins the thread of life, 165.

Clym´e-ne.
1. Wife of Iapetus;
an ocean nymph, 25.
2. Nymph loved by Apollo;
mother of Phaeton, 83, 87.

Clyt-æm-nes´tra.
Wife of Agamemnon;
slain by Orestes, 336;
significance, 394.

Clyt´i-e.
Maiden who loves Apollo, and is changed into a sunflower, 72.

Co-cy´tus.
River in Hades, formed of tears of the condemned, 160, 161.

Cϫus.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 17.

Col´chi-an Land.
Ram bears Phryxus to, 154;
Argonauts arrive at, 268;
Argonauts depart from, 269;
sailors of, 271.

Col´chis.
Land in Asia ruled by Æetes, where the golden fleece was kept, 265, 266;
return from, 274.

Co-lo´nus.
Forest sacred to Furies, where Œdipus vanished in a storm, 286.

Co-los´sus.
Statue of Apollo in the Island of Rhodes, 91.

Con-sen´tes.
Same as Pan, god of the universe and of nature, 300.

Co´pre-us.
Son of Pelops;
owner of the marvelous horse Arion, 153.

Co´ra.
Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 183;
significance, 396.

Cor´inth.
City and isthmus between Greece proper and the Peloponnesus, 152, 158, 294;
Sisyphus, king of, 167, 291;
Sciron at, 251;
Polybus, king of, 280-282, 286.

Co-ro´na.
Constellation, also known as Ariadne’s Crown, 181.

Co-ro´nis.
Maiden loved by Apollo;
mother of Æsculapius, 62, 63;
significance, 386, 389.

Co´rus.
Northwest wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Cor-y-ban´tes.
Same as Curetes;
Rhea’s priests, 21.

Cot´tus.
One of the Centimani;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 18.

Cre´on.
Father of Jocasta and of Megara, 219;
King of Thebes, 288.

Cre´tan Bull.
Hercules captures, 223.

Crete.
Island home of Minos, 223, 253, 256;
Menelaus’ journey to, 312;
Æneas’ sojourn in, 364;
Zeus, king of, 379.

Cre-u´sa.
1. Wife of Æneas;
killed in attempting to fly from Troy, 361-363.
2. Same as Glauce;
maiden loved by Jason, 273.

Cri´us.
One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 17.

Cro´nus.
Same as Saturn;
a Titan who rules supreme;
father of Jupiter, 17-23, 25, 35;
daughters of, 51, 183, 198;
son of, 159.

Cru´mis-sa.
Island where Neptune carried Theophane;
birthplace of the golden-fleeced ram, 154.

Cu´mæ.
Cave where the Sibyl gave her prophecies, 370.

Cu´pid, or Cu-pi´do.
Same as Amor, god of love;
son of Venus and Mars, 107, 140;
growth of, 108;
darts of, 112, 147, 367;
Psyche and, 121-130, 381.

Cu-re´tes.
Same as Corybantes;
Rhea’s priests, 21.

Cy´a-ne.
River which tried to stop Pluto when he kidnapped Proserpina, 186.

Cyb´e-le.
Same as Rhea, goddess of the earth, 20;
chariot of, 278.

Cy-clo´pes.
Three children of Uranus and Gæa,