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in Asia Minor, 177, 230.

Lyn´ceus.
Husband of Hypermnestra, who spared his life, 166.

Lyn´cus.
King of Scythia;
changed into a lynx by Ceres, 196.

Ly´ra.
Orpheus’ lute;
placed in heavens as a constellation, 80.

Ma-cha´on.
Celebrated leech;
son of Æsculapius, 64;
Philoctetes healed by, 331.

Ma´ia.
Goddess of the plains;
mother of Mercury, 131;
significance, 399.

Ma´nes.
Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, 203.

Mar-pes´sa.
Daughter of Evenus;
marries Idas, 155.

Mars.
Same as Ares;
son of Jupiter and Juno, 52;
god of war, 138-143;
Venus courted by, 106-108;
day of, 207;
descendants of, 377;
significance, 400.

Mar´sy-as.
1. Shepherd who enters into competition with Apollo, 73, 74.
2. Name of river, 74.

Mar´ti-us, Cam´pus.
Roman exercising grounds, 143.

Mat-ro-na´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Juno, in Rome, 54.

Me-de´a.
Daughter of Æetes, 268, 269;
wife of Jason, 271, 273, 274;
wife of Ægeus, 252, 253;
significance, 392.

Me´di-a.
Country in Asia Minor, where Medea took refuge, 253.

Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an.
Sea dividing world in two, 15.

Me-du´sa.
Gorgon slain by Perseus, whose hair was turned into snakes, 242-249;
Neptune marries, 154;
Pegasus, offspring of, 294;
significance, 391.

Me-gæ´ra.
One of the Furies, Eumenides, or Erinnyes, 163.

Meg´a-ra.
First wife of Hercules, whose three children he burns in his madness, 219;
significance, 390.

Me-le-a´ger.
Son of Œneus and Althæa;
leader of Calydonian Hunt, 275, 276;
significance, 392.

Me´li-an Nymphs.
Nymphs who nursed Jupiter in infancy, 21.

Mel-pom´e-ne.
One of the Muses;
presides over tragedy, 88.

Mem´phis.
Town in Egypt, founded by Epaphus, 136.

Men-e-la´us.
King of Sparta;
husband of Helen of Troy, 310-314;
Paris fights, 320;
return of, 335;
Telemachus visits, 357;
significance, 394.

Men´e-ti-us.
One of the four sons of Iapetus and Clymene, 25.

Men´tor.
Name assumed by Minerva to act as a guide for Telemachus, 357, 358.

Mer-cu-ra´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Mercury, the messenger god, 137.

Mer´cu-ry.
Same as Hermes;
son of Jupiter and Maia, 131-137;
Pandora guided by, 29, 31;
Jupiter’s ally, 43;
Adonis guided by, 108;
Mars delivered by, 139;
Bacchus guarded by, 174;
Proserpina guided by, 195;
Lara loved by, 203;
day of, 207;
leader of dreams, 210;
Perseus helped by, 243;
Pan, son of, 300;
Protesilaus guided by, 317;
Priam led by, 329;
Ulysses aided by, 349, 354;
Æneas aided by, 369;
significance, 385, 386, 399, 400.

Mer´o-pe.
Daughter of Œnopion;
promised bride of Orion, 99.

Met-a-nei´ra.
Wife of Celeus, king of Eleusis;
mother of Triptolemus, 188.

Me´tis.
Daughter of Oceanus;
gives a potion to Cronus, 22.

Me´tus.
Attendant of Mars;
god of war and strife, 138.

Me-zen´ti-us.
Father of Lausus;
slain by Æneas, 376.

Mi´das.
King of Lydia, 74, 75;
changed all he touched to gold, 177-179.

Mi-la´ni-on.
Same as Hippomenes;
husband of Atalanta, 278.

Mi´lo.
Island where statue of Venus was found, 130.

Mi-ner´va.
Same as Athene, goddess of wisdom;
daughter of Jupiter, 55-60;
man given soul by, 27;
flute of, 73;
Vulcan wooes, 147;
contest of Neptune and, 152;
Medusa punished by, 242;
Perseus aided by, 243;
gift to, 249;
Argo built by, 266;
Bellerophon helped by, 292;
Juno and Venus dispute with, 306-308;
Ulysses aided by, 354-358;
significance, 395, 396.

Min-er-va´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Minerva, in Rome, 60.

Mi´nos.
1. King of Crete, 223;
father of Ariadne and Phædra, 253, 256.
2. Son of Jupiter and Europa;
judge in Hades, 45, 163.

Min´o-taur.
Monster which Minos kept in the Labyrinth, 253-257;
significance, 391, 401.

Mne-mos´y-ne.
A Titanide, 17, 22;
goddess of memory;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Muses, 88.

Mœ´ræ.
The Fates, or Parcæ, who spin, twist, and cut the thread of life, 165.

Mor´pheus.
Prime minister of Somnus, god of sleep, 208, 212.

Mors.
Same as Thanatos, god of death, 208-212, 213.

Mo-sych´lus.
Mountain in Lemnos, where Vulcan fell from heaven, 144.

Mu-sag´e-tes.
Apollo’s name when he led the choir of the Muses, 88.

Mu´ses, the Nine.
Daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 73-75, 88-90;
mount of the, 294.

My-ce´næ.
Favorite city of Juno, with Sparta and Argos, 52;
Perseus exchanges Argos for, 249.

Myr´mi-dons.
Achilles’ followers;
led by Patroclus, 324, 325;
significance, 395.

Mys´ter-ies.
Religious rites celebrated in honor of the God of Wine, 182.

Myths.
Fabulous tales, 378-401.

Na-i´a-des.
Fountain nymphs subject to Neptune, 297, 298.

Na-pæ´æ.
Valley nymphs, who looked after the flocks also, 297.

Nar-cis´sus.
Youth loved by Echo;
enamored with his own image, 118-120.

Nau-sic´a-a.
Daughter of Alcinous and Arete;
befriends Ulysses, 355.

Nax´os.
Island visited by Theseus and Bacchus, 179, 257;
significance, 391.

Nec´tar.
Beverage of the gods, poured out by Hebe and Ganymede, 41, 84.

Ne´leus.
Son of Neptune;
brother of Pelias, 154.

Ne´me-a.
Forest in Greece, devastated by a lion slain by Hercules, 220.

Ne´me-an Games.
Games in honor of Jupiter and Hercules, 239.

Ne´me-an Lion.
Monster slain by Hercules, 220.

Nem´e-sis.
Goddess of vengeance, 163;
pursues Orestes, 336.

Ne-op-tol´e-mus.
Same as Pyrrhus;
Achilles’ son;
slays Priam, 361.

Neph´e-le.
Wife of Athamas;
mother of Phryxus and Helle, 265;
significance, 391, 397.

Nep´tune.
Same as Poseidon, god of the sea, 149-158;
son of Cronus, 22;
kingdom given to, 25;
Deluge controlled by, 36, 37;
horse created by, 57;
Delos created by, 62;
walls built by, 65;
Mars punished by, 139;
girl protected by, 197;
Vesta wooed by, 198;
Minos punished by, 223;
Pegasus created by, 244;
Hippolytus slain by, 262;
Thetis wooed by, 305;
Trojans punished by, 332, 333;
Polyphemus, son of, 339;
Ulysses’ men slain by, 354, 355;
Æneas saved by, 366, 370;
significance, 397, 400.

Ne-re´i-des.
Water nymphs;
daughters of Nereus and Doris, 153, 155;
significance, 397.

Ne´re-us.
God of the sea;
the personification of its pleasant aspect, 154, 226;
father of Thetis, 305;
significance, 397.

Nes´sus.
The Centaur who carries Deianeira across the river;
slain by Hercules, 234, 235;
significance, 390.

Nes´tor.
Greek hero during Trojan war;
noted for wise counsel, 275, 314, 357.

Ni´ce.
Same as Victory;
attendant of Jupiter, 41.

Night.
Same as Nyx or Nox, 13, 15, 57, 208.

Nightmares.
Attendants of Somnus, crouching in his cave, 210.

Ni´o-be.
Daughter of Tantalus, whose children are slain by Apollo and Diana, 93-96, 167;
significance, 398.

Ni´sus.
Youth who accompanies Euryalus to summon Æneas back to camp, 374.

No´man.
Name assumed by Ulysses to mislead Polyphemus, 343, 344.

No´tus or Auster.
Southwest wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Nox.
Same as Nyx, goddess of night;
marries Chaos and Erebus, 13.

Nu´ma Pom-pil´i-us.
Second king of Rome;
built Vesta’s temple, 200.

Nymphs.
Name given to female minor divinities, 297.

Ny-si´a-des.
Nymphs who cared for Bacchus, and form a constellation, 174.

Nyx.
Same as Nox, goddess of night;
mother of Day and Light, 13, 15, 17, 163.

O-ce-an´i-des.
Daughters of Oceanus;
nymphs of the ocean, 25, 103, 303;
significance, 397.

O-ce´a-nus.
1. River surrounding the earth, according to ancients, 15, 16, 229.
2. One of the Titans;
son of Uranus and Gæa, 17, 20, 22, 25, 149;
significance, 397.

O-cris´i-a.
A slave;
wife of Vulcan;
mother of Servius Tullius, 148.

O-dys´seus.
Same as Ulysses;
hero of the Odyssey, 337.

Od´ys-sey.
Epic poem of Homer on the adventures of Ulysses, 337.

Œd´i-pus.
Son of Laius and Jocasta;
King of Thebes, 280-290;
significance, 392, 393, 394.

Ϋneus.
Father of Meleager and Deianeira;
husband of Althæa, 232, 275.

Œ-no´ne.
Wife of Paris, son of Priam, 307, 308;
she dies on his funeral pyre, 331;
significance, 394.

Œ-no´pi-on. Father of Merope;
blinds Orion, 99.

Ϋta.
Mountain on whose summit Hercules builds his funeral pyre, 238.

O-gyg´i-a.
Island where Calypso detains Ulysses seven years, 354.

O-lym´pi-a.
City in Elis noted for its temple and games, 49, 230, 239.

O-lym´pi-ad.
Time between Olympian Games;

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