Myths of Greece and Rome by H. A. Guerber (early reader chapter books TXT) 📕
Greatly dissatisfied with the treatment her children had received at their father's hands, Gæa remonstrated, but all in vain. Uranus would not grant her request to set the giants free, and, whenever their muffled cries reached his ear, he trembled for his own safety. Angry beyond all expression, Gæa swore revenge, and descended into Tartarus, where she urged the Titans to conspire against their father, and attempt to wrest the scepter from his grasp.
[Sidenote: The Titans revolt.]
All listened attentively to the words of sedition; but none were courageous enough to carry out her plans, except Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, more familiarly known as Saturn or Time, who found confinement and chains peculiarly galling, and who hated his father for his cruelty. Gæa finally induced him to lay violent hands upon his sire, and, after releasing him from his bonds, gave him a scythe, and bade him be of good cheer and return victorious.
Thus armed and admonished, Cronus se
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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,
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