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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thunderbolts forged by, 22, 64, 147;
Orion visits the, 99;
Vulcan and the, 145;
Island of the, 339;
Æneas warned against, 365;
significance, 385, 398.
Cy´clops.
Polyphemus the, 339-345, 365.
Cyc´nus.
Intimate friend of Phaeton, 87.
Cyl-le´ne.
Mountain upon which Mercury was born, 131, 132.
Cyn´thi-a.
Same as Diana, goddess of the moon and the chase, 93, 96.
Cyn´thi-us.
Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and fine arts, 61.
Cyp-a-ris´sus.
Friend of Apollo;
turned to a cypress tree, 67.
Cy´prus.
Island in the Mediterranean sacred to Venus, 105, 120, 123.
Cyth-e-re´a.
Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, and laughter, 103.
Dæd´a-lus.
Architect who planned the Cretan Labyrinth, 253-255;
inventor of sails, 214.
Dan´a-e.
Maiden visited by Jupiter as a golden shower;
mother of Perseus, 240-242;
significance, 379, 390, 397.
Da-na´i-des.
Daughters of Danaus, who slay their husbands, 166, 167.
Dan´a-us.
King of Argos;
father of the fifty Danaides, 166.
Dan´ube.
River of Europe;
Medea slays Absyrtus near its mouth, 271.
Daph´ne.
Maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree, 68-70;
significance, 387, 389, 395.
Dar´da-nus.
Ancient king of Troy, who gives his name to his race, 364;
mares of, 215.
De-i-a-nei´ra.
Wife of Hercules, 232-236;
causes Hercules’ death by using the Nessus robe, 235, 236;
significance, 390.
De-iph´o-bus.
Son of Priam and Hecuba;
married Helen after the death of Paris, 362.
De´los.
Floating island;
birthplace of Apollo and Diana, 62;
shrine of Apollo at, 91, 363, 364;
significance, 386, 396.
Del´phi.
Shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles, 37, 47, 91;
Ceyx visits, 211;
Œdipus consults oracle at, 281, 282, 285, 290;
Orestes at, 336.
Del´uge.
Caused by Jupiter’s wrath, 36;
slime from, 65.
De-me´ter.
Same as Ceres;
goddess of agriculture, 183, 187;
significance, 396.
De´mi-os (Dread).
Attendant or son of Mars, 138.
Des´ti-ny.
One of the ancient deities not subjected to Jupiter, 39.
Deu-ca´li-on.
Only male survivor of Deluge;
father of Hellen, 37, 38.
Di´a.
Maiden loved and deserted by Ixion, king of the Lapithæ, 169;
significance, 389.
Di-a´na.
Goddess of the moon and chase;
daughter of Jupiter and Latona, 93-101;
birth of, 62;
nymphs of, 70, 190;
arrows of, 139;
Arethusa protected by, 192;
Œneus neglects, 275;
Iphigenia saved by, 316;
temple of, 336;
Camilla rescued by, 373, 374;
significance, 388, 396, 398.
Di´do.
Queen of Tyre and Carthage;
loved and deserted by Æneas, 366-369;
Æneas sees, in Hades, 372.
Di-o-me´des.
1. Greek hero during Trojan war, 314;
recovers Patroclus’ body, 328;
helps Ulysses secure the Palladium, 332.
2. The possessor of horses taken by Hercules, 223.
Di-o´ne.
1. Name given to Venus, goddess of beauty, love, laughter, etc., 103.
2. Mother of Venus by Jupiter;
goddess of moisture, 44.
Di-o-nys´i-a.
Festivals held in Greece in honor of Bacchus, 182.
Di-o-nys´us.
Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, 174.
Di-os-cu´ri.
Collective name given to Castor and Pollux, 278.
Di-os-cu´ri-a.
Festivals in honor of Castor and Pollux, 279.
Dir´ce.
Wife of Lycus;
bound to a bull by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.
Dis.
Same as Pluto, god of Infernal Regions, 159, 370.
Dis-cor´di-a, or Eris.
Goddess of discord, 138;
she appears at Peleus’ marriage feast, 306.
Do-do´na.
Temple and grove sacred to Jupiter, 48, 49, 266.
Dol´phin.
Constellation, 82.
Do´ri-an Race.
Descendants of Dorus, 38.
Do´ris.
Wife of Nereus, 154, 305.
Do´rus.
Son of Hellen;
ancestor of Dorian race, 38.
Dreams.
Spirits in cave of Somnus;
passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 210, 211;
Mercury, leader of, 137.
Drep´a-num.
Land visited by Æneas, where Anchises died, 365.
Dry´a-des.
Plant nymphs, supposed to watch over vegetation, 297.
Dry´o-pe.
Princess changed into a tree, 298-300.
Dull´ness.
Obscure deity put to flight by Minerva, 55, 57.
Earth.
Æther and Hemera create the, 13;
divisions of the, 15;
realm of the, 25;
the mother of all, 38;
oath by the, 172;
Antæus, son of the, 228;
significance, 398.
E´cho.
Nymph who pined for love of Narcissus;
changed to a voice, 118, 119;
answers Cephalus, 71;
mocks Ariadne, 179.
Egg.
Earth hatched from a mythical, 15.
E´gypt.
Gods take refuge in, 24;
Io takes refuge in, 136;
Menelaus and Helen detained in, 336.
E-lec´tra.
Daughter of Agamemnon;
saves Orestes, 336.
El-eu-sin´i-a.
Festivals at Eleusis, in honor of Ceres and Proserpina, 196.
E-leu´sis.
City in Greece visited by Ceres during her search for Proserpina, 188, 196.
E´lis.
Province of the Peloponnesus;
Alpheus in, 193;
Augeas, king of, 221;
significance, 388.
El-pe´nor.
Follower of Ulysses;
dies in Island of Ææa, 350.
E-lys´i-an Fields.
Abode of the blessed in Hades, 161, 163, 169;
Cleobis and Biton conveyed to, 54;
Adonis conveyed to, 110.
En-cel´a-dus.
Giant defeated by Jupiter;
buried under Mt. Ætna, 24.
En-dym´i-on.
Youth loved by Diana, who carries him to a cave on Mt. Latmus, 96-98;
significance, 388, 389, 396.
En´na.
Plain in Sicily;
favorite resort of Proserpina, 183.
E-ny´o.
Name given to Bellona, goddess of war, 138.
E´os.
Name given to Aurora, goddess of dawn, 72, 90;
jealousy of, 70, 71;
winds, offspring of, 213.
Ep´a-phus.
Son of Jupiter and Io;
founder of Memphis, 136.
Eph´e-sus.
City in Asia Minor sacred to Diana, 101.
Eph-i-al´tes.
Giant son of Neptune, 154;
brother of Otus;
imprisons Mars, 139;
significance, 400.
E-pig´o-ni.
Sons of the seven chiefs who besieged Thebes, 290.
Ep-i-me´theus (Afterthought).
Son of Iapetus, 25;
husband of Pandora, 28-34, 37.
E-pi´rus.
Country visited by Æneas, who meets Andromache there, 365.
Er´a-to.
One of the Muses;
daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 90.
Er´e-bus.
God of darkness, 13;
marries his mother, Night, 13;
progenitor of egg, 15;
dethroned, 17.
E-rid´a-nus.
River into which Phaeton fell from the sun chariot, 87;
Hercules consults nymphs of, 226.
E-rin´ny-es.
Collective name given to the Furies, 163;
significance, 393.
E´ris.
Same as Discordia, goddess of discord and strife, 138;
apple cast by, 306.
Er-i-sich´thon.
An unbeliever;
punished by famine, 197.
E´ros.
Same as Cupid, 107;
child of Light and Day, 13;
arrows of, 13, 112;
egg produces, 15;
causes man’s creation, 25;
man’s life given by, 27.
Er-y-man´thus.
Place where Hercules slew the wild boar, 221.
Er-y-the´a.
Island home of Geryones;
visited by Hercules, 226.
E-te´o-cles.
Son of Œdipus and Jocasta, 285;
reigns one year, 287;
slain by his brother, 288.
E-thi-o´pi-a.
Country visited by Bacchus, 176.
E-thi-o´pi-ans.
Happy race of Africa, south of the river Oceanus;
visited by the gods, 16.
Eu-bœ´an or Eu-bo´ic Sea.
Sea where Hercules cast Lichas, 238.
Eu-mæ´us.
Swineherd visited by Ulysses on his return to Ithaca, 355, 357;
Ulysses aided by, 358.
Eu-men´i-des.
Collective name given to Furies, 163;
forest sacred to, 286;
significance, 393.
Eu-phros´y-ne.
One of the three Graces or Charites;
attendant of Venus, 105.
Eu-ro´pa.
Daughter of Agenor;
wife of Jupiter, 44-48, 59;
mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon, 45, 325;
significance, 386.
Eu-ro´tas.
River near Sparta, where Helen bathed, 310.
Eu´rus.
East wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213-215.
Eu-ry´a-le.
One of the three terrible Gorgons, 242.
Eu-ry´a-lus.
Youth sent with Nisus to warn Æneas that his son was in danger, 374.
Eu-ry-cle´a.
Nurse of Ulysses;
recognizes him after twenty years’ absence, 357;
Penelope awakened by, 358.
Eu-ryd´i-ce.
Wife of Orpheus, who seeks her in Hades, 75-80;
significance, 387-389.
Eu-ryl´o-chus.
Leader of Ulysses’ men, 347;
escaped Circe’s spell, 349;
Ulysses’ men misled by, 353.
Eu-ryn´o-me.
Wife of Jupiter;
mother of the Graces, 105.
Eu-rys´theus.
Hercules’ taskmaster;
appointed twelve labors, 218-229.
Eu´ry-tus.
Iole’s father;
visited twice by Hercules, 235.
Eu-ter´pe.
One of the Muses;
presided over music, 88.
Eux´ine Sea.
Same as Pontus Euxinus, or the Black Sea, 15.
E-van´der.
King of Tuscans;
ally of Æneas;
father of Pallas, 374, 375.
E-ve´nus.
Father of Marpessa;
drowned himself in river of same name, 155;
Hercules crosses, 234.
Fa´ma.
Attendant of Jupiter, goddess of fame, 41.
Fates.
Three sisters;
also known as Mœræ or Parcæ, 165.
Fau´na.
Wife of
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