Myths of Greece and Rome by H. A. Guerber (early reader chapter books TXT) 📕

In´a-chus.
River god (father of Io), 134, 136.

Infernal Regions.
Judges in the, 45;
Orpheus visits, 76-79;
Adonis visits, 108;
Pluto’s realm, 159;
Proserpina’s sojourn in, 194;
Æneas visits, 370.

I´no.
Same as Leucothea;
second wife of Athamas;
daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, 174, 265;
significance, 392.

I´o.
Maiden loved by Jupiter;
changed into a heifer, 134-137;
significance, 385, 396.

I-ob´a-tes.
King of Lycia;
recipient of the sealed letter carried by Bellerophon, 291-295.

I-o-la´us.
Friend of Hercules;
helped slay the Hydra, 220.

I-ol´cus.
Kingdom of Æson and Jason;
usurped by Pelias, 263.

I´o-le.
Maiden loved by Hercules, 235, 236;
significance, 390, 392.

I´on.
Grandson of Hellen;
ancestor of Ionian race, 38.

I-o´ni-an Race.
Race descended from Ion, grandson of Hellen, 38.

I-o´ni-an Sea.
Sea west of Greece, named after Io, 136, 137.

Iph-i-ge-ni´a.
Daughter of Agamemnon;
sacrificed to Diana, 315, 316;
Orestes finds, 336.

I´ris (the Rainbow).
Attendant of Juno, 52, 329, 374.

Iron Age.
Fourth and last age previous to the Deluge, 36.

Isles of the Blest.
Islands west of Oceanus, inhabited by the virtuous dead, 16, 17;
Ulysses searches for, 359.

Is´ma-rus.
Town in Thrace, spoiled by Ulysses, 337.

Is-me´ne.
Daughter of Œdipus and Jocasta, 285;
dies of grief, 290.

Isth´mi-an Games.
Games held in honor of Neptune, at Corinth, every four years, 158.

It´a-ly.
Saturn retires to, 23;
Ceres returns to, 190;
Janus, king of, 205.

Ith´a-ca.
Ulysses’ island kingdom, 214, 312, 337;
Ulysses arrives in sight of, 346;
Ulysses returns to, 354, 355;
Telemachus returns to, 357;
home of Penelope.

I-u´lus.
Æneas’ son;
Æneas saves, 361;
Cupid assumes form of, 367;
stag wounded by, 373;
brave defense by, 374.

Ivory Gate.
Gate leading from cave of Somnus to outer world, 210, 211.

Ix-i´on.
Criminal in Tartarus;
bound to wheel of fire, 77, 169, 260;
significance, 389.

Ja-nic´u-lum.
City on the Tiber, founded by Janus, 205.

Ja´nus.
God of all beginnings, of entrances, gates, etc., 205-207;
opening of temple of, 373.

Ja´nus Quad´ri-fons.
A square temple dedicated to Janus, 206.

Ja´son.
Son of Æson;
captured the golden fleece, 263-274;
significance, 392, 393.

Jo-cas´ta.
Wife of Laius, 280;
marries Œdipus, her son, 285;
commits suicide, 286;
significance, 392, 393.

Jove.
Same as Jupiter, 39;
birth of, 20;
day of, 207;
Leda courted by, 311;
decree of, 329.

Ju´no.
Birth of, 22;
flight of, 24;
Jupiter’s wife, 44;
same as Hera, 51-54;
jealousy of, 61, 62, 135-137, 171, 172, 174, 203, 216;
Mars, son of, 138;
Vulcan, son of, 144;
Tityus insults, 169;
Æolus, servant of, 213;
Hercules persecuted by, 216-218, 219, 224;
Jason carries, 264;
Jason aided by, 266, 267;
contest of Minerva and Venus with, 306-308;
Troy destroyed by, 362;
Æneas persecuted by, 364, 365, 369, 373-375;
significance, 385, 389, 400.

Ju´pi-ter.
Birth of, 20;
supremacy of, 21;
giants defeated by, 22-24;
kingdom divided by, 25;
Prometheus punished by, 28;
Mercury, messenger of, 31, 134;
Deluge caused by, 36;
same as Jove, 39-49;
Juno courted by, 51;
Minerva borne by, 55;
Latona courted by, 61;
Æsculapius slain by, 64;
Amphion, son of, 80;
Phaeton slain by, 87;
Muses, daughters of, 88;
Venus, daughter of, 103;
Graces, daughters of, 105;
Venus borrows thunderbolts of, 111;
Mercury, son of, 131;
Io courted by, 135, 136;
Mars, son of, 138;
Vulcan, son of, 144;
thunderbolts of, 147, 155;
Neptune exiled by, 151;
Semele courted by, 171-174;
Ceres, wife of, 183;
Hercules, son of, 216, 218;
games in honor of, 230, 239;
Hercules saved by, 238;
Danae courted by, 240, 241;
Helen, daughter of, 260, 311;
Bellerophon punished by, 295;
Thetis loved by, 305, 306;
Thetis seeks, 319;
interference of, 320, 362, 375;
Sarpedon, son of, 325;
Apollo appeased by, 354;
significance, 381, 384, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390, 394, 396, 398-400.

Jus´tice.
Same as Themis, 44;
mother of seasons, 105.

Ju-tur´na.
Sister and charioteer of Turnus, 376.

Ju-ven´tas.
Same as Hebe, goddess of youth, 41.

Ka´kia.
Goddess of vice;
tries to mislead Hercules, 218.

Lab´y-rinth.
A maze in Crete, constructed by Dædalus for the Minotaur, 253-257.

Lac-e-dæ-mo´ni-a.
Province in Peloponnesus;
capital Sparta, also name of Sparta, 312.

Lac-e-dæ-mo´ni-ans.
Inhabitants of Lacedæmonia, or Sparta, 212.

Lach´e-sis.
One of the Fates;
twists the thread of life, 165.

La´don.
Dragon which guarded golden apples of Hesperides, 226.

La-er´tes.
Father of Ulysses, 315, 345;
Penelope weaves his shroud, 357.

Læs-try-go´ni-ans.
Cannibals visited by Ulysses, 347.

La´ius.
Father of Œdipus, 280;
slain by him, 282;
significance, 392-394.

Lam-pe´tia.
One of the Heliades, 87;
guards the cattle of the sun, 353, 354.

La-oc´o-on.
Trojan priest;
crushed to death by two serpents, 333-335.

La-od-a-mi´a.
Wife of Protesilaus;
dies of grief, 316, 317.

La-om´e-don.
King of Troy;
employs Neptune and Apollo to build walls, 151, 152;
significance, 386.

Lap´i-thæ.
People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs, 230, 260;
Ixion, king of, 169;
Pirithous, king of, 259.

La´ra.
Wife of Mercury;
mother of the two Lares, 203.

La´res.
Two tutelary divinities of ancient Roman households, 203;
saved by Anchises, 362.

Lat´in.
Names of days in, 207.

Lat´ins.
People of Latinus and Æneas, 377;
Æneas fights, 375.

La-ti´nus.
King of Latium, 372;
welcomes and then wars against Æneas, 373, 374, 376;
Æneas makes peace with, 377.

La´ti-um.
Province of Italy, ruled by Latinus, 377;
Æneas comes to, 372.

Lat´mus.
Mountain in Asia Minor, where Endymion lies asleep, 97;
significance, 388, 392, 394.

La-to´na.
Same as Leto;
wife of Jupiter;
mother of Apollo and Diana, 61, 62;
boast of, 93;
significance, 396.

Lau´sus.
Hero slain by Æneas during wars against the Rutules, 376.

La-vin´i-a.
Daughter of Latinus, 372, 373;
Æneas’ second wife, 376, 377.

Le-an´der.
Youth of Abydus;
Hero’s lover, who swam the Hellespont, 111-117.

Le-ar´chus.
Son of Athamas and Ino;
slain by his father, 174.

Le´da.
Mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen and Clytæmnestra, 311;
significance, 394.

Le´laps.
The tireless hunting dog given by Procris to Cephalus, 70.

Lem´nos.
Island in the Grecian Archipelago;
Vulcan landed there, 144;
Philoctetes on, 330.

Ler´na.
Marsh where the Hydra lay concealed, 220.

Le´the.
River of forgetfulness, which separated the Elysian Fields from Hades, 161, 163, 208, 210.

Le´to.
Same as Latona;
mother of Apollo and Diana, 61;
significance, 386, 388, 392, 394.

Leu-co´the-a.
Same as Ino, Athamas’ wife;
sea goddess, 174;
Ulysses rescued by, 355.

Li´ber.
Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, 174.

Lib-er-a´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Liber, or Bacchus, held in the autumn, 182.

Lib´y-a.
Ancient name of Africa;
coast upon which Æneas landed, 48, 366.

Li´chas.
Bearer of the Nessus robe;
slain by Hercules, 236-238.

Light.
Same as Æther, 13.

Lip´a-ri Islands.
Same as Æolian Islands, where Ulysses landed, 213.

Little Bear.
Arcas changed into the constellation of the, 52.

Lo´tis.
Nymph changed into a lotus blossom, 299.

Lo-toph´a-gi.
People whose food was the lotus;
the Lotus-eaters, 338.

Love.
Same as Eros, Cupid, etc., 13;
Psyche courted by, 124-127.

Loves.
Attendants of Venus, 148.

Lower Regions.
Visited by Æneas, 372.

Lu´nae.
Same as Diana, 207.

Lyc´i-a.
Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the Chimæra, 291, 295.

Lyc-o-me´des.
King of Scyros;
treacherously slays Theseus, 262;
shelters Achilles, 314, 315.

Ly´cus.
Antiope’s second husband;
slain by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.

Lyd´i-a.
Kingdom of Midas,