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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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significance, 400.
Thyr´sus.
The vine-encircled wand borne by the followers of Bacchus, 182.
Ti´ber.
River in Italy, 200, 202, 205;
Æneas sails up the, 363, 372, 374.
Ti-re´si-as.
The blind seer visited by Ulysses on the Cimmerian shore, 350, 353.
Ti-siph´o-ne.
One of the three Furies, or Eumenides, 163, 165, 174.
Ti-tan´i-des.
The six daughters of Uranus and Gæa, 17.
Ti´tans.
Name given to the six sons of Uranus and Gæa, 17, 18;
revolt of, 22, 23, 25;
significance, 398.
Ti-tho´nus.
Trojan prince who visited Aurora, 90.
Tit´y-us.
Giant in Tartarus, whose prostrate body covered nine acres, 169.
Tra-chin´i-a.
Land where Hercules died, 216.
Tri-na´cri-a.
Land visited by Ulysses, whose men slay the cattle of the sun, 353, 354.
Trip-tol´e-mus.
Nursling and protégé of Ceres, 188, 196.
Tri´ton.
Son of Neptune and Amphitrite;
father of the Tritons, 154, 303;
significance, 397.
Trœ-ze´ne.
Ancient city in Argolis, 152;
birthplace of Theseus, 250, 251;
significance, 391.
Tro´jans.
Inhabitants of Troy, 316-335, 360-376.
Troy.
City of Asia Minor, ruled by Laomedon and Priam;
war of, 305-336.
Tuc´ci-a.
Vestal virgin who stood the test of purity, 200.
Tur´nus.
Chief of the Rutules;
wars against Æneas, 372-377.
Tus´cans.
People of Tuscania in Italy, governed by Evander;
allies of Æneas, 374, 375.
Tyn-da´re-us.
Stepfather of Helen;
binds her suitors by oath, 311.
Ty-phϫus.
Same as Typhon;
monster sent to dethrone Jupiter, 23, 24.
Tyre.
City in Phœnicia, governed by Sychæus and Dido, 366.
U-lys´ses.
Same as Odysseus, hero of the Odyssey;
King of Ithaca, 214, 312, 315, 330, 332;
adventures of, 337-359;
significance, 386, 395.
U-ra´ni-a.
Muse of astronomy, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 88, 90.
U´ra-nus (Heaven).
Husband of Gæa, created by her, 15, 17, 18;
significance, 385.
Ve´nus.
Same as Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, 103-130;
day of, 207;
Hippomenes aided by, 278;
Juno and Minerva dispute with, 306-308;
Paris advised by, 310, 312;
Paris saved by, 320;
Æneas, son of, 360, 362, 366, 367, 370, 372, 376;
significance, 389.
Ver-tum´nus.
God of the orchards;
loved by Pomona, 303.
Ves´ta.
Same as Hestia, goddess of fire and of the family hearth, 198-204;
birth of, 22;
significance, 399.
Ves-ta´li-a.
Festivals in honor of Vesta, held in Rome, 202.
Ves´tals.
Virgins dedicated to the service of Vesta, 200-202, 377.
Vic-to´ri-a.
Same as Nice, goddess of victory, 41.
Vol´scians.
Tribe in Italy who join the Rutules against Æneas, 373, 374, 376.
Vul´can.
Same as Hephæstus, god of the forge, 144-148;
Jupiter’s head cleft by, 55;
Venus, wife of, 106, 107;
armor made by, 326, 374;
significance, 399.
Vul-ca-na´li-a.
Festivals celebrated in honor of Vulcan, 148.
Zeph´y-rus.
God of the south wind;
son of Æolus and Aurora, 213;
Hyacinthus slain by, 67;
Venus conducted by, 105;
Psyche saved by, 122, 128;
Flora, wife of, 301.
Ze´tes.
Son of Boreas and Orithyia;
took part in Argonautic expedition, and drove away Harpies, 215.
Ze´thus.
Twin brother of Amphion;
son of Jupiter and Antiope, 80-82.
Zeus.
Same as Jupiter;
father of the gods, 39;
significance, 379, 385, 388, 395.
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