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of Hercules. Iole

(Iˈo-le), sister of Dryope.

Iona

(I-oˈna), or Icolmkill, a small northern island near Scotland, where St. Columba founded a missionary monastery (563 AD).

Ionia

(I-oˈni-a), coast of Asia Minor.

Iphigenia

(Iph-i-ge-niˈa), daughter of Agamemnon, offered as a sacrifice but carried away by Diana.

Iphis

(Iˈphis), died for love of Anaxarete.

Iphitus

(Iphˈi-tus), friend of Hercules, killed by him.

Iris

(Iˈris), goddess of the rainbow, messenger of Juno and Zeus.

Ironside

(Iˈron-side), Arthur’s knight.

Isabella

(Is-a-belˈla), daughter of king of Galicia.

Isis

(Iˈsis), wife of Osiris; described as the giver of death.

Ismarus

(Isˈma-rus), first stop of Ulysses, returning from Trojan War.

Ismenos

(Ismeˈnos), a son of Niobe, slain by Apollo.

Isolier

(I-soˈlier), friend of Rinaldo.

Isoude the Fair

(I-soudeˈ the Fair), beloved of Tristram.

Isoude of the White Hands

(I-soudeˈ of the White Hands), married to Tristram.

Isthmian Games

(Isthˈmi-an Games), see Games.

Ithaca

(Ithˈa-ca), home of Ulysses and Penelope.

Iulus

(I-uˈlus), son of Aeneas.

Ivo

(Iˈvo), Saracen king, befriending Rinaldo.

Ixion

(Ix-iˈon), once a sovereign of Thessaly, sentenced in Tartarus to be lashed with serpents to a wheel which a strong wind drove continually around.

J Janiculum

(Ja-nicˈu-lum), Roman fortress on the Janiculus, a hill on the other side of the Tiber.

Janus

(Jaˈnus), a deity from the earliest times held in high estimation by the Romans.

Jason

(Jaˈson), leader of the Argonauts, seeking the Golden Fleece.

Joseph of Arimathea

(Joˈseph of Arimathea), who bore the Holy Graal to Europe.

Jotunheim

(Joˈtun-heim), home of the giants in Northern mythology.

Jove Zeus

(Jove (Zeus)), chief god of Roman and Grecian mythology. See Jupiter.

Joyous Garde

(Joyˈous Garde), residence of Sir Launcelot of the Lake.

Juggernaut

(Jugˈger-naut), Hindu deity.

Juno

(Juˈno), the particular guardian spirit of each woman See Genius.

(Juˈno), wife of Jupiter, queen of the gods.

Jupiter

(Juˈpi-ter), Jovis-pater, Father Jove; Jupiter and Jove used interchangeably.

Jupiter Capitolinus

(Juˈpi-ter Capˈi-to-liˈnus), temple of, preserving the Sibylline books.

Justice

(Jusˈtice), see Themis.

K Kadyriath

(Ka-dy-riˈath), advises King Arthur.

Kai

(Kai), son of Kyner.

Kalki

(Kalˈki), tenth avatar of Vishnu.

Kay

(Kay), Arthur’s steward and a knight.

Kedalion

(Ke-daˈli-on), guide of Orion.

Kerman

(Kerˈman), desert of.

Kicva

(Kicˈva), daughter of Gwynn Gloy.

Kilwich

(Kilˈwich), son of Kilydd.

Kilydd

(Ki-lyddˈ), son of Prince Kelyddon, of Wales.

Kneph

(Kneph), spirit or breath.

Kriemhild

(Kriemˈhild), wife of Siegfried.

Krishna

(Krishˈna), eighth avatar of Vishnu, Hindu deity of fertility in nature and mankind.

Kyner

(Kyˈner), father of Kay.

Kynon

(Kyˈnon), son of Clydno.

L Labyrinth

(Labˈy-rinth), the enclosed maze of passageways where roamed the Minotaur of Crete, killed by Theseus with aid of Ariadne.

Lachesis

(Lachˈe-sis), one of the Fates.

Lady of the Fountain

(Lady of the Fountain), tale told by Kynon.

Laertes

(La-erˈtes), father of Ulysses.

Laestrygonians

(Laes-try-goˈni-ans), savages attacking Ulysses.

Laius

(Laˈius), King of Thebes.

Lama

(Laˈma), holy man of Thibet.

Lampetia

(Lam-peˈtia), daughter of Hyperion.

Laocoön

(La-ocˈo-on), a priest of Neptune, in Troy, who warned the Trojans against the Wooden Horse, but when two serpents came out of the sea and strangled him and his two sons, the people listened to the Greek spy Sinon, and brought the fatal Horse into the town.

Laodamia

(La-o-da-miˈa), daughter of Acastus and wife of Protesilaus.

Laodegan

(La-odˈe-gan), King of Carmalide, helped by Arthur and Merlin.

Laomedon

(La-omˈe-don), King of Troy.

Lapithae

(Lapˈi-thae), Thessalonians, whose king had invited the Centaurs to his daughter’s wedding but who attacked them for offering violence to the bride.

Lares

(Laˈres), household deities.

Larkspur

(Larkˈspur), flower from the blood of Ajax.

Latinus

(La-tiˈnus), ruler of Latium, where Aeneas landed in Italy.

Latmos

(Latˈmos), Mount, where Diana fell in love with Endymion.

Latona

(La-toˈna), mother of Apollo.

Launcelot

(Launceˈlot), the most famous knight of the Round Table.

Lausus

(Lauˈsus), son of Mezentius, killed by Aeneas.

Lavinia

(La-vinˈi-a), daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas.

Lavinium

(La-vinˈi-um), Italian city named for Lavinia.

Law

(Law), see Themis.

Leander

(Le-anˈder), a youth of Abydos, who, swimming the Hellespont to see Hero, his love, was drowned.

Lebadea

(Le-ba-deˈa), site of the oracle of Trophonius.

Lebynthos

(Le-bynˈthos), Aegean island.

Leda

(Leˈda), Queen of Sparta, wooed by Jupiter in the form of a swan.

Leir

(Leir), mythical King of Britain, original of Shakespeare’s Lear.

Lelaps

(Leˈlaps), dog of Cephalus.

Lemnos

(Lemˈnos), large island in the Aegean Sea, sacred to Vulcan.

Lemures

(Lemˈu-res), the spectres or spirits of the dead.

Leo

(Leˈo), Roman emperor. Or, Greek prince.

Lethe

(Leˈthe), river of Hades, drinking whose water caused forgetfulness.

Leucadia

(Leu-caˈdia), a promontory, whence Sappho, disappointed in love, was said to have thrown herself into the sea.

Leucothea

(Leu-coˈthe-a), a sea-goddess, invoked by sailors for protection. See Ino.

Lewis

(Lewˈis), son of Charlemagne.

Liber

(Liˈber), ancient god of fruitfulness.

Libethra

(Li-beˈthra), burial-place of Orpheus.

Libya

(Libˈy-a), Greek name for continent of Africa in general.

Libyan Desert

(Libˈy-an Desert), in Africa.

Lichas

(Liˈchas), who brought the shirt of Nessus to Hercules.

Limours

(Li-moursˈ), Earl of.

Linus

(Liˈnus), musical instructor of Hercules.

Lion

(Lion), constellation.

Lionel

(Liˈo-nel), knight of the Round Table.

Little Bear

(Little Bear), constellation.

Llyr

(Llyr), King of Britain.

Locrine

(Lo-crineˈ), son of Brutus in Albion, king of Central England.

Loegria

(Lo-eˈgri-a), kingdom of (England).

Logestilla

(Lo-ge-stilˈla), a wise lady, who entertained Rogero and his friends.

Logi

(Loˈgi), who vanquished Loki in an eating-contest.

Loki

(Loˈki), the Satan of Norse mythology, son of the giant Farbanti.