In the Index of this work, when the penult of a word is long, it is
marked with the accent; when the penult is short, the antepenult is marked.
The reader should, however, bear in mind that a syllable may be long even
though it contain a short vowel, as by Rule I., (2), above.
III. Vowels and Consonants. — (These rules depend upon those of Syllabi-
cation) :
(1) A vowel generally has its long English sound when it ends a syllable:
He'-ro, l'-o, Ca'-cus, I-tho'-me, E-do'-ni, My-ce'-na.
(2) A vowel generally has its short English sound in a syllable that ends in
a consonant: Her'-se, Sis'-y-phus, Pol-y-phe'-mus. But e in the termination
es has its long sound: Her'mes, A-tri'-des.
(3) The vowel a has an obscure sound when it ends an unaccented syllable:
A-chæ'-a; so, also, the vowel i or y, not final, after an accented syllable:
Hes-per-i-des; and sometimes i or y in an unaccented first syllable: Ci-lic'-i-a.
(4) Consonants have their usual English sounds; but c and g are soft
before e, i, y, a, and œ: Ce'-to, Gel-ry-on, Gy'-ges; ch has the sound of k:
Chil-os; and c, s, and t, immediately preceded by the accent, and standing
before i, followed by another vowel, commonly have the sound of sh: Sic'-y-on
(but see Latin grammars and English dictionaries for exceptions.)
(1) The penultimate syllable ends with a vowel; e.g. Pe-ne'-us, I-tho'-me,
A'-treus, Hel' e-nus:
Except when its vowel is followed by x or by two consonants (not a mute
with or r), then the vowel is joined with the succeeding consonant:
Nax-os, Cir-ce, Aga-mem-non.
(2) Other syllables (not ultimate or penultimate) end with a vowel; e.g.
Except when (a) the vowel is followed by x or any two consonants (not a
mute with / or r): e.g. Ix-i'-on, Pel-o-pon-ne'-sus; and when (b) the syllable
is accented and its vowel followed by one or more consonants; e.g. An2-ax-
ag-o-ras, Am-phic'-ty-on, Ed'-i-pus.
Note (a). But an accented a, e, or o before a single consonant (or a mute
with / or r), followed by e, i, or y before another vowel, is not joined with the
succeeding consonant, and consequently has the long sound: Pau-sā'-ni-as;
De-me'-tri-us.
Note (b). An accented u before a single consonant (or mute with / or r)
is not joined with the succeeding consonant, and consequently has the long
sound: u'-pi-ter.
(3) All words have as many syllables as they have vowels and diph-
thongs.
INDEX OF MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS
[Unless otherwise stated, references are to pages of the Text. Section numbers, pre-
ceded by Com., refer to the textual, interpretative and illustrative notes of the Commen-
tary. The sections correspond with those of the Text.]
Absyr'tus, 246; Com. §§ 144-147 (Il-
lustr.).
Aby'dos, 66, 164; Com. § 40.
Adme'tus, 130; Lowell's Shepherd of
King A., 131, 132; A. and Alcestis,
132-136, 245; Com. §§ 80, 81.
Ado'nis, myth of, 150, 151; Lang's transl.
of Bion's Lament for Adonis, 151, 152;
Com. § 93.
Ace'tes, 174; the vengeance of Bacchus, Adraste'a, 39.
176-178.
Achæ'ans, their origin, 49, 125, 236; Æ'acus, 81, 83, 84; king of Ægina, 100,
Com. § 132 (2).
Acha'tes, 359.
Achelo'üs, myth of, 221; Com. § 131.
Ach'eron, 78.
Achilles, 102, 199, 254; his descent,
278-281; in the Trojan War, 284-304;
in Scyros, 286; wrath of A., 290; A.
and Patroclus, 293; remorse of A.,
296; reconciliation with Agamemnon,
297; slays Hector and drags his body,
298-300; A. and Priam, 301, 302; death
of A., 303, 304; Com. §§ 165 (1) gene-
alogy; 168.
A'cis, 215-217; Com. § 126.
255, 277; Com. § 165 (1).
E-æ'a, isle of, 318.
Æ-e'tes, 244, 246; genealogy Com. § 149.
Æ'gæ, palace of Neptune, near, 85.
Egæ'on, Com. § 17.
Æge'an Sea, 196.
'geus, 244, 259, 261, 265; Com. §§ 63,
132 (4), 151.
Ægi'na, island of, 83; daughter of Aso-
pus, myth of, 92, 100-102; plague of
the island, 100-102, 189; Com. § 63.
Æ'gis, 56; the Gorgon's head, 231.
Ægis'thus, 281, 310; Com. § 165 (2)
genealogy, § 170.
'gon, 203; Com. § 116.
Ægyp'tus, 224; Com. §§ 133-137.
Acris'ius, 27, 225; the doom of, 225- Æne'as, 28, 150, 273, 287, 296, 298; Com.
231; Com. §§ 133-137.
Acrocerau'nian Mountains, 142; Com.
§ 88.
Actæ'on, 117; myth of, 145, 146, 269;
Com. §§ 61, geneal. table E; 89.
Adme'ta, 236.
§165 (5) genealogy; §§ 174-177; see
Æneid.
Ene'as Syl'vius, king of Alba Longa,
third in descent from Eneas.
Æne'id, the narrative of, 338-365; from
Troy to Italy, the departure from Troy,
Age'nor (father of Cadmus), 114, 223,
224; genealogy, Com. §§ 59, 132, 133;
son of Priam, 298.
Agla'ia (trisyl.), or Agla'-ï-a, one of the
Graces, 71; wife of Vulcan, 59.
Aglau'ros, daughter of Cecrops; see
Hersë; Com. § 151.
338; the promised empire, the Har- | Age of Gold, 43.
pies, 339; Epirus, the Cyclopes, 340;
the resentment of Juno, 340; the so-
journ at Carthage, Dido, 342; Palinu-
rus, Italy at last, 343; the Sibyl of
Cumæ, 344; the Infernal Regions, 346;
the Elysian Fields, 350; the Valley of
Oblivion, 351; war between Trojans
and Latins, 354-365; gates of Janus
opened, 355; Camilla, 356; alliance with
Evander, 357; infant Rome, 358; Nisus
and Euryalus, 360-363; death of Me-
zentius, 363; of Pallas and Camilla, 364;
the final conflict, 365; Com. §§ 174-177.
Æo'lia, 73.
Æ'olus, of Thessaly, 224; myths of fam-
ily, 244-249; quest of Golden Fleece,
244-247; connection with Medea,
247-249, 317, 318; Com. §§ 118, 132 (5)
geneal, table I.
Agni; see Hindoo divinities (1).
Agrot'era, Com. § 39; see Diana.
Ahriman, 36.
A'jax, 254, 287, 292, 295, 296, 304; Com.
§§ 165 (1) genealogy; 168.
Alba Longa, 365.
Alcæ'us, 26.
Alces'tis, 27, 132-136, 241, 245; Com.
§ 81.
Ale:'des, 242; Com. §§ 139-143 (text-
ual); genealogy 133, table J.
Alcin'oüs, 324, 328.
Alcmæ'on, 276.
E'olus (wind-god) described, 73, 190,
194, 196, 341; Com. § 113 (5) geneal.
table I. Hippotades, see p. 526.
A-ër o-pe, 281; genealogy, Com. §§ 149,
165 (2).
Es'chylus, 27; references to, 273, 310; Ale'ï-an, the field, 233; Com. § 138.
transl. Com. § II.
Alexan'der; see Paris.
Alcme'ne, 91; myth of, 234; mentioned,
133.
Alcy'oneus, 41; see under Giants.
Alec'to, 84, 353.
Escula'pius, attributes of, 72; myth of, Alfadur, 368, 389, 398; see Odin.
130, 268, 293; Com. §§ 43 (8), 79.
'son, 244, 247; Com. §§ 144-147 (Il-
E'ther, 37, or Light, 38.
Æthio'pia, 74, 75, 124, 199, 228.
Alo'adæ, or Alo-i'dæ; see Aloeus.
Alo'as, or Alo'eus, 120.
Alphe'üs, 142-145, 183, 236; Com.
§ 88.
Althæ'a, 250-254, 281; Com. § 148.
Amalthe'a, 39; Com. § 131.
Æ'thra, 259 Com. §§ 151, 165 (2) gene- Ama'ta, 355.
Æt'na, Mount, 124, 181; Com. § 75.
Ætolia, 250.
Am'athus, 150, 172; Com. § 93.
Ambro'sia, Com. § 75.
Amase'nus, river, 356.
Amʼazons, and Hercules, 236; and The-
seus, 267; 303, 356; Com. §§ 139-143
(Illustr.); § 152-157 (Interpret.).
Am'mon (Jupiter Ammon), temple and
oracle of, 53; Com. § 131; see Egyp-
tian deities (2).
A'mor; see Cupid.
Eto'lus, 224; the family of, the Calydo-
nian hunt, 250-254; Com. §§ 132 (3),
132 (5), 148.
Africa, 342.
Agamem 'non, 4, 27, 125; his family, 281;
in the Trojan War, 284-302; quarre
with Achilles, 290; reconciliation, 297;
return to Greece, and death, 310; Com.
§ 165 (2) genealogy; § 167.
Aga've, 117, 175, 178, 269; Com. §§ 59, Amphil'ochus, 276.
158, genealogy.
Amphiara'üs, 23, 252, 273-276; Com.
§ 132 (5).
Amphi'on, 24; myth of, 102; from Ten-
nyson's Amphion, 102-104; 126, 128,
223; Com. § 64.
Amphitri'te, the Nereïd, wife of Nep-
tune, 26, 85, 215.
Amphit'ryon, 234.
Amphry'sus, river, 130.
Amymo'ne, 190, 235; Com. § 109.
Anadyom'e-ne (rising from the water),
Com. § 40; see Venus.
Anaxar'e-te, 213.
Ancestor-worship in China, 9.
Anchi'ses, 150, 287, 338, 344, 350-352;
Com. § 165 (5); § 175.
Anci'le, Com. § 36.
Andræ'mon, 210.
Andro'geüs, 261.
Androm'a-che, 287, 300, 340; Com. § 168.
Androm'eda, 189; and Perseus, 228-231;
lines from Kingsley's Andromeda, 229;
234; Com. §§ 133-137.
Andvari, 395, 397, 398, 399.
Angerbode, 380.
meaning of his names, 59; among the
Hyperboreans, the Delphians, his vic-
tory over Python, 60; the Pythian
games, his oracles, his patronage of
music, etc., 61; hymn of Apollo by
Shelley, 61-63, 91; myths of Apollo,
118-141; the Pæan of victory, 119; vic-
tory over Tityus, and the Aloadæ, 120;
A. and Hyacinthus, 120; and Phaëton,
121; A. destroys the Greeks before
Troy, 125; and Niobe, 126; A., Psa-
mathe, and Linus, 129; Coronis and
Esculapius, 130; and Cyclopes, 130;
A. in exile serves Admetus, 130; Low-
ell's Shepherd of King Admetus, 131;
A. and Laomedon, 136; as a musi-
cian, Pan, Midas, 136, 137; Shelley's
Hymn of Pan, 137, 138; loves of A., Cal-
liope, Cyrene, Daphne, 138; Lowell's
lines upon Daphne, 140; Clytie, 141;
and Orion, 146; and Mercury, 172,
173, 189, 195, 198, 200, 214, 220, 234,
256, 290, 293, 296, 297, 329, 344, 352,
353; Com. §§ 38, 68, 72-86.
An'ses (Aesir, Asa-folk), 367; Com. Apollodo'rus, 28; references to, 147, 149,
Anu'bis; see Egyptian deities (2).
Apel'les: a Greek painter of the time of
Alexander the Great; see John Lyly's
Alexander and Campaspe.
Aphrodi'te (foam-born); see Venus.
A'pis; see Egyptian Divinities; oracle
of, Com. § 38.
Apollo, Phoebus, 4, 6; Ruskin on the sun-
myth, 7, 17; A. and Daphne, myth of,
138; explained, 10, Com. § 85; identi-
fied with Tubalcain,23; and his lyre, 51;
son of Latona, 52; attributes of, 59-63;
189, 224, 231, 235, 272, 363; Com. §§ 66, | Athe'na, Com. § 35; see Minerva.
133.
Ar'gus (Panoptes), 11, 69; myth of Io,
Mercury, and A., 92-94; Com. § 59.
Ar'gus (builder of Argo), 245.
Ariad'ne, 174, 178; myth of, 260-266,
268; see Theseus, and Bacchus; Com.
genealogy, § 149, 152–157 (Interpr. and
Illustr.).
Ari'on, Com. § 11; identified with Jonah,
Athens, 24, 109, 116, 244, 255, 267.
A'thos, Mount, 124; Com. § 75.
Atlan'tis, legend of, 82; see the Timæus
of Plato.
At'las, 40; described, 86; his offspring,
the Atlantides, 87; Com. § 19; gene-
alogy, § 132 (5); §§ 133–137.
Atli; see Attila.
Atmu; see Egyptian deities (1).
A'treus, house of, 277, 281; Com. §§ 77,
165 (2).
Atri'des, Com. § 76.
At'ropos, a Fate, 72.
At'tila, Atli, Etzel, 399-404; Com. §§ 185,
Auge'as, Auge'an Stables, 235; Com.
§§ 139-143 (Interpret.).
Augi'as; see Augeas.
Augustan Age, 2, 28.
Augus'tus, 28, 89.
Au'lis, 288.
Au'ra, 192, 193.
Asgard, 2, 3, 367, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, Auro'ra, 73, 75, 150, 170, 182, 192, 195;
Astræ'a, 48; Com. § 28.
Asty'anax, 300; Com. § 165 (5).
Atalanta (the Arcadian), daughter of
Jasus, in the Calydonian hunt, 251-
254; selections from Swinburne's Ata-
lanta in Calydon, 251 et seq.; 273; Com.
§ 148.
Atalan'ta (daughter of Schoeneus of Boe-
otia), 162-164; extract from Landor's
Hippomenes and Atalanta, 163, 164;
cousin of Meleager, 244; Com. § 95;
geneal. tables G and I, §§ 95, 132 (5).
A'te, 297.
Ath'amas, 244; genealogy, Com. §§ 95,
132 (5), 145.
and Tithonus, 196; Com. § 112.
Auro'ra Borea'lis, 368.
Australians, mental state of contempo-
rary savages, 13, 21.
Auton'oë, 117, 145, 175, 178, 269.
Avatar', see under Hindoo divinities.
Av'entine, Mount, 239; Com. §§ 139-
143 (Textual).
Aver'nus, Lake, 81, 345.
Avesta, 36.
Bac'chanals, 177; Com. §§ 102, 103.
Bacchant'es, 76, 175; Com. §§ 102, 103.
Bac'chus (Dionysus), descent and attri-
butes, 76; Dryden's Alexander's Feast
(stanza), 76; worshippers of B., 76;
or the Roman Liber, 88; his mother
Semele, 98; myths of B., 174-180; his
wanderings, 174-176; story of Acetes,
176-178; lines from Edmund Gosse's
Praise of Dionysus, 178, 179; the
choice of Midas, 180, 189; and Ari-
adne, 266; Com. §§ 46, 62, 102-104, 131.
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