Spain, whose oxen were | Haran, Lat. Carræ, in Mesopocarried off by Hercules. tamia 46 " sons Harapha, Hebrew word translated "giant" in 2 Sam. xxi. Hence Geryon's glib, to make smooth, P.R. i. 375 gonfalon, standard, P.L. v. 589 Gordian, intricate. There was an oracle that he who could untie a knot, which fastened yoke to pole in the wagon of Gordius, King of Phrygia, should be lord of Asia. Alexander the Great cut it with his sword Gorgonian, the sight of the Gorgon Medusa petrified living things Gorgons, three monstrous sisters, the most terrible of them Medusa (q.v.).. Goshen, the district on the borders of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt as Graces, usually described three nymphs-Euphrosyne (Joy), Aglaia (Bright), and Thalia (Bloom) gride, cut, P.L. vi. 329 grisamber, grey amber," is ambergris, a perfume, P.R. ii. 344. It has nothing to do with amber, being an animal secretion, but was so named from its colour. It heated and melted and then gave off its scent grunsel, the threshold, P.L. i. 460 was points 415 Hinnom, a ravine S. of Mount Zion (cardo), P.R. iv. Hippotades, son of Hippotes, i.e. Eolus, god of the winds Hispahan, Ispahan, capital of Persia holocaust, whole-burnt sacrifice, S.A. 1702 Horonaim, a town in Moab horrent, bristling, P.L. ii. 513 horrid, bristling, P.L. ii. 710 hull, toss like an empty hulk, P.L. xi. 84o Humber, supposed to be named from a Hunnish pirate Hyacinth, a Spartan youth of great beauty, whom Apollo loved. Apollo was made to slay him by accident, and from his blood the flower hyacinth sprang hyacinthe, dark and curly like the Greek hyacinth, P.L. iv. 301 Hydaspes, the Jhelum, a tributary of the Indus Hydra, a marsh-monster with nine heads, slain by Hercules; its heads grew again threefold when cut off hydrus, water-snake, P.L. x. 525 Hylas, a beautiful youth, carried off by the nymphs Hymen, the presiding deity of marriage hymenaan, marrying song, P.L. iv. 711. Hymettus, a hill near Athens, famed for honey Hyrcania, a province of the ancient Persian Empire, near the Caspian Hyrcanus II., placed on the throne of Palestine by the Romans, and attacked by his rival Antigonus. Both were of the family of the Maccabees. The Parthians carried off Hyrcanus, and supported Antigonus name, the most famous of which is this next Ida, near Troy, the scene of the Judgment of Paris, to whom three goddesses presented themselves, Hera, Athena, Aphrodite, the fairest to receive as a prize a golden apple idolism, peculiar opinion or theory, P.R. iv. 234 Ilissus, a stream flowing by Athens Ilium, Troy Illyria, the E. seaboard of the Adriatic; Dalmatia, with parts of Croatia, Bosnia, and Albania Imaus, Himalaya imp, offspring, P.L. ix. 89 impaled, hedged, P.L. ii. 647 impediment, baggage, P.L. vi. 548 implicit, entangled, P.L. vii. 323 importune, importunate, P.R. ii. 404 impress, a device on a shield, P.L. ix. 35 incentive, kindling, P.L. vi. 519 incubus, lascivious or suffocating devil, nightmare, P.R. ii. 152 indorsed, having upon their backs, P.R. iii. 329 indulgence, remission of penalty for sins, granted by the Pope: these were sold, P.L. iii. 492 infringed, shattered, P.R. i. 63 inhabitation, inhabited world (a Grecism), S.A. 1512 Inogenia, Inogen or Imogen, daughter of the British king Pandrasus, wife of Brutus the Trojan instinct, a flame, P.L. ii. 937 instruct, instructed, P.R. i. 439 interrupt, interposed, P.L. iii. 84 Irassa, a city. Irasa is named in Pindar as the house of Antæus, but not the same Antæus Iris, the rainbow personified Isis, one of the Egyptian deities, wife of Osiris, and mother of Horus Ismenian, Theban or Boeotian, from a river Ismenus Janus, the Roman "deity of the beginnings," represented with two heads (sometimes with four) Japhet, used by M. as though it were the same word as Iapetus, father of Prometheus. Prometheus stole fire from heaven, and gave it to men; the gods in revenge made Pandora (which see) Javan, son of Japhet, identified with Ion, the mythic ancestor of the Ionians. Ionia, or Greece Jephtha, Judges xi. Joel, Judges iv. 21 Josiah, a good king of Judah who purified the valley of Hinnom jousted, took part in a tournament, P.L. i. 583 Jove, Jupiter, chief of the Roman gods, as Zeus of the Greeks; born, according to one legend on Mount Dicte in Crete. He deposed his father Kronos Julius, C. Julius Cæsar, the great Roman dictator, did not rise to fame before middle age. Before this, he is said to have wept that he had lived so long and done so little Juno, wife of Jupiter, incensed against Æneas Jupiter. See Jove kindly, engendering, P.L. vii. 419 kindly, natural, P.L. iv. 228 Kiriathaim, a place unknown, perhaps E. of Jordan, Gen. xiv. 5 Ladon, a river in Arcadia Laertes, father of Ulysses landskip, landscape, P.L. ii. 491 Lars, Lares, or household deities of the Romans Latona, mother of Apollo and Diana. Some rustics who mocked her, and disturbed the water when she drank, were turned into frogs, p. 451 Launcelot, the most famous knight of the Round Table Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, King of Latium, betrothed to Turnus, but wedded by Æneas Lemnos, an island in the N. Egean Sea, fabled to be the home of Hephaistos (Vulcan) Lemures, spectres or spirits of the dead, mostly regarded as malevolent Leo, Lion, a sign of the Zodiac Lethe, forgetfulness Leucothea, a marine goddess of the Greeks, identified by the Romans with the moongoddess levant, from the E. or sunrising, P.L. x. 704 Leviathan, a word used in the Bible sometimes of the whale, sometimes of the crocodile; but there are mythical legends about the creature, P.L. i. 201 levy, raise, P.L. ii. 905 libbard, leopard, P.L. vii. 467 Libecchio, a wind from the S.-W. Libra, the scales, one of the signs of the Zodiac Lichas, who brought Hercules the poisoned robe which killed him, was thrown into the sea by Hercules in his frenzy limbec, alembic, a vessel used in the laboratory limbo, border, the regions bordering on hell and heaven. There were the Limbo of the Fathers or Patriarchs, of unbaptised Infants, and of Fools limitary, sentinel of the boundaries, P.L. iv. 971 Logres, a name of Britain in British legends Londinium. London is said in legend to have been founded by Trojan settlers who came with Brutus lore, lesson, P.L. ii. 815 Lucifer, the light-bringer, name of the morning star, also used of Satan Lucina, Roman goddess of childbirth Lucrine Bay, a lake in Campania, famed for oysters Lyceus, a mountain in Arcadia Lyones, Lyonesse, a British name for Cornwall, or for Leon in Brittany Machabeus. The redoubtable family of the Maccabees, first of whom was Judas Maccabæus, headed a patriotic revolt, won several great battles against Antiochus Epiphanes, and held out against them for many years. They were priests. See Book of the Maccabees Macharus, a city in Perma Meander, a river in Asia Minor Manalus, a mountain in Arcadia Mæonides, Homer America Magnetic, magnet, P.R. ii. 168 Mahanaim, E. of Jordan, where Jacob, after parting with Laban, saw heavenly hosts encamped Maia, mother of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus. Raphael is compared to Hermes because sent as a messenger from Jehovah Malabar, the S.-W. coast of India Mammon, a personification of filthy lucre manure, attend to, P.L. iv. 628 marasmus, consumption, P.L. xi. 487 Margiana, a province near to Sogdiana marle, earth, P.L. i. 296 Mars, god of war in Roman mythology and mask or masque, a dramatical fantasia, with songs dances, P.L. iv. 768 maugre, in spite of, P.L. iii. 255; P.R. iii. 368 meath, to press so as to make mead, P.L. v. 344 Medusa, a Gorgon whose face turned into stone all that looked upon it. Perseus slew her and cut off her head; from the blood-drops, as they fell, sprang serpents Megara, a name of one of the Furies, who were described as having snakes entwined in their hair Melesigenes, a title given to Homer, by those who thought he was born on the banks of the Meles. Homer was wrongly derived by some from ὁ μὴ ὁρῶν, “he who sees not " Melibrea, in Thessaly, famous for its purple dye Melinda, a haven near Zanzibar Memnon, an Ethiopian prince, who fought in the Trojan War. He was renowned for his beauty Memnonian, Susa was founded by the father of Memnon, who built its fortress Memphian, of Memphis, famous city of Egypt Mera, a district of Ethiopia, between two rivers; called an island because formed by two branches of the Nile Michael, who is like God?" an Archangel a Midas, King of Phrygia, judged that Pan sang sweeter than Apollo, and had his ears changed into asses' ears for his pains middle (air), i.e. between earth and heaven, P.L. i. 516 middle (shore), of the Mediterranean, P.L. v. 339 Mincius, now Mincio, a river in N. Italy, flowing through Lake Garda, and passing into the Po minim, minute thing, P.L. vii. 482 missive, projectile (adj.) P.L. vi. 519 Modin, the district from whence came Judas Maccabæus Mogul, a dynasty of Moslem Emperors, reigning at Agra first, then Lahore, then Delhi mole, mass, P.L. x. 300 Moloch, an Ammonite fire-god, to whom human sacrifice was done, and other hideous | Nebo, the mountain from which rites moly, a herb potent magic charms, C. 636 Mombasa, Mombaza, Zanzibar Mona, Anglesey against near monostrophic, having one stanza Montalban, a town in the S. of France Montezuma, emperor of Mexico, subdued by Cortes Morocco, in N. Africa Morpheus, god of sleep morrice, or morris, a dance (originally Moorish), C. 116 Moses' chair, see Matt. xxiii. 2 Mountain, the Mount of Temptation cannot be Quarantaria, near Jericho, as the prospect shows. It may be one of the mountains of Armenia; or perhaps M. had no special mountain in his mind, but chose a central position and imagined one Mozambic, Mozambique, in E. Africa Mulciber, Vulcan, god of fire and smith-craft Musacus, an early Greek poet must, new wine, P.L. v. 345 myrrhine, made of baked clay or some such substance, probably porcelain Naiades, water-nymphs Namancos, marked in Mercator's Atlas near Cape Finisterre Narcissus, a beautiful youth, cold to a nymph Echo, who loved him and died of love. Nemesis made N. fall in love with his own image in a fountain; and he pined away and became the flower called by his name nathless, nevertheless, P.L. i. 299 Nazarites, a sect who abstained from all intoxicants and kept the hair unshorn Nebaioth, used for Ishmael in P.R. ii. 309, but really the name of Ishmael's eldest son (Gen. xxiii. 13). See Gen. xxi. 17 Moses surveyed the Promised nectar, the mythical drink of nepenthes, an opiate given by Helen to Menelaus. She got it from Polydamna, wife of Thone Neptune, Roman God of the sea, incensed against Ulysses, as described in the Odyssey Nereus, the "wise old man of the sea," father of fifty Nereides nice, fastidious, P.L. v. 433; P.R. iv. 157 night-foundered, lost in the night, P.L. i. 204 Nineveh, a city on the Tigris, Nisibis, in Mesopotamia America Notus, the S. wind numbering Israel, 1 Chron. xxi. |