Hogni, 397-399; see Hagen.
Ho'mer (Ho-me'rus) 5; account of, 24;
Iliad and Odyssey, 24, 25, and cited
37, 51, 54, 65, 69, 78, 79, 81, 102, 112,
113, 114, 118, 126, 147, 189, 220, 231,
234; Iliad and Odyssey, 290-337; foot-
notes, passim; Com. §§ 11, 18, 167.
Homeric hymns, 25, 196.
Ho-mer'idæ, "sons of Homer," lived in
Chios, and claimed to be descended
from Homer. They were hereditary
epic poets; Com. § II.
Horace (Ho-ra'tius), 2, 28, 29; refer-
ences to the Odes, 196, 231; notes and
transl., Com. § 12.
| I-ac-chus, see Bacchus.
Iap'etus, 38, 40; Com. § 17; descend
ants, § 132 (5), table I.
I-a'sius, 251.
Ib'ycus, 26, 213; Com. § 125.
I-ca'rius, 285, 320; Com. § 165 (3) gene-
alogy.
Ic'arus, 239, 256; Com. § 150.
Ic'elus, a producer of dreams; son of
Somnus; Com. § 113.
I'da, Mount, 124, 136.
I'd the nymph, 39.
I'da, the plain, 391.
I-dæ'us, 301.
I-da'lium; a mountain and city of Cyprus,
dear to Venus, 261.
Ho'rus, son of Osiris; see Egyptian I'das, 282.
deities.
Hours, or Seasons, the, 51, 55, 61, 65, 72, Il'iad, kind of myth, 5, 20; history of,
25; narrative of, 290-302; transl., Com.
§ 11; illustr., 167; cited, see Cowper,
Lang, Pope (Index of Authors).
Il'ion, Il'ium, 198; see Troy.
Ilithy'ia; see Eileithyia.
I'lus, (1) son of Dardanus, died without
issue. (2) son of Tros; Com. § 165 (5).
In'achus, son of Oceanus, ancestor of
the Argive and Pelasgic races, 50;
father of Io, 92, 93, 224, 255, 267; Com.
§§ 59, 132 (1), genealogical tables.
India, 20; records of myth, 35; epics,
35, 36, 175; studies and transls. of lit-
erature, Com. § 15.
Hy'dra, 81, 346, 349; the Lernæan, 235; Indra; see under Hindoo deities (1);
Com. §§ 139-143 (Interpret.).
Hy-ge'a, Hy-gi'a, daughter of Æscula-
pius; the goddess of health.
Hy-gi'nus, references to, 147, 182, 190,
234, 256, 258, 273, 277; Com. § 12.
Hy'las, the loss of, 237-240;
I'no, 117, 118, 219, 244, 269; Com. § 129.
I'o, 11; myth of, 92-94; Ionian Sea, 94,
224; genealogy, etc., Com. §§ 59,
132 (5).
Ioba'tes, 233.
Hy'men (Hymenæ'us), 70, 185; Com. Iol'cos, or Iol'cus, 245; Com. § 144.
I'o-le: daughter of Eurytus who refused
to give her to Hercules, although the
hero had fairly won her by his success
in archery. Eurytus assigned as rea-
son for his refusal the apprehension
lest Hercules might a second time
become insane, and in that condition
destroy Iole in spite of his love for her.
By some she is made the half-sister of Ju'no (He'ra, He're), 39, 42, 52; attri-
Dryope; 241.
I'on, Com. § 151.
132 (5), 151.
Iph'i-cles, 234, 239.
Iph-igeni'a, 281; in Aulis, 288; Tenny-
son's Dream of Fair Women, 288;
among the Taurians, 311, 312; Com.
§§ 165 (2), 167.
Iph-imedi'a, 120.
I'phis, 213.
Iph'itus, 239.
I'ris, 73, 195, 293, 300, 360.
Iron age, 48.
I'sis; see under Egyptian deities (1),
Islands of the Blest, 82; see Elysium.
Isles, the Fortunate, 82; see Elysium.
Is'marus, 313.
Isme'ne, 271; Com. §§ 158-164.
Isme'nus, 127.
Istar, Com. § 40; see under Venus.
Isthmian Games, Com. §§ 152-157 (Text"
ual).
Italian gods, 88-90.
Italy, 268, 339, 343.
Ith'aca, 20, 24, 285, 286 et seq., 330-335.
It'ylus; see I' tys.
I'tys, 258.
Iu'lus, Asca'nius, 338, 354, 355, 361,
365.
Ixi'on, 186, 349; Com. §§ 107, 175.
Ja'nus, 89, 355; Com. § 56. See p. 526.
Jarnvid, 385.
butes of, 54; meaning of her names,
54, 55; her descent, youth, and mar-
riage, 54; favorite animals and cities,
55; among the Romans, 88; Lucina,
89; protectress of women in Rome, 90;
myths of Juno and Jupiter, 91–108;
J. and Io, 92-94; and Semele, 98; and
the sons of Cydippe, 108; and Bacchus,
175, 189; Halcyone and Iris, 195; and
Hercules, 234, 236, 242, 290, 293, 295,
341, 355, 360, 365; Com. §§ 34, 57-66.
Ju'piter (Zeus), 6, 9, 39; war with Ti-
tans, sovereign of world, 40; Com.
§ 18; reign, 40-42; his abode, 51; his
family, 52; attributes, 52-54; signifi-
cation of names, 52; Com. § 33; his
oracles, 52, 53; explanation of his love-
affairs, 53; other children of, 53; Greek
conceptions of, 53; in art, statue of
Olympian Jove by Phidias, 54; J. and
Athene, 56; and Metis, Com. § 57;
and Vulcan, 59; and Latona, 59, 63,
91; and Dione, 65; and Maia, 68; and
Ganymede, 71; and Mnemosyne, 71;
and Eurynome, 71; and Themis, 72;
and Esculapius, 72; and Semele,
76, 96; among the Romans, 88;
myths of J., 91-107; and Danaë, 91;
and Alcmene, 91; and Leda, 92; and
Io, 92-94; and Callisto, 92, 94, 95;
and Europa, 92, 95-98; and Semele,
92, 98-100; and Ægina, 92, 100-102;
and Antiope, 92, 102-104; and Baucis
and Philemon, 105-107; his treatment
of Mars, 113; and Esculapius, 130;
and Neptune, 189; Com. §§ 33, 57, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63.
Ja'sius, Ja'sus, Ia'sius, Ia'sus: the Juven'tas; see Hebe.
Juven'tus, 90.
father of Atalanta the Arcadian.
Ja'son, 27, 223; myth of, 244-249; quest
of golden fleece, 244 et seq., 254, 260;
Com. 144-147.
Jo-cas'ta, 270; Com. §§ 158-164.
Jonah, 12.
Jonakr, 399.
Jormunrek, 399.
Jotham, 2; see Judges ix, 7.
Jötunheim, 367, 372, 373, 388.
Jubal, 12.
Kali; see Uma under Hindoo divinities
(2).
Karma: in Buddhism, the sum of a
man's deeds, good and evil, which
determines the nature of his future
existence; see Buddhism and Me-
tempsychosis.
Khem; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Khuns; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Le'the, 81, 195, 351.
Le'to, Com. §§ 38, 39, 72; see Latona.
Leuca'dia, 26; Com. § 99.
Leuco'thea, a sea-divinity, 87, 219, 222,
323; Com. § 129.
Li'ber, 88; see under Bacchus.
Laër'tes, 331; genealogy, Com. § 165 (4). | Lib'era, 88; see under Proserpina.
Læstrygo'nians, the, 190, 318.
Li-be'thra, 188; Com. § 107.
Lib-iti'na, Com. § 50.
Lakshmi; see under Hindoo divinities Lib'y-a, 124, 237; Com. § 75.
Lu'cifer; see under Phosphor.
Luci'na, 89; Com. § 34.
Lu'na, 90; and see under Diana, Selene.
Ly-æ'us, Com. § 46.
Ly-ca'on, 298.
Lyc'ia, Com. § 138.
Lyc'ians, 98.
Lyc'ius, Apollo, Com. § 38.
Lyc-ome'des, 286.
Lyc'ophron (or Ly-coph'ron), Com. § 11.
Lean'der, 164; Com. § 97; see under Ly-cur'gus: a king of the Edones, who.
Leb-ade'a, Com. § 38.
Le-byn'thos, 256.
Le'da, 91; see under Castor and Pollux;
the myth of, represented by Arachne,
like Pentheus, resisted the worship of
Bacchus.
Ly'cus, 102; Com. § 64.
Ly'de, 207.
Lyn'ceus, 225, 282.
Lyric poets, Greek, 25-27; transl. Com. Me-de'a, 27; myth of, 246-249, 260;
Ma-cha'on, 293, 294, 304.
Mæan'der, 124, 239, 255; Com. §§ 75,
Mæn'a-des, Mæn' ads, 76, 102, 262; Com.
Com. §§ 145, 149, genealogy.
Med'ici, the Venus of, 66, 67; Com. § 40.
Me-du'sa, myth of, 225-227; extract
from William Morris, Doom of King
Acrisius, 226; from Shelley's Medusa
of Da Vinci, 227; Com. §§ 133-137.
Me-gæ'ra, 84.
Mæn'alus, 138; a range of mountains in Megalen'sian Games, Com. § 45 a.
Arcadia, sacred to Pan.
Mæo'nia, 176; Com. § 102, 103.
A native of Mæonia;
Mag'na Ma'ter, 88.
Mahâbhârata, 35, 36; transl. Com. § 15.
Ma'ia, mother of Mercury (Hermes),
52, 68, 172; Com. § 101.
Ma'ia, Ma'ja, or Majes'ta: a name for
Fauna, or for the daughter of Faunus
and wife of the Roman Vulcan. In
either case called Bona Dea.
Man, origin of, Greek, 42, 43.
Meg'ara, 219, 255.
Me-lam'pus, 22.
Me-le'ager, or Me-le-a'ger, 4, 223, 241,
245; myth of, 250-254, 273, 281; Com.
§ 148.
Melesig'e-nes, Com. § II.
Melicer'tes; a sea-god, 87, 219, 269;
Com: § 70.
Me'lic Nymphs, 39.
Me-lis'seus, Com. § 131.
Me'los, Venus of, 66; Com. § 40.
Melpom'e-ne, the muse of tragedy, 72.
Mem'non, myth of, extract from Dar-
win's Botanic Garden, 199, 303; Com.
§§ 115, 165 (5).
Mem'phis; a city in Middle Egypt,
Com. § 38.
Maratho'nian Bull, 26; Com. §§ 152-157 Men-ela'üs, 281, 285-302, 309; Com.
Maruts; see under Hindoo divinities (1).
Mars (A'res), one of the great gods, 52;
attributes of, 57, 58; meaning of names,
57; his retinue, his mistress, his favor-
ite animals, and abode, 58; Roman
divinity, 88; father of Harmonia, 98;
myths of M., 112-117; M. and Dio-
mede, 112; and Minerva, 113, 114;
and Cadmus, 114-117; and Vulcan,
118, 190, 273, 290; Com. §§ 36, 68-70.
Mar'syas, 24; Com. §§ 83 a, 104.
Mass, 37.
Ma-t; see under Egyptian deities (2).
Ma'ter Matu'ta, the goddess of the
Dawn, Aurora; among the Romans
applied also to Ino (Leucothea), 90.
Ma'ter Tur'rita; Cybele, or Cybe'be,
with the mural crown, as protectress
of walled cities.
Matrona 'lia, Com. § 34.
§ 165 (2), genealogy.
Me-ne'nius, 2.
Me-noe'ceus, 274; Com. §§ 158-164.
Me-no'tius, son of Actor and father
of Patroclus; an Argonaut, Com.
§ 165 (4).
Men'tor, Com. § 171.
Mentu; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Mer'cury, Mercu'rius (Her'mes), 4;
identified with Jubal, 12; son of Maia,
52; attributes of, 68, 69; meaning of
names, 68; conductor of ghosts, 81;
among the Romans, 88; Argus and
Io, 92-94; his story of Pan and Syrinx,
93; with Philemon and Baucis, 105;
and Psyche, 159; myths of, Homeric
hymn to, 172, 173; M. and Perseus,
226; and Hercules, 238, 244, 289, 301,
319, 323, 343; Com. §§ 41, 101.
Mer'o-pe (1) daughter of Enopion, 146;
(2) the Pleiad, 147; Com. §§ 91, 138,
geneal. table; (3) of Arcadia, see p. 526.
Miner'ya (Athe'ne), Ruskin's theory,
17, 42; quotation from Odyssey, 51;
daughter of Jupiter, 52; attributes of,
56; meaning of her names, 56; her
agis, 56; her favorite animals and
cities, 56; M. among the Romans, 88;
myths of M., 109-111; contest with
Neptune, 109, 110; with Arachne, 109-
III; quotation from Spenser, Muiopot-
mos, III; contests with Mars, 112-
114; M. and Cadmus, 115; and
Perseus, 225-231; and Bellerophon,
233; and Hercules, 234, 238; 258, 285,
290, 299, 305, 312, 324, 326; Com.
§§ 35, 67, 69.
Mo'mus, Com. § 51, table B.
Mongolians, 20.
Mop'sus, 23.
Mor'pheus, 196; Com. § 114; see under
Somnus.
Mors, Than'atos, Death, 295.
Mos'chus, Lang's transl. of Idył II., 95-
97; of Idyl VI., 207; Com. §§ 11, 61.
Mountain-giants, 369.
Mul'ciber, Com. § 37.
Munin, 368.
Mu-nych'ia, Com. § 39; see under Diana.
Mu-sæ'us, (1) mythical poet, 23; (2)
writer of Hero and Leander, 166;
transl. by Fawkes in v. 2, English
Transls. from Ancient and Modern
Poems; see Com. §§ 11, 96.
Mu-sag'e-tes: Apollo, as leader of the
Muses (Mu'sæ), 23, 64; names and
attributes, 71, 72; Com. § 43 (4).
Muspelheim, 366, 388.
Mut, or Maut; see under Egyptian deities.
My-ce'næ, 235, 236, 281.
Mygdo'nian flutes, 96; Com. § 61.
Myr'midons, 102, 277, 294, 295;
$ 63.
My'ron, sculpt. Com. § 66.
Myr'rha, 150, 172.
Myr'tilus, 191.
Mys'ia,1 199, 239, 245; Com. § 115.
Mi-no'ïd (Minoïs), Ariadne, daughter of Mysteries of Eleusis, Com. §§ 105, 106.
Mi'nos I., judge of the shades, 81, 83,
84; son of Europa, 97, 223, 224; the
house of, 255-257, 347; Com. §§ 59,
132 (1), 149.
Mi'nos II., 219; myths of, 255-257, 261,
Minotaur, 255, 260-265; Com. §§ 149,
152-157 (Interpret.).
Min'y-æ descendants of Minyas, king
of Thessaly; Argonauts.
Mist, 37.
Mne-mos'y-ne, mother of the Muses, 38,
71; Com. § 17. See Rossetti, p. 540.
Mo'ræ, Par'cæ; see Fates.
Moe-rag'e-tes: a name applied to Zeus
as leader of the Fates.
Myth, stages of mythological philosophy,
study of myth, see Introduction; defi-
nition of, 1; compared with fable, 1-
3; of existent races, 2; kinds of, 3;
explanatory, 3; æsthetic, 4; æsthetic
myth is historic or romantic, 5; of
unconscious growth, 5; divisions of
inquiry, 5. Origin and Elements of
Myth, 5-18: the reasonable element,
6; part played by imagination, 6; and
by belief, 7; the unreasonable element,
8; theories of, 8; theory of deteriora-
tion, 8-13; theory of progress, 13-18.
Interpretation, methods of: historical
or Euhemeristic, 9; philological, 9-11;
allegorical, II; theological, 12; the
mental state of savages, 13; senseless
element, a survival, 14; other germs
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