“Sthenelus,” sthenˈe-lus. The friend of Diomede, under whom he commanded the Argives in the Trojan war. “Acamas,” aˈca-mas. A son of Theseus. “Pelides,” pe-liˈdes. A name given to Achilles, whose father’s name was Peleus. The “youthful heir” here spoken of was Neoptolemus, son of Achilles. “Machaon,” ma-chaˈon. The surgeon of the Greeks in the Trojan war. He was the son of Æsculapius, the god of the medical art. Machaon was a warrior as well as a doctor, and with his brother led thirty ships to Troy. “Menelaus,” men-e-laˈus. The king of Lacedæmon, and husband of Helen. “Epeus,” e-peˈus. P. 288.—“Dis.” A contraction of Dives, a name given sometimes to Pluto, and hence to the lower world. P. 289.—“Phlegethon,” phlegˈe-thon. A river of liquid fire flowing through Hades. “Orcus.” Another name for Hades, or for Pluto. “Tartarus,” tarˈta-rus. Like Orcus and Dis, Tartarus is sometimes used synonymously with Hades. “Acheron,” aˈcher-on. The name of a river of the lower world, flowing, according to Virgil, into the Co-cyˈtus. P. 290.—“Charon,” chaˈron. “Treen.” An obsolete plural of tree. P. 291.—“Palinurus,” pa-li-nuˈrus. He had been the pilot of Æneas’s ship, but fell into the sea and was murdered on the coast of Lucania, by the natives. “Cerberus,” cerˈbe-rus. The dog that guarded the entrance to Hades. P. 293.—“Marpesian,” mar-peˈsi-an. Derived from Marpessa, a mountain in Paros, from which the Parian marble was taken. P. 294.—“Hecate,” heˈca-te. An ancient divinity, the only Titan which Jupiter allowed to retain power. She was thought to rule in heaven, earth and hell; this three-fold power led to her being sometimes represented with three heads. “Gnosian,” gnoˈsi-an. From Gnosus, or Cnosus, an ancient city of Crete. The adjective is used here as equivalent to Cretan. “Rhadamanthus,” rha-da-manˈthus. The brother of King Minos, of Crete. His justice through life led to his being made a judge in the lower world. “Tisiphone,” ti-siphˈo-ne. One of the Fates. P. 295.—“Hydra,” hyˈdra. A monster which formerly lived in a marsh in the Peloponnesus. It had many heads, one of which being cut off was immediately succeeded by two new ones. It was slain by Hercules. “Aloeus,” a-loˈe-us. The son of Neptune; the sons here referred to were of enormous size and strength. When but nine years of age they threatened the Olympian gods with war. Apollo destroyed them before they reached manhood. “Salmoneus,” sal-moˈne-us. “Levin,” lĕvˈin. An obsolete word for lightning. P. 296.—“Lapith.” A race living in Thessaly. “Pirithous,” pi-rithˈo-us. The King of the Lapithæ. He descended to the nether world in order to carry off Persephone, but was seized by Pluto and fastened to a rock with Theseus, who had accompanied him. Theseus was afterward released by Hercules, but Pirithous remained.