“Cle-o-dāˈmus.” Usually written Cleodæus. A descendant of Hercules, who made an unsuccessful attempt to lead the Heraclidæ back into their own land, the Peloponnesus. Temenus, his grandson, succeeded in the attempt. “Bellerophon.” A Corinthian, who obtained possession of the winged horse, Pegasus, who rose with him into the air, whence by means of arrows he killed the Chimæra, a fire-breathing monster which had three heads, one that of a lion, one of a dragon, and one of a goat. It had made great havoc in Lycia and the surrounding countries. Afterward he conquered the Solymi, a warlike race inhabiting the mountains of Lycia, and the Amazons, a mythical, warlike race of females. P. 232.—“Typhon.” A monster who wished to acquire the sovereignty of gods and men, but who was subdued, after a fearful struggle, by Jupiter, and confined in a Cicilian cave. He begot the winds. P. 233.—“Phalˈa-ris,” B. C. 570. A cruel and inhuman tyrant of Agrigentum, who was put to death in a sudden outbreak of popular fury. He is said to have burned alive the victims of his cruelty, in a large brazen bull. P. 240.—“A-donˈis.” A beautiful youth beloved by Venus. He died from a wound which he received from a wild boar. The grief of the goddess was so great that the gods of the lower world allowed Adonis to return to the earth for six months every year. In this myth the death of the youth every year probably represents winter, and his return, summer. “Cypris” and “Cyth-e-reˈa.” Venus. P. 241.—“Arethusa.” The nymph of the famous fountain of Arethusa, on the island of Ortygia. P. 242.—“Meles.” A small stream in Ionia, on the bank of which Homer is said to have been born. “Pegassean fountain.” The inspiring well of the muses on Mt. Helicon, said to have been formed from a kick given by Pegasus. It is sometimes called the Hippocrene. “Daughter of Tyndarus.” Helen of Troy. “Son of Thetis.” Achilles. “Eros.” Cupid. “Al-ciˈdes.” Hercules. “Orpheus.” See C. L. S. C. Notes in THE CHAUTAUQUAN for November, 1884. Eurydice is the wife of Orpheus, instead of Proserpine, as there stated. P. 244.—“Daphnis.” A Sicilian hero, son of Mercury, and a nymph. A Naiad fell in love with him and made him swear he would never love another. But he met and loved a princess, and the Naiad smote him with blindness. He besought his father for help, and the latter removed him to the abode of the gods, and caused a fountain to gush forth on the spot whence he was taken up. “Thirsis.” A herdsman who laments the death of Daphnis. “Priapus.” Son of Bacchus. One of the divinities presiding over agricultural pursuits. P. 245.—“Gălˈin-gale.” A rush-like, or grass-like plant, often called sedge. “Ly-caˈon’s son.” Pandarus. One of the commanders in the Trojan war. P. 246.—“Cicala,” si-cāˈlä. Usually written cicada. The locust. P. 247.—“Dilettanteism,” dil-et-tanˈte-ism. Admiration of the fine arts. P. 251.—“Golˈgi.” A Sicyonian colony, inhabiting a town of the same name in Cypris.