Stoa or Colonnade, a place in

Athens where Zeno taught stub, stump or stubble, P.R. i. 339

Stygian, of Styx!

Styx, River of Hate, one of the rivers of the infernal regions in Greek mythology sublime, uplifted, P.L. x. 536 sublimed, uplifted, P.L. i. 235 success, result, P.L. ii. 9 succint, girt up, P.L. iii. 643 summed, a technical term in falconry, of full plumage, P.R. i. 14

supplanted, thrown off his feet, P.L. x. 513 Sus, Tunis

Susa, treasure city and winter residence of the Persian kings (Shushan in the Bible) Susiana, a province of the ancient Persian empire suspense (adj.), full of suspense, P.L. ii. 418

swage, assuage, P.L. i. 556 Sylvan, Sylvanus, a Roman

deity of the fields and forests synod, assembly, P.L. ii. 391 Syene, a place on the Nile, by the first cataract; and a

Roman frontier station Syrinx, a mythical nymph beloved by the god Pan Syrtis, a gulf and quicksand in N. Africa

Tantalus was condemned to remain throat-deep in a lake, with fruit-trees over-hanging; but so often as he caught at the fruit, the trees receded, and when he stooped to drink, the water fled away from his lips

Taprobane, Ceylon

Tarpeian Rock, front of the Capitoline Hill, where stood the temple of Jupiter. From

hence malefactors were cast down

Tarsus, chief city of Cilicia Tartarus," the Pit," Hades Tauric pool, sea of Azov, so called from the Tauric Chersonese or Crimea

Tauris, Tabriz, in N. Persia Taurus, the Bull, one of the signs of the Zodiac

"chil

ted, to spread out hay for the making, P.L. ix. 450 teem, breed, S.A. 1703 Telassar, a city of the dren of Eden," where precisely is unknown Temir, i.e. Timar or Tamberlaine, whose capital Samarcand

was

tempering, mixing, P.L. vii. 15 Teradon, a city near the mouth of the Tigris

Tethys, daughter of Uranus and Ge (Heaven and Earth), and wife of Oceanus; a sea-deity tetrarch, lord of a fourth part, in allusion to the four elements, P.R. iv. 201 Teucrigena, Brutus the Trojan led a colony to Britain, according to the legend Ternate, one of the Moluccas or Spice Islands

Thammuz, a god supposed to have been slain by a boar on Lebanon, and to die and revive each year. The Greeks identified him with Adonis; he was mourned in a yearly festival by the women of Lebanon

Thamyris, a blind bard

Thracian

than, then, S.A. 158 Theban monster, the Sphinx. When Edipus guessed the riddle, she died Thebes, a city in Boeotia (N. Greece), scene of a mythical struggle, and of the Greek tragedies of Edipus and the Seven Heroes

Thebes, a famous city in Egypt (distinct from Thebes in Greece)

Thebez, a village near Neapolis,

and bearing its ancient name as Tubâs: wrongly connected

with Elijah the Tishbite in P.R. ii. 313. For the allusion see 1 Kings xix. 5 Themis, goddess of justice and right

thereafter, according, P.R. ii. 321 Thermodoontea puella, Elizabeth, as an Amazon" (Thermodon, a river in the land of the Amazons) Thisbite, Elijah the Tishbite Thrascias, the N.N.-W. wind Thyestes, before whom was set the flesh of his sons at a banquet

Thyrsis, the typical rustic maid in pastoral poetry

tiar, tiara, diadem, P.L. iii. 625 Tidore, one of the Moluccas or Spice Islands

Tigris, a river of Mesopotamia, supposed to be that which watered Eden timelessly, untimely, p. 380 tine, kindle, P.L. x. 1075 tire, drag, tear (techn. term in falconry), P.L. vi. 605 Tiresias, an ancient Greek seer, who was blind Titans, in Greek mythology, were the beings who ruled the universe before the dynasty of Zeus, who warred upon them and overthrew them. They are often confused with the giants. In P.L. i. 510 used of the eldest of the brood, whom M. says gave place to Saturn, q.v. Tobias. See Asmodeus Tobit's son, Tobias. modeus

See As

Tophet, in the valley of Hinnom Trebisond, Trapezus, a Greek city on the Black Sea Trinacrian, Sicilian, a title taken from the three promontories of Sicily Triton, a river in Libya Triton, a sea-deity, Poseidon Amphitrite Troy, a town in N.-W. of Asia Minor; scene of the famous siege by the Greeks dated 1184 B.C., sung of by Homer Turm, a troop of horse (Lat. turma), P.R. iv. 66

son of (Neptune) and

Uncouth, unknown, P.L. ii. 407, iv. 363

Unexpressive, inexpressible, p. 388

unfumed, not burnt for sweet scent, P.L. v. 349 unobnoxious, not exposed to anything, invulnerable by it, P.L. vi. 404

unoriginal, primeval, P.L. x. 477

unprevented, unforestalled, P.L. iii. 231

unweeting, unwitting, P.R. i. 126

Ur, a great town in Chaldea Urania, Muse of the heavens,

patroness of astronomy; given a new meaning by M. P.L. vii. I

Urchin, hedgehog, supposed to have a malign influence, C. 845 Uriel," Light of God" Urim,

light" or 'lights,"

was kept within the breastplate of the High Priest, for purposes of divination. What it was no man knows; but probably some cabalistic symbol or charm, jewel, or scarabæus, or the like Urim and Thummim, talisman worn on the breastplate of the High Priest, by which in some manner unknown the will of God was supposed to be made manifest. See Exod. xxviii. 30, I Sam. xxviii. 6

Uther's son, King Arthur Uzzean, of Uz, probably Arabia Deserta. See Job i. 6

Valdarno, the vale of the river Arno, where Florence lies Vallombrosa, a beautiful valley near Florence

van, wing, P.L. ii. 927 Vant-brace, arm-mail, S.A. 1121 vapour, heat, P.L. xii. 635 Venus, Roman goddess of love Vertumnus, a Roman deity associated with the growth of plants from blossom to fruit Vesta, goddess of the hearth, apparently used by M. as a personification of domestic retirement, p. 403 Villatic, belonging to a farm or

country house, S.A. 1695 Virgin, Virgo, a constellation volant, flying, P.L. xi. 561 Vulcan, Roman god of fire and smithcraft

wanton, capricious, P.L. iv. 316 welkin, sky, P.L. ii. 538 well-couched, well-hidden, P.R. i. 97

what, why (a Latinism), P.L. ii. 329

whilere, whilom, of old, p. 412 whist, hushed, p. 387 Wilderness, of Judæa, Luke iv. 1 won, dwell, P.L. vii. 457 worm, used of all serpent kind, P.R. i. 312

Xerxes, King of Persia, who invaded Greece and was defeated at Salamis, 480 B.C., and Plataea, 479. He bridged the Hellespont; and his first bridge being carried away by a storm, ordered the sea to be scourged and cast fetters into it

yeanling, new-born, P.L. iii. 434

zenith, the part of the sky directly above the head Zephyr, Zephyrus, the west wind

zone, the magic girdle or cestus

of Venus. For the allusion, see Chapman's Iliad, xiv. 160 Zophiel, a cherub