glib, to make smooth, P.R. i. 375 gloss, comment, S.A. 948 gloze, flatter, deceive, P.L. x. 549; C. 161 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 borders of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt the Harapha, Hebrew word translated "giant " in 2 Sam. xxi. 16 harpy, a winged monster in Greek mythology, personification of the storm-wind, supposed to carry away a person or thing that suddenly disappears Hebe, youth personified Hebron, a city south of Jerusalem. See Numb. xiii. 33 Hecate, a goddess connected with night and witchcraft Hecatompylos, City of the Hundred Gates, ancient capital of Parthia Helicon, hill of the Muses in Boeotia guarded the golden apples in the far west. In P.R. ii. 357 M. uses it of the place Hesperus, fabled to be father of the Hespirides. The evening star hierarchy, a sacred principality or holy government, P.L. v. 591 hinge, used by M. of the cardinal (cardo), P.R. iv. points 415 Hinnom, a ravine S. of Mount Zion Hippotades, son of Hippotes, i.e. Eolus, god of the winds Hispahan, Ispahan, capital of Persia holocaust, whole-burnt sacri fice, S.A. 1702 Horonaim, a town in Moab horrent, bristling, P.L. ii. 513 horrid, bristling, P.L. i. 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 hymenæan, 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 Iberia, now part of Georgia One legend places the birthplace of Zeus on Mount Ida. There were other mountains of this 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. jousted, took part in a tourna- 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. Σίν. 5 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 Straits, off S. 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 Midas, King of Phrygia, judged that Pan sang sweeter than Apollo, and had his changed into asses' ears for his pains ears 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 nectar, the mythical drink of nepenthes, an opiate given by fastidious, P.L. v. 433; Montezuma, emperor of Mexico, Mulciber, Vulcan, god of fire Naiades, water-nymphs nathless, nevertheless, P.L. i. from all intoxicants and kept xxi. 17 Nineveh, a city on the Tigris, Nisibis, in Mesopotamia America I numerous, metrical, P.L. v. 150 Ob, a river of Siberia whence Hercules was return- Eta, a mountain in S. Thessaly, which Hercules, finding himself doomed to die, ascended, and burnt himself on a pyre officious, subservient, P.L. viii. 99 Og, a giant, King of Bashan, |