Monday, January 13, 2014

M. E. XXXV

Campe Class. Myth. an old woman who was the jailor of Tartarus.

Evenus Class. Myth. a son of Ares and the father of Marpessa.

Cercopes [L., fr. Gr. Kerkopēs.] Gr. Myth. Thievish dwarves captured by Hercules.

Alastor [L., fr. Gr. Alastōr, fr. a- not + lathesthai to forget.] 1. Gr. Relig. a An epithet of Zeus and of other gods as avenging spirits. b An avenging deity; also, an avenging spirit of one who has been murdered. 2. In medieval demonology, vengeance personified. 3. Title of a poem by Shelley ( 1816 ).

Meilichios adj. Epithet of Zeus. See ZEUS.

Venulus a Latin chieftain ( according to Servius, originally from Argos ), sent by Turnus to Diomedes to persuade him to lend aid against Aeneas and the Trojans: he was subsequently captured by Tarchon, and carried off the field after a fierce struggle.

Acca a companion of the Volscian heroine Camilla.

Perdix Class. Myth. the sister of Daedalus who comitted suicide and was changed into a partridge when her son was jealously killed by her brother. Also called Polycaste. Cf. Talos ( def. 1 ).

Croceatas Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus.

Autesion A son of Tisamenus, grandson of Thersander, and great-grandson of Polyneices. He is called the father of Theras and Argeia, by the latter of whom Aristodamus became the father of Eurystheus and Process. He was a native of Thebes, where he had succeeded his father as king, but at the command of an oracle he went to Peloponnesus and joined the Dorians. (  Apollod. ii. 8. § 2; Paus. iii. 15. § 4, 3. § 3, ix. 5 8; Herod. iv. 147, vi. 52; Strab. viii. p. 347.)

Crocon The husband of Saesara and father of Meganeira.( Apollod. iii. 9. § 1; Paus. i 38. § 2; comp. ARCAS.)

Hersilia Rom. Legend. a Sabine woman taken as a wife by Romulus.

Cappotas Class. Myth. an epithet of Zeus, meaning "reliever."

Antevorta Class.Myth. a nymph, one of the Camenae, having knowledge of the future. Also called Porrima, Pronsa. Cf. Postvorta.

Parnopius Class. Myth. an epithet of Apollo, meaning "locust-god," having reference to his once having ended a plague of locusts.

Hugi Scand. Myth. a young man, a personification of thought, who defeated Thialfi in a race.

Ocalea a daughter of Mantineus, and wife of Abas, by whom she became the mother of Acrisius and Proetus.  ( Apollod. ii. 2 § 1.) The Scholiast of Euripides ( Orest. 953 ) calls her Aglaia.

Polyphonte A daughter of Hipponous, king of the Triballi, and Thrassa. She was a companion of the goddess Artemis who scorned Aphrodite and was cursed to fall in love with a bear. She bore the creature two gigantic son Agrius and Orius and was later transformed into an owl. ( Ant. Lib. 21.)

Creta Class. Myth. the mother, by Helius, of Pasiphaë.

Aiantis [Gr.] Gr. Relig. An epithet of Athena at Megara.

Cyllaros [L., fr. Gr. Kyllaros.] The horse of Castor.

Plexippus Class. Myth. 1. a brother of Althaea who was killed by his nephew Meleager for attempting to take the hide of the Calydonian Boar from Atalanta. 2. Also called Parthenius. a son of Phineus. Cf. Pandion ( def. 1 ).

Academus [L., fr. Gr. Akadēmos.] Gr. Myth. A hero who told Castor and Pollux where Theseus had hidden Helen.

Servius Tullius the legendary sixth king of ancient Rome who built the city walls and whose accession to the throne was prophesied by and secured with the help of Tanaquil, the widow of the previous king: assassinated by his daughter Tullia and her husband Tarquin.

Tanaquil a legendary queen of Rome who prophesied the future greatness of Servius Tullius and helped him to gain the throne after the murder of her husband by a political faction.

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