mistress, who said to her, 'Take this golden casket to the Queen of
the Lower World, and ask her to send me some of the Salve of Beauty.'
Psyche left the palace, but she made up her mind that she would kill
herself at once rather than attempt to take the message, for she
shuddered at the horrors of the Lower World, and moreover she could
not hope that if she once entered its gates she would ever be allowed
to come out again. She ascended a high tower which was grey with old
age, meaning to throw herself down from it; but as she stood on the
top, the stones began to utter sounds, and the aged tower said, 'Do
not despair, I will give you good counsel. Go to Mount Taenarus, and
there you will find a dark chasm that leads down to the Lower World.
The ferry-man who will row you across the river Acheron demands
passage money; put two copper coins between your teeth, and hold out
your mouth to him, so that he may take his fare for himself. At the
gate of the Land of Shades there stands the hideous dog Cerberus.
For him take a honey-cake in each of your hands, and throw him one
{241} when you go in at the gate, and the other when you come out
again. And beware of letting either of the cakes out of your hand,
for then you would find yourself imprisoned for ever in the Lower
World. Persephone will fill the casket for you. Do not let anything
induce you to open it.' Then the tower ceased speaking, and Psyche
resolved to summon her courage and undertake the dreadful journey.
She put two copper coins between her teeth, and taking a honey-cake
in each hand, she went along the dark road until she reached the
gloomy twilight of the Lower World. Presently she met a lame man,
who was driving a lame, heavily-laden ass. He was holding up the
burden which was falling from off the ass, and he called out to
Psyche in a piteous voice, begging her to pick up a piece of rope
from the ground for him that he might tie the burden on with it. The
tender-hearted Psyche found it difficult to refuse, but she could not
have done what he wanted without neglecting the warning of the tower
on no account to let go of her honey-cakes; so she passed on without
answering, and immediately the man and the ass vanished. Psyche next
came to the river Acheron, and the surly ferryman Charon rowed her
over it in his boat after he had taken one of the copper coins from
her mouth. Close to the boat there swam an old man whose appearance
was most pitiful,--his strength was evidently failing him, and he
seemed about to sink. He stretched out one of his thin arms towards
Psyche, and begged her with beseeching gestures to hold out her hand
to him. But Psyche remembered the warning, and immediately the old
man disappeared. When they reached the further {242} shore, there
sat three old women by the road-side, spinning, who called out to her
in a pleasant voice and asked her to cut their thread for them. They
were nice, kind-looking old women, but Psyche remembered the warning,
and immediately they disappeared as the others had done.
After this, Psyche soon arrived at the gate of the Land of Shades, in
front of which stood the three-headed dog Cerberus. She threw him a
cake, and he let her go by. Then she saw flitting about her on all
sides, pale, silent shades, and she was seized with horror, but she
overcame it, and went on bravely to the palace of Queen Persephone
and delivered her message. Persephone filled the box and gave it
back to her. The fierce dog let her pass out when she gave him the
second honey-cake, Charon took the second coin out of her mouth and
rowed her back across the river, and at last she found herself in the
sunshine once more. She was very tired and sat down on a stone to
rest a little, and she thought to herself, 'I have gone through the
horrors of the Lower World, and have fulfilled the command of the
cruel goddess. But will she give me any thanks for it?' For some
time she sat buried in sad thoughts; then she said, 'How if I were to
open the casket and test the power of the wonderful salve? Perhaps
it would give me such beauty that Eros would come back to me.'
Quickly she lifted the cover, but there came out of the casket a
cloud of stupefying vapour which threw her into a deep sleep. Before
Psyche entered the Lower World, Aphrodite had sent a messenger to the
Queen to beg her, instead of filling the casket with the Salve of
Beauty, to put into it a {243} narcotic vapour, for she thought that
even if Psyche surmounted all the other difficulties in her path, she
might at last be conquered by the temptation of curiosity and open
the casket.
But Eros was not far off. He had seen how Psyche had gone through so
many dangers and horrors for love of him, and now he came and wiped
away the magic vapour which had settled on her face, and shut it up
again in the casket. Then he soared up to Olympus, the abode of the
gods, and entreated Zeus to gift Psyche with immortality, and allow
him to be married to her. Zeus granted his request, and sent down
Hermes, the messenger, to raise Psyche from the earth and bring her
into the assembly of the gods. Before them all, Zeus held out to her
a shell filled with nectar, the drink of the gods, and said to her,
'Drink immortality.' Even Aphrodite kissed her and blessed the
marriage, for her anger had been overcome by Psyche's faithful love.
The marriage was celebrated with great joyfulness,--Apollo and the
Muses sang, the Graces danced, and the whole vault of heaven
resounded with the mirth of the wedding guests.
The envious sisters were already dead. After they had plunged Psyche
into misery, they each hoped to become the bride of the unknown
husband, and each in turn went to the rock and threw herself from it,
expecting the Wind-god to carry her into the valley as he had done
before, but instead of that, they both fell down among sharp stones
and perished miserably. Thus did they come to a bad end; but Psyche
was enthroned as a goddess beside her Love, in the unending joy of
the blessed Immortals.
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INDEX
_ABSYRTUS_. Son of Aeëtes king of Colchis. Is taken on board the
Argo by his sister Medea, 165. Is killed by Medea in order to delay
Aeëtes in his pursuit of the Argonauts, 166.
Achelōus. A river-god. Fights with Heracles for Deianira,
and is conquered by him, 142 and 143. Helps Alcmaeon in his distress
and gives him his daughter in marriage, 228.
_Acheron_. One of the rivers of the Lower World. Psyche is rowed
across it by Charon, 241.
_Acrisius_. King of Argos. Builds a brazen room for his daughter
Danaë, and afterwards shuts her up with her child in a chest and
turns them adrift, 95. Is accidentally killed by his grandson
Perseus, 102.
_Actaeon_. Is turned into a stag as a punishment fur looking at the
goddess Artemis when bathing, 24 and 25.
Admētus. Is helped by Apollo to win the hand of Alcestis,
91 to 93. Is restored to life through the sacrifice of Alcestis, 93
and 94.
_Adrastus_. King of Argos. Receives Polynices when banished by
Eteocles, 212 and 213. Marches with him against Thebes, 213 to 221.
Escapes through the speed of his horse Arion, 221. Begs Theseus to
procure an honourable burial for the Argives, 223. Sends the Epigoni
to avenge their fathers, 224.
_Axētēs_. King of Colchis. Receives Phrixus when
brought to his country by the Golden Ram, 150. Promises to let Jason
have the Golden Fleece on certain conditions, 160. Plots to kill
him, 164 and 165. Pursues Jason and Medea, but turns back to bury
his son Absyrtus, 166.
_Aegeūs_. King of Athens. Marries Aethra and becomes the
father of Theseus, 177. Receives Theseus at Athens, 182 and 183.
Parts unwillingly with Theseus that he may go to Crete to slay the
Minotaur, 187 and 188. Kills himself at sight of the black sail
which he believes to be the announcement of his son's death, 192.
_Aegyptus_. Brother of Danaus and king of a part of Africa, 34.
_Aethra_. Marries Aegeus and becomes the mother of Theseus, 177.
Keeps her son at Troezen till he is grown up, and then sends him to
his father at Athens, 177 to 179. Takes charge of Helena for a time,
till she is rescued by her brothers, 199 and 201.
_Africa_. Io is kindly received in Africa by the king of Egypt, 32
and 33. Danaus, her descendant, leaves the country for Argos, 34.
The inhabitants are burnt black by Phaëthon, 41. Cassiopea, wife of
Cepheus, king of a part of Africa, is punished by Poseidon for her
pride, 98 and 99. Perseus arrives and delivers Andromeda from the
monster, 99 and 100.
_Alcestis_. Daughter of King Pelias, 91. Is sued for by Admetus, 92
and 93. Dies in order that her husband may live, 93. Is restored to
life by Persephone, 94.
_Alcmaeon_. Son of Amphiaraus. Leads the Epigoni against Thebes,
224 to 226. Returns home and kills his mother in obedience to the
command of his father, 227. Goes to King Phegeus to be purified, and
marries his daughter, 227; but is obliged to leave the country, 228.
Asks the help of Acheloüs, who has pity on him and forms an island on
which he can live, 228. Marries the daughter of Acheloüs, 228. Is
killed by the brothers of his former wife, 229.
_Alcmēnē_. Daughter of Electryon. Is driven away
from Mycenae after her father's death by her uncle Sthenelus, and
takes refuge in Thebes, 105. Induces Amphitryon to make war upon the
Teleboae, 105 and 106. Is married to Zeus during his absence, but
afterwards marries Amphitryon. 108. Becomes the mother of Heracles
and Iphicles, 108. Finds Heracles attacked by serpents, 109.
_Altar of Pity_. Erected by Theseus in the market-place of Athens,
196. Oedipus goes there to sue for help, 210. Also Adrastus, 223.
_Althaea_. Wife of Oeneus king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager,
whose death she hastens by burning the brand on which his life
depends, 83 and 88.
_Amalthea_. The goat that nourished Zeus, 3. Her horn is converted
into the Horn of Plenty, 5; and becomes the property of Heracles, 143.
_Amazons_. A nation of women-soldiers. Heracles is sent by
Eurystheus to fetch the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons, 124 to
126. The women of Lemnos try to imitate them, 153. Theseus carries
off Hippolyta to be his wife, 193; and is in consequence attacked by
the Amazons, 194. He wins the first victory ever gained over them,
195.
_Amphiarus_. A seer, brother-in-law of Adrastus king of
Argos, 213. Advises against the expedition to Thebes, 214 and 217;
but is over-ruled by his wife Eriphyle, 214 and 215. Zeus interposes
to prevent his being killed in the battle, and takes him to dwell
among the gods, 220 and 221.
_Amphīon_. King of Thebes, and husband of Niobe, 59 and 80.
Builds a wall round the city by singing to the stones, 59 and 60.
Grieves for his children slain by Apollo and Artemis, 81.
_Amphitryon_. Comes to Mycenae to sue for the hand of Alcmene. and
accidentally kills her father, Electryon, 105. Takes refuge with
Creon, king of Thebes, 105; and delivers the city from a destroying
Fox, 106. Makes war upon the Teleboae at the desire of Alcmene, 105
to 108. Marries Alcmene, 108.
_Androgeus_. Son of Minos king of Crete. Goes to Athens to take
part in some games, and is killed by the Athenians on his way home,
186.
_Andromeda_. Daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopea, 98. Is delivered by
Perseus from the monster who was to have devoured her, 99. Is
married to him, 100.
_Antaeus_. King of Libya. Compels Heracles to wrestle with him,
133. His mother the Earth gives him new strength each time he
touches her, but Heracles raises him in his arms, and strangles him
to death, 133.
_Antigonē_. Daughter of Oedipus, 210. Chooses to share her
father's fate when he is banished from Thebes, and accompanies him
through all his wanderings, 210 and 211. Buries her brother
Polynices notwithstanding the prohibition of Creon, and is immured
for having dared to disobey him, 221 to 223.
_Aphroditē_. Goddess of beauty, 231. Gives her daughter
Harmonia to be the wife of Cadmus, 68. Gives Milanion three golden
apples that he may conquer Atalanta in the race, 89. Is angry with
Psyche, 231; and treats her cruelly, 237 to 243; but is afterwards
reconciled to her marriage with Eros, 243.
_Apollo_. Son of Zeus and Leto, and brother of Artemis, 23.
Disputes with Idas for Marpessa, 21. Gifts Melampus with the power
of knowing the future, 72. Punishes the pride of Niobe, 80 and 81.
Becomes for a time the slave of Admetus, 91. Helps Admetus to win
Alcestis, 92 and 93. Helps to arm Heracles for his fight with the
Minyae, 112. Refuses to pronounce the oracle demanded by Heracles,
139. Blesses the marriage of Eros and Psyche, 243. Theseus
sacrifices the Cretan Bull to Apollo, 185.--For the Temple of Apollo
at Delphi see page 55,--also _Delphi_.
_Arcadia_. Heracles drives the Stymphalian birds out of the country,
121 and 122.
_Arēs_. The god of war. Is made prisoner by Otus and
Ephialtes, 28. Gives his daughter Harmonia to be the wife of Cadmus,
58. Gives a beautiful girdle to the Queen of the Amazons, 124.
_Argo_. The vessel in which Jason and his friends sail to fetch the
Golden Fleece, 153. She is dedicated to Poseidon, 171.
_Argonauts_. The heroes who sailed in the Argo. For their
adventures, see pages 153 to 171.
_Argos_. The home of Io, 31. Her descendant Danaus finds a refuge
in Argos when obliged to flee from Egypt, and becomes king, 34 and
35. Lynceus succeeds him, 37. Melampus is sent for to Argos to
deliver the daughters of King Proetus from their mania, 73 and 74.
Danaë is driven away from Argos by her father, King Acrisius, 95.
Perseus becomes king of Argos, but exchanges it for the cities of
Mycenae and Tiryns, 103. Polynices comes to Argos to ask for help,
212. King Adrastus leads the Argives against Thebes, 213 to 223.
Their defeat is afterwards avenged by the Epigoni, 224 to 227.
_Argus_. (1) The hundred-eyed watchman placed by Hera in charge of
Io; 31. (2) The builder of the Argo, 152 and 153.
_Ariadnē_. Daughter of Minos, king of Crete. Helps Theseus
to overcome the Minotaur, and flees away with him, 188 to 190. At
Naxos, Theseus is commanded to abandon her, 191; and she becomes the
wife of the god Dionysus, 192.
_Arīon_. A horse of divine origin. Carries Adrastus back
to Argos after his defeat before Thebes, 221.
_Artemis_. Goddess of the chase, 24. Daughter of Zeus and Leto, and
sister of Apollo, 23. Punishes Actaeon for looking at her when
bathing, 25. Causes the death of Otus and Ephialtes, 28. Punishes
Niobe for her pride, 80 and 81. Sends a wild-boar to lay waste the
country round Calydon, 84.--Festival of Artemis celebrated at Sparta,
199.
_Asia_. The home of Europa and Cadmus, 54. The country of the
Amazons lies in Asia, 125 and 193. Phrixus is brought to the city of
Colchis in Asia by the Golden Ram, 150.
_Atalanta_. Is exposed in a forest and brought up by hunters, 84 to
86. Takes part in the Calydonian boar-hunt, 86 to 89. Allows
herself to be conquered by the golden apples in the race with
Milanion, 89 and 90.
_Athamas, King_. Father of Phrixus and Helle, 148. Dionysus is
placed under his charge by Zeus, 63. Hera is angry at this and
punishes Athamas by making him mad, 63 and 150. He kills his wife
and children in his madness, and is condemned to wander about till he
becomes the guest of wild beasts, 150 and 151.
_Athēnē_. Daughter of Zeus, and goddess of wisdom.
Buries one of the Giants beneath the island of Sicily, 6. Teaches
Bellerophon how to control the winged horse Pegasus, 49. Directs
Cadmus to sow the dragon's teeth and build a city with the help of
the warriors who should spring from them, 56 and 57. Received from
Perseus the Gorgon's head and fastens it to her shield, 103. Helps
to arm Heracles for his fight with the Minyae, 112. Helps Heracles
to drive away the Stymphalian birds, 121 and 122. Returns the apples
procured by Heracles from the Garden of the Hesperides, 135. Sends a
Sacred Beam for the Argo, 153. Claims the guardianship of the city
of Athens, 176 and 177.
_Athens_. Is named after Athene, 176 and 177. Amphitryon goes there
to fetch the dog who could not be baffled of his prey, 106. The city
is ruled over by Aegeus, 177. Theseus arrives at Athens, 182;
delivers the land from the Bull of Marathon, 184 and 185; and from
the tribute imposed by Minos, 185 to 191; succeeds his father as king
of Athens, 193; defeats the Amazons, 195; sets up an Altar of Pity in
the market-place, 196. Hippolytus comes to stay at Athens, 197 and
198. Oedipus finds a refuge there, 210. Adrastus comes to sue for
help, 223. The bones of Theseus are brought to Athens, 203 and 204.
_Atlas_. Is compelled to support the vault of heaven, 134. Fetches
the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides fur Heracles, 134
and 135.
_Augeas_. King of Elis. Has his stables cleansed by Heracles in a
single day, 119 and 120. Refuses to give the reward agreed upon, 120
and 121. Is punished by Heracles for his treachery, 141 and 142.
_Aventīnus, Mt_. A mountain in Italy over which Heracles is
driving the cattle of Geryon when they are stolen by the Giant Cacus,
130.
_BACCHANTES_. Followers of Dionysus or Bacchus, 65 to 67.
_Beam, The Sacred_. A beam with the power of speech,--sent by Athene
to be inserted in the Argo, 153. It reproves Jason and Medea for
their crime, 167. Dies of old age, 171.
_Bellerophon_. Son of Glaucus, and grandson of Sisyphus, kings of
Corinth. 45. Kills his brother unintentionally, and goes to King
Proetus to be purged from the stain of blood, 45. Is sent by Proetus
to Iobates king of Lycia, 46. Slays the Chimaera by the help of the
winged horse Pegasus, 47 to 50. Marries the king's daughter and
settles in the country, 51.
_Bias_. Brother of Melampus. Obtains the hand of Pero, daughter of
king Neleus, through the kindness of his brother, 69 to 72. Obtains
also a third part of the dominions of Proetus, king of Argos, 73 and
74.
_Black Sea_. Crossed by Phrixus when carried by the Golden Ram to
Colchis, 150. Passed through by the Argonauts on their way to
Colchis, 155.
_Boreas_. The god of the North Wind, 158.
_Bull of Crete or of Marathon_. Sent by Poseidon to Minos for
sacrifice, 122. Taken to Mycenae by Heracles, 123. Captured by
Theseus and sacrificed to Apollo, 184 and 185.
_Busīris_. A king of Egypt who sacrificed a stranger every
year to the gods. Is killed by Heracles, 133 and 134.
_CACUS_. A giant living on Mt. Aventinus. Steals the cattle of
Heracles and is killed by him, 130 and 131.
_Cadmēa_. The fortress of Thebes. Named after Cadmus, 58.
Hera enters and gives bad advice to Semele, 61. It is visited by a
devastating Fox, whom Amphitryon overcomes with the help of the
Athenian Dog, 106.
_Cadmus_. Sets off in search of his sister Europa, 50. Is directed
to found a city, 56. Sows dragon's teeth, from which spring warriors
who help him to build the Cadmea, 57 and 58. Marries Harmonia, 58.
Is the father of Semele, 61.
_Calydon_. The country of Oeneus and the scene of the great
boar-hunt in which Meleager and Atalanta take part, 83-89. Heracles
goes there to sue for Deianira, 142, and spends some years there, 143.
_Capaneūs_. One of the Seven Heroes who march against
Thebes, 213 and 214. Is killed by lightning, 219.
_Cassiopēa_. Wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
Punished by Poseidon for her pride, 98 and 99.
_Castor._ Son of Tyndareus and Leda, and twin-brother of Pollux,
200. Takes part in the expedition of the Argonauts, 157. Rescues
his sister Helena, 201. Shares the fate of his brother Pollux after
death as well as through life, 201.
_Caucasus, Mt_. Prometheus is chained there, 12.
_Centaurs_. Monstrous creatures, half men, half horses. Quarrel
with Heracles, 117 to 119. Fight with the Lapithae, who overcome
them with the help of Theseus, 196. (See also _Chiron, Nessus, and
Pholus_.)
_Cepheus_. King of a part of Africa. Husband of Cassiopea and
father of Andromeda, 99 and 100.
_Cerberus_. A three-headed dog who stood as watchman at the gate of
the land of Shades. Heracles is sent to fetch him to the Upper
World, 135. He allows Psyche to pass him, 242.
_Ceryneian Hind_. A hind under the protection of Artemis, captured
by Heracles as his third Labour, 116 and 117
_Chaos_. The state of the universe before the creation of the heaven
and the earth, 1.
_Charon_. The ferryman who conducted mortals to the Lower World.
Rows Psyche across the river Acheron, 241.
_Chimaera_. A monster half-lion, half-goat, with a serpent's tail,
47. Killed by Bellerophon, 48 to 50.
_Chīron_. The wisest and best of the Centaurs. Instructs
Heracles, 100. Is killed by him unintentionally, 118 and 119.
_Circē_. An enchantress, sister of King Aeëtes. Purges
Jason and Medea from the blood of Absyrtus, 167.
_Cithaeron, Mt_. Heracles pastures the flocks of Amphitryon on this
mountain, and slays the lion whose skin he afterwards wears, 110 and
111. Oedipus is left there to perish by his parents, 205.
_Club-carrier_. One of the robbers killed by Theseus on his journey
to Athens, 179.
_Clytaemnestra_. Daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, 200.
_Colchis_. The city of King Aeëtes. Phrixus is brought there by the
Golden Ram, 150. The Argonauts reach Colchis, 159.
_Corinth_. The country of Sisyphus, 43. Bellerophon is obliged to
leave Corinth on account of the murder of his brother, 45. Jason and
Medea settle there, 173. Oedipus is brought there and adopted by
King Polybus, 205 and 206.
_Creon_ (1). King of Corinth. Receives Jason and Medea, and offers
his daughter Glauce to Jason for a wife, 173 and 174. (2). King of
Thebes. Purges Amphitryon from the blood of Electryon, 105.
Accompanies him on his expedition against the Teleboae, 106 & 107.
Gives his daughter Megara to Heracles for a wife, 112. (3). Brother
Jocasta. Becomes King of Thebes, 221. Refuses burial to the Argives
and condemns Antigone to death for disobeying his orders, 221 to 223.
Is compelled by Theseus to rescind them, 223.
_Crete_. Zeus is hidden in this island from his father when a child,
3. Daedalus makes the Labyrinth for King Minos, 52. Daedalus
escapes from Crete with his son Icarus, 52 and 53. Heracles is sent
by Eurystheus to fetch the Cretan bull to Mycenae, 122 and 123. The
Argonauts land after having caused Talos to kill himself, 169 and
170. Theseus goes to Crete as part of the tribute given by the
Athenians, kills the Minotaur and escapes with Ariadne, 187 to 190.
_Cronus_. Son of Uranus and Gala. Dethrones his father and succeeds
him as king of the gods, 2. Marries Rhea, 2. Is dispossessed by his
son Zeus, 3 and 4.
_DAEDALUS_. An artist employed by Minos king of Crete. Builds the
Labyrinth, 52. Escapes with his son Icarus, 52 and 53.
_Danaē_. Daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. Is married
to Zeus, and becomes the mother of Perseus, 95 and 96. Is shut up in
a chest by her father and cast adrift, 95. Is allowed to take refuge
on an island, 96. Is delivered by Perseus from the king, 101.
_Danaïdes_. The daughters of Danaus. They sail to Argos with their
father, 34. Kill their husbands at his command, 35 and 36. Are
condemned to unending punishment in the Lower World, 37 and 38.
Danaus. A descendant of Io. Flees from his home in Africa with his
daughters, and settles in Argos, 34. Becomes king of Argos, 35.
Commands his daughters to kill their husbands, and wishes to punish
Hypermnestra for failing to obey him, 36 and 37.
_Deianīra_. Daughter of Oeneus king of Calydon. Is wooed
by both Heracles and the river-god Acheloüs, who agree to fight for
her, 142. Marries Heracles, 143. Receives from the Centaur Nessus a
cloth dipped in his blood, 144. Smears with this cloth the robe of
Heracles, and thus causes his death, 145 and 146. Hangs herself in
despair, 147.
Dēos. A floating island. Leto takes refuge on it, and
Poseidon causes four pillars to spring up and hold it fast, 23.
Apollo and Artemis are born there, 23. The island is honoured by the
Greeks, 24.
_Delphi_. A city of Greece in which there was an oracle of Apollo,
55. (See _Oracle_.) Heracles carries off the sacred Tripod, 139.
The Epigoni present to Apollo the best of the spoil taken from
Thebes, 226. Acheloüs advises his grand-children to offer the veil
and necklace of Harmonia to Apollo at Delphi, 230.
_Dēmētēr_. Daughter of Cronus, 4. Seeks
for her daughter Persephone, 16 to 18. Creates corn and teaches
Triptolemus how to cultivate it, 18 and 19. Eats by mistake the
shoulder of Pelops, 75 and 76.
_Deucalion_. Son of Prometheus. Saves himself and his wife Pyrrha
in a wooden chest at the time of the great Flood, 13 and 14. They
re-people the earth by throwing stones behind them which become men
and women, 15.
_Diomēdēs_. A king of Thrace who fed his horses on
human flesh. Heracles is sent by Eurystheus to fetch the horses to
Mycenae; he conquers the king and throws him to be eaten by his own
horses, 123 and 124.
_Dionȳsus_. Son of Zeus and Semele. Is placed under the
charge of Athamas, 63; then under that of some nymphs, 64. Is gifted
by Zeus with divine power, 64 and 65. Creates the Vine, 65. Sets
out upon a triumphal journey round the world, 65. Punishes the
sailors who refuse to take him to Naxos, 66 and 67. Punishes the
daughters of Proetus who refuse to honour him, 73. Is received into
the abode of the gods, 67. Marries Ariadne, 192.
_Dioscūri_. The brothers Castor and Pollux, 201.
_Doliōnes_. A people in whose country the Argonauts land on
their way to Colchis, 154 and 155.
_EARTH, The_. Gives a golden apple-tree to Hera on her marriage with
Zeus, 131. Gives her son Antaeus new strength every time he touches
her, 133.
_Egypt_. Io is kindly received by the king, and becomes his wife, 32
and 33. Danaus leaves Egypt for Argos, 34. Heracles kills King
Busiris, 133 and 134.
_Electryon_. Son and successor of Perseus. His right is disputed by
Pterelaus king of the Teleboae, 104. He prepares to make an
expedition against the Teleboae, but is killed accidentally by
Amphitryon, 105.
_Elis_. A country of Greece. Ruled over by Salmoneus, 42. Pelops
goes to Elis to sue for Hippodamia, conquers her father in the
chariot-race, and becomes king, 77 to 79. Heracles cleanses the
stables of Augeas, king of Elis, 119 and 120. He marches against
Elis to punish Augeas for his faithlessness, and transfers the
kingdom to Phyleus, 141 and 142.
_Endymion_. A son of Zeus. Asks that he may sleep for ever, 29. Is
beloved by the goddess Selene, 30.
Ephialtēs. Brother of Otus, and son of Poseidon, 27. The
brothers fight against the gods, and make Ares prisoner, 28. They
are killed through a device of the goddess Artemis, 28.
_Epigoni_. The sons of the Seven Heroes defeated before Thebes.
They march against Thebes to avenge the death of their fathers, and
take possession of the city, 224 to 227.
_Epimēthēus_. Brother of Prometheus, 9. Zeus
sends Pandora to be his wife, 10 and 11.
Ergīnus. King of the Minyae. Demands tribute from the
Thebans, 111. Is attacked and conquered by Heracles, 112.
_Eriphȳlē_. Wife of Amphiaraus and sister of
Adrastus, 214. Decides that Amphiaraus shall march against Thebes,
215. Is killed by her son Alcmaeon, 227.