BOUNDARIES, see Terminus.
BOXING, see Pollux.
BRAH′MA. The great Indian deity, represented with four heads looking to
the four quarters of the globe.
BRI′AREUS, see Ægeon.
BRIS′ÆUS. A name of Bacchus, referring to the use of grapes and honey.
BRONT′ES, one of the Cyclops. He is the personification of a
blacksmith.
BUBO′NA, goddess of herdsmen, one of the rural divinities.
BUD′DAH. A pagan deity, the Vishnu of the Hindoos.
BYB′LIS. A niece of Sol, mentioned by Ovid. She shed so many tears for
unrequited love that she was turned into a fountain.
“Thus the Phœbeian Byblis, spent in tears,
Becomes a living fountain, which yet bears
Her name.”