EGEON. A giant sea-god, who assisted the Titans against Jupiter.
EGE′RIA. A nymph who is said to have suggested to Numa all his wise
laws. She became his wife, and at his death was so disconsolate, and
shed so many tears, that Diana changed her into a fountain.
E′GIL. The Vulcan of northern mythology.
EGIP′ANS were rural deities who inhabited the forests and mountains,
the upper half of the body being like that of a man, and the lower half
like a goat.
E′GIS was the shield of Minerva. It obtained its name because it was
covered with the skin of the goat Amalthæa, which nourished Jupiter.
See Ægis.
ELEUSIN′IAN MYSTERIES. Religious rites in honour of Ceres, performed at
Eleusis in Attica.
ELYS′IUM, or the ELYSIAN FIELDS. The temporary abode of the just in the
infernal regions.
EMPYRE′AN, THE. The fifth heaven, the seat of the heathen deity.
ENDYM′ION. A shepherd, who acquired from Jupiter the faculty of being
always young. One of the lovers of Diana.
ENTERTAINMENTS, see Comus.
ENVY, see Furies.
ENYO was the Grecian name of Bellona, the goddess of war and cruelty.
E′OLUS, see Æolus.
E′OS. The Grecian name of Aurora.
E′OUS. One of the four horses which drew the chariot of Sol, the sun.
The word is Greek, and means red.
EPH′IAL′TES. A giant who lost his right eye in an encounter with
Hercules, and the left eye was destroyed by Apollo.
ER′ATO. One of the Muses, the patroness of light poetry; she presided
over the triumphs and complaints of lovers, and is generally
represented as crowned with roses and myrtle, and holding a lyre in
her hand.
ER′EBUS, son of Chaos, one of the gods of Hades, sometimes alluded to
as representing the infernal regions.
ERGA′TIS. A name given to Minerva. It means the work-woman, and was
given to the goddess because she was credited with having invented
spinning and weaving.
ERIC′THEUS, fourth King of Athens, was the son of Vulcan.
ERIN′NYS. A Greek name of the Furies. It means Disturber of the Mind.
ERISICH′THON was punished with perpetual hunger because he defiled the
groves of Ceres, and cut down one of the sacred oaks.
ER′OS. The Greek god of love.
EROS′TRATUS. The rascal who burnt the temple of Diana at Ephesus,
thereby hoping to make his name immortal.
ERYC′INA. A name of Venus, from Mount Eryx in Sicily.
ERYTHRE′OS. The Grecian name of one of the horses of Sol’s chariot.
ESCULA′PIUS, see Æsculapius.
E′TA, see Æta.
E′THON, one of the horses who drew the chariot of Sol--the sun. The
word is Greek, and signifies hot.
ET′NA. A volcanic mountain, beneath which, according to Virgil, there
is buried the giant Typhon, who breathes forth devouring flames.
EU′DROMOS. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds.
EU′LALON, one of the names of Apollo.
EUMEN′IDES, a name of the Furies, meaning mild, and referring to the
time when they were approved by Minerva.
EUPHRO′SYNE, one of the three Graces, see Graces.
“Come thou goddess fair and free,
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.”