HES′TIA. The Greek name of Vesta.
HIEROGLY′PHICS, see Mercury.
HIGHWAYS, see Janus.
HIL′DUR. The Scandinavian Mars.
HIP′PIA. A name of Minerva.
HIP′PIUS. A name of Neptune.
HIPPOCAM′PUS. The name of Neptune’s favourite horse.
HIPPOCRE′NIDES, a name of the Muses, from the fountain of Hippocrene
(the horse fountain), which was formed by a kick of the winged horse
Pegasus.
HIPPOLY′TE, queen of the Amazons, daughter of Mars. Her father gave her
a famous girdle, which Hercules was required to procure (see Hercules).
She was conquered by Hercules, and given by him in marriage to Theseus.
HIPPOLY′TUS was son of Theseus and Hippolyte; he was killed by a fall
from a chariot, but was raised to life again by Diana, or, as some say,
by Æsculapius.
HIPPO′NA was a rural divinity, the goddess of horses.
HISTORY, see Clio and Saga.
HONEY, see Aristæus and Dryads.
HOPE, see Pandora.
HO′RÆ were the daughters of Sol and Chronis.
HORSE, see Cyllaros.
HORSE RACES, see Neptune.
HORSES, see Hippona.
HORTEN′SIS, a name of Venus, because she looked after plants and
flowers in gardens.
HO′RUS. A name of Sol, the Egyptian day god.
HOSTIL′INA. A rural divinity; goddess of growing corn.
HUNGER, see Erisichthon.
HUNTING, see Diana.
HUNTSMEN, see Pan.
HYACIN′THUS was a boy greatly loved by Apollo; but he was accidentally
slain by him with a quoit. Apollo caused to spring from his blood the
flower Hyacinth.
HY′ADES were seven daughters of Atlas and Æthra, and they form a
constellation which, when it rises with the sun, threatens rain.
HY′DRA. A famous monster serpent, which had many heads. It was slain by
Hercules. See Hercules.
HYGE′IA, the goddess of health, was a daughter of Æsculapius and
Epione. She was represented as a young woman feeding a serpent, which
is twined round her arm.
HY′LAS. A beautiful boy beloved by Hercules. The nymphs were jealous of
him, and spirited him away while he was drawing water for Hercules.
HY′MEN, the Grecian god of marriage, was either the son of Bacchus
and Venus, or, as some say, of Apollo and one of the Muses. He was
represented as a handsome youth, holding in his hand a burning torch.
“Some few there are of sordid mould
Who barter youth and bloom for gold:
But Hymen, gen’rous, just, and kind,
Abhors the mercenary mind;
Such rebels groan beneath his rod,
For Hymen’s a vindictive god.”
Dr. COTTON, 1736.
HYMN, see Pæan.
HYPE′RION. Son of Cœlus and Terra. The model of manly beauty,
synonymous with Apollo. The personification of the sun.
“So excellent a king; that was to this
Hyperion to a satyr.”