SALA′TIA, see Amphitrite.
SAL′II. The priests of Mars who had charge of the sacred shields.
SALMO′NEUS. A king of Elis who, for trying to imitate Jupiter’s
splendours, was sent by the god straight to the infernal regions.
SA′LUS. The Roman god of health.
SAP′PHO, a celebrated poetess, a native of Lesbos, who flourished B.C.
610. Her only connection with the goddesses of the time is that the
Greeks called her “The tenth Muse.”
SARCASM, see Momus.
SA′RON, a sea-god.
SAT′URN, King of the Universe, was father of Jupiter, Neptune, and
Pluto. These gods quarrelled amongst themselves as to the division of
their father’s kingdom, which ended in Jupiter having heaven and earth,
Neptune the sea, and Pluto the infernal regions.
SATURNA′LIA. Festivals held in honour of Saturn about the 16th or
18th of December. Principally famous for the riotous disorder which
generally attended them.
SATUR′NIUS. A name given to Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto, as sons of
Saturn.
SATYA′VRA′TA. The Hindoo god of law. The same as Menu.
SAT′YRS were the attendants of Silenus, and were similar in most
respects to the fauns who attended Pan. See Silenus.
“Five satyrs of the woodland sort,
. . . . . .
Their ears prick’d up, their noses short,
. . . . . .
With asses’ hoofs, great goggle eyes,
And double chins of monstrous size.”