Bulfinch’s Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch [love story books to read txt] 📗

sea from promontory of Leucadia, in disappointed love for Phaon. Saracens

(Saˈra-cens), followers of Muhammad.

Sarpedon

(Sar-peˈdon), son of Jupiter and Europa, killed by Patroclus.

Saturnalia

(Satˈur-naˈli-a), annual festival held by Romans in honor of Saturn.

Saturnia

(Sa-turˈni-a), an ancient name of Italy.

Satyrs

(Saˈtyrs), male divinities of the forest, half man, half goat.

Scaliger

(Scalˈi-ger), famous German scholar of 16th century.

Scandinavia

(Scan-di-naˈvi-a), mythology of, giving account of Northern gods, heroes, etc.

Scheria

(Scheˈri-a), mythical island, abode of the Phaeacians.

Schrimnir

(Schrimˈnir), the boar, cooked nightly for the heroes of Valhalla, becoming whole every morning.

Scio

(Sciˈo), one of the island cities claiming to be Homer’s birthplace.

Scopas

(Scoˈpas), King of Thessaly.

Scorpion

(Scorˈpion), constellation.

Scylla

(Scylˈla), sea-nymph beloved by Glaucus, but changed by jealous Circe to a monster and finally to a dangerous rock on the Sicilian coast, facing the whirlpool Charybdis, many mariners being wrecked between the two. Also daughter of King Nisus of Megara, who loved Minos, besieging her father’s city, but he disliked her disloyalty and drowned her; also a fair virgin of Sicily, friend of sea-nymph Galatea.

Scyros

(Scyˈros), where Theseus was slain.

Scythia

(Scythˈi-a), country lying north of Euxine Sea.

Semele

(Semˈe-le), daughter of Cadmus and, by Jupiter, mother of Bacchus.

Semiramis

(Se-mirˈa-mis), with Ninus the mythical founder of the Assyrian empire of Nineveh.

Senapus

(Senˈa-pus), King of Abyssinia, who entertained Astolpho.

Serapis

(Se-raˈpis), or Hermes, Egyptian divinity of Tartarus and of medicine.

Serfs

(Serfs), slaves of the land.

Seriphus

(Se-riˈphus), island in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades.

Serpent

(Serpent) Northern constellation.

Sestos

(Sesˈtos), dwelling of Hero (which see, also Leander).

Seven against Thebes

“Seven against Thebes,” famous Greek expedition.

Severn river

(Sevˈern river), in England.

Sevinus

(Sevˈi-nus), Duke of Guienne.

Shalott

(Sha-lottˈ), the Lady of.

Shatriya

(Sha-triˈya), Hindu warrior caste.

Sherasmin

(Sherˈas-min), French chevalier.

Sibyl

(Sibˈyl), prophetess of Cumae.

Sichaeus

(Si-chaeˈus), husband of Dido.

Siege Perilous

(Siege Perˈi-lous), the chair of purity at Arthur’s Round Table, fatal to any but him who was destined to achieve the quest of the Sangreal. See Galahad.

Siegfried

(Siegˈfried), young King of the Netherlands, husband of Kriemhild; she boasted to Brunhild that Siegfried had aided Günther to beat her in athletic contests, thus winning her as wife, and Brunhild, in anger, employed Hagan to murder Siegfried. As hero of Wagner’s “Valkyrie,” he wins the Nibelungen treasure-ring, loves and deserts Brunhild, and is slain by Hagan.

Sieglinda

(Sieg-linˈda), wife of Hunding, mother of Siegfried by Siegmund.

Siegmund

(Siegˈmund), father of Siegfried.

Sigtryg

(Sigˈtryg), Prince, betrothed of King Alef’s daughter, aided by Hereward.

Siguna

(Si-guˈna), wife of Loki.

Silenus

(Si-leˈnus), a Satyr, schoolmaster of Bacchus.

Silures

(Si-luˈres) South Wales.

Silvia

(Silˈvi-a), daughter of Latin shepherd.

Silvius

(Silˈvi-us), grandson of Aeneas, accidentally killed in the chase by his son Brutus.

Simonides

(Si-monˈi-des), an early poet of Greece.

Sinon

(Siˈnon), a Greek spy, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Wooden Horse into their city.

Sirens

(Siˈrens), sea-nymphs, whose singing charmed mariners to leap into the sea; passing their island, Ulysses stopped the ears of his sailors with wax, and had himself bound to the mast so that he could hear but not yield to their music.

Sirius

(Sirˈi-us), the dog of Orion, changed to the Dog-star.

Sisyphus

(Sisˈy-phus), condemned in Tartarus to perpetually roll up hill a big rock which, when the top was reached, rolled down again.

Siva

(Siˈva), the Destroyer, third person of the Hindu triad of gods.

Skalds

(Skalds), Norse bards and poets.

Skidbladnir

(Skid-bladˈnir), Freyr’s ship.

Skirnir

(Skirˈnir), Frey’s messenger, who won the god’s magic sword by getting him Gerda for his wife.

Skrymir

(Skryˈmir), a giant, Utgard Loki in disguise, who fooled Thor in athletic feats.

Skuld

(Skuld), the Norn of the Future.

Sleep

(Sleep), twin brother of Death.

Sleipnir

(Sleipˈnir), Odin’s horse.

Sobrino

(So-briˈno), councillor to Agramant.

Somnus

(Somˈnus), child of Nox, twin brother of Mors, god of sleep.

Sophocles

(Sophˈo-cles), Greek tragic dramatist.

South wind

(South wind), see Notus.

Sparta

(Sparˈta), capital of Lacedaemon.

Sphinx

(Sphinx), a monster, waylaying the road to Thebes and propounding riddles to all passers, on pain of death for wrong guessing, who killed herself in rage when Aedipus guessed aright.

Stonehenge

(Stoneˈhenge), circle of huge upright stones, fabled to be sepulchre of Pendragon.

Strophius

(Stroˈphi-us), father of Pylades.

Stygian realm

(Stygˈi-an realm), Hades.

Stygian sleep

(Stygˈi-an sleep), escaped from the beauty-box sent from Hades to Venus by hand of Psyche, who curiously opened the box and was plunged into unconsciousness.

Styx

(Styx), river, bordering Hades, to be crossed by all the dead.

Sudras

(Suˈdras), Hindu laboring caste.

Surtur

(Surˈtur), leader of giants against the gods in the day of their destruction (Norse mythology).

Surya

(Surˈya), Hindu god of the sun, corresponding to the Greek Helios.

Sutri

(Suˈtri), Orlando’s birthplace.

Svadilfari

(Sva-dil-faˈri), giant’s horse.

Swan

(Swan), Leda and the.

Sybaris

(Sybˈa-ris), Greek city in Southern Italy, famed for luxury.

Sylvanus

(Syl-vaˈnus), Latin divinity identified with Pan.

Symplegades

(Sym-plegˈa-des), floating rocks passed by the Argonauts.

Syrinx

(Syˈrinx), nymph, pursued by Pan, but escaping by being changed to a bunch of reeds. See Pandean pipes.

T Tacitus

(Tacˈi-tus), Roman historian.

Taenarus

(Taenˈa-rus), Greek entrance to lower regions.

Tagus

(Taˈgus), river in Spain and Portugal.

Taliesin

(Talˈie-sin), Welsh bard.

Tanais

(Tanˈa-is), ancient name of river Don.

Tantalus

(Tanˈta-lus), wicked king, punished in Hades by standing in water that retired when he would drink, under fruit-trees that withdrew when he would eat.

Tarchon

(Tarˈchon), Etruscan chief.