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La-od-a-mi'a. Wife of Protesilaus; dies of grief, 316, 317.

La-om'e-don. King of Troy; employs Neptune and Apollo to build walls, 151, 152; significance, 386.

Lap'i-thae. People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs, 230, 260; Ixion, king of, 169; Pirithous, king of, 259.

La'ra. Wife of Mercury; mother of the two Lares, 203.

La'res. Two tutelary divinities of ancient Roman households, 203; saved by Anchises, 362.

Lat'in. Names of days in, 207.

Lat'ins. People of Latinus and AEneas, 377; AEneas fights, 375.

La-ti'nus. King of Latium, 372; welcomes and then wars against AEneas, 373, 374, 376; AEneas makes peace with, 377.

La'ti-um. Province of Italy, ruled by Latinus, 377; AEneas comes to, 372.

Lat'mus. Mountain in Asia Minor, where Endymion lies asleep, 97; significance, 388, 392, 394.

La-to'na. Same as Leto; wife of Jupiter; mother of Apollo and Diana, 61, 62; boast of, 93; significance, 396.

Lau'sus. Hero slain by AEneas during wars against the Rutules, 376.

La-vin'i-a. Daughter of Latinus, 372, 373; AEneas' second wife, 376, 377.

Le-an'der. Youth of Abydus; Hero's lover, who swam the h.e.l.lespont, 111-117.

Le-ar'chus. Son of Athamas and Ino; slain by his father, 174.

Le'da. Mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen and Clytaemnestra, 311; significance, 394.

Le'laps. The tireless hunting dog given by Procris to Cephalus, 70.

Lem'nos. Island in the Grecian Archipelago; Vulcan landed there, 144; Philoctetes on, 330.

Ler'na. Marsh where the Hydra lay concealed, 220.

Le'the. River of forgetfulness, which separated the Elysian Fields from Hades, 161, 163, 208, 210.

Le'to. Same as Latona; mother of Apollo and Diana, 61; significance, 386, 388, 392, 394.

Leu-co'the-a. Same as Ino, Athamas' wife; sea G.o.ddess, 174; Ulysses rescued by, 355.

Li'ber. Same as Bacchus, G.o.d of wine and revelry, 174.

Lib-er-a'li-a. Festivals in honor of Liber, or Bacchus, held in the autumn, 182.

Lib'y-a. Ancient name of Africa; coast upon which AEneas landed, 48, 366.

Li'chas. Bearer of the Nessus robe; slain by Hercules, 236-238.

Light. Same as AEther, 13.

Lip'a-ri Islands. Same as AEolian Islands, where Ulysses landed, 213.

Little Bear. Arcas changed into the constellation of the, 52.

Lo'tis. Nymph changed into a lotus blossom, 299.

Lo-toph'a-gi. People whose food was the lotus; the Lotus-eaters, 338.

Love. Same as Eros, Cupid, etc., 13; Psyche courted by, 124-127.

Loves. Attendants of Venus, 148.

Lower Regions. Visited by AEneas, 372.

Lu'nae. Same as Diana, 207.

Lyc'i-a. Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the Chimaera, 291, 295.

Lyc-o-me'des. King of Scyros; treacherously slays Theseus, 262; shelters Achilles, 314, 315.

Ly'cus. Antiope's second husband; slain by Amphion and Zethus, 80-82.

Lyd'i-a. Kingdom of Midas, in Asia Minor, 177, 230.

Lyn'ceus. Husband of Hypermnestra, who spared his life, 166.

Lyn'cus. King of Scythia; changed into a lynx by Ceres, 196.

Ly'ra. Orpheus' lute; placed in heavens as a constellation, 80.

Ma-cha'on. Celebrated leech; son of AEsculapius, 64; Philoctetes healed by, 331.

Ma'ia. G.o.ddess of the plains; mother of Mercury, 131; significance, 399.

Ma'nes. Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, 203.

Mar-pes'sa. Daughter of Evenus; marries Idas, 155.

Mars. Same as Ares; son of Jupiter and Juno, 52; G.o.d of war, 138-143; Venus courted by, 106-108; day of, 207; descendants of, 377; significance, 400.

Mar'sy-as. 1. Shepherd who enters into compet.i.tion with Apollo, 73, 74. 2. Name of river, 74.

Mar'ti-us, Cam'pus. Roman exercising grounds, 143.

Mat-ro-na'li-a. Festivals in honor of Juno, in Rome, 54.

Me-de'a. Daughter of AEetes, 268, 269; wife of Jason, 271, 273, 274; wife of AEgeus, 252, 253; significance, 392.