The Aeneid (61 page)
DECII
(
de‘-ki-ee
): father and son with the same name, Publius Decius Mus, heroes of the Roman Republic, 6.949. See Introduction, p. 30.
(
de‘-ki-ee
): father and son with the same name, Publius Decius Mus, heroes of the Roman Republic, 6.949. See Introduction, p. 30.
DEIOPEA
(
dee-i-o-pee‘-a
): sea-nymph offered by Juno to Aeolus (1) as an inducement to destroy Aeneas’ fleet with a tempest off the coast of Carthage, 1.85.
(
dee-i-o-pee‘-a
): sea-nymph offered by Juno to Aeolus (1) as an inducement to destroy Aeneas’ fleet with a tempest off the coast of Carthage, 1.85.
DEIPHOBE
(
dee-i‘-fo-bee
): the Sibyl of Cumae, daughter of Glaucus (2), and Aeneas’ guide to the Underworld, 6.43.
(
dee-i‘-fo-bee
): the Sibyl of Cumae, daughter of Glaucus (2), and Aeneas’ guide to the Underworld, 6.43.
DEIPHOBUS
(
dee-i‘-fo-bus
): son of Priam, commander-in-chief of the Trojans after Hector’s death; consort of Helen after Paris dies; Aeneas sees his comrade’s ghost in the Underworld, his body mangled by Menelaus during Troy’s final night, 2.390.
(
dee-i‘-fo-bus
): son of Priam, commander-in-chief of the Trojans after Hector’s death; consort of Helen after Paris dies; Aeneas sees his comrade’s ghost in the Underworld, his body mangled by Menelaus during Troy’s final night, 2.390.
DELOS
(
dee‘-los
): Aegean island, “chief isle of the embowered Cyclades,” according to Keats, the birthplace of Diana and Apollo and sacred to both gods, 3.88. It drifted until the moment when Latona gave birth to her twin progeny. See GYAROS, MYCONOS, and ORTYGIA (1).
(
dee‘-los
): Aegean island, “chief isle of the embowered Cyclades,” according to Keats, the birthplace of Diana and Apollo and sacred to both gods, 3.88. It drifted until the moment when Latona gave birth to her twin progeny. See GYAROS, MYCONOS, and ORTYGIA (1).
DEMODOCUS
(
dee-mo‘-do-kus
): comrade of Aeneas, killed by Halaesus, 10.489.
(
dee-mo‘-do-kus
): comrade of Aeneas, killed by Halaesus, 10.489.
DEMOLEOS
(
dee-mo‘-le-os
): Greek, whose armor, stripped from his dead body by Aeneas, forms second prize in the ship-race at Anchises’ funeral games, 5.291. See Note 5.134-318.
(
dee-mo‘-le-os
): Greek, whose armor, stripped from his dead body by Aeneas, forms second prize in the ship-race at Anchises’ funeral games, 5.291. See Note 5.134-318.
DEMOPHOÖN
(
dee-mo‘-fo-on
): Trojan killed by Camilla at close range, 11.796.
(
dee-mo‘-fo-on
): Trojan killed by Camilla at close range, 11.796.
DERCENNUS
(
der-see‘-nus
): ancient Laurentine king, whose tomb forms a lookout point for Opis, messenger of Diana, 11.997.
(
der-see‘-nus
): ancient Laurentine king, whose tomb forms a lookout point for Opis, messenger of Diana, 11.997.
DIANA
(
deye-an‘-a
): (Artemis), daughter of Latona and Jupiter, twin sister of Apollo, goddess of childbirth, the hunt, and the moon, 1.600. In her tri-form aspect, she is the goddess of the moon in the sky, of wild nature on earth, and, under the name of Hecate, of the Underworld: “Trivia” (7.601), also referred to, in the translation, as “triple Hecate, Diana the three-faced virgin” (4.640), “Diana Trivia” (7.903), or “Diana, Goddess of the Crossroads” (11.671), where she is worshipped for her mystic, magic powers. See HECATE and TRIVIA, and Note 7.884-908.
(
deye-an‘-a
): (Artemis), daughter of Latona and Jupiter, twin sister of Apollo, goddess of childbirth, the hunt, and the moon, 1.600. In her tri-form aspect, she is the goddess of the moon in the sky, of wild nature on earth, and, under the name of Hecate, of the Underworld: “Trivia” (7.601), also referred to, in the translation, as “triple Hecate, Diana the three-faced virgin” (4.640), “Diana Trivia” (7.903), or “Diana, Goddess of the Crossroads” (11.671), where she is worshipped for her mystic, magic powers. See HECATE and TRIVIA, and Note 7.884-908.
DICTE
(
dik‘-tee
): mountain in eastern Crete, synonymous with that island; the birthplace of Jupiter and the site of a cavern where he was concealed from his father, Saturn, who would have devoured the infant god, 3.210.
(
dik‘-tee
): mountain in eastern Crete, synonymous with that island; the birthplace of Jupiter and the site of a cavern where he was concealed from his father, Saturn, who would have devoured the infant god, 3.210.
DIDO
(
deye‘-doh
): Phoenician exile, queen and founder of Carthage, wife of Sychaeus first, then consort of Aeneas, who commits suicide upon his departure for Italy, 1.358.
(
deye‘-doh
): Phoenician exile, queen and founder of Carthage, wife of Sychaeus first, then consort of Aeneas, who commits suicide upon his departure for Italy, 1.358.
DIDYMAON
(
di-di-may‘-on
): artisan who practised his craft as a metal-smith, 5.400.
(
di-di-may‘-on
): artisan who practised his craft as a metal-smith, 5.400.
DINDYMA
(
din‘-di-ma
): mountain in Phrygia, consecrated to the Great Mother, Cybebe (Cybele), and site of her female followers’ rites, 9.702.
(
din‘-di-ma
): mountain in Phrygia, consecrated to the Great Mother, Cybebe (Cybele), and site of her female followers’ rites, 9.702.
DIOMEDES
(
deye-o-mee‘-deez
): Greek, son of Tydeus, king of Argos, founder of Argyripa, later called Arpi, in Apulia (see RHESUS for Diomedes’ capture of Rhesus’ Thracian horses), 1.116. For Diomedes’ capture, with Ulysses, of the horses, see
Iliad
10.528-670. For Diomedes’ outraging of Pallas Athena during the Trojan War, see PALLADIUM and Note 2.211; for his wounding of Venus in combat and his subsequent punishment, see Notes 11.315-36, 11.335-36.
(
deye-o-mee‘-deez
): Greek, son of Tydeus, king of Argos, founder of Argyripa, later called Arpi, in Apulia (see RHESUS for Diomedes’ capture of Rhesus’ Thracian horses), 1.116. For Diomedes’ capture, with Ulysses, of the horses, see
Iliad
10.528-670. For Diomedes’ outraging of Pallas Athena during the Trojan War, see PALLADIUM and Note 2.211; for his wounding of Venus in combat and his subsequent punishment, see Notes 11.315-36, 11.335-36.
DIONE
(
di-oh‘-nee
): goddess, mother of Venus, 3.24.
(
di-oh‘-nee
): goddess, mother of Venus, 3.24.
DIORES
(
di-oh‘-reez
): Trojan, competitor who places third in the foot-race at Anchises’ funeral games; brother of Amycus (5), and beheaded by Turnus, 5.330. See Note 5.325-402.
(
di-oh‘-reez
): Trojan, competitor who places third in the foot-race at Anchises’ funeral games; brother of Amycus (5), and beheaded by Turnus, 5.330. See Note 5.325-402.
DIOXIPPUS
(
di-ohks-ip‘-us
): Trojan killed by Turnus, 9.654.
(
di-ohks-ip‘-us
): Trojan killed by Turnus, 9.654.
DISCORD
: strife personified, with particular reference to civil war, 12.679.
: strife personified, with particular reference to civil war, 12.679.
DODONA
(
doh-doh‘-na
): site in Epirus, in northwestern Greece; the sanctuary of an oracle of Zeus, whose prophecies were communicated through the rustling leaves of a great oak, 3.548.
(
doh-doh‘-na
): site in Epirus, in northwestern Greece; the sanctuary of an oracle of Zeus, whose prophecies were communicated through the rustling leaves of a great oak, 3.548.
DOG STAR
: Orion’s Dog, or Sirius, whose rising is a “fatal sign” (
Iliad
22.36) since it carries plague to humankind and blights their crops, 3.174.
: Orion’s Dog, or Sirius, whose rising is a “fatal sign” (
Iliad
22.36) since it carries plague to humankind and blights their crops, 3.174.
DOLICHAON
(
doh-li-kay‘-on
): Trojan, father of Hebrus (2); killed by Mezentius, 10.823.
(
doh-li-kay‘-on
): Trojan, father of Hebrus (2); killed by Mezentius, 10.823.
DOLON
(
doh‘-lon
): Trojan scout, son of the old herald Eumedes, lured by the reward of Achilles’ team and chariot to spy on the Greek camp at night, but killed by Diomedes, 12.415. See
Iliad
10.351-527.
(
doh‘-lon
): Trojan scout, son of the old herald Eumedes, lured by the reward of Achilles’ team and chariot to spy on the Greek camp at night, but killed by Diomedes, 12.415. See
Iliad
10.351-527.
DOLOPIAN
(
do-loh‘-pi-an
): person from Phthia, a sector of southern Thessaly, kingdom of Peleus and home of Achilles, 2.9.
(
do-loh‘-pi-an
): person from Phthia, a sector of southern Thessaly, kingdom of Peleus and home of Achilles, 2.9.
DONUSA
(
do-noo‘-sa
): Aegean island among the Cyclades, to the southeast of Delos located at their center, 3.152.
(
do-noo‘-sa
): Aegean island among the Cyclades, to the southeast of Delos located at their center, 3.152.
DORYCLUS
(
do-ree‘-klus
): Rutulian, specifically a Tmarian from Epirus, husband of Beroë, 5.684.
(
do-ree‘-klus
): Rutulian, specifically a Tmarian from Epirus, husband of Beroë, 5.684.
DOTO
(
doh‘-toh
): sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus, 9.120.
(
doh‘-toh
): sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus, 9.120.
DRAGON:
name of a ship, captained by Mnestheus, that finishes second in the ship-race at the funeral games of Anchises, 5.136. See Note 5.134-318.
name of a ship, captained by Mnestheus, that finishes second in the ship-race at the funeral games of Anchises, 5.136. See Note 5.134-318.
DRANCES
(
dran‘-seez
): fellow-Rutulian of Turnus, and his outspoken critic, 11.142.
(
dran‘-seez
): fellow-Rutulian of Turnus, and his outspoken critic, 11.142.
DREPANUM
(
dre‘-pa-num
): town on the northwest coast of Sicily, now Trapani, the site of Anchises’ death, 3.817.
(
dre‘-pa-num
): town on the northwest coast of Sicily, now Trapani, the site of Anchises’ death, 3.817.
DRUSI
(
droo‘-zee
): great patrician family of Rome, 6.949. See Introduction, p. 30.
(
droo‘-zee
): great patrician family of Rome, 6.949. See Introduction, p. 30.
DRYOPE
(
dri‘-o-pee
): wood-nymph, mother by Faunus, god of the woods, of Tarquitus, a Rutulian killed by Aeneas, 10.652.
(
dri‘-o-pee
): wood-nymph, mother by Faunus, god of the woods, of Tarquitus, a Rutulian killed by Aeneas, 10.652.
DRYOPIANS
(
dri-oh‘-pi-anz
): ancient people said to live near Mount Parnassus in northern Greece, 4.183.
(
dri-oh‘-pi-anz
): ancient people said to live near Mount Parnassus in northern Greece, 4.183.
DRYOPS
(
dri‘-ops
): Trojan killed by Clausus from Cures, 10.407.
(
dri‘-ops
): Trojan killed by Clausus from Cures, 10.407.
DULICHIUM
(
doo-li‘-ki-um
): Ionian island near Ithaca, off the western coast of Greece, 3.324.
(
doo-li‘-ki-um
): Ionian island near Ithaca, off the western coast of Greece, 3.324.
DYMAS
(
di‘-mas
): Trojan, aide of Aeneas, accidentally killed by his own comrades in the chaos of Troy’s fall, 2.429.
(
di‘-mas
): Trojan, aide of Aeneas, accidentally killed by his own comrades in the chaos of Troy’s fall, 2.429.
EARTH
: the earth personified, 4.209.
: the earth personified, 4.209.
EBYSUS
(
e‘-bi-sus
): Rutulian killed by Corynaeus (2), 12.360.
(
e‘-bi-sus
): Rutulian killed by Corynaeus (2), 12.360.
EGERIA
(
e-jee‘-ri-a
): Latian water-nymph, whose healing grove safeguarded Hippolytus, and where, after being tormented to death by his father and stepmother, he returned to life as Virbius, 7.886. See Note 7.884-908.
(
e-jee‘-ri-a
): Latian water-nymph, whose healing grove safeguarded Hippolytus, and where, after being tormented to death by his father and stepmother, he returned to life as Virbius, 7.886. See Note 7.884-908.
EGYPT
: the country in northern Africa, synonymous with Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen, 8.806.
: the country in northern Africa, synonymous with Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen, 8.806.
ELEAN
(
ee-lee‘-an
): 3.803, belonging to ELIS (
ee’-lis
), realm of the Epeans in the northwestern Peloponnese to the north of Nestor’s Pylos; its principal city, Olympia, became the site of the Olympic games, 6.681.
(
ee-lee‘-an
): 3.803, belonging to ELIS (
ee’-lis
), realm of the Epeans in the northwestern Peloponnese to the north of Nestor’s Pylos; its principal city, Olympia, became the site of the Olympic games, 6.681.
ELECTRA
(
e-lek‘-tra
): one of the seven daughters of Atlas, who compose the Pleiades; sister of Maia, the mother by Jupiter of Dardanus, the founder of Troy. 8.156.
(
e-lek‘-tra
): one of the seven daughters of Atlas, who compose the Pleiades; sister of Maia, the mother by Jupiter of Dardanus, the founder of Troy. 8.156.
ELYSIUM
(
ee-li‘-zi-um
): home in the Underworld of the fortunate after death, the site of Aeneas’ reunion with the spirit of his father, 5.814. For Homer’s description of the Elysian Fields, see
Odyssey
4.634-39.
(
ee-li‘-zi-um
): home in the Underworld of the fortunate after death, the site of Aeneas’ reunion with the spirit of his father, 5.814. For Homer’s description of the Elysian Fields, see
Odyssey
4.634-39.
EMATHION
(
ee-ma‘-thi-on
): Trojan killed by Liger, 9.650.
(
ee-ma‘-thi-on
): Trojan killed by Liger, 9.650.
ENCELADUS
(
en-sel‘-a-dus
): giant rebel against the rule of Jupiter, who struck him dead with a lightning-bolt and buried him under Mount Etna as his eternal doom, 3.673.
(
en-sel‘-a-dus
): giant rebel against the rule of Jupiter, who struck him dead with a lightning-bolt and buried him under Mount Etna as his eternal doom, 3.673.
ENTELLUS
(
en-tee‘-lus
): veteran Sicilian boxer who overpowers Dares at the funeral games for Anchises, 5.431.
(
en-tee‘-lus
): veteran Sicilian boxer who overpowers Dares at the funeral games for Anchises, 5.431.
EPEUS
(
e-pee‘-us
): Greek, builder of the Trojan horse, and one of the raiders hidden in its hollows, 2.334.
(
e-pee‘-us
): Greek, builder of the Trojan horse, and one of the raiders hidden in its hollows, 2.334.
EPIRUS
(
ee-peye‘-rus
): mountainous area in northwestern Greece on the Adriatic coast, 3.348.
(
ee-peye‘-rus
): mountainous area in northwestern Greece on the Adriatic coast, 3.348.
EPULO
(
e‘-pu-lo
): Rutulian killed by Achates, 12.539.
(
e‘-pu-lo
): Rutulian killed by Achates, 12.539.
EPYTIDES
(
e-pi-teye‘-deez
): Trojan friend and bodyguard of Ascanius, 5.600.
(
e-pi-teye‘-deez
): Trojan friend and bodyguard of Ascanius, 5.600.
EPYTUS
(
ee‘-pi-tus
): Trojan, comrade-in-arms of Aeneas in Troy’s last hours, 2.427.
(
ee‘-pi-tus
): Trojan, comrade-in-arms of Aeneas in Troy’s last hours, 2.427.
ERATO
(
e‘-ra-toh
): the Muse of love, one of the nine Muses, she is invoked at the start of Book 7, because the second half of the
Aeneid
involves, in part, Turnus’ efforts to wrest his expected bride, Lavinia, from the claims of Aeneas, 7.40. See Introduction, p. 19.
(
e‘-ra-toh
): the Muse of love, one of the nine Muses, she is invoked at the start of Book 7, because the second half of the
Aeneid
involves, in part, Turnus’ efforts to wrest his expected bride, Lavinia, from the claims of Aeneas, 7.40. See Introduction, p. 19.
EREBUS
(
e‘-re-bus
): child of Chaos, god of the Underworld and darkness, 4.639.
(
e‘-re-bus
): child of Chaos, god of the Underworld and darkness, 4.639.
ERETUM
(
e-ree‘-tum
): city on the east bank of the Tiber north of Rome; settled by Sabines, its contingent led by Clausus, 7.828.
(
e-ree‘-tum
): city on the east bank of the Tiber north of Rome; settled by Sabines, its contingent led by Clausus, 7.828.
ERICHAETES
(
e-ri-kee‘-teez
): Trojan, Lycaon’s (2) son, killed by Messapus, 10.884.
(
e-ri-kee‘-teez
): Trojan, Lycaon’s (2) son, killed by Messapus, 10.884.
ERIDANUS
(
ee-ri‘-da-nus
): river that, according to legend, rises in Elysium in the Underworld, and runs through the living world above; commonly thought to be the Po, 6.762.
(
ee-ri‘-da-nus
): river that, according to legend, rises in Elysium in the Underworld, and runs through the living world above; commonly thought to be the Po, 6.762.
ERIPHYLE
(
e-ri-fee‘-lee
): wife of the prophet Amphiaraus, who accepted from Polynices, leader of the Seven against Thebes, a necklace as a bribe for persuading her husband to join the expedition, in which he met his death; she met her death, in turn, at the hands of her son, Alcmaeon, 6.516.
(
e-ri-fee‘-lee
): wife of the prophet Amphiaraus, who accepted from Polynices, leader of the Seven against Thebes, a necklace as a bribe for persuading her husband to join the expedition, in which he met his death; she met her death, in turn, at the hands of her son, Alcmaeon, 6.516.
ERULUS
(
e‘-ru-lus
): king of Praeneste, son of Feronia who gave her son three lives, requiring the young Evander to kill him three times over, 8.664.
(
e‘-ru-lus
): king of Praeneste, son of Feronia who gave her son three lives, requiring the young Evander to kill him three times over, 8.664.
ERYMANTHUS
(
e-ri-man‘-thus
): mountain range in Arcadia, in the northwest Peloponnese, and the home of a great boar that Hercules killed as one of his Twelve Labors, 5.499.
(
e-ri-man‘-thus
): mountain range in Arcadia, in the northwest Peloponnese, and the home of a great boar that Hercules killed as one of his Twelve Labors, 5.499.
ERYMAS
(
e‘-ri-mas
): Trojan comrade of Aeneas, killed by Turnus, 9.797.
(
e‘-ri-mas
): Trojan comrade of Aeneas, killed by Turnus, 9.797.
ERYX
(
e‘-riks
): (1) mountain and town in the northwestern corner of Sicily, 1.684. (2) Son of Venus and Butes (2), half-brother of Aeneas; king of Sicily, champion boxer killed by Hercules in a legendary bout, 5.29.
(
e‘-riks
): (1) mountain and town in the northwestern corner of Sicily, 1.684. (2) Son of Venus and Butes (2), half-brother of Aeneas; king of Sicily, champion boxer killed by Hercules in a legendary bout, 5.29.
ETHIOPIAN
(
ee-thee-oh‘-pi-an
): of a region in the northeast of Africa and a favorite haunt of Neptune. 4.602.
(
ee-thee-oh‘-pi-an
): of a region in the northeast of Africa and a favorite haunt of Neptune. 4.602.
ETNA
(
et‘-na
): volcanic peak in eastern Sicily, home of the Cyclops, 3.648.
(
et‘-na
): volcanic peak in eastern Sicily, home of the Cyclops, 3.648.
ETRURIA
(
ee-troo‘-ri-a
): region in Italy north of Rome, settled by the Etruscans, 8.581.
(
ee-troo‘-ri-a
): region in Italy north of Rome, settled by the Etruscans, 8.581.
ETRUSCAN
(
ee-trus‘-kan
): belonging to people of Tuscany in central Italy, who may have originated in Lydia in Asia Minor 7.48; alternatively called TUSCAN (
tus’-kan
), 1.80, as belonging to the TUSCANS (
tus‘-kanz
), 7.498. See Introduction, pp. 20-23, 35-36.
(
ee-trus‘-kan
): belonging to people of Tuscany in central Italy, who may have originated in Lydia in Asia Minor 7.48; alternatively called TUSCAN (
tus’-kan
), 1.80, as belonging to the TUSCANS (
tus‘-kanz
), 7.498. See Introduction, pp. 20-23, 35-36.
EUANTHES
(
yoo-ayn‘-theez
): Phrygian fighter in the Trojan ranks, 10.830.
(
yoo-ayn‘-theez
): Phrygian fighter in the Trojan ranks, 10.830.
EUBOEAN
(
yoo-bee‘-an
): belonging to the large island lying off the coast of eastern Greece, 6.2, EUBOEA (
yoo-bee’-a
), 11.314. See CUMAE.
(
yoo-bee‘-an
): belonging to the large island lying off the coast of eastern Greece, 6.2, EUBOEA (
yoo-bee’-a
), 11.314. See CUMAE.
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