Labyrinth: A maze in Crete, constructed by Daedalus for the Minotaur
Lacedaemonia: Province in Peloponnesus; capital Sparta, also name of Sparta
Lacedaemonians: Inhabitants of Lacedaemonia, or Sparta
Lachesis: One of the Fates; twists the thread of life
Ladon: Dragon which guarded golden apples of Hesperides
Laertes: Father of Ulysses,
- Penelope weaves his shroud
Laestrygonians: Cannibals visited by Ulysses
Laius: Father of Oedipus
- slain by him
Lampetia: One of the Heliades
- guards the cattle of the sun,
Laocoon: Trojan priest; crushed to death by two serpents
Laodamia: Wife of Protesilaus; dies of grief,
Laomedon: King of Troy; employs Neptune and Apollo to build walls,
Lapithae: People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs,
- Ixion, king of
- Pirithous, king of
Lara: Wife of Mercury; mother of the two Lares
Lares: Two tutelary divinities of ancient Roman households
- saved by Anchises
Latin: Names of days in
Latins: People of Latinus and Aeneas
- Aeneas fights
Latinus: King of Latium
- welcomes and then wars against Aeneas
- Aeneas makes peace with
Latium: Province of Italy, ruled by Latinus
- Aeneas comes to
Latmus: Mountain in Asia Minor, where Endymion lies asleep
Latona: Same as Leto; wife of Jupiter; mother of Apollo and Diana,
- boast of
Lausus: Hero slain by Aeneas during wars against the Rutules
Lavinia: Daughter of Latinus,
- Aeneas� second wife,
Leander: Youth of Abydus; Hero�s lover, who swam the Hellespont Learchus: Son of Athamas and Ino; slain by his father
Leda: Mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen and Clytaemnestra
Lelaps: The tireless hunting dog given by Procris to Cephalus
Lemnos: Island in the Grecian Archipelago; Vulcan landed there
- Philoctetes on
Lerna: Marsh where the Hydra lay concealed
Lethe: River of forgetfulness, which separated the Elysian Fields from Hades,
Leto: Greek goddess of motherhood, Roman counterpart Latona; mother of Apollo and Diana
Leucothea: Same as Ino, Athamas� wife; sea goddess
- Ulysses rescued by
Liber: Same as Bacchus, god of wine and revelry
Liberalia: Festivals in honor of Liber, or Bacchus, held in the autumn
Libya: Ancient name of Africa; coast upon which Aeneas landed,
Lichas: Bearer of the Nessus robe; slain by Hercules
Light: Same as Aether
Lipari Islands: Same as Aeolian Islands, where Ulysses landed
Little Bear: Arcas changed into the constellation of the
Lotis: Nymph changed into a lotus blossom
Lotophagi: People whose food was the lotus; the Lotuseaters
Love: Same as Eros, Cupid, etc: Psyche courted by
Loves: Attendants of Venus
Lower Regions: Visited by Aeneas
Lunae: Same as Diana
Lycia: Land ruled by Iobates, who sends Bellerophon to slay the Chimera,
Lycomedes: King of Scyros; treacherously slays Theseus
- shelters Achilles,
Lycus: Antiope�s second husband; slain by Amphion and Zethus
Lydia: Kingdom of Midas, in Asia Minor,
Lynceus: Husband of Hypermnestra, who spared his life
Lyncus: King of Scythia; changed into a lynx by Ceres
Lyra: Orpheus� lute; placed in heavens as a constellation |
