Kepler (kep'-ler), astronomer,
1571-1630 A.D., 235
Labyrinth, a maze, 186, 187
Latmos, a mountain range in
Asia Minor, 150
Laurentum, 133
Lemnos, an island, 95
Leo (lē'-ō) Major and Leo
Minor, the Greater and Lesser
Lions, 4, 102, 139-145, 147,
149, 152, 153, 162
Lepus (le'-pus) or Hare, 83-107
Lesbos, an island, 49
Lernaean marshes (ler-ne'-an),
near Argolis in Greece, 103,
145, 159
Leverrier (le-vā-ryā'), a French
scientist, 1811-1877 A.D., 238
Libya (lib'-iä), 71
Light, velocity of, 195
Lions, see Leo
Lithuanian, 208
Little Dipper, see Bears
Lotus, a plant fabled to make
one who eats it forgetful of
his past and unwilling to
travel farther, 52
Lucumon, a prince or priest,
236
Lycaon (li-ka'-on), 152
Lycia (lis'-i-a), 24, 31, 32
Lydian (lid'-i-än), 160
Lyra (li'-ra) or Lyre, 41-56,
159, 197
Macedonia (mas'-ē-dō-ni-a), 218
Magnitude, definition of, 253
Maia (ma'-ya), 99
Maiden, see Virgo
Mamilius, 125
Manacicas (mä-nä-sē'-käs), an
Indian tribe of Bolivia in the
seventeenth century, 202
Odyssey (od'-i-si), 157
Oenopion (ē-nō'-pi-on), 92-95
Ogre (ō'-ger), a giant or hid-
eous monster supposed to live
on human flesh, 182
Old Man of the Sea, 163, 164
Olympus, 11, 24, 45, 81, 82,
191
Orchomenian (ôr-kō-mē'-ni-an),
192
Orion (ō-ri'-on), 83-108, 113,
152, 196, 206, 218, 223
Orion Group, 83-107
Orpheus (ôr'-fūs), 45-56
Ortygia (ôr-tij'-i-a), 192
Ottawa, 207
Phoebus (fe'-bus), see Apollo
Pickering, Prof., 1846- A.D.,
219
Pirene (pi-re'-nē), 25, 26
Pleiades (pli'-a-dēz), 83, 86, 90-
92, 97-99, 113, 157, 196, 206,
218, 219, 255
Pleione (pli'-ō-nē), 99
Plowshare or Great Bear, 14
Pluto, 46, 48, 160
Po, a river in Italy, 126, 132
Pointers, 15, 23, 113
Polaris (pō-lā'-ris)
Star, see North Star
Pollux, 113-137, 255
Polydectes (pol-i-dek'-tez), 65-
75
Pontiff, a chief priest, or the
Pope, 134, 225
Pope, A., 223
Praesepe (pre-sē'-pē) or Man-
ger, 144, 145, 255
Procrustes (prō-krus'-tēz), 181-
183
Proetus (pre'-tus), 23, 24
Prometheus (pro-me'-thus),
160, 203
Ptolemy (tol'-e-mi), astrono-
mer, 100-150 (?) A.D., 145,
158, 218, 234
Ptolemy, Euergetes, Egyptian
king, died 222 B.C., 149
Pulkova (pöl'-kō-vä), a city in
Russia, 225
Seven Oxen, 14
Seven Sisters or Pleiades, 98
Shakspere, 205
Siren (si'-ren), one of the
sister sea-nymphs who sang
with magic power, 81
Sirius (sir'-i-us) or Orion's
Dog or the Dog Star, 83-107
(esp. 97), 113, 143, 159, 247,
253, 254
Slavonic, 203, 204
Southern Cross, 193-197
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