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described and attributed to Poppaea's influence, ibid. 126; described in full detail, ibid. *310, *600; former high estate and pitiable death contrasted, ibid. 952; her ghost appears to curse Nero for his impieties, ibid. *593.

Ajax, son of Oïleus, called simply Oïleus; his death described, Med. 660; for his blasphemous defiance of the gods he was destroyed by Pallas and Neptune in the great storm which wrecked the Greek fleet on its homeward voyage, Agam. *532.

Ajax, son of Telamon, crazed with rage because the armor of the dead Achilles was awarded to Ulysses, Agam. 210.

Alcestis, wife of Admetus, king of Pherae, for the preservation of whose life she resigned her own, Med. 662.

ALCĪDES, see Hercules.

ALCMĒNA (Hercules Oetaeus), wife of Amphitryon, a Theban prince, beloved of Jupiter, and mother by him of Hercules, H. Fur. 22, 490. See Hercules.

Alcyone, see Ceyx.

Althaea, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydonia, and mother of Meleager. In revenge for the latter's slaughter of her two brothers, she burned the charmed billet of wood on which her son's life depended, and so brought to pass his death, Med. 779; on this account considered as a type of unnatural woman, H. Oet. 954.

Amalthēa, the goat of Olenus which fed with its milk the infant Jove, and was set as constellation in the sky; not yet known as such in the golden age, Med. 313. See Olenus.

Amazons, a race of warlike women who dwelt on the river Thermodon, Med. 215; even they have felt the influence of love, Hip. 575; conquered by Bacchus, Oed. 479; Clytemnestra compared to them, Agam. 736; allies of Troy, Tro. 12; their queen, Penthesilea, slain by Achilles, ibid. 243; Hercules laments that if he was fated to die by a woman's hand he had not been slain by the Amazon, Hippolyte, H. Oet. 1183. See Antiope, Penthesilea, Hippolyte.

Amphīon, son of Antiope by Jupiter, king of Thebes, and husband of Niobe; renowned for his music; built the walls of Thebes by the magic of his lyre, Phoen. 566; H. Fur. 262; his hounds are heard baying at the time of the great plague at Thebes, Oed. 179; his shade arises from hades holding still in his hand the wonderful lyre, ibid. 612.

AMPHITRYON (Hercules Furens), a Theban prince, husband of Alcmena, the mother of Hercules, H. Fur. 309; he proves that not he but Jupiter is the father of Hercules, ibid. 440; welcomes Hercules upon his return from hades, ibid. 618.

Ancaeus, an Arcadian hero, one of the Argonauts, slain by the Calydonian boar, Med. 643.

ANDROMACHE (Troades), wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax; attempts to hide and save her son from Ulysses, Tro. *430; given by lot to Pyrrhus, ibid. 976. See Astyanax.

Antaeus, a Libyan giant, son of Neptune and Terra, a famous wrestler, who gained new strength by being thrown to mother earth; strangled by Hercules, who held him aloft in the air, H. Fur. 482, 1171; H. Oet. 24, 1899; Alcmena fears that a possible son of his may come to vex the earth, H. Oet. 1788. See Hercules.

ANTIGONE (Phoenissae), the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta; she refuses to desert her father in his blindness and exile, Phoen. 51; Oedipus wonders that such a pure girl should have sprung from so vile a house, ibid. 80; she argues her father's innocence, ibid. 203.