1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described (continued 2)
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Page 79—Romas amended to Romans—The Romans used to swear by Jupiter Lapis.
Page 84—Diomede amended to Diomedes—... but was defeated by Diomedes.
Page 87—Thot amended to Thoth—There was also an Egyptian Mercury under the name of Thoth, ...
Page 89—Glaucopis amended to Glaukopis—... Pallas, Parthenos, Tritonia, and Glaukopis.
Page 117—Japetes amended to Japetus—... the son of Japetus ...
Page 122—Runcia amended to Runcina—Runcina (Runcina). The goddess of weeding ...
Page 127—Chimera amended to Chimaera—See Aesculapius, Apollo, Chimaera, ...
Page 127—Thanyris amended to Thamyris—Singing, see Polyhymnia, Thamyris.
Page 130—Ergotis amended to Ergatis—Spinning, see Arachne, Ergatis.
Page 134—Thesmorphonius amended to Thesmorphonis—Thesmorphonis (Thesmorphonis). A name of Ceres.
Page 135—Naryanan amended to Narayan—Tides, see Narayan.
Page 141—Calistro amended to Calisto—Ursa Major (Ur′sa Ma′jor), see Calisto.
Page 145—Ergatos amended to Ergatis—Weaving, see Ergatis.
The book notes Vishnu as a goddess, and Laksmi as one of Vishnu's husbands. This is preserved as printed.
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. Hyphenation has been made consistent.
The following printer errors have been repaired:
Page 102—anxiiety amended to anxiety—Orpheus, however, in his anxiety ...
Page 124—spirites amended to sprites—The sprites of fiery termagants in flame, ...
Page 140—preceive amended to perceive—... I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
With regard to quoted material, all attributions (or lack thereof) are preserved as in the original.
The transcriber notes that, on page 16, two couplets are attributed to Pope, although the second is actually from Dryden. However, this is preserved as printed.
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