Ovid's heroical epistles Englished by W.S.

THE INDEX.

A

• ABydos a City in Asia, Ep. 17.
• Achelou••; a river of Etolia, 9.
• Achilles son of Peleus and The∣tis, Ep. 3.
• Acontius, signifies an Arrow, Ep. 19, 20.
• Acteon beheld Diana bathing her self, and was transform∣ed into a Stag, Ep. 20.
• Aetna, a burning Mountain, Ep. 21.
• Adonis the son of Cinyras, Ep 4.
• Aegypt••s brother to Belus, Ep. 14.
• Aeneas son to Anchises and Venus, Ep. 7.
• Aeolus King of the winds, E. 10
• Aeth••a, Ep. 16.
• Agamemnon Prince of the Gre∣cians, Ep. 3.
• Ajax, Ep. 3.
• Alcions, Sea Birds, Ep. 17.
• Alecto, one of the Furies, Ep. 3.
• Androgeus, Minos son, Ep. 10.
• Andromache, Hectors wife, E. 5.
• Antilochus, Ep. 1.
• Apollo god of Poetry, Physi••k, and Musick, Ep. 5, 6.
• Ariad••e Ep. 10.
• Ariadnes Crown, a Constella∣tion, Ep. 17.
• Ascanius son to Aeneas, Ep. 7.
• Athens a famous University, Ep. 2.
• Atias, a Mountain, Ep. 10.
• Atreus son to Pelops, Ep 10.
• Aurora, or the morning, Ep. 4.

B

• BRiseis a captive Virgin ta∣ken by Achilles, Ep. 3.

C

• CAcus a Gyant, Ep. 9.
• Canace Sister to Macareus, Ep. 11.
• Carthage, a City of Lybia. E. 7.
• Cassandra, a Prophetess who foretold the destruction of Troy, Ep. 15.
• Cephalus signifies the head, E. 4.
• Cerberus, Porter of hell, Ep. 9, 10.
• Ceres, Goddess of corn and Plenty, Ep. 2.
• Cary••dis, a rocky gulf, Ep. 12.
• Colchos, where the Golden Fleece was kept, Ep. 6.
• Corinth, a City Ep. 12.
• Clymene, waiting maid to He∣lena, Ep. 16.
• Crete, an Island, Ep. 16.
• Cynthia, or the Moon, Ep. 17.

D

• DEdalus who made himself and his son Icarus wings to fly withall, Ep. 17.
• Daphne turned into a Lawrell-tree, Epist. 21.
• Deianira, Daughter to Oenus King of Caledon, Ep. 9.
• Deiphobus, or fearing the gods, Epist. 5.
• Delos an Island, it signifies ma∣nifest or clear, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• Deucalion, who with his Wife Pyrrha survived after the general Deluge, Ep. 2.
• Demophoon, signifies a light to the people by his exemplary Vertues, Ep. 2.
• Diana, called Lucina, Ep. 19.
• Dido, signifies to fear, Ep. 7.
• Dolon, Ep. 1.

E

• ELisa, or Dido, Epist. 7.
• Elysian, Elysium was a fain'd place of joy for the dead, E. 3.
• Endymion was beloved of the Moon, Ep. 17.
• Eurystheus King of the Myce∣mans, Ep. 9.
• Erynnis, a Fury.
• Europa, signifies fair faced, from whom the chiefest part of the world is called Euro∣pa, Ep. 4.

H

• HEmeus, a Mountain of Thrace, Ep. 2.
• Hector, the valiantest of all the Trojans, Ep. 1.
• Helena, wife to Menelaus, Ep. 5.
• Helespont, or the Sea wherein Helle was drowned, Ep. 8, 7.
• Hercules begot by Iupiter in three nights on Alcmena in the shape of Amphytrio, Ep. 9.
• Hermione, Epist. 8.
• Hydra, a monster whose fruit∣full heads would grow as they were lopped off, Ep. 9.
• Hero, or a Noble Heroical La∣dy, Ep. 17.
• Hymen, the god of marriage, Ep. 2.
• Hypermnestra, Wife to Linus, Ep. 14.
• Hyppolitus was torn in pieces by his horses, Ep. 7.
• Hypsiphile Queen of Lemnos, Ep. 6.

I

• JAson son to Eson, Ep. 6.
• Icareus Penelopes father, Icarus 17.
• Idean, or Trojan, Ep. 9.
• Iole Hercules's Mistress, Ep. 9.
• Is••hmus, a neck of Land joyn∣ing two Continents toge∣ther, having the Sea beat∣ing on both sides, Ep. 4.
• Iuno, Iupiters Queen, Ep. 5.

L

• LAcedaemon, a City in Greece Ep. 15.
• Laertes, Ep. 1.
• Laodamia, Ep. 13.
• Leander signifies a Lion-heart∣ed man, Ep. 17.
• Linus, husband to Hyperrane∣stra, Ep. 14.
• Lucina, the goddess of Child-birth, Ep. 5.

M

• MAcareus brother to Ca∣nace, Ep. 11.
• Meander, a crooked winding River, Ep. 7.
• Medea, a sorceress beloved by Iason, Ep. 12.
• Menelaus signifies the envy or scorn of the people, he was Helenas husband, Ep. 5.
• Minotaure, a monster which by Daedalus Art Pasiphae had by a Bull, while Minos was at the Athenian wars, hence

• it was called a Minotauru, Ep. 10.

N

• NEctar, the drink of the Gods, Ep. 15.
• Neptune, the god of the Sea, Ep. 2.
• Nereides, Sea Nymphs, Ep. 5.
• Nestor lived three ages, Ep. 1.
• Nylus, a River of Egypt, Ep. 14.

O

• OEchalia, a City, Ep. 9.
• Oenone, a Nymph, Ep. 5.
• Orestes son to Agamemnon, and Clytemaestra, Ep. 8.
• Orubya, beloved of Boreas, Ep. 17.

P

• PAllas, the goddess of wise∣dom, Ep. 4.
• Paris, son to Priam, and Hecu∣ba, Ep. 5.15.
• Pernassus, the Muses mountain, Ep. 19.
• Pasiphae, a lustful wanton wo∣man, Ep. 4.
• Pa••roclus, signifies the honour of his Father, he was son to Menaetius, and having put on Achilles Armour, was slain in fight by Hector, E. 3.
• Penelope, Ulysses wife, Ep. 1.
• Pirithous, a faithful friend to These••s, Ep. 4.
• Phaedra, sister to Ariadne, daughter to Minos, Ep. 4.
• Phyllis, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 leaves, or from Phylla, signifying in Greek an Almond tree, E. 2.
• Phaon, a fair young man, E. 21.
• Pyrrha Deucalions wife, Ep. 21.
• Polyphemus, Ep. 1. Sab a Gyant
• Pygmalion brother to Dido, Ep. 7.
• Protesilaus, signifies the chief among the people; he land∣ing first on the Trojans ground, was slain by Hector, Ep. 10.
• Pylos, a City in Messenia where Neleus Nestors Father reigned, Ep. 1.
• Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, Ep. 3.8.

R

• RHodope, a Mountain of Thrace, Ep. 2.

S

• SAppho, a wanton witty wo∣man, Ep. 27.
• Scylla, a rocky gulf, Ep. 12.
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• Sestos, a City in Europe, Ep. 17.
• Simoeis, a Trojan River, Ep. 1.7.
• Sparta a City of Greece, E. 15.
• Sych••us, Hercules Priest, and Dido's husband, Ep. 7.

T

• TAntalus, who stood in Hell to the chin in water, yet could not drink, Ep. 15.
• Telemachus, Ulysses son. Ep. 1.
• Theseus, son of AEgeus, Ep. 2.
• Thetis, Queen of the Sea, E. 19.
• Tisiphone, one of the Furies, Ep. 2.
• Tlepolemus, Ep. 1.
• Tybris, a River of Italy▪
• Tyresias, a Prophet, who told Iuno that feminine pleasure exceeded masculine in acts of Venus, Ep. 1. Sab.

V

• VLysses, a valiant Graecian, Ep. 17.

Z

• ZOne, or girdle, because the brides girdle was untied by the bridegroom, on her wedding night, Ep. 2.