D + 

Daedalus + 

(Daeˈda-lus), architect of the Cretan Labyrinth; inventor of sails. + 

Daguenet + 

(Dagˈue-net), King Arthur’s fool. + 

Dalai Lama + 

(Daˈlai Laˈma), chief pontiff of Thibet. + 

Danaë + 

(Danˈa-e), mother of Perseus by Jupiter. + 

Danaïdes + 

(Da-naˈi-des), the fifty daughters of Danaüs, king of Argos, who were betrothed to the fifty sons of Aegyptus, but were commanded by their father to slay each her own husband on the marriage night. + 

Danaüs + 

(Danˈa-us), see Danaïdes. + 

Daphne + 

(Daphˈne), maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree. + 

Dardanelles + 

(Dar-da-nellesˈ), ancient Hellespont. + 

Dardanus + 

(Darˈda-nus), progenitor of the Trojan kings. + 

Dardinel + 

(Darˈdi-nel), prince of Zumara. + 

Dawn + 

(Dawn), see Aurora. + 

Day + 

(Day), an attendant on Phoebus, the Sun. + 

Death + 

(Death), see Hela. + 

Deiphobus + 

(De-iphˈo-bus), son of Priam and Hecuba, the bravest brother of Paris. + 

Dejanira + 

(Deˈja-niˈra), wife of Hercules. + 

Delos + 

(Deˈlos), floating island, birthplace of Apollo and Diana. + 

Delphi + 

(Delˈphi), shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles. + 

Demeter + 

(De-meˈter), Greek goddess of marriage and human fertility; identified by Romans with Ceres. + 

Demetia + 

(De-meˈti-a), South Wales. + 

Demodocus + 

(De-modˈo-cus), bard of Alcinoüs, king of the Phaeacians. + 

Deucalion + 

(Deu-caˈli-on), king of Thessaly, who with his wife Pyrrha were the only pair surviving a deluge sent by Zeus. + 

Dia + 

(Diˈa), island of. + 

Diana + 

(Di-aˈna (Artemis)), goddess of the moon and of the chase, daughter of Jupiter and Latona. + 

Diana of the Hind + 

(Di-aˈna of the Hind), antique sculpture in the Louvre, Paris. + 

Dictys + 

(Dicˈtys), a sailor. + 

Didier + 

(Didˈi-er), king of the Lombards. + 

Dido + 

(Diˈdo), queen of Tyre and Carthage, entertained the shipwrecked Aeneas. + 

Diomede + 

(Di-o-meˈde), Greek hero during Trojan War. + 

Dione + 

(Di-oˈne), female Titan, mother of Zeus, of Aphrodite (Venus). + 

Dioscuri + 

(Di-os-cuˈri), the Twins. See Castor and Pollux. + 

Dirce + 

(Dirˈce), wife of Lycus, king of Thebes, who ordered Amphion and Zethus to tie Antiope to a wild bull, but they, learning Antiope to be their mother, so treated Dirce herself. + 

Dis + 

(Dis), see Pluto. + 

Discord + 

(Disˈcord), apple of. See Eris. + 

Dodona + 

(Do-doˈna), site of an oracle of Zeus (Jupiter). + 

Dorceus + 

(Dorˈce-us), a dog of Diana. + 

Doris + 

(Doˈris), wife of Nereus. + 

Druids + 

(Druˈids), ancient Celtic priests. + 

Dryades or Dryads + 

(Dryˈ-a-des (or Dryads)), Wood-nymphs. + 

Dryope + 

(Dryˈo-pe), changed to a lotus plant, for plucking a lotus⁠—enchanted form of the nymph Lotis. + 

Dubricius + 

(Du-briˈci-us), bishop of Caerleon. + 

Dudon + 

(Duˈdon), a knight, comrade of Astolpho. + 

Dunwallo Molmutius + 

(Dun-walˈlo Mol-muˈti-us), British king and lawgiver. + 

Durindana + 

(Du-rin-daˈna), sword of Orlando or Rinaldo. + 