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Iapetus

(I-apˈe-tus), a Titan, son of Uranus and Ge, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.

(Jaˈphet (Iapetus)).

Iasius

(I-aˈsi-us), father of Atalanta.

Ibycus

(Ibˈy-cus), a poet, story of, and the cranes.

Icaria

(I-caˈri-a), island of the Aegean Sea, one of the Sporades.

Icarius

(I-caˈri-us), Spartan prince, father of Penelope.

Icarus

(Icˈa-rus), son of Daedalus, he flew too near the sun with artificial wings, and, the wax melting, he fell into the sea.

Icelos

(Ice-los), attendant of Morpheus.

Icolumkill

(I-colˈum-kill), see Iona.

Ida

(Iˈda), Mount, a Trojan hill.

Idaeus

(I-daeˈus), a Trojan herald.

Idas

(Iˈdas), son of Aphareus and Arene, and brother of Lynceus.

Iduna

(I-duˈna), wife of Bragi.

Igerne

(I-gerneˈ), wife of Gorlois, and mother, by Uther, of Arthur.

Iliad

(Ilˈi-ad), epic poem of the Trojan War, by Homer.

Ilioneus

(Ilˈi-oˈneus), a son of Niobe.

Ilium

(Ilˈi-um), see Troy.

Illyria

(Il-lyrˈi-a), Adriatic countries north of Greece.

Imogen

(Imˈo-gen), daughter of Pandrasus, wife of Trojan Brutus.

Inachus

(Inˈa-chus), son of Oceanus and Tethys, and father of Phoroneus and Io; also first king of Argos, and said to have given his name to the river Inachus.

Incubus

(Inˈcu-bus), an evil spirit, supposed to lie upon persons in their sleep.

Indra

(Inˈdra), Hindu god of heaven, thunder, lightning, storm and rain.

Ino

(Iˈno), wife of Athamas, fleeing from whom with infant son she sprang into the sea and was changed to Leucothea.

Io

(Iˈo), changed to a heifer by Jupiter.

Iobates

(I-obˈa-tes), King of Lycia.

Iolaus

(I-o-laˈus), servant of Hercules.

Iole

(Iˈo-le), sister of Dryope.

Iona

(I-oˈna), or Icolmkill, a small northern island near Scotland, where St. Columba founded a missionary monastery (563 AD).

Ionia

(I-oˈni-a), coast of Asia Minor.

Iphigenia

(Iph-i-ge-niˈa), daughter of Agamemnon, offered as a sacrifice but carried away by Diana.

Iphis

(Iˈphis), died for love of Anaxarete.

Iphitus

(Iphˈi-tus), friend of Hercules, killed by him.

Iris

(Iˈris), goddess of the rainbow, messenger of Juno and Zeus.

Ironside

(Iˈron-side), Arthur’s knight.

Isabella

(Is-a-belˈla), daughter of king of Galicia.

Isis

(Iˈsis), wife of Osiris; described as the giver of death.

Ismarus

(Isˈma-rus), first stop of Ulysses, returning from Trojan War.

Ismenos

(Ismeˈnos), a son of Niobe, slain by Apollo.

Isolier

(I-soˈlier), friend of Rinaldo.

Isoude the Fair

(I-soudeˈ the Fair), beloved of Tristram.

Isoude of the White Hands

(I-soudeˈ of the White Hands), married to Tristram.

Isthmian Games

(Isthˈmi-an Games), see Games.

Ithaca

(Ithˈa-ca), home of Ulysses and Penelope.

Iulus

(I-uˈlus), son of Aeneas.

Ivo

(Iˈvo), Saracen king, befriending Rinaldo.

Ixion

(Ix-iˈon), once a sovereign of Thessaly, sentenced in Tartarus to be lashed with serpents to a wheel which a strong wind drove continually around.