Mythology

Omophagia (Omopha´gia). A Bacchanalian festival at which some uncooked meats were served.

Olyras (Oly´ras). A river near Thermopylae, which, it is said, attempted to extinguish the funeral pile on which [[Hercules (mythology)]] […]

Olympus (Olym´pus) was the magnificent mountain on the coast of Thessaly, 9,000 feet high, where the gods were supposed to […]

Olympius (Olym´pius). A name of [[Jupiter (mythology)]], from Olympia, where the god had a splendid temple, which was considered to […]

Olives see [[Aristaeus (mythology)]].

Olenus (Ole´nus). A son of [[Vulcan (mythology)]], who married Lathaea, a woman who thought herself more beautiful than the goddesses, […]

Ointment see [[Phaon (mythology)]].

Ogygia (Ogyg´ia). An island, the abode of [[Calypso (mythology)]], in the Mediterranean Sea, on which [[Ulysses (mythology)]] was shipwrecked. It […]

Oenone (Oeno´ne). Wife of [[Paris (mythology)]], a nymph of Mount Ida, who had the gift of prophecy.

Oedipus (Oed´ipus). A son of Laius, King of Thebes, best known as the solver of the famous enigma propounded by […]