Ilioheus, a son of Niobe
Ilium SEE Troy
Illyria, Adriatic countries north of Greece
Imogen, daughter of Pandrasus, wife of Trojan Brutus
Inachus, son of Ocea.n.u.s 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, an evil spirit, supposed to lie upon persons in their sleep
INDRA, Hindu G.o.d of heaven, thunder, lightning, storm and rain
INO, wife of Athamas, fleeing from whom with infant son she sprang into the sea and was changed to Leucothea
IO, changed to a heifer by Jupiter
IOBATES, King of Lycia
IOLAUS, servant of Hercules
IOLE, sister of Dryope
IONA, or Icolmkill, a small northern island near Scotland, where St Columba founded a missionary monastery (563 AD)
IONIA, coast of Asia Minor
IPHIGENIA, daughter of Agamemnon, offered as a sacrifice but carried away by Diana
IPHIS, died for love of Anaxarete, 78
IPHITAS, friend of Hercules, killed by him
IRIS, G.o.ddess of the rainbow, messenger of Juno and Zeus
IRONSIDE, Arthur"s knight
ISABELLA, daughter of king of Galicia
ISIS, wife of Osiris, described as the giver of death
ISLES OF THE BLESSED
ISMARUS, first stop of Ulysses, returning from Trojan War ISME"NOS, a son of Niobe, slain by Apollo
ISOLIER, friend of Rinaldo
ISOUDE THE FAIR, beloved of Tristram
ISOUDE OF THE WHITE HANDS, married to Tristram
ISTHMIAN GAMES, See GAMES
ITHACA, home of Ulysses and Penelope
IULUS, son of Aeneas
IVO, Saracen king, befriending Rinaldo
IXION, once a sovereign of Thessaly, sentenced in Tartarus to be lashed with serpents to a wheel which a strong wind drove continually around
J
JANICULUM, Roman fortress on the Janiculus, a hill on the other side of the Tiber
Ja.n.u.s, a deity from the earliest times held in high estimation by the Romans, temple of
j.a.pHET (Iapetus)
JASON, leader of the Argonauts, seeking the Golden Fleece
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, who bore the Holy Graal to Europe
JOTUNHEIM, home of the giants in Northern mythology
JOVE (Zeus), chief G.o.d of Roman and Grecian mythology, See JUPITER
JOYOUS GARDE, residence of Sir Launcelot of the Lake
JUGGERNAUT, Hindu deity
JUNO, the particular guardian spirit of each woman (See Genius)
JUNO, wife of Jupiter, queen of the G.o.ds
JUPITER, JOVIS PATER, FATHER JOVE, JUPITER and JOVE used interchangeably, at Dodona, statue of the Olympian
JUPITER AMMON (See Ammon)
JUPITER CAPITOLINUS, temple of, preserving the Sibylline books
JUSTICE, See THEMIS
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KADYRIATH, advises King Arthur