76/122 There is no mention of Misenus in Homer. 'Aornos' is a Greek word--'where no bird can come.' XXXV. 'The Furies' mother and her sister' were Night and Earth. 'Phlegethon' was the 'burning' river of the lower world. The beast of Lerna is the Lernean Hydra, slain by Hercules; the others are terrible monsters slain by various heroes. |