Roman Mythology. The god of the underworld and of the dead. Cf. Hades, n. 1a.

A celebrated hero of Greek and Roman mythology, who after death was ranked among the gods and received divine honours. He is represented as…

Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A sea-god, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, said to be capable of assuming various shapes at will.

The goddess of the earth in Roman mythology. Also: the earth personified.

Primordial matter personified.

Greek Mythology. Chiefly with capital initial. Each of the three beautiful sister goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, the attendants of…

Roman Mythology. With capital initial. The god presiding over boundaries or landmarks.

(With capital initial.) The Roman goddess representing or typifying victory; a figure or statue of this.

In Greek and Roman mythology: The god of marriage, represented as a young man carrying a torch and veil. Hymen's band, etc., marriage, wedlock. Hyme…

A name given to Ceres, the goddess of agriculture and crops.

Greek Mythology. The oldest name of the god of the dead, also called Pluto.

personified, The (Roman) goddess of the dawn, represented as rising with rosy fingers from the saffron-coloured bed of Tithonus.

A person who or thing which puffs out air, smoke, etc., or who puffs into something; esp. a smoker of tobacco.

A tutelary divinity; a patroness and adviser.

Mythology. In plural, with capital H (= Latin Horae, Greek Ὧραι). Female divinities supposed to preside over the changes of the seasons.

In Greek Mythology the goddess of health, daughter of Æsculapius; health personified; transferred a system of sanitation or medical practice. (In…

Ancient Greek Mythology. The daughter of Zeus and Demeter, known as Persephone when she married Hades.

Greek Mythology. The goddess of victory. Also in extended use.