Slides of Mark near Trent on the left bank of the river Adige about two miles from Roverto.
Infamy of Crete the Minotaur.
Minotaur Greek Mythology. a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull (in some versions, with the body of a bull and the head of a man), confined by Minos in a labyrinth built by Daedalus, and annually fed seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, until killed by Theseus.
Centaurs Greek Mythology. any of a race of monsters with a man’s head, trunk, and arms, and a horse’s body and legs.
Chiron Greek Mythology. the wisest of all Centaurs, famous for his knowledge of medicine; he is the teacher of Asclepius, Achilles, and Hercules.
Nessus Centaur who tried to abduct Hercules’ wife and was killed for doing so.
Dejanira Hercules wife.
Pholus mentioned by a number of classical poets, but not much detail is known about him.
Alexander Alexander the Great; 356–323 b.c.; king of Macedonia (336–323); military conqueror who helped spread Greek culture from Asia Minor and Egypt to India.
Dionysius father and son, I and II, tyrants of Sicily.
Azzolinao cruel Ghibelline tyrant.
Opizzo da Esti cruel Ghibelline tyrant.
That one before God’s Altar pierced a heart Guy de Montfort, leader of a rebellion against Henry III.
Sextus the younger son of Pompeii the Great.
Pyrrhus either the son of Achilles or the king of Epirus; both were bloodthirsty warriors.
Attila king of the Huns and called “Scourge of God” because of his cruelty.
