Cato Cato of Utica; also a friend of Cicero.
Alexander 356–323 b.c.; king of Macedonia (336–323); military conqueror who helped spread Greek culture from Asia Minor and Egypt to India.
Mongibello Mount Edna, where Vulcan had his forge.
Vulcan Roman Mythology. the god of fire and of metalworking; later identified with the Greek Hephaestus.
Phlegra the battle at Phlegra for which Vulcan was the forge.
Bulicame a red-tinted stream in Viterbo where the prostitutes bathed.
Crete Greek island in the Mediterranean.
Rhea Greek Mythology. daughter of Uranus and Gaea, wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia; identified with the Roman Ops and the Phrygian Cybele.
Corybantes any of the attendants who follow the Phrygian goddess Cybele with dancing and frenzied orgies.
Daimetta Egypt.
Cocytus the final circle of Hell.
