Daedalus Greek Mythology. the skillful artist and builder of the Labyrinth in Crete, from which, by means of wings he made, he and his son Icarus escaped.
Alchemy an early form of chemistry, with magical associations. Its chief aims were to change base metals into gold and to discover the elixir of perpetual youth.
Juno Roman Mythhology. the sister and wife of Jupiter, queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage.
Semele daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes.
King Athamas Semele's brother-in-law.
Hecuba taken to Greece from Troy as a slave; written about by Ovid.
Baptist's image John the Baptist's image was stamped on gold florins.
Guido, Alessandro the Counts of Guidi.
Narcissus' mirror Greek Myth. a beautiful youth who, after Echo's death, is made to pine away for love of his own reflection in a spring and changes into the narcissus.
