ODIN, chief of the Norse gods
ODYAR, famous Biscayan hero
ODYSSEUS See ULYSSES
ODYSSEY, Homer's poem, relating the wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on returning from Trojan War
OEDIPUS, Theban hero, who guessed the riddle of the Sphinx (which See), becoming King of Thebes
OENEUS, King of Calydon
OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for Helen
OENOPION, King of Chios
OETA, Mount, scene of Hercules' death
OGIER, the Dane, one of the paladins of Charlemagne
OLIVER, companion of Orlando
OLWEN, wife of Kilwich
OLYMPIA, a small plain in Elis, where the Olympic games were celebrated
OLYMPIADS, periods between Olympic games (four years)
OLYMPIAN GAMES, See GAMES
OLYMPUS, dwelling place of the dynasty of gods of which Zeus was the head
OMPHALE, queen of Lydia, daughter of Iardanus and wife of Tmolus
OPHION, king of the Titans, who ruled Olympus till dethroned by the gods Saturn and Rhea
OPS See RHEA
ORACLES, answers from the gods to questions from seekers for knowledge or advice for the future, usually in equivocal form, so as to fit any event, also places where such answers were given forth usually by a priest or priestess
ORC, a sea monster, foiled by Rogero when about to devour Angelica
OREADS, nymphs of mountains and hills
ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, because of his crime in killing his mother, he was pursued by the Furies until purified by Minerva
ORION, youthful giant, loved by Diana, Constellation
ORITHYIA, a nymph, seized by Boreas
ORLANDO, a famous knight and nephew of Charlemagne
ORMUZD (Greek, Oromasdes), son of Supreme Being, source of good as his brother Ahriman (Arimanes) was of evil, in Persian or Zoroastrian religion
ORPHEUS, musician, son of Apollo and Calliope, See EURYDICE
OSIRIS, the most beneficent of the Egyptian gods
OSSA, mountain of Thessaly
OSSIAN, Celtic poet of the second or third century
OVID, Latin poet (See Metamorphoses)
OWAIN, knight at King Arthur's court
OZANNA, a knight of Arthur