Part 81

Michael, saint, pre-renaissance relief of, 14; a cave-saint on Gargano, 17; childish and emasculate character, 23-29; affinities with older gods, 23, 26, 27; stripped of his higher attributes, 28; a mere ghost, 29.

Middle Ages, their influence upon dragon-idea, 104.

Milk of the Virgin Mary, 250-251.

“Millionaires” of Acri, 195; of Cotrone, 302.

Milo of Croton, defeats Sybarites, 196; devoured by wolves, 222.

“Milosao,” Albanian rhapsodies, 190, 191.

Milton, indebtedness to S. della Salandra, 160 seq.; to other Italian poets, 169; friendship with Marquis Manzo, 168, 169; manuscripts at Cambridge, 170; his “grand manner,” 171.

Minasi, A., 228.

Minieri-Riccio, C., 160.

Misasi, N., 294.

Mistletoe, on fir-trees, 203.

Mithra, 27, 309.

Moens, Mr., captured by brigands, 214.

Moltedo, F. T., 53.

Mommsen, T., 31.

Monasterace, village, 281.

Monasteries, develop out of hermitages, 112; refuge of brigands, 144, 215.

Monastic orders, competition between, 258.

Mondragone, mountain, 102.

Monk, the Flying. See Joseph of Copertina.

Monnier, M., 215.

“Montagna del Principe,” 123, 144.

Montalto, mountain, 269, 274.

Montanari, G. I., 69, 74.

Monteleone (Hipponium), town, 119, 137, 241.

Monte Nero, 217, 220.

Montorio, S., 114, 259, 264, 282.

Monumentomania, an Italian disease, 4.