ted them to the inconvenience of long dictations, it was preferred to any of the ordinary text-books on the subject. Copies

aration of the present work. The Student’s Mythology lays no claim to any superiority in point of erudition; the text-books

ose attending our female academies, are not likely ever to enter upon any regular classical course. For the former, it may

and their peculiar superstitions, but they do not appear to have had any regular mythology. When the Romans received the a

nus, the preceptor of Bacchus, and in return, the god bade him choose any recompense he pleased. Midas demanded that whatev

youth was kindly received, and Apollo swore by the Styx to grant him any favor he should ask. Phæton immediately prayed th

suitors by a singular expedient. She caused it to be proclaimed that any one who sought her hand should contend with her i

e, it was compared to a blow struck on hollow brass. Ques. Was there any foundation for such a belief? Ans. It appeared q

long and eighteen broad. These dimensions were sufficient to admit of any internal machinery that might be required to prod

masters served, and reproved the latter freely if they were guilty of any awkwardness. Lastly, servants and common people w

lanation is, however, far fetched and improbable. Ques. Can you name any works of Vulcan, beside those already mentioned?

hrough their negligence, they were sometimes cruelly punished, and if any Virgin infringed the rule which forbade her to ma

tes gave them precedence; their testimony was taken in trials without any form of oath, and if they happened to meet a crim

ites were practiced during these mysteries? Ans. We cannot tell with any certainty. The penalty of death was decreed again

not tell with any certainty. The penalty of death was decreed against any one who should betray the secret, or even witness

and so terrified them that they fled in disorder. Hence it comes that any sudden and unreasonable terror which spreads thro

on, but only used the name as another term for justice, which forbids any one to trespass on another’s boundaries. Landmark

nds on festivals, offerings were laid upon them, and it was death for any one to remove one. When Constantine embraced Chri

change,) and was bestowed upon him in allusion to his power of taking any form he pleased. Vertumnus presided over the seas

ble? Ans. For his power of transforming himself instantaneously into any shape he wished. Ques. Who was Triton? Ans. He

ent notes, they drew on the covetous to their destruction. Ques. Did any escape who passed those coasts? Ans. History men

y of the rivers of Hell? Ans. The Styx was the most remarkable. When any of the gods swore by the Styx, the oath was sacre

able. When any of the gods swore by the Styx, the oath was sacred; if any deity was guilty of breaking such an oath, he was

him, they meant that the remembrance of his crimes did not leave him any repose. Judges of the Dead. Punishments inflic

Fabulous History — Statue of the Sphinx in Egypt. Ques. Were there any fabulous monsters besides those of Hell? Ans. Ye

s a public sanctuary for the unfortunate, and it was unlawful to take any one from it by force. This altar is said to have

om thence the three-headed dog, Cerberus. Ques. Did Hercules perform any other great actions? Ans. A vast number of explo

listen to the suit of that god, he decreed that no one should attach any credit to her predictions. It was so in the prese

cherished the hope of her husband’s return, and refused to entertain any proposal of marriage. The suitors nevertheless pe

f Minerva, so changed his whole appearance that it was impossible for any one to recognize him. In this character he was ki

her kings who had taken part in the Trojan war, but without obtaining any certain tidings. While still engaged in this ques

and his character is perhaps the noblest which has been described by any writer of antiquity. When Troy was taken, Calchas

osed to the dogs and vultures, and forbade, under pain of death, that any one should bestow on him the rites of sepulture.

est ideal of womanly excellence which can be found in the writings of any ancient poet. The following lines are taken from

nimals offered in sacrifice, also from the meeting with quadrupeds in any unaccustomed place. The fifth class of omens was

e Hellenic blood, and that their characters had never been stained by any base or immoral act. So great was the importance

realize the importance attached by the Greeks to a victory gained in any of these exercises. The prize itself was a crown

great Apelles, was afterwards placed in the same temple. Ques. Were any other exercises admitted at the Olympic games? A

tellectual competition, which was perhaps more lively and ardent than any other, as the victory in such a contest was more

s the Zend-avesta written by Zoroaster? Ans. But a small portion, if any , of the Sacred Books were written by him, but the

d, often built their temples over subterranean fires. Ques. Is there any such fire now reverenced by them? Ans. Yes, near

ere much distinction between the castes? Ans. Yes; they cannot under any circumstances intermarry; nor can a member of a l

e hope of being born in a higher caste the next time. Ques. Is there any caste lower than the Sudras? Ans. No regular cas

d employed only in the vilest offices. They cannot enter the house of any one belonging to a pure caste, and they are not o

it with their own rites. Chapter V. China. China — Absence of any State Religion in China — Doctrine of the Lettere

d three days buried in profound thought, refusing to speak, or answer any of the questions put to him by his disciples. Con

the doctrines of Confucius? Ans. This philosopher did not originate any religious creed: he was simply a teacher of moral

at he believed in one Omnipotent God. He does not, however, inculcate any such doctrine, nor does he ever speak of any futu

not, however, inculcate any such doctrine, nor does he ever speak of any future reward as a motive for virtuous actions. F

ten defective, contains much that is to be admired. It is a proof, if any were needed, that human motives are too weak to h

a proof, if any were needed, that human motives are too weak to have any lasting influence on the passions of men; and the

ha are now going gradually to decay, and there seems no prospect that any attempt will be made to restore them. The Bonzes,

h day of the week, Woden’s day, changed to Wednesday. Ques. Has Odin any other name? Ans. He was sometimes called Alfâdur

d the hand of the goddess Freya, and refused to restore the hammer on any other terms. Thor was much troubled, as he knew h

most confines of the world. Heimdall was not permitted to marry, lest any care for wife or children might interrupt his unc

cerning him inspired such terror in Asgard that it was not lawful for any god to pronounce his name. Hodur seems to have be

ldur, and the next morning preferred his petition to Hela. He offered any ransom she might name for Baldur’s return, assuri

both living and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return; but if any one thing refuse to weep for him, then shall he b

cters called Runic, which appear, at first sight, very different from any letters we know. They consist almost invariably o

d Phœnicia. The ancient Gauls had no idols, nor did they ever attempt any visible representation of their deities. When the

Druids. The effect of their remedies was not, however, attributed to any natural cause, but rather to a mysterious virtue

ight lines, grouped in different ways. Ques. Did the Druids exercise any political authority? Ans. Yes; they were the leg

d sunset, to demolish and rebuild the roof of their rustic temple. If any of their number should let fall the least part of

ces, the very phraseology of Scripture. Ques. Did the Aztecs worship any other deity? Ans. Yes, they worshipped many subo

ng the simple natives of the New World. Ques. Did the Aztecs worship any household divinities? Ans. Yes; the images of th

ief dignitaries of the order. Ques. Were women permitted to exercise any sacerdotal functions? Ans. Yes; the Aztec priest

that the Aztec priests were allowed to marry. The law prescribed that any surplus, beyond what was actually required for th

xicans called their temples Teocallis, or “houses of God.” Ques. Are any of these structures still in existence? Ans. Yes

long before the foundation of the Peruvian monarchy. Ques. Are there any other Peruvian legends? Ans. Among the tradition

whom they called Cupay, but they did not attempt to propitiate him by any form of worship. Cupay seems, in fact, to have be

rways, sculptured in a style entirely different from that observed on any other American monuments. We may form some idea o

ruvians, and were farther advanced in the arts of civilized life than any nation existing on the continent at the time of i

ke a silly woman. She was the most beautiful of all goddesses, and if any mortal was pronounced to be as fair as she, Venus

upid, when he saw in Psyche’s sweet mild eyes that she would not harm any living thing, and that she loved whatever she loo

desire it, my dear Psyche, receive your sisters; but beware of taking any advice they may give you. I have no confidence in

autiful grounds that belonged to it. This abode was more elegant than any place they had ever seen, and they were so mean a

absent himself from her every day. It was enough, they said, to make any woman miserable. “There can be no doubt,” said on

ppy fugitive, but thou knowest that I can do nothing in opposition to any sister goddess. It becomes divinities to set befo

ading, they conversed together concerning the story. Ann. Mother, is any part of this story true? Mother. Only a very sma

regions, or abode of the dead. Ann. Does this fable of Psyche teach any thing? Mother. Yes; it shows you that impertinen

ur compartments. Never was a story better exhibited.” Ann. Have you any more stories like this of Psyche for me to read?

d that will tell you how much she grieved for her daughter. Ann. Did any person ever believe that Cyane was changed to a f

er. “Good woman,” said Ceres, “I am hungry and tired; can you give me any food?” “Such as it is, you are welcome to part of

him. Conversation: Mother and Ann. Ann. Does this story teach any thing? Mother. Yes; it informs you of one of the

know before, that chestnuts formed a large part of the sustenance of any people, and that they are more easily procured an

t pleased him. Poor Philomela, when she left the vessel, did not know any thing of this vile plan, but cheerfully followed

conduct of the bad, you honour the good more. Ann. I do not know of any men so bad as Tereus, or any women so wicked as P

ur the good more. Ann. I do not know of any men so bad as Tereus, or any women so wicked as Progne and Philomela. Mother.

ld you before, because they did not know better. Ann. How do we know any better than to kill one another? Mother. The Bib

d foreseen in her dream. Conversation: Mother and Ann. Ann. Is any part of this story true? Mother. Yes; all storie

soon came to a reservoir of clear water, and without asking leave of any person, they dipped their vessels into it and fil

t belonged to that god, and that none but his worshippers should have any of it. and it was guarded by a dragon, which then

and spears could not penetrate. Ann. Did the stories of dragons mean any thing? Mother. I think a dragon meant many furio

you for it. Mother. It requires attention and thought, to understand any thing. Another day you shall have more stories of

ounded the fountain were sacred to Diana, and it was not permitted to any man to enter her domain. Diana was a modest femal

was a bath kept for the use of females only, and it was improper that any man should enter it. Acteon, unluckily, went into

n or insult them, and that provoked them. Ann. Does this fable teach any thing? Mother. Yes; it teaches caution, or care,

o severely. Tisiphone in the palace of Athamas. Those who know any thing of the world, that is, who know how men and

ions of Pluto. Driven to madness by the poison, Athamas no longer saw any thing as it was. Every object assumed a new form.

ribes Juno and the fury Tisiphone? Mother. Because they did not know any better. They saw that men committed crimes, and t

say, gently stroking this long gray beard, ‘My dear grandfather, does any one ever dare to offend thee by the least disresp

er, does any one ever dare to offend thee by the least disrespect? If any should forget to honour thy reverend age, I will

. Mother. That is very probable. Does the history of Agave teach you any thing? Ann. Yes. It shows me that to drink too m

nn. I hope there are no such foolish ways of worshipping the true, or any false god, now among any people. Mother. I am so

uch foolish ways of worshipping the true, or any false god, now among any people. Mother. I am sorry to say there is still

alled Dionysia, and magistrates restrained the people from committing any impropriety. The same worship was called the Brum

he procession of Bacchus, but there is no Silenus in it. Mother. Nor any leopards. The ancients, in their sculptures, repr

fer her serious, respectful worship; and if persons in her temple, or any other, behaved improperly, the ancients called it

had promised her before they knew Perseus. Phineus, saying nothing to any other person, advanced to Perseus. “Stranger!” ut

shed those conceited women, never more to enter into competition with any but the children of earth. “And did they not heed

va; “conceit and presumption ought to be mortified.” “Has this spring any peculiar qualities?” she then asked. “Yes,” answe

d strictly forbidden the young women who served at her altars to hold any conversation with her husband, and she fled from

shipper of Diana, and that goddess forbade her followers to listen to any male, either divine or human. One day as Syrinx w

g, and Terra refused her one, so that she can have no power to bestow any thing upon you. “If a mortal deserves your homage

er water in the world that you must come to drink of this lake? “‘Can any man be so unreasonable and cruel as to deny this

these fictions are unfit to meet the eye of innocence, but so far as any of them convey a moral, so far as they throw ligh

fifteen centuries before the birth of Christ, Moses, more fully than any of his predecessors, was instructed in the nature

suffer the sacred fire to become extinct, and never to associate with any man. Who was Vesta? Who were the vestals, and wh

soled him, and to comfort him, promised that he would bestow upon him any gift he should ask. Phaeton petitioned to be allo

pollo to inquire at the oracle whether it Was best or not to commence any undertaking. The Pythia was a poor old woman who

tic words to those who consulted the oracle. There scarcely exists in any country a museum or gallery of the fine arts, whi

o have been brought to much higher utility and beauty by them than by any other people. The Hermes of Egypt was probably so

ot cultivate the earth, prepare our food by the help of fire, possess any fine cutting instruments, or carry on any manufac

y the help of fire, possess any fine cutting instruments, or carry on any manufacture. For want of such accommodations we s

the rainbow? Why was Iris represented as a divine messenger? Had Iris any other office than those of favour to mankind?

latter their food. These imaginary aliments were more delicious than any known to mankind. Hebe presented nectar to Jupite

etimes used figuratively, to signify the preservation or safeguard of any valuable object. As, for example, the palladium o

owed, as a mark of the public approbation upon those that excelled in any of these competitions. At this festival a very in

person considered sacrilegious. The sentence of execration permitted any one to put the supposed criminal to death as a pu

appease Ceres, consented, on condition that Proserpine had not tasted any thing in hell. Ceres, upon this, descended to the

nt and watchful care, and he is more the friend and guard of man than any brute animal; therefore he was a proper companion

ho were the Furies? What were the names of the Furies? Had the Greeks any notions of God’s government like those expressed

held the reflection of his own face and form; it was more lovely than any object he had ever seen; he desired above all thi

sent time, by an Amazon, we express the idea of a bold woman, without any sexlike refinement What is meant by an early sta

yage of traffic, though such a one had never been before attempted by any Greeks. After stopping at some islands of the Ege

be general of an army, and command the soldiers: and when the army of any other state should come into Attica, he would be

place, and deliberate upon what was best for the people to do; and if any man did wrong, he might be complained of; and the

tutions. Before the time of Theseus, Athens was a rude place, without any beautiful buildings, or any thing elegant: but Th

Theseus, Athens was a rude place, without any beautiful buildings, or any thing elegant: but Theseus caused new houses and

efused to allow him to be buried, and threatened to punish with death any person who should offer to inter him. According t

d deities. Proteus was a sea-god capable of transforming himself into any shape he chose, and always endeavouring to elude

any shape he chose, and always endeavouring to elude those who asked any thing of him. Eidothea, however clothed Menelaus

ned to Etolia, he found his kingdom and family in the condition which any might presume upon, who should abandon his duties

gy and morals, the following tradition is preserved; for, if he wrote any thing, his treatises are lost. Thales maintained

e must avoid the faults we see in others; that we should avoid saying any thing which another can repeat to our injury; tha

are the doctrines of the Hindus contained? Do the Hindus acknowledge any supreme deity? Under what different characters do

found in the cavern of Elephanta? Does the cave of Elephanta contain any statues? What are the principal of the modern tem

men from growing wiser and better than their fathers were — prevents any particular individual from endeavouring to improv

t nation, or a different species. They cannot intermarry, nor join in any common occupations, or remove from one caste to a

heir approach. Even the lowest Hindus refuse to eat with strangers of any class whatsoever. The loss of caste, that is, the

of any class whatsoever. The loss of caste, that is, the breaking of any rule of the caste, degrades a Hindu to a most mis

doctrines of Mahomet, and why do they not embrace Christianity? Does any remarkable social order exist among the Hindus, a

ation that the people under their influence dared not disobey them in any thing. The Druids had no letters nor any costly t

ce dared not disobey them in any thing. The Druids had no letters nor any costly temples. They composed poems which they su

emples? Is the mythology of Egypt of much importance to be known? Did any of the people of Egypt acknowledge but one God; a

ished in the bosom of all men: for it is not an established fact that any people discovered by civilized men have been foun

wer of thought and reflection. Men must think much before they can do any thing. A house cannot be built, or a garment made

o show how much men of all countries resemble one another. Are there any people on earth without some religion? People of

t Greece resemble that of other nations? Does fabulous history afford any facts analogous to those recorded in sacred histo

ose recorded in sacred history? Does the mythology of the Mexicans in any respect resemble that of ancient Rome? ——— The

nce lay in a vast mass of confusion, in which there was no light, nor any living thing. This condition of the elements they

ibes of Mexico; the chief of these, Mex-it-li, was more honoured than any of the gods of Mexico. The Mexicans offered to hi

e or declared an important truth, he would say, “Does not Mexitli (or any other god) behold me now;” and kissing his hand,

quare stones on which were engraved the names of so many gods without any effigy — any sculptured figure. When sculpture wa

on which were engraved the names of so many gods without any effigy —  any sculptured figure. When sculpture was invented, i

his daughter Chryseis. The Hebrew priests were required to be without any personal blemish; and the high-priest to be richl

nish inferior priests, and the vestal virgins, if they were guilty of any crime. The high-priest of this order was almost a

worship, besides temples, held in reverence by the ancients: and does any Christian custom resemble this? Were temples and

the first time approaches it, finds that nothing he has read can give any idea of the effect produced in beholding it.” The

hesus, was of immense extent and magnificence; but as no remains, nor any correct representation of it exists, it needs no

thoughts are suggested by the prospect from the Parthenon? Are there any remains of the temple of Diana, at Ephesus? [

have a vessel of holy water in their churches. Washing the hands upon any solemn occasion was accounted a purification. Hec

gratitude of the giver. Crowns, garlands of flowers, cups of gold, or any thing which might adorn the temples, were present

mode of supporting the public worship was by tithes — a tenth part of any thing, as the tenth of the metal from a mine, or

the smallest prudence, said the philosopher Plato , would undertake any thing without having first asked the direction an

t makes the perjured person liable to imprisonment and disgrace. Did any of the Greeks worship one God, and what is signif

is an oath and a vow, and who were permitted to take oaths? Was there any other mode of swearing except in the name of some

for fifteen centuries before Christ? Were the Phœnicians informed of any of the facts which are recorded in the Old Testam

ebrews wandered in the desert, and rested in booths and tents without any fixed habitations. To these solemn feasts the Heb

some previous knowledge of the subject to make them intelligible. Let any one who doubts it read the first page of the “Æne

bmit to it. Moreover, such sources give us only the dry facts without any of the charm of the original narrative; and what

lessed.” We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of

Truth and right prevailed, though not enforced by law, nor was there any magistrate to threaten or punish. The forest had

the call, and took the road to the palace of heaven. The road, which any one may see in a clear night, stretches across th

e swept away, and temples, with their sacred enclosures, profaned. If any edifice remained standing, it was overwhelmed, an

devoured. This state of torment might have been brought to an end at any time by Prometheus, if he had been willing to sub

ew him with his arrows — weapons which he had not before used against any but feeble animals, hares, wild goats, and such g

od, in pendent rows, The mulberries o’erload the bending boughs.” If any of our young readers can be so hard-hearted as to

go out at early morning, ranging the woods and hills unaccompanied by any one, needing no help, for his javelin was a sure

gth Jupiter interceded for her, and upon his promising not to pay her any more attentions Juno consented to restore her to

e circle is the smallest, in the neighborhood of the pole. Why should any one hereafter tremble at the thought of offending

t, behold Actæon, having quitted his companions, and rambling without any especial object, came to the place, led thither b

whom royal Juno in her jealousy drove from land to land, denying her any spot of earth whereon to rear her twins. Bearing

ce of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer to wear the human form, but caused them to

Ceres, who threatens to follow their example. Now do you, if you have any regard for your own interest or mine, join these

t Proserpine should not during her stay in the lower world have taken any food; otherwise, the Fates forbade her release. A

ninhabited, and not used for pasturage of cattle, nor ever visited by any but himself. On a sudden, the fishes, which had b

e can relieve the pain I suffer. The power of herbs I know as well as any one, for it is to them I owe my change of form. I

sguise. Farewell, dear husband, and sister, and father. If you retain any love for me, let not the axe wound me, nor the fl

ed she beheld Adonis, and was captivated with him. She no longer took any interest in her favorite resorts — Paphos, and Cn

safe; that he might come home; that he might not, in his absence, see any one that he would love better than her. But of al

ly one destined to be granted. The goddess, at length, could not bear any longer to be pleaded with for one already dead, a

d earth. There is no gate to the mansion, to creak on its hinges, nor any watchman; but in the midst a couch of black ebony

ill let an old woman advise you, — who loves you better than you have any idea of, — dismiss all the rest and accept Vertum

e mountains. Nor is he like too many of the lovers nowadays, who love any one they happen to see; he loves you, and you onl

y. Add to this, he is young and handsome, and has the art of assuming any shape he pleases, and can make himself just what

with admiration. But now he cares nothing for fruits nor flowers, nor any thing else, but only yourself. Take pity on him,

treatment, and gave not the slightest gleam of hope. “Iphis could not any longer endure the torments of hopeless love, and,

lf in the alcove, where a table immediately presented itself, without any visible aid from waiters or servants, and covered

eep concealed. “Why should you wish to behold me?” he said; “have you any doubt of my love? have you any wish ungratified?

wish to behold me?” he said; “have you any doubt of my love? have you any wish ungratified? If you saw me, perhaps you woul

have succeeded in this task, and I am not satisfied yet that you have any capacity to make yourself useful. But I have anot

husband!” So she carefully opened the box, but found nothing there of any beauty at all, but an infernal and truly Stygian

rigin, they neither avoid the presence of man nor do they ever injure any one.   There is a tradition that Cadmus introduce

wer into the midst of his camp, or to open the gates to him, or to do any thing else, so only it might gratify Minos. As sh

e at this sad war. I grieve that Minos is our enemy; but I rejoice at any cause that brings him to my sight. Perhaps he wou

be done by war? Better spare delay and slaughter if we can. And O, if any one should wound or kill Minos! No one surely wou

ove with her own hands whatever stood in the way of her love. And can any other woman dare more than I? I would encounter f

g left of her but her voice. With that she is still ready to reply to any one who calls her, and keeps up her old habit of

pherds never drove their flocks, nor the mountain goats resorted, nor any of the beasts of the forest; neither was it defac

he art of swimming sufficient to give a wide and lasting celebrity to any one of our readers who may dare to make the attem

wn skill rushed on her fate. Minerva forbore no longer nor interposed any further advice. They proceed to the contest. Each

sis is caused by Arachne’s own mortification and vexation, and not by any direct act of the goddess.   The following specim

es as many. Fortunate indeed am I, and fortunate I shall remain! Will any one deny this? My abundance is my security. I fee

my enemy defend me.” Then with a loud voice he exclaimed, “If I have any friend here let him turn away his eyes!” and held

h warrant, the expression “Bellerophontic letters” arose, to describe any species of communication which a person is made t

Centaur is the only one of the fancied monsters of antiquity to which any good traits are assigned. The Centaurs were admit

d heavings occasionally came together, crushing and grinding to atoms any object that might be caught between them. They we

nd during that time came not within the doors of her palace nor under any roof, and shunned all intercourse with mortals. S

try. Hippomenes was to be judge of the race. “Can it be possible that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” s

rveyed them he wished them all to be beaten, and swelled with envy of any one that seemed at all likely to win. While such

golden fruit. Hence she gathered three golden apples, and, unseen by any one else, gave them to Hippomenes, and told him h

. He was the father of the Hesperides, and Hercules thought might, if any one could, find the apples and bring them to him.

e heavenly shores, and I require of you all to receive him kindly. If any of you feel grieved at his attaining this honor,

rofaned by such impiety,’ said I. ‘I have a greater share in her than any of you.’ But Lycabas, a turbulent fellow, seized

and said, ‘Let some one else pilot the ship;’ withdrawing myself from any further agency in their wickedness. They cursed m

, ‘Don’t flatter yourself that we depend on you for our safety;’ took any place as pilot, and bore away from Naxos. “Then t

dispose the mind to superstitious fears. Hence sudden fright without any visible cause was ascribed to Pan, and called a P

nothing else; but I wish I may never catch another fish if I believe any woman or other person except myself to have been

e famous Penelope’s web, which is used as a proverbial expression for any thing which is perpetually doing but never done.

e the nightingale is said to sing over his grave more sweetly than in any other part of Greece. His lyre was placed by Jupi

s building their structures in hollow trees or holes in the rocks, or any similar cavity that chance offered. Thus occasion

Aristæus replied, “Proteus, you know already, for it is needless for any one to attempt to deceive you. And do you also ce

d in the harbor, he summoned the mariners before him. “Have you heard any thing of Arion?” he inquired. “I anxiously look f

ers of the inhabitants of heaven to interpose in like manner whenever any of their offspring were endangered; to which reas

d the tale. Ulysses thereupon determined to go himself, and try if by any means he might deliver his companions. As he stro

s friends thus sacrificed and hear their cries, unable to afford them any assistance. Circe had warned him of another dange

the Suitors. The Phæacians. Ulysses clung to the raft while any of its timbers kept together, and when it no long

he was then to pursue his way thither, and would be easily guided by any he might meet to the royal abode. Ulysses obeyed

unted by one of the youths, seized a quoit of weight far heavier than any of the Phæacians had thrown, and sent it farther

f Troy his sorrows awaked. Had he lost there a father, or brother, or any dear friend? Ulysses replied by announcing himsel

, no doubt, with contumely. Ulysses charged his son not to betray, by any display of unusual interest in him, that he knew

insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace they found the usual scen

n amazement, looked round for arms, but found none, neither was there any way of escape, for Eumæus had secured the door. U

rikingly adapted to excite ideas of the terrific and preternatural of any on the face of the earth. It is the volcanic regi

e in death. O how willingly would they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction, if they might but return to lif

of their former lives.” “O father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love with life as to wish to leave t

will be reward enough for me, and if they judge the service deserves any thing more, let them pay it to you.” Euryalus, al

allies, Juno having been expressly forbidden by Jupiter to assist him any longer. Turnus threw his lance, but it recoiled h

said so,” (Ipse dixit,) was to be held by them as sufficient, without any proof. It was only the advanced pupils, after yea

e used to denote the place where answers were supposed to be given by any of the divinities to those who consulted them res

theory cannot without extravagance be pushed so far as to account for any great proportion of the stories. 2. The Historica

logy of a nation has sprung from all these sources combined than from any one in particular. We may add also that there are

hey are characterized by grave and dignified beauty, and freedom from any transient expression, which in the language of ar

odern scholars have doubted whether the Homeric poems are the work of any single mind. This arises from the difficulty of b

ge as that usually assigned to these, an age earlier than the date of any remaining inscriptions or coins, and when no mate

ad of a horse-like or deer-like animal is as near an impossibility as any thing can be. The Salamander. The following

s, spoke these words: ‘My dear child, I do not give you that blow for any fault you have committed, but that you may recoll

for wrapping up such articles as were too precious to be intrusted to any other envelopes. These fire-proof cloths were act

riously transformed and diversified, without aid of exterior means of any sort.” The human soul, according to the Vedas, is

butions of the rich, and not to be obliged to gain his subsistence by any laborious or productive occupation. But as all th

to his terms, provided he would finish the whole work himself without any one’s assistance, and all within the space of one

any one’s assistance, and all within the space of one winter. But if any thing remained unfinished on the first day of sum

hree tuns of mead. Loki, however, assured him that she had not tasted any thing for eight long nights, so great was her des

t in it. Skrymir, awakening, cried out, “What’s the matter? are there any birds perched on this tree? I felt some moss from

them into the forest, and Thor had no wish to stop him or to ask for any more of his company. Thor and his companions proc

ther men?” “The feat that I know,” said Loki, “is to eat quicker than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof

ker than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof against any one here who may choose to compete with me.” “Tha

ed Thor could perform. Thialfi answered that he would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The king ob

was so famous. Thor answered that he would try a drinking-match with any one. Utgard-Loki bade his cupbearer bring the lar

which his followers were obliged to empty when they had trespassed in any way against the law of the feast. The cupbearer h

hat thou art not quite so stout as we thought thee: but wilt thou try any other feat, though methinks thou art not likely t

thou try any other feat, though methinks thou art not likely to bear any prize away with thee hence.” “What new trial hast

then told them to desist, adding that Thor had now no occasion to ask any one else in the hall to wrestle with him, and it

ow he thought his journey had turned out, and whether he had met with any men stronger than himself. Thor told him that he

asts, birds, poisons, and creeping things, that none of them would do any harm to Baldur. Odin, not satisfied with all this

able to hurt him. “Ay,” said Frigga, “neither stones, nor sticks, nor any thing else can hurt Baldur, for I have exacted an

y nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern any thing, until he arrived at the river Gyoll, which

ving and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return to life; but if any one thing speak against him or refuse to weep, he

sun as their most deadly enemy, because whenever his beams fell upon any of them they changed them immediately into stones

object of their worship, nor did they meet in temples or buildings of any kind for the performance of their sacred rites. A

these myths, and have told them in simple, fairy-tale style, without any attempt to explain their origin, or to point a mo

ever, — the Great Bear and the Little Bear. There you may see them on any starry night and think of their story. Juno was v

e his gloomy throne; but not the richest jewels or wealth could tempt any one of them to leave the bright sunlight above an

One day, she came to a stream; and there lay a little rowboat without any oars; and the ripples of water made soft music as

sing a song of welcome to Latona. In fact, it was as lovely a home as any one could wish for. And here Latona lived for a l

me very angry, and raising her eyes to heaven she cried, “If there is any one to hear me, and any justice among the gods, l

ng her eyes to heaven she cried, “If there is any one to hear me, and any justice among the gods, let these men live foreve

last word. You can find out for yourselves whether or not it is true, any day when you walk in the woods or go through a tu

e boy suddenly saw that he had lost his way and called out, “Is there any one here?” Echo, who had stepped behind a tree, q

ught himself alone in the woods. He looked all around, but not seeing any one to whom the voice could belong, he called, “C

the poor girl could not tell it in words. But Narcissus hated to have any one show him affection; so he pushed her aside ve

ly. She suffered very much and wept night and day and could not touch any food; so that she grew pale and thin and began to

ing for seven days on the bank of the river, without touching food of any kind or sleeping for an instant, he sadly returne

oment, blind. But such an eye as that one was! — worth much more than any other six eyes put together. With it the sisters

am talking of, she was placed among the stars, and on a starry night any one will show you Cassiopeia’s Chair, brightly sh

very vain of her beauty, and one day boasted that she was fairer than any of the sea nymphs. Now the sea nymphs were very f

of the gods, that is, through them the gods spoke to human beings. If any one was in doubt as to what he should do in time

She rushed to the temple, and fell on her knees, and offered to make any sacrifice if the oracle would take back that crue

ealous queen she was, and she could not bear to have Jupiter care for any one besides herself. So one day, when he had been

e man. Hercules was, in fact, the strongest man of whom the world has any record. Nowadays, when we wish to say that any on

of whom the world has any record. Nowadays, when we wish to say that any one is very, very powerful, we call his strength

re that he would be the victor, because he could disguise himself, at any moment, and take on the form of an animal. So whe

tore of food, and, as you will understand, they had no way of getting any more; for they could not leave the city without f

presence. At sight of those comely boys and fair, trembling maidens, any heart might have softened. But whenever King Mino

or him, and answered, “Fair princess, my arm is strong enough to slay any creature; but they tell me that even if I kill th

e contented and happy, and always glad to share their last crust with any one who came to their door. One evening two stran

ve changed into a temple of the gods. ‘Before I leave this place, ask any favor you choose, and it shall be granted.” Phile

em. The women he created in marble seemed to him far more lovely than any of the living ones. So he passed his time singing

next minute she must ‘step down from her pedestal and move about like any other woman. As Pygmalion looked at the finished

ss of love, would take pity on him; and since he could never care for any other woman, that she who could work such wonders

ent away the barber with the threat that he would kill him if he told any one the secret. The barber, full of fear, hastene

eat nor sleep for thinking of it; and yet he dared not confide it to any one. At last he could stand it no longer. One mid

he took a spade, and walked to an open meadow which was far away from any dwelling place. In the center of it he dug a deep

re a very queer people indeed, and were much larger and stronger than any of the giants you have read about in your fairy t

erved man and longed to bestow upon him some great power, unshared by any other creature of earth, which would raise him fa

s knew they would never willingly share it with man, and that, should any one obtain it by stealth, they would never forgiv

sistence. “Innocence, virtue, and truth prevailed; neither were there any laws to restrict men, nor judges to punish.” This

ympus,” and summoned the gods whenever he wished to discuss with them any matter of importance, or to indulge in a sumptuou

me disguise which would enable him to ascertain all he wished without any risk of detection. One day he and Mercury, his sp

shippers, and in gratitude for their intended sacrifice bade them ask any boon, promising by the great river Styx — the mos

h Dione (Moisture), with Themis (Justice), &c., without incurring any reproach; for these marriages, in their estimatio

ficacious. Unwilling, or perchance unable, to endure the racking pain any longer, Jupiter bade one of his sons, Vulcan, cle

ontend for the coveted honour. To settle the quarrel without evincing any partiality, Jupiter announced that the city would

To avenge herself, she banished Latona to earth, and declared that if any one, mortal or immortal, showed her any pity or g

o earth, and declared that if any one, mortal or immortal, showed her any pity or gave her any assistance, he would incur h

that if any one, mortal or immortal, showed her any pity or gave her any assistance, he would incur her lasting resentment

en banished to earth, to build the walls of Troy. Scorning to perform any menial tasks, the God of Music seated himself nea

, who guarded the gate, and would allow no living being to enter, nor any spirit to pass out of Hades. As soon as this mons

as he had finished his tale, Apollo exclaimed that he would grant him any proof he wished, and confirmed these words by a s

rant you whate’er you desire!’” Saxe. This oath was the most solemn any god could utter, and in case of perjury he was ob

d the bliss of her presence; yet a spell seemed to prevent his giving any sign of consciousness. Time passed thus. Diana, w

compulsory union was anything but a happy one; for Venus never showed any affection for, her deformed consort, and, instead

ced his attendant Alectryon on guard, bidding him give due warning of any one’s approach, and especially to call him before

ver him; and even when they slept, the rattle of the chains, whenever any one of the gods attempted to set him free, woke t

sonal appearance of either plaintiff or defendant; and no rhetoric of any kind was allowed, that their minds might remain q

d executing intricate war dances. A Roman general, ere setting out on any warlike expedition, always entered the sanctuary

ke a falling star, On Lemnos th’ Ægean isle.” Milton. Of course, to any one but a god such a terrible fall would have pro

occupied, did not present an extraordinary appearance; but as soon as any one ventured to make use of it, the springs moved

spite of his deformity, extreme ugliness, and well-known aversion to any home but his sooty forge was none the less prone

ds to publish far and wide that the king would give a great reward to any man who would dare attack and succeed in slaying

and in her fear fled at his approach, leaving him no chance to admire any of her charms, except the grace and celerity with

ds, Proteus enjoyed the gift of prophecy, and had the power to assume any shape he pleased. The former gift he was wont to

itions, he rode in a chariot drawn by four coal-black steeds; and, if any obstacle presented itself to impede his progress,

leaky, worm-eaten craft — from shore to shore. Neither would he allow any soul to enter his bark, unless he was first given

ud of having attracted the greatest among the gods, no longer offered any resistance, and consented to their union. Their l

used all her blandishments to extort from him a solemn oath to grant any request she chose to make. A lover is not very li

divine pupil. Delighted to see Silenus again, Bacchus promised Midas any reward he wished; whereupon Midas, who was an ava

an. Bacchus’ lightheartedness had all vanished, and he no longer took any pleasure in music, dance, or revelry, until Jupit

roserpina’s return, upon condition, however, that she had not touched any food during the whole time of her sojourn in the

and flowers at her feet. Groves were frequently dedicated to her; and any mortal rash enough to lay the axe on one of those

found his slave gone, he questioned the fisherman, and, not obtaining any satisfactory information, departed. Neptune then

preservation of the sacred fire, which they were allowed to remove to any place of safety; and on several occasions they th

er, who watched incessantly over his prolonged slumbers, and hindered any one from troubling his repose. “Deep in a cavern

irit by inflicting many petty annoyances, and to prevent his enjoying any lasting peace or happiness. To achieve this purpo

by the wayside, and, turning to Arete, declared himself ready to obey any command she might choose to give him.           

es dipped his arrows in the Hydra’s venomous blood, knowing well that any wound they might inflict, however slight, would b

ho, delighted to gratify her as long as he could do so without taking any personal risk or trouble, sent Hercules in quest

er palace. Hercules would have succeeded in this undertaking. Without any trouble, had not Juno suddenly remembered his exi

hard-won bride, for his destiny would not permit him to tarry long in any place. Instead of wandering alone now, with none

time when he grows cold — for all the race Of heroes wander, nor can any love Fix theirs for long — take it and wrap him i

nae up in a brazen tower, around which he stationed guards to prevent any one from even approaching the captive princess. B

ns. Her sisters, Euryale and Stheno, although immortal, had never had any claims to beauty; but Medusa, when only a girl, h

the vanity of her mother, Cassiopeia, who claimed she was fairer than any of the sea nymphs, she had been exposed there as

ed her to the arms of her overjoyed parents, they immediately offered any reward he might be pleased to claim. When he, the

to bend some huge pine until its top touched the ground, and call to any unsuspecting passer-by to seize it and lend him a

, and obeyed in fear and trembling; but he was doomed never to molest any one again, for Theseus kicked him over the precip

cunning set of springs, By means of which the wearer could ascend to any height, And sail about among the clouds as easy a

tender mercies of the Minotaur. Like all heroes, he preferred to meet any danger rather than remain inactive: so, mindful o

injured him, but that all the rest of the human race were entitled to any aid he could bestow. Jason listened respectfully

way, Juno then bargained with Æolus for favourable winds, and forbade any tempest which might work them harm. “Then with a

, near the mouth of the Bosphorus, where they remained immovable like any other rocks. The Argonauts, after other adventure

se to marry her. Jason, susceptible to her attractions, and free from any conflicting ties, readily agreed to her proposal,

ne to pass in or out without propounding a difficult riddle. Then, if any hesitated to give the required answer, or failed

oclaiming that the throne and the queen’s hand would be the reward of any man who dared encounter the Sphinx and was fortun

d three at night?” Prior. Œdipus was not devoid of intelligence, by any manner of means, and soon concluded that the anim

. Antigone’s Devotion Then a proclamation was issued, that, if any dared bury the body of the fallen prince, he woul

s of air.” Wordsworth. This fall, which would doubtless have killed any one but a mythological hero, merely deprived Bell

th a love More ripe and bounteous than ever yet Filled up with nectar any mortal heart; But thou didst scorn my humble mess

ed this reply, and concluded to renounce the marriage rather than run any risk of being forced to surrender his power to on

ed to win; but all were left’ in suspense, as the maiden did not show any preference, and refused to make known her choice.

r, thinking the rejected suitors might attempt to steal her away from any husband she selected, proposed that all the candi

he favoured suitor, and help him regain possession of his wife should any one venture to kidnap her.                      

m, who should obtain The virgin for his bride, they all would aid; If any dar’d to seize and bear her off, And drive by for

against each other, until recalled by Jupiter, and forbidden to fight any more. For a little while fortune seemed to favour

rife, but was quite willing to lend men and arms, if they might be of any use, and immediately placed them at his friend’s

ve and the other gods avenge them thus! …………………………………………… Cyclops, if any man of mortal birth Note thine unseemly blindness

met a youth, — Mercury in disguise, — who warned him not to approach any nearer C Circe, and told him of his companions’ t

he too dwelt in a cave, whence her six ugly heads protruded to devour any prey that came within reach.                    

la.” The Cattle of the Sun Only too glad to effect an escape at any price, the Greeks again rowed on until they sight

iresias, the blind seer, had warned them to avoid it, lest by slaying any of the sacred animals they should incur divine wr

ises, his wife Creusa, and little son lulus, who were at home without any protector near them. The hero therefore madly cut

assembled the gods on high Olympus, and sternly forbade their taking any active part in the coming strife, under penalty o

ssible to separate those of the dawn, are probably more numerous than any others, and have some main features of resemblanc

as anxious for a reason as ready to invent one, a story arose without any conscious effort, that Endymion must have been a

ost cheerfully acknowledge. Should it chance to come under the eye of any of them, and should he happen to find his ideas a

at home I would stay ; so I may say of myself, it was necessity, not any idle visions of fame that led me to make literatu

n of a field which lay totally unoccupied. This can hardly be said of any other part of classic literature, but many may be

No fallacy can be greater than that of supposing that the public have any rights in this matter unless it be the right of t

d in the way of the public good. But this principle does not apply in any way to literature. What, we may ask, is to be der

f public utility cannot be urged. Even in books of instruction I deny any right in the public. Supposing (a most improbable

the author be empowered to transfer all his rights to them, and that any extension of the term of those copyrights which t

possible to fix historically the date of the rise of polytheism among any people. Supposing, for the sake of hypothesis, a

eories will suffice to account for the whole body of the mythology of any people. Some of them, too, apply more to one syst

ology of each people separately and independently, and not to suppose any connexion between it and any other till both have

ly and independently, and not to suppose any connexion between it and any other till both have been examined minutely and c

Homer held to be the seat of the gods. It does not appear to us that any one spot can be regarded as the birth-place of th

nt nations, were little inclined to regard as mere capricious fiction any of the legends of the different portions of their

oid contradiction as far as was possible. When, therefore, they found any foreign deities possessing the same attributes as

his death he was deified by his grateful subjects. We will not pursue any further these dreams of the mythographer, for the

filled with eternal gloom and darkness, and its still air unmoved by any wind. The Earth occupied the centre of the World

ppose were regarded as equal. These divisions do not seem to have had any peculiar names in the time of Homer. The northern

here life is easiest unto men ; no snow, Or wintry storm, or rain, at any time Is there ; but Ocean evermore sends up Shril

to one. We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of

star (Hesperos.) There is no reason to suppose the Greeks to have had any knowledge of the signs of the Zodiac until after

s the view of it given by Völcker seems to us to be more correct than any preceding one, we will lay it before our readers1

revering remitted his anger173. The poet gives here no intimation of any kindred between Night and Sleep. The dwelling of

re akin to the Greek182, its derivation is not perhaps to be found in any of them. Ὠκϵανὸς καὶ Тηθύς. Oceanus et Tethys

East during the night. At all events neither Homer nor Hesiod evinces any knowledge of the beautiful fiction of the solar c

g steeds. Theocritus244 also gives Selene horses ; but we do not meet any other mention of her chariot and horses in the Gr

e or diminish their size, assume the form of particular men338, or of any animals339 and make themselves visible and invisi

they must have been born in some definite places, he never indicates any spot of earth as the natal place of any of his go

te places, he never indicates any spot of earth as the natal place of any of his gods386. A very ancient tradition, however

e from abroad is so notorious, that few, we should suppose, would lay any stress on his testimony in these matters. Had a g

ays of Homer, when, as we have already shown, the gods had not as yet any favourite animals. It is an Indian bird, and was

in the beautiful passage of Homer above noticed. It is given without any disguise by Euripides535, in whose time the deiti

hoot of Ares (ὄζος Ἄρηος). But the only tale of his amours related at any length by the poets is that of his intrigue with

that they were all made of the various metals ; no wood, or stone, or any other substance, entering into their composition 

k of this god575. The only instances we meet of Hephæstos’ working in any other substance than metal are in Hesiod, where a

1. Thus they the whole day long till set of sun Feasted ; nor wanted any one his part Of the equal feast, or of the phormi

self revealed the future613. As in Homer and Hesiod no birth-place of any of the gods is noticed, we must regard the tale o

hets. Of these practices Artemis furnishes more examples perhaps than any other deity. The Cretans worshiped a goddess the

poetic creed as the goddess of arts and war alone, need not cause us any hesitation, as that transition from physical to m

r temples at Athens and Alalcomenæ815. It could hardly have been from any other cause than that of her being regarded as th

ve made little scruple about coining a term if they wanted it to suit any purpose. The other interpretation, which makes th

be stolen, but agreed for a certain reward not to give information to any one respecting them. Hermes having arranged this

y of Battos, and, changing his form, came and inquired if he had seen any one driving stolen cattle by, offering a cloak as

Herse became the mother of Cephalos846. The only amour of Hermes with any of the dwellers of Olympos was that with Aphrodit

orshiped in Bœotia873. We must confess that we are not satisfied with any of these explanations ; and should the derivation

eter is only incidentally mentioned by him ; and he does not intimate any connexion between her and Persephone, who appears

α) applied to those who met together in secret for the performance of any matter917. Gradually, with the advance of knowled

that was grossly immoral or indecent919. There does not appear to be any valid reason for supposing, as many do, that a pu

that Dike is a virgin revered by the gods of Olympos ; and that when any one acts unjustly, she sits by her father Zeus, a

called993, 1. Labour-aiding ; 2. Gentle-minded 994, etc. It is not by any means an improbable supposition, that Eileithyia

arently placatory appellations. They had a temple in Achaia, which if any one polluted with crime dared to enter he lost hi

ich is performed by Hermes in the Odyssey, in which poem there is not any mention made of Iris. Homer gives not the slighte

e been coeval with Grecian poetry and religion. It was not however by any means peculiar to Greece ; it will probably be fo

y Lobeck1082, that almost all the passages in Homer in which there is any mention of or allusion to this god have been susp

rpolation. These are the only passages in the Ilias in which there is any allusion to Dionysos. In the Odyssey1086 it is sa

in this place satisfied the grammarian Herodian, and ought to satisfy any one, that the line in question is spurious. In th

e most ancient deities, is noticed in the Ilias, it should not excite any great surprise to find the poet totally omitting

, particularly if their attributes or festivals have a resemblance to any of the old ones1096, the worship of this new god

d inclinations ; and the whole of Greece was so much altered, that if any one passes from the perusal of Homer to that of t

ing by the obscurity of those times, which, being illumined by hardly any literary monuments, may be said to resemble a reg

of in the stories of Archilochus, Periander, and Pausanias, built on any other foundation : and these were posterior to Ho

ur readers, that we have no account on which we can place reliance of any intercourse between the Greeks and foreign nation

considerable extent by the Grecian colonies. We cannot trace in Homer any difference between the religion of the Achæans an

ind ; for Odysseus, we may observe, in all his wanderings never found any want of an interpreter, as good Greek was spoken

e. Vessels were allowed to enter that port alone ; and if driven into any other by stress of weather, they were obliged to

d goats, or stocks of bees ; but the Lampsacenes regard him more than any of the gods, calling him the son of Dionysos and

n Daphnis. A Naïs loved him, and forbade him to hold intercourse with any other woman under pain of loss of sight. Long he

ittle use of her tongue ; and immediately she lost all power of doing any more than repeat the sounds which she heard. Echo

s from his faithful band Of comrades parted, and he called aloud, Is any here ? and Echo answered, Here. Amazed, on every

ocked with goats. But the Cyclopes, having no ships, could not derive any advantage from it. Odysseus, leaving the rest of

of the Cyclopes in general, nor of Polyphemos in particular, is there any notice taken of their being one-eyed ; yet in the

s not offer the caverns on mountain-tops in which they abode, nor can any island answering to that of the Odyssey, stretchi

ole month that Odysseus and his men were in it they did not meet with any one, and could procure no food but birds and fish

he Immortals. We dwell apart in the wavefull sea, the last ; nor does any other mortal mingle with us : but this is some un

uth is, the Phæacians and their island are altogether as imaginary as any of the isles and tribes which we have already not

to urge, that the circumstances of the preceding paragraph do not by any means apply to Corcyra, for we know not what the

asturage, in vines, and in corn : it is never visited by famine or by any disease ; but when the people grow old, ‘silver-b

etween Greece and Asia and Egypt in the ante-Homeric times to rest on any solid foundation, though we freely acknowledge th

the action of subterranean fire opened a way for them. We are not by any means to assert that this inundation was a real e

institutions a considerable degree of civilisation. They had not yet any common name, and seem to have had but little prev

migration, — that the regular succession of events can be traced with any appearance of probability. The mythic portion of

sons, Achæos and Iôn. Of these personified races Æolos alone occupies any space in mythology. His sons were Cretheus, Atham

or the life of Admetos to terminate should come, he might defer it if any one would die in his place. When the fatal day ar

way from the sea, and only adapted for agriculture, without mines, or any of those objects of trade which might tempt a peo

d, he besought Peribœa to inform him of the truth ; but unable to get any satisfaction from her, he went to Delphi and cons

the Odyssey, and to the epic poem the Œdipodeia1691, Epicasta had not any children by her son, Eurygeneia the daughter of H

w only escaped to Phocis. Minyas reigned next, and was wealthier than any of his predecessors. He built the first treasury,

law of Rhadamanthys, which said that “whœver defends himself against any one who makes an unjust assault on him is guiltle

of the Parians, and besieged the rest, till they offered to give him any two he wished in the place of the companions he h

s other sons refused, lest he should destroy her children, if she had any , as he had done those of Megara. Shortly afterwar

ch it suits so accurately. For if the virtue of Heracles was to be of any value, it must be the result of choice, and he mu

of Saïs and of the Attic Cecrops without giving the slightest hint of any connexion between them. Plato is, in fact, the fi

and everything relating to it, is as pure a fiction as the Utopia or any other political romance, and that Plato makes in

ay. “Neither a Pelops nor a Danaos, nor a Cadmos, nor an Ægyptos, nor any other, who, being originally a Barbarian, has bee

ived its name — had fixed his abode. The practice of Scirôn was, when any stranger came to him, to invert the duties of hos

as and Nisos, the sons of Pandiôn, have as little claim to reality as any of the others. As the Lyceion at Athens was said

y observe Sisyphos is spoken of in indefinite terms, and not assigned any earthly locality or parentage1874. In the legenda

y or town are given for offspring. We conceive it hardly possible for any one versed in mythology to see real persons here.

efore that the physical legend may have existed long before there was any intercourse with the great land of mystery, and l

emenos of Zeus, within which neither man nor beast cast a shadow, and any one who entered it designedly was put to death198

They pursued her to the altar of Hera ; and Pelias, who never showed any regard for that goddess, slew her before it. The

lides’2072 ; which passage is the earliest intimation that we have of any connexion between Pelops and Tantalos, as it is t

ed in obscurity ; for in those times lands were not called after gods any more than after men. Pelops, the water-land, is m

pitably entertained. Pleased with their host, they inquired if he had any wish which he desired to have gratified. Hyrieus

m are evidently later than the time of Homer, none ventures to assign any other cause to it than the goddess Artemis, whose

e cycle of the Trojan war. Again, when we find the Greeks at war with any real people, we may observe that the names of the

it is related by contemporary writers, and becomes as true as that of any other people. We have thus seen that the heroes,

whom the supreme god took counsel when about to announce by lightning any change in the present order of things2251. The ot

osely interwoven in the system of Etruria, that it is with difficulty any vestiges of the original domestic system can be t

what heaven might really be. The fact is, that our great poet was, as any one who reads with attention the speech of the an

ίλυρα. Welcker, Nachtrag zur Tril. 53. note. 325. There is scarcely any difference between κρόνος and χρόνος. «Χρόνος ό π

ode of shoeing in a hoop. 366. The carliest instances to be found of any other species of animal drawing the chariots of t

he former judges the dead from Europe, the latter those from Asia. If any case proves too difficult for them, it is reserve

es. 631. Ovid, Met. x. 106. seq. Serv. Æn. iii. 64. We have not met any Greek authority for this legend, and the same sto

er. Müller (Proleg. 355.) considers it too dubious a term to admit of any positive conclusion being drawn from it. 856. Ͳι

21, 3 ; ix. 27, 2. 993. 1. μογοστόκος : 2. πραΰμητις. 994. Mild as any maid Full of sweet hope her [Lucina’s] brow seem

Library that the Greeks had, previous to the conquests of Alexander, any idea of an expedition of Bacchos to or from India

great extremity watches the golden apples,’ but he does not intimate any connexion between him and the Hesperides. Peisand

an ones, are incomplete and contradictory among themselves, and if in any detail of our rendering we have invented a signif

walk on earth as a man. He wished to see and enjoy things himself. At any moment, however, he might disappear to return to

s, all howling; but soon she saw Cerberus himself. He was larger than any horse, and he had three heads, all of which were

d, he could make a whole army of brave men run helter-skelter without any other cause. Truly, a wild being was Pan; but whe

ged cap upon his head, and he sails through the air more swiftly than any bird. Besides, he has a magic wand with two snake

ft; then he opened the door. There stood Pandora, more beautiful than any woman of earth and in her arm rested the box, whi

then the flames began to sputter and go out, nor could the torches by any effort be made to burn well. “Bring other torches

ttle occupants, but at that moment the children awoke. Iphicles, like any other baby, was terribly frightened and began to

pleasantest. You shall taste of every joy, you shall never meet with any sorrow, you shall never have to worry about any t

shall never meet with any sorrow, you shall never have to worry about any troubles, you shall never know hunger or thirst;

h his clothes were worn and tattered, he was fairer to look upon than any mortal man. He asked for shelter, and begged that

nds to die for me — some old man, may be, who has not long to live in any case.” Yet, sweet as was Admetus’ life to them, t

t of all, he said: — “Hold the horses in; they will go fast enough in any case. Follow the beaten track, keeping rather to

y had but touched him, no mortal sword or strength would have been of any avail. Sometimes he rose high in the air, sometim

ndals, then send him to Athens to me.” “But, Ægeus,” said Æthra, “can any one but a god lift such a great stone?” “He must,

“The time is almost come. The boy is already taller and stronger than any man in Trœzen.” One day she led Theseus out into

is friend Patroclus, and neither they nor their followers would fight any more against the Trojans. And Achilles wept with

anger. She stood upon the wall weeping and lamenting, but no one paid any attention to her. When the horse had been dragged

unning art, Spoils of wild streams and mountain rifts    Not found on any earthly chart. Then last of all he touched her br

of seeing their wives and children. Ulysses was perhaps happier than any of the others. Ten years before, he had left his

storm raged, and when it cleared away the fleet was far beyond where any ships had ever been before. On the tenth day they

nd bound them beneath the rowers’ benches and set sail in haste, lest any of the other men should taste the magic plant. Af

off once more and again Ulysses called to the monster: — “Cyclops, if any one ask you who put out your eye, say that it was

ut year after year went by and Ulysses did not return, nor were there any tidings of him. At last it began to be thought th

bow, to make it limber, but even then he could not bend it, nor could any of the other suitors. “Let me take the bow,” said

Mythology, taken in an extensive sense, signifies an explanation of any fabulous doctrine; but its import is commonly app

to his younger brother Saturn, on condition that he should not suffer any of his male children to live. To fulfil this cond

us’ deity implore? Because I hold the door, by which access Is had to any god you would address.” Ovid. “Two gates of st

id she persecute Hercules? Did this punishment correct Juno? Had Juno any children? Who was Hebe? How is Hebe usually repre

retire? Of what is Apollo said to have been the inventor? Had Apollo any other adventures while on earth? Did Apollo conti

eside over the works of genius, and when addressed, to aid writers in any particular branch of science. Some reckon no more

him? How was Bacchus represented? To whom was Bacchus married? Had he any children? What victims were offered to Bacchus? B

ks, where Wisdom says, that she descended from the divine head before any other creature. Minerva allegorically stands for

. Who was Minerva? Was Minerva a powerful goddess? Did Minerva bestow any other benefits on mankind? Relate her contest wit

statue of Venus, made by Phidias, was the most perfect and elegant of any . One of her singular statues represents her crown

urned from the infernal regions. Questions. Who was Venus? Were there any goddesses of this name? Were the actions of Venus

butes of Mercury? In what manner was Mercury represented? Had Mercury any children? What were the sacrifices offered to Mer

f sea-calves, and other marine animals. He could convert himself into any shape he pleased, and had the gift of divination.

ing form of Pan. What effects did his uncouth figure produce? Had Pan any amours? Was he not more successful in his address

ssion, panic fear? Was not Pan’s worship well established? Were there any other rural deities that resembled Pan? By what s

governor. Before the coffin was placed in the boat, the law permitted any one to raise complaints against the deceased. Eve

nds dreams to people in this world, and watches diligently to prevent any noise from breaking their slumbers. Sometimes he

h, holding a bunch of poppies in his hand. He could turn himself into any form. Mors, the goddess of death, was the daught

s poured water into a tub full of holes, to show the impossibility of any one’s returning to life. Questions. Who were the

id of him? How was Æsculapius honoured? How is he represented? Had he any children? Say something respecting Hygeia. How do

perform? Who made the Cretan Labyrinth? Who was Ariadne? Had Theseus any wives? Who were the Amazons? What son had Theseus

Hercules was ordered to destroy him; but, finding him invulnerable to any weapon, he strangled him with his hands, and afte

the Farnese statue, express such corporeal powers as never existed in any other. He is painted sometimes naked, and sometim

Did not he accomplish this arduous undertaking? Did Hercules perform any other exploits worthy of notice? Was not Hercule

as the son of Anchises by Venus, and almost the only Trojan prince of any note who escaped the destruction of Troy. He dist

his goodness of heart and his generosity, proposed to him to ask for any privilege he might choose. He demanded to have a

d by dogs. Questions. What is said of Orion? Who was Atlas? Had Atlas any children? Give some account of Hesperus. Had Hesp

? Had Atlas any children? Give some account of Hesperus. Had Hesperus any daughters? Chapter XI. Egyptian Mythology.

migrate? Was not there also an ox worshipped at Heliopolis? Had Apis any temples or stables? Describe his oracle? Will not

Arian says, that it was forbidden there to spit, or to defile them in any way. Sometimes they entered them on their knees.

th sides of it. The priests announced the decisions of their Ammon on any motion or sign of the statue. — These accounts ha

e but in the name of this god. In the primitive times of this oracle, any one could be inspired. The vapour of the cave act

. He was a spy of Demetrius, sent to know whether the place contained any treasure. His body was found far from the cave. T

render her sensible of his regard for her, and promised to grant her any request which she should make of him. She desired

to have recourse to them; and the Decemviri were not permitted to let any body see them under pain of death. This first col

rable to the acute eye of research. All the testimonies which deserve any sort of confidence are comprised in a work of Sno

, and spreading around him a horrible carnage, without ever receiving any wound. We must not forget, however, in reading th

ptible justice, and forbade the representation of this divinity under any corporeal form. He could not be suitably regarded

rs and their ancient poesies are the sole monuments which can give us any light on the ancient religion of the inhabitants

have been transported a great distance — monuments more lasting than any of modern art or industry. At all times, men have

inent; but neither the memory nor the monuments of men have preserved any record which might indicate the period of their s

which was heard, was gentle and soothing. At the moment of executing any great undertaking, the souls of fathers were thou

mitted. The authority of the Druids was so great, that none undertook any important affair without consulting them. They pr

novitiate was extremely long. They never wrote down their maxims, nor any thing appertaining to their sciences. They arrang

he Druids delighted in making it believed that they could change into any form at will, and cause themselves to be transpor

tish isles, carried that respect and those virtuous regards as far as any other nation. Faithful to the one which their hea

riosity of men places the power of reading in the hook of fate, above any other. The Druids, after having persuaded the peo

ngs is not the immediate artificer of the universe; and this not from any defect, but on the contrary, through transcendenc

nifications of phenomena, or powers of Nature. “Many ages ago, before any of the nations existed that now inhabit Europe, a

ey looked on the dark clouds which rested on the earth without giving any rain, they said that the terrible being whom they

sed.” We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any people except those to the east and south of thei

lly of the setting sun was now told of a name which, in order to have any meaning, had to be changed into a god or a hero.

the Pelasgian* Zeus was worshiped at a time prior to the existence of any temple in Greece. Mountain-tops were the earliest

As they gazed, it became a temple. Zeus asked the worthy pair to name any wish they particularly desired, and it should be

at the sovereign master of the world ought not to give partial ear to any particular person, but be equally propitious to a

es, Hephæstus, Hebe, and Ilithyia*. Hera resented with great severity any infringement on her rights as queen of heaven, or

great severity any infringement on her rights as queen of heaven, or any apparent slight on her personal appearance. At th

r Lethe, in order that they might enter upon their new career without any remembrance of the past. Representations. Ai

y swallowed. Ascalaphus* reported this, and, as it was a rule that if any immortal had tasted food in the realms of Pluto h

as well as an owl and olive branch. It could scarcely have been from any other cause than that of her being regarded as th

fire burning on the public hearth was never allowed to die out. If at any time it went out, either from neglect or by accid

n Pieria, he drove off fifty cows, and took them to Arcadia unseen by any but a man named Battus*. Apollo, pursuing, came t

lves. He had the power of foretelling future events, and could assume any form at pleasure, changing himself into fire or w

ing peculiar to himself, which was deemed more acceptable to him than any other. Thus the Doric style of architecture was s

or distinguishing symbol of the divinity to whom it was dedicated. If any malefactor fled to an altar, his life was safe fr

which was then killed. If the victim escaped the stroke or became in any way restless, it was regarded as an evil omen; if

taking Cerberus, on condition that he should master him without using any weapons. Heracles seized the furious beast, and,

oar, which devastated the fields of Calydon, and seemed invincible by any ordinary means on account of its vast size. Melea

e rocks then became immovable, for it had been decreed they should if any vessel passed through in safety. The Capture o

dea gave him a magic salve, which possessed the property of rendering any person anointed with it invulnerable for one day.

then told him to exact an oath from all the suitors that, in case of any violence or injury being offered to the successfu

missing. Only in the case of two great heroes did Menelaus experience any difficulty. Ulysses, famed for his wisdom, was at

ive. Achilles, in his wrath, retired to his tent, and refused to take any further part in the war, while the Trojans, who f

Odysseus should go as a beggar, and he charged his son not to display any unusual interest in him. As they entered the cour

was at liberty to come and go from the grave, during the day-time, in any form it chose. At last the body, carefully preser

d no set religious festivals. When a feast was to be held in honor of any god, the king made special proclamation. During a

object of their worship, nor did they meet in temples or buildings of any kind for the performance of their sacred rites. A

risen.” Brinton . “Neither the redskin nor the Indo-European had any choice as to the main features of the career of h

ed years. Hence, it was deemed a religious duty to scatter earth over any corpse found uncovered by the wayside, a handful

ve its powers.” 16. See page 62. [Erinnys]. 17. When a cat died in any private dwelling, the inmates shaved their eyebro

the intellectual lungs for the atmosphere breathed by the artist, at any rate for a literary and social atmosphere less as

natural agencies. Fables are made by individuals; they may be told in any stage of a nation’s history — by a Jotham when th

y are born in the infancy of a people. They owe their features not to any one historic individual, but to the imaginative e

ime existent. But the stories here narrated are no longer believed by any one. The so-called divinities of Olympus and of A

ecent years been proposed for one and the same myth could not all, at any one time, have been entertained by the myth-maker

he golden handmaids of Vulcan, or the eagle of Jove, Nor is hyperbole any less in use among us than it was among the ancien

pecially silly and senseless and savage, — it is safe to believe that any profound allegorical meaning, read into it, is th

eory cannot, without extravagance, be pushed so far as to account for any great proportion of the stories. For many myths a

are constrained to examine whether anywhere nowadays there may exist “ any stage of the human intellect in which these divin

Air.”13 The reader must, however, guard against the supposition that any myth has sprung into existence fully equipped wit

e existence of certain myths in Egypt many centuries before India had any known history: such as, in all probability, the E

es having only the undeveloped germ or idea in common would not, with any probability, after they had been developed indepe

e.” 19 The distribution of myth, like its origin, is inexplicable by any one theory. The discovery of racial families and

odern scholars have doubted whether the Homeric poems are the work of any single mind. This uncertainty arises, in part, fr

ined that since, during the twelfth century, when no poet would adopt any other poet’s stanzaic form, the Austrian Von Küre

Truth and right prevailed, though not enforced by law, nor was there any in authority to threaten or to punish. The forest

suming it. This state of torment might have been brought to an end at any time by Prometheus, if he had been willing to sub

, weapons which the god of the silver bow had not before used against any but feeble animals, — hares, wild goats, and such

of love, Diana imposed upon her nymphs vows of perpetual maidenhood, any violation of which she was swift and severe to pu

he safety of the city was held to be connected with its conservation, any negligence, by which it might go out, was severel

he made A place for sleep in russet shade. “His lips, more red than any rose, Were like a flower that overflows With hone

iver Winds somewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light; Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor

shall waken, Nor any change of light; Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight; Nor wintry leaves nor vernal, Nor

Then Jupiter interceded for her; and upon his engaging not to pay her any further attention, Juno consented to restore her

e deathless longings tamed, that I should seethe My soul in love like any shepherd girl? One night he sware to grant whate’

pring art thou, and to me thy mother bare thee. But wert thou born of any other god unto this violence, long ere this hadst

ir origin, they neither avoid the presence of man, nor do they injure any one. But the curse appears not to have, passed fr

æus, having quitted his companions of the chase, and rambling without any especial object, came to the place, led thither b

r gave Endymion, who had been thus honored, a choice between death in any manner that was preferable, or perpetual youth un

of Cinyras and Myrrha, and was captivated by him. She no longer took any interest in her favorite resorts, — Paphos, and C

ment of the bath, Psyche seated herself in the alcove, where, without any visible aid, a table immediately presented itself

the garden of her temple, in her own island of Cyprus, and, unseen by any , gave them to Hippomenes, telling him how to use

e said not, “bid mine image live,” but “one like my ivory virgin.” At any rate, with such a prayer, he threw incense on the

t Proserpine should not during her stay in the lower world have taken any food; otherwise, the Fates forbade her release. A

e the nightingale is said to sing over his grave more sweetly than in any other part of Greece. His lyre was placed by Jupi

tilus, to take a bolt out of the chariot of Œnomaüs, is uncertain. At any rate, Pelops married Hippodamia. He was so injudi

over the darkened earth. There is no gate to creak on its hinges, nor any watchman. In the midst, on a couch of black ebony

hear me? Let me go; take back thy gift: Why should a man desire in any way To vary from the kindly race of men, Or p

Cephissus, Echo found it impossible to express her regard for him in any way but by mimicking what he said; and what he sa

h a love, More ripe and bounteous than ever yet Filled up with nectar any mortal heart: But thou didst scorn my humble mess

urden of these toils, For love in larger store ye could not have From any than from him who standeth here, Of who bereaved

r can man assign When first they sprang to being. Not through fear Of any man’s resolve was I prepared Before the gods to b

tants of heaven might be induced to interpose in like manner whenever any of their offspring were endangered; an argument t

d the tale. Ulysses thereupon determined to go himself, and try if by any means he might deliver his companions. As he stro

and bore them away shrieking to her den. Ulysses was unable to afford any assistance. The Cattle of the Sun. — Circe had w

he was then to pursue his way thither, and should be easily guided by any he might meet to the royal abode. Fig. 104. He

unted by one of the youths, seized a quoit of weight far heavier than any the Phæacians had thrown, and sent it farther tha

f Troy his sorrows awaked. Had he lost there a father, or brother, or any dear friend? Ulysses replied by announcing himsel

, no doubt, with contumely. Ulysses charged his son not to betray, by any display of unusual interest in him, that he knew

insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace, they found the usual sce

ed silence upon her. Penelope had protracted her decision in favor of any one of her suitors so long, that there seemed to

n amazement, looked round for arms, but found none, neither was there any way of escape, for Eumæus had secured the door. U

rikingly adapted to excite ideas of the terrific and preternatural of any on the face of the earth. It is the volcanic regi

in death. O, how willingly would they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction, if they might but return to lif

of their former lives.”“O, father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love with life, as to wish to leave

allies, Juno having been expressly forbidden by Jupiter to assist him any longer. Turnus threw his lance, but it recoiled h

erms, provided that the artificer would finish the whole work without any one’s assistance, and all within the space of one

t in it. Skrymir, awakening, cried out, “What’s the matter? are there any birds perched on this tree? I felt some moss from

them into the forest, and Thor had no wish to stop him or to ask for any more of his company. Thor and his companions proc

er men?” “The feat that I know,” said Loki, “is to eat quicker than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof

ker than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof against any one here who may choose to compete with me.” “T

ed Thor could perform. Thialfi answered that he would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The king ob

was so famous. Thor answered that he would try a drinking-match with any one. Utgard-Loki bade his cupbearer bring the lar

which his followers were obliged to empty when they had trespassed in any way against the law of the feast. The cupbearer h

hat thou art not quite so stout as we thought thee; but wilt thou try any other feat? — though methinks thou art not likely

hou try any other feat? — though methinks thou art not likely to bear any prize away with thee hence.” “What new trial ha

hen told them’ to desist, adding that Thor had now no occasion to ask any one else in the hall to wrestle with him, and it

ow he thought his journey had turned out, and whether he had met with any men stronger than himself. Thor told him that he

asts, birds, poisons, and creeping things, that none of them would do any harm to Balder. Odin, not satisfied with all this

ving and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return to life; but if any one thing speak against him or refuse to weep, he

that warred in the wold, So strode he to the Branstock, nor greeted any lord, But forth from his cloudy raiment he drew a

been some previous acquaintance and passage of love between them. At any rate, Siegfried and Kriemhild, retiring to the Ne

sions to Jove on every other page of Milton, Dryden, Prior, Gray, and any poet of the Elizabethan and Augustan periods. On

gure is characterized by grave and dignified beauty, and freedom from any transient expression; in other words, by repose.

ies, the “healer.” Later, the name was applied to Æsculapius, then to any god who might repair or avert evil of any kind, a

lied to Æsculapius, then to any god who might repair or avert evil of any kind, as, for instance, to Apollo and to Thanatos

ight. She belonged, perhaps, to an ancient theogony of Asia Minor. At any rate she held at one time the rank of lawful wife

that of a horse. Centaurs are the only monsters of antiquity to which any good traits were assigned. They were admitted to

building their structures in hollow trees, or holes in the rocks, or any similar cavity that chance offered. Thus occasion

y nature of the springs, now high, now low. Or it may typify, simply, any incessant fruitless labor. The name Hypermnestra

h-warrant, the expression “Bellerophontic letters” arose, to describe any species of communication which a person is made t

not safe to construe all the details of a mythical career in terms of any one theory. The more noble side of the character

of Pandion I., or a son of Erechtheus and a grandson of Pandion I. At any rate he was regarded as the founder of the worshi

into the longer folk-stories, or into the artistic myths and epics of any country, is historically unwarranted and, in prac

o, the great heroes of the epics, not prototypes; the same is true of any apparently confirmed historic forerunners of Bryn

If its vowel, whether long or short, is followed by j, x, or z, or by any two consonants except a mute and a liquid: A′-jax

vowel; e.g. Pi-ræ-us: Except when (a) the vowel is followed by x or any two consonants (not a mute with l or r): e.g. Ix-

mortal. Indigetes signifies deified mortals, or the peculiar gods of any country. Chap. III. [The most ancient Diviniti

ied the Persian Monarchs in their wars; and their utter abhorrence of any other representation of the Divinity, instigated

t was the worship offered to this Divinity? It was the most solemn of any paid to the heathen Deities; and, among different

her voice. She presided over rhetoric and epic poetry. Had the Muses any other names? They had names common to them all. H

etimes used figuratively, to signify the preservation or safeguard of any valuable object. As, for example, the palladium o

hot of the Egyptians, contemporary with Osiris. We meet with scarcely any personage in the ancient world more celebrated fo

he sea nymphs, and the Tritons sounding their trumpet of shells. Were any other names given to this god? Besides Neptune, t

ping off, at one tremendous stoop, six men together, from the deck of any passing vessel. Charybdis was said to have been a

illuminated. They were extremely cautious to prevent the presence of any male animal. The master of the house, his sons, h

ed over the river, a tribunal of forty judges assembled, before whom, any , who thought themselves injured by the deceased,

yellow, are forbidden to marry, to partake of animal food, or to eat any thing after noon-day. Their business is to keep t

d his essence is asserted to be infinitely above the comprehension of any mind but his own. He is supposed to manifest his

t nation, or a different species. They cannot intermarry, nor join in any common occupations, nor remove from one Caste to

heir approach. Even the lowest Hindûs refuse to eat with strangers of any class whatsoever. The loss of Caste degrades a Hi

rd to Thoth, the personification of wisdom and intelligence. Is there any other account given of the Egyptian Mercury? Yes.

respect and envy. Among the Egyptians it was a capital crime to kill any of the sacred animals; but if an ibis, or a hawk,

detestation as impious and execrable. They were rendered incapable of any trust, or honour; were put out of the protection

superstitious reverence to the misletoe, growing upon that tree. When any was discovered, the Druids went in pompous proces

corruptible justice. It forbade the representation of this God, under any corporeal form; or the supposed confinement of hi

was placed a magnificent bed, and a golden table near it; but without any image. Here the God was supposed to come to repos

veneration, that it was dangerous, in the highest degree, to express any doubts on the subject. The wisest sages deemed it

Swerga? Who was Buddha; and what the figure of his images? Was there any affinity between the ancient Egyptian Mythology a

may be asserted, that the mind is scarcely able to do justice to them any more than to modern writers, since the works of t

ontain many useful instructions, and important truths, would there be any reason to attack and destroy a system, which peop

veiled in this manner… No one should be moved, if he sometimes finds any addition for the sake of history, or by way of em

ccording to my opinion, could be expected from such an origin; but if any one will deliberate on this subject attentively,

portant ones, they had others, such as Chaos; which did not belong to any particular class, and which were not the object o

not belong to any particular class, and which were not the object of any faith. “Before the seas, and this terrestrial ba

earth unstable, And waters dark abyss unnavigable. No certain form on any was imprest; All were confused, and each disturbe

be able to quit her place of concealment, should she have partaken of any nourishment while there; and it was discovered th

etmeats. They did not even sing Pæans in honour of Apollo, or observe any of the solemnities usual at other sacrifices. ——

er she ran, and held her breath for fear Lest, if a word she spoke of any thing, That word might be the secret of the king.

h he is described as assuming when his passions were inflamed towards any particular nymph, introduced himself to her in th

anwhile the billows come, And coldly dabble with her quiet feet, Like any bleaching stones they wont to greet.     And the

He seems, however, to have been retained there more for ridicule than any other purpose; and was indeed the great butt of O

o Apollo. Neptune, as god of the sea, was entitled to more power than any of the other deities, except Jupiter. Not only th

ducted over this water the souls of those sent to him by Death, while any to whom the rites of sepulchre had not been grant

were for a hundred years allowed to solicit their passage in vain. If any living person presented himself to cross the lake

rance first appears, He fawning wags his tail, and cocks his ears; If any strive to measure back the way, Their steps he wa

permitted to make himself invisible whenever he pleased, or to assume any shape he chose. The invention of the lyre and sev

divinity, and entreated him to be favourable to them, and to forgive any artful measures, perjuries, or falsehoods they ha

answers him, ‘where are you all?’ “‘Speak yet again,’ he cries, ‘is any nigh?’ Again the mournful Echo answers, ‘I,’ ‘Why

emnity a deity, to whose care they entrusted themselves when going on any voyage. He was the father of the Oceanides to the

n the shore, where those resorted who wished to consult him to obtain any revelation; but it was necessary to secure him, l

by him, and Morpheus, as his principal minister, watches, to prevent any noise from awaking him.     “Oh lightly, lightly

ry. That great philosopher asserted that the Genius informed him when any of his friends were going to engage in some unfor

rt; and when he found the beauty of Venus was too perfect to allow of any truth to be mixed with his bitterness, he declare

Gods above? Unworthy am I then to join in prayer? If, on the last, or any day before, ‌Of my brief course on earth, I did

is doubly to be dead; Yet even this death with pleasure I receive, On any terms ’tis better than to live; These flames from

d established a priesthood for it, the effect of which was to prevent any graven images or statues from appearing in their

ncipal Divinities of Indian Mythology. It is scarcely possible for any religion to possess a more metaphysical and abstr

treets, striking children and females with small bundles of hay. When any solemn feast was in preparation, they made choice

; and the whole appearance is one which may vie in frightfulness with any deity or demon of this idolatrous people. [Con

Greeks and Romans, there was a time more remote than history gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water

swift runner, and, to get rid of her admirers, she promised to marry any one of them who should outstrip her in a race, bu

are as sweet as honey, as cold as snow, and as clear as crystal; and any believer who tastes thereof is said to thirst no

mned to the task of forever trying to draw water with vessels without any bottoms. See Hypermnestra. Dancing, see Terpsich

on the subject of punning, when Porson observing that he could pun on any subject, a person present defied him to do so on

s apace.” Byron. “Thy stumbling founder’d jade can trot as high As any other Pegasus can fly.” Earl of Dorset. “To tu

h a huge stone suspended over his head, ready to be dropped on him at any moment. Phœ′bus [Phœbus]. A name of Apollo, sign

greatest care was always taken in the selection of them. Anything in any way blemished was considered as an insult to the

sing, upon condition that if he did not sing best they might inflict any penalty they pleased. He was, of course, defeated

ncy; for, though Ulysses was reported to be dead, she would not marry any one else, and had the satisfaction of finding her