here lived, in the land which we call Greece, a race of brave men and beautiful women. They thought their own land the best and t

they watched the sunsets and the rising of the moon and all the other beautiful things that nature showed them, they were filled

re. Apollo was the god of the sun, of music, and of love. He was very beautiful , as indeed almost all the gods were; but he was t

train of young girls and wood nymphs followed. As Apollo was the most beautiful of all the gods, so Venus, the queen of love and

d of the clouds and the stars. ——— The Wonderful World Great, wide, beautiful , wonderful world, With the wonderful water round

oks and tuneful birds and bright flowers. She laughed and sang to the beautiful world about her, and in return all nature seemed

editerranean Sea, which washes the southern shore of Europe, lies the beautiful island of Sicily. Long, long ago, there lived on

shall be my queen. That fair face can make even dark Hades light and beautiful .” But he knew it would be useless to ask the girl

med as though the great earth grieved with the mother for the loss of beautiful Proserpine. When the starving people came to Cere

ring time, and that while she is with us all the earth seems fair and beautiful . But when the time comes for Proserpine to rejoin

ng among the green trees; and his mind was filled with the story of a beautiful woman and two helpless little children, who had b

s, croaking away with all their might. Now poets, you must know, love beautiful things, and these frogs were very ugly indeed; be

way from them in disgust, and went home and wrote his story about the beautiful woman and the two helpless children, and he put s

se they were so unkind to her. Long ago, there lived in Greece a very beautiful woman, whose name was Latona. It is a soft, prett

th. After a while one of the gods, who loved and pitied her, sent two beautiful twin babes to gladden her heart. She never wearie

hastened away, for she feared that otherwise Juno might harm her two beautiful babes. So she took a little one in each arm, and

them, Apollo is the great god of the sun and of music, and Diana, his beautiful twin sister, is the goddess of the moon. So much

st words of others. Now there was a youth named Narcissus, who was as beautiful as a sunshiny day in spring, and he was brave and

he hid herself in the woods, and mourned and grieved, thinking of the beautiful youth who had treated her so rudely. She suffered

e paused in wonder, for reflected in the smooth surface, was the most beautiful face he had ever seen. He looked at it in ever-gr

ad fallen in love but it was with his own reflection. He spoke to the beautiful image, and the red lips in the water parted as th

nd the nearer he bent to the water, the nearer to its surface did the beautiful face rise. When he tried to touch it, it disappea

face in the pool seemed touched with a golden light that made it more beautiful than ever; and at night, when Diana drove her sil

t the body of the dead youth had vanished. In its stead there stood a beautiful flower, with a bright golden center and soft, whi

e cottage, through her great skill in spinning and embroidering. Such beautiful things did she fashion with her wool, and so grac

had been. It was too late now for repentance. The goddess seized the beautiful web, and tore it into shreds. Then she raised her

them was the better marksman. By and by he came to a grove in which a beautiful nymph, Daphne, was wandering. This was just what

only too well. For no sooner had the sun god caught a glimpse of the beautiful nymph than he fell deeply in love with her; and j

yer, and had changed her into a laurel tree. When Apollo saw that his beautiful Daphne had become a tree, he wept and threw his a

uch as he loved his music, she was still more dear to him. She was as beautiful as the dewy morning; and it did not take Orpheus’

But, quick as a flash, Orpheus seized his lyre and drew from it such beautiful music that the dog crouched down at his feet, and

ngs of his lyre, told the sad story of his love and loss in a song so beautiful and touching that both Pluto and Proserpine wept

ess and a Bold Hunter The story I am going to tell you is of that beautiful maiden Diana, goddess of the moon and of the chas

known as the Gorgons. They were half women and half dragons. They had beautiful faces, but their bodies were so hideous that one

ying back to his island home. In an island near Greece, there lived a beautiful woman whose name was Cassiopeia. Long after the t

e of my story, she still lived on earth, and, as I said, she was very beautiful . She was also very vain of her beauty, and one da

an old custom among the people of long ago. In many cities there were beautiful temples built to the gods and goddesses; and in t

gentle and good that everybody loved her. Many thought her even more beautiful than her mother, for whose vanity she was to die.

ed the vanity that had led to all the trouble, and how she hated that beautiful face of hers which had formerly given her so much

a ). The Story of Io In a certain part of Greece, there was a beautiful grove, bordered on all sides by denser woods. Thr

at the foot of the statue of Isis, to show how much they loved their beautiful queen. ——— Song to Pan All ye woods and trees a

hters. The queen, Niobe, had much to make her happy, — wealth, power, beautiful things of all kinds; but her greatest happiness w

was a festival held in Thebes, in honor of Latona, the mother of the beautiful twin gods, Apollo and Diana. And one year, when,

rs to offer to the great mother, Niobe came last of all, dressed in a beautiful gown embroidered with gold. Very tall and proud s

ot gone far, when he came to a country ruled by a king who had a very beautiful daughter, Deïanira, and before many days, Hercule

edalus, who was highly honored by all the people of the city. He made beautiful statues and carvings of all kinds, and he was, be

h leafy tree; In the leafy trees, so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With its airy chambers, light and bo

a young man, he was one day passing through a village, where he saw a beautiful maiden with whom he fell in love. Soon afterwards

e gates of his father’s palace. Aegeus was overjoyed at having such a beautiful , brave youth for his son. He threw open the gates

ruel as ever. Standing by the king’s side was his daughter Ariadne, a beautiful , tender-hearted girl. She wept for pity when she

ts lack of hospitality. Hospitality is a long word, but it has such a beautiful meaning that we can forgive its length. It means

wered with one accord, “Let us, we pray you, be the guardians of your beautiful temple as long as we live, and let us die togethe

r poverty. So. they grew very old — so old that life no longer seemed beautiful to them, and they no longer cared to live. And on

temple of Jupiter. And strangers, who came to the place and heard the beautiful story of Philemon and his wife, would hang garlan

like vapor, flitted the shadowy forms of dreams and visions. When the beautiful Iris had entered this dark cave, it shone with a

am’s Back Once upon a time there lived in Greece a king who had a beautiful wife named Nephele. Nephele means cloud, and ther

weary of his wife’s long absences. Besides, there lived in the town a beautiful , dark-eyed girl, Ino, who was very much in love w

d Helle because they were not her own children, and because they were beautiful and good. Soon she began to ill-treat them. They

se was a stag that lived in the grove where he hunted. The stag was a beautiful creature, with great, soft eyes and branching ant

the shady nooks and the little streams, where the stag could see his beautiful antlers reflected and could drink the clear water

ne day, as the sea god was floating on the top of the waves, he saw a beautiful maiden walking along the shore. She looked so mod

that Apollo did love Hyacinthus very, very dearly. He would leave his beautiful temples, and forget all about the people who were

omfort. And he sang a song of love and mourning for the boy, so sadly beautiful that all the birds in the forest were hushed, and

flowed from the boy’s forehead. And since that day, so long ago, the beautiful purple hyacinth comes with the first breath of sp

rld. Many women of Cyprus would have been glad to marry this maker of beautiful things, but Pygmalion cared for none of them. The

rk, and perfectly happy in living for that alone. At last, one day, a beautiful thought came into his mind. Pygmalion seized his

efore his block of marble, and worked away happily. Gradually, a most beautiful figure began to take shape in the stone. Each day

had fallen in love with his own work; and sometimes, as he kissed the beautiful lips or caressed the graceful hand, it seemed to

er. They led a very happy life; but though Pygmalion carved many more beautiful statues, he never again wrought anything so lovel

f, with his goatskin flung loosely about his shoulders. A strange and beautiful picture it must have been, and I wish all of you

, foolish King Midas, said that to his taste Pan’s music was far more beautiful than the sun god’s. To punish him for this stupid

Galatea, you are fairer than the petals of the whitest blossom, more beautiful than the green fields or the young trees, and mor

of trees, throws a shadow about my head. Surely, you must think this beautiful . A tree is bare without leaves, and a horse is ug

away across the sea from us lies the pleasant land of Greece. It is a beautiful country, full of wooded hills and green valleys;

ut the gods the Greeks loved most were the gods of the sky. They were beautiful and happy and kind. When the Sun drove his flamin

rsty Earth. It was these gods, too, who helped men to do whatever was beautiful and brave and useful. They made men merry and mis

here, and the world would move on without them, just as usual. Happy, beautiful , careless Olympus! Hellas. Land of bards an

underworld; and Ceres was one of his sisters. She was the stately and beautiful goddess who made the fields grow green and yield

terrible black horses and looked again. He had never seen anything so beautiful in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth. The g

ly, since he loved her. He told her that the underworld was black and beautiful , like the night, and that it was rich with sparkl

all cried out, but there was no help at hand and they had seen their beautiful goddess friend no more. When Ceres heard that, he

th below. But at the call of Ceres she came up quickly and raised her beautiful face and dripping hair above the surface. “Have y

, in vain, during these last months. “Was she young, and slender, and beautiful ? Were her eyes blue, and her locks golden? And di

the long table, where they were eating and drinking. Ah, but it was a beautiful sight! A glow of light and joy was over all of th

thoughtful and calm; but whether he smiled or frowned, it was always beautiful and majestic, like the sky. At his right sat Juno

his?” Then suddenly the meadows seemed to burst into flower, and grow beautiful with blossoms of crocus and hyacinth and anemone

Ceres saw some one coming toward her across the meadows — a slender, beautiful goddess, with flowers in her golden hair and in t

best of all seasons, for only during those months do they have their beautiful queen in their midst. Persephone. She st

to take the gift; then he opened the door. There stood Pandora, more beautiful than any woman of earth and in her arm rested the

en they left the house of Epimetheus, they were surprised to find how beautiful the sky was, with its white clouds; they wondered

Then, first, men began to sing and to dance, to paint and to make beautiful statues, and to write stories and poems in praise

blessing will be doubled. Who knows?” Day by day she grew to love the beautiful box more, and day by day she was more eager to kn

on Delphi’s shrine. Thomas Moore. Apollo and Daphne. One beautiful morning Cupid, the little winged god of love, sat

o was wandering through the forests of Arcadia, he chanced to see the beautiful nymph Daphne, who was about to set out for the hu

his hand to his heart, but it was too late: he was madly in love with beautiful Daphne. He called to her,” Stay, Daphne.” But as

ing leaves, and instead of her fair face there was a great cluster of beautiful pink and white flowers. Daphne had become a laure

Thus Orpheus had many friends. But the one who loved him most was the beautiful goddess-born Eurydice, and Orpheus returned her l

us serpent, which turned and bit her in the ankle. Within an hour the beautiful young wife was dead and her spirit had gone down

her be called.” In a few moments Eurydice came in, tall and fair arid beautiful as a goddess of Olympus. “Take her, sweet singer,

nd he turned round. There stood Eurydice in the faint light, tall and beautiful and real. Orpheus took her by the hand — and it s

e. One day, as he was walking along a quiet woodland path, he saw two beautiful goddesses sitting beside the way where it forked.

e it forked. Goddesses they really were, though they seemed more like beautiful women. One of them, when she saw Hercules, came r

the magic gardens of the Hesperides. There they were watched by three beautiful maidens, daughters of Evening. In the gardens, to

of the deep. There were sea-horses, and sea-lions, and sea-boars, and beautiful sea-nymphs that looked half human, all lying side

nearer, Hercules could see that he had in his hand a branch with the beautiful apples of gold upon it. Hercules wasted no time i

urned with many prizes, but he was sad, for he had seen Alcestis, the beautiful daughter of Pelias, and had loved her deeply at f

Alcestis from the first, for she was as kind and gracious as she was beautiful and queenly. Only one thing occurred to mar the p

; and taking off the veil, he showed Alcestis, brave and gracious and beautiful as ever. That day there was joy such as there had

ge live! For me the ivory and gold    That clothe her cedar frame Are beautiful , indeed, but cold;    Ah, touch them with thy fla

of Cyprus. He is said to have made an image of a maiden which was so beautiful that he fell deeply in love with it. He prayed to

the sun, was once driving his flaming chariot across the sky, he saw beautiful Clymene walking in the meadows below. The god lov

and sat a woman in purest white, with a child in her arms. She was so beautiful as she sat there with the sunlight on her golden

f hair, a mass of writhing snakes covered her head and surrounded her beautiful face. These snakes were a horror to her and she w

rman. A few days afterward, the hero, with his queenly mother and his beautiful bride, set out at last for Argos and Greece, wher

, however, who knew who he was — that was the enchantress Medea. This beautiful and terrible woman was living at the royal palace

“Is it well, O Ægeus, that your people should thus love this wise and beautiful stranger? Truly, I think he is already almost kin

Medea pleased the king, and Theseus was bidden. Never was Medea more beautiful than upon that evening. When the golden goblet of

e has now returned when we must send seven of our young men and seven beautiful maidens to feed the Minotaur. Thus do we pay King

ld to the king, and we must send him each year seven youths and seven beautiful maidens. With these he feeds the Minotaur, a fier

adventure. When the fatal day came, the seven young men and the seven beautiful maidens were led aboard the ship, and Theseus was

he hall, sat the stern king upon his throne, and beside him stood his beautiful daughter, Ariadne. The king wondered at the stren

ne shall be spared.” Theseus said not a word. His eyes were always on beautiful Ariadne, and well they might be. She was as lovel

t the breath of spring brings forth; and she was as gentle as she was beautiful . That night Theseus paced up and down his room fo

ur which must take place next day, but most of all he was thinking of beautiful Ariadne. Suddenly the door opened and in came the

All this was told Theseus and Ariadne. Calling the young men and the beautiful maidens, they hastened down to the harbor, and be

, and made the wild creatures of the glens his friends, and he was so beautiful that even the gods on Olympus looked down upon hi

es and cap, was off. He soon alit on the heights of Ida and found the beautiful youth. “Paris,” said Mercury, “this evening, when

they appeared. Until now, the shepherd girl Œnone had seemed to Paris beautiful beyond comparison, but he forgot her altogether w

wise Minerva came forward, and she seemed so stately, and so calm and beautiful , that her very presence commanded him to listen.

to me, Paris,” she said. “Give it to me, and you shall have the most beautiful woman in the world. She lives now far across the

as Venus herself, and Paris knew that she and none other was the most beautiful woman in the world. That night the sky was full o

recian army, but the bravest of its warriors was Achilles, son of the beautiful sea-goddess Thetis. Achilles was young, but very

der of the Greeks wished to keep her as his slave, since she was very beautiful and very skillful. He sent the priest away with a

ld not drive the Greeks away. The siege lasted ten years. Finally the beautiful Paris was slain, and that might have been an occa

r armor and rejoiced with the rest, for the war seemed at an end. But beautiful Queen Helen came with the Trojan Deiphobus to loo

aughters were taken captive to be made slaves. When morning came, the beautiful city of Troy was a heap of smoking ruins. Of all

given the golden apple to Venus. But now Paris was dead. And the most beautiful woman in the world, Queen Helen, stepped aboard t

s at land. When morning came, the sailors saw that they had come to a beautiful little island near what seemed the mainland. “I w

to the land of the Læstrygonians, where the sun never sets. It was a beautiful and fertile land, but it brought terrible woe to

ging. The men called, and the shining doors were opened by a woman so beautiful that they knew she was a goddess. She invited the

ead. Then Penelope had new sorrows. She was very wise and queenly and beautiful , and a crowd of evil men, chiefs of Ithaca and th

e Mele΄a. At the southern extremity of Greece, 217. Cassan΄dra. Most beautiful of the daughters of Priam, king of Troy. Recogniz

ace of Ulysses in his wanderings, 217. Cir΄ce. Daughter of Helios. A beautiful enchantress; changed to swine some of Ulysses’ co

s himself killed by Achilles, 198. Hel΄en. Queen of Sparta; the most beautiful woman in the world; carried off by Paris to Troy,

s-Eat΄ers. Dwellers of a land visited by Ulysses, 217-218. Mede΄a. A beautiful . Enchantress at the court of Athens. Intrigued ag

are lovely, and none but the envious and malignant hate the good and beautiful ; but the sisters of Psyche did hate, and often tr

ir little daughter with a foolish fondness. They thought her the most beautiful creature in the world. They would say she is fair

enus was a goddess, she was just like a silly woman. She was the most beautiful of all goddesses, and if any mortal was pronounce

o a high promontory, which overlooks the sea; there we shall find the beautiful princess Psyche. She is alone in that bleak and s

d, and a voice from some unseen person thus addressed her: “Fear not, beautiful Psyche, I am come according to the decree of the

e invited to the palace, and were conducted all over it, and over the beautiful grounds that belonged to it. This abode was more

gure, she beheld one of the loveliest forms and faces imaginable; the beautiful rosy cheek was partly concealed by clusters of go

e that stood on a hill. This temple overlooked all the country, and a beautiful country it was, covered with flocks, and pastures

ry happy if she could reconcile a goddess who, she knew, was the most beautiful among the immortals. She hoped she might receive

n’s illness. Psyche saw her depart with some little satisfaction. The beautiful eyes of Venus were just fixed upon her with a mos

tic that shall revive the bloom of her cheek; that tint which is more beautiful than all the fruits and flowers in nature can mat

cuted Psyche. Mother. She was perhaps some king’s daughter; the most beautiful woman at that time known. Ann. Did the pagans be

palace on the Tiber, belonging to the king of Naples, is adorned with beautiful fresco paintings by Raphael . The walls of the p

. Proserpine. Ceres delighted in the island of Sicily. It is a beautiful country. Once the people of Sicily had nothing bu

l plain of Enna, which was covered with fragrant flowers. Ceres had a beautiful daughter, whom she loved excessively; this was Pr

and still waters, and green groves, shall forever delight you. Come, beautiful Proserpina, and see the kingdom over which you sh

each other, and then at the strangers. Their faces were gracious and beautiful , and their voices mild and sweet toned. “They are

to show that she was the patroness of female industry. Among the most beautiful young girls whom Mercury saw in the procession wa

One of her maiden stopped to pick it up, but the wind took it, and a beautiful youth, rushing from a grove near by, caught it, a

there from looking at his pretty face. But Lyriope sent her son to a beautiful island, where, as he grew up, he ran about the wo

erson reflected in the clear bosom of the stream. He thought he saw a beautiful water-nymph — the most lovely image he had ever s

ter. He thought he should like to have her himself; so he came like a beautiful milk-white bull, and began to eat grass where Eur

ith some young girls, her friends. They all thought the bull the most beautiful animal they had ever seen. Europa wove a wreath f

where they had landed to procure water. The pirates imagined that the beautiful boy was the son of rich parents, and that if they

se stories of false gods show how unworthy false religion is, and how beautiful is the true. Ann. I hope there are no such fooli

wild beasts. Danæ and Perseus. Acrisius, king of Argos, had a beautiful daughter, whose name was Danæ. While Danæ was ver

in it a female and a child. Dictys hastened to the place, and found a beautiful woman weeping, and clasping her infant to her bos

might be killed; but her sisters were immortal. Medusa had been very beautiful , but she once behaved improperly in Minerva’s tem

do to satisfy the angry Neptune. “You must,” said he, “give him your beautiful daughter, Andromeda. When you are returned home,

should offend the compassionate deity. Danæ received Perseus and his beautiful wife in the cabin of Dictys. Her ancient benefact

and Hesperus, in poetry, but we commonly say the Evening Star, and a beautiful star she is. Ann. One or two questions more and

t Mount Helicon, she put off her warlike attire, and was dressed in a beautiful robe, and a long veil which she embroidered herse

and the Python. Of all the gods of antiquity, Apollo was the most beautiful . He was perhaps the sun, and was sometimes repres

ced to wander thither. As soon as Apollo saw her, he thought her very beautiful , and he looked at her with admiration; but she fe

im, and, turning from him, fled away as fast as she could. Apollo was beautiful and eloquent, but neither his beauty nor his eloq

grand collection of antique vases, tripods, statues, and innumerable beautiful things of that sort. One of the finest things in

rint of him is in the book you have been reading. Belvidere signifies beautiful view. This famous statue stands in an apartment o

f Juno, and served in her temple at Argos. Jupiter once observed this beautiful nymph, as she was returning from a visit to her f

e approach of Juno, and to save Io from her anger, changed her into a beautiful white heifer. The cloud gradually dispersed as Ju

e heifer was reclining beneath a shady tree. As soon as Juno saw this beautiful animal, she admired her pearly horns and velvet e

him with familiarity. Inachus was attracted by the gentleness of the beautiful heifer, and plucking a handful of grass, offered

y of Pan and Syrinx. Among the nymphs of Arcadia, one of the most beautiful was Syrinx, the daughter of Ladon. Syrinx was a w

was Apollo, the son of your father, and is himself the most graceful, beautiful , and accomplished of all divinities.” “I do not,”

them to poplars. These trees, in the course of years, became the most beautiful and abundant of the sylvan ornaments of the majes

ary to be known, but to elevate them to the love and enjoyment of the beautiful , in nature, in art, and in literature — to inspir

countries, often allude to the ancient mythology. Painters have drawn beautiful pictures of the gods and goddesses, and sculptors

tic history. Helen and Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux. Helen was the beautiful wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and Clytemnestr

was the rape of Europa. Rape means bearing off in haste. Europa was a beautiful virgin, the daughter of Agenor, king of Phenicia.

the patron of poetry, music, and the fine arts. Apollo was perfectly beautiful . He taught the arts of divination and archery, or

, it sounded like that instrument. Having unfortunately killed a very beautiful boy, called Hyacinthus, by the blow of a quoit, A

ar, On Lemnos, the Ægean isle. Paradise Lost, Book I. Venus was the beautiful wife of Vulcan. ——— when of old, as mystic bards

The name of Pandora signifies all gifts. Pandora was originally a beautiful female image, formed by the skill of Vulcan, and

rother of Prometheus, felt greater curiosity, and opened the box. The beautiful Pandora instantly appeared, and with her came for

ned behind. The meaning of this allegory appears to be, that the most beautiful and estimable things in this world, are sometimes

gure of Iris, who was the messenger of peace to the dying. Iris was a beautiful female, the constant attendant of Juno, and more

is represented as happy and innocent. Hebe is always represented as a beautiful virgin, crowned with flowers, and attired in a va

is occupation was the care of flocks on Mount Ida. He was exquisitely beautiful , and an eagle carried him from earth to heaven, w

t time they called their city Athenæ. Minerva was represented as a beautiful woman, of a countenance somewhat severe. On her h

, a sea nymph — she offended Minerva, and the goddess transformed her beautiful hair to frightful serpents. Thus disfigured. Medu

lled from one of Minerva’s names Parthenos, was the most splendid and beautiful temple of antiquity, and was erected in honour of

e beloved daughter of Ceres. The favourite residence of Ceres was the beautiful and fertile island of Sicily. In Sicily the young

cestus was supposed to make Venus a thousand times more graceful and beautiful than she was without it. The temples of Venus wer

er; they often consecrated it to Venus. Some instances are related of beautiful ladies who had grown old, and no longer could tak

never fades, and whose youth is immortal. Adonis. Adonis was a beautiful youth, and beloved by Venus. His favourite occupa

n of Venus, and was the emblem of love. He was generally painted as a beautiful winged boy, with a bow and arrows, and very often

ntended to show that all true affection is towards the mind. The most beautiful object in nature without life cannot be loved. Th

sympathies of our nature. The Graces. The Graces were three beautiful females, daughters of Venus, and often attendant

f Venus, and often attendant upon her. The Graces were supposed to be beautiful and amiable, and to represent the sweetness, civi

other, and that they are not found single but united. The Graces were beautiful to signify that kind affections and good actions

of ghosts. Diana was represented under the figure of a very tall and beautiful young virgin, in a hunting dress; a bow in her ha

directresses of the feasts of the gods. They are represented as nine beautiful virgins, sometimes dancing in a ring, around Apol

use. Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla, daughter of Phorcus, was a beautiful woman, whom Circe hated because she was beloved b

or temple of all the gods. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon a basket of fruit; and n

ssively loved the nymphs Echo, Syrinx, and Pithys. Echo preferred the beautiful Narcissus; who, seeing his own image in a fountai

ge 97. Zephyr or Zephyrus was the west wind. He was represented as a beautiful youth, with butterfly’s wings. He cooled the air

f the world, and fathers of mankind. Elysium was represented to be a beautiful country, in which perfect peace prevailed. The ai

repeat the last syllable of all she should hear said. Echo loved the beautiful Narcissus, but he despised her. Echo was so affli

object he had ever seen; he desired above all things, to possess the beautiful image — it was but a shadow — he died of grief, b

in and out again without a guide; but the daughter of King Minos, the beautiful Ariadne, gave Theseus a clew, or thread, which ra

d in the utmost grief. Poets and painters, when they would describe a beautiful and unhappy lady, represent the forsaken Ariadne.

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

ing more harm than good. Among other violent acts, Theseus seized the beautiful Helen, as she was dancing in the temple of Diana,

buried. Over the place of his interment a monument was erected; and a beautiful temple, the temple of Theseus, still remaining in

tion of it shows a just moral taste in that people, for Antigone is a beautiful example of female excellence. Her constant attend

ch she performed at the loss of her life, exhibit exalted virtues — a beautiful specimen of character among the Greek women, at o

goddesses contended with each other, which of the three was the most beautiful . Discord, says the fable, threw a golden apple am

nd entreated him to bestow the apple upon her, who was truly the most beautiful ; but they all offered him a bribe, Juno promised

a victory and glory when he should engage in war; and Venus, the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. Venus obtained t

ul woman in the world for his wife. Venus obtained the apple, and the beautiful woman promised to Paris, was Helen, the wife of M

proposed a contest to the princes of Troy, and promised that the most beautiful bull in his dominions should be given as a price

rize. His sister Cassandra, a woman of rare sagacity perceived in the beautiful stranger a resemblance to her family. She inquire

ing and queen of Phocia living in a sumptuous palace, surrounded with beautiful gardens. They were persons of amiable manners, an

ptives taken by Achilles, in his predatory incursions, was Briseis, a beautiful female, upon whom Agamemnon set his affections. A

ty of heroic virtue, the vanquisher of demons and giants. Cama is the beautiful god of love, having a bow of cane, and shafts enw

d rock which forms its roof, is supported by four rows of pillars, of beautiful proportion, and finely fluted. Over these columns

a time, they might explore the whole universe — sometimes as birds of beautiful feathers and sweet songs, and sometimes as ethere

flowers, had a temple in Mexico. Baskets and bunches of flowers, and beautiful wreaths were brought to the temple by the votarie

le services. The objects which are adored by heathens, appeared to be beautiful or unadorned, according to the knowledge and weal

Temples were places of worship, constructed of costly materials, of beautiful proportions, and often adorned with exquisite scu

e marble of the Greek temples taken? Is the Parthenon one of the most beautiful specimens of the ancient architecture? In what ma

white, upon a coloured ground. Cameos represent exquisite heads, and beautiful forms; sometimes groups, and sometimes single fig

tical. Leigh Hunt, who has said many things upon Mythology, quite as beautiful as his subject, remarks: — “From having a differ

we regard them, at the same time, as personifications of all that is beautiful and genial in the forms and tendencies of creatio

creation. But the result, coming, as it does too, through avenues of beautiful poetry, both ancient and modern, is so entirely c

r divinities quaff nectar, from a cup presented them by the young and beautiful Hebe. In the middle of the great circle shines, w

s fixed. Vestal. Mercy — oh! mercy; tho’ my sin be great, Life is so beautiful I cannot die; And earth seems smiling with intens

hed them fading from the mountain top: Earth, sky and air, are all so beautiful , I cannot, dare not, will not, think of death!   

he had received every necessary gift. Jupiter, after this, gave her a beautiful box, which she was ordered to present to the man

was gathering flowers in the surrounding meadows. Europa caressed the beautiful animal, and at last had the courage to sit upon h

uestioned severity of ‌dominion, with a certain sadness. The lips are beautiful , susceptible of expressing scorn, but not without

daughter called Proserpine, whom Pluto, God of Hell, seized near the beautiful vale of Enna, in Sicily, and carried with him to

presiding divinity of the art of song, was the son of Jupiter, by the beautiful Latona, daughter of the Titan, Cœus. Asteria, her

r her tomb, which penetrating as far as the body, changed it into the beautiful tree that bears the frankincense; while the unhap

lain with his arrows, Python, a monstrous serpent which desolated the beautiful country around Parnassus, his victory was celebra

e arrow, bright With an immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might, And majesty, flash their full

en sounds he won, And gave meek Cynthia her Endymion.” Keats. ‌The beautiful Endymion, grandchild of Jupiter, having dared to

ion asleep, Leaving thy splendour at the jagged porch! “Oh! thou art beautiful , however it be, Huntress, or Dian, or whatever na

crowned with vine leaves, and flushed with victory, in passing near a beautiful island, he heard a plaintive ‌voice and beheld a

or his loss, the God of the Grape paid a visit to Proserpine, and the beautiful wife of Pluto, was by no means insensible to his

enus, whose power was already established at the celestial court. The beautiful Goddess rejected him with horror, and Juno overwh

irrevocable, interposed, and pronounced the decree by which the most beautiful of the Goddesses, was united to the most unsightl

ng to fill her basket. In revenge, Cupid changed her into a dove. The beautiful fable of the winged deity’s love for Psyche, is t

intention of fulfilling this commission, Cupid visited Psyche, but so beautiful was the being he came to see, that he found himse

under.” Keats. But the happiness which had fallen to the lot of the beautiful Psyche, was too delightful and too pure, not to m

the nymph would not allow her to remain quietly in possession or her beautiful lot, or in the enchanted place which the power of

voured to take a portion of it to herself, that she might appear more beautiful in the eyes of her lost husband. On opening it, a

let will we quaff, until We fill — we fill!” Keats. One of the most beautiful of his temples was built within a myrtle grove, t

e pictured semblance lay, Of him the temple’s lord, it shone     More beautiful than day. “It was a sleeping child, as fair     

n of the sanctity of her temple provoked Minerva, and she changed the beautiful locks of Medusa, which had inspired the love of N

s entire effect to the perfect form of the neck, and to that full and beautiful moulding of the lower part of the face and mouth,

nd inevitable wrong. It is the joy and poetry of sorrow making ‌grief beautiful , and giving it that nameless feeling, which, from

ow, and look that seems to dare A thousand foes to battle. — It was a beautiful faith that gave these gods A name and office! Is

glowing breeze, The trumpet sound, the shout. Oh! there is nought so beautiful as this.     Rivers. Aye, but to see the living a

one of the sea deities. To the story of Neptune, may be attached the beautiful fable of Arion, the illustrious rival of Amphion

tantly made to them in the eloquent language of the orator, or in the beautiful metaphor of the poet, it is necessary to introduc

an, and formed of seven reeds, which he called Syrinx, in honour of a beautiful nymph of the same name, who, refusing his address

es, he had the good fortune to captivate Diana in the appearance of a beautiful white goat. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mytholo

s instance was unsuccessful in his passion, for the latter adored the beautiful Narcissus, and ‌wandered over hill and dale in se

quacity in proclaiming his numerous amours, she fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. “And at the sight of the fair youth s

hich, as he reclined on the ground, he fancied he saw the figure of a beautiful nymph. “Deep through the spring, his eye-balls d

er Narcissus. Many morals have been attempted to be deduced from this beautiful fable, but in none of them have their authors bee

vinities of the sea. Scylla, daughter of Hecate and of Phorcys, was a beautiful nymph, greatly beloved by Glaucus, also one of th

Who calls me lonely? Hosts around me tread, The intensely bright, the beautiful , the dead,                         Phantoms of he

esider over sleep; the former was the parent of dreams, of whom, by a beautiful idea, imagination was said to be the mother. The

force and brilliancy of his ideas; the artist, his perception of the beautiful ; the wise man, that spirit of amiability which ap

and Rome adopted the three sisters. By some it is asserted, that the beautiful trio remained unwedded; Homer, however, has given

enus and Bacchus presided over marriages, and has the appearance of a beautiful youth, holding a torch in his hand, and in the ot

n the day of their marriage. Ignorant of the precise situation of the beautiful garden containing them, Hercules applied to the n

d fulfilled his task, Laomedon refused to give him the tribute of six beautiful horses, which he had promised to him. Hercules, i

taur landed with Dejanira, than he attempted to offer violence to his beautiful burthen, and to carry her away in the very sight

ptuous banquet, decreeing that all who came should present him with a beautiful horse. To this feast Perseus was invited, Polydec

the territories of Lybia, he discovered on the coast of Ethiopia, the beautiful Andromeda, exposed to the fury of a sea-monster,

ghters of the gods. They first attempted their scheme upon Helen, the beautiful daughter of Leda, and when they had obtained thei

ped in ecstacy the rock with hoofed and horny feet.” But though this beautiful art was his master passion, he did not forget the

r, he became a prisoner, and was condemned to death; Alcestis, with a beautiful display of conjugal affection, laid down her life

ll Shedding the calm of their celestial mien, Stood pale, yet proudly beautiful as they: Flowers in her bosom, and the star-like

in the virgin’s room a hind she placed.” After the fall of Troy the beautiful Cassandra came to the share of Agamemnon, and she

he isle of Cyros. Clothed in female garments, he there lived with the beautiful Deidomia, and enslaved by Love, forgot over the c

rds the shores of the isle of the Phæacians. He saw on the shores the beautiful Nausica, who took him to King Alcinous, her fathe

f Dido. Nor was Æneas long in perceiving the love felt for him by the beautiful listener, and yielding himself to her charms, sta

lptors have taken ideas, and have blended the deity and the virtue in beautiful unison, giving to them new and delightful charms.

ong the festal company, the apple, with the inscription, “To the most beautiful .” This apple was the origin of the Trojan war, an

e most dreadful and hideous of the Cyclops, loved Galatea, one of the beautiful race of the sea-nymphs. Day by day, did the giant

e banks of which, she could still sport at even time, and sing to her beautiful , but lost love. ——————— “She changed, As Grecian

d the bosom of Leander, nor was he long in expressing his love to the beautiful being who had won it. In the very temple of the g

, he heard not the fierce sweep of its waters; he thought only of the beautiful bride, who had sate watching, and waiting for the

y. The measure of its happiness is full, When all around, like it, is beautiful . There were sweet birds to count the hours, and r

e.” L. E. L. But their intercourse was soon stopped, it seemed too beautiful ‌for earth; Leander, however, thought not of this

and the gods, pitying his despair, changed the statue into that of a beautiful female, whom he married, and had by her a son cal

ommon votary there Too much adoring; whatso’er thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth Here did’st tho

hawk, and the bee; at his side is placed a fantastic kind of bird, a beautiful mixture of the man and of the eagle. The faith of

r image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img276b He is represented as a beautiful youth, sometimes conversing with his mother and c

n Indian blossom of a heating quality, are allegories equally new and beautiful . This deity is adored in India, under a great num

administered an oath to all the objects of nature, not to injure her beautiful and beloved Balder. The stones, the trees, the fi

any solemn feast was in preparation, they made choice of a young and beautiful slave, whom, after bathing in the lake dedicated

y, — Some tale Of olden love, or grief, linked with their bloom, Seem beautiful beyond all other ones. The marble pillars are lai

tiny seeds, the greatest rivers from diminutive streams, and the most beautiful flowers and delicious fruits from small green bud

ough to call all these wonders into life, could also have created the beautiful earth whereon they dwelt. These thoughts gave ris

Erebus and Nyx ruled over the chaotic world together, until their two beautiful children, Æther (Light) and Hemera (Day), acting

called, were created. In the beginning the Earth did not present the beautiful appearance that it does now. No trees waved their

this same marvellous river, according to some mythologists, were the beautiful Isles of the Blest, where mortals who had led vir

l the year; the earth brought forth delicious fruit in abundance; and beautiful , fragrant flowers bloomed everywhere. Man was con

g disposition, and when he beheld the maiden he exclaimed, “Surely so beautiful and gentle a being can bring no evil!” and accept

as called upon to perform in the future. “And godlike Ganymede, most beautiful Of men; the gods beheld and caught him up To heav

ost beautiful Of men; the gods beheld and caught him up To heaven, so beautiful was he, to pour The wine to Jove, and ever dwell

Mars, Hebe, and Vulcan, and is always described and represented as a beautiful , majestic woman, clad in flowing robes, with a di

r her birth, Cecrops, a Phœnician, came to Greece, where he founded a beautiful city in the province since called Attica. All the

he Athena of Phidias. National Museum, Athens. Statues of Minerva — a beautiful , majestic woman, fully clothed and armed — were v

Chapter V: Apollo The Beautiful God The most glorious and beautiful among all the gods was Apollo (Phœbus, Sol, Helio

e in his stead. This divine decree was reported to Alcestis, Admetus’ beautiful young wife, who in a passion of self-sacrifice of

always been a favourite subject for painters and sculptors. The most beautiful statue of him is the Apollo Belvedere, which repr

e Some time after this episode, Apollo encountered in the forest a beautiful nymph by the name of Daphne, daughter of the rive

the arrow bright With an immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril beautiful disdain, and might And majesty, flash their full

” Byron. In works of art this goddess is generally represented as a beautiful maiden, clad in a short hunting dress, armed with

she was the mother of fourteen children, — seven manly sons and seven beautiful daughters. In her pride she called aloud to Laton

of the distant flowers. It always seemed to her then as if Nature, so beautiful during the day, borrowed additional charms from t

s, and for a moment his sleep-dimmed eyes rested wonderingly upon the beautiful vision. That one glance, although it drove Diana

lew a gentle breath, and wafted her to the Island of Cyprus. The four beautiful Horæ (the Seasons), daughter of Jupiter and Themi

auty, and reverentially watched her dry her hair. “Idalian Aphrodite beautiful , Fresh as the foam, new-bathed in Paphian wells,

farmyard,     Loud the cock Alectryon crowed.” Longfellow. Several beautiful children were born to Mars and Venus. Hermione, o

n, which rises from the ground in early spring to deck the earth with beautiful foliage and flowers, and cause the birds to sing

ht of stormy water When Love, who sent, forgot to save The young, the beautiful , the brave,         The lonely hope of Sestos’ da

m through the transparent flood. With sudden passion he caught at the beautiful apparition; but, the moment his arms touched the

pool, became aware first of curly, tumbled locks, and then a pair of beautiful , watchful, anxious eyes. It seemed to him that th

avenged; but the gods of Olympus gazed compassionately down upon the beautiful corpse, and changed it into a flower bearing the

termined to fashion the image of a lovely woman. The statue became so beautiful under his practised hand that even before it was

completed, Pygmalion gave it the name of Galatea, and, deeming it too beautiful to remain inanimate; he besought Venus to give it

to make sure she was not dreaming, and wonderingly strolled about the beautiful grounds. Ere long she came to an enchanted palace

Hades to fetch a box of ointment which had wonderful power to render beautiful whomsoever might be anointed with it, for which P

if he returned home in safety. The prayer was granted, and Berenice’s beautiful locks laid upon Venus’ shrine, whence they, howev

, and passionately returned the devotion of Venus, who bore him three beautiful children, — Harmonia, Cupid, and Anteros. Mars al

ildren, — Harmonia, Cupid, and Anteros. Mars also fell in love with a beautiful young Vestal named Ilia, a descendant of Æneas, w

into the world to seek their fortunes. After some time they came to a beautiful hilly country, where they decided to found a grea

all, the Trojans consulted an oracle, who advised the sacrifice of a beautiful virgin, and promised the monster would disappear

ered in their behalf. On one occasion, for instance, he even lent his beautiful chariot to a youth by the name of Idas, who, lovi

s were either hoary river gods (such as Father Nile), slender youths, beautiful maidens, or little babbling children. They seldom

mstantially. Amphitrite, Neptune’s wife, — generally represented as a beautiful nude nymph, crowned with seaweed, and reclining i

punishment of their sins. Attention was first attracted by a group of beautiful maidens who carried water to fill a bottomless ca

ted by a sun and moon of their own, decked with the most fragrant and beautiful of flowers, and provided with every charm that na

on the green slopes of Mount Ætna, and danced with the nymphs in the beautiful plain of Enna. “Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth,   

g hidden under the cold ground during the remainder of the time. Many beautiful temples were dedicated to Ceres and Proserpina in

and she was therefore generally represented as pure and undefiled. A beautiful circular temple in Rome was dedicated to Vesta’s

irst Vestal Virgins. The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, built a beautiful temple, and instituted various religious ceremoni

with great pomp; and her festivals, the Vestalia, were among the most beautiful and popular in Rome. Statues of this goddess —  g

ek his fortunes. He had not gone very far, however, before he met two beautiful women, who immediately entered into conversation

ted. Hippolyte’s Girdle Now, at the court of Eurystheus was his beautiful daughter, Admete, a vain princess, who delighted

tasteful to her, so she entreated Minerva to let her go and visit the beautiful sunny south. But when Minerva refused to grant he

at nothing but a conviction that mortals would no longer consider her beautiful if they but once beheld Medusa, could have prompt

incensed Minerva, that, to punish her for her vanity, she changed her beautiful curling locks into hissing, writhing serpents, an

issing, writhing serpents, and decreed that one glance into her still beautiful face would suffice to change the beholder into st

s, journeyed off to Trœzene, where he fell in love with and married a beautiful young princess by the name of Æthra. For some rea

e but one port, Naxos; and here youths and maidens landed to view the beautiful island. Ariadne strayed apart, and threw herself

roved successful, and Phædra came to Athens; but, young and extremely beautiful , she was not at all delighted with her aged husba

eed. On his way to the sea-shore he met the king’s daughter, Medea, a beautiful young sorceress, who had been charmed by his mode

became the father of two manly sons, Eteocles and Polynices, and two beautiful daughters, Ismene and Antigone; but prosperity wa

im, than she promised him her aid, and before she vanished gave him a beautiful golden bridle, which she bade him use to control

the happy days when he rode along the paths of air and gazed upon the beautiful earth at his feet. Bellerophon, mounted upon Pega

the powerful gods of Olympus. There were, for instance, the Naiades, beautiful water nymphs, who dwelt in the limpid depths of t

anged into a Hamadryad. This young girl, whose name was Dryope, was a beautiful young princess, the daughter of Baucis, so bright

ost of suitors asked her hand, each eager to win for his bride one so beautiful and gifted. “No nymph of all Œchalia could compa

he only offerings ever seen on her altars were fruits and garlands of beautiful flowers. Her festivals, generally celebrated in t

etis Jupiter, father of the gods, once fell deeply in love with a beautiful sea nymph named Thetis, the daughter of Nereus an

ry handsome and attractive young man, and he won the love of Œnone, a beautiful nymph, to whom he was secretly united. Their happ

rt of Menelaus, King of Sparta, whose young wife, Helen, was the most beautiful woman of her time, if we are to believe the testi

umber of captives taken in a skirmish by the Hellenic troops were two beautiful maidens, Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, priest of

ld beasts, Eurylochus led his force, until they came, in sight of the beautiful palace home of Circe. From afar they could hear h

om afar they could hear her sweet voice raised in song, as she wove a beautiful web for her own adornment; so they pressed eagerl

rough these twelve rings An arrow, him I follow hence, and leave This beautiful abode of my young years, With all its plenty, — t

in the dead of night, massacred the inhabitants, and set fire to the beautiful buildings which had been the king’s pride and del

ed spirit, and heard her bid him seek the banks of the Tiber, where a beautiful young bride would comfort him for her loss. This

rips, which enclosed a considerable tract of land, the site of Dido’s beautiful capital, Carthage. Æneas and Dido Thither V

he suspected its fatal import, and honestly mourned the death of the beautiful queen. The Trojans sailed onward until the threat

e hand of his daughter Lavinia in marriage to Æneas. Lavinia was very beautiful , and had already had many suitors, among whom Tur

ulcan’s detested abode, and had prevailed upon him to forge a suit of beautiful armour for Æneas. On the shield, which is minutel

k her husband’s name); the latter school interpret the same myth as a beautiful allegory of the soul and the union of faith and l

tarts on his westward journey. Like all other solar heroes, Apollo is beautiful and golden-haired, radiant and genial, armed with

t; but toward the end of his career he again encounters Iole, now the beautiful twilight. It is then that Deianeira (the daylight

we see him uniting his fate to Phædra (the twilight), a sister of the beautiful dawn he loved in his youth. He ends his eventful

llen gloom, meets with an untimely death shortly after recovering the beautiful Briseis. Like Perseus and Œdipus, Paris is expose

though indirectly, the death of his parents. In this myth, Helen (the beautiful dawn or twilight), whose name corresponds phoneti

all her beauty; and when summer faded into winter, they said that the beautiful child had been stolen away from her mother by dar

onification of the clouds. Her many children, the mists, are fully as beautiful as Apollo and Diana, by whose bright darts they a

ho was restored to her husband. Euripides has founded one of his most beautiful tragedies upon this story. Ques. Over what scien

ming her into a cow. The goddess suspected the deceit, and begged the beautiful heifer as a gift. Jupiter was afraid to refuse, a

trial of skill in weaving. The goddess wrought into her work the most beautiful designs, but it would seem that Arachne’s perform

who was the god of love. Ques. How is Cupid represented? Ans. As a beautiful boy with wings, carrying a bow and arrows; he has

arose between the goddesses, for each believed herself to be the most beautiful . Juno, Minerva, and Venus disputed so eagerly, th

; Minerva, wisdom; but Venus promised to give him for a wife the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris then pronounced Venus t

Venus fulfilled her engagement by aiding him to carry off Helen, the beautiful wife of Menelaus [Menela′us], king of Sparta. Thi

l to Venus, who revenged herself by changing him into a lion, and the beautiful Atalanta into a lioness. Ques. Who was Adonis?

utiful Atalanta into a lioness. Ques. Who was Adonis? Ans. He was a beautiful youth, the son of Cinyras [Cin′yras], king of Cyp

e [Euphro′syne], Aglaia [Agla′ia] and Thalia. They are represented as beautiful young women, standing in graceful attitudes with

goddess is generally represented on ancient monuments, as a large and beautiful woman, wearing a veil. In paintings, the veil is

late the story of Cephalus [Ceph′alus] and Procris. Ans. Cephalus, a beautiful youth, was beloved by Aurora, who carried him wit

res which are yet uninjured show that the whole must have presented a beautiful and imposing appearance. The base of the throne i

rks of Vulcan? Ans. The armor of Achilles and of Æneas [Æne′as], the beautiful necklace of Hermione, the crown of Ariadne, and t

hilles was enamelled with metals of various colors, and embossed with beautiful historical designs. Ques. To whom was Vulcan mar

ived on roots and acorns. Ques. How is Ceres represented? Ans. As a beautiful and majestic woman, with golden hair, and crowned

der this extraordinary treatment, the infant, in a few days, became a beautiful young man. His mother, Meganira, wondered at this

lptor, said by some to have been Phidias, afterwards carved from it a beautiful statue of Nemesis, which was placed in the temple

from among the nine images, those which they should consider the most beautiful . When the statues were finished, they were found

is called a panic. Ques. What was the origin of Pan’s reeds? Ans. A beautiful nymph, named Syrinx, was so persecuted by this go

Latona. Ques. How is Diana represented? Ans. As a very stately and beautiful woman, dressed in the garb of a huntress; she hol

d Latona, and refused to offer incense at her shrine. Niobe had seven beautiful sons, and as many lovely daughters, and had boast

hanged her into stone. This story has furnished the subject of a very beautiful group of statuary, in which Niobe is represented

celebrated temple of Diana? Ans. At Ephesus in Asia Minor; it was so beautiful that it was counted among the seven wonders of th

t were the emblems of Truth? Ans. She was generally represented as a beautiful and modest virgin, with garments as white as snow

Two counsellors, Ignorance and Suspicion, stand near him. Calumny is beautiful in form and feature, but has a malignant countena

les had plundered Œchalia, and carried off, among other captives, the beautiful Iole [I′ole], daughter of the king of that city.

w the very trees to gather around him as he sung. Orpheus married the beautiful nymph Eurydice [Eury′dice]; but on the very day o

who were called Pleiades; they were changed into stars, and form the beautiful group which we admire in the constellation Taurus

vil wars; Virgil hoped to revive the taste for rural pursuits, by his beautiful descriptions of country life. The Æneid, the last

his exile, and the sixty-first of his age. The poems of Ovid, however beautiful otherwise, are all more or less objectionable on

aca, and had been, like many other princes of Greece, a suitor of the beautiful Helen. Believing that he had no hope for success

of Æneas with the widow of the great Hector is the subject of a very beautiful passage in the Æneid. The Penates of Troy had app

ats with rams’ heads, are found in a good state of preservation. In a beautiful grove of palms, towards the centre of the oasis,

Christ, but this is an error. Milton, however adopts this idea in his beautiful Hymn of the Nativity: “The oracles are dumb; No

r; it was also the work of Phidias. The Parthenon was one of the most beautiful of the Greek temples, and was enriched by the han

f majesty and power. Ques. Describe the Diana à la Biche? Ans. This beautiful statue, now at the Louvre, is considered the coun

nd silver palaces, the dwellings of the gods, but the most famous and beautiful of these was Valhalla, the residence of Odin. Thi

s. Who was Baldur? Ans. He was the son of Odin, good and exceedingly beautiful . He was tormented by terrible dreams, indicating

h shakes. The Elves. Ques. Who were the Elves? Ans. They were beautiful spirits, clothed in transparent and delicate garm

building, as resembling in its pale lustre the milder radiance of the beautiful planet. One chapel was dedicated to the stars, an

n great occasions, such as a coronation, a victory, etc. A child or a beautiful maiden was then selected as the victim; but the c

n the dragon which guarded the golden fleece, he fled with Medea, the beautiful young sorceress, and daughter of Æetes, who pursu

and torn in pieces. A′des [Ades], see Hades. Ado′nis [Adonis], the beautiful attendant of Venus, who held her train. He was ki

into a rivulet which ran underground. She was as virtuous as she was beautiful . Ar′gonauts [Argonauts]. This name was given to

oracle told her that marriage would be fatal to her, but, being very beautiful , she had many suitors. She was a very swift runne

udence. Ganga. One of the three Indian river goddesses. Ganymede, a beautiful Phrygian youth, son of Tros, King of Troy. He suc

Shakespeare. Heifer, see Ino. Hel′ena [Helena] when a child was so beautiful that Theseus and Perithous stole her, but she was

a saucer, the serpent being twined round her arm. Hy′las [Hylas]. A beautiful boy beloved by Hercules. The nymphs were jealous

courted her, and was detected by Juno, when the god turned Io into a beautiful heifer. Juno demanded the beast of Jupiter, and s

nia, but just at the critical moment she was carried to heaven, and a beautiful goat was found on the altar in her place. I′ris

rpocrates. Medu′sa [Medusa]. One of the Gorgons. Minerva changed her beautiful hair into serpents. She was conquered by Perseus,

s]. The Egyptian name of Apollo. N Nai′ads, The [Naiads], were beautiful nymphs of human form who presided over springs, f

Narcis′sus [Narcissus], son of Cephisus and the Naiad Liriope, was a beautiful youth, who was so pleased with the reflection of

tain that he could not help loving it, imagining that it must be some beautiful nymph. His fruitless endeavors to possess himself

nd Doris, and were fifty in number. They are generally represented as beautiful girls riding on dolphins, and carrying tridents i

in the Mediterranean Sea, on which Ulysses was shipwrecked. It was so beautiful in sylvan scenery that even Mercury (who dwelt on

A son of Vulcan, who married Lathæa, a woman who thought herself more beautiful than the goddesses, and as a punishment she and h

uno offered him power, Pallas wisdom, and Venus promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris gave the golden apple t

sent him to Greece to fetch Helen, who was renowned as being the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the wife of Menelaus,

s a box of ointment, with which, when he anointed himself, he grew so beautiful that Sappho became enamored of him; but when the

ous sculptor who had resolved to remain unmarried, but he made such a beautiful statue of a goddess that he begged Venus to give

, And double chins of monstrous size.” Yalden. Scyl′la [Scylla]. A beautiful nymph who excited the jealousy of Neptune’s wife,

Anteros. After this she left Olympus and fell in love with Adonis, a beautiful youth, who was killed when hunting a wild boar. V

e rosy morn, but also of twilight. She is described by the poets as a beautiful maiden with rosy arms and fingers; she bears a st

lors as a sign of its speedy abatement.” Seemann . Europa* was the beautiful daughter of Agenor* (king of Phœnicia) and Teleph

great beauty, and wishing to win her love, transformed himself into a beautiful white bull, and quietly approached the princess.

ssa, — the being who shines from afar. But she is soon taken from her beautiful home. In Hindu myths, the bull Indra shatters the

f continual hunger and thirst. Above his head were suspended the most beautiful fruits, but when he attempted to snatch them, a g

the third a pair of scissors. Painters and sculptors depicted them as beautiful maidens of a grave but kindly aspect. When repres

ieved that in later times a still deeper meaning was conveyed by this beautiful myth, namely, the doctrine of the immortality of

ion and lives in a better and purer form. Closely connected with this beautiful and expressive myth is another which refers to th

Demeter is usually represented as a woman of majestic appearance with beautiful golden hair, the yellow locks being emblematical

s worshiped as the goddess of beauty and love. Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the goddesses. She possessed a magic girdl

h libations of wine, milk, and honey. “The story of her love for the beautiful Adonis* is of Asiatic origin. The germ may be eas

d-bridled, sea-born. Horæ* (The Seasons.) The Horæ* were three beautiful maidens, daughters of Zeus and Themis. Their name

g held prominent places. Representation. They are represented as beautiful , slender maidens in the full bloom of youth, with

eficent power to have reduced to harmony the shapeless elements. This beautiful conception gradually faded away, and he was repla

daughter of a king, and was the youngest of three sisters. She was so beautiful that people neglected the worship of Aphrodite fo

vercame death, and restored Alcestis to her family. Hyacinthus* was a beautiful youth beloved by Apollo. As the god and his favor

earance. He is crowned with laurel, and wears a purple robe. The most beautiful and most celebrated of all the statues of Apollo

own heads as a sign of superiority. Pegasus*. “Pegasus* was a beautiful winged horse that sprung from the body of Medusa*

most celebrated among them was the Bœotian nymph Echo. She loved the beautiful youth Narcissus*; and, finding that he did not re

arth; and this is doubtless the reason why Iris, who represented that beautiful phenomenon of nature, was invested by the Greeks

he was regarded only as the avenging goddess. She is represented as a beautiful woman, wearing a diadem, and bearing in her hand

h flowers, and wreaths were worn in the hair. She is represented as a beautiful girl crowned with flowers. Pomona*. Pomona*

is vassals to a banquet, requiring all who came to present him with a beautiful horse. It was not in the power of Perseus to furn

ppolyte*. — Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons, had received from Ares a beautiful girdle, which she wore as a sign of her royal pow

on the throne. Heracles now proceeded to Calydon, where he wooed the beautiful Deianeira*, daughter of Œneus*. His rival was the

and citadel were destroyed, and Eurytus and his sons slain, while the beautiful Iole fell into the hands of the conqueror. Wishin

ke her his wife. Rejoicing at the brilliant destiny which awaited her beautiful daughter, the mother obeyed, and sent the maiden

, which was situated in a charming and fertile valley. Here dwelt the beautiful enchantress Circe. The entrance to her abode was

hed the terrible dangers of Scylla* and Charybdis*. Scylla was once a beautiful maiden, and was changed into a snaky monster by C

and lying down on some dried leaves soon fell asleep. Nausicaa*, the beautiful daughter of the king, Alcinous*, and his queen, A

The victory is won, but the Sun still longs to see again the fair and beautiful bride from whom he was parted yester-eve. Dangers

tle of Helios,’ the fleecy clouds. “‘Cave of Calypso,’ the bright and beautiful night which veils the sun from mortal eyes. “‘Phæ

ing day, were events full of symbolic meaning. The rising sun was the beautiful young god Horus*; in his mid-day glory he was Ra*

rn sky waiting for the morning sun. Athor*, goddess of love, was the beautiful western sky, wife of the evening sun, taking the

the Harits are the bright horses of the sun; in the West, they became beautiful women, called by the Greeks, Charites*, by the La

the sun as he begins his course in the heaven. He is represented as a beautiful child. He is identical with the Greek Eros, or go

nd silver palaces, the dwellings of the gods; but the most famous and beautiful of these was Valhalla*, the residence of Odin. Wh

Hela, the queen of the regions below the earth. Baldur was the most beautiful of all the dwellers in Valhalla; but, although al

aken from Loki, who destroyed him with the mistletoe. The Elves were beautiful spirits clothed in delicate garments. They loved

d to the purposes of poetry, statuary, and painting. The elegant, the beautiful , the graceful, the lovely, the amorous, the novel

gure 1. Fig. 1. Fatum or Destiny. This idea of Destiny is the most beautiful confession that men have made of the necessity of

erest dregs are always found some sweets, seems to have suggested the beautiful idea of Epimetheus’ shutting the box ere Hope esc

her father Jupiter, she was removed from the office, and Ganymede, a beautiful youth, whom he had taken up to heaven, was appoin

after, Hebe was married to Hercules. Hebe is usually represented as a beautiful virgin, crowned with roses, and holding a vase or

ith a blaze of glory round her head, and clothed in floating robes of beautiful , brilliant, and varying colours. She conveyed the

husband Pluto, and six months with her. Arethusa, a most virtuous and beautiful nymph, was engaged in the service of Diana. While

fix boundaries to their possessions. Ceres was represented as a tall, beautiful , and majestic woman, with yellow hair, and a garl

oore’s Anacreon. Obs. 1. — Daybreak in fair weather, affords a most beautiful prospect of nature. It is associated in the mind

er; his mistress Daphne into a laurel; and his lover Leucothe, into a beautiful tree which drops frankincense. He despised Clytia

Calliope (Epic poetry.) The Muses are usually represented as virgins, beautiful , of an expressive countenance and majestic figure

day, as Actæon pursued the pleasures of the chase, he proceeded to a beautiful fountain in a solitary situation, environed with

o it. No sooner had Neptune struck the earth with his trident, than a beautiful fiery courser, the emblem of war, sprang forth. M

ut wings, which Victory usually had. In general, Minerva appears as a beautiful woman, with a majestic and awe-striking countenan

thing simple, elegant and light, in a word, her attitude charming and beautiful . She appears conscious of her worth, like Milton’

amasked with the rose, the myrtle, and the apple. She was attended by beautiful boys, whose faces exhibited eloquent, but mischie

 See Fig. 26. Fig. 26. Venus. Cupid, the god of love, appears as a beautiful , naked boy, with wings, a bow and quiver of arrow

was daughter to Schœnus, king of Scyros. She was equally virtuous and beautiful , and wonderfully swift in running. She always shu

promoted love and harmony among them. They appear as virgins, young, beautiful , modest, amiable, innocent, pure, lightly drest,

 2. — By Venus and by the Graces, we mean beauty and prettiness. By a beautiful female, we understand, one that is graceful, well

Such alluring qualities of carriage and sweetness of temper, render a beautiful person interesting in the highest degree. Questio

use of fire and the art of working metals. Vulcan was married to the beautiful goddess Venus, but she appears to have despised h

who compose the train of Amphitrite. They are described as young and beautiful virgins, mounted on dolphins, and bearing Neptune

ling off their wings, of which they made crowns. The Sirens appear as beautiful young females, with the faces of women and the bo

ave her empire over the flowers of the field. She is represented as a beautiful nymph, blessed with perpetual youth, and crowned

us and Aurora, and the Favonius of the Latins. He is represented as a beautiful and delicate youth, with wings on his shoulders,

er regular priest was called Flamen Pomonalis. She appears as a rosy, beautiful , and robust woman, sitting on a basket full of fl

h terror, that she abandoned her charge. He became enamoured with the beautiful nymph Syrinx, daughter of the river Ladon; but sh

arly entitled Pandean pipes, or mouth organs. Under the likeness of a beautiful white goat or dog, Pan won the heart of Diana. By

h a den in Sicily. Having seen Proserpine, gathering flowers with her beautiful companions, he took her away. Cyane, endeavouring

ng objections are raised against the finest conceptions, and the most beautiful works, they excite the laughter merely of the ign

epresented in the most engaging forms. Her statues exhibited her as a beautiful young virgin, holding a serpent wreathed around h

ne and delicate indeed were its touches, that they dissolved the most beautiful nymphs, his constant attendants, into melancholy,

to carry off Helen, wife to Menelaus, who was reputed to be the most beautiful woman of the age. The whole of the Grecian states

ry of Æneas, interspersed with much fabulous matter; among which is a beautiful description of his descent into the infernal regi

a stratagem of Polyxena. Polyxena was sister to Paris, and was a most beautiful and accomplished virgin. Achilles accidentally fe

of heroic virtue, and the vanquisher of demons and giants. Cama, the beautiful god of love, is depicted with a bow of cane, and

gems, by sparkling jewels in their ears, by resplendent necklaces, by beautiful garlands of flowers beneath their waists, by mant

iety. They imagined that they sometimes appeared under the figures of beautiful and sweet-songed birds, and sometimes, as etheria

f Mexico, presided over flowers. Baskets, and bunches of flowers, and beautiful wreaths, were scattered in her temples. The Mexic

ich this temple contained. The pavement of the temple was of the most beautiful marble; and in the interior, an infinite number o

of Jupiter, on the Capitoline hill, was among the number of the most beautiful ; but the most superb and the most substantial was

tique temples had this form. The portico, more surprisingly grand and beautiful than the temple itself, is composed of sixteen co

etensions of rivalry. St. Paul’s Church in London, is one of the most beautiful monuments in the world, next to St. Peter’s at Ro

a column raised above it. Lebadea, says Pausanias, is one of the most beautiful cities in Greece. There is a sacred wood near tha

Miolner, (the Crusher,) crushed the hardest rocks. His son Uller, the beautiful god of archery and skating, was invoked by duelli

mble. By his wife Scala, daughter of the mountain Thiasse, he had the beautiful , beneficent, and mighty Frei and Freya. Frei, the

passions. Balder, son of Odin, was another god. He was the youthful, beautiful , and wise god of eloquence and of just decision.

the artificer of frauds, the opprobrium of the gods and of men. He is beautiful of body, but malignant of spirit, and inconstant

ially maidens, and disposes them to mutual love; Fulla, a virgin with beautiful locks, and wearing a diadem of gold, was the conf

virgins in Valhalla, or the paradise of heroes. They are majestic and beautiful , neither daughters of heaven, nor born in hell; n

re it keeps up the dew with which bees compose their honey. The three beautiful virgins, the Nornas, often meet under the oak, wh

the world with his manes. Mundelfari (the mover of the axis,) had two beautiful children, Sool (sun,) and Maan (moon.) He married

pastoral people could afford. The first fruits of crops, and the most beautiful fruits of the earth, covered the altars of the go

rigin of those romances of chivalry, so singular and so extravagantly beautiful , that they still raise our admiration. In reading

ght, amidst storms and winds. Death did not destroy the charms of the beautiful . Their shades preserved the traits and forms of t

having displeased him, she was deprived of that honour. Ganymede, the beautiful son of Tros, king of Troy, was substituted in her

uno, as Mercury was of Jupiter. She is represented as being extremely beautiful ; descending upon the rainbow, with expanded wings

to obtain a reversion of this fatal gift, and permission to die. This beautiful allegory is intended to paint, in striking colour

, it sounded like that instrument. Having unfortunately killed a very beautiful boy, called Hyacynthus, by the blow of a quoit, h

ctresses of the feasts of the gods. How are they represented? As nine beautiful virgins, sometimes dancing in a ring, around Apol

ghosts. How was she represented? Under the figure of a very tall and beautiful young virgin, in a hunting dress; a bow in her ha

red face, a body bloated, and puffed up; but more frequently, as most beautiful and effeminate, having long flowing hair. He ride

y sprang forth, a goddess armed. How was this Deity represented? As a beautiful woman of threatening aspect, armed with a golden

privilege. Neptune striking the ground with his trident, a fiery and beautiful horse sprang forth. Minerva produced an olive-tre

? Temples were erected to her honour almost every where; but the most beautiful were those of Paphos, Gnidus, Amathus, Cythera, a

ion, or emblem, of the passion of love. He was generally painted as a beautiful winged boy, with a bow and arrows, and very often

ber; named Aglaia, Thalia, Euphrosyne, Pasithea. They were painted as beautiful young virgins, crowned with flowers, ears of corn

e armour of Achilles and Eneas; the elegant necklace of Hermione; the beautiful crown of Ariadne; an animated brazen dog, and a w

ound of his instrument. What were the Sirens? They are represented as beautiful young females inhabiting the rocks on the coast o

ere Scylla and Charybdis? The former was supposed to have been a most beautiful woman, who, having excited the jealousy of Neptun

laced her in the Pantheon. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon a basket of fruit; and n

in love with the nymphs Echo, Syrinx, and Pithy s. Echo preferred the beautiful Narcissus; who, seeing his own image in a fountai

Nile, to Heliopolis, he city of the Sun. The Elysian fields were the beautiful plains surrounding the lake Acherusa, near Memphi

e day that Alexander the Great was born. Third. The Mausoleum, a most beautiful sepulchre of marble, built by Artemisia, queen of

xisted in that preceding state, occasionally awakened by the sight of beautiful objects, partaking in some degree of the same qua

nvisible but ever present Intelligence, they saw nothing in nature so beautiful and beneficial as the sun, and soon began to rend

nity of heroic virtue, the vanquisher of demons and giants. Camá, the beautiful God of love, having a bow of cane, and shafts enw

id rock which forms its roof is supported by four rows of pillars, of beautiful proportion and finely fluted. Over these columns,

ble symbols of destruction, of death, of licentiousness; but the most beautiful and beneficial of elements, fire and the solar li

for the service he had rendered in forging thunderbolts. So the most beautiful of the goddesses became the wife of the most ill-

he arrow bright With an immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might And majesty flash their full l

ndchildren.” She, hating the thought of marriage as a crime, with her beautiful face tinged all over with blushes, threw arms aro

d to the shoulder, and whatever was hidden from view he imagined more beautiful still. He followed her; she fled, swifter than th

most amusingly burlesqued. Cephalus and Procris. Cephalus was a beautiful youth and fond of manly sports. He would rise bef

the cloud, and saw her husband on the banks of a glassy river, with a beautiful heifer standing near him. Juno suspected the heif

e sister trees their amber tears O’er Phaëton untimely dead.” In the beautiful lines of Walter Savage Landor, descriptive of the

eeded to sort the fishes on the grass. The place where he stood was a beautiful island in the river, a solitary spot, uninhabited

cied himself rather a good-looking personage. One day Glaucus saw the beautiful maiden Scylla, the favorite of the water-nymphs,

s a sculptor, and had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman came anywhere near it. It wa

and stained the herbage ceased to be blood; but a flower of hue more beautiful than the Tyrian sprang up, resembling the lily, i

s of state there were others filled with all manner of treasures, and beautiful and precious productions of nature and art. While

s what sort of a person her husband was. Psyche replied that he was a beautiful youth, who generally spent the daytime in hunting

se and uncovering her lamp beheld not a hideous monster, but the most beautiful and charming of the gods, with his golden ringlet

ere is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as the butterfly, bursting on brilliant wings fro

he allegory of the story of Cupid and Psyche is well presented in the beautiful lines of T. K. Harvey: — “They wove bright fable

geance for the ancient crime. Echo and Narcissus. Echo was a beautiful nymph, fond of the woods and hills, where she dev

last word, but no power to speak first.” This nymph saw Narcissus, a beautiful youth, as he pursued the chase upon the mountains

to drink, and saw his own image in the water; he thought it was some beautiful water-spirit living in the fountain. He stood gaz

gazing upon his own image. He talked with the supposed spirit: “Why, beautiful being, do you shun me? Surely my face is not one

which treat it in different ways. The first is by Goldsmith: — “On a beautiful Youth, struck blind by Lightning.” “Sure ’twas by

f stormiest water, When Love, who sent, forgot to save The young, the beautiful , the brave,     The lonely hope of Sestos’ daught

groves and fountains to come and gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing

d gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing. To watch her, as she took the

the crowd. Her attire was splendid with gold and gems, and her aspect beautiful as the face of an angry woman can be. She stood a

sa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she

with Minerva, the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a crue

the Argo put to sea and left him. Moore, in one of his songs, makes a beautiful allusion to this incident: — “When Hylas was sen

e his thoughts, the virgin darted forward. As she ran she looked more beautiful than ever. The breezes seemed to give wings to he

some to throw himself away? I pity him, not for his beauty (yet he is beautiful ,) but for his youth. I wish he would give up the

trates the contrast between the practical and the imaginative in some beautiful stanzas, of which the last two may be thus transl

wine, Idæan Ganymede, And let it fill the Dædal cups like fire.” The beautiful legend of the Choice of Hercules may be found in

e Gotter Griechenlands, expresses his regret for the overthrow of the beautiful mythology of ancient times in a way which has cal

will. Thetis. Thetis, the daughter of Nereus and Doris, was so beautiful that Jupiter himself sought her in marriage; but

ves of avarice, begone! Seek some barbarous land, and never may aught beautiful delight your souls!”   Spenser represents Arion,

appho commonly alluded to is that she was passionately in love with a beautiful youth named Phaon, and failing to obtain a return

us — Acis and Galatea. Diana and Endymion. Endymion was a beautiful youth who fed his flock on Mount Latmos. One calm

other loved him dearly, but their love was not equal to mine. For the beautiful youth attached himself to me alone, and he was ju

e in so delicate a matter, sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where the beautiful shepherd Paris was tending his flocks, and to him

with Scylla in the story of Glaucus, and remember that she was once a beautiful maiden and was changed into a snaky monster by Ci

his faithful steersman, took charge of the ship himself.   There is a beautiful allusion to the story of Palinurus in Scott’s Mar

the prophetic cell.” In Cowper’s poem of Yardley Oak there are some beautiful mythological allusions. The former of the two fol

ous birds, all attracted by the novelty, and gazing with wonder at so beautiful an appearance.” He then gives an account of the b

of golden and silver palaces, the dwellings of the gods, but the most beautiful of these is Valhalla, the residence of Odin. When

hole universe, and looking round saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid, at the sight of whom he was struck with sud

han of this longing time the half.” So Frey obtained Gerda, the most beautiful of all women, for his wife, but he lost his sword

able of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none so well adapted to be the ve

s the vehicle of their peculiar systems and ideas. Such was Prodicus’ beautiful fiction of the Choice of Hercules, and Protagoras

. At all events neither Homer nor Hesiod evinces any knowledge of the beautiful fiction of the solar cup or basin. The origin of

the West, where they have ambrosia for grass207; and Statius208, in a beautiful passage, describes the Sun as loosing his steeds

ith time to discern old-age creeping over the visage and limbs of her beautiful lover. When she saw his hairs blanching, she abst

timately acquainted with them. This is particularly the case with the beautiful mythology of Greece : we are in general familiar

me the mother of Heracles. Leda was beguiled by him in the shape of a beautiful white swan. Under the form of a shower of gold he

al union of earth and heaven is, we think, plainly discernible in the beautiful passage of Homer above noticed. It is given witho

f poetry and the muse Fair-voice. Cyparissos and Hyacinthos were two beautiful youths, favourites of Apollo ; but that favour av

s it in gold ; His arrows on his shoulders sound657. One of the most beautiful descriptions of these progresses of Apollo was th

; O’er all she high her head and forehead holds, Easy to know, though beautiful are all. The Homerids have also sung the hunt

a union of love with mortal man. The object selected was Anchises, a beautiful youth of the royal house of Troy, who was at that

, which by its caducity expresses the brief period of the life of the beautiful son of Myrrha748. The rose also derived its prese

i remains to us a noble specimen of ancient art and perception of the beautiful . The most usual epithets of Aphrodite were760,

ned by the birth of a child, whom his parents named Pleasure779. This beautiful fiction is perhaps a philosophic allegory, intend

st. But further, the world presents no illustration so striking or so beautiful of the immortality of the soul, as that of the mo

rying a ram round the walls ; and on the festival of Hermes, the most beautiful of the Tanagrian youths bore a lamb on his should

, and sat down by a well, beneath the shade of an olive885. The three beautiful daughters of Keleos, a prince of that place, comi

as as usual changed, and circumstances were added or modified. In the beautiful versions of it given by the above-mentioned Latin

in the plural, and their number is indefinite. They are graceful and beautiful themselves, and the bestowers of all grace and be

Nausicaa973 was given them by the Charites ; and the ringlets of the beautiful Euphorbos are compared974 to those of these lovel

d to inspire gaiety and cheerfulness986 They are represented as three beautiful sisters, dancing together : sometimes they are na

ably after some Grecian predecessor, as was usually the case, gives a beautiful description of the cave of Sleep near the land of

inanimate objects. Death was brought on the stage by Euripides in his beautiful drama of Alcestis. He is deaf to the entreaties o

the stage Strength (Κράτος) and Force (Βία)1074. Sophocles, by a very beautiful and correct figure, terms Fame ‘the child of gold

ea, a daughter of Uranos ; but meeting near the Ceraunian mountains a beautiful maiden named Amaltheia, he became enamoured of he

ination of the Greeks peopled all the regions of earth and water with beautiful female forms called Nymphs, divided into various

ore than repeat the sounds which she heard. Echo happening to see the beautiful youth Narcissos, the son of the river-god Cephiss

ke all the other female deities, were originally conceived to be of a beautiful form, with skin of a delicate whiteness and long

, like that just noticed, to make it suit the West. On surveying the ‘ beautiful wonders’ of the Odyssey, it is impossible not to

t Tritôn was her sire1397. Later poets feigned that Scylla was once a beautiful maiden, who was fond of associating with the Nere

r on the consideration of the mythology of Heracles, we will give the beautiful and ingenious, but, as appears to us, fanciful vi

courage, for his future task of purifying the earth of violence. The beautiful tale of Prodicus, on the choice of Heracles betwe

Youth the daughter of his reconciled foe. Our chief objection to this beautiful theory is its making the mythe of Heracles, from

rigin, and this supposition is confirmed by many circumstances in the beautiful fairy tale under whose form it has been transmitt

as fell in love with Pero the daughter of Neleus. As the hand of this beautiful maiden was sought by most of the neighbouring pri

eld her office till she married. This priesthood was once filled by a beautiful virgin named Comætho. A youth named Melanippos, a

timent in the bosom of the priest, and he slew himself instead of the beautiful victim. This last and decisive proof of true affe

089. Σέλεμνος και Ἀργυρâ. Selemnus and Argyra. Selemnos was a beautiful youth, who pastured his flocks near the shore of

of Europa the daughter of Phœnix or of Agenôr, changed himself into a beautiful white bull, and approached her ‘breathing saffron

arpendo. These three brothers fell into discord for the sake of a beautiful youth named Miletos, the son of Apollo, or of Zeu

ing of large size and of a brilliant white hue, appeared to Minôs too beautiful an animal to be slain, and he put him in his herd

s. The prize was awarded to Aphrodite, who had promised the judge the beautiful Helena in marriage2206. Aphrodite then directs hi

the Cycle ; to judge by those of the Cypria it must have been a very beautiful poem ; those of the others are too scanty to enab

t names are given to the Centaurs, the Amazons, and above all to that beautiful poetic creation, the Phæacians. The union for a c

pears to us emerging from a kind of fairy-land. This is in our eyes a beautiful prospect. No one can believe the mythes in their

oet nearly translates the preceding lines of Euripides. 537. See the beautiful passage, Geor. ii. 325. seq. 538. Herod. i. 31.

 69. 743. Il. v. 247. 313. 744. By asserting that her hair was more beautiful than that of the goddess. Sch. Theocr. i. 109. 7

Il. xvii. 51. 975. Od. xviii. 194. 976. Od. viii. 364. See also the beautiful fragment of the Cypria. Athen. xv. 682. 977. Il.

The etymology at the end proves this to be a Latin fiction. Parnell’s beautiful imitation of it is well known. 1476. Ælian, de N

56. See above, p. 56. 1678. We adopt this expression from that very beautiful poem ‘The Bride of Siena,’ the fair author of whi

19. 27. De A. A. iii. 416. Claudian, In Eutrop. i. 82. 1935. See the beautiful fragment of Simonides on the subject of Danae. 1

ere a fiction similar to the Isle of Venus of Camôes (one of the most beautiful creations of modern genius), which he assures us

dmitted as first-class: first-class, because simple, spontaneous, and beautiful ; because fulfilling the requirements of perennial

and the plastic arts, — as such a tutor and governor is the study of beautiful myths invaluable. Long familiarity with the sweet

t with contradiction. In certain myths the gods display themselves as beautiful , wise, and beneficent beings; in others they indu

e myth was savage; to the devotee it became religious; to the artist, beautiful ; to the philosopher, recondite and significant —

ords spoken of them by the children of men. And then, in all the most beautiful and enduring myths, we shall find not only a lite

Her story is frequently alluded to. Being passionately in love with a beautiful youth named Phaon, and failing to obtain a return

n which are found stories of the daughters of Agamemnon, the rare and beautiful narrative of Alcestis, and the adventures of Mede

ical tradition. It contains several well-rounded epic poems, the most beautiful of which is the Episode of Nala, — a prince who,

Alexander the Great. The teachings of Zoroaster are characterized by beautiful simplicity and by an unwavering faith in the ulti

eceded all things else. Next came into being broad-bosomed Earth, and beautiful Love who should rule the hearts of gods and men.

r them who thro’ that beauty’s veil have loved The soul of all things beautiful the best. For lying broad awake, long ere the daw

possessed of magical powers over sleeping, waking, and dreams. He was beautiful , and ever in the prime of youthful vigor. To a vo

of reciprocal affection. Venus was also attended at times by Hymen, a beautiful youth of divine descent, the personification of t

ter’s relations sometimes of a dubious character. His devotion to the beautiful daughters of men involved him in frequent alterca

way the darkness, and saw him, on the banks of a glassy river, with a beautiful heifer standing near. Juno suspected, with reason

deemed the greatest blessing reserved for mortals is narrated in the beautiful myth of Biton and Cleobis. One Cydippe, an ancien

groves and fountains to come and gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing

d gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing. To watch her one would have sa

er, soothsayer, and musician, prototype of manly beauty, and lover of beautiful women. The Wanderings of Latona. — Persecuted by

and stained the herbage, ceased to be blood; and a flower of hue more beautiful than the Tyrian sprang up, resembling the lily, s

fell under the displeasure of Apollo is told in the story of Linus, a beautiful son of Apollo and Psamathe. In fear of her father

who so often had been reproached by Diana with her undue fondness of beautiful youths, would welcome news of a corresponding wea

cher 7: 1246.] For one calm, clear night, Selene looked down upon the beautiful Endymion, who fed his flock on Mount Latmos; and

chase and rural scenes. Other apartments were filled with still other beautiful and precious productions of nature and art. While

sister with questions about her husband. Psyche replied that he was a beautiful youth, who generally spent the daytime in hunting

likely to win. The virgin darted forward. As she ran she looked more beautiful than ever. The breezes gave wings to her feet; he

ey both started; he, by one stride, first, For she half pitied him so beautiful , Running to meet his death, yet was resolved To c

s a sculptor, and had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman was to compare with it. It w

image live! For me the ivory and gold That clothe her cedar frame Are beautiful , indeed, but cold; Ah, touch them with thy flame!

beat the twilight into flakes of fire. “Lo! ever thus thou growest beautiful In silence, then before thine answer given De

Wall painting: H. and P.] § 118. Echo and Narcissus. 231 — Echo was a beautiful Oread, fond of the woods and hills; a favorite of

oses of reply. Subsequently having fallen in love with Narcissus, the beautiful son of the river-god Cephissus, Echo found it imp

ourn Of likelihood, but reverently deemed Nothing too wondrous or too beautiful o be the guerdon of a daring heart. So Rhœcus mad

to the sea when it was calm, soliloquized, “Beautiful seems my beard, beautiful my one eye, — as I count beauty, — and the sea re

is seventh labor was the overthrow of the Cretan bull, — an awful but beautiful brute, at once a gift and a curse bestowed by Nep

ing Ariadne. [Wall painting: Müller.] … Sweeping over the shore, lo, beautiful , blooming Iacchus334— Chorused of Satyrs in dance

r the goddesses — consists of golden and silver palaces: but the most beautiful of these is Valhalla, the great hall of Odin. Whe

hole universe, and looking round saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid, at the sight of whom he was struck with sud

an of this longing time the half.” So Freyr obtained Gerda, the most beautiful of all women, for his wife, but he lost his sword

urisher, nurse. Hyperion: the wanderer on hig‌h399 the sun. Thea: the beautiful , shining; the moon. She is called by Homer Euryph

ly of the second half of the fourth century b.c., — a sitting figure, beautiful in form and feature, with an Eros playing at his

he arrow bright With an immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might And majesty flash their full l

d to undergo servitude, — Hercules, Perseus, etc. No stories are more beautiful or more lofty than those which express the hope,

religious rites in various lands: (1) The spring is personified as a beautiful youth who is represented by an image surrounded b

ges are celebrated between pairs of worshippers. Illustrative. — The beautiful 15th Idyl of Theocritus contains a typical Psalm

ere is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as that of the butterfly, bursting on brilliant w

Introduction to his Search for Proserpine, is suggestive: “Of all the beautiful fictions of Greek Mythology, there are few more e

æco-Roman sculpture, Head of Dying Medusa (Villa Ludovisi, Rome); the beautiful Medusa Rondanini in Glyptothek, Munich; numerous

the feet of Omphale. Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. Com. § 118, on a beautiful youth struck by blindness (Narcissus). Gosse, E.