his bride and queen; that she should have all the underworld bow down before her, and that no one should treat her unkindly, s

f Arethusa, Pluto struck the earth with his spear. A great hole gaped before them, and, with a cry, Proserpina felt herself si

ll the monsters and terrible spirits of the underworld came and bowed before her and were her subjects; but her face was pale,

ne another. Men were more comfortable, but they were not happier than before , for after that day when Prometheus brought down

d them eagerly, forgetting the danger. So Mercury led Pandora in; but before he left, he warned Pandora and Epimetheus not to

her there, kneeling upon the lid of the box and weeping. It was long before she could tell what had happened. Then, for many

art, and as she saw Apollo, she hated and feared him as she had never before feared or hated anyone. Without a word, she turne

voice, sweet and flattering though it was, scared her anew. Suddenly, before her, she saw the glint of water. It was the river

er,” said Pluto, “for you have deserved her well; but have a care. If before you reach the upper world you look back to see he

e last word was only a whisper, and she was gone. Mercury alone stood before him in the faint light of the cavern. Orpheus sto

d that the sweet and wondrous singer lived seven long months of grief before the god Death came at last to take him down to hi

healthy, and they had been given a good warm bath and plenty of milk before they were tucked in, so they were asleep in a mom

and clasped him tightly about the waist, for Nereus must be conquered before he will talk. The aged god awoke with a cry, and,

, but Hercules still held him fast. Then he became a little bird, but before he could flit away, Hercules had his hand about h

ck?” he thought. Indeed he was half inclined to let the sky fall, but before a great while he saw Atlas trudging toward him, a

n yoke to his chariot a lion and a wild boar?” “Bring out the chariot before the palace gate,” said the stranger, “for it may

ou always. I am Apollo.” When Admetus heard this, he would have knelt before him, but already the gentle god of light and song

led him to a far part of the palace, and there food and wine were set before him. The strong man even crowned his head with ga

und the black god’s body, and then began such a struggle as was never before seen in all the world. Death had to put Alcestis

t with the joy of victory on his face, while Death fled like a shadow before the sun. Alcestis was saved. She lay upon the gro

o your father. See whether he is ashamed of you. He will prove to you before the whole world that he is not.” Phaëton heard th

eins and called the horses by name, but they went no slower. Suddenly before them the Scorpion was seen stretched enormous acr

should I be thus tormented? If this be not your will, rouse yourself before all is lost. Save me, who am almost burned to ash

ld do, but discovering no way to accomplish his wish. Suddenly he saw before him a woman, very old and much bent with years. “

he moonlight Perseus saw that it was no longer an old woman who stood before him, but the goddess Minerva. The light flashed u

wedding of Perseus and Andromeda was celebrated with great pomp, and before nightfall the young couple had set sail in a ship

usa.” With that he drew the head from under his mantle and held it up before Polydectes’ face; and the king, gazing in horror,

was full of adventures. The walls of Trœzen were hardly out of sight before a giant strode into the road and blocked the way.

e much like it, but at last Theseus reached Athens. His fame had gone before him. The people of the city welcomed him with gre

ful than upon that evening. When the golden goblet of wine was placed before the young man, she smiled upon him, and said: — “

” Then Theseus took the wine and, smiling, raised it to his lips. But before he could taste it, King Ægeus suddenly struck the

d, young man?” he cried out. “Speak! Whose is it?” Then Theseus knelt before the king and said: — “It was my father’s sword, O

t foes, or helping to make and carry out better laws. It was not long before the whole land felt the good rule. Never had it b

soldiers, who dared not stop them. It was just daybreak as they stood before the door of the vast building of the Labyrinth. T

he might never come out alive. The hero had gone hardly twenty yards before he was all confused. The way parted in many direc

ely and hastened in the direction from which it came. It was not long before a sudden turn brought him in sight of the monster

men and the beautiful maidens, they hastened down to the harbor, and before King Minos was aware, the black sails were spread

found himself standing alone with the golden apple in his hand. Long before the sun went down, Paris was waiting in the grove

ght Paris. “Yes, they are beyond all other gifts of gods or men.” But before he could utter the thought that was in his heart,

Sparta, wondered at the grace and charm of Paris, and set good cheer before him. While they were feasting, the great doors op

longer remained within the walls of Troy, but came out upon the plain before the gates and fought fiercely against the Greeks.

the words of Achilles and followed the Trojan host out into the plain before the walls of Troy, for his courage was high and h

went with his shining armor and his terrible spear, the Trojans fled before him like sheep. All day long the battle lasted, a

hobus,” he said, “but from this time I shall honor you more than ever before .” With that, the two advanced toward Achilles, wh

ns had lost courage; but upon a certain day, as Achilles was fighting before the walls, a chance arrow struck him and caused h

ks. This great wooden horse is an offering which they made to Minerva before setting out. It was built large and heavy so that

ing and rumbling toward the walls. Youths and maidens danced and sang before it as it moved, and children scattered flowers in

til they came to the city gate. The guards, deep in sleep, were slain before they could utter a sound. Then the gates were ope

with the battle-cry of the Greeks in their ears. Hundreds were slain before they were fairly awake. The Greeks brought fire,

hip of Æneas, were now hiding in the forest of Mount Ida, where, long before , Paris had given the golden apple to Venus. But n

contented, for their wrath had triumphed. Cassandra. Troy-town before it bad the sea;    Behind, Mount Ida green and fa

ildren. Ulysses was perhaps happier than any of the others. Ten years before , he had left his young wife, Penelope, and his so

t cleared away the fleet was far beyond where any ships had ever been before . On the tenth day they came to a land that looked

t of the cave and sat down to await his return. He soon came, driving before him his sheep and goats, and a frightful looking

ind, which was to bear the fleet home. For nine days the ships sailed before this wind, and Ulysses grew so eager that he woul

ew, under Eurylochus, to explore the island. The men had not gone far before they came to a strange and lovely palace. There w

upon the way the god Mercury met him. He warned Ulysses of the danger before him, and, as a protection, gave him a stalk of th

became once more Ulysses’ men, but younger and fairer and taller than before . Ulysses and his companions stayed a year on the

Phæacians, when they knew him, received him like a god, for his deeds before Troy were well known to them. They carried him to

to set about finishing it. She still hoped, for Ulysses might return before the work was done, and all would be well. But tho

“Son,” said Ulysses, after their greetings were ended, “we have work before us. You and I must punish these lawless suitors.

ve work before us. You and I must punish these lawless suitors. Go on before me to the palace, and appear among them. They wil

red, they taunted and insulted him, as it was their nature to do. But before the morning was far spent, Penelope carried out a

z). Son of Peleus and Thetis; the bravest warrior in the Grecian army before Troy, 182; killed by a chance arrow. Late traditi

hy of Vulcan. Agamem΄non. King of Mycenæ. Leader of the Grecian army before Troy, 182; quarreled with Achilles, 185. A΄jax. G

efore Troy, 182; quarreled with Achilles, 185. A΄jax. Grecian general before Troy, next to Achilles in strength and bravery, 1

loved Daphne, 60, (and Cassandra, 212); took vengeance on the Greeks before Troy, 184. In art, represented as young and hands

e΄is). Daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo. Taken by the Greek army before Troy; became the slave of Agamemnon, 183; restore

army under Agamemnon, 211. Ulys΄ses. The wise warrior of the Greeks before Troy, 179,186; afterward had many adventures, 216

laim to any superiority in point of erudition; the text-books already before the public leave nothing to be desired in this pa

ressed; The law of man was written in his breast: No suppliant crowds before the judge appeared, No court erected yet, nor cau

same poet says: “Then land-marks limited to each his right; For all before was common as the light. Nor was the ground alone

ut her. The search proved fruitless, and Cadmus, not daring to appear before his father, went to consult the oracle of Apollo

, for when, pressed by hunger, he tried to partake of the food placed before him, it was suddenly converted into gold, and whe

aspect and brandishes a spear. Sometimes Discord is represented going before him in tattered garments, while Anger and Clamor

rs as they were not willing to admit within the walls. A pillar stood before the temple, over which the herald cast a spear wh

his prince was the son of Priam, king of Troy. An oracle had foretold before his birth that he was destined to cause the destr

etween the goddesses was referred to his decision. When they appeared before him, they began to court his favor with promises.

e third time when he had given peace to the world. This occurred just before the coming of our Lord. The first month of the ye

oke, and how they rose, he was enabled to foretell storms a long time before they happened; hence the ignorant believed that h

eptune was imprudent in not placing the bull’s horns in his forehead, before his eyes, that he might give a stronger and surer

sowing wheat and other grains, so that men ate wholesome bread, where before they had lived on roots and acorns. Ques. How is

d anxiety. Ques. To whom was Pluto married? Ans. As we have learned before , Pluto was married to Proserpine, daughter of Cer

bliged to wander for a hundred years by the gloomy waters of Avernus, before Charon could carry them to the other side. This s

d passed many ages in this blissful abode they returned to earth, but before doing so, they drank of the river Lethe, that the

eature, but has a malignant countenance, and flashing eyes. Envy goes before , while Fraud and Conspiracy accompany her on eith

which had been infused into the Centaur’s blood; and it was not long before her jealousy led her to use it as she had been di

us. When they arrived in Crete, the youths and maidens were exhibited before King Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the king

upper world, but only on condition that Orpheus did not look upon her before they passed the confines of Pluto’s kingdom. Orph

escape. When the ship arrived, he ordered the mariners to be brought before him, and inquired if they knew anything of Arion.

he ferocity of their subjects. In this manner they softened those who before were hard like stones, so that gentleness and hum

rised of the sad event in a dream, in which she saw her husband stand before her, with pallid countenance and dripping garment

substance to obtain relief; he was reduced to misery and famished as before . He had one daughter called Mestra, an only child

appy Erisichthon, who was compelled by hunger to devour his own flesh before death came to end his misery. Chapter XXXIII.

e learned, some placing him in the ninth, others in the tenth century before our era. The latter opinion is the more probable.

et forth by the emperor; but these verses had been written many years before . It is evident, therefore, that he must have offe

s a travelling merchant, he presented himself at court, and displayed before the queen and her maidens, various articles of fe

aused Telemachus [Telem′achus], the infant son of Ulysses, to be laid before the plough, and the manner in which the father ha

ded by a compassionate sea nymph; Minerva, also, smoothed the billows before him, and he swam safely to land. The Phæacians, o

n as long as Hector lived. The hero knew that he was destined to fall before the walls of his native city, and that he could a

other predictions of the oracle. Œdipus reigned many years in Thebes before he discovered his parentage, and the crimes which

f Thebes. After all the Argive leaders, except Adrastus, had perished before the walls, it was proposed that Eteocles and Poly

usual libations. While thus engaged, Antigone was seized and brought before Creon. She defended nobly the pious act which she

laws Of the just gods, thyself a weak frail mortal! ………………………… I knew before That I must die, though thou had’st ne’er proclai

ded with costly gifts. Æneas was destined to pass through many perils before landing on the shores of Italy. In the seventh ye

ontinuous a sound that four hundred vibrations were sometimes counted before it ceased. Demosthenes tells us that the response

he most ancient in Greece. The temple was founded by the Pelasgi long before the siege of Troy; it was partially destroyed by

sed, his approach was made known by the moving of a laurel that stood before the gate of the temple. The sacred tree was then

Pythia was obliged to prepare by fasts, sacrifices and purifications before she ascended the tripod. When under the influence

ven the kings of Macedon were obliged to prove their Hellenic descent before they were allowed to enter as competitors. It is

ws? Ans. Yes; it would seem that they were addicted to this idolatry before their departure from Egypt, since Moses in many p

e, who is thought to have lived in Bactria about twelve hundred years before our era. Ques. Was the Zend-avesta written by Zo

ct opinion? Ans. That they were written in the second thousand years before our era, a little later, probably, than the Books

some unclean animal. They think the soul will transmigrate many times before being finally united to Brahma. This belief makes

contemporary of Solomon — that is, he lived about one thousand years before our era. He was the son of a king, and was distin

ng). He was born in the year 551 B. C., and died in 479; eleven years before Socrates was born. Confucius was carefully educat

China and both master and pupils are required to prostrate themselves before it at the beginning and end of each class. Every

y. He was educated in France and Germany, and spent some time in Rome before his return to Iceland. He was induced to compile

Odin’s feet lie two wolves, to whom he gives all the meat that is set before him, as he himself stands in no need of food. Mea

of feasting came, they recovered from their wounds, and were whole as before . Thor. Ques. Who was Thor? Ans. He was Odi

ie of sickness or old age. The wolf Fenris gave the gods much trouble before they succeeded in chaining him. He broke the stro

ting, and a long and painful course of oral instruction was necessary before a candidate could be admitted to take his place i

unishment of the sacrilegious strangers. They were seized and brought before the assembly, but the result was favorable to the

ing also those of the conquered race. Druidism retired, step by step, before this more classic heathenism, but found a tempora

and the morning sun finds the grim sentinels silent and motionless as before , bearing no trace of their wild nocturnal march.

ord, that the holy drops might wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world, so that the child mi

rocessions were obliged to pass two or three times around the pyramid before reaching the summit. The Mexicans called their te

eet square; it covers 45 acres. It is very ancient, having been built before the Aztecs conquered Anahuac, as that part of Mex

ces numerous? Ans. They were introduced only about two hundred years before the Spanish Conquest. They were at first exceptio

m, with regard to whom many peculiar ceremonies were observed. A year before the sacrifice, a young man, distinguished for gra

ew from him, one by one, his chaplets of flowers, and stood unadorned before the stone of sacrifice. The bloody work was soon

ld venture to entertain his friends on a festival day without placing before them this loathsome food. It is worthy of remark

; that which stood near the present site of Lima, having been erected before the country came under the sway of the Incas. It

was inhabited by a powerful, and comparatively civilized people, long before the foundation of the Peruvian monarchy. Ques. A

oduce higher themes, we do not know; but when the verses were recited before the assembled court, the praises of Castor and Po

. The remark of the ancient sage that no man is to be accounted happy before he dies, was verified in the case of this great p

gle brought upon Greece. He died in the year 405, B. C., a few months before the defeat of Ægos-potamos completed the misfortu

seal, and the forefinger of his right hand was pressed upon his lips; before him stood an altar crowned with fruits and flower

ned her eyes, she perceived that instead of an expanse of water lying before her, she was surrounded by a garden of flowers, a

myself! To reward my tenderness, you formed a design to kill me, even before you knew me. I go to punish your wicked sisters —

robe in graceful folds covered her form. She was looking at the scene before her, and so benign was her countenance that she s

her attention, and she smiled graciously as the young girl knelt down before her. In that attitude the afflicted Psyche relate

ing in opposition to any sister goddess. It becomes divinities to set before mortals an example of harmony among themselves; I

temple of Ceres, she sought the presence of Juno. Presenting herself before the goddess, she begged to be granted an asylum f

when Venus had left her alone, stood looking at the enormous task set before her, she observed the bam floor covered with innu

ere advanced a few steps, Venus pointed to a high mountain, which lay before them, at a considerable distance, and near the su

ne’s kingdom was the realm of the dead, and she believed she must die before she could be admitted to the land of ghosts; so s

? Mother. Because we must know a great deal, and think a great deal, before we can know whether what we hear is true or false

hose waters made a mournful murmuring, where she had never seen water before , and the veil of Proserpine lay beside it; this w

unger which God has afforded to the people of Italy. You did not know before , that chestnuts formed a large part of the susten

ved. Ann. But why were they so bad then? Mother. As I have told you before , because they did not know better. Ann. How do w

with the Greeks at that time. Besides, these stories relate to times before the commandment was given at all? Ann. When were

r. The commandments were given to Moses fourteen and a half centuries before the birth of Christ. The stories of these primiti

because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, who was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the ga

in the world;” and a third declared, “He had seen the taller stranger before . He was the same who carried off his uncle’s daug

e to boil this bacon and cabbage, but the guests in the mean lime sat before the fire and diverted themselves by conversing wi

rble; its little casements turned to polished columns; the green turf before it was altered to a broad pavement, and rich scul

door, about to descend into the garden, the god unexpectedly appeared before her, and would have entered the house, but Aglaur

operty; and he taught them a great deal more, which they did not know before . Cecrops had learned this in Egypt, where he came

time was that? Mother. A hundred years after Joseph, a hundred years before Moses, and fifteen and a half centuries before Ch

oseph, a hundred years before Moses, and fifteen and a half centuries before Christ. Ann. What was the, wisdom of the Egyptia

till he had prayed to the gods for instruction. The oracle told him, before he should fix upon a residence, to follow a certa

ere perceived a young heifer without a keeper; she was walking slowly before him. Cadmus, obedient to the direction he had rec

lexed, he stood pondering on what he should do, when Minerva appeared before him. Minerva was sorry to see Cadmus so much affl

h helmets appeared, and, by degrees, entire bodies of armed men arose before him. These children of earth, as soon as they had

cannot always know where we are safe, but we can almost always think before we act, and thus may prevent bad consequences of

hen others offend us, we should know whether they really intended it, before we are displeased with them; and, even if they ha

supposed to intend to improve the sufferer’s heart Ann. I have heard before of uttering a curse. What is a curse? Mother. It

ashed upon some fatal rock.” “Alas! good man,” replied Danæ, “you see before you all the vessel in which I have encountered th

received him graciously, and Perseus thus announced himself: “You see before you, great king, a son of Jupiter. Descended from

e scene meant. It was caused by a prediction which had been made long before , but which Atlas now recollected. An oracle had d

truder was Phineus, to whom the parents of Andromeda had promised her before they knew Perseus. Phineus, saying nothing to any

creened themselves, and soon perceived Minerva standing near, holding before them her invulnerable shield, the Ægis. Phineus,

. Perseus thus unwittingly accomplished the oracle, which was uttered before he came into the world. Perseus was now king of A

cifer? Mother. Lucifer is a name of the planet Venus, when she rises before the sun, and is called the Morning Star. When tha

cessary for me to explain to you folly the term, or word association, before I could make you understand that many association

ok up a flute and began to play upon that instrument. Argus had never before beard a flute, and he was ravished at the sound.

. Apollo perceived the youthful Phæton, as he advanced with his hands before his eyes, shading them from the intense lustre of

undazzled. Phæton, thus encouraged, approached the throne, and knelt before the god. “I am come hither, gracious parent,” sai

their stead. They had not dwelt long on the summit of Mount Olympus, before they found themselves the parents of twelve gigan

nce. He immediately tried to devise some plan to get rid of him; but, before he could put it into execution, he found himself

adamantine chains in a burning cave under Mount Ætna. In early times, before he had become accustomed to his prison, he gave v

th. Anxious to ascertain its exact nature, he watched it closely, and before long discovered the theft. His anger then burst f

Precipitately, therefore, she raised the lid to have one little peep before he came in. Now, Jupiter had malignantly crammed

nged into wails of pain and anguish. Epimetheus and Pandora had never before experienced the faintest sensation of pain or ang

an eagle, and winged his flight over the earth. He had not flown far, before he beheld a youth of marvellous beauty, alone on

his broad back, calling to her companions to follow her example; but, before they could do as she wished, the bull had risen t

The mother was so touched by her sons’ affection, that, as she knelt before the altar, she fervently prayed Juno to bestow up

Golden, all radiant.” Shelley. The assembled gods recoiled in fear before this unexpected apparition, while at the same tim

reeably, the friends began a game of quoits, but had not played long, before Zephyrus, god of the south wind, passing by, saw

e first tried to approach her gently, so as not to frighten her; but, before he could reach her side, she fled, and he, forget

leaving nothing but verdure in the self-same spot where but a moment before it sparkled in all its purity.                  

nied by the nine Muses, the patronesses of poetry and music, appeared before the musician and challenged him to make good his

yes of the king’s subjects. The barber acquitted himself deftly, and, before he was allowed to leave the palace, was again cha

turned home. Time passed. Reeds grew over the hole, and, as they bent before the wind which rustled through their leaves, they

rming sounds that ravished his ear.” Saxe. No living being had ever before penetrated thus into the Infernal Regions, and Or

usic and love were victorious.” Pope. But one condition was imposed before he was allowed to depart; that is, that he should

of Hades, looking neither to the right nor to the left, but straight before him; and as he walked he wondered whether Eurydic

t his eyes once more upon her loved features induced him to turn just before he reached the earth; and as he did so the form o

rm of the wife he had so nearly snatched from the grave vanished from before his affrighted eyes. “No word of plaint even in

him make haste if he would reach his father’s palace in the Far East before the sun chariot passed out of its portals to acco

and stiff in the forest, where they had eagerly hastened a few hours before , to follow the deer to its cover. As she mourned

y the moon’s soft light. Diana wonderingly gazed upon his beauty, and before long felt her heart beat with more than admiratio

im give due warning of any one’s approach, and especially to call him before the sun rose, as the lovers were particularly anx

r veil, which the lion caught in his bloody mouth and tore to shreds, before beating a retreat into the forest. Shortly after,

an. The statue became so beautiful under his practised hand that even before it was entirely finished its author loved it. Whe

gently wafted over hill and dale, across sparkling waters; and, long before she wearied of this new mode of travel, she was g

mother, and sallied out in search of food. He had not gone very far, before he came to a wide meadow, where Apollo’s herds we

angry at this act of summary justice, cited the God of War to appear before a tribunal held in the open air, on a hill near t

allowed, that their minds might remain quite unbiassed. Mars appeared before the judges, simply stated his case, and was acqui

Armed with a flask of his choicest vintage, Bacchus presented himself before Vulcan, and offered him a refreshing draught. Vul

rtunately for the success of his undertaking, his plot was discovered before he could put it into execution, and Jupiter, in p

lest some one of her numerous suitors should find favour in her eyes before he had time to urge his wooing, suddenly changed

ng themselves upon their narrow escape, when suddenly Apollo appeared before them, and, checking their steeds, declared he lov

stormy sea! Brother of Jove, and co-inheritor Of elements! Eternally before Thee the waves awful bow. Fast, stubborn rock, At

ty with this glad time. O shell-borne king sublime! We lay our hearts before thee evermore — We sing, and we adore!” Keats.

ods essay, To hew the beams of adamant away. Here rose an iron tow’r: before the gate, By night and day, a wakeful Fury sate,

ld not be overlooked by the gods: so Jupiter summoned Ixion to appear before him and state his case. Ixion pleaded so skilfull

   A-conquering! Bacchus, young Bacchus! good or ill betide, We dance before him thorough kingdoms wide” Keats. The most unr

Midas now retraced the road he had travelled in his pride a few hours before , again cast himself at Bacchus’ feet, and this ti

gg’d by their horns let victim goats expire, And roast on hazel spits before the sacred fire.” “Come, sacred sire, with lusci

near there, suddenly beholding a fountain where none had ever existed before , surmised what had happened. Changing himself int

e good goddess Vesta. On these occasions great banquets were prepared before each house, all daily toil was suspended, the mil

family to remove his household gods also, and establish them suitably before he thought of his own or his family’s comfort, an

has often been called the Age of Gold                  “Saturn fled before victorious Jove, Driven down and banish’d from th

every land in turn. Corus, the north-west wind, drove clouds of snow before him; while Aquilo, dreadful in appearance, caused

came when Hercules’ education was completed, and the whole world lay before him, full of pleasant possibilities, and rich wit

now set out to seek his fortunes. He had not gone very far, however, before he met two beautiful women, who immediately enter

ab). The country was thus freed from its long state of thraldom; but, before leaving the scene of his second labour, Hercules

und. Hercules was obliged to pursue this animal for many a weary mile before he could overtake him; and he only managed the ca

good work for mortals, until he reached their land, presented himself before their queen, and boldly explained the cause of hi

o was about to devour her, as he had devoured many a fair Trojan maid before . The Stymphalian Birds Eurystheus, well ple

ewing the costly garment, and anxious to appear to his best advantage before the bright eyes of Iole, immediately donned the r

rifying proclivities, he advanced very cautiously, holding his shield before him at such an angle that all surrounding objects

n bear.’ So Perseus hearkened unto the word of Atlas, and he unveiled before him the dead, face of Medusa. Eagerly he gazed fo

to make himself known, and receive the welcome promised so many years before . Medea, seated by Ægeus’ side, no sooner saw the

lance into the youth’s open face convinced him that Æthra’s son stood before him, and he eagerly stretched out his arms to cla

ht mechanics how to bore, — An art which the philosophers monopolised before .)” Saxe. Dædalus and Icarus This labyrint

vealed the fate of all who had preceded him. He had not gone very far before he encountered the Minotaur, —  a creature more h

strayed apart, and threw herself down upon the ground to rest, where, before she was aware of it, sleep overtook her. Now, alt

heav’n So from the mem’ry of lost Theseus fled Those dictates, which before his reason sway’d: But now his father from the ra

It was early in the spring, and the young man had not gone very far before he came to a stream, which, owing to the unusual

side, he immediately recognised as Juno, queen of heaven. He bent low before her, and claimed her aid and protection, which sh

n of an ancient oracle, warning him to beware of the man who appeared before him wearing but one sandal. Pelias tremblingly ba

ng breeze did Juno fill the sail, And Argo, self-impell’d, shot swift before the gale.” Onomacritus ( Elton’s tr.). The S

sters, part woman, part bird, who ate or befouled all the food placed before him, and never let him eat a mouthful in peace. H

f his vessel was equal to that of a dove on the wing, he sent one out before him. The dove flew safely between the rocks, losi

ount in detail, reached the Colchian shores, and presented themselves before Æetes, the king, to whom they made known their er

errand. Loath to part with his golden treasure, Æetes declared that, before Jason could obtain the fleece, he must catch and

le now turned to him, beseeching him to aid them, as he had done once before when threatened by the Sphinx; and Œdipus sent me

burned, and destroyed, the Delphic oracle had foretold so many years before . Chapter XXV: Bellerophon The Flight of

insman. Anteia’s Treachery He had not sojourned there very long before Anteia, the queen, fell in love with him; and alt

onscious of the purport of this letter, Bellerophon presented himself before Iobates, who received him very hospitably, and, w

stently dogged his footsteps, Bellerophon suddenly saw Minerva appear before him in all her splendour, and heard her inquire i

the difficult task appointed him, than she promised him her aid, and before she vanished gave him a beautiful golden bridle,

steed was grazing, he vaulted boldly upon his back. Pegasus had never before been ridden by a mortal, and he reared and prance

tant and undivided in his affection. She bade him come to her an hour before sunset, but promised to send her messenger, the b

ur before sunset, but promised to send her messenger, the bee, to him before that time. Filled with pleasure at the thought of

had caught the maiden, who had stood in that very spot a few moments before . His deception and disappointment were so severe

Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). He was very anxious indeed to marry her, but, before taking such an important step, deemed it prudent

to judge their quarrel. Minerva, in glittering armour, first appeared before his dazzled eyes, and proffered the bribe of supr

s and bribes were forgotten when Venus, in her magic cestus, appeared before the judge. This artful simplicity was the result

by Menelaus and Helen. He had not sojourned there many days, however, before the king was called away from home, and departed,

nowned warrior. The troops were assembled, the vessels freighted; but before they departed, the chiefs considered it expedient

hter, feigning that he wished to celebrate her nuptials with Achilles before his departure.      “I wrote, I seal’d A letter

dromache and little son Astyanax, whom he wished to embrace once more before rushing out to battle and possible death. Hect

war: ‘All this I bear in mind, dear wife; but I should stand Ashamed before the men and long-robed dames Of Troy, were I to k

given to Thetis, for little by little the Greeks were forced to yield before the might of the Trojans, who, stimulated by thei

n he heard that his beloved friend, who had left him but a short time before full of life and energy, was now no more. So loud

with busy hand Plying the bellows.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Arrived before him, she breathlessly made known her errand, and

al massacre; and the aged Priam, who lived to see his last son perish before his eyes, finally found relief in death. Their ob

t men were sent ashore to reconnoitre; but they had not gone very far before they met the natives, seated under their favourit

ble apparition of Polyphemus, who picked up a huge rock and placed it before the opening of the cave, preventing all egress. U

estry-covered couches, and bade her numerous handmaidens speedily set before them all manner of good cheer — an order which wa

s then set out alone to rescue his comrades; but he had, not gone far before he met a youth, — Mercury in disguise, — who warn

row grated on a pebbly beach, where he landed. Then, walking straight before him, he came to a spot whence he could hear the r

eep on their course until the dangerous rocks were lost to view; but, before he allowed them to execute these orders, he stopp

him of the crime committed by Ulysses’ men. In anger Apollo appeared before the assembled gods and demanded vengeance, threat

ust by hostile power, Who once o’er land and peoples proud Sat, while before him Asia bowed: Now on the shore behold him dead,

y. “Weeping I quit the port, the shore, The plains where Ilium stood before , And homeless launch upon the main, Son, friends,

racious words, Æneas stepped forward, the mist vanished, and he stood before the queen in all his manly beauty. Dido then led

ventures by land and sea, while partaking of the viands and wines set before them. At this feast, Cupid, by Venus’ request, as

babe in arms, Camilla had been carried off by her father, as he fled before the Volscian troops. When he came to the Amasenus

diate observation is the working of the minds of small children, who, before they can talk intelligibly, whip the table or cha

e personifications of phenomena, or powers of Nature. “Many ages ago, before any of the nations existed that now inhabit Europ

t were alive, and instead of saying, as we do, that the morning comes before the sunrise, and that the evening twilight follow

they spoke of the sun as the lover of the dawn, or morning, who went before him, as longing to overtake her, and as killing h

Greek, in whose language these physical meanings were lost, had long before the Homeric epoch come to regard Zeus, Hermes, At

were the abodes of the gods as the Greeks conceived them. The Romans, before they knew the Greek poetry, seem to have had no d

riot, which she drove across the vast horizon both morning and night, before and after the sun-god. Hence she is a personifica

her the rich folds of her violet-tinged mantle, she leaves her couch before the break of day and yokes her two horses, Lampet

t. At the time of the new moon, the wealthy sent suppers to be placed before her statues, which the poor would then come and e

together. Their wish was granted; and one day, as they were standing before the temple, they were transformed into trees, rem

It was usual to carry Hera’s statue to the sea-shore, to offer cakes before it, and afterwards to replace it in the temple. T

ident. Mariners always invoked and propitiated Poseidon by a libation before a voyage was undertaken, and sacrifices and thank

a dead person for that purpose. All the shades were obliged to appear before Minos, the supreme judge, whose tribunal was guar

usand years, they were destined to animate other bodies on earth, and before leaving Elysium they drank of the river Lethe, in

with the gods, until he put their omniscience to the test by setting before them the flesh of his son Pelops*. This crime he

career, had committed crimes, and had not been reconciled to the gods before descending to Hades. They appeared upon earth as

able nature of the Erinnys. But when these barbarous customs died out before advancing civilization, and society began to surr

er, he was befriended by Apollo and Athene. Apollo first purified him before his own altar at Delphi, and then defended him be

st purified him before his own altar at Delphi, and then defended him before the court of the Areopagus, which had been founde

n by slaying his son Halirrhothius*. Poseidon summoned Ares to appear before the tribunal of the Olympic gods, which was held

s, a step); it being popularly believed by the Romans that he marched before them to battle, and acted as their invisible prot

istance and protection of the god of war were always solemnly invoked before the departure of Roman army for the field of batt

r that deprived Adonis of life is only a symbol of the frosty winter, before whose freezing blast all life in nature decays.”

ween those of Hermes and Heracles, and the Spartans sacrificed to him before battle, binding themselves to hold together faith

“Eurydice stung by a serpent means that the evening twilight dies out before the coming night. Eurydice lost on her return mea

irgin-goddess, Artemis was especially venerated by young maidens, who before marrying sacrificed their hair to her. The Ephesi

ous custom, but caused instead a number of boys to be cruelly whipped before the image of the goddess on the occasion of her a

louds flushed with the light of the morning, which are scattered from before the face of the morning sun. Her tears are the ra

ambiguity of oracular predictions: Crœsus*, the rich king of Lydia*, before going to war with Cyrus, king of Persia, consulte

d the bones in the fair white fat. The animal thus divided was placed before Zeus that he might choose on the part of the gods

idea that with the introduction of civilization many evils which were before unknown to man came into existence, is expressed

ing the injunction of his father, he hesitated to accept the position before executing vengeance on his mother Eriphyle. Thers

the moment when the monster was about to seize its prey, and, holding before its eyes the head of Medusa, the hideous body bec

h, she caused the birth of Eurystheus*, grandson of Perseus, to occur before that of Heracles. Iphicles* was twin-brother of H

se wealth in cattle had become proverbial. Heracles presented himself before the king, and offered to cleanse in one day the s

ers who entered the country were made prisoners by Diomedes and flung before the horses, who devoured them. Heracles overpower

f the garden of the Hesperides, and he made several fruitless efforts before he succeeded in reaching the desired spot. He app

gers to Zeus. Heracles allowed himself to be bound, but, when brought before the altar, he burst asunder his bonds and slew Bu

amous heroes of antiquity. Ægeus, who was privately married to Æthra, before leaving Trœzen concealed his sword and sandals un

us. When they arrived in Crete, the youths and maidens were exhibited before Minos; and Ariadne*, his daughter, being present,

he was perpetually tormented by the Harpies. As soon as food was set before the unhappy prince, they came and devoured a port

t instead of grain. Palamedes caused the infant Telemachus to be laid before the plough, and the manner in which the father ha

rchant, he presented himself at the court of Lycomedes, and displayed before the queen and her maidens various ornaments, amon

in their dismay and confusion, offering no resistance. Priam perished before the altar of Zeus. The men were put to death; the

rived, bearing an enormous load of wood on his shoulders, and driving before him a large flock of sheep. Entering the cave, he

relish. He then stretched himself on the floor, and soon fell asleep before the fire. Odysseus drew his sword and was about t

of the Greeks were despatched as their companions had been the night before . Polyphemus then moved away the rock from the ent

is flocks as usual. After milking them and making his arrangements as before , he seized two more of his prisoners and made his

ds to blow the barks towards their own country. Nine days they sailed before the wind, all that time Odysseus had stood at the

ne in “head, body, voice, and bristles,” yet with their intellects as before . When Odysseus heard from Eurylochus of the terri

imself, but told her he had seen Odysseus, who would certainly arrive before the year was out. The queen, overjoyed at the gla

from its place. Then Penelope knew that it must be Odysseus who stood before her, and a most touching and affectionate greetin

a gift to Proserpine. Aphrodite (Venus) sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance

future heroes of Rome. He told also of the events to be accomplished before the complete establishment of Æneas and his follo

and kill as many crocodiles as possible. The dead bodies were thrown before the temple of their own god. The crocodile was pr

it could vanquish the frightful monsters that constantly assailed it before reaching the first gate of heaven. That passed, i

eaded of all encounters was the trial in the “Great Hall of Justice,” before Osiris and his forty-two assessors, where the hea

some unclean animal. They think the soul will transmigrate many times before being finally united to Brahma. Authorities diflf

also Buddha, the Wise. It is probable he lived about a thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a king, and was disting

wolves, Geri* and Freki*, to whom Odin gave all the meat that was set before him, for he himself stood in no need of food. Mea

or feasting came, they recovered from their wounds, and were whole as before . Odin’s name was sometimes written Woden*, and fr

te, all crimes against persons or property, were at this time brought before them for adjudication. With these judicial acts w

nse frog, which swallowed all the water, and left the earth as dry as before . A partridge informed Ioskeha of this, and he set

always characterized the Aryan, whose civilization, even in the times before the dispersion of his race, was sufficiently adva

[Epigraph] ”Thou shall have no other gods before me.” [Bible] [Dedication] TO MY LITTLE FRI

ceptably; and four hundred years after Abraham, and fifteen centuries before the birth of Christ, Moses, more fully than any o

n creatures to serve him in truth, that is, to confess or worship him before men; to love him with the whole heart: and to kee

e holy men, there was time for men to forget the instructions of one, before they should hear the same truth from another, of

d on tables of stone, and God’s law could be read to the people. Long before this time, all that God had taught the patriarchs

l acquainted with the future as the past. This double gift of looking before and after, was nothing more than the experience a

t, also, was a most magnificent edifice raised in honour of this god, before which stood a colossal statue seventy feet high.

e force from the mighty arm of Jupiter, and which carried destruction before them. The ancients sometimes marked the spot wher

of vast stones, which still remain. The arrangement of these stones, before the machines existed which have since been invent

bird, the peacock. Juno bestowed empire and riches. When she appeared before Paris on Mount Ida, she offered him a city. The p

on of the world. “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting,

no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled; before the hills was I brought forth: while as yet he ha

rth: Then I was by him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.” Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter. The p

splendid temples, and she was worshipped by husbandmen in the fields, before they began to reap. Sacrifices to her were also o

ir Of doves about her flickered in the air; There her son Cupid stood before her feet, Two wings upon his shoulders, fair and

cts, ch. xix. From this time, however, the phantoms of Paganism faded before the light of Christianity, and the religion of Pa

gg’d by their horns let victim goats expire, And roast on hazel spits before the sacred fire. Come, sacred sire, with luscious

time of the Trojan war, and reigned over the Æolian islands, called, before , the Vulcanian. Æolus, possessing penetration and

itted one of their first ornaments called the Bulla, it was deposited before the feet of these domestic deities. During the pu

with rosy light the dewy lawn;” Nox and Somnus (night and sleep) fled before her, and the constellations vanished in the heave

essay. To hew the beams of adamant away.     Here rose an iron tower: before the gate, By night and day a watchful Fury sate,

granate, and the apple: the green olive and the luscious fig quivered before him, which, whenever he extended his hand to seiz

Cerberus was a dreadful three-headed mastiff, placed as a sentinel before the gates of hell. At the entrance of Pluto’s pal

in the arts practised in that obscure age, (perhaps twelve centuries before Christ.) Castor, the son of Tyndarus, taught him

e might gain in a voyage of traffic, though such a one had never been before attempted by any Greeks. After stopping at some i

ulls, to tie them to a plough, and with them to plough a field, never before cultivated. He was next to kill an ever-watchful

succeed. Theseus knew their malice, and put them to death. Some years before the appearance of Theseus at Athens, Minos, King

lies of Theseus, and honoured his memory. Cimon, about four centuries before Christ, took up the remains of Theseus, had them

satisfied, proceeded to the region of day, and Eurydice followed; but before he had set his foot upon earth, Orpheus forgot th

isastrous prophecy, and affectionately acknowledged Paris. Some years before this event, Hercules had carried off Hesione, the

The siege was begun, and a long conflict of ten years was carried on before Troy was taken by the Greeks. The Greeks did not

stilence or plague, which destroyed many lives, and retarded the war, before Troy was taken. The loss was great on both sides;

ian 7 king. When the two friends arrived at Tauros, they were carried before Thoas the king, and he commanded them to be sacri

suspecting that Ulysses was not insane, placed the little Telemachus before the plough, and Ulysses, instantly turning it fro

ntained; so they opened them, and out rushed the blasts, carrying all before them, and the whole fleet was destroyed, except t

e is commonly supposed to have been founded about eight hundred years before the Christian era, but Virgil pretends that it ex

is Virgil’s history of Dido’s death? How long was the voyage of Eneas before he reached Italy? What king gave Eneas a hospitab

laws. Draco, one of the archons, or chief magistrates of Athens, just before the time of Solon, had established laws, which th

ven wise men of Greece? To what country did the Greeks, six centuries before Christ, repair for instruction in the sciences? W

the elements which form the material universe, were immersed in water before they were brought by Brahma to their present form

nd, as they chose. According to Scandinavian mythology giants existed before the gods; who were supposed to be born, to reign,

I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie in lowly grave. Long before the birth of Odin,     Mute was thunderous ocean’

and fourth verses describe Chaos — the supposed state of the universe before the present order was commenced. The lines, Nor

h poet thus: ––––––––––––––––– Robed in purest white The Magi ranged before the unfolded tent. Fire blazed beside them. Towar

elligence is the power of thought and reflection. Men must think much before they can do any thing. A house cannot be built, o

sess. The Hebrews in Asia were, without doubt, the only nation which, before the birth of Christ, preserved the knowledge of t

o pray to the god. If the children were able, they were made to dance before the image of the god; and after that ceremony, so

es; but from that day, the old dark superstition vanished slowly away before the light of the new truth. About this time, the

ge and wealth of the people who worship them. The Mexicans worshipped before great masses of stone; and the Achaians, among th

permitted to marry. In Homer, Chryses, the priest of Apollo, appears before Agamemnon, and implores the restoration of his da

uld naturally be cherished in both countries. Eneas, eleven centuries before Christ, found an Arcadian people in Italy, and th

ppers. The altar, somewhat like a table, was an ornamental structure, before which prayers were offered, and upon which sacrif

putation, the value of these offerings in their largest accumulation, before they were rifled by the conquerers of Greece, amo

blameless Jesus to his enemies, “he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood

ue notions of the divine character and government. Nineteen centuries before Christ, God instructed Abraham, who had then no c

people, Israel. This person was Moses. God, about fourteen centuries before Christ, gave to Moses a law for his people to obs

Greece, of Egypt, and those of Italy, and of Syria, were bowing down before idols. There is no doubt that the Phœnicians were

e most polished nations in respect to religion, for fifteen centuries before Christ? Were the Phœnicians informed of any of th

hite hands had changed into great, hairy paws; and where but a moment before a fair young woman had stood, there was now only

r the sky; and when Latona looked up toward it, she saw Juno standing before her. With harsh words, the goddess ordered the po

ut more words, the goddess and the humble girl took their stand, each before an empty loom, and began to work in silence. The

der a cluster of leaves, a serpent darted out with a loud “hiss,” and before Eurydice could step aside, the snake had bitten h

never return to the island. So he sent for the boy, and when he stood before him, began to praise his boldness and courage, of

in which the queer-looking stranger asked the question, that, almost before he knew it, Perseus was telling him the whole sto

old man of whom Andromeda’s parents were very much afraid. Some time before , he had asked for their daughter as his wife, and

the gods knew everything. So, in some way, Jupiter felt Juno’s wrath before she came into the grove; and fearing that she mig

re do you worship Latona, whom you have never seen, when here I stand before you with all my wealth and power? Am I not far gr

no more? We should dread the desert behind us     Worse than the dark before . What the leaves are to the forest,     With lig

fierce animals to be captured, and many bloody battles to be fought, before the brave man could gain his freedom. But at last

ntry ruled by a king who had a very beautiful daughter, Deïanira, and before many days, Hercules had asked her to be his wife.

ercules spied him crouching behind the rock; he strode up to him, and before the servant could stammer out a word to show his

o the island of Crete, where King Minos received him very kindly. But before long, Daedalus got himself into trouble by interf

this baby was a few months old, Aegeus had to go back to Athens; but, before leaving, he buried in the ground his sword and sa

he night, unbolted the bars, and, throwing the gates wide open, stood before the astonished king. “I am the king’s daughter,”

ced that the honey was far sweeter and yellower than it had ever been before , and that the poor little grapes from the stunted

Meanwhile the vessel bearing Ceyx and his sailors sped swiftly along before the wind; the sails flapped merrily, while the ha

igh wave, now sinking into the foaming depths below, he seemed to see before him, on the water, the face of his beloved wife H

e face of his beloved wife Halcyone. At last a large, green wave rose before him, and he had time only to cry, in sad farewell

, and he had time only to cry, in sad farewell, “Halcyone! Halcyone!” before he sank beneath the mass of water. Meanwhile Halc

k cave, it shone with a splendor of light and color such as had never before been known within the place. Awakened by the brig

with weeds and shells, just as she had seen it in her dream the night before . She fell on her knees beside the body, and weepi

was a witch, who made the king forget all about his wife Nephele, and before long he married the dark-eyed girl. Now Ino hated

oe. He came at last to the palace of his father’s brother and was led before the king. The king turned pale with fear at sight

hew. He bade him sit down and rest himself, and placed food and drink before him. While they were eating, the king told many s

his feet and Medea at his right hand, when the Argonauts were brought before him. Jason was asked what his errand in Colchis w

such a mad longing to throw himself into the clear water, that almost before he knew what he was doing, he plunged into the se

is home under the sea. The next day he came again to the spot, and as before , the nymph, whose name was Scylla, was walking by

much; or perhaps he reminded him of that other boy who had died long before ; or perhaps it was just because Apollo had to lov

till the last ray of sunlight faded from the sky, the sculptor stood before his block of marble, and worked away happily. Gra

ere a real woman. The next morning he was up early and again standing before the statue. So it went on from day to day. Pygmal

e loved that fair image so dearly that he spent all his time kneeling before it, and marveling at the beauty he had wrought. S

On this day Pygmalion joined the train of young men and at last stood before the altar in the temple of Venus. As he stood the

ic that all the listeners wept for joy. Even Pan threw down his flute before this wonderful singer, who could move people to l

theus was one of the Titans, a gigantic race, who inhabited the earth before the creation of man. To him and his brother Epime

Parnassus. Apollo slew him with his arrows — weapons which he had not before used against any but feeble animals, hares, wild

crack, caused by some fault in the structure. No one had remarked it before , but the lovers discovered it. What will not love

ephalus was a beautiful youth and fond of manly sports. He would rise before the dawn to pursue the chase. Aurora saw him when

es. Argus listened with delight, for he had never seen the instrument before . “Young man,” said he, “come and take a seat by m

bars are let down, and the boundless plain of the universe lies open before them. They dart forward and cleave the opposing c

prevailed in his request. He is borne along like a vessel that flies before a tempest, when the pilot can do no more and beta

all he do? Much of the heavenly road is left behind, but more remains before . He turns his eyes from one direction to the othe

rightened the king of shadows and his queen. The sea shrank up. Where before was water, it became a dry plain; and the mountai

and its punishment.” He did so, and scarce had he touched the waters before the gold-creating power passed into them, and the

ple as long as they lived. When grown very old, as they stood one day before the steps of the sacred edifice, and were telling

en turned her chariot towards heaven, and hastened to present herself before the throne of Jove. She told the story of her ber

r. When Pygmalion had performed his part in the solemnities, he stood before the altar and timidly said, “Ye gods, who can do

he rays of my father the Day-star, that if fate permits I will return before the moon shall have twice rounded her orb.” When

he flows, and by its murmur invites to sleep. Poppies grow abundantly before the door of the cave, and other herbs, from whose

m of Ceyx. Under that form, but pale like a dead man, naked, he stood before the couch of the wretched wife. His beard seemed

ld not any longer endure the torments of hopeless love, and, standing before her doors, he spake these last words: ‘Anaxarete,

s had spoken thus, he dropped the disguise of an old woman, and stood before her in his proper person, as a comely youth. It a

her destined husband. He came only in the hours of darkness and fled before the dawn of morning, but his accents were full of

the same kind in a parcel by themselves, and see that you get it done before evening.” Then Venus departed and left her to her

ift as lightning penetrating the heights of heaven, presented himself before Jupiter with his supplication. Jupiter lent a fav

hich the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He followed her close, offering at the same

like the trunk of a fallen tree. As he moved onward, Cadmus retreated before him, holding his spear opposite to the monster’s

nd husbands, old men and youths, perished alike unlamented. “Standing before the altar I raised my eyes to heaven. ‘O Jupiter,

leep took possession of my frame oppressed with cares. The tree stood before me in my dreams, with its numerous branches all c

hem. These were meant as warnings to her rival to give up the contest before it was too late. Arachne filled her web with subj

e, “is this! — to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes! Why should Latona be honored with wors

veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the city. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the youth of t

on to combat with the Chimæra. Bellerophon accepted the proposal, but before proceeding to the combat consulted the soothsayer

ea, daughter of the king. He promised her marriage, and as they stood before the altar of Hecate, called the goddess to witnes

, then shut those great round eyes, that had never been known to shut before , and turned over on his side, fast asleep. Jason

and with his friends and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before Æetes the king could arrest their departure, and

ch; and behold! the branch when taken out instantly became green, and before long was covered with leaves and a plentiful grow

bers that such as he now is, he was in his youthful days, forty years before . Medea used her arts here for a good purpose, but

their father. Medea pretended to consent, and prepared her caldron as before . At her request an old sheep was brought and plun

he caldron, and Medea hastened to depart in her serpent-drawn chariot before they discovered her treachery, or their vengeance

d as a charm to preserve the love of her husband. Dejanira did so and before long fancied she had occasion to use it. Hercules

thens and present himself to his father. Ægeus on parting from Æthra, before the birth of his son, placed his sword and shoes

us. When they arrived in Crete, the youths and maidens were exhibited before Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the king, bei

es of Theseus is his expedition against the Amazons. He assailed them before they had recovered from the attack of Hercules, a

r sacred robe of Minerva, was carried to the Parthenon, and suspended before the statue of the goddess. The Peplus was covered

of them prisoner, whom, with his hands tied behind him, they brought before the king. Pentheus, beholding him with wrathful c

is hunger was raging. Without a moment’s delay he would have food set before him, of whatever kind earth sea, or air produces;

ough her new master was not far off and had his eye upon her a moment before , Neptune changed her form and made her assume tha

golden manes. They drew his chariot over the sea, which became smooth before him, while the monsters of the deep gambolled abo

ygian realm. He passed through crowds of ghosts and presented himself before the throne of Pluto and Proserpine. Accompanying

e and went to sleep. Aristæus hardly allowed him to get fairly asleep before he fixed the fetters on him and shouted aloud. Pr

oth mirror of the deep.” Arion hastened from the shore, and soon saw before him the towers of Corinth. He journeyed on, harp

icion.” When the ship arrived in the harbor, he summoned the mariners before him. “Have you heard any thing of Arion?” he inqu

and reality, and every breast panted with undefined terror, quailing before the awful power that watches secret crimes and wi

rderers, pale with terror, betrayed their guilt. The people took them before the judge, they confessed their crime, and suffer

n’s skin, and club. Sirius, his dog, follows him, and the Pleiads fly before him. The Pleiads were daughters of Atlas, and nym

to him was committed the decision. The goddesses accordingly appeared before him. Juno promised him power and riches, Minerva

t of her sex. She had been sought as a bride by numerous suitors, and before her decision was made known, they all, at the sug

egan to sow salt. Palamedes, to try him, placed the infant Telemachus before the plough, whereupon the father turned the ploug

immortals, a sea-nymph, and knowing that her son was fated to perish before Troy if he went on the expedition, she endeavored

the chariot of Achilles, and led forth the men ardent for battle. But before he went, Achilles strictly charged him that he sh

entangled in the fosse to escape as they could. Patroclus drove them before him, slaying many, none daring to make a stand ag

t for vengeance that made him irresistible. The bravest warriors fled before him or fell by his lance. Hector, cautioned by Ap

rodigy, turned his arms against other champions. But none dared stand before him, and Priam looking down from the city walls b

ed to award the prize. It was awarded to Ulysses, thus placing wisdom before valor; whereupon Ajax slew himself. On the spot w

seemed a prisoner and a Greek. Stupefied with terror, he was brought before the chiefs, who reassured him, promising that his

olyphemus, bearing an immense bundle of firewood, which he threw down before the cavern’s mouth. He then drove into the cave t

his flock as usual. After milking them and making his arrangements as before , he seized two more of Ulysses’ companions and da

d his missile, but waited till they had reached a safer distance than before . The giant answered them with curses, but Ulysses

ir winds to blow the barks towards their country. Nine days they sped before the wind, and all that time Ulysses had stood at

e, in “head, body, voice, and bristles,” yet with their intellects as before . She shut them in her sties and supplied them wit

binding the girdle around him, he swam. Minerva smoothed the billows before him and sent him a wind that rolled the waves tow

him at a crisis. Breaking off a leafy branch from a tree, he held it before him and stepped out from the thicket. The virgins

he country, king, and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulysses, before entering the court-yard of the palace, stood and

nce his own son to make room for the stranger. Food and wine were set before him and he ate and refreshed himself. The king th

ought Eumæus to learn something of the state of affairs at the palace before presenting himself among the suitors. Finding a s

s sight, in punishment of his cruelty; and whenever a meal was placed before him the Harpies darted down from the air and carr

, raised his head above the waves, and saw the fleet of Æneas driving before the gale. Knowing the hostility of Juno, he was a

eprimand. He then soothed the waves, and brushed away the clouds from before the face of the sun. Some of the ships which had

ections of the Sibyl. His mother, Venus, sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance

our career!” To which Æneas replied, “O father! your image was always before me to guide and guard me.” Then he endeavored to

e, but his arms enclosed only an unsubstantial image. Æneas perceived before him a spacious valley, with trees gently waving t

nd told his son of the events that remained to him to be accomplished before the complete establishment of himself and his fol

d at a later date. In the reign of one of the Tarquins there appeared before the king a woman who offered him nine books for s

turned and asked for the three remaining the same price which she had before asked for the nine, his curiosity was excited, an

ed the Trojans with dire sufferings. In particular she predicted that before their wanderings ceased they should be pressed by

ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard. To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth, asked ages more. Thus ge

saying that “every thing has its enemy” — and the cockatrice quailed before the weasel. The basilisk might look daggers, the

e you see in the fire is a salamander; such a one as never was beheld before to my knowledge.’ So saying he embraced me, and g

the hour your Arabs came To desecrate our shrines of flame, And swear before God’s burning eye, To break our country’s chains

ct to the number of his worshippers and the extension of his worship, before either of the others. In the Puranas (the scriptu

d to his birth, it is inferred that he lived about one thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a king; and when in con

he usage of the country he was, a few days after his birth, presented before the altar of a deity, the image is said to have i

o wolves, Geri and Freki, to whom Odin gives all the meat that is set before him, for he himself stands in no need of food. Me

ng countenance. The wolf Fenris gave the gods a great deal of trouble before they succeeded in chaining him. He broke the stro

provisions into one wallet, threw it over his shoulder, and strode on before them, taking such tremendous strides that they we

ing a third blow, it should settle all matters between them. A little before daybreak he perceived that Skrymir was again fast

for us to get up and dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the city called Utgard. I have heard you w

p of it. On arriving they entered the city, and seeing a large palace before them with the door wide open, they went in, and f

ous stature, sitting on benches in the hall. Going further, they came before the king, Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with gre

n from his mouth, it seemed to him that he had drunk rather less than before , although the horn could now be carried without s

rs. In the first, Loki, like hunger itself, devoured all that was set before him, but Logi was in reality nothing else than Fi

t the bridge asked him his name and lineage, telling him that the day before five bands of dead persons had ridden over the br

ion the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surtur, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onwa

ate, all crimes against person or property, were at this time brought before them for adjudication. With these judicial acts w

on and Pegasus. [Relief: Roscher 5: 762.] 81. Battle with the Amazons before Troy. [Relief on sarcophagus: Roscher 2: 279.] 82

f Briseis. [Pomp, wall painting: Roscher 5: 820.] 96. Hector fighting before the Ships. [Gem: Roscher 12: 1921.] 97. Ransom of

tus 6. Gladstone’s Map of the Outer Geography of the Odyssey 7. Italy before the Growth of Rome List of Full-page Engraving

glish masterpieces and in the critical estimate of æsthetic qualities before acquainting them with the commonplace facts and f

f reference in his further English, Latin, or Greek studies, be clear before the end of his course. The masterpieces mentioned

a Jotham when the Israelites were still under the Judges, 1200 years before Christ, or by Christ himself in the days of the m

believe both sets of attributes, he preserved his religious attitude before the good god, only by virtue of rejecting the sen

expounder. Among the ancients Theagenes of Rhegium, six hundred years before Christ, suggested the allegorical theory and meth

so unexplained the existence of certain myths in Egypt many centuries before India had any known history: such as, in all prob

s themselves. Against Heaven this horror lifted himself; but quailing before the thunderbolt of Jove, he too descended to Tart

ces of war, Mars is, of course, not always successful. In the battles before Troy, Minerva and Juno bring him more than once t

fell in Lemnos, and little life was left in me.” Had he not been lame before , he had good reason to limp after either of these

at slew, with arrows, weapons which the god of the silver bow had not before used against any but feeble animals, — hares, wil

nigh Where a weary man might lay him down and die, Lo! thou art there before me suddenly, With shade as if a summer cloud did

golden-maned. They drew his chariot over the sea, which became smooth before him, while dolphins and other monsters of the dee

d afar, exceeding even the sweet perfume of the meadows. And he stood before the feet of fair Europa, and kept licking her nec

e heard the Mygdonian flute uttering a dulcet sound. He bowed himself before her feet, and, bending back his neck, he gazed on

sea, as he came, grew smooth, and the sea-monsters gambolled around, before the feet of Jupiter; and the dolphin rejoiced, an

nd husbands, old men and youths, perished alike unlamented. “Standing before the altar, I raised my eyes to Heaven. ‘O Jupiter

rustled, though no wind agitated them. Night came on. The tree stood before me in my dreams, with its numerous branches all c

as granted. When they had attained a great age, as they stood one day before the steps of the sacred edifice, and were telling

re meant as warnings from Minerva to her rival to give up the contest before it was too late. But Arachne did not yield. She f

hich the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He followed her close, offering at the same

ostrils poisoned the air around. As he moved onward, Cadmus retreated before him, holding his spear opposite to the serpent’s

bring Vulcan to Heaven by force that he might undo his trickery; but before the flames of the fire-god, the impetuous warrior

nom, of manifold sickness and death. The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy. — When the host of the Achæans was encamped

n the Greeks before Troy. — When the host of the Achæans was encamped before Troy, the king of men, Atrides, unjustly declined

at folly to prefer beings whom you have never seen to those who stand before your eyes! Will you prefer to me this Latona, the

veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the city. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the youth of t

d about — There lives not who shall pull him out from me, Rib-mauled, before he let the woman go! But even say I miss the boot

it be? — … Ay, he it was advancing! In he strode, And took his stand before Admetos, — turned Now by despair to such a quietu

n’s skin, and club. Sirius, his dog, follows him, and the Pleiads fly before him.171 In the beginning of winter, all through t

he eastern sky, where, beloved by Aurora, he remains gradually paling before the light of day till, finally, Diana, jealous of

her gentle darts, and slays him. § 91. The Pleiads,172 who still fly before Orion in the heavens, were daughters of Atlas, an

e did not see her husband. He came in the hours of darkness, and fled before the dawn of morning; but his accents were full of

vering her lamp — Scarce kept back a cry At what she saw; for there before her lay The very Love brighter than dawn of day;

same kind in a parcel by themselves, — and see that thou get it done before evening.” This said, Venus departed, and left the

ft as lightning, penetrating the heights of heaven, presented himself before Jupiter with his supplication. Jupiter lent a fav

arguments he us’d, and many more; Wherewith she yielded, that was won before . Hero’s looks yielded, but her words made war: Wo

r. When Pygmalion had performed his part in the solemnities, he stood before the altar and, according to one of our poets, tim

nto the air. When Pygmalion reached his home, to his amazement he saw before him his statue garlanded with flowers. Yet while

rcury persisted in his assumption of ignorance. So the twain appeared before their sire, and Apollo entered his complaint: he

cchanals prisoner, whom, with his hands tied behind him, they brought before the king. Pentheus, threatening him with death, c

tain head of the river Pactolus. Scarce had Midas touched the waters, before the gold-creating power passed into them, and the

gian realm. He passed through crowds of ghosts, and presented himself before the throne of Pluto and Proserpine. Accompanying

ou didst ever see her again.” Cephalus returned, and was as happy as before in his wife. She being a favorite of Diana, had r

e river Lethe flows, and by its murmur invites to sleep. Poppies grow before the door of the cave, from whose juices Night dis

the form of Ceÿx. Pale like a dead man, naked and dripping, he stood before the couch of the wretched wife, and told her that

y the mercy of the gods Ceÿx was likewise transformed. For seven days before and seven days after the winter solstice, Jove fo

of fire. “Lo! ever thus thou growest beautiful In silence, then before thine answer given Departest, and thy tears are

ng him to be mindful and constant, she promised to expect him an hour before sunset and, meanwhile, to communicate with him by

.] When Vertumnus had thus spoken, he dropped his disguise, and stood before Pomona in his proper person, — a comely youth. Su

nd black as a galley, Lazily coasting along, as the fish fled leaping before it; Lazily breasting the ripple, and watching by

llerophon against the Chimæra. Bellerophon accepted the proposal, but before proceeding to the combat, consulted the soothsaye

g her girdle, made sail homeward. Fig. 81. Battle with the Amazons before Troy. [Relief on sarcophagus: Roscher 2: 279.] Th

the daughter of Æetes; and with such success that they plighted troth before the altar of Hecate. The princess then furnished

be expected, with no success. Medea herself had taken care to escape before they discovered the treachery. She had, however,

s to place the brand upon the pile; four times draws back, shuddering before the destruction of her son. The feelings of the m

the father of the Attic hero, Theseus. Ægeus, on parting from Æthra, before the birth of the child, had placed his sword and

^ baring her ankles, Dashed into edges of upward waves that trembled before her; Uttered, anguished then, one wail, her madde

how distantly surging Deeps forbid, distending their gulfs abhorrent before me! ‘Comfort my heart, mayhap, with the loyal lov

away all trace of the solemn behest of his father. For, as was said before , Ægeus, on the departure of his son for Creta, ha

t Theseus undertook an expedition against the Amazons. Assailing them before they had recovered from the attack of Hercules, h

e I knew (how should I not?), though thy decree Had never spoken. And before my time If I shall die, I reckon this a gain; For

o avenge him on the faithless Eriphyle. Alcmæon engaged his word; but before accomplishing the fell purpose, he was ordered by

es! “Erstwhile, never a home hath roofed like generous loving, Never before hath Love conjoined lovers so dearly, — Never wit

he Trojans should fall, as fall the ears of corn when they are yellow before the scythe, — how because of him Scamander should

oved. “So,” says Catullus , “sang the Fates. For those were the days before piety and righteous action were spurned by mankin

f their kinship with Helen. They had, however, disappeared from earth before the Siege of Troy was undertaken. They are famous

flocks; and to him was committed the judgment. The goddesses appeared before him. Juno promised him power and riches, Minerva

This fair queen had in time past been sought by numerous suitors; but before her decision was made known, they all, at the sug

to sow salt. The ambassador, to try him, placed the infant Telemachus before the plough, whereupon the father turning the plou

lf one of the immortals, and knowing that her son was fated to perish before Troy if he went on the expedition, endeavored to

ized him and bore him off stunned and wounded. 96. Hector fighting before the Ships. [Gem: Roscher 12: 1921.] While Neptune

the chariot of Achilles, and led forth the men ardent for battle. But before his friend went, Achilles strictly charged him to

encumbered in the fosse to escape as they could. Patroclus drove all before him, slaying many; nor did one dare to make a sta

t for vengeance that made him irresistible. The bravest warriors fled before him, or fell by his lance. Hector, cautioned by A

rodigy, turned his arms against other champions. But none dared stand before him; and Priam from his city walls beheld the who

hilles pursued, and had chased his supposed victim far from the walls before the god disclosed himself. The Fall of Hector. —

g the chariot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body to and fro before the city. No words can tell the grief of Priam an

prisoner and a Greek. Stupefied with terror, the captive was brought before the chiefs, who reassured him, promising him that

lyphemus, bearing an immense bundle of fire-wood, which he threw down before the cavern’s mouth. He then drove into the cave t

his flock as usual. After milking them and making his arrangements as before , he seized two more of Ulysses’ companions, dashe

d his missile, but waited till they had reached a safer distance than before . The giant answered them with curses, while Ulyss

air winds to blow the barks toward their country. Nine days they sped before the wind, and all that time Ulysses had stood at

e, in “head, body, voice, and bristles,” yet with their intellects as before . She shut them in her styes and supplied them wit

e they in hopeless bitterness were fain To rend the oaken woodwork as before , And tear the troughs in impotence of pain, — Not

binding the girdle around him, he swam. Minerva smoothed the billows before him and sent him a wind that rolled the waves tow

of a higher class. Breaking off a leafy branch from a tree he held it before him and stepped out from the thicket. The virgins

he country, king, and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulysses, before entering the court-yard of the palace, stood and

nce his own son to make room for the stranger. Food and wine were set before him and he ate and refreshed himself. The king th

ought Eumæus to learn something of the state of affairs at the palace before presenting himself among the suitors. Finding a s

s sight, in punishment of his cruelty; and whenever a meal was placed before him, the harpies darted down from the air and car

raised his head above the waves, and saw the fleet of ÆÆneas driving before the gale. Understanding the hostility of Juno, he

eprimand. He then soothed the waves, and brushed away the clouds from before the face of the sun. Some of the ships which had

wn, gave to Æneas some intimation of the fatal event. Map 7. Italy before the Growth of Rome. Palinurus. Italy at Last. —

irections of the Sibyl. His mother Venus sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance

hy ‘ course!” To which Æneas replied, “O father! thy image was always before me to guide and guard me.” Then he endeavored to

ly an unsubstantial shade. The Valley of Oblivion. — Æneas perceived before him a spacious valley, with trees gently waving t

nd told his son of the events that remained to him to be accomplished before the complete establishment of himself and his fol

d the Trojans with dire sufferings. in particular, she predicted that before their wanderings ceased they should be pressed by

s two wolves, Geri and Freki, to whom Odin gives the meat that is set before him, for he himself stands in no need of food. Me

ng countenance. The wolf Fenris gave the gods a great deal of trouble before they succeeded in chaining him. He broke the stro

provisions into one wallet, threw it over his shoulder, and strode on before them, taking such tremendous strides that they we

ing a third blow, it should settle all matters between them. A little before daybreak he perceived that Skrymir was again fast

for us to get up and dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the city called Utgard. I have heard you w

p of it. On arriving they entered the city, and seeing a large palace before them with the door wide open, they went in, and f

ous stature, sitting on benches in the hall. Going further, they came before the king Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with grea

n from his mouth, it seemed to him that he had drank rather less than before , although the horn could now be carried without s

rs. In the first, Loki, like hunger itself, devoured all that was set before him, but Logi was in reality nothing else than Fi

to Lidskialf; and the gods in Valhalla returned to the feast: — And before each the cooks, who served them, placed New messe

t the bridge asked him his name and lineage, telling him that the day before five bands of dead persons had ridden over the br

ies Bordering the giants, where the trees are iron; There in the wood before a cave they came, Where sate in the cave’s mouth

ion the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surter, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onwa

queen, and soon after she died. He then married Hiordis the fair; but before long, doing battle against Lyngi, the son of Hund

. So, setting the ring of Andvari on his finger, and bearing the gold before him on his horse, Greyfell, Sigurd comes to the H

reyfell, and rides at the wildfire’s heart; But the white wall wavers before him and the flame-flood rusheth apart, And high o

dawn and the blaze is swallowed in mid-mirk stark and blind. … Then before him Sigurd sees a shield-hung castle, surmounted

e asleep, but Sigurd, throwing Gram at the assassin, cut him in twain before he could escape. Woe me! how the house of the Ni

in entering the cathedral for the celebration of the mass. Both met before the minster in all the people’s sight; There at o

for the Almighty (the Light or Sky) used probably thousands of years before Homer, or the Sanskrit Bible (the Vedas). It is n

hosis; Landor, Sophron’s Hymn to Bacchus; Swinburne, Prelude to Songs before Sunrise; Roden Noel, The Triumph of Bacchus; othe

Diana in Delos, she was seen and loved by a youth, Acontius. He threw before her an apple, on which these words were inscribed

hion. Ophion and Eurynome, according to one legend, ruled over heaven before the age of Saturn (Cronus). So Milton, P. L., “An

na may be the weary journey of the night over the mountain-tops, both before and after the Sun (Apollo) is born, in Delos (the

motion that springs up with the dawn, gains rapidly in force, sweeps before it the clouds (here the cattle of Apollo), makes

fine weather which occurs so frequently, like an omen of Spring, just before Winter closes in. The fable has, however, its mor

here he recovers Eurydice, but while he looks back upon her she fades before his gaze, as the mists of morning vanish before t

ck upon her she fades before his gaze, as the mists of morning vanish before the glory of the rising sun ( Cox). It might be m

the forest and her death would, then, signify the paling of the moon before the approaching day. Hardly so probable as the fo

sacred robe of Minerva, was carried to the Parthenon, and left on or before the statue of the goddess. The Peplus was covered

Jul. 2: 4; Troil. and Cressida 2: 2; Marlowe, Faustus (Helen appears before Faust). In Art.— Homer: the sketch by Raphael (i

d at a later date. In the reign of one of the Tarquins there appeared before the king a woman who offered him nine books for s

turned and asked for the three remaining the same price which she had before asked for the nine, his curiosity was excited, an

e-lā′üs, Pe-nē′üs. Note (b). — The syllable formed by a short vowel before a mute with l or r, is sometimes long and sometim

(4) Consonants have their usual English sounds; but c and g are soft before e, i, y, æ, and œ: Ce′-to, Ge′-ry-on, Gy′-ges; ch

os; and c, s, and t, immediately preceded by the accent, and standing before i, followed by another vowel, commonly have the s

s, Am-phic′-ty-on, Œd′-i-pus. Note (a). — But an accented a, e, or o before a single consonant (or a mute with l or r), follo

re a single consonant (or a mute with l or r), followed by e, i, or y before another vowel, is not joined with the succeeding

long sound: Pau-sā′-ni-as; De-mē′-tri-us. Note (b). — An accented u before a single consonant (or mute with l or r) is not j

120; A. and Hyacinthus, 120; and Phaëton, 121; A. destroys the Greeks before Troy, 125; and Niobe, 126; A., Psamathe, and Linu

a in Calydon); Laus Veneris; § 45, At Eleusis; § 46, Prelude to Songs before Sunrise; § 50, To Proserpine; § 105, Song to Pros

n could not be assigned to Prometheus, — unless they were made by him before the war of the Titans. 59. There is uncertainty

fter adopting, purified, or at least assisted in greatly refining it, before its reception by the Romans who multiplied their

tentively, these will appear to be delivered and related as what were before believed and received, and not as tales then firs

ounding hammers forged the inhuman sword; Ere hollow drums were beat; before the breath Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of d

ressed, The law of man was written in his breast; No suppliant crowds before the judge appeared, No court erected yet, nor cau

e watery plain.     Then landmarks limited to each his right; For all before was common as the light: Nor was the ground alone

ace, When pomp shall in a long procession pass; Wreathed on the posts before his palace wait, And be the sacred guardian of th

crime, her divine mistress changed her into a bear. This however was before “The veiled Dian lost her lonely sphere, And her

em sweet, And bless thy dainty face whene’er we meet. “So let it be: before I lived to sigh, Thou wert in Avon, and a thousan

ed his fleet tigers through the buxom air.” Dryden. It was not long before Bacchus formed an attachment to Erigone, the daug

of the God, that they had proceeded for a long space on their journey before he awoke. Fully aware of his divine origin, the d

   A conquering! Bacchus, young Bacchus! good or ill betide, We dance before him through kingdoms wide: Come hither, lady fair

er image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img069 The goddesses appeared before their judge, and endeavoured, by profuse offers,

ly introduced himself into her temple, to offer his vows of adoration before the lifeless image. Hero, in pursuit of whom, Lea

rs, To Love, for heaven and earth adore him, And gods and mortals bow before him!” Anacreon. Among the ancients, he was wors

as the trumpet’s tone,     Mine ear rings with it now. “They quailed before his flashing eye,     They watched his lightest w

id. Minerva when amusing herself by playing upon her favourite flute before Juno and Venus, was ridiculed by the goddesses fo

who instructed him in dancing, and in every manly exercise. His trial before the celebrated court of Areopagus, for the murder

slew the insulter. Neptune, father of the slain, cited Mars to appear before the tribunal of justice, to answer for the murder

Shewed the celestial blood, and with a groan, Thus poured his plaints before the immortal throne. Can Jove, supine, flagitious

d to give credit. Among this people, it was customary for the consul, before he went on an expedition, to visit the temple of

e stormy sea! Brother of Jove, and co-inheritor Of elements Eternally before Thee, the waves awful bow. Fast, stubborn rock; A

sty with this glad time. O shell born king sublime! We lay our hearts before thee evermore — We sing and we adore!” Keats. H

at Neptune! I would be Advanced to the freedom of the main, And stand before your vast creation’s plain, And roam your watery

person presented himself to cross the lake, he could not be admitted before he showed Charon a golden bough; and Charon was o

olding a sceptre in his hand. The dead pleaded their different causes before him, and the impartial judge shakes the fatal urn

g thirst, and surrounded by the grateful liquid which always vanished before his touch. ‌ ——— “Tantalus condemned to hear Th

course to Ladon’s gentle flood: There by the river stopped, and tired before Relief from water-nymphs her prayers implore, Now

er canes were shaken by the wind, And breathed a mournful air unheard before , That much surprizing Pan, yet pleased him more,

He was now as anxious to be delivered from this fatal gift, as he was before to receive it, and implored the god to revoke a p

of his wish, he now detests the power For which he asked so earnestly before : Amidst his gold with pinching famine curst, And

red isles: Now remote and buxom brown,     The queen of vintage bowed before his throne; A rich pomegranate gemmed her crown,

n-rein. And now a swan he spreads his plumy sails, And proudly glides before the fanning gales; Pleased on the flowery brink w

ty, particularly by the Romans, and were always invoked by the Augurs before proceeding about their sacerdotal offices. It was

eity, whom they solemnly invoked, and to whom they offered sacrifices before declaring war, to evince to the world that they w

those to Bacchus, Mercury, the Muses, and Apollo. The Spartan heroes before going to combat, sacrificed to Love and to the Gr

eatest statuaries have erected the most groups, and Socrates himself, before he joined the philosophy in which he ultimately b

ipated times of Rome, and it was the custom to pour libations to him, before commencing a nocturnal revel. Hymen. This c

blessings and pains. Governed by Destiny, she guides by Occasion; and before her marches Necessity, the inflexible goddess. ‌

ravished eyes survey him o’er and o’er, As some gay wonder never seen before ; Transported to the skies she seems to be And thi

Tirynthus; Juno, however, could not look upon him with pleasure, and before he was nine months old, sent two snakes intending

e latter, jealous of the fame he was achieving, ordered him to appear before him. Proud of his strength and of his successes,

s, as some report, carried him back to hell, after he had brought him before Eurystheus. Besides these arduous labours, which

his proper footing in his father’s house, and she tried to poison him before his return was known to the Athenians. With a ref

this danger, induced him voluntarily to undertake the expedition; and before his departure, he promised his father, if he shou

d dost thou doubt me father?     The. Perfidious wretch! can’st stand before me thus? Monster too long escaped Jove’s fearful

, and the nymphs made his company their chief desire. It was not long before the winged deity pierced him with his arrows, and

nting fiends to torture souls forbore, And Furies wept who never wept before . ‌All Hell in harmony was heard to move, With eq

e him to the arms of Eurydice, if he could forbear to look behind him before he reached the borders of hell. Gladly were these

rath prevail; In vain he lifts his suppliant hands, in vain He tries, before his never failing strain; And, from those sacred

ictory.     Now may the boundless love, that lay     Unfathomed still before     In one consuming burst find way, In one brigh

arred the sight. Tereus on a throne of antique state, Loftily raised, before the banquet sate; And, glutton-like, luxuriously

woe, Relenting, ceased her wrath, and stopped the coming blow. A mist before the ministers she cast, And in the virgin’s room

You standing as at Aulis in the fane, With face averted, holding (as before ) My hand; but yours burns not, as then it burned.

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

himself into the palace of the future hero, and as he paraded himself before the women with jewels and arms, one of them disda

assault, however, was ordered, but directly the army displayed itself before the walls, Paris challenged Menelaus to single co

uld not listen to him. At this moment a Greek named Sinon was brought before them. This perfidious man said that his brothers

anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img249 Fidelity was adored even before Romulus and Numa had given laws to their people;

on the same day, and their bodies were changed into trees, and placed before the ‌door of the Temple which had arisen on the r

thy own Thisbe; but one word implore, One word thy Thisbe never asked before ! Fate, though it conquers, shall no triumph gain,

elieved to have come about one thousand four hundred and ninety years before the christian era. In stories so remote, it is di

ns of years contemplating the panorama of Chaos, which was spread out before him. He then produced seven starry spheres, the E

ration of the Brahmins; he is considered the intelligence who existed before time, and will continue throughout eternity: he w

ear! Behold — ’ my swimming eyes entranced I raise, But oh! they sink before the excessive blaze.         Yes, son of Maya, ye

shes were anticipated, and his desires fulfilled. Nine days, however, before the sacrifice took place, the priest, prostrating

additional solemnity to the proceedings. These ceremonies take place before the greater idols, who, according to the negroes,

ion.] Our task is now closed; the religions of those who have gone before us, have been given with as much accuracy as the

d interest, and that a perusal of the fables we have been able to lay before them, may induce them to take a greater interest,

place a higher value on that faith, and on those truths which are set before them in the word of the One Great God. With the f

inute and useful investigation of the various subjects which are laid before him, the author would recommend him for farther i

hands the urn wherein the fortunes of mankind are wrapped up. Placed before him was a book in which futurity was written out.

r, being grown up, fought for them, and restored them to liberty. But before Jupiter released his father, he had usurped the k

stain The righteous laws, and fraud and force restrain. Janus himself before his fane shall wait, And keep the dreadful issues

ar, behind an arching figure bore; The bending concave form’d an arch before ; Silver the beam, th’ extended yoke was gold, And

o called from the pestle, with which the ancients pounded their corn, before they made their bread. Intercidona was invoked,

and was honoured with the blood of bulls. Sometimes rams were offered before the corn was ripe; and sometimes, garlands of ear

nkling the dew, and expanding the cups of flowers. Nox and Somnus fly before her. Aurora was not faithful to her husband. She

olts. During the prevalence of contagious diseases, the people placed before their houses laurel branches, in hopes that the g

flayed him alive. The origin of this fable may be accounted for thus: before the invention of the lyre, the flute was the inst

eserve no particular notice. The Egyptians sacrificed pigs to Bacchus before the doors of their houses. The goat was usually o

done son;” Eleus, because he animated his soldiers with acclamations before they fought; Jaccus, because he renders drunkards

gg’d by their horns let victim goats expire, And roast on hazel spits before the sacred fire. Come, sacred fire, with luscious

t Semele perished soon after the conflagration of her palace, but not before the child was born; whereupon Jupiter sent him by

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

Obs. 2. — The Ægis represents allegorically the Eye of Omnipresence, before which the guilty flee. Obs. 3. — The fable of Mi

, in the Sacred Volume, is called Nimrod, and styled a mighty hunter before the Lord . The second, was an ancient king of Egy

he offended father slew him. For this, Neptune summoned him to appear before an assembly of gods (on a hill where afterwards t

ous horses, called Flight and Terror, with the goddess Discord flying before them in tattered garments. Clamour and Anger appe

ir Of doves about her flickered in the air. There her son Cupid stood before her feet, Two wings upon his shoulders, fair and

ects of delight. Their love shot its roots deep, and grew luxuriantly before they were fitted for conjugal happiness. They sol

sprinkled the blood of the slain lovers upon the mulberry tree, which before bore white berries, but afterwards red. Pygmalio

were called after his name, Oceanides and Oceantides. The Argonauts, before they prosecuted their expedition, offered him flo

she has; which never could be more, Than to repeat what she had heard before . This change impatient Juno’s anger wrought, Who

mmands; Which did he not, their unresisted sway Would sweep the world before them in their way: Earth, air and seas, through e

h, air and seas, through empty space would roll, And heav’n would fly before the driving soul. In fear of this the father of t

See Fig. 34. Fig. 34. Flora. Flora was worshipped among the Latins before the foundation of Rome, in which city Tatius buil

ods essay, To hew the beams of adamant away. Here rose an iron tow’r: before the gate, By night and day, a wakeful fury sate,

heir sentry keep. With anxious pleasures of a guilty mind, Deep Fraud before , and open force behind; The Furies’ iron beds, an

s or destinies of mankind, when the dead plead their different causes before him. He possessed the power of deciding all dispu

d, except Hypermnestra, whose husband Lynceus, escaped. She was cited before her father; but the people, satisfied of her inno

name all the ancient deities. In general, the Romans, and the Greeks before them, adored virtues, passions, vices, and even u

iental languages. It is certain that Æsculapius was known in Phœnicia before he was introduced into Greece. Sanchoniathon, the

of Memphis, and brother to the first Mercury, and lived two centuries before the deluge, which period was more than one thousa

ries before the deluge, which period was more than one thousand years before the Greek Æsculapius flourished. Obs. 2. — The s

enamoured of him; but, as his repulses provoked her, she accused him before her husband of having attempted to seduce her. Pr

the vigour and activity of youth, although some assert that Æson died before their return. In a little time Jason abandoned he

he landed, he hastened to the court of Periander, tyrant of Corinth, before whom he laid his complaints. Periander caused all

the Bosphorus, where he built the city of Troy, about seven centuries before the foundation of Rome. His son Erichthonius succ

estor, regained their homes; but Ulysses wandered about for ten years before he returned to Ithaca. Questions. Who was the fir

retence was detected by Palamedes, who laid his infant son Telemachus before the plough, to see whether he would wound him or

um of the city; slew Rhœsus, king of Thrace, and took away his horses before they had drank of the river Xanthus, on which dep

about the Mediterranean, from one island to another during ten years before he reached his’ kingdom. He struck out the eye of

er, Hesperugo, Vesper, Vesperugo, or the Evening Star. When appearing before sunrise, they called it Phosphorus, Lucifer, or t

o his entering Memphis, during which time none but women could appear before him. This ceremony they performed with wanton and

s, on his visit to Egypt, ordered the priests and their god to appear before him. When he saw an ox held in great veneration b

heir primitive felicity. ————— Robed in purest white The magi rang’d before the unfolded tent. Fire blaz’d beside them. Towar

exhibits indecent figures; and deluded pilgrims prostrate themselves before it, and are crushed beneath the wheels. This temp

taught them how to worship the god. When they recovered, they danced before the image of the god. After this, they drank for

tellectual night; and, consequently, we see in the Sun of Revelation, before which its moral enemies, Doubt, Pride, and the li

d until long after. It appears that the Egyptians themselves had none before the time of Moses. This is indicated by his silen

these temples were also adorned with olive-branches and ivy. At Rome, before constructing a temple, the soothsayers chose some

e ideas we now have of the arts and mechanical powers, are confounded before such works; and we should place accounts of them

the gate of the temple, on account of an artificer’s having perished before his eyes — a fine lesson of humanity. Chapter

as proves, that this poet was mistaken, and relates, that a long time before , the same Amazons, defeated at first by Hercules,

pute, the most ancient and extraordinary of all monuments. It existed before the temple of the Egyptian Vulcan. Herodotus, in

tatue, the work of Praxiteles. When one comes to consult this oracle, before descending into the den where he receives the ans

ng down upon the earth. Soon after he was asked what he had seen, but before he had time to recover from the agitation excited

ed the second celebration of them fourteen hundred and eighteen years before Christ. At length, Hercules, on his return from t

mself was compelled to prove, that he was descended from the Hellens, before he was permitted to enter the lists in these game

have transmitted them to us, were poets. Odin, carrying with him arts before unknown in the north, an extraordinary magnificen

and small. He made heaven, air, and man, who is to live forever; and before heaven and earth were made, this god was already

I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie in lowly grave. Long before the birth of Odin,     Mute was thunderous ocean’

ich England was first peopled, it is probable that Gaul was inhabited before it was. It is natural to suppose that men venture

s lost in the remotest antiquity. Aristotle, Phocion, and many others before them, describe them as men among the wisest and m

of the country. Their rank was superior to that of nobles. All bowed before them; and it was to their care that the education

hey could not have learned from Pythagoras, since they taught it long before that philosopher travelled into Gaul. From time i

usly offered a sacrifice of bread and wine. The vervain was collected before sunrise on the first day of the dog-star, after o

s this is the case, it might have appeared more natural to the source before the stream; to introduce the young student, first

confined in the bowels of the earth. She wears a crown of towers, as before mentioned. She has keys in her hand, to signify h

fury of his father Saturn, by the address of Rhea his mother, as has before been recounted, and nourished by the milk of the

the winged thunderbolt in his hand; by his side, respect and equity; before him, two urns of good and evil, which he distribu

r, behind, an arching figure bore; The bending concave form’d an arch before . Silver the beam, th’ extended yoke was gold, And

after they had offered an oblation of wine mixed with honey and milk, before they began to reap, they sacrificed the sow. To

e Egyptians, Phenicians, Arabians, and Persians, adored the Sun, long before the Apollo of the Greeks was known. The Chaldeans

ng battle led; A veil of clouds involv’d his radiant head: High, held before him, Jove’s enormous shield Portentous shone, and

g’d by their horns, let victim goats expire; And roast on hazel spits before the sacred fire. Come, sacred Sire, with luscious

f men, women, and children, was obliged to wander in the desert, long before they arrived in Palestine, which, as well as Indi

he first ambitious conqueror, and enslaver of men; that mighty hunter before the Lord. Chap. XIII. Minerva. Who was

rawn by horses, which are driven by a distracted woman. Discord flies before them in tattered garments. Clamour and Anger, Fea

t, also, was a most magnificent edifice raised in honour of this God, before which stood a colossal statue seventy feet high.

sleep with wond’rous pow’r, And opes those eyes that death had seal’d before . Thus arm’d, on wings of wind sublimely rode Thro

time of the Trojan War, and reigned over the Eolian islands, called, before , the Vulcanian. Eolus possessing penetration and

tted one of their first ornaments, called the Bulla, it was deposited before the feet of these domestic Deities. During the pu

the beautiful plains surrounding the lake Acherusa, near Memphis. But before the corpse was thus wafted over the river, a trib

was thus wafted over the river, a tribunal of forty judges assembled, before whom, any, who thought themselves injured by the

incarnation of Vishnu, imagined to have taken place a thousand years before our Lord Jesus Christ, in order to put an end to

the nature of the Egyptian Mythology? The ancient Egyptian Mythology, before it was debased and corrupted, appears to have tau

r primitive felicity. ———————— Robed in purest white The magi rang’d before the unfolded tent. Fire blaz’d beside them. Towar

history of Odin? According to Scandinavian mythology, Giants existed before the Gods: who were supposed to be born, to reign,

ho, after the ruin of Mithridates, with whom he was in alliance, fled before the victorious arms of Pompey, and established hi

s tribes he subdued, and introduced conveniences unknown amongst them before , he was also worshiped as the god of arts and sci

candinavian mythology. It speaks of the giants, as existing in chaos, before the earth. It describes the palace of Odin, the V

whose wings proceed the winds; and Svalin, who holds a curious shield before the sun, to prevent the hills from being burnt, a

I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie in lowly grave. Long before the birth of Odin,     Mute was thunderous ocean’

intended for religious purposes. It was held in great veneration long before the birth of Mahomet. The Arabian writers describ

ave supposed that Saturn was no other than Nimrod, that mighty hunter before the Lord, who first usurped arbitrary power over

ods essay, To hew the beams of adamant away. Here rose an iron tow’r: before the gate, By night and day, a wakeful fury sate,

marked as they are in the Index, and if we were to use k instead of c before e and i, writing for instance Kimôn and Kephalos

ong duration, the stream of history having to run a considerable way, before it can completely work off the marvellous and the

system in which they are placed ; for the single mythes existed long before the system, and were the product of other minds t

seems to us to be more correct than any preceding one, we will lay it before our readers152. The six sons and six daughters of

s Eôs drives a four-horsed car. Night, the moon, and the stars retire before her. Sometimes she is winged, at other times not.

ime of new moon the wealthy persons used to send suppers to be placed before her, which the poor would then come and eat, sayi

simple abode, and the homely fare, though their best, which they set before their celestial guests, whose quality was at leng

in life. Their prayer was granted, and as they were one day standing before the temple, they were suddenly changed into an oa

ey. It is in fact surprising, that men who had such a dreary prospect before them should not have been more attached to life,

ted his place of bliss or of pain to each of the dead who was brought before their tribunal476. The river of Oblivion (ὁ τῆς λ

e priestess then loosed it ; it was washed ; a kind of cakes were set before it, and it was brought back to the temple524. In

Bœotia, to which the Platæans repaired, and setting some dressed meat before it, and watching the ravens, marked which of them

Ares. Her father killed the offender, and he was summoned by Poseidôn before a court of justice for the murder. The trial was

of Amphiôn, proud of her numerous offspring, ventured to set herself before Leto : the offended goddess called upon her child

ses of Eileithyia ; the sky gives back the joyful cry ; and Delos, as before , becomes invested in gold. In the Homeridian hymn

for fear of injuring her beauty had flung away, contended with Apollo before the Muses, and was by him flayed for his temerity

common to the Achæan race, and well known on the coasts of Asia long before the Dorian migration, the critic is forced to hav

n of a Dorian colony having left the mountains of Thessaly many years before the Trojan war, and carried the Apollo-religion t

streets and roads (ἀγυιαί). Stone-pillars with pointed heads, placed before the doors of the houses, were the images of the g

philosopher then leading them to the other spring did as he had done before  ; and instantly another Love, similar to the firs

he flesh and the free-will : she is the youngest, because the body is before the mind ; and she is the fairest, because the so

error in its prison the body. Hence trials and purifications are set before it, that it may become capable of a higher view o

d her swollen cheeks, she went to a fountain on Mount Ida, and played before the liquid mirror. Satisfied that the goddesses h

ulls him out of his cradle, and they agree to go and argue the matter before Zeus. Arrived in Olympos, Apollo relates the thef

the wonders of the night were narrated to Keleos, who laid the matter before the people, and the temple was speedily raised. T

hom she has injured : but Ate is strong and firm-footed, and gets far before them, afflicting men whom they afterwards heal. E

ughter of Cadmos (a name which does not occur in the Ilias), ‘who had before been a speaking mortal, but was now allotted the

was wont to visit Hera. An unwary promise was thus drawn from the god before he knew what he was required to perform ; and he

concede that the contagion had secretly insinuated itself into Greece before the time of Pythagoras ? But it is not without re

h direct that those who have committed manslaughter should be brought before the King of the Sacred Affairs, and being absolve

ommenced perhaps a century or two after Homer, and completed a little before the time of Onomacritus1135.” It is needless to r

Pan under the Acropolis, and offered him annual sacrifices1170. Long before this time the Grecian and Egyptian systems of rel

requently ‘blessed the bed’ of heroes ; and many a warrior who fought before Troy could boast descent from a Nais or a Nereïs.

of forms, but in vain : he was obliged to instruct him how to proceed before the hero would release him1249. He also foretold

gs at the ship of Odysseus was ‘the top of a great hill,’ and falling before the vessel it drove her back to the shore ; the s

bode, nor can any island answering to that of the Odyssey, stretching before a harbour, be shown in it. If the little islet of

p in a bag of ox-hide. For nine days and nights the ships ran merrily before the wind : on the tenth they were within sight of

xplore her residence, had tasted of the drugged draught which she set before them, she struck them with her wand, and immediat

way. When however the Greeks settled in Sicily, they named the islet before the port of Syracuse Ortygia ; and the tongue of

aven in the time of the second or silver race. Earth covers each race before its successor is made. Aratus expressly says that

it themselves, they put it on the back of an ass, and let him trot on before them. It was summer time, and the ass quite overc

abide shunning the earth. Hope alone remained, as he let down the lid before she had escaped1486. Such is what may be regarded

upposition of that of the Pelasgians, that is of the people of Greece before the Achæan period, having been chiefly of a rural

inquirer an eager and a delightful chase after the forms which float before him in the distance, but fade into mist when he a

manner in which she contrived to destroy Pelias ; for it is said that before the Argo came to Iolcos Medeia landed secretly on

d to Zeus. Compelled by his people Athamas reluctantly placed his son before the altar ; but Nephele snatched away both her so

rse of Œdipûs on his sons had the following origin. Polyneices placed before his father a silver table which had belonged to C

for him ; but when he perceived the heir-looms of his family thus set before him, he raised his hands and prayed that his sons

is golden staff ; and he alone of the dead recognises the mortal hero before he has tasted the blood ; of which, however, he d

and Pelion on Ossa, in order to scale heaven, but Apollo killed them before the down had grown on their cheeks1720. Thus far

to the city, and ordered him to announce the performance of his tasks before the gates. Some even say that the terror of Eurys

the Centaur, the son of Silenos and the nymph Melia. The Centaur set before his guest roast meat, though he himself fared on

t denied that he had promised anything, and offered to lay the matter before judges. When the cause was tried, Phyleus honestl

nestly gave testimony against his father ; and Augeas in a rage, even before the votes had been given, ordered both his son an

Actæos). He has one son, Mildew (Erysichthon), who dies childless and before himself ; and three daughters, Field-dwelling (Ag

ground and killed. Theseus, on being challenged, though he had never before attempted such a feat, held down the tree with ea

us. When they arrived in Crete, the youths and maidens were exhibited before Minôs ; and Ariadne the daughter of the king, who

soil. We see therefore that the physical legend may have existed long before there was any intercourse with the great land of

s, having offended the Nereïdes by her presumption in setting herself before them in point of beauty, Poseidôn sympathized wit

unlooked-for fulfilment of the oracle, Perseus buried his grandfather before the city, and returned to the Peloponnese. But fe

htered a boy, and mingling his flesh with that of the victims, set it before their guest. The god, in indignation and horror a

 ; and Pelias, who never showed any regard for that goddess, slew her before it. The brothers afterwards fell into discord, an

have killed and dressed his son Pelops, and to have set him for food before them. Demeter had eaten one of the shoulders befo

set him for food before them. Demeter had eaten one of the shoulders before the gods were aware of the horrid banquet of whic

olyeidos, by employing the same herb, recovered the child2107. Minôs, before he let him depart, insisted on his communicating

hey appear in the sky, and beyond all doubt they were thus named long before they were converted into a hunter and nymphs on t

tellation Oriôn with Sirius behind him would be a hunter and his dog, before whom the Pigeons were flying, while the Bear, the

whom she kept concealed. This event had occurred about a twelvemonth before . The women seeing the Argonauts took them for the

orment him : these fell monsters came flying the instant food was set before him, carried off the greater portion of it, and s

It was night when the Theban exile arrived at the house of the king : before the door he met another stranger, Tydeus the son

ept Mæôn, one of their leaders, he slew2178. The Argive host appeared before the walls of Thebes. Each chief chose one of its

sign, and the following day he found the Zeus-fallen Palladion lying before his tent2196. This image of Pallas-Athene, we are

medes2208 discovered his artifice by placing his young son Telemachos before his plough. The chiefs at length2209 all assemble

ction of Helena, and Tzetzes in three books put into verse the events before , in, and after the Ilias. To these later times al

ider the question of its reality. Of the number of ships and warriors before Troy we shall say nothing, it being the palpable

the original owners of the soil. These settlements were probably long before the time of the Dorian Migration ; for we must no

scientific product from epic poems and local traditions2241. We have before noticed the Grecian habit of supposing that their

of Agamemnôn and Menelaos appear to denote the long stay of the army before Troy ; Odysseus is apparently the Wanderer ; whil

more satisfactorily ascertained, than that of Italy having been long before the foundation of Rome a highly populous and indu

risen up, a babe in form, an aged man in wisdom, from under the soil before the plough of a peasant of Tarquinii as he was at

or Mars was also one of their deities ; an erect lance was the symbol before which he was worshiped. According to the ancient

not only for the sake of honour but from reason, both because he was before man, and because like a father he gives life, hea

sign at sun-rise the following morning. At dawn the people assembled before the doors of the king : Numa came forth, and seat

the former deity, for in the Roman religion she seems to have ranked before Juno. On the side of the Cælian hill stood a temp

the Syrians (Aram) or the Arabs (Strabo, i. 2.), the μ being inserted before β, as was done so frequently ; ex. gr. ϋμβροτοѕ.

. See Müller, Proleg. 209. seq. He thinks that this hymn was composed before the destruction of Cirrha (01. 47.). He also thin

y Dorians from Parnassus and Cretans from the island, about 200 years before the Dorian Migration. 619. Eur. Iph. Taur. 1246.

r. v. 92. Ovid. Ib.731. Others said that the anemone, which was white before , was turned red by the blood of Adonis. Eudocia a

t. Amator. 20. Nonnus, xxxi. 110. 111. This strange poet had a little before (xxix. 334.) called Hephæstos the sire of Love.

nd others respecting the mysteries introduced by him into Greece long before the time of Homer. According to these mystics (Sy

alia of Rome. 1097. Had the consul Postumius (Livy, xxxix. 8.) lived before history was written at Rome, and had the Bacchic

an monster bears a great resemblance to the symbolical statues placed before the temples of that land of mystery. In the pragm

′agus [Areopagus], the hill at Athens where Mars was tried for murder before twelve of the gods. A′res [Ares]. The same as Ma

m into the sea. He entreated the seamen to let him play upon his harp before they threw him overboard, and he played so sweetl

ally represented the confused mass of matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the world, and out of which the w

from the attacks of Nessus, the centaur, whom he killed. The centaur, before he expired, gave his mystic tunic to Deianira, wh

and creditors. Ja′nitor [Janitor]. A title of Janus, from the gates before the doors of private houses being called Januæ.

married Glauce, which cruelty Medea revenged by killing her children before their father’s eyes. Jason was accidentally kille

at Athens. Mi′nos [Minos]. The supreme of the three judges of hell, before whom the spirits of the departed appeared and hea

-God, see Mammon. Moon. The moon was, by the ancients, called Hecate before and after setting; Astarte when in crescent form;

r the name of Adrasteia. The Romans always sacrificed to this goddess before they went to war, because they wished to signify

                                    “… The gray Dawn and the Pleiades before him danced. Shedding sweet influence.” Milton.

t he was worshiped by the Egyptians, Persians, and other nations long before the Apollo of the Greeks was heard of. See Surya.

ranate, and the apple, the green olive, and the luscious fig quivered before him, which, whenever he extended his hand to seiz

to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; th

had under her special care and protection a famous statue of Minerva, before which the Vestal Virgins kept a fire or lamp cons