e goddess may have been ἡ ἀλθέоυσυ, ἀλδέоυσα or ἀρδέоυσα, and θ and ϕ being commutable (as θὴρ, ϕὴρ), the name may have becom

tated, invincibly impelled to ascribe their production to some unseen being , similar but superior to man. Thus when the thund

l of man, and the ready eloquence which at times flows from his lips, being referable to no known cause, would be attributed

ex, called Bulverhithe ; that is, plainly, Bulver-landing-place, such being the meaning of the old word hithe. But as this te

f the personages of Sacred Scripture ; Rudbeck35, who regards them as being drawn from the history of the North of Europe ; t

were, like the language and manners of the people, a portion of their being  ; and the knowledge of the origin of the one is a

the legends would not accord, the deities themselves were regarded as being different, even when they were in reality perhaps

this, if I mistake not, is the true origin of the tale of the Titans being driven out of heaven, and of the concubines of Ze

h the truths established by the philosophers, by representing them as being involved in the ancient mythes, which they modifi

ng to foretell the celestial phænomena, he obtained the reputation of being of a nature superior to man ; and when he died, h

The Hebrews seem, for example, to have regarded the concave heaven as being solid (hence Moses says, that Jehovah would make

e prison of the gods, and not as the place of torment for wicked men, being to the gods what Erebos was to men, — the abode o

he abode of God himself and his angels ; it was of immense magnitude, being …………………………extended wide In circuit undetermined,

ned the ‘embryon atoms’ which the Almighty employed in his creations, being The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave. When

n …………expanse of liquid, pure, Transparent, elemental air. Creation being thus completed, the Universe consisted of Heaven,

them becoming parents, effects children, the production of an effect being the birth of a divine child. Every cosmogonic sys

worshiped in Greece. Chaos139 (Void Space) was first ; then came into being ‘broad-breasted’ Earth, the gloomy Tartaros, and

ned to these early ages. The cause, however, was a simple one. Uranos being masculine could not produce of himself, and Earth

masculine could not produce of himself, and Earth was the only female being that could be united with him. The Cyclopes, that

are the hail, rain and snow of that season : Kottos, that is Smiter, being the hail ; Gyes, the Furrower, the rain ; and Bri

moon, and other luminaries and light-beings ; and the material world being thus completed, Kronos and Rhea give birth to the

rth to the gods, and Iapetos becomes the father of men154. Their task being thus completed, and the earth replenished with it

ween the Olympian gods and the Titans is merely a local one ; the one being the dwellers of the brilliant Olympos, the other

dictions and variations in his narrative give convincing proof of its being alien from the ancient cosmogonic mythe. In the h

he Aloeids, and the Giants against the gods. The circumstance of Zeus being termed King (though for another reason), the chan

origin of all beings. It reverses however the usual order, the earth being generally looked on as the female principle. We f

ore frequently than to other deities for obvious reasons, such as his being , as it were, the celestial shepherd or overseer o

d Phaëthôn (Gleaming). The claims of this youth to a celestial origin being disputed by Epaphos the son of Zeus, he journeyed

e age of this story is uncertain231, but it has all the appearance of being a physical mythe devised to account for the origi

ngruity. The foundation of the fable lay in the circumstance of amber being regarded as a species of resin which drops from t

animals. The Eridanos is said to have been a mere poetic name, there being no stream actually so called ; though it was afte

Latin Festus248 is the only writer who speaks of the car of the Moon being drawn by mules249. The later poets make steers or

of Helios, but another view of the subject made her his daughter, he being the source of her light252; while a third view ma

eogony, with which it is not in harmony. It has all the appearance of being an Orphic composition, and is perhaps the work of

hœnician worship. It was not improbably the circumstance of both gods being armed with a sickle, which led to the inference o

gods being armed with a sickle, which led to the inference of Kronos being the same with the Saturnus of the Latins327. The

served above, that man loves to bestow his own form upon his gods, as being the noblest that he can conceive. Those of Homer

the human form, but of far larger dimensions than men333; great size being an object of admiration both in men and women in

d352. The Homeric gods have all different ranks and offices ; Olympos being in fact regulated on the model of a Grecian city

Io he had a son named Epaphos. Many other heroes could also boast of being the sons of Zeus by different mothers. Of all the

whose quality was at length revealed by the miracle of the wine-bowl being spontaneously replenished as fast as it was drain

azed and deplored the fate of their neighbours it became a temple. On being desired by Zeus to express their wishes, they pra

, the worship of Poseidôn came from Libya to Greece, and (the Libyans being an agricultural, not a seafaring people) the agen

This seems to offer a natural solution of the difficulty, the sea-god being regarded as the author of ships, the horses of th

d of the subterrane region, the abode of the dead. He is described as being inexorable and deaf to supplication, — for from h

Hades presides is represented in the Ilias and in the Theogony467 as being within the earth : in the Odyssey468 it is placed

es its origin to the simple circumstance of the mortal remains of man being deposited by most nations in the bosom of the ear

g and speaking which thence arose, led to the notion of the soul also being placed in a region within the earth. The calmness

cture the West as a region of bliss and tranquillity. The idea of its being the abode of the departed good, where in calm isl

se usages and circumstances the idea of the marriage of Hera, and its being the cause of the spring of plants, may, we think,

arently is, refers perhaps to the chastity of the goddess, the willow being regarded as a great promoter of this virtue525; s

cration of the cow to Hera is also to be considered as a proof of her being regarded as the earth ; for in the religion of th

rom ἔρα, earth ; yet there is great plausibility in the theory of Ἥρα being the feminine of Ἥρως, anciently Ἥρος 543, and tha

frequent enough among the Grecian cities there to allow of reputation being gained by deeds of valour554. To the above tale h

god, a view of his character which we find even in the Ilias587. Fire being the great agent in reducing and working the metal

594. Alcæus and Sappho give it to Hermes, the celestial herald595, it being the office of the heralds in Homer. A poet named

en of Leto were Sun and Moon, there can hardly remain a doubt of this being her true nature. Φοȋβος Ἀπόλλων. Apollo. P

regard the tale of the birth of Phœbos-Apollo in the isle of Delos as being posterior to the time of these poets. According t

o the porpoise, and for his title Delphinios. The Homeric Apollo is a being of remarkable purity, and the poet seems to have

tural productions, and that its object is to account for the bay-tree being sacred to Apollo. Apollo, it is also said by the

os. Meantime Apollo met and took the fair prize from Idas. The matter being referred to Zeus, he allowed the maiden to choose

f the guilt of bloodshed, by representing even the pure god Apollo as being punished for slaying the Pythôn, a being of demon

even the pure god Apollo as being punished for slaying the Pythôn, a being of demon-origin, deems the original legend to hav

nthony in Italy, — without the existence and the rights of the others being denied656. Apollo was supposed to visit his vario

y, in the eyes of all who regard Apollo as the sun-god, or as a moral being of great purity, will be that this last is the re

trees, at times among the reeds and sedge of the marshes. At length, being nearly overtaken by him, she sprang from a cliff

was assigned as the reason of the cliff from which she threw herself being called Dictæon. At the rites sacred to her, wreat

d follow the course of the Sun I will overtake you,» at which the Sun being offended, turned her into a doe697. Another legen

ersephone in Erebos. This will also give a very simple reason for her being like Eileithyia, the aider of women in labour. If

rguments on both sides. In favour of the theory of Apollo and Artemis being sun and moon, it is alleged that they were early

is, as above explained, agree perfectly with the sun and moon. Apollo being conceived armed with bow and arrows, was naturall

n like manner have been regarded as the goddess of the chase from her being armed with arrows, or as the beasts of venery fee

ffering of ripe ears of corn, the ‘golden summer’, to Apollo, and his being prayed to as the averter of mildew and the destro

ct ; that the epithets and attributes of Apollo all answer to a moral being of great purity, while the bow and arrows are a n

od who sends death from afar ; that nothing can be concluded from his being a patron and protector of agriculture, as he is s

general ; that in his religious character he is no god of nature, not being a deity of generation and production, but represe

t represented as ever youthful and unmarried, the tales of his amours being all of a late age, and having no connexion with h

ship. Finally, great stress is laid on the fact of Apollo and Artemis being so totally distinct from the sun and moon in all

es735. At Dodona Dione shared in the honours and the worship of Zeus, being regarded as his queen736. Her name is apparently

t the secret of the goddess is to remain inviolate, under pain of his being struck with lightning by Zeus. So saying, unto b

goddess of the under-world refused to part with him ; and the matter being referred to Zeus, he decreed that Adonis should h

co-Ægyptic city of Alexandria. This notion of the mourning for Adonis being a testimony of grief for the absence of the sun d

n origin is so probable as this goddess. She is generally regarded as being the same with the Astarte of the Phœnicians. Ther

oming the patroness of marriage762. It was probably on account of her being esteemed the same with Astarte, the moon-goddess

He is always winged, and armed with a bow and arrows776. There was a being named Anterôs (ἀντὶ ἔρως), who was in some cases

Erôs continued always a child, was told by her that the cause was his being solitary, and that if he had a brother he would g

Erôs and the other Anterôs, but that they knew not the cause of their being so styled. Jamblichus, who was just then standing

ar deity of Athens. We may therefore safely reject the legends of her being the same with the Neïth of Saïs in Egypt, or a wa

of the powers engaged in causing the productiveness of the earth. Her being represented in the poetic creed as the goddess of

æ815. It could hardly have been from any other cause than that of her being regarded as the moon, that the nocturnal owl, who

azen prison by Otos and Ephialtes, where he languished till Hermeias, being informed of his state, contrived to steal him out

s the theft, and tells what reasons he had for suspecting the baby of being the thief. All this is, to the great amusement of

oath from Hermes that he will never steal his lyre or bow ; and this being complied with, he presents him with ‘a golden, th

be the father of the Arcadian god Pan848, and he is even charged with being the sire of the unseemly god of Lampsacus849. Bot

the gods, to whom we also find him officiating as cup-bearer863. As a being whose operations extended into the interior of th

acter as a rural deity865. Such are his patronage of Phorbas, and his being the sire of Eudoros in Homer ; the hymn in his ho

in his honour, which plainly represents him as a rural deity866 ; his being the sire of the cattle-stealer Autolycos (Very-wo

Zeus888 and queen of Hades. There can be little doubt we think of its being an allegory. Persephone signifies the seed-corn,

as the celebrated steed Areiôn ; and from the anger of the goddess at being thus abused she was named Erinnys899. It was also

s one of the many forms in which the physical fact of earth and water being the causes of growth and increase in the natural

esisting the temptation. As the best mode of escaping the calamity of being deserted by their patrons, they adopted the exped

full of the praises of the Eleusinian mysteries, of the advantage of being initiated, i. e. admitted to participate in them,

laced under their charge and named from them966. Order and regularity being their prevailing attributes, the transition was e

her parents were ; but analogy might lead to the supposition of Zeus being her sire, by some mother who is unknown. Hesiod10

s’ ; but the circumstance of the o in the second syllable of his name being short in this place satisfied the grammarian Hero

ysos. The idea of mere mortals, or the offspring of gods and mortals, being raised to divine rank and power, does not occur i

a-goddess Ino-Leucothea, who gives Odysseus her veil to save him from being drowned, was, we are told, a daughter of Cadmos (

ians and Thracians, and who was worshiped under the form of an ox, as being the patron of agriculture. As polytheism is not j

fore to find their prototypes in Egypt ; and Dionysos was honoured by being identified with Osiris, the great god of the land

they came to their senses they buried him ; and his daughter Erigone, being shown the spot by his faithful dog Mæra, hung her

ited to the care of plants, particularly the vine1122. Water and heat being the great causes of growth, we find this deity cl

siding over cattle is alleged the well-known circumstance of the goat being the victim offered to him ; his being in his infa

-known circumstance of the goat being the victim offered to him ; his being in his infancy conveyed to Nysa in the form of a

s being in his infancy conveyed to Nysa in the form of a kid, and his being worshiped under that name. He also wore the goats

After Voss’s able exposure we may venture to reject the notion of its being the same with Devanishi, a title of the Hindoo go

ented from clearly discerning by the obscurity of those times, which, being illumined by hardly any literary monuments, may b

laughter should be brought before the King of the Sacred Affairs, and being absolved by the judgement should be solemnly puri

, they found there a religion very different from their own ; the one being calm and cheerful, the other wild and orgiastic.

Marsyas. Meantime a dreadful famine ravaged Phrygia : the oracle, on being consulted, directed that the body of Attis should

nos and Dionysos and the Naïdes thus becomes easy of explanation, all being deities relating to moisture. Midas, king of the

; and while he was engaged in his pranks with the other nymphs, Echo, being of a very loquacious character, used to keep Hera

singing and his music, in which he excelled all the men of his time, being the inventor of the lyre and the shepherd’s pipe,

relates these legends to account for the statue of Tritôn at Tanagra being headless. He then subjoins, —  “I have seen anoth

sea weed and stones. He was heard evermore to lament his fate in not being able to die1270. This last circumstance refers to

or cannibal habits. Polyphemos was not of the ordinary Cyclôps-race, being the son of Poseidôn and a sea-nymph : he is also

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

herd, whom in his jealous rage the monster crushed beneath a rock for being more acceptable to the nymph of the waters than h

the notion, presently to be noticed, of the abode of the Sun and Dawn being in the West, which may have engendered a belief t

st of Latium was fixed on for the abode of Circe. The fact of its not being an island offered no difficulty, as it was assert

indeed it may be doubted if Charybdis is to be regarded as an animate being . The whole fable is evidently founded on the wond

eïdes. The sea-god Glaucos beheld and fell in love with her1398 ; and being rejected, applied to Circe to exercise her magic

h ancients and moderns to acquiesce in the opinion of the two islands being identical. Against this opinion we will observe,

elt originally, we are told, in Hypereia, near the Cyclopes1412 ; but being oppressed by that savage race, they migrated to t

nd returned on the same day, might lead to the supposition of Scheria being to the west of Ithaca ; for the abode of Rhadaman

n expression of the same nature with that of the ‘risings of the sun’ being in Ææa. Müller1435 sees in it a reference to the

violence, the two vices into which virtue is most apt to degenerate, being their respective characters, — and feigned that t

one : hence the cycle is, as it were, repeated ; but the latter one, being founded on reality, consists of only two parts. T

rt of the original mythe, which he regards chiefly on that account as being a post-Homeric position, framed with a regard to

aning of the names of his children, lead to the conclusion of Iapetos being intended to represent the origin of the human rac

and those of his sons express the qualities of the human mind ; Atlas being the patient and persevering, Menœtios the hot and

mer and Hesiod, and the species of knowledge ascribed to him, and his being the father of two of the celestial constellations

thus freed the captive monarch1470. The name of Prometheus led to his being viewed as the bestower of all knowledge on mankin

id so, but when Care went to give it her own name, he insisted on its being named from himself. While they were disputing, Ea

upport and comfort. This fable of Pandora is certainly not capable of being reconciled with other Hellenic mythes of the orig

’s bones. They were at first horror-struck at such an act of impiety being enjoined them, but at length Deucaliôn penetrated

f the Trojan war as a race very far removed from the savage state, as being well acquainted with agriculture, commerce and na

‘the Celtic’ present, are works of show rather than of real utility, being almost all altars, temples, tombs, or obelisks ;

tions of fancy : the third, commencing with the Dorian migration, and being for some space of time mytho-historic or history

expedition of the Golden Fleece1537. Another account is that Pelias, being about to offer a sacrifice on the shore of the se

where she married king Ægeus, by whom she had a son named Medos ; but being detected in an attempt to destroy Theseus, she fl

66, or that Hera herself selected Peleus for her spouse1567. Cheirôn, being made aware of the will of the gods, advised Peleu

ished. After this deed Ixiôn’s mind became deranged, and its atrocity being such, neither gods nor men would absolve him, til

cording to the earliest version of this legend, Eurytiôn the Centaur, being invited to the house of Peirithoös, got drunk and

entaurs having been at the wedding. Müller1603 regards the Lapiths as being the same people with the Phlegyans, shortly to be

odious to them, and migrated to the country of the Enchelians ; who, being harassed by the incursions of the Illyrians, were

y the Tyrrhenian Pelasgians, who, at the time of the Dorian migration being driven from Bœotia, settled on the islands in the

at caused injury to the land of Orchomenos ; the oracle of Delphi, on being consulted, directed that whatever was remaining o

ashed him to pieces against a rock. Ino fled with her other son ; and being closely pursued by her furious husband, sprang wi

ucothea, and Melicertes a sea-god under that of Palæmôn1659. Athamas, being obliged to leave Bœotia, inquired of the god wher

the tenth the gods Celestial buried them : she then of food Thought, being tired out with shedding tears. Now mid the rocks

obable that this poet represented these twins, like those of Leda, as being the one immortal the other mortal, corresponding

e is no connexion between them and the Cadmic line ; that given above being plainly the work of late times to account for the

had been exposed, and brought it to Peribœa the wife of Polybos, who being childless reared it as her own, and named it Œdip

to its exposure, had pierced its heels. Many years afterwards Laïos, being on his way to Delphi accompanied only by his hera

as his heir. Happening to be reproached by some one at a banquet with being a supposititious child, he besought Peribœa to in

ears Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence ; and the oracle being consulted, desired the land to be purified of the

umstances brought the guilt home to Œdipûs. Iocasta, on the discovery being made, ended her days by a cord, and her unhappy s

had not any children by her son, Eurygeneia the daughter of Hyperphas being the mother of his wellknown children. According t

Atreus at Mycenæ. Pausanias saw the ruins of it, and describes it as being of great size and strength. The son of Minyas was

regarded as belonging to the universal tradition of an impious people being destroyed by fire from heaven, — the well-known h

show, early made its way into Greece. Müller regards the Phlegyans as being the same with the Lapiths and the military class

he Thoughtful or Provident) is perhaps only another title of the same being  ; and as corn was preserved in underground treasu

ns, with a stone in Onchestos the sacred field of Poseidôn. Clymenos, being brought in a dying state to Orchomenos, charged h

Thebes ; but Heracles, having been furnished with arms by Athena, and being appointed by the Thebans their general, slew Ergi

s hospitably entertained by a labouring man named Molorchos. His host being desirous to offer a sacrifice, Heracles begged of

ode, he found him just on the point of offering the victim for him as being dead. Having offered the sacrifice to Zeus the Sa

the latter went to Dexamenos at Olenos, whom he found on the point of being compelled to give his daughter in marriage to the

, who carried off all the people to be found in the plain. The oracle being consulted declared that there would be no end of

s he had done those of Megara. Shortly afterwards the oxen of Eurytos being stolen by Autolycos, his suspicions fell upon Her

Tiryns. In order to be purified of this murder he went to Neleus, who being a friend of Eurytos refused to comply with his de

o accept it. When the term of his servitude was expired, he prepared, being now relieved of his disease, to take his long-thr

d the sufferer to heaven, where he was endowed with immortality ; and being reconciled to Hera he espoused her daughter Hebe,

nter continued opposition ; and Grecian mythology, which contained no being of pure and unmixed evil, but gods of mingled cha

rom the pyre in a thunder-cloud, and the object of Hera's persecution being now effected, espouses Youth the daughter of his

the coming of Alcmena to Thebes, and by the fact of his temples there being without the walls, — a fact which is quite conclu

r occasions. At all events he gives not the slightest hint of Cecrops being an Egyptian, but rather the very reverse. Elsewhe

elops nor a Danaos, nor a Cadmos, nor an Ægyptos, nor any other, who, being originally a Barbarian, has been naturalised amon

a historic sophism and no mythe1796.” Cecrops then is purely an ideal being , and the names of his family all relate to agricu

ρόκνη , фιλοήλα , Τηρϵύϛ . Procne, Philomela, et Tereus. Pandiôn, being at war about boundaries with Labdacos king of The

of against the offer of a golden coronet from Pteliôn. Her infidelity being discovered by her husband, she fled to Minôs king

f Thrace, who gave his daughter in marriage to Ismaros. But Eumolpos, being detected plotting againt Tegyrios, was once more

d to Megara, where he married Pylia the daughter of king Pylos ; who, being obliged to fly for the murder of his brother Bias

with a golden collar. Αἰγεύς. Ægeus. Ægeus the son of Pandiôn being childless went to Delphi to consult the oracle. T

to consult the oracle. The meaning of the response which he received being dubious1832, he took his way homewards through Tr

death of his son. Megara fell as above related. Athens held out ; but being closely pressed with hunger, the Athenians, accor

the unhappy stranger was dashed to the ground and killed. Theseus, on being challenged, though he had never before attempted

n-Ægeus of the Ionians, to whom Theseus evidently belongs, the latter being regarded more as the god of the sea and of naviga

ore active military character of the Ionian race. In proof of Theseus being of this race, we may observe that he seems to be

etween the ruling deity and the hero of the place, prevented Athena's being viewed as hostile to him, we may perceive that he

iphae escaped from confinement, he determined to fly from Crete ; but being unable to get away by sea, he resolved to attempt

t and the West usually passed through it, the voyage round cape Malea being considered so very dangerous. As might be expecte

. According to this poet1883, Bellerophontes, who reigned at Corinth, being about to undertake the three adventures above men

ing eyes all over his body. His strength was prodigious : and Arcadia being at that time infested by a wild bull, he attacked

ir Io, whose name was the occasion of a new legend of the mode of her being restored to her pristine form1911. And now the wa

their new monarch, and were called Danaans1913. The country of Argos being at this time extremely deficient in pure and whol

he Mantis would not employ his art without another third of the realm being given to his brother Bias. Prœtos now, fearing th

ertain than that he did not invent it, and it has every appearance of being a part of the original mythe. In such case the le

f Cepheus by an inundation and a sea-monster. The oracle of Ammôn, on being consulted by Cepheus, declared that only by the e

and one daughter. The sons were Perses (who was born in Æthiopia, and being left with his grandfather became the ancestor of

here was an altar of Dictys and Clymene at the temenos of Perseus, as being his deliverers1957 ; which seems to identify Dict

thenian Maid’, and therefore the moon. The mythe of Danae and Perseus being manifestly one of great antiquity and peculiar to

loss of his brother ; and Zeus, on his prayer, gave him his choice of being taken up himself to Olympos, and sharing the hono

rs living and dying alternately leads at once to a suspicion of their being personifications of natural powers and objects. T

llo2014. That these were original divinities is demonstrated by their being objects of worship. The Tyndarids, Dioscuri or Ki

ife when he was a child, for having done something unseemly ; but not being able to catch him, had stuck the knife in a wild

ed to Erebos2037. There can be very little doubt that this mysterious being was originally an object of worship, and that he

, the daughters may have been the weeks of the year (the round number being employed as usual), of which the sun and moon are

ilton uses a very remarkable expression when he speaks of the moon as being at this time ‘hid in her vacant interlunar cave.’

ologist2047 regards these twins as the symbols of foreign trade, they being the children of the sea, or of Bringer (῎Ακτωρ fr

ded the goat that reared the god, gave it to Tantalos to keep. Hermes being sent to reclaim the dog, Tantalos denied all know

hat he would lose his life through his son-in-law, or, as others say, being unwilling on account of her surpassing beauty to

ilos into the sea, where he was drowned. Others say, that Hippodameia being thirsty, Pelops went in search of water for her ;

egitimate title. This certainly does not contradict the notion of his being a foreigner, but it does not confirm it ; and it

g, and the brother of Niobe, the young green earth. The legend of his being cut up and eaten raw by Demeter2076 may denote th

ferent kinds of mythes arising from different derivations of the name being related of the same object, Pelops, i. e. the Pel

s, i. e. the Pelopians2077, may also have been regarded as a physical being , and the mythes above related may owe their origi

Hyginus. There is a difficulty in the Homeric account of Agamemnôn’s being the successor of Thyestes, for he calls him more

and he thus died2099. The bull which Poseidôn had sent out of the sea being of large size and of a brilliant white hue, appea

had no means of gratifying. Dædalos, the celebrated Athenian artist, being at that time in Crete, having fled from home for

e such tamperers with the works of the old poets that one cannot help being suspicious of all passages relating to them. The

med after their favourite deity. We regard this hypothesis however as being by no means probable. The connexion of Minôs with

named from her Ægina, where she brought forth a son named Æacos, who being weary of solitude, when he grew up, his father to

hey made him the associate of their toil2114. It is said, that Greece being afflicted with sterility and dearth, on account o

: he was childless : his vow was binding : and yet he was desirous of being a father. The gods took the hide of his only ox,

with their divine charge communicating his discovery to mankind, till being chased with him into the sea by Lycurgos, Zeus in

en the heroes were all assembled, Mopsos took auguries, and the signs being favourable, they got on board ; Iasôn standing at

ndous storm which drove it to the Syrtes on the coast of Libya. After being detained there for some time they proceeded on th

) launched it on lake Tritonis and thus entered the Mediterranean. It being afterwards proved by Artemidorus and Eratosthenes

e to Ilion he there celebrates his marriage with Helena2207. Menelaos being informed by Iris of what had occurred, returns ho

re sailing thence their fleet was dispersed by a storm, and Achilleus being driven to the isle of Scyros, espoused Deïdameia

e offender, that maiden was brought to the camp under the pretence of being married to Achilleus. As they were in the act of

eet made sail, and reached the isle of Tenedos ; and here Philoctetes being bitten by a water-snake, the smell from his wound

the surrounding country, and took several towns. Soon after Achilleus being desirous of seeing Helena, he had an interview wi

ectôr and the Trojans favoured by Zeus. The ships are on the point of being burnt, when Achilleus allows his friend Patroclos

ght be captured, Diomedes is sent to Lemnos to fetch Philoctetes, who being cured by Machaôn kills Alexandros. Menelaos mutil

ships. Diomedes then steals the Palladion out of Ilion, and the horse being completed the bravest warriors conceal themselves

the number of ships and warriors before Troy we shall say nothing, it being the palpable exaggeration of national and local v

243. But we have shown that the person selected is a purely imaginary being , a mere personification of the moon. Other names

the notice of modern inquirers, we will here give some proofs of such being the usage among the Romans. Cicero, when laying d

gods fathers.” We have not the same direct evidence of the goddesses being called mothers2267, but we will show by induction

cipline, Minerva cast her lightnings2299. It was named Quinquatrus as being on the fifth day after the Ides2300 : the ignoran

ed there. Another account2319 says, that a statue of an unknown deity being found in the Cloaca, it was consecrated to Venus,

104. Perhaps the Syrians (Aram) or the Arabs (Strabo, i. 2.), the μ being inserted before β, as was done so frequently ; ex

e. This last, however, cannot be fairly placed in comparison with it, being , as Rossetti has shown, only a figurative represe

ars. Commentators in general regard the Sons of God in Gen. vi. 2. as being , to use the words of Milton, ……that sober race o

tly resembles the Greek word for goat (αἲξ, αἰγὸς), the legend of its being covered with the skin of the goat which nursed th

f the fount of Arethusa. Welcker (Schwenk. 263.) regards this name as being ἂρι-θοῶσα. It may be only a corruption of Alpheiu

) considers it too dubious a term to admit of any positive conclusion being drawn from it. 856. Ͳιρ Μαίας ἀγροτῆρι κούριρ — 

s is merely an epithet of Earth. Hermann also makes Themis a physical being , rendering her name Statina ; while Böttiger (Kun

e in Homer which makes against Voss’’ theory, of none of Homer’s gods being winged. It is remarkable that P. Knight, who seem

eog. 15.) refers to II. xix. 116. 125 ; but that passage, besides its being in one of the later books, is liable to objection

o more southern countries, are described by Tacitus (Germ. c. 44.) as being of rather a mild and peaceful character. 1516. H

Rhampsinitus. Buttmann and Müller think the supposition of the story being taken from Herodotus, and told of persons and pla

. 54. 1755. According to Æschylus (Prom. Loosed, Fr. 128.), Heracles being hard pressed by the Lygians in the combat, and ha

us (Dion. Hal. i. 35.), was henceforth named Italia, Italos (Vitulus) being an ox in the language of the country. 1757. This

10. Tyndareos may be merely a reduplication of Dareos (from δααίω), v being inserted, as was often done. See Schwenk, 193. Po

. iv. 517. seq. ; xi. 408. seq. If Nitzsch's suspicion of iv. 514-520 being an interpolation be correct, Homer may not have m

and chaos, God we know, however, existed and called the universe into being . All that we, in our present finite condition, ca

as told by God Himself to His chosen people, the Hebrews, they alone being selected from the nations then existing upon the

ne is vice with the other, as beauty and ugliness of form or feature, being relative terms, are opposites with many different

nted unerringly to a First Cause, which originally launched them into being , and maintains the constant order of things and t

m, tied up in a bag, all the winds that could prevent his voyage from being prosperous. The companions of Ulysses, fancying t

was slain by Paris; while others again assert that he went mad after being defeated by Ulysses, and killed himself. Another

he mountain called Cynthus in the Isle of Delos, and this same island being his native place obtained for him the name of Del

ana. She fled from Alpheus, a river god, and was enabled to escape by being turned by Diana into a rivulet which ran undergro

slept and watched by turns. He was charged by Juno to watch Io, but, being slain by Mercury, was changed by Juno into a peac

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

piter. Aver′nus [Avernus], a poisonous lake, referred to by poets as being at the entrance of the infernal regions, but it w

is a thyrsus, a kind of javelin, having a fir cone for the head, and being encircled with ivy or vine. His chariot is drawn

ames sacred to Neptune. Con′sus [Consus]. A name given to Neptune as being the god of counsel. Cophe′tua [Cophetua]. A lege

ll′aros [Cyllaros], one of Castor’s horses. The color is mentioned as being coal-black, with white legs and tail. See Cillaro

f. A tale is told in Facetiæ Cantabrigienses of Professor Porson, who being one of a set party, the conversation turned on th

aughter of Air and Tellus. She was partly deprived of speech by Juno, being allowed only to reply to questions. “Sweet Echo,

s who inhabited the forests and mountains, the upper half of the body being like that of a man, and the lower half like a goa

′ion [Endymion]. A shepherd, who acquired from Jupiter the faculty of being always young. One of the lovers of Diana. Entert

joined, and either nude or only wearing transparent robes — the idea being that kindnesses, as personified by the Graces, sh

as a young woman giving a serpent drink out of a saucer, the serpent being twined round her arm. Hy′las [Hylas]. A beautifu

. A title of Janus, from the gates before the doors of private houses being called Januæ. Ja′nus [Janus]. A king of Italy, s

Penates. Lam′pos [Lampos]. One of Aurora’s chariot horses, the other being Phaeton. Laoc′oon [Laocoon]. One of the priests

olia. Le′da [Leda] was the mother of Castor and Pollux, their father being Jupiter, in the shape of a swan. After her death

r watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and

ghter of Neptune, who fled from Priapus, and only escaped from him by being transformed into a lotus-plant. Lo′tus-Plant [Lo

he name of the piper who challenged Apollo to a musical contest, and, being defeated, was flayed to death by the god. He was

of ripening. Max′imus [Maximus]. One of the appellations of Jupiter, being the greatest of the gods. Measures and Weights,

on as he touched his food it also was turned to gold, and for fear of being starved he was compelled to ask the god to withdr

ich he stood on were golden forever after. It was this same king who, being appointed to be judge in a musical contest betwee

, so that his thoughts could be seen. His bitter jests occasioned his being driven from heaven in disgrace. He is represented

esided in the meadows by the sides of rivers. Virgil mentions Ægle as being the fairest of the Naiades. Nan′di [Nandi]. The

one of the Cyclopes), Phorcus, and Proteus. Neptune is represented as being seated in a shell chariot, drawn by dolphins or s

a horses with which his chariot is drawn, the fore-half of the animal being a horse, and the hind-half a dolphin. Ships were

tal to Hercules. Nes′tor [Nestor]. A grandson of Neptune, his father being Neleus, and his mother Chloris. Homer makes him o

killed by Apollo, and the daughters (except Chloris) by Diana. Niobe, being overwhelmed with grief, escaped further trouble b

iana. Niobe, being overwhelmed with grief, escaped further trouble by being turned into a stone. No′mius [Nomius]. A law-giv

nd the Hamadryads were nymphs who lived among the oak-trees — the oak being always specially venerated by the ancients. The m

s his son, and sent him to Greece to fetch Helen, who was renowned as being the most beautiful woman in the world. She was th

[Pilumnus]. A rural divinity that presided over the corn while it was being ground. At Rome he was hence called the god of ba

r Iasius and Ceres (Demeter), the goddess of corn. He is described as being blind and lame; blind because he so often injudic

me of Dioscuri, the presiding deities of public games in Rome, Castor being the god of equestrian exercise, and Pollux the go

statue of a goddess that he begged Venus to give it life. His request being granted, Pygmalion married the animated statue.

ol is the oldest on record, and though he is sometimes referred to as being the same as the god Apollo, there is no doubt he

has a vulture constantly feeding on his ever-growing liver, the liver being supposed to be the seat of the passions. Toil, s

s, and were depicted as a sort of mermen — the upper half of the body being like a man, and the lower half like dolphins. Tr

far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets have said, For

ttentions of others of the gods, and notably of Mars, their offspring being Hermione, Cupid, and Anteros. After this she left

the first or second class. The word, Semones, signifies half men, as being descended from an immortal and a mortal. Indigete

all her precautions could not prevent Titan, the elder brother, from being informed of what had passed; who, wishing to pres

and in his hand, as inspector of the public roads; and with a key, as being the inventor of doors. Numa Pompilius erected a t

rn; the goddess of fire; emblematical of that pure vital heat, which, being diffused through the frame of Man, enlivens and c

was attributed to the preservation of this fire? It was considered as being so important, that when it happened to expire, al

violated her vows, nothing could save her from the dreadful death of being buried alive. What was the temple of Vesta suppos

vered his brothers and sisters from prison, made war upon Saturn, and being furnished with thunderbolts by the Cyclops, and a

of Jupiter? His father, Saturn, who reigned over a very large empire, being suspicious of his children, caused them all to be

n, again growing jealous of Jupiter, came to attack him in Crete, but being driven back into Greece, and defeated even there,

s kindly received by Janus. Exciting the ‘Titans against his son, and being again beaten, he tied with them into Spain. Jupit

principal names of this God? He was called Jou, that is, young, from being the youngest of Saturn’s sons, and from gaining g

rone denoted the stability of his empire; the upper part of his body, being uncovered, signified that he was visible to super

e attendant of Juno, as Mercury was of Jupiter. She is represented as being extremely beautiful; descending upon the rainbow,

and discerns objects in the dark. An allegory, expressive of wisdom, being always vigilant and guarded against surprise. Wha

ons, and the other in heaven. Proserpine was frequently considered as being the moon, and this fable might be intended to exp

with compassion for her hapless fate, Neptune secured the island from being inundated, and rooted it firmly in the sea. There

rily discovering the secret, was bribed by him not to publish it; but being unable to retain so great a prodigy, he digged a

odels of which, the silversmiths of Ephesus made great profit; which, being in danger of losing by the introduction of Christ

brity was in Taurica Chersonesus. This was infamous for human victims being therein sacrificed to Diana. All strangers, wheth

urning everything he touched into gold. In consequence of this, Midas being almost starved to death, entreated the God to dep

the raging thirst of the Israelites. Others have regarded Bacchus as being the same with Nimrod, the first ambitious conquer

the arts. What was the poetical fiction concerning her birth? Jupiter being tormented with an excessive pain in his head, app

a beaming lance; in her left, bearing the buckler, called Egis, from being covered with the skin of the Goat Amalthea, by wh

were given her, besides that of Minerva? She was called Athena, from being the tutelary goddess of Athens; Pallas, from the

ia, or sacred shields. What was the origin of these Ancilia? A shield being found, of a form, till then, unknown, was suppose

ield. Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, in order to secure it from being lost, caused several shields to be made, so exact

re daughters of Venus and Bacchus: they were represented sometimes as being three, and sometimes four, in number; named Aglai

style; instructed them in astronomy; invented the lyre: and from his being the first who paid particular attention to eloque

ptians gave him a face partly dark, and partly bright; to signify his being employed sometimes in heaven and sometimes in the

The first of them was the son of Neptune and Amphitrite. This Triton, being the trumpeter of Neptune, terrified the giants in

t, who issued from the sea, to assist the Titans against Jupiter, but being vanquished by Neptune, was forced to take refuge

rt of plants, but he was reverenced by the people at large, as a real being . His figure was that of a dirty old man, pale and

asts, which they called Lupercalia from the place consecrated to him, being supposed to be the same, where Romulus and Remus

nd named it Syrinx. Pithys was more favourable to the God, but Boreas being jealous of this preference, with his powerful bla

nals punished in the infernal regions? The Titans were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having made war ag

d Lacedemon. Who was Hercules? The son of Jupiter and Alcmena. He, being persecuted by the anger of Juno, traversed the ea

attending it, were highly ornamented by poetic fiction. The treasure being represented as a ram having a golden fleece, and

anaged horses. One of these Centaurs, named Chiron, was celebrated as being very respectable for knowledge and virtue. To him

sacred records of the Old Testament inform us, soon after the Deluge, being known in the time of Abraham. This was naturally

ed human capacity, good and evil, men could not believe that the same being was the author of both; and therefore imagined tw

aivaswata. He is called also, King of Justice. He is distinguished as being the judge of departed souls; for the Hindûs belie

e radiant Divinity, hardly inferior to himself in splendour; his rays being imitated by a boundless profusion of rubies, pear

s debased and corrupted, appears to have taught the doctrine of God’s being the soul which animates all nature; not extrinsic

is, and held in great veneration by the Egyptians. He was regarded as being the renovator and preserver of nature, who overca

posed by the priests on such subjects, were called Hermetic books, as being consecrated to Hermes, and supposed to be the eff

t as a symbol only, but as an incarnation of some daemon or spiritual being ; for when one sacred bull died, and another was s

was substituted, the people imagined that they still adored the same being , who had only undergone a new transmigration. He

the Bull, Aboudad, and they were combined together, constituting one being ; so that the man was the pure and holy soul of th

n elevated region, which the Deity had assigned him. At last, an evil being , named Ahriman, or Arimanius, corrupted the world

poisoned, and died. But after he was dead, from his left arm issued a being called Goschoraun, who, approaching the Creator G

of which, not only bodies, but spirits also, axe rendered visible; as being the first principle of all things; as diffused th

s, and was in perpetual opposition to him. Zoroaster described him as being the chief of the Jynges, the highest rank of geni

the sword, as the cause of death, were likewise venerated by them. A being , named Zamolxis, imagined to have the charge of c

ered, the Druids went in pompous procession to gather it. Every thing being prepared for the sacrifice, and the banquet under

Scythians was extremely simple. In its primeval purity, it taught the being of a supreme God, and Lord of the universe. To th

h they most highly valued. Thus it happened to the Scandinavians, who being fierce and fond of war, regarded the Supreme as t

ed as inhabiting a luminous world, situated towards the south; and as being destined, at the last day, to vanquish the Gods,

om they had killed in their mortal life. It mentions Odin’s steed, as being named Sleipner, having eight legs, and running wi

who holds a curious shield before the sun, to prevent the hills from being burnt, and the sea from being evaporated by exces

fore the sun, to prevent the hills from being burnt, and the sea from being evaporated by excessive heat. He, who at heav’n’

e temple at Mecca; which has been so reverenced by the Mahometans, as being one of the precious stones of Paradise that fell

recious stones of Paradise that fell down to the earth with Adam; and being taken up again, or, otherwise preserved at the de

e the great Pul, or Belus, who was deified by his son Tiglathpileser, being situated below the Supreme Deity, seems to have i

s, whose rites were most detestable and cruel; and who is regarded as being the same as Typhon; means lord of the opening. Ba

lad in glory; arrayed in strength; seated upon the throne of uncaused being : unchangeably possessed of almighty power, unerri

ed hilarity prevailed, and even the slaves shared in the general joy, being placed upon an equality with their masters, and a

ted on the earth without giving any rain, they said that the terrible being whom they named the snake or dragon was shutting

ular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mt. Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Del

ation the Euxine. Around the earth flowed the River Ocean, its course being from south to north on the western side of the ea

far greater beauty, strength, and dignity. They also regarded them as being of much larger size than men, for in those times

ing that the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and nectar, the latter being handed around by the lovely goddess Hebe*. Here t

a son named Phaethon*. The claims of this youth to a celestial origin being disputed by Epaphus*, son of Zeus and Io*, he jou

the love which is lavished upon him. The original meaning of Endymion being once forgotten, what was told originally of the s

ting sun once slept in the Latmian cave, the cave of night — “Latmos” being derived from the same root as “Leto,” “Latona” th

re it was long exhibited as a sacred relic. Chronos was so enraged at being circumvented that war between the father and son

dominions, his career as a ruling Greek divinity entirely ceases. But being , like all the gods, immortal, he was supposed to

ly the temple erected by Tarquin* on the Capitol at Rome. This, after being nearly destroyed by fire in the time of Sulla, wa

an, or purple land of the dawn. She is the child of Telephassa, — the being who shines from afar. But she is soon taken from

der from her society. Callisto was mother of a son named Arcas*. Hera being extremely jealous changed her into a bear. Her so

lizing showers. It was called “the sacred marriage,” and every living being was invited. The nymph, Chelone*, not only refuse

Thetis*, all the deities were present except Eris*. Indignant at not being invited, she determined to cause dissension, and

ng the Trojan war were attributed to her influence. At one time Hera, being deeply offended with Zeus, determined to separate

the element over which he presided, he was described by the poets as being at times quiet and composed, and at others as dis

, and Homer tells us that he was ‘of all the gods the most detested,’ being in their eyes the grim robber who stole from them

k place at night, consisted of black sheep, and the blood, instead of being sprinkled on the altars or received in vessels as

, who worshiped Aides under the name of Pluto, his other appellations being Dis (from dives, rich) and Orcus, from the domini

o whom both mortals and immortals were forced to submit, Zeus himself being powerless to avert her decrees; but in later time

the counterpart of the Greek Demeter, her attributes, worship, etc., being identical. The Cerealia*, festivals in honor of C

ersonification of the wealth derived from grain. He is represented as being lame when he makes his appearance, and winged whe

n of majestic appearance with beautiful golden hair, the yellow locks being emblematical of the ripened ears of corn. Sometim

to the battlefield, he was called Gradivus* (from gradus, a step); it being popularly believed by the Romans that he marched

ch. It could scarcely have been from any other cause than that of her being regarded as the moon that the owl, whose broad, f

th the parent State was kept unbroken by a portion of the sacred fire being carried with the colonists, to be kept forever in

vowed to chastity, a violation of which was punished by the offender being buried alive. The Roman festival Vestalia* was ce

and Irene* (peace). The Greeks recognized only three seasons, nature being supposed to be wrapped in death or slumber during

er son, Eros, to fill the heart of Psyche with love for some inferior being . When Eros saw the lovely maiden, his own heart w

transformed him into a stag. His own dogs tore him in pieces. Niobe*, being the mother of seven sons and seven daughters, pro

ce; and on earth no social gathering was celebrated without libations being poured out to them. No task involving intellectua

carry his thunder and lightning. The later poets represent Pegasus as being at the service of the Muses. He seems to represen

n shadow, which was reflected in the water. The object of his desires being unattainable, he, too, pined away from grief; and

opular. His comment upon the man made by Prometheus was, that the new being should have had a window in his breast, that his

rns, and goat-footed. They loved music and dancing, their instruments being the syrinx, flute, cymbals, and castanets. There

uilt and adorned with the greatest splendor; talent, labor and wealth being lavished unsparingly on their erection and decora

ing slightly to the feet, which, however, were not divided, the limbs being in no way defined. But the artists of later times

ed in the service of the gods of the lower world, ditches or trenches being dug for the reception of the blood of the sacrifi

apt to root up the seed-corn; to Dionysus, a goat, on account of its being destructive to vineyards. It was regarded as a co

r the time of Prometheus portions only were sacrificed, the remainder being the perquisites of the priests. The officiating p

n river he would destroy a great empire. Interpreting the response as being favorable to his design, Crœsus* crossed the rive

he Persian king, by whom he was entirely defeated; and his own empire being destroyed, the prediction of the oracle was said

. He was famous for his wisdom and his knowledge of medicine, and for being the preceptor of Jason*, Asclepius* (Æsculapius),

an of Polybus*, king of Corinth. He took the babe to his master, who, being childless, adopted and named it Œdipus* (swollen-

rown to manhood, a Corinthian noble taunted him at a banquet with not being the son of the king. He appealed to Merope*, his

vernment, agreeing to reign alternately one year at a time. Eteocles, being the elder, first ascended the throne, but at the

which swallowed all the people that came within his reach. The oracle being consulted, declared that the plague would never c

iven as prizes. The fourth day of every month was held sacred to him, being regarded as his birthday. “The story of Heracles

Damastes*, called Procrustes* (Stretcher), who had two iron beds, one being long and the other short. In the short one he pla

and maidens were exhibited before Minos; and Ariadne*, his daughter, being present, became deeply enamored of Theseus, by wh

nd Helle*. He afterwards married Ino*, a daughter of Cadmus, and she, being jealous of her step-children, resolved to destroy

ortunity climbed the tree and secured the Fleece. Their perilous task being now accomplished, Jason and Medea hastened on boa

an oath from all the suitors that, in case of any violence or injury being offered to the successful candidate, they would a

nuous calms, which prevented the fleet from Setting sail. Calchas, on being consulted, announced that the sacrifice of Iphige

nd thus ample preparations were made to receive the enemy. King Priam being too advanced in years for active service, the com

, Artemis (Diana), and Aphrodite (Venus). Several attacks on the town being repelled by the Trojans, the Greeks confined them

o had come to aid the Trojans. The third and most difficult condition being unfulfilled, all efforts to take the city were un

evil counsel, and were the more confirmed in their purpose. The gates being too low to admit the horse, a breach was made in

women and children, with the rich booty, were carried off, the former being destined to a lot of slavery. Among them was the

it into the eye of Polyphemus and effectually blinded him. His cries being heard by the other Cyclopes dwelling in caves not

r each centre one had secured one of his companions, Odysseus himself being on the last one. As the sheep passed out the gian

, slew the suitors. The joyful intelligence of the return of Odysseus being conveyed to Penelope, she descended to the hall,

ively a hawk, lotus-flower, heron, crane, serpent, and crocodile, all being symbols of Deity. Meanwhile it retained a mysteri

a series of ecstatic journeys in the boat of the Sun, the final glory being a blissful and eternal rest. The rejected soul wa

as Bel*, or Baal*, the Lord, and as Moloch*, or the King, these names being gradually set apart for separate deities, just as

ma, Vishnu*, and Siva* compose the later Trimurti, or Trinity; Brahma being the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the d

regarded as a reproducer; to destroy, according to Indian philosophy, being only to reproduce under another form. The Avatar

kedness, and to restore mankind to virtue and purity. Krishna* was a being produced, according to some legends, from one of

name is derived from the same root with the words, mind and man; man being so called as the measurer, or thinker. The worshi

clean animal. They think the soul will transmigrate many times before being finally united to Brahma. Authorities diflfer as

on the third the entire form, endowed with beauty and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of

h are framed with twisted twigs and filled with living persons. These being set on fire, those within are encompassed by the

rth over any corpse found uncovered by the wayside, a handful of dust being sufficient to appease the god of the lower world.

iscovered it to be hollow, and that “in the lap is a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound, that might still

h. Observation and reason afford ample testimony to the importance of being familiarly acquainted with the productions of Hom

d them to the practice of the most illustrious virtues. The heathens, being ignorant of the proper attributes of the living G

shut him arid Cybele in a close prison, where they lay till Jupiter, being grown up, fought for them, and restored them to l

attention, or violated their vows of chastity, they were burnt alive, being shut up in a subterraneous vault with a lamp and

, and therefore delivered over Pandora to his brother Epinotheus, who being seduced by her beauty, chose her for his wife. Th

d was the special patroness of virtuous females; no woman of ill fame being allowed to enter her temples. She is described as

or a heifer, with dancing and shouts through the fields, one of them being adorned with a crown, singing the praises of Cere

During the golden age, Astræa dwelt on earth; but when that was over, being unable to bear the sight of the crimes which men

, at the end of which the gods themselves buried them. Those children being dead of the plague, people durst not approach the

flew away. To pursue them, he rushed from the top of a tower; but not being able to keep himself in the air; he fell, and bro

ht hand raised in a speaking attitude. She is painted with a lyre, as being the inventress of harmony. Her countenance, which

sions, drums and cymbals were beaten to prevent the incantations from being heard, and thereby to render the power of magic i

es celebrated in the time of vintage; the art of squeezing the grapes being unknown, they trod them, and begged of Bacchus th

skill. Minerva struck her forehead with a shuttle. The proud Arachne, being overcome, in despair, would have hung herself, bu

memoration of her perpetual celibacy, and also the Hecatompedon, from being one hundred feet in width. It was burnt by the Pe

7 feet 9 inches by 98 feet 6 inches. Noble remains of it are still in being . The statue of the goddess, made of gold and ivor

between the Trojans and Greeks, Mars took the part of the former; but being wounded by Diomede, he hastily retreated to heave

n reference to the birth of Mars, originated with the Roman poets, it being wholly unknown to the Greeks and other ancient na

lebrated with the most shameful ceremonies. Juno, Minerva, and Venus, being present at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus, the

g.” She was girt about the waist with a girdle, called Cestus, which, being worn by a female either ugly or handsome had the

tly painted sitting on a shell, floating over the waves, and her head being surmounted with a veil blown by the breath of Zep

d upon her favorite, raised an enormous wild-boar against him. Adonis being killed by that animal, Venus changed the blood th

with her. The charm of existence was broken. She bitterly repented of being the cause of her lover’s death, and plunging his

wn workmanship, and begged Venus to make it into a living woman. This being done, he had by her Paphos, from whom the isle of

said to have stolen the oxen of Admetus, tended by Apollo. This theft being discovered by Battus, Mercury gave him a cow to k

e the only two passengers, who escaped their machinations. The former being forewarned by Circe of their dangerous melody, st

and Robigus and Flora, were the fourth. Robigus prevented fruits from being blighted, and watched over them to make them ripe

eaves, and a stick or club and a scythe in his hands, his louver part being a shapeless log. He was called Phallus, and Fasci

ears, hoofs, and legs, of goats, connected with a human body, and as being crowned with pine branches. When they met drunkar

head, and a long beard; his lower parts have the likeness of a goat; being clothed with the skin of a leopard. In one hand h

,” he deliberately replied, “It is best for all never to be born, but being born, to die very quickly.” His drunkenness being

ver to be born, but being born, to die very quickly.” His drunkenness being almost continual, was mysterious, and was conside

confounded with the Penates, but they differed from them, the latter being of divine origin, the former, of human. Some cons

n, after death, were supposed to become dæmons. They are described as being of superior dignity to man, but of a nature infer

when Cassius fled to Athens after the defeat of Anthony at Actium, a being of gigantic stature, with a black and ghastly vis

ottom of Spain, and worked at the mines of gold and silver. This work being done under ground, gave rise to the saying, that

wife was Psamatha, of Nereus, by whom he had Phocus. All his subjects being swept away by a pestilence, he begged of his fath

transparent horn, through which true visions passed; the whole space being filled with a heavy, benumbing vapour, never pene

tumgeminus, and, by the Greeks, Briareus. Juno, Neptune, and Minerva, being concerned in a conspiracy against Jupiter, Briare

g in hell the most burning thirst and the most griping hunger; and as being placed in the water up to the chin, with a bough

g that there was a volcano in Lycia, called Chimæra, the top of which being covered with desolate wilds, was occupied by lion

of Corinth, soon found him and brought him home. Peribæa, the queen, being childless, brought him up as her own, and called

priests adapted to their services. The number of heroes and heroines being almost infinite, it would be impossible to give t

Medusa. Perseus mounted Pegasus, and flew towards Mauritania, where, being rudely treated by Atlas, he turned him into the m

m this terrible situation. Theseus returned to Athens; but the throne being possessed by a usurper, he withdrew to the court

and is the Samson of the Greeks. Jupiter having declared that a child being about to be born, should have dominion over all h

k with such violence, that when she thrust him away, some of her milk being spilt upon the clouds, occasioned the milky-way,

a. It had seven heads, some say fifty, others a hundred, one of which being struck off by the club of the hero, another immed

giants Albion and Bergeon, who dared to stop his journey. His arrows being burnt in the fight, he prayed to Jupiter, and was

into the mouth of the sea-monster to which she was exposed; and after being confined three days in his belly, he cut his way

Castor and Pollux’s living and dying alternately, is founded on their being represented, after their death, by the sign of Ge

of Cyclops, of Methymna in the island of Lesbos, enjoyed the fame of being a fine, lyric poet and a musician, and gained imm

Juno, Minerva, Neptune, and Vulcan, defended the Greeks. The Greeks, being tired of so long a siege, pretended to retreat wi

been concealed in it, appeared with Ulysses at their head. The signal being given to the Greeks in ambush without the city, t

y during the siege, and wrestled hard with Diomedes and Achilles; and being preserved by his immortal mother, he escaped unhu

ce and virtue. Not to part with her, he feigned insanity, in hopes of being exempted from military duty, and busied himself w

e, says: “In the beginning the heaven and the earth had but one form, being mingled together by their nature; but afterwards

ons, the man and the man-bull. These were so connected as to form one being ; the man was the pure and holy soul of the man-bu

e, where he enjoyed perfect happiness for some time. At last, an evil being , called Ahriman, or Arimanius, having ventured to

d seduced from their obedience. The man-bull died of his venom. But a being named Gosohoraun, who instantly sprang up from hi

t Divinity, hardly inferior in splendour to the sun himself, his rays being imitated by a boundless profusion of rubies, and

aspect, the immense image of a bull, a symbol of Seeva, is protuded, being enclosed with a high wall, having three entrances

h they confer the appellation of Chandra, and which is represented as being seated in a splendid chariot, drawn by two antelo

ngs of pearls, and a dark blue complexion, a large bee of that colour being often depicted settling over his head. As to his

rse. There were at first none but irrational animals, rational beings being not yet engendered. Immediately after Mob, the su

l, immortal, almighty, holy, invisible, to-beloved, and to-be-praised being . Tez-cat-li-po-ca (the Shining Mirror) was the g

up his daughter Danæ. This temple was destroyed by an earthquake, it being swallowed up in a crevice. It was replaced by ano

er, that a wise man may believe in the truth of some oracles, without being forced to contradict or discard the ordinary ligh

alleged that the law deterred her from it. This prince, indignant at being stopped by such an obstacle, snatched the prieste

ormation in relation to the life of Trophonius, except that the earth being half opened under his feet, he was swallowed up i

through the outlet of which they made use themselves to enter without being perceived. Pausanias farther says; “I have desce

said she had already lived seven hundred years; after which, her body being wasted away by time, there was nothing remaining

olute master of Rome, wished to give still more eclat to his power by being proclaimed king. His partisans published a sibyll

e Christian religion. This third collection bore evident marks of its being , not a work of the Sibyls, but a fantastical and

r fights among men, and sometimes between men and animals, the latter being trained for this purpose. They took place in the

wned and consecrated by such brilliant conquests, as an extraordinary being , loaded him with great honours, and adored him ev

ingdom soon obeyed a son of Odin, named Sæmungue, who did not fail of being made the author of the family, whose different br

l that exists, the eternal, the ancient, the living, and the terrible being , the searcher into hidden things, the immutable.

adopted, as the capital point of their religion, the adoration of one being , omnipotent and superior to all created intellige

by men. As those degenerate people began to think that one individual being could not watch over all parts of the universe, t

to him: the wolf Fenris, the serpent Migdard, and Hela or death, all being enemies of the gods, who, after divers efforts, i

and frozen vapours were incessantly exhaled, until a breath of heat, being sent from the south, melted those vapours, and fo

general inundation, in which all the giants except one, perished. He being saved by means of a boat, escaped with his whole

e. The precepts of the Celtic religion were chiefly confined to their being intrepid in war, to their serving the gods, and a

to their serving the gods, and appeasing them by sacrifices, to their being just, hospitable to strangers, faithful to their

brated at the winter solstice. The night was called the night-mother, being that which produced all others. This epoch also m

tories which have left some vestiges, where the mind can walk without being swallowed up in useless and audacious speculation

their country, the bards descended from those high offices to that of being the flatterers of those who protected them, or th

to England, carried thither their religion; but that those islanders, being more reflecting, and less warlike, than the Gauls

s, so highly respected at first, and so worthy of respect, ended with being addicted to astrology, magic, and divination, in

el in their families. All the people fell at their feet, and no human being was above their power. How, then, could they deli

lled by the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophers, the one; this name being adapted the best of all others to a nature truly

united to the earth, and become earthly in an eminent degree without being earth, so the gods by their elevation are closely

First Cause, and by this means are transcendently similar to, without being , the First Cause. “These mighty powers, also, are

ntaining six feet; but the French foot is longer than the English, 76 being equal to 81 English feet.” — Webster’s Dict. 2.

ter part of February. The preservation of this fire was considered as being so important, that when it happened to expire, al

violated her vows, nothing could save her from the dreadful death of being buried alive. The temple of Vesta was said to con

an; nevertheless, ignorant people supposed that he was a supernatural being , and therefore, after his death he was deified. I

to complained to Jupiter that Esculapius prevented his dominions from being peopled, therefore Jupiter struck Esculapius with

or through fear of his power. They could not feel love and trust in a being who was neither just nor benevolent. Mars was dre

ma Pompilius, second king of Rome, in order to secure the shield from being lost, caused several to be made, so exactly like

ving by hard labour in a state of poverty. The fiction of the Cyclops being one-eyed arose from the fact, that when they were

hat mode of life did the Cyclops follow? What is meant by the Cyclops being one-eyed? What is Virgil’s description of the Cyc

for his benevolence, is not suitable to the character of a benevolent being . Æschylus, the Greek dramatic poet, in his drama

ek dramatic poet, in his drama of Prometheus, describes Prometheus as being bound to the rock by Force and Strength, instead

of the Iliad, describes the gods as having left the high Olympus, and being absent in Ethiopia. The sire of gods, and all th

ughter of Jupiter. The poetic fiction concerning her is, that Jupiter being tormented with an excessive pain in his head, app

initiation were accounted holy, and preserved as charms, that is, as being preventives to accidents and diseases, or malevol

ture without life cannot be loved. The gift of life to an intelligent being is only of value according to the degree of under

. See plate, page 73. Diana was the twin sister of Apollo. Juno, being offended at Latona, drove her from heaven, and fo

dels of the great temple, (probably for the embellishment of houses,) being in fear that the goddess would fall into contempt

celebrated at Corinth in Greece, were in honour of Neptune That city being the centre of the Greek commerce, derived its wea

The first of them was the son of Neptune and Amphitrite. This Triton, being the trumpeter of Neptune, terrified the giants in

asts, which they called Lupercalia, from the place consecrated to him being supposed to be the same where Romulus and Remus w

d and died. Echo pined away with grief for the loss of Narcissus, but being immortal preserved her voice, repeating every sou

pe, and named it Syrinx. Pithys was favourable to the god, but Boreas being jealous of this preference, with his powerful bla

terred, or neglected dead, wandered about for a whole century without being admitted to the joy’s of heaven. On this account

ed in the infernal regions, were the Titans. They were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having made war ag

sh, and haunted the neighbourhood of Lake Stymphalus in Arcadia. This being accomplished, the seventh labour was the taking o

ed to leave the place, and he took with him his wife. On his journey, being obliged to swim across the river Evenus, he place

hey first behold a man and horse thus coupled, imagine them to be one being . From a misconception of this sort, arose the fab

ping jaws, and then assisted him in taming the bulls, etc. The fleece being thus obtained, Jason, as he had promised, took Me

eus married Ariadne, and promised to take her with him to Athens, but being arrived at the island of Naxos, he left her there

took refuge in a grove sacred to the Furies. Theseus, King of Attica, being informed that Œdipus was at Mount Colonos, went t

pite of the orders of Creon, she buried Polynices in the night. Creon being informed that Antigone had disobeyed him, ordered

o a famous poet and musician, who acquired wealth by his talents, and being on a voyage to Lesbos was thrown overboard by the

battle ensued. Castor killed Lynceus, and has killed Pollux. Castor, being a son of Jupiter, for the children of Leda were a

os. Dædalus constructed the Labyrinth of Crete, but Minos afterwards, being offended at Dædalus, confined him and Icarus in t

an that Troy was a maritime city, and that its site was fixed upon as being a convenient abode for seafaring men; and the fab

tality and kindness: but Paris treacherously repaid him; for Menelaus being absent in Crete, Paris persuaded Helen to elope w

comprehensive view, The past, the present, and the future knew. But being assembled at Aulis, the host was prevented from s

Aulis, the host was prevented from sailing by contrary winds. Calchas being consulted in this emergency, declared that Agamem

y. The poetical account of the taking of Troy is this. The Greeks, no being able to enter the city, pretended to abandon the

rmed men entered and concealed themselves. How this was done, without being observed by the Trojans, is not well accounted fo

s and Clytemnestra soon contrived the murder of the king. The latter, being in need of refreshment, took a bath, and while he

shed himself by his ravages in the neighbouring districts, his person being defended by a suit of impenetrable armour, which

ent in obscurity and retirement, or a few years of military glory not being better instructed, he chose the latter, and Jupit

at Eneas was assisted by his mother, Venus, and by Evander, and that, being tired of fighting, the rivals at last, to finish

somewhere said that he was drowned in the Numicus, a river of Italy, being weighed down by his armour; and that the Latins,

nd uncreated; that he made all things; that the creation was perfect, being God’s work, and that he continually sees the secr

p, and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.” The world being created, was divided into ten parts, each of whic

f the sun: he is called also, King of Justice. He is distinguished as being the judge of departed souls; for the Hindus belie

e radiant divinity, hardly inferior to himself in splendour; his rays being imitated by a boundless profusion of rubies, pear

emselves upon spikes, and may be seen in this state till they expire, being a long time sustained by others infatuated like t

tly killed those who refused it; and the subjects of other religions, being unable for the most part to read at all, and bein

f other religions, being unable for the most part to read at all, and being unfurnished with the Christian Scriptures, cannot

centuries, the Hebrews had but one place of worship, and most of them being far distant from that, they adopted the worship o

e worshippers of Orosmades, that he was at constant war with a wicked being called Arimanius; that Arimanius was always endea

Tacitus describes the ceremony nearly thus: “Upon the 2lst of July, being a clear day, the ground upon which the temple was

divine mercy would accomplish what human piety had begun. This prayer being concluded, a great company, consisting of priests

(by the Romans) into dexter and sinister, right and left; the former being esteemed fort fortunate; the latter, unlucky. If

innocently persecuted. The altar was often adorned with horns. A man being accused of a crime or having committed one, would

cation; this act was supposed to consecrate the water: and this water being sprinkled upon the worshippers, was supposed to m

hippers, was supposed to make them pure, or fit to address the divine being . Catholic Christians have a vessel of holy water

the best quality that could be procured. Things of the greatest value being the most suitable to express the highest sense of

say much that is likely to interest the reader, without the chance of being irksome from its proving a thrice told tale: and

vidently acknowledged in their actions, of the necessity of a supreme being ; and a feeling, of which they could not disposses

feeling, of which they could not dispossess themselves, that a divine being watched over, and was the rewarder of their good,

ieve. With this we have nothing to do; the object of the present work being the endeavour to offer a brief and succinct histo

devour Jupiter, as he represents the celestial regions, nor Juno, she being the prototype of the air: Time, mighty and all-de

ements. Cybele, Vesta. This goddess was the daughter of Uranus, being the sister and wife of Saturn. As soon as she was

f Saturn. As soon as she was born, she was exposed on a mountain, but being preserved and suckled by some of the wild beasts

s saw and became enamoured of a shepherd, who repulsed her affection, being in love with a mortal nymph; and rather than subm

ele had confided her son, educated him with great care; but his cries being likely to call the attention of Saturn and Titan,

ent of their union was a happy one, and was called the age of silver, being an era of virtue, less pure, however, than that o

guished by the name of Ammon from the following circumstance: Bacchus being in the midst of the sands of Arabia, was seized w

eus, grand-son of Uranus, having deceived Jupiter, he was punished by being withheld from the element of fire; and to enrage

ld from the element of fire; and to enrage his sovereign, he formed a being of clay, of workmanship so exquisite, that it sca

ged at this daring, Jupiter had him conveyed to Mount Caucasus, where being chained to the rock, a vulture preyed upon his en

the insolence of her refusal, merited ‌the punishment she received of being changed into a tortoise, and became the symbol of

uno, was not productive of much happiness, the jealousy of the latter being a never-failing source of misery; it was this whi

they never belong to the expression of emotions purely selfish, lips being the seat of imagination. The drapery is finely co

oserpine to her mother, Destiny having decreed otherwise. But of this being , as possessing a place among the heroes of mythol

the brink, Stooped at the fresh repast, prepared to drink: Then thus, being hindered by the rabble race, In accents mild expo

yl. This was a female, named also a Pythoness, on account of her seat being formed of massive gold resembling the skin of the

King of Macedon, who dared to dispute with them the palm of singing; being overcome, they were turned into magpies, and sinc

transformation, they have preserved the talent so dear to beauty, of being able in many words to express very little. Insére

ed both to the sky, and placed them among the constellations, Calista being called “the Great Bear,” and Arcas, “the Little B

ood. In spite of the education he received through the medium of this being , however, the love of glory shone forth conspicuo

ten cautioned by his mistress not to hunt wild beasts, fearful of his being killed in the attempt; this advice he however sli

er temple of Euploca, at Cnidos, was the most admired of her statues, being the most perfect piece of Praxiteles. It was form

vate chastity; Basilea, as the queen of love; Myrtea, from the myrtle being sacred to her; Mechanitis, in allusion to the man

she commanded Cupid to make her fall deeply in love, with the ugliest being he could find. With the intention of fulfilling t

lling this commission, Cupid visited Psyche, but so beautiful was the being he came to see, that he found himself compelled t

ed that they had no doubt though the lips and skin of this mysterious being seemed so soft to their sister, it was by the pow

ring a light, and a dagger to stab him, should he prove the monstrous being they averred. The next night came, and Psyche, wh

Tighe. ‌For a time the nymph scarcely dared to cast a glance on the being she was so anxious to view; and stood half shrink

who can conceive her rapturous delight, when, instead of the fearful being she dreaded, she beheld one whose every limb, and

g, and took delight in rendering her miserable, who, not content with being taken for the goddess of beauty, had concluded by

ost beautiful of his temples was built within a myrtle grove, the God being extended in the attitude of a sleeping child, und

lancholy death to him who should find it. Marsyas was the unfortunate being , and in the history of Apollo may be found the fa

ew.” Shelley. We have already seen that Minerva, not satisfied with being goddess of Wisdom, claimed also pre-eminence in b

ace. was the son of Saturn, and brother to Jupiter, Pluto, and Juno; being restored to life by the draught administered to S

Mythology as that of his brother Jupiter. The place of his residence being gloomy, and consequently unbearable to those godd

whom she adored. The Gods heard her prayer, and formed of the two, a being of perfect beauty, preserving the characteristics

s having the legs, feet, and ears of goats; the remainder of the body being human; the lamb and kid were offered to them by t

of these plants, which is said to raise the passions and excite love, being sacred to him. The Sylvans, were, like the Fauns

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img128 Lycus, a mortal, being detained by Circe in her magical dominion, was be

oon experienced; as the spell desired by the nymph, was in the act of being pronounced, ———————— “I felt with a start, The l

fain had I followed, and plunged with that scream Into death, but my being indignantly lagged Thro’ the brutalized flesh tha

mphitrite, and was reckoned of much importance among the sea deities, being able to raise or to calm storms at his pleasure.

hree in number, and were companions of Proserpine, at the time of her being carried off; they prayed for wings from the Gods,

hile the remainder of her form assumed an equally hideous appearance, being supported by twelve feet, with six different head

monians indeed, regarded her, not as an existing, but as an imaginary being .     “Mysterious power! whose dark and gloomy sw

r it has separated from the body, and were among the infernal deities being supposed to preside over the grave, burial places

her beauty. At last these illiberal reflections were the cause of his being turned out of Olympus. Momus has been sung many t

thology_1842_img167 Scarcely had Pollux emerged from childhood, when, being on an expedition with the Argonauts, they stopped

e, And lands triumphant on his native shore.” Ovid. All these deeds being performed in the presence of the monarch and his

he became deeply enamoured of Iole, daughter of Eurystheus, but she, being refused to his entreaties, he became insane a sec

on which compelled him once more to consult the oracle of Delphi. Not being pleased with the manner in which his application

with a beautiful horse. To this feast Perseus was invited, Polydectes being aware that he would not be able to procure the pr

ited man this was unbearable, and unable to submit to the position of being the only one who had brought no present, and unwi

horse, he would bring him the head of one of the Gorgons, and Medusa being the only one subject to mortality, she must be th

and Andromeda on the Peloponnesian coast, as some funeral games were being celebrated in honour of the deceased King of Lari

Pittheus, though not publicly acknowledged to be the King of Athens, being educated at Træzene, in the house of Pittheus. Wh

f seven of the noblest youth of Athens, and Theseus could not fail of being ranked among them, to be devoured by the monster.

d. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img210 The condition being thus broken, he saw her, but at the same moment s

ipus, King of Thebes. Œdipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta; and being descended from Venus, was compelled to endure all

had been the innocent causes of his melancholy fate. All the oracles being now fulfilled, the siege was commenced with vigou

shooting him in the heel, the only part not rendered invulnerable, by being washed in the river Styx. When Achilles died, the

y, but when he abandoned himself to feelings of grief and rage at not being able, his mother made known to him the uselessnes

merated the most remarkable of the Allegorical Divinities, the number being too great to mention all. For the same reason we

mythology_1842_img254 Pyramus and Thisbe were two young Thebans, who, being greatly enamoured of one another, had their union

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

ht the watch light in Abydos, and his last sigh was given to the fond being who looked in vain from its rocky strand. Pygm

ence of his people, that they were sanctified by the approval of that being , an approval, which gave them additional favour i

r Mount Jerusalem, with some of the books which he had written, which being accidentally found four hundred years after his d

ho was carried away by Jupiter in the likeness of a bull; this prince being ordered by his father never to return if he was u

committed which, he fled to the court of Prœtus, King of Argos, where being of a noble and fine person, he won the affections

h, he was aided by the pure spirits who surrounded him. ‌ The earth, being yet uninhabited, he made the first man and the fi

r, a terrible symbol of his implacable rage. Buddh. This is the being from whom the enormous number of followers take t

dulge their sensual ideas to a considerable extent. Below the Supreme being , whose belief is spread among all nations, are pl

y is adored in India, under a great number of names, Camdeo, however, being the one by which he is best known, and under whic

that this people hold sorcery in great esteem. Ovisara is the supreme being of another part of Africa. Invisible, everywhere

poetry. In parts of Africa, they worship the soul of the dead, and a being named Molongo, upon whom they are most prodigal i

s a divinity; and which they imagine at one time to have been a human being : they believe he married his sister, who, when al

, (the mistletoe,) from which she had exacted no promise, because, it being so feeble, she did not dread its power. Loke then

ular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or D

were acquainted. Around the earth flowed the River Ocean, its course being from south to north on the western side of the ea

ted each day on ambrosia and nectar, their food and drink, the latter being handed round by the lovely goddess Hebe. Here the

n. Janus was the porter of heaven. He opens the year, the first month being named after him. He is the guardian deity of gate

, or Lars, were also household gods, but differed from the Penates in being regarded as the deified spirits of mortals. The f

enius, and every woman her Juno: that is, a spirit who had given them being , and was regarded as their protector through life

ord, separating earth from sea, and heaven from both. The fiery part, being the lightest, sprang up, and formed the skies; th

nd formed the skies; the air was next in weight and place. The earth, being heavier, sank below; and the water took the lowes

stributed woods, fountains, fertile fields, and stony plains. The air being cleared, the stars began to appear, fishes took p

ar full of all manner of evils, as in the former statement? The world being thus furnished with inhabitants, the first age wa

ice of Cupid. Apollo saw the boy playing with his bow and arrows; and being himself elated with his recent victory over Pytho

onversed by signs and glances, and the fire burned more intensely for being covered up. In the wall that parted the two house

uilty cause, in tempting thee forth to a place of such peril, and not being myself on the spot to guard thee. Come forth, ye

the nymph Clymene. One day a schoolfellow laughed at the idea of his being the son of the god, and Phaëton went in rage and

hen, it is believed, the people of Æthiopia became black by the blood being forced so suddenly to the surface, and the Libyan

wife and son came driving his wagon into the public square. Gordius, being made king, dedicated his wagon to the deity of th

een imitated by Swift, in a burlesque style, the actors in the change being two wandering saints, and the house being changed

e, the actors in the change being two wandering saints, and the house being changed into a church, of which Philemon is made

ks.   There can be little doubt of this story of Ceres and Proserpine being an allegory. Proserpine signifies the seed-corn w

nown familiarly when she lived at home in her father’s house, — Æolus being the god of the winds, and having as much as he co

the bosom of that haughty girl a passion for some low, mean, unworthy being , so that she may reap a mortification as great as

ck to which my unhappy fate has destined me.” Accordingly, all things being prepared, the royal maid took her place in the pr

hyr to receive her and bear her to his lord; then leaping up, and not being sustained by Zephyr, fell down the precipice and

evening.” Psyche was now satisfied that her destruction was at hand, being obliged to go with her own feet directly down to

of any beauty at all, but an infernal and truly Stygian sleep, which being thus set free from its prison, took possession of

idst of the road, a sleepy corpse without sense or motion. But Cupid, being now recovered from his wound, and not able longer

for him to speak first, and had her answer ready. One day the youth, being separated from his companions, shouted aloud, “Wh

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

so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where sh

opted and called Œdipus, or Swollen-foot. Many years afterwards Laius being on his way to Delphi, accompanied only by one att

ength Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence, and the oracle being consulted, the double crime of Œdipus came to lig

ch admiration on the young warrior. From this instance of Bellerophon being unconsciously the bearer of his own death warrant

s, Has written fables; man was made a lie.” Vol. II, p. 12. Pegasus, being the horse of the Muses, has always been at the se

that of Athamas, and ruled over by a relative of his. The king Æson, being tired of the cares of government, surrendered his

alf on each side, forming the straits of Gibraltar, the two mountains being called the Pillars of Hercules. The oxen were gua

consumed the mother’s share of Hercules, the diviner part, instead of being injured thereby, seemed to start forth with new v

s were exhibited before Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the king, being present, became deeply enamored of Theseus, by wh

t strict watch on all the vessels, and permitted none to sail without being carefully searched. “Minos may control the land a

aving a sigh, she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not always what they pretend t

infancy and childhood, and for their care were rewarded by Jupiter by being placed, as the Hyades, among the stars. When Bacc

s made happy in the possession of Alcestis. But Admetus fell ill, and being near to death, Apollo prevailed on the Fates to s

who in his presumption challenged the Muses to a trial of skill, and being overcome in the contest, was deprived by them of

urder. We the fearful family of Night fasten ourselves upon his whole being . Thinks he by flight to escape us? We fly still f

doubtful. Yet there are not wanting some modern testimonies to their being still audible. It has been suggested that sounds

t was hollow, and that “in the lap of the statue is a stone, which on being struck emits a metallic sound, that might still b

was therefore of great value to the Greeks as their surgeon, besides being one of their bravest warriors. Nestor took Machao

o Minerva, and made so huge for the express purpose of preventing its being carried within the city; for Calchas the prophet

n the night the armed men who were enclosed in the body of the horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of

thought of their bellies; so the men all passed safe, Ulysses himself being on the last one that passed. When they had got a

uge rock, heaved the ship towards the land, so that it barely escaped being swamped by the waves. When they had with the utmo

f the Phæacians. These people dwelt originally near the Cyclopes; but being oppressed by that savage race, they migrated to t

restling, and other exercises. After all had done their best, Ulysses being challenged to show what he could do, at first dec

ses being challenged to show what he could do, at first declined, but being taunted by one of the youths, seized a quoit of w

, in some rash moment, of putting them to an improper use. All things being prepared for the trial, the first thing to be don

r course towards the coast of Africa. They were in imminent danger of being wrecked, and were separated, so that Æneas though

kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numerous class. Here also were those who

r watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and

one thousand years may be intended to represent the various Sibyls as being only reappearances of one and the same individual

th gold and plumes. They had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but now suddenly appeared a troop dir

flight. Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger, but Euryalus being missing he turned back to seek him. He again ente

action in time to rescue his beleaguered camp; and now the two armies being nearly equal in strength, the war began in good e

horbus, the son of Panthus, and fell by the spear of Menelaus. Lately being in the temple of Juno, at Argos, I recognized my

en stamped anew with others, yet is always the same wax, so the soul, being always the same, yet wears, at different times, d

royal city. There she offered herself at the palace as a servant, and being admitted, threw off her disguise and appeared as

iven from the trees, by the branches rustling in the wind, the sounds being interpreted by the priests. But the most celebrat

d for this duty by previous ablution at the fountain of Castalia, and being crowned with laurel was seated upon a tripod simi

e;” that is, composed of ivory and gold; the parts representing flesh being of ivory laid on a core of wood or stone, while t

te taste and fruitful invention have redeemed them from the charge of being tedious, and they are read with pleasure and even

mposed was Asbestos, a mineral, which is in fine filaments capable of being woven into a flexible cloth. The foundation of th

covered their ascendency. Zoroaster taught the existence of a supreme being , who created two other mighty beings and imparted

made to the original power of this god as a destroyer; that power not being to be called into exercise till after the expirat

ed by some to have been founded upon conquest, the first three castes being composed of a foreign race, who subdued the nativ

poetry and dates back to the year 1056, the more modern or prose Edda being of the date of 1640. According to the Eddas there

ird the entire form endowed with beauty, agility, and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of

he first day of summer he should forfeit the recompense agreed on. On being told these terms the artificer stipulated that he

e replied that they were throwing darts and stones at Baldur, without being able to hurt him. “Ay,” said Frigga, “neither sto

willingly complied with this request, both men and every other living being , as well as earths, and stones, and trees, and me

the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass away without being tempered by a single summer. Three other similar

h are framed with twisted twigs and filled with living persons. These being set on fire, those within are encompassed by the

of half a mile in breadth, its distance from the mainland of Scotland being thirty-six miles. Columba was a native of Ireland

ions, page 479. 29. See Proverbial Expressions, page 479. 30. There being no rain in Egypt, the grass is “unshowered,” and

under the name of Tickell, contemporaneously with Pope’s, and which, being by many attributed to Addison, led to the quarrel

s need to lay stress upon this because of the increased attention now being given to science and modern languages at the expe

myths are told as graphically and accurately as possible, great care being taken, however, to avoid the more repulsive featu

illiant reward for her kind ministrations. To prevent Jupiter’s cries being heard in Olympus, the Curetes (Corybantes), Rhea’

ion of gifts to all living creatures, and create and endow a superior being , called Man, to rule over all the others. Prometh

he beheld the maiden he exclaimed, “Surely so beautiful and gentle a being can bring no evil!” and accepted her most joyfull

r estimation, were all symbolical. The Story of Europa But Juno being of a jealous disposition, Jupiter was forced to c

d sow them in the ground already broken for his future city. No human being was within sight: so Cadmus knew the order procee

hout number were dedicated to her service, the most celebrated of all being the Parthenon at Athens. Naught but the ruins of

too bad To hear between the cups of wine: “And so, well pleased with being soothed     Into a sweet half sleep, Three times

stones moved into place of their own accord. Then, his term of exile being ended, he returned to heaven, and there resumed h

rn, loved him passionately, and even wrote verses in his honour. This being the state of her feelings, she readily consented

dog, named Cerberus, who guarded the gate, and would allow no living being to enter, nor any spirit to pass out of Hades. As

to hear The charming sounds that ravished his ear.” Saxe. No living being had ever before penetrated thus into the Infernal

passed thus. Diana, who could not bear to think of the youth’s beauty being marred by want, toil, and exposure, finally cause

nursed her, and taught her with the utmost care. Then, her education being completed, the sea nymphs judged it time to intro

never showed any affection for, her deformed consort, and, instead of being a faithful wife, soon deserted him, and openly de

he soul, and represented her with butterfly wings; that little insect being another symbol of the soul, which cannot die.

branches, so that they would leave no traces. Then, his hiding-place being reached in safety, Mercury coolly killed two of t

the spot where he generally met her, to shield her from all chance of being seen from Olympus. One fine afternoon, all condit

chance of being seen from Olympus. One fine afternoon, all conditions being favourable, Jupiter hastened down to earth to see

en them all lie still on the blue sea until she awoke? Her suspicions being aroused by the presence of this cloud, she sought

er, in the meanwhile, was in despair; for days had passed without his being able to exchange a word with Io, or deliver her f

r vows, commanded that she should suffer the prescribed punishment of being buried alive, and that the children should be exp

ne now, Romulus at first vainly tried to pursue his undertaking, but, being soon joined by a number of adventurers as wicked

ickly reviewed their respective attractions. Remembering that Apollo, being immortal, would retain all his youthful bloom whe

wat’ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and

l men demanded vengeance upon the murderer. Shortly after, a play was being enacted in the great amphitheatre, in which the F

ereavement, restored Ariadne to his longing arms, and, to prevent her being again claimed by Death, gave her immortal life.

d hid in a bush near the consecrated place, hoping to see all without being seen; but an inadvertent movement attracted the a

hile by retracing his footsteps he ran the risk of meeting Ceres, and being forced to relinquish his prize. He therefore deci

to their patroness, and to maintain her sacred fire, under penalty of being buried alive in a vaulted chamber, fashioned for

this sacred fire, they enjoyed many privileges: among others, that of being preceded by a lictor with fasces when they walked

ccupying the seats of honour in public ceremonies and festivities; of being buried within the city limits (a privilege grante

continued their office until the reign of Theodosius the Great, who, being converted to Christianity a.d. 380, abolished the

f the dead, the messenger god fell in love with his fair charge, who, being now effectually cured of her sole fault, was irre

r. In times of war the temple gates were opened wide, for the people, being in need of aid and comfort, were all anxious to e

d whispered that her husband was dead, and that his body was even now being cast up on the smooth, sandy beach by the salt se

esolved to go down and converse with her for a little while. To avoid being seen, he changed himself into a golden shower, an

o personally inspected each new freight-load, to make sure he was not being cheated by the Athenians. At the monarch’s side s

r bereavement in future, they both resolved to secure goddesses, who, being immortal, would share their thrones for ever. Aid

to Venus, for which offence he and his wife were severely punished by being transformed into a pair of lions, and doomed to d

befallen them. The Sphinx With lowered voices, as if afraid of being overheard, the Thebans described the woman’s head

d of her intention, rushed into her apartment too late to prevent its being carried out, and found her lifeless. This sight w

red bury the body of the fallen prince, he would incur the penalty of being buried alive. Heedless of this injunction and of

y, and concluded to renounce the marriage rather than run any risk of being forced to surrender his power to one greater than

t at Aulis, but one after another returned without having seen him or being able to ascertain where he was hiding. The Greeks

( Potter’s tr.). Iphigenia came to her father secretly delighted at being the chosen bride of such a hero; but, instead of

y delighted at being the chosen bride of such a hero; but, instead of being led to the hymeneal altar, she was dragged to the

which had dared strike it with a spear, merely to demonstrate, that, being hollow, it might contain an armed band. Ever sinc

nd hurled it down upon the unsuspecting lovers. Galatea, the goddess, being immortal, escaped unhurt; but poor Acis, her belo

Bryant’s tr.). Sorrowfully now the Greeks embarked; but, instead of being hurried along by favourable winds, they were obli

t some of the Trojan vessels were fired by the enemy; but, instead of being consumed by the flames, they were changed into wa

have some slight historical basis, the “silly and senseless” element being classed as accretions similar to the fabulous tal

fold changes which at first merely denoted the varying atmosphere, by being personified, gradually gave the impression of the

beautiful dawn he loved in his youth. He ends his eventful career by being hurled headlong from a cliff into the sea, —  an

and ends his life amid lightning flashes and rolls of thunder, after being accompanied to the end of his course by Antigone

o Philonoe, a personification of the twilight, and ends his career by being hurled from the zenith into utter darkness by one

her divinities, had many names. Ques. What was the cause of Apollo’s being driven from heaven? Ans. He had a son named Æscu

n invited to the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, Discordia, or Discord being the only one excluded. This goddess was determine

traveller. He discovered in the lap of the statue a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound. There is a hollow

infringed the rule which forbade her to marry, she was buried alive; being shut up in a vault underground, with a lamp, and

office, the entire number must have been twenty-one. The thirty years being ended, the Vestals returned to their families. Th

Christian writers say of these mysteries? Ans. They speak of them as being almost as immoral as the festivals held in honor

en the Brazen Age commenced, she fled altogether from the human race, being the last among the Immortals to abandon the earth

hebes. She was enriched with all the gifts of nature and fortune, and being made insolent by prosperity, she insulted Latona,

and was supposed to be the son of Jason and Ceres. He is described as being blind and lame, injudicious, and timorous. Ques.

r’s thunder. Ques. What became of the souls of good men? Ans. After being purified from whatever slight offences they had c

he Athenians from this dreadful tribute, and when the lots were about being cast for the fourth time, he offered himself as o

oracle did not, however, prevent them from accusing the priestess of being influenced by bribes when they were dissatisfied

whether his own or that of his enemies, the oracle could not fail of being fulfilled. There is no doubt that the Pythia was

ree couriers were received by Philip of Macedon on the same day, each being the bearer of joyful tidings. The first announced

radiated from the lowest tier to the portico above. The lower seats, being more conveniently placed for seeing and hearing,

ular door at which they entered; that in the centre of the proscenium being reserved for royalty. Wonderful effects were prod

t lead to their discovery. The festival proceeded, the fate of Ibycus being still on every tongue. The assembled people were

temple of Jupiter at Olympia, which was worthy of such an adornment, being one of the most magnificent edifices in Greece.

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

Only, if he lead a good life, he may console himself with the hope of being born in a higher caste the next time. Ques. Is t

s impossible to say when they were first established. The Pariahs are being gradually raised from their degradation by the ef

among his people. Ques. Is Buddhism common in India? Ans. No; after being tolerated for a long time, a fierce and continued

i replied that they were throwing darts and stones at Baldur, without being able to hurt him. He inquired of Frigga, in his t

be read with certainty; but they throw very little light on history, being principally epitaphs on tombstones. Ragnarok,

neither heat nor gladness. Three such winters will pass away without being tempered by a single summer. Three other winters

nds of Scotland, the first of May takes its name from this solemnity, being called in Gaelic, Beltane; and in Irish, Beal-Tin

mpanied by the sacrifice of unoffending slaves, the number of victims being proportioned to the rank of the deceased. Ques.

heir religion. — Some festivals were of a light and joyous character, being celebrated with choral songs and dances. Processi

d with flowers, were borne to the temple in open litters, their cries being drowned in the wild chanting of the priests. The

f the temple has been described, by those who saw it in its glory, as being literally a mine of precious metals. It was calle

a terrible crash, burying Scopas and his guests beneath the ruins. On being informed of the appearance of the young men who h

broad, with an opening, 6 ft. 4 inches, by 3 ft. 2 inches, the whole being cut from a single stone. Some of the buildings ap

paragraph, — such portions of the Age of Fable as have been retained being abridged or rewritten, and, in places too frequen

sm and monotheism to the Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being , — who lives and moves through all. 2. The benefi

cent gods and of righteous or reasonable myths. For how could a human being believe of the god whom he worshipped and revered

e the masters of history to follow; they, and the events they record, being yet involved in great, though attractive and pene

ed our English literature will follow in the order named. The Romans, being by nature a practical, not a poetic, people, inco

, and Darkness in confusion, preceded all things else. Next came into being broad-bosomed Earth, and beautiful Love who shoul

rom the encounter. From the blood of the mutilated Uranus leaped into being the Furies, whose heads writhe with serpents; the

. (2) Janus, the porter of Heaven. He opens the year, the first month being named after him. He is the guardian deity of gate

enius, and every woman her Juno; that is, a spirit who had given them being , and was regarded as a protector through life. On

even Jupiter. Therefore, both to avoid the wrath of jealous Juno, and being eager to beguile the maiden’s tender heart, he co

aving a sigh, she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not always what they pretend t

r, wooed and won her. She bore him two sons, Amphion and Zethus, who, being exposed at birth on Mount Cithæron, grew up among

een imitated by Swift, in a burlesque style, the actors in the change being two wandering saints, and the house being changed

e, the actors in the change being two wandering saints, and the house being changed into a church, of which Philemon is made

Epaphus, the son of Jupiter and Io, scoffed at the idea of Phaëton’s being the son of a god. Phaëton complained of the insul

too bad To hear between the cups of wine: And so, well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet half-sleep, Three times his

s made happy in the possession of Alcestis. But Admetus fell ill, and being near to death, Apollo prevailed on the Fates to s

ree’s shade, Was reminded of Daphne, of whom it was made, For the god being one day too warm in his wooing, She took to the t

o Acheron, to that hateful king and cruel, while wretched I yet live, being a goddess, and may not follow thee! Persephone, t

uty perished. For why, ah, overbold, didst thou follow the chase, and being so fair, why wert thou thus overhardy to fight wi

into the bosom of that haughty girl a passion for some low, unworthy being . There were, in Venus’s garden, two fountains, —

and art. While her eyes were thus occupied, the voice of an invisible being addressed her: “Sovereign lady, all that thou beh

th the magic wand of wealth, happiness, and dreams (the caduceus), it being understood, however, that Mercury should indicate

unterrified, replied that he was Acetes of Mæonia; that his parents, being poor, had left him their fisherman’s trade, which

Antæus, whom Hercules slew, Procrustes, and many another redoubtable being whose fortunes are elsewhere recounted.214 As ea

ain.” Cephalus returned, and was as happy as before in his wife. She being a favorite of Diana, had received from her, for t

shes and divers, and of those who go down to the sea in ships. Later, being infatuated of the fair virgin Scylla (daughter of

so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where sh

f Corinth. This youth was of the Hellenic branch of the Greek nation, being descended from Sisyphus, and through him from Æol

cousin of Admetus, the husband of Alcestis.301 When, however, Jason, being grown up, came to demand the crown, his uncle Pel

oo, stricken through both sides The earth felt falling, … … And these being slain, None moved, nor spake.320 Of this fearfu

l.”324 Dædalus, mourning his son, arrived finally in Sicily, where, being kindly received by King Cocalus, he built a templ

These horrors remained undiscovered, till, after many years, Thebes, being afflicted with famine and pestilence, the oracle

he brother-in-law of Adrastus. Amphiaraüs opposed the expedition, for being a soothsayer, he knew that none of the leaders ex

erday, But live forever, nor can man assign When first they sprang to being . Not through fear Of any man’s resolve was I prep

astor and Pollux, with their followers, hasted to her rescue. Theseus being absent from Attica, the brothers recovered their

luctant chiefs, especially Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis. Thetis being herself one of the immortals, and knowing that he

o Minerva, and made so huge for the express purpose of preventing its being carried within the city; for Calchas the prophet

n the night the armed men who were enclosed in the body of the horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of

thought of their bellies; so the men all passed safe, Ulysses himself being on the last one that passed. When they had got a

the Phæacians. These people dwelt originally near the Cyclopes-; but, being oppressed by that savage race, they migrated to t

restling, and other exercises. After all had done their best, Ulysses being challenged to show what he could do, at first dec

ses being challenged to show what he could do, at first declined, but being taunted by one of the youths, seized a quoit of w

t of character and conduct as well. She was the niece of Tyndareus, — being the daughter of his brother Icarius, a Spartan pr

Fig. 106. Ulysses and Euryclea. [Relief: Roscher 9: 1423.] All things being prepared for the trial, the first thing to be don

r course towards the coast of Africa. They were in imminent danger of being wrecked, and were separated, so that Æneas though

kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numerous class. Here also were those who

th gold and plumes. They had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but now suddenly appeared a troop dir

flight. Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger, but Euryalus being missing he turned back to seek him. He again ente

action in time to rescue his beleaguered camp; and now the two armies being nearly equal in strength, the war began in good e

day licking the salt stones there appeared at first the hair of some being , on the second day his whole head, and on the thi

ird the entire form endowed with beauty, agility, and power. This new being was a god, Bori, from whom and his wife, a daught

e first day of summer, he should forfeit the recompense agreed on. On being told these terms, the artificer stipulated that h

e replied that they were throwing darts and stones at Balder, without being able to hurt him. “Ay,” said Frigga, “neither sto

willingly complied with this request, both men and every other living being , as well as earths, and stones, and trees, and me

and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass without being tempered by a single summer. Three other like win

uld fill the Otter-skin with gold, and cover it with gold. Now, Loki, being sent to procure the gold, caught Andvari the dwar

fifth R, Rad, a saddle; the sixth C, Cen, a torch; and the six sounds being joined together make Futhorc, which is the name g

He distinguished himself at the battle of Lepanto, 1571; but in 1575, being captured by Algerine cruisers, he remained five y

d for this duty by previous ablution at the fountain of Castalia, and being crowned with laurel was seated upon a tripod simi

ed to flatter the warlike spirit of the Thebans, the teeth themselves being spear-points. Harmonia, daughter of the patron d

vice of Cybele, was naturally associated in fable with Midas. The ass being the favorite animal of Silenus, the ass’s ears of

inter closes in. The fable has, however, its moral significance also, being connected with that great mystery of Joy and Grie

ill more doubtful. Yet there is not wanting modern testimony to their being still audible. It has been suggested that sounds

was hollow, and that “in the lap of the statue is a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound that might still b

me immemorial been ridden by the poets. From the story of Bellerophon being unconsciously the bearer of his own death-warrant

it may refer to the course of the year (the Ram of the Golden Fleece being the fructifying clouds that come and go across th

across the Ægean) or to the process of sunrise and sunset (?): Helle being the glimmering twilight that sinks into the sea;

s). According to another tradition he was of the line of Ericthonius, being either a son of Pandion I., or a son of Erechtheu

one thousand years may be intended to represent the various Sibyls as being only reappearances of one and the same individual

main cult of the older religion was ancestor-worship, Thor and Woden being worshipped by a tribe, but each family having its

connection of these epics with the Norse myths of the seasons, Sigurd being Balder of the spring, and Hogni Hoder of winter a

d, and then annexed by the Brahmans as a manifestation of the supreme being in his work of preservation. He has nine times as

s, but came near losing his life at his mother’s hands. A recognition being happily effected, Æpytus, aided by his mother, pu

Payne Knight’s Symbolical Language of Ancient Art, “Not trustworthy, being little more than a mass of conjectural memoranda;

The names included in parentheses are distinctively Greek, the others being Roman equivalents, Latin names, or names common t

ngered a while to look upon Psyche, who appeared to him the loveliest being he had ever beheld; and at last, when he once mor

ce, entered it. She walked from room to room, but could see no living being . A slight refreshment of fruits was set upon a ta

tened to wicked advice, and forgot her duty to one who loved her; but being sorry for her folly, may entreat mercy from the g

she begged to be forgiven. She begged to be restored to that beloved being of whom she was now deprived. She was an outcast

lying Tereus. Philomela remained a whole year in confinement, without being able to inform her sister of her unhappy conditio

goodness herself, could not converse without pain with so spiteful a being , though she sometimes employed her to punish the

and worse, till we shall not care whether we are good or not. That is being turned to stone, or having “a heart of stone,” as

. This Acteon was one of the most expert hunters in the world. Acteon being one day fatigued by the chase lay down to rest hi

round the waist by a coiling serpent, seized her flaming torch, and, being followed by her terrific attendants, Fear, Horror

hut up the winds in their prison, the night was tranquil, and Perseus being delivered from the king of Mauritania, fell into

s, and Cinderella’s, in the fairy tale, who disliked their sister for being amiable and pretty. All that is very strange. Wha

ountry, who had come into the city to attend one of these sacrifices, being seated one evening in an arbour, near the house o

ng adventure of Latona: “In my youth,” began the old man, “my father, being too old and infirm to bear the fatigues of a long

s the whole springtime, with all its loveliness, changed into a human being , you would have looked but an instant at Proserpi

ed in state. Before Pluto could express his wonder at seeing a living being in his underground palace, Orpheus fell on his kn

rgons lived. He dared not look down, even for an instant, for fear of being turned to stone. But Minerva’s bright shield serv

e gates for him he would love me; but I will not, for that would mean being a traitor, not only to my city, but to my own fat

ons by hopeful words; but they had no hope, for they thought no human being could. overcome that monster, and besides, once i

. The players hurled their discs into the air, the object of the game being to see who could throw the quoits the farthest. A

f brave men run helter-skelter without any other cause. Truly, a wild being was Pan; but when. Ceres called, he hurried to me

d him harm, and he passed through them without stopping, his thoughts being all of Eurydice. Thus he reached the great palace

camp was lit up with the fires upon which the bodies of the dead were being burned according to Grecian custom. At last a sol

t was thought an honor to touch the long ropes by which the horse was being drawn. The city gate was too narrow to let in the