ogie ? Quelle a été l’origine de l’idolâtrie ? Quelles en ont été les causes principales’ ? 2. Quels ont été les premiers aute

hée. La corruption des hommes provient, selon la mythologie, de la cause suivante : Japet, un des Titans, eut, de son mari

ui fut-il élevé ? 18. Quelle fut l’enfance de Jupiter ? Quelle fut la cause de la guerre des Géants ? Quels dieux, quelles dé

ue-t-on quelques-uns de ces mariages allégoriques ? 20. Quelle fut la cause de la conspiration des dieux contre Jupiter ? Que

et Baucis. Dans quel poëte français faut-il la lire ? 24. Exposez la cause et les détails du déluge de Deucalion. A quelle o

rix de la beauté, qu’elle lui disputait, ainsi que Minerve. Ce fut la cause de la guerre et de la ruine de Troie. Il y eut pl

ns un sens allégorique ? 35. Quels furent les malheurs d’Apollon ? La cause de son exil sur la terre ? Les disgrâces qu’il y

ve de force et de courage donna Bacchus encore enfant ? Quelle fut la cause de son voyage en Phrygie ? Quelles en furent les

de la terre ? A quoi présidaient les divinités inférieures ? A quelle cause peut-on attribuer leur multiplicité, d’après Roll

est un exemple des périls qu’offre la chasse et des malheurs qu’elle cause trop souvent. Les poëtes représentent l’Aurore vê

dans le Tartare ? Quel est le supplice de Sisyphe ? Quelle en fut la cause  ? Racontez son histoire. 89. Qu’était Salmonée ?

ils. Indiquez leur supplice dans les Enfers et le crime qui en fut la cause . 91. Faites connaître Titye, Tantale, les Danaïde

ur de Némésis, des Parques et de la Mort. Jupiter la chassa du ciel à cause des dissensions qu’elle excitait sans cesse parmi

s et de Pélée, jeta sur la table du festin la pomme fatale qui fut la cause du jugement de Pâris et de la guerre de Troie. On

e fut sa conduite à l’égard des deux filles de Minos ? Comment fut-il cause de la mort de son père Egée ? Comment fut conserv

.- Conquête de la toison d’or58. Environ 1260 ans av. J.-C. 116. Causes de l’expédition. Athamas, roi de Thèbes, avait

armi les constellations. Questionnaire. 116. Quelles furent les causes de l’expédition des Argonautes ? De qui étaient n

icain. Questionnaire. 120. Quelle fut l’origine de Thèbes et la cause des malheurs de ses premiers rois ? De qui Cadmus

ion d’Œdipe à l’égard de ses fils Etéocle et Polynice ? Quelle fut la cause de leur Discorde ? Que fit Polynice pour se venge

li ? Chapitre XXIX. Guerre de Troie. 1200 ans av. J.-C. 124. Causes de la guerre de Troie. Depuis longtemps une ha

prirent les armes pour venger l’outrage fait à Ménélas. Telle fut la cause d’une guerre qui dura dix ans. Hélène était fille

temps à demi héroïques. Questionnaire. 124. Quelles furent les causes de guerre de Troie ? Quelle fut l’origine de la h

 ? Qu’étaient les autres guerriers les plus illustres ? Quelle fut 1a cause de la querelle qui s’éleva entre Achille et Agame

e l’espèce de crainte qui n’est produite par aucun danger, par aucune cause apparente ou réelle. On ne s’accorde pas sur l’or

ou should fall and hurt yourself on these stones, and I should be the cause . Pray run slower, and I will follow slower. I am

veil all rent and bloody. “O hapless girl,” said he, “I have been the cause of thy death! Thou, more worthy of life than I, h

than I, hast fallen the first victim. I will follow. I am the guilty cause , in tempting thee forth to a place of such peril,

as strong as thine. I will follow thee in death, for I have been the cause ; and death which alone could part us shall not pr

, the powers of ocean, and in answer to their inquiries thus told the cause of her coming: “Do you ask why I, the queen of th

his, was no longer in doubt of her loss, but she did not yet know the cause , and laid the blame on the innocent land. “Ungrat

ws the petals away; so it is called Anemone, or Wind Flower, from the cause which assists equally in its production and its d

t to unbind her hair, but tears it wildly. Her nurse asks what is the cause of her grief. “Halcyone is no more,” she answers,

d Juno. But she shall not so quietly usurp my honors. I will give her cause to repent of so unlawful a beauty.” Thereupon she

r with his supplication. Jupiter lent a favoring ear, and pleaded the cause of the lovers so earnestly with Venus that he won

s female favorites. While the disease appeared to spring from natural causes we resisted it, as we best might, by natural reme

their friends, and got away from their homes, as if, not knowing the cause of their sickness, they charged it on the place o

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

and daughters-in-law of pretensions worthy of my alliance. Have I not cause for pride? Will you prefer to me this Latona, the

im their deliverer and the savior of their house, and the virgin both cause and reward of the contest, descended from the roc

is honor, yet the Sea-Nymphs, her old enemies, prevailed so far as to cause her to be placed in that part of the heaven near

king the experiment. Previously, however, he found means to plead his cause to Medea, daughter of the king. He promised her m

seemed to give, a deadly groan. Meleager, absent and unknowing of the cause , felt a sudden pang. He burns, and only by courag

sisters, upon his beloved Atalanta, and upon his mother, the unknown cause of his fate. The flames increase, and with them t

roused her anger, turned them into birds. Atalanta. The innocent cause of so much sorrow was a maiden whose face you mig

is choice on Helen, then but a child, afterwards so celebrated as the cause of the Trojan war, and with the aid of his friend

hanged to hate. She used her influence over her infatuated husband to cause him to be jealous of his son, and he imprecated t

n egg from which sprang the twins. Helen, so famous afterwards as the cause of the Trojan war, was their sister. When Theseus

mind to superstitious fears. Hence sudden fright without any visible cause was ascribed to Pan, and called a Panic terror. A

lost one.” And here he groaned and was silent. Theseus asked him the cause of his grief, and how he lost his horn. To which

tongue,’ said he. ‘I yield to you the victory in words, but trust my cause to the strife of deeds.’ With that he advanced to

all things, past, present, and to come. He can tell you, my son, the cause of the mortality among your bees, and how you may

elude me. I am led hither by divine assistance, to know from you the cause of my misfortune and how to remedy it.” At these

unlamented, cut off by the hand of outlaws, and see none to avenge my cause .” Sore wounded, he sank to the earth, when hoarse

k to the earth, when hoarse screamed the cranes overhead. “Take up my cause , ye cranes,” he said, “since no voice but yours a

e finger, and soothed the goddess, “Tell me, dearest,” said she, “the cause of your grief.” Galatea then said, “Acis was the

ook an oath that they would defend her from all injury and avenge her cause if necessary. She chose Menelaus, and was living

years. Then an event occurred which seemed likely to be fatal to the cause of the Greeks, and that was a quarrel between Ach

charms by Paris, were hostile to the Trojans; Venus for the opposite cause favored them. Venus enlisted her admirer Mars on

m to return to the field; that Agamemnon should yield the maiden, the cause of the dispute, with ample gifts to atone for the

, arriving at Nestor’s tent, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his coming would have hastened away, but Nesto

luence. If the gods so please, thou mayest win him back to the common cause ; but if not let him at least send his soldiers to

eeps of ocean where she abode, and she hastened to him to inquire the cause . She found him overwhelmed with self-reproach tha

his seamen with wax, so that they should not hear the strain; and to cause himself to be bound to the mast, and his people t

ing over the city were seen by the departing Trojans, and, though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the

ho fell overboard and was drowned. He addressed him and asked him the cause of his misfortune. Palinurus replied that the rud

! was then the rumor true that you had perished? and was I, alas! the cause ? I call the gods to witness that my departure fro

around him, and could not be satisfied with the sight. They asked the cause of his coming, and plied him with innumerable que

also were those who had violated the marriage vow, or fought in a bad cause , or failed in fidelity to their employers. Here w

men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds received in their country’s cause , holy priests also, and poets who have uttered th

shalt always be held in reverence. When I reach the upper air I will cause a temple to be built to thy honor, and will mysel

thus: — “Illustrious Trojan, it is but little we can do in so great a cause . Our state is feeble, hemmed in on one side by th

re younger than I and have more of life in prospect. Nor can I be the cause of such grief to your mother, who has chosen to b

d as the source of all numbers. The number Two was imperfect, and the cause of increase and division. Three was called the nu

the doctrine of reward and punishment of human actions, was the chief cause why the Pythagoreans killed no animals. Ovid repr

that some serious offence given to some member of that family was the cause of an event which reversed the poet’s happy circu

m heaven, and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the

with an occasional change of position, which, owing to his huge size, causes the earth to tremble over a space of many miles,

his trusty sword, he finally went down to the spring to discover the cause of their delay, and found that they had all been

er shoulder when she sallied forth to give her support to those whose cause was just.                         “Her shoulder

er father’s permission to remain single all her life, and pleaded her cause so ably, that Jupiter was forced to grant her req

sporting group. At the self-same moment Diana turned to ascertain the cause of the rustle which had caught her practised ear,

arly spring to deck the earth with beautiful foliage and flowers, and cause the birds to sing for gladness, Adonis reluctantl

r their heads screened them from the sun’s too ardent rays. From some cause Juno’s slumbers were less protracted than usual,

ing of Troy. Laomedon’s failure to pay his just debts was the primary cause of the enmity which Apollo and Neptune displayed

ess sway. By one word he could stir up or calm the wildest storm, and cause the billows to roar with fury or subside into pea

lakes, and seas were not only subject to his rule, but he could also cause terrible earthquakes at will, and, when he please

onduct grieved Neptune so sorely, that he sent a dolphin to plead his cause , and persuade the fair nymph to share his throne.

land, presented himself before their queen, and boldly explained the cause of his presence. Hippolyte listened to his explan

ed, he always returned to her side, as loving as ever, and she had no cause for complaint. Finally duty took him back to the

poisonous reptiles destined to infest the region in future ages, and cause the death of many an adventurous explorer. The dr

neration were not brave enough to risk their lives in such a glorious cause . The usurper’s crafty remarks had the desired eff

tain that the rash youth would lose his life in the attempt, and thus cause no more trouble, with much difficulty restrained

a message for Jason, in which she warned him that the Argo would yet cause his death. Jason, a victim of remorse and despair

hat fate had decreed he should kill his father, marry his mother, and cause great woes to his native city.                  

e him in all her splendour, and heard her inquire in gentle tones the cause of his too evident dejection. He had no sooner ap

n a mountain to perish, because an oracle had predicted that he would cause the death of his family and the downfall of his n

ld any one venture to kidnap her.                          “This was cause To Tyndarus her father of much doubt, To give, or

e day they left their native shores, “To give Achilles honour and to cause Myriads of Greeks to perish by their fleet.” Hom

nd, and, thus beginning, said: —      ‘Too brave! thy valour yet will cause thy death. Thou hast no pity on thy tender child,

ean depths, heard his groans, and rushed to his side to ascertain the cause . Into his mother’s sympathetic ear Achilles poure

view the wooden horse and question Sinon, who pretended to have great cause of complaint against the Greeks, and strongly adv

ened forth, attended by many of his fellow citizens, to ascertain the cause of the great uproar. A few minutes later he disco

e enemy. There, in one of the abandoned halls, he saw Helen, the fair cause of all this war and bloodshed, — who, after Paris

n of myths, not in language, which it considers only as a subordinate cause , but in the “condition of thought through which a

llised; for primitive man, knowing nothing whatever of physical laws, cause and effect, and the “necessary regularity of thin

n of the same story, where the sun, although enamoured with the dawn, causes her death. As some mythologists have interpreted

and Procris the sun again appears, and his unerring spear unwittingly causes the death of his beloved Procris “while she linge

hat the venturesome young charioteer, by usurping his father’s place, causes incalculable mischief, and, in punishment for his

Island of Naxos. In his subsequent career we find him the involuntary cause of his father’s death, then warring against the C

e (the broad daylight) next charms Jason; and the poisoned robe which causes her death is woven by Medea, now the evening twil

aris is exposed in early infancy and lives to fulfil his destiny, and cause , though indirectly, the death of his parents. In

with an accompaniment of deafening roars, while their ponderous tread causes the very earth beneath them to tremble. In this g

irates, saved by a dolphin, 63, 64 Ar-is-tæ′us. Youth who indirectly causes Eurydice’s death, 59 Ar′te-mis. Same as Diana, g

s race, 326; mares of, 187 De-i-a-nei′ra. Wife of Hercules, 201-205; causes Hercules’ death by using the Nessus robe, 205, 20

id, 85; child of Light and Day, 3; arrows of, 3, 90; egg produces, 4; causes man’s creation, 14; man’s life given by, 1 5 Er-

passions. Les livres saints peuvent seuls nous apprendre la véritable cause des malheurs et des désordres du genre humain. Ce

ui peut seule nous éclairer sur la formation de l’univers. On voit la cause des premières erreurs, des premiers désordres, et

cens à leurs dieux. » Après avoir fixé nos regards sur ces premières causes , considérons comment les hommes purent tomber dan

ce système ne paraissent pas même sentir la nécessité d’une première cause . Il faut cependant rendre aux Égyptiens la justic

éral à l’allégorie, et de l’allégorie au sens littéral ; c’est ce qui cause le mélange de leurs images, l’absurdité de leurs

mencement et la fin. Tous les êtres émanent de lui. Il est la vie, la cause de toutes choses ; il est le père primitif : il n

ux a de pouvoir sur l’esprit humain. Il est facile d’en apercevoir la cause . L’homme espère s’agrandir en croyant à tout ce q

, sont qu’elle fut exposée au moment de sa naissance, sans en dire la cause , ni comment elle fut reconnue par son père, roi d

les plus tristes présages, tous les yeux cherchaient attentivement la cause de ce malheur public ; on se livrait à tous les s

ie de mer qui baigne cette chaîne de montagnes se nomma, pour la même cause , l’Océan Atlantique. Nous trouvons aussi dans les

e de la jeunesse. Cette métamorphose de Jupiter ne fut point la seule cause qui fit représenter un aigle à ses pieds. La fabl

corde. Pâris était fils de Priam, roi des Troyens. Ce titre devint la cause des persécutions de Junon contre Énée et les malh

le limon, fait périr les reptiles venimeux. On le nommait Actiacus, à cause du promontoire d’Actium, si célèbre par la victoi

n croit aussi que le nom de Bacchus peut venir de bacchein, hurler, à cause des cris des bacchantes. Histoire de Minerve.

qu’elle était vierge ; Cæsia, à cause de ses yeux bleus ; Tritonia, à cause du lac Triton, dont une fable supposait qu’elle t

était sortie de l’écume de la mer. Les Romains la nommaient Murtea, à cause du myrte ; les Syriens, Astarté ; les Perses, Ana

u nom de la montagne de Cyllène, sur laquelle il était né ; Nomius, à cause des lois dont il était l’auteur ; Camillus, qui s

besoins de la vie, toujours renaissans, ces besoins dont la privation cause la mort, portèrent les hommes à croire qu’il exis

ent deux ; un bon, qui produisait tous les biens, et l’autre mauvais, cause de tous les maux. Les femmes avaient aussi leurs

rps de ceux à qui l’on avait refusé les honneurs de la sépulture pour cause de crimes ou pour dettes. Lorsque leurs descendan

ommes frappés à la vue des événemens dont ils ne connaissaient pas la cause , et qui leur inspiraient de la frayeur, firent un

Prières, ses sœurs, courent après elle, pour réparer les maux qu’elle cause  ; mais elles sont boiteuses, et leur cruelle sœur

d nearly two-thirds of it are new matter, or have been rewritten. The causes of this change (of which I think an explanation i

hemis or Aldemis or Ardemis, from ἄλθω῎ ΑΛ∆Ω (ἀλδαίνω), to nourish or cause to grow, or ἄρδω, to water and thence to nourish.

ing but by no means an easy task to trace out and explain the various causes and occasions that have given origin to the diffe

human mind to ascribe the attribute of intelligence to the efficient cause of natural phænomena, particularly those which ar

d while the philosopher ascribes all effects to one great intelligent cause , and usually views not so much Him as the seconda

use, and usually views not so much Him as the secondary unintelligent causes which He employs, — the simpler children of natur

, see multitude where he contemplates unity, and numerous intelligent causes actively engaged in producing the effects which h

or the sake of hypothesis, a race to have been from some unassignable cause in a state of total or partial ignorance of the D

uence which at times flows from his lips, being referable to no known cause , would be attributed to the unseen working of sup

ted for their origin to the extreme desire which men have to assign a cause for the various phænomena of the natural world. T

e account of the invention of arts and implements, and of assigning a cause for traditionary ceremonies and observances, the

ge understood literally may have given occasion to many legends. Thus cause and effect, and other relations, are in various l

he, «is commonly unknown, for the practice often continues after the cause has ceased ; and concerning superstitious ceremon

f Greece early arrived at the knowledge of one only God, the original cause and support of all. Anaxagoras is said to have be

of Asia and Scandinavia, excluding the idea of the death of a god) ; causes with them becoming parents, effects children, the

ledge of physics than can be justly assigned to these early ages. The cause , however, was a simple one. Uranos being masculin

t Alcman. The moon was naturally, though incorrectly, regarded as the cause of dew259 and nothing therefore was more obvious

others. In like manner, as the goddess of Argos, she is active in the cause of the Achæans in the war of ‘Troy divine’. In th

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

hen she married Zeus, the third when she separated from him. The real cause of these names will however appear from a compari

is represented in the Ilias. Hera, the legend said, offended for some cause or another with Zeus, renounced his bed and socie

songs of birds which precede or accompany his rising728, might easily cause the sun-god to be regarded as the god of music, t

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

hem was called Erôs and the other Anterôs, but that they knew not the cause of their being so styled. Jamblichus, who was jus

ngdom of her sisters ; and, by a false tale of Cupid’s love for them, causes them to cast themselves from the rock on which sh

ed in the poetic creed as the goddess of arts and war alone, need not cause us any hesitation, as that transition from physic

at Athens and Alalcomenæ815. It could hardly have been from any other cause than that of her being regarded as the moon, that

nsed at her unhallowed cupidity, and provoked with her also for other causes , sent Envy to fill her bosom with that baleful pa

ct wayfarers860, and thence to be a protector in general861. For this cause , among others, it may have been that godsends or

he many forms in which the physical fact of earth and water being the causes of growth and increase in the natural world have

as evidently the principle already stated, of seeking to discover the causes of remarkable appearances, which gave origin to m

early ages of the world, when the principle of assigning a celestial cause to every extraordinary effect was in full operati

as named Rhamnusia), was that Oceanos was her father1056. Helena, the cause of the war of Troy, was figuratively styled the o

t he was a god, and exhorted them to set him on shore, lest he should cause a tempest to come on. But the captain rebuked him

of plants, particularly the vine1122. Water and heat being the great causes of growth, we find this deity closely connected w

rompt to act, mindless of what they had done, were aloof from all the causes of anxiety and superstition. But when, as reason

re called Panic terrors were ascribed to Pan ; for loud noises, whose cause could not easily be traced, were not unfrequently

autics of Apollonius Rhodius, Phineus thus explains to the heroes the cause of the poverty of Peræbios1237 : But he was payi

n the last of whom Athena flung the isle of Sicily, where his motions cause the eruptions of Ætna1349. It is said1350 that Ea

ore of Ætna, and makes the song of Orpheus end their enchantment, and cause them to fling themselves into the sea, where they

al situation and other accidental circumstances1519, and which should cause no greater surprise than the diversity of dialect

and singing mournful hymns offer sacrifices to appease the deity. The cause assigned for this rite was as follows. Medeia rei

n, who appeased their grief by making an image of Actæôn1647. Another cause assigned for the anger of the goddess was Actæôn’

æos, one of the Spartans (Sown). Various accounts are given as to the cause of his blindness : one ascribes it to his having

the heralds sent by Erginos to receive tribute from the Thebans. The cause of the payment of this tribute was as follows : t

al. The hero obeyed, went to Tiryns, and there served Eurystheus. The cause of Eurystheus’ obtaining this power was as follow

mised anything, and offered to lay the matter before judges. When the cause was tried, Phyleus honestly gave testimony agains

t length the haven of Themiscyra, where Hippolyta came to inquire the cause of his arrival, and on hearing it she promised to

he olive which stood in the Pandrosion. Twelve gods sat to decide the cause  ; and on the testimony of Cecrops, they adjudged

1880, which he was to present to the king of Lycia, and which were to cause his death. Beneath the potent guidance of the god

, from ἄντα)1886, and the common lovetale were introduced to assign a cause for the adventures. In this mythe too we find tha

mph is an epithet of the goddess1907, in both the love of Zeus is the cause of offence, in both the nymph is changed by the g

ently later than the time of Homer, none ventures to assign any other cause to it than the goddess Artemis, whose wrath (thou

entered the Phasis. Iasôn lost no time in informing king Æetes of the cause of his coming, and in requesting him to give him

ould make him immortal2180 ; but Amphiaraos, who hated him as a chief cause of the war, perceiving what the goddess was about

the Achæans. Achilleus having called an assembly to inquire into the cause of it, Calchos declared the truth, adding that it

ro, as if he had been in love with the slain, is killed by him ; this causes a dissension, and Achilleus sails to Lesbos, wher

quired the magnitude and importance which it displays in the Ilias. A cause for this war was to be assigned, and the manners

it met no love-adventures of the latter to impress on its pages. The cause of this character of the Italian religion it is s

ell’s map of the Troas. 2243. Payne Knight (Proleg. § 54.) finds the cause in the great magnitudes of the empires of Agamemn

or description. Its origin has been attributed to that most prominent cause , passion. The natural desire of man, when destitu

informs us that she was exposed when born, but it is silent as to the cause of such exposure, or how it was that she came to

e story of Pandora’s box, was doubtless an attempt to account for the cause of that wonderful truth, which could not escape t

trongest god. He was called Eros, because he had a golden dart, which causes love; Anteros, because his leaden dart procures h

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

the wide earth, and o’er the boundless main: He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakef

cessities of life are continually recurring. To have them unsupplied, causes death. Hence the most unenlightened nations have

numerous to be mentioned here. Neptune was a powerful deity. He could cause earthquakes, and raise islands from the bottom of

s the beard. Patelina makes the corn come forth from the pod. Flora causes the ear to blossom. Lactura, or Lactucina, makes

to blossom. Lactura, or Lactucina, makes the ear yield milk. Matura causes the ear to arrive at maturity. The worship of Hos

which are sometimes heard in solitary places. Hence, a fear without a cause is called a panic fear. Pan was worshipped, parti

fortunes or destinies of mankind, when the dead plead their different causes before him. He possessed the power of deciding al

bough bent with delicious fruits, which are just above his reach. The causes of this severe sentence are variously reported. S

Perplexed and awed by the development and progress of events, the causes of which they could not penetrate, blind and bigo

Fairest. Prayers, her sisters, run after her, to repair the evils she causes ; but they are lame, and their cruel sister always

was Dejanira, daughter of Œneus, and sister of Meleager, who was the cause of his death. When Hercules was stopped by the sw

So mighty Hercules o’er many a clime Waved his vast mace in Virtue’s cause sublime, Unmeasured strength with early art combi

unctions. Omphale may represent the love of Pleasure, which sometimes causes one to neglect his duties, and give himself up to

merchants; the one was conducted to Greece. Chance, or some forgotten cause , induced her to fix her residence in the forest o

sfied to speak in prose; and Plutarch observes that it was one of the causes of the decline of the oracle. The priestess was c

nriched that city, as well as all Elis; and were one of the principal causes of the magnificence and richness of the temple of

were the origin of this guilty change; and we are aware that the same causes have tended to corrupt all religions contrived by

e shut by three sharp stones, where he shudders with such rage, as to cause the earthquakes. He will remain there captive unt

temper, and spread over his soul that quietness and moderation which cause the social and kindlier affections to spring up,

nough to feast and fill up the most poetic imagination. It is to that cause that we must, no doubt, attribute the smallness o

ade with the Gauls: “If a Carthaginian should do wrong to a Gaul, the cause would be brought to the tribunal of Gallic women.

making it believed that they could change into any form at will, and cause themselves to be transported through the air; but

allude. Thus, for instance, by a Saturnian power rooted in the first cause , we are to understand a pure intellect. For Κρονο

uished into three orders. Of the mundane gods, likewise, some are the causes of the existence of the world; others animate it;

ary, through transcendency of power. For, as the essence of the first cause , (if it be lawful so to speak,) it is full of dei

ceed from him ineffably and super-essentially; and other intermediate causes are necessary to the evolution of things into dis

ces of nature lies at the foundation of all mythologies, and that the cause of the resemblance between the stories told of th

esent except Eris*. Indignant at not being invited, she determined to cause dissension, and threw into the midst of the guest

ty, powerful, vindictive and impatient. He was believed to be able to cause earthquakes at his pleasure, and to raise islands

h its mighty subterranean forces; Rhea is that productive power which causes vegetation to spring forth, thus sustaining men a

er of Demeter, a personification of that force of nature which yearly causes the most luxuriant vegetation to spring up, only,

Athens, as the god of vengeance. In the Trojan war, Ares espoused the cause of the Trojans. Ares upon one occasion incurred t

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

d of winter, but, as their heat increases, they ultimately become the cause of disease and death. With the first beams of the

xtended meaning, he represents the blessings of autumn. It is he that causes the fruits to ripen; he also dispenses to mankind

poetical inspiration which tends to develop man’s higher nature, and causes the mind to soar heavenwards. “It is said that du

, and were selected by each family or its individual members. Various causes led to the selection of certain deities as specia

s, the hero again returned victorious. The last effort of the king to cause the death of Bellerophon was placing in ambush th

he story that Iphitus was a friend of Heracles, and had advocated his cause with Eurytus, and that Heracles had been suddenly

air on beholding the terrible suffering of which she was the innocent cause , hanged herself. The hero caused a pyre to be con

is choice on Helen, then but a child, afterwards so celebrated as the cause of the Trojan war, and with the aid of his friend

love was changed to hate. She used her influence over her husband to cause him to be jealous of his son. Theseus besought Po

remainder of the crew to guard the Argo. Jason informed Æetes of the cause of his visit, and that monarch promised to relinq

n were the valiant Hector*, the prophetess Cassandra*, and Paris, the cause of the Trojan war. When Paris was born, it was pr

queen Hecuba, with all her daughters and daughters-in-law. Helen, the cause of all this misfortune, professed penitence, was

n caves not far distant, they flocked around his den and inquired the cause of his outcry. He replied, “O friends, I die, and

Iris personified the rainbow. Aides, or Pluto, personified the unseen cause of phenomena that were antagonistic to light, lif

   Je ne trouve point cela beau, Et ne m’étonne pas si par fois on en cause . Molière. Les poëtes n’en attribuent pas moins

de la beauté avec Vénus et Pallas. Son ressentiment fut même une des causes principales de la ruine de Troie. Lysipe, Ipponoé

s lauriers cueillis dans leur vallon : Ne cherchons point ailleurs la cause sympathique                    De l’alliance anti

tel s’abreuve, De peur que des défunts la bile ne s’émeuve,         A cause du changement d’air.         Pour la moindre peti

l’ombre de Laïus, et en tirent cette réponse : Un grand crime impuni cause votre misère : Par le sang de ma race il se doit

. On prétend même que le ressentiment et la colère de Junon furent la cause de tant de maux, et que cette déesse impérieuse v

omble aux griefs que cette déesse avoit contre la nation Troyenne. La cause immédiate de cette guerre fut l’enlèvement d’Hélè

Œnone, nymphe du mont Ida, qui lui prédit les maux dont il seroit la cause  : Œnone, savez-vous quel ennui me tourmente ? On

arrosé de leurs pleurs. De la Fosse. On regardoit Polixène comme la cause de la mort d’Achille. Pyrrhus l’immola sur le tom

Pyrrhus emmena Andromaque en Epire et l’épousa. Hélène, qui étoit la cause de cette guerre, se cacha dans le temple de Miner

148 — Est livré à Ménélas, 185 Déjanire, épouse Hercule, 138 — Lui cause la mort, 139 Delos, isle rendue stable, 40 — Li

arin, 93 Gnide, temple célèbre, 74 Gorgone, emblème des remords que cause le crime, 13 Gorgone, Méduse, 46 Gorgones, 109

uerre de Troie, 168 — Célèbre dans l’Histoire de la Fable, 11 — Ses causes , 177 — Ses succès, 185. Ses suites, 185 H

— — de sa haine, 96-131-137 — — de sa vengeance, 65-129 — Sa colère cause la guerre de Troie, 177 — Comment on la représen

reconnu par Hector, 179 — Haï de Junon, 38 — Enlève Hélène, 148 — Cause la guerre de Troie, 177 — Fait périr Achille, 18

har de son père ; est foudroyé par Jupiter, ibid. — Les regrets que cause sa mort, ibid. Phaétuse, sœur de Phaéton, ibid.

siége, 183-186 — Combien il fut meurtrier, 86 — Quelles furent les causes de cette guerre, 38-148 — La ville est mise à fe

e la famille du juste Noé, qui servit à repeupler la terre. Les mêmes causes produisirent des effets à peu près semblables. Le

s il ne peut pas aller jusqu’à penser que ce qui existe n’ait pas une cause ou un principe d’existence. Cette cause qu’il ne

e ce qui existe n’ait pas une cause ou un principe d’existence. Cette cause qu’il ne connaît plus, il la suppose, il l’invent

e des fables religieuses ou de la mythologie peut se rattacher à deux causes  : la première est l’oubli de la tradition, et la

it, on fut conduit à attribuer tous les phénomènes de la nature à des causes distinctes. C’est ainsi que tout ce qui ne dépend

beauté, que lui disputaient Junon et Minerve. Ce ressentiment fut la cause de la ruine de Troie. La nymphe Écho fut punie d’

Qu’est-ce que Phorcys ? — Qu’est-ce que les Sirènes ? — Quelle fut la cause de leur mort ? — Qu’est-ce que les Harpyes ? — Qu

le ne furent-ils pas ternis par quelques faiblesses ? — Quelle fut la cause de sa mort ? — Que devint-il après sa mort ?

es fut-elle fondée ? — De qui Cadmus était-il frère ? — Quelle fut la cause des malheurs de la race de Cadmus et de la ville

e et son inceste ? — Que devinrent Œdipe et Jocaste ? — Quelle fut la cause de la première guerre de Thèbes ? — Que fit Polyn

 ? — Thersandre régna-t-il longtemps ? § 8. Guerre de Troie. Cause de la guerre de Troie. — Préparatifs de l’expédit

Troie. — Préparatifs de l’expédition. L’enlèvement d’Hélène fut la cause de la guerre de Troie. Hélène était fille de Jupi

l avait eu de la magicienne Circé. Questionnaire. Quelle fut la cause de la guerre de Troie ? — Combien de temps durère

est l’origine de la Fable ? R. La Fable doit son origine à plusieurs causes , mais sur-tout à l’ignorance, à la corruption, à

, à la corruption, à la vanité et à la crainte. L’ignorance, 1.ère cause de l’idolâtrie Les hommes méconnurent le vrai

, L’homme aveugle compta ses dieux. (Lamotte.) La corruption, 2.e cause de l’idolâtrie. L’homme, pour n’avoir point à

ltère, une Vénus impudique, un Mercure voleur, etc. La vanité, 3.e cause de l’idolâtrie. On a élevé au rang des Dieux u

des arts, ou toute autre découverte importante. La crainte, autre cause de l’idolâtrie. Un déluge de maux fut dans tou

ussi Juvénal nous représente Atlas gémissant sous le poids du ciel, à cause du nombre des Dieux qu’on y logeoit. Le Destin

      Je ne trouve pas cela beau, Et ne m’étonne pas si parfois on en cause . D. Quel fut le crime de Prométhée, et comment J

le sort de cette ville, annonça les plus grands malheurs, ce qui fut cause que Cadmus s’en éloigna. On dit qu’il fut changé

Didon, où t’a réduite De tes maris le triste sort ? L’un, en mourant, cause ta fuite ; L’autre, en fuyant, cause ta mort. D.

triste sort ? L’un, en mourant, cause ta fuite ; L’autre, en fuyant, cause ta mort. D. Quelle fut la fin de ses aventures ?

to him the gift of memory, and of looking into the future. From this cause , Janus is represented with a double face. The tim

suppliant crowds before the judge appeared, No court erected yet, nor cause was heard; But all was safe, for conscience was t

she persecuted with the utmost rigour: but when it is remembered what cause Juno had for her jealousy, and that her husband m

, Kissed with the kiss of immortality” Barry Cornwall. has been the cause of many an ode, and many a touching story, and is

hty spirit’s strife,     To rend its bonds in vain: Again I heard the cause of ill,     And heard loves name again. “I saw a

ore the tribunal of justice, to answer for the murder of his son. The cause was tried at Athens, in a place which has been ca

eans, rivers, and fountains, were subjected to him, but he could also cause earthquakes at pleasure, and raise islands from t

hand he holds the trident, which bids the waves of ocean to rise, and causes the thunder of its tempests. With this trident al

ddle, holding a sceptre in his hand. The dead pleaded their different causes before him, and the impartial judge shakes the fa

This terror was attributed to Pan, and they believed all panics, the cause of which was unknown, were produced by him. It wa

Lapithæ at the bridal of Perithous is famous in history, and was the cause of their destruction. The Centaurs inflamed with

tracted from her beauty. At last these illiberal reflections were the cause of his being turned out of Olympus. Momus has bee

.” The subjects of the deceased king, when they were informed of the cause of his death, were anxious to avenge it, and Mede

hildren of the golden line! Shall mortal hand, with murder gory,      Cause immortal blood to flow! Sun of Heaven! — array’d

ath, look on: I warred not with thee out of hate or strife, My honest cause was to defend my wife, First pledged to me; what

o murder it. Œd. O more than savage! murder her own bowels Without a cause . Phor. There was a dreadful one Which had foreto

s unjust conduct gave birth to a terrible war; Agamemnon embraced the cause of his brother with fervour, awoke all Greece ‌to

h, when the latter was ignorant of the ‌infamy of her mother, and the cause of her father’s death, is thus beautifully descri

glory was aroused in Achilles, and one more defender was added to the cause of Menelaus. But the besiegers were also to posse

lew him; they then carried off the horses which had been the innocent causes of his melancholy fate. All the oracles being now

. The King of Sparta, protected by his bravery and the justice of his cause , accepted his challenge, and would have sacrifice

is generally enwreathed with serpents, and she is imagined to be the cause of all the miseries, dissensions, and quarrels, w

all. Polyphemus, however, discovered their retreat, and with it, the cause of all the scorn and indifference, with which he

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img283 “But the general cause which regulated these sacrifices,” says Mr.  Howi

instance, if the people thought they had a sure pretext to impute the cause of it to the king, they sacrificed him without he

bservé le pays, assure que ce déluge si célèbre n’a jamais eu d’autre cause . Les poëtes s’emparèrent de cet événement pour le

la seconde dynastie des rois de Sparte, que l’on nomma des Agides, à cause d’Agis son fils. Déluge de Deucalion. Nous

de Jupiter Olympien. Le déluge de Deucalion paraît avoir eu les mêmes causes que le déluge d’Ogygès. Les poëtes lui donnèrent

ébré par les deux plus grands poëtes de la Grèce et de l’Italie, qu’à cause qu’on peut rapporter à cette date ce qu’il y a de

Les Grecs, honteux de s’être laissés surprendre, voulurent cacher la cause de leur défaite, en publiant que le sort de Nisa

de Thésée était peint comme le plus coupable des hommes, et la seule cause de sa mort. Thésée, pénétré d’horreur à la vue de

à Hercule ; mais il désigna lui-même Jason pour chef, comme étant la cause première de l’entreprise. Typhis, habile marin, q

à ses pieds que Méléagre apporta la dépouille du sanglier de Calydon, cause fatale de la mort de ses deux oncles Plexippe et

éniciens ; l’une d’elles fut conduite en Grèce. Le hasard, ou quelque cause oubliée, lui fit établir sa demeure dans la forêt

alaisons sans aucun risque. Cette prêtresse reçut le nom de Pythie, à cause du serpent Python, tué par Apollon. De jeunes fil

ntenta de parler en prose ; et Plutarque observe que ce fut une des causes de la décadence de l’oracle. Oracle de Tropho

vait enrichi cette ville et toute l’Élide. Ce fut une des principales causes de la magnificence et de la richesse du temple de

nt l’origine de ce culte coupable, et l’on n’ignore pas que les mêmes causes ont corrompu toutes les religions imaginées par l

rois pierres tranchantes, frémit avec tant de rage, que c’est lui qui cause des tremblemens de terre. Il y restera captif jus

les suffisaient pour attacher et remplir l’imagination. C’est à cette cause , sans doute, qu’il faut attribuer le petit nombre

c les Gaulois : Si quelque Carthaginois faisait tort à un Gaulois, la cause serait portée au tribunal des femmes gauloises. P

es? First and foremost, curiosity that leads them to inquire into the causes of things; and second, credulity that impels them

ed that some serious offence given to a member of that family was the cause of an event which reversed the poet’s happy circu

for help upon her elder children, the Titans. None dared espouse her cause save Cronus, the crafty. With an iron sickle he l

a more famous son of the same Titan, Prometheus, who had espoused the cause of Jove, acquired dignity hereafter to be set for

t conflict, Prometheus, gifted with prophetic wisdom, had adopted the cause of the Olympian deities. To him and his brother E

e casket, and that was hope. Because of his unselfish devotion to the cause of humanity, Prometheus drew down on himself the

of healing and of prophecy. He seems to have been, when he chose, the cause of “inextinguishable laughter” to the gods, but h

Mars and Diomede. — In the war of the Greeks and the Trojans,129 the cause of the former was espoused by Minerva, of the lat

rm in his wooing, She took to the tree to escape his pursuing; Be the cause what it might, from his offers she shrunk, And, G

r with his supplication. Jupiter lent a favoring ear, and pleaded the cause of the lovers with Venus. Gaining her consent, he

il all rent and bloody. “O, hapless girl,” cried he, “I have been the cause of thy death; but I follow thee!” So saying, he d

n the Corinthian grove of Neptune. Overcome by them, he commended his cause , as he fell, to a flock of cranes that happened t

in the sea, and pastured the sea-calves of Neptune, could explain the cause of the mortality among the bees, and how to remed

r contest took place between Hercules and the river-god Acheloüs. The cause of the strife was Dejanira of Calydon, whom both

l wood upon the burning pile. Meleager, absent and unconscious of the cause , feels a sudden pang. He burns; he calls upon tho

on Leda’s daughter Helen, then a child, but afterwards famous as the cause of the Trojan war; and with the aid of his friend

and aided him with an army to enforce his claim to the kingdom. These causes led to the celebrated expedition of the “Seven ag

ellespontus § 165. Three Houses Concerned. — Before entering upon the causes of the war against Troy, we must notice the three

hildren, — Electra, Iphigenia, and Orestes. Helen, the fair immediate cause of the Trojan War, became the wife of Menelaüs, w

, had taken an oath that they would sustain her choice and avenge her cause if necessary. She was living happily with Menelaü

, persuaded her to elope with him, and carried her to Troy. From this cause arose the famous Trojan War, — the theme of the g

ars. Then an event occurred which seemed likely to prove fatal to the cause of the Greeks, — a quarrel between Achilles and A

charms by Paris, were hostile to the Trojans; Venus for the opposite cause favored them; she enlisted, also, her admirer Mar

return to the field; and that Agamemnon should yield the maiden, the cause of dispute, with ample gifts to atone for the wro

clus, performing the behest, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his coming would have hastened away, but Nesto

e. If the gods so please, thou mayest win Achilles back to the common cause ; but if not, let him at least send his soldiers t

n the deeps of ocean where she abode, and she hastened to inquire the cause . She found him overwhelmed with self-reproach tha

sing over the city were seen by the departing Trojans, and though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the

ho fell overboard and was drowned. He addressed him and asked him the cause of his misfortune. Palinurus replied that the rud

as then the rumor true that thou hadst perished? and was I, alas! the cause ? I call the gods to witness that my departure fro

around him, and could not be satisfied with the sight. They asked the cause of his coming, and plied him with innumerable que

also were those who had violated the marriage vow, or fought in a bad cause , or failed in fidelity to their employers. Here w

men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds received in their country’s cause , holy priests also, and poets who have uttered th

shalt always be held in reverence. When I reach the upper air, I will cause a temple to be built to thy honor, and will mysel

hus: — “Illustrious Trojan, it is but little we can do in so great a cause . Our state is feeble, hemmed in on one side by th

rt younger than I and hast more of life in prospect. Nor can I be the cause of such grief to thy mother, who has chosen to be

m heaven, and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the

ortal love, for the evil she had wrought of old when she espoused the cause in battle of those whom the Norns had predestined

doth the moon far-beaming the glimmering stars outshine? Sure have I cause to pride me when such a knight is mine.” Thereto

of Brahmanism, taught: “(1) Existence is only pain or sorrow. (2) The cause of pain or sorrow is desire. (3) In Nirvana all p

. Encyc. Brit., Mythology. 11. Chr. A. Lobeck, Aglaophamus: On the Causes of Greek Mythology. Cited by Lang. 12. Excursio

es. On nommait les fêtes de Cybèle Megalesia, et ses prêtres Galli, à cause d’un certain fleuve de Phrygie de même nom. On pr

sous le nom de Jupiter Ammon, mot grec qui signifie arène ou sable, à cause des sables qui sont dans cette contrée. Homère d

rhothius, fils de Neptune, comparut devant les douze dieux, plaida sa cause , et fut déclaré innocent, vu qu’il n’avait préten

C’est dans l’Aréopage que les Athéniens s’assemblaient pour juger les causes criminelles. La loi défendait à ceux qui plaidaie

s Grecs ont donné au dieu Mars le nom d’Arès, qui signifie dommage, à cause des maux que la guerre cause. Les Latins l’appela

s le nom d’Arès, qui signifie dommage, à cause des maux que la guerre cause . Les Latins l’appelaient Gradivus, du verbe gradi

de l’éloquence, il enchaînait et captivait les auditeurs ; Nomius, à cause des lois qu’il donna ; Promachus, défenseur : Mer

trouvait son sort déplorable, lorsque deux de ses sujets devinant la cause de ses chagrins, vinrent secrètement lui offrir l

les vapeurs de la terre mêlées aux influences des astres, étaient la cause des vents ; c’est pourquoi quelques-uns les font

on malheur, tuèrent toutes les abeilles d’Aristée, qu’elles croyaient cause de la mort de cette princesse. Aussitôt le fils d

l’origine de la fameuse guerre de Thèbes, surnommée des sept preux, à cause des vaillans capitaines qui s’y trouvèrent. Le dé

victoire se rangeait tantôt d’un parti, tantôt d’un autre, ce qui fut cause que ce siége dura dix ans. La dispute qui s’éleva

ice of Ascalaphus, Proserpine consented to marry Pluto, which was the cause of much regret to Ceres. Ascalaphus, thereupon, b

the wide earth, and o’er the boundless main. He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakef

ndû to a most miserable condition; cuts him off from all society, and causes him to be regarded as an impure and detestable an

, energy, and intelligence. They worshiped the intelligent and active cause of the phenomena of nature, as it is displayed in

triking and powerful agencies, but without clearly distinguishing the cause from the effect; or they believed that the elemen

, appears to have been an emblem of the moon. She was esteemed as the cause of abundance, and regarded, like Osīris, to be on

Osīris and Isis, in all respects. As all fertile regions and prolific causes were supposed to belong to Osīris and Isis; so al

uced, and that the struggle between the two systems was one operating cause of the dispersion of mankind. In process of time

gained in war. Fire, as the principle of all things; the wind, as the cause of life; and the sword, as the cause of death, we

of all things; the wind, as the cause of life; and the sword, as the cause of death, were likewise venerated by them. A bein

hich they were called? Who was Chiron? To what monster was Œdipus the cause of destruction by answering her enigmas? What mon

He has been called “the god of life, and light, and arts” He was the cause of disease, and the restorer of health. He is oft

the wide earth, and o’er the boundless main. He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakef

h two serpents. The caduceus had a power to induce wakefulness, or to cause sleep. Mercury, besides his higher offices, was t

the heavenly bodies. The malignity of his enemies is a more rational cause for the sufferings of Prometheus than the vengefu

the abatement of storms; thus they were ignorantly presumed to be the cause of allaying tempests. ——— Proteus was a son of N

s brother Egyptus, who married the daughters of their uncle. For some cause , not precisely told by the mythologists, Danaus o

The mighty Hercules o’er many a clime Waved his vast mace in virtue’s cause sublime, Unmeasured strength with early art combi

. It was foretold to Priam, that the last-born of his children should cause the destruction of Troy. Priam, on the birth of P

were the Atridæ, and in what book is their history related? For what cause was the voyage of Menelaus prolonged? Who appeare

sex. Achilles then felt himself in honour compelled to engage in the cause of Menelaus, and led his myrmidons, the soldiers

es’ early life? How was the person of Achilles defended? What was the cause of Achilles’ displeasure against Agamemnon? What

e is said to have died suddenly, while he was engaged in pleading the cause of an intimate friend. Pittacus was born in th

ndu to a most miserable condition; cuts him off from all society, and causes him to be regarded as an impure and detestable an

, appears to have been an emblem of the moon. She was esteemed as the cause of abundance, and regarded, like Osiris, to be on

suppliant crowds before the judge appeared, No court erected yet, nor cause was heard, But all was safe; for conscience was t

s. Apollo, like other divinities, had many names. Ques. What was the cause of Apollo’s being driven from heaven? Ans. He ha

Troy. An oracle had foretold before his birth that he was destined to cause the destruction of his native city. He was, there

His mother, Meganira, wondered at this, and resolved to discover the cause . She watched Ceres at night, and when she saw her

, he is imprisoned under Mount Etna, and whenever he tries to move he causes terrible eruptions of the volcano. Tityus was sti

eianira a charmed philter, telling her that if Hercules ever gave her cause to doubt his affection, she could secure his cons

ance about in an extraordinary manner. As he drew near to examine the cause of this phenomenon, the vapors, exhaling from the

eat change which really takes place in the atmosphere is probably the cause of the apparent variation in the temperature of t

e made to this sacred fire from all parts of Asia. Ques. What is the cause of this phenomenon? Ans. Bakoo and the surroundi

f connected with these observances. Ques. What difficulties did this cause among the Christian missionaries? Ans. Some of t

ld. Under the tree lies Ymir, and his efforts to throw off the weight cause earthquakes. The root that extends into Asgard is

no more. After this universal destruction, Alfâdur (All-Father) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to rise out of the a

effect of their remedies was not, however, attributed to any natural cause , but rather to a mysterious virtue residing in ce

it is believed that it had the desired effect, and was the immediate cause of the edict issued by Antoninus in favor of the

len into a swoon, and she instantly withdrew to discover what was the cause of her son’s illness. Psyche saw her depart with

fall asleep, just as he chose. Homer describes it as “The wand which causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumber seals the wakefu

s, which had the property, when certain words were said over them, to cause pain or delirium to absent persons, who were curs

ll be the consequence of my imprudence. Mother. Did you ever hear of cause and effect? Ann. Yes. My wearing thin shoes in t

and effect? Ann. Yes. My wearing thin shoes in the wet would be the cause of my cold, and the cold would be the effect. Mo

etreat, seeing their danger, would not permit them to be slain in his cause . He rushed from his concealment, seized the Medus

d in midnight gloom, and she hastened to the thunderer to inquire the cause of this obscuration. Jupiter was absent from Olym

nd when Juno discovered this, she instantly suspected that he was the cause of that noonday darkness. To satisfy herself, she

e génie actif qui l’animait. Plusieurs de ses surnoms remontent à des causes fort naturelles. Ainsi on l’appelait Jupiter Olym

e, Alcyone et Céléno, formant la constellation nommée les Pleïades, à cause du mois ou saison propre à la navigation qu’elles

près avoir combattu quelque temps auprès de leur père, désertèrent la cause des Titans, portèrent secours à Jupiter, et firen

he Chariclo, et contemporain de Samuel. On attribue encore à d’autres causes sa cécité accidentelle : les uns disent que ce fu

, chez les Sabins, Munotor ou le perceur de bouclier, Salis ubsolus à cause des danses guerrières des Saliens, Silvanus ou Sy

Myrinus ou de Myrine en Eolide, Navalis ou du promontoire d’Actium, à cause du temple qu’Auguste y fit bâtir en son honneur a

ours, Zatheus ou le très-divin, Zosterius ou de Zoster, en Attique, à cause des poissons que les pêcheurs lui offraient dans

ur le fameux trépied, et bientôt cette malheureuse, exaspérée par une cause jusqu’à présent restée inconnue, était prise de m

Egypte, où il était représenté avec des cornes de bélier, en voici la cause  : Bacchus étant sur le point de mourir de soif da

’élever les abeilles. Amant d’Eurydice, Aristée fut, comme on l’a vu, cause de sa mort en la poursuivant le jour de ses noces

Cependant on nomme encore Esculape le constellation du Dragon, soit à cause du serpent qui lui était consacré, soit pour tout

tée. Ainsi on l’appelait Cérès Achœa, ou Achtheia, ou la gémissante à cause des plaintes qu’elle fit entendre lors de l’enlèv

thènes, Chrysaoros ou au glaive d’or, Chlonia ou la souterraine, ou à cause du temple que Chtonie, fille d’Erec hée, lui avai

et aux nombreuses mamelles, Materès ou la mère, Mélœna ou la noire, à cause du deuil qu’elle porta de sa fille en se retirant

es petits mystères ou initiations des Eleusinies avaient Hercule pour cause indirecte. En effet, ayant traversé le territoire

e. Ils étaient suivis par une troupe de femmes appelées Cistophores à cause des corbeilles remplies de gâteaux, de maïs, de l

a naissance par Jupiter, qui pressentait tous les maux dont il serait cause un jour. Alors Vénus le confia aux habitans des f

ste toute la journée ; ses sœurs l’ayant remarqué, lui demandèrent la cause de sa tristesse. Hélas ! dit-elle, j’aime mon épo

éditerranée. On lui doit aussi la peur panique ou peur subite et sans cause , qu’il inventa un jour pour mettre en fuite l’arm

enlever plus tôt par représailles, Hélène, femme de Minos. Ce qui fut cause de la fameuse guerre de Troie, dont nous donneron

inos, il quitta son pays natal et passa en Cilicie, où il embrassa la cause de ses habitans contre les Lyciens qui venaient l

meurtre d’Absyrte, dont elle ne veut pas donner l’expiation, sera la cause des malheurs qui signaleront son retour ; néanmoi

t que l’on nommait en outre Prolès Vulcani, et Corynèle, Clavigera, à cause d’une massue avec laquelle il tuait ses hôtes. Il

oué, abrègent sa vie : alors son épouse meurt de chagrin, et sa mère, cause de sa mort, se pend de désespoir. Pélée et Télam

fils d’Éaque, ils furent tous deux exilés de leur patrie pour la même cause accidentelle, ce qui laisse beaucoup d’incertitud

à celles du Simoïs ; mais Vulcain le fit repentir de son zèle pour la cause de Priam : il embrasa la plaine et tarit presque

e ou le marais du Styx en Arcadie, devait être l’entrée des enfers, à cause des exhalaisons mortelles qui s’élevaient au-dess

se de la vengeance, portait les noms et surnoms suivans : Adrastée, à cause du temple qu’Adraste lui avait élevé dans la Troa

. Myrtile, ayant mal emboité une des roues du char de son maître, fut cause que le char se brisa au milieu de la carrière, et

reconnaître, à la vue du glaive témoin de son inceste, le fruit et la cause de son malheur, se perce avec cette même épée qu’

s soins les plus tendres lorsqu’il fut poursuivi par les Euménides, à cause du meurtre de sa mère. Sur le bruit de la mort d’

qui s’y trouvaient, nous devons parler d’abord de Ménélas et d’Hélène cause de cette guerre. Ménélas, fils d’Ériphyle et de

le même jour que Pollux, son frère. Afin que l’on se pénètre bien des causes de la guerre de Troie, nous allons répéter ici et

tier et le plus digne des armes de ce héros. Ajax les lui disputa. La cause fut plaidée devant les rois assemblés, et Ulysse

Chalcon, gouverneur, puis écuyer d’Antiloque et enfin déserteur de la cause des Grecs, par amour pour l’amazone Penthésilée ;

, le fils et le premier des bergers de Priam, le juge des déesses, la cause enfin de la ruine de Troie. Ce Paris, ou Alexandr

envoyèrent des ambassadeurs, ils ne furent pas écoutés ; telle fut la cause de ce fameux siége de dix ans. Pàris, dont le car

Troye. Il disait à ses concitoyens que cette énorme machine serait la cause de la ruine de la ville ; voyant même qu’on ne l’

Crète ; mais, forcé de fuir, il fut en Cilicie. Là, s’attachant à la cause de ces braves attaqués par les Lyciens, il se dis

u nom de Cinocéphale ; elle suivit Typhon, mais finit par déserter sa cause pour s’attacher au jeune Haroéri. Thoth, ou Thaa

adorée à Antinoopolys et à Abydos, où elle avait un temple célèbre à cause des oracles qu’elle y rendait. Ses réponses étaie

et des maux. Il possède donc plutôt un culte de crainte que d’amour à cause des maux qu’il envoie ou qu’il peut envoyer, car

s Hottentos, qui l’appellent l’être malfaisant sans en trop savoir la cause . Ils l’honorent en lui sacrifiant, soit un bœuf,

les protéger contre les périls de la mer, tantôt sur leurs tables, à cause des dons qu’ils prodiguaient. On les représentait

dana qui n’avait pas voulu partager l’empire avec son frère, en était cause . Le roi offrit alors à Devadi la moitié de ses ét

se de cette insensibilité, jura de s’en venger sur celle qui en était cause . Elle fut donc trouver son frère Ravana, et, d’ac

évaki, elle fit le tour de l’Inde, de la terre et des cieux. Elle fut cause de la guerre dans laquelle le géant aux cinq tête

it perdre par là à Jalendra le privilége de l’invulnérabilité, et fut cause , par là, que Siva le fit mourir. Vrindha connaiss

fils de Bhavani. Il combattit et vainquit les Kchatriias qui étaient cause de la mort de son père et de sa mère. Plus tard l

mains devant la bouche. Inga, saint que les Japonais ont divinisé à cause des nombreux miracles qu’il faisait. Le plus rema

. C'est dans ces intervalles que le venin tombe sur son visage et lui cause d’horribles souffrances, qui lui font pousser de

ui avait confié Fréi, ce qui, un jour, disaient les légendes, sera la cause de la mort de ce dieu. Soerimner, sanglier énorm

arts. Elle était honorée surtout à Cussi, comme force-énergie, comme cause créatrice. On la représentait avec un casque surm

mieux éviter les précipices ; mais sa structure extraordinaire fut la cause du peu de durée de sa vie. Apollon, dieu de la lu

ur que son amant la voyait tout en pleurs : « Déesse, lui dit-il, qui cause vos alarmes, « Quel ennui si profond vous oblige

aisirs bien plus doux. « Je vous aime, et ma crainte a d’assez justes causes  : « Il sied bien en amour de craindre toutes chos

’action de la chaleur sur les fibres du péduncule du tournesol est la cause du mouvement qu’on remarque dans le disque de cet

e du fol amour, que l’erreur a pour mère ! Ce qu’on voit par tes yeux cause assez d’embarras, Sans voir encor par eux ce que

arsyas. On sait qu’Alcibiade renonça à jouer de la flûte pour la même cause . Alexandre-le-Grand s’en abstint aussi, parceque

tre eux, entre eux il les oppose : Des mouvements divers il assure la cause . Au buste assujetti, le bras s’étend soudain ; Le

et Ariane, connurent aussi les malheurs dont la cruelle Vénus est la cause . Minos tient dans les Enfers l’urne dans laquelle

çu le jour, que Jupiter, prévoyant les maux dont cet enfant serait la cause , voulut contraindre Vénus à s’en défaire. Celle-c

a compagne inséparable de Bellone était la Discorde, exilée du ciel à cause des contestations et des troubles qu’elle y occas

s ; — Iacchus, d’un verbe grec, qui veut dire « crier, vociférer, » à cause des clameurs des ivrognes et des éclats bruyants

endre sans émotion les plaintes de son fils, quoiqu’elle en jugeât la cause un peu légère. Elle le serre entre ses bras, essu

ets de la nature n’ont point d’obscurité ; il peut seul te révéler la cause de ton malheur, et t’apprendre le moyen infaillib

§ 15. Les Fleuves. Les Païens rendaient un culte aux Fleuves, à cause des avantages qu’ils en retiraient pour le commer

vision, répondit « que la reine mettrait au monde un fils qui serait cause de la destruction de sa patrie. » A cette nouvell

ent. Achille, outré de cet affront, jura de ne plus combattre pour la cause des Grecs, s’enferma dans sa tente, et resta une

lysse se disputèrent les armes de ce héros, et chacun d’eux plaida sa cause devant les capitaines réunis. Ajax n’oublia aucun

ent que ne purent affaiblir les hostilités dont Pâris fut la première cause . Durant le siége, Anténor insista auprès de Priam

ce bruit, étaient accourues avec des flambeaux, et lui demandaient la cause de son trouble. « Alcyone n’est plus ! s’écrie-t-

x pythiques, et autant de fois aux jeux d’Olympie. Son imprudence fut cause de sa perte. Déjà très-avancé en âge, il se prome

bruit étrange ; d’un incendie ; d’une chandelle qui s’éteignait sans cause apparente ; d’un rat qui rongeait des meubles ; d

; et Juvénal nous représente Atlas gémissant sous le poids du ciel, à cause du grand nombre de dieux qu’on y avoit placés. D.

nt attribué à leur dieu Pan l’origine de cette terreur subite dont la cause est inconnue. Brennus s’étoit avancé à la tête de

lui conseilla d’aller consulter Protée. Celui-ci révéla à Aristée la cause de son infortune, et lui ordonna d’apaiser les ma

cela que la ville de Troie fut aussi nommée Pergame. D. Quelle fut la cause de la guerre de Troie ? R. Pâris, fils de Priam,

outré de l’affront qu’il recevoit, jura de ne plus combattre pour la cause commune. En effet, il se retira dans sa tente, et

-on, avoit dirigé la flèche. Polyxène fut inconsolable d’avoir été la cause innocente de la mort d’un guerrier qu’elle aimoit

er à son épouse Hermione, fille de Ménélas et d’Hélène. Cet amour fut cause de la mort de Pyrrhus. Car ce prince étant allé à

able, qu’il fait oublier aux étrangers leur propre patrie, ce qui fut cause qu’Ulysse y perdit quelques-uns de ses compagnons

Didon, ou t’a réduite De tes maris le triste sort ? L’un, en mourant cause ta fuite ; L’autre, en fuyant cause ta mort. D.

le triste sort ? L’un, en mourant cause ta fuite ; L’autre, en fuyant cause ta mort. D. Récitez-nous les beaux vers dans les

sage, à cause de vous,         Je ne serai point rebutée ;         A cause de moi, chez les foux         Vous ne serez point

r un bien ?              A l’examiner, il n’est rien              Qui cause tant de chagrins qu’elle. Je sais que sur les cœu

mettrai remède à la chose. Venez, Singe ; parlez le premier, et pour cause  ; Voyez ces animaux, faites comparaison          

cendres.” — Je l’interrompis encore : “Expliquez-moi, lui dis-je, la cause de cette contradiction entre le langage et les mœ

i vous pouvez. Historiens patients, dont l’exactitude minutieuse nous cause autant d’effroi que d’admiration, lisez Tite-Live

r l’emphase et la solennité de leur début. Ils s’exprimaient, et pour cause , en termes couverts et ambigus. De là ces express

s histoires, et qui sont curieux d’apprendre par quel enchaînement de causes secondes les malheurs de Troie sortirent d’une po

ation des Grecs enveloppait d’allégories charmantes non-seulement les causes cachées des phénomènes naturels, mais les antique

pas à leur imagination ardente. Les phénomènes dont ils cherchent la cause , les lois qu’ils découvrent, ils les voient avec

. Non-nosus les dit noirs et velus de la tête aux pieds, sans doute à cause des fourrures dont ils étaient couverts. 5. Ces

back again of that creating Power must have been another originating cause , and perhaps still another, and so on without lim

ther of Agamemnon. The elopement of his wife Helen with Paris was the cause of the siege of Troy. See Helena. Me′nu [Menu],

ecause they wished to signify that they never took up arms but in the cause of justice. “Forbear, said Nemesis, my loss to m

and of his mother Hecuba. It had been predicted that he would be the cause of the destruction of Troy, and his father theref

f Poseidon. “The changeful Proteus, whose prophetic mind, The secret cause of Bacchus’ rage divined.” The Lusiad. “What c

le nommaient Jupiter Ammon, les Romains le surnommaient Capitolin, à cause du temple que Tarquin le Superbe lui avait consac

i pour ce fait par Neptune devant le tribunal des Dieux, il plaida sa cause lui-même, et fut absous. Alectryon, un des favor

e était-il né, que Jupiter, prévoyant tous les maux dont il serait la cause , ordonna à sa mère de le faire périr ; mais celle

Discorde. La Discorde, ou Éris, fut chassée du ciel par Jupiter, à cause des différends qu’elle ne cessait de soulever ent

trépied, et l’on y fit monter une prêtresse que l’on nomma Pythie, à cause du serpent nommé Python dont Apollon avait délivr

ravie. On dit qu’il mourut pour avoir plaidé avec trop de chaleur la cause d’un de ses amis, qu’il croyait injustement accus

on ami a fait pour lui, il est prêt de succomber à la douleur que lui cause la perte d’Alceste. Hercule veut lui cacher son b

in pour la vengeance et l’amitié, ce que la raison et l’intérêt de la cause commune n’avoient pu obtenir de lui, il se réconc

ient seuls prétendre à l’honneur de les recevoir. Ils plaidèrent leur cause devant les Grecs assemblés, l’éloquence l’emporta

ui, consulta l’Oracle, qui lui répondit que cet enfant seroit un jour cause de la ruine de sa patrie. Aussitôt que Pâris fut

ait un tel vœu ; car il rencontra son fils et le sacrifia. Ce qui fut cause d’une peste si cruelle que ses sujets le chassère

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

s of the world of shadows. The time had come for Orpheus to plead his cause . He struck upon the strings of his lyre and began

urydice, and she him, how they were happily married, and how, without cause , she had been snatched from him in an hour. He to

t into cries of lamentation and woe. Theseus was amazed and asked the cause of their grief. “Alas, sir,” said an old man, “it

e la deificazione dell’ idea di conseguenza inevitabile di una o più cause destinate a produrre certi determinati effetti ;

forza anche alle braccia degli uomini. — Felice chi potè conoscer le cause delle cose 84), diceva Virgilio ; e in oggi sping

me ! 4. Les passions des hommes et leur ignorance furent les grandes causes de toutes ces erreurs. En quittant le pied de la

lle époque cette croyance s’est-elle altérée ? 4. Quelles ont été les causes de cette altération ? Quelles sont les créatures

clamer Vénus la plus belle des déesses. Ce ressentiment jaloux fut la cause de la ruine de Troie. Latone, mère d’Apollon, Sém

e fait était certain, Mars ne pouvait le nier. Néanmoins il plaida sa cause avec tant d’art qu’il fut absous. On bâtit un pal

nt la présidence des jeux, et le nombre des juges fut réduit à dix, à cause des dix tribus qui partageaient l’Elide. Pendant

io ed onore del cielo, eran per altro ben lungi dal conoscere le vere cause di questo splendido fenomeno. Dal vederlo compari

XII La Titanomachia e la Gigantomachia Per intender bene le vere cause di queste guerre convien risalire al patto di fam

om qu’on donnoit à Vénus lorsqu’on la considéroit comme la Déesse qui cause les soins et les inquiétudes : Acidalie étoit aus

le fut depuis épouse de Ménélas, et enlevée par Pâris, elle devint la cause du siége de Troie. Harpalice étoit la plus belle

donnoit encore le nom de bachelette à cette réjouissance, peut-être à cause des jeunes filles qui quêtoient. Il paroît nature

soltanto il dualismo, che riconosce due principii, o vogliam dire due cause supreme di tutte le cose, entrambe eterne, l’una

d una ad una tutte le asserzioni di suo fratello Quinto sulle pretese cause soprannaturali degli Oracoli e di qualunque altra

à qui le ciel révéloit tous les secrets. Ce Dieu apprit à Aristée la cause de son infortune, et lui dit d’offrir aux mânes d

 ; Imprimons sur l’airain, avec des traits sanglans,               La cause de mon esclavage.               Eternisons le s

, Et, jouissant des maux que j’aimois à lui peindre, Elle en étoit la cause , et feignoit de me plaindre. C’est là mon désespo

el ! que deviens-je ? A jeun et la gueule béante, Un loup à la brebis cause moins d’épouvante. Un lièvre aux cris du chien pr

ore,     Ecoute mes regrets, viens essuyer mes pleurs. Ton absence me cause une frayeur mortelle ; Tout semble vainement répo

voit avec douleur, mais sans inquiétude, Les Etats se heurter pour la cause des Rois.                Tandis que la veuve épl

e donné à cette terreur qui saisit tout à coup sans qu’on en sache la cause . Il passait pour l’inventeur de la flûte à sept t

fabuleuse. Le jugement de Pâris et l’enlèvement d’Hélène en furent la cause . Pâris, surnommé Alexandre, était fils de Priam,

mento erano ambedue privi del regno e della patria ; Polinice, per le cause già dette nel precedente numero, e Tideo per aver

loro credenze religiose o vogliam dire superstiziose, ma pur anco le cause di certi usi od abusi od errori dei popoli pagani

à qui le ciel révélait tous les secrets. Ce Dieu apprit à Aristée la cause de son infortune, et lui dit d’offrir aux mânes d

, Et, jouissant des maux que j’aimais à lui peindre, Elle en était la cause , et feignait de me plaindre. C’est là mon désespo

voit avec douleur, mais sans inquiétude, Les Etats se heurter pour la cause des Rois.            Tandis que la veuve éplorée,

blée, Ses frères attendris, sa mère désolée, S’étonne, veut savoir la cause de leurs pleurs, Et de sa folle joie augmente leu

i in poi fù chiamato la collina di Marte, dove trattar si solevano le cause puramente criminali alla presenza di tanti giudic

he tener dovevano i legali, che presso un tal giudicato trattavano le cause de’ loro clienti. Essi sotto pena di non essere a

man mano con successivi allargamenti e trasformazioni dovute a varie cause . 2º L’ origine naturalistica dei miti è ipotesi p

in diverse leggende, da riferirsi a un medesimo essere mitico. Molte cause dunque cooperarono a produrre, alterare, incrocia

ra gli omerici un inno dove Ares è invocato come un dio che pugna per cause della più alta importanza, è chiamato protettore

ovinette, che son di mille amanti E speranza e sospiro. Ancor cercate Cause alla mia superbia? A me Latona Preporre osate, cu

r farlo oggetto di culto ai Greci presso Malea. Regna discordia sulle cause per le quali Febo si nomina: l’opinione che più a

tro alla mano, sedente in mezzo all’ ombre, dalle quali si trattan le cause alla sua presenza. Virgilio dice che agita l’urn

figliuola ad Esculapio, per la connessione del nome con gli effetti e cause della medicina, così tutto il parentado e discend

mes, and with a little help here and there from the teacher they need cause the pupil no difficulty. Following many of the st

terrore dei popoli che ne furono spettatori senza saperne spiegare le cause . 67. Lo stesso Giove, sgomentato alla vista di sì

una Dea autrice d’immensi guai, ed alla quale venivano attribuite le cause di guerra e le irate fazioni che dividono le fami

e politiche ; i giuochi pubblici ed altro gran numero di ragioni, di cause e di effetti, esercitarono sulta civiltà degli El

verelle genti ; E più d’Achille è Menelao. Son queste Dell’odiarti le cause . Euripide — Andromaca — Tragedia. Sempre segue

fossero degl’enti immaginarî e fantastici, i quali rappresentavano le cause immediate sia violenti, sia naturali della morte.

e politiche ; i giuochi pubblici ed altro gran numero di ragioni, di cause e di effetti, esercitarono sulta civiltà degli El

ottacia o da Mantinea in Italia, v’avea insegnato la danza (a). Varie cause si assegnano all’instituzione delle Feste Matrona

pava nelle arti professate in vita. Presso Omero le ombre trattano le cause al tribunale di Minos, ed Arione si esercita, com