riestesses called Vestals, flamed in her temple. As the safety of the
city
was held to be connected with its conservation, t
nlight and moonlight and falling showers. It was where now stands the
city
of Eleusis, then the home of an old man named Cel
ls she had formed, and from this union Paphos was born, from whom the
city
, sacred to Venus, received its name. Schiller,
sends you her commands that you despatch a dream to Halcyone, in the
city
of Trachine, representing her lost husband and al
s flew, making no noise with his wings, and soon came to the Hæmonian
city
, where, laying aside his wings, he assumed the fo
ad vanished, and she found herself in the open field not far from the
city
where her sisters dwelt. She repaired thither and
, — To seek on earth for him whose home was heaven! “In the full
city
, — by the haunted fount, — Through the dim gr
her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped, should build a
city
and call it Thebes. Cadmus had hardly left the Ca
let us live in peace!” These five joined with Cadmus in building his
city
, to which they gave the name of Thebes. Cadmus ob
the disease attacked the country people, and then the dwellers in the
city
. At first the cheek was flushed, and the breath d
e me, O father, citizens as numerous as these, and replenish my empty
city
.’ The tree shook and gave a rustling sound with i
their king. I paid my vows to Jove, and proceeded to allot the vacant
city
to the new-born race, and to parcel out the field
Scylla was his daughter. The siege had now lasted six months and the
city
still held out, for it was decreed by fate that i
he hair of King Nisus, remained on his head. There was a tower on the
city
walls, which overlooked the plain where Minos and
ee Minos again. And yet no doubt it is sometimes the best thing for a
city
to be conquered, when the conqueror is clement an
ather’s bedchamber and cut off the fatal lock; then passed out of the
city
and entered the enemy’s camp. She demanded to be
d gave orders that equitable terms should be allowed to the conquered
city
, and that the fleet should immediately sail from
e love of violence and bloodshed. Athens was her chosen seat, her own
city
, awarded to her as the prize of a contest with Ne
t king of Athens, the two deities contended for the possession of the
city
. The gods decreed that it should be awarded to th
dgment that the olive was the more useful of the two, and awarded the
city
to the goddess; and it was named after her, Athen
of the gods; my mother was a goddess. My husband built and rules this
city
, Thebes, and Phrygia is my paternal inheritance.
through the air, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the
city
. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, w
Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the youth of the
city
pursued their warlike sports. The sons of Niobe w
people from the sacred rites, and held her stately course through the
city
, the envy of her friends, now the pity even of he
gly became the slayer of his own father. Shortly after this event the
city
of Thebes was afflicted with a monster which infe
ep made preparations to attack him, as if they were about to attack a
city
. But the hero, awaking, laughed at the little war
antage of the occasion to pay a glowing tribute to Athens, his native
city
. It begins thus: — “O haggard queen! to Athens d
ments. Her priests were called Corybantes. Byron in describing the
city
of Venice, which is built on a low island in the
s in their turn invaded the country of Athens and penetrated into the
city
itself; and the final battle in which Theseus ove
le in which Theseus overcame them was fought in the very midst of the
city
. This battle was one of the favorite subjects of
elphi, the Isthmian on the Corinthian isthmus, the Nemean at Nemea, a
city
of Argolis. The exercises in these games were of
disorders and madness it brought with it. As he approached his native
city
Thebes, Pentheus the king, who had no respect for
omplained of hunger even while he ate. What would have sufficed for a
city
or a nation, was not enough for him. The more he
the ardor of the fight declared that he would force his way into the
city
in spite of Jove himself. Placing a ladder agains
d alive, as having deliberately set at naught the solemn edict of the
city
. Her lover, Hæmon, the son of Creon, unable to av
she was dead.15 Amphion, having become king of Thebes, fortified the
city
with a wall. It is said that when he played on hi
d left her place that she might not behold the ruin of Troy, for that
city
was founded by her son Dardanus. The sight had su
ons. But none dared stand before him, and Priam looking down from the
city
walls beheld his whole army in full flight toward
from the city walls beheld his whole army in full flight towards the
city
. He gave command to open wide the gates to receiv
les for a while, then turned to fly, and taken the way apart from the
city
. Achilles pursued and had chased his supposed vic
ran, still keeping near the walls, till they had thrice encircled the
city
. As often as Hector approached the walls Achilles
ot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body three times round the
city
. What words can tell the grief of King Priam and
twelve days for the funeral solemnities. As the litter approached the
city
and was descried from the walls, the people poure
. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and the belief was that the
city
could not be taken so long as this statue remaine
ong as this statue remained within it. Ulysses and Diomed entered the
city
in disguise and succeeded in obtaining the Pallad
l wondered what it could be for. Some recommended to take it into the
city
as a trophy; others felt afraid of it. While they
ge for the express purpose of preventing its being carried within the
city
; for Calchas the prophet had told them that if th
sacred object, and prepared to introduce with due solemnity into the
city
. This was done with songs and triumphal acclamati
he horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of the
city
to their friends, who had returned under cover of
city to their friends, who had returned under cover of the night. The
city
was set on fire; the people, overcome with feasti
a classical allusion. The following is from Swift’s Description of a
City
Shower: — “Boxed in a chair the beau impatient s
dom and was slain at last on the fatal night when the Greeks took the
city
. He had armed himself and was about to mingle wit
eral occasions, and in particular when Ulysses and Diomed entered the
city
in disguise to carry off the Palladium. She saw a
uin bare.” This alludes to the story that when, on one occasion, the
city
of Athens was at the mercy of her Spartan foes, a
of a chorus of Euripides. Troy. After hearing so much about the
city
of Troy and its heroes, the reader will perhaps b
will perhaps be surprised to learn that the exact site of that famous
city
is still a matter of dispute. There are some vest
geographers, but no other evidence of the former existence of a great
city
. Byron thus describes the present appearance of t
own kingdom Ithaca. From Troy the vessels first made land at Ismarus,
city
of the Ciconians, where, in a skirmish with the i
ch a husband. To Ulysses she recommended that he should repair to the
city
, following herself and train so far as the way la
as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the
city
she desired that he would no longer be seen in he
ger. To avoid which she directed him to stop at a grove adjoining the
city
, in which were a farm and garden belonging to the
After allowing time for the princess and her companions to reach the
city
, he was then to pursue his way thither, and would
abode. Ulysses obeyed the directions and in due time proceeded to the
city
, on approaching which he met a young woman bearin
modern steam navigation. Alcinoüs says to Ulysses, — “Say from what
city
, from what regions tossed, And what inhabitants t
e island is just at the proper distance from the probable site of the
city
and palace of the king, to justify the princess N
Æneas, in their search for a new home, after the ruin of their native
city
. On that fatal night when the wooden horse disgor
d its contents of armed men, and the capture and conflagration of the
city
were the result, Æneas made his escape from the s
followed by his wife, he made the best of his way out of the burning
city
; but, in the confusion, his wife was swept away a
ed on the neighboring shores of Thrace, and were preparing to build a
city
, but Æneas was deterred by a prodigy. Preparing t
hey resolved to steer. They arrived at Crete and began to build their
city
, but sickness broke out among them, and the field
built a citadel, and called it Byrsa, (a hide.) Around this fort the
city
of Carthage rose, and soon became a powerful and
ts of the Trojan history and his own adventures after the fall of the
city
. Dido was charmed with his discourse and filled w
tabbed herself was consumed with the pile. The flames rising over the
city
were seen by the departing Trojans, and, though t
ions of the condemned. Æneas beheld on one side the walls of a mighty
city
, around which Phlegethon rolled its fiery waters.
the gate, on which Tisiphone, the avenging Fury, kept guard. From the
city
were heard groans, and the sound of the scourge,
s that it was time to turn from these melancholy regions and seek the
city
of the blessed. They passed through a middle trac
r to oppose in every way the new alliance. Alecto then speeded to the
city
of Turnus, and assuming the form of an old priest
een singular from the beginning. Her father, Metabus, driven from his
city
by civil discord, carried with him in his flight
cattered buildings of the infant town, where in after times the proud
city
of Rome grew, whose glory reached the skies. By c
Infant Rome. When the solemnities were ended all moved towards the
city
. The king, bending with age, walked between his s
ers and Pallas accompanying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan
city
,28 — having sent back the rest of his party in th
rather than stay and live in peace with the other matrons in Acestes’
city
.” Euryalus replied, “Say no more. In vain you see
Trojan soil, and would not stay behind with the other matrons at the
city
of Acestes. I go now without taking leave of her.
hit Anthor. He was a Grecian by birth, who had left Argos, his native
city
, and followed Evander into Italy. The poet says o
s, obtained Lavinia for his bride. Tradition adds that he founded his
city
, and called it after her name, Lavinium. His son
reat Æolian lyre.” Sybaris and Crotona. Sybaris, a neighboring
city
to Crotona, was as celebrated for luxury and effe
acred birds, Isis ascertained these facts, and then went to the royal
city
. There she offered herself at the palace as a ser
s. — The excavations going on at Memphis bid fair to make that buried
city
as interesting as Pompeii. The monster tomb of Ap
ost celebrated of the Grecian oracles was that of Apollo at Delphi, a
city
built on the slopes of Parnassus in Phocis. It ha
female beauty, and to aid him in his task the most perfect forms the
city
could supply were furnished him for models. It is
e, (its own cradle and its parent’s sepulchre,) and carries it to the
city
of Heliopolis in Egypt, and deposits it in the te
nd dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the
city
called Utgard. I have heard you whispering to one
nd his companions proceeded on their way, and towards noon descried a
city
standing in the middle of a plain. It was so loft
ulders in order to see to the top of it. On arriving they entered the
city
, and seeing a large palace before them with the d
ls or drink. After the repast Utgard-Loki led them to the gate of the
city
, and on parting asked Thor how he thought his jou
Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the
city
, which so long as I live and have my way thou sha
Utgard-Loki had disappeared, and when Thor would have returned to the
city
to destroy it, he found nothing around him but a
ng at its image in the water. A Web and a Spider In an ancient
city
of Greece, there lived a young girl named Arachne
t would surely cost him his life. When he had passed the gates of the
city
, he sat down under a tree by the roadside and beg
her . How a Mother’s Pride Was Humbled There was once a great
city
called Thebes, and the king and queen who ruled i
ny things that kept her busy. Thebes, you must know, was a very great
city
indeed, and there were many troublesome questions
d tender and loving in her own home, when she went out to walk in the
city
, dressed in her rich robes, she looked very haugh
ods, Apollo and Diana. And one year, when, as usual, the women of the
city
hastened to the temple, with garlands of flowers
pened that Latona had come to the top of the mountain overlooking the
city
of Thebes, to see the festival in her honor; for
s went on their way, and, without further trials, arrived safe in the
city
of Hercules’ birth, where they spent many happy y
gs. Hercules had traveled a great distance, when at last he came to a
city
by the sea. There he saw the king’s daughter, and
he shirt, told him to take it to his master Hercules, in that far-off
city
by the sea, and to say that she sent him her love
was in store for him. He traveled many miles, and at last came to the
city
where his master was living. He sought him out an
a man named Daedalus, who was highly honored by all the people of the
city
. He made beautiful statues and carvings of all ki
ary Howitt . A Cruel King When Aegeus, king of the famous old
city
of Athens, was still a young man, he was one day
son. He threw open the gates of the palace to all the people, and the
city
was filled with feasting and rejoicing at the com
t Athens with a great army. On his way he had to pass through a large
city
, in order to reach the bay that lay on the other
ut up their tents outside the gates, and prepared to lay siege to the
city
. Now, the king of the city was an old, white-hair
he gates, and prepared to lay siege to the city. Now, the king of the
city
was an old, white-haired man, but, strange to say
urple-black hair; and on this lock of hair depended the safety of the
city
. The people believed that no stranger could enter
; but I will not, for that would mean being a traitor, not only to my
city
, but to my own father.” The girl loved her father
stolen my father’s purple lock, which will enable you to conquer the
city
. Take it, with my love.” But Minos stepped back f
e cried, “would you risk the life of your father, and do harm to your
city
, all for love of a stranger? She who would do tha
ng was breaking as he spoke; and, waking his men, he marched into the
city
and conquered it by his own bravery and arms, wit
or not, for without you life is worthless to me. The gates of my own
city
are closed against me, for I have betrayed it for
air she had been changed into a bird. Sorrowfully she flew above the
city
that had formerly been her home. She longed to sp
King Minos reached Athens, and, of course, he found the gates of the
city
closed and well-guarded. So he pitched his tents
ld readily send his soldiers for more. But the people in the besieged
city
had soon eaten up their store of food, and, as yo
nd, they had no way of getting any more; for they could not leave the
city
without falling into the enemy’s hands. Many peop
they must do whatever King Minos asked, if they wished to save their
city
from ruin. A messenger was thereupon sent to the
pon sent to the king of Crete to ask on what terms he would leave the
city
. You remember, I told you in another story, that
eus declared that he would go as one of the seven, either to free his
city
of this terrible yearly burden, or to die with hi
ame to their door. One evening two strangers entered the gates of the
city
. One was a tall, noble-looking man with massive h
of hunger. The king at last sent messengers to an oracle in a distant
city
, asking what he must do to bring back food and he
gon’s teeth, and sow them in the ground already broken for his future
city
. No human being was within sight: so Cadmus knew
ered their services to Cadmus. With their aid, the foundations of the
city
were laid; but their labour was not very arduous,
s celebrated with great pomp. Less important feasts were held in each
city
where a temple was dedicated to her. On one of th
arted sons harnessed themselves to the cart, and drew her through the
city
to the temple gates, amid the acclamations of all
h, Cecrops, a Phœnician, came to Greece, where he founded a beautiful
city
in the province since called Attica. All the gods
e quarrel without evincing any partiality, Jupiter announced that the
city
would be entrusted to the protection of the deity
s victory over her rival, Minerva, gave her own name of Athene to the
city
, whose inhabitants, from that time forth, were ta
aid to have fallen from heaven, was carried in procession through the
city
, where the people hailed its appearance with joyf
s cruel treatment. Zethus and Amphion, after besieging and taking the
city
, put Lycus to death, and, binding Dirce to the ta
years, until the fame of her loveliness spread throughout her native
city
Sestus, and even passed over the Hellespont and r
a certain day and hour, under a white mulberry tree, just without the
city
gates. Thisbe, anxious to see her lover, was the
ore a tribunal held in the open air, on a hill near the newly founded
city
of Athens. It was then customary for such cases t
ame to a beautiful hilly country, where they decided to found a great
city
, the capital of their future realm. Accordingly t
e realm. Accordingly the brothers began to trace the outline of their
city
limits, and, in doing so, quarrelled over the nam
crupulous as he, they combined their forces, and built the celebrated
city
of Rome. “Then, with his nurse’s wolf-skin girt,
line assert, Invite them to his new raised home, And call the martial
city
Rome.” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). As founder of
e martial city Rome.” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). As founder of this
city
, Romulus was its first king, and ruled the people
es of his presence. Taking advantage of an eclipse, which plunged the
city
in sudden darkness at noonday, and which occurred
held in Rome, under the name of Quirinalia. Well pleased with the new
city
of Rome and its turbulent, lawless citizens, Mars
ore his name, the ancilæ were carried in a procession all through the
city
, the Salii chanting their rude war-songs, and exe
e was condemned to build the walls of Troy for Laomedon, king of that
city
, who, in return, promised a handsome compensation
band of adventurers, came to Troy to punish him for his perfidy. The
city
was stormed and taken, the king slain, and his wi
he quarrelled with Minerva for the possession of the recently founded
city
of Athens, then nameless, and entered into the me
ent message, purporting that Bacchus had better remain outside of the
city
gates. To avenge this insult, Bacchus inspired th
a species of dementia, which made them rush simultaneously out of the
city
and join his followers. Then they all clamoured f
r hopeless quest, the goddess seated herself by the wayside, near the
city
of Eleusis, and gave way to her overwhelming grie
nour in public ceremonies and festivities; of being buried within the
city
limits (a privilege granted to but very few); and
tive bowl in the other — were carried through the main streets of the
city
on all solemn occasions. And from th
born in Thessaly, he early in life came to Italy, where he founded a
city
on the Tiber, to which he gave the name Janiculum
ated on top of her brazen tower, her eyes wistfully turned toward the
city
, where girls of her age enjoyed freedom, and were
angers lurked along his pathway, and that ere he reached his father’s
city
he would have to encounter both giants and monste
eus heard a sound of weeping and great lamentation throughout all the
city
, and in reply to his wondering inquiries was told
th dread amaze, the lurid sail.” Catullus. Theseus, on entering the
city
, heard of his father’s death; and when he realise
on now pressed onward, nor paused until he came in view of his native
city
. As he drew near, he noticed an unusual concourse
father, marry his mother, and bring great misfortunes upon his native
city
. “Laius
ul prophecy, Laius bade a servant carry the new-born child out of the
city
, and end its feeble little life. The king’s manda
kill his father, marry his mother, and cause great woes to his native
city
.
loved, he would wander away over the face of the earth, and never see
city
or parents again. “Lest I should e’er fulfil the
is way until he came to the gates of Thebes, where he found the whole
city
in an uproar, “because the king had been found li
monster called the Sphinx, which had taken up its station without the
city
gates beside the highway, and would allow none to
e it was killed. Œdipus marries his Mother On his return to the
city
, Œdipus was received with cries of joy, placed on
fame in arms Superior; but, by soft, persuasive arts He won the rebel
city
to his love.” Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.).
lled with pleasure at the thought of his love, Rhœcus returned to the
city
with a light heart, and as the hours dragged, he
he would cause the death of his family and the downfall of his native
city
. Although thus cruelly treated, he had not perish
strain, she foretold that he would bring destruction upon his native
city
. Priam and Hecuba, scorning her prophecy, joyfull
e field of battle, where he must hold his own if he would not see the
city
taken, the Trojans slain, and the women, includin
body, bind the corpse to his chariot, and drive nine times round the
city
walls, Hector’s princely head dragging in the dus
soon as the war was over. The betrothal ceremony was held without the
city
gates; and Achilles was just about to part from h
ls. So Ulysses and Diomedes in disguise effected an entrance into the
city
one night, and after many difficulties succeeded
t of further delay, now joyfully hailed Ulysses’ proposal to take the
city
by stratagem. They therefore secretly built a col
id the ships from view. All the inhabitants of Troy poured out of the
city
to view the wooden horse and question Sinon, who
reaties, they dragged the colossal image into the very heart of their
city
, tearing down a portion of their ramparts to allo
ned to the site of their ten-years’ encampment, and were let into the
city
by Sinon, who also released their companions from
their prison within the wooden horse. Although taken by surprise, the
city
guards made desperate attempts to repel the Greek
s he was carrying home, he proposed to his army to land and storm the
city
, — a proposal which was enthusiastically received
ntures of Æneas You have already heard how the Greeks entered the
city
of Troy in the dead of night, massacred the inhab
d sent the shade of Hector to warn him in a dream to arise, leave the
city
, and fly to some distant land. “‘Ah, goddess-bor
d. Æneas, seeing ere long that there was no hope of saving the doomed
city
, quickly disguised himself in Greek armour which
ade him remember that the immortal gods had long ago decreed that the
city
should fall, and that Helen was merely the pretex
nd fly, with his family and followers, to some safe place without the
city
, whence he could embark, and sail away to a more
decided to settle there, and began to trace the foundations of a new
city
, which they decided to call Æneades, in honour of
Lavinia. In concert with Latinus, he ruled the Latins, and founded a
city
, which he called Lavinia in honour of his bride,
r′tus. Son of King Æetes of Colchis; slain by Medea, 238 A-by′dus. A
city
of Asia Minor; the home of Leander, 89-94 A-chæ′
ged to a poplar tree, 68 Æ-gyp′tus. Brother of Danaus, 142 Æ-ne′a-dæ.
City
which Æneas proposed to found in Thrace, 325 Æ-ne
Patroclus’ corpse recovered by, 291; insanity of, 294. Al′ba Lon′ga.
City
in Italy founded by Æneas Silvia, 339 Al-ces′tis
ts. Name given to Jason and crew, 234-240; significance, 356 Ar′gos.
City
in Argolis, dedicated to Juno, 37, 38; Eurytheus,
the thread of life, 141 At′ti-ca. Province of Greece; Cecrops founds
city
in, 40; oppression of, 223; shores of, 226 Au-ge
her to the temple, 38 Bœ-o′ti-a. Province in Greece, whose principal
city
was Thebes, 33. 246 Bo′re-as. North wind; son of
192 Cap′i-tol. Temple dedicated to Jupiter in Rome, 34 Car′thage. A
city
in Africa, built by Dido, visited by Æneas, 329
Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 158; significance, 361 Cor′inth.
City
and isthmus between Greece proper and the Pelopon
tivals at Eleusis, in honour of Ceres and Proserpina, 169 E-leu′sis.
City
in Greece visited by Ceres during her search for
Ep′a-phus. Son of Jupiter and Io; founder of Memphis, 114 Eph′e-sus.
City
in Asia Minor sacred to Diana, 81 Eph-i-al′tes.
28; makes love to Juno, 146; significance, 353 J Ja-nic′u-lum.
City
on the Tiber, founded by Janus, 176 Ja′nus. God
, 58, 68, 69; and Comatas, 70; mount of the, 258 My-ce′næ. Favourite
city
of Juno, with Sparta and Argos, 37; Perseus excha
a. Island where Calypso detains Ulysses seven years, 316 O-lym′pi-a.
City
in Elis noted for its temple and games, 34, 200,
ver of the Hamadryad, 264, 265, 300 Roman Divinities, 27, 176 Rome.
City
founded by Romulus; it comprises seven hills, 119
l′li-us. Sixth king of Rome; son of Vulcan and Ocrisia, 124 Ses′tus.
City
opposite Abydus; the home of Hero, 89, 93 Seven W
other of Mors, 179-183, 184 Spar′ta. Capital of Lacedæmon; favourite
city
of Juno, 37; home of Menelaus, 275-277 Sphinx. R
r of the Tritons, 82, 131, 269; significance, 362 Trœ-ze′ne. Ancient
city
in Argolis, 128; birthplace of Theseus, 218; sign
cance, 355 Tro′jans. Inhabitants of Troy, 127,281-297, 322-338 Troy.
City
of Asia Minor, ruled by Laomedon and Priam, 29, 7
œ′us. Same as Typhon; monster sent to dethrone Jupiter, 12, 13 Tyre.
City
in Phœnicia, governed by Sychæus and Dido, 329
l she expired.2 Amphion, having become king of Thebes, fortified the
city
with a wall. It is said that when he played on hi
between Athené and Poseidon. They both claimed the right to name the
city
which Cecrops* had built. The dispute was settled
nd with the most useful gift, should have the privilege of naming the
city
. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, and
at of Poseidon was the symbol of war and bloodshed. Athené called the
city
Athens. Poseidon tamed the horse for the use of m
February, accompanied with a solemn expiation or purification of the
city
. This expiation was called “februatio,” whence th
ed Nephalia*. Besides the shrine in Athens, they had another near the
city
, a sacred grove in Colonus*, which was celebrated
came to Eleusis, in Attica. The daughters of Celeus*, the king of the
city
, found her sitting on a stone near a well. They o
n Numa* was imploring the protection of Jupiter for the newly-founded
city
of Rome, the god of heaven sent down an oblong br
sed to grow at the time of her contest with Poseidon about naming the
city
of Athens, was shown in the temple of Erechtheus*
female beauty, and to aid him in his task, the most perfect forms the
city
(Athens) could supply were furnished him for mode
in this temple, and her attendants were the public undertakers of the
city
.” Seemann . Julius Cæsar erected a temple to V
ollo and Poseidon built for Laomedon*, king of Troy, the walls of the
city
. It was said that when Apollo grasped the chords
estival of the Dionysia*, which was celebrated with great pomp in the
city
of Athens, dramatic entertainments took place in
that they have, to a great extent, withstood the ravages of time. The
city
of Athens contains numerous remains of these buil
Thus, for instance, the temple of Pallas Athene, in the tower of the
city
of Larissa, served as the sepulchre of Acrisius,
the Acropolis at Athens received the ashes of Cecrops, founder of the
city
. A temple was frequently dedicated to two or more
cease searching for her, to follow a cow as his guide, and to build a
city
where she should lie down. On leaving the temple
and were all slain except five. These joined with Cadmus to build the
city
of Thebes. Their posterity were called the Sparti
he body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. Seated on a rock near the
city
, she proposed to every passer-by the riddle, “Wha
ban leader fell by his hand. The Thebans, unable longer to hold their
city
, followed the advice of Teresias, and withdrew un
t that he forbade Heracles henceforth to come within the walls of the
city
, but commanded him to receive orders for the futu
rtook an expedition against the faithless Laomedon, king of Troy. The
city
was taken by storm; Laomedon and all his sons, ex
ence, gained the affections of Helen, and bore her away to his native
city
. Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and the
al, the kings of Greece formed a coalition, swearing to overthrow the
city
of Troy. A powerful army was collected, from whic
he Trojans were signally defeated, and driven within the walls of the
city
. With Achilles at their head, the Greeks now made
th Achilles at their head, the Greeks now made an attempt to take the
city
by storm, but they were repulsed with terrible lo
my, who were defeated and put to flight, until, near the gates of the
city
, Achilles and Hector encountered each other. Hect
d most difficult condition being unfulfilled, all efforts to take the
city
were unavailing. Ulysses and Diomedes accomplishe
e perilous task of stealing the Palladium, on which the safety of the
city
depended. Ulysses then devised the celebrated woo
brated wooden horse and the stratagem which led to the capture of the
city
. In the horse, which was built by the sculptor Ep
appease her anger. The Trojans urged that it should be taken into the
city
without delay. In vain did Laocoon*, priest of Ap
de in the walls, and it was conveyed in triumph into the heart of the
city
. The Trojans, believing that the siege had been a
ed and opened the gates to the Greek host, who rushed into the doomed
city
. A terrible scene of plunder and carnage ensued,
ed on the neighboring shores of Thrace, and were preparing to build a
city
, Æneas plucked some twigs from a myrtle; to his d
Crete, to which place they accordingly steered. They began to build a
city
, but a pestilence broke out among them, and the f
they would reach Hesperia (Italy), they would not be able to found a
city
till famine should have forced them to eat the ta
ore, which was the coast of Africa, where Dido* was then building the
city
of Carthage. Dido received the illustrious exiles
triumphed over his foe, obtained Lavinia as his bride. -Æneas built a
city
called Lavinium. Here he governed his Trojan and
the people — was made up of forms and forces of Nature. Each town or
city
had its especially-honored triad of deities to wh
s of the idol when the Sicilian, Agathocles*, was about to attack the
city
. The worship of Moloch was practised by the Jews
the “Great Gods” there were innumerable inferior ones, each town and
city
having its own local deities, which elsewhere rec
h, and sprinkled ashes on their heads, but all the animals within the
city
walls were made to join in the penitential observ
is disputed whether Juno’s birth-place was the island of Samos or the
city
of Argos. At the latter place she was accounted a
dian goddess. At Rome, Juno was worshipped in the earliest age of the
city
. Tatius, the colleague of Romulus, instituted rit
iches. When she appeared before Paris on Mount Ida, she offered him a
city
. The poppy and the lily were sacred to her, and s
armed. Minerva was the tutelary, or guardian goddess of Athens. That
city
was called by one of her names, Athenæ; its origi
tow the most useful gift upon the citizens, should give a name to the
city
. Neptune gave them a horse, and Minerva an olive
by the inhabitants of Cecropia, and from that time they called their
city
Athenæ. Minerva was represented as a beautiful
cause an Oracle had declared, that, as long as it remained there, the
city
would be invincible against all the attacks of it
is the poetic origin of Minerva? How is Minerva represented? Of what
city
was Minerva the guardian? Why was the name of Min
called, who resided at Athens, held a rank inferior to natives of the
city
Musicians, some playing on the flute, and others
esidence was in the island of Cyprus, where she was worshipped at the
city
of Paphos. Venus, from her vivacity and happy dis
ing, “ Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the
city
of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great god
were celebrated at Corinth in Greece, were in honour of Neptune That
city
being the centre of the Greek commerce, derived i
ed against Thebes, and stationed themselves at the seven gates of the
city
. Here they meant to attack the forces of Eteocles
——— Amphion was another musical prodigy, who raised the walls of the
city
of Thebes by his lyre, as Apollo raised those of
d driving others into banishment. The War of Troy. Troy was a
city
of Asia Minor. Troy was not far from the Hellespo
of mountains called Ida. It is said that three several kings of this
city
gave names to it: the kings were Dardanus, Tros,
names to it: the kings were Dardanus, Tros, and Illus, and hence the
city
is sometimes called Dardania, Troja, and Ilio or
d by the music of Apollo. This can only mean that Troy was a maritime
city
, and that its site was fixed upon as being a conv
ns for the siege of Troy, assembled with all their forces at Aulis, a
city
opposite to Colchis, in Eubœa. They chose Agamemn
taken by the Greeks. The Greeks did not confine their assaults to the
city
of Troy, but they ravaged the neighbourhood, and
of the taking of Troy is this. The Greeks, no being able to enter the
city
, pretended to abandon the siege, and to return to
tage of the night, got out of the horse, forced open the gates of the
city
, and admitted the Greek troops, who were conceale
offered sacrifices his tomb? Nestor. Nestor, King of Pylos, a
city
of Messinia in Peloponnesus, went to the siege of
is called his night adventure. This was entering during the night the
city
of Troy, in order to report to the Greeks the con
ired to be accurate. Eneas, according to the fable, was driven to the
city
of Carthage, and kindly received by Dido. Dido wa
e, escaped with a company of Tyrians to Africa, where she founded the
city
of Carthage. According to Virgil, Dido wished to
pleading the cause of an intimate friend. Pittacus was born in the
city
of Mytilene, in the island of Lesbos. The Egean i
chief of the good spirits. His consort is named Sachi; his celestial
city
, Amaravati; his palace, Vaijayanta; his garden, N
a soul leaves its body, it is immediately conveyed to Yamapur, or the
city
of Yama; where it receives a just sentence from h
god was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the
city
by the Christians, and then thrown into a fire ki
country, but never reached Tlapalla. He was stopped on his way at the
city
of Cholula, where the inhabitants, charmed with h
to the gods were erected in all the inhabited country of Mexico. The
city
of Mexico was commenced, by the building of the t
ilding of the temple of Mexitli, at first a miserable hovel. When the
city
had become populous and rich, this sanctuary was
enacted at Athens, that no foreign deity should be worshipped in that
city
, without a decree of the Areopagus. The Areopagus
he woods, upon the mountains, or upon the Acropolis, an eminence in a
city
; and some stood by a river’s or a fountain’s side
surface of modern Rome is so much elevated above that of the ancient
city
, that this building is below the common level; an
nificent, still kept up this ancient custom; and in many parts of the
city
might be seen Luci, or groups of trees, consecrat
ion of Greece and Rome differ; and what were the chief temples of the
city
of Rome? Where, and what was the Capitol? What wa
e of dilapidation, is accounted the most magnificent ornament of that
city
. The accomplished Pericles first designed the Par
, “worth a journey to Athens.” “The whole population of the ancient
city
, animated by the bustle and business of the Panat
ght. The most famous oracle of Greece was that of Apollo at Delphi, a
city
of Phocis. So many persons resorted to the Delphi
emple was built by King Solomon. It was a magnificent building in the
city
of Jerusalem. The first temple was destroyed when
eseus reached Athens. His fame had gone before him. The people of the
city
welcomed him with great rejoicing, and he was tak
hty fleet far out at sea, and raised a cry that spread throughout the
city
. The people gathered on the walls to watch. Neare
re captured one by one, and at last only Troy remained. In this great
city
, protected by its walls, there was a strong army,
anic came upon the Trojans. They fled headlong toward the gate of the
city
and crowded within the walls. Hector came last of
Hector avoided the combat and retreated. ‘Thus they passed round the
city
three times. Then, at last, Minerva, who hated th
t, the servants of King Priam bore back the body to Troy, and all the
city
mourned the loss of its beloved hero. Verses
tor died, the fighting about Troy was renewed, and it seemed that the
city
must yield, for the Trojans had lost courage; but
h. After that, the war dragged. The Greeks were unable to capture the
city
by storming the walls, and the Trojans could not
mind to let her go after all they had endured on her account. In the
city
of Troy, there was a statue of Minerva which was
oddess had promised that as long as it remained within the walls, the
city
should not be taken. But one dark night in the te
e tenth year of the siege, wise Ulysses and mighty Diomed entered the
city
in disguise, and stealing quietly into the temple
camp. In the .morning the loss was known and fear came upon the whole
city
. Not many days afterwards there was noticed a gre
to be seen, nor a Grecian ship. The host had gone. The people of the
city
swarmed out like bees, and wandered with delight
ilt large and heavy so that you might not be able to take it into the
city
, for if you should drag it within your walls, Tro
of casting it into the sea. All agreed that it must be taken into the
city
and treated with high reverence. Ropes were broug
honor to touch the long ropes by which the horse was being drawn. The
city
gate was too narrow to let in the monster, so the
es had been offered to Minerva, a feast was held throughout the whole
city
. There was music and dancing, and much eating and
praised and honored by everyone. But when night came on and the happy
city
was fast asleep, he went up on the wall where it
then they went quietly along the silent street until they came to the
city
gate. The guards, deep in sleep, were slain befor
e they were fairly awake. The Greeks brought fire, and soon the whole
city
was a mass of flames. Good old King Priam was sla
ere taken captive to be made slaves. When morning came, the beautiful
city
of Troy was a heap of smoking ruins. Of all its b
ie?” “Yea let me die. But if the truth I boldly speak? If from the
city
heights I cry And through the market week by w
say that Theseus deserted her at the island of Naxos, 168. Ath΄ens.
City
of Greece. Ruled by Ægeus, 146. At΄las. A Titan.
tic. Pertaining to Attica, the province of which Athens was the great
city
, 150, 157,167. Brise΄is. Slave about whom Achill
0. (See Helios). Palla΄dium. Trojan statue of Minerva which made the
city
impregnable; carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, 2
72; carried off Helen to Troy, 177, and brought destruction upon that
city
, 211. Patro΄clus (pa-tro΄klus), 18. Greek warrio
reece; home of Æthra, the mother of Theseus, 146. Troy, or Il΄ium. A
city
and country of Asia, ruled by Priam, 171; the ret
her were Cyprus, Cnidos, Paphos, Cythera, Abydos, Mount Eryx, and the
city
of Corinth. Pl. 4. Venus of Melos (in the Louv
s worshipped, first of the gods, at every feast. Before her shrine in
city
and state the holy flame was religiously cherishe
ses called Vestals, was kept religiously aflame. As the safety of the
city
was held to be connected with its conservation, a
family; but there were also public Lares, or guardian spirits of the
city
, Lares of the precincts, Lares of the fields, Lar
the disease attacked the country people, and then the dwellers in the
city
. At first the cheek was flushed, and the breath d
me, oh, father, citizens as numerous as these, and replenish my empty
city
.’ The tree shook, and the branches rustled, thoug
their king. I paid my vows to Jove, and proceeded to allot the vacant
city
to the new-born race. I called them Myrmidons fro
, and took their places in the wail, with which he was fortifying the
city
. 36. Amphion with the lyre, and Zethus. [Relie
hed she, therefore, had no sympathy. Athens, her chosen seat, her own
city
, was awarded to her as the prize of a peaceful co
ng of Athens, the two deities had contended for the possession of the
city
. The gods decreed that it should be awarded to th
tune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. The gods awarded the
city
to the goddess, and after her Greek appellation i
w her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped should build a
city
and call it Thebes. Cadmus had hardly left the Ca
ll but five fell slain. These five joined with Cadmus in building his
city
, to which they gave the name appointed. Fig. 4
through the air, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the
city
. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, w
Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the youth of the
city
pursued their warlike sports. The sons of Niobe w
e palace and gardens had vanished. She found herself not far from the
city
where her sisters dwelt. Thither she repaired, an
ipper, — To seek on earth for him whose home was heaven! In the full
city
, — by the haunted fount, — Through the dim grotto
d the nuptials, and from the union Paphos was born, by whose name the
city
, sacred to Venus, is known. § 98. Pyramus and Thi
ders and madness it brought with it. Finally he approached his native
city
Thebes, where his own cousin, Pentheus, son of Ag
nlight and moonlight and falling showers. It was where now stands the
city
of Eleusis, near the home of an old man named Cel
respective functions, and to serve Laomedon, then about to build the
city
of Troy. They aided the king in erecting the wall
ld the city of Troy. They aided the king in erecting the walls of the
city
, but were refused the wages agreed upon. Justly o
The Halcyon Birds. — Morpheu flew, on silent wings, to the Hæmonian
city
, where he assumed the form of Ceÿx. Pale like a d
’Twas Pan himself had wandered here, A-strolling through the sordid
city
, And piping to the civic ear The prelude of some
les up and down. The night had gathered round him: o’er the plain The
city
sparkled with its thousand lights, And sounds of
les and his reputed father Amphitryon in throwing off the yoke of the
city
of Orchomenus. Then, while in the very pride of h
s, made preparations to attack him, as if they were about to attack a
city
. But the hero, awakening, laughed at the little w
on for Creta, had given him this command: “If Minerva, goddess of our
city
, grant thee victory over the Minotaur, hoist on t
but they in turn, invading the country of Athens, penetrated into the
city
itself; and there was fought the final battle in
hus unknowingly fulfilled both oracles. Shortly after this event, the
city
of Thebes, to which Œdipus had repaired, was affl
the ardor of the fight declared that he would force his way into the
city
in spite of Jove himself, placed a ladder against
d alive, as having deliberately set at nought the solemn edict of the
city
. Her lover, Hæmon, the son of Creon, unable to av
e former Seven thus renewed the war against Thebes. They levelled the
city
to the ground. Its inhabitants, counselled by Tir
other champions. But none dared stand before him; and Priam from his
city
walls beheld the whole army in full flight toward
m from his city walls beheld the whole army in full flight toward the
city
. He gave command to open wide the gates to receiv
-footed hero, then turned in flight, and taken the way apart from the
city
. Achilles pursued, and had chased his supposed vi
ran, still keeping near the walls, till they had thrice encircled the
city
. As often as Hector approached the walls Achilles
ot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body to and fro before the
city
. No words can tell the grief of Priam and Hecuba
m of Hector’s body. [Relief: De Clarac.] As the litter approached the
city
and was descried from the walls, the people poure
. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and the belief was that the
city
could not be taken so long as this statue remaine
ng as this statue remained within it. Ulysses and Diomede entered the
city
in disguise, and succeeded in obtaining the Palla
e, concluded that the enemy had abandoned the siege. The gates of the
city
were thrown open, and the whole population issued
chief object of curiosity. Some recommended that it be taken into the
city
as a trophy; others felt afraid of it. While they
ge for the express purpose of preventing its being carried within the
city
; for Calchas the prophet had told them that if th
sacred object, and prepared to introduce with due solemnity into the
city
. They did so with songs and triumphal acclamation
he horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of the
city
to their friends who had returned under cover of
city to their friends who had returned under cover of the night. The
city
was set on fire; the people, overcome with feasti
om, and was slain at last on the fatal night when the Greeks took the
city
. He had armed himself, and was about to mingle wi
several occasions: in particular when Ulysses and Diomede entered the
city
in disguise to carry off the Palladium. She, then
n kingdom, Ithaca. From Troy, the vessels first made land at Ismarus,
city
of the Ciconians, where, in a skirmish with the i
rself. Her body was cast up on the Italian shore where now stands the
city
of Naples — in early times called by the Siren’s
her such a husband. To Ulysses she recommended that he repair to the
city
, following herself and her train so far as the wa
as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the
city
she desired that he no longer be seen in her comp
nger. To avoid this she directed him to stop at a grove adjoining the
city
, in which were a farm and garden belonging to the
After allowing time for the princess and her companions to reach the
city
, he was then to pursue his way thither, and shoul
irt.] Ulysses obeyed the directions, and in due time proceeded to the
city
, on approaching which he met a young woman bearin
Æneas, in their search for a new home, after the ruin of their native
city
. On that fatal night when the wooden horse disgor
d its contents of armed men, and the capture and conflagration of the
city
were the result, Aeneas made his escape from the
followed by his wife, he made the best of his way out of the burning
city
; but, in the confusion, his wife, Creiisa, was sw
ed on the neighboring shores of Thrace, and were preparing to build a
city
; but Æneas was deterred by a prodigy. Preparing t
ey resolved to steer. They arrived at Crete, and began to build their
city
; but sickness broke out among them, and the field
e built a citadel, and called it Byrsa (a hide). Around this fort the
city
of Carthage rose, and soon became a powerful and
ts of the Trojan history and his own adventures after the fall of the
city
. Dido was charmed with his discourse and filled w
tabbed herself was consumed with the pile. The flames rising over the
city
were seen by the departing Trojans, and though th
ions of the condemned. Æneas beheld on one side the walls of a mighty
city
, around which Phlegethon rolled its fiery waters.
the gate, on which Tisiphone, the avenging Fury, kept guard. From the
city
were heard groans, and the sound of the scourge,
s that it was time to turn from these melancholy regions and seek the
city
of the blessed. They passed through a middle trac
her to oppose in every way the new alliance. Alecto then sped to the
city
of Turnus, and assuming the form of an old priest
een singular from the beginning. Her father, Metabus, driven from his
city
by civil discord, carried with him in his flight
scattered buildings of the infant town where in after times the proud
city
of Rome grew, whose glory reached the skies. By c
Infant Rome. — When the solemnities were ended all moved towards the
city
. The king, bending with age, walked between his s
ers and Pallas accompanying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan
city
,386 having sent back the rest of his party in the
rather than stay and live in peace with the other matrons in Acestes’
city
.” Euryalus replied, “Say no more. In vain dost th
Trojan soil, and would not stay behind with the other matrons at the
city
of Acestes. I go now without taking leave of her.
and hit Antores, — a Grecian by birth who had left Argos, his native
city
, and followed Evander into Italy. The poet says o
oes, obtained Lavinia for his bride. Tradition adds that he founded a
city
and called it Lavinium, after her name. His son I
nd dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the
city
called Utgard. I have heard you whispering to one
nd his companions proceeded on their way, and towards noon descried a
city
standing in the middle of a plain. It was so loft
ulders in order to see to the top of it. On arriving they entered the
city
, and seeing a large palace before them with the d
ls or drink. After the repast Utgard-Loki led them to the gate of the
city
, and on parting asked Thor how he thought his jou
Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the
city
, which so long as I live and have my way thou sha
Utgard-Loki had disappeared, and when Thor would have returned to the
city
to destroy it, he found nothing around him but a
verer was Hercules, son of Alcmene and Jupiter. Sicyon (or Mecone): a
city
of the Peloponnesus, near Corinth. Illustrative.
le beauty, and that to aid him in his task the most perfect forms the
city
could supply were furnished him for models. Note
e Gosse’s poem. § 67. Textual. — For Cecrops, see § 151. He named the
city
that he founded Cecropia, — a name which afterwar
death of Christ. Koré (the daughter of Ceres): Proserpina. Larissa: a
city
of Thessaly, on the river Peneus. Illustrative.
oponnesus was inhabited by descendants of the fabulous Dorus. Enna: a
city
in the centre of Sicily. Ortygia: an island on wh
city in the centre of Sicily. Ortygia: an island on which part of the
city
of Syracuse is built. Illustrative. — Milton, Ar
tly north of Thessaly; the birthplace of the Muses. Pylos: an ancient
city
of Elis. Interpretative. — On the supposition th
e happened to fulfil a prophecy by entering the public square of some
city
just as the people were casting about for a king.
erry-guard: Charon. Strymon and Hebrus: rivers of Thrace. Libethra: a
city
on the side of Mount Olympus, between Thessaly an
ptied into the Ionian Sea. It was honored over all Greece. Calydon: a
city
of Ætolia, famed for the Calydonian Hunt, § 148.
e. For genealogy of Laomedon, see § 167 C. Pylos: it is doubtful what
city
is intended. There were two such towns in Elis, a
— Argo means swift, or white, or commemorates the shipbuilder, or the
city
of Argos. The Argo-myth rests upon a mixture of t
elphi, the Isthmian on the Corinthian isthmus, the Nemean at Nemea, a
city
of Argolis. The exercises in these games were cha
up and of principles of æsthetics). See also Swift’s Description of a
City
Shower. In Art.— The original of the celebrated
e island is just at the proper distance from the probable site of the
city
and palace of the king, to justify the princess N
tic expedition, 73, 245. Ar′gonauts, the, 239, 245, 277, 340. Ar′gos (
city
and district), 24, 129, 138, 189, 224, 231, 235,
§ 17; see under Cupid. Er-yci′na: Venus, to whom Mount Eryx and the
city
of that name, with its temple of Venus, were sacr
Golden Fleece, the quest of, 223, 244247; Com. §§ 144-147. Gol′gi; a
city
of Cyprus, beloved by Venus, 261. Gordian Knot (G
ph, 39. I′da, the plain, 391. I-dæ′us, 301. I-da′lium; a mountain and
city
of Cyprus, dear to Venus, 261. I′das, 282. I-du′n
Darwin’s Botanic Garden, 199, 303; Com. §§ 115, 165 (5). Mem′phis; a
city
in Middle Egypt, Com. § 38. Men-ela′s, 281, 285-3
Egyptian deities. Neith; see under Egyptian deities (2). Ne′mea, the
city
, the valley, and the lion of, 235; Com. § 139. Ne
171, 172; Com. § 99. Pha′ros, island, 220; Com. § 130. Pharsa′lus: a
city
in Thessaly; Pharsa′-lia: the region thereabout.
38, Apollo outwitted; § 56, To Janus; § 104, Fable of Midas; § 169, A
City
Shower. Swinburne, A. C., 1837. Quoted, His Gard
collected troops, ran to Pessinuntus, and broke open the gates of the
city
. Atys in vain resisted the attack. He was mortall
iter, because he was the father of light; Dodonæus, because Dodona, a
city
in Epirus, was sacred to him; Elicius, because he
ns, and her festivals, named Bubastæ, were annually celebrated in the
city
Bubastis; Dictynna, from the name of the nymph wh
born; whereupon Jupiter sent him by Mercury his messenger, to Nysa, a
city
near a mountain called Meros, a word, which signi
Siculus, relate that Bacchus, born in Egypt, was educated in Nisa, a
city
of Arabia Felix, to which place his father Ammon
hurl the thunderbolts of Jupiter. The honour of giving a name to the
city
of Cecrops, produced a great dispute between Nept
ecided that the deity who should confer the most valuable gift on the
city
should give his name to it. No sooner had Neptune
gods, having unanimously pronounced Minerva the victor, she named the
city
Athenæ, and became its tutelary deity. Minerva be
med that no enemy could succeed against them, if it remained in their
city
. The oracle was religiously observed for a long t
t at last, Ulysses and Diomedes, having gained a secret access to the
city
, removed the miraculous image, and Troy was soon
were of celestial blue; Plyotis, because her effigy was placed on the
city
gates and house-doors; Hippia, “the horse-woman”.
had collected the twelve boroughs of Attica, and constituted them the
city
of Athens. They were by the Romans called Quinqua
lia, or gifts offered to wisdom. In the Acropolis, that is, the upper
city
or citadel, there were two magnificent temples of
he worship of Minerva, to whom that tree was particularly sacred. The
city
then took the name of its tutelary divinity. Athe
r contest with Arachne? What other exploits did Minerva perform? What
city
was under her safe-guard? By what names is she fr
Murtea, because the myrtle was sacred to her; Paphia, because in the
city
Paphos in Cyprus, flowers and frankincense were s
Troy, for one year, during which they built the walls of that famous
city
. Neptune laid waste the Trojan territories, becau
s worshipped among the Latins before the foundation of Rome, in which
city
Tatius built her a temple. In the season of flowe
ted among the Gauls under Brennus when they were about to plunder the
city
of Delphi, at whose sight they fled, as if an ene
ocean in quality of ferryman, and transported it to the gates of the
city
of the Sun, whence it proceeded to delightful pla
us , “is the Nile, to which river the Egyptians gave that name.” “The
city
of the Sun is Heliopolis; the delightful plains a
wishing to be considered as a god, he built a brazen bridge over the
city
, and made a great noise as he drove his chariot,
uspended in the temple of Jupiter at Carthage, until the ruin of that
city
. Obs. 2. — Mr. Fourmont, versed in the Oriental
by the ancients; and there are still found in the fourth book of the
city
of God, by St. Augustine, some traces of the wors
— See Fig. 70. Fig. 70. Bellerophon. Obs. 1. — Perseus built the
city
of Mycenæ, in Greece, and made it the capital of
e at Athens, one of the richest and most magnificent buildings in the
city
. “Where fam’d St. Giles’ ancient limits spread,
Being denied the reward which Laomedon promised him, he plundered the
city
of Troy, and married Hesione to Telamon, who firs
in the form of a regular building, and also compose the walls of the
city
of Thebes. “Amphion too, as story goes, could ca
at part of Phrygia which borders on the Bosphorus, where he built the
city
of Troy, about seven centuries before the foundat
Erichthonius was succeeded by his son Tros, who gave his name to the
city
of Troy, and the name of Troas to the whole count
riginal name was Podarces. Soon after having possessed himself of the
city
, Priam fortified it with bastions, called Pergami
immense colossus, deliberated whether they would admit it into their
city
. Laocoon was violently opposed to it; but Sinon,
rmous a size as to prevent the Trojans from introducing it into their
city
. While the Trojans, who had rejoiced at the retre
heir head. The signal being given to the Greeks in ambush without the
city
, they immediately came in. Agamemnon was no soone
succeeded Laomedon? What did Priam, immediately after possessing the
city
? Who was Priam’s wife? What occasioned the Trojan
mmortal mother, he escaped unhurt. No sooner had the Grecians set the
city
on fire, than Æneas took his aged father Anchises
rved upon the gate Scæa in Troy. He carried away the Palladium of the
city
; slew Rhœsus, king of Thrace, and took away his h
drowned him, embalmed his body, and buried it with great pomp in the
city
of Memphis. His death, which was sometimes natura
ox found to represent Apis, was left forty days in Nilapolis, or the
city
of the Nile, previous to his entering Memphis, du
atue was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the
city
, and then cast into a fire, kindled in the amphit
reigns over good spirits. His consort is called Sachi; his celestial
city
, Amaravati; his palace, Vaijayanta; his garden, N
nitent. When a soul is separated from its body, it is conveyed to the
city
of Yama, called Yamapur, where it receives a just
story, and end of all things; to hide his memoirs under ground in the
city
of the sun, named Sippara; next, to construct a v
he woods, in honour of the mountain-gods and other rural deities. The
city
of Mexico was begun with the building of the temp
xico; but he never arrived at Tlapalla. On his way, he stopped at the
city
of Cholola. The inhabitants of that city were so
n his way, he stopped at the city of Cholola. The inhabitants of that
city
were so charmed with his eloquence, that they per
, although they had to bring them from the quarries of Elephantine, a
city
remote from Sais, twenty days’ journey. We may ci
e inhabitants of Pisa and their allies, when they took and sacked the
city
of Pisa. This temple had for its architect, Libon
s related as follows: Two doves winged their flight from the Egyptian
city
of Thebes. The one went to Libya, and the other f
the most beautiful cities in Greece. There is a sacred wood near that
city
, in which is situated the temple of Trophonius, w
oracles. 10. The Tiburtian, or of Tibur, who was called Albunea. The
city
of Tibur or Tivoli upon the Teveron, honoured her
which the celebration of the games attracted to Olympia enriched that
city
, as well as all Elis; and were one of the princip
was situated between the Black and the Caspian seas. Their principal
city
was Asgard. The worship paid to the supreme god,
this pleasant island, it is said; he made a long stay, and built the
city
of Odensus, which still perpetuates in its name,
laws introduced the usages of his country, established at Sigutna (a
city
situated in the same province with Stockholm, but
o mark the place where she should lie down to rest. He was to build a
city
on that spot, and call the surrounding country Bœ
all were killed except five. These assisted the hero in building his
city
. Cadmus married Hermione [Hermi′one], the daughte
emples, one to Mars Quirinus within the walls, that he might keep the
city
in peace; and one without, to Mars Gradivus, that
tended to the sacrifices of Mars, and on festival days went about the
city
dancing with their shields. Their name comes from
mbatants by her cries. The temple of Bellona at Rome, was without the
city
, near the Carmental gate. Here the Senate gave au
ion did Minerva give the olive to men? Ans. When Cecrops built a new
city
, Neptune and Minerva contended about its name; an
s should confer the most useful gift on man, might give a name to the
city
. Neptune struck the ground with his trident, and
th. The latter was judged the more useful gift; and Minerva named the
city
, calling it Athena [Athe′na] or Athens, after her
e Greeks besieged Troy, they found that all their efforts to take the
city
were of no avail; they determined, therefore, to
steal the Palladium. Ulysses and Diomedes [Diome′des] crept into the
city
through the common sewers, and brought away the i
his birth that he was destined to cause the destruction of his native
city
. He was, therefore, exposed on Mount Ida, where h
n family of the Cæcilii derived their name. He was the founder of the
city
of Præneste. One fable is, that certain shepherds
he Acts of the Apostles that when they began to make converts in that
city
, the people were very indignant; in their zeal fo
er captives, the beautiful Iole [I′ole], daughter of the king of that
city
. The hero, who wished to keep a festival, and to
e story of their transformation? Ans. Nisus was king of Megara; this
city
was closely besieged by Minos, but all his effort
her father slept. Minos received the gift with horror, and, when the
city
was taken, refused to permit Scylla to accompany
hero knew that he was destined to fall before the walls of his native
city
, and that he could at best only postpone the ruin
. Œdipus understood this of Corinth, and instead of returning to that
city
, proceeded to Thebes. Here he slew his father Lai
is valor. When Troy was taken, Æneas made his escape from the burning
city
, bearing on his shoulders the aged Anchises, and
entertained by Dido, who was then engaged in the erection of her new
city
of Carthage. The queen admired the great qualitie
have some further particulars handed down by tradition. Æneas built a
city
, called from his bride, Lavinium. Here he governe
pollo; crowds came to consult the oracle; a temple was built, and the
city
of Delphi arose insensibly around the spot. As th
d by the Gauls, under their king Brennus. According to Pausanias, the
city
and temple were saved by Pan, as we have seen in
scovered by searching in the central part of the ruins of the ancient
city
. Ques. Who was Trophonius, and for what was his
sick in many places, but his most celebrated oracle was in his native
city
of Epidaurus in Argolis. This oracle was so famou
rn home, more distinguished honors awaited him. He entered his native
city
, not by the gate, but through a breach made in th
s. Where were the Nemean games celebrated? Ans. At Nemea [Ne′mea], a
city
of Argolis, celebrated as the haunt of the lion s
st frequent in Carthage. When the Sicilian Agathocles threatened that
city
, we are told that five hundred infants, many the
ch burned perpetual fires. So numerous were these sacred fires in the
city
of Mexico, that the streets were brilliantly ligh
messengers of heaven: a large community was gradually formed, and the
city
of Cuzco was founded in the valley. The monarchy
ed of stone, and covered a large extent of ground in the heart of the
city
. The interior of the temple has been described, b
seeing good houses, and flocks, and all the comforts of life, in the
city
and its neighbourhood, would go in bands, and car
in the happy prospects of Progne. In those days, the king of a little
city
was known by every body in his domain, and belove
s the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, who was before their
city
, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and wo
chapter xiv. The people mentioned in these verses above were of the
city
of Lystra, a Greek town in Asia Minor. When they
s me of the flight of Lot’s family, and the destruction of the wicked
city
of Sodom. And when Baucis washed the feet of her
rcury and Herse. Mercury was one day hovering in the air over the
city
of Athens, then the happy abode of industrious an
king the Athenians ever had. He was the founder, or beginner of their
city
. Ann. Did he call it Athens? Mother. No. It was
her child; and she went to Tiresias, an old prophet who dwelt in the
city
of Thebes, to learn what good or evil might happe
his place the pretty flower which hears his name. Cadmus. The
city
of Tiresias was Thebes. It was about forty miles
n the way, and where she should stop, and lie down, to commence a new
city
. Cadmus went from Delphi, where he consulted the
act which the founders of cities performed when they began to build a
city
was to make a sacrifice, and to offer prayers to
oint of his lance. But Cadmus was now alone; and he could not build a
city
alone, nor find inhabitants for it. Grieved and p
from distant cities to come and work with them, and dwell in the new
city
of Thebes, which in time came to contain thirty t
he lay down might have been a spot on which he thought fit to build a
city
. Ann. Is there such an animal as a dragon? Moth
lling them. Previous to entering Argos, the travellers stopped at the
city
of Larissa; and there they heard that Teatimas, t
n reign there, to found a new kingdom. He became the founder of a new
city
, near Argos, which he called Mycenæ. As long as D
old husbandman, from the neighbouring country, who had come into the
city
to attend one of these sacrifices, being seated o
us Siculus, assert that he was born in Egypt, and educated at Nysa, a
city
in Arabia Felix; whither he had been sent by his
, called Panathena, was instituted for the same purpose. How came the
city
of Athens to be so named after this Goddess? The
Neptune disputing with each other the honour of giving a name to that
city
, the gods decided that whichsoever produced the m
ed in favour of the latter, who consequently gave her own name to the
city
. Of what is this goddess emblematical? Of wisdom,
cause an Oracle had declared, that, as long as it remained there, the
city
would be invincible against all the attacks of it
lted, and declared that the empire of the world was destined for that
city
which should preserve this shield. Numa Pompilius
nd, when he contested with Minerva the honour of giving a name to the
city
of Athens. He was the ruler of the waters; the Go
ose ascribed to Cerberus, ferried it over the Nile, to Heliopolis, he
city
of the Sun. The Elysian fields were the beautiful
husband, Mausolus. Fourth. A statue of Jupiter, in his temple, in the
city
of Olympia, formed with wonderful art by Phidias,
chief of the good spirits. His consort is named Sachi; his celestial
city
, Amarávati; his palace, Vaijayanta; his garden, N
a soul leaves its body, it is immediately conveyed to Yamapur, or the
city
of Yama; where it receives a just sentence from h
was greatly venerated by the Egyptians in general, but chiefly in the
city
Cynopolis. The statue of this god had the head of
god was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the
city
, by the Christians and then thrown into a fire ki
h was, on that account, called by the Greeks, Diospolis, that is, the
City
of Jupiter. The worship of this deity was introdu
was Eilethyia? The same as the Grecian Lucina. To her was dedicated a
city
in the Thebaid, called after her name. She was ra
efore the earth. It describes the palace of Odin, the Valhalla in the
city
of Midgard, or Asgard; where the souls of heroes
the art of tilling the earth, raising corn, and making bread? In what
city
was Juno principally worshiped? What is the descr
tune produce, when they disputed which should give name to the rising
city
of Athens? What was the buckler of Minerva? Where
daughters of Sol 38 Hĕlĭcŏnĭdĕs, a name of the Muses 43 Heliopolis, a
city
of Elysium 96 Hĕrǎ, a name of Juno 23 Hērcŭlēs, s
refuge in that part of Italy known as Latium; Janus, monarch of this
city
of refuge, succoured and received him, and Saturn
es offered the tripod to Bias. When the enemy was reducing his native
city
to ashes, he withdrew, leaving behind him his wea
n brought), and which it was not lawful to enter. The dwellers in the
city
, among whom was Arcas, enraged at the desecration
ration to this new God, and when the Theban women had gone out of the
city
to celebrate his orgies, he ordered the God himse
w a youthful warrior stand In his first light of fame, His native
city
, filled the air With her deliverer’s name: “
om the stone, leaped forth the sprightly steed And Neptune claims the
city
for the deed. Herself she blazons with a glitteri
s. These fêtes, established in Lybia, were transferred to Athens, the
city
to which Minerva had granted the olive tree, and
was adored at Troy by the title of Pallas, and her statue guarded the
city
under the name of Palladium. Some authors maintai
ch moved of itself. To its possession, was attached the safety of the
city
; and during the Trojan war, Ulysses and Diomedes
d of sacrificing to a deity, whom they considered the patron of their
city
, and the father of the first of their monarchs; a
d, exclaiming “Mars vigila! God of War, watch over the safety of this
city
.” The influence of Cupid, as God of love, was fel
d sons of Atreus, who sought to destroy The towers of high Ilion, the
city
of Troy. O Hermes, ’tis thou who conductest the b
l feel your sacred power, and love Your tranquil joys; then shall the
city
stand A huge, void sepulchre, and rising fair Ami
e spirits whom he inspired, as well as by the dissipated youth of the
city
, and occupies in poetry, a rank more elevated tha
ches grandly forth, Upon whose silent shore the dead Have a proud
city
of their own, With shrines and pyramids o’ersprea
rage of Hercules, that he ordered him never to enter the gates of the
city
when he returned from his expeditions, but to wai
nians. They had bowed in war; And every spring the flowers of all the
city
, Young maids in their first beauty, stately youth
gean sea. The inhabitants of Dian asserted that his tomb was in their
city
, but the people of Mount Libethrus, in Thrace, cl
crime, Atreus took a fearful vengeance. Having been banished from the
city
for some time, Thyestes was again recalled, and i
ave lasted much longer, as more than valour was necessary to take the
city
; for destiny had dictated the conditions to be fu
necessary to take from the Trojans the talismanic protector of their
city
, the Palladium. Ulysses was also charged with thi
fforts, and they went forth to seek the statue of Pallas, in the very
city
of their intrepid foes. It was necessary likewise
body to his chariot, and in that way to drag it three times round the
city
, a sacrifice to the tomb of Patroclus, and the un
groans; Tears after tears his mournful cheeks o’erflow, And the whole
city
wears one face of woe.” Homer. After this barba
nd relates the stratagem by which the Greeks gained possession of the
city
. Repulsed in many assaults, they constructed an e
stitious demanded on the contrary, that it should be conducted to the
city
, and offered to Minerva. Laocoon, grand priest of
beat down part of the wall to make an entrance for the horse into the
city
; they then celebrated the deliverance of their co
structure appeared, spreading slaughter and devastation all over the
city
. Æneas awoke, put on his arms, and ran to the pal
ce. About that time, Telegonus, one of his sons by Circe, came to his
city
to pay unto him his respects; and, as he was stri
nce of their persecutors, and agreed to meet outside the walls of the
city
, under the mulberry tree which grew there, and th
as born on the very day that Romulus laid the foundation of the Roman
city
: he married Tatia, the daughter of the Sabine kin
h presents itself to thy sight, and wherever that shall stop, build a
city
for thee and thy successors.” Cadmus obeyed and w
cked one another, leaving only five, who assisted him in building the
city
. He soon after married Hermione, the daughter of
it was by the direction of the first, that they built the magnificent
city
of Mexico in the midst of a lake. Insérer image a
ere acquainted, to be the abode of their gods125. The entrance to the
city
of the gods on Olympos was closed by a gate of cl
f the same poet his palace is evidently situated in the East. Æetes’
city
, where swift Helios’ beams Within his golden cham
d offices ; Olympos being in fact regulated on the model of a Grecian
city
of the heroic ages. Zeus was king of the region o
ed in all the temples of the gods. In the Prytaneion of every Grecian
city
stood the hearth, on which the sacred fire flamed
ce with which the feast of Adonis was celebrated in the Græco-Ægyptic
city
of Alexandria. This notion of the mourning for Ad
mple was armed, as it also was at Sparta and Corinth763. In this last
city
she was also styled Urania764, and her worship th
in his honour on Mount Helicôn. The oldest image of the god in their
city
was of plain stone, but Praxiteles afterwards mad
adorers diminishing. She summoned her son ; and conducting him to the
city
where Psyche dwelt, showed him the lovely maid, a
It is thus explained by the Christian mythologist Fulgentius780. “The
city
in which Psyche dwells is the world ; the king an
e serpent were sacred to her. Athena was most honoured in Athens, the
city
to which she gave name, where the splendid festiv
out the East ; had planted there the ivy and the vine ; had built the
city
Nysa ; and named the mountain Meros, from the cir
, for such was the will of Dionysos. When Dionysos reached his native
city
, the women readily received the new rites, and ra
tripods. The poet had merely picked up some obscure reports of a rich
city
, Thebes, an island, Pharos, and that the Egyptian
gy1212. He was a rural deity, worshiped by the people of Lampsacus, a
city
on the Hellespont famous for its vineyards. Priap
ntain near it Artakia. There was a port at a little distance from the
city
, which all the ships of Odysseus, but the one he
on board of, entered. A herald with two others were then sent to the
city
: they met the daughter of Antiphates at the foun
three sons, namely Æsôn, Amythaôn and Pheres1530. This last built the
city
of Pheræ, which was named from him : his son Adme
g himself about her, but to follow a cow as his guide, and to build a
city
where she should lie down. On leaving the temple
veneration to the settlers at Cyrene ; and in the oldest part of the
city
there was a fount named Cyre, sacred to him, when
came from the East and sought to introduce his orgies into his native
city
. The women all gave enthusiastically into the new
e-horsed gods’1681 were gallant warriors who walled and fortified the
city
for the defence, it is said1682, of Cadmos the pr
le. Immediately after the death of Laïos, Hera, always hostile to the
city
of Dionysos, sent to afflict Thebes a monster nam
he conclusion of the last he recommended the Thebans to abandon their
city
, and he was the companion of their flight. It was
as, whose period of life was fated to be coextensive with that of the
city
of the Cadmeians, drank of its waters, and immedi
on after Eteocles, and named the country Phlegyantis. He also built a
city
called Phlegya, into which he collected the brave
l strength of Heracles, he prohibited his entrance in future into the
city
, and ordered him to announce the performance of h
the hero, having defeated the Bistonians and slain Diomedes, built a
city
by the tomb of Abderos, and named it after him. H
, he waylaid and killed them. He then led an army into Elis, took the
city
, slew Augeas and his sons, and set Phyleus on the
n order. After the capture of Elis he marched against Pylos, took the
city
, and killed Neleus and all his sons, except Nestô
wards assisted the Calydonians against the Thesprotians, and took the
city
of Ephyra, over which Phylas reigned, by whose da
alls, — a fact which is quite conclusive, as the ancient deities of a
city
always had their temples on or near the citadel.
estimony of Cecrops, they adjudged the place to Athena. She named the
city
from herself, and Poseidôn testified his anger by
ry by feasts and temples, placed him among the gods, and called their
city
the town of Theseus. We will now pursue the expla
inth, and apparently the representative of the trading spirit of that
city
. He is a son of Æolos, probably on account of his
nd we have a very heterogeneous mixture of peoples and countries. The
city
Memphis is very naturally called the daughter of
ya is preposterously made the daughter and Egypt the grandson of that
city
, and the Phœnician god Belos or Baal the father o
r fulfilment of the oracle, Perseus buried his grandfather before the
city
, and returned to the Peloponnese. But feeling ash
almoneus, one of the sons of Æolos, settled in Elis, where he built a
city
. He was a bold impious man, who asserted himself
s, incensed at his impiety, struck him with thunder, and consumed his
city
and all its inhabitants2021. Τυρώ. Tyro.
heroic youth learning the response, slew himself at the gates of the
city
. The fight began : the Cadmeians were driven into
tes of the city. The fight began : the Cadmeians were driven into the
city
: Capaneus set a ladder against the wall, and was
then fled ; and by the advice of Teiresias, they secretly left their
city
, which was entered and plundered by the Argives,
edience to an oracle, gave him a spotted cow, and told him to build a
city
where she should lie down. Ilos followed the cow
embark and depart. A tempest sent by Hera drives them to Sidôn, which
city
Alexandros takes and plunders, and sailing thence
ns immortality for him from Zeus. Achilleus chases the Trojans to the
city
, and as he is forcing his way in he is slain by P
is recognised by Helena, and concerts with her the mode of taking the
city
. He kills some of the Trojans and escapes to the
ver, break down a part of their walls, and drawing the horse into the
city
indulge in festivity2221. There was a debate what
narch of Argos had led a host thither and taken and plundered a large
city
. This may have been at first a simple tradition ;
insula. These were the Etruscans, the Latins, and the Sabellians. The
city
of Rome, whose origin is involved in such obscuri
ome, and who was regarded as the great guardian of the fortune of the
city
. Jupiter Elicius was so named, as we are told, fr
and promised a stately temple at Rome ; and after the capture of that
city
, says the legend, when the Roman youths appointed
es called Vestals, flamed in her temple at Rome. As the safety of the
city
was held to be connected with its conservation, t
ritten at Rome, and had the Bacchic orgies obtained a footing in that
city
, he would probably have figured as a Pentheus in
udocia, 373. Tzetz. Lyc. 712. The tomb of Parthenope gave name to the
city
afterwards called Neapolis (Naples). Milton thus
s ; but he uses the adjective Minyan as an appellative of the wealthy
city
Orchomenos in Bœotia to distinguish it from that
tality. In the Catalogue (II. ii. 730.) the Thessalian Œchalia is the
city
of Eurytos ; while the ‘Taking of Œchalia’ and th
19. In Plato's Laws (iv. 704.) it is said, respecting the name of the
city
to be founded, τοȗτο μὲν τάχ͐ ἄν ἴσως кαὶ ὁ кατοι
ring Diomed, and even Achilles himself. When the Grecians had set the
city
on fire Æneas took his aged father, Anchises, on
e stones arranged themselves so regularly as to make the walls of the
city
of Thebes. “Amphion, too, as story goes, could c
lo.” Milton. Dar′danus [Dardanus], a son of Jupiter, who built the
city
of Dardania, and by some writers was accounted th
divine?” Byron. Dodonæ′us [Dodonæus]. A name of Jupiter, from the
city
of Dodona. Dog, see Lares. Dola′bra [Dolabra].
bit the earth. Gnos′sis [Gnossis], a name given to Ariadne, from the
city
of Gnossus, in Crete. Goat, see Iphigenia, Mende
me given to Mars by the Romans. It meant the warrior who defended the
city
against all external enemies. Gra′gus [Gragus].
ses, from Mount Helicon. Heliop′olis [Heliopolis], in Egypt, was the
city
of the sun. He′lios [Helios]. The Grecian sun-go
ind, and patroness of the fine arts. She was the tutelar deity of the
city
of Athens. She is also known by the names of Pall
s oracles. Troy. The classic poets say that the walls of this famous
city
were built by the magic sound of Apollo’s lyre. S
is carried off Helen to Troy, and the Greeks pursued and besieged the
city
(see Helen, Paris, and Troy). Venus is mentioned
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