ok I.                                        “… From morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with

o land for a resting-place. Those living beings whom the water spared fell a prey to hunger. Parnassus alone, of all the mou

ith slime, and approached the altar, where no fire burned. There they fell prostrate on the earth, and prayed the goddess to

dawn to pursue the chase. Aurora saw him when she first looked forth, fell in love with him, and stole him away. But Cephalu

urious to see her gradually recover her former self. The coarse hairs fell from her body, her horns shrank up, her eyes grew

id she, “that beauty with which you have captivated my husband.” Down fell Callisto on her hands and knees; she tried to str

poison and menacing with his fangs, his courage failed, and the reins fell from his hands. The horses, when they felt them l

ent from his seat and from existence! Phaëton, with his hair on fire, fell headlong, like a shooting star which marks the he

ck with terror, Baucis and Philemon recognized their heavenly guests, fell on their knees, and with clasped hands implored f

she spoke, tears — or something like tears, for the gods never weep — fell down her cheeks upon her bosom. The compassionate

e had found a sheltered nook, laving her limbs in the clear water. He fell in love with her, and showing himself on the surf

he workmanship of nature. Pygmalion admired his own work, and at last fell in love with the counterfeit creation. Oftentimes

e was nothing left of Dryope but her face. Her tears still flowed and fell on her leaves, and while she could she spoke. “I

bounded from the earth and struck him in the forehead. He fainted and fell . The god, as pale as himself, raised him and trie

he earth, so the head of the dying boy, as if too heavy for his neck, fell over on his shoulder. “Thou diest, Hyacinth,” so

presentiment of evil. With tears and sobs she said farewell, and then fell senseless to the ground. Ceyx would still have li

, cruel girl!’ and falling hung suspended with his neck broken. As he fell he struck against the gate, and the sound was as

the lamp over to have a nearer view of his face a drop of burning oil fell on the shoulder of the god, startled with which h

nd flew out of the window. Psyche, in vain endeavoring to follow him, fell from the window to the ground. Cupid, beholding h

her to his lord; then leaping up, and not being sustained by Zephyr, fell down the precipice and was dashed to pieces. Psyc

being thus set free from its prison, took possession of her, and she fell down in the midst of the road, a sleepy corpse wi

ised his head out of the cave and uttered a fearful hiss. The vessels fell from their hands, the blood left their cheeks, th

ken smote one of his earth-born brothers with a sword, and he himself fell pierced with an arrow from another. The latter fe

d, and he himself fell pierced with an arrow from another. The latter fell victim to a fourth, and in like manner the whole

th, and in like manner the whole crowd dealt with each other till all fell , slain with mutual wounds, except five survivors.

st of their work, and lie helpless in the unfinished furrow. The wool fell from the bleating sheep, and their bodies pined a

ion! How often, while the priest made ready for sacrifice, the victim fell , struck down by disease without waiting for the b

ck, the parted lips, and the glow of health and exercise over all. He fell in love with himself. He brought his lips near to

you smile upon me and answer my beckonings with the like.” His tears fell into the water and disturbed the image. As he saw

ets tell,     A goddess at her art defied, And soon the daring mortal fell    The hapless victim of her pride. “O, then bew

with an arrow from above, cried out, “Ah me!” dropped the reins, and fell lifeless. Another, hearing the sound of the bow,

her, seeing them fall, hastened to the spot to render assistance, and fell stricken in the act of brotherly duty. One only w

od in garments of mourning over the biers of their dead brothers. One fell , struck by an arrow, and died on the corpse she w

O spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one fell dead. Desolate she sat, among sons, daughters, hu

t The stiffening regions, while by stronger charms Than Circe e’er or fell Medea brewed, Each brook that wont to prattle to

reply, but hurled his javelin at Perseus, but it missed its mark and fell harmless. Perseus would have thrown his in turn,

strait that divides Europe and Asia, the girl, whose name was Helle, fell from his back into the sea, which from her was ca

d bubbled, and sometimes ran over, the grass wherever the sprinklings fell shot forth with a verdure like that of spring. Se

ill you kill your father?” Their hearts failed them and their weapons fell from their hands, but Medea struck him a fatal bl

violence. When he saw Theseus approach he assailed him, but speedily fell beneath the blows of the young hero, who took pos

. He had an iron bedstead, on which he used to tie all travellers who fell into his hands. If they were shorter than the bed

ecution the prison doors came open of their own accord and the chains fell from his limbs, and when they looked for him he w

ed, Coasting the Tyrrhene shore as the winds listed On Circe’s island fell ; (who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun? w

whose charmed cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovelling swine.)” Ariadne. We hav

and the oak seemed to shudder and utter a groan. When the first blow fell upon the trunk blood flowed from the wound. All t

and at last the tree, sundered by repeated blows and drawn by ropes, fell with a crash and prostrated a great part of the g

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

gdom between them, and reign alternately year by year. The first year fell to the lot of Eteocles, who, when his time expire

rothers should decide their quarrel by single combat. They fought and fell by each other’s hands. The armies then renewed th

stinguished honor, but suffered the body of Polynices to lie where it fell , forbidding every one on pain of death to give it

he son of Creon, unable to avert her fate, would not survive her, and fell by his own hand.   Antigone forms the subject of

javelin. The weapon, as soon as it came within the sound of his lyre, fell harmless at his feet. So did also the stones that

most magnificent and mighty freak, The wonder of the north. No forest fell When thou wouldst build, no quarry sent its store

while playing, Minerva threw the instrument indignantly away, and it fell down to earth, and was found by Marsyas. He blew

his well-proportioned limbs in gold and purple fair to see, his tunic fell around him in graceful folds, jewels adorned his

ortioned limbs were arrayed in gold and purple fair to see, his tunic fell around him in graceful folds, jewels adorned his

lyre, his right the ivory wand with which he struck its chords. They fell prostrate at his feet, as if a lightning bolt had

ors. Scarcely, however, had he left the banqueting hall when the roof fell in with a loud crash, burying Scopas and all his

e, were quenched in the light of the moon, the poet tells us — “Down fell the red skin of the lion Into the river at his fe

se, led his troops to the field. Antilochus, the brave son of Nestor, fell by his hand, and the Greeks were put to flight, w

nd the son of Aurora; at length victory declared for Achilles, Memnon fell , and the Trojans fled in dismay. Aurora, who from

irds, which, dividing into two flocks, fought over the pile till they fell into the flame. Every year at the anniversary of

jans came to oppose their landing, and at the first onset Protesilaus fell by the hand of Hector. Protesilaus had left at ho

ther on the breast. The double guard prevented its penetrating and it fell harmless. Then Ajax, seizing a huge stone, one of

us threw his with better success. It pierced Sarpedon’s breast and he fell , and, calling to his friends to save his body fro

he back, and Hector, pressing forward, pierced him with his spear. He fell mortally wounded. Then arose a tremendous conflic

e that made him irresistible. The bravest warriors fled before him or fell by his lance. Hector, cautioned by Apollo, kept a

or leaves the neck uncovered, aimed his spear at that part and Hector fell , death-wounded, and feebly said, “Spare my body!

she would have thrown herself headlong from the wall, but fainted and fell into the arms of her maidens. Recovering, she bew

people were accustomed to sacrifice to the goddess all strangers who fell into their hands. The two friends were seized and

drew his sword and rushed upon her with fury in his countenance. She fell on her knees and begged for mercy. He dictated a

Elysium. Scylla wept, And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.” Scylla and Ch

bed, on which he stretched himself, and heaping the leaves over him, fell asleep. The land where he was thrown was Scheria,

                   “Soon as he perceived Long-lost Ulysses nigh, down fell his ears Clapped close, and with his tail glad si

olent one of the suitors. The arrow pierced through his throat and he fell dead. Telemachus, Eumæus, and another faithful fo

in spite of all his efforts. Then Somnus pushed him overboard and he fell ; but keeping his hold upon the helm, it came away

shed in the storm. At that moment he beheld Palinurus, his pilot, who fell overboard and was drowned. He addressed him and a

ch he eagerly devoured, and then stretched himself out in his den and fell asleep. Æneas and the Sibyl sprang to land. The f

nt uncertain, but approaching, perceived it was indeed herself. Tears fell from his eyes, and he addressed her in the accent

iver Po has its origin, and flows out among men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds received in their country’s cause, holy

midst of their amazement another weapon flew and another of the party fell dead. Volscens, the leader, ignorant whence the d

I did it; he only followed me as a friend.” While he spoke the sword fell , and pierced the comely bosom of Euryalus. His he

ke the sword fell, and pierced the comely bosom of Euryalus. His head fell over on his shoulder, like a flower cut down by t

ys of him with simple pathos which has made the words proverbial, “He fell , unhappy, by a wound intended for another, looked

youth pressed on and he was compelled to deal the fatal blow. Lausus fell , and Æneas bent over him in pity. “Hapless youth,

his lance directly at the horse’s head. It pierced his temples and he fell , while a shout from both armies rent the skies. M

ually matched could not be doubtful. Pallas bore himself bravely, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relente

rpassed those of the bravest warriors, and many Trojans and Etruscans fell pierced with her darts or struck down by her batt

and the javelin of Aruns struck her and inflicted a fatal wound. She fell and breathed her last in the arms of her attendan

; and Æneas would have given him his life, but at the instant his eye fell on the belt of Pallas, which Turnus had taken fro

n the time of the Trojan war I was Euphorbus, the son of Panthus, and fell by the spear of Menelaus. Lately being in the tem

th all reverence, couched beside her, and laying his head in her lap, fell asleep. The treacherous virgin then gave a signal

nd after he had shown us the creature, he gave me a box on the ear. I fell a-crying, while he, soothing me with caresses, sp

ery of the Hammer. Once upon a time it happened that Thor’s hammer fell into the possession of the giant Thrym, who burie

ake ye the wallet,” he added, “and prepare your supper.” Skrymir soon fell asleep and began to snore strongly; but when Thor

he handle. But Skrymir sat up, and stroking his cheek said, “An acorn fell on my head. What! Art thou awake, Thor? Me thinks

ended my days had it fallen on me, but I slipped aside and thy blows fell on the mountain, where thou wilt find three glens

dance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Surely never was there witnessed,

ither among gods or men, a more atrocious deed than this. When Baldur fell , the gods were struck speechless with horror, and

voided the sun as their most deadly enemy, because whenever his beams fell upon any of them they changed them immediately in

driver of his father’s chariot, which if he failed to manage, yet he fell in a great undertaking. No. 5. Page 171.

“This said, his kingly brow the sire inclined; The large black curls fell awful from behind, Thick shadowing the stern fore

he tall oak tree in which Echo lived. The moment the girl saw him she fell in love with him; and she followed him through th

ho was so cold to poor Echo, and indeed to all who loved him, at last fell in love himself, and in a very strange way. When

shape and showed herself in all her godlike splendor. The bystanders fell upon the ground and worshiped her. But Arachne, f

shall bear the same punishment forever.” In an instant Arachne’s hair fell off, and her face became so small that her body l

made of shining gold, and whoever was pierced by one of these at once fell deeply in love. But the other arrows were blunt a

ooner had the sun god caught a glimpse of the beautiful nymph than he fell deeply in love with her; and just as quickly, Dap

is wonder at seeing a living being in his underground palace, Orpheus fell on his knees, and, fingering the strings of his l

lay merry tunes. But when he refused, the women flew into a rage, and fell upon him, and put him to death with stones and ar

out by the struggle, he sank to the ground. An instant later the pack fell upon him, and the young hunter was torn to pieces

winged shoes. However, he need not have been afraid, for the sisters fell to quarreling about the eye, and at last, the one

d not believe the answer of the oracle. She rushed to the temple, and fell on her knees, and offered to make any sacrifice i

behind her. When she reached the plain, and saw the awful sight, she fell upon the ground with cries of anguish. But her pr

d, and as the words left the mother’s lips’, the last of her children fell dead at her feet. 12. “‘Spare me this last and

lace. The king gave the signal for the start, and the two mighty ones fell upon each other. Very soon everybody could see th

osing an arrow, he took careful aim, and the next instant the centaur fell to the ground, pierced through the heart. Nessus

ring his love back to you.” Scarcely had he finished speaking when he fell back — dead. Now the arrow which killed Nessus wa

passing overhead, thought they must be gods flying near to earth, and fell on their knees. Over sea and land they went, swif

ssing through a village, where he saw a beautiful maiden with whom he fell in love. Soon afterwards he married her, and they

noble in appearance, and no sooner had the princess seen him than she fell in love with him. She longed to see him more clos

nd shells, just as she had seen it in her dream the night before. She fell on her knees beside the body, and weeping, cried,

, long while. The sky was cloudless day after day. Not a drop of rain fell , the fields became parched and dry, and all the c

e so weary of the dizzy flight, that she dropped from the ram’s back, fell into a narrow sea over which they were passing, a

Fleece. ——— The Arrow and the Song I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it fle

ould not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so

ted its head, and gave the boy a last, loving, questioning look, then fell back on the grass — dead. Poor Cyparissus! He had

the air, and it shot up through the clouds, and, after a long pause, fell to the ground with a crash. 17. “He hurled his

knew thee but to love thee,     Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell , when thou wert dying,     From eyes unused to we

more clearly, till at last, one evening, the light of the setting sun fell around the statue of the loveliest young girl tha

lyphemus she seemed just like a bit of sunshine and clear sky, and he fell very deeply in love with her. He forgot to look a

d the gods spoken, than the elements obeyed: the winds blew; the rain fell in torrents; lakes, seas, rivers, and oceans brok

Jupiter. Capitol, Rome. But this fair goddess awkwardly tripped and fell on a solemn occasion, and was forced to resign he

rigues with renewed zest. Callisto and Arcas On one occasion he fell deeply in love with a maiden named Callisto, gent

e oft-quoted tale of Cephalus and Procris. Cephalus was a hunter, who fell in love with and married one of Diana’s nymphs, P

portunities of meeting the Muses, it is not to be wondered at that he fell a victim to the charms of the fair Calliope, who,

so remarkable, that the youth’s fame was very widespread; and when he fell in love with Eurydice, he brought all his skill i

quickly laid hands upon him, and hurled him into the water, where he fell upon the broad back of a dolphin, who bore him in

ial care, and hurled it at Phaeton, whose burned and blackened corpse fell from his lofty seat down into the limpid waves of

resence, she changed him into a grasshopper. At this time the goddess fell in love with Cephalus, the young hunter, and freq

protect them, and called upon all the gods of Olympus. Her daughters fell one by one, never to rise again. The last clung c

etness; and night after night it was repeated when the pale moonbeams fell athwart his sleeping face. “Then, as the full or

n bright stars, and there they shone undimmed for ages; but when Troy fell into the enemy’s hands, all grew pale with grief,

ess and dismayed, the distant baying of his hounds coming to join him fell upon his ear. Diana’s Hunt. G. Papperitz. By

according to their desires, until one night the unfortunate Alectryon fell asleep; and so 84 profound were his slumbers, tha

ry, made it more and more unendurable, she went to Olympus, where she fell at Jupiter’s feet, imploring him to release Adoni

drew the dagger from his breast, and, plunging it into her own bosom, fell beside him lifeless.                 “In her bos

the forest. This frivolous girl no sooner beheld the youth, than she fell deeply in love with him, and was proportionately

a warning to other impulsive maidens, to repeat the last sounds which fell upon her ear “But her voice is still living immo

tion. After repeated efforts to charm her from her silent mood, Cupid fell asleep; and, as soon as his regular breathing pro

her lamp, and one drop of burning oil, running over the narrow brim, fell upon Cupid’s naked shoulder. “Now trembling now

m three beautiful children, — Harmonia, Cupid, and Anteros. Mars also fell in love with a beautiful young Vestal named Ilia,

raised the tool he held, and struck Remus such a savage blow that he fell to the ground, slain by his brother in a fit of p

and protection. Even while they prayed, it is said, a shield, Ancile, fell from heaven, and a voice was distinctly heard to

.                                              “From morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day: and with

ar after year a fair girl was doomed to perish, until finally the lot fell upon Hesione, the king’s only daughter. He could

usa in the days of her youth and beauty, and when some drops of blood fell from her severed head into the salt sea foam, he

the newcomer, a chorus of cries, groans, and imprecations from within fell upon his ear, mingled with the whistling of the w

aint from fatigue, they paused to rest for a moment, the cutting lash fell upon their bare shoulders, and spurred them on to

and children as if they were wild beasts. One of his sons, Learchus, fell beneath his arrows; and, to escape his murderous

ny reward he wished; whereupon Midas, who was an avaricious old king, fell upon his knees, and humbly besought the god to gr

as she awoke, she called her faithless lover; but no answering sound fell upon her ear except the mocking tones of Echo. He

er. But on the way to the dismal abode of the dead, the messenger god fell in love with his fair charge, who, being now effe

askmaster. But when Hercules learned he  was doomed to be a slave, he fell into such a passion that he nearly lost his reaso

peedy end to the whole flock. “His arrows slew The monsters hov’ring fell Stymphalus round.” Catullus. The Cattle of G

and cause the death of many an adventurous explorer. The drops which fell into the sea were utilised by Neptune, who create

young man, Ægeus, King of Athens, journeyed off to Trœzene, where he fell in love with and married a beautiful young prince

upported by the light feathers, sank down faster and faster, until he fell into the sea, where he was drowned, and which, in

forward and dealt the giant such a blow, that he lost his balance and fell into the deep sea, where he was drowned, and wher

cast an arrogant glance over the assembled people. His eyes suddenly fell upon Jason’s naked foot, and he grew pale with ho

d Medea; but at last their affection for each other cooled, and Jason fell in love with Glauce, or Creusa. Frantic with jeal

ssins.”                                                         “He fell By strangers murdered, for so fame reports, By ro

face, than they rushed upon each other with such animosity that both fell . By order of Jocasta’s father, Creon, the corpse

Theban war was not, however, entirely ended, for, when both brothers fell , the two armies flew to attack each other; and su

rmies flew to attack each other; and such was their courage that many fell , and only one of the seven chiefs returned to Arg

ted, received this proposal with rapture; and Thebes, again besieged, fell into their hands, and was duly sacked, burned, an

ery He had not sojourned there very long before Anteia, the queen, fell in love with him; and although her husband, Prœtu

and every outward sign of horror, the king read the missive, and then fell into a deep reverie. He did not like to take a st

that Pegasus was a wonderful winged steed, born from the blood which fell into the foam of the sea from Medusa’s severed he

rth below.              “Bold Bellerophon (so Jove decreed In wrath) fell headlong from the fields of air.” Wordsworth. T

creature, and as Rhœcus looked after it to mark its flight, his eyes fell upon the distant line of hills against which the

jan War Jupiter and Thetis Jupiter, father of the gods, once fell deeply in love with a beautiful sea nymph named T

ayed by the gods, finally succumbed.                      ‘‘The hero fell With clashing mail, and all the Greeks beheld His

fought with all the courage and recklessness of despair. Their blows fell like hail, a cloud of dust enveloped their strugg

afety through the Grecian camp to Achilles’ tent, where the aged king fell at the hero’s feet, humbly pleading for his son’s

e, and in his rage almost destroyed the Greeks; for one piece of rock fell very near their vessel, and they were forced to r

eturned to their oars, and rowed steadily on. Soon the Sirens’ melody fell upon Ulysses’ charmed ears; but, although he comm

but rest, Ulysses dragged himself into a neighbouring wood, where he fell asleep on a bed of dry leaves. While he was thus

hat one was Æneas’ pilot, Palinurus, who, falling asleep at the helm, fell overboard and was drowned. As for the fleet, it r

ese unfortunate youths passed through the camp unseen, but farther on fell into the hands of a troop of Volscian horsemen, w

of valour were accomplished on both sides, until finally young Pallas fell , slain by Turnus. When aware of the death of this

ever; and in the next encounter, Camilla, the brave Volscian maiden, fell at last, breathing a fervent entreaty that Turnus

enitor of egg, 4; dethroned, 6 E-rid′a-nus. River into which Phaeton fell from the sun chariot, 68; Hercules consults nymph

by the Furies, 140; the murderers of, 141 Ic′a-rus. Son of Dædalus; fell into the Icarian Sea, 222 I′da. Mountain in Crete

of death, 179-182, 183 Mo-sych′lus. Mountain in Lemnos, where Vulcan fell from heaven, 122 Müller. Authority on philology,

oral sense, this knowledge of truth, morality, and spiritual religion fell into corruption. So in Greek mythology the attrib

rodotus, is 850 b.c. The preservation and further fashioning of myths fell , after Homer’s time, into the hands of the Rhapso

Cronus, the crafty. With an iron sickle he lay in wait for his sire, fell , upon him, and drove him, grievously wounded, fro

scher 10: 1666.] Later still, the Giants, offspring of the blood that fell from the wounded Uranus, renewed the revolt again

Golden Age had begun in the reign of Cronus.58 And when these heroes fell asleep in death, they were translated in a pleasa

rom the heavenly threshold: “All day I flew; and at the set of sun. I fell in Lemnos, and little life was left in me.” Had h

oveth well.101 § 49. Pluto, or Hades was brother of Jupiter. To him fell the sovereignty of the lower world and the shades

ther the violet, a fourth the creeping thyme; and on the ground there fell many petals of the meadows rich with spring. Othe

l-sick from their unending fooleries…. “There came a change: a glory fell to me. No more ’twas Semele, the lonely girl, But

h to disclose it. Forthwith the vengeance of the king of gods and men fell upon him. He was condemned to Hades, and attempti

pent on the lower animals, — dogs, cattle, sheep, and birds. The oxen fell in the midst of their work. The wool dropped from

Jupiter. Often, while the priest made ready for sacrifice, the victim fell , struck down by disease without waiting for the b

pherds, not knowing their parentage. After various adventures Antiope fell into the hands of her uncle Lycus, the usurping k

ck with terror, Baucis and Philemon recognized their heavenly guests, fell on their knees, and with clasped hands implored f

ken smote one of his earth-born brothers with a sword, and he himself fell pierced with an arrow from another. The latter fe

d, and he himself fell pierced with an arrow from another. The latter fell victim to a fourth, and in like manner the whole

n like manner the whole crowd dealt with each other till all but five fell slain. These five joined with Cadmus in building

ounded from the earth, and struck him in the forehead. He fainted and fell . The god, as pale as himself, raised him and trie

he earth, so the head of the dying boy, as if too heavy for his neck, fell over on his shoulder . “Thou diest, Hyacinth,” sp

ith poison and menacing with fangs, his courage failed, and the reins fell from his hands. The horses, unrestrained, went of

ent from his seat and from existence. Phaëton, with his hair on fire, fell headlong, like a shooting star which marks the he

ruck by an arrow from above. “Ah me!” he cried, dropped the reins and fell lifeless. Another, hearing the sound of the bow,

nor, an elder brother, hastened to the spot to render assistance, but fell in the act of brotherly duty. One only was left,

ourning over the biers of their dead brothers. One after another they fell , struck by arrows, beside the corpses that they w

h, spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one fell dead. Desolate she sat, among sons, daughters, hu

hose beauteous forms which had brought down the scath Whence all nine fell , rais’d it, and stood erect, And thus bespake the

ng.’”149 § 78. The Lamentation for Linus. — How the people of Argos fell under the displeasure of Apollo is told in the st

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

iana’s severity toward young Actæon, grandson of Cadmus whose kindred fell under the curse of Mars, is thus narrated. One da

ed, her faint heart swelled for love, And she began to sob, and tears fell fast Upon the bed. — But as she turned at last To

wings, and flew out of window. Psyche, in vain endeavoring to follow, fell to the earth. For but an instant Cupid, staying,

r her to his lord, then, leaping up, failed of the support of Zephyr, fell down the precipice, and was dashed to pieces. Psy

its product looked like the workmanship of nature. Pygmalion at last fell in love with his counterfeit creation. Oftentimes

eyes, Her very lips, were such as he had made, And though her tresses fell but in such guise As he had wrought them, now was

hin the niche thou knowest well, And from my hand a heavy thing there fell Carved like these flowers, nor could I see things

javelin. The weapon, as soon as it came within the sound of his lyre, fell harmless at his feet: so also the stones that the

d driving horses, — and with good effect. For it happened that Pelops fell in love with Hippodamia, daughter of Œnomaüs, kin

] § 112. Cephalus and Procris. 217 — Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, fell in love with Cephalus, a young huntsman. She stol

held the Greeks at bay, until Achilles appeared. Before that hero he fell . Then Aurora, seeing her son’s fate, directed his

birds, which, dividing into two flocks fought over the pile till they fell into the flame. Every year at the anniversary of

called Memnon’s; and it was said that when the first rays of morning fell upon this statue, a sound like the snapping of a

. The avenging goddess heard. Narcissus, stooping over a river-brink, fell in love with his own image in the water. He talke

the Dryads hand in hand, had often danced, he ordered his servants to fell . When he saw them hesitate, he snatched an axe fr

ask. The oak seemed to shudder and utter a groan. When the first blow fell upon the trunk, blood flowed from the wound. Warn

plain The city sparkled with its thousand lights, And sounds of revel fell upon his ear Harshly and like a curse; above, the

ian grove of Neptune. Overcome by them, he commended his cause, as he fell , to a flock of cranes that happened to be screami

eep lets me go, fleeing me like an ewe that has seen the gray wolf. I fell in love with thee, maiden, I, on the day when fir

was crossing the strait that divides Europe and Asia, the girl Helle fell from his back into the sea, which from her was af

bbled, and sometimes bubbled over, the grass wherever the sprinklings fell leaped into verdure like that of spring. Seeing t

u kill your father?” Whereat their hearts failed them and the weapons fell from their hands. Medea, however, struck the fata

en, and to death, The heavy horror with his hanging shafts Leapt, and fell furiously, and from raging lips Foamed out the la

of his violence; but beneath the blows of the young hero he speedily fell . Several similar contests with the petty tyrants

iant had an iron bedstead, on which he used to tie all travellers who fell into his hands. If they were shorter than the bed

Returning to the descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars follo

etch! with one wild fearful cry, The twisted rope he loosens, and she fell , Ill-starred one, on the ground. Then came a sigh

m between them, and to reign alternately year by year. The first year fell to the lot of Eteocles, who, when his time expire

others should decide their quarrel by single combat. They fought, and fell each by the hand of the other. The armies then re

stinguished honor, but suffered the body of Polynices to lie where it fell , forbidding every one, on pain of death, to give

he son of Creon, unable to avert her fate, would not survive her, and fell by his own hand. It is only after his son’s death

less Eriphyle. Alcmæon engaged his word; but before accomplishing the fell purpose, he was ordered by an oracle of Delphi to

oined the expedition of the Argonauts; and on that journey beheld and fell in love with the sea-nymph Thetis, daughter of Ne

ous frame was wrapped in robe of a whiteness, Down to the ankles that fell , with nethermost border of purple, While on ambro

and at the first onset one of the noblest of the Greeks, Protesilaüs, fell by the hand of Hector. This Protesilaüs had left

on the breast, but the double guard prevented its penetrating, and it fell harmless. Then Ajax seizing a huge stone, one of

of the Greek, on the other hand, pierced Sarpedon’s breast, — and he fell , calling to his friends to save his body from the

the back, and Hector pressing forward pierced him with his spear. He fell mortally wounded. Then arose a tremendous conflic

that made him irresistible. The bravest warriors fled before him, or fell by his lance. Hector, cautioned by Apollo, kept a

r leaves the neck uncovered, aimed his spear at that part, and Hector fell , death-wounded. Feebly he said, “Spare my body! L

she would have thrown herself headlong from the wall, but fainted and fell into the arms of her maidens. Recovering, she bew

people were accustomed to sacrifice to the goddess all strangers who fell into their hands, the two friends were seized and

drew his sword and rushed upon her with fury in his countenance. She fell on her knees and begged for mercy. He dictated a

bed, on which he stretched himself, and heaping the leaves over him, fell asleep. The land where he was thrown was Scheria,

led to the chase. Soon as he perceived Long-lost Ulysses nigh, down fell his ears Clapped close, and with his tail glad si

olent one of the suitors. The arrow pierced through his throat and he fell dead. Telemachus, Eumæus, and another faithful fo

in spite of all his efforts. Then Somnus pushed him overboard and he fell ; but keeping his hold upon the helm, it came away

hed in the storm. At that moment, he beheld Palinurus, his pilot, who fell overboard and was drowned. He addressed him and a

ch he eagerly devoured, and then stretched himself out in his den and fell asleep. Æneas and the Sibyl sprang to land. The f

nt uncertain, but approaching, perceived it was indeed herself. Tears fell from his eyes, and he addressed her in the accent

iver Po has its origin, and flows out among men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds received in their country’s cause, holy

midst of their amazement another weapon flew and another of the party fell dead. Volscens, the leader, ignorant whence the d

I did it; he only followed me as a friend.” While he spoke the sword fell , and pierced the comely bosom of Euryalus. His he

ke the sword fell, and pierced the comely bosom of Euryalus. His head fell over on his shoulder, like a flower cut down by t

ys of him with simple pathos which has made the words proverbial, “He fell , unhappy, by a wound intended for another, looked

youth pressed on and he was compelled to deal the fatal blow. Lausus fell , and Æneas bent over him in pity. “Hapless youth,

rcuit, Æneas threw his lance directly at the horse’s head. The animal fell with pierced temples, while a shout from both arm

ually matched could not be doubtful. Pallas bore himself bravely, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relente

rpassed those of the bravest warriors, and many Trojans and Etruscans fell pierced with her darts or struck down by her batt

and the javelin of Aruns struck her and inflicted a fatal wound. She fell and breathed her last in the arms of her attendan

ed, would have spared his opponent’s life, but at the instant his eye fell on the belt of Pallas, which Turnus had taken fro

very of the Hammer. — Once upon a time it happened that Thor’s hammer fell into the possession of the giant Thrym, who burie

ke ye the wallet,” he added, “and prepare your supper.” Skrymir soon fell asleep and began to snore strongly, but when Thor

he handle. But Skrymir sat up, and stroking his cheek said, “An acorn fell on my head. What! Art, thou awake, Thor? Methinks

ended my days had it fallen on me, but I slipped aside, and thy blows fell on the mountain, where thou wilt find three glens

dance of Loki, darted it at Balder, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Never was there witnessed, either

rless eyes, Wailing no more, in silence ate and drank, While twilight fell , and sacred night came on. But the blind Höder,

s; And he went in, and shut the door, and fixt His sword upright, and fell on it, and died. But from the hill of Lidskialf O

had his vengeance. Inviting King Volsung and his sons to Gothland, he fell upon them, slew the king, and suffered the sons,

e meeting edges with Sigmund’s latest stroke, And in shivering shards fell earthward that fear of worldly folk. But changed

till the young queens, one day, bathing in the Water of the Niblungs, fell into contention on a matter of privilege. Brynhil

he ring of Andvari had brought confusion on all into whose hands they fell . § 186. The Lay of the Nibelungs.395 — In the Ger

the Salii, watched over the sacred spear and the shield, Ancile, that fell from heaven in the reign of Numa Pompilius. Gener

ida 1: 3; Hamlet 3: 2; Milton, P. L. 1: 740: — “From morn to noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with

hilomela of Athens; Milton, Il Pens.; Richard Barnfield, Song: “As it fell upon a day”; Thomson, Hymn on the Seasons; M. Arn

the time of the Trojan War he was Euphorbus, the son of Panthus, and fell by the spear of Menelaüs. Lately, he said, he had

ohn’s Lib.). Barnfield, Richard, 1574-1627. Com. § 151, Song, “As it fell upon a day” (Philomela). Bartsch, K. F. Der Nibe

usurped his empire, and delivered his brethren. The defeated monarch fell beneath his son’s parricidal hand; and from the b

ho destroyed Argus, and restored her to liberty. “Down from the rock fell the dissevered head, Opening its eyes in death, a

, blew the quoit of Apollo on the forehead of the unhappy mortal, who fell dead upon the green turf on which they were playi

en it is wound up. This was effected by the rays of the sun when they fell on it. At its setting, the form appeared to mourn

Goddess of chastity, and it was in this character that her vengeance fell so heavily on Actæon, who following the chase one

himself to the presumptuous mortal, who, unable to bear his presence, fell scorched by his thunderbolt. Jupiter, however, to

ssed with the heat of the sun, he threw himself on the sea-shore, and fell fast asleep; some pirates who called there for wa

, she had a temple with an altar, on which it was asserted rain never fell , though exposed in the open air.     “O queen of

s round; Nor till the sun descended, touched the ground; Breathless I fell in giddy motion lost; The Sinthians raised me on

tion lost; The Sinthians raised me on the Lemnian coast.” Homer. He fell with sufficient velocity to break his thigh, an a

ient Greece; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove She

angry Jove Sheer o’er the chrystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with

invented as a punishment for Juno, to whom, as it was through her he fell from heaven, he attributed his deformity. This wa

Tighe. In the trembling transport which pervaded her, however, there fell a drop of burning wax from the light which she he

her beauty. The mission was accomplished in safety, but Psyche nearly fell a victim to curiosity and avarice; for she opened

utiful in the eyes of her lost husband. On opening it, a deep slumber fell on the unwary mortal, and she lay upon the earth,

rt eternal rage. From thee, O father! all these ills we bear, And thy fell daughter with the shield and spear. ‌Thou gavest

t too in their country’s shouts The voice of gratitude for those that fell , Drowns every thought in those who live to mourn;

oll an enormous stone to the summit of a high mountain, from which it fell again without ceasing, that he might be eternally

o crush the savage prey! Stern beasts in trains that by his truncheon fell , Now grisly forms, shoot o’er the lawns of hell.

Olympus. Here, Mercury rendering some kindness to Venus, the goddess fell in love with him, and bore to him Hermaphrodite,

by Jupiter, for her loquacity in proclaiming his numerous amours, she fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. “And at th

him from the depths. At last “Streaming tears from his full eye-lids fell , And drop by drop, raised circles in the well, Th

s. She was dismissed from her office by Jupiter, however, because she fell down as she was pouring nectar to the Gods, at a

Shaking his tangled locks all dewy bright With spangled gossamer that fell by night,     Pearling his coronet of golden corn

n Elysium: Scylla wept And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause.” Ovid. Charyb

rit fled,     Tho’ o’er her first-born babe hath passed the blight Of fell disease: wait, wait one moment more, Thy hand has

ound victory’s brow,     The brave have won the fight, but, fighting, fell ; It was thine arm that laid the victor low,     A

extricated them from their difficulties. Medea, the king’s daughter, fell in love with Jason, and in an interview with her

Jason: nothing daunted, the hero threw a stone amongst them, and they fell one upon the other till they were entirely destro

by the side of the ship which had borne him to Colchis, a large beam fell upon and crushed him to death. Medea also died at

r, killing him, with three of his sons, while his former lover, Iole, fell into his hands, and found that she still held no

ined recruited vigour from the ground. Did I not triple-formed Geryon fell ? Or, did I fear the triple dog of hell? Did not t

les won? Could the fair Centaur’s strength my force withstand? Or the fell boar that spoiled the Arcadian land? Did not thes

uthful Perseus entrusted to them. His rising genius and great courage fell under the displeasure of Polydectes, who feared,

ce was not of those     That swelled the rolling blast, And his steps fell hushed like snows, —     ’Twas the shade of These

combat was brief, though fierce, Eteocles the king was the first who fell , and Polynice regarding him with ill-disguised pl

orts to subdue his pain, and the death struggle which tore his bosom, fell in the very act of striking him. Their implacable

in the fight. Hector and Achilles met in fierce combat, and the first fell gloriously. The son of Peleus refused to the Troj

liged to give a large ransom for the remains of Hector. ‌ “Then his fell soul a thought of vengeance bred, Unworthy of him

s number was Andromache, widow of Hector, and mother of Astyanax. She fell to the share of ‌Neoptolemus, but though she conc

!” Dryden. With one strong blow she smote herself to the heart, and fell dead upon the pile she had erected. Insérer image

k. Thrice Dido tried to raise her drooping head, And, panting, thrice fell grovelling on the bed. Thrice ope’d her heavy eye

e lifeless remains of her lover. In the agony which overcame her, she fell upon the weapon with which Pyramus had destroyed

n a lion suddenly sprang upon him, which he was unable to escape, and fell beneath the fury of the beast. The Principal

ed successively the various means of death on the unhappy Balder, who fell a victim to their folly; aided by the cunning of

e opinion of bystanders, and partly by lot. The wretches upon whom it fell were then treated with such honours by all the as

headlong, in honour of the deity representing the earth. If the body fell to the bottom, the goddess was supposed to accept

his wife, and threw her with so strong an arm into the Sea, that she fell to the bottom, and by the force of the concussion

ds on Uranus. Uranus was mutilated, and from the drops of blood which fell upon the earth sprung Gigantes* (Giants) and Meli

earth sprung Gigantes* (Giants) and Meliæ* (Melian Nymphs). From what fell into the sea sprung Aphrodite* (Venus). Uranus cu

unched his thunder, and hurled the terrified driver from his seat. He fell into the river Eridanus* (Po). His sisters, the H

n. The Gigantes are said to have sprung from the drops of blood which fell on the earth from the mutilated Uranus. From the

the god of heaven sent down an oblong brazen shield (ancile*). As it fell at the feet of the king, a voice was heard declar

god of heaven seized him by the foot and hurled him from Olympus. He fell for a whole day, and alighted at sundown on the i

                                               “From morn To noon lie fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day, and with

beauty of Eros, but while she was gazing a drop of oil from her lamp fell on the shoulder of the sleeping god; he awoke, an

eft the shore, than the cords with which the smiling boy was fastened fell off, and a fragrant stream of wine ran through th

wind. As the nymph Syrinx* was one day returning from the chase. Pan fell in love with her, and pursued her to the banks of

n-law of Laius, had seized the government of Thebes, and when his son fell a victim to the Sphinx, he issued a proclamation

tle ensued equally fatal to both parties. Hippomedon and Parthenopæus fell under the swords of the enemy; Capaneus, who had

who had mounted the walls, was killed by a flash of lightning; Tydeus fell by the hand of Melanippus*; Eteocles and Polynice

ed against Thebes. A fierce battle ensued, in which the Theban leader fell by his hand. The Thebans, unable longer to hold t

erbolts. Filled with remorse at having offended the gods, Bellerophon fell a prey to the deepest melancholy, and wandered ab

him away from her, sprinkling upon the vault of the sky the milk that fell from her breast, the marks of which form the Gala

withdrew, and when not long afterwards Iphitus*, the son of Eurytus, fell into his hands, he hurled him from a high tower i

e destroyed, and Eurytus and his sons slain, while the beautiful Iole fell into the hands of the conqueror. Wishing to offer

dra*, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and sister of Ariadne. Phædra fell in love with Hippolytus, but he repulsed her adva

t Icarus to fly, and charged him to keep at a moderate height. Icarus fell into the sea, which was named for him Icarium* Ma

ough the air, she directed them to flee to Colchis. On the way, Helle fell into the sea and was drowned; so the sea was call

tesilaus*, however, disregarding the prediction, leaped on shore, and fell by the hand of Hector. The Greeks then succeeded

on led his troops to the field. Antilochus*, the brave son of Nestor, fell by his hand, and the Greeks were put to flight, w

ored the battle. A long and doubtful contest ensued; at length Memnon fell , and the Trojans fled in dismay. When Aurora saw

m with great relish. He then stretched himself on the floor, and soon fell asleep before the fire. Odysseus drew his sword a

is” (Noman). After his supper, the giant lay down to repose, and soon fell into a heavy sleep. Then Odysseus and his compani

ds.” Instead of obeying, he drew his sword and rushed toward her. She fell on her knees and begged for mercy. He dictated a

s*. He crept into a thicket, and lying down on some dried leaves soon fell asleep. Nausicaa*, the beautiful daughter of the

red guest. As Euryclea*, his old nurse, was bathing his feet, her eye fell on a scar which Odysseus had received in his yout

but the Sibyl threw him a medicated cake, which he devoured, and then fell asleep. After seeing much that was wonderful, and

the loss of two of their number. A long war ensued. At length Turnus fell in a personal combat with Æneas, who, having triu

a woman named Ataensic, threw herself through a rift in the sky, and fell towards the earth. There a turtle offered her his

so well adapted to be the vehicle of mind7. He naturally, therefore, fell into the habit of assigning a human form to his g

, and to act as judges and magistrates : a double share of everything fell to them. The task of the military class was to de

ivided the realm of their father among themselves. The coast of Ocean fell to Atlas, who named the people and the highest mo

erhaps her grave. When the rebel angels were cast out of Heaven they fell for the space of nine days ‘through the frighted

other had armed him, mutilated his unsuspecting sire. The drops which fell on the earth from the wound gave birth to the Eri

birth to the Erinnyes, the Giants, and the Melian nymphs : from what fell into the sea sprang Aphrodite, the goddess of lov

unched his thunder, and hurled the terrified driver from his seat. He fell into the river Eridanos. His sisters, the Heliade

nos ; the sea was the realm of his brother Poseidôn ; the under-world fell to Aïdes, in the division of their conquests ; Ea

and Hades, divided the world by lot among them, and the portion which fell to him was the ‘extensive heaven in air and cloud

o’cr them spread a golden cloud and fair, And glittering drops of dew fell all around. This is, we think justly, regarded a

te haunt of Hephæstos on earth was the isle of Lemnos. It was here he fell when flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to

fly the pursuit of Alpheios688. The legend at Letrini was689 that he fell in love with her, but seeing no chance of success

of the truth of this fable, it was asserted that a cup (ϕιάλη) which fell into the Alpheios rose in Arethusa, whose pelluci

he was torn by a wild boar746 and died747. The ground where his blood fell was sprinkled with nectar by the mourning goddess

at his beauty, she leaned in rapture over his charms : a drop of oil fell from the lamp on the shoulder of the god : he awo

y. Psyche caught his leg as he rose, and was raised into the air, but fell  ; and as she lay, the god reproached her from a c

to be of royal birth. They bound him with cords ; but these instantly fell off him, and the god sat smiling in silence. The

and sing hymns to the gods. Apollo beheld her dancing with them, and fell in love with her. He changed himself into a torto

e winter came on ; all the streams and torrents were frozen, the snow fell in great quantities, and the flocks of Terambos v

hem to the ground like young whelps killed and devoured them. When he fell asleep Odysseus was going to kill him, till recol

ht of Ithaca ; when Odysseus, who had hitherto held the helm himself, fell asleep : his comrades, who fancied that Æolos had

fond of associating with the Nereïdes. The sea-god Glaucos beheld and fell in love with her1398 ; and being rejected, applie

They fed for six days on the sacred cattle ; on the seventh the storm fell , and they left the island ; but as soon as they h

and that having ascended a lofty mountain to make his observations he fell from it into the sea, and both sea and mountain w

ous tribes, and the country which he named after himself, and finally fell in battle against the Indians. Medeia returning u

pieces with time Medeia persuaded him to sleep under the prow, and it fell on him and killed him1550. Medeia herself, we are

Atalanta ; and Hippolyta or Astydameia the wife of Acastos beholding fell in love with him, and solicited him by letters, b

ling out the tongues, he declared that he had killed just so many. He fell asleep on Mount Pelion, and Acastos taking his fa

d over with bits of wood and dust, into which the unsuspecting prince fell and perished. After this deed Ixiôn’s mind became

at this preference of a woman, took the skin from her, saying that it fell to them of right, on account of their family, if

stones at them ; and thinking it was done by some of themselves, they fell upon and slew each other. Five only survived ; Ec

came to the sea between Sigeion and the Chersonese, into which Helle fell , and it was named from her Hellespontos (Helle's

e latter complained to Apollo and Artemis, and the sons of Niobe soon fell by the arrows of the former, while her daughters

honour of the ‘fallen Œdipodes’. Hesiod1690 speaks of the heroes who fell fighting at the seven-gated Thebes on account of

d thus returned to his pristine state. On some occasion Zeus and Hera fell into a dispute, whether the greater portion of th

o the town ; and with him the race of Halmos ended, and the territory fell to the descendents of Athamas and Phrixos. Clymen

ginos, king of Orchomenos, had been overcome by Heracles, his affairs fell into such a reduced state, that in order to retri

the double of what the Thebans used to pay. In this battle Amphitryôn fell valiantly fighting. Creôn gave his daughter Megar

b in the Nemean wood1735. Some time after his war with the Minyans he fell into madness, owing to the envy of Hera, and flun

n return victorious he might offer it to Zeus the Saviour ; but if he fell in the conflict, to make it a funeral offering to

erwards the oxen of Eurytos being stolen by Autolycos, his suspicions fell upon Heracles. Iphitos, who gave no credit to thi

clæ, where he was purified by Deïphobos the son of Hippolytos. But he fell notwithstanding into a severe malady on account o

men against the town ; but while he was advancing toward it, Laomedôn fell on the ships, and Oïcles was slain in the attack 

ke to flight. Cepheus and his sons now joined Heracles ; but they all fell in battle, and with them Iphicles the brother of

habit of plundering those who brought the sacrifices to Pytho. Cycnos fell in the combat ; and when Ares, who had witnessed

nians, the latter invoked the aid of their former guest, and Eumolpos fell in battle against Erechtheus1825. Here we find a

ained uncut, so long was his life to last. Scylla, having seen Minôs, fell in love with him, and resolved to give him the vi

him to go and fight with the Marathonian bull, and the valiant youth fell in the attempt. According to other accounts, Ægeu

aïos. Minôs made war on Athens to avenge the death of his son. Megara fell as above related. Athens held out ; but being clo

e saw Theseus approach, he immediately assailed him ; but he speedily fell beneath the blows of the young hero, who took pos

cending with Lycomedes a lofty rock, to take a view of the island, he fell or was pushed off by his companion, and lost his

approaching too near the sun, its heat melted the wax, and the youth fell into the sea and was drowned. Dædalos arrived in

ion1936. Polydectes the brother of Dictys, who reigned over Seriphos, fell in love with Danae ; but her son Perseus, who was

ately dead, Perseus engaged in them. As he was throwing the discus it fell on the foot of Acrisios, who died of the wound. A

mountain on his return1943, and the drops of the Gorgon’s blood which fell on the sand-wastes of Libya, as he flew over them

xcept Licymnios, who was still a child, and all the sons of Pterolaos fell but Eueres, who was in charge of their ships. The

ra gave, them the swift Xanthos and Cyllaros. The brothers themselves fell into the very same offence which they had punishe

f. Idas and his brother pursued the ravishers. In the conflict Castôr fell by the spear of Idas ; and Polydeukes, aided by t

w them there ; and he and his brother hastened to attack them. Castôr fell by the spear of Idas ; Polydeukes pursued the sla

regard for that goddess, slew her before it. The brothers afterwards fell into discord, and Pelias abode at Iolcos, but Nel

e thus became an excellent soothsayer2029. Meanwhile his brother Bias fell in love with Pero the daughter of Neleus. As the

d for a year but then get the cattle, set out for Phylace. Everything fell out as he had said. The herdsmen of Iphiclos took

the middle. They had not gotten quite out of the house, when the roof fell in and killed the woman. This coming to the ears

arried Theronice and Therophone the daughters of Dexamenos2045 : they fell , as we have seen, by the arm of Heracles : their

the prayer of the suppliant, and an insanity similar to intoxication fell on the Calydonians, of which many of them perishe

ι Σαρπδών. Minos, Rhadamanthus, et Sarpendo. These three brothers fell into discord for the sake of a beautiful youth na

Phædra. Ariadne the daughter of Minôs, as has been related above, fell in love with Theseus when he came to Crete, and f

laucus. Glaucos the son of Minôs pursuing, when a child, a mouse, fell into a jar of honey, and was smothered. When he c

aged and killed him. The Bebrycians, seeing the fate of their prince, fell on the victor ; but his companions coming to his

sh him, struck him blind, and sent the Harpies to torment him : these fell monsters came flying the instant food was set bef

t his impious language struck him with a thunderbolt2179. The Argives fell back, and many were slain. Both hosts now resolve

others should decide their quarrel in single combat. They fought, and fell by each other's hands. The battle was then rekind

ttle ensued, in which Laodamas the son of Eteocles slew Ægialeus, and fell himself by the spear of Alcmæôn. The Thebans then

st of Troy. The Trojans came to oppose their landing, and Protesilaos fell by the hand of Hectôr ; but Achilleus having slai

sons of Priamos. In the division of the spoil a maiden named Briseïs fell to the share of Achilleus, and Chryseïs the daugh

participation of Clytæmnestra, placed twenty men in concealment, who fell on and slaughtered him, Cassandra, and all his co

anded and began to plunder the isle, and Odysseus going to oppose him fell by his hand2239. Telegonos, on learning whom he h

ir simpler religion ; the homely old ballads of the Cossi and Cethegi fell into oblivion ; the entire literature of Rome bec

finding the wine drank copiously of it : they immediately afterwards fell asleep, and Numa quitting his retreat came and bo

heavens opened, and a light buckler came gently wafted on the air and fell to the ground. Numa having first slain a heifer,

n. 52.) said that the sons of Iocasta were Phrastôr and Laonytos, who fell in battle against the Minyans. When the year (of

Apollod. ut sup. Hygin. 169. This last writer also says that Amymone fell asleep, and while she was in that state the satyr

of her lost child, and day by day the land grew more bare. The leaves fell from the trees, and the hills became yellow and b

unpitying, fulfils his word. No sooner had the god left than Admetus fell sick and began to waste away. Hope left him. Ever

s now rested upon Alcestis, and there was no hope for her. Deep grief fell upon all the land. The people put on dark robes o

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

fortunate youth it landed, and Phaëton, hurled lifeless from the car, fell , bright as a shooting-star, to the earth. Then at

taste it, King Ægeus suddenly struck the goblet from his hand, and it fell with a crash upon the marble floor. For at that m

into it, dealing a fatal blow. With a great cry of pain, the monster fell to the earth and died. Ariadne, trembling outside

his mighty spear. Right through the chieftain’s heart it sped, and he fell dead on the shore. The Greeks, in anger, sent bac

with his sword and slew him, and in the shining armor of Achilles he fell headlong from the splendid chariot. Then began a

but no human weapon could pierce that shield, and the spear of Hector fell to the ground. “Quick, Deiphobus! another spear!”

m the hill and cast it toward the ship. It passed over the vessel and fell a little in front of the prow, and the wash of th

nother rock, larger even than the first, but this time the great mass fell behind the ship and only helped it on. Without mo

s sword, as if to take her life, and the fair enchantress, trembling, fell at his feet and begged for mercy. Her evil power

d she anointed each with a powerful drug. In an instant, the bristles fell from them and they rose up and became once more U

aca. His son, Telemachus, was but a child, and the rule of the island fell upon Queen Penelope. She waited patiently, hoping

the narrow strait between Sicily and Italy. Those who avoided Scylla fell unawares into the jaws of Charybdis, 230. Chryse

row strait between Sicily and Italy. If mariners avoided Scylla, they fell unawares into the jaws of Charybdis. Ser΄iphus.

etua]. A legendary king of Africa, who disliked women, but ultimately fell in love with a “beggar-maid,” as mentioned in Rom

e neighboring coast she received him with every kindness, and at last fell in love with him. But Æneas did not reciprocate h

bas [Echnobas], one of Actæon’s hounds. Ech′o [Echo] was a nymph who fell in love with Narcissus. But when he languished an

came in contact with. “Such fiends to scourge mankind, so fierce, so fell , Heaven never summoned from the depth of hell. A

ng of Troy, and mother of Paris. Taken captive in the Trojan war, she fell to the lot of Ulysses after the destruction of Tr

o. See Clytie. Hel′le [Helle] was drowned in the sea, into which she fell from off the back of the golden ram, on which she

n, and the heat melting the wax, caused the wings to drop off, and he fell into the Ægean or Icarian sea and was drowned. I

rest of the Argonauts seemed certain; but Medea, the king’s daughter, fell in love with Jason, and with the help of charms w

old as a bondsman for three years for the murder of Iphitus. Hercules fell in love with her, and led an effeminate life in h

ounts are given of the origin of the statue. Some writers say that it fell from the skies. It was supposed that the preserva

d in the destruction of Troy. Paris was among the 676,000 Trojans who fell during or after the siege. Parnas′sides [Parnass

g being Hermione, Cupid, and Anteros. After this she left Olympus and fell in love with Adonis, a beautiful youth, who was k

bears also the name of Mulciber. “Men call him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove, S

ing the temple and castle of Minerva in Troy, a statue of the goddess fell from heaven into the castle, which was still unro

nd as he flew over the Lybian desert bearing Medusa’s head, the blood fell upon the burning sands, and produced the serpents

e of Adonis, her foot was wounded by a thorn, and some drops of blood fell upon that flower, which then assumed its present

fortune of the day. The Trojans were routed in their turn, and Memnon fell by the hand of the Grecian hero. Aurora watched t

birds, which divided into two flocks, and fought together until they fell into the flames and were consumed. According to t

sserted by ancient writers that when the first rays of the rising sun fell upon this statue, it acknowledged the presence of

hey intended to erect in honor of their expected victory. This marble fell into the hands of the Athenians, and a sculptor,

Grecian origin of this famous fount, it was asserted that a cup which fell into the river Alpheus in Greece, rose in the fou

r started with sudden pain, his strength ebbed away, and as the brand fell to ashes, the soul of the hero was breathed forth

s they did the garden shrubs. Erisichthon commanded his attendants to fell the tree, and when they hesitated, he snatched an

, after the taking of Troy, Cassandra, one of the daughters of Priam, fell to the lot of Agamemnon. This princess had been e

ce him to return to the field. The death of his friend Patroclus, who fell by the hand of Hector, at length aroused him to a

rk!” and aimed a second shaft at the most insolent of the suitors. He fell dead, and as the others rushed forward, Telemachu

am and Hecuba, and the tears of his wife Andromache [Androm′ache]. He fell as we have seen, and this event was shortly follo

r by single combat. The brothers fought with such animosity that both fell , mortally wounded. The battle was then renewed, a

ms the subject of the concluding books of the Æneid. At length Turnus fell in a personal combat with Æneas. The hand of Lavi

exact date can be assigned; as Christianity spread, these impostures fell gradually into disrepute, and were at length enti

ervals of forty-nine and fifty lunar months alternately, so that they fell sometimes in the month Apollonius, (July); someti

s extended arms, they were lowered, and the little victim immediately fell into the fiery furnace placed at the foot of the

e casting in sport at Baldur. It was thrown with the rest, and Baldur fell to the ground pierced through and through. The go

of the temple in such a manner that the first rays of the morning Sun fell directly on his golden image, and were reflected

most distinguished poets of Greece wrote verses in honor of those who fell at Marathon, the elegy of Simonides took the priz

oking to see which way the strangers had gone, the roof of the palace fell with a terrible crash, burying Scopas and his gue

athed with poppies, and when he shook it over the head of Psyche, she fell into a deep sleep. As soon as she was become inse

the hand which held the lamp trembled — a single drop of scalding oil fell upon the shoulder of Cupid — the dagger dropped f

shoulder of Cupid — the dagger dropped from the grasp of Psyche, and fell to the floor — Cupid, waked by the smart and the

noxious vapour arose from it, and enveloped her like a cloud, and she fell down insensible. Happily for Psyche, Cupid was ho

girls. Acteon did not know he had entered a consecrated grove, and he fell asleep there, through weariness. He had not slumb

d drove him into the wood, where some dogs, mistaking him for a stag, fell upon him and killed him. Ann. The young girls we

envy not his happiness; his enjoyments are of short duration, for the fell Tisiphone shall drive him to madness and destruct

as, fled from his pursuit to the verge of a precipice, from which she fell into the sea. Venus pitied poor Ino and her child

nd then bore it over the deserts of Africa. Every drop of blood which fell from it was turned into a snake. Perseus directed

as tranquil, and Perseus being delivered from the king of Mauritania, fell into a refreshing sleep. Nature reposed in quiet,

communicate to Inachus that she was his lost daughter, and at length fell upon the expedient of tracing the story of her me

those of the hundred eyes which remained open, and Argus immediately fell into the profoundest slumber. When Mercury found

fts of death upon the devoted family of Niobe. When this fatal arrest fell upon them, the sons of Amphion were engaged in oc

and wrestling, and in managing the horse — but, without warning, they fell , struck by the fatal arrows. Scarcely had tidings

iter, taking offence at Vulcan, kicked him out of heaven, and that he fell into the island of Lemnos, and was lamed by his f

ient Greece: and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove.   

ve.                                              From morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve, A summer’s day; and with

in a golden cup. Once, when Hebe was offering nectar to Jupiter, she fell . This carelessness offended his majesty, and she

ns is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? Seeing that these things canno

ter. In the division of their father’s kingdom the empire of the seas fell to his share. He was worshipped as the god of the

nd lived by violence and murder, devouring human beings whenever they fell in ills way. Polyphemus surprised Ulysses when he

n Elysium; Scylla wept And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause. Scylla and

r upon that king, and killed him and his three sons. Iole, therefore, fell into the hands of her father’s murderer, and was

his back, and flew away to Colchis through the air. Helle on the way fell off, and was precipitated into the strait, thence

and that going one day to the water-side to look at the Argo, a beam fell on his head, and he was thus killed. Who was Jas

to attend their wedding. As soon as the brothers saw the brides, they fell a desire to possess them, and laid a plan to carr

n, and they took their flight towards Italy. Icarus mounted too high, fell into the sea, and was drowned, but his father was

s alone, and exposed to wild beasts, he laid himself down to rest and fell asleep. While Ulysses was sleeping, Nausicaa, the

ed his palace, his faithful dog Argus recognised him, and immediately fell dead at his feet. During the absence of Ulysses,

ed in his armour and combat Hector. Achilles consented, and Patroclus fell , Achilles, exasperated beyond measure at the loss

returned to the field, and renewed his attack upon the Trojans. Fear fell upon them as this mighty barbarian, instigated by

risoner; he says, “I see thee weeping, trembling, captive led.” She fell to the share of Neoptolemus, son of Achilles. It

disregarding the place, inflicted a mortal wound upon the youth, who fell dead at his parents’ feet. Priam lifted his spear

phetess. Hard by the eastern gate of Hell In ancient time great Vala fell ; And there she lies in massive tomb, Shrouded by

life to one of violence and depredation. They believed that those who fell in war, were conveyed, after death, to Heaven, an

ppers replaced the image; but it was not suffered to remain; again it fell and was dashed in pieces. So terrified were the P

till they come into the world; Pessinuntia, because an image of hers fell from heaven into the field of Pessinus in Phrygia

Here a vast hill ‘gainst thund’ring Baal was thrown, Trees and beasts fell on ‘t, burnt with lightning down; One flings a mo

hters. The poets say that on the birthday of Rhodia, a shower of gold fell , and that rose-bushes were covered with new flowe

by a young prince on the shores of a river which bore the same name, fell into its waters, and was drowned. The large quant

the top of a tower; but not being able to keep himself in the air; he fell , and broke his head. 1. Clio, crowned with laurel

e of her lover’s death, and plunging his sword into her own body; she fell on him, gave him a bitter kiss, and died. The fou

Nets artfully spread, prevented them from receiving bruises when they fell , and rich tributes were paid to the inventors of

t woman, whose name was Pandora. Vulcan is called Lemnius, because he fell upon the island of Lemnos; Mulciber, because he s

nt Greece: and in Ansonian island Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove.   

                                                 From morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve A summer’s day; and with t

no to pieces with her son Melicerta. Both precipitately ran away, and fell into the sea, and became sea-deities. The name of

cytus (tears, groans) also flowed in Epirus, or rather, Thessaly, and fell into the marsh of Acherusia. It was not strictly

and burning woods against heaven. Some huge stones which they hurled, fell into the seas, and became islands; others fell up

nes which they hurled, fell into the seas, and became islands; others fell upon the earth, and became mountains. They were,

ell to roll to the summit of a hill a huge and unwieldly stone, which fell down as soon as it had touched the summit. Some s

ys, found it, took them out, and carried them to king Polydectes, who fell in love with the lady, and had her son educated.

ng from the blood occasioned by the cutting of Medusa’s head, when it fell on the ground. In flying over Mount Helicon, he s

. Its sting caused his body to putrefy, swell, and burst. Bellerophon fell from his horse into a field, called Aleius Campus

but the heat of the sun melted the wax on the wings of Icarus, and he fell into the sea, which is thence called the Icarian

e of that animal;) hut Helle was seized with such giddiness, that she fell into that part of the sea, which, from her, was c

d was a most beautiful and accomplished virgin. Achilles accidentally fell in love with her, and offered her his hand. Priam

gave to the sun, moon, and stars, their circular motion. Solid matter fell down, and formed the earth and the sea, whence sp

When the Christian religion had triumphed over idolatry, the oracles fell ; and there were found in the dens and caves, many

nd his wife Frigga, or Walfadur, because he was the father of all who fell in battle. He had upwards of one hundred and twen

Valva. “Hard by the eastern gate of hell In ancient time great Valva fell ; And there she lies in massive tomb, Shrouded by

ot combined, regulated this choice. The unfortunate upon whom the lot fell , were treated with so many honors and caresses by

could not employ for ordinary purposes, certain trees, even when they fell with old age. That respect clung to the grand ide

n it, they did not need to be cruel in their families. All the people fell at their feet, and no human being was above their

s  — At once from life and from the chariot driv’n, The ambitious boy fell thunderstruck from heav’n; The coursers started w

to the ground: The studded harness from their necks they broke, Here fell a wheel, and here a silver spoke; Here, the brigh

ying into Italy, established herself upon the promontory Circeum. She fell in love with Glaucus, a sea god, who, preferring

Jupiter, with one kick of his foot, precipitated him from heaven. He fell upon the island of Lemnos, and was crippled by hi

er. In the division of their father’s kingdom, the empire of the seas fell to his share. He was worshiped as the god of the

readful faces frown’d, And lower’d, majestically stern, around. Then, fell proud Ilion’s bulwarks, tow’rs, and spires; Then,

e grim bull whose rage dispeopled Crete. Beneath thy arm Nemea’s lion fell ; Thy arm with terror fill’d the realms of hell. N

ugh the magical aid of Medea, daughter of Aetes, king of Colchis, who fell in love with, and accompanied him to Greece. Herc

, with her Harpy train. Such fiends to scourge mankind, so fierce, so fell , Heav’n never summon’d from the depth of Hell; A

r still in one perpetual shower, Like diamond drops, ethereal waters, fell From every leaf of all its ample bower. Rolling a

, thrown up into the air, and suffered to remain on the spot where it fell . The Scythians also offered to their gods the fir

hetess. Hard by the eastern gate of Hell In ancient time, great Vala fell ; And there she lies in massive tomb, Shrowded by

a, that is, the Most High God. But the Arabians soon degenerated, and fell into the error of adoring the heavenly bodies; an

the Mahometans, as being one of the precious stones of Paradise that fell down to the earth with Adam; and being taken up a