asily become Arethusa. Possibly too Εἰλείθνια (p. 194), which has the form of a perf. part., may have come from ἠλθηνîα, or

of a perf. part., may have come from ἠλθηνîα, or some word of similar form and signification. Page 284. — The names of the w

, we have a strong notion that Geryoneus (from γηρύω) is only another form of Hades. They both, we may observe, had herds of

rs to the three-headed dog of the latter. Admetos, apparently another form of Hades (p. 122), was also famous for his herds.

they were propounded by their inventors in the historic or narrative form . The wonderful is usually a component part of myt

s and occasions that have given origin to the different legends which form the mythology of a people, such as the Greeks for

beings6. Man is incapable of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none s

d7. He naturally, therefore, fell into the habit of assigning a human form to his gods ; but a human form divested of weakne

ll into the habit of assigning a human form to his gods ; but a human form divested of weakness and imperfection, and raised

of gods and men and ruler of heaven. These deities, so like to man in form , were held to exceed him far in power and knowled

ht, neglect or insult. They dwelt in celestial houses, but similar in form to those of man ; and, like man, they stood in da

ver earth, sea, and air ; their clothing and arms were usually of the form of those of mortals, but of superior workmanship

symbol, mythe, and allegory ; and the legends which they thus devised form no inconsiderable portion of the various bodies o

o the genealogies which we meet with in mythology, as they frequently form the key to the meaning of a mythe, or even of a w

rs, and other actions of these deities, to whom they ascribed a human form and human passions. But the Grecian mythology, as

st Grecian historians, would seem to have laboured to give a rational form to the old legends68; and we may observe in the e

within the sacred district poured forth water in such abundance as to form a navigable river, named the Water of the Sun71,

ill remaining show. The sophists and philosophers employed the mythic form as the vehicle of their peculiar systems and idea

(a people who inhabited some small islands in the Ionian sea) perhaps form an exception. We read in the Odyssey of their pir

nmoved by any wind. The Earth occupied the centre of the World in the form of of a round flat disk, or rather cylinder, arou

the place of reward for the good, and Tartaros was raised up to it to form the prison in which the wicked suffered the punis

who evidently misunderstood the sense of the mythe, first gave it the form of a war, and narrated its details in the most sp

ns, and the mutilation of Uranos, aided in making the mythe take this form . The question how Zeus came to the throne was nat

of the eastern regions. The god visited her during the night, in the form of her mother. The virgin was obliged to comply w

epose255. The god Pan was also said to have gained her love under the form of a snow-white ram256. She bore to Zeus a daught

h the Greeks (of which we shall find many instances as we proceed) to form from the epithets of a deity other similar deitie

n bliss332. We have observed above, that man loves to bestow his own form upon his gods, as being the noblest that he can c

t that he can conceive. Those of Homer are therefore all of the human form , but of far larger dimensions than men333; great

337. The gods can however increase or diminish their size, assume the form of particular men338, or of any animals339 and ma

travel with them347, and share in their wars and battles348. With the form , the Homeric gods also partake of the passions of

disguise was employed by him to accomplish his object. He assumed the form of her husband Amphitryôn to deceive the modesty

was beguiled by him in the shape of a beautiful white swan. Under the form of a shower of gold he penetrated the brazen pris

satyr. To seduce the Arcadian nymph Callisto he presumed to take the form of Artemis, the goddess of chastity. A bull was t

to take the form of Artemis, the goddess of chastity. A bull was the form in which he carried off Europa, the sister of Cad

o have been an ancient opinion that the gods used to assume the human form and go among mankind to mark their conduct399. To

for some interesting legends told by poets, of Zeus taking the human form , and coming down to view more closely the conduct

ner, to the following effect400. Zeus and Hermes came one time in the form of men to a town in Phrygia. It was evening ; the

ead us to the true signification of the name of this deity. Its Æolic form is Δεὑς, which is almost the same as the deus of

ed the river Enipeus, and frequented his stream ; Poseidôn, under the form of the river-god, ‘mingled in love’ with her, and

idôn is represented, like Zeus, of a serene and majestic aspect ; his form is strong and muscular. He usually bears in his h

tance,) are on this supposition easy of explanation. The simple Doric form of his name, Ποτίδας, shows its true origin to be

dren and relatives of the king of the gods, was moved down thither to form the place of reward for good men. A stream encomp

great storm of wind and rain fled shivering and trembling, under the form of a cuckoo, to seek shelter on the knees of the

s she thought him, with her mantle, and Zeus then resuming his proper form accomplished his wishes. But when she had implore

y another ; and cutting down a handsome tree, they shaped it into the form of a woman, naming it Dædala, and arrayed it in t

l character. It seems most probable, however, that it was designed to form an astronomical cycle, and to serve as a calendar

y represented as of ripe age, with a serious countenance and muscular form  : his hair hangs in curls on his shoulders. He ge

a Cretan ship sailing for Pylos. He plunged into the sea, and in the form of a porpoise sprang on board the ship. The crew

rang up, and speedily brought the ship into port ; and the god in the form of a blazing star left the vessel, and descended

er. He invites them to land, and says, that as he had met them in the form of a porpoise (δελὶν) they should worship him as

ched forth her hands, calling on Pencios for protection and change of form . The river-god heard ; bark and leaves covered hi

e was an ancient Greek word signifying light (Λϒ ΚH)664, of a similar form , the great probability, in the eyes of all who re

e strangest etymon of all is that of Buttmann, who, taking the Cretan form ᾽Αβέλιος to be the original one, deduces it, acco

ought in marriage Hera and Artemis : the latter goddess, changing her form into that of a hind, sprang out between the two b

them principal, and the others companions or attendants ; and also to form nymphs and other subordinate beings attached to t

s immediately dissolved into a fountain. Alpheios resumed his aqueous form , and sought to mingle his waters with hers. She f

she was converted into the coy nymph Arethusa690. A late pragmatising form of the pleasing mythe was, that Alpheios was a hu

cient temples of this goddess in Cyprus she was represented under the form of a rude conical stone. But the Grecian sculptor

eius in his Metamorphoses, and which we will here give in an abridged form . There were one time a king and a queen who had t

ether, dissimilar as they may appear in office and character, as they form two remarkable instances of gods altering their c

e son Telemachos she also took under her protection, assuming a human form to be his guide and director. In like manner Cadm

nd challenged her patroness to a trial of skill. Athena, assuming the form of an old woman, warned her to desist from her bo

and when she found her admonitions were vain, she resumed her proper form and accepted the challenge. The skill of Arachne

and wakes again the sleepers.’ He accompanies the aged monarch in the form of a Grecian youth, telling him that he is the so

n resolved to make trial of the fidelity of Battos, and, changing his form , came and inquired if he had seen any one driving

hill Callichoros. Thus having said, the goddess changed her size And form , old-age off-flinging, and around Beauty respired

are, and mingled with the mares of Oncos ; but the seagod assumed the form of a horse, and thus accomplished his wishes. The

riage906 ; as also was Thebes according to the poet Euphoriôn907. The form of Demeter is copied from that of Hera. She has t

wever another view taken of these goddesses, in which they are only a form of Demeter and Kora, the great goddesses of the e

heus, Icelos or Phobetêr, and Phantasos ; the first of whom takes the form of man to appear in dreams, the second of animals

ed aloud to the pilot to make for the land ; but the god assuming the form of a grim lion seized the captain, and the terrif

tion both to Phrygians and Thracians, and who was worshiped under the form of an ox, as being the patron of agriculture. As

mos, visited her in secret. Hera’s jealousy took alarm, and under the form of an old woman she came to Semele, and, by excit

os from the machinations of Hera, changed him into a kid, under which form Hermes conveyed him to the nymphs of Nysa, who we

came as a maiden, and remonstrated, but in vain ; he then assumed the form of various wild beasts ; serpents filled their ba

adjacent fruitful country, which from its resembling a bull’s horn in form was named the Western Horn, and then Amaltheia’s

tim offered to him ; his being in his infancy conveyed to Nysa in the form of a kid, and his being worshiped under that name

Pan was the son of Hermes by Penelope, whose love he gained under the form of a goat, as she was tending in her youth the fl

s said to have captivated the goddess of the night, Selene, under the form of a white ram1179. He was fortunate in an amour

name as the contraction of Pæan1188. Welcker says it was the Arcadian form of Φάων, Φὰν, apparently regarding him as the sun

with one of them turned the rest into poplars, and kept them in that form as long as he thought proper. Soon however the pr

other female deities, were originally conceived to be of a beautiful form , with skin of a delicate whiteness and long flowi

d turning their lower parts into those of a fish ; thus giving them a form exactly corresponding with the modern idea of a m

of the Romans, but it is not so large as this of the Tanagrians. The form of the Tritons is this : — the hair of their head

eyes seem to me azure ; and their hands, fingers and nails are of the form of the shells of shell-fish : they have, instead

, and a tree. At length, finding he cannot escape, he resumes his own form , and reveals to Menelaos the remedy for his distr

e original matter which developed itself into the four elements whose form he took : the lion was æther, the serpent earth,

from his name, was an original god of the sea, probably only another form of Poseidôn, whose son he is in some accounts1265

ing to all analogy of Grecian mythology, Palæmôn and Ino-Leucothea (a form like Phœbos-Apollo, Pallas-Athene) were original

s and Tethys1279. The River-gods were represented of a handsome human form , crowned with reeds, and wearing dark-blue mantle

as we shall show, the Gorgon in that mythe, Medusa, is merely another form of Pallas-Athene. It is therefore not improbable

ifications of storm-winds (θύελλαι). The former says nothing of their form or parentage ; the latter terms them well-haired,

umerous as ever were encountered by the knights of Gothic romance. To form these he took possession of the cosmogonie Cyclop

he afterwards at his desire restored his companions to their pristine form , and they all abode in her dwelling for an entire

ne of them on each of the eight celestial spheres, where their voices form what is called the music of the spheres ; and whe

to a monster1399. According to another account the change in Scylla’s form was effected by Amphitrite, in consequence of her

ing with a bright golden spring and ending with a gloomy iron winter, form the solar year, which is continually renewed ; so

and water, to give it human voice and strength, and to make the fair form of a virgin like the immortal goddesses : he desi

enic mythes ; but unfortunately it has come down to us only in a late form , and apparently mixed up with circumstances borro

of enmity to Pelias, who had neglected to sacrifice to her, took the form of an old woman, and asked Iasôn to carry her ove

came to Iolcos Medeia landed secretly on the coast, and assuming the form of an ancient priestess of Artemis, went to the h

god or hero, may be doubted. Medeia seems plainly to be only another form of Hera, and to have been separated from her in t

d and held her fast, though she changed herself into every variety of form , becoming fire, water, a serpent, and a lion1568.

for supposing that Homer and Hesiod conceived them to be of a mingled form , as they were subsequently represented. In the fi

nesian mares, who brought forth the Centaurs, a race partaking of the form of both parents, their lower parts resembling the

s did not give him the proffered recompense. Such is the more ancient form of the legend, in which it would appear that the

d in various parts of Greece ; and of which this was the most sublime form , as it represented not criminals, as elsewhere, b

rst with ruthless brass She in her folly slew. We shall find another form of it among the mythes of Attica. In this history

and there found the termination of his wretched life1688. Such is the form in which the story of Œdipûs has been transmitted

ety. We are disposed however to regard the former as the more ancient form of the mythe, and the original conception of them

the Teleboans, Zeus, who had become enamoured of Alcmena, assumed the form of her husband, and was admitted by her without s

hearing it she promised to give him her girdle. But Hera, taking the form of an Amazon, went and persuaded the rest that th

reus, whom he found asleep ; and, in spite of his numerous changes of form , bound and held him fast, and never let him go ti

ith the river-god Acheloös, who turned himself into a bull ; in which form one of his horns was broken off by the victorious

ection, consecrated to the weal of mankind, or rather in its original form to that of the hero's own nation. This perfection

e goddess of wisdom and mental energy, appears throughout the ancient form of the mythe as the constant guardian of the hero

acles. The mythology of this hero is of a very mixed character in the form in which it has come down to us. There is in it t

the country called Cecropia from him, and Attica from its peninsular form . He is said by mythologists to have been an autoc

one of considerable antiquity. We have already seen it under another form in the Odyssey1811. Hesiod in one place1812 calls

, pleading his fidelity to his wife, and that the goddess changed his form to put the faith of Procris to the test. Procris

had promised him the accomplishment of whatever wish he should first form , cursed and implored destruction on his son from

hers relate of the former. In fact Erechtheus is only the abbreviated form of the name which signifies Earth-shaker 1851. It

The adventures of this hero, the son of Glaucos the son of Sisyphos, form a pleasing episode of the Ilias1879, where they a

his adventures from Corinth. It would not surprise us if the ancient form of the legend was that a prince of Corinth had, b

e banks of the Nile, where, touched by Zeus, she assumed her original form and bore a son named Epaphos1900. The legend of I

to be more ingenious than true. Analogy would lead us to view in Io a form of the Argive goddess Hera, with whom she is so c

Lynceion1924, and here perhaps lies the origin of Lynceus, who in one form of the legend fights with and vanquishes Danaos19

come a mother. But Zeus had seen and loved the maiden ; and under the form of a golden shower he poured through the roof dow

head of the Gorgon, it was displayed, and each became a stone of the form and position which he exhibited at the moment of

nfirmed by many circumstances in the beautiful fairy tale under whose form it has been transmitted to us. But still it is ex

le (Brightness)1975. At Epidaurus Asclepios was represented under the form of an old man with a venerable beard, wrapt in a

nity. But Zeus saw and loved Callisto ; and changing himself into the form of the huntress-goddess, accompanied the maiden t

ed ; and Artemis, in her anger, turned her into a bear. While in this form she brought forth her son Arcas, who lived with h

rated with great difference in the circumstances. Some say it was the form of Apollo that Zeus took. In some versions it is

Agamemnôn, and Philonoe whom Artemis made immortal. Zeus, taking the form of a swan, sought the embraces of Leda ; and in t

given above, that she was the daughter of Leda by Zeus, who took the form of a white swan. According to the Cypria she was

had long fled the pursuit of the god, and to elude him had taken the form of all kinds of animals2000. At length, while she

eukes, Dewful (δϵύω, δϵκής). In Helena therefore we have only another form of Selene ; the Adorner is a very appropriate ter

rs may also be regarded as sun and moon, to which their names and the form of the mythe are equally well adapted2011. To pro

5 ; as also had the Leucippides2016, who, in perhaps the more correct form of the legend, are their wives2017. Helena, in li

he often made her moan. Poseidôn saw and loved her ; and assuming the form of the river-god, embraced her at the mouth of th

and other animals. He was detected by Athena as he was sitting in the form of a bee or a fly on the pole of Heracles’ chario

κλυτός. The wisdom of Nestôr, and his brother's power of changing his form , remind us also of the sea-deities. Pero may be c

its the misery of such a state, and this is probably the more ancient form of the legend. The other form2057 perhaps represe

2080. Another legend continues the tale in a more tragic and horrible form . Atreus, it is said, invited his brother to retur

ll he arrived at Crete, not far from Gortyna. Here he resumed his own form , and beneath a plane-tree embraced the trembling

sued them ; in their distress they prayed to the gods to change their form , and Zeus in pity turned them to pigeons, and the

y beautiful poem ; those of the others are too scanty to enable us to form an opinion of their merit. The brief abstract of

For some centuries the history of Greece is semi-mythic ; such is the form of even the Persian war. After that it is related

a beautiful prospect. No one can believe the mythes in their present form  ; and nothing can be more dry and insipid than th

brian Ennius boldly and contemptuously sought to banish the rude free form of measure in which the Romans at their banquets

The disposition of the Etruscans was melancholy and serious ; their form of government a rigid aristocracy, administered b

mon named Tages, who, the Tuscan legend said, had risen up, a babe in form , an aged man in wisdom, from under the soil befor

ntus2258, and there was a goddess of it called Mania. The Lars, which form so conspicuous a portion of the Roman religion, i

and Hora. In some cases the name of the goddess is only the feminine form of that of the god, as Janus Jana, Tellumo Tellus

day, and gardens are placed under her protection2324.” Perhaps it may form a presumption in favour of the original rural cha

ith Κέρκωψ, Κέκροψ, Πέλοψ, &c. Like Argiletum (above, p. 9.), its form admitting of decomposition gave origin to the one

is daughter, because she partakes of the solar light, and changes her form according to the solar positions,» or «because sh

ably the more ancient version, but it was also said that she took the form of a quail, ὄρτυξ, (see Apollod. i. 4. l. Hygin. 

ognised from the medals, but it also frequently appears in the mythic form , and in this it in some cases loses itself in the

n to Apollo, 20. seq. Plut. De Ei. 20. 622. Il. ix. 557, may seem to form an exception, but see the Appendix. 623. Ovid, M

own daughter Smyrna. 746. Ares, out of jealousy, took it is said the form of a boar for the purpose of killing him. Sch. Th

, see below, Part II. Bellerophontes and Perseus. 827. Wherever the form Ἐρμῆς occurs, the passage may be regarded as an i

Il. xviii. p. 1214. Ælian, V. H. iii. 40. Ͳίτυρος is merely the Doric form of Σάτυρος. 1192. Sch. Theocr. iii. 2. Serv. Buc

sch. Prom. 351-372. 1352. Apoll. Rh. ii. 1215. 1353. This change of form was related by Pindar. See Porph. de Abst. iii. p

788. Dorians, book ii. chap. 11. 12. 1789. All the compounds of this form seem to be in a good sense. Such are Sophocles, A

tica, in the Philological Museum (ii. 357.), thinks that the original form was Κρέκοψ from κρέω. 1800. Apollod. iii. 14, 5.

 625.). Sch. Pind. Ol. i. 97. Theognis, 702. seq. 1868. The ancient form of the Σ was C, which is of the shape of a horse'

religions of Italy ; and we allude to the Hellenic, not the Pelasgian form , of the Grecian mythes. In their original and tru

that of happiness and liberty. He is frequently represented under the form of an old man, armed with a scythe, to imply that

the, to imply that he presided over the times and seasons. Under this form , he was called Chronos or Time. What is the histo

s of every sort of fruit. Her temples were round, in imitation of the form of the earth. The feasts of Cybele were called Me

gs transforms them; whom the sty receives. No more was seen the human form divine, Head, face, and members, bristle into swi

nce were men; But Circe’s charms confine, In brutal shapes, the human form divine. Pitt’s Virgil. Chap. IX. [Apollo.]

lds. What was the origin of these Ancilia? A shield being found, of a form , till then, unknown, was supposed to have fallen

it, that it was almost impossible to distinguish the original. Their form was oval. Their number was twelve; as was that of

he waves, holding a pike, and near him a sea monster of indescribable form . Who was Neptune? The son of Saturn, brother o

arpeian Mountain, instituted feasts to his honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form

and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immoveable rock. Milk, cakes, and fruit, we

ans, who placed her in the Pantheon. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon a basket

nd Calista, or of Mercury and Penelope. Fie was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat, holding in hi

ouses. They were worshiped, under the figure of small images of human form , and were kept in the most retired part of the ed

n the other, a horn of plenty. Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. The forehead was peculiarly consecra

Those raise the song divine, and these advance, In measur’d steps, to form the solemn dance. Others, beneath a laurel grove,

Who was Mors? Mors, or Death, was a daughter of Nox, depicted in the form of a skeleton, wearing a black robe, covered with

tion of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus, he was worshiped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that of an old

ited up together, at the back of it; and the top is surmounted by the form of a flame. The sides of the temples are generall

iven down to Narac, the region of serpents; or assumes, on earth, the form of some animal; unless its offence had been so he

race, And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form , one face, one will; And these his twofold aspect

ion of the Nile. The cow was her symbol. Her image was usually in the form of a woman, with cows’ horns on her head; represe

into a fire kindled in the amphitheatre. This image was of the human form , bearing a basket on its head, emblematic of plen

ost ancient, rank of the Egyptian deities. He was worshiped under the form of a goat; and great abominations degraded his ri

iving into his jaws the descending sun. Papremis seems to have been a form of Typhon, the genius of destruction. The hippopo

k bent forwards, and the head concealed under the wing, resembled the form of the heart. The Ibis was, therefore, the emblem

day, in each lunation, was consecrated to her; and her images had the form of a female vulture, with the wings spread, and c

rtunate author of the deed was put to death by the multitude, without form of law. When a house happened to be set on fire,

having dared to visit heaven, he descended to the earth, assumed the form of a serpent, and introduced a number of evil dem

btle ether. The ancient Persians regarded it as impious to pretend to form visible images of him, or to erect temples to his

stice. It forbade the representation of this God, under any corporeal form ; or the supposed confinement of him within the in

xtremest verge, Still broods o’er ocean’s swelling surge, “With giant form , and frequent flings The tempest from his eagle w

Nor those horses, bright and glowing,     Dragg’d the Sun’s refulgent form . He who rules, by night, the heaven,     Wist no

’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. S

ow To the viper brood, nor to the eagle’s shape Carve out his mangled form . Southey. Chap. IX. Arabian and Babylonian M

s of a man and a fish; his name signifies the sun worshiped under the form of a fish. Moloch, the same as the Saturn of the

his left hand was a white target; and in his right, an azure staff in form of a waving wand. The ark within which he reposed

he emblem? Where was Esculapius principally worshiped, and under what form ? Repeat Virgil’s lines on Ceres. What was the nam

o were the Naiads? Who built a temple to Terminus, and prescribed the form of his worship? Who was the God of the winds? Who

s the imagined quality of the waters of the river Lethe? What was the form of the god Pan; what was his musical instrument,

hme supposed to manifest his power? Who are the celestial beings that form the Hindû Trinity? How is Lachsmee represented, a

ny incarnations of him are recorded, and for what purpose and in what form is he expected to appear again? Who are the Dewta

Sem, and who was he? How the Egyptian Mars was named, and under what form was he worshiped? Who was Trismegistus, and how d

en received with much favor by both teachers and pupils. Even in that form , which subjected them to the inconvenience of lon

the classic fables in their simplest, which is also their most poetic form , giving the allegorical meaning attached to the a

rifices of the different heathen nations resembled, in their exterior form , those offered to the true God by the ancient pat

id called ichor filled their veins. The deities resembled men also in form , but they were, with some exceptions, of majestic

. Ans. Jupiter was married to Juno, to whom he first appeared in the form of a crow. He constantly excited her jealousy by

f Europa, daughter of Agenor [Age′nor], king of Phœnicia. He took the form of a snow-white bull, and mingled with the herd t

Nile. There she prayed Jupiter either to restore her to her original form , or to terminate her misfortunes by death. Juno w

n, and allowed Jupiter to grant her request. Io was restored to human form , and married to Osiris, king of Egypt; she was af

uished himself in the combats between the gods and giants, taking the form of a lion to strike terror into the latter. Ques

gave them precedence; their testimony was taken in trials without any form of oath, and if they happened to meet a criminal

ge,) and was bestowed upon him in allusion to his power of taking any form he pleased. Vertumnus presided over the seasons;

was immediately dissolved into a fountain. Alpheus resumed his watery form , and sought to mingle his current with hers, but

her version, Narcissus had a twin-sister who resembled him closely in form and feature, and was his constant companion. This

n of the viands had been first cast into the fire; in the more solemn form of marriage, the bride always threw a piece of mo

ors, Ignorance and Suspicion, stand near him. Calumny is beautiful in form and feature, but has a malignant countenance, and

aughters, who were called Pleiades; they were changed into stars, and form the beautiful group which we admire in the conste

a great prodigy ensued. The stones thrown by Deucalion assumed human form and became men, and those thrown by Pyrrha were c

ands, and invoked the aid of Neptune. The god immediately changed her form , so that she appeared to be an aged fisherman men

ceeded to search for the fugitive elsewhere. She then resumed her own form , and returned to her father, who was well pleased

ppiness felt by the poet in the peaceful possession of his patrimony, form the subject of his first pastoral poem or Eclogue

e quarrel of Agamemnon with Achilles, and the troubles that resulted, form the principal subject of Homer’s Iliad. In the di

The god was propitious, and accompanied the returning embassy in the form of a serpent. According to another account, the p

The theatrical entertainments of the Greeks, and their public games, form a striking contrast to the inhuman sports of the

B. C. The artist has succeeded in producing a figure quite perfect in form ; but there is nothing spiritual about the Venus,

just discharged an arrow from his bow against the monster Python. The form and attitude are perfect, but the face is particu

wed the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. Ques. What is the form of the Zend-avesta? Ans. It is in the form of a

Great. Ques. What is the form of the Zend-avesta? Ans. It is in the form of a dialogue, in which Ormuzd, the supreme deity

Ans. No; they were only crossing the borders of India. Ques. In what form are the Vedas written? Ans. In poetry. The princ

the first Avatar? Ans. The first Avatar was when Vishnu assumed the form of a fish, and saved Manu, the father of the huma

s the ninth Avatar? Ans. In the ninth Avatar, Vishnu appeared in the form of Krishna, a sort of Indian Apollo; the last of

, has a vast number of followers. His worshippers and those of Vishnu form two distinct sects. Brahma, having finished his w

art of their religion, and the Japanese were so much attached to this form of idolatry, that the Buddhists have incorporated

ole human race. Ques. What idea had the ancient Scandinavians of the form of the earth? Ans. Their notions on the subject

id not know exactly how to bring it about. He assumed, therefore, the form of an old woman, and went to see Frigga. The godd

nce have had that part remarkably thin. Being restored to his natural form , Loki was bound with chains in a gloomy cavern. A

hen alphabetic writing was introduced, the letters naturally took the form of the ancient runes. The magic verses were of va

shments. This last doctrine takes with them, as with the Hindoos, the form of metempsychosis. The religion of the Druids was

of the north wind. The god has there a remarkable temple, circular in form , and a magnificent forest is consecrated to him.”

orship? Ans. Certain monuments, which are called, according to their form , menhirs, dolmens or cromlechs. Ques. What are t

tle-fields. Where the stones are arranged in a “cromlech” or circular form , there is generally a dolmen in the centre. The d

n clouds which floated over the gardens of paradise, or, assuming the form of singing birds, revelled amid the blossoms and

roportioned to the rank of the deceased. Ques. Did the Aztec priests form a distinct order? Ans. They were altogether dist

the cruelties practised in their public worship. Ques. What was the form of the Mexican temples? Ans. They were solid pyr

, and sent two of his children, Manco-Capac, and Mama Oello Huaco, to form men into regular communities, and teach them the

ion, they were forbidden to marry. The unhappy maiden who ventured to form in secret a less exalted alliance, was condemned

they called Cupay, but they did not attempt to propitiate him by any form of worship. Cupay seems, in fact, to have been on

tions he had visited. Little was known at that time of the extent and form of earth. Strabo imagined that the entire habitab

different from that observed on any other American monuments. We may form some idea of the size of the blocks used, from th

single stone. Some of the buildings appear to have been of pyramidal form , and to have covered several acres. Of the people

and omitting those amplifications which are not suited to the altered form . The Northern mythological stories are copied wit

assume shape. By degrees, they put on a rude resemblance to the human form , like a block half-finished in the hands of the s

ver god: “Help me, Peneus! open the earth to enclose me, or change my form , which has brought me into this danger!” Scarcely

oubted whether it was the same place. While she hesitated she saw the form of one struggling in the agonies of death. She st

ith a beautiful heifer standing near him. Juno suspected the heifer’s form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould — as wa

en he became aware of the approach of his wife, had changed into that form . Juno joined her husband, and noticing the heifer

d and consented. Pan threw his arms around what he supposed to be the form of the nymph, and found he embraced only a tuft o

t to pay her any more attentions Juno consented to restore her to her form . It was curious to see her gradually recover her

See what I have been able to effect! I forbade her to wear the human form — she is placed among the stars! So do my punishm

he story of Actæon: —     “‘Midst others of less note came one frail form ,     A phantom among men: companionless     As th

not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer to wear the human form , but caused them to increase in length, grow hair

cry and snatched the child from the fire. Then Ceres assumed her own form , and a divine splendor shone all around. While th

n less time than it takes to tell it I became a fountain. But in this form Alpheus knew me and attempted to mingle his strea

and all consciousness. When he recovered, he found himself changed in form and mind. His hair was sea-green, and trailed beh

s shoulders grew broad, and what had been thighs and legs assumed the form of a fish’s tail. The sea-gods complimented him o

herbs I know as well as any one, for it is to them I owe my change of form . I love Scylla. I am ashamed to tell you how I ha

s. Scylla remained rooted to the spot. Her temper grew as ugly as her form , and she took pleasure in devouring hapless marin

Till breath and warmth and vital motion     Seemed through the statue form to dart. “And then, in all my ardor sharing,    

tue form to dart. “And then, in all my ardor sharing,     The silent form expression found; Returned my kiss of youthful da

h Lotis, who, running from a base pursuer, had been changed into this form . This they learned from the country people when i

he vessel had receded so far that she could no longer distinguish his form from the rest. When the vessel itself could no mo

dwelling of Somnus, and tell him to send a vision to Halcyone in the form of Ceyx, to make known to her the event.” Iris pu

e to the Hæmonian city, where, laying aside his wings, he assumed the form of Ceyx. Under that form, but pale like a dead ma

here, laying aside his wings, he assumed the form of Ceyx. Under that form , but pale like a dead man, naked, he stood before

ot living. She received the dead body of her son, and folded the cold form to her bosom, while she poured forth the sad word

ndow she looked upon the funeral. Scarce had her eyes rested upon the form of Iphis stretched on the bier, when they began t

l remains, and stands in the temple of Venus at Salamis, in the exact form of the lady. Now think of these things, my dear,

aties, but there was no need; his arguments and the sight of his true form prevailed, and the Nymph no longer resisted, but

pent.” No sooner had he uttered the words than he began to change his form . Harmonia beheld it and prayed to the gods to let

perfluous legs and their black color, and finally to assume the human form . Then I awoke, and my first impulse was to chide

gle soaring aloft, — it was her father who had been changed into that form , — seeing her, pounced down upon her, and struck

rom that time forth she lived in caves and among mountain cliffs. Her form faded with grief, till at last all her flesh shra

the penalty.” Minerva heard this and was displeased. She assumed the form of an old woman and went and gave Arachne some fr

the gods. One scene represented Leda caressing the swan, under which form Jupiter had disguised himself; and another, Danaë

er had imprisoned her, but where the god effected his entrance in the form of a golden shower. Still another depicted Europa

nd immediately her hair came off, and her nose and ears likewise. Her form shrank up, and her head grew smaller yet; her fin

Wherever I turn my eyes I survey the elements of my power; nor is my form and presence unworthy of a goddess. To all this l

Gorgon’s head to the side where Phineus was looking, and in the very form in which he knelt, with his hands outstretched an

d into Egypt and hid themselves under various forms. Jupiter took the form of a ram, whence he was afterwards worshipped in

nst the rapacious strangers. The Pygmies and their enemies the Cranes form the subject of several works of art. Later writer

was not to be insulted with impunity. She took from them their human form and turned them into animals of characters resemb

She wears a mural crown, that is, a crown whose rim is carved in the form of towers and battlements. Her priests were calle

m kindly, and consented to yield him her girdle, but Juno, taking the form of an Amazon, went and persuaded the rest that th

ers together, beginning with the smallest and adding larger, so as to form an increasing surface. The larger ones he secured

r the earth and the next in the heavenly abodes. According to another form of the story, Jupiter rewarded the attachment of

nt against Semele, contrived a plan for her destruction. Assuming the form of Beroë, her aged nurse, she insinuated doubts w

e than mortal. I said to my men, ‘What god there is concealed in that form I know not, but some one there certainly is. Pard

the gems grew brighter and were turned into stars, and preserving its form Ariadne’s crown remains fixed in the heavens as a

far off and had his eye upon her a moment before, Neptune changed her form and made her assume that of a fisherman busy at h

occupation. Her master, looking for her and seeing her in her altered form , addressed her and said, “Good fisherman, whither

ent his way, thinking his slave had escaped. Then she resumed her own form . Her father was well pleased to find her still wi

him in the warrior’s art, I resorted to others and glided away in the form of a serpent. I curled my body in a coil and hiss

ed, and struggled to get my neck out of his grasp. Vanquished in this form , I tried what alone remained to me and assumed th

ished in this form, I tried what alone remained to me and assumed the form of a bull. He grasped my neck with his arm, and d

gs flowed through part of Dejanira’s kingdom. It was said to take the form of a snake because of its winding, and of a bull

succession. But finding all would not do, he at last resumed his own form and addressed the youth in angry accents: “Who ar

their anger, and thus it must be done: Select four bulls, of perfect form and size, and four cows of equal beauty, build fo

of Fable,” that is, of the poets who have told them. In their present form , the first two are translated from the German, Ar

rsued them. In their distress they prayed to the gods to change their form , and Jupiter in pity turned them into pigeons, an

er son. Her tears still flow, and may be seen at early morning in the form of dew-drops on the grass.   Unlike most of the m

eeing the Greeks so pressed, came to their rescue. He appeared in the form of Calchas the prophet, encouraged the warriors w

elet and greaves of impenetrable temper, all perfectly adapted to his form , and of consummate workmanship. It was all done i

e. Hector, cautioned by Apollo, kept aloof; but the god, assuming the form of one of Priam’s sons, Lycaon, urged Æneas to en

ursuit that that would have been impossible if Apollo had not, in the form of Agenor, Priam’s son, encountered Achilles for

th and would not let him sink in weariness. Then Pallas, assuming the form of Deiphobus, Hector’s bravest brother, appeared

ng, sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Mercury, assuming the form of a young warrior, presented himself to the aged

. In this crisis he was seen by a compassionate sea-nymph, who in the form of a cormorant alighted on the raft, and presente

sea-foam, clothed and refreshed himself with food, Pallas dilated his form and diffused grace over his ample chest and manly

aring a pitcher forth for water. It was Minerva, who had assumed that form . Ulysses accosted her and desired to be directed

he did not recognize his native land. Minerva appeared to him in the form of a young shepherd, informed him where he was, a

pain even by death itself. Among these, Æneas thought he descried the form of Dido, with a wound still recent. In the dim li

en mortal weapons and divine. Here, also, is Tityus, the giant, whose form is so immense that as he lies he stretches over n

elements, fire, air, earth, and water, all which when united took the form of the most excellent part, fire, and became flam

nimal, not knowing but it may be one of their relations in an altered form . Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to

alliance. Alecto then speeded to the city of Turnus, and assuming the form of an old priestess, informed him of the arrival

uite black, have a white square mark on the forehead, another, in the form of an eagle, on his back, and under his tongue a

s was propitious, and on the return of the ship accompanied it in the form of a serpent. Arriving in the river Tiber, the se

oral, religious, or philosophical truth or historical fact, under the form of an allegory, but came in process of time to be

.” Other writers add a few particulars. The myrrh is compacted in the form of an egg, in which the dead Phœnix is enclosed.

ruction, which under the respective names of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva form the Trimurti or triad of principal Hindu gods. Of

arly specified. The first Avatar was as Matsya, the Fish, under which form Vishnu preserved Manu, the ancestor of the human

e human race, during a universal deluge. The second Avatar was in the form of a Tortoise, which form he assumed to support t

versal deluge. The second Avatar was in the form of a Tortoise, which form he assumed to support the earth when the gods wer

elebrated of the Avatars of Vishnu, in which he appeared in the human form of Krishna, an invincible warrior, who by his exp

regeneration than of destruction. The worshippers of Vishnu and Siva form two sects, each of which proclaims the superiorit

a man, on the second day the whole head, and on the third the entire form endowed with beauty, agility, and power. This new

of Ymir’s body, and were afterwards endowed by the gods with a human form and great understanding. They were particularly d

morning smile; For on thy deck, though dark it be,           A female form I see; And I have sworn this sainted sod Shall ne

In magic glances play upon the eye, Combining in their endless, fairy form A wild creation.” To Mrs. Martha Bradstreet,

id that of the other gods. Yet some attempted to represent him in the form of an old man, holding between his hands the urn

s, an emblem of the winds. Her temples were round, in allusion to the form of the earth. — See Fig. 4. Fig. 4. Cybele. “

r. 2. April, sign of Taurus (a bull.) He represents that animal whose form Jupiter assumed to carry Europa away. 3. May, sig

Tithonus is a pretty allegory, the end of which is to warn us that we form many indiscreet vows, and that if they were all h

published that Clytia had been turned into a sunflower, and that her form , having destroyed her sensibility, she still turn

nted nets. Painters and sculptors represent her with a more exquisite form , a more majestic mien, and a taller stature than

because Jupiter found that Bacchus had defeated the giants under the form of a lion, and exclaimed, “Well done son;” Eleus,

wn or a branch of the palm-tree. The Egyptians represented her in the form of an eagle, a bird always victorious. Now and th

h dusky glades, Led the fair Phantom to Elysian shades, Clad with new form , with finer sense combined, And lit with purer fl

given of her character. She is considered as the model of the female form , and of blooming youth. She is the daughter of Ju

he most scandalous adventures, were the materials they made use of to form the history of their Venus. Painting and sculptur

dead. Her sight grew dim, her soft cheeks turned pale, and her lovely form faded away. Her disappointed love she hid in the

groping in nature’s darkness, has rendered it impossible for them to form just conceptions of a pure, spiritual, and holy S

d in washing herself in the waters, she became a monster of a hideous form , with six different heads, each with three rows o

ving in vain attempted his metamorphosis, he will resume his original form , and will tell him the secret of which he is in n

taeus, awakes, loaded with the bonds; but he cannot change Aristaeus’ form . He is, therefore, compelled to yield, with the h

ife. The people honoured him as a true god. He was represented in the form of an old man, filthy, covered with moss, pale, a

als were covered with a curtain. Earth was usually represented in the form of a globe. Milton thus beautifully illustrates

. At length, however, he succeeded in gaining access to her under the form of an old woman; and by his artful speeches and c

all in vain, to please the virgin’s eyes. At length a sober matron’s form he wears, Furrow’d with age and crown’d with silv

rn, his education was entrusted to the nymph Sinoe; but his unsightly form threw her into such terror, that she abandoned he

vani differ as to their offices? Who was Pan? Describe the disgusting form of Pan. What effects did his uncouth figure produ

olding a bunch of poppies in his hand. He could turn himself into any form . Mors, the goddess of death, was the daughter of

ther would prove too powerful for him by the alliances which he might form from the marriages which his daughters might othe

ope. Eternity had neither temples nor altars. She was painted in the form of a woman, with the inscription of her own name,

hich is apt to arise in disputes. This goddess was represented in the form of a woman, crowned with laurel, olive, and roses

Fig. 56. Harpocrates. Pudicitia or Chastity was represented in the form of a veiled woman, or of a woman who pointed to h

e. — See Fig. 59. Fig. 59. Justice. Fortune was depicted under the form of a blind and almost bald woman, with wings to h

medicine. He is fabled to have sprung out of a crow’s egg, under the form of a serpent. He attended the Argonauts in their

rus. He had also a temple at Rome, and was worshipped there under the form of a serpent. To him were sacrificed a goat, beca

er Philia, and the Romans called her Amicitia, and painted her in the form of a young woman, with her head uncovered, clad i

ersons could raise to their relatives nothing but simple tombs in the form of altars. The monuments erected to the heroes of

of Apollo and the Muses. They represented the genius of poetry in the form of a winged horse, which overcame every obstacle;

divided the people into tribes, and who gave a regular and civilized form to the state. Some poets, in return for various b

it may be observed, that the rooms of palaces, at that time, had the form of an egg. They were born in Laconia, near Sparta

swan into their fable. The beauty of Leda, the whiteness and elegant form of her neck, caused them to compare her to a swan

h the stones were seen to answer each other, to lay themselves in the form of a regular building, and also compose the walls

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

afterwards having been separated, the world began to take its present form . By the motion of the air, the particles of fire

ong caused the misfortune of Egypt. The Egyptians, painted him in the form of a terrific monster, which was produced from th

Fourteen Mahabads had either appeared, or were to appear, in a human form , to have the direction of mundane affairs. A para

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

his most brilliant presence in the subtle ether. The Persians did not form images of him; for they deemed it impious to do s

he Persian mythology? In what does Oromasdes reside? Did the Persians form images of him? Mention Mithras. What is said of A

mersed and that all was darkness, until it was brought to its present form and order by the self-existent, invisible God, wh

race, And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form , one face, one will, And these his twofold aspect

een nine times incarnate in various shapes, will once more assume the form of a horse in order to destroy every thing on ear

. The worship of the heavenly bodies was the most ancient and general form of it. The Chaldeans and Phœnicians adored the su

and a woman’s; in short, all animals and beings were of an irregular form , representations of which were displayed in the t

the gods to cut his head, in order to mix with the blood, earth, and form men and animals, after which he formed the stars

he had added the golden statue forty feet in height. From this we may form some idea of the immense riches of this huge stru

gifts which the people had appropriated for this purpose. In order to form an idea of the riches which it united, it must be

ed, is sufficient to give light to the interior of the structure. The form of the Pantheon is round. It would appear that th

is round. It would appear that the architect designed to give it the form of the terrestrial globe; and in like manner, and

n like manner, and for the same reason, many antique temples had this form . The portico, more surprisingly grand and beautif

the foundations are stretched greatly beyond the edifice, and seem to form a single mass of stone. The statues and riches wh

ophets carefully collected. These were arranged, and given out in the form of verse, a connexion which they had not in the m

In this inclosure appears a cave, cut out by the hand of man, in the form of an oven. Through it there is a narrow aperture

onour of the Gods, or to celebrate the memory of great events, and to form youth to the various exercises of the body. In th

nflicted upon himself, with the point of a lance, nine wounds, in the form of a circle, and divers other cut-paper works in

, and forbade the representation of this divinity under any corporeal form . He could not be suitably regarded and adored but

nature. According to the Celts, matter already existing, but without form and life, was animated and disposed by the gods i

Nor those horses, bright and glowing,     Dragg’d the Sun’s refulgent form . He who rules, by night, the heaven,     Wist no

’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. S

ts, which did’not leave them, and which they could consult, under the form of small idols. It was also believed, that others

d Be courageous. Their sciences, says Pomponius Mela, was to know the form and greatness of the Supreme Being, the course of

ruids delighted in making it believed that they could change into any form at will, and cause themselves to be transported t

“The ancient Greeks believed their gods to be of the same shape and form as themselves, but of far greater beauty, strengt

ternately to minister to the world. Representations. 1. A female form , with or without wings, clothed in black drapery,

e earliest seats of his worship. He was represented in the celebrated form of the sacred oak, in the rustling of whose branc

and niece of Lycus*, king of Thebes, was surprised by Jupiter in the form of a satyr. Dreading the anger of her father, she

e; Zethus, with a club. Leda*, whose affections Zeus gained under the form of a swan, was the mother of four children — two

Egypt, where, touched by the hand of Zeus, she recovered her original form and gave birth to a son, who was called Epaphus*.

of the chase, who had made a vow never to marry, but Zeus, under the form of the huntress-goddess, succeeded in gaining her

he dawn.” The Greeks supposed that Zeus occasionally assumed a human form , and descended from his celestial abode, in order

ceased to exist, his spirit tenanted the shadowy outline of the human form it had quitted. These shades, as they were called

e chase, but still retaining in their hands the wand of office in the form of a snake. Sacrifices to the Furies consisted of

after death, is free from corruption and lives in a better and purer form . Closely connected with this beautiful and expres

er. As Poseidon had bestowed on this maiden the power of changing her form , she always escaped from the purchaser in the for

er of changing her form, she always escaped from the purchaser in the form of some animal, and returning to her father was s

f these legends, namely, that fire first came down from heaven in the form of lightning. He was worshiped by the Greeks as t

ient temples of this goddess in Cyprus, she was represented under the form of a rude, conical stone; but the Grecian painter

ich turn to ice on the mountain-summits, where men fancy they see her form hardened into stone.” Cox . The Diana of the R

n all the splendor of his divine glory Hera had visited Semele in the form of her nurse (Beroe*), and had persuaded her to r

er to request Zeus to appear to her in the full majesty of his divine form . He had sworn by the Styx to grant whatever she d

wooed in vain by all the rural deities. At length Vertumnus* took the form of an old woman, and, representing the advantages

roduced such a change in her sentiments that, when he resumed his own form , she married him. She is represented as a lovely

. He had the power of foretelling future events, and could assume any form at pleasure, changing himself into fire or water,

ppear in his real character. He became wearied, and resuming his true form , gave the desired information. Glaucus*. Gl

dy. He generally has a satyr on each side supporting his half-drunken form . The Satyrs*. The Satyrs* were inferior dei

emency of the weather. These structures were at first of the simplest form , and without decoration. As civilization progress

were considered sacred to certain deities, so almost every god had a form of building peculiar to himself, which was deemed

The altar in a Greek temple was constructed of stone, of a circular form , and stood in front of the statue of the presidin

ankind and then on Prometheus. He ordered Hephæstus to make of clay a form resembling that of the goddesses, and to endow it

rs of towns. The Theban* Legends. Cadmus*. Zeus, under the form of a white bull, carried Europa, daughter of Agen

her father imprisoned her in a brazen tower. Zeus visited her in the form of ashower of gold, and she became the mother of

sickle with which he slew Medusa, and the helmet of Aides. In bodily form , as well as in costume, he closely resembles Herm

ult of the sky the milk that fell from her breast, the marks of which form the Galaxy, or Milky Way, on which the gods walk.

r son. Her tears still flow, and may be seen at early morning, in the form of dew-drops, on the grass. The Death of Achil

g pyre of Paris, and in her despair she threw herself on the lifeless form of her husband, and perished in the flames. Odyss

the shore, accompanied by her maidens, to wash the linen which was to form part of her marriage portion. When they had finis

d not recognize his native land. Pallas Athene appeared to him in the form of a shepherd, and informed him that he was in hi

than ever. At the suggestion of Athene, who accompanied him under the form of a man named Mentor, Telemachus had gone to the

ict ensued, in which Eupithes was slain by Laertes. Athene, under the form of Mentor, assisted Odysseus. Zeus thundered, and

at liberty to come and go from the grave, during the day-time, in any form it chose. At last the body, carefully preserved f

and eternal rest. The rejected soul was sent back to the earth in the form of a pig, or some other unclean animal, to suffer

according to Indian philosophy, being only to reproduce under another form . The Avatars* of Vishnu are incarnations of the

called as the measurer, or thinker. The worshipers of Vishnu and Siva form two sects, each of which proclaims the superiorit

a man; on the second day the whole head, and on the third the entire form , endowed with beauty and power. This new being wa

de through the flame, and by magic arts Sigurd was made to assume the form and voice of Gunnar, and to hand over Brynhild to

: “We have five gods in all; our chief god often appears to us in the form of a mighty great hare; the other four have no vi

,” in the pursuit of his favourite sport, might image to his mind the form and figure of Diana, accompanying him in the chas

ancy that his idolatry was a real one, and that he wooed Venus in the form of a mortal: or, in the tremor which then as now

ould prove a rival, and, swan-like, or in some other as picturesque a form , win her he sought for his own: and thus, every c

ht, and earth unstable, And waters dark abyss unnavigable. No certain form on any was imprest; All were confused, and each d

ds placed among the heavenly constellations, having given his skin to form a shield, and one of his horns, which was present

ster, Bacchus fought bravely against the foes of Heaven, and took the form of a Lion, while animated by the cries of Jupiter

conduct had been atrocious: his palace was reduced to ashes, and his form was changed into that of a wolf. From this Jupite

even for a drop of water. Jupiter presented himself to him under the form of a battering-ram, and striking the earth, cause

rom thy sight Returning, for a season, heaven seems hell, So thy worn form pursues me night and day, Smiling reproach. Wise

er cheek, So from our victim’s destined agony, The shade which is our form invests us round; Else we are shapeless as our mo

our and the voice of men; To let her first in virgin lustre shine, In form a goddess, with a bloom divine; And next the sire

ousand graceful charms around her head. Next Hermes, artful god, must form her mind, One day to torture, and the next be kin

pride protected her beauty: for when the God, to seduce her, took the form of a cuckoo, she recognised him in his disguise,

the latter, when, through the ‌influence of the God, she assumed the form of a white heifer. Juno instantly discovered the

easily be pardoned her restless spirit. When Jupiter had assumed the form of a bull, he mingled with the herds belonging to

he flower amid the sobbing rain.” Keats. Saddened by his efforts to form an endearing friendship, Apollo once more sighed

cted by the rays of the sun when they fell on it. At its setting, the form appeared to mourn the departure of the God, and u

gs by, Developing in that one glance the Deity. “But in his delicate form , a dream of love, Shaped by some solitary nymph,

flamed towards any particular nymph, introduced himself to her in the form of her mistress, and in this shape, what wonder t

ons, Juno sought for some mode in which to punish her, and taking the form of a nurse, suggested the desire of beholding the

er, when pressed by Semele, implore her not to ask him to assume that form , which was too much for mortal eye to bear. Woman

gone, the daughter of Icarius, and to accomplish his purpose took the form of a bunch of grapes; scarcely was it pressed upo

aspiration of delight, and flows with gentle curves into her perfect form . “Her form is indeed perfect. She is half sitting

of delight, and flows with gentle curves into her perfect form. “Her form is indeed perfect. She is half sitting and half r

ace majestic wears.” Tighe. Her eyes were rivetted on his exquisite form , until they forgot all else; even her love, her k

rehead, half escapes. The attitude gives entire effect to the perfect form of the neck, and to that full and beautiful mould

ire, The mate of her who nursed desire, Moulded the glowing steel, to form Arrows for Cupid, melting, warm; Once to this Lem

our studious nature, yet methinks To gaze upon that proud and haughty form , To think upon the glorious deeds of war, The pom

im the name of Pan. ————— “Sprung the rude God to light; Of dreadful form , and horrible to sight; Goat-footed, horned, yet

ed into a reed. ———————— “A nymph of late there was, Whose heavenly form her fellows did surpass, The pride and joy of fai

grace,) Came glittering like a star, and took her place. Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy; And little wanted, bu

a, from her woodland race, In garden culture none could her excel, Or form the pliant souls of plants so well; Or to the fru

“The story oft Vertumnus urged in vain, But then assumed his heavenly form again; Such looks and lustre the bright youth ado

orm, Deflowering Nature’s grassy robe,     And trampling on her faded form : Till light’s returning lord assume     The shaft

rs, like dogs, which never ceased barking, while the remainder of her form assumed an equally hideous appearance, being supp

with which she envelopes her victims. Statuaries carve her under the form of a large skeleton, armed with a scythe, and bea

e other good. They had the power of changing themselves into whatever form they pleased, and of assuming whatever shapes wer

fe of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, sprang these twin-brothers. Under the form of a swan, pursued by Venus: in the shape of an e

to him. In order to gain the affections of Alcmena, Jupiter took the form of her husband, and from this union was born Herc

as all consumed; his body’s nervous frame No more was known; of human form bereft — The eternal part of Jove alone was left.

eus stayed His rapid flight, to view the beauteous maid. So sweet her form , so exquisitely fine, She seemed a statue by a ha

shewed And down her cheeks the melting sorrows flowed. Her faultless form the hero’s bosom fires, The more he looks, the mo

life; Nor Jove himself, tho’ we’ve been often told He got thee in the form of tempting gold. His lance was aimed, when Cephe

heseus. “Aye, this is he, A proud and mighty spirit: how fine his form , Gigantic! moulded like the race that strove To t

d sunshine of the golden clime Streamed, as a royal mantle, round her form  — The glorified of love! But she — she look’d Onl

figure, nearly naked, her hair wreathed with roses, and her face and form , full, but exquisitely developed. Insérer image a

ral fables, which are so intimately connected therewith, as almost to form part of its history. Philemon and Baucis. P

e bestowed in love on Phaon. “A youth so shaped, with such a mien, A form like that of Jove serene, With sparkling eyes, an

d names, ‘Leucadia’s rock,’ At times, and ‘faithless Phaon:’ then the form Passed not, but seemed to melt in air away: This

ings are reflected; while garments of a costly price clothe his noble form . To him are consecrated the eagle, the hawk, and

believe in the doctrine of metempsychosis, the spirit passes from one form to another. To be born, is to appear under a new

pear under a new shape; to die, is to appear no longer under the same form . But, as it is impossible to disown destruction,

th start from his gums; fire breathes from his lips; and human sculls form his diadem. Serpents are entwining round his wais

g to Mars, to Hercules, and to Mercury. They worshipped him under the form of a dart, when they sought his aid in battle, an

h, perfectly Egyptian in its model; it is constructed somewhat in the form of a modern couch, a cushioned plinth, resting on

preme deity of the Hottentots, is supposed by them to possess a human form , and his residence is believed to be in the moon.

en he renders himself visible to mortals, he appears in the shape and form of a Hottentot, and is, according to their ideas,

thering flowers. To gain the attention of Europa, Jupiter assumed the form of a white bull, and mingled with the herds of Ag

Was Europa easily allured to trust herself to the god in his assumed form ? Who has given a fine description of the flight o

it, that it was almost impossible to distinguish the original. Their form was oval. Their number was twelve; as was that of

dvanced old men, still vigorous, who were of a majestic and venerable form — these bore in their hands branches of the olive

h dusky glades, Led the fair phantom to Elysian shades. Clad with new form , with finer sense combined, And fit with purer fl

d, so that she was metamorphosed into a monster, retaining the female form , but having six dogs’ heads; some say she was cha

Pantheon, or temple of all the gods. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon a basket

arpeian mountain, instituted feasts to his honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form

and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immovable rock. Milk, cakes, and fruit were

id to be the son of Jupiter and Calista. He was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat, holding in hi

re worshipped by the Romans under the figure of small images of human form , and were kept in the most retired part of the ed

n the other, a horn of plenty. Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. The Genii presided over the birth an

iot of ebony. Mors, or Death, was a daughter of Nox, depicted in the form of a skeleton, wearing a black robe covered with

ion of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus, he was worshipped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that of an old

In the fountain, Narcissus beheld the reflection of his own face and form ; it was more lovely than any object he had ever s

eturn to their ships, but instead, they built a wooden vessel, in the form of a horse, into which several armed men entered

haca. Ulysses had compelled Circe to restore his men to their natural form , and once more, with his single vessel, he embark

son, and supplicated the iron-hearted Achilles to restore his mangled form . Achilles, implacable as he had shown himself, co

troyer, Seva. Brahma. The Hindus believe that the elements which form the material universe, were immersed in water bef

ning God created the heavens and the earth; and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the d

riven down to Narac, the region of serpents; or assumes on earth, the form of some animal; unless its offence had been so he

race, And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form , one face, one will And these his twofold aspects

lled manifestations of Vishnu. When a god appears on earth in a human form , he is said to be incarnate, or clothed in flesh.

Nor those horses, bright and glowing.     Dragged the Sun’s refulgent form . He who rules, by night, the heaven.     Wist no

’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. S

s, Nor those horses, bright and glowing, Dragged the Sun’s refulgent form , remind the reader of Apollo’s chariot. The seve

tants. The ninth stanza supposes Imir to perish, and his substance to form the material world. The Scripture says, at creati

s cordially received, and where, either in the Catholic or Protestant form , it has since been cherished. The Hell of the Dru

yptian Worship. See plate, page 215. The rites of animal worship form a striking and distinctive feature in the religio

opposition to Typhon, the author of evil. Osiris was adored under the form of the ox Apis. Isis, the consort of Osiris, app

ion of the Nile. The cow was her symbol. Her image was usually in the form of a woman, with cows’ horns on her head. Typhon

y of space. The ancient Persians regarded it as impious to pretend to form visible images of Orosmades, or to erect temples

ted mankind, to whom men lift up their thoughts, and to whom, in some form or other, worship is offered. Among the nations o

described? ——— The Greeks had a fable, that all the elements which form the universe; that is, fire, earth, air, and wate

ecimens of sculpture from the Parthenon. “Thus,” says Dr. Clark, “the form of the temple has sustained a greater injury than

each end of it. A cherub was the image of a human face attached to a form with wings. It was an emblematical figure, denoti

hops. The Breast-plate of the High-Priest was an ornament of a square form , consisting of twelve jewels set in gold, represe

themselves in English-speaking lands, and have influenced the spirit, form , and habit of English imaginative thought; third,

th, await the poet who shall bestow on each his new and predetermined form , and restore them, purified and breathing of Elys

cation, and of accretion acquires a purer spirit and a new and higher form , — then, since truth was never yet conceived of e

ed and deified, and the gods are strictly anthropomorphic, having the form as well as the mental, moral, and social attribut

n her prototypes by Tyrrhenian and Ægean seas, utters, in her queenly form and flowing robes, a spirit, a truth, a potential

anches and leaves of narrative, and blossoms of poetic comeliness and form . The myths that we shall relate present wonderful

be devoted to the god of the sun. So Daphne, the maiden, assuming the form of Daphne, the laurel, escaped the pursuit of her

conscious allegory, or, even, in the perversion of some ancient purer form of moral or religious truth. But, in general, the

of chieftains and clans, and that very many obtained consistency and form as explanations of the phenomena of nature, as ex

quickening germ from which might spring leaves and fruits, varying in form and hue according to the soil to which it should

fty moral and civic ideals, in correctness of taste, and in stylistic form . Ovid, often alluded to in poetry by his other n

ark, and the Isle of Man. The characters are of the stiff and angular form necessitated by the materials on which they were

its pagan metaphors and similes, retained its supremacy over literary form even after the influence of Christianity had revo

nlied, or Lay of the Nibelungs, that has grown out of them. The Norse form of the story exhibits a later survival of the cre

e twelfth century, when no poet would adopt any other poet’s stanzaic form , the Austrian Von Kürenberg used the stanzaic for

er poet’s stanzaic form, the Austrian Von Kürenberg used the stanzaic form of the Nibelungenlied, the epic must be his.48 It

he poem, having been written down about 1140, was altered in metrical form by younger poets, until, in 1200 or thereabouts,

form by younger poets, until, in 1200 or thereabouts, it assumed the form preserved in the latest of the three great manusc

mist to spin round the central fiery air till the mass, assuming the form of a huge World-egg, flew, by reason of its rapid

assume shape. By degrees, they put on a rude resemblance to the human form . Those thrown by Deucalion became men; those by P

migods and heroes were of matchless worth and valor. Their adventures form the subject of many of the succeeding chapters. T

Chapters IV to XXVII are best known to English poetry in their Latin form , the Latin designations, or Latinized forms of Gr

ny violation of which she was swift and severe to punish. Graceful in form and free of movement, equipped for the chase, and

phrodite, who rules the hearts of men. She lends to mortals seductive form and fascination. To a few, indeed, her favor is a

heifer standing near. Juno suspected, with reason, that the heifer’s form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould. It was

en he became aware of the approach of his wife, had changed into that form . The ox-eyed goddess joined her husband, noticed

d and consented. Pan threw his arms around what he supposed to be the form of the nymph, and found he embraced only a tuft o

o pay her any further attention, Juno consented to restore her to her form . In a poem dedicated to Leigh Hunt, by Keats, the

result — such is the extent of my power! I forbade her to wear human form , — she and her hateful son are placed among the s

eep. Behold, I am Jupiter, even I, though, closely beheld, I wear the form of a bull, for I can put on the semblance of what

lord’s affections, contrived a plan for her destruction. Assuming the form of Beroë, the aged nurse of Semele, she insinuate

n size, and by-and-by to stand erect, and finally to assume the human form . Then I awoke. My attention was caught by the sou

ay the penalty.” Minerva heard this, and was displeased. Assuming the form of an old woman, she appeared to Arachne, and kin

pent.” No sooner had he uttered the words than he began to change his form . Harmonia, beholding it, prayed the gods to let h

ver-god: “Help me, Peneüs! open the earth to enclose me, or change my form , which has brought me into this danger!” Scarcely

ve pursuit. In their distress they prayed to the gods to change their form . Jupiter, accordingly, turned them into pigeons,

r lovely lord, with him she hath lost her sacred beauty. Fair was the form of Cypris while Adonis was living, but her beauty

wift and free: in beauty and in desire she was a Cynthia, — of mortal form , and with a woman’s heart. To all suitors (for sh

e offence to Cybele. That powerful goddess took from them their human form : the huntress heroine, triumphing in the blood of

ubted whether it was the same place. While she hesitated, she saw the form of her lover struggling in the agonies of death.

of this great flight, Whose ivory arms hold up the golden lyre? What form is this of more than mortal height? What matchles

cry and snatched the child from the fire. Then Ceres assumed her own form , and a divine splendor shone all around. While th

ildren, Pelias and Neleus, by the princess Tyro, whom he wooed in the form of her lover Enipeus, became keepers of horses— a

and. The stories of Aurora, and of Aura, of Phosphor, and of Halcyone form , therefore, a ready sequence. Fig. 66. Phospho

wsy dwelling of Somnus, and bid him send a vision to Halcyone, in the form of Ceÿx, to reveal the sad event. The Cave of Sl

heu flew, on silent wings, to the Hæmonian city, where he assumed the form of Ceÿx. Pale like a dead man, naked and dripping

wever, rescued the girl by changing her into a fisherman; and in that form she assured the slave-owner that she had seen no

r authority, into a bird continually the prey of the sea-eagle, whose form her father Nisus had assumed. § 129. Leucothea. 2

till all schemes had failed to set him free. Then he resumed his own form and, in response to the questioning of Aristæus,

eir anger thou must appease. Four bulls shalt thou select, of perfect form and size, and four cows of equal beauty; and four

match for Hercules in the wrestler’s art, Acheloüs glided away in the form of a serpent. Hercules, remarking that it was the

s kindly, and consented to yield him the girdle; but Juno, taking the form of an Amazon, persuaded the people that the stran

r life by hanging herself. As for Œdipus, horror-struck, — When her form He saw, poor wretch! with one wild fearful cry, T

eeing the Greeks hard pressed, came to their rescue. Appearing in the form of Calchas the prophet, he raised the ardor of th

d greaves of impenetrable temper, all perfectly adapted to the hero’s form , and of consummate workmanship. The suit was made

e. Hector, cautioned by Apollo, kept aloof; but the god, assuming the form of one of Priam’s sons, Lycaon, urged Æneas to en

ursuit that that would have been impossible if Apollo had not, in the form of Agenor, Priam’s son, first encountered the swi

gth and would not let him sink in weariness. Then Pallas assuming the form of Deiphobus, Hector’s bravest brother, appeared

erable king, sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Assuming the form of a young warrior, Mercury presented himself to

isis he was seen by a compassionate sea-nymph, Leucothea, who, in the form of a cormorant, alighted on the raft, and present

from the sea-foam, and clothed himself and eaten, Pallas dilated his form and diffused grace over his ample chest and manly

earing a pitcher forth for water. It was Minerva who had assumed that form . Ulysses accosted her and desired to be directed

he did not recognize his native land. Minerva appeared to him in the form of a young shepherd, informed him where he was, a

pain even by death itself. Among these, Æneas thought he descried the form of Dido, with a wound still recent. In the dim li

en mortal weapons and divine. Here, also, is Tityus, the giant, whose form is so immense, that, as he lies, he stretches ove

elements, fire, air, earth, and water, all which when united took the form of the most excellent part, fire, and became flam

ew alliance. Alecto then sped to the city of Turnus, and assuming the form of an old priestess, informed him of the arrival

being, on the second day his whole head, and on the third the entire form endowed with beauty, agility, and power. This new

of Ymir’s body. They were afterwards endowed by the gods with a human form and great understanding. They were particularly d

For a season, as wolves, they scoured the woods; finally resuming the form of men, they slew the children of Siggeir, and bu

d Otter, slew Rodmar and seized the treasure, and assuming a dragon’s form , brooded upon the hoard. With this tale Regin egg

nner, which rings against the flag-staff. And he enters and finds the form of one asleep — in armor cap-a-pie. So he drawet

After Gunnar had made two unsuccessful attempts, Sigurd, assuming the form of King Gunnar, mounted Greyfell and rode for the

eir bed-room wall. By agreement Siegfried had again assumed Gunther’s form , and after a fearful tussle with the queen had re

follows: (1) they were immortal; (2) they were incorporated in human form ; (3) they enjoyed power far exceeding that posses

ond half of the fourth century b.c., — a sitting figure, beautiful in form and feature, with an Eros playing at his feet. (S

She wears a mural crown: that is, a crown whose rim is carved in the form of towers and battlements. Rhea is mentioned by H

roserpo, to creep forth (used of herbs in spring), but from the Greek form Persephone, a bringer of death. The later name Ph

eived; and on the return of the ship Æsculapius accompanied it in the form of a serpent. Arriving in the river Tiber, the se

. 2: 3; Shelley, Adonais 31, “’Mid others of less note came one frail form ,” etc., a touching allusion to himself; A. H. Clo

e wont to glorify in fable constellations of remarkable brilliancy or form . The heavenly adventures of Orion are sufficientl

ul in necromancy than she. The Robe of Medea is the Fleece in another form . The death of Glauce suggests that of Hercules (i

cal legends that have been consolidated and preserved in the artistic form of the myth. Jason, Diason, is another Zeus, of t

is wife, Pasiphaë, is the moon (who was worshipped in Crete under the form of a cow); and the Minotaur is the lord of the st

les, Theseus fights with the Amazons (clouds, we may suppose, in some form or other), and, like him he descends to the under

but rules over, rather than sympathizes with, mankind. He is of human form , sometimes hawk-headed, always crowned with the s

e is the king of Theban gods, the divinity of the sun. He is of human form ; rarely with a goat’s head as represented by the

ened by the Greeks to Athena. Worshipped in Lower Egypt as a woman in form , with bow and arrows in her hand. Ma-t: goddess

nic. For Buddhism see under Buddha. 1. Vedic: the Aryan, and earliest form of Hindoo religion; dealing primarily with elemen

me being in his work of preservation. He has nine times assumed human form , each incarnation having for its purpose the rede

entary, § 81. 153. From Browning’s Balaustion’s Adventure. The Greek form of the proper names has been retained- 154. For

is virtue with one is vice with the other, as beauty and ugliness of form or feature, being relative terms, are opposites w

r, and when the earth and all things within and upon it were “without form and void.” Over that misty, nebulous mixing and m

istianity has inculcated the worship of idols, which usually take the form of beasts, and it will be noted in the study of m

centuries. In this fierce struggle, Achelous changed himself into the form of a bull and rushed upon his antagonist with low

a while she was bathing, and was changed by her into a deer, in which form he was hunted by his own dogs and torn in pieces.

an Arcadian nymph, who was turned into a she-bear by Jupiter. In that form she was hunted by her son Arcas, who would have k

her had not Jupiter turned him into a he-bear. The nymph and her son form the constellations known as the Great Bear and Li

ed into a sunflower because her love of Apollo was unrequited. In the form of this flower she is still supposed to be turnin

Men′des [Mendes]. An Egyptian god like Pan. He was worshiped in the form of a goat. Menela′us [Menelaus]. A Spartan king,

nts, called Hecate before and after setting; Astarte when in crescent form ; Diana when in full. See Luna. “Soon as the even

pollo. N Nai′ads, The [Naiads], were beautiful nymphs of human form who presided over springs, fountains, and wells.

source of warmth, life, and fruitfulness; he was worshiped under the form of a sacred bull, named Apis.                   

and Penelope. After his birth he was metamorphosed into the mythical form in which we find him depicted, namely, a horned,

r. Their father was Jupiter and their mother Leda. He and his brother form the constellation Gemini. His Greek name was Poly

ance.” F. Lewis. Si′va [Siva]. In Hindoo mythology the “changer of form .” He is usually spoken of as the “Destroyer and R

devi. Wisdom, see Pollear, Minerva. Wo′den [Woden], the Anglo-Saxon form of the Scandinavian god Odin; Wednesday is called

this book are: first, to present outlines of the stories in a simple form pleasurable to the reader who has no desire furth

earth was fix’d, nor fluid was the deep; Dark was the void of air; no form was traced; Obstructing atoms struggled through t

led for human clay.” Horace. They first moulded an image similar in form to the gods; bade Eros breathe into its nostrils

quest of another cup-bearer. To facilitate his search, he assumed the form of an eagle, and winged his flight over the earth

which he gallantly gave her name, Europe. He then resumed his wonted form , explained at length his reasons for so unceremon

ed him to turn just before he reached the earth; and as he did so the form of the wife he had so nearly snatched from the gr

d Arion’s harp, together with the dolphin, in the heavens, where they form a constellation. The Story of Phaeton In th

ectric thrill of fear shot through every vein, as, mindful of his new form , he bounded away through the forest. Alas! too la

ubbles with such light divine? They break, and from their mist a lily form Rises from out the wave, in beauty warm. The wave

rom the violets her light foot Shone rosy-white, and o’er her rounded form Between the shadows of the vine bunches Floated t

outh; but when separated from him, he invariably resumed his childish form and mischievous habits. The Story of Adonis

n. Now, although the fading light would not permit her to discern the form or features of her unknown lover, Psyche listened

ed, as they felt sure it would, the hideous countenance and distorted form of a monster, they bade her use the dagger to kil

h she held high above her head, cast its light full upon the face and form of a handsome youth. Psyche’s heart beat loudly w

nt, and supported his halting footsteps. “Two golden statues like in form and look To living maidens, aided with firm gait

yed by his persistent wooing, the goddess, to escape him, assumed the form of a mare; but the God of the Sea, not at all dec

e Sea, not at all deceived by this stratagem, straightway assumed the form of a horse, in which guise he contentedly trotted

uctantly; and when mortals wished to consult him, he would change his form with bewildering rapidity, and, unless they clung

y comfort.” Pindar. Tityus Still farther on was the recumbent form of Tityus, a giant whose body covered nine acres

ele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. “For Semele was moulded in the form Of elegance; the beauty of her race Shone in her

kle spouse. To accomplish this successfully, she assumed the face and form of Beroe, Semele’s old nurse, and thus entered th

emele bade her lover speedily return to Olympus, don his own majestic form and apparel, and hasten back to her side, surroun

ry information, departed. Neptune then restored the maiden to her own form , and let her return home; but, as her father sold

washed ashore, sent a Dream to visit her. After assuming the face and form of Ceyx, the Dream glided away through the gate o

ir enemies. When these little people, therefore, saw Hercules’ mighty form looming up in the dim distance, they called aloud

of Hercules, and, besides, took advantage of his power to change his form at will, further to perplex and harass the sturdy

, raised his sword, and, without looking at anything but her mirrored form , severed her head from her body, seized it in one

heir fraternal love, he translated then both to the skies, where they form a bright constellation one of the signs of the zo

ul and gifted. “No nymph of all Œchalia could compare, For beauteous form , with Dryope the fair.” Ovid ( Pope’s tr.). Ful

l tales be true), As from Priapus’ lawless love she flew, Forsook her form ; and fixing here became A flowery plant, which st

of Laertes, reared in Ithaca, That rugged isle, and skilled in every form Of shrewd device and action wisely planned.” Hom

ods decreed that the war should be renewed; and Minerva, assuming the form of a Trojan warrior, aimed an arrow at Menelaus,

His marvelous adventures and numerous mishaps during these ten years form the theme of the Odyssey, which is about as follo

m her seat, waved her wand over their heads, and bade them assume the form of swine (which obscene animals their gluttony su

e them. At this feast, Cupid, by Venus’ request, assumed the face and form of lulus, Æneas’ young son, and reclining on the

e her favourite away from the field. To compass this, she assumed the form of Æneas, challenged Turnus, and, as soon as he b

conclusion that the Bible contained a pure and the myths a distorted form of an original revelation.” But within the past c

wheads are found in all parts of the world, differing but slightly in form and manufacture, so the myths of all nations “res

eves “many of his own tribe-fellows to have the power of assuming the form of animals,” he concedes the same privilege and p

hilologists, therefore, these thoughts had already assumed a definite form in the remote epoch when many nations, now scatte

ch in the way that the word “good-bye” has long survived its original form as a conscious prayer, “God be with you!” and the

st the demon of drought, darkness, or illness (Python), which in some form or other inevitably appears in every solar myth.

the sunbeams (Apollo’s arrows). Fire Myths The fire myths also form quite a large class, and comprise the Cyclopes (t

Such is the physical explanation of the various poetical myths which form the staple of classic literature, and which have

r was changed into a comet, 107, 348 Ber′o-e. Nurse of Semele, whose form Juno assumes to arouse Semele’s jealousy, 147, 14

f Penelope, 277 I-u′lus. Æneas’ son; Æneas saves, 323; Cupid assumes form of, 330; stag wounded by 334; brave defence by, 3

minor divinities, 261 Ny-si′a-des. Nymphs who cared for Bacchus, and form a constellation, 150 Nyx. Same as Nox, goddess o

had tried to show her hatred toward Callisto by taking away her human form , but now Jupiter had made her and her son far gre

en in love, was at last in love himself, and with a thing that had no form , or substance, — a mere shadow. He lost all desir

chne to see what she meant by her boast. Accordingly, she took on the form of an old, gray-haired woman, and leaning on her

me! help me! Either let the earth open and swallow me, or change this form of mine so that Apollo will not love me.” Hardly

nd found he could not utter a word. The angry goddess had changed his form into that of a deer, the animal which he and his

e side of the river, all that she saw was her husband in his own true form and the white cow nibbling the grass at his side.

or, because he could disguise himself, at any moment, and take on the form of an animal. So when the time set for the match

al to throw him down, the river god used his magic power, and, in the form of a serpent, glided from his grasp. “Aha,” laugh

e-looking bull. The river god had saved himself by again changing his form . Now followed the fiercest part of the fight. The

, and, as he was falling, changed him into a rock resembling a man in form ; and the rock still stands far out in the middle

om great Juno, who begs thee to send to Halcyone a vision wearing the form of Ceyx, to tell her of his shipwreck.” Then Iris

ose from among the visions the gentlest of all, and bade him take the form of Ceyx and visit Halcyone in the night. With swi

the queen. He entered, and stood by the side of her bed, wearing the form of her dear husband, his hair wet and dripping, h

to see, in place of the old woman he had carried across, the stately form of Juno, queen of heaven. “Young man,” said she,

ned with wheat sheaves, and a long robe in graceful folds covered her form . She was looking at the scene before her, and so

and flew to her assistance. He gathered the cloud into its condensed form , restored it to the box, revived Psyche, and givi

us people. Ann. What is a transformation? Mother. It is a change of form or shape, as that of a woman to a tree. This chan

upon a small island in the centre. The cottage, too, soon changed its form : it rose in height; its grey front became pure wh

ed the ground; their bodies, suddenly enclosed with bark, assumed the form of a tree’s trunk, and an encroaching rind closed

y, as she advanced toward her, could not bear the sight of this noble form . But she arose, drew her ragged mantle over her s

Athamas no longer saw any thing as it was. Every object assumed a new form . The unhappy Ino seemed to be a lioness and his c

head, and forests grew on its sides. Images of Atlas are made in the form of a man bearing the earth upon his shoulders. ——

ool with three feet. The Greeks were very fond of tripods; I mean the form of a tripod was very fashionable among them. They

her sufferings. Io’s prayer was heard; she was restored to her human form , and afterward became queen of Egypt. Phæton.

ep over his grave, and Jupiter metamorphosed him into a swan. In this form Cygnus entered the river, and was constantly seen

He called to his aid Venus, the goddess of love, to add beauty to the form , and Minerva, the wise goddess, to make the woman

O my father,” she cried, “help me! Save me from him I hate. Change my form , or let the earth swallow me up. Quick, for he is

, and even to smother him almost out. Then Nereus changed back to the form of an old man. He had been handled roughly, but h

, the wise warrior, and King Menelaus came from the Greeks and in due form asked for Helen. They promised to depart in peace

and looked, and there was fear in their hearts as they saw the great form and the shining head of Achilles. And the hero sh

the choice of Paris, came down and stood beside Hector. She took the form of Deiphobus, Hector’s brother, and said: — “Let

rom John Stuart Blackie’s “Theseus.” 4. According to the most common form of the story, Theseus deserted Ariadne, leaving h