r de Lion), on account of his valour and intrepidity ; and this title gave occasion to a legend, alluded to by Shakspeare32,

n of being of a nature superior to man ; and when he died, his people gave him divine honours and named the heavens after hi

; and Crates, Aristarchus, and the other editors of the ancient poets gave the legends a place in their commentaries. The La

y its fall from Earth to the bottom of Tartaros. The luminaries which gave light to gods and men shed their radiance through

s unsuspecting sire. The drops which fell on the earth from the wound gave birth to the Erinnyes, the Giants, and the Melian

him. Instructed by Earth, she concealed him in a cavern of Crete, and gave a stone in his stead to Kronos. This stone he aft

uard of the Hundred-handed. The Kronids then, by the advice of Earth, gave the supreme power to Zeus, who in return distribu

56. Hesiod, who evidently misunderstood the sense of the mythe, first gave it the form of a war, and narrated its details in

, says that it grew for Helios in the Isles of the Blest, and that he gave his horses their evening meal (δόρπον) of it to r

ere, the celestial shepherd or overseer of the stars, and the god who gave increase to the earth222. By Perseïs or Perse (Br

ses and Asteria. Bacchylides made her a daughter of Night, and Musæus gave her Zeus for a sire in place of Perses292, while

pretended to Kronos that she had been delivered of a foal, which she gave him to devour428. The origin of the horse was als

point of assembly of the family, and the symbol of the social union, gave the Greeks occasion to fancy it to be under the g

head of Zeus, vowed perpetual virginity. Zeus, in place of marriage, gave her to sit in the middle of the house ‘receiving

when she had implored him in the name of her mother to spare her, he gave her a solemn promise to make her his wife503, — a

ity sought advice from the autochthon Alalcomenos, and by his counsel gave out that he was going to marry another ; and cutt

al hymn was sung, the nymphs of the Tritôn furnished the bath, Bœotia gave pipes and dances, and the pretended bride was pla

it said, was reared in Eubœa ; but Zeus stole her away, and Cithærôn gave him a shady cavern to conceal her in. When her nu

nguage, which expresses origin and resemblance by terms of paternity, gave a mortal progeny to Ares. As a person who came by

elios (for what can escape the piercing eye of the Sun-god ?), and he gave information to the injured artist. Hephæstos diss

g mistress : the heedless lovers were caught in the net : the Sun-god gave notice ; the husband returned, and standing at hi

who waited on him, and whom he endowed with reason and speech573. He gave to Minôs, king of Crete, the brazen man Talôs, wh

y580. He is said to have asked Pallas-Athene in marriage of Zeus, who gave him permission to win her if he could. Hephæstos

brate his birth. They washed and swathed the infant deity, and Themis gave him nectar and ambrosia. As soon as he had tasted

tly signifies the Place of Enquiry, a title well suited to an oracle, gave occasion to the legend above related, and also to

for the formation of which name, as we may perceive, Delphi probably gave its aid, as it did also for that of the change of

power, his possessions ; the nymph but urges her speed the more. Fear gave wings to the nymph, love to the god. Exhausted an

tial tears, places her on the funereal pyre : extracting the babe, he gave him to be reared by Cheirôn, the centaur. To puni

pollo would desert her, she wisely chose to match with her equal, and gave her hand to her mortal lover627. Cassandra, daugh

he tears of the nymphs and rural gods for the fate of their companion gave origin to the stream which bore his name649. This

pollo was born, Zeus adorned him with a golden headband and lyre, and gave him moreover a team to drive (the team were swans

he pure god Phœbos-Apollo ; and this connection with the god of music gave origin to the fable, as it is esteemed, of the me

that it was the similitude of his name to an epithet of the god which gave occasion to it. The noisy chirping tettix (cicada

e pains of child-birth. Her indulgent sire assented with a smile, and gave her not one but thirty towns. She speeds to Crete

les. She was therefore probably regarded as a goddess of nature, that gave vigour and growth to plants and animals by the me

with his beauty, put him into a coffer, unknown to all the gods, and gave him to Persephone to keep. But as soon as she beh

third with Aphrodite, and the remaining third with Persephone. Adonis gave his own portion to Aphrodite, and lived happily w

he hero Iasôn was setting forth in quest of the Golden Fleece, Athena gave him a cloak wrought by herself796. She taught thi

red to her. Athena was most honoured in Athens, the city to which she gave name, where the splendid festivals of the Panathe

ed, namely, a share in the formation of the fatal Pandora, to whom he gave her ‘currish mind and artful disposition838.’ One

ill be shown in the sequel. We shall also find that it was Hermes who gave to Nephele the gold-fleeced ram to save her child

the day in delightful converse : And joy they mutually received and gave . ‘Bright-veiled Hecate’ arrives to congratulate

ulture first practised in their country. They fabled that the goddess gave to Triptolemos (Thrice-plough), who occupies the

Erysichthôn, who impiously cut down her sacred grove. This infliction gave occasion for the exercise of the filial piety and

place of her retreat till Pan in his huntings chanced to see her. He gave information to Zeus, who sent the Fates to her, a

eity presiding over that unseen world. It may be doubted whether they gave him a consort (for in the Italian system such was

d, of seeking to discover the causes of remarkable appearances, which gave origin to most of the ideas respecting the recond

wn946. Those who took a less sublime view of the sanctity of marriage gave him Dionysos and Aphrodite for parents947. He was

n, it seems to be equivalent to fate. Achilleus says, that his mother gave him the choice of two keres ; — one, to die early

cle1036, and to have voluntarily resigned it to her sister Phœbe, who gave it as a christeninggift1037 to Phœbos-Apollo.

nown. It was further observed by the ancient critics, that Marôn, who gave the wine to Odysseus, was the priest of Apollo, n

possible the Bramins imposed, as they have since done on the English, gave out that Dionysos was a native Indian, who, havin

h. In due time it came to the birth, and Zeus then naming it Dionysos gave it to Hermes to convey to Ino, the sister of Seme

man named Icarios the culture of the vine. Icarios having made wine, gave of it to some shepherds, who thinking themselves

ho are born to die as soon as possible1207.” He also, it is said1208, gave the king a long account of an immense country whi

Satyr perhaps, or it may be his own sacred beast the ass1223 ; others gave him Hermes1224 or Adonis1225, or even Zeus himsel

iests told how he detained Helena when Paris was driven to Egypt, and gave him an image or phantom in her stead, and then re

thsaying1268. Some said he dwelt with the Nereïdes at Delos, where he gave responses to all who sought them1269 ; according

owever, to assimilate them to their neighbours, the Grææ and Gorgons, gave them Phor-cys and Keto for parents1285. Their nam

nt-vessel ; and when the monster had devoured two more of his victims gave him wine to drink, and then while he was sleeping

assistants of Hephæstos1340. As they were now artists in one line, it gave no surprise to find them engaged in a task adapte

were destroyed by the gods (though the reverse may be the truth) that gave occasion to the fiction of a Giant-war. The penin

made the sire of the Chimæra, Echidna, and other monsters. The Greeks gave his name to the Egyptian dæmon Baby, the opponent

seus, after having hospitably entertained him for an entire month, he gave him all the winds but Zephyros tied up in a bag o

et out to release them or share their fate, he was met by Hermes, who gave him a plant named Moly, potent against her magic,

a command from Zeus, she was obliged to consent to his departure. She gave the hero tools to build a raft or light vessel, s

ace : the third were martial, but not yet utterly wicked : the fourth gave way to every species of vice and crime, Astræa le

ived him, and stealing the fire in a hollow staff1464, brought it and gave it to man. Zeus then sent Pandora on earth to dec

stole fire, and with it the artist-skill of Athena and Hephæstos, and gave it to man. He was also regarded as the creator of

o make images of clay, on which he caused the winds to blow, and thus gave them life1473. A third said that Prometheus had f

ormed she was attired by the Seasons and Graces ; each of the deities gave the commanded gifts, and she was named Pandora (A

as also speedily raised to the rank of creator of mankind, to whom he gave the fire which he had stolen from heaven. Yet eve

who sought the life of the infant Iasôn ; and to save him his parents gave out that he was dead, and meantime conveyed him b

ed and took possession of the kingdom, which however he shortly after gave up to Acastos the son of Pelias, who had accompan

of Helios and Antiope, and born at Ephyra or Corinth, which his sire gave to him ; but he committed the charge of it to Bun

eir presence1569, and bestowed armour on the bridegroom1570 ; Cheirôn gave him an ashen spear1571, and Poseidôn the immortal

Ἰξίων. Ixion. Ixiôn was the son of Antiôn or Peisiôn ; others gave him Phlegyas or the god Ares for a sire. He obtai

Erymanthian boar, he was entertained by the Centaur Pholos ; and this gave rise to a conflict between him and the other Cent

eus was devoted to agriculture, and it was said that the god Dionysos gave him a vine-plant and taught him the mode of its c

the Peloponnese ; and as his grandfather was now too old to reign, he gave the kingdom to Andræmôn, who had married Gorgo th

e boar : Peleus accidentally killed Eurytiôn : Atalanta with an arrow gave the monster his first wound : Amphiaraos shot him

ion of that period Athena herself prepared for him a palace, and Zeus gave him Harmonia the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite i

admos-Hermes, i. e. Hermes Regulator or Disposer, a cosmogonie power, gave name to a portion of the Pelasgian race, and that

personified Cadmeians) happening also to signify the Regulator, that gave rise to all this mystery in which he is enveloped

altar ; but Nephele snatched away both her son and her daughter, and gave them a gold-fleeced ram she had obtained from Her

to Colchis, to Æetes the son of Helios, who received him kindly, and gave him in marriage Chalciope his daughter. He there

lciope his daughter. He there sacrificed his ram to Zeus Phyxios, and gave the golden fleece to Æetes, who nailed it to an o

nd sought to introduce his orgies into his native city. The women all gave enthusiastically into the new religion, and Mount

ine on a solemn occasion, his love overcame his prudence, and Iocasta gave birth to a son, whom his father delivered to his

rôn. The herdsman, moved to compassion, according to one account1684, gave the babe to a neatherd belonging to Polybos king

he power of vision. Zeus, as one god cannot undo the acts of another, gave him in compensation an extent of life for seven g

is said to have been the first who sacrificed to the Graces. Eteocles gave a portion of his territory to Halmos the son of S

ing of great size and strength. The son of Minyas was Orchomenos, who gave name to the town ; and with him the race of Halmo

d the military class of the Minyans. It was probably their name which gave occasion to the legend of their destruction1710.

hed to have children ; and going to Delphi, he consulted the god, who gave him in oracular phrase the prudent advice to marr

used to pay. In this battle Amphitryôn fell valiantly fighting. Creôn gave his daughter Megara in marriage to Heracles, and

the matter before judges. When the cause was tried, Phyleus honestly gave testimony against his father ; and Augeas in a ra

nger made the bull run wild and furious. When Heracles arrived, Minôs gave him permission to take him if he could. The hero

the brother of Amycos. He took a large portion of their territory and gave it to Lycos, who named it Heracleia. The hero rea

hood to bend his bow against the Sun-god ; who, admiring his courage, gave him his golden cup to pass over to Erytheia. As h

ught the apples to Eurystheus, who returned them to him ; and he then gave them to Athena. The goddess carried them back to

hero having now performed all his tasks, returned to Thebes, where he gave Megara in marriage to Iolaos. Wishing himself to

stolen by Autolycos, his suspicions fell upon Heracles. Iphitos, who gave no credit to this charge, betook himself to that

be removed if he let himself be sold for three years as a slave, and gave the purchase-money to Eurytos as a compensation f

acles slew with his arrows Laomedôn and all his sons but Podarkes. He gave Hesione to Telamôn as a reward of his valour, and

erds finding him named him Telephos from that circumstance1777. Aleos gave his daughter Auge to Nauplios the son of Poseidôn

horns was broken off by the victorious hero. The vanquished river-god gave him in exchange for it the horn of Amaltheia1779.

s many verses as the Odyssey. Pherecydes, Hellanicus and Hecatæus all gave the adventures of Heracles a place in their works

aïs in Lower Egypt to Attica, where he civilised the rude aborigines, gave them religion, marriage, and other social institu

mmortality on the babe. She laid him therefore in a coffer, which she gave in charge to Pandrosos the daughter of Cecrops, w

04. Having with his assistance come off victorious in the contest, he gave him his daughter Procne in marriage, by whom Tere

ocris on finding how she had been deceived fled to Crete, where Minôs gave her an inevitable dart, and a dog named Lælaps (W

red herself and reproached him, but they were soon reconciled and she gave him the dog and dart. The story then concludes as

a to the protection of his father. Poseidôn took him to Æthiopia, and gave him to his daughter Benthesicyme to rear. When Eu

cyme to rear. When Eumolpos was grown up, the husband of Benthesicyme gave him one of his two daughters in marriage ; but Eu

fly. He came with his son Ismaros to Tegyrios, a king of Thrace, who gave his daughter in marriage to Ismaros. But Eumolpos

d the resemblance between it and the name of the Icarian sea probably gave occasion to the legend of the flight through the

accused him to Prœtos of an attempt on her honour. The credulous king gave ear to her falsehood, but would not incur the rep

rers for the death of Apis. When Io had been changed into a cow, Hera gave the charge of watching her to Argos1895. Ἰώ.

e god of ingenious devices made the attempt ; but as a vulture always gave Argos warning of his projects, he found it imposs

Belos assigned the country of Libya to his son Danaos ; to Ægyptos he gave Arabia. The latter conquered the country of the M

put her into close confinement. Relenting however after some time, he gave his consent to her union with Lynceus, and procla

ed, and driven out of Argos. He fled to Lycia, where the king Iobates gave him his daughter Anteia or Sthenobœa in marriage,

Prœtides, died ; but the others were restored to sanity ; and Prœtos gave them in marriage to Melampûs and his brother Bias

as her son. She replied that he was the offspring of Zeus. Her father gave no credit to her protestations. Inclosing her and

. The Grææ complied with his desire, and he came unto the Nymphs, who gave him their precious possessions : he then flung th

s equipped, and grasping the adamantine scimitar (harpe) which Hermes gave him, he mounted into the air, accompanied by the

he helmet to Hermes, by whom they were brought back to the Nymphs. He gave the Gorgon’s head to Athena, who set it in the mi

s blood which fell on the sand-wastes of Libya, as he flew over them, gave origin to the numerous broods of serpents by whic

her Licymnios, retired to Thebes, where he was purified by Creôn, who gave his daughter Perimede in marriage to Licymnios. A

thion (τίτθη a nurse). Here one of the goats that fed on the mountain gave it suck, and the goatherd’s dog kept guard over i

root in this case also was ATKH, lux, light ; and similarity of sound gave occasion to the legends of wolves, of which there

s a noxious beast ; Zeus then, it is said, took the unborn infant and gave it to Maia to rear. It is also said that Areas, h

Calliste ; and he adds that it was the ancient poet Pamphôs who first gave Artemis this epithet in his verses, having learne

teeds Phlogios and Harpagos, the children of the Harpy Podarge : Hera gave , them the swift Xanthos and Cyllaros. The brother

s inconsolable for the loss of his brother ; and Zeus, on his prayer, gave him his choice of being taken up himself to Olymp

and unseen, he brought him to the hill of Kronos at Olympia, where he gave him the double treasure of prophecy by augury and

a, which made him immortal ; but he stole some of the divine food and gave it to his friends on earth. For this Zeus hung a

stolen the golden dog which had guarded the goat that reared the god, gave it to Tantalos to keep. Hermes being sent to recl

manner : Œnomaos placing his daughter in the chariot with the suitor, gave him the start ; he followed himself with a spear

er, when giving an account of Agamemnôn’s sceptre, says2070 that Zeus gave it to Hermes, by whom it was given to ‘horse-lash

to be the daughter of the king, demanded her in marriage. Thesprotos gave her to him. She was already pregnant by her fathe

in them. Of Agamemnôn’s sceptre it is said that Hephæstos made it and gave it to Zeus, who gave it to Hermes, by whom it was

’s sceptre it is said that Hephæstos made it and gave it to Zeus, who gave it to Hermes, by whom it was presented to ‘horse-

it to Hermes, by whom it was presented to ‘horse-lashing’ Pelops, who gave it to Atreus the shepherd of the people, who when

years at Cnossos, and was the intimate friend (ὀαριστὴς) of Zeus, who gave him wise laws and regulations for his people. Min

uld be the bride of Dionysos. The god appeared, enjoyed her love, and gave her a golden crown, which was afterwards placed a

de the blond Ariadne Minôs’ maid his blooming spouse, And Kronos’ son gave her immortal life. Ariadne (Much-pleasing) evide

the moon as a cow prevailed in early Greece, the horns of the latter gave occasion to the idea of her riding or driving ste

pos then reigned, having slain a serpent which ravaged the island. He gave his daughter in marriage to Telamôn, and left him

him the kingdom. Telamôn accompanied Heracles to Troy ; and the hero gave him Hesione the daughter of Laomedôn, by whom he

he son of Poseidôn by Euryale the daughter of Minyas ; and his father gave him the power of wading through the depths of the

h Lemnos, and came to the forge of Hephæstos, who taking pity on him, gave him Kedaliôn (Guardian), one of his men, to be hi

the union of astronomy with mythology in the Alexandrian period that gave occasion to the catasterism of so many heroes and

argest and handsomest of mortals. Their relative positions in the sky gave occasion to the mythe of his love and pursuit of

pted the invitation, Heracles alone refusing to quit the vessel. They gave themselves up to joy and festivity, till on the r

not to be rejected : the hero swore : Medeia, who was an enchantress, gave him a salve to rub his body, shield, and spear. T

ment, for such were the ornaments on the shields of the strangers. He gave Deïpyla to Tydeus, and Argeia to the Theban princ

pinion, the decision should be left to Eriphyle. Polyneices therefore gave her the collar of Harmonia, and the prophet was r

lared that victory would fall to Thebes, if Menœceus the son of Creôn gave himself a voluntary victim ; and that heroic yout

e Argives to be buried. Regardless of the menaced penalties, Antigone gave sepulture to the body of her brother Polyneices,

ïcles, and from him went to Phegeus at Psophis, who purified him, and gave him his daughter Arsinoe in marriage. He presente

to the springs of Acheloös was purified by the river-god himself, who gave him to wife his daughter Callirrhoe. On the soil

e were called Teucrians2191. He was well received by this prince, who gave him his daughter Bateia2192 in marriage, and a pa

carried off to Olympos by the gods, to be the cup-bearer of Zeus, who gave Trôs in compensation some horses of the Olympian

six foals of surpassing fleetness, four of which he kept, and two he gave to draw the war-car of his son2195. Ilos went to

ty youths and as many maids. The king also in obedience to an oracle, gave him a spotted cow, and told him to build a city w

fered to terminate the contest. After the death of Callidice Odysseus gave the kingdom to his son by her, named Polypœtes, a

d them, at times however showing a slight substratum of reality which gave them support. Such was the voyage of the Argonaut

e they were undoubted articles of actual belief ; and Hesiod probably gave no more than the popular creed when he said of th

the Roman youths appointed for the purpose approached the statue, it gave an audible reply to their demand if it was willin

oundness. The Exegetes, or guides, were more probably the persons who gave explanations of this kind to strangers. 63. Lobe

3. There may be some connexion between Delphi and δϵλϕύѕ, womb, which gave occasion to the notion. Welcker (Kret. Kol. 45.)

wn, only a figurative representation of things on earth, while Milton gave utterance to his genuine conception of what heave

c. Like Argiletum (above, p. 9.), its form admitting of decomposition gave origin to the one-eyed giants of the Odyssey, who

him Cerberos, and gives him fifty heads. See also Th. 769-773. Others gave him one hundred heads. Horace, Carm. ii. 13, 34.

ooked ambiguous nature of oracular responses ; but Artemis, who never gave oracles, was named Loxo. 664. This word is conne

n (Hygin. 146. Claud. R. P. ii. 11-35. Stat. Achil. ii. 150.). Others gave her the Sirens as attendants (Apoll. Rh. iv. 896.

l. 168. 1385. Eudocia, 373. Tzetz. Lyc. 712. The tomb of Parthenope gave name to the city afterwards called Neapolis (Napl

1625. Apollod. iii. 4. Pherecydes ut sup. This writer says that Ares gave the teeth to Cadmos, and desired him to sow them.

Cadmeians would signify Eastmen or Ostmen, the name the Scandinavians gave themselves in Ireland. But these left traces at l

m with shield and spear. Peisander and Stesichorus were the first who gave him the club and lion-skin. Athen. xii. 513. 173

e Phœnician Melcart (who was identified with Heracles) at Gades which gave occasion to this localization of Erytheia, and al

n. xi. 470. Pcisander said it was Occanos, Panyasis said Nereus, that gave him the cup (Athen. ut sup.). Sec above, p. 54.

steria were names of springs. 1922. The blood of Pentheus and Actæôn gave origin to springs on Cithærôn (Philostr. Im. i. 1

nlikely that it was the resemblance of sound in Lycia and Lyctos that gave occasion to the legend in the text. Another accou

no such edifice ever did exist in Crete. The real Labyrinth of Egypt gave occasion to it. See Hoeck's Kreta, i. p. 56. seq.

2175. See Od. xi. 326 ; xv. 244. seq. 2176. For the two last some gave Mecisteus and Eteocles son of Iphis. 2177. Ophel

. One of the Cyclic poets (ap. Sch. Eur. Orest. 1370.) said that Zeus gave Laomedôn a golden vine for Ganymedes. Ἄμπϵλον ἥν

fiction was as old as the time of Stesichorus, who said that Proteus gave Paris a phantom (ϵἴδωλoν) of Helena, which he too

welve altars, because it was composed of twelve months. It was he who gave his name to January. He is usually represented wi

teries of Terra, the mother of the gods. They also affirm that Cybele gave her own name to that goddess, and that the Coryba

It was she who first fortified the walls of cities with towers; which gave rise to the representation of a crown of towers u

s. The horn of this goat, called the cornucopia or horn of plenty, he gave to the nymphs, and by it they were favoured with

Campus, who kept the prison, and delivered his relatives. The Cyclops gave a helmet to Pluto and a trident to Neptune. With

Pluto. For himself he reserved the jurisdiction of heaven and earth; gave Neptune the sovereignty of the sea; and appointed

heard the prayers of men; Feretrius, because he smote his enemies or gave peace; Fulminator, or Ceraunius, because he hurle

because he made the laws and customs of hospitality; Zeus, because he gave life to animals, &c. &c. “Here a vast hi

esented them as having been driven into the Infernal Regions. So they gave the name of Tartarus to the river Tartese, in Spa

e first woman that Vulcan formed. As soon as she was created, Minerva gave her wisdom; Venus, beauty; Apollo, a knowledge of

Prometheus taught the Scythians to live mildly and comfortably; which gave rise to the saying that he made a man with the ai

hind him stood. There Argus lies; and all that wond’rous light, Which gave his hundred eyes their useful sight, Lies buried

nts while they sleep in cradles. Nundina was invoked by parents, who gave names to their children soon after their birth; a

mans drank new and old wine, which served them for physic. The Romans gave thanks to Vitula, the goddess of mirth, for mitig

a, to plough, sow, and reap, to bake bread, and rear fruit trees. She gave him her chariot, drawn by winged dragons, and bad

Fig. 9. Ceres. “Ceres was she who first our furrows plough’d; Who gave sweet fruits, and early food allow’d; Ceres first

es love thy shrilly tone; Apollo calls thee all his own; ‘Twas he who gave that voice to thee, Tis he who tunes thy minstrel

le, which had previously wandered about in the Ægean Sea. Here Latona gave birth to Apollo and Diana. Juno discovered her re

pollo was the inventor of the Lyre, while others advance that Mercury gave him this instrument in exchange for the famous ca

He flayed Marsyas alive, because he contended with him in music; and gave Midas, king of Phrygia, a pair of “asses’ ears,”

iobe returned to Lycia, where she ended her days in sorrow. The poets gave out, that she had been turned into a rock, becaus

h, where it remained till its birth. This ridiculous fable afterwards gave Bacchus the surname of Bimater, or one who has tw

ng in her hands a whip and a torch. In her temple at Rome, the senate gave audience to foreign ambassadors. Her priests, cal

noble simplicity of history for the brilliant attire of poetry. They gave out, that Mars had been acquitted by the twelve g

represent the alternate return of winter and summer. Venus. “Heav’n gave her life, the sea a cradle gave, And earth’s wide

of winter and summer. Venus. “Heav’n gave her life, the sea a cradle gave , And earth’s wide regions her with joy receive.”

Obs. 6. — The mixture of the history of Astarte with that of Venus, gave rise to the fable of Adonis, which is thus explai

r’s death, and plunging his sword into her own body; she fell on him, gave him a bitter kiss, and died. The fountain ceasing

loss of their lives was attributed to the fault of their feet. Venus gave Hippomonus some apples of the Hesperides, who art

f Leucate remained famous, and the unfortunate Sappho, to whom Greece gave the name of “the tenth muse,” still came to incre

kles from the tortur’d steel, Huge strokes, rough Sterops and Brontes gave , And strong Pyracmon shook the gloomy cave; Befor

tus, tended by Apollo. This theft being discovered by Battus, Mercury gave him a cow to keep the secret; but to test his fid

the amiable and the execrable, of good and evil. Thus, the Egyptians gave the name of Osiris and Isis to the sun and moon.

le, or water in general, was the principle of all things, and it only gave motion and life to all that breathes. The Indians

book of Destiny that she would have a son greater than his father, he gave her for a wife to Peleus, who was father to Achil

oose over the world. When Ulysses was returning home from Troy, Æolus gave him all the winds confined in a bag that he might

Calais and Zethes. Boreas, having metamorphosed himself into a horse, gave birth to twelve colts of such swiftness, that the

the world, and with which burning matter he formed the sun, which he gave to the earth for her husband. These produced Tart

dens, was the Chloris of the Greeks. She was married to Zephyrus, who gave her empire over the flowers of the field. She is

worshipped, particularly in Egypt, Arcadia, and Rome. In Arcadia, he gave oracles on Mount Lycæus. At Rome, festivals, call

y amours? Was he not more successful in his addresses to others? What gave rise to the expression, panic fear? Was not Pan’s

an,” continues Diodorus , “is the Nile, to which river the Egyptians gave that name.” “The city of the Sun is Heliopolis; t

ionally embalmed bodies were deposited as security in borrowing. Some gave their own bodies as a pledge; and if they failed

d at the mines of gold and silver. This work being done under ground, gave rise to the saying, that he had penetrated the In

ing notice of it. The gods ordered Mercury to recall him to life, and gave him an ivory shoulder as a substitute for the one

his wife to destroy their child soon after his birth; but the mother gave this child to a servant, and ordered her to expos

rected altars to Misericordia or Mercy. The Romans imitated them, and gave to those temples the name of Asylums. Virtue, whi

the souls of great men inhabited the abodes of the gods. This opinion gave rise to the worship paid to them. The worship of

s, his rival as well as the soldiers who accompanied him; and finally gave the head to Minerva, who fixed it on her aegis. —

orious. Jobates was so pleased with the bravery of the youth, that he gave him his daughter Philonœ in marriage, and also hi

is thence called the Icarian sea. Ariadne was daughter to Minos. She gave Theseus a clue of thread by which he let himself

e of Phyllis, almost similar to that of Phylla, an almond-tree, alone gave rise to this fable. The poets added, that the alm

king of Athens, the first who divided the people into tribes, and who gave a regular and civilized form to the state. Some p

a close engagement, he slew all the Amazons except the queen, whom he gave in marriage to Theseus. The belt was presented to

er and Antiope, and was an eminent musician. His instructer, Mercury, gave him a lute, at the sound of which the stones were

honius succeeded him. Erichthonius was succeeded by his son Tros, who gave his name to the city of Troy, and the name of Tro

ndfather to Anchises; and the third, Ilius, succeeded his father, and gave the name of Ilion to a citadel which he built at

which Ladomedon, her father, had exposed her by order of the oracle, gave her in marriage to Telamon: whereupon Paris equip

The judges were so captivated by the eloquence of Ulysses, that they gave judgment in his favour; upon which Ajax was so fr

her to marry another man, and violate the vows of fidelity which she gave to Ulysses when he departed. She was besieged by

the stars, and the first who represented the world by a sphere; which gave rise to the fable in which he is said to have sus

esent form. By the motion of the air, the particles of fire rose, and gave to the sun, moon, and stars, their circular motio

equal number of statues in wax, each containing a piece of flesh, and gave one to every priest of all the different deities,

d the popular religion in other countries, was rejected. The Persians gave to the good principle the name of Oromasdes; and

h, and immolated to him human victims, chiefly children. The Moabites gave the name of Beel Phegor to the sun, and honored h

ings lived several sares. Some learned men believe that the Chaldeans gave the name of years to their days. In the Chaldean

the manner of building cities and temples, and of establishing laws, gave them the principles of geometry, and taught them

of wood against another. Their children, who were of huge dimensions, gave their names to the mountains. Hence the names of

dium in length. The stadium was one hundred and twenty toises1, which gave half one thousand in circumference. The whole wor

nd the rooms above mentioned; but that monarch, according to Berosus, gave it much more extent by the edifices which he buil

lations that caused a kind of drunkenness to those who approached it, gave birth to the oracle of Delphi. The founders began

he priestess spoke in the name of the god; at others, the god himself gave his replies. In some places, they were received d

r language; but when one succeeded in comprehending what she said, he gave out that the dove, or Pleiai, had spoken. Such is

ain, were given to her to be chewed. After these preparations, Apollo gave intelligence of his arrival in the temple by a dr

holy fright. In fine, unable to resist the god who agitated her, she gave herself up to him, and uttered by intervals some

abyss, over which stood the tripod. They collected her speeches, and gave them to poets, another sort of ministers, who put

e. These verses were often harsh, ill done, and always obscure, which gave rise to the raillery, that Apollo, chief of the M

ernor of Cicilia, says Plutarch, wished to send a spy to the gods. He gave his emissary a sealed billet to be handed in at M

ized the envoys, but they durst hot punish them without judgment, and gave for their judges two priestesses and two men. The

d they were absolved. Chapter XIII. Of the Sibyls. The ancients gave the name of Sibyls to a certain number of girls w

i. Diodorus says that she was often smitten with a divine fury; which gave her the name of Sibyl. 4. The Sibyl of Cumæ, or t

which remained. Tarquin, fearing that she would burn the last three, gave her the sum she demanded. After this king had acq

be contested; but the origin of this wonderful man, the country which gave him birth, the time in which he flourished, and v

ship which was paid to the god Odin. It is known that several nations gave their pontiffs the name of the god whom they serv

force of his enchantments, he took away the strength of his enemies, gave back health again to his friends, and discovered

a god in a country where nobody equalled him, and in which the people gave the name of prodigies to all at whose exploits th

ho, according to the Edda, presided over the seasons of the year, and gave fertility, riches, and peace. The number and empl

pronounced. Wale was the formidable god of the bow. The Scandinavians gave to the bad principle the name of Loke, and placed

ncipal divinities of the North, or, rather, the ideas which the poets gave of them to the credulous. It was by fictions, som

f wood, out of which they formed man and woman. The elder of the sons gave them soul and life; the second, motion and scienc

ic night. I was rock’d in giants’ cradle,     Giants’ lore my wisdom gave ; I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie i

l the magnificence known in that age. The kings and chief lords first gave toasts or salutes in honor of the gods; after whi

isoners of war. The wandering people of Africa and of America, again, gave themselves up to this guilty folly. But we cease

manes from their tombs, and forced them to relate the destinies. Odin gave out, that he had this power; an ancient Icelandic

and although they did not suffer themselves to be perceived, yet they gave warnings by some kind of omen. Every man believed

But it is not easy to reconcile with these sublime maxims, that which gave to fathers the right of life and death over their

duce. We have no doubt of the existence of that atrocious maxim which gave the Druids the horrible right of employing force

ancient theologists called life by the name of Jupiter, to whom they gave a two fold appellation, δια, dia, and ξηνα, xena,

rmed with her beauty, and each one demanded her for his wife. Jupiter gave her to Vulcan, in gratitude for the service he ha

as complete. The cords were nine, in honor of the nine Muses. Mercury gave the lyre to Apollo, and received from him in exch

ace, and buoyed up the earth. Here some god — it is not known which — gave his good offices in arranging and disposing the e

and kneading it up with water, made man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while all other a

ade in heaven, every god contributing something to perfect her. Venus gave her beauty, Mercury persuasion, Apollo music, etc

rival, and a javelin which would never fail of its mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband. Cephalus was so ha

. While he hesitated the dogs saw him. First Melampus, a Spartan dog, gave the signal with his bark, then Pamphagus, Dorceus

. At a given signal Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful fo

, he struck the river-bank with his trident, and the earth opened and gave him a passage to Tartarus. Ceres sought her daugh

uld not even then believe that it was only ivory. He caressed it, and gave it presents such as young girls love, — bright sh

returned home, he went to see his statue, and leaning over the couch, gave a kiss to the mouth. It seemed to be warm. He pre

ten with swelling waves, and the east wind to blow a gale. The master gave the word to take in sail, but the storm forbade o

is departure. “While he lingered here, and cast off his tacklings, he gave me his last kiss.” While she reviews every object

om, yet, as it was of some shipwrecked one, she was deeply moved, and gave it her tears, saying, “Alas! unhappy one, and unh

and laughed at him, adding cruel words to her ungentle treatment, and gave not the slightest gleam of hope. “Iphis could not

homage due only to the immortal powers to the exaltation of a mortal gave great offence to the real Venus. Shaking her ambr

adjoining alcove when it pleases you to take your seat there.” Psyche gave ear to the admonitions of her vocal attendants, a

bushes and the trunks of the trees.” Thus the compassionate river god gave Psyche instructions how to accomplish her task, a

er broad forehead to the sky, filled the air with her lowings. Cadmus gave thanks, and stooping down kissed the foreign soil

e!” These five joined with Cadmus in building his city, to which they gave the name of Thebes. Cadmus obtained in marriage H

ddressing the modern Greeks, he says, — “You have the letters Cadmus gave , Think you he meant them for a slave?” Milton,

help, for the disease attacked them also, and the contact of the sick gave them infection, so that the most faithful were th

rned to look upon death as the only deliverer from disease. Then they gave way to every inclination, and cared not to ask wh

s numerous as these, and replenish my empty city.’ The tree shook and gave a rustling sound with its branches, though no win

radled, shall not be polluted with such a monster!” Thus he said, and gave orders that equitable terms should be allowed to

ded to that one who produced the gift most useful to mortals. Neptune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. The gods g

mortals. Neptune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. The gods gave judgment that the olive was the more useful of th

and was displeased. She assumed the form of an old woman and went and gave Arachne some friendly advice “I have had much exp

atman who sees the storm gathering and makes all sail for the port, — gave the rein to his horses and attempted to escape. T

reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he cut off her head and gave it to Minerva, who fixed it in the middle of her

d holding on by a projecting fragment, as the monster floated near he gave him a death stroke. The people who had gathered o

temple of Minerva. He did so, and as he slept Minerva came to him and gave him a golden bridle. When he awoke the bridle rem

gth Iobates, seeing that the hero was a special favorite of the gods, gave him his daughter in marriage and made him his suc

ook measures to send them out of her reach. Mercury assisted her, and gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set

etes, king of the country. Phryxus sacrificed the ram to Jupiter, and gave the golden fleece to Æetes, who placed it in a co

my gift; die, now, for thine own crime. Return the life which twice I gave thee, first at thy birth, again when I snatched t

ing away her face, she threw the fatal wood upon the burning pile. It gave , or seemed to give, a deadly groan. Meleager, abs

Hence she gathered three golden apples, and, unseen by any one else, gave them to Hippomenes, and told him how to use them.

d travellers for a stated fee. Hercules himself forded the river, but gave Dejanira to Nessus to be carried across. Nessus a

d to die, ascended Mount Œta, where he built a funeral pile of trees, gave his bow and arrows to Philoctetes, and laid himse

his honor, yet no one can deny that he has deserved it.” The gods all gave their assent; Juno only heard the closing words w

in heaven, Atlas felt the added weight. Juno, now reconciled to him, gave him her daughter Hebe in marriage.   The poet Sch

repeated every fifth year in midsummer, and continued five days. They gave rise to the custom of reckoning time and dating e

The larger ones he secured with thread and the smaller with wax, and gave the whole a gentle curvature like the wings of a

the heat will melt them. Keep near me and you will be safe.” While he gave him these instructions and fitted the wings to hi

is charge to be taught the mechanical arts. He was an apt scholar and gave striking evidences of ingenuity. Walking on the s

nd the Swan, under which disguise Jupiter had concealed himself. Leda gave birth to an egg from which sprang the twins. Hele

radiance. She was consumed to ashes. Jove took the infant Bacchus and gave him in charge to the Nisæan nymphs, who nourished

nd her, consoled her, and made her his wife. As a marriage present he gave her a golden crown, enriched with gems, and when

the rein, and will take you through the air in a short time.” So she gave her the rein, and she drove away and soon reached

to get my arms at liberty, panting and reeking with perspiration. He gave me no chance to recover, but seized my throat. My

the goat Amalthea. Jupiter broke off one of the horns of the goat and gave it to his nurses, and endowed it with the wonderf

h longer, and who can feel like them the call to rescue the life they gave from an untimely end?” But the parents, distresse

lcestis from the grave,     Whom Jove’s great son to her glad husband gave , Rescued from death by force, though pale and fai

ingdom to his brother. Polynices fled to Adrastus, king of Argos, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and aided him with

on, the decision should be left to Eriphyle. Polynices, knowing this, gave Eriphyle the collar of Harmonia, and thereby gain

dess in her wrath deprived him of his sight, but afterwards relenting gave him in compensation the knowledge of future event

red that victory should fall to Thebes if Menœceus, the son of Creon, gave himself a voluntary victim. The heroic youth, lea

y the body with her own hands. She was detected in the act, and Creon gave orders that she should be buried alive, as having

to remain with him, and not accompany her husband to Ithaca. Ulysses gave Penelope her choice, to stay or go with him. Pene

s were wet with tears. Proserpine could not resist, and Pluto himself gave way. Eurydice was called. She came from among the

one of them put her head above the water and seeing him, returned and gave information to his mother, who ordered that he sh

hey grew up among the shepherds, not knowing their parentage. Mercury gave Amphion a lyre and taught him to play upon it, an

n of Neptune. He was a handsome giant and a mighty hunter. His father gave him the power of wading through the depths of the

hed Lemnos, and came to the forge of Vulcan, who, taking pity on him, gave him Kedalion, one of his men, to be his guide to

nd I thought no more of him, till on a sudden he came to a spot which gave him a view of us as we sat. ‘I see you,’ he excla

as his decision in her own favor. Paris decided in favor of Venus and gave her the golden apple, thus making the two other g

city walls beheld his whole army in full flight towards the city. He gave command to open wide the gates to receive the fug

disclosed himself, and Achilles, perceiving how he had been deluded, gave up the chase. But when the rest had escaped into

land. The Greeks then constructed an immense wooden horse, which they gave out was intended as a propitiatory offering to Mi

arried captives to Greece. Cassandra had been loved by Apollo, and he gave her the gift of prophecy; but afterwards offended

days, The mode of spinning, when the Egyptian prince A golden distaff gave that beauteous nymph, Too beauteous Helen; no unc

or an invigorating draught, called Nepenthe, which the Egyptian queen gave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife o

ave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up

them at his will. He treated Ulysses hospitably, and at his departure gave him, tied up in a leathern bag, with a silver str

music grew fainter till it ceased to be heard, when with joy Ulysses gave his companions the signal to unseal their ears, a

to discover them. The roar of the waters as Charybdis ingulphed them, gave warning at a distance, but Scylla could nowhere b

th the means of constructing a raft, provisioned it well for him, and gave him a favoring gale. He sped on his course prospe

g us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the king rising gave his hand to Ulysses and led him to a seat, displa

se, Who yet appointed him both good and ill, Took from him sight, but gave him strains divine.” He took for his theme the “

d him, removed at once from him the appearance of age and penury, and gave him the aspect of vigorous manhood that belonged

igh, down fell his ears Clapped close, and with his tail glad sign he gave Of gratulation, impotent to rise, And to approach

When he mildly remonstrated, one of them, raised a stool and with it gave him a blow. Telemachus had hard work to restrain

better success, and, amidst the laughter and jeers of his companions, gave it up. Another tried it and another; they rubbed

o difference to her.” 24 At the feast which followed the games, Æneas gave at her request a recital of the closing events of

ere seen by the departing Trojans, and, though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the fatal event.   Th

of Sicily, where Acestes, a prince of Trojan lineage, bore sway, who gave them a hospitable reception, the Trojans re-embar

held, Till in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way.” The ships at last reached the shores of It

them, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numer

ing of the door the wind rushed in and dispersed the leaves the Sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle wa

as long as he could, but, finding his opposition unavailing, finally gave way and retreated to his retirement. Opening th

m and drew together the fierce savages, formed them into society, and gave them laws. Such peace and plenty ensued that men

use of them, as well as how to harness the ox to the plough. He then gave men laws, the institution of marriage, a civil or

explain the circumstance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalation

d to his honor. Oracle of Apis. At Memphis the sacred bull Apis gave answer to those who consulted him by the manner i

laying his head in her lap, fell asleep. The treacherous virgin then gave a signal, and the hunters made in and captured th

lled for my sister and me, and after he had shown us the creature, he gave me a box on the ear. I fell a-crying, while he, s

ver was beheld before to my knowledge.’ So saying he embraced me, and gave me some money.” It seems unreasonable to doubt a

t of an elder, and called the man Aske and the woman Embla. Odin then gave them life and soul, Vili reason and motion, and V

mouth he encircles the whole earth. Hela he cast into Niffleheim, and gave her power over nine worlds or regions, into which

he has a dreadfully stern and forbidding countenance. The wolf Fenris gave the gods a great deal of trouble before they succ

bride, if he would give him his sword as a reward. Frey consented and gave him the sword, and Skirnir set off on his journey

s only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cup-bearer. “I now see plain

e out of respect for the sacred place where they were assembled. They gave vent to their grief by loud lamentations. When th

o weep, he shall be kept in Hel.” Hermod then rode back to Asgard and gave an account of all he had heard and witnessed. The

noted works were Thor’s hammer, and the ship Skidbladnir, which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could co

ere revered. The Druids taught the existence of one god, to whom they gave a name “Be’ al,” which Celtic antiquaries tell us

r your secret imaginings? Why seared the delicate flowers that genius gave ,     And dash the diamond drops from fancy’s wing

es increased; while their armies, which overran the ‌world, doubtless gave to the Scandanavians and the Gauls their ideas of

ound, He moulded earth into a spacious round: Then, with a breath, he gave the winds to blew; And bade the congregated water

s and Steropes, and Arges brave, Who to the hands of Jove the thunder gave ; They for almighty power did lightning frame, All

_img009 —— “Jealous of the infant’s future power, A stone the mother gave him to devour; Greedy he seized the imaginary chi

th, The good old God his hunger did assuage With roots and herbs, and gave the golden age.” Virgil. “The Golden age was f

whom they called Pandora. All the Gods vied in making presents. Venus gave her beauty, and the art of pleasing; ‌Apollo taug

ollo taught her to sing; Mercury instructed her in eloquence; Minerva gave her the most rich and splendid ornaments. From th

ates that she had received every necessary gift. Jupiter, after this, gave her a beautiful box, which she was ordered to pre

ul, and her tongue Fraught with abuse, and with detraction hung; Jove gave the mandate, and the gods obeyed: First Vulcan fo

ng ill to sight displayed. Thus cursed steel, and more accursed gold, Gave mischief birth, and made the mischief bold, And d

undergoing the vengeance of Juno, who unrelentingly pursued her, she gave birth to an infant on the banks of the Nile, and

e and unfriended, bearing in her bosom the fruit of her weakness, she gave birth to Apollo and Diana. Weary of her confineme

th, he loved the nymph Daphne, and Mercury who had invented the lyre, gave it to him that he might the more effectually give

y should be desolate: So in fine wrath some golden sounds he won, And gave meek Cynthia her Endymion.” Keats. ‌The beauti

er affections, but Venus refused, and the god, to fulfil her destiny, gave her in marriage to Vulcan, the most ugly and defo

by the Greeks, and cestus by the Latins. This mysterious girdle which gave beauty, grace, and elegance when worn even by the

s had heard their several claims, he adjudged the prize to Venus, and gave her the apple, to which she seems entitled from h

lops brethren, arrogant of heart, Who forged the lightning shaft, and gave to Jove His thunder; they were like unto the gods

ime to Thrace, and Venus took refuge in the isle of Cyprus, where she gave birth to Cupid. Vulcan, as we have recorded, was

rom his blue eyes beamed ineffable delight.” Mrs. Tighe. Experience gave confidence to the youthful deity, and when an opp

p to heaven, restored Cupid to his place, and making Psyche immortal, gave her in marriage to the God of love, in the presen

claimed also pre-eminence in beauty, although Paris by his judgment, gave the palm of loveliness to Venus. Insérer image an

War soon recovered. “Thus he, who shakes Olympus with his nod, Then gave to Pæon’s care the bleeding god. With gentle hand

ms to dare A thousand foes to battle. — It was a beautiful faith that gave these gods A name and office! Is he not glorious?

om Apollo; and Briareus, the Cyclops, who was mutually chosen umpire, gave the isthmus to Neptune, and the promontory to Apo

he bard triumphant led From the pale mansions of the astonished dead; Gave the fair phantom to admiring light, Ah! soon agai

And the same evening did he steal away Apollo’s herds.” Shelley. He gave another proof of this propensity, by throwing him

invention of the lyre and seven strings is ascribed to him, which he gave to Apollo, and received in exchange the celebrate

ith the oddity of his appearance; Bacchus was delighted with him, and gave him the name of Pan. ————— “Sprung the rude God

e they consecrated the ass to him; and the people naturally indolent, gave themselves up to every impurity during the celebr

to render him immortal; she had recourse to the sorceress, and Circe gave her an incantation to pronounce. As Lycus walked

who Proteus thus inspired, And with such wages to his service hired, Gave him the rule of all his briny flocks, That feed a

as the daughter of Chaos. From her union with her brother Erebus, she gave birth to day and light: she is called by some of

hich, as the ancients supposed, presided over the actions of mankind, gave them their private councils, and carefully watche

eeding; While old Hymen, who was used to, Cries like that these dames gave loose to,         ‘Take back our love-knots,     

ster, and dipped his arrow in the gall, to render the wounds which he gave , fatal and incurable. He was ordered in his third

ares of Diomedes, which fed upon human flesh. He killed Diomedes, and gave him to be eaten by his mares, which he brought to

nded him. In his anguish, and burning for vengeance on his slayer, he gave Dejanira his tunic, which was covered with his bl

rva, as resplendent as glass, was given him by ‌that goddess. Mercury gave him wings and the Calaria, with a short dagger fo

er might not be without honour, sent for his remains from Scyros, and gave them a magnificent burial. They also raised to hi

ife and majesty.     Leonarde. You will not marvel Ariadne loved. She gave the secret clue that led him safe Throughout the

, having given birth to one so shameless, I dared not take the life I gave to him! Wretch that thou art, dost thou not answe

enius was yet more eminently exhibited; for even the tortures of Hell gave way to it. “At his powerful song the very seats

ly he was born. The mother was unable to obey this cruel command, but gave him in charge to one of her domestics, with direc

his skin flead off And burned alive. Phor. O spare my age. Œd. Who gave that infant to thee? Phor. O wretched state! I d

matter, wilt thou tell me, Or must I ask for ever? For what end? Why gave she thee her child? Phor. To murder it. Œd. O m

at such conduct retired to Argos, where Adrastus, king of the place, gave him his daughter in marriage, and attempted to pe

ssion of the finest woman in Greece. The absence of Menelaus in Crete gave to Paris every opportunity, and he succeeded in c

g all the ancient grievances of the two kingdoms. This unjust conduct gave birth to a terrible war; Agamemnon embraced the c

sérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img229 Clytemnestra gladly gave her consent; but when they came to Aulis, Iphigen

diction was fulfilled. One day as he came from the bath, Clytemnestra gave him a tunic, the sleeves of which were sewn toget

us, with whom she had dishonoured herself during Agamemnon’s absence, gave him the finishing blow. “Clytemnestra. What have

ted him with much kindness, and to assure him a prosperous voyage, he gave him, enclosed in a leather bottle, all the danger

nt some of his men on shore, to discover what place it was, but Circe gave them drink under pretence of refreshing them, whi

luding his eventful history, he remained some time with Alcinous, who gave him a ship, which carried him safely to Ithaca. I

ueen had built the most gorgeous edifices; in one of which, where she gave to him a splendid entertainment, the hero related

, determined to immolate herself; mounting with a calm resolution she gave way to her despair. ‌ “What shall I do? what su

ling eyes, and flowing hair, And wit, that ever charms the fair.” He gave himself up for a time to the pleasure of her soci

of laurel to her, and some bard Swears that a heathen God or Goddess gave Her swan-like wings wherewith to fly to heaven. A

hey were sanctified by the approval of that being, an approval, which gave them additional favour in the eyes of this supers

, that Jobates imagined he was ‌under the protection of the gods, and gave him the hand of his daughter Cassandra in marriag

n his shoulders, when the roof of the school in which he was teaching gave way. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842

not only did they delight in the sacrifices of human life, they also gave way in their orgies to unbounded licentiousness.

n unknown shore of America, from which place they did not return, but gave to their descendants their religion, which in the

real, and of a nature therefore entirely different from his own. They gave birth to a class of supernatural beings, which co

The king and father of the gods of the sky was Jupiter. It was he who gave fair weather and foul. It was he who came in the

not see him until he was near. Then one of the nymphs glanced up and gave a great shriek. All turned and saw the four great

arcely light at all. Proserpina could see nothing at first, but Pluto gave a sigh of contentment, for his eyes were used onl

my wife Persephone.” Low laughs the dark king on his throne —    “I gave her of pomegranate seeds.” Demeter’s daughter sta

s, to make the woman intelligent, and thus each of the gods, in turn, gave her something, so that Pandora, as she was called

misery.” But as they talked and could find no help, suddenly Pandora gave a cry of joy. “They are not all gone!” she said,

nd one with lead. First he drew the golden arrow to its head; the bow gave a vicious little twang, and in a moment the arrow

d he himself could sing. Apollo, god of light and song, loved him and gave him his own divine harp, which the Greeks called

and by the gods, Virtue. After this, Hercules, by order of the gods, gave himself up to the service of King Eurystheus. Eur

hand. When he came to the gate, he harnessed them to the chariot and gave the reins to Admetus, who drove off without the l

for Argos and Greece, where his own kingdom awaited him, and there he gave back the winged shoes to the god Mercury, and ded

ant Procrustes, the Stretcher. Procrustes received Theseus kindly and gave him a generous meal. Then he led him to the bedro

ang back several steps, as though he were about to flee. The Minotaur gave a roar of triumph, and for a moment was off its g

goddesses.” The goddesses were well pleased with this proposal. They gave the golden apple to Mercury and sent him to seek

among his flocks, power and wealth seemed magic words and he all but gave Juno the apple without listening to the others. B

forgot power, forgot wisdom, forgot all but lovely golden Venus, and gave her the apple, not even seeing the dark frowns of

er!” Then King Priam was glad, and because of the beauty of Paris, he gave no heed to the evil omen under which the youth ha

be brought and to be given back to Achilles. Many rich .gifts also he gave to the hero, and together they sacrificed to Jupi

he horse, and as it struck and stood trembling in the wood, the horse gave forth a sound that was like the clashing of metal

, king of the winds. Æolus received them kindly, and, when they left, gave Ulysses an ox-hide bag. In this he had imprisoned

e island with a good harbor. Here they dropped anchor and rested, and gave up two whole days to grief. On the third day Ulys

im. He warned Ulysses of the danger before him, and, as a protection, gave him a stalk of the plant the gods call Moly. It h

oughts were only of his home and wife and child, she let them go. She gave Ulysses much advice about the voyage. “But above

ugh you yourself may escape.” Ulysses and his men set sail, and Circe gave them a fair wind. First, they sailed by the Siren

ore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whose did receive of them, And taste

ome of Perseus; 142. Ariad΄ne. Daughter of King Minos of Crete, 158; gave Theseus the clue to the labyrinth, 161; condemned

huge snakes, 80; chose the path of virtue, instead of happiness, 83; gave himself up to the service of King Eurystheus, 83,

e of Jupiter; queen of Olympus, 31. At her wedding, the goddess Earth gave her the golden apples afterward planted in the ga

ides, 86. Hated the Trojans, 196, because of the choice of Paris, who gave to Venus the apple intended “for the fairest,” 17

” 11, 14, 31, 46. Opposed by the Titans, 42; punished Prometheus, 44; gave Pandora and the wonderful box to Epimetheus, 47-4

47, 237; hated the Trojans, 212, because of the choice of Paris, who gave to Venus the apple intended “for the fairest,” 17

head of Medusa, 18; was helped by Minerva, 130, to whom he afterward gave the head, 144. Adventure with Atlas, 137. Rescued

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

s of Corinth. Briareus*, the Cyclops, who was mutually chosen umpire, gave the isthmus to Poseidon, and the promontory to Ap

rned by the Persians, it immediately put forth a fresh shoot. Theseus gave political unity to the twelve towns of Attica, an

the Greek writers, the original and more common conception of the god gave place to the popular image of the smith-god, or M

troy it, so they persuaded Psyche that her husband was a monster, and gave her a dagger to use for the purpose of delivering

l dominion over flocks and herds. The offer was accepted. Apollo also gave Hermes the Caduceus*, or golden wand. This wand w

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

a. Oceanus and Tethys cleansed him from all his human impurities, and gave him a place among the sea-gods. Thaumas*, Phor

dest accounts, Æolus* was a king of the Æolian* Islands, to whom Zeus gave the command of the winds, which he kept shut up i

iration of that time, the god of war became reconciled to Cadmus, and gave him his daughter Hermione, or Harmonia, in marria

son of the king. He appealed to Merope*, his supposed mother, but she gave him an equivocal reply. He repaired to Delphi to

the assistance of Adrastus*, king of Argos, who received him kindly, gave him his daughter in marriage, and promised to ass

who again became king, forbade the burial of Polynices, but Antigone gave sepulture to his remains, and Creon buried her al

rcadia, and was at length purified by Phegeus*, king of Psophis*, who gave him his daughter Arsinoe* in marriage. He present

springs of the Achelous he was purified by the river-god himself, who gave him in marriage his daughter Callirrhoe*, and he

ughter’s rescue, readily complied with the wish of her deliverer, and gave her to Perseus in marriage. Phineus*, however, br

shoes, wallet, and helmet, by whom they were taken to the Nymphs. He gave the Gorgon’s head to Athene, who had it placed in

him, but he bravely defended himself and slew them all. The king then gave him his daughter in marriage, and shared the king

ill the child ivhen he was about eight months old. Heracles, however, gave the first proof of his divine origin by stranglin

Minyans*, a neighboring people. Creon*, king of Thebes, in gratitude, gave the hero his daughter, Megara*, in marriage, and

the island as to endanger the safety of the inhabitants. Minos gladly gave the hero permission to capture this bull. Heracle

le he was sleeping, and the sea-god, unable to escape from his grasp, gave him the desired information. Heracles then procee

ered up the apples and went away. Eurystheus, having seen the apples, gave them back, and Heracles presented them to Athene.

hero, after his release from servitude, returned to Thebes, where he gave his wife, Megara, in marriage to Iolaus. He then

joyfully received by the gods. Hera, in token of her reconciliation, gave him the hand of her daughter, Hebe, in marriage.

lf so much in the engagement with these female warriors that Heracles gave him Antiope*, sister of Hippolyte*. He carried he

to a trial of swiftness. He invoked the aid of Aphrodite (Venus), who gave him three golden apples, and told him how to use

ts that he could not endure the thought of having a rival. His nephew gave striking evidences of ingenuity. Walking on the s

would swear fidelity to her. Jason took the required oath, and Medea gave him a magic salve, which possessed the property o

one day. She instructed him to also anoint his spear and shield, and gave him a stone which he was to cast among the warrio

courage in repelling robbers from the flocks, and the shepherds then gave him the name of Alexander (man-aider). He married

*,14 whom Rhea had taught prophecy. It was about this time that Paris gave his famous decision in favor of the beauty of Aph

and no longer kept within the walls. Zeus, at the request of Thetis, gave them the victory in their first engagement with t

f the winds. He treated the Greeks hospitably, and at their departure gave Odysseus a leather bag tied with a silver string,

f as Hermes. He informed Odysseus of the danger of approaching Circe, gave him a sprig of the plant Moly, and instructed him

us. Calypso supplied Odysseus with the means to construct a raft, and gave him clothing and provisions. His course was prosp

ero, and coming forth he implored the protection of the princess. She gave him food and clothes and directed him to follow h

That Odysseus might be able to take vengeance on the suitors, Athene gave him the appearance of an old beggar, and as such

o make himself known to his son, at the same time she touched him and gave him the appearance of vigorous manhood, which bel

e. She spoke kindly to him, inquiring his name and whence he came. He gave her a fictitious account of himself, but told her

ty of New York. Oracle of Apis. At Memphis, the sacred bull Apis gave answers to those who consulted him by the manner

and heard. At his feet lay two wolves, Geri* and Freki*, to whom Odin gave all the meat that was set before him, for he hims

or for God. The Druids taught the existence of one God, to whom they gave a name, “Be’al,” which is believed to have meant,

ision; but as poor help is better than none in an emergency, the hare gave her permission, and down she dived. She, too, rem

she dived. She, too, remained long — a whole day and night — and they gave her up for lost. But at length she floated to the

plants which are fit for food, and which are of value as medicine; he gave them fire, and recommended them never to allow it

ook place should be secret, and it was this custom that, undoubtedly, gave use to the common expression “Under the Rose.” 1

ve over them that when Ulysses visited him on his return from Troy he gave him, tied up in a bag, all the winds that could p

en-soldiers who lived in Scythia. Hercules totally defeated them, and gave Hippolyte, their queen, to Theseus for a wife. Th

chus wooed her and married her, and the crown of seven stars which he gave her was turned into a constellation. Ari′on [Ari

pomenes, however, with the aid of Venus, was successful. That goddess gave him three golden apples, one of which he dropped

al hymns resound.” “Ceres was she who first our furrows plowed, Who gave sweet fruits and every good allowed.” Pope. Ce

ere escaping from the oppression of their stepmother Ino. The episode gave the name of the Hellespont to the part of the sea

Nessus, the centaur, whom he killed. The centaur, before he expired, gave his mystic tunic to Deianira, who in turn gave it

ur, before he expired, gave his mystic tunic to Deianira, who in turn gave it to Hercules, and he put it on, but his doing s

g of Italy. They were appointed to guard the golden apples which Juno gave Jupiter on their wedding day. See Hercules. Hes′

l′yte [Hippolyte], queen of the Amazons, daughter of Mars. Her father gave her a famous girdle, which Hercules was required

ghter, fell in love with Jason, and with the help of charms which she gave him he overcame all the difficulties which the ki

the fairest among the goddesses, Juno was much displeased when Paris gave the apple to Venus. The goddess is generally repr

ng appointed to be judge in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan, gave the satyr the palm; whereupon Apollo, to show his

lo, to show his contempt, bestowed on him a pair of asses’ ears. This gave rise to the term “Midas-eared” as a synonym for i

mela. Nightmare, see Incubus. Ni′lus [Nilus], a king of Thebes, who gave his name to the Nile, the great Egyptian river.

The sound of the Cyclops’ hammers led him to the abode of Vulcan, who gave him a guide. He then consulted an oracle, and had

to Hesiod, was the first mortal female. Vulcan made her of clay, and gave her life. Venus gave her beauty; and the art of c

irst mortal female. Vulcan made her of clay, and gave her life. Venus gave her beauty; and the art of captivating was bestow

was taught singing by Apollo, and Mercury taught her oratory. Jupiter gave her a box, the famous “Pandora’s Box,” which she

, and Venus promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris gave the golden apple to Venus. Soon after this episod

ta; but during his absence Paris carried Helen away to Troy, and this gave rise to the celebrated war between the Greeks and

ted     To hear the poet’s prayer, Stern Proserpine relented,     And gave him back the fair.” F. Lewis. Pro′teus [Proteu

illness when he was young, and afterwards taught him agriculture. She gave him her chariot, which was drawn by dragons, in w

and Terra were the parents of Titan and Saturn. Titan, the elder son, gave up to his brother Saturn, his right to reign over

les from the tortured steel. Huge strokes, rough Steropes and Brontes gave , And strong Pyracmon shook the gloomy cave. Befor

an, and carried to heaven. There Jupiter endowed her with life; Venus gave her beauty; Pallas, wisdom, and Juno, riches; Mer

at he formed statues, into whom he transfused fire from heaven, which gave them life. Jupiter, not having succeeded in makin

clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep. When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not

seful gift upon the citizens, should give a name to the city. Neptune gave them a horse, and Minerva an olive tree. The latt

head. Perseus, in this expedition, was assisted by the gods. Mercury gave him a cimeter, and the wings from his heels; Mine

her counsels, and died of the wound which a wild boar whom he pursued gave him. Venus mourned him excessively, and transform

esolate condition, raised the island of Delos from the Egean sea, and gave it to Latona. In Delos, Apollo and Diana were bor

a figure of half man and half other animals. To this deity the Greeks gave the appellation of Pan, that is, in their languag

es love thy shrilly tone; Apollo calls thee all his own; ”Twas he who gave that voice to thee, ”Twas he who tunes thy minstr

goddess dispensed or denied riches to whom she pleased; and that she gave to the good or bad equally, without regard to the

commanded by Eurystheus, the gods armed him for his labours. Minerva gave him a helmet and coat of mail; Mercury, a sword;

of Diomedes, who preyed upon men. Hercules secured these animals, and gave them Diomedes for a repast. The ninth labour was

sease, Hercules prayed to Jupiter, and prepared himself for death. He gave his bow and arrows to Philoctetes, pulled up tree

daughter of Etes, a sorceress, offered her magic aid to Jason. Medea gave him a somniferous draught, which he poured into t

thout a guide; but the daughter of King Minos, the beautiful Ariadne, gave Theseus a clew, or thread, which ran along throug

us commanded her to kill him; but no mother could be so cruel, so she gave the infant to her servant, and ordered him to des

heus. Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the muse Calliope. Apollo gave a lyre to Orpheus, and the fable says, he sung an

ountains called Ida. It is said that three several kings of this city gave names to it: the kings were Dardanus, Tros, and I

dra, and communicated a mortal poison. When Hercules was expiring, he gave his bow and arrows to Philoctetes, and made the l

ious he roared defiance to the gods; To his own prowess all the glory gave , The power defrauding who vouchsafed to save. Thi

. In Æolia he met with a friendly reception, and Æolus, the wind-god, gave him all the adverse winds in bags, that he might

devoured, some cattle which were designed for victims to Apollo; this gave such offence to the god, that he sunk the vessel,

alace, where he asked charity of his son Telemachus, which the latter gave . As Ulysses approached his palace, his faithful d

body. Achilles could not resist the supplications of the old man, and gave up the body. By one of those miracles very common

Here he was kindly received by Latinus, the king of the country, who gave him his daughter Lavinia, though she had been pre

ct adjacent to Latium, and had established himself there. This prince gave Eneas an interesting account of the former state

? How long was the voyage of Eneas before he reached Italy? What king gave Eneas a hospitable reception? What is to be under

him to make a new body of laws, which they promised to observe. They gave him the regulation of the magistrates, the assemb

ourts of justice. Solon discharged this trust with great ability, and gave the Athenians a republican government and many wi

eople of Mytilene chose him for their king, and adopted laws which he gave them. Pittacus died 579 B. C. Cleobulus of Lin

ic night. I was rocked in giant’s cradle,     Giant’s lore my wisdom gave ; I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie i

will inquire who made and takes care of the world they inhabit — who gave them every comfort — who made man, and gave him t

world they inhabit — who gave them every comfort — who made man, and gave him the power to think and feel, and also what be

cent in the conception of a people, who consented in such a work; who gave to it money, time, and skill; and the sentiments

tain places were fixed upon, where priests, when they were consulted, gave information of the god’s purposes. Thus, Lycurgus

. This person was Moses. God, about fourteen centuries before Christ, gave to Moses a law for his people to observe. This la

were a law to themselves; they had not the ten commandments which God gave to Moses. The Hebrews had a holy Sabbath; the hea

he heathens had a religion which lasted for a few centuries, and then gave place to another and a better; the Hebrews had a

trees, and a glimmer of blue water amid the green. The hope of relief gave her new strength, and she hastened toward the spo

wept to hear him. When he had finished, Pluto granted his prayer and gave him leave to lead Eurydice back with him to earth

t rested on the sloping shore. There some kind people found them, and gave Danaë and her little boy a home. The mother and s

nt him his wonderful helmet, which made the wearer invisible; Minerva gave her shield which shone like gold, and was so brig

o bright that it reflected things as in a mirror; and Mercury himself gave his sharp, crooked sword and his winged shoes wit

him, and he never forgot the debt he owed them. The head of Medusa he gave to Minerva. She was much pleased with the gift, a

almost reached the rock to which Andromeda was chained. The poor girl gave one terrified shriek; and all the people covered

father wept aloud, and, throwing his arms about his daughter’s neck, gave way to his grief. Meanwhile, Argus faithfully kep

f grasping, instead, the reeds that grew on the marshy banks. Then he gave a deep sigh, and his breath among the reeds made

oth the suitors went with light hearts to the meeting place. The king gave the signal for the start, and the two mighty ones

ant the centaur fell to the ground, pierced through the heart. Nessus gave one cry of pain; then dipping his shirt in the bl

t came to the city where his master was living. He sought him out and gave him the shirt, with Deïanira’s message; and Hercu

pt pupil; but his pleasure changed to jealousy and anger when the boy gave signs of becoming greater than his master. Young

m to fly just as their sister birds in the sky do.” The child’s words gave the father a sudden happy thought. He would try t

ed his beloved child, and praying that no accident should befall him, gave the signal to start. Slowly, like two great birds

aur, I can never find my way back out of the labyrinth.” Then Ariadne gave Theseus a firm thread, and told him to fasten one

set can carry away the Golden Fleece.” And the tone in which the king gave this answer showed that he was not afraid of losi

And so it really was Juno who was helping Jason. The king’s daughter gave Jason some magic drugs to make him proof against

ok and she feared that he meant some harm to the Argonauts. Again she gave him a drug, to put the dragon to sleep, and Jason

ad done its work only too well. The wounded stag lifted its head, and gave the boy a last, loving, questioning look, then fe

cheerful birds, thy liberal flowers,     Thy woods and waters, only, Gave him their sweet companionship,     And made his h

hat you could imagine. It did not seem like an image; the rosy sunset gave the marble a soft tinge that made it look like re

arble girl gleamed from her pedestal. Throwing his arm around her, he gave her a loving kiss, and, just as the sleeping beau

a thicket of hollow reeds; and when the wind played through them they gave forth these strange words, “King Midas wears grea

with hair, like animals, and this, together with their one fiery eye, gave them a very fierce look. For these strange beings

a monster, and force you to marry him; but instead of obeying her, I gave you myself! To reward my tenderness, you formed a

rk which she had allotted to Psyche was accomplished, she immediately gave her another trial. ——— “I see, presumptuous Psych

t to interfere with my commands. You have been assisted in the task I gave you, but I shall assign you another, in which you

these directions, and descended to Avernus, undismayed; her innocence gave her a feeling of security in every danger. The sh

ncy; Cerberus licked her pretty feet; Proserpine smiled upon her, and gave her the cosmetic, and Charon, the grim ferry-man

s of light. Jupiter was persuaded by this consideration, and not only gave consent to the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, but

them across in his boat. Ann. What dug was Cerberus, to whom Psyche gave a cake. Mother. He was a great dog with three he

. Many beside you think so. The Italian painters like it very much. I gave it you because I thought you might see prints of

many; and the next I will give you shall be one about Proserpine, who gave Psyche the box. Proserpine. Ceres delighte

t chestnuts and acorns to eat; but Ceres taught them agriculture, and gave them fruit trees. She dwelt herself near the deli

alt not kill.” Did the Greeks have that commandment? Mother. No; God gave it to the Hebrews, and they did not associate wit

-white beechen pails, and pouring into them some water gently warmed, gave her guests each a bath for his feet, which were s

ntry for forty years. They kept no dog, and the goose’s loud cackling gave them the alarm whenever a stranger approached. “T

the good spirit, a good genius; and the wicked, spiteful spirit, who gave pain, an evil genius. Ann. That is something lik

at of common men; and Minerva, still more to mitigate his misfortune, gave him a staff, with which he could walk every where

                                  “Harmonia, born Of lovely Venus, gave to Cadmus’ love Ino and Semele: and, fair of chee

ptune to place them among the marine deities. At her request, Neptune gave them new forms and new names: Ino became the sea-

his world; so, in this fable, it was called a god: afterward, Jupiter gave Danæ a little son, whom she called Perseus. As so

transcendent brightness; Mercury furnished him with wings; and Vulcan gave him a sword. Being completely equipped, Perseus t

eus easily broke the chain and releasing the arm of the princess, she gave him her hand, and he restored her to her father a

ay be that you do not know the perfidy of her father and mother. They gave her to me when I asked her in marriage; yet, rega

of the gods to their proper owners. On the shield of Minerva, when he gave it back to her, with solemn thanks, he laid the M

o the melody of her voice, as she sung the gifts of Ceres: to man she gave the plough and the spade, the scythe and the sick

the sickle. She taught him the seasons of seed-time and harvest; she gave him the yellow wheat and the fragrant pea; and sh

r, so she resolved to take good care of her. In order to do this, she gave her in charge to Argus, a person renowned for his

the face of the earth, the Hebrews alone were instructed by God, who gave them not only a full account of the creation of t

o have created the beautiful earth whereon they dwelt. These thoughts gave rise to others; suppositions became certainties;

violent hands upon his sire, and, after releasing him from his bonds, gave him a scythe, and bade him be of good cheer and r

f the world to govern at will. To Oceanus and Thetis, for example, he gave charge over the ocean and all the rivers upon ear

“To th’ imperial son of Heaven, Whilom the king of gods, a stone she gave Inwrapt in infant swathes; and this with grasp Ea

a, Ceres, and Juno. Following the example of his predecessor, Jupiter gave his brothers and sisters a fair share of his new

na. In early times, before he had become accustomed to his prison, he gave vent to his rage by outcries, imprecations, and g

rha shortly after became the happy parents of a son named Hellen, who gave his name to all the Hellenic or Greek race; while

his fair burden upon the shores of a new land, to which he gallantly gave her name, Europe. He then resumed his wonted form

ward Cadmus for his loving and painstaking search for Europa, Jupiter gave him the hand of the fair princess Harmonia, a dau

ld-renowned. He also had a famous temple at Dodona, where an oak-tree gave forth mysterious prophecies, which were supposed

personified, exceedingly variable in her moods. On such occasions she gave way to her violent temper, and bitterly reproache

d her the prize. To commemorate this victory over her rival, Minerva, gave her own name of Athene to the city, whose inhabit

declared that if any one, mortal or immortal, showed her any pity or gave her any assistance, he would incur her lasting re

the king, who listened to his songs with pleasure, and to reward him gave him the position of head shepherd. “Then King Ad

ssion of self-sacrifice offered herself as substitute, and cheerfully gave her life for her husband. But immortality was too

noonday in the forest solitudes. Procris, blinded by sudden jealousy, gave credit to the false story, and immediately resolv

ined the privilege of awarding the prize, and, blinded by partiality, gave it to Pan, in spite of the marked inferiority of

longing arms, that the great god’s heart was moved to compassion. He gave him permission, therefore, to go down into the In

To hear the Poet’s prayer:     Stern Proserpine relented,         And gave him back the fair.             Thus song could pr

s father, that he might obtain the desired proof. Clymene immediately gave him all necessary information, and bade him make

son with a cooling essence to preserve him from the burning sunbeams, gave him the necessary directions for his journey, and

s intimate friend, Cycnus, piously collected his charred remains, and gave them an honourable burial. In his grief he contin

Delos, his birthplace, and at Delphi, where a priestess called Pythia gave out mysterious oracles purporting to have come fr

rescent on her well-poised head. “Near the Delian olive-tree Latonia gave thy life to thee, That thou shouldst be for ever

went so far as to forbid her people to worship Apollo and Diana, and gave orders that all the statues representing them in

was entirely finished its author loved it. When completed, Pygmalion gave it the name of Galatea, and, deeming it too beaut

syche solemnly promised to respect her mysterious lover’s wishes, and gave herself up entirely to the enjoyment of his compa

at last, encouraged by her lover’s evident anxiety to please her, she gave utterance to her longing to see and converse with

e, produced the remaining oxen, and, in exchange for the two missing, gave Apollo the lyre he had just fashioned. This, like

o so well, that he in return wished to make a present to Mercury, and gave him a magic wand, called Caduceus, which had the

to be henceforth worshipped as a god under the name of Quirinus, and gave orders for the erection of a temple on one of the

celebrated is Triton, whose body was half man and half fish, and who gave his name to all his male descendants. Idas and

omer ( Pope’s tr.). This singular punishment inflicted upon Tantalus gave rise to the expression “to tantalise.” Sisyphu

o his longing arms, and, to prevent her being again claimed by Death, gave her immortal life. The Story of Pentheus Wh

goddess seated herself by the wayside, near the city of Eleusis, and gave way to her overwhelming grief. “Long was thine a

former nursling, Triptolemus, the various secrets of agriculture, and gave him her chariot, bidding him travel everywhere, a

life came to Italy, where he founded a city on the Tiber, to which he gave the name Janiculum. Here he was joined by the exi

r behests. He is commonly reputed to have married Aurora, or Eos, who gave him six sons: i.e., Boreas, the north wind; Corus

g to Homer, bound all his children but one in a leather bag, which he gave to Ulysses when the latter visited Æolia. Thanks

ure’s harlot train; To valiant toils his forceful limbs assign’d, And gave to Virtue all his mighty mind.” Darwin. Courage

of the Centaur. With trembling hands she sought the glittering robe, gave it to a messenger, and bade him hasten to meet He

Medusa. The sisters, eager to recover the treasured eye, immediately gave the desired information; and Perseus, having hono

flew, Medusa’s blood trickled down on the hot African sand, where it gave birth to a race of poisonous reptiles destined to

d a desire to marry the maiden he had so bravely rescued, they gladly gave him her hand, although in early youth the princes

ed the importunate king into a rock by showing him his Medusa trophy, gave the kingdom to the king’s brother, and, accompani

nder the self-same pretext. Taking Procrustes quite unawares, Theseus gave him a faint idea of the sufferings he had inflict

appointed him, than she promised him her aid, and before she vanished gave him a beautiful golden bridle, which she bade him

d out his little hands. To please him, the fond mother plucked it and gave it to him. She had scarcely done so, when she not

fter a passionate prayer for his little heir’s future welfare, Hector gave the child back to Andromache and, with a farewell

ore of that enchanted stem, Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave To each, but whose did receive of them, And taste

He had heard of Ulysses’ prowess, received him kindly, and at parting gave him a leathern bag containing all the contrary wi

ormation. As Ulysses would not be dissuaded from his purpose, Mercury gave him some moly, a herb warranted to preserve him f

d where one of his race, the Vestal Virgin Ilia, after marrying Mars, gave birth to Remus and Romulus, the founders of Rome,

erely denoted the varying atmosphere, by being personified, gradually gave the impression of the jealous, capricious, vengef

irthplace of the golden-fleeced ram, 130 Cu′mæ. Cave where the Sybil gave her prophecies, 332 Cu′pid, or Cu-pi′do. Same as

us. The peninsula south of Greece, 34, 143 Pe′lops. Son of Tantalus; gave his name to the Peloponnesus, 143; father of Copr

after Phœnix, 32; significance, 349 Phœ′nix. Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phœnicia, 31, 32 Phryx′us. Son of At

e common origin. To trace these analogies, and the developments which gave rise to so great a diversity, is the province of

rce and warlike, but were not as yet altogether impious. The Iron Age gave birth to all the calamities that afflict mankind.

ng ill to sight displayed. Thus cursed steel, and more accursed gold, Gave mischief birth, and made that mischief bold: And

red his power with his two brothers, Neptune and Pluto; to Neptune he gave the command of the seas and rivers, while Pluto r

ntly excited her jealousy by his admiration of mortal women, and this gave rise to many adventures, celebrated by the poets.

Rome, was without the city, near the Carmental gate. Here the Senate gave audience to such ambassadors as they were not wil

d him good service, by changing his enemies into stone. He afterwards gave the head to Minerva, who fixed it on her shield.

len, the beautiful wife of Menelaus [Menela′us], king of Sparta. This gave rise to the total destruction of Troy; and the pr

undertake the race, but first, he had recourse to Venus. This goddess gave him three golden apples gathered in the garden of

alousy of Juno, she found an asylum in the island of Delos, where she gave birth to Apollo and Diana. Terra (the earth) had

e attendants of Diana. She was afterwards reconciled to Cephalus, and gave him two presents which she had received from Dian

y were a season of general rejoicing; the Senate did not sit, schools gave holidays, and friends sent presents to one anothe

and silver dogs which guarded his house. To Minos, king of Crete, he gave the brazen man Talus, who passed around the islan

le seats at games and festivals, and even the consuls and magistrates gave them precedence; their testimony was taken in tri

hen she was so grieved that she could neither rest nor sleep, Jupiter gave her a poppy to eat. Ques. Relate the story of Pr

their countrymen believed that they were admitted among the gods, and gave them divine honors. The circumstance of a mortal

red to his wife, Deianira [Deiani′ra]. When the monster was dying, he gave Deianira a charmed philter, telling her that if H

he gave Deianira a charmed philter, telling her that if Hercules ever gave her cause to doubt his affection, she could secur

ality, and, according to some accounts, was reconciled with Juno, who gave him her daughter Hebe in marriage. Chapter XXV

y of Theseus that she resolved to save his life. For this purpose she gave him a ball of thread which she directed him to at

n asleep on the shore. Ariadne was afterwards married to Bacchus, who gave her a crown composed of seven stars, the same whi

s and Clymene, one of the Oceanides. He formed a man out of clay, and gave it life by means of fire which he stole from heav

mphion cultivated the art of music; he was instructed by Mercury, who gave him a golden lyre with which he is said to have b

the temple of Minerva. There the goddess visited him in a dream, and gave him a golden bridle, instructing him as to its us

d to the gods, and abandoned all further designs against him. He even gave him his daughter in marriage, and declared him hi

e heir to an ample fortune, his natural inclination prevailed, and he gave himself up to literary pursuits. A career of unex

tion that he would be the bearer of a letter to Greece. This proposal gave rise to a memorable contest of friendship, each d

the exact site has not been ascertained. In the earlier times Jupiter gave answers to his votaries by means of a so-called v

th brass, and so constructed that instead of muffling the voice, they gave it depth and volume, almost as a speaking trumpet

rified, and sought the dwelling of the Gnomes. These skillful workmen gave him a head of hair which they had spun from the p

s as her subjects all who die of sickness or old age. The wolf Fenris gave the gods much trouble before they succeeded in ch

s own fame. When Simonides approached to receive his reward, the king gave him half the appointed sum, saying, that was for

and kneading it with water, he made man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while other anima

nd every god and goddess contributed something to her perfection. One gave her beauty, another persuasive charm, a third the

Neptune and Apollo, and resolved to remain single. Whereupon Jupiter gave her to sit in the middle of his palace, to receiv

the most famous are Galatea, Thetis, and Amphitrite; the last of whom gave her hand to Neptune, brother of Jove, and thus un

among the herdsmen, Amphion had been the special care of Mercury, who gave him a lyre and taught him to play upon it. His br

rded to the one who produced the gift most useful to mortals. Neptune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. The gods a

and came out into the plain of Panope. There she stood still. Cadmus gave thanks, and stooping down kissed the foreign soil

in. These five joined with Cadmus in building his city, to which they gave the name appointed. Fig. 40. Cadmus slaying th

ed of his impiety, Minerva set him over the realm of Thebes, and Jove gave him to wife Harmonia, the daughter of Venus and M

d the reins and fell lifeless. Another, hearing the sound of the bow, gave the rein to his horses and attempted to escape. T

h longer, and who can feel like them the call to rescue the life they gave from an untimely end?” But the parents, distresse

. At a given signal Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful fo

ops’ hammer till he reached Lemnos, where Vulcan, taking pity on him, gave him Cedalion, one of his men, to be his guide to

rain. One day Orion saw them in Bœotia, became enamoured of them, and gave pursuit. In their distress they prayed to the god

ry with her watching. When, finally, her love was discovered, Jupiter gave Endymion, who had been thus honored, a choice bet

strewed her way with chaplets and flowers. This perversion of homage gave great offence to Venus, who complained that Paris

t, vetches, beans, and lentils prepared for food for her pigeons, and gave order, “Take and separate all these grains, putti

forward. As she ran she looked more beautiful than ever. The breezes gave wings to her feet; her hair flew over her shoulde

arden of her temple, in her own island of Cyprus, and, unseen by any, gave them to Hippomenes, telling him how to use them.

roars of laughter. Consequently, the quarrel was patched up: Mercury gave Apollo the new-made lyre; Apollo presented the pr

hus. — After the death of Semele,196 Jove took the infant Bacchus and gave him in charge to the Nysæan nymphs, who nourished

ereupon he struck the bank with his trident, and the earth opened and gave him a passage to Tartarus. The Wanderings of Cer

s were wet with tears. Proserpine could not resist, and Pluto himself gave way. Eurydice was called. She came from among the

t by her father Danaüs to draw water, was pursued by a satyr, Neptune gave ear to her cry for help, despatched the satyr, ma

ny legs were bare and taper. And still the gathering larger grew, And gave its pence and crowded nigher. While aye the sheph

true lovers’ hearts they grieved, Were scorned in turn, and what they gave received. O all Love’s scorners, learn this lesso

side. Cyrene and her nymphs, having poured out libations to Neptune, gave the youth to eat, and listened to his complaint:

ute spouted. Then alighting on a rock and holding by a projection, he gave the monster his deathblow. The joyful parents, wi

all. At length Iobates, seeing that the hero was beloved of the gods, gave him his daughter in marriage and made him his suc

vercoming Troy, placed a son of Laomedon, Priam, upon the throne, and gave Hesione to Telamon, who, with Peleus, Oïcles, and

ravellers for a stated fee. Hercules proceeded to ford the river, and gave Dejanira to Nessus to be carried across. Nessus,

d to die, ascended Mount Œta, where he built a funeral pile of trees, gave his bow and arrows to Philoctetes,294 and laid hi

onciled to the offspring of Alcmena. She adopted him for her son, and gave him in marriage her daughter Hebe. “Deep degrade

heir step-mother, took measures to put them out of her reach. Mercury gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set

hat country. Phryxus sacrificed the ram to Jupiter, but the fleece he gave to Æetes, who placed it in a consecrated grove, u

s charge to be taught the mechanical arts. He was an apt scholar, and gave striking evidences of ingenuity. Walking on the s

. His son Pandion had two daughters, Procne and Philomela, of whom he gave the former in marriage to Tereus, king of Thrace

sty Charybdis, Thee, — thus thankful for life, dear gift of living, I gave thee?… Had it not liked thee still to acknowledge

brother. Polynices, accordingly, fled to Adrastus, king of Argos, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and aided him with

on, the decision should be left to Eriphyle. Polynices, knowing this, gave Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia, and thereby ga

ed that victory should fall to Thebes if Menoeceus, the son of Creon, gave himself a voluntary victim. The heroic youth, lea

dared disobey the laws, she answered: — Yes, for it was not Zeus who gave them forth, Nor justice, dwelling with the gods b

unyielding and unable to conceive of a law higher than that he knew, gave orders that she should be buried alive, as having

he wedding feast with their presence, and reclining on ivory couches, gave ear while the three Sisters of Fate, in responsiv

d forgetting the contending armies and all other affairs of state, he gave himself up to her and let the battle go as it wou

s city walls beheld the whole army in full flight toward the city. He gave command to open wide the gates to receive the fug

ing island. They then constructed an immense wooden horse, which they gave out was intended as a propitiatory offering to Mi

e carried captives to Greece. Cassandra had been loved by Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophecy; but afterwards offended

days, The mode of spinning, when the Egyptian prince A golden distaff gave that beauteous nymph, Too beauteous Helen; no unc

for an invigorating draught called Nepenthe, which the Egyptian queen gave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife o

ave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up

island of Æolus. He treated Ulysses hospitably, and at his departure gave him, tied up in a leathern bag with a silver stri

music grew fainter till it ceased to be heard, when with joy Ulysses gave his companions the signal to unseal their ears, a

to discover them. The roar of the waters as Charybdis ingulfed them, gave warning at a distance, but Scylla could nowhere b

th the means of constructing a raft, provisioned it well for him, and gave him a favoring gale. He sped on his course prospe

us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the king, rising, gave his hand to Ulysses and led him to a seat, displa

Who yet appointed him both good and ill, Took from him sight, but gave him strains divine.” He took for his theme the

to remain with him, and not accompany her husband to Ithaca. Ulysses gave Penelope her choice, to stay or go with him. Pene

d him, removed at once from him the appearance of age and penury, and gave him the aspect of vigorous manhood that belonged

igh, down fell his ears Clapped close, and with his tail glad sign he gave Of gratulation, impotent to rise, And to approach

. When he mildly remonstrated, one of them raised a stool and with it gave him a blow. Telemachus had hard work to restrain

better success, and, amidst the laughter and jeers of his companions, gave it up. Another tried it and another; they rubbed

ther. In heavenly minds can such resentment dwell!381 Accordingly she gave orders to Æolus, who sent forth his sons, Boreas,

difference to her.” 383 At the feast which followed the games, Æneas gave at her request a recital of the closing events of

were seen by the departing Trojans, and though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the fatal event. M

of Sicily, where Acestes, a prince of Trojan lineage, bore sway, who gave them a hospitable reception, the Trojans reembark

them, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numer

ng of the door the wind rushed in and dispersed the leaves, the Sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle wa

d as long as he could, but finding his opposition unavailing, finally gave way and retreated to his retirement. The Gates o

m and drew together the fierce savages, formed them into society, and gave them laws. Such peace and plenty ensued that men

of alder; and they called the man Ash and the woman Embla. Odin then gave them life and soul, Vili reason and motion, and V

s mouth he encircles the whole earth. Hela he cast into Niflheim, and gave her power over nine worlds or regions, in which s

and she presents a stern and forbidding countenance. The wolf Fenris gave the gods a great deal of trouble before they succ

s only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cupbearer. “I now see plain

ride, if he would give him his sword as a reward. Freyr consented and gave him the sword, and Skirnir set off on his journey

breast stood fixt the fatal bough Of mistletoe, which Lok the accuser gave To Höder, and unwitting Höder threw — ‘Gainst tha

weep, he shall be kept in Hel.” Hermod then rode back to Asgard and gave an account of all he had heard and witnessed. The

noted works were Thor’s hammer, and the ship Skidbladnir, which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could co

hey plighted troth, one to the other, both then and again; and Sigurd gave her the ring of Andvari. But they were not destin

explain the circumstance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalation

onsulting the oracle of Trophonius.” At Memphis the sacred bull Apis gave answer to those who consulted him, by the manner

f Cadmus; to Eriphyle, wife of Amphiaraus of Argos, to whom Polynices gave it; and to the sons of Eriphyle. It was finally d

h is based upon an immigration of Phœnicians, who settled Bœotia, and gave laws, the rudiments of culture (alphabet, etc.),

d “Hermione.” See Byron, Don Juan 3: 86, “You have the letters Cadmus gave ; Think you he meant them for a slave?” § 71. Tex

ke Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove’s great son to her glad husband gave , Rescued from death by force, though pale and fai

he goat Amalthea. Jupiter, breaking off one of the horns of the goat, gave it to his nurses, and endowed it with the power o

repeated every fifth year in midsummer, and continued five days. They gave rise to the custom of reckoning time and dating e

ad attained to so great a height that, through him, the only true God gave the children of Israel a number of peculiar rites

beaten, he tied with them into Spain. Jupiter followed them thither, gave them another defeat, and thus terminated the war,

was set over the frontiers of Africa, became so famous there, that he gave name to the chain of mountains extending to the s

led by the Greeks Hera, or Mistress: or Megale, the Great. The Romans gave her the name of Juno Matrona, or the Matron; Juno

commanded, by the true God, to do the same in Palestine. The god Pan gave Bacchus a dog to accompany him in his travels; Ca

oom. The deities determined in favour of the latter, who consequently gave her own name to the city. Of what is this goddess

les from the tortur’d steel. Huge strokes, rough Steropes and Brontes gave , And strong Pyracmon shook the gloomy cave. Befor

duceus, a wand, round which were entwined two serpents. The Egyptians gave him a face partly dark, and partly bright; to sig

ks he spread, And hurl’d huge heaps of mountains on their head \ And gave a king, commission’d to restrain, And curb the te

r a figure half man, and half other animals. To this deity the Greeks gave the appellation of Pan, that is, in their languag

, who, by an act of his will, called forth the material universe, and gave origin to all subordinate souls, which are repres

of the Egyptians were attributed. He taught them the art of writing, gave them laws, and instructed them in astronomy, geom

aving been a mighty warrior, he was accounted the God of battles, who gave victory, and revived courage in the conflict. Hav

ic night. I was rock’d in giants’ cradle,     Giants’ lore my wisdom gave ; I have known both good and evil,     Now I lie i

he character of the Babylonian Superstition? The Babylonian Mythology gave rise to almost all the idolatrous superstitions t