y′rtus [Absyrtus]. After Jason had slain the dragon which guarded the golden fleece, he fled with Medea, the beautiful young s

to Colchis in the ship Argo, under the command of Jason, to fetch the Golden Fleece. Ar′gus [Argus] was a god who had a hundr

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

er of the stars and winds. She is represented as riding in a splendid golden chariot drawn by white horses. The goddess loved

ted for his skill in horsemanship. He went with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece. Cau′ther [Cauther], in Mohammedan mythol

heus, who was killed by a serpent on her wedding night. “Nor yet the golden verge of day begun. When Orpheus (her unhappy lor

ath′-in′nis [Flath-innis], in Celtic mythology, is Paradise. Fleece, Golden , see Golden Fleece, Argonauts, and Jason. Flies,

[Flath-innis], in Celtic mythology, is Paradise. Fleece, Golden, see Golden Fleece, Argonauts, and Jason. Flies, see Muscari

oat, see Iphigenia, Mendes, and Venus. Goat′s Feet, see Capripedes. Golden Apple, see Atalanta. Golden Fleece, The, was a r

nd Venus. Goat′s Feet, see Capripedes. Golden Apple, see Atalanta. Golden Fleece, The, was a ram’s hide, sometimes describe

hide, sometimes described as white, and at other times as purple and golden . It was given to Phryxus, who carried it to Colch

n the grove of Mars. Jason and forty-nine companions fetched back the golden fleece. See Argonauts. Gopy′a [Gopya]. Indian my

n sun-god, or charioteer of the sun, who went home every evening in a golden boat which had wings. Hel′iotrope [Heliotrope].

was drowned in the sea, into which she fell from off the back of the golden ram, on which she and Phryxus were escaping from

s of Lerna. Third, To bring to Eurystheus the Arcadian Stag with the golden horns and brazen hoofs. Fourth, To bring to his

ryon, the monster king of Gades. Eleventh, To bring away some of the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Twelft

r′mes [Hermes]. A Greek name of the god Mercury. “Hermes obeys. With golden pinions binds His flying feet and mounts the west

aughters of Hesperus, King of Italy. They were appointed to guard the golden apples which Juno gave Jupiter on their wedding d

gardens fair Of Hesperus and his daughters three, That sing about the golden tree.” Milton. Hes′tia [Hestia]. The Greek nam

hey determined to escape. They did so on a ram, whose hide became the Golden Fleece (see Phryxus and Helle). Ino destroyed her

rought up by the centaur Chiron. His uncle Æeta sent him to fetch the Golden Fleece from Colchis (see Argonauts). He went in t

they got safe to Colchis, but the King Æetes promised to restore the Golden Fleece only on condition that the Argonauts perfo

of Mars; to kill the fiery dragon which guarded the tree on which the Golden Fleece was hung. The fate of Jason and the rest o

the difficulties which the king had put in his way. He took away the Golden Fleece and Medea also. The king sent his son Absy

cial regard for virtuous women. In the competition for the celebrated Golden Apple, which Juno, Venus, and Minerva each claime

n the river Pactolus. He did so, and the sands which he stood on were golden forever after. It was this same king who, being a

till remains. She is represented in statues and pictures as wearing a golden helmet encircled with an olive branch, and a brea

ecretly; and when all were assembled, she threw among the goddesses a golden apple, on which was inscribed “Let the fairest ta

us promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris gave the golden apple to Venus. Soon after this episode Priam own

father of the Gorgons. The same as Oceanus. Phryx′us [Phryxus], see Golden Fleece. Picum′nus [Picumnus]. A rural divinity,

d, who was the terrestrial representative of Vishnu. Ram’s Hide, see Golden Fleece. Reeds, see Pan, also Syrinx. Rem′bha [R

, for, when the goddess of discord had thrown among the goddesses the golden apple inscribed “To the fairest,” Paris adjudged

d Proserpina wandering through the fields with blossoms tucked in her golden hair and in the folds of her white gown, and with

young, and slender, and beautiful? Were her eyes blue, and her locks golden ? And did she wear violets and lilies in her hair

uno, the stately goddess-queen, in a robe of dazzling white, and with golden sandals; at his left sat Minerva, goddess of trut

cross the meadows — a slender, beautiful goddess, with flowers in her golden hair and in the folds of her fair, white gown; an

t the lid of the box opened wide, of itself, and a cloud of black and golden creatures came swarming out and away. In another

Hyperborean. I come from a land in the sun-bright deep,    Where golden gardens grow; Where the winds of the north, becal

them back into his quiver, taking care not to prick himself, for the golden arrows would make even a god fall in love and the

pid took up his little bow and saw that the string was unworn and the golden arch bright and elastic and strong. At that momen

his quiver, one tipped with gold and one with lead. First he drew the golden arrow to its head; the bow gave a vicious little

ht of her fair swift feet and her shining white shoulders and flowing golden hair. Then he redoubled his, pace and began to ga

ave a look at it. But perhaps the hardest labor of all was to get the golden apples of the Hesperides. Hercules knew something

where the gardens of the Hesperides are, and will help you to get the golden apples; but let me go, I say!” Then Hercules let

ch more quickly. If you will hold the sky up for me, I will bring the golden apples in a few minutes. You look strong, and you

easy. Without an adventure he reached the court and delivered up the golden fruit. Eurystheus feared and hated him more than

ith thy flame! Oh, bid her move those lips of rose,    Bid float that golden hair, And let her choose me, as I chose    This f

ust die, And blossom with a beating heart,    Into mortality! Change, golden tresses of her hair,    To gold that turns to gra

ern hills, and in it sat Phaëton, now pale with fear, clinging to the golden sides and listening to the rumbling wheels and th

Once unto a quiet tillage,    Without haste and without heed, In the golden prime of morning,    Strayed the Poet’s winged st

arms. She was so beautiful as she sat there with the sunlight on her golden hair that Dictys thought she must be some goddess

s the custom for each guest to bring a gift. Many a rich robe, many a golden cup, did King Polydectes receive that day. But Pe

own close to the waves, hoping to elude his pursuers; but their swift golden wings were tireless and their scent was never dec

isdom bore the terrible snaky head either upon her shield or upon her golden breastplate, and she granted many a happy year to

dden. Never was Medea more beautiful than upon that evening. When the golden goblet of wine was placed before the young man, s

king merry, Discord, though uninvited, came into the hall and flung a golden apple in their midst upon the table. On the apple

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

e slopes, you shall meet here in the grove three goddesses. Take this golden apple and give it to her that is the fairest.” Wi

rds the god was gone, and Paris found himself standing alone with the golden apple in his hand. Long before the sun went down,

“Paris,” she said — and Paris turned to look at her. Her hair was as golden as the sunlight, and her eyes a rich blue, like t

e and her promise, forgot power, forgot wisdom, forgot all but lovely golden Venus, and gave her the apple, not even seeing th

at night the sky was full of a rosy light. It was the radiance of the golden goddess Venus, who came and wakened Helen, saying

Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, came behind him and caught him by his golden hair, and said: — “Do him no harm, for you shall

the field of battle. He had no armor, but the goddess Minerva threw a golden light about his head, so that he shone like one o

g in the forest of Mount Ida, where, long before, Paris had given the golden apple to Venus. But now Paris was dead. And the m

goddess of strife. At the marriage of Peleus and Thetis she threw the golden apple among the guests, and caused the Trojan War

queen of Olympus, 31. At her wedding, the goddess Earth gave her the golden apples afterward planted in the gardens of the He

ere, 71; fairest of men; was called upon to judge who should have the golden apple intended “for I the fairest,” 172; carried

Thetis, a sea-nymph; at the wedding, Discord threw among the guests a golden apple inscribed “For the Fairest,” 170. Pe΄lias

ove and beauty, 47, 166; mother of Cupid, 64; received from Paris the golden apple intended “for the fairest,” 176; rewarded P

t all the gods were; but he was the fairest of them all. He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens every day, and on

d heal all kinds of wounds, and could shoot wonderfully well with his golden arrows. 2. “He drove his golden sun chariot thr

uld shoot wonderfully well with his golden arrows. 2. “He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens.” Aurora ( Guido

in her eyes to give you a glimpse of an April morning sky. Her long, golden curls reminded you of the bright sunlight. In fac

    Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak     Above the golden gravel. And draw them all along, and flow     To

ng chariot over the hills, the face in the pool seemed touched with a golden light that made it more beautiful than ever; and

vanished. In its stead there stood a beautiful flower, with a bright golden center and soft, white petals, which nodded to it

looked up to see what had happened, and caught a glimpse of Apollo’s golden garments above the tree-tops. Cupid saw him at th

upid saw him at the same instant, and, quick as a flash, he planted a golden arrow in Apollo’s heart. Then he flew away, satis

d a golden arrow in Apollo’s heart. Then he flew away, satisfied. The golden arrow did its work only too well. For no sooner h

Every evening, when Apollo, her twin brother, sank from sight in his golden sun chariot, she arose and guided her silver car

        Kiss and kiss her, winds! Phœbe Cary . The Story of the Golden Fleece I. The Flight on The Ram’s Back O

the reach of the astonished people below. Over land and sea flew the golden ram faster and faster every moment, until Helle b

om the boy’s old home. Here Phryxus married the king’s daughter. The - golden ram, worn out with the long, hard journey over la

g ruled in Colchis; and the greatest treasure in all the land was the Golden Fleece, which hung in the woods, guarded night an

Is it possible,” said he, “that you have never heard the story of the Golden Fleece? Long years have I been waiting for a hero

ppiness.” And then he told the story of Phryxus and Helle, and of the Golden Fleece in the woods, guarded by the sleepless dra

u, oh king, that the race of heroes is not dead. I will bring you the Golden Fleece, or die in the attempt.” The king was very

will some day hear, the Argonauts arrived at Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece. ——— The Arrow and the Song I shot an ar

and in Colchis was; and when he answered that he had come to take the Golden Fleece back to Greece, the king laughed aloud, an

he who performs aright the three tasks I have set can carry away the Golden Fleece.” And the tone in which the king gave this

the king gave this answer showed that he was not afraid of losing the Golden Fleece. But Jason was not to be so easily discour

he earth. And the third is to kill the fierce dragon which guards the Golden Fleece in the wood, and never sleeps by night or

When you have succeeded in doing these three things, you may take the Golden Fleece back with you to Greece.” Thus spake the k

way alone into the dark wood. He had not gone far, when he noticed a golden light among the forest trees, and he knew that he

st asleep. Jason thereupon cut off the creature’s head and seized the Golden Fleece from the branches overhead, where it hung,

he breeze, the Greeks had started on their homeward way, carrying the Golden Fleece with them. After a long, hard journey, ful

longed to the nymphs of the grove, and they had hung about his neck a golden necklace, studded with shining gems. He was the p

st of my young readers know the wonderful story of King Midas and the Golden Touch, how everything he laid his hands on was tu

other story about him, which, though not so well known as that of the Golden Touch, also shows that King Midas was sometimes n

nt at the coming contest. In front of the judge stood Apollo with his golden cloak and shining lyre, and Pan himself, with his

’s bright rays, and his eyes shone like stars. He threw open his rich golden mantle, and, seizing his lyre, began to play such

ou will find trees laden with rosy apples, and vines with clusters of golden and purple grapes; there you may gather the wild

ean,” beginning, — “I come from a land in the sun-bright deep, Where golden gardens glow; Where the winds of the north, becal

ilton alludes to this in his “Comus.” “Now the gilded car of day His golden axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, And

stinguished by such uninterrupted prosperity, that it was called the “ Golden Age.” A temple in honor of Saturn was erected at

mn, in which they are represented as darting through the air on their golden wings, in order to calm the storm at the prayer o

ner. It has been remarked that these Dioscuri flitting about on their golden wings are probably nothing more than what is comm

Representations. Zeus is generally represented as sitting upon a golden or ivory throne, holding in one hand thunderbolts

ilence was enjoined upon her. Gæa presented to Hera a tree laden with golden apples. It was placed under the charge of the Hes

er cruelties towards Heracles by suspending her from the heavens by a golden chain, and hanging anvils to her feet. Hephæstus

ermined to cause dissension, and threw into the midst of the guests a golden apple, with the inscription on it “For the Faires

s usually represented seated on a throne, a diadem on her head, and a golden sceptre in her right hand. Some peacocks generall

lace beneath the sea at Ægæ*, in Eubœa, where he kept his horses with golden manes and brazen hoofs. Like the element over whi

usually represented as a woman of majestic appearance with beautiful golden hair, the yellow locks being emblematical of the

bolts. He constructed the palaces in which the gods resided, made the golden shoes with which they trod the air or water, buil

s for his favorites, or those of Zeus among men. Among these were the golden dogs which guarded the house of Alcinous*, king o

e Phæacians*, the brass-footed, fire-breathing bull which guarded the Golden Fleece. He formed for Minos*. King of Crete, a br

ale beauty and attraction. Epithets. — Smile-loving, well-garlanded, golden , quick-winking, well-tressed, care-dissolving, ar

f love, the son of Ares and Aphrodite. His characteristic weapon is a golden bow, with which he shoots forth his arrows from s

vely boy, with rounded limbs, and a merry, roguish expression. He has golden wings, and a quiver slung over his shoulder. This

s contained his magical and unerring arrows. In one hand he bears his golden bow, and in the other a torch. Hymenæus*, or

d at his efforts. Eros, to punish him, shot him in the heart with his golden arrow of love, and at the same time discharged hi

ds. The offer was accepted. Apollo also gave Hermes the Caduceus*, or golden wand. This wand was surmounted by wings. Wishing

variegated hues; her sandals are bright as burnished silver; she has golden wings; and wherever she appears, a, radiance of l

s*, the Grææ* and the dragon which, with the Hesperides*, guarded the golden apples. The Winds. According to the oldest

it became a mass of gold; he touched the ears of corn, they vaved in golden lustre. When he sat down to eat, his teeth could

en lustre. When he sat down to eat, his teeth could not penetrate the golden bread, fish, fowl, wine, water — all was gold. In

y the gods, and that there had been successive ages which were called Golden , Silver, Brazen, and Iron Ages. The Golden race o

cause it had been predicted that his orchard, in which the trees bore golden fruit, would be robbed by a son of Zeus. Perseus

h he had caused, he exchanged kingdoms with the king of Tiryns. “The golden shower in the prison of Danae is the light of mor

unhurt to Eurystheus the stag of Diana, famous for its swiftness, its golden horns, and brazen hoofs. Heracles pursued her for

s so struck with admiration at his audacity that he lent the hero his golden boat, and thus Heracles crossed over safely to th

ides*. — The eleventh task imposed by Eurystheus was to bring him the golden apples of the Hesperides, which grew on a tree pr

, the violet-colored clouds that are seen at sunrise and sunset. The ‘ golden apples,’ the golden-colored clouds which are grou

wiftness. He invoked the aid of Aphrodite (Venus), who gave him three golden apples, and told him how to use them. In the race

nd at different times. Atalanta, who was dazzled by the beauty of the golden fruit, repeatedly stopped to secure it, and thus

red his willingness to resign the crown if Jason would bring back the Golden Fleece from Colchis*. Jason at once accepted the

e heroes of Greece to join him in the enterprise. The Story of the Golden Fleece. Athamas*, a king of Bœotia, married Ne

o Zeus the ram which had borne him thither, and suspended the skin or golden fleece in a grove sacred to Ares (Mars), and plac

should if any vessel passed through in safety. The Capture of the Golden Fleece. After a prosperous course along the As

Asiatic coast, the Argo entered the harbor of Colchis. Jason filled a golden cup with wine and offered a libation to mother-ea

f the cause of his visit, and that monarch promised to relinquish the Golden Fleece if Jason would perform the tasks which he

h, and also a potion for lulling to sleep the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece. On the following day, Jason, surrounded b

k-tree was soon discovered, from the topmost boughs of which hung the Golden Fleece. At the foot of this tree, keeping his eve

The Argo at length arrived safely at Iolcus, and Jason delivered the Golden Fleece to his uncle. Pelias, however, still refus

uthentic. Various explanations have been given. One writer thinks the Golden Fleece was the raw silk of the East. Another asse

elled to a mass of legends common to all the tribes of Greece. By the Golden Fleece was meant the sunlight, Phryxus personifie

l told him to seek in the adjoining forest for a tree on which grew a golden bough. This branch was to be borne as a gift to P

m, and once every year, about the time when the Nile began to rise, a golden cup was thrown into the river, and a grand festiv

n, offering up a sacrifice, cut off his hand, which was replaced by a golden one. Manu is a wise lawgiver, and the son of Bra

, robed in white, ascends the tree, and cuts off the mistletoe with a golden sickle. It is caught in a white mantle, after whi

238. Giuki, 229. Glaucopis, 74. Glaucus, 120, 149, 150. Gnomes, 228. Golden Fleece, 172, 176, 177. Gorgons, 19, 74, 121, 145,

ect vehicles for reproducing the literary and imaginative wealth of a golden age; but they are, nevertheless, capable of impar

unny land. “I come from a land in the sun-bright deep,         Where golden gardens grow; Where the winds of the north, becal

h the ancients supposed were daily driven across the sky in brilliant golden chariots. Peace and security now reigned on and a

powers above, Join all, and try th’ omnipotence of Jove; Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds hea

hat it seemed to smile and encourage her. Around the box a glittering golden cord was wound, and fastened on top in an intrica

dges to punish.” This time of bliss has justly borne the title of the Golden Age, and the people in Italy then throve under th

, or Cronus. Unfortunately, nothing in this world is lasting; and the Golden Age was followed by another, not quite so prosper

From his awful head Whom Jove brought forth, in warlike armour drest, Golden , all radiant.” Shelley. The assembled gods reco

From one hand droop’d a crocus: one hand grasp’d     The mild bull’s golden horn.” Tennyson. The finishing touches all give

h the monster; but Apollo fearlessly drew near, and slew him with his golden shafts The victory over the terrible Python won f

rode across the azure sky, nor paused on his way till he reached the golden boat awaiting him at the end of his long day’s jo

ival if he could. No second command was necessary. The god seized his golden lyre and poured forth impassioned strains. Before

rd Phaeton journeyed, nor paused to rest until he came in view of the golden and jewelled pinnacles and turrets of his father’

nt air his mother had so enthusiastically described. Apollo, from his golden throne, had watched the boy’s approach, and, as h

k, There came a lovely vision of a maid, Who seemed to step as from a golden car Out of the low-hung moon.” Lewis Morris.

isible above: the Seasons four, — Green-kirtled Spring, flush summer, golden store In Autumn’s sickle, Winter frosty hoar.” K

backward drew From her warm brows and bosom her deep hair Ambrosial, golden round her lucid throat And shoulder: from the vio

ual fits of jealousy, Jupiter hung her out of heaven, fast bound by a golden chain; and Vulcan, perceiving her in this plight,

n the bosom of the earth. Among these ingenious contrivances were two golden handmaidens gifted with motion, who attended the

the god wherever he went, and supported his halting footsteps. “Two golden statues like in form and look To living maidens,

The monarch’s steps.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Vulcan also devised a golden throne with countless hidden springs, which, when

e his labours. He undertook, however, the construction of magnificent golden palaces for each of the gods upon the Olympian he

Jove on his couch reclin’d his awful head, And Juno slumber’d on the golden bed.” Homer ( Pope’s tr.). Aided by the Cyclope

alt sea floods; Thou with the deep and dark-green hair, That dost the golden trident bear; Thou that, with either arm outsprea

hs in the morning light, and scuds along To bring thee nearer to that golden song Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at t

rom a lowly branch a twig he drew, The twig straight glitter’d with a golden hue. He takes a stone, the stone was turn’d to go

he corn, and straight his grasp appears Fill’d with a bending tuft of golden ears. An apple next he takes, and seems to hold T

turned to gold beneath his tread; since when, “Pactolus singeth over golden sands.” Gray. Bacchus and Ariadne Bacchus

e monarch of sleep. His garments were also black, but all strewn with golden stars. He wore a crown of poppies on his head, an

into the hands of Eurystheus, who then sent Hercules in search of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, daughters of Hesperus,

met the nymphs of the Eridanus River, and, questioning them about the golden apples, was told to consult old Nereus, god of th

of the agreement. Atlas. B. Picart. From afar the giant saw the golden fruit glittering in the sunshine. Stealthily he d

nd, coolly stepping up to Hercules, announced that he would carry the golden apples to Eurystheus, and leave him to support th

er for a little while. To avoid being seen, he changed himself into a golden shower, and gently dropped down on the turret bes

ing a rueful glance at the torrent, which had wrenched off one of his golden sandals. He was about to part from the old dame w

t of the waves tossing far beneath her, suddenly lost her hold on the golden fleece, and tumbled off the ram’s back into a por

he gods sacrificed the ram they had sent to deliver him, and hung its golden fleece on a tree, near which he stationed a drago

ias, perceiving it, hypocritically regretted his inability to win the golden fleece, and softly insinuated that young men of t

suddenly sprang from his seat, and vowed he would go in quest of the golden fleece. Pelias, quite certain that the rash youth

y machinations dark to slay his foe. From Colchis’ realm to bring the golden fleece He charged the youth.” Orphic Argonautics

eece He charged the youth.” Orphic Argonautics. The Quest of the Golden Fleece When Jason, sobered and refreshed by a

he king, to whom they made known their errand. Loath to part with his golden treasure, Æetes declared that, before Jason could

o had arrived, bearing Jason, now the proud possessor of the renowned golden fleece. Ere he could take measures to maintain hi

me voyage undertaken by the Greeks for commercial purposes; while the golden fleece which Jason brought back from Colchis is b

tained Venus’ protection, and had received from her the gift of three golden apples. Atalanta, as usual, passed her rival easi

usual, passed her rival easily; but as she did so he cast one of the golden apples at her feet. For a moment she paused, then

adversary an advantage; but she soon overtook him, whereupon a second golden apple cast in the same way caused a second delay.

e maiden would have reached the goal first, as usual, had not a third golden treasure tempted her to pause, and enabled Hippom

o win the race.                  “Hippomenes turns her astray By the golden illusions he flings on her way.” Moore. Atalant

e of her ornaments.         “He pluck’d from off the robe she wore A golden buckle that adorn’d her side, And buried in his e

he promised him her aid, and before she vanished gave him a beautiful golden bridle, which she bade him use to control Pegasus

nseat the brave rider, who, biding his time, finally thrust Minerva’s golden bit between his teeth, whereupon the steed immedi

r a moment she stood beside the bountiful board, then threw upon it a golden apple, and, exhaling over the assembly her poison

, she vanished. The general attention was, of course, turned upon the golden fruit, whereon the inscription “To the fairest” w

tly promised him a bride as fair as herself in return for the coveted golden apple. Won either by her superior attractions or

sented, but at the same time informed him that he must first obtain a golden twig, which grew in a dark forest. “None may rea

dark forest. “None may reach the shades without The passport of that golden sprout.” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). Almost desp

airing, Æneas now prayed for assistance; for how could he find a tiny golden sprig in the midst of the dense forest foliage wi

, whose name means “the bright and shining one,” a description of the golden palace and car of the sun is given us. We are tol

ations of the clouds), carried off to the far east by the ram — whose golden fleece was but an emblem of the rays of the sun —

gs.” Its crew is composed mainly of solar heroes, all in quest of the golden fleece (the rays of the sun), which Jason recover

ter.” Danae, as a personification of the earth, was quickened by the golden shower, the light of the morning, which streamed

e, and he is said to ride about his realm in a swift chariot drawn by golden or white-maned steeds. Nereus, another personific

us and Gæa, 7 Ar′go. Vessel in which Jason set sail in search of the golden fleece, 234-240; significance, 356 Ar-go-nau′tic

ce, 234-240; significance, 356 Ar-go-nau′tic Expedition in search of golden fleece, 130; Zetes and Calais in, 186; Hercules i

37; sailors of, 238 Col′chis. Land in Asia ruled by Æetes, where the golden fleece was kept, 232, 233; return from, 240 Co-l

; the inventor of sails, 185 Dan′a-e. Maiden visited by Jupiter as a golden shower; mother of Perseus, 208-210; significance,

′cus. Fisherman changed to a sea god, 269, 270; lover of Scylla, 314 Golden Age. First age of the ancient world, when all was

by Æneas, 12, 326 Hes-per′i-des. Daughters of Hesperus, guardians of golden apples, 196; significance, 354 Hes′pe-rus. God o

. Son of Æson; father of Plutus, the god of wealth, 136; captured the golden fleece, 230-240; joins the Calydonian Hunt, 241;

e Fates; twists the thread of life, 141 La′don. Dragon which guarded golden apples of Hesperides, 196 La-er′tes. Father of U

Pac-to′lus. River in Asia Minor in which Midas washed, to remove his golden plague, 154 Pa-læ′mon. Son of Athamas and Ino; c

e to Phœnicia, 31, 32 Phryx′us. Son of Athamas and Nephele; rides on golden fleeced ram to Colchis, 1 30, 232; significance,

n a peaceful world, ignorant alike of sorrow and of sin. This was the Golden Age. Avarice and discord were unknown; men had no

when he would have quenched his thirst, the water was changed into a golden stream. Famished in the midst of plenty, Midas pr

ated to the waters of the stream, which was famous ever after for its golden sands. Ques. Who was Phæton? Ans. He was the so

upiter. Ques. How is she generally represented? Ans. As seated in a golden chariot drawn by peacocks. She holds a sceptre in

is Minerva represented? Ans. As clothed in complete armor. She has a golden helmet on her head, holds a lance in her right ha

rs a wonderful girdle called the Cestus, her doves are harnessed with golden chains, and Cupids flutter around her on silken w

she entered secretly, when all were assembled, and threw among them a golden apple on which was written: “For the fairest.” A

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

that Atalanta was going to outstrip him in the race, he threw down a golden apple; the princess paused to admire and take up

ing and sister of the sun and moon. She is represented as seated in a golden chariot drawn by milk-white horses; her countenan

s government was so wise and beneficial that his reign was called the Golden Age. The poets tell us that all men then lived on

imes every day, to guard it from invasion. For himself, Vulcan formed golden handmaidens, whom he endowed with reason and spee

ticise in the person of Venus, he complained of the noise made by her golden sandals. Momus was at length driven from Olympus.

w is Ceres represented? Ans. As a beautiful and majestic woman, with golden hair, and crowned with ears of wheat; in her righ

aming torch. Ques. Explain these emblems. Ans. The hair of Ceres is golden , to represent the color of ripe corn; she holds a

ed with the human race. This intercourse was uninterrupted during the Golden Age; in the Silver Age, Astræa dwelt in the mount

g the age of fifteen, put off his childish dress, and consecrated the golden bulla, which he had worn around his neck from inf

y of the gods. He received a sword from Mercury, a bow from Apollo, a golden breastplate from Vulcan, horses from Neptune, and

asted an entire year, a famous stag which was sacred to Diana. It had golden horns and brazen feet. Fifth. He killed, or drov

feed on human flesh. Eleventh. He killed the dragon that watched the golden apple in the garden of the Hesperides, and bore a

in marriage. Chapter XXVII. Jason — Expedition in search of the Golden Fleece — Medea — Her Revenge — Theseus — Tribute

aly, and was celebrated on account of his expedition in search of the Golden Fleece. He is also known as the husband of the fa

e husband of the famous sorceress Medea [Mede′a]. Ques. What was the Golden Fleece? Ans. Phryxus, son of Athamas, king of Th

, son of Athamas, king of Thebes, received from his mother a ram of a golden color, or, according to fable, with a fleece of p

ent, persuaded him to undertake an expedition for the recovery of the Golden Fleece. Jason, with some brave companions, among

lyre, he repaired to the infernal regions. Here, “at the music of his golden shell,” the wheel of Ixion stopped; Tantalus forg

ntle was of purple fringed with gold, and his brow was adorned with a golden wreath. He struck his lyre with the ivory wand, a

ivated the art of music; he was instructed by Mercury, who gave him a golden lyre with which he is said to have built the wall

al presents; among these, Juno most admired some branches loaded with golden apples, which were offered by the goddess of the

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

ch Pegasus was accustomed to drink. The winged steed submitted to the golden bit, Bellerophon mounted him fearlessly, and was

s. Achilles was himself slain soon after; his ashes were mingled in a golden urn with those of Patroclus, and a tomb was erect

to the world of shades. Æneas having plucked, in the sacred grove, a golden bough as a gift to Proserpine, descended with the

irst despoiled by Lachares, who stripped the statue of Minerva of its golden adornments. It is said he obtained in this manner

nd increase in length like ordinary hair. Sifa was enchanted with the golden locks, and the cunning Loki escaped the threatene

repared, after which a priest in white vestments cut the plant with a golden sickle while two others received it reverently in

cient times beneath the enchanted circle. It is the treasure-seeker’s golden opportunity, but woe to the avaricious wretch who

oatl? Ans. The Aztecs, like many nations of the old world, had their Golden Age. During this blissful period, Quetzalcoatl, g

he heavens. After a certain period, their spirits went to animate the golden clouds which floated over the gardens of paradise

far as the sixteenth degree of south latitude. They bore with them a golden wedge, and were directed to take up their abode w

ld.” On the western wall was the image of the Sun; this was a massive golden plate, of enormous dimensions, on which was embla

a manner that the first rays of the morning Sun fell directly on his golden image, and were reflected from the rich ornaments

s also were represented in precious ore, and the classic fable of the golden fleece was realized in the llama of this fairy ga

erection of other buildings. Fields of maize are now waving where the golden gardens once sparkled in the sun, and the church

h the world; the stars are so many divinities, who measure with their golden beams the regular progress of time; the moon pres

ood old God his hunger did assuage With roots and herbs, and gave the golden age.” Virgil. “The Golden age was first; when

ws dread,     Who bathing in Castalian dew,     His tresses loose of golden hue,     Rejoicing in his youth is seen     Amid

ts of the loom impart, To cast a curious thread with happy heart; And golden Venus was to teach the fair The wiles of love, an

e was heard at every close, And Hope, enchanted, smiled and waved her golden hair!” Collins. “Hope sets the stamp of vanity

of antiquity. The divine poet represents the King of Gods seated on a golden throne, at the feet of which are two cups, contai

jan war; and this that caused Jupiter to suspend her from Heaven by a golden cord, in the attempt to rescue her from which, Vu

fate, Wept that such beauty should be desolate: So in fine wrath some golden sounds he won, And gave meek Cynthia her Endymion

 Endymion Hath vanished — ; and the worship of this earth Is vowed to golden gods of vulgar birth!” Barry Cornwall. The fabl

ith grief, and frantic with despair, Her dress she rent, and tore her golden hair. The gay tiara on her temples placed, The fi

ers entwines, And gemmed with flowers, the silken harness shines; The golden bits with flowery studs are decked, And knots of

t spoke and eloquence of eyes.” Homer. The contest of Venus for the golden apple is well known. The Goddess of Discord, not

among the assembly of the gods, who were celebrating the nuptials, a golden apple, on which was inscribed, Detur pulchriori.

us works and automatical figures which he made, and many speak of two golden statues, which not only seemed animated, but whic

scribed by Hesiod. The chariot of the sun was also by this deity. “A golden axle did the work uphold, Gold was the beam, the

  “Pillowed on one fair arm she lay,     Beneath her silver veil; Her golden locks in wanton play, As sunbeams through the mis

s freshest years; Round his fair neck, as changing with delight, Each golden curl resplendently appears, Or shades his darker

ed torch he lights the festive strain, Sublime, and leads them in his golden chain; Joins the fond pair, indulgent to their vo

those of Jupiter. “From Jove’s awful head sprang forth to light, In golden panoply superbly dight; And while the glittering

Arachnes challenging her to a trial of skill. “From famed Pactolus’ golden stream, Drawn by her art the curious Naiads came

es, in a sweeter face: Yet above all, her length of hair they own, In golden ringlets waved, and graceful shone. ‌Her, Neptun

acquitted. “Mars! God of Armies! mid the ranks of war, Known by thy golden helm, and rushing car, Before whose lance, with s

fs in the morning light, and scuds along To bring thee nearer to that golden song‌ Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at

Led with unwary step her virgin trains O’er Etna’s steeps, and Enna’s golden plains; Plucked with fair hand the silver blossom

to cross the lake, he could not be admitted before he showed Charon a golden bough; and Charon was once imprisoned for a year,

past sorrows, and refuse to drink; Night’s dazzled empress feels the golden flame Play round her breast, and melt her frozen

s, The nicest eye did no distinction know But that the goddess bore a golden bow, Descending from Lycæus, Pan admires The matc

e corn, and straight his grasp appears, Filled with a bending tuft of golden ears. An apple next he takes, and seems to hold T

gift applied, Thy pity now, repenting, I implore; Oh! may I feel the golden plague no more!’” Ovid. He was told to wash him

“A welcome to the summer’s pleasant song, A welcome to the summer’s golden hour, A welcome to the myriad joys that throng, W

ith spangled gossamer that fell by night,     Pearling his coronet of golden corn. Where are the songs of summer? with the sun

ereids to mourn his death, and after she had collected his ashes in a golden urn, raised a monument to his memory, and institu

our carousals aloft with the stars, Where they glitter along in their golden cars, We frolic and bound with the playful wave,

unced, Present, or past, as saints and patriarchs used. Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, an

the former of whom was worshipped as Justice on the earth during the golden age; but the wickedness of mankind drove her from

dered by Æetes, king of Colchis, in order to obtain possession of the golden fleece which belonged to the murdered man; observ

invasion which appeared so formidable, Æetes promised to restore the golden fleece for the possession of which he had slain P

ightful dragon which remained ever on the watch at the tree where the golden fleece was suspended. All were in fear for the fa

ness of the dragon, by the power of herbs, and grasped in triumph the golden fleece which was the the object of his expedition

th fangs and wings of a prodigious size; Such was the guardian of the golden prize. Yet him besprinkled with Lethean dew The f

r threw; While the soft guest his drowsy eyelids seals, Th’ unguarded golden fleece the stranger steals; Proud to possess the

, And one fair girl was pillowed on her breast; While high in air the golden treasure burns, And Love and Glory guide the prow

the dire design, And consign to kindred slaughter     Children of the golden line! Shall mortal hand, with murder gory,     C

Minerva, a sword from Mercury, a horse from Apollo, and from Vulcan a golden cuirass and brazen buskin, with a celebrated club

sence of Eurystheus, a stag, famous for its incredible swiftness, its golden horns, and brazen feet. This celebrated animal fr

ee celebrated daughters of Hesperus, who were appointed to guard some golden apples, given by Jupiter to Juno on the day of th

ich led him to Atlas, in Africa, and of him, he demanded three of the golden apples. Atlas placed the burden of the heavens on

end of his laborious life, The nectared cup, and Hebe for a wife! Her golden youth did with new transports play, And crowned h

im my fame? And fair Parthenian woods resound my name? Who seized the golden belt of Thermodon? And who the dragon-guarded app

hrysaor, who married Callirhoe, one of the Oceanides, sprung with his golden sword from those drops of blood, as well as the w

morial shine, How a god loved a mortal — He is springing From out his golden car, another bound, Bacchus is by his Ariadne’s s

of song — the last sweet sounds of life And the glad sunshine of the golden clime Streamed, as a royal mantle, round her form

                                        ‘I go, I go, Thou sun, thou golden sun, I go Far from thy light to dwell: Thou shalt

Venus trembled for the Prince of Troy; Unseen she came, and burst the golden band, And left an empty helmet in his hand.” Hom

soil untill’d a ready harvest yields, With wheat and barley wave the golden fields, ‌Spontaneous wines from weighty clusters

the former place. In the temple of Jupiter, on the Capitoline hill, a golden statue of the goddess was placed, weighing three

Her waves perpetual verdure spread, Whilst health and plenty deck her golden sides: As when an eagle, child of light, O’er her

l beyond all other ones. The marble pillars are laid in the dust, The golden shrine and its perfume are gone But there are nat

s kindness, Saturn offered him his services. His reign was called the golden age; during which the earth afforded the inhabita

fe he lay From his unduteous son and his usurping sway. And hence the Golden Times derived their name.” Virgil. “December n

immortal race, Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown’d, A hundred gods he

is his armour bearer; his vesture is an embroidered cloak, and he has golden shoes. The ancients considered him as skilled in

n; a theft which so offended Jupiter, that he sent him Pandora with a golden box. Pandora was the first woman that Vulcan form

represented in a long robe, seated on a throne, holding in one hand a golden sceptre, and in the other, a spindle; her head is

rm’d an arch before; Silver the beam, th’ extended yoke was gold, And golden reins th’ immortal coursers hold.” Homer. Quest

ved him for a mantle. 6. August, sign of Virgo (a virgin.) During the golden age, Astræa dwelt on earth; but when that was ove

rises, the winged hours unbar the gates of the east. She ascends in a golden chariot drawn by white horses; and appears covere

ful woman, with a majestic and awe-striking countenance; armed with a golden helmet and breast-plate, and holding in her right

g of Thetis and Peleus, the goddess Discord threw into the assembly a golden apple, inscribed “to the fairest.” Each of the th

the youngest and strongest god. He was called Eros, because he had a golden dart, which causes love; Anteros, because his lea

orn, With rosy fingers as uncurled they hung Round her fair brow, her golden locks she wrung; O’er the smooth surge in silver

ere carried from one side of the room to another. He also formed some golden statues, and animated them in such a manner that

chery. “—— The god who mounts the winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air hi

stoops incumbent on the rolling deep.” Homer. “Hermes obeys; with golden pinions binds His flying feet, and mounts the wes

d to bathe in the river Pactolus, which thence had the fame of having golden sands. Sylvanus was an old man, small in stature,

and rosemary. The Roman youths were wont to wear about their necks a golden ornament, called bulla, in the likeness of a hear

d with unweary steps her virgin trains O’er Etna’s steeps, and Enna’s golden plains; Pluck’d with fair hand the silver-blossom

cans, and Æacus, the Europeans. Minos appears seated alone, holding a golden sceptre, and shaking the fatal urn wherein were c

sounds the breezes bear, In silken dalliance to the dreaming ear, And golden fruits, ‘mid shadowy blossoms, shine. In fields i

into stones who looked at them. Their hands were brazen; their wings, golden ; their bodies were covered with impenetrable scal

penalties against crime, and rewards to virtue. She lived during the Golden Age. — See Fig. 59. Fig. 59. Justice. Fortune

d soon unlock the door, And by his art successful prove, Chang’d to a golden show’r.” When Acrisius heard of the birth of his

in that season. Theseus attended the Argonauts in the conquest of the Golden Fleece, fought the Centaurs, and exterminated two

and returned to Argos with the cattle. He was commanded to gather the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides. They were

e wild boar he clears th’ Ermanthean fields; The brass-foot stag with golden antlers yield: He Stympha clears of man-devouring

e of seeing him destroyed, advised him to go to Colchis, and gain the golden fleece. The gods had given Athamas, king of Thebe

ad given Athamas, king of Thebes, a ram, the fleece of which was of a golden colour. Phryxus, the son of Athamas, flying from

After a series of adventures, he arrived at Colchis, and demanded the Golden Fleece of king Ætes, who granted his request, pro

gether with her family. — See Fig. 73. Fig. 73. The Conquest of the Golden Fleece. Obs. — The Grecian history records no e

re celebrated and more replete with fictions than the conquest of the Golden Fleece. Many authors differ in explaining this fa

crown when Jason, coming of age, laid his claims to it? What was the Golden Fleece? Was the Fleece difficult of access? Relat

sa, who were called the Hesperides. These were appointed to guard the golden apples, which Juno is reported to have given to J

overed by Atlas. The Greek word hyade signifies rainy. Obs. 3. — The golden apples of Juno, some fancy to have been merely or

Burst from the east, at his creating voice; When straight beyond the golden verge of day, Night show’d the horrors of her dis

glory, and endued it with a power of motion. This motion generated a golden egg, blazing like a thousand suns, from which spr

utiful garlands of flowers beneath their waists, by mantles loose, of golden tissue, or coloured silk, and adorned with embroi

ers, one of which had an apartment containing a magnificent bed and a golden table. He also had a gigantic statue of solid gol

f justice. He was represented with black marble, richly dressed, with golden rings to his ears, with plates of gold on his bre

rs, with plates of gold on his breast, and holding in his left hand a golden fan, more highly polished than a mirror, and set

that which Nebuchadnezzar had enlarged, and to which he had added the golden statue forty feet in height. From this we may for

ing to Herodotus, in a lower chapel of this temple, there was a large golden statue of Jupiter; but he does not give its weigh

talents. Herodotus adds, that near this chapel, without, there was a golden altar, upon which were immolated animals which ha

e Christ. At length, Hercules, on his return from the conquest of the golden fleece, assembled the Argonauts in Æolis, to cele

Wingolf, the palace of friendship and love, and Glasor, the forest of golden trees. After Odin, the principal divinity of the

ispenses rain and sunshine, plenty or dearth. He rides on a boar with golden bristles. The name, of his wife is Gerda, Gymer’s

ence, wisdom, and poetry, which, from him, is called Bragur. He had a golden telyn, and swept the cords, which emitted a sweet

d the heroes take sides in battle. Odin will appear, clothed with his golden helmet and his resplendent cuirass; and with his

ght of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. Say, proud Warder, rob’d in glory,     Are

ere found in it immense riches; and among other things, a very costly golden ring. Iceland had also its temples. The chronicle

he state, and the kings consulted them. Their white garbs were alike. Golden ornaments were equally interdicted to them. As th

, the chief of the Druids mounted on the oak, cut the misletoe with a golden sickle, and the other Druids received it with gre

eremony, and always, if possible, on the sixth day of the moon, and a golden sickle must be made use of to cut it; 3. All that

of things, and accurately exhibits to our view all the links of that golden chain, of which deity is one extreme, and body th

e First Cause. “These mighty powers, also, are called by the poets, a golden chain, on account of their connection with each o

picture: Baumeister.] 86. Jason conquering the Bulls and seizing the Golden Fleece. [Relief on sarcophagus: Roscher 18: 80.]

, classic mythology has been for poetry a treasure-house replete with golden tales and glimmering thoughts, passions in the ro

epics, dramas, lyrics, and novels, of our essays and orations, like a golden warp where the woof is only too often of silver,

ributes and individuality just as efficient as those that endowed the golden handmaids of Vulcan, or the eagle of Jove, Nor is

nventors of pasturage, smithing, and music. The dragon which kept the golden apples was the serpent that beguiled Eve. Nimrod’

n from the blazing chariot of the Sun A beardless youth who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravish

b.c.), who wrote in frigid style the story of Jason’s Voyage for the Golden Fleece; and Theocritus of Sicily (270 b.c.), whos

avian runes several specimens have been found—one an inscription on a golden horn of the third or fourth century a.d., which w

ather’s tyranny to end, but as symbol of the new period of growth and golden harvests that he ushered in. For unknown ages Cro

nitors and guardians. § 24. The Silver Age came next, inferior to the golden . Jupiter shortened the spring, and divided the ye

ad done so, with no slight degree of happiness, the experience of the Golden Age would seem to prove. However, the bewitching

and earth, and the seas to himself, and suspend all from Olympus by a golden chain. Throned in the high, clear heavens, Jupite

Earth sent up in honor of the rite a tree of life, heavy with apples golden like the sunset. Juno was the most worthy of the

lord and master swung her aloft in the clouds, securing her wrists in golden handcuffs, and hanging anvils to her feet. The ci

lphi to inculcate righteousness and justice among the Greeks; but the golden god Apollo chose first to spend a year in the lan

g — antlers, skin, or edible portions of the deer that Artemis of the golden arrows had herself vouchsafed him. The holy maid,

the wise.” For she is the mistress of feminine charm and beauty, the golden , sweetly-smiling Aphrodite, who rules the hearts

With honey pure and sweet; And clustering round that holy mouth, The golden bees in eager drouth Plied busy wings and feet; T

estern Land, and, say some, father of the Hesperides, who guarded the golden apples of the sunset. (12) Various Other Personif

s one of them:91 — “I come from a land in the sun-bright deep, Where golden gardens glow, Where the winds of the north, becal

ection and immortality of man. Sacred to Ceres and to Proserpine were golden sheaves of corn and soporific poppies; while, amo

the Titans, released from Tartarus after many years, dwelt under the golden sway of the white-haired Cronus.100 There was n

tioned, assisted by their mother, Hesperis, and a dragon, guarded the golden apples of the tree that had sprung up to grace th

ethronement by Jupiter, he fled to Italy, where he reigned during the Golden Age. In memory of his dominion, the feast of Satu

e were a milk-faced boy? Did I lack lovers? Was my beauty dulled, The golden hair turned dross, the lithe limbs shrunk? The de

n echoes rings and roars, Remembering thy dread nuptials, a wise god, Golden and white in thy new-carven shape, Hear me! and g

scene represented Leda caressing the swan; and another, Danaë and the golden shower. Still another depicted Europa deceived by

g land has been already described.140 On his return, slaying with his golden arrows the Python that had infested- the slopes n

, and thou shalt become a flower inscribed with my regret.” While the golden god spoke, the blood which had flowed on the grou

s, Xanthus, and Mæander; Babylonian Euphrates and Ganges, Tagus, with golden sands, and Caÿster where the swans resort. Nile f

the fret-worked front, Black-swollen, beaded yet with battle-dew The golden hair o’ the hero! — his big frame A-quiver with e

the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river-god Peneüs, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god

entered. Every object she met filled her with pleasure and amazement. Golden pillars supported the vaulted roof, and the walls

s with harmonious murmurs that dissuaded her from venturing among the golden rams while they raged under the influence of the

s propitious. Pl. 9. Atalanta’s Race. Poynter. She gathered three golden apples from the garden of her temple, in her own

eated gush of breath Behind his shoulder. From his hand now dropt A golden apple: she lookt down and saw A glitter on the gr

she lowered her face Cover’d with blushes, and held out her hand, The golden apple in it. “Leave me now,” Said she, “I must

d modestly they opened as she rose: Thence flew Love’s arrow with the golden head; And thus Leander was enamoured. Stone-still

: Women are won when they begin to jar. Thus having swallow’d Cupid’s golden hook, The more she striv’d, the deeper was she st

m with thy flame! Oh, bid her move those lips of rose, Bid float that golden hair, And let her choose me, as I chose, This fai

at must die, And blossom with a beating heart Into mortality! Change, golden tresses of her hair, To gold that turns to gray;

! within the heart of this great flight, Whose ivory arms hold up the golden lyre? What form is this of more than mortal heigh

the gold-creating power passed into them, and the river sands became golden , as they remain to this day. Thenceforth Midas, h

er shoulders cast Her crimson weed; with faltering fingers made „ Her golden girdle’s clasp to join and past Down to the track

Sirens sweet, By dead Parthenope’s254 dear tomb And fair Ligea’s 255 golden comb, Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks, Sleeki

xpeditions, — the War against Laomedon of Troy,257 the Voyage for the Golden Fleece,258 and the Hunt of the Calydonian Boar.25

l to wall And moaned aloud, and shrieked in her despair; Because tlfe golden tresses of her hair Were moved by writhing snakes

s his garden of the Hesperides, whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus sa

whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, “I come as a guest.

ad warned him against a son of Jove who should one day rob him of his golden apples, attempted to thrust the youth out. Whereu

night in the temple of Minerva. While he slept, Minerva brought him a golden bridle. When he awoke, she showed him Pegasus dri

. The fourth labor of Hercules was the capture of a wonderful stag of golden antlers and brazen hoofs that ranged the hills of

e of the most difficult labors was the eleventh, — the robbery of the golden apples of the Hesperides. Hercules did not know w

mpany of Argonauts,287 who were on their way to Colchis to secure the golden fleece, and he captured the thievish gnomes, call

measures to put them out of her reach. Mercury gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set the two children. Vaulti

ve, under the care of a sleepless dragon.298 § 145. The Quest of the Golden Fleece. 299 — Another realm in Thessaly, near to

e Pelias with wily intent, suggested to him the glorious quest of the golden fleece. Jason, pleased with the thought, forthwit

t, now they learned Their bolder steerage over ocean wave, Led by the golden stars, as Chiron’s art Had marked the sphere cele

om of Colchis. Fig. 86. Jason conquering the Bulls and seizing the Golden Fleece. [Relief on sarcophagus: Roscher 18: 80.]

his message to the Colchian king, Æetes, who consented to give up the golden fleece on certain conditions: namely, that Jason

blush to the braided hair, And rose-colored and cold like very dawn, Golden and godlike, chastely with chaste lips, A faint g

The blooming god of the vine wooed and won her. After her death, the golden crown that he had given her was transferred by hi

of the chieftains engaged in the Calydonian Hunt and the Quest of the Golden Fleece are narrated in four stories,— the Seven a

by the ray of the morning. But there were gods in the pure, — in the golden prime of the Ages. § 165 b . Atreus was the son

on of Eris, or Discord. Enraged at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among the guests, with the inscription, “Fo

s and cloths, with ten talents in gold and two splendid tripods and a golden cup of matchless workmanship. Then he called to h

ed the cinders with wine, and, collecting the bones, placed them in a golden urn, which they buried in the earth. Over the spo

y treated and presented with rich gifts, of which Helen’s share was a golden spindle, and a basket on wheels. “… many yet ad

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

f Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden statues of graceful youths held in their hands li

ons wax keen in this land of ours. Great fruits, fragrant, green and golden , Gleam in the green, and droop and fall; Blossom,

y.385 She instructed him to seek in the forest a tree on which grew a golden branch. This branch was to be plucked off and bor

t Æneas’ only object was to see his father, and finally exhibited the golden branch, at sight of which Charon’s wrath relaxed,

peace and plenty ensued that men ever since have called his reign the golden age; but by degrees far other times succeeded, an

ard — Gladsheim for the gods, Vingolf for the goddesses — consists of golden and silver palaces: but the most beautiful of the

on the bloody floor, Weeping and wailing; and Valhalla rang Up to its golden roof with sobs and cries; And on the tables stood

ng the flinty floor of Asgard streets, And the gods trembled on their golden beds Hearing the wrathful father* coming home — F

more the well-known plain Of Ida, and among the grass shall find The golden dice wherewith we played of-yore; And that shall

… Then before him Sigurd sees a shield-hung castle, surmounted by a golden buckler, instead of a banner, which rings against

brighter grow, And the thin moon hangeth her horns dead-white in the golden glow. Then she turned and gazed on Sigurd, and he

ed with pruning-knife in hand, and regarded as the lord of an ancient golden age. The three Cyclopes were Brontes, Steropes, a

ties. The old poets prophesied a return of these goddesses and of the Golden Age. See also Pope’s Messiah, — " All crimes sha

y, 14, 15. In P. L. 4: 998, et seq., is a different conception of the golden scales, “betwixt Astræa and the Scorpion sign.”

, but either the wolf-god (as inheriting an earlier wolf-cult) or the golden god of Light. (See Preller and Roscher.) This der

e water); she is, also, the sweetly smiling, laughter-loving, bright, golden , fruitful, winsome, flowerfaced, blushing, swift-

, Rome). She is the swift-footed, wind-footed, fleet, the Iris of the golden wings, etc. § 44. Hyperborean. — Beyond the North

Illustrative. — Pope, Moral Essays 4: 176. “Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope… And laughing Ceres reassum

etative. — An ingenious, but not highly probable, theory explains the golden touch of Midas as the rising sun that gilds all t

ius, has been regarded as the dry earth, which under the rains of the golden spring-time bursts into verdure and bloom; or as

epths of the earth; or as the dawn, from which, shot through with the golden rays of heaven, the youthful Sun is born.405 Advo

al expedition, the rich spoils of which might readily be known as the Golden Fleece. So far as the physical tradition is conce

is concerned, it may refer to the course of the year (the Ram of the Golden Fleece being the fructifying clouds that come and

des, the nocturnal journey of the sun down the west; the Oak with the Golden Fleece, a symbol of the sunset which the dragon o

lia, 73. Æ′olus, of Thessaly, 224; myths of family, 244-249; quest of Golden Fleece, 244-247; connection with Medea, 247-249,3

s, the Hindoo; see under Hindoo divinities. Gods, the Norse, 366-391. Golden Age, the, 43. Golden Ass, the, 29. Golden Fleece

er Hindoo divinities. Gods, the Norse, 366-391. Golden Age, the, 43. Golden Ass, the, 29. Golden Fleece, the quest of, 223, 2

Gods, the Norse, 366-391. Golden Age, the, 43. Golden Ass, the, 29. Golden Fleece, the quest of, 223, 244247; Com. §§ 144-14

of Atalanta the Arcadian. Ja′son, 27, 223; myth of, 244-249; quest of golden fleece, 244 et seq., 254, 260; Com. § 144-147. Jo

ted by Mrs. Browning and by Sir Edwin Arnold. 178. Apuleius, Metam. Golden Ass, 4: 28, etc. 179. William Morris, The Story

eus, erected by the god himself while he was yet among men ; and on a golden pillar in the temple the deeds of Uranos, Zeus, A

al glory, rode Far into Chaos and the world unborn ; and placing his golden compasses set off the space for the world he was

about to create. It formed a hollow globe, and hung from Heaven by a golden chain, …………in bigness as a star Of smallest magn

the Grææ, the Gorgons, the Echidna, and the serpent that guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides. Earth finally bore by T

and Stesichorus said in his Geryoneïs, Helios Hyperionides Into the golden cup went down ; That, having through the Ocean pa

uated in the East. Æetes’ city, where swift Helios’ beams Within his golden chamber lie, By Ocean’s marge, whither bold Iasôn

s269 describes the ‘white-winged’ Hemera carrying off Tithonos in her golden four-horsed chariot. In another passage of this p

areôs, in a desert island near Britannia in the Western Ocean317. The golden age, so celebrated by poets, is said to have been

ce, led to the making him the offspring of the god who ruled over the golden race of men ; and if, as it would appear, he taug

of this last from Olympos to Hesperia, and his there establishing the golden age, may have been indebted for its origin to the

intelligence360 ; his tripods could move of themselves ; he made the golden shoes, or rather soles (πέιλα)361 with which the

t about. The pole was silver, and upon its end She tied the beauteous golden yoke, and bound On it the golden traces fair : th

upon its end She tied the beauteous golden yoke, and bound On it the golden traces fair : the steeds Swift-footed then beneat

ificence368. On ordinary occasions the gods moved by the aid of their golden shoes : when at home in their houses, they, like

the Melian nymphs received in their arms ; Adrasteia rocked him in a golden cradle, he was fed with honey and the milk of the

coulours glow’d : Spreading his tail, like a swift-sailing ship, The golden basket’s edge he cover’d o’er. Ovid510 says that

Excellent pigeons Cyprus hath ; and Hera Of Samos owns, they say, the golden breed Of birds, the fair-form’d much-admired peaf

raised them from the ground. On this they lay, And o’cr them spread a golden cloud and fair, And glittering drops of dew fell

and silver dogs which guarded his house572. For himself he formed the golden maidens, who waited on him, and whom he endowed w

mly on the ground ; and Delos, exulting with joy, became covered with golden flowers614. Callimachus615 relates the birth of A

rcher. Erôs incensed flew, and taking his stand on Parnassos shot his golden arrow of love into the heart of the son of Leto,

r Peneios, was another of the loves of Phœbos ; he carried her in his golden chariot over the sea to Libya, where she bore him

e sophist Himerius658. «When Apollo was born, Zeus adorned him with a golden headband and lyre, and gave him moreover a team t

Along the shady hills and breezy peaks, Rejoicing in the chase, her golden bow She bends, her deadly arrows sending forth. T

some of the trefoil on which the horses of Zeus feed, and fill their golden troughs with water. The goddess herself meantime

sented as full of manly vigour, with long unshorn locks, armed with a golden sword and a bow and quiver, from which he sends f

degroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoicing to run his race ;’ a golden sword is the weapon of Freyr, the sun-god of Scan

of animated beings. Finally, the offering of ripe ears of corn, the ‘ golden summer’, to Apollo, and his being prayed to as th

er on the shore of Cyprus, clothed her in immortal garments, placed a golden wreath on her head, rings of orichalcum and gold

th on her head, rings of orichalcum and gold in her pierced ears, and golden chains about her neck, and then led her to the as

ithets of Aphrodite were760, 1. Smile-loving ; 2. Well-garlanded ; 3. Golden  ; 4. Quick-winking ; 5. Well-tressed ; 6. Care-di

ttle boy of a fair complexion and moderate size : his hair, of a rich golden hue, hung down his back, which was bright and cle

very richly795. When the hero Iasôn was setting forth in quest of the Golden Fleece, Athena gave him a cloak wrought by hersel

iating with mankind833. The god obeys his sire, puts on his ‘immortal golden sandals, which bear him over the water and the ex

s lyre or bow ; and this being complied with, he presents him with ‘a golden , three-leafed, innocuous rod’ the giver of wealth

wondrous flower, when suddenly the wide earth gaped, Aïdoneus in his golden chariot rose, and catching the terrified goddess

d to her. Then many-ruling Aïdoneus yoked His steeds immortal to the golden car : She mounts the chariot, and beside her moun

d many other gods Do just the same. Thus Victory, mark ye, flies With golden wings ; and so, egad, does Love : And like a trem

les, by a very beautiful and correct figure, terms Fame ‘the child of golden Hope’1075 ; and the Athenians erected an altar to

the Grææ, the Gorgons, the Echidna, and the serpent which watched the golden apples1254. Τρίτων. Triton. According to H

to the bottom of the sea, dwelt with his mother and royal father in a golden house.’ Later poets made him his father’s trumpet

supporting the heaven, and they had charge of the trees that bore the golden fruit. In this task they were aided by a serpent

and Geryoneus pastured, the isle of the Hesperides, in which grew the golden fruit, and other places of light and bliss. When

aly snakes, and with huge teeth like those of swine, brazen hands and golden wings. Their looks, it is added, turned all who b

of mature and declining age. Most mythic systems therefore have their golden age1438. Ages of the World. Homer nowhere

actic poem the following venerable mythe1439. The gods first made the golden race of men, who were in the time when Kronos rul

de a second far inferior race, called the silver race, resembling the golden neither in appearance nor in disposition. A hundr

ons the ages of the world. He speaks of but three races of men, — the golden , the silver, and the brazen. Justice (Δίκη), he s

træa or the Virgin. Ovid1442 makes the races of men four in number, —  golden , silver, brazen, and iron. The first enjoyed a pe

ach race before its successor is made. Aratus expressly says that the golden were the parents of the silver, and these of the

, it was asserted, that as the four seasons, commencing with a bright golden spring and ending with a gloomy iron winter, form

reality, consists of only two parts. The heroes who correspond to the golden race are like them rewarded after death, but in a

ented as becoming after death three different classes of spirits, the golden celestial, the silver terrestrial, and the brazen

hinks that the lines in which Hesiod describes the deification of the golden race are an interpolation, inserted at the time w

est, rich in flocks and herds, and master of the trees which bore the golden apples. An ancient prophecy delivered by Themis h

pastures, at the same time stimulating Iasôn to the expedition of the Golden Fleece1537. Another account is that Pelias, being

citizens. Iasôn replied, that he would order him to go and fetch the Golden Fleece. Pelias took him at his word, and imposed

y informing him that he was to be her spouse, and to carry her in his golden car over the sea to the rich garden of Zeus, wher

the rich garden of Zeus, where Libya would joyfully receive her in a golden abode ; that there she would bear a son, whom Her

s daughter. He there sacrificed his ram to Zeus Phyxios, and gave the golden fleece to Æetes, who nailed it to an oak in the g

his father a silver table which had belonged to Cadmos, and filled a golden cup with wine for him ; but when he perceived the

ards goes to the abode of Aides, Teiresias approaches him bearing his golden staff ; and he alone of the dead recognises the m

34. Heracles was presented with a sword by Hermes, a bow by Apollo, a golden breastplate by Hephæstos, horses by Poseidôn, a r

to fetch the horned hind alive to Mycenæ. This hind haunted Œnœ, had golden horns, and was sacred to Artemis. Heracles, not w

his bow against the Sun-god ; who, admiring his courage, gave him his golden cup to pass over to Erytheia. As he was crossing,

nd held him fast, and never let him go till he had told him where the golden apples were. Having gotten this information, he w

Prometheus out of gratitude warned him not to go himself to take the golden apples, but to send Atlas for them, and in the me

nd then she might give something for him and redeem him. She took her golden veil off her head, and with it bought him ; and h

ps or Cercops ; and when we recollect that the ancient Athenians wore golden tettiges or tree-hoppers in their hair to signify

account of the birth of Erichthonios says, that Hephæstos having made golden seats for Zeus and the other gods, Hera when she

count the virtue of Procris had not been proof against the offer of a golden coronet from Pteliôn. Her infidelity being discov

n by the treachery of Scylla the daughter of Nisos. This prince had a golden or purple lock of hair growing on his head ; and

r for her crime. According to Æschylus1831 Minôs bribed Scylla with a golden collar. Αἰγεύς. Ægeus. Ægeus the son of P

her. But Zeus had seen and loved the maiden ; and under the form of a golden shower he poured through the roof down into her b

, over which Pallas presides, longs for rain1959 ; Zeus descends in a golden fructifying shower, and Perseus is born. But the

e had a son named Pterolaos, whom Poseidôn made immortal by setting a golden lock of hair on his head. Pterolaos had several s

of that prince, falling in love with Amphitryôn, pulled out the fatal golden lock, and he died, and the islands were conquered

t, when her cousin Meilaniôn offered himself to contend. He had three golden apples, which Aphrodite had given him ; these he

between heaven and earth, and that the rock was suspended over him by golden chains2054. The offence of Tantalos, according to

end, cast this mountain atop of him ; for Pandareos having stolen the golden dog which had guarded the goat that reared the go

. Poseidôn, smitten with the beauty of Pelops, carried him off in his golden car to Olympos. But when his father had drawn on

rious old-age. Poseidôn assented to his prayer, and bestowed on him a golden chariot, and horses of winged speed2062. Pelops t

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

c Expedition. Iasôn having undertaken to sail to Colchis for the Golden Fleece, applied to Argos the son of Phrixos ; who

ey got on board ; Iasôn standing at the poop poured a libation from a golden cup, and called on Zeus, the Winds, the Sea, the

tes of the cause of his coming, and in requesting him to give him the Golden Fleece. The king assented, provided he could yoke

nd slay her crew. Medeia, anticipating him, led Iason by night to the Golden Fleece : with her drugs she cast to sleep the ser

os or Pangæos were wrought so early, their produce may have given its golden hue to the fleece. This however is no essential p

et of the gods at the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, and flung down a golden apple, inscribed “The apple for the Fair” (Τῇ καλ

lton : Heaven open’d wide Her ever-during gates, harmonious sound On golden hinges moving, to let forth The King of glory. — 

Milton’s Hither as to their fountain other stars Repairing in their golden urns draw light.» — P. L. vii. 364. 253. Quint

nt which in a cavern of dark earth at its great extremity watches the golden apples,’ but he does not intimate any connexion b

s (Comus, 981.) Hesperus and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree, and he places their gardens ‘up in the bro

ngs of Sirens sweet, By dead Parthenope's dear tomb, And fair Ligea's golden comb, Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks, Sleeki

t youth clears himself by going through the ordeal of fire, riding in golden helm and snowy raiment between the flaming piles,

lic poets (ap. Sch. Eur. Orest. 1370.) said that Zeus gave Laomedôn a golden vine for Ganymedes. Ἄμπϵλον ἥν Κρονίδηs ἔπορϵν ο

an,” beginning “I come from a land in the sun-bright deep,     Where golden gardens glow, Where the winds of the north, becal

ilton alludes to this in his “Comus.” “Now the gilded car of day His golden axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, And

ympus. He built of brass the houses of the gods; he made for them the golden shoes with which they trod the air or the water,

and out of the celestial hall. He even endowed with intelligence the golden handmaidens whom he made to wait on himself. Jupi

ry consistent; for on the one hand his reign is said to have been the golden age of innocence and purity, and on the other he

Jupiter he fled to Italy, where he reigned during what was called the Golden Age. In memory of his beneficent dominion, the fe

ants, the first age was an age of innocence and happiness, called the Golden Age. Truth and right prevailed, though not enforc

stilled from the oaks. Then succeeded the Silver Age, inferior to the golden , but better than that of brass. Jupiter shortened

the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god

e wings rain contagion: how they fled,     When like Apollo, from his golden bow,     The Pythian of the age one arrow sped   

us, Xanthus, and Meander; Babylonian Euphrates and Ganges, Tagus with golden sands, and Cayster where the swans resort. Nile f

o enter. Every object she met filled her with pleasure and amazement. Golden pillars supported the vaulted roof, and the walls

r sister has to offer.” Then taking their hands she led them into her golden palace, and committed them to the care of her num

us monster, but the most beautiful and charming of the gods, with his golden ringlets wandering over his snowy neck and crimso

g his directions she soon returned to Venus with her arms full of the golden fleece; but she received not the approbation of h

risoned her, but where the god effected his entrance in the form of a golden shower. Still another depicted Europa deceived by

From one hand drooped a crocus, one hand grasped     The mild bull’s golden horn.” In his Princess there is this allusion to

chief pride was in his gardens, whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus sa

whose fruit was of gold, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, “I come as a guest.

phecy had warned him that a son of Jove should one day rob him of his golden apples. So he answered, “Begone! or neither your

inerva. He did so, and as he slept Minerva came to him and gave him a golden bridle. When he awoke the bridle remained in his

hem out of her reach. Mercury assisted her, and gave her a ram with a golden fleece, on which she set the two children, trusti

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

sted to the young man the glorious adventure of going in quest of the Golden Fleece, which it was well known was in the kingdo

his message to the Colchian king, Æetes, who consented to give up the golden fleece if Jason would yoke to the plough two fire

s we do not know, but perhaps it was found after all, like many other golden prizes, not worth the trouble it had cost to proc

spoils were the result it was enough to give rise to the idea of the golden fleece. Another suggestion of a learned mythologi

t, now they learned Their bolder steerage over ocean wave, Led by the golden stars, as Chiron’s art Had marked the sphere cele

.” Medea and Æson. Amid the rejoicings for the recovery of the Golden Fleece, Jason felt that one thing was wanting, th

sland of Cyprus, is a tree with yellow leaves and yellow branches and golden fruit. Hence she gathered three golden apples, an

leaves and yellow branches and golden fruit. Hence she gathered three golden apples, and, unseen by any one else, gave them to

as dry, the goal yet far off. At that moment he threw down one of the golden apples. The virgin was all amazement. She stopped

uth far behind, Or at least, like Hippomenes, turns her astray By the golden illusions he flings in her way.” Chapter XIX

safety to Eurystheus. The most difficult labor of all was getting the golden apples of the Hesperides, for Hercules did not kn

gardens fair Of Hesperus and his daughters three, That sing about the golden tree.” The poets, led by the analogy of the love

soled her, and made her his wife. As a marriage present he gave her a golden crown, enriched with gems, and when she died, he

nd was the patron of horse races. His own horses had brazen hoofs and golden manes. They drew his chariot over the sea, which

graceful folds, jewels adorned his arms, his brow was crowned with a golden wreath, and over his neck and shoulders flowed hi

graceful folds, jewels adorned his arms, his brow was crowned with a golden wreath, and over his neck and shoulders flowed hi

on of Eris, or Discord. Enraged at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among the guests, with the inscription, “Fo

on in her own favor. Paris decided in favor of Venus and gave her the golden apple, thus making the two other goddesses his en

s and cloths, with ten talents in gold and two splendid tripods and a golden cup of matchless workmanship. Then he called to h

nched the cinders with wine, collected the bones and placed them in a golden urn, which they buried in the earth, and reared a

y treated and presented with rich gifts, of which Helen’s share was a golden spindle and a basket on wheels. The basket was to

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

f Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden statues of graceful youths held in their hands li

.” 26 She instructed him to seek in the forest a tree on which grew a golden branch. This branch was to be plucked off and bor

Æneas’s only object was to see his father, and finally exhibited the golden branch, at sight of which Charon’s wrath relaxed,

peace and plenty ensued that men ever since have called his reign the golden age; but by degrees far other times succeeded, an

his charming little poem, — To the Dandelion: — “Not in mid June the golden cuirassed bee Feels a more summer-like, warm ravi

m, and once every year, about the time when the Nile began to rise, a golden cup was thrown into the river, and a grand festiv

nventors of Pasturage, Smithing, and Music. The Dragon which kept the golden apples was the serpent that beguiled Eve. Nimrod’

been prone to describe as a deterioration of man’s first estate, the Golden Age of innocence and simplicity. 3. The Allegoric

n from the blazing chariot of the Sun A beardless youth who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravish

ned by crossing the bridge Bifrost, (the rainbow.) Asgard consists of golden and silver palaces, the dwellings of the gods, bu

, robed in white, ascends the tree, and cuts off the mistletoe with a golden sickle. It is caught in a white mantle, after whi

439. Ger’yon, 201. Giallar horn, 463. Giants, 170. Glaucus, 86, 290. Golden fleece, 180. Golden age, 27. Gordian knot, 72. Go

Giallar horn, 463. Giants, 170. Glaucus, 86, 290. Golden fleece, 180. Golden age, 27. Gordian knot, 72. Gorgons, 161. Graces,

d poets that these goddesses would one day return, and bring back the Golden Age. Even in a Christian hymn, the Messiah of Pop

rts, and made them so happy that the time of his reign was called the Golden Age. Saturn is represented as an old man, with a

           The God who mounts the winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air hi

Jove on his couch reclined his awful head, And Juno slumbered on the golden bed. Iliad, Book I. Jupiter, however, is suppo

ious than any known to mankind. Hebe presented nectar to Jupiter in a golden cup. Once, when Hebe was offering nectar to Jupit

beautiful woman, of a countenance somewhat severe. On her head was a golden helmet, and her breastplate was also of gold. In

rn. With rosy fingers, as uncurled they hung Round her fair brow, her golden locks she wrung; O’er the smooth surge in silver

swans, accompanied by Cupid and the Graces. She guided her doves by a golden chain She was clothed in slight and graceful appa

d with unwary steps her virgin trains, O’er Etna’s steeps, and Enna’s golden plains; Plucked with fair hand the silver blossom

might dispose her to be partial. Astrea descended from heaven in the Golden Age, that she might dwell among men; but, says th

e, a horse; Jupiter, a shield; Apollo, a bow and arrow; and Vulcan, a golden cuirass, and brazen buskins. The first labour of

bring alive to Eurystheus, a stag consecrated to Diana. This stag had golden horns, and brazen feet, and was of incredible swi

d to bring his flock to Eurystheus. The eleventh labour was to obtain golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. The Hes

The Hesperides were nymphs intrusted by Jupiter with the care of some golden apples which were guarded by a dragon. Hercules r

move him from his sight, advised him to undertake the recovery of the Golden Fleece; and Jason was prevailed upon to engage in

ate, that just as they were about to be offered, a winged ram, with a golden fleece, took them upon his back, and flew away to

elias, the latter promised it to him, provided he would bring him the golden fleece; which was, perhaps, if Jason would pay hi

ho were Phryxus and Helle? To whom did Phryxus offer the ram with the golden fleece? What offer did Pelias make to Jason? Upon

did Etes offer Jason the fleece? Who assisted Jason in procuring the golden fleece? How were the Argonauts received on their

of the three was the most beautiful. Discord, says the fable, threw a golden apple among them, on which was written “To the fa

ave Eneas an interesting account of the former state of Italy, of the golden age of Saturn, and the less happy days that follo

s Meru, or the North Pole, allegorically represented as a mountain of golden gems. Seshanaga, the Sovereign of Patala, or the

garlands of flowers hanging down below their waists; loose mantles of golden tissue, or coloured silk, with embroidered hems.

an of the heavens. He was styled the powerful, the holy, the god with golden teeth. He was represented as posted m the celesti

ght of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. Say, proud warder, robed in glory,     Are

Burst from the east, at his creating voice; When straight beyond the golden verge of day, Night showed the horrors of her dis

elebrate the reign of Saturn, and call the time of his government the Golden Age; and they honoured his memory, because he lov

o be industrious, and to love one another. The ancient Mexicans had a Golden Age, which was commenced under the instructions o

irror was of black marble, richly dressed. The ears were adorned with golden rings, and the breast covered with plates of the

ed with plates of the same metal. In the left hand, this image held a golden fan, highly polished like a mirror, and set aroun

f Mercury. A child suffered death because it accidentally picked up a golden olive leaf from the wreath of Minerva, and played

able used in the religious services of the Hebrews was furnished with golden dishes and spoons. Upon this table were set every

which prevailed, during his reign, in Italy, emphatically called the golden age.2 What were the actions and attributes of Ja

rm’d an arch before. Silver the beam, th’ extended yoke was gold, And golden reins the immortal coursers hold; Herself, impati

ry Winter shivers in the rear. ——— Chariot and horses of the Sun. A golden axle did the car uphold; Gold was the beam; the

er Pactolus, which, ever after, retained the reputation of possessing golden streams and golden sands. What were the sacrifice

ever after, retained the reputation of possessing golden streams and golden sands. What were the sacrifices of this divinity?

represented? As a beautiful woman of threatening aspect, armed with a golden helmet and breast-plate; in her right hand, brand

e Fury frown’d, And the dire orb portentous Gorgon crown’d. The massy golden helm she next assumes, That dreadful nods with fo

e liquid sky. Heav’n’s gates spontaneous open to the pow’rs, Heav’n’s golden gates, kept by the winged Hours, Commission’d in

ercury. ——— The God who mounts the winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air hi

May Prepares th’ almighty’s orders to obey; First, round his feet the golden wings he bound, That speed his progress o’er the

giant with three bodies. He destroyed the huge dragon who guarded the golden apples in the gardens of the Hesperides. He dragg

tricate one’s self. Who was Jason, and what was the expedition of the golden fleece? Jason, the son of Eson and Alcimede, was

oes who sailed in the ship Argo, from Greece to Colchis, to fetch the golden fleece. This was an expedition undertaken to reco

d by poetic fiction. The treasure being represented as a ram having a golden fleece, and the difficulties they met with, as fo

impressed them with a power of motion. By that motion, was produced a golden egg, blazing like a thousand suns, in which was b

garlands of flowers hanging down below their waists; loose mantles of golden tissue, or coloured silk, with embroidered hems.

, Burst from the east, at his creating voice; When, strait beyond the golden verge of day. Night show’d the horrors of her dis

the Druids, cloathed in white garments, ascended the tree, and with a golden hook, cut off the misletoe; which was received in

an of the heavens. He was styled the powerful; the holy; the God with golden teeth. He was represented as posted in the celest

ght of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shrill resounds his golden horn. Say, proud Warder rob’d in glory,     Are

r. In an apartment of one of them was placed a magnificent bed, and a golden table near it; but without any image. Here the Go

ere the Galli? What account does history give of Cybele? What was the golden age? What were the Megalesia? Which of the Indige

d who were the principal heroes engaged in the expedition to gain the Golden Fleece? What was the name of their ship, and the

ginable; the beautiful rosy cheek was partly concealed by clusters of golden curls, and the ruby lips looked like a half opene

ude ways from many doors, and might have gone back to Olympus, to the golden beds4 which Vulcan had constructed for them, if a

Jove on his couch reclined his awful head, And Juno slumbered on the golden bed. Pope’s Homer, Book I. 5. Divan: seat use