r founders of Grecian philosophy and mythology, studied in Egypt; and having learned the doctrines of its priests, introduced

lled and studied in Egypt, where they learned those doctrines, which, having modelled according to their own ideas, they intro

Janus must be reckoned among those gods called Indigetes. Besides his having two faces, he was represented with a wand in his

the Thunderbolts. What was the fabulous history of this God? Jupiter having been saved from the devouring fury of his father

Atlantic Ocean. Jupiter ended his days in his favourite island Crete, having lived 120 years, and reigned 60, after the defeat

ty, and the image of victory; treading the Titans under his feet, and having an eagle near him with extended wings. The upper

Admonisher. Where was she born? Several cities disputed the honour of having given birth to this goddess: principally, Samos,

, and in the other, a spindle; wearing a radiant crown, and sometimes having her head encircled with a rainbow. Near her was g

f youth; and was cup-bearer to Jupiter, until by an unfortunate fall, having displeased him, she was deprived of that honour.

t who cultivated the earth. What was her history? Pluto, her brother, having carried off her daughter Proserpine, and taken he

es are they represented? Apollo is always represented as a young man, having a bow or lyre in his hand; while the Sun is depic

ded of his father, to drive the chariot of light for one day. The Sun having sworn to grant whatever Phaeton should ask, could

venge the death of his son Esculapius, who was killed by thunder, for having , by his great skill in physic, prevented men from

river in Phrygia, called, after him, Marsyas. Midas, king of Phrygia, having determined the victory in favour of the god Pan,

and puffed up; but more frequently, as most beautiful and effeminate, having long flowing hair. He rides in a chariot drawn by

h the skin of the Goat Amalthea, by whose milk Jupiter was nourished; having , as a boss, the terrific head of the Gorgon Medus

gin; Tritonia, from the lake Triton; Ergatis, the Workwoman, from her having invented various arts, especially weaving and spi

tory? He was said by the poets to be the son of Jupiter and Juno. For having made the formidable thunderbolts, which Jupiter h

wers. What were his offices? He presided over the training of horses, having produced that animal by stamping his foot upon th

is? The former was supposed to have been a most beautiful woman, who, having excited the jealousy of Neptune’s wife Amphitrite

was changed by her into a dreadful sea monster. She is represented as having six necks, and as many terrific heads: as rising

hen Tartarus, the tremendous prison, surrounded by three massy walls, having three gates of solid brass, round which the flami

in the form of a skeleton, wearing a black robe, covered with stars; having wings of an enormous length; her fleshless arms s

? The Titans were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having made war against Jupiter and the Gods; they were

ons of Etna, are occasioned by their violent struggles. Sisyphus, for having attempted to deceive Pluto, is condemned to the n

cends in dews. Pope’s Homer’s Odyssey. Phlegyas, a son of Mars, for having set fire to the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, sees

petually turning over a river of fire. Tantalus, King of Phrygia, for having savagely murdered his own son Pelops, and served

rgons.] Who were the Heroes or Demigods? Princes and others, who, having , in their life-time, performed illustrious action

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

ion of Achilles, and of other heroes. What was the Sphynx? A monster, having the face, hands, and voice of a young woman, the

ock, and died, dashed to pieces. Who was Chimæra? A dreadful monster, having the head and breast of a lion, the belly of a goa

en its legs. A man could not grasp its thumb with his two arms. After having stood fifty years, it was overthrown by an earthq

of things succeed. Buddha is represented as not purely spirit, but as having a body eighteen cubits high; as eating rice and v

ng a body eighteen cubits high; as eating rice and vegetables, and as having many other attributes of human nature: and yet he

in which was born Brahma, the parent of all rational beings. That God having dwelt in the egg, during a long series of ages, m

ented as riding upon a peacock; clothed in a robe spangled with eyes; having six heads, and numerous hands, which grasp spears

the vanquisher of demons and giants. Camá, the beautiful God of love, having a bow of cane, and shafts enwreathed with flowers

ice, is one hundred and fifty cubits high, and nineteen cubits thick; having three entrances. At the eastern gate are two very

he west are two surprising figures of horsemen completely armed, who, having killed two elephants, are seated upon them. In fr

as splendidly decorated, wearing a rich garland of wild flowers, and having his ankles adorned with strings of pearls. His co

r these porticoes, multitudes assemble, at the rising of the sun, and having bathed in the stream below, await the opening of

hey lapsed into idolatry so early, that the Greeks acknowledged their having borrowed from them, not only their religious cere

uction. Typhon was depicted as a tremendous monster of terrific bulk, having several heads, and wings on his shoulders; and hi

represented, was that of a naked boy crowned with an Egyptian mitre, having his finger placed upon his lips, and sitting on t

history, when the country was divided into several governments, each having its own monarch. At that time Egypt had no foreig

ated temple dedicated to this divinity. It was a magnificent edifice, having porticoes forty cubits high. The shrine of the go

forty cubits high. The shrine of the goddess was of one solid stone, having equal sides, each forty cubits in length. Bouto a

ng, who had only undergone a new transmigration. He was a black bull, having a white star on the forehead, the figure of an ea

n evil being, named Ahriman, or Arimanius, corrupted the world. After having dared to visit heaven, he descended to the earth,

shone on high for thirty days and thirty nights. He is represented as having three bodies, of a man, a horse, and a bull; from

y raised wooden altars of immense magnitude, which were quadrangular; having three sides perpendicular, and the fourth, an inc

ed horses to him, and every hundredth man taken in battle. The priest having poured a libation of wine upon the head of the de

their mortal life. It mentions Odin’s steed, as being named Sleipner, having eight legs, and running with inconceivable speed.

tions that spread among the neighbouring nations, and is charged with having introduced the abominable custom of human sacrifi

y to excite our gratitude towards the supreme Lord of Providence, for having delivered us from such deplorable mental blindnes

logy? Of the Gods of Greece and Rome. The Grecians and Romans, having adopted this fabulous history as their religion,

Saturn devoured his sons as soon as they were born. Cybele, his wife, having , however, brought into the world Jupiter and Juno

unded a small town called Janiculum. Saturn, as has been shown, after having been dethroned by his son Jupiter, was hospitably

n Phrygia. She is represented as seated in a chariot, drawn by lions, having garments of various colours, and figured with the

d himself with a hatchet. He was about to lose his life, when Cybele, having compassion upon a mortal whom she had loved so mu

male mortals, by whom, also, he had children. Jupiter is described as having had recourse to the most unworthy artifices in or

er, and put his father to a violent death. In process of time, Saturn having been dethroned by his son Jupiter was treated by

n, Italy, or Epirus, or in other countries west of Greece. The Titans having taken refuge in Spain, the poets represented them

he Titans having taken refuge in Spain, the poets represented them as having been driven into the Infernal Regions. So they ga

the name of Tartarus to the river Tartese, in Spain; and, the Titans having been beaten near that river, and drowned in its w

eaten near that river, and drowned in its waters, were represented as having been plunged into Tartarus. Some of them having b

, were represented as having been plunged into Tartarus. Some of them having been recalled from Italy or Spain were said to ha

ntor of the steel with which we elicit fire from flints. King Jupiter having driven him from his kingdom, Prometheus hid himse

, Jupiter caused her to be suspended between heaven and earth. Vulcan having effected the rescue of his mother, was thrust out

shed that Clytia had been turned into a sunflower, and that her form, having destroyed her sensibility, she still turns toward

es. Obs. 2. — The Muses were virgins, because a youth, named Adonis, having tried to please them, they put him to death. This

lly despised, and when he died, no one would honour his memory. After having unavailingly attempted to have his works admired,

name of Bimater, or one who has two mothers. Some Tyrrhenian pirates, having found him asleep, took him off from the island of

produced an olive-tree in full bloom, the emblem of peace. The gods, having unanimously pronounced Minerva the victor, she na

igiously observed for a long time; but at last, Ulysses and Diomedes, having gained a secret access to the city, removed the m

of Minerva’s disputing with Neptune, may be thus explained: Cecrops, having introduced an Egyptian colony among the people of

rown’d.” Addison. It is said that Hallirhotius, the son of Neptune, having offered violence to Alcippe, the daughter of Mars

transformed his favorite Alectryon into a cock, to punish him for not having warned him of the approach of the Sun; and Venus

s; Armata, because the Spartan women dedicated a temple to her, after having won a victory over the Messenians; Apaturia, beca

ons. The sudden appearance of a lioness so frightened her, that after having dropped her veil, she ran into a cave. The liones

Atalanta, enticed by the sight of them, stopped to gather them. After having attained the goal, he claimed her as the prize of

o without a father. He resided in heaven for a considerable time, but having offended Jupiter by relieving his mother, whom Ju

ways: most commonly, however, as a naked youth, standing on tip-toe, having on his head a winged hat, called Petasus, and on

ed by a vessel, full of holes, which they called Hydria. The Persians having pretended to sustain the pre-eminence of fire, th

to be distinguished from the wife of Oceanus. Jupiter loved her; but having read in the book of Destiny that she would have a

sleep, and to bind him fast with cords; and assures him, that, after having in vain attempted his metamorphosis, he will resu

r to Thrace; where he had by her two sons, Calais and Zethes. Boreas, having metamorphosed himself into a horse, gave birth to

at, he acknowledged that he could not command the elements, and that, having unceasingly withstood the dangers which threatene

idered as beings invisible and superior to human nature; but some men having distinguished themselves by the cultivation of fi

egorically, Demogorgon represents the genius of the earth. No person, having great fear and veneration for his name, durst pro

called Panes, Egypans, Fauns, and Sylvani. The Fauns are described as having the horns and ears, hoofs, and legs, of goats, co

who were advanced in years. — See Fig 38. Fig. 38. Silenus Midas, having received Silenus hospitably, Bacchus promised to

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

conduct the discontented painted him with asses’ ears. His barber not having ventured boldly to say that he had asses’ ears, h

ce applauded, united in eulogizing him, and congratulated the dead on having passed into eternity in peace, there to dwell in

phus, who is said to have put no faith in Autolycus on account of his having stolen the flocks and herds of his neighbours in

zing and excruciating manner; others advanced as a reason for it, his having insulted Pluto by chaining Mors in his palace, an

at liberty; and others, again, maintain that it was on account of his having informed Asopus where his daughter Ægina had been

er Asopus, the place where Jupiter concealed his daughter Ægina after having stolen her away. Others affirm that he stole away

at he was so lascivious as to carry away Ganymede; and of hers, that, having been introduced at the table of the gods, he had

he figures of a lion, a goat, and a dragon. The Sphinx was a monster, having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a dog

honoured Felicity, under the name of Eudemonia, or Macaria. An oracle having said to the Athenians that they would be victorio

had several temples. She was represented, leaning on a table of laws, having a sword in her hand to defend them, with this leg

gure of a young woman, holding a pair of scales, equal on both sides, having a sword drawn and a bandage over her eyes. She is

Flight mingled in the train of the god of war. The two sons of Medea having been massacred by the Corinthians, a cruel plague

ffective blow. Having examined the house which Minerva had built, and having found it complete both within and without, he mer

agree in tracing its origin to Cadmus. They observe that this prince, having brought into Greece the laws, customs, and manner

, as his repulses provoked her, she accused him before her husband of having attempted to seduce her. Prætus was, however, unw

e letters, and ordered him to kill the Chimæra, in the expectation of having him destroyed in the attempt. With the assistance

counted the god of strength, and is the Samson of the Greeks. Jupiter having declared that a child being about to be born, sho

s, and the crown devolved upon his son Phyleus. Minos, king of Crete, having neglected the worship of Neptune, that god sent a

pitting Cacus, the son of Vulcan, from his den, and strangled him for having stolen some of his oxen. He shot the eagle devour

ined three days in his belly, he cut his way out, and came away safe, having lost only his hair. Being denied the reward which

ns robbed him of his wealth, and proposed throwing him overboard; but having obtained the consent of the seamen to let him pla

roy. He reigned with his brother in Tuscany, a province in Italy; but having slain his brother, he retired into that part of P

s ransomed by the Trojans. His original name was Podarces. Soon after having possessed himself of the city, Priam fortified it

ector and Paris. In ravaging the country around Troy, Hercules, after having stolen away Hesione, whom he had delivered from t

Laocoon was violently opposed to it; but Sinon, suborned by Ulysses, having met with them, said that it was the vow of the Gr

Lycomedes, king of Scyros, in the disguise of a female; but Ulysses, having assumed the habit of a merchant, took with him th

which he died. When Troy was taken, the ghost of Achilles insisted on having the murder expiated, which the Greeks, under the

but one form, being mingled together by their nature; but afterwards having been separated, the world began to take its prese

ea, Jupiter, Vulcan, Vesta, and Mercury or Hermes. Chronos or Saturn, having married Rhea, became the father of Osiris and Isi

who, through his persuasion, observed good laws and morals; and after having effected a reform among his own subjects, to have

the infinite blessings with which he would load mankind; but Typhon, having opened the egg, put into it twelve black pyramida

revenged his death, and reigned gloriously over all Egypt. The Titans having slain him, Isis, who possessed the rarest secrets

for some time. At last, an evil being, called Ahriman, or Arimanius, having ventured to visit heaven, appeared on earth in th

suns, from which sprang Brahma, the parent of rational beings. After having remained in the egg for a long time, he divided i

described as riding upon a peacock, with a robe bespangled with eyes, having six heads, and numerous hands which grasp sabres

ull, a symbol of Seeva, is protuded, being enclosed with a high wall, having three entrances. Two figures of elephants are pla

wo figures of horsemen upon the western, in complete armour, and who, having slain two elephants, sit upon them. In front of t

extensive inclosure, in which is a large dome, built with stone, and having round it a border on which appear various human f

ox, the cow, large apes, and other animals. They believe that Vishnu, having already been nine times incarnate in various shap

g of these wretched fanatics. They hang themselves upon spikes, until having been religiously fed, they expire. In ancient tim

s, and thus finished the production of all things. Chronos or Saturn having appeared in a dream to Xixutrus, (the first king

, and left it at the gate of the temple, on account of an artificer’s having perished before his eyes — a fine lesson of human

acted on all who breathed it; but several of those frantic devotees, having , in the excess of their phrenzy, thrown themselve

honias was established. Pausanias merely relates that a great drought having laid waste Bœotia, the people sent to consult the

is envoy was consulting her. She immediately replied that he was then having a lamb with a turtle served up. The fact was true

on of the world, and the terrestrial paradise. In it the Sibyl, after having spoken the language of Isaiah and of the evangeli

verses, lasted even until under the reign of the emperors. The Senate having embraced Christianity in the time of Theodosius,

neration for them greatly diminished; and Stilicion annihilated it by having them burnt in the reign of Honorius. Chapter X

and conducted herself and her son Pisidorus to Olympia. The young man having been declared victor, his mother leaped over the

ffs, a sort of druids, who also administered justice (Drotars.) Odin, having united under his standard the flower of the neigh

thus multiplied the descendants of Odin, or of the supreme god. After having forced many nations to adopt the worship of his c

banquet, where he would receive, with great honours, those who, after having exposed themselves courageously in battle, should

er, who, during his life, had a great reputation for wisdom. This man having had his head cut off, Odin embalmed it, and knew

red the tree. This water keeps up the beauty of its leaves, and after having refreshed its branches, it falls back on the grou

greater than the rest, served to receive the blood of victims. After having killed the animals, they opened their entrails to

fortunate victim of superstition, whilst pleading for his life, after having been stripped, by crime and force, from all other

the mouth of the Obi in Russia to Cape Finisterre. The same language having been adopted among those nations separated from e

h existed between the Britons and the Gauls, leaves no doubt of their having had a common origin. It appears that the Gallic c

possibility of collecting the poesies of the celebrated Ossian. After having long been the first instructers and the early his

eries of the bards. They were welcomed only by the multitude; but not having talents enough to paint truth in interesting colo

, first arose. It may also be observed, that al the historians, after having represented the druids as pontiffs, far superior

y their receiving the embrace of the old Druids. The candidate, after having passed through it, exchanged his usual dress for

e who gathered it, must, moreover, be barefoot, and dressed in white, having previously offered a sacrifice of bread and wine.

fice of expiation in which they employed fruits and honey. This plant having been thus collected, possessed, they believed, ev

ith great respect into the sagum, a kind of white coat of mail. After having received it, they immolated two white bulls. A fe

er of reading in the hook of fate, above any other. The Druids, after having persuaded the people that they understood the inf

t observed, will be the worse statesman, lawyer, or physician for not having read Waverley, so that the plea of public utility

nus ; for which they are certainly not to be blamed, the poet himself having set them the example. To us however this appears

ordinary tales and fables in this circumstance, and in that of their having been at one time matters of actual belief. Mythol

e mythic period is frequently of long duration, the stream of history having to run a considerable way, before it can complete

height. The ancient Arcadians said that Apollo, incensed at Hercules’ having carried off the tripod from Delphi and brought it

whose origin the following legend was related. A Samian named Elpis, having made a voyage to Africa, saw as he was one day on

logists have therefore been naturally led to the supposition of there having been in ancient Greece aœdic schools, in which th

es to the consorts of the Olympian king, each of whom we look upon as having been his sole and lawful wife in the creed of som

differently. Historic View of Grecian Mythology 58. The poets having taken possession of the popular legends, adorned,

egard the ancient legends as mere materials.The belief in their truth having in a great measure vanished, the poets, especiall

n priests, who, as we may see in Herodotus, represented their gods as having dwelt and reigned on earth67. Hecatæus of Miletus

uch greater extent by Ephorus : but the work which may be regarded as having contributed by far the most to give it vogue, was

p to give a brief account of it70. Euhemerus said, in this work, that having had occasion to make a voyage in the Eastern ocea

t of his dominion had been Crete, where he died and was buried, after having made five progresses through the world, all whose

ns danced to the sound of lyres and pipes, and the worshipers feasted having their heads wreathed with garlands of the god’s f

spring were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Aïdes, Poseidôn, and Zeus. Kronos, having learned from his parents, Heaven and Earth, that

Geryoneïs, Helios Hyperionides Into the golden cup went down ; That, having through the Ocean passed, He to the depths of sac

nd gardens of Helios are thus richly described by Claudian211 : Thus having said, his gardens all bedewed With yellow fires h

d, and Tithonos became exempt from death ; but the love-sick goddess, having forgotten to have youth joined in the gift, began

when she came summoned by magic arts. Apollonius307 describes her as having her head surrounded by serpents twining through b

udence), who exceeded gods and men in knowledge. But Heaven and Earth having told him that her first child, a maid, would equa

fleet steed Areiôn was the offspring of the sea-god and Demeter, both having assumed the equine form419. According to one acco

d562. Another tradition derived the name of the hill from the Amazons having there offered sacrifices to Ares, their sire563.

em rather to look to ἔρα, earth, for its origin, and to regard him as having been one of the telluric powers in the Pelasgian

undations of his temple there, when the nymph of the place, afraid of having her own fame eclipsed by the vicinity of the orac

s not remarkably happy in his love, either meeting with a repulse, or having his amour attended with a fatal termination, and

y Apollo, whose suit was favoured by her father. Idas, another lover, having obtained a winged chariot from Poseidôn, carried

Apollo ; but that favour availed not to avert misfortune. The former, having by accident killed a favourite stag, pined away w

s of the legend say that Zephyros (West-wind), enraged at Hyacinthos’ having preferred Apollo to himself, blew the discus, whe

bject of mimic representation at Delphi. A boy who personated Apollo, having in mimic show slain the Pythôn, fled and took his

saly, to be purified as it were from the guilt of the bloodshed ; and having there plucked a branch of bay, in imitation of th

lengthened by the victor to those of an ass647. The Silen648 Marsyas, having found the pipe which Athena for fear of injuring

have recourse to the not very probable supposition of a Dorian colony having left the mountains of Thessaly many years before

erpretation, Lycia-born, contradicts the fact of the Homeric gods not having birth-places on earth. Two other epithets of Apol

merous. She turned, as we shall relate below, Actæôn into a stag, for having unconsciously beheld her when bathing674. Callist

ve detained the Grecian fleet at Aulis, in consequence of Agamemnôn’s having killed a hind which was sacred to her, and to hav

lso called Dictynna, a goddess of that name, and of a similar nature, having been perhaps united with her. There was a similar

l and unmarried, the tales of his amours being all of a late age, and having no connexion with his worship. Finally, great str

e he informed her that she was to be the wife of Anchises ; and then, having instructed her in what she was to do, had departe

he regular practice of his brethren. Myrrha, the daughter of Cinyras, having offended Aphrodite744, was by her inspired with a

gave his own portion to Aphrodite, and lived happily with her ; till having offended Artemis, he was torn by a wild boar746 a

ition to Sicily was in part ascribed to the circumstance of the fleet having sailed during that festival753. The Idyll of Theo

of as marvellous a life of Pythagoras. Jamblichus and his companions having gone to the warm baths of Gadara in Lycia, and ba

tron of Ephesus783. We, however, rather incline to the opinion of its having been originally a philosophic allegory. Ere we qu

time courtier-like telling her that, if she pleases, she may boast of having vanquished him by main strength832. When the cors

e set out in search of them, met the old man, who informed him of his having seen a child driving cows along. He comes to Pylo

ain reward not to give information to any one respecting them. Hermes having arranged this matter drove on, and concealed his

ns, was the son of Hermes by Polymela the daughter of Phylas. The god having seen her, singing in the choir of Artemis, had fa

. She bore him privately a son, who was reared by her father, herself having married Echecles. By Chione the daughter of Dædal

er (Κριοϕόρος) and Defender (Пρόμαχος) : the former was given him for having delivered the citizens from a pestilence, by carr

the lyre is ascribed to Hermes as the pipes are to his son Pan, music having been always a recreation of the shepherds in the

telar god easily became the president of the palæstra. So also, trade having of old consisted chiefly in the exchange of cattl

tar and temple to her without the town on the hill Callichoros. Thus having said, the goddess changed her size And form, old-

for his mischief-making is turned into an owl)887 tells of Persephone having plucked a pomegranate in the garden of Hades and

ods. The origin of the Stellio, or spotted lizard, is referred to her having thrown in the face of a boy, who mocked at her as

ty of mind and favour of Heaven, are easy to be accounted for without having recourse to so absurd a supposition. Every act pe

to Loretto, Compostella, or elsewhere ; and each is persuaded that by having done so he has secured the divine favour921. So t

uity of the tradition of the knowledge and worship of these goddesses having come from the North into Hellas938. Almost all th

. He was married to Eurydice942, whom he tenderly loved ; but a snake having bitten her as she ran through the grass, she died

hem, and at their prayer Zeus placed his lyre in the skies943. Cleio, having drawn on herself the anger of Aphrodite by taunti

and Kora, the great goddesses of the earth. For everything in nature having injurious as well as beneficial effects, the boun

reminds the goddess of the imminent danger which he formerly ran, for having at her desire sealed the eyes of Zeus in slumber

pe of a bird he sits in a tree till she has beguiled her lord. Sleep, having accomplished his task, speeds to the battle-field

ersonifications were objects of worship, and seemed to be regarded as having a real personal existence. In Homer, to whom as t

nysiac religion, with its nocturnal orgies and indecent extravagance, having been very prevalent among the Greeks at the time

it1099 ; so little suspicion does the Father of History betray of his having been played upon by the grave linen-clad personag

of the earth. In the Bacchæ of Euripides the god describes himself as having gone through Lydia, Phrygia, Persia, Bactria, Med

done on the English, gave out that Dionysos was a native Indian, who, having taught the art of wine-making in that country, ma

where he taught a man named Icarios the culture of the vine. Icarios having made wine, gave of it to some shepherds, who thin

ing with the tree, came to him and expressed her gratitude to him for having saved her life, and at the same time desired him

rms him of the situation of his friends, and particularly notices his having seen Odysseus in the island of Calypso, — a clear

s sire1262. Those who embraced the theory of representing the gods as having been originally mere men, said that Proteus was a

This poet1292 describes them as ‘three long-lived maids, swan-formed, having one eye and one tooth in common, on whom neither

cepted the eye as they were handing it from the one to the other, and having thus blinded the guards was enabled to come on th

acles the Gorgons are girt with serpents1303. Others describe them as having their heads environed with scaly snakes, and with

wooded fertile isle, abundantly stocked with goats. But the Cyclopes, having no ships, could not derive any advantage from it.

nferred on Æolos by Zeus ; and when he was dismissing Odysseus, after having hospitably entertained him for an entire month, h

nother said that he was a man of Libya devoted to astronomy, and that having ascended a lofty mountain to make his observation

s the creator of the human race. Another legend said that all mankind having perished in Deucaliôn’s flood, Zeus directed Prom

od deity that remained among men, — Temperance, Faith, and the others having left the earth and gone to Olympos, — which may b

the vessel which Pandora opened a jar (πίθος), and never hint at her having brought it with her to the house of Epimetheus. Y

ginally to Thessaly1495 ; and it most incongruously represents others having escaped as well as Deucaliôn, yet at the same tim

ders by sea or by land. The evidence in effect of sacerdotal dominion having ever prevailed in Greece is so slight that it har

Pelasgians, that is of the people of Greece before the Achæan period, having been chiefly of a rural character1520, such as it

er. The children of Æacos were, Peleus, Telamôn, and Phocos. The last having been slain by his brothers out of jealousy, Æacos

he companions of Acastos getting all these beasts, derided Peleus for having killed no game ; but pulling out the tongues, he

o had been wooed by Zeus himself and his brother Poseidôn, but Themis having declared that her child would be greater than his

res for a sire. He obtained the hand of Dia the daughter of Deïoneus, having , according to the usage of the heroic ages, promi

the violation of the duties of hospitality on the part of those who, having committed homicide, were admitted to the house an

, who was said to have been originally a maiden named Cænis. Poseidôn having violated her, she prayed him as a compensation to

or his skill in surgery1597, which he taught the two last heroes. But having been accidentally wounded by one of Heracles’ poi

ruded lance as he gallops along. But he regards the idea of κένταυρος having been in its origin simply κέντωρ 1600 as much mor

to the prince of the Lapiths1602, and thus accounts for the Centaurs having been at the wedding. Müller1603 regards the Lapit

of the goddess Selene. Ætolos, one of the sons of Endymiôn by a Naïs, having accidentally killed Apis the son of Phoroneus or

Œneus1609. From this genealogy may be collected the tradition of Elis having in ancient times received a colony from Thessaly,

ny from Thessaly, and also of Eleians, or Epeians as they were named, having migrated to Ætolia. This last however may be only

e daughter of Hipponoös, by whom he had a son named Tydeus1613 ; who, having slain either his uncle, his cousins, or his broth

he clad himself in arms, went forth, and repelled the enemy ; but not having done it out of regard to them, the Ætolians did n

s, Belos and Agenôr ; the former of whom reigned in Egypt. The latter having gone to Europe married Telephassa, by whom he had

as offering a convincing proof of the fact of colonies from the East having come to Greece and introduced civilisation and th

he of Apollo's carrying the nymph Cyrene from the foot of Pelion, and having by her a son named Aristæos. The mythe of Actæôn

here she married Epopeus. Nycteus out of grief put an end to himself, having previously charged his brother Lycos to punish Ep

heræ. The unhappy babes were exposed on the mountain ; but a neatherd having found them, reared them, calling the one Zethos,

care of cattle ; the latter passed his time in the practice of music, having been presented with a lyre and taught to play on

er Epicasta, by others Iocasta. The oracle however warned him against having children, declaring that he would meet his death

means of his offspring. He long abstained from his wife : at length, having one time drunk too much wine on a solemn occasion

carried off and devoured one of their number. At length his son Hæmôn having become her victim, Creôn offered by public procla

er ignorance did an awful deed, marrying her own son ; and he married having slain his own father, and immediately the gods ma

ressed with grief went to the abode of Aïdes, the strong gate-keeper, having fastened a long halter to the lofty roof, and lef

, but ever be at strife. Elsewhere the Thebaïs1693 said that his sons having sent him the loin instead of the shoulder of the

s are given as to the cause of his blindness : one ascribes it to his having seen Athena bathing1697 ; another, to his having

e ascribes it to his having seen Athena bathing1697 ; another, to his having divulged to mankind the secrets of the gods1698.

ll to the descendents of Athamas and Phrixos. Clymenos, one of these, having been slain in a quarrel with the Thebans at the f

arded by the young hero, as he killed him with a blow of the lyre for having struck him. He was called to account for this dee

is death. Erginos in consequence led an army against the Thebans, and having slain a number of them concluded peace on conditi

fered to his heralds, Erginos made war anew on Thebes ; but Heracles, having been furnished with arms by Athena, and being app

d Copreus, the son of Pelops, to set him his tasks1740. This Copreus, having slain Iphitos, had fled to Mycenæ, and abode ther

e remainder with his arrows to Malea. They fled there to Cheirôn, who having been expelled from Pelion by the Lapiths was dwel

to Pholœ, he found Pholos lying dead along with several others ; for, having drawn the arrow out of the body of one of them, w

were androphagous. Heracles sailed thither with some volunteers, and having overcome the grooms, led the mares to the sea. Th

them. Meantime the mares tore their keeper to pieces ; and the hero, having defeated the Bistonians and slain Diomedes, built

ore exposed her, fastened to a rock which overhung the sea. Heracles, having seen the maiden, offered to deliver her if Laomed

p to his aid. Menœtios, who kept in the same place the oxen of Hades, having informed Geryoneus of what had befallen, he pursu

y ran raging through the hills of Thrace. Heracles pursued them ; and having overtaken a part of them at the Hellespont, he dr

e of an oracle, offered up strangers on the altar of Zeus : for Egypt having been afflicted with a dearth for nine years, a Cy

s of Libya, which he cleared of the wild beasts with his arrows ; and having come to the eastern course of Ocean, he was once

and when he had shown him, took him back to the under-world. The hero having now performed all his tasks, returned to Thebes,

75. He then marched to Lacedæmôn, to punish the sons of Hippocoön for having slain Œonos the son of Licymnios. For as this you

f Teuthrania on the Caÿster in Mysia, who made her his wife. Telephos having , when grown up, consulted the oracle respecting h

for his uprightness. Heracles went across through the water himself, having agreed on the price for the conveyance of Deïanei

g of Œchalia (in Eubœa), whom he killed, together with his sons ; and having buried those of his own men who had fallen, among

01. Another account of the birth of Erichthonios says, that Hephæstos having made golden seats for Zeus and the other gods, He

set his mother free ; but he, who had done it through malice for her having flung him out of heaven, replied that he had no m

red and divided among them the Attic territory, Ægeus, as the eldest, having the supremacy1827. Νîσος καὶ Σκύλλα. Nisus et

d as long as it remained uncut, so long was his life to last. Scylla, having seen Minôs, fell in love with him, and resolved t

nephew, named Talôs or Perdix, showed a great genius for mechanics ; having , from the contemplation of a serpent’s teeth, inv

s species of dance for Ariadne the daughter of that monarch1862 ; but having formed the wooden cow for Pasiphae, he incurred t

es tell us1881 that Bellerophontes was at first named Hipponoös : but having accidentally killed one of his relatives named Be

s of Phoroneus we meet another Argos, named All-seeing (πανόπτης), as having eyes all over his body. His strength was prodigio

t this time extremely deficient in pure and wholesome water (Poseidôn having dried up the springs)1914, Danaos sent forth his

, a prey for a huge sea-monster1940. Cassiopeia, the wife of Cepheus, having offended the Nereïdes by her presumption in setti

ons, Andromeda, and so forth, were posterior additions. Pallas-Athene having become the guide of heroes at the time when the m

aurus (the great seat of the worship of Asclepios) was that Phlegyas, having come to explore the strength of the Peloponnese,

nborn infant and gave it to Maia to rear. It is also said that Areas, having been separated from his mother and reared among m

cient poet Pamphôs who first gave Artemis this epithet in his verses, having learned it from the Arcadians. When we add that t

was a Mantis. He therefore, as he was childless, consulted him about having offspring. Melampûs agreed to tell him, on condit

her of Iphiclos had pursued him with a knife when he was a child, for having done something unseemly ; but not being able to c

, said another legend, cast this mountain atop of him ; for Pandareos having stolen the golden dog which had guarded the goat

dameia, the daughter of Œnomaos, son of Ares, king of Pisa. An oracle having told this prince that he would lose his life thro

hyestes. Atreus and Thyestes, the sons of Pelops and Hippodameia, having out of jealousy killed their half-brother Chrysip

as his, said he would produce a goldfleeced lamb : Thyestes, however, having corrupted Atreus’ wife Aërope, had gotten the lam

w it forth reeking with blood, and brought it to Atreus as a proof of having obeyed his commands. Rejoiced at the death, as he

ed by Ægisthos the son of Thyestes2087. The common solution of Atreus having left his kingdom to his brother in charge for his

Dædalos, the celebrated Athenian artist, being at that time in Crete, having fled from home for homicide, undertook to accompl

Pasiphae became the mother of Asterios, called the Minotaur, from his having the head of a bull joined to the body of a man. M

king of Arcadia, and scattered the pieces about2115 ; and application having been made to the oracle, the response given was,

s the son of Poseidôn by Salamis the daughter of Asopos then reigned, having slain a serpent which ravaged the island. He gave

nd-daughter of Pelops he had already a son called Aias ; for Heracles having prayed for male issue for his friend, an eagle (ἀ

nity, and offered her violence. Her father, incensed at this conduct, having made Oriôn drunk, blinded him when asleep, and ca

hold the ruin of Troy ; or Merope concealed her face out of shame for having alone espoused a mortal2132. According to Pindar,

these nymphs the case seems to have been reversed, the constellations having been brought down from the sky, and not the morta

EDITIONS. Τὰ Αργοναυτικά. The Argonautic Expedition. Iasôn having undertaken to sail to Colchis for the Golden Flee

yle the daughter of Thoas governed it as queen. For the Lemnian women having , it was said, offended Aphrodite, she caused them

cided that they should invite them to land, and take this occasion of having children. The Argonauts readily accepted the invi

named Cyzicos. Having been hospitably entertained by this prince, and having slain the giants who opposed their departure, the

m Heracles and Polyphemos ; for Hylas, a youth beloved by the former, having gone for water, was laid hold on and kept by the

reached the land of the Kimmerians, which lay on the same coast ; and having passed by the isle Iernis (Ireland ?), on the twe

tensive abode of queen Demeter,’ as it lay enveloped in mist. Orpheus having warned him of the danger of approaching it, Ancæo

of Scyros, espoused Deïdameia the daughter of Lycomedes2213. Telephos having by direction of an oracle come to Argos in search

the Greeks to Troy. The fleet again assembled at Aulis, but Agamemnôn having killed a deer at the chase, boasted that he was s

the offended goddess sent adverse winds to detain the fleet. Calchos having announced that her wrath could only be appeased b

y carried him to the isle of Lemnos and left him there2215. Achilleus having joined them at Tenedos, a quarrel took place betw

r landing, and Protesilaos fell by the hand of Hectôr ; but Achilleus having slain Cycnos the son of Poseidôn, put the enemy t

ty taken with her, but a refusal was returned. An assault on the town having failed, the Achæans turned to ravaging the surrou

. At his prayer Apollo sent a pestilence among the Achæans. Achilleus having called an assembly to inquire into the cause of i

him ; this causes a dissension, and Achilleus sails to Lesbos, where having sacrificed to Leto, Apollo and Artemis, he is pur

nd Odysseus contend for it2219. The judges, who were Trojan captives, having awarded the arms to Odysseus, Aias loses his sens

en slays himself. Odysseus soon after takes Helenos by stratagem, and having learned from him how Troy might be captured, Diom

and wasted his substance2238. After the death of the suitors Odysseus having offered a sacrifice to the Nymphs sailed over to

story seems to be more satisfactorily ascertained, than that of Italy having been long before the foundation of Rome a highly

ht buckler came gently wafted on the air and fell to the ground. Numa having first slain a heifer, took it up and named it Anc

up and named it Ancile. He regarded it as the pledge of empire ; and having had eleven others made exactly like it by the art

nd Jupiter and Venus again united, for on this day the Flamen Dialis, having first sacrificed a ewe-lamb, himself commenced ga

ghbourhood of Delphi (Hes. Th. 498. Pausanias, x. 24. 6.), the legend having been transplanted thither from Crete, its origina

ich the idea appears to have been given by Eustathius) of these soles having a magic power, and that the gods were transported

gnis, 5-10. Eur. Hec. 457. seq. We may observe that the tale of Delos having been an invisible or floating island, does not ap

Epicurean poet was however disposed to regard all the popular gods as having been originally mere men. 1484. Πίθos, akin to

128.), Heracles being hard pressed by the Lygians in the combat, and having spent his arrows, Zeus aided him with a shower of

226 ; xxi. 22. seq.) is in favour of the last : he says that Eurytos having challenged Apollo at archery was killed by the go

Theocritus, Idyll. xxii. 2157. Others said he was thus punished for having revealed the will of Zeus to men (Apoll. Rh. ii.

having revealed the will of Zeus to men (Apoll. Rh. ii. 180.), or for having shown Phrixos the way to Scythia (Hesiod ap. Sch.

e origin of the gods. An ancient Greek legend represents the world as having been formed from Chaos, which was regarded as a h

. A female form, with or without wings, clothed in black drapery, and having a starry veil, riding in a chariot drawn by black

n of the manner in which Helios reaches the east in the morning after having disappeared in the west. In later times poets inv

Selene; in her influence on the earth, with Artemis* (Diana*), and as having power in the lower world, with Persephone* (Prose

Hecate, its darkness and terrors. Representations. 1. As a woman having the head of a woman, or of a dog, or of a horse.

having the head of a woman, or of a dog, or of a horse. 2. As a woman having two faces. 3. As a woman having three bodies, par

f a dog, or of a horse. 2. As a woman having two faces. 3. As a woman having three bodies, partly distinct and partly united,

3. As a woman having three bodies, partly distinct and partly united, having three distinct faces united at the neck; such a f

aughters: Hestia (Vesta), Demeter* (Ceres), and Hera (Juno). Chronos, having an uneasy conscience, was afraid that his childre

of the child and frightened away all intruders. Zeus and his brothers having gained a complete victory over their enemies, set

figure of a child holding a whip with three brass chains, each chain having a knot at the end. The constant winds of Dodona c

he hair to a wild bull, let him drag her till she expired.2 Amphion, having become king of Thebes, fortified the city with a

n, earth, and the underworld. As Jupiter Ammon*, he is represented as having the horns of a ram. The temple of Libyan* Jove wa

a*. Poseidon was a son of Chronos and Rhea. He was god of the sea, as having under his control the forces that affect its move

fully offered to him after a safe and prosperous voyage. As the deity having special control over commerce, Poseidon was held

e. His image is very frequent on coins and medals. He is described as having black hair and blue eyes, and a serene and majest

punishment of Tityus, who had offered violence to Leto*, consisted in having an enormous vulture prey without ceasing upon his

estes*, effected by this court. The story relates that Orestes, after having slain his mother, Clytemnestra*, and Ægisthus*, i

iling. Dionysus* induced Hephæstus to return to Olympus, where, after having released the queen of heaven from her undignified

ied expression of the head. The Venus de Medici is so called from its having been in the possession of the princes of that nam

ed to marry him if he would confer upon her the gift of prophecy; but having received the boon, she refused to comply with the

selves into the places assigned for them. Marsyas* was a satyr*, who, having found the flute which Athene had thrown away in d

d the flute which Athene had thrown away in disgust, discovered that, having touched the lips of a goddess, it played most cha

Century games. Representations. Apollo is always represented as having a youthful appearance. He is crowned with laurel,

l bloom of nature. Hebe was cup-bearer to the gods. In consequence of having slipped while serving them, she was deprived of h

. The latter personified the storm-winds. They were winged creatures, having the faces of maidens and the bodies of birds. The

n altar erected at Athens in honor of Boreas, in commemoration of his having destroyed the Persian fleet sent to attack the Gr

as scarecrows as well as objects of worship. They represented him as having a red and very ugly face, bearing in his hand a p

ng a red and very ugly face, bearing in his hand a pruning-knife, and having his head crowned with a wreath of vine leaves and

ust be of very remote antiquity is proved by the biblical injunction, having for its object the separation of the Jews from al

differ very widely. The most ancient are those which describe men as having sprung from the earth. Men saw the tender plants

e sun, and conveyed them to earth hidden in a hollow tube. Furious at having been outwitted, Zeus determined to be revenged fi

th of Pandora.” Seemann . Zeus executed vengeance on Prometheus by having him chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus, where du

ow yielded her increase only after much labor. The goddess of justice having abandoned mankind, no influence sufficiently powe

mother and other votaries of the god. Ino was persecuted by Hera for having taken care of Dionysus in his infancy. She was ma

the call, with the exception of Amphiaraus*, his brother-in-law, who, having the gift of prophecy, foresaw the disastrous term

n of Zeus and Danae*, daughter of Acrisius*, king of Argos. An oracle having declared that Acrisius would lose his life by the

she was chained to a rock close to the sea. The parents of Andromeda, having been witnesses to their daughter’s rescue, readil

heaven and became bearer of the thunderbolts. Filled with remorse at having offended the gods, Bellerophon fell a prey to the

Heracles. Iphicles* was twin-brother of Heracles. Not satisfied with having subjected the hero to the will of the weak and co

Copreus*. 2. The Lernæan Hydra*. — The Hydra* was a monster serpent having nine heads, one of which was immortal. After driv

position, Heracles gathered up the apples and went away. Eurystheus, having seen the apples, gave them back, and Heracles pre

orld. In this undertaking he was assisted by Hermes and Athene. After having been initiated in the Eleusinian Mysteries, Herac

im without using any weapons. Heracles seized the furious beast, and, having chained him, he conducted him to the upper world.

combat. Achelous trusted to his power to assume different forms, but, having transformed himself into a bull, Heracles broke o

itting great ravages. Theseus went to Marathon, caught the bull, and, having exhibited him in chains to the astonished people,

cted by Dædalus* for Minos*, king of Crete. Androgeus*, son of Minos, having come to the public games at Athens, vanquished al

so proud of his achievements that he could not endure the thought of having a rival. His nephew gave striking evidences of in

Labyrinth, besides many other wonderful works of art, but afterwards, having lost the favor of the king, both father and son w

e and devoured a portion of it and defiled the remainder. The heroes, having landed, proceeded to the palace of Phineus to con

join the expedition against Troy, but he never forgave Palamedes for having exposed the stratagem. Achilles was the son of Pe

ops as to who should be the first to set foot on the enemy’s soil, it having been predicted that the one who did so would fall

massacred. Their death was afterwards avenged by Orestes.16 Menelaus having become reconciled to Helen embarked with her, but

er string, into which he had placed all the contrary winds, and then, having cautioned him on no account to open it, he caused

his return to Ithaca, and instructed him how to avoid them. Tiresias having retired, Odysseus allowed the other shades to app

nd of the Sirens. Odysseus filled the ears of his men with wax, after having given directions that they should bind him firmly

him her husband, but he longed to return to his wife Penelope. After having been detained on the island seven years, he was r

r ensued. At length Turnus fell in a personal combat with Æneas, who, having triumphed over his foe, obtained Lavinia as his b

Spirit,” headed the deities of the first order. He was represented as having the head of a ram; the hieroglyphic of a ram also

d feared. She was especially worshiped as Bubastis*; but her statues, having the head of a cat, are common all over Egypt. Ne

y a train of people weeping and beating their breasts in grief; then, having been expensively embalmed and bandaged in gayly-c

“Great Gods” there were innumerable inferior ones, each town and city having its own local deities, which elsewhere received l

favorite deity, denying the claims of the other. Brahma, the creator, having finished his work, seems to be regarded as no lon

“They call it by a word in their language which means ‘heal-all,’ and having made solemn preparation for feasting and sacrific

is said to have been a daughter of Hippotus. Æolus is represented as having the power of holding the winds confined in a cave

of Argos. Alec′to [Alecto] was one of the Furies. She is depicted as having serpents instead of hair on her head, and was sup

e streets were under his guardianship, and he was called Pythius from having killed the serpent Python. Apollo is usually repr

ented as a handsome young man without beard, crowned with laurel, and having in one hand a bow, and in the other a lyre. The f

ine and ivy leaves. In his left hand is a thyrsus, a kind of javelin, having a fir cone for the head, and being encircled with

ipedes]. Pan, the Egipans, the Satyrs, and Fauns, were so called from having goat’s feet. Caproti′na [Caprotina]. A name of J

uba, who was granted by Apollo the power of seeing into futurity, but having offended that god he prevented people from believ

sister of Nemesis, the Furies, and Death, was driven from heaven for having sown discord among the gods. Diseases, see Pando

lis [Eblis], the Mohammedan evil genius. Echid′na [Echidna]. A woman having a serpent’s tail. She was the reputed mother of C

ork-woman, and was given to the goddess because she was credited with having invented spinning and weaving. Eric′theus [Erict

ops and Glaukopis. F Fame was a poetical deity, represented as having wings and blowing a trumpet. A temple was dedicat

n sense, extortioners). They were monsters, half-birds, half-maidens, having the heads and breasts of women, the bodies of bir

o to war. Ki′un [Kiun]. The Egyptian Venus. Kneph. An Egyptian god, having a ram’s head and a man’s body. Krish′na [Krishna

Laom′edon [Laomedon], son of Ilus, a Trojan king. He was famous for having , with the assistance of Apollo and Neptune, built

llona. Mari′na [Marina]. A name of Venus, meaning sea-foam, from her having been formed from the froth of the sea. See Aphrod

ptian Mercury under the name of Thoth, or Thaut, who is credited with having taught the Egyptians geometry and hieroglyphics.

mes is the Greek name of Mercury. In art he is usually represented as having on a winged cap, and with wings on his heels. “A

t when he got to be an old man he attempted to split an oak tree, but having lost his youthful vigor, the tree closed on his h

Momus]. The god of mockery and blame. The god who blamed Jove for not having made a window in man’s breast, so that his though

aven and earth; and he was banished from the celestial regions, after having conspired with Pluto to dethrone Jupiter. Neptune

was sister to Procne, who married Tereus, King of Thrace. The latter having offered violence to Philomela, her sister, Procne

as to the division of their father’s kingdom, which ended in Jupiter having heaven and earth, Neptune the sea, and Pluto the

South Wind, see Auster. Spear, see Pelias. Sphinx, The. A monster having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a dog

upon Mythology, quite as beautiful as his subject, remarks: — “From having a different creed of our own, and always encounte

fears of Saturn rendered him ungrateful to his deliverer, for Destiny having prophesied that Saturn should be dethroned by his

g the prototype of the air: Time, mighty and all-destroying as he is, having no influence over the elements. Cybele, Vesta.

a goat, who was afterwards placed among the heavenly constellations, having given his skin to form a shield, and one of his h

ir creation to the King of the Gods. Prometheus, grand-son of Uranus, having deceived Jupiter, he was punished by being withhe

riot drawn by two peacocks, where she sat with a sceptre in her hand, having always a peacock beside her. She was adored above

more than the ploughshare, and the spear more than the reaping hook, having attempted to smother the art taught by Ceres in i

irritable, and prompt to punish. A young child, whose chief crime was having laughed to see her eat with avidity, was changed

King of the Gods could not restore Proserpine to her mother, Destiny having decreed otherwise. But of this being, as possessi

d Hyacinth in his favour, and guarded his flocks; this young shepherd having slain by accident a stag of which Apollo was fond

es prolong, And holy echoes swell the adoring song.” Darwin. Apollo having slain with his arrows, Python, a monstrous serpen

it not been for Meleager, son of Æneas, who slew the boar. A quarrel having arisen for the possession of the head of this mon

Endymion.” Keats. ‌The beautiful Endymion, grandchild of Jupiter, having dared to offer his guilty love to Juno, he was co

e for ever notorious, and he succeeded, notwithstanding the Ephesians having decreed that his name should never be mentioned.

owever, the love of glory shone forth conspicuously in Bacchus. After having valiantly combatted for Jupiter against the Giant

f Memnos, whom Theseus, conqueror of the minotaur had abandoned after having seduced her. The God was so smitten with the cand

intoxication. The shepherds residing in the neighbourhood of Athens, having come into the vine-yard of Icarius, drank to such

he Icarian games were instituted, and Mera the trusty dog of Icarius, having conducted Erigone to the fatal well, she hung her

a profoundly tender nature. Coressus, one of his favourite priests, ‌ having unhappily formed a violent attachment to a maiden

Venus for the golden apple is well known. The Goddess of Discord, not having been invited to the marriage of Peleus and Thetis

western part of the island of Sicily; but the tradition of their only having one eye originated, in all probability, from thei

dom, however, laughed his suit to scorn, and Vulcan is represented as having been very violent at his rejection. Juno then pre

s, and whole hosts o’erturns.” Homer. Arachne, a woman of Colophon, having acquired great perfection in working with her nee

me_heathen-mythology_1842_img100 This famous lyric poet and musician, having gone into Italy, with Periander, tyrant of Corint

dded, as an instance of the ingratitude of mortals, that the dolphin, having proceeded too far upon the sand, was unable to ge

f their parent, had caused their husbands to perish; with Tityus, who having had the audacity to attempt the honour of Latona,

n you chafed into wrath bright Apollo of old, His dun-coloured steers having stol’n from the fold, He laughed; for, while talk

were the divinities of the woods and fields, and were represented as having the legs, feet, and ears of goats; the remainder

f God Bacchus, who accompanied the latter in all his travels. Bacchus having been well received and entertained at the court o

, and with the assistance of Juno, became the mother of Priapus. Juno having vowed vengeance against the goddess of beauty, to

yme_heathen-mythology_1842_img131 Flora was unknown among the Greeks, having her birth with the Romans. She was the Goddess of

es of old women, the wings and body of a vulture, the ears of a bear, having claws on their feet and hands, and spreading fami

Dejanira, he was compelled to leave his father-in-law’s kingdom, from having accidentally slain one of the citizens. ‌ On his

uilty love for Hippolytus, son of Theseus by a previous union. Venus, having a dislike to Minos, the father of Phædra, sent Cu

will the curse cling to my name, And endless infamy my memory, That, having given birth to one so shameless, I dared not take

, where he married Hippodamia, the daughter of the king, that monarch having declared that she should only wed the man who wou

ceased their fearful course. Atreus and Thyestes, the sons of Pelops, having been counselled by Hippodamia to kill ‌Chrysippus

g his horses to drink of the waters of the Xanthus, an ancient oracle having declared that if they drank of those waters or fe

an unforeseen quarrel stopped the operations of the Greeks. Achilles having been deprived by Agamemnon of his favourite mistr

lling on the bed. Thrice ope’d her heavy eyes, and saw the light, But having found it, sickened at the sight, And closed her l

unded by Marcellus, at the same time with the one to Virtue. An augur having warned Marcellus that these two divinities would

s was placed, weighing three hundred and twenty pounds. A thunderbolt having fallen on the statue and broken its wings, Pompey

e reason we must omit the crowd of Emperors, Kings, and Princes, who, having the folly to believe themselves gods, found morta

two travellers, with a melancholy and impoverished appearance, after having asked hospitality, and been refused by the inhabi

of which they were made the priests. They lived long and happily, and having entreated Jupiter that neither might outlive the

Milo was one of the most celebrated of the Greek wrestlers, who having early accustomed himself to carry great burthens,

to dispense with a few of the leading ones among them, this work not having for its object a deep research into obscure myste

ist in Mexico, of two great branches of hieroglyphical language, both having striking affinities with the Egyptians, and yet d

he liveliest interest of man, its inhabitant. The ancient pagans, not having the information on the subject which we derive fr

is swiftness the stag. The birds fall with weary wing into the water, having found no land for a resting-place. Those living b

eil on the ground, tossed and rent it with her bloody mouth. Pyramus, having been delayed, now approached the place of meeting

th hunting and lave her virgin limbs in the sparkling water. One day, having repaired thither with her nymphs, she handed her

goddess was thus employed in the labors of the toilet, behold Actæon, having quitted his companions, and rambling without any

ed; but the youth rejected all admonition and held to his demand. So, having resisted as long as he could, Phœbus at last led

then straining the bow against his knee, he attached the string, and, having made ready, shot the arrow with its barbed point

tter pursue a willing object; you are worthy to be sought, instead of having to seek in vain. Be not diffident, know your own

t home in her father’s house, — Æolus being the god of the winds, and having as much as he could do to restrain them. “They ru

tant and said, “O foolish Psyche, is it thus you repay my love? After having disobeyed my mother’s commands and made you my wi

h of them rose early the next morning and ascended the mountains, and having reached the top, called upon Zephyr to receive he

epose, in search of her husband. Casting her eyes on a lofty mountain having on its brow a magnificent temple, she sighed and

me, and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous tas

s, others in his folds, and others with his poisonous breath. Cadmus, having waited for the return of his men till midday, wen

eady to reply to any one who calls her, and keeps up her old habit of having the last word. Narcissus’s cruelty in this case w

een at the service of the poets. Schiller tells a pretty story of his having been sold by a needy poet and put to the cart and

sel. The Argo with her crew of heroes left the shores of Thessaly and having touched at the Island of Lemnos, thence crossed t

ules left the expedition at Mysia, for Hylas, a youth beloved by him, having gone for water, was laid hold of and kept by the

old man’s life. Then she directed that Æson should be led forth, and having thrown him into a deep sleep by a charm, had him

perishing with the tree, came and expressed her gratitude to him for having saved her life and bade him ask what reward he wo

is, was so beautiful that Jupiter himself sought her in marriage; but having learned from Prometheus the Titan that Thetis sho

ead. Or I should say I once could do so; but now I have but one horn, having lost one.” And here he groaned and was silent. Th

in the act, and Creon gave orders that she should be buried alive, as having deliberately set at naught the solemn edict of th

of her head to a bull, let him drag her till she was dead.15 Amphion, having become king of Thebes, fortified the city with a

tory. Linus. Linus was the instructor of Hercules in music, but having one day reproved his pupil rather harshly, he rou

light of all the celestial auditors; but the mischievous urchin Cupid having dared to laugh at the queer face which the goddes

ggerated in the story. It is recorded that Æschylus, the tragic poet, having on one occasion represented the Furies in a choru

sion of the maiden by violence. Her father, incensed at this conduct, having made Orion drunk, deprived him of his sight and c

quire. Patroclus, arriving at Nestor’s tent, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his coming would have hastened

ck to Troy. Then Achilles dismissed the old king with his attendants, having first pledged himself to allow a truce of twelve

mong the first to leave the shores of Troy for their native land. But having incurred the displeasure of the gods they were dr

out their brains. He proceeded to devour them with great relish, and having made a hearty meal, stretched himself out on the

king with cheerfulness and alacrity soon despatched their labor. Then having spread the garments on the shore to dry, and havi

their labor. Then having spread the garments on the shore to dry, and having themselves bathed, they sat down to enjoy their m

d their battlements, till they came to the palace, where the goddess, having first given him some information of the country,

cloud which Minerva spread around him still shielded him. At length, having sufficiently observed the scene, he advanced with

of the city and palace of the king, to justify the princess Nausicaa having had resort to her chariot and to luncheon when sh

he then predicted dire sufferings to them in their future course, and having vented her wrath flew away. The Trojans made hast

e, she mounted a funeral pile which she had caused to be erected, and having stabbed herself was consumed with the pile. The f

uck their parents, or defrauded the friends who trusted them, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and g

earth are purged away, are sent back to life endowed with new bodies, having had the remembrance of their former lives effectu

ng but it may be one of their relations in an altered form. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Ænea

amilla — Evander — Nisus and Euryalus — Mezentius — Turnus. Æneas, having parted from the Sibyl and rejoined his fleet, coa

shores of Italy and cast anchor in the mouth of the Tiber. The poet, having brought his hero to this spot, the destined termi

llas accompanying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan city,28 —  having sent back the rest of his party in the ships. Æne

the attempt was made, but the Trojans were found on their guard, and having received strict orders from Æneas not to fight in

Turnus, on the other hand, was deserted by his celestial allies, Juno having been expressly forbidden by Jupiter to assist him

re the poem of the Æneid closes, and we are left to infer that Æneas, having triumphed over his foes, obtained Lavinia for his

a tedious search, Isis found thirteen pieces, the fishes of the Nile having eaten the other. This she replaced by an imitatio

s interesting as Pompeii. The monster tomb of Apis is now open, after having lain unknown for centuries. Milton, in his Hymn

he Venus de’ Medici. The Venus of the Medici is so called from its having been in the possession of the princes of that nam

e “Gorgons, Hydras, and Chimeras dire” of the old superstitions, and, having no connection with the false gods of Paganism, to

rite deity, denying the claims of the other, and Brahma, the creator, having finished his work, seems to be regarded as no lon

to take rank in the order of their birth, the Brahmans uppermost, as having sprung from the head of Brahma. A strong line of

opposed this design. Buddha escaped the vigilance of his guards, and having found a secure retreat, lived for six years undis

nights she would come to a certain place and there wed Frey. Skirnir having reported the success of his errand, Frey exclaime

o come forward and try his skill with Loki. A trough filled with meat having been set on the hall floor, Loki placed himself a

had trespassed in any way against the law of the feast. The cupbearer having presented it to Thor, Utgard-Loki said, “Whoever

rs — Skalds — Iceland. The Death of Baldur. Baldur the Good, having been tormented with terrible dreams indicating th

l meet and fight till they are both slain. The gods and their enemies having fallen in battle, Surtur, who has killed Freyr, d

ys Pliny , “by a word in their language, which means ‘heal-all,’ and having made solemn preparation for feasting and sacrific

lve friends landed on the island of Iona in the year of our Lord 563, having made the passage in a wicker boat covered with hi

re is the symbol of his majesty. The ancients represented this god as having a face of great dignity and beauty. His head wag

ther men, he is said to have stolen it from heaven. He was accused of having taken this fire from the chariot of the sun; he p

om he transfused fire from heaven, which gave them life. Jupiter, not having succeeded in making the benevolent Prometheus unh

tyrants. The discoverer of America was sent to Spain in chains, after having given a new hemisphere to Europe: and Galileo, th

 xviii. Homer, in the first book of the Iliad, describes the gods as having left the high Olympus, and being absent in Ethiop

ies in the pagan world. The image of Ceres was that of a tall female, having her head adorned with ears of wheat. Her right ha

she was metamorphosed into a monster, retaining the female form, but having six dogs’ heads; some say she was changed to a ro

ivine justice, tempered with mercy and they represented the Furies as having a double office — one which inflicted all the mis

d in the form of a skeleton, wearing a black robe covered with stars; having wings of an enormous length; her fleshless arms s

Titans. They were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having made war against Jupiter and the gods; they were

occasioned by their violent struggles. Sisyphus. Sisyphus, for having attempted to deceive Pluto, was condemned to the

weat descends in dews. Phlegyas. Phlegyas, a son of Mars, for having set fire to the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, was

Tantalus. See plate, page 101. Tantalus, King of Phrygia, for having savagely murdered his own son, Pelops, and served

is, used to dart out from his haunts, seize the unwary passer-by, and having stripped him, would tie his limbs to the branches

ng stripped him, would tie his limbs to the branches of trees, which, having been bent down, suddenly would spring up, and tea

e second, Sciron, occupied a narrow foot-path along the sea-side, and having robbed the passenger, who could not escape, after

e wretches. When Theseus arrived at Athens, Ægeus was an old man, and having no acknowledged son, the Pallantidæ, a powerful f

of Theseus at Athens, Minos, King of Crete, accused the Athenians of having killed his son, Androgeus, and demanded of them,

ashly to the punishment of Paris? Iphigenia. The Greek princes having made suitable preparations for the siege of Troy,

, and restored Agamemnon to the sovereignty of Argos and Mycenæ; and, having given his two daughters to the brothers, left his

more amiable than that of the heroes generally. Nestor was very old, having lived three ages, — that is supposed to signify t

y Trojans, committed great slaughter, and returned to the Greek camp, having murdered Rhesus, King of Thrace, one of the allie

ented as riding upon a peacock, clothed in a robe spangled with eyes, having six heads, and numerous hands, which grasp spears

e vanquisher of demons and giants. Cama is the beautiful god of love, having a bow of cane, and shafts enwreathed with flowers

he west are two surprising figures of horsemen completely armed, who, having killed two elephants, are seated upon them. In fr

as splendidly decorated, wearing a rich garland of wild flowers, and having his ankles adorned with strings of pearls. His co

er these porticoes, multitudes assemble at the rising of the sun, and having bathed in the stream below, await the opening of

quets. It is probable that Odin was some formidable warrior, and that having subdued some of the barbarous tribes of northern

her demand, and she left him a second time: still she returned again, having but three books, for she had burnt three of the s

altar was often adorned with horns. A man being accused of a crime or having committed one, would seek some altar, and lay his

vessel of water stood near the entrance of the temple, and the priest having plucked a burning brand from the altar of the god

ence, said the philosopher Plato , would undertake any thing without having first asked the direction and the assistance of t

yparis′sus] was also beloved by the god. The boy grieved so deeply at having unintentionally killed a favorite deer, that he b

f his mother, he repaired to the palace of the Sun for the purpose of having his parentage publicly acknowledged. The youth wa

is Mercury represented? Ans. As a young man of cheerful countenance, having wings fixed to his helmet and his sandals, and ca

d for her personal beauty, and particularly for her flowing hair; but having offended Minerva, that goddess changed her locks

monster devoured several of the companions of Ulysses, but the hero, having made him drunk with wine, put out his single eye

n a shoal in the Tiber. Claudia, a Vestal Virgin who was suspected of having violated her vow, attached her girdle to the prow

who should betray the secret, or even witness the ceremonies without having been regularly initiated. Disclosures were made,

dia. Ques. How is Pan represented? Ans. As half man, and half goat, having a human head ornamented with horns, and a garland

upon him to keep him down. Briareus was another giant, remarkable for having fifty heads and a hundred hands. According to the

ter alternative, but begged that he might die as became a bard, after having played for the last time upon his lyre, and sung

nd contradictory. According to one legend, Orion was a famous hunter; having boasted that he could subdue the wildest and fier

exact era in which he lived. Seven cities contended for the honor of having given this great poet to the world; these were Sm

join the expedition against Troy, but he never forgave Palamedes for having exposed his stratagem. The manner in which Ulysse

ose, in which all perished, except Ulysses himself, who was spared as having taken no part in the sacrilege. He formed a raft

s if it had been a plaything. Their surprise was still greater, when, having adjusted the cord, and chosen an arrow from the q

Dale’s translation of the Antigone. Creon reproaches the heroine with having violated the laws; she replies:     “Ne’er did e

of his race, she offered to conduct him to the world of shades. Æneas having plucked, in the sacred grove, a golden bough as a

in its hand a whip, the lash of which consisted of three chains, each having an astragalus (a small bone) at the end. These, w

or that purpose. Many remarkable oracles are recorded by Herodotus as having been delivered at Delphi, but as a general thing

by persuasion or bribes, and many illustrious persons were accused of having bought the oracles they desired. The temple of Ap

ed by fire in the year 548 B. C., but was soon rebuilt. Xerxes, after having forced the pass of Thermopylæ, sent a detachment

d was worshipped here under this title, and was always represented as having the head and horns of a ram. The temple soon beca

Venus de Medicis? Ans. This statue, still perfect, is so called from having been in the possession of the Medicis family. An

own, but it is believed to be a Roman work. The god is represented as having just discharged an arrow from his bow against the

n replies from the oracle of Apis? Ans. By various signs: the votary having proposed a question, offered food to the sacred a

His worshippers and those of Vishnu form two distinct sects. Brahma, having finished his work, has but one temple in India. I

or her, and for Baldur, by procuring the deliverance of the hero. Not having fallen in battle, Baldur had passed into the powe

ght, and is 1425 feet square; it covers 45 acres. It is very ancient, having been built before the Aztecs conquered Anahuac, a

temples in his honor; that which stood near the present site of Lima, having been erected before the country came under the sw

d in high esteem at the court of Hiero, king of Syracuse. This prince having inquired of him concerning the nature of God, the

isistratidæ and of Pausanias, king of Sparta. This poet is accused of having become mercenary in his old age, and Greek writer

rosperous kingdom, and reigned in peace for many long years. Jupiter, having disposed of all the Titans, now fancied he would

Seven Wonders of the ancient world. It is said, too, that the artist, having completed this masterpiece, longed for some sign

ancient right, Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night.” Pope. Minerva, having forced her unattractive predecessor to beat an ig

and Her Children. W. H. Rinehart. The Story of Coronis Apollo, having attained manhood, could not avoid the usual lot o

er; but this friendship was also doomed to a sad end, for Cyparissus, having accidentally killed Apollo’s pet stag, grieved so

of his own apartment, and sent in hot haste for a barber, who, after having been sworn to secrecy, was admitted, and bidden t

n, the musician who won untold wealth by his talent. On one occasion, having gone to Sicily to take part in a musical contest

ich he had embarked was manned by an avaricious, piratical crew, who, having heard of his treasures, resolved to murder him to

the good fortune to occupy adjoining houses in Babylon, their parents having quarrelled, they were forbidden to see or speak t

res had often seen Cupid, and had heard that very morning that he was having a wound in his shoulder dressed by Venus: so she

he lovers. Psyche gratefully accepted and followed Ceres’ advice, and having succeeded in her endeavour to enter the service o

shed; but, contrary to all previsions, the babes survived, and, after having been suckled for a time by a she-wolf, were found

fall in love with the various goddesses. He first wooed Minerva, who, having sworn never to marry, contemptuously dismissed hi

incurred the hatred and contempt of this hero also. Some time after, having finished his time of servitude with Eurystheus, H

d that of Corinth with Apollo. In the latter instance, the disputants having chosen Briareus as umpire, the prize was awarded

chariot races, thanks to his fleetness. On another occasion, Neptune, having fallen deeply in love with a maiden named Theopha

song; and the revelry continued until late at night, when, the guests having departed, the newly married couples retired. But

produce. He was not mistaken in his previsions, for Semele, proud of having attracted the greatest among the gods, no longer

to her; but all in vain. Semele, like many another fair lady, enjoyed having her own way, and would not be denied. Jupiter, th

, which have been fertile themes for poetry and art. On one occasion, having strayed away from his followers and lost his way,

of two daughters, Cleopatra and Chione. On another occasion, Boreas, having changed himself into a horse and united himself t

obably be able to give him some information on the subject. Hercules, having surprised this aged divinity while asleep on the

for such a hero, they proved very agreeable indeed to Hercules, who, having fallen in love with his new mistress seemed to wi

his wanderings, Hercules next met Deianeira, daughter of Œneus, and, having fallen in love with her, expressed a desire to ma

treasured eye, immediately gave the desired information; and Perseus, having honourably fulfilled his share of the contract, d

entreaties were powerless to move him from his purpose, and, the hour having come, he embarked upon the black-sailed vessel wh

mission of the Berlin Photographic Co., 133 New Bond St., W. Theseus, having committed a deed heinous in the eyes of gods and

would build for his use from pine-trees grown on Mount Pelion. Jason, having finished his figure-head, found that it too had t

t in general every delay brought them some misfortune. Once Hercules, having landed with a youth named Hylas to cut wood for n

of her spoil, had returned to her father’s court, where no other heir having appeared, she was joyfully received, and entreate

to marry, and her nuptials were soon celebrated. In his happiness at having won such a peerless bride, Hippomenes forgot to p

is daughter’s hand in marriage. Bellerophon’s Fall Bellerophon, having now attained his dearest wishes, might have settl

tood there, speechless with wonder, a voice was heard accusing her of having slain Lotis, a nymph, who, to escape the pursuit

ch a very charming young woman should remain so long unmarried. Then, having received a mocking answer, he began to argue with

ver, was not at all anxious to accept the hand of a mere mortal after having enjoyed the attention of the gods (for Neptune al

his native city. Although thus cruelly treated, he had not perished, having been found and adopted by a shepherd, who made hi

es to join the fleet at Aulis, but one after another returned without having seen him or being able to ascertain where he was

a solemn covenant of peace.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). This proposal having been received favourably, Menelaus and Paris soon

hat none of the prisoners were mounted upon them. Ulysses, meanwhile, having observed this manoeuvre, fastened his companions

eitful wretch And his vile crew r’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Ulysses, having thus escaped, sprang to his feet, set his compani

ll the objects Æneas had used during his sojourn in her palace; then, having crowned the pile with an effigy of her false love

ch, fomented by Alecto, soon developed into a bloody war. Hostilities having thus begun, Turnus, with the various Latin chiefs

the only deities interested in the coming struggle, for all the gods, having watched Æneas’ career, were anxious about his fat

is safety, had taken the place of his chariot driver. The two heroes, having met, instantly closed in deadly fight; but, in sp

usual demon of drought or darkness), and sets (dies) at last without having ever overtaken the light of dawn (Europa). Apollo

and linger for a while beside the violet-coloured clouds (Jocasta) —  having lost its physical meaning, the Thebans added the

(a word derived from the Sanskrit han-tâ, “the killer,”), the Greeks, having forgotten the signification of the first part of

ver, and he returns home enveloped in an impenetrable disguise, after having visited the Phæacian land (the land of clouds or

ia (or Latin Vesta) was also a personification of fire; and, her name having retained its primitive meaning to a great extent,

e personified and deified, and the gods are strictly anthropomorphic, having the form as well as the mental, moral, and social

uisition, masticate little, swallow everything, digest nothing, — and having agonized, forget. If fewer things were despatched

d, moreover, that savages nowadays think of everything around them as having life and the parts and passions of persons like t

reach maturity.” 18 Against this theory, it may be urged that stories having only the undeveloped germ or idea in common would

enlied, the epic must be his.48 It has also been urged that the poem, having been written down about 1140, was altered in metr

d Juno, and three sons, Pluto, Neptune, and Jupiter. Cronus, however, having learned from his parents that he should be dethro

ay ran off with her. Now, on the one hand, Sisyphus, king of Corinth, having witnessed the intrigue, was indiscreet enough to

he twain back to the mansion of great Jupiter, even Juno and Minerva, having stayed Mars, scourge of mortals, from his man-sla

thou hast left the Achæans, and givest the proud Trojans aid.” Thus, having said, she turned from him her shining eyes. Him d

s, others in his folds, and others with his poisonous breath. Cadmus, having waited for the return of his men till midday, wen

ended; but the youth rejected admonition, and held to his demand. So, having resisted as long as he might, Phœbus at last led

hose kindred fell under the curse of Mars, is thus narrated. One day, having repaired to a valley enclosed by cypresses and pi

in the labors of the toilet, Actæon, the son of Autonoë and Aristæus, having quitted his companions of the chase, and rambling

er; and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous tas

d, but her words made war: Women are won when they begin to jar. Thus having swallow’d Cupid’s golden hook, The more she striv

strove she still, And would be thought to grant against her will. So having paus’d awhile, at last she said, ‘Who taught thee

fect, “I know a trick better than that!” And when the puzzled Apollo, having traced the knavery to this babe in swaddling clot

re: Arch. Zeit.] § 104. The Choice of King Midas. 201 — Once Silenus, having wandered from the company of Bacchus in an intoxi

ned her to the loss of voice save for purposes of reply. Subsequently having fallen in love with Narcissus, the beautiful son

treachery to the gods. Glaucus had been a comely young fisherman; but having noticed that a certain herb revived fishes after

ture brought him into contact with another deity of the sea. His bees having perished, Aristæus resorted for aid to his mother

t stood heaped like a mountain on either side. Cyrene and her nymphs, having poured out libations to Neptune, gave the youth t

es on human flesh, and his destruction by the fury of his horses; for having upset his chariot, they tore their master to piec

to Apollo, and hung up his wings, an offering to the god. But Minos, having learned of the hiding-place of the artificer, fol

out as an offset to the weakness of Eriphyle. Her husband, Capaneus, having in the ardor of the fight declared that he would

er than that he knew, gave orders that she should be buried alive, as having deliberately set at nought the solemn edict of th

uty of the nymph that Jupiter himself had sought her in marriage; but having learned from Prometheus, the Titan, that Thetis s

etermination to embark for Greece without delay. Meanwhile the Greeks having constructed a rampart around their ships were now

ow of Paris wounded Machaon, son of Æsculapius, a brave warrior, who, having inherited his father’s art, was of great value to

o inquire. Patroclus, performing the behest, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his coming would have hastened

g the carriage, assumed the reins and conveyed them to the camp. Then having cast the guards into a heavy sleep, he introduced

t should be borne back to Troy. Then Achilles dismissed the old king, having first pledged himself to a truce of twelve days f

of these women and the fearful effect of their war cry. Penthesilea, having slain many of the bravest Greeks, was at last sla

ounded him in the heel. This was his only vulnerable spot; for Thetis having dipped him when an infant in the river Styx, had

e. Philoctetes361 had joined the Grecian expedition against Troy; but having accidentally wounded his foot with one of the poi

mong the first to leave the shores of Troy for their native land. But having incurred the displeasure of the gods they were dr

out their brains. He proceeded to devour them with great relish, and having made a hearty meal, stretched himself on the floo

ing with cheerfulness and alacrity, soon despatched their labor. Then having spread the garments on the shore to dry, and havi

their labor. Then having spread the garments on the shore to dry, and having themselves bathed, they sat down to enjoy their m

d their battlements, till they came to the palace, where the goddess, having first given him some information of the country,

e cloud which Minerva spread around him still shielded him. At length having sufficiently observed the scene, he advanced with

he then predicted dire sufferings to them in their future course, and having vented her wrath, flew away. Epirus. — The Troja

she mounted, a funeral pile which she had caused to be prepared, and having stabbed herself was consumed with the pile. The f

uck their parents, or defrauded the friends who trusted them, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and g

earth are purged away, are sent back to life endowed with new bodies, having had the remembrance of their former lives effectu

se pass by metempsychosis into the bodies of brute animals. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Ænea

Chapter XXIX. The War between Trojans And Latins. § 176. Æneas, having parted from the Sibyl and rejoined his fleet, coa

shores of Italy and cast anchor in the mouth of the Tiber. The poet, having brought his hero to this spot, the destined termi

allas accompanying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan city,386 having sent back the rest of his party in the ships. Ene

the attempt was made; but the Trojans were found on their guard, and having received strict orders from Eneas not to fight in

Turnus, on the other hand, was deserted by his celestial allies, Juno having been expressly forbidden by Jupiter to assist him

re the poem of the Æneid closes, and we are left to infer that Æneas, having triumphed over his foes, obtained Lavinia for his

o come forward and try his skill with Loki. A trough filled with meat having been set on the, hall floor, Loki placed himself

had trespassed in any way against the law of the feast. The cupbearer having presented it to Thor, Utgard-Loki said, “Whoever

nights she would come to a certain place and there wed Freyr. Skirnir having reported the success of his errand, Freyr exclaim

but he lost his sword. § 182. The Death of Balder. — Balder the Good, having been tormented with terrible dreams indicating th

l meet and fight till they both are slain. The gods and their enemies having fallen in battle, Surter, who has killed Freyr, d

they slew the children of Siggeir, and burned him in his hall. Signy, having helped to avenge her father, died with her husban

With these warriors the secret of the hidden hoard passes. Kriemhild, having wreaked her vengeance, falls by the hand of one o

the heat. Cox’s theory that here we have large masses of cloud which, having dared to look upon the clear sky, are torn to pie

xaggerated in the story. It is fabled that Æschylus, the tragic poet, having on one occasion represented the Furies in a choru

r Ion, a son of Apollo and Creiisa, daughter of Erechtheus. This son, having been removed at birth, was brought up in Apollo’s

of the city and palace of the king, to justify the princess Nausicaa having had resort to her chariot and to luncheon when sh

-worship, Thor and Woden being worshipped by a tribe, but each family having its own anses, or deified ancestors (Corp. Poet.

asant who informed Apollo of Mercury’s robbery of his cattle; or who, having promised secrecy to Mercury, told the whole story

preservation. He has nine times assumed human form, each incarnation having for its purpose the redemption of mankind from op

ne’s, 85. Trina′cria (Thrina′cria, Thrina′cia): the island of Sicily, having three promontories. Triptol′emus, 182; and the El

. Their drollery, however, regained them their liberty. Some of them, having deceived Jupiter, were changed to apes. They were

tched the vase with his beak from her hand, flew to the fountain, and having filled it with water, returned it to Psyche, who

sit with him at his table. Go; but haste thee home again.” All things having been prepared for her departure, Pandion attended

wn in her military costume, or apparel, but in the dress of a female, having a distaff in her hand, to show that she was the p

ot care whether we are good or not. That is being turned to stone, or having “a heart of stone,” as the Bible says. Ann. How

mentioned only in fables. It is drawn like a great lizard with wings, having a serpent’s tail, terrible teeth, fiery eyes, and

d tore him in pieces. Conversation: Mother and Ann. Little Ann, having read the story of Acteon, as usual, desired to kn

ces of mankind. The furies soon learned Juno’s errand; and Tisiphone, having heard what she had to say, shaking her head, to t

e in that very palace from which he had banished his brother. Perseus having restored his grandfather, departed with his bride

lt see me return in gladness and triumph from the glowing west, after having dispensed thy glory to all the nations of the ear

the arts. The Horæ, or Hours, are represented as lovely young girls, having light embroidered robes. They appear thus in Guid

the family of Amphion. Latona and the Frogs. The fate of Niobe having exhibited a dreadful example of the vengeance of

eer creatures, and the strangest thing about them was that instead of having two eyes each, as you and I have, there was but o

ing to his back, screaming with all her might. Hercules, who also was having a hard time fighting the strong current, heard th

he came to the gates of his father’s palace. Aegeus was overjoyed at having such a beautiful, brave youth for his son. He thr

e, gave them a very fierce look. For these strange beings, instead of having two eyes, as you and I have? had but a single lar