Recherche, Mythographie [Obvie]

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               Kupfer, Grace Harriet. 
         (1897) 
         Stories of Long Ago in a New Dress
      
    y were happy they came to offer up their thanks to the kind gods. The 
    
king

     of the gods was Jupiter, who ruled not only the p
  
    laughing young girls who were pelting her with flowers. The stern old 
    
king

     felt his heart beat quicker at sight of all these
  
    ollowing many dark and winding passages, came to the throne where the 
    
king

     and queen were seated in state. Before Pluto coul
  
    o death with stones and arrows. Cruel, mad women they were, and their 
    
king

     afterwards punished them severely for their heart
  
    o longer a little baby boy, but a brave, fearless, young man. Now the 
    
king

     of the island was a wicked and cruel man, who for
  
     planned some means of getting Perseus out of the way, for the wicked 
    
king

     knew that if the boy were gone he could easily do
  
    ne! Of the three, the most terrible was Medusa; and the task that the 
    
king

     had thought of giving Perseus was nothing less th
  
    one, and he could not very well cut off her head without looking, the 
    
king

     was pretty safe in thinking that Perseus would ne
  
    ing, I think there is no task from which I would shrink in fear.” The 
    
king

     was delighted and said, “If I thought that, my bo
  
    erseus, in great delight. “You may try it, if you like,” answered the 
    
king

    . “It is to bring me the head of Medusa, with its 
  
    ocks.” Perseus gladly agreed, and left the palace. Oh, how the wicked 
    
king

     chuckled over the success of his plot! In seeming
  
    t seem nearly so pleasant nor so easy as when he was talking with the 
    
king

    . The more he thought of it, the less he liked the
  
    tory I am going to tell you next. In return, he heard how cruelly the 
    
king

     had treated Danaë during her son’s absence; and v
  
    at he would take revenge. The next morning he went to the palace. The 
    
king

     was more surprised than pleased to see Perseus, f
  
    ack her head.” “That you must prove by showing us the head,” said the 
    
king

    , with a sneer; for, of course, he did not believe
  
    m the bag at his side, he held it aloft in all its horrid beauty. The 
    
king

     gazed at it an instant, with the sneer still on h
  
    here was great rejoicing, for they had all feared and hated the cruel 
    
king

    . Perseus chose a better ruler for them, under who
  
    de Was Humbled     There was once a great city called Thebes, and the 
    
king

     and queen who ruled it had fourteen children, — s
  
     great city indeed, and there were many troublesome questions for the 
    
king

     and queen to decide, if they wished to rule it we
  
    upon a new plan for making him unhappy, — she made him a slave to the 
    
king

     of Argos. Nothing could have been harder for Herc
  
    ich made him chafe night and day under the chains that bound him. The 
    
king

     at last took pity on him, and told him he would s
  
    wanderings. He had not gone far, when he came to a country ruled by a 
    
king

     who had a very beautiful daughter, Deïanira, and 
  
    er father had half promised her in marriage to a great river god. The 
    
king

     was undecided as to what he should do; but at len
  
    ed, both the suitors went with light hearts to the meeting place. The 
    
king

     gave the signal for the start, and the two mighty
  
    known as the Minotaur, so terrible that no words can describe it. The 
    
king

     wished to imprison it in a safe place, and it was
  
     of a bird must be!   Mary Howitt .     A Cruel King     When Aegeus, 
    
king

     of the famous old city of Athens, was still a you
  
    on his journey. Now about the same time that Theseus was born, Minos, 
    
king

     of the island of Crete, also became the father of
  
    ost skillful in all the games in which he took part. Only Aegeus, the 
    
king

     of Athens, did not care for him. He was jealous o
  
    him on the road. Perhaps the people of Athens might have blamed their 
    
king

     severely for this cruel act, had not something ha
  
     their own prince to his father’s kingdom. The boy, Theseus, whom the 
    
king

     had last seen as a baby, had grown to be a strong
  
    t for many a day, and vowed that he would take vengeance on the cruel 
    
king

     of Athens. And one day, as Aegeus was walking in 
  
    ts outside the gates, and prepared to lay siege to the city. Now, the 
    
king

     of the city was an old, white-haired man, but, st
  
     bars, and, throwing the gates wide open, stood before the astonished 
    
king

    . “I am the king’s daughter,” she said, “and for y
  
    d to save their city from ruin. A messenger was thereupon sent to the 
    
king

     of Crete to ask on what terms he would leave the 
  
    . At first the people felt that it would be impossible to do what the 
    
king

     demanded, but then they remembered the words of t
  
    is terrible yearly burden, or to die with his people. In vain the old 
    
king

     tried to make him change his mind, the brave prin
  
     Thread That Saved Many Lives     When the day for starting came, the 
    
king

    , weeping bitterly, followed his son down to the b
  
    ow soon the horrible Minotaur would make a meal of them. Suddenly the 
    
king

     beheld Theseus, and his eyes sparkled, as he said
  
    he others may follow.” “The prince wishes to die alone,” answered the 
    
king

    . “Let him do so.” All this time Ariadne had been 
  
    e people of Athens were no longer required to send the tribute to the 
    
king

     of Crete.    How a Wicked City Was Destroyed     
  
    True     I am going to tell you the sad story of Ceyx and Halcyone, a 
    
king

     and queen who loved each other very dearly. After
  
    ery dearly. After they had lived together happily for many years, the 
    
king

     had to journey to a distant country to consult an
  
    Flight on The Ram’s Back     Once upon a time there lived in Greece a 
    
king

     who had a beautiful wife named Nephele. Nephele m
  
     think of soft, pink and gold-edged clouds on a summer’s evening. The 
    
king

     and queen had two children, Phryxus a boy, and He
  
    avel far away with them. However that was, there came a time when the 
    
king

     began to weary of his wife’s long absences. Besid
  
     a beautiful, dark-eyed girl, Ino, who was very much in love with the 
    
king

    . Ino was a witch, who made the king forget all ab
  
    ho was very much in love with the king. Ino was a witch, who made the 
    
king

     forget all about his wife Nephele, and before lon
  
    gh food for the people, and everywhere they were dying of hunger. The 
    
king

     at last sent messengers to an oracle in a distant
  
    ren for the sake of a little gold. In due time, they came back to the 
    
king

     with their false report, that the oracle had said
  
    d Helle were dead would plenty and comfort come back to the land. The 
    
king

     was so bewitched by Ino that he felt no grief at 
  
    , and set a fierce dragon to guard it. In time Phryxus died and a new 
    
king

     ruled in Colchis; and the greatest treasure in al
  
    o     Long after Phryxus had died, there lived in a certain country a 
    
king

     and queen who had but one child, a boy named Jaso
  
    ountry a king and queen who had but one child, a boy named Jason. The 
    
king

    , Aeson, was a rather weak, good-natured man; and 
  
    on and his family out of their own kingdom. Then the brother ruled as 
    
king

    , while the rightful king lived far away, poor and
  
    their own kingdom. Then the brother ruled as king, while the rightful 
    
king

     lived far away, poor and unknown. But in spite of
  
     at last to the palace of his father’s brother and was led before the 
    
king

    . The king turned pale with fear at sight of Jason
  
    o the palace of his father’s brother and was led before the king. The 
    
king

     turned pale with fear at sight of Jason; for an o
  
    andal, and one of Jason’s feet, as you know, was bare. But the crafty 
    
king

     pretended to be very glad indeed to see his nephe
  
    lf, and placed food and drink before him. While they were eating, the 
    
king

     told many stories of brave men who had lived long
  
    ny heroes waiting only for the chance to do great deeds.” At this the 
    
king

     laughed aloud. “Is it possible,” said he, “that y
  
    inished, Jason sprang to his feet and cried, “I will prove to you, oh 
    
king

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

     was very much pleased; for this was just what he 
  
    ir arrival at Colchis, the Greeks were brought into the palace of the 
    
king

    . The king had two children, a little boy of whom 
  
     at Colchis, the Greeks were brought into the palace of the king. The 
    
king

     had two children, a little boy of whom he was ver
  
    k-haired maiden, Medea, who was a witch and knew many magic arts. The 
    
king

     was seated on his throne, with his little son at 
  
    swered that he had come to take the Golden Fleece back to Greece, the 
    
king

     laughed aloud, and said, “You have come on a very
  
    have set can carry away the Golden Fleece.” And the tone in which the 
    
king

     gave this answer showed that he was not afraid of
  
    eece. But Jason was not to be so easily discouraged, and he asked the 
    
king

     to tell him what the three tasks were. “The first
  
    u may take the Golden Fleece back with you to Greece.” Thus spake the 
    
king

     and then dismissed Jason. Although Jason would no
  
    e the king and then dismissed Jason. Although Jason would not let the 
    
king

     see it, he was just a little discouraged when he 
  
     was to meet his death, as they thought. In the midst of them sat the 
    
king

     himself, with Medea at his right hand. In all tha
  
    . Of course, the people were all rejoiced at Jason’s success, but the 
    
king

     looked angry and sullen. He knew very well that J
  
    o. Therefore, when Jason asked for leave to begin his third task, the 
    
king

     answered that he had done enough for one day, and
  
    iver. Now this same Pan was a great favorite with King Midas, and the 
    
king

     thought him the finest musician in the world. The
  
     King Midas. As judge, they chose the ruler of the mountain, a mighty 
    
king

     with long, white locks and flowing beard, and lar
  
    llo changed them to long, furry asses’- ears. In great excitement the 
    
king

     locked himself in his royal chamber and then sent
  
    the reeds whispered, and then they knew how Apollo had punished their 
    
king

     for his stupid judgment. But Midas could not have

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               Ellis, Edward Sylvester. 
         (1895) 
         The youth’s dictionary of mythology for boys and girls
      
    nergy, for Medea had taken with her the most precious treasure of the 
    
king

    , his only son and heir, Absyrtus. To delay the pu
  
     men and women, referring to the Temple of Pollux.  Æe′tes [Æetes], a 
    
king

     of Colchis, and father of Medea.  Æge′on [Ægeon],
  
    length arrived in Italy, where he was hospitably received by Latinus, 
    
king

     of the Latins. After the death of Latinus Æneas b
  
     Latinus, king of the Latins. After the death of Latinus Æneas became 
    
king

    .  “His back, or rather burthen, showed As if it s
  
    [Agamemnon] was the son of Plisthenes and brother of Menelaus. He was 
    
king

     of the Argives. His brother’s wife was the famous
  
    gives. His brother’s wife was the famous Helen, daughter of Tyndarus, 
    
king

     of Sparta; and when she eloped with Paris, Agamem
  
    me′na [Alcmena], the mother of Hercules, was daughter of Electryon, a 
    
king

     of Argos.  Alec′to [Alecto] was one of the Furies
  
     Amphitrite and her tending nymphs.”  Thomson.   Amy′cus [Amycus] was 
    
king

     of Bebrycia. He was a son of Neptune, and was kil
  
    lled Cœna Saliaris.  Androm′eda [Andromeda], the daughter of Cepheus, 
    
king

     of the Ethiopians, was wife of Perseus, by whom s
  
    signifying great toil or labor. For his inhospitality to Perseus that 
    
king

     changed him into the mountain which bears his nam
  
    was born dumb, but when in a fight he saw a soldier about to kill the 
    
king

     he gained speech, and cried out, “Save the king!”
  
    ier about to kill the king he gained speech, and cried out, “Save the 
    
king

    !” and the string that held his tongue was broken.
  
     to Ovid, was afterward turned into a pine-tree.  Aug′æas [Augæas], a 
    
king

     of Elis, the owner of the stable which Hercules c
  
    ptune as being the god of counsel.  Cophe′tua [Cophetua]. A legendary 
    
king

     of Africa, who disliked women, but ultimately fel
  
    of Apollo and mother of Æsculapius. Another Coronis was daughter of a 
    
king

     of Phocis, and was changed by Athena into a crow.
  
    th moss, and was said to live underground. He is sometimes called the 
    
king

     of the elves and fays.  “Which wast begot in Demo
  
    and a lance in each right hand.  Hec′uba [Hecuba]. The wife of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy, and mother of Paris. Taken captive in th
  
    e was restored by Castor and Pollux. She became the wife of Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, but eloped with Paris, and thus caused
  
    s. She was afterward tied to a tree and strangled by order of Polyxo, 
    
king

     of Rhodes.  He′liades, The [Heliades], were the d
  
    , To bring to Eurystheus the flesh-eating oxen of Geryon, the monster 
    
king

     of Gades.  Eleventh, To bring away some of the go
  
    onymous with Apollo. The personification of the sun.  “So excellent a 
    
king

    ; that was to this Hyperion to a satyr.”  Shakespe
  
    re the doors of private houses being called Januæ.  Ja′nus [Janus]. A 
    
king

     of Italy, said to have been the son of Cœlus, oth
  
    father of all mankind. See Iapetos.  Ja′son [Jason], the son of Æson, 
    
king

     of Iolcos; he was brought up by the centaur Chiro
  
     charms which she gave him he overcame all the difficulties which the 
    
king

     had put in his way. He took away the Golden Fleec
  
    ad put in his way. He took away the Golden Fleece and Medea also. The 
    
king

     sent his son Absyrtus to overtake the fugitives, 
  
    al wooden horse to Troy.  Laom′edon [Laomedon], son of Ilus, a Trojan 
    
king

    . He was famous for having, with the assistance of
  
    giv’st us from above.”  Ovid.   Lud. In ancient British mythology the 
    
king

     of the Britons. He is said to have given his name
  
    was worshiped in the form of a goat.  Menela′us [Menelaus]. A Spartan 
    
king

    , brother of Agamemnon. The elopement of his wife 
  
      “Then fiery expedition be my wing, Jove’s Mercury, and herald for a 
    
king

    .” “Be Mercury, set feathers to thy heels And fly,
  
    000 leagues high. The Olympus of the East Indians.  Mi′das [Midas]. A 
    
king

     of Phrygia, who begged of Bacchus the special gif
  
    e sands which he stood on were golden forever after. It was this same 
    
king

     who, being appointed to be judge in a musical con
  
    ce that which we ought to cherish most dearly.  “First Moloch, horrid 
    
king

    , besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and par
  
    ghtingale, see Philomela.  Nightmare, see Incubus.  Ni′lus [Nilus], a 
    
king

     of Thebes, who gave his name to the Nile, the gre
  
    ause he was worshiped at Nysa, a town of Æthiopia.  Ny′sus [Nysus]. A 
    
king

     of Megara who was invisible by virtue of a partic
  
    rayed her father to his enemies. She was changed into a lark, and the 
    
king

     into a hawk, and he still pursues his daughter, i
  
    on and other heavenly bodies sank every day.  Ocrid′ion [Ocridion]. A 
    
king

     of Rhodes, who was deified after his death.  Ocy′
  
    , Clotho, and Lachesis. See Fates.  Par′is [Paris], the son of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy, and of his mother Hecuba. It had been pr
  
     the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the wife of Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta; but during his absence Paris carried H
  
    aid to be the daughter of Sol and Perseis, and her husband was Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete.  Pasith′ea [Pasithea]. Sometimes there 
  
    e world with noble horsemanship.”  Shakespeare.   Pe′leus [Peleus]. A 
    
king

     of Thessaly, who married Thetis, one of the Nerei
  
     nods with all his wood.”  Pope.   Pe′lops [Pelops], son of Tantalus, 
    
king

     of Phrygia. His father killed him, and served him
  
    es, and Sophocles.  Philome′la [Philomela] was a daughter of Pandion, 
    
king

     of Athens, who was transformed into a nightingale
  
    hey were supposed to have been born. Also, the daughters of Pierus, a 
    
king

     of Macedonia, who settled in Bœotia. They challen
  
      Pirith′ous [Pirithous]. A son of Ixion and great friend of Theseus, 
    
king

     of Athens. The marriage of Pirithous and Hippodam
  
    ars.”  Francis.   Polyx′ena [Polyxena]. Daughter of Hecuba and Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy. It was by her treachery that Achilles wa
  
    ess of nature.  Predictions, see Cassandra.  Pri′am [Priam]. The last 
    
king

     of Troy. See Paris.  Pria′pus [Priapus], the guar
  
    . Another name of Vesta.  Pro′cris [Procris]. Daughter of Erechtheus, 
    
king

     of Athens. See Cephalus, her husband.  Prog′ne [P
  
    Mars who had charge of the sacred shields.  Salmo′neus [Salmoneus]. A 
    
king

     of Elis who, for trying to imitate Jupiter’s thun
  
    eeks in the Trojan War. He was slain by Patroclus.  Sat′urn [Saturn], 
    
king

     of the Universe, was father of Jupiter, Neptune, 
  
    er′eus [Tereus] was a son of Mars. He married Procne, daughter of the 
    
king

     of Athens, but became enamored of her sister Phil
  
    ]. One of the most famous of the Greek heroes. He was a son of Ægeus, 
    
king

     of Athens. He rid Attica of Procrustes and other 
  
     A sea-goddess, daughter of Nereus and Doris. Her husband was Peleus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and she was the mother of the famous
  
    derbolts, see Cyclops.  Thunderer, The, Jupiter. See Tonitrualis.  “O 
    
king

     of gods and men, whose awful hand Disperses thund
  
    god who presided over archery and duels.  Ulys′ses [Ulysses]. A noted 
    
king

     of Ithaca, whose exploits in connection with the 
  
    see Jani.  Ut′gard Lo′ki [Utgard Loki]. In Scandinavian mythology the 
    
king

     of the giants.    V     Valhal′la [Valhalla]. The
  
    to Venus, and she inspired him with love for Helen, wife of Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta. Paris carried off Helen to Troy, and t

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               Edwards, S. A.
          
         (1883) 
         A Hand-Book of Mythology for the Use of Schools and Academies
      
    er-world. It was also in the great hall of the palace of the Olympian 
    
king

     that the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and ne
  
     Heaven. She afterwards became united to Tithonus*, son of Laomedon*, 
    
king

     of Troy. Eos obtained for him from Zeus* the gift
  
    exerted her divine power, and changed him into a grasshopper. Memnon, 
    
king

     of Ethiopia, celebrated in the story of the Troja
  
    anishment from his dominions by Zeus, Chronos took refuge with Janus, 
    
king

     of Italy, who received the exiled deity with grea
  
    roved faithless to her. He was about to wed Sagaris*, daughter of the 
    
king

     of Pessinus, in Phrygia. In the midst of the wedd
  
    us and Alcmena*. Antiope*, daughter of Nycteus*, and niece of Lycus*, 
    
king

     of Thebes, was surprised by Jupiter in the form o
  
    ild bull, let him drag her till she expired.2  Amphion, having become 
    
king

     of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is 
  
    atement.”   Seemann .  Europa* was the beautiful daughter of Agenor* (
    
king

     of Phœnicia) and Telephassa*. She was one day gat
  
    nd gave birth to a son, who was called Epaphus*. He afterwards became 
    
king

     of Egypt, and built Memphis.  “This myth has rece
  
    her original shape.”   Seemann .  Callisto*, the daughter of Lycaon*, 
    
king

     of Arcadia, was a huntress in the train of Artemi
  
     made a journey through Arcadia. Being recognized by the Arcadians as 
    
king

     of heaven, he was received by them with becoming 
  
    ived by them with becoming respect and veneration; but Lycaon*, their 
    
king

    , doubted the divinity of Zeus. He invited him to 
  
     woman, she came to Eleusis, in Attica. The daughters of Celeus*, the 
    
king

     of the city, found her sitting on a stone near a 
  
    down an oblong brazen shield (ancile*). As it fell at the feet of the 
    
king

    , a voice was heard declaring that Rome should end
  
    mong these were the golden dogs which guarded the house of Alcinous*, 
    
king

     of the Phæacians*, the brass-footed, fire-breathi
  
    for an enduring union with the divinity. Psyche was the daughter of a 
    
king

    , and was the youngest of three sisters. She was s
  
    re when the sun is risen.”   Cox .  Cassandra*, a daughter of Priam*, 
    
king

     of Troy, was beloved by Apollo. She promised to m
  
    the god into a cypress-tree. Apollo and Poseidon built for Laomedon*, 
    
king

     of Troy, the walls of the city. It was said that 
  
    m Pentheus*, who then governed the country. Agave*, the mother of the 
    
king

    , and her sisters, inspired with Bacchanalian* fur
  
    punishment of the Tyrrhenian* pirates. Mistaking him for the son of a 
    
king

    , they carried him off and placed him on board the
  
     Lysicrates*, at Athens. Dionysus found Ariadne*, daughter of Minos*, 
    
king

     of Crete, on the isle of Naxos, where she had bee
  
    he 12th of April.    Ganymedes*.       Ganymedes* was a son of Tros*, 
    
king

     of Troy. He was made immortal by Zeus, and instal
  
    ples.    The Winds.    According to the oldest accounts, Æolus* was a 
    
king

     of the Æolian* Islands, to whom Zeus gave the com
  
    tion he had strayed from his companions. They took him to Midas*, the 
    
king

    , who entertained him sumptuously for ten days, an
  
    ofiered, as a reward, to grant Midas anything he desired. The foolish 
    
king

     requested that everything he touched might turn t
  
     instance of the ambiguity of oracular predictions: Crœsus*, the rich 
    
king

     of Lydia*, before going to war with Cyrus, king o
  
    ns: Crœsus*, the rich king of Lydia*, before going to war with Cyrus, 
    
king

     of Persia, consulted an oracle as to the probable
  
     to his design, Crœsus* crossed the river and encountered the Persian 
    
king

    , by whom he was entirely defeated; and his own em
  
     under the form of a white bull, carried Europa, daughter of Agenor*, 
    
king

     of Tyre, away to Crete. Grieved for the loss of h
  
    reappear. The infant was found by Phorbas*, the herdsman of Polybus*, 
    
king

     of Corinth. He took the babe to his master, who, 
  
    rinthian noble taunted him at a banquet with not being the son of the 
    
king

    . He appealed to Merope*, his supposed mother, but
  
    e strangers, and fled without discovering that one of them was Laius, 
    
king

     of Thebes. On his arrival at Thebes he found the 
  
    ce would continue to rage until the land was purified of the blood of 
    
king

     Laius, whose murderer was living unpunished at Th
  
    od of king Laius, whose murderer was living unpunished at Thebes. The 
    
king

     sent for the blind prophet Tiresias*, and implore
  
    t solicitations of Œdipus, he said: “Thou art the murderer of the old 
    
king

    , Laius, who was thy father, and thou art wedded t
  
    infant on Mount Cithæron, and the shepherd who had carried him to the 
    
king

     of Corinth, identified him. Horrified at this dre
  
    sign it to his brother. Polynices sought the assistance of Adrastus*, 
    
king

     of Argos, who received him kindly, gave him his d
  
    aus, it had been agreed, that if he ever differed in opinion with the 
    
king

    , his wife should decide the question. Polynices o
  
    is life to the swiftness of the steed Arion*. Creon, who again became 
    
king

    , forbade the burial of Polynices, but Antigone ga
  
    d in madness through Arcadia, and was at length purified by Phegeus*, 
    
king

     of Psophis*, who gave him his daughter Arsinoe* i
  
    *.    Perseus* was the son of Zeus and Danae*, daughter of Acrisius*, 
    
king

     of Argos. An oracle having declared that Acrisius
  
    phos, where Danae and Perseus were rescued by Dictys*, brother of the 
    
king

    , Polydectes*. The latter educated Perseus, but hi
  
    he latter educated Perseus, but his genius and courage displeased the 
    
king

    . Polydectes invited his vassals to a banquet, req
  
    n the power of Perseus to furnish the requisite gift, but he told the 
    
king

    , as he could not bring a horse, he would bring hi
  
     horse, he would bring him the head of Medusa*, if he desired it. The 
    
king

     accepted the proposal which Perseus had made rash
  
    produced from his wallet the head of Medusa, which he held toward the 
    
king

    . Atlas became transformed into a stony mountain. 
  
    eating Danae with great cruelty. He proceeded to the palace where the 
    
king

     and his friends were assembled, and displayed the
  
    ulfilment of the prediction of the oracle, fled for protection to the 
    
king

     of Larissa. Some time after, Perseus went to Lari
  
    rone of one whose death he had caused, he exchanged kingdoms with the 
    
king

     of Tiryns.  “The golden shower in the prison of D
  
    sembles Hermes.    Bellerophon*.    Bellerophon* was son of Glaucus*, 
    
king

     of Corinth. Having accidentally slain Bellerus*, 
  
    oble, he went to Argos to be purified, and was kindly received by the 
    
king

    , Prœtus*. The queen, Sthenobœa*, made false charg
  
    kill his guest; he therefore sent him to Iobates*, his father-in-law, 
    
king

     of Lycia, with a letter written in strange charac
  
    f Iobates, the hero again returned victorious. The last effort of the 
    
king

     to cause the death of Bellerophon was placing in 
  
    estroying him, but he bravely defended himself and slew them all. The 
    
king

     then gave him his daughter in marriage, and share
  
     were compelled to pay to the Minyans*, a neighboring people. Creon*, 
    
king

     of Thebes, in gratitude, gave the hero his daught
  
    fth task of Heracles was to cleanse in one day the stables of Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, whose wealth in cattle had become prover
  
    n cattle had become proverbial. Heracles presented himself before the 
    
king

    , and offered to cleanse in one day the stables in
  
    of faith for which Heracles afterwards took terrible vengeance on the 
    
king

    .  6. The Stymphalian* Birds. — The sixth task of 
  
     Cretan bull. Poseidon once sent up a bull out of the sea for Minos*, 
    
king

     of Crete, to sacrifice, but Minos was induced by 
  
    th task of Heracles was to bring to Eurystheus the mares of Diomedes, 
    
king

     of the Bistonians*, in Thrace. These mares were e
  
    curred his celebrated adventure with Hesione*, daughter of Laomedon*, 
    
king

     of Troy. This king had refused Poseidon and Apoll
  
    ed adventure with Hesione*, daughter of Laomedon*, king of Troy. This 
    
king

     had refused Poseidon and Apollo the rewards he ha
  
    ude, Heracles undertook an expedition against the faithless Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy. The city was taken by storm; Laomedon an
  
    age to Telamon*. Soon afterwards he took similar vengeance on Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, and placed Phyleus on the throne. Heracl
  
     his dying agony.”   Cox .      Theseus*.    Theseus*, son of Ægeus*, 
    
king

     of Athens, and Æthra*, daughter of Pittheus*, kin
  
    s*, son of Ægeus*, king of Athens, and Æthra*, daughter of Pittheus*, 
    
king

     of Trœzen*, was one of the most famous heroes of 
  
    her Ægeus married to the enchantress Medea*. By her insinuations, the 
    
king

     became so suspicious of the young stranger, that 
  
    ir was in the wonderful labyrinth constructed by Dædalus* for Minos*, 
    
king

     of Crete. Androgeus*, son of Minos, having come t
  
    ned. The sea was named for him Ægean. Theseus succeeded his father as 
    
king

     of Athens. He united the twelve towns of Attica u
  
    rruption into the plains of Marathon and carried off the herds of the 
    
king

     of Athens. Theseus went to repel the plunderers. 
  
    ter the death of Antiope, Theseus married Phædra*, daughter of Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, and sister of Ariadne. Phædra fell in l
  
     lost the favor of his people and retired to the court of Lycomedes*, 
    
king

     of Scyros*, who at first received him kindly, but
  
    nd instituted festivals to his memory.    Calydonian Hunt.    Œneus*, 
    
king

     of Calydon, in Ætolia, had incurred the displeasu
  
     wonderful works of art, but afterwards, having lost the favor of the 
    
king

    , both father and son were imprisoned. They contri
  
    ere imprisoned. They contrived to escape from the prison, but, as the 
    
king

     kept strict watch on all the vessels, they could 
  
    mæ in safety.    The Argonautic Expedition.         Jason*.    Æson*, 
    
king

     of Iolcus, in Thessaly, was deprived of his thron
  
     in the enterprise.    The Story of the Golden Fleece.    Athamas*, a 
    
king

     of Bœotia, married Nephele, a cloud nymph. Their 
  
    nd placed a dragon to guard it. He married Calciope*, daughter of the 
    
king

     Æetes*, but soon afterwards died.    The Voyage o
  
     his companions, appeared on the field of Ares in the presence of the 
    
king

     and a multitude of people. The bulls rushed upon 
  
    n wearied of her, and was about to marry Creusa*, the daughter of the 
    
king

    . Medea concealed her rage, and sent a splendid ro
  
    n its preservation. After the death of Ilus, his son Laomedon* became 
    
king

     of Troy, and he was succeeded by Priam, who was k
  
    Laomedon* became king of Troy, and he was succeeded by Priam, who was 
    
king

     at the time of the Trojan War. He was married to 
  
    d ships. The command of this mighty host was intrusted to Agamemnon*, 
    
king

     of Mycenæ, the most powerful of all the Greek pri
  
    f Memnon*.    Memnon was the son of Eos (Aurora) and Tithonus. He was 
    
king

     of the Ethiopians, and came with his warriors to 
  
    t that he had contrived to escape, and now sought protection from the 
    
king

    . The monarch, believing his story, released his b
  
    ied leaves soon fell asleep. Nausicaa*, the beautiful daughter of the 
    
king

    , Alcinous*, and his queen, Arete*, had come down 
  
    him to follow her to the town. Odysseus was cordially received by the 
    
king

     and queen, and in return for their kindness he re
  
    ad sent to be brought up in Thrace, away from the horrors of war. The 
    
king

     to whom he was sent murdered him, and seized the 
  
    was attacked by several of the neighboring princes, led by Mezentius, 
    
king

     of Etruria. Æneas defeated the allies, but was ki
  
    consisted of father, mother, and son; but sometimes of two gods and a 
    
king

    . Osiris*, who, with Isis* and Horus, formed the m
  
    shur* was the supreme object of worship. He was the guardian deity of 
    
king

     and country. He was vaguely considered as the fou
  
    gious festivals. When a feast was to be held in honor of any god, the 
    
king

     made special proclamation. During a fast, not onl
  
     any god, the king made special proclamation. During a fast, not only 
    
king

    , nobles, and people abstained from food and drink
  
    , living sacrifices and offerings were made and oblations poured, the 
    
king

     taking the chief position instead of the priest, 
  
    le he lived about a thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a 
    
king

    , and was distinguished for his wisdom, virtue, an
  
    of his father, and became the foster-child of Regin (the smith of the 
    
king

     of Denmark), who urged him on to slay the dragon

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     the name of which is forgotten, a very long time ago, reigned a good 
    
king

     and queen who had three daughters. The elder two 
  
    or you, my son. You must descend to earth, to the palace of a certain 
    
king

    ,” whose name she mentioned, “and there you will s
  
    men.  Ann. Who think you was Jupiter?  Mother. Very likely some great 
    
king

    , who did much good and some harm, and after he wa
  
     did much good and some harm, and after he was dead he was called the 
    
king

     of Gods and men.  Ann. Who was Ceres?  Mother. So
  
    syche went to Pluto’s kingdom; where was that?  Mother. Pluto was the 
    
king

     of the world of ghosts, that is, the souls of dea
  
    avels, “The Farnesina, a little palace on the Tiber, belonging to the 
    
king

     of Naples, is adorned with beautiful fresco paint
  
    ing bread, and other useful arts. One day it happened that Pluto, the 
    
king

     of the infernal regions, was roaming over the isl
  
    ish to recover her? She is wedded to a husband who loves her. He is a 
    
king

     of the greatest empire in the universe. The count
  
    c robbers. At the time to which the following story belongs, Pandion, 
    
king

     of Athens, found that he must call upon some othe
  
    ngs, Pandion, king of Athens, found that he must call upon some other 
    
king

     to punish the robbers, for he was not able to do 
  
     able to do it himself. He sent all the way to Thrace, to Tereus, the 
    
king

     of that country, and told him the distress of his
  
    family, rejoiced in the happy prospects of Progne. In those days, the 
    
king

     of a little city was known by every body in his d
  
    ent, as he had proposed, and Pandion received him kindly; but the old 
    
king

     wept because Tereus had not brought Progne with h
  
    y saw in the procession was Herse, the daughter of Cecrops, the first 
    
king

     of Athens. Gods liked mortal ladies for wives, as
  
    t of the story I have been reading is true?  Mother. That Cecrops was 
    
king

     of Athens is true. He was the first king the Athe
  
    e?  Mother. That Cecrops was king of Athens is true. He was the first 
    
king

     the Athenians ever had. He was the founder, or be
  
    ributed com to people all over Egypt. So, you see the Egyptians had a 
    
king

    , and the king had a court, and that he and his of
  
     people all over Egypt. So, you see the Egyptians had a king, and the 
    
king

     had a court, and that he and his officers wore ri
  
    es from Athens. Thebes was built by Cadmus; he was the son of Agenor, 
    
king

     of Phoenicia. Jupiter came to the meadows where t
  
    n time came to contain thirty thousand inhabitants. Cadmus was a good 
    
king

    ; he did not love war; he tried to make his people
  
    . Cecrops was truly beloved by his subjects.  “On him — the judge and 
    
king

     — when passing forth Among the city-ways, all rev
  
    the son-in-law of Cadmus and his wife were a happy pair, and were the 
    
king

     and queen of some petty state in Greece. Athamas 
  
    aking a loud clamour of voices, and waving the thyrsus. ——— Pentheus, 
    
king

     of Thebes, was the grandson of Cadmus. His grandf
  
    ivilized men can tame wild beasts.    Danæ and Perseus.     Acrisius, 
    
king

     of Argos, had a beautiful daughter, whose name wa
  
     the vessel in which I have encountered the sea. My cruel father, the 
    
king

     of Argos, in displeasure against me and this inno
  
    er,” said he to her, “do not despair; you are not among barbarians. A 
    
king

     more merciful than Acrisius reigns in this island
  
    reides, unseen, guided your frail vessel to Seriphus. Polydectes, our 
    
king

    , will receive and protect you, I know.” “I know n
  
    re is my wife; she will welcome you; and I will present myself to the 
    
king

    , and tell him your misfortunes; I know he will re
  
    be a man. Perseus was young, handsome, and vigorous; he was fit to be 
    
king

     over a rude people like those of Seriphus, who th
  
    f Seriphus, who thought beauty and strength very fine qualities for a 
    
king

    : but Polydectes was weak, and old, and ill-nature
  
    erseus; they will kill me, I fear; or perhaps he will, that he may be 
    
king

     himself. But I will be too cunning for him. If I 
  
    at each of the guests would bring a fine horse, and present it to the 
    
king

    . Perseus could not procure such a horse; but he t
  
    the region of Mauritania, and descended in the palace court of Atlas, 
    
king

     of the country. Atlas was famous for his great we
  
    pped up Medusa’s head in his mantle, and asked to he conducted to the 
    
king

    . Atlas received him graciously, and Perseus thus 
  
    ously, and Perseus thus announced himself: “You see before you, great 
    
king

    , a son of Jupiter. Descended from the immortal go
  
    rom Atlas; but, to his surprise, no such welcome was offered him. The 
    
king

     looked at him earnestly, and seemed shocked and t
  
    ught Perseus; “I have concealed the frightful Medusa; what alarms the 
    
king

    ?” and he stood a moment, fearfully conjecturing w
  
    ens. “Depart from these walls, impostor,” at length cried the enraged 
    
king

    ; “if thou delayest an instant, I will thrust thee
  
     prison, the night was tranquil, and Perseus being delivered from the 
    
king

     of Mauritania, fell into a refreshing sleep. Natu
  
    d him. The next descent of Perseus was into the dominions of Cepheus, 
    
king

     of Ethiopia. Here he beheld Andromeda, the king’s
  
    t he would return soon, and remove her in safety. Then he went to the 
    
king

     and told him, in a few words, that he had seen hi
  
    , and commenced as follows: “You know, my friends that I promised the 
    
king

     of Seriphus, to bring him the head of Medusa, tho
  
    s. When Perseus reached Argos, he found his grandfather no longer its 
    
king

    . His brother, Phætus, a very artful man, had depo
  
    its king. His brother, Phætus, a very artful man, had deposed the old 
    
king

    , and taken his place. Perseus immediately resolve
  
    good sense, when he was established in the palace, and attired like a 
    
king

    , he appeared like one, and knew how to make every
  
    ry in Seriphus. When Dictys was well received by the people, as their 
    
king

    , Perseus got ready to return, with his mother and
  
    opped at the city of Larissa; and there they heard that Teatimas, the 
    
king

    , was celebrating funeral games in honour of his f
  
    vy piece of stone or metal, which was aimed at a particular mark. The 
    
king

     of Argos happened to attend the funeral games of 
  
    ous quoit, and, instead of reaching the point intended, it struck the 
    
king

     of Argos, and killed him instantly. Perseus thus 
  
    cle, which was uttered before he came into the world. Perseus was now 
    
king

     of Argos, but he chose, rather than reign there, 
  
     said Polyhymnia in reply, “were once women. Their father was Pierus, 
    
king

     of Macedonia. The princesses had delightful voice
  
    spigliosi, at Rome.    Niobe.     Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, 
    
king

     of Lydia; that very Tantalus who was sentenced to
  
     hunger and thirst in Tartarus. This princess was married to Amphion, 
    
king

     of Thebes. Niobe had lived in Mæonia, of Asia Min

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    us — Punishment of Lycaon.    Ques. Who was Jupiter?  Ans. He was the 
    
king

     and father of gods and men. He is generally repre
  
    ter was struck by the beauty of Europa, daughter of Agenor [Age′nor], 
    
king

     of Phœnicia. He took the form of a snow-white bul
  
    uming the disguise of a poor traveller, sought hospitality of Lycaon, 
    
king

     of Arcadia. The impious prince had just received 
  
    o restore the dead to life. Hippolytus [Hippol′ytus], son of Theseus, 
    
king

     of Athens, was killed by sea-monsters. Æsculapius
  
    py himself in his banishment?  Ans. He guarded the flocks of Admetus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly. Here he had the misfortune accidenta
  
    nt her request. Io was restored to human form, and married to Osiris, 
    
king

     of Egypt; she was afterwards worshipped in that c
  
    his festival.  Ques. Relate the story of Pentheus?  Ans. Pentheus was 
    
king

     of Thebes. He not only refused to acknowledge the
  
    hen feeding his sheep on Mount Ida. This prince was the son of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy. An oracle had foretold before his birth 
  
    g him to carry off Helen, the beautiful wife of Menelaus [Menela′us], 
    
king

     of Sparta. This gave rise to the total destructio
  
    donis?  Ans. He was a beautiful youth, the son of Cinyras [Cin′yras], 
    
king

     of Cyprus, and was beloved by Venus. He was kille
  
    or her husband Tithonus [Titho′nus], the son of Laomedon [Laom′edon], 
    
king

     of Troy. This prince was endowed with wonderful b
  
    d changed him into a grasshopper.  Ques. Who was Memnon?  Ans. He was 
    
king

     of the Ethiopians, and son of Tithonus and Aurora
  
    non of fable was in all probability an Egyptian, and not an Ethiopian 
    
king

    . His statue is still an object of curiosity to tr
  
    roduce the mysterious sounds. Such was the supposition of the Persian 
    
king

     Cambyses, who had the statue cleft asunder from t
  
     Italy, where he taught the people the arts of civilized life. Janus, 
    
king

     of Italy, made Saturn partner of his kingdom, and
  
    acrifices, which seems strange when we consider that he was so mild a 
    
king

    . The planet Saturn was supposed by the ancients t
  
    turnalia?  Ans. They were solemnities instituted by Tullus Hostilius, 
    
king

     of Rome. In early times the festival lasted one d
  
    can, beside those already mentioned?  Ans. Yes, he made for Alcinoüs, 
    
king

     of the Phæacians, gold and silver dogs which guar
  
    he Phæacians, gold and silver dogs which guarded his house. To Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, he gave the brazen man Talus, who passe
  
    cted, it is said, by the Sibylline books, sent an embassy to Attalus, 
    
king

     of Pergamus, requesting that he would permit the 
  
    ing Proserpine by sea and land, she was kindly entertained by Celeus, 
    
king

     of Eleusis, in Attica. She rewarded his hospitali
  
    hat punishment did the Muses inflict on the nine daughters of Pierus, 
    
king

     of Æmathia?  Ans. These maidens challenged the Mu
  
    daughter of Tantalus [Tan′talus], and the wife of Amphion [Amphi′on], 
    
king

     of Thebes. She was enriched with all the gifts of
  
    20; the whole was supported by 127 superb columns, each the gift of a 
    
king

    . The statue of the goddess was of ebony, and the 
  
    Ans. She was a skillful enchantress. Having poisoned her husband, the 
    
king

     of the Sarmatians, she was obliged to fly into It
  
    een them.  Ques. Who was Melicertes?  Ans. He was the son of Athamas, 
    
king

     of Thebes, and of Ino, the daughter of Cadmus and
  
    ed Juno, and the goddess, in revenge, deprived Athamas of reason. The 
    
king

    , in his frenzy, took the queen and her children f
  
    thereupon desisted from his suit, and Thetis was betrothed to Peleus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly. Their marriage was celebrated with m
  
    infernal regions were allotted to him, and he is therefore called the 
    
king

     of Hell.  Ques. How is Pluto represented?  Ans. H
  
    perpetual.  Ques. Who was Salmoneus [Salmo′neus]?  Ans. Salmoneus was 
    
king

     of Elis, and was cast into hell for imitating Jup
  
     the Centaurs, who were half man and half horse; also Geryon, who was 
    
king

     of the three Balearic Islands, now known as Ivica
  
     At length Hæmon, son of Creon, was destroyed by the monster, and the 
    
king

     made a public proclamation, that he would give th
  
    iter to put Hercules under the authority of Eurystheus [Eurys′theus], 
    
king

     of Mycenæ, who imposed upon the hero twelve Labor
  
    ff, among other captives, the beautiful Iole [I′ole], daughter of the 
    
king

     of that city. The hero, who wished to keep a fest
  
    us.     Jason.     Ques. Who was Jason?  Ans. He was the son of Æson, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and was celebrated on account of his
  
    a].  Ques. What was the Golden Fleece?  Ans. Phryxus, son of Athamas, 
    
king

     of Thebes, received from his mother a ram of a go
  
    gonauts]. On arriving at Colchis, they demanded the fleece, which the 
    
king

    , Æetes, promised to Jason on condition that he wo
  
    vorced Medea in order that he might marry Creusa, the daughter of the 
    
king

     of Corinth.  Ques. What was Medea’s revenge?  Ans
  
    s.     Ques. Who was Theseus?  Ans. He was the son of Ægeus [Æ′geus], 
    
king

     of Athens. The Athenians were obliged to send eve
  
    ually devoured by a horrible monster called Minotaur, whom Minos, the 
    
king

     of Crete, kept in the Labyrinth.  Ques. What was 
  
    ns were exhibited before King Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the 
    
king

    , was so much struck by the courage and generosity
  
    renewed. Prometheus had, at one time, rendered Jupiter a service. The 
    
king

     of the gods remembered this, and permitted that a
  
    at the musician’s feet, Proserpine was melted to tears, and the stern 
    
king

     of Hell was moved to pity. Eurydice was permitted
  
     Ans. He was a famous musician who resided at the court of Periander, 
    
king

     of Corinth. Impelled by a minstrel’s love of wand
  
    Death of Acrisius.     Atlas.     Ques. Who was Atlas?  Ans. He was a 
    
king

     of Mauritania, the son of the Titan Japetus [Jap′
  
     of hospitality, declaring at the same time his divine parentage. The 
    
king

    , remembering the prophecy with regard to Jupiter’
  
     was the son of Jupiter, and of Danaë, the only daughter of Acrisius, 
    
king

     of Argos. This prince had been warned by an oracl
  
    ted.  Ques. Who was Andromeda?  Ans. She was the daughter of Cepheus, 
    
king

     of Ethiopia. Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted 
  
    n]?  Ans. This hero was the son of Glaucus, and grandson of Sisyphus, 
    
king

     of Corinth. Having accidentally killed one of his
  
    in such circumstances, and was received with much kindness by Prœtus, 
    
king

     of Argos. Bellerophon had not, however, been long
  
    g of Argos. Bellerophon had not, however, been long at Argos when the 
    
king

     was prejudiced by a calumnious report, and became
  
    , he despatched Bellerophon to his father-in-law, Jobates [Joba′tes], 
    
king

     of the Lycians, with sealed letters in which he r
  
    mæra. When he returned to Jobates with the spoils of the monster, the 
    
king

     sent him to fight against certain people, called 
  
    e his misery.    Deucalion.     Ques. Who was Deucalion?  Ans. He was 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and son of Prometheus. During his re
  
    e Court of the Areopagus [Areop′agus]. He found an asylum with Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, for whom he constructed the famous Laby
  
    dalus arrived in Sicily, where he was employed by Cocalus [Coc′alus], 
    
king

     of that island, in the erection of many splendid 
  
     Halcyone — The Halcyon Birds.     Ques. Who was Ceyx?  Ans. He was a 
    
king

     of Trachinia, who married Halcyone [Halcy′one], a
  
    story of this prince?  Ans. Meleager was the son of Œneus and Althea, 
    
king

     and queen of Calydon. After his birth, the Fates 
  
    .     Ques. Relate the story of their transformation?  Ans. Nisus was 
    
king

     of Megara; this city was closely besieged by Mino
  
    n of Hecuba.     Agamemnon.     Ques. Who was Agamemnon?  Ans. He was 
    
king

     of Mycenæ, and commander-in-chief of the Grecian 
  
    ven a promise of marriage to Ægisthus, who already considered himself 
    
king

     of Mycenæ. Cassandra warned Agamemnon against ret
  
    Achilles.     Ques. Who was Achilles?  Ans. He was the son of Peleus, 
    
king

     of Phthiotis [Phthio′tis] in Thessaly; his mother
  
    g prince, who had been commended by Priam to the care of Polymnestor, 
    
king

     of Thrace, was treacherously murdered by that mon
  
     — Her Deliverance by Ulysses.    Ques. Who was Ulysses?  Ans. He was 
    
king

     of Ithaca, and had been, like many other princes 
  
    y his sister Electra, who sent him secretly to their uncle Strophius, 
    
king

     of Phocis. Here he formed a friendship with Pylad
  
    e story of these princes?  Ans. Œdipus was the son of Laius [La′ius], 
    
king

     of Thebes. He was exposed by his father immediate
  
    dipus was found by a herdsman, who brought him to Polybus [Pol′ybus], 
    
king

     of Corinth. This monarch was childless, and adopt
  
    ere totally defeated. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, was now 
    
king

     of Thebes; he had the body of Eteocles honorably 
  
    was attacked by several of the neighboring princes, led by Mezentius, 
    
king

     of Etruria. Æneas defeated the allies, but was ki
  
    ith nine volumes, which she offered to sell at a very high price. The 
    
king

     declined the offer; the sibyl immediately disappe
  
    er might be the event. Such was the answer given to Crœsus [Crœ′sus], 
    
king

     of Lydia, when he consulted the oracle concerning
  
     dollars. Still later Delphi was threatened by the Gauls, under their 
    
king

     Brennus. According to Pausanias, the city and tem
  
    e object of his visit, did not wait to be questioned, but saluted the 
    
king

     as the son of Jupiter. The site of this temple wa
  
    s attributed by the Greeks to Hercules. They were revived by Iphitus, 
    
king

     of Elis, who obtained for them the solemn sanctio
  
    entioned as successful competitors. Cynisca, the sister of Agesilaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, first opened this path of glory to her
  
    thus describes Moloch amid the host of Satan:  “First, Moloch, horrid 
    
king

    , besmear’d with blood Of human sacrifice, and par
  
    he lived about one thousand years before our era. He was the son of a 
    
king

    , and was distinguished by wisdom, virtue and ever
  
    f holding a public disputation with the Druids in the presence of the 
    
king

     and chieftains assembled at Tara. It was Easter E
  
    ger rival, Sophocles. He retired the same year to the court of Hiero, 
    
king

     of Syracuse, and some writers attribute this step
  
    eir laws.”   Simonides was held in high esteem at the court of Hiero, 
    
king

     of Syracuse. This prince having inquired of him c
  
    ays. As he continued in this manner, doubling the number of days, the 
    
king

     required an explanation. Simonides replied that h
  
    that he became the contemporary of the Pisistratidæ and of Pausanias, 
    
king

     of Sparta. This poet is accused of having become 
  
    or of the gods by his avarice. While residing at the court of Scopas, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, he was engaged by that prince to com
  
    te his own fame. When Simonides approached to receive his reward, the 
    
king

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    useful. They made men merry and mischievous and clever and happy. The 
    
king

     and father of the gods of the sky was Jupiter. It
  
     the world under the earth. When the strife was at an end, Pluto, the 
    
king

     of the underworld, came up to see what damage had
  
    n,” saith he —    “My wife, my wife Persephone.”  Low laughs the dark 
    
king

     on his throne —    “I gave her of pomegranate see
  
    tain upon mountain and tried to force a way into Olympus, to cast the 
    
king

     of the gods out of it. Jupiter, with all his thun
  
    Thomas Moore.     Alcestis.       There once lived in Thessaly a good 
    
king

     named Admetus. He was a gentle ruler and led his 
  
    tranger, Admetus set out to attend a festival at the court of Pelias, 
    
king

     of Iolcus, and there he took part in the games. H
  
    of mortal men. Now when the shepherd-stranger saw the sad face of the 
    
king

    , he said: — “Why do you despair, O King Admetus? 
  
     you despair, O King Admetus? What is it that troubles you?” Then the 
    
king

     told him all, and said: — “Do I not of right desp
  
    he depth of the forest, playing sweet music as he went. Sometimes the 
    
king

     and his courtiers heard him stop playing; then he
  
    rd, who had now served Admetus a year, came to take leave of him. The 
    
king

     was downcast at the thought of such a loss, but t
  
    r, close wrapped in dark robes, came to the palace and called for the 
    
king

    . When Admetus came, the stranger seized him and c
  
    l. The people prayed to the heartless god to spare them their beloved 
    
king

    , but Death turned them a deaf ear. Then Admetus, 
  
    her. “Take this captive of mine,” said Hercules, as he led her to the 
    
king

    , “and keep her, Admetus, until I come again.” “No
  
    he thought, would he easy if she were without her son Perseus, so the 
    
king

     made a plan to be rid of him. On a certain feast-
  
    eat and the noble men of the island were invited to the palace of the 
    
king

    , and Perseus among them. At such a time it was th
  
    thers mocked him because of it, so that he was much ashamed. Then the 
    
king

    , who had noticed all, said to Perseus: “Come and 
  
    he foes of your land.” “Are you so willing?” answered the treacherous 
    
king

    . “Bring me, then, the head of the Gorgon Medusa. 
  
    all have Medusa’s head,” and he arose and went quietly out. While the 
    
king

     and his court were still eating and making merry,
  
    ry old and much bent with years. “Why are you here, Perseus, when the 
    
king

     and his court are feasting?” she asked. “I have p
  
    er father, Cepheus. There all was in a state of deepest mourning. The 
    
king

     and queen sat with covered heads, and all sounds 
  
    sic and of merriment were hushed. In a few moments what a change! The 
    
king

     and queen now wept for joy. Rich sacrifices were 
  
     the tenth day she went for safety to the temple of Minerva. When the 
    
king

     came with his soldiers to seek her, he found her 
  
    ldiers to seek her, he found her there, sitting beside the altar. The 
    
king

    , for all his anger, dared do her no harm, for he 
  
    there, and Dictys, the good fisherman, brought her food. Next day the 
    
king

     returned. His wrath now knew no bounds. He ordere
  
    from under his mantle and held it up before Polydectes’ face; and the 
    
king

    , gazing in horror, grew stiff in every limb and s
  
    hus Danaë was saved. The people of the island would have made Perseus 
    
king

     in the place of Polydectes, but he refused. Then 
  
       Thomas Moore.     Theseus.       Theseus was the son of Ægeus, the 
    
king

     of Athens. His mother, Æthra, lived in Trœzen, at
  
    n any one but a god lift such a great stone?” “He must,” answered the 
    
king

    , “else he will not be safe at Athens. Let him bri
  
    icing, and he was taken at once to the court of King Ægeus. There the 
    
king

     received him, and honored him much, but never tho
  
    troy him, lest he should make her power less. One day she said to the 
    
king

    : —    “Is it well, O Ægeus, that your people shou
  
    this wise and beautiful stranger? Truly, I think he is already almost 
    
king

     in Athens.” Then Ægeus, who was old, trembled wit
  
     his wine, who can know it?” The plan of the wicked Medea pleased the 
    
king

    , and Theseus was bidden. Never was Medea more bea
  
    id: — “Drink, Theseus. Refresh yourself and be of good cheer, for the 
    
king

     loves you well.” Then Theseus took the wine and, 
  
    nd it fell with a crash upon the marble floor. For at that moment the 
    
king

     had recognized the sword which the young hero was
  
    n?” he cried out. “Speak! Whose is it?” Then Theseus knelt before the 
    
king

     and said: — “It was my father’s sword, O Ægeus, a
  
    r’s sword, O Ægeus, and I got it by raising the great stone.” The old 
    
king

     wept for joy. But he would have slain Medea. The 
  
    e. Then began good days. Theseus lived happily in the palace with the 
    
king

    , his father. He was always active, ridding the co
  
    it,” said Theseus. “It is a sad story,” said the old man. “Minos, the 
    
king

     of Crete, sent his son to take part in the games 
  
    he gods sent us famine and plagues. In the end we had to yield to the 
    
king

    , and we must send him each year seven youths and 
  
    he palace of King Minos. There, at the end of the hall, sat the stern 
    
king

     upon his throne, and beside him stood his beautif
  
    his throne, and beside him stood his beautiful daughter, Ariadne. The 
    
king

     wondered at the strength and size of Theseus, as 
  
    g couple went back together to the palace of King Minos. But when the 
    
king

     heard that the Minotaur was slain, he was filled 
  
    there they went to Sparta, hidden among its pleasant hills. Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, wondered at the grace and charm of Par
  
    ad been cast forth to die, but Cassandra, the prophet-daughter of the 
    
king

    ,, knew it. She rose up among the children of Pria
  
    ed Apollo by insulting the father of Chryseis. Agamemnon, like a good 
    
king

    , at once ordered the maiden to be sent back to he
  
    ot with rage at the loss of his share of the spoil of battle, and, as 
    
king

    , he demanded that it be made good; and when Achil
  
    ly against the Greeks. The Grecian heroes fought hard; Agamemnon, the 
    
king

    , and Menelaus, his brother, with Ulysses, the wis
  
     story and ordered that he be set free. “Forget the Greeks,” said the 
    
king

    . “From this time be a Trojan.” Sinon, for that wa
  
    the great warrior was eager to see them again, and to be at home as a 
    
king

     once more in his rugged island of Ithaca. With hi
  
    land floating on the water. They found that it was the home of Æolus, 
    
king

     of the winds. Æolus received them kindly, and, wh
  
    f Greece, 217.  Cassan΄dra. Most beautiful of the daughters of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy. Recognized Paris, 178. Loved of Apollo, 
  
    tys. A fisherman; aided Danaë against Polydectes, 142,143; was chosen 
    
king

    , 144.  Di΄omed. Son of the god Mars; king in Thra
  
    dectes, 142,143; was chosen king, 144.  Di΄omed. Son of the god Mars; 
    
king

     in Thrace; owned man-eating horses, 104, 110.  Di
  
    st,” 176.  Ju΄piter, or Jove. Called by the Greeks Zeus. “Father (and 
    
king

    ) of gods and of men,” 11, 14, 31, 46. Opposed by 
  
    ΄a-kus). Son of Ulysses, 216,235.  The΄seus (the΄suse). Son of Ægeus, 
    
king

     of Athens, and of Æthra, princess of Treason, 146

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    eans to re-ascend his throne, he drove him from heaven. The dethroned 
    
king

     Red for refuge to Janus, king of Italy, who not o
  
    he drove him from heaven. The dethroned king Red for refuge to Janus, 
    
king

     of Italy, who not only received him, but also sha
  
    the gods.  Obs. 3. — History informs us that Cybele was daughter to a 
    
king

     of Phrygia; and that she left that country for La
  
    crated to her. This fable of Atys and Sangaris is founded upon Midas, 
    
king

     of Pessinuntus’ promising his daughter in marriag
  
    m down, e’en from the skies; Hence he’s Elicius call’d.”  Ovid.   “O! 
    
king

     of gods and men, whose awful hand Disperses thund
  
    n Thrace, Phrygia, and a part of Greece, which he conquered. Jupiter, 
    
king

     of Crete, also named Cœlus or Uranus, had married
  
       Fig. 7. Prometheus.  Prometheus had a son named Deucalion, who was 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and married to Pyrrha, daughter of E
  
    d, had not Pan discovered her. She taught Triptolemus, son of Celeus, 
    
king

     of Attica, to plough, sow, and reap, to bake brea
  
    appeared from us. Some explain it still more naturally by saying that 
    
king

     Jupiter allowed her to spend one part of the year
  
     banished from heaven. Apollo hired himself as a shepherd to Admetus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and remained nine years in his servi
  
    g the walls of Troy, and when he was refused the stipulated reward by 
    
king

     Laomedon, he destroyed the inhabitants by a pesti
  
    arsyas alive, because he contended with him in music; and gave Midas, 
    
king

     of Phrygia, a pair of “asses’ ears,” for preferin
  
    ies.  Obs. 3. — We are informed by history that Daphne, daughter of a 
    
king

     of Thessaly, called Peneus, pursued by a young pr
  
    y fall of rain forced them to take shelter in the palace of Pyreneus, 
    
king

     of Phocis. Being insulted by that prince, they to
  
    s, or because they changed into magpies the nine daughters of Pierus, 
    
king

     of Macedonia, who had challenged them to sing; Ci
  
     supported by 127 superb columns, sixty feet high, each the gift of a 
    
king

    ; It was burnt on the sixth of June (the birth-day
  
     drinkers, was the son of Jupiter and Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, 
    
king

     of Thebes. Juno was enraged at the intimacy betwe
  
    , because they were licentious, was changed into a bat; and Pentheus, 
    
king

     of Thebes, for ridiculing his orgies, was torn in
  
    Fig. 22. Bacchus.  Bacchus was married to Ariadne, daughter to Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, whom he found abandoned in the isle of 
  
    use he was born on Mount Nysa; Rectus, or Orthos, because he taught a 
    
king

     of Athens to dilute his wine with water; Triumphu
  
    lls my breast, All my cares are lul’d to rest, Rich I seem as Lydia’s 
    
king

    , Merry catch or ballad sing; Ivy wreaths my templ
  
    vals, called Athenia. They were instituted by Erichthonius, the third 
    
king

     of Athens. These feasts were afterwards named Par
  
     styled  a mighty hunter before the Lord . The second, was an ancient 
    
king

     of Egypt. The third, a king of Thrace, who was ca
  
    ore the Lord . The second, was an ancient king of Egypt. The third, a 
    
king

     of Thrace, who was called Odin, or Mars Hypboreus
  
    f but one Venus. He called her Calycopis. She was daughter to Otreus, 
    
king

     of Phrygia. She married Thoas, who was surnamed C
  
    er own, but, at length, referred the decision to Paris, son of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy, then feeding his flocks upon Mount Ida. 
  
    lain allegory. Her symbol is a butterfly.  Adonis was son of Cinyras, 
    
king

     of Cyprus, by Myrrha. This nymph was metamorphose
  
    m the isle of Paphos had its name.  Atalanta was daughter to Schœnus, 
    
king

     of Scyros. She was equally virtuous and beautiful
  
    t materials for fable, is Mercury Trismegistus, or three times great, 
    
king

     of Egypt, who lived a little after Moses. He was 
  
    r which offence, Neptune and Apollo were condemned to serve Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy, for one year, during which they built th
  
    t famous city. Neptune laid waste the Trojan territories, because the 
    
king

     had refused him a stipulated reward. Neptune was 
  
    re soon changed into bees.  Obs. — Historians state, that Proteus was 
    
king

     of Egypt, about the time of the Trojan war, famed
  
    clops.  Saron was considered as the particular god of mortals. He was 
    
king

     of Corinth, and very fond of hunting. In pursuing
  
    cyon days.” This singularity produced a fable: Alcyone, wife of Ceyx, 
    
king

     of Trachinia, saw, in a dream her husband returni
  
     west-wind. Boreas, wishing to marry Orythia, daughter of Erechtheus, 
    
king

     of Athens, was refused by that prince. He therefo
  
    bodes, And locked them safe, oppress’d with mountain loads; Impos’d a 
    
king

     with arbitrary sway, To loose their fetters or th
  
    eneration with which the ancients, during the Trojan war, held Æolus, 
    
king

     of the Æolian islands, (at that time called the V
  
    ves and flowers.  Obs. 2. — Vertumnus is said to have been an ancient 
    
king

     of Etruria, celebrated for his love of the cultiv
  
    ression.  Obs. 3. — Apollo’s punishing Midas, the son of Gordius, and 
    
king

     of Phrygia, with asses’ ears, will be thus accoun
  
    Fig. 40. The Fates or Parcæ.  The story of Meleager, the son of Œnus, 
    
king

     of Œtolia, illustrated the ideas which the ancien
  
    called Adrastæa, because an altar was first built to her by Adrastus, 
    
king

     of the Argives; Rhamausia, because she had a temp
  
    ecipitated them into hell. Phlegyas, a son of Mars by Chryse, was the 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ in Thessalia. Being informed that 
  
    pany of his daughter Anticlea, who was soon after married to Laertes, 
    
king

     of Ithaca. Sisyphus was condemned in hell to roll
  
    d, and was at length taken to the infernal regions by Mars, where the 
    
king

     of hell inflicted on him this rigorous punishment
  
    Fig. 47.   Fig. 47. Ixion.   Salmoneus, son of Æolus by Enarette, was 
    
king

     of Elis. By his wife Alcidice, he had a daughter,
  
    ays.”   Tantalus, the son of Jupiter by the nymph Plota or Pluto, was 
    
king

     of Phrygia. He is described as eternally experien
  
    nd voracious in their appetite. They plundered the tables of Phoneus, 
    
king

     of Phœnicia, and haunted many, whom they affected
  
     morning, on two feet at noon, and three in the evening?” Creon, then 
    
king

     of Thebes, declared that he would give a crown an
  
    d against a rock, and instantly expired. Œdipus was the son of Laius, 
    
king

     of Thebes by Jocasta. His father was informed by 
  
    ree by the heels on mount Citheron. One of the shepherds of Polybius, 
    
king

     of Corinth, soon found him and brought him home. 
  
    eet were swollen. When arrived at manhood, he did not acknowledge the 
    
king

     for his father, but resolved to inquire after his
  
    ic or the Just, and of a princess of the family of the Titans. He was 
    
king

     of Memphis, and brother to the first Mercury, and
  
    n, Andromeda.     Perseus was the son of Danae, daughter of Acrisius, 
    
king

     of Argos, by Jupiter, who is fabled to have metam
  
    , by the name of Dictys, found it, took them out, and carried them to 
    
king

     Polydectes, who fell in love with the lady, and h
  
    g at the fountain Pyrene in Corinth.  Bellerophon was son of Glaucus, 
    
king

     of Ephyre. He was at first called Hipponus, becau
  
     afterwards named Bellerophon, because he was the murderer of Beller, 
    
king

     of Corinth. He was highly famed for his beauty an
  
    y famed for his beauty and virtue. Antæ or Sthenobæa, wife to Prætus, 
    
king

     of Argos, became enamoured of him; but, as his re
  
     the blood of Bellerophon, but sent him to his father-in-law Jobates, 
    
king

     of Lycia, with letters urging him to punish Belle
  
    . 69. Perseus and Andromeda.   Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus, 
    
king

     of Ethiopia, by Cassiope. Her mother irritated th
  
    was Andromeda?    Chapter II. Theseus.     Theseus, the son of Ægeus, 
    
king

     of Athens, by Æthra, was a famous hero, who accom
  
    ring his country from the shameful tribute imposed on it by Minos II. 
    
king

     of Crete, to whom several noble youths were to be
  
     being possessed by a usurper, he withdrew to the court of Lycomedes, 
    
king

     of Scyros. That treacherous prince threw him unaw
  
    winds the way.”  Gay.   Obs. — Considered historically, Theseus was a 
    
king

     of Athens, the first who divided the people into 
  
    resented to Eurystheus. In one day, he cleansed the stable of Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, in which three thousand oxen had been ke
  
     with his arrows, and the crown devolved upon his son Phyleus. Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, having neglected the worship of Neptune
  
     He was commanded to bring away the fire-breathing mares of Diomedes, 
    
king

     of Thrace, who fed them with the flesh of his gue
  
     He was employed in bringing away the purple-coloured oxen of Geryon, 
    
king

     of Gades, in Spain, which lived on men’s flesh. T
  
    n of Geryon, king of Gades, in Spain, which lived on men’s flesh. The 
    
king

     himself was a monster with three bodies and three
  
    y-four cubits in height, in a wrestling match. He sacrificed Busiris, 
    
king

     of Egypt, on the same altar on which that tyrant 
  
    n Alcesta to her husband. He delivered Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy, from the whale in the following manner: 
  
    devouring birds; And next the bouncing Amazon ungirds: The stables of 
    
king

     Augeas he cleans; The Cretan bull he vanquishes a
  
    rcules represented?    Chapter IV. Jason.     Jason, the son of Æson, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, by Alcimede, was an infant when his 
  
    o to Colchis, and gain the golden fleece. The gods had given Athamas, 
    
king

     of Thebes, a ram, the fleece of which was of a go
  
    rificed the ram to Jupiter or Mars, and presented the fleece to Ætes, 
    
king

     of Colchis. The fleece was difficult of access; f
  
     adventures, he arrived at Colchis, and demanded the Golden Fleece of 
    
king

     Ætes, who granted his request, provided he would 
  
    . In a little time Jason abandoned her for Creusa, daughter to Creon, 
    
king

     of Corinth; but to revenge his perfidy, Medea not
  
    emnon.     Castor and Pollux were the sons of Leda, wife of Tyndarus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, by Jupiter, who is feigned to have ass
  
    im out of her hands, by sending him secretly to his uncle Strophilus, 
    
king

     of Phocis. After an absence of twelve years, he r
  
    Tauri in Taurica Chersonesus (now called Crimea Tartary.)  Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of the Argives, was, by the unanimous voice of th
  
     that she substituted a goat in her stead; and Iphigenia was made, by 
    
king

     Thoas, priestess to Diana, and had the direction 
  
    his miseries; and even the compassion of the Furies was awakened. The 
    
king

     and queen of the infernal regions allowed Eurydic
  
    II. Troy.     Dardanus, the son of Jupiter and Electra, was the first 
    
king

     and the founder of Troy. He reigned with his brot
  
    ipped a fleet in order to recover his aunt. Paris entered Sparta, the 
    
king

     of which was Menelaus. This prince received him v
  
     The number of those who survived the war, was very small. Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of Mycene, eldest brother of Menelaus, Achilles, 
  
     ten years before he returned to Ithaca. Questions. Who was the first 
    
king

     and the founder of Troy? Whom had Dardanus for hi
  
    inally arrived in Italy, where he was hospitably received by Latinus, 
    
king

     of the Latins. On the death of Latinus, Æneas asc
  
     IX. Achilles, Ulysses, Penelope.     Achilles was the son of Peleus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, by Thetis, the goddess of the sea. H
  
    , to protect him, he was secretly placed under the care of Lycomedes, 
    
king

     of Scyros, in the disguise of a female; but Ulyss
  
    the blood of Polyxena.  Ulysses, the son of Laertes and Anticlea, was 
    
king

     of Athaca. His wife was Penelope, a lady highly c
  
    Scæa in Troy. He carried away the Palladium of the city; slew Rhœsus, 
    
king

     of Thrace, and took away his horses before they h
  
    acia, and was found among the young trees by Nausica, the daughter of 
    
king

     Alcinous, who received him kindly. He sailed asle
  
    mpestuous or stormyOrion.  Atlas, the son of Japetus and Clymene, was 
    
king

     of Mauritania (now called Morocco in Africa.) Whe
  
    Moses of the Jews, and the Bacchus of the Greeks. In the character of 
    
king

    , he is said to have civilized his subjects who, t
  
    as introduced at Rome. Arimanius, or Ahriman, the author of evil, was 
    
king

     of the lynges, the highest rank of Genii. Aspirin
  
    with a twisted cord under her arm like Ceres’ cornucopia.  Indra, the 
    
king

     of heaven, reigns over good spirits. His consort 
  
    gorically represented as a mountain of gold and gems.  Seshanaya, the 
    
king

     of serpents, reigns over the infernal regions, ca
  
     and the lotos. Yamen or Yama, a son of the sun, is the god of death, 
    
king

     of justice, and judge of departed souls. He is pa
  
    ho, polluted with offences, come,                   Behold him as the 
    
king

     Of terrors, black of aspect, red of eye, Reflecti
  
     fire.  Agnastra is the forger of the celestial arrows.  Pavan is the 
    
king

     of the winds.  Mariatale is the favouring goddess
  
    hed himself greatly by delivering his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, 
    
king

     of Lanca.  Chrishna, a manifestation of Vishnu, i
  
    ped Baal, Thammuz, Magog, Astarte, and so forth.  Next Moloch, horrid 
    
king

     besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and pare
  
     Chronos or Saturn having appeared in a dream to Xixutrus, (the first 
    
king

     of the Chaldeans,) warned him that, on the fiftee
  
    entions among others, that of Vulcan, constructed by Menes, the first 
    
king

     who reigned in Egypt after the time in which the 
  
     several ages, deceive a whole people. Were not, then, the power of a 
    
king

    , the curiosity of a rich man, the indiscretion an
  
    ome, wished to give still more eclat to his power by being proclaimed 
    
king

    . His partisans published a sibylline oracle, by w
  
    which it was said that the Parthians could not be subdued except by a 
    
king

    . The Roman people prepared to grant him this titl
  
     would burn the last three, gave her the sum she demanded. After this 
    
king

     had acquired them, he entrusted the charge of the
  
    Acrisius, or the thirty-fourth in the reign of Sicyon, the nineteenth 
    
king

     of Sicyon; and, according to the sacred writings,
  
    prize of running was Chorœbus, a native of Elis. Cynisca, daughter of 
    
king

     Archidamus, was the first of her sex who gained t
  
    s. Mithridates flying thither attracted Pompey into the deserts. This 
    
king

     of Pontus there sought an asylum, and, also, mean
  
     whole North. In Denmark, he caused his son Sciold to be acknowledged 
    
king

    , a title which no ruler of that country had yet b
  
    wds to pay him homage, and unanimously yielded the title and power of 
    
king

     to his son Yngue, which descended to his remoter 
  
    on, and carried valour even to the excess of fanaticism.  “Uprose the 
    
king

     of men with speed, And saddled strait, his coal-b
  
     built one near Drontheim, almost equal to that of Upsal. When Olaus, 
    
king

     of Norway, embraced the Christian faith, he cause
  
    fices were those which were made at Upsal every ninth year. Then, the 
    
king

    , the senate, and all distinguished individuals, w
  
    t light touch, predicted the death of a great personage. A chief or a 
    
king

     never lost his life, unless the harps of the bard
  
    agistrates even to the dignity of vergobret, which equalled that of a 
    
king

    ; but this pretended king could do nothing without
  
    gnity of vergobret, which equalled that of a king; but this pretended 
    
king

     could do nothing without the advice of the Druids
  
     Marcus Antonius, is worthy of attention, viz. ‘There is one God, the 
    
king

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    derworld. It was also in the great hall of the palace of the Olympian 
    
king

     that the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and ne
  
    alms of the dead. Earth and Olympus were common property. Jupiter was 
    
king

     of gods and men. The thunder was his weapon, and 
  
     and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frightened the 
    
king

     of shadows and his queen. The sea shrank up. Wher
  
    ndered away, and was found by some peasants, who carried him to their 
    
king

    , Midas. Midas recognized him, and treated him hos
  
    st communicate To none but to his wife his ears of state.”  Midas was 
    
king

     of Phrygia. He was the son of Gordius, a poor cou
  
    n of Gordius, a poor countryman, who was taken by the people and made 
    
king

    , in obedience to the command of the oracle, which
  
    dience to the command of the oracle, which had said that their future 
    
king

     should come in a wagon. While the people were del
  
    on came driving his wagon into the public square. Gordius, being made 
    
king

    , dedicated his wagon to the deity of the oracle, 
  
    Chapter IX. Ceyx and Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds.        Ceyx was 
    
king

     of Thessaly, where he reigned in peace, without v
  
    fever-cooling fruit.”     Chapter XI. Cupid and Psyche.     A certain 
    
king

     and queen had three daughters. The charms of the 
  
    cast eagerly upon her, and every mouth spoke her praises; but neither 
    
king

    , royal youth, nor plebeian presented himself to d
  
     disguise of a bull, had carried away Europa, the daughter of Agenor, 
    
king

     of Phœnicia. Agenor commanded his son Cadmus to g
  
    of the Enchelians, who received them with honor and made Cadmus their 
    
king

    . But the misfortunes of their children still weig
  
    nd bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one. Cephalus, 
    
king

     of Athens, arrived in the island of Ægina to seek
  
    and of Ægina to seek assistance of his old friend and ally Æacus, the 
    
king

    , in his war with Minos, king of Crete. Cephalus w
  
    ce of his old friend and ally Æacus, the king, in his war with Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete. Cephalus was most kindly received, and 
  
    th wonder and delight they approached and kneeling hailed me as their 
    
king

    . I paid my vows to Jove, and proceeded to allot t
  
    cissus — Clytie — Hero and Leander.      Nisus and Scylla.     Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, made war upon Megara. Nisus was king of
  
    and Scylla.     Minos, king of Crete, made war upon Megara. Nisus was 
    
king

     of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter. The siege
  
     the city and entered the enemy’s camp. She demanded to be led to the 
    
king

    , and thus addressed him: “I am Scylla, the daught
  
    o aspired to it. The tale ran that in the reign of Cecrops, the first 
    
king

     of Athens, the two deities contended for the poss
  
    ound by a fisherman who conveyed the mother and infant to Polydectes, 
    
king

     of the country, by whom they were treated with ki
  
    light, arrived at the country of the Æthiopians, of which Cepheus was 
    
king

    . Cassiopeia his queen, proud of her beauty, had d
  
    heus. They defended themselves and a general conflict ensued, the old 
    
king

     retreating from the scene after fruitless expostu
  
    Vulcan and his Cyclopes to make for Jupiter.    The Sphinx.    Laius, 
    
king

     of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that there was
  
    people for their deliverance was so great that they made Œdipus their 
    
king

    , giving him in marriage their queen Jocasta. Œdip
  
    d the hind part a dragon’s. It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the 
    
king

    , Iobates, sought for some hero to destroy it. At 
  
    he Golden Fleece.     In very ancient times there lived in Thessaly a 
    
king

     and queen named Athamas and Nephele. They had two
  
     safely landed the boy Phryxus, who was hospitably received by Æetes, 
    
king

     of the country. Phryxus sacrificed the ram to Jup
  
    aly near to that of Athamas, and ruled over by a relative of his. The 
    
king

     Æson, being tired of the cares of government, sur
  
     the kingdom of Colchis. Jason made known his message to the Colchian 
    
king

    , Æetes, who consented to give up the golden fleec
  
     however, he found means to plead his cause to Medea, daughter of the 
    
king

    . He promised her marriage, and as they stood befo
  
    he time appointed, the people assembled at the grove of Mars, and the 
    
king

     assumed his royal seat, while the multitude cover
  
    nds and Medea accompanying, hastened to their vessel before Æetes the 
    
king

     could arrest their departure, and made the best o
  
     In the night she with the sisters entered the bed chamber of the old 
    
king

    , while he and his guards slept soundly under the 
  
    s of the Argonautic expedition was Meleager, son of Œneus and Althea, 
    
king

     and queen of Calydon. Althea, when her son was bo
  
    d in the enterprise. With them came Atalanta, the daughter of Iasius, 
    
king

     of Arcadia. A buckle of polished gold confined he
  
    e rock. Another labor was the cleaning of the Augean stables. Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, had a herd of three thousand oxen, whose
  
    n. This description is thought to apply to Spain, of which Geryon was 
    
king

    . After traversing various countries, Hercules rea
  
     — Castor and Pollux.      Theseus.     Theseus was the son of Ægeus, 
    
king

     of Athens, and of Æthra, daughter of the king of 
  
    s was the son of Ægeus, king of Athens, and of Æthra, daughter of the 
    
king

     of Trœzen. He was brought up at Trœzen, and when 
  
    on, on account of the tribute which they were forced to pay to Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete. This tribute consisted of seven youths 
  
    maidens were exhibited before Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the 
    
king

    , being present, became deeply enamored of Theseus
  
    ed by his father, and neglected to raise the white sails, and the old 
    
king

    , thinking his son had perished, put an end to his
  
    his son had perished, put an end to his own life. Theseus thus became 
    
king

     of Athens. One of the most celebrated of the adve
  
    rruption into the plain of Marathon, and carried off the herds of the 
    
king

     of Athens. Theseus went to repel the plunderers. 
  
    ter the death of Antiope, Theseus married Phaedra, daughter of Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete. Phaedra saw in Hippolytus, the son of T
  
     lost the favor of his people, and retired to the court of Lycomedes, 
    
king

     of Scyros, who at first received him kindly, but 
  
    lt the labyrinth for King Minos, but afterwards lost the favor of the 
    
king

    , and was shut up in a tower. He contrived to make
  
    escape from his prison, but could not leave the island by sea, as the 
    
king

     kept strict watch on all the vessels, and permitt
  
    rought with it. As he approached his native city Thebes, Pentheus the 
    
king

    , who had no respect for the new worship, forbade 
  
    isoner, whom, with his hands tied behind him, they brought before the 
    
king

    . Pentheus, beholding him with wrathful countenanc
  
    ountain and grotto are still shown. It was said that Numa, the second 
    
king

     of Rome, was favored by this nymph with secret in
  
    ,     To list a footfall ere he saw The wood-nymph, stayed the Tuscan 
    
king

     to hear Of wisdom and of law.”     The Winds.    
  
     on the other hand, said to the father of the maiden, ‘Behold me, the 
    
king

     of the waters that flow through your land. I am n
  
    y his mother Rhea to the care of the daughters of Melisseus, a Cretan 
    
king

    . They fed the infant deity with the milk of the g
  
    ace of one year. Accordingly Apollo went into the service of Admetus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and pastured his flocks for him on t
  
     to surrender the kingdom to his brother. Polynices fled to Adrastus, 
    
king

     of Argos, who gave him his daughter in marriage, 
  
    eir dead unburied. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, now become 
    
king

    , caused Eteocles to be buried with distinguished 
  
    f person. She was the daughter of Icarius, a Spartan prince. Ulysses, 
    
king

     of Ithaca, sought her in marriage, and won her, o
  
    other, who had been treated with great cruelty by Lycus, the usurping 
    
king

     of Thebes, and by Dirce, his wife, found means to
  
     a bull, let him drag her till she was dead.15 Amphion, having become 
    
king

     of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is 
  
        Arion was a famous musician, and dwelt in the court of Periander, 
    
king

     of Corinth, with whom he was a great favorite. Th
  
     both were rescued by Dictys, a fisherman, and carried to Polydectes, 
    
king

     of the country, who received and protected them. 
  
     by tradition. On one occasion, when residing at the court of Scopas, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, the prince desired him to prepare a 
  
     walking on its surface. Orion loved Merope, the daughter of Œnopion, 
    
king

     of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared 
  
    love of mortals. Her greatest favorite was Tithonus, son of Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy. She stole him away, and prevailed on Jup
  
    into a grasshopper. Memnon was the son of Aurora and Tithonus. He was 
    
king

     of the Æthiopians, and dwelt in the extreme east,
  
    nus, Paris sailed to Greece, and was hospitably received by Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta. Now Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was t
  
    onceal himself in the disguise of a maiden among the daughters of the 
    
king

    . Ulysses, hearing he was there, went disguised as
  
    ther’s prudent counsels and join his countrymen in the war. Priam was 
    
king

     of Troy, and Paris, the shepherd and seducer of H
  
    reparation was the greatest that had ever been fitted out. Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of Mycenae, and brother of the injured Menelaus, 
  
    y all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no feeble enemy. Priam, the 
    
king

    , was now old, but he had been a wise prince and h
  
     as rendered by Pope, —                     “Lord of earth and air! O 
    
king

    ! O father! hear my humble prayer! Dispel this clo
  
     Queen Hecuba at this sight! His people could scarce restrain the old 
    
king

     from rushing forth. He threw himself in the dust 
  
    ticles designed for a ransom to Achilles. When all was ready, the old 
    
king

     with a single companion as aged as himself, the h
  
    o certain death. But Jupiter, beholding with compassion the venerable 
    
king

    , sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Merc
  
    the tent where Achilles sat, attended by two of his warriors. The old 
    
king

     threw himself at the feet of Achilles, and kissed
  
    iled it should be borne back to Troy. Then Achilles dismissed the old 
    
king

     with his attendants, having first pledged himself
  
     bag, and concluded it must contain treasures given by the hospitable 
    
king

     Æolus to their commander. Tempted to secure some 
  
    grated to the isle of Scheria, under the conduct of Nausithoüs, their 
    
king

    . They were, the poet tells us, a people akin to t
  
    t and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now their 
    
king

    , a wise and just sovereign, beloved by his people
  
    e he lay sleeping on his bed of leaves, Nausicaa, the daughter of the 
    
king

    , had a dream sent by Minerva, reminding her that 
  
     adjoining the city, in which were a farm and garden belonging to the 
    
king

    . After allowing time for the princess and her com
  
    accosted her and desired to be directed to the palace of Alcinoüs the 
    
king

    . The maiden replied respectfully, offering to be 
  
     the goddess, having first given him some information of the country, 
    
king

    , and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulyss
  
    ide. For a time none spoke. At last an aged statesman, addressing the 
    
king

    , said, “It is not fit that a stranger who asks ou
  
     a seat among us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the 
    
king

     rising gave his hand to Ulysses and led him to a 
  
    od and wine were set before him and he ate and refreshed himself. The 
    
king

     then dismissed his guests, notifying them that th
  
    ger. When the guests had departed and Ulysses was left alone with the 
    
king

     and queen, the queen asked him who he was and whe
  
    lief afforded by the princess. The parents heard approvingly, and the 
    
king

     promised to furnish a ship in which his guest mig
  
     land. The next day the assembled chiefs confirmed the promise of the 
    
king

    . A bark was prepared and a crew of stout rowers s
  
    he palace, where a bounteous repast was provided. After the feast the 
    
king

     proposed that the young men should show their gue
  
    admiration of the Phæacians for their guest to the highest pitch. The 
    
king

     proposed that all the chiefs should present him w
  
     proper distance from the probable site of the city and palace of the 
    
king

    , to justify the princess Nausicaa having had reso
  
    e, to be there brought up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The 
    
king

     to whom he was sent had murdered him and seized h
  
     ages to be the rival of Rome itself. Dido was the daughter of Belus, 
    
king

     of Tyre, and sister of Pygmalion, who succeeded h
  
    r date. In the reign of one of the Tarquins there appeared before the 
    
king

     a woman who offered him nine books for sale. The 
  
    ared before the king a woman who offered him nine books for sale. The 
    
king

     refused to purchase them, whereupon the woman wen
  
    he remaining books for the same price she had asked for the nine. The 
    
king

     again rejected them; but when the woman, after bu
  
    s sought in marriage by many neighboring chiefs, one of whom, Turnus, 
    
king

     of the Rutulians, was favored by the wishes of he
  
    orm of war, and the queen, Turnus, and the peasants all urged the old 
    
king

     to drive the strangers from the country. He resis
  
    were kept shut as long as peace endured. His people now urged the old 
    
king

     to perform that solemn office, but he refused to 
  
    d city of Rome grew, whose glory reached the skies. By chance the old 
    
king

    , Evander, was that day celebrating annual solemni
  
     long in friendly grasp. Proceeding through the wood, they joined the 
    
king

     and his party and were most favorably received. S
  
    e.    When the solemnities were ended all moved towards the city. The 
    
king

    , bending with age, walked between his son and Æne
  
    ended by his faithful Achates, and, Pallas soon joining them, the old 
    
king

     spoke thus: — “Illustrious Trojan, it is but litt
  
     The Etruscans hold the country beyond the river. Mezentius was their 
    
king

    , a monster of cruelty, who invented unheard-of to
  
     the art of war, and strive to emulate your great exploits.” Then the 
    
king

     ordered horses to be furnished for the Trojan chi
  
    as shortly after felled, and erected as a column in the palace of the 
    
king

     of Phœnicia. But at length by the aid of Anubis a
  
    tions and embellishments of later times. Thus the story of Æolus, the 
    
king

     and god of the winds, is supposed to have risen f
  
    e islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, where he reigned as a just and pious 
    
king

    , and taught the natives the use of sails for ship
  
    lies.”     The Cockatrice, or Basilisk.    This animal was called the 
    
king

     of the serpents. In confirmation of his royalty, 
  
     or struck dead, fled the moment they heard the distant hiss of their 
    
king

    , although they might be in full feed upon the mos
  
     he lived about one thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a 
    
king

    ; and when in conformity to the usage of the count
  
    John. He accordingly went thither, and penetrated to the court of the 
    
king

    , whom he calls Negus. Milton alludes to him in Pa
  
    f love was quite horrified at the idea of bestowing her charms on the 
    
king

     of the Frost giants. In this emergency Loki persu
  
    , sitting on benches in the hall. Going further, they came before the 
    
king

    , Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respec
  
    fore the king, Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respect. The 
    
king

    , regarding them with a scornful smile, said, “If 
  
    e would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The 
    
king

     observed that skill in running was something to b
  
    f Odin forms the subject of Gray’s fine ode beginning, —  “Uprose the 
    
king

     of men with speed And saddled straight his coal-b
  
    perseverance and zeal he surmounted all opposition, procured from the 
    
king

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     of the shapeless bundle.  “To th’ imperial son of Heaven, Whilom the 
    
king

     of gods, a stone she gave Inwrapt in infant swath
  
    y brows, Some choosing to cast Cronus from his throne That Zeus might 
    
king

     it there, and some in haste With opposite oaths t
  
    am, while Juno, his sister and queen, changed herself into a cow. The 
    
king

     of the gods, however, soon became ashamed of his 
  
    orld by fire, kindled by Jupiter’s much dreaded thunderbolts; and the 
    
king

     of gods was about to put it into instant executio
  
    ter II: Jupiter      The Power of Jupiter     Jupiter, Jove, or Zeus, 
    
king

     of the gods, supreme ruler of the universe, the s
  
    a moment’s work; and there the kidnapped youth Ganymede, the son of a 
    
king

     of Troy, was carefully instructed in the duties h
  
    sterious prophecies, which were supposed to have been inspired by the 
    
king

     of gods; this long-lost shrine has recently been 
  
    tones soon won the admiration of his companions, and even that of the 
    
king

    , who listened to his songs with pleasure, and to 
  
    egions, and Orpheus wandered on until he came to the throne of Pluto, 
    
king

     of these realms, whereon the stern ruler sat in s
  
    ire to marry her, Venus scornfully rejected their proposals. Even the 
    
king

     of gods was slighted, and, to punish her for her 
  
    syche    In those same remote ages of “sweet mythology” there lived a 
    
king

     whose three daughters were world-renowned on acco
  
    rlish loveliness, and where her son Epaphus was born, to be the first 
    
king

     and the founder of Memphis.  “In coming time that
  
    l ( Conington’s tr.).  As founder of this city, Romulus was its first 
    
king

    , and ruled the people with such an iron hand that
  
    and awestruck people, somewhat reassured, looked about them for their 
    
king

    , they were told he had gone, never to return, car
  
    ic mythology. He is also the reputed father of Servius Tullius, sixth 
    
king

     of Rome, by a slave Ocrisia, whom he was wont to 
  
    e mighty marine god, I sing; Earth’s mover, and the fruitless ocean’s 
    
king

    , That Helicon and th’ Ægean deeps dost hold. O th
  
    arth. There he was condemned to build the walls of Troy for Laomedon, 
    
king

     of that city, who, in return, promised a handsome
  
     The task satisfactorily ended, Laomedon, an avaricious and dishonest 
    
king

    , refused the promised guerdon, whereupon Neptune 
  
    er. As a last resort he sent heralds to publish far and wide that the 
    
king

     would give a great reward to any man who would da
  
    oy to punish him for his perfidy. The city was stormed and taken, the 
    
king

     slain, and his wife and children carried to Greec
  
    lend and interknit Subdued majesty with this glad time. O shell-borne 
    
king

     sublime! We lay our hearts before thee evermore —
  
     Tantalus    Tartarus also detained within its brazen portals a cruel 
    
king

     named Tantalus (the father of Niobe), who, while 
  
     tantalise.”    Sisyphus    Another criminal was Sisyphus, who, while 
    
king

     of Corinth, had misused his power, had robbed and
  
    s in dews.”  Homer ( Pope’s tr.).     Salmoneus    Salmoneus, another 
    
king

    , had vainly tried to make his subjects believe he
  
    or a moment, and then hurled it with vindictive force at the arrogant 
    
king

    . In Tartarus, Salmoneus was placed beneath an ove
  
    n’s tr.).     The Story of Ixion    Here in Tartarus, too, was Ixion, 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ, who had been given the hand of Di
  
    ele     Among all the mortal maidens honoured by the love of Jupiter, 
    
king

     of the gods, none was more attractive than Semele
  
    d, to put an end to it all, asked Semele if she was quite sure he was 
    
king

     of the gods, as he asserted, and whether he visit
  
    idas any reward he wished; whereupon Midas, who was an avaricious old 
    
king

    , fell upon his knees, and humbly besought the god
  
    ort distance from Thebes, Bacchus once sent a herald to Pentheus, the 
    
king

    , to announce his approach, and bespeak a suitable
  
    she attracted the compassionate inquiries of the daughters of Celeus, 
    
king

     of the country. Having heard her bewail the loss 
  
    according to tradition, selected the first Vestal Virgins. The second 
    
king

     of Rome, Numa Pompilius, built a beautiful temple
  
    To punish her, and at the same time prevent further tale-bearing, the 
    
king

     of the gods cut off Lara’s tongue, and, summoning
  
        “Tempestuous Corus rears his dreadful heard”.   B. Picart. Æolus, 
    
king

     of the winds, shared with Dædalus the honour of i
  
     his sixth task, the capture of a mad bull given by Neptune to Minos, 
    
king

     of the island. The god had sent the animal with d
  
    eds of Diomedes    He then hastened on to Thrace, where Diomedes, the 
    
king

    , kept some fine coursers, which were fed on human
  
    had predicted that he would be killed by his grandson. Until then the 
    
king

     had been very fond of his only child, Danae, and 
  
    irth to a son, who, on account of his beauty, was called Perseus. The 
    
king

     no sooner learned this astonishing news, than he 
  
    inally washed ashore on the Island of Seriphus, where Polydectes, the 
    
king

     kindly received mother and child. Here Perseus, t
  
     accede to his wishes and become his wife, he changed the importunate 
    
king

     into a rock by showing him his Medusa trophy, gav
  
     of Æthra. For some reason, which mythologists do not make known, the 
    
king

     was forced to return alone to Athens; but ere he 
  
     and proffered a request to be the first victim — a request which the 
    
king

     granted with a sardonic smile, ere he returned un
  
     arms. Theseus next set out with an Athenian army to fight Pirithous, 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ, who had dared to declare war; but
  
    ing of Argos, and witness his marriage to Hippodamia, daughter of the 
    
king

    . Many guests were, of course, present to witness 
  
    land of Scyros, where, in obedience to a secret order, Lycomedes, the 
    
king

    , treacherously slew him by hurling him from the t
  
    on of Jason     At Iolcus, in Thessaly, there once reigned a virtuous 
    
king

    , Æson, with his good wife, Alcimede. Their happin
  
     hasty and secret flight, taking with them their only son, Jason. The 
    
king

     and queen soon found a place of refuge, but, afra
  
    d offering the sacrifice. At last the ceremony was completed, and the 
    
king

     cast an arrogant glance over the assembled people
  
    d on foot. On another occasion, when Jason visited Phineus, the blind 
    
king

     of Thrace, he heard that this monarch’s life was 
  
    ached the Colchian shores, and presented themselves before Æetes, the 
    
king

    , to whom they made known their errand. Loath to p
  
    less wailing, but a vessel was hurriedly launched and manned, and the 
    
king

     in person set out in pursuit of the fugitives, wh
  
    red, and compelled him to resign the throne in favour of the rightful 
    
king

    , Æson.     Medea and Absyrtus.  Herbert Draper. B
  
    r at a feast proclaim’d That I was only the supposed son Of Corinth’s 
    
king

    .”  Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.).  These words, co
  
    s of Thebes, where he found the whole city in an uproar, “because the 
    
king

     had been found lifeless by the roadside, with all
  
     but had exposed it on a mountain, whence it was carried to Corinth’s 
    
king

    . The chain of evidence was complete, and now Œdip
  
    ently; and he hastened off to Argos, where he persuaded Adrastus, the 
    
king

    , to give him his daughter in marriage, and aid hi
  
    him flee to the court of Argos, where he took refuge with Prœtus, the 
    
king

    , who was also his kinsman.    Anteia’s Treachery 
  
    ond, R. I. With blanched cheeks and every outward sign of horror, the 
    
king

     read the missive, and then fell into a deep rever
  
     Iobates, to report the success of his undertaking; and, although the 
    
king

     was heartily glad to know the Chimæra was no more
  
    returned to Lycia, where, after escaping from an ambush posted by the 
    
king

     for his destruction, he again appeared victorious
  
    th was under the special protection of the gods; and this induced the 
    
king

     not only to forego further attempts to slay him, 
  
     and Helen. He had not sojourned there many days, however, before the 
    
king

     was called away from home, and departed, confidin
  
    ned to ascertain the truth by stratagem. One day, therefore, when the 
    
king

     was ploughing the sea-shore with an ox and horse 
  
    harming his heir. This action sufficed to prove to Palamedes that the 
    
king

     had not lost all control of his senses, and enabl
  
     in safety through the Grecian camp to Achilles’ tent, where the aged 
    
king

     fell at the hero’s feet, humbly pleading for his 
  
    w sailed on until they reached the Æolian Islands, where dwelt Æolus, 
    
king

     and father of the winds. He had heard of Ulysses’
  
     the Greeks landed again upon the Æolian Isle, and Ulysses sought the 
    
king

    , to beseech his aid once more; but this time the 
  
    er summit falls. Think not of king’s or country’s claims: Country and 
    
king

    , alas! are names: Could Troy be saved by hands of
  
    one of his foes, and rushed on to the palace, hoping to save the aged 
    
king

    , who, at the first alarm, had seized his weapons,
  
    e to conceal some treasures, had been murdered there by an avaricious 
    
king

    , and this grove of trees had sprouted from the sp
  
    eader’s name,         And calls it Italy. Here Dardanus was born, our 
    
king

    , And old Iasius, whence we spring:         Here o
  
    l they reached Latium, where their wanderings were to cease. Latinus, 
    
king

     of the country, received them hospitably, and pro
  
    rank. The queen, Amata, specially favoured this youth’s suit; and the 
    
king

     would gladly have received him for a son-in-law, 
  
    or war, and sailed farther up the Tiber to secure the aid of Evander, 
    
king

     of the Tuscans, the hereditary foe of the Latins.
  
    thod was exaggerated by his disciples, who declared Zeus was merely a 
    
king

     of Crete; his war with the giants, an attempt to 
  
    en that Zeus (Jupiter) meant ‘the bright sky,’ that he could make him 
    
king

    ” over a company of manlike deities on Olympus. We
  
    -cim′e-de. Queen of Iolcus mother of Jason, 230  Al-cin′o-us. Phæcian 
    
king

     enables Ulysses to reach Ithaca 317  Al-cip′pe. D
  
    , 356  Ar′gos. City in Argolis, dedicated to Juno, 37, 38; Eurytheus, 
    
king

     of, 189-190; Acrisius, king of, 208, 216; Adrastu
  
    is, dedicated to Juno, 37, 38; Eurytheus, king of, 189-190; Acrisius, 
    
king

     of, 208, 216; Adrastus, king of 227, 253; Prœtus,
  
    ; Eurytheus, king of, 189-190; Acrisius, king of, 208, 216; Adrastus, 
    
king

     of 227, 253; Prœtus, king of, 255; Agamemnon’s re
  
    190; Acrisius, king of, 208, 216; Adrastus, king of 227, 253; Prœtus, 
    
king

     of, 255; Agamemnon’s return to, 299; significance
  
    inerva’s festivals at, 43; tribunal at, 118; contest for, 128; Ægeus, 
    
king

     of, 218; Theseus’ arrival at, 220, 221; Ariadne e
  
    ; Ariadne elopes to, 225; Castor and Pollux’s visit to, 227; Theseus, 
    
king

     of, 229; Peleus, king of, 271  At′las. 1. Mountai
  
    25; Castor and Pollux’s visit to, 227; Theseus, king of, 229; Peleus, 
    
king

     of, 271  At′las. 1. Mountains. 2. One of Iapetus’
  
     between Greece proper and the Peloponnesus, 128, 134, 258; Sisyphus, 
    
king

     of, 144, 256; Sciron at, 219; Polybus, king of, 2
  
     128, 134, 258; Sisyphus, king of, 144, 256; Sciron at, 219; Polybus, 
    
king

     of, 246-248, 251  Co-ro′na. Constellation, also k
  
    3, 223, 225; Menelaus’ journey to, 277; Æneas’ sojourn in, 326; Zeus, 
    
king

     of, 341  Cre-u′sa. 1. Wife of Æneas; killed in at
  
     laurel tree, 50, 51; significance, 350, 353-360  Dar′da-nus. Ancient 
    
king

     Troy, who gives his name to his race, 326; mares 
  
    nd father of Hellen, 24-26  Di′a. Maiden loved and deserted by Ixion, 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ, 145; significance, 353  Di-a′na. 
  
    62, 169 E′lis. Province of the Peloponnesus; Alpheus in, 166; Augeas, 
    
king

     of, 193; significance,  El-pe′nor. Follower of Ul
  
    hipped in, 133; Ceres returns to, 163; Vesta’s shrine in, 171; Janus, 
    
king

     of, 176  Ith′a-ca. Ulysses’ island kingdom, 185, 
  
    eople who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs, 201, 227; Ixion, 
    
king

     of, 145; Pirithous, king of, 226  La′ra. Wife of 
  
    ly and fought the Centaurs, 201, 227; Ixion, king of, 145; Pirithous, 
    
king

     of, 226  La′ra. Wife of Mercury; mother of the tw
  
    f Œnopion; promised bride of Orion, 78  Met-a-nei′ra. Wife of Celeus, 
    
king

     of Eleusis; mother of Triptolemus, 163  Me′tis. D
  
    ess of night; marries Chaos and Erebus, 2  Nu′ma Pom-pil′i-us. Second 
    
king

     of Rome; built Vesta’s temple, 171  Nymphs. Name 
  
     358  Phin′e-us. 1. Rival to Perseus for Andromeda, 215. 2. The blind 
    
king

     of Thrace; annoyed by the Harpies, 235  Phleg′e-t
  
    d ram to Colchis, 1 30, 232; significance, 356, 362  Phth′ia. Peleus, 
    
king

     of, 278  Pi-re′ne. Fountain near Corinth, where P
  
    ae and Perseus were cast ashore, 210, 216  Ser′vi-us Tul′li-us. Sixth 
    
king

     of Rome; son of Vulcan and Ocrisia, 124  Ses′tus.
  
    e, 69  Ter′ra. Same as Gæa, goddess of the earth, 3  Teu′cer. Ancient 
    
king

     of the Trojans, 326  Tha-li′a. 1. One of the thre
  
    h, 179  Thebes. Capital of Bœotia founded by Cadmus, 33, 34; Amphion, 
    
king

     of, 62, 63; Cadmus, king of, 85; Athamas, king of
  
    f Bœotia founded by Cadmus, 33, 34; Amphion, king of, 62, 63; Cadmus, 
    
king

     of, 85; Athamas, king of, 1 50; Pentheus, king of
  
    dmus, 33, 34; Amphion, king of, 62, 63; Cadmus, king of, 85; Athamas, 
    
king

     of, 1 50; Pentheus, king of, 156; Creon, king of,
  
    ng of, 62, 63; Cadmus, king of, 85; Athamas, king of, 1 50; Pentheus, 
    
king

     of, 156; Creon, king of, 190; Œdipus, king of, 24
  
    , king of, 85; Athamas, king of, 1 50; Pentheus, king of, 156; Creon, 
    
king

     of, 190; Œdipus, king of, 246-255  The′mis. One o
  
    , king of, 1 50; Pentheus, king of, 156; Creon, king of, 190; Œdipus, 
    
king

     of, 246-255  The′mis. One of the six female Titan
  
    ′sa-ly. A province of Greece, 276; fight of the gods in, 11; Admetus, 
    
king

     of, 47; Ceyx, king of, 181; Æson, king of, 230, 2
  
    of Greece, 276; fight of the gods in, 11; Admetus, king of, 47; Ceyx, 
    
king

     of, 181; Æson, king of, 230, 239; Protesilaus, ki
  
    t of the gods in, 11; Admetus, king of, 47; Ceyx, king of, 181; Æson, 
    
king

     of, 230, 239; Protesilaus, king of, 281  The′tis.
  
    ing of, 47; Ceyx, king of, 181; Æson, king of, 230, 239; Protesilaus, 
    
king

     of, 281  The′tis. 1. Mother of Achilles, 278; a s

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               Robbins, Eliza. 
         (1860) 
         Elements of Mythology, or, Classical Fables of the Greeks and the Romans
      
    f Jupiter, took refuge in Italy. He was kindly received by Janus, the 
    
king

     of the country. Saturn, in gratitude for the hosp
  
    self, was the Latin. Saturn was highly honoured in Latium, and became 
    
king

     of the country. The hill, afterwards called the C
  
    aughter of Saturn and the goddess of fire. Numa Pompilius, the second 
    
king

     of Rome, raised an altar to her, and instituted t
  
     what punishment were the vestals exposed?     Janus.     Janus was a 
    
king

     of Italy, who received Saturn when he was expelle
  
    er which the usurper Jupiter acquired dominion. Janus was a patriotic 
    
king

    , one who wished to make his subjects wiser and be
  
    e other hand a sceptre to express his authority upon earth. The Roman 
    
king

     Numa instituted a festival in honour of Janus, wh
  
    kind. His names were Optimus Maximus, or the Best and Greatest; Jove, 
    
king

     of gods and men; the Thunderer, as master of thun
  
    ather Saturn, he divided the empire of the universe among himself, as 
    
king

     of heaven and earth, Neptune, the lord of the oce
  
    e man, or animal. One of these ladies, Semele, the daughter of Cadmus 
    
king

     of Thebes, entreated the god to appear to her as 
  
    . To Leda, he appeared as a swan. This lady was the wife of Tyndarus, 
    
king

     of Sparta; she was the mother of four children ce
  
    mnestra, Castor and Pollux. Helen was the beautiful wife of Menelaus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, and Clytemnestra was married to Agamem
  
     Menelaus, king of Sparta, and Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of Mycenæ, who was brother to Menelaus. One of th
  
     off in haste. Europa was a beautiful virgin, the daughter of Agenor, 
    
king

     of Phenicia. Jupiter saw her in the meadows, surr
  
    earer to Europe than to Asia or Africa. Europa afterwards married the 
    
king

     of Crete, and her name was given to one quarter o
  
    elt upon earth, he employed himself in tending the flocks of Admetus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly. Admetus treated Apollo so kindly tha
  
    m to those gods, and Jupiter chose him for his special messenger. The 
    
king

     of heaven presented to him his winged cap called 
  
    ns several centuries after completely subdued. Numa Pompilius, second 
    
king

     of Rome, in order to secure the shield from being
  
    iefly honoured Mars? What reverence was attached to the Ancilia? What 
    
king

     instituted the Salii? Who was Bellona? How was Vi
  
    ified Wisdom under the character of Minerva. Solomon, the wise Hebrew 
    
king

    , also personified wisdom in the book of Proverbs,
  
    nus, was diverting herself in the pleasant fields of Enna, Pluto, the 
    
king

     of the infernal regions, appeared in his chariot 
  
    m judges of the dead. The probable history of Minos is, that he was a 
    
king

     of the island of Crete, and was contemporary with
  
    h’s half-brother, Sleep.” One of the ancients called Sleep, the happy 
    
king

     of gods and men, because he supposed the immortal
  
    had refused him his daughter, took upon himself to make war upon that 
    
king

    , and killed him and his three sons. Iole, therefo
  
    , with many others as fearless and full of hope as himself. A certain 
    
king

     of Thebes, had a son and daughter, named Phryxus 
  
     is it supposed that Jason was killed?     Theseus.     Theseus was a 
    
king

     of Athens, yet he is also ranked among fabulous h
  
    how did Ægeus terminate his life?  ——— The character of Theseus, as a 
    
king

    , belongs to true history. Cecrops, who led the fi
  
     Attica the entire want of political order. As soon as Theseus became 
    
king

    , he travelled all over Attica, and told his peopl
  
    aised in honour of this hero.  What was the character of Theseus as a 
    
king

    , and in what condition was Attica when he began t
  
    Polybus, King of Corinth, found him and took him to the palace of the 
    
king

    . The Queen of Corinth, Peribœa, had no child, and
  
    that Œdipus was at Mount Colonos, went thither and found the fugitive 
    
king

     attended by Antigone. As soon as Theseus approach
  
    ial place, and instantly expired.  What melancholy story is told of a 
    
king

     of Thebes? What happened to Œdipus in his infancy
  
    ed mechanician of antiquity. An Athenian descended from Erechtheus, a 
    
king

     of Athens. Dædalus was the most ingenious man of 
  
    heir toil was beguiled by music. Priam, son of Laomedon, was the last 
    
king

     of Troy; his wife was Hecuba, and he had accordin
  
     names derived? What is the fabulous origin of Troy? Who was the last 
    
king

     of Troy, and who were the most memorable of his c
  
    asure of the goddess to detain the Greeks by adverse winds, until the 
    
king

     should sacrifice to her, his daughter Iphigenia. 
  
    f Esculapius, who was the most eminent physician of the Greeks.  What 
    
king

     commanded the Greek armies against Troy and what 
  
    hout fear. Egisthus and Clytemnestra soon contrived the murder of the 
    
king

    . The latter, being in need of refreshment, took a
  
    d by his friend Pylades, set out for the dominions of the barbarian 7 
    
king

    . When the two friends arrived at Tauros, they wer
  
    the two friends arrived at Tauros, they were carried before Thoas the 
    
king

    , and he commanded them to be sacrificed to Diana.
  
    pare the life of one of them, though she could not so far disobey the 
    
king

     as to save both. She told them as she was a Greek
  
    e oracle of Apollo require of Orestes? What sentence did the Scythian 
    
king

     pass upon Orestes and his friend? How did Iphigen
  
    Greeks, who went to the siege of Troy. Ajax was the son of Telamon, a 
    
king

     of the island of Salamis. During the war he engag
  
     for him; provided him with clothes, and directed him to apply to the 
    
king

     and queen for succour. Ulysses found the king and
  
    ted him to apply to the king and queen for succour. Ulysses found the 
    
king

     and queen of Phocia living in a sumptuous palace,
  
    anded? What princess relieved Ulysses? How was Ulysses treated by the 
    
king

     and queen of Phocia? In what character did Ulysse
  
     obeyed. Even the fierce Achilles could not refuse submission to “the 
    
king

     of men,” as Agamemnon was called, and he was forc
  
    Her husband, Sichæus, was immensely rich, and Epymalion, a tyrannical 
    
king

     of Tyre, in order to possess himself of the wealt
  
     Eneas came to the Tiber. Here he was kindly received by Latinus, the 
    
king

     of the country, who gave him his daughter Lavinia
  
    days that followed. Young persons are not to understand from the word 
    
king

    , as it is used in the history of ancient and past
  
    he history of ancient and pastoral people, the same idea as that of a 
    
king

     in modern times. Those kings who are mentioned in
  
    the middle ages, called out their followers to fight their battles. A 
    
king

     of England or France, though he has not the absol
  
     Latins, as the Romans afterwards believed of Romulus, imagined their 
    
king

     was taken up into heaven. After this, the Latins 
  
    death? How long was the voyage of Eneas before he reached Italy? What 
    
king

     gave Eneas a hospitable reception? What is to be 
  
    e Eneas a hospitable reception? What is to be understood by the word “
    
king

    ”? What was the end of the war between Eneas and T
  
    ratitude for his services, the people of Mytilene chose him for their 
    
king

    , and adopted laws which he gave them. Pittacus di
  
    ng the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, of the Grecian Ceres. Indra the 
    
king

    ; the god of the heavens; chief of the good spirit
  
    ems. Seshanaga, the Sovereign of Patala, or the infernal regions; the 
    
king

     of serpents. He is thus described in the Bhagavat
  
     spent on the shores of the ocean. Niorder is supposed to have been a 
    
king

     of some part of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal.
  
    o the Grecian Cerberus, guarded the entrance of Niflheim.  Uprose the 
    
king

     of men with speed, And saddled straight his coal-
  
    , in Paradise Lost, describes these Syrian gods.  Next Moloch, horrid 
    
king

    , besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and par
  
    ad a Golden Age, which was commenced under the instructions of a good 
    
king

    , who kept his people in peace and order, and they
  
    d was a tradition from some more ancient author: “O thou, who art the 
    
king

     of Heaven, grant us what is useful to us; whether
  
    n of Tarquin II., a woman came to Rome, and brought nine books to the 
    
king

    , demanding for them certain pieces of gold. Tarqu
  
    g the name of God, as by the elements, the sun, moon, or stars; or, a 
    
king

     would swear by his sceptre, a soldier by his spea

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         (1838) 
         The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy (2e éd.) 
         pp. -516 
      
    i, Intagliator, i. 30. — 2. Dodonean Zeus. Gold Medal of Alexander I. 
    
king

     of Epirus. G. M. 35. Seguin, Select. Num. 68. — 3
  
    d in Latin a lucky fellow was styled a son of Fortune. 31.Our English 
    
king

     Richard I. was called Lion-heart (Cœur de Lion), 
  
    us writer we agree, as far as relates to the consorts of the Olympian 
    
king

    , each of whom we look upon as having been his sol
  
    might not appear more wanton than other women72. Cadmos was cook to a 
    
king

     of Sidôn, and he ran away with Harmonia, a female
  
    guished for their piety and their hospitality to strangers. The first 
    
king

     who ruled over them was named Uranos. He collecte
  
    nia, a Danaïs, a Phoronis, etc. In the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 
    
king

     of Egypt, the critic Zenodotus of Ephesus united 
  
    py place named the Elysian Plain, whither the mortal relatives of the 
    
king

     of the gods were transported without tasting of d
  
    o kept his cattle, were his children by Neæra (Newness ?)225. Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, so rich in flocks and herds, was said to
  
    ransferred his affections to Leucothea, daughter of Orchamos (Ruler), 
    
king

     of the eastern regions. The god visited her durin
  
    aughter named Pandia257; and Ersa (Dew) was also the offspring of the 
    
king

     of heaven and the goddess of the moon258. This la
  
    ôn276. But her strongest affection was for Tithonos, son of Laomedôn, 
    
king

     of Troy. When she had carried him off, she besoug
  
    rses292, while others said that she was the offspring of the Olympian 
    
king

     by Pheræa, the daughter of Æolos293, or by Demete
  
    regulated on the model of a Grecian city of the heroic ages. Zeus was 
    
king

     of the region of the air and clouds, which had fa
  
     of justice, Hermeias god of gain, Hebe the attendant of the Olympian 
    
king

     and queen, and Iris their messenger, Hephæstos th
  
    hedding their cheering beams abroad. Of the residents of Olympos, its 
    
king

     and his son Hephæstos356 alone knew the pleasures
  
    rock389. This legend was gradually pragmatised ; Zeus became a mortal 
    
king

     of Crete, and not merely the cave in which he was
  
    qual himself in strength and counsel, and her second, a son, would be 
    
king

     of gods and men, he cajoled her when she was preg
  
    e conduct of mankind over whom he ruled. Such was his visit to Lycaôn 
    
king

     of Arcadia, whom he punished for his impiety ; an
  
    ral than to assign the oak402, the monarch of trees, to the celestial 
    
king

    , whose ancient oracle moreover was in the oak-woo
  
    the watery plain, and the monsters of the deep gamboling around their 
    
king

    . His most celebrated temples were at the Corinthi
  
    ld rather be a day-labourer to the poorest cultivator on earth than a 
    
king

     in those regions. They have no strength or power 
  
    the stream of Ocean, the retreat of the children and relatives of the 
    
king

     of the gods, was moved down thither to form the p
  
    cmena and other women, pay dear for their intrigues with the Olympian 
    
king

    .    The children of Zeus and Hera were Ares, Hebe
  
    n of this god by mortal women are Ascalaphos and Ialmenos560, Œnomaos 
    
king

     of Pisa, Diomedes of Thrace, Cycnos, Phlegyas, Dr
  
    s570. The brass-footed, brass-throated, fire-breathing bulls of Æetes 
    
king

     of Colchis were the gift of Hephæstos to Æetes’ f
  
    t of Hephæstos to Æetes’ father Helios571 ; and he made for Alcinoös, 
    
king

     of the Phæacians, the gold and silver dogs which 
  
    him, and whom he endowed with reason and speech573. He gave to Minôs, 
    
king

     of Crete, the brazen man Talôs, who each day comp
  
     gave her hand to her mortal lover627. Cassandra, daughter of Priamos 
    
king

     of Troy, also attracted the love of this god : th
  
     becoming a servant to a mortal man for the space of a year. Admetos, 
    
king

     of Pheræ, in Thessaly, was the person selected to
  
    llo, by the command of Zeus (we know not why given), served Laomedôn, 
    
king

     of Troy, for a year ; at the end of which time he
  
     a slave. The task of Apollo had been to tend the herds of the Trojan 
    
king

     in the valleys of Ida645. Apollo, it is said646, 
  
     had been chosen judge ; and all present approved the decision except 
    
king

     Midas, whose ears were, for their obtuseness, len
  
    y origin, and feigns that she is a mortal maid and daughter to Otreus 
    
king

     of Phrygia, adding, that while she was dancing, i
  
    nd which we will here give in an abridged form. There were one time a 
    
king

     and a queen who had three daughters, of whom the 
  
    st Fulgentius780. “The city in which Psyche dwells is the world ; the 
    
king

     and queen are God and matter ; Psyche is the soul
  
    forth with a shout which terrified Heaven and Mother Earth, while the 
    
king

     of the gods poured a shower of gold on Rhodes, th
  
    ds, pitying the fate of the hero, urged Hermeias to steal it away. On 
    
king

     Priamos’ setting forth to ransom the body of his 
  
    d for the office which was assigned him of agent and messenger of the 
    
king

     of the gods, to whom we also find him officiating
  
    the daughter of Persæos, who heard her as she sat in her cave, and by 
    
king

     Helios, whose eye nothing on earth escapes. So lo
  
    obey : he quickly reached the ‘secret places of earth,’ and found the 
    
king

     at home seated on a couch with his wife, who was 
  
    ng for her mother. On making known to Aïdoneus the wish of Zeus, ‘the 
    
king

     of the Subterraneans smiled with his brows’ and y
  
    er the birth of the Muses, the nine daughters, it is said, of Pierios 
    
king

     of Æmathia challenged them to a contest of singin
  
      The office of Iris, in the Ilias, is to act as the messenger of the 
    
king

     and queen of Olympos, a duty which is performed b
  
    om Olympos over Lemnos, where she meets Sleep. She accosts him as the 
    
king

     of all gods and men, and prays him to aid in her 
  
    ccasion to fable that Dionysos had, like Heracles and their own great 
    
king

    , marched as a conqueror throughout the East ; had
  
    literature. Its chief subject is the war of Dionysos against Deriades 
    
king

     of the Indians, the details of which are probably
  
    atised account of Cybele is given by Diodorus. Cybele was daughter to 
    
king

     Mæôn and his queen Dindyme. She was exposed by he
  
    ybele. A stately temple was accordingly erected to her at Pessinos by 
    
king

     Midas1139. It is apparent from this account that 
  
    ced into Rome a. u. c. 547, when a solemn embassy was sent to Attalus 
    
king

     of Pergamus, to request the image at Pessinos whi
  
    s easy of explanation, all being deities relating to moisture. Midas, 
    
king

     of the Brygians in Macedonia, had at the foot of 
  
    rn to die as soon as possible1207.” He also, it is said1208, gave the 
    
king

     a long account of an immense country which lay wi
  
    gering about, and binding him with his own garlands, led him to their 
    
king

    . Midas entertained him for ten days, and then con
  
    n conducted him to his foster-son, who, in his gratitude, desired the 
    
king

     to ask what gift he would. Midas craved that all 
  
     the gods as having been originally mere men, said that Proteus was a 
    
king

     of Egypt ; and the Egyptian priests told how he d
  
    cer (αἰθρηγενής) 1318. He loved Oreithyia, the daughter of Erechtheus 
    
king

     of Athens, and carried her off1319. The Athenians
  
    ently of huge stature1347 ; yet the daughter of Eurymedôn, their last 
    
king

    , was by Poseidôn mother of the king of the Phæaci
  
    daughter of Eurymedôn, their last king, was by Poseidôn mother of the 
    
king

     of the Phæacians, a people of the ordinary size13
  
    of Libya. Unlike the Cyclopes, they lived in the social state ; their 
    
king

     was named Antiphates, their town Læstrygonia or T
  
    r Perses. This pragmatiser goes on to say that she was married to the 
    
king

     of the Sarmatians, whom she poisoned, and seized 
  
    y mythology. It was fabled, for example, that she had been married to 
    
king

     Picus, whom by her magic art she changed into a b
  
     the Thousand and One Nights. Odysseus and Circe remind us at once of 
    
king

     Beder and queen Labe ; and the Cyclopes and the L
  
     they migrated to the isle of Scheria. They were led thither by their 
    
king

     Nausithoös, the son of Poseidôn by Peribœa the yo
  
    ös, the son of Poseidôn by Peribœa the youngest daughter of Eurymedôn 
    
king

     of the Giants1413. They were, like the Cyclopes a
  
    wo towns ; between the inhabitants of which, who were governed by one 
    
king

    , all things in it were divided. The Phœnicians an
  
    hich may tend to illustrate the three years’ voyages of the fleets of 
    
king

     Solomon1436. It also appears that the Greeks made
  
     or gives name to the mountain. Thus according to one1460 Atlas was a 
    
king

     of the remote West, rich in flocks and herds, and
  
    f Atlas, and seeking hospitality announced himself to be a son of the 
    
king

     of the gods, the western monarch, calling to mind
  
    lained the mythe after their own fashion. Prometheus was, they say, a 
    
king

     of the Scythians, and his country was wasted by a
  
     accounts remaining of him are very scanty. The historians made him a 
    
king

     of Attica or Bœotia. Deucaliôn was regarded as th
  
    glory. The fleece was gained by the aid of Medeia the daughter of the 
    
king

     of Colchis, and the Argo, as the vessel in which 
  
     till Iasôn, wishing to marry Glauce or Creusa, the daughter of Creôn 
    
king

     of that place, put away Medeia. The Colchian prin
  
    ariot drawn by winged serpents, and fled to Athens, where she married 
    
king

     Ægeus, by whom she had a son named Medos ; but be
  
    re he had achieved the many grievous tasks which the haughty insolent 
    
king

     Pelias had imposed on him. He made her his spouse
  
    n between her severed members1563. To reward the virtue of Peleus the 
    
king

     of the gods resolved to give him a goddess in mar
  
    d1581 (the Cain of Greece), act with such base ingratitude toward the 
    
king

     of the gods himself, who, according to the simple
  
     a son named Peirithoös, who married Hippodameia daughter of Adrastos 
    
king

     of Argos. The chiefs of his own tribe, the Lapith
  
    eÿx et Halcyone.     Ceÿx was the son of Morning-star (Ἐωσϕόρος), and 
    
king

     of Trachis. He married Halcyone a daughter of Æol
  
    . They obeyed the god, and his prediction was verified. Cadmos became 
    
king

     of the Illyrians, and had a son named Illyrios. S
  
    mph Cyrene, the daughter of Hypseus son of the river-god Peneios, and 
    
king

     of the Lapiths of Thessaly. Cyrene was averse fro
  
    ς . Ino et Athamas.     Ino was married to Athamas, son of Æolos, and 
    
king

     of Orchomenos. Athamas, it is said, had been alre
  
     to one account1684, gave the babe to a neatherd belonging to Polybos 
    
king

     of Corinth ; or, as others say, the neatherds of 
  
    y. The body of Laïos was found and honourably buried by Damasistratos 
    
king

     of Platæa ; and Creôn the son of Menœceus occupie
  
       Τροϕώνιος кαὶ ̓ Αγαμήδης. Trophonius et Agamedes.    When Erginos, 
    
king

     of Orchomenos, had been overcome by Heracles, his
  
    cts, and built the temple of Apollo at Delphi1712, and a treasury for 
    
king

     Hyrieus. In the wall of this last they placed a s
  
    acter.     Ἡραкλης. Hercules 1727 .     Electryôn, the son of Perseus 
    
king

     of Mycenæ, had given his daughter Alcmena in marr
  
    rôn, whence he used to attack the herds of Amphitryôn and of Thestios 
    
king

     of the Thespians. Heracles when going to engage t
  
    ute was as follows : the charioteer of Menœcios had wounded Clymenos, 
    
king

     of the Minyans, with a stone in Onchestos the sac
  
    Mycenæ. To clear out in one day all the dung in the stables of Augeas 
    
king

     of Elis, the son of Poseidôn (or according to oth
  
    e mares of Diomedes of Thrace. This was a son of Ares and Cyrene, and 
    
king

     of the Bistonians. His mares were androphagous. H
  
    hen sailed on to Mysia, where he was hospitably entertained by Lycos, 
    
king

     of the Mariandynians, whom he aided against the B
  
    e Mariandynians, whom he aided against the Bebrycians, and slew their 
    
king

     Mygdôn, the brother of Amycos. He took a large po
  
    rath of Poseidôn and Apollo. These gods had contracted with Laomedôn, 
    
king

     of Troy, to build a wall round the town ; but whe
  
     went to Egypt, where Busiris, another son of Poseidôn, reigned. This 
    
king

    , in consequence of an oracle, offered up stranger
  
     to Iolaos. Wishing himself to marry again, and hearing that Eurytos, 
    
king

     of Œchalia1768, had declared that he would give h
  
    eavoured to prevent their landing ; but they were defeated, and their 
    
king

     Eurypylos, the son of Poseidôn and Astypalæa, was
  
    , to sell her out of the country ; and he disposed of her to Teuthras 
    
king

     of Teuthrania on the Caÿster in Mysia, who made h
  
    me his especial favourite. While residing with Ceÿx he aided Ægimios, 
    
king

     of the Dorians, against whom the Lapiths under th
  
    whole country that had been in dispute. He afterwards killed Laogoras 
    
king

     of the Dryopians and his children, as he was feas
  
    rning to Trachis, Heracles collected an army, and made war on Eurytos 
    
king

     of Œchalia (in Eubœa), whom he killed, together w
  
    ies in him are of divine origin ; and he is made to be the son of the 
    
king

     of the gods, by a mortal mother. To render his pe
  
    , et Tereus.     Pandiôn, being at war about boundaries with Labdacos 
    
king

     of Thebes, called to his aid Tereus the son of Ar
  
    ôn. Her infidelity being discovered by her husband, she fled to Minôs 
    
king

     of Crete, whom she enabled to have children, and 
  
     wife, was forced to fly. He came with his son Ismaros to Tegyrios, a 
    
king

     of Thrace, who gave his daughter in marriage to I
  
     should think, quite evident that Oreithyia was not the daughter of a 
    
king

     of Attica ; yet the real Erechtheus may have been
  
    tionids. He retired to Megara, where he married Pylia the daughter of 
    
king

     Pylos ; who, being obliged to fly for the murder 
  
         Νîσος καὶ Σκύλλα. Nisus et Scylla.     In the war waged by Minôs 
    
king

     of Crete against the Athenians, on account of the
  
    on was for some time complied with. At length Theseus, the son of the 
    
king

    , voluntarily proposed to attempt their deliveranc
  
    ed that if this young stranger should be received as a son by the old 
    
king

    , he might find in him a protector and avenger ; a
  
    ion, on account of the tribute which they were forced to pay to Minôs 
    
king

     of Crete. Theseus resolved to deliver them from t
  
    maidens were exhibited before Minôs ; and Ariadne the daughter of the 
    
king

    , who was present, became deeply enamoured of Thes
  
    eturned under the same sails with which he had departed ; and the old 
    
king

    , thinking he was bereaved of his newly-found son,
  
    rruption into the plain of Marathon, and carried off the herds of the 
    
king

     of Athens. Theseus, on receiving information, wen
  
    ject. Each was ambitious in love, and would possess a daughter of the 
    
king

     of the gods. Theseus fixed his thoughts on Helena
  
    of all great Athenians, — exile. He voluntarily retired to Lycomedes, 
    
king

     of the island of Scyros, and there he met with hi
  
    ps. It is not necessary for us, we presume, to set about proving that 
    
king

     Rocky or Hilly (Cranaos), his wife Plain (Pedias)
  
    nd religious object, — could not have been a real person, much less a 
    
king

     of Attica. We will therefore commence with Ericht
  
    Erechtheus, whom the more ancient tradition viewed as the first Attic 
    
king

    . We have seen how entirely Cecrops and his family
  
    he Erechtheids and Theseus ; and Pylos would probably never have been 
    
king

     of Megara, if the Neleids of Pylos had not come t
  
     was named Nisæa1857, and thence probably was derived the name of the 
    
king

     Nisos. The story of him and his daughter Scylla i
  
    s banished by the court of Areiopagos, and he betook himself to Minôs 
    
king

     of Crete, for whom he built the Labyrinth. He als
  
    ormed the wooden cow for Pasiphae, he incurred the displeasure of the 
    
king

     and was thrown into prison. Having by means of Pa
  
     arrived in safety in Sicily, where he was kindly received by Cocalos 
    
king

     of that island, who took up arms in his defence a
  
     a spring for the Acrocorinth, informed him who the ravisher was. The 
    
king

     of the gods sent Death to punish the informer ; b
  
    llerophontes with manly vigour and beauty. Anteia, the wife of Prœtos 
    
king

     of Argos, fixed her love upon him, and sought a c
  
     She accused him to Prœtos of an attempt on her honour. The credulous 
    
king

     gave ear to her falsehood, but would not incur th
  
    . He therefore sent Bellerophontes to Lycia, to his father-in-law the 
    
king

     of that country, giving him ‘deadly characters’ w
  
    cters’ written in a sealed tablet1880, which he was to present to the 
    
king

     of Lycia, and which were to cause his death. Bene
  
    s Bellerophontes came to Lycia and the flowing Xanthos. Nine days the 
    
king

     entertained him, and slew nine oxen ; ‘but when t
  
    . He lastly slew the ‘man-like Amazons ;’ and as he was returning the 
    
king

     laid an ambush for him, composed of the bravest m
  
     of whom not one returned home, for Bellerophontes slew them all. The 
    
king

     now perceiving him to be of the race of the gods,
  
    the bloodshed by Prœtos, whose wife is also called Sthenobœa, and the 
    
king

     of Lycia is named Iobates. By the aid of the wing
  
    tos was worsted, and driven out of Argos. He fled to Lycia, where the 
    
king

     Iobates gave him his daughter Anteia or Sthenobœa
  
     made answer that he would bring him even the head of the Gorgon. The 
    
king

     said nothing at the time ; but next day, when the
  
    the Æthiopians1939. Here he beheld Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus 
    
king

     of the country, fastened to a rock, a prey for a 
  
    ted at the moment of the transformation. Having established Dictys as 
    
king

     over Seriphos, Perseus returned the shoes, the wa
  
    suade him to return to Argos. Acrisios consented ; but Teutamias, the 
    
king

     of Larissa, happening at that time to celebrate f
  
    ng the cattle, which they had driven away, in the charge of Polyxenes 
    
king

     of the Eleians. Amphitryôn pursued them to Elis, 
  
     was by the Oceanis Melibœa or the nymph Cyllene the father of Lycaôn 
    
king

     of Arcadia. Lycaôn had many wives, by whom he bec
  
     whom he had Amyclas and Eurydice, which last was married to Acrisios 
    
king

     of Argos. Amyclas had, by Diomede the daughter of
  
    carios and Tyndareos out of Laconia. They sought refuge with Thestios 
    
king

     of Ætolia, whose daughter Leda Tyndareos married.
  
    o seek in marriage Hippodameia, the daughter of Œnomaos, son of Ares, 
    
king

     of Pisa. An oracle having told this prince that h
  
     the temple of Athena. The next day Thyestes presented himself to the 
    
king

     of Sicyôn, and besought him to restore him to his
  
    he daughter of Thyestes ; and supposing her to be the daughter of the 
    
king

    , demanded her in marriage. Thesprotos gave her to
  
    caresses were three sons, Minôs, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedôn. Asteriôn 
    
king

     of Crete espoused Europa, and reared her sons2092
  
    eady related2101 . He is said to have fallen in a war against Cocalos 
    
king

     of Sicily, who protected Dædalos. He was succeede
  
    on account of the crime of Pelops, who had cut into pieces Stymphalos 
    
king

     of Arcadia, and scattered the pieces about2115 ; 
  
    six arms. The adjacent country was possessed by the Dolionians, whose 
    
king

     was named Cyzicos. Having been hospitably enterta
  
    the Symplegades, they came to the country of the Mariandynians, whose 
    
king

     Lycos received them kindly. Here died Idmôn the s
  
    hey shortly after entered the Phasis. Iasôn lost no time in informing 
    
king

     Æetes of the cause of his coming, and in requesti
  
     his coming, and in requesting him to give him the Golden Fleece. The 
    
king

     assented, provided he could yoke the brassfooted 
  
     accomplishment of these hard tasks, when Medeia, the daughter of the 
    
king

    , who had conceived a sudden affection for him, pr
  
    igned. It was night when the Theban exile arrived at the house of the 
    
king

     : before the door he met another stranger, Tydeus
  
    , owing to the fleetness of his steed Areiôn, escaped2183. Creôn, now 
    
king

     of Thebes, forbade the bodies of the Argives to b
  
    95. Ilos went to Phrygia, and won at wrestling, in games given by the 
    
king

    , fifty youths and as many maids. The king also in
  
    ling, in games given by the king, fifty youths and as many maids. The 
    
king

     also in obedience to an oracle, gave him a spotte
  
    , and taking it for Troy they landed and ravaged it. Telephos2212 the 
    
king

     of the country came to oppose them ; he killed Th
  
    e on Palamedes, now carried it into effect ; a forged letter, as from 
    
king

     Priamos, was placed in his bed, and he was stoned
  
    eaks up ; Chryseïs is sent back to her father, and the heralds of the 
    
king

     take Briseïs away from Achilleus. The injured pri
  
    224. Cassandra the daughter of Priamos had fallen to the share of the 
    
king

     of Mycenæ in the division of the spoil, and she w
  
    a promise of a large reward, to give him tidings of the return of the 
    
king

    . As soon as he learned that he was on the coast, 
  
     a year, and milk, cheese, and flesh are in the utmost abundance, for 
    
king

     and shepherd alike. In these various countries he
  
    ris was driven by adverse winds to Egypt, where Proteus, who was then 
    
king

    , learning the truth, kept Helena and dismissed Pa
  
     already related2237. He was most hospitably received by Alcinoös the 
    
king

     of that people, and one of their magic vessels co
  
    shiped. According to the ancient Annals of Rome2261 Tatius the Sabine 
    
king

     raised altars to Ops and Flora, Diovis and Saturn
  
    ma there occurred great thunder-storms and rain. The people and their 
    
king

     were terrified, and the latter had recourse to th
  
    he relief : “Cut a head” — “of an onion from my garden” subjoined the 
    
king

    , — “of a man” — “the topmost hairs” quickly repli
  
    llowing morning. At dawn the people assembled before the doors of the 
    
king

     : Numa came forth, and seated on his maple throne
  
    e former or not. Panyasis (Id. ib.) made him the offspring of Theias, 
    
king

     of Assyria, by his own daughter Smyrna.  746. Are
  
    18.  1713. The same trick is also said to have been played on Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, by Trophonios the step-son of Agamedes t
  
     this legend and that related by Herodotus (ii. 121.) of the Egyptian 
    
king

     Rhampsinitus. Buttmann and Müller think the suppo
  
    ctions of ancient poets, tell us that Persephone was wife to Aïdoneus 
    
king

     of the Molossians ; that his dog was called Cerbe
  
    occurs in the Persian Shâh-Nâmeh, where Siyawush the son of Ky Kaoos, 
    
king

     of Persia, is, on rejecting the amorous advances 
  
    Italians named sir John Hawkwood the condottiere Aguto, and the Frank 
    
king

     Pharamond (Wahrmund) Fieramonte.   1912. The lege
  
    her account said that Lycia was named from Lycos the brother of Ægeus 
    
king

     of Attica. Herod. i. 173.  2096. Od. iv. 564.  20
  
    noo is the name of the Hindoo legislator : Menes was the first mortal 
    
king

     of Egypt : Manes was the first king of Lydia : Mi
  
    ator : Menes was the first mortal king of Egypt : Manes was the first 
    
king

     of Lydia : Minyas one of the earliest kings of Gr
  
     Lydia : Minyas one of the earliest kings of Greece : Minos the first 
    
king

     and lawgiver of Crete. To these Buttmann (Mythol.

12 

            Charles Mills Gayley. 
         (1898) 
         Classic myths in english literature
      
    metonymies we use the sign for the thing signified, the crown for the 
    
king

    , the flag for the honor of the country; and the c
  
    ow Sita, the wife of Prince Rama, is carried off to Ceylon by Râvana, 
    
king

     of the demons, and how Rama, by the aid of an arm
  
    with a plausible mass of fat. He then offered Jupiter his choice. The 
    
king

     of Heaven, although he perceived the intended fra
  
    rth, the waters, or the underworld. In the great hall of the Olympian 
    
king

     the gods feasted each day on ambrosia and nectar.
  
     20. Boreas. [Relief: Millin.] Here, too, may be mentioned Æolus, the 
    
king

     of the winds, although he is not a lesser divinit
  
    per, the evening-star, was sometimes identified with Phosphor. He was 
    
king

     of the Western Land, and, say some, father of the
  
    n the lower world. Æacus had been during his earthly life a righteous 
    
king

     of the island of Ægina. Minos had been a famous l
  
    ous king of the island of Ægina. Minos had been a famous lawgiver and 
    
king

     of Crete. The life of Rhadamanthus was not eventf
  
    esh creation from the earth. Juno begged it as a gift. What could the 
    
king

     of gods and men do? He was loath to surrender his
  
    tars, beneath the Ocean.112  § 61. Europa was the daughter of Agenor, 
    
king

     of Phœnicia, son of the god Neptune. The story of
  
     its name. Her three sons are famous in Greek myth: Minos, who became 
    
king

     of Crete, and after his death a judge in the lowe
  
    th a judge in the lower world; Rhadamanthus, who was also regarded as 
    
king

     and judge in the world of ghosts; and Sarpedon, w
  
    er, who straightway ran off with her. Now, on the one hand, Sisyphus, 
    
king

     of Corinth, having witnessed the intrigue, was in
  
     was indiscreet enough to disclose it. Forthwith the vengeance of the 
    
king

     of gods and men fell upon him. He was condemned t
  
    e following account of this calamity is placed in the mouth of Æacus, 
    
king

     of the island:119 —  “At the beginning the sky se
  
     wonder and delight, they approached, and kneeling hailed me as their 
    
king

    . I paid my vows to Jove, and proceeded to allot t
  
    Ægina. But later poets make this darling of Jove daughter of Nycteus, 
    
king

     of Thebes. While she was engaged in the Mænad dan
  
    ventures Antiope fell into the hands of her uncle Lycus, the usurping 
    
king

     of Thebes, who, egged on by his wife Dirce, treat
  
    mself, is one of the most famous of mythical musicians. Having become 
    
king

     of Thebes, it is said that when he played on his 
  
    h Neptune, who also aspired to it. In the reign of Cecrops, the first 
    
king

     of Athens, the two deities had contended for the 
  
    f the Enchelians, who received them with honor, and made Cadmus their 
    
king

    . But the misfortunes of their children still weig
  
     and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frightened the 
    
king

     of shadows and his queen. The sea shrank up. Even
  
    re Troy. — When the host of the Achæans was encamped before Troy, the 
    
king

     of men, Atrides, unjustly declined to restore his
  
     his sister Diana. This Niobe was the daughter of a certain Tantalus, 
    
king

     of Phrygia, who had been received at the table of
  
    us, a beautiful son of Apollo and Psamathe. In fear of her father the 
    
king

    , Psamathe exposed the child on the mountains, whe
  
    ce of one year. Accordingly, Apollo went into the service of Admetus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, and pastured his flocks for him on t
  
     why, then, Down go I, to the unsunned dwelling-place Of Kore and the 
    
king

     there, — make demand, Confident I shall bring Alk
  
    Herakles said little, but enough — How he engaged in combat with that 
    
king

     O’ the dæmons: how the field of contest lay By th
  
    y! So, farewell! Since forth I fare, fulfil my urgent task Set by the 
    
king

    , the son of Sthenelos.”154   § 82. Apollo, the Mu
  
    f Diana. It is related that he loved Merope, the daughter of Œnopion, 
    
king

     of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared 
  
    th mortality in consequence of her marriage with the mortal Sisyphus, 
    
king

     of Corinth.    Pl. 8. The Pleiades.  Vedder.  Ten
  
    u art fleeing far, Adonis, and art faring to Acheron, to that hateful 
    
king

     and cruel, while wretched I yet live, being a god
  
    st weep for him another year.  § 94. Cupid and Psyche.178 — A certain 
    
king

     and queen had three daughters. The charms of the 
  
    d Mercury to convey Psyche to the heavenly abodes. On her advent, the 
    
king

     of the immortals, handing her a cup of ambrosia, 
  
    usin, Pentheus, son of Agave and grandson of Harmonia and Cadmus, was 
    
king

    . Pentheus, however, had no respect for the new wo
  
    isoner, whom, with his hands tied behind him, they brought before the 
    
king

    . Pentheus, threatening him with death, commanded 
  
     Naxos that Bacchus afterward found Ariadne, — the daughter of Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, — who had been deserted by her lover, T
  
    cated condition, was found by some peasants, who carried him to their 
    
king

    , Midas. Midas entertained him royally, and on the
  
    ne pupil. Whereupon Bacchus offered Midas his choice of a reward. The 
    
king

     asked that whatever he might -touch should be cha
  
     serve Laomedon, then about to build the city of Troy. They aided the 
    
king

     in erecting the walls of the city, but were refus
  
    ppened that Pelops fell in love with Hippodamia, daughter of Œnomaüs, 
    
king

     of Elis and son of Mars, — a girl of whom it was 
  
     Aurora and Cephalus was Phosphor, the Star of Morning. His son Ceÿx, 
    
king

     of Trachis in Thessaly, had married Halcyone, dau
  
    atest favorite, and almost her latest, was Tithonus, son of Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy. She stole him away, and prevailed on Jup
  
     silver wheels.”   § 115. Memnon, the son of Aurora and Tithonus, was 
    
king

     of the Æthiopians. He went with warriors to assis
  
     and conveyed to Minos. But recoiling from the treacherous gift, that 
    
king

    , after he had conquered Megara, bound Scylla to t
  
    oroneus, the fair Io, we are already acquainted. Her son was Epaphus, 
    
king

     of Egypt, from whom were descended (1) Agenor of 
  
    hus by a fisherman, who conveyed the mother and infant to Polydectes, 
    
king

     of the country, by whom they were treated at firs
  
    layer arrived at the country of the Æthiopians, over whom Cepheus was 
    
king

    . His wife was Cassiopea —  “That starred Æthiop q
  
    that they follow so closely on those of Perseus. His father, Glaucus, 
    
king

     of Corinth, is frequently identified with Glaucus
  
     compound of the lion and the goat; the hind part was a dragon’s. The 
    
king

    , Iobates, sought a hero to destroy this Chimæra, 
  
     that he even attempted to fly to heaven on his winged steed; but the 
    
king

     of gods and men sent a gadfly, which, stinging Pe
  
    ds. In his youth he passed for the son of his step-father Amphitryon, 
    
king

     of Thebes, — a grandson of Perseus and Andromeda.
  
    them. His sixth labor was the cleaning of the Augean stables. Augeas, 
    
king

     of Elis, had a herd of three thousand oxen, whose
  
    o Mycenæ. His eighth labor was the removal of the horses of Diomedes, 
    
king

     of Thrace. These horses subsisted on human flesh,
  
    n. This description is thought to apply to Spain, of which Geryon was 
    
king

    . After traversing various countries, Hercules rea
  
    nded, Hercules sailed with eighteen ships against Troy. For Laomedon, 
    
king

     of that realm, had refused to give Hercules the h
  
    oy Phryxus in Colchis, where he was hospitably received by Æetes, the 
    
king

     of that country. Phryxus sacrificed the ram to Ju
  
    phagus: Roscher 18: 80.] Jason made known his message to the Colchian 
    
king

    , Æetes, who consented to give up the golden fleec
  
    ocne and Philomela, of whom he gave the former in marriage to Tereus, 
    
king

     of Thrace (or of Daulis in Phocis). This ruler, a
  
    152. Theseus. 330 — A descendant of Erechtheus and Pandion was Ægeus, 
    
king

     of Athens. By Æthra, granddaughter of Pelops, he 
  
    eus was brought up at Troezen, of which Pittheus, Æthra’s father, was 
    
king

    . When Æthra thought the time had come, she led Th
  
    Hercules and the man that holds the serpent. § 155. The Amazons. — As 
    
king

     of Athens, it is said that Theseus undertook an e
  
    tion into the plain of Marathon, and had carried off the herds of the 
    
king

     of Athens, Theseus went to repel the plunderers. 
  
     in the battle that ensued between the Lapithæ (of whom Pirithoüs was 
    
king

    ) and the Centaurs. For it happened that at the ma
  
    s, losing the favor of his people, retired to the court of Lycomedes, 
    
king

     of Scyros, who at first received him kindly, but 
  
    ared Polydorus himself. His son Labdacus, also, lived a quiet life as 
    
king

     of Thebes, and left a son, Lams upon the throne. 
  
     — In gratitude for their deliverance, the Thebans’ made Œdipus their 
    
king

    , giving him in marriage their queen, Jocasta. He,
  
    r of his death in Colonus, a village near Athens. His friend Theseus, 
    
king

     of Athens, comforted and sustained him to the las
  
    the kingdom to his brother. Polynices, accordingly, fled to Adrastus, 
    
king

     of Argos, who gave him his daughter in marriage, 
  
    eir dead unburied. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, now become 
    
king

    , caused Eteocles to be buried with distinguished 
  
    s the son of Æacus and grandson of Jove. It was for his father Æacus, 
    
king

     of Phthia in Thessaly, that, as we have seen, an 
  
    ted with Theseus. He took to wife Aërope, granddaughter of Minos II., 
    
king

     of Crete, and by her had two sons, Agamemnon, the
  
     feud that had existed between their fathers. § 165 c . Tyndareus was 
    
king

     of Lacedæmon (Sparta). His wife was Leda, daughte
  
    , Jupiter sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where Paris, son of Priam, 
    
king

     of Troy, was tending his flocks; and to him was c
  
    s made known, they all, at the suggestion of Ulysses, son of Laërtes, 
    
king

     of Ithaca, had taken an oath that they would sust
  
    onceal himself in the disguise of a maiden among the daughters of the 
    
king

    . Hearing that the young Achilles was there, Ulyss
  
    reparation was the greatest that had ever been fitted out. Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of Mycenæ and brother of Menalaüs, was chosen com
  
    ey all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no feeble enemy. Priam the 
    
king

    , son of Laomedon and brother of Tithonus and Hesi
  
    driven from the field and took refuge in their ships. Then Agamemnon, 
    
king

     of men, called a council of his wisest and braves
  
    m and Hecuba at this sight. His people could scarce restrain the aged 
    
king

     from rushing forth. He threw himself in the dust 
  
    ticles designed for a ransom to Achilles. When all was ready, the old 
    
king

     with a single companion as aged as himself, the h
  
    t of Achilles. — But Jupiter, beholding with compassion the venerable 
    
king

    , sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Assu
  
    he tent where Achilles sat, attended by two of his warriors. The aged 
    
king

     threw himself at the feet of Achilles and kissed 
  
    iled it should be borne back to Troy. Then Achilles dismissed the old 
    
king

    , having first pledged himself to a truce of twelv
  
    on of Thyestes, laid a plan for his destruction. Cassandra warned the 
    
king

    , but as usual her prophecy was not regarded. Whil
  
    ed her brother’s life by sending him secretly to his uncle Strophius, 
    
king

     of Phocis. In the palace of Strophius, Orestes gr
  
    grated to the isle of Scheria, under the conduct of Nausithoüs, their 
    
king

    . They were, the poet tells us, a people akin to t
  
    t and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now their 
    
king

    , a wise and just sovereign, beloved by his people
  
    e he lay sleeping on his bed of leaves, Nausicaä, the daughter of the 
    
king

    , had a dream sent by Minerva, reminding her that 
  
     adjoining the city, in which were a farm and garden belonging to the 
    
king

    . After allowing time for the princess and her com
  
    ccosted her and desired to be directed to the palace of Alcinoüs, the 
    
king

    . The maiden replied respectfully, offering to be 
  
     the goddess, having first given him some information of the country, 
    
king

    , and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulyss
  
    ide. For a time none spoke. At last an aged statesman, addressing the 
    
king

    , said, “It is not fit that a stranger who asks ou
  
     a seat among us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the 
    
king

    , rising, gave his hand to Ulysses and led him to 
  
    od and wine were set before him and he ate and refreshed himself. The 
    
king

     then dismissed his guests, notifying them that th
  
    er. When the guests had departed, and Ulysses was left alone with the 
    
king

     and queen, the queen asked him who he was and whe
  
    lief afforded by the princess. The parents heard approvingly, and the 
    
king

     promised to furnish a ship in which his guest mig
  
     land. The next day the assembled chiefs confirmed the promise of the 
    
king

    . A bark was prepared and a crew of stout rowers s
  
    he palace, where a bounteous repast was provided. After the feast the 
    
king

     proposed that the young men should show their gue
  
    admiration of the Phæacians for their guest to the highest pitch. The 
    
king

     proposed that all the chiefs should present him w
  
    e, to be there brought up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The 
    
king

     to whom he was sent had murdered him, and seized 
  
     ages to be the rival of Rome itself. Dido was the daughter of Belus, 
    
king

     of Tyre, and sister of Pygmalion who succeeded hi
  
    s sought in marriage by many neighboring chiefs, one of whom, Turnus, 
    
king

     of the Rutulians, was favored by the wishes of he
  
    orm of war, and the queen, Turnus, and the peasants all urged the old 
    
king

     to drive the strangers from the country. He resis
  
    were kept shut as long as peace endured. His people now urged the old 
    
king

     to perform that solemn office, but he refused to 
  
    d city of Rome grew, whose glory reached the skies. By chance the old 
    
king

    , Evander, was that day celebrating annual solemni
  
    t long in friendly grasp. Proceeding through the wood they joined the 
    
king

     and his party, and were most favorably received. 
  
    me. — When the solemnities were ended all moved towards the city. The 
    
king

    , bending with age, walked between his son and Æne
  
    ended by his faithful Achates, and, Pallas soon joining them, the old 
    
king

     spoke thus: —  “Illustrious Trojan, it is but lit
  
     The Etruscans hold the country beyond the river. Mezentius was their 
    
king

    , a monster of cruelty, who invented unheard-of to
  
     the art of war, and strive to emulate thy great exploits.”  Then the 
    
king

     ordered horses to be furnished for the Trojan chi
  
    dess of love was horrified at the idea of bestowing her charms on the 
    
king

     of the Frost giants. In this emergency, Loki pers
  
    , sitting on benches in the hall. Going further, they came before the 
    
king

     Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respect
  
    efore the king Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respect. The 
    
king

    , regarding them with a scornful smile, said, “If 
  
    e would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The 
    
king

     observed that skill in running was something to b
  
    And the stars came out in heaven, High over Asgard, to light home the 
    
king

    . But fiercely Odin gallop’d, moved in heart: And 
  
     The Saga of the Volsungs.‌ 393 — Sigi, the son of Odin, was a mighty 
    
king

     of the Huns whom Odin loved and prospered exceedi
  
    t and the most valiant. And the Volsungs abode in peace till Siggeir, 
    
king

     of Gothland, came wooing Signy, who, though loth 
  
    ng King Volsung and his sons to Gothland, he fell upon them, slew the 
    
king

    , and suffered the sons, fastened under a log, to 
  
     avenge her father, died with her husband. Sigmund, thereupon, became 
    
king

    , and took to himself a wife. But she, suffering i
  
     (Nibelungs, Nibelungen) dwelt Gudrun, daughter of Giuki, the Niblung 
    
king

    . And Gudrun dreamed a dream in which a fair hawk 
  
    dwelling in Xanten near the Rhine, the son of Siegmund and Siegelind, 
    
king

     and queen of the Netherlands. Gudrun is Kriemhild
  
     of the Netherlands. Gudrun is Kriemhild, sister of Gunther (Gunnar), 
    
king

     of the Burgundians, and niece of Hagen (Hogni), a
  
    runas became the rain-giving sky. Titan: the honorable, powerful; the 
    
king

    ; later, the signification was limited to the sun.
  
    enes to Crete. Taurus (the bull) was euhemeriscally conceived to be a 
    
king

     of Crete who carried off the Tyrian princess as p
  
    re, during the Trojan War, the soldiers of Achilles, grandson of this 
    
king

     Æacus.  Interpretative. — The name Ægina may impl
  
    rt: in Africa. Libya was fabled to have been the daughter of Epaphus, 
    
king

     of Egypt. Tanaïs: the Don, in Scythia. Caïcus: a 
  
    oded valley of Tempe. Dædal: variously adorned, variegated. Midas was 
    
king

     of Phrygia, see § 104.  Illustrative. — The story
  
    rs. Some, however, consider him to be a personification of sleep, the 
    
king

     whose influence comes over one in the cool caves 
  
    in Lydia. Midas: the son of one Gordius, who from a farmer had become 
    
king

     of Phrygia, because he happened to fulfil a proph
  
    ublic square of some city just as the people were casting about for a 
    
king

    . He tied his wagon in the temple of the prophetic
  
    asons of calm. Æolus son of Hellen is here identitied with Æolus, the 
    
king

     of winds. According to Diodorus, the latter is a 
  
    of dark features, lighted with the animation of glorious youth. He is 
    
king

     of the mythical Æthiopians who lived in the land 
  
    is borderland of light and darkness signifies either his existence as 
    
king

     of an eastern land or his identity with the young
  
    y his mother Rhea to the care of the daughters of Melisseus, a Cretan 
    
king

    . They fed the infant deity with the milk of the g
  
    xt, but is rarely observed. Minos, according to Preller, is the solar 
    
king

     and hero of Crete; his wife, Pasiphaë, is the moo
  
     proper distance from the probable site of the city and palace of the 
    
king

    , to justify the princess Nausicaa having had reso
  
    r date. In the reign of one of the Tarquins there appeared before the 
    
king

     a woman who offered him nine books for sale. The 
  
    ared before the king a woman who offered him nine books for sale. The 
    
king

     refused to purchase them, whereupon the woman wen
  
    he remaining books for the same price she had asked for the nine. The 
    
king

     again rejected them; but when the woman, after bu
  
    ns lord; patron of the Swedes, harvest-god. Balder means also lord or 
    
king

    . On the one hand, his attributes recall those of 
  
    ons in the Teutoburg Forest in the Valley of the Lippe; (2) Sigibert, 
    
king

     of the Ripuarian Franks, who in 508 a.d. was trea
  
    erously slain while taking a mid-day nap in the forest; (3) Sigibert, 
    
king

     of the Austrasian Franks whose history recalls mo
  
     Gunnar and Gunther are, historically, recognized in a slightly known 
    
king

     of the Burgundians, Gundicar, who with his people
  
    eer is overlooked; he is merely a refugee in the court of the Hunnish 
    
king

    ; and, even so, is confounded with uncles of his w
  
    2; Com. § 93. Adraste′a, 39. Adras′tus, 272, 273. Æ′acus, 81, 83, 84; 
    
king

     of Ægina, 100, 255, 277; Com. § 165 (1). Æ-æ′a, i
  
    298; Com. § 165(5) genealogy; §§ 174-177; see Æneid. Æne′as Syl′vius, 
    
king

     of Alba Longa, third in descent from Æneas.  Æne′
  
    Chimæra, 233, 244, 295; Corn. § 138. Bello′na, 89; Com. § 56. Be′lus, 
    
king

     of Tyre, 223, 224, 342; genealogy, Com. §§ 59,132
  
    re fulfilled”) and Buddha (“he who knows”). Born 628 b.c., son of the 
    
king

     of Kapilavastu, north of Oude, India; died in his
  
    ake Canope, where both were changed into swans. (2) Son of Posidon, a 
    
king

     of Colonæ in Troas. He assisted the Trojans, but 
  
    sland of, 65. Cythere′a, (Venus), 152, 157; Com. §§ 40. 93- Cyz′icus; 
    
king

     of Cyzicus on the Propontis. Received the Argonau
  
    y -associated in attributes with some other god. As Amen-Ra he is the 
    
king

     of Theban gods, the divinity of the sun. He is of
  
    Com. §§ 132 (4), 151. Er-ichtho′nius (2), son of Dardanus, and fourth 
    
king

     of Troy; Com. § 1.65 (5)- E-rid′anus, Com. § 75. 
  
    , 397-399. Gy′es or Gy′ges, Centim′anus, Com. § 17- Gy′ges, the first 
    
king

     of Lydia; famous for his riches. Gyoll, 384.    H
  
    t should follow blissful abodes in the other world, of which they are 
    
king

     and queen. 2. Brahmanic: a philosophical outgrowt
  
    c-ome′des, 286. Lyc′ophron (or Ly-coph′ron), Com. § 11. Ly-cur′gus: a 
    
king

     of the Edones, who, like Pentheus, resisted the w
  
    65; Com. §§ 149,152-157 (Interpret.). Min′y-æ: descendants of Minyas, 
    
king

     of Thessaly; Argonauts. Mist, 37. Mne-mos′y-ne, m
  
    0. Œno′ne, 4, 304, 305; Com. § 169. Œno′pion; the father of Merope; a 
    
king

     of Chios, see Orion. Œ′te, Mount, 124, 241; Com. 
  
    yth of, 146, 147, 190; Com. § 91. Or-ithy′ia, daughter of Erechtheus, 
    
king

     of Athens, loved by Boreas, 72, 73. Ormuzd, 36. O
  
     deities. Phthi′a, 277. Pier′i-des; the Muses as daughters of Pierus, 
    
king

     of Thessaly, or as frequenters of Mount Pierus. P
  
     William Morris’ Pygmalion and the Image, 169; Com. § 97. Pygma′lion, 
    
king

     of Tyre, 342. Pygmies, 238, 239; Com. §§ 139-143.
  
    u′cer: (1) son of the river-god Sca-mander and the nymph Idasa; first 
    
king

     of Troy; (2) son of Telamon and Hesione, Com. §§ 
  
    fied by Homer (Od. x, 2) and by Ovid (Met. xiv, 224) with Æolus III., 
    
king

     of the Winds. Milton, Lycid. 96. See Com. § 113 (
  
    lus, of the race of Callisto. Her husband, Cresphontes, the Heraclid, 
    
king

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    drove away his father Saturn, who sought refuge in Italy, with Janus, 
    
king

     of that country, by whom he was hospitably receiv
  
     sacred to her. History informs us, that Cybele was the daughter of a 
    
king

     of Phrygia, who came from her own country into It
  
    she was deprived of that honour. Ganymede, the beautiful son of Tros, 
    
king

     of Troy, was substituted in her place. Who was Ir
  
    tioned the Gods to bestow immortality upon Tithonus, son of Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy, whom she had married, forgetting to requ
  
    irce? Circe was a most skilful sorceress, who poisoned her husband, a 
    
king

     of the Sarmatians. For this horrible action, she 
  
    hosed him into a river in Phrygia, called, after him, Marsyas. Midas, 
    
king

     of Phrygia, having determined the victory in favo
  
    erformed a number of strange absurdities; such as bestowing on Midas, 
    
king

     of Phrygia, to whom Apollo presented the pair of 
  
    r that city which should preserve this shield. Numa Pompilius, second 
    
king

     of Rome, in order to secure it from being lost, c
  
    sal statue seventy feet high. What children had he? Erictheus, fourth 
    
king

     of Athens, was his son, as were likewise Cacus, a
  
    n is frequently called a Proteus. History makes mention of a Proteus, 
    
king

     of Egypt, about the time of the Trojan war, who w
  
    and to calm their violence by their presence. Halcyone, wife of Ceyx, 
    
king

     of Trachinia, seeing the corpse of her husband (w
  
    pread, And hurl’d huge heaps of mountains on their head \  And gave a 
    
king

    , commission’d to restrain, And curb the tempest, 
  
     the three judges of the infernal regions? Minos, son of Jupiter, and 
    
king

     of Crete, was supreme judge. Rhadamanthus, son of
  
    ace, who fed his horses with the flesh of his guests. He slew Geryon, 
    
king

     of Spain, a cruel giant with three bodies. He des
  
    t by Juno to destroy him. He delivered Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, 
    
king

     of Troy, from a horrible sea monster, to which sh
  
    God amongst the Gods.  Pitt’s Virgil.  Who was Theseus? Son of Egeon, 
    
king

     of Athens; a hero who, like Hercules, went about 
  
    ent about destroying oppressors and combating wild beasts. Pirithous, 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, was his fri
  
    nt tales of them both. Who was Daedalus? Great grandson of Erectheus, 
    
king

     of Athens, the most ingenious and celebrated arti
  
    ical licence, were called wings. He is said to have built, for Minos, 
    
king

     of Crete, an edifice so curiously constructed, th
  
    ercome by Jason, through the magical aid of Medea, daughter of Aetes, 
    
king

     of Colchis, who fell in love with, and accompanie
  
    d as sepulchres for the kings of Egypt. Seventh. The Palace of Cyrus, 
    
king

     of Persia, which is recorded to have been a most 
  
    ma.  Seshanaga, the Sovereign of Patala, or the infernal regions; the 
    
king

     of serpents. He is thus described in the Bhagavat
  
    ror of high renown; who delivered his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, 
    
king

     of Lanca. He is said to have commanded an intrepi
  
    rch Joseph; and others regard him as Moses. Some assert that he was a 
    
king

     more ancient than either of them; while others sa
  
    e power of gravitation. He was addressed as the starry-robed Sem, the 
    
king

     of fire, who setteth in array the universe, who r
  
     spent on the shores of the ocean. Niorder is supposed to have been a 
    
king

     of some part of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal.
  
    e title, denoting lord, and Moloch, Molech, or Malek, which signifies 
    
king

    , were variously combined to express various attri
  
    -Berith, Addra, Malek, Ana-Malek, and Melchom, signifying the burning 
    
king

    . The chief god of the Philistines was Dagon, whos
  
    nations. These our sublime poet Milton notices.  Next, Moloch, horrid 
    
king

     besmear’d with blood Of human sacrifice, and pare
  
    of the gods 69 Meru, the north pole 134 Mexican idolatry 219 Mĭdās, a 
    
king

     of Phrygia 38 Mīmĕr, a Scandinavian prophet 207 M
  
    hlĕgĕthōn, a river of fire 95 Phlegon, a horse of Sol 30 Phlĕgy̌ās, a 
    
king

     of the Lapithae 106 Phœbŭs, a name of Apollo 37 P

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    wever, again proved conqueror, chasing from heaven his father and his 
    
king

    , who took refuge in that part of Italy known as L
  
     had driven Saturn from Heaven, and was in consequence its undisputed 
    
king

    , espoused Juno his sister. ‌The commencement of t
  
    n, We track all things that weep, and bleed, and live, When the great 
    
king

     betrays them to our will.     Pro. Oh! many fearf
  
    ne veins, Crawling like agony.     Pro. Why use me thus now, Yet am I 
    
king

     over my self’s rule, The torturing and conflictin
  
    and wise; Let Greece be humbled, and the Trojans rise; Till the proud 
    
king

    , and all the Achaian race, Shall heap with honour
  
    ter shall we sing than Jove himself? The God for ever great, for ever 
    
king

    , Who slew the earth-born race, and measures right
  
    consolable, but formed a tender attachment for Leucothoe, daughter of 
    
king

     Orchamus, and to introduce himself with greater f
  
    gold. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img042  “Midas the 
    
king

    , as in the book appears, By Phœbus was endowed wi
  
    f a word she spoke of any thing, That word might be the secret of the 
    
king

    . Thus full of council to the fen she went, Full a
  
    ll, And as thy queen, command thee to conceal, Beneath his locks, the 
    
king

     my husband wears A goodly, royal pair of ass’s ea
  
    m into poplars, and their tears into grains of amber; while the young 
    
king

     of the Ligurians, a chosen friend of Phaeton, was
  
     granted the gift of immortality to Tithonus, her husband, son of the 
    
king

     of Troy; but soon perceiving that the gift was va
  
    r them insult. They immediately spread their wings and flew away. The 
    
king

     wishing to fly after them, essayed the daring adv
  
    being called “the Great Bear,” and Arcas, “the Little Bear.”‌  Æneas, 
    
king

     of Calydon, neglecting the worship of Diana, the 
  
    the Greek princes to assemble to the chase. Atalanta, daughter of the 
    
king

     of Arcadia, wounded him first, but she would have
  
    age anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img055 Semele, daughter of Cadmus, 
    
king

     of Thebes, had yielded to the licentious Jupiter,
  
    and taking the form of a nurse, suggested the desire of beholding the 
    
king

     of the Gods, arrayed in all his celestial glory. 
  
     Goddess, poured so many entreaties, accompanied with tears, that the 
    
king

     of heaven must have complied, had it not been for
  
    blend and inter-knit Sudued majesty with this glad time. O shell born 
    
king

     sublime! We lay our hearts before thee evermore —
  
    n and perpetual thirst.”  Cowper.  The Danaides, daughters of Danaus, 
    
king

     of Argos, were also there, who, in obedience to t
  
     thy potent arm Then protects from every harm. Lo, to hail the Sylvan 
    
king

    , Woods their leafy honours bring, Strewing in pro
  
    d repined, To think the fool no better wish could find. But the brave 
    
king

     departed from the place, With smiles of gladness,
  
    r and Pollux.    From the love of Jupiter for Leda, wife of Tyndarus, 
    
king

     of Sparta, sprang these twin-brothers. Under the 
  
    their common relation, Phryxus, had been inhumanly murdered by Æetes, 
    
king

     of Colchis, in order to obtain possession of the 
  
    pressing people fill, The crowd below, the nobles crown the hill: The 
    
king

     himself, high throned above the rest, With ivory 
  
    d: Medea then the mortal blow bestows.”  The subjects of the deceased 
    
king

    , when they were informed of the cause of his deat
  
    to see the wounds they made,  ‌With stern regard she eyed the traitor 
    
king

    , And felt ingratitude, the keenest sting; “Nor He
  
    tainment to which he had been invited. She failed in her purpose. The 
    
king

    , recognized by the sword he bore, his long lost s
  
     him. Hercules, incensed at his treachery, besieged Troy, and put the 
    
king

     and his family to the sword.  “First, two dread s
  
    ctory and policy, made his alliance courted in general; but Pirithous 
    
king

     of the Lapithæ, sought the more singular mode of 
  
    late on the sea-shore?     Leonarde. She was the daughter of a Cretan 
    
king

     — A Tyrant. Hidden in the dark recess Of a wide l
  
     in their first beauty, stately youths, Were sacrificed to the fierce 
    
king

    ! They died In the unfathomable den of want, Or se
  
    nd his lyre becoming one of the constellations.    Admetus    was the 
    
king

     of Thessaly, whose flocks were tended by Apollo f
  
    pirit’s lord, I die!’”  Hemans.     Amphion and Niobe.    Amphion was 
    
king

     of Thebes, the favourite of Apollo and rival of t
  
    derer of King Laius was banished from the country. The slayer of this 
    
king

     had never been discovered, and the whole of Thebe
  
    ntry in which his bones should be laid. He sent therefore to Theseus, 
    
king

     of the place, to inform him, that on his arrival 
  
     Polynice disgusted at such conduct retired to Argos, where Adrastus, 
    
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     of the place, gave him his daughter in marriage, 
  
    r escaped this danger with increased renown; and on his return to his 
    
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     was appointed by him to join a numerous army, sel
  
    blood!”  This unnatural combat was brief, though fierce, Eteocles the 
    
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     was the first who fell, and Polynice regarding hi
  
    from his own mortal wounds, exclaimed:  —————— “‘Thou diest, and I am 
    
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    , Within these hands, red with a brother’s blood, 
  
    k a retreat in Pisa, where he married Hippodamia, the daughter of the 
    
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    , that monarch having declared that she should onl
  
    ; Not, were the day less joyful: recollect We have no wicked here; no 
    
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     to judge. Poseidon, we have heard, with bitter ra
  
    way from me, Though going to the council. The blind man Knew his good 
    
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     was leading him in doors, Before he heard the voi
  
     are sad who loved us. They will be happy too.                 Cheer! 
    
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     of men! Cheer! there are voices, songs — Cheer! a
  
    t scion of a foeman’s race; Orestes, the ambassador, explained to the 
    
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     the object of his mission, he was met by a stern 
  
    ogy_1842_img242 He arrived in the isle of Æolia, where reigned Æolus, 
    
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     of the winds. This monarch treated him with much 
  
    ation of the Roman city: he married Tatia, the daughter of the Sabine 
    
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    , whom however he had the misfortune to lose; owin
  
     of a noble and fine person, he won the affections of the wife of the 
    
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    ; he refused to listen to her passion, and in reve
  
    ople thought they had a sure pretext to impute the cause of it to the 
    
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    , they sacrificed him without hesitation, as the h
  
    ing titles; such as sovereign of nature, and of the Sun and Moon, and 
    
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     of the earth and sea; while on others, they pay d

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