im once more in the east, they rejoiced because he brought back their light and their life with him. Knowing but little about

o, when the sun set, they said that the dawn with its soft and tender light had come to soothe her son, or her husband, in hi

r of divine life contending with corruption. Athene is physically the light of daybreak, morally the breathing of the divine

pposed to rise out of the Ocean, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars also, except those for

er deities. It is a principle of all cosmogony that darkness preceded light , which sprung from it; a truth here expressed by

ptian, Ra*, Osiris*, Horus*, Pthah*. The office of Helios was to give light to men and gods during the day. He is described a

other is about to appear. When he has burst forth in all the glorious light of day, Eos disappears, and Helios drives his fla

mined to compel his father to restore his brothers and sisters to the light of day. He espoused Metis* (Prudence), who artful

commonly supposed that they were ancient Peloponnesian divinities of light , who, after the Dorian invasion, were degraded to

r world after death. “Europa is the morning with its broad-spreading light , born in the Phœnician, or purple land of the daw

p in the Thessalian plain in the evening, just as the pale and tender light which precedes the sun’s rising re-appears only t

was believed to dwell in the sun, bore to Phœbus Apollo, the lord of light . In addition to his residence on Olympus, Poseido

“Erinnys appears in Sanskrit as Sarunya, a word which signifies the light of morning creeping over the sky. As this reveals

ted, and she joyfully prepared to follow the messenger of the gods to light and life. Before taking leave of her husband, he

s and Leto. The island of Delos was his birthplace. He was the god of light , prophecy, archery, music, poetry, and of the art

eat orb of day which illumines the world, and, secondly, the heavenly light which animates the soul of man. We find Apollo, i

ly become the cause of disease and death. With the first beams of the light of the sun, all nature awakens to renewed life, a

before the coming night. Eurydice lost on her return means the early light which appears in the morning, but is seen no more

stity generally ascribed to Artemis may have their origin in the pure light of the moon in southern regions. As a virgin-godd

uty of the children of Niobe is the beauty of clouds flushed with the light of the morning, which are scattered from before t

Their chief difference lies in the fact that while Apollo, as god of light , represents the higher intelligence of the mind,

ilver; she has golden wings; and wherever she appears, a, radiance of light pervades the air.” Berens . Hebe* (Juventas

o the Greeks. In his original character, he was probably a god of the light and sun. Janus was believed to begin the new year

nders of the sea. He and Electra* (whose name signifies the sparkling light produced by electricity) were the parents of Iris

omes, these violet hues re-appear; so Œdipus weds Jocasta. The tender light of evening is suddenly blotted out by the vapors,

he tender light of evening is suddenly blotted out by the vapors, the light of the sun is quenched in gloom. In other words,

words, Jocasta dies, and Œdipus tears out his eyes. “Antigone is the light which looks forth from the east when the sun sink

the king of Tiryns. “The golden shower in the prison of Danae is the light of morning which streams in upon the darkness of

, and the plain over which he wandered is the broad expanse of somber light through which the sun is sometimes seen to travel

t the sunlight, Phryxus personified a rain-shower, and Helle a ray of light .” The Trojan War. Troy, or Ilion*, was th

.” « The great conflict of the Iliad is the battle of the powers of light and darkness. Paris represents the night fighting

he waters, and through which, like a huge eye, the sun sheds a sickly light , assume strange and gigantic forms. “‘The Sirens,

, personified the unseen cause of phenomena that were antagonistic to light , life, and progress. Demeter, or Ceres, personifi

be personified the freshness of Nature. Phœbus Apollo personified the light of the sun in its illuminating, energizing power;

t of the sun in its illuminating, energizing power; also intellectual light . Artemis, or Diana, personified the moonlight spl

the development of material wealth. Helios, or Sol, presided over the light of the sun, and was believed to live in the sun.

. Phœbus Apollo presided over archery, prophecy, and music; also over light from the sun and intellectual light. Artemis, or

y, prophecy, and music; also over light from the sun and intellectual light . Artemis, or Diana, presided over the chase, and

e most celebrated Egyptian book is the “Book of the Manifestations to Light ,” often called the “Book of the Dead.” It is a ri

erformed their sacrifices on the tops of mountains. They adored fire, light , and the sun, as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of

red fire, light, and the sun, as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of all light and purity, but did not regard them as independen

ya*, Dahana*, Ushas*, Sarama*, and Saranyu* are names for the morning light . The Greeks regarded them as separate beings, who

Latin word ignis fire. Indra was god of the clear heaven, and so of light , warmth, and fertilizing rain, so named from a ro

deep was filled up. Southward from the world of mist was the world of light . From this flowed a warm wind and melted the ice.

s were beautiful spirits clothed in delicate garments. They loved the light and were kindly disposed towards mankind. The cou

d Alfheim*, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun, in whose light they were always sporting. The Night Elves, also

nd in full armor, their shields and helmets shed a strange flickering light , which flashed up over the northern skies. This l

ange flickering light, which flashed up over the northern skies. This light was called by men the Aurora Borealis*. Ragnarok

perament and language, but their religious ideas were not dissimilar. Light is the most important of all things, and, realizi

portant of all things, and, realizing this, the primitive savage made Light his chief god. The light appears in the east and

d, realizing this, the primitive savage made Light his chief god. The light appears in the east and disappears in the west. T

h undiminished glory in the morning. As we see and learn by sight and light , it was natural to attribute to the light-god the

t was natural to attribute to the light-god the progress in the arts. Light came to be personified as the embodiment of wisdo

fair complexion always given to these gods has reference to the white light of the dawn. Their long hair and flowing beard ar

ir loose and large robes typify the enfolding of the firmament by the light and the winds. “The mythic lore of the American

er the darkness of the night, man first learns his whereabouts by the light kindling in the Orient. Wandering through pathles

he glorious sun; hence it became to him the home of the gods of life, light , and wisdom.” Brinton . In the Algonquin legen

see that Wabun, the East, was distinguished from Michabo, the eastern light , and the original number was increased to five.

d to Michabo; its name is Wabanang, from Waban, the East. The rays of light are his messengers and servants. Seated at the ex

are called Gijigouai, which means ‘those who make the day,’ and they light the world. He is never identified with the sun, n

he supposed to dwell in it, but he is distinctly the impersonation of light . “Michabo was at times the god of light, at other

stinctly the impersonation of light. “Michabo was at times the god of light , at others, of the winds; and as these are the ra

skeha means literally ‘it is about to grow white,’ that is, to become light , to dawn. Ataensic is from the root aouen, water,

it of supposing, that they regarded their fables in the same poetical light as ourselves; that they could not possibly put fa

nstant to the presence of the divinity, and not sure that a glance of light through the trees was not the lustre of the god h

e chase. The sun is a god, who, riding in a car of fire, diffuses his light through the world; the stars are so many diviniti

rown; But earth, and air, and water were in one. Thus air was void of light , and earth unstable, And waters dark abyss unnavi

est. For hot and cold were in one body fix’d; And soft with hard, and light with heavy mix’d.     But God, or Nature, while t

the moment that he assigned to each element its place. To create the light of day, he repelled all the dark and thick clouds

(a large round orb, and bright) Amidst their forehead to receive the light ; Hence were they Cyclops called.” Hesiod. Insér

one him; and by his power he threw them down an abyss, into which the light of day could never penetrate. This tyranny, howev

an, severe in aspect, thin and yet robust, his eyes marked by a stern light ; a veil on his head, and a serpent round his wais

e is so beautiful I cannot die; And earth seems smiling with intenser light , And flowers give forth an odour ever new, The st

ons. ——— “The bruised Titans mourned Within a den where no insulting light Could glimmer on their tears; where their own gro

. Cruel is the power which called You, or aught else so wretched into light !     Third Fury. Thou think’st we will live throu

e, all at his command, The fragrant grove, th’ inestimable mine, Were light when weighed against one smile of thine.” Cowper

landmarks limited to each his right; For all before was common as the light : Nor was the ground alone required to bear Her an

is from Homer’s Iliad. “Twelve days were passed, and now the dawning light , The Gods had summoned to the Olympian height. Jo

ies in pieces, cold and pale, And all his hundred eyes with all their light Are closed at once in one perpetual night; These

heavy head. Rich, silent, deep, they stand: for not a gale Rolls its light billows o’er the bending plain: A calm of plenty;

resided at the court of Jupiter, he retained the title of the God of Light ; and though many writers consider Phœbus and Apol

addressed by ancients, as well as moderns.         “Giver of glowing light !     Though but a God of other days,             

e, dishevelled is her hair; Nine times the morn unbarred the gates of light , As oft were spread the alternate shades of night

t!     Low droops that beauteous brow: But oh! the Delian’s pang! his light Of joy lies quenched in sorrow’s night:     The d

—————— “The lord of the unerring bow, The god of life, and poesy, and light , The sun in human limbs arrayed, and brow, All ra

his brow wreathed with laurels, and his head surrounded with beams of light . In his right hand ‌he holds a bow and arrows; in

ores. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img054 “Mother of light ! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests,

lie Trodden, thou wilt be gazing from thy hills. Blest be thy loving light , where’er it spills, And blessed thy fair face, O

r image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img061 “And as I sat over the light blue hills, There came a noise of revellers; the

the silver axle rings, And the shell sinks upon its slender springs; Light from her airy seat the Goddess bounds, And steps

, all sweet maidens, soberly, Down looking, aye, and with a chastened light , Hid in the fringes of your eye-lids white, And m

he flew, around him sportive clung His frolic train of winged Zephyrs light , Wafting the fragrance which his tresses flung: W

about her hung, Violets ’neath her mantle sprung,     Shedding their light of blue.     “Pillowed on one fair arm she lay,

couch sweet Psyche laid, Her radiant lips a downy slumber sealed, In light transparent veil alone arrayed, Her bosom’s openi

oft to their sister, it was by the power of enchantment, and that the light would reveal a monster whose presence would aston

their next meeting, to provide herself with the means of procuring a light , and a dagger to stab him, should he prove the mo

l Cupid was locked in slumber, and from its hiding place procured the light and the dagger. —————— “She softly rose, And sei

os by, What time she to the couch had, daring, trod; And, by the glad light , saw her bridegroom God! O’er him she knelt enamo

All imperceptibly to human touch, His wings display celestial essence light ; The clear effulgence of the blaze is such, The b

hich pervaded her, however, there fell a drop of burning wax from the light which she held, on the marble-like shoulder of Cu

ath-shadows, and glooms that overcast Our spirits, fanned away by thy light pinions. O sweetest essence! sweetest of all mini

of all minions! God of warm pulses, and dishevelled hair; Dear unseen light in darkness! eclipser Of light in light! deliciou

ses, and dishevelled hair; Dear unseen light in darkness! eclipser Of light in light! delicious poisoner! Thy venomed goblet

dishevelled hair; Dear unseen light in darkness! eclipser Of light in light ! delicious poisoner! Thy venomed goblet will we q

eping, and despair. “I saw a youthful warrior stand     In his first light of fame, His native city, filled the air     With

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

r with the shield and spear. ‌Thou gavest that fury to the realms of light , Pernicious, wild, regardless of the right; All H

That tho’ they pass the breeze’s flight, My bolts are not so feathery light .’ He took the shaft — and oh! thy look, Sweet Ven

d, and felt the urchin’s art, He sighed in agony of heart; ‘It is not light , I die with pain! Take, take thine arrow back aga

gleam Slants over blue dominion. Thy bright team Gulfs in the morning light , and scuds along To bring thee nearer to that gol

le mansions of the astonished dead; Gave the fair phantom to admiring light , Ah! soon again to tread irrevocable night!” Dar

ngle sound, And all her garments float around; Again, again she rises light , Her head is like a fountain bright, And her glos

ver here he viewed so lovely bright, It showed the bottom in a fairer light , Nor kept a sand concealed from human sight. The

ith him, and gave him the name of Pan. ————— “Sprung the rude God to light ; Of dreadful form, and horrible to sight; Goat-fo

he watery clearness To woo its own sweet image unto nearness; Deaf to light Zephyrus, it would not move, But still would seem

ng,     And all dark Tempe lay In Pelion’s shadow, outgrowing     The light of the dying day,                      Speeded by

owl     Sparkled with starry dew, The weeping of those myriad urns of light ,     Within whose orbs, the almighty Power       

come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o’er the mountains with light and song! Ye may trace my step o’er the wakening

nd sullen hearth, The young leaves are dancing in breezy mirth! Their light stems thrill to the wild wood strains. And youth

with their ringlets bright, Which tossed in the breeze with a play of light , There were eyes, in whose glistening laughter la

, just arriving at its fullness, to denote the harvest yielded by its light and heat; with a scythe in her hand, to intimate

e that with the living bloom Of conscious cheeks, most beautifies the light ; There is enough of sorrowing, and quite Enough o

os. From her union with her brother Erebus, she gave birth to day and light : she is called by some of the poets, the mother o

ildren under her arms, one of which is dark like night, and the other light like day. “Night, when like perfumes that have s

The searcher of the soul.                         I that shower dewy light Through slumbering leaves, bring storms! — the te

shades will ne’er report. Come, knot hands, and beat the ground In a light fantastic round.” Milton. Momus, his companion,

il happiness, Lured by the splendour of thy sacred torch, The beacon light of bliss, young Love draws near,                 

the dark regions of the dead I went, To drag the triple headed dog to light , That guards the gate of Pluto; — the command Of

            ‘I go, I go, Thou sun, thou golden sun, I go Far from thy light to dwell: Thou shalt not find my place below, Dim

rest, While o’er my grave the cypress branches weep.     Oh, the glad light ! the light is fair,     The soft breeze warm and

o’er my grave the cypress branches weep.     Oh, the glad light! the light is fair,     The soft breeze warm and free;     A

al friend? Œd. The worse for you. O barbarous men, and oh! the hated light , What did you force me back to curse the day, To

ish he deprived himself of sight, as unworthy ever more to behold the light , and banished himself from Thebes for the good of

n thy scoffs, Iphigenia’s love from Agamemnon: The wife’s a spark may light , a straw consume, The daughter’s not her hearts w

, from those we know, and sink Often most deeply where they fall most light . Time was when for the faintest breath of thine K

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

ould not hear, Or sound or sign foreboding fear; His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hailed above; His ear b

us waves; and sought and gained in safety the shore which the blazing light had signalled. And, oh! the tenderness of that me

ts could be; Stars over head, with each a history Of love told by its light ; and waving trees And perfumed breathings upon ev

hope was gone and despair succeeded, his last glance sought the watch light in Abydos, and his last sigh was given to the fon

u whose woe                 The old traditions show, With Fame’s cold light around thee vainly shining!                 Did’s

its two luminaries, with seven inferior regions, lit by the sparkling light of eight Carbuncles, placed on the heads of the s

hands, too venturous goddess, in her mirth,     On Seeva’s eyes, the light and life of earth.     Thereat the heart of the U

top of Meru mountain     Which rises o’er the hills of earth,     In light and clouds, it hath its mortal birth:     Earth s

t health and plenty deck her golden sides: As when an eagle, child of light , O’er her eyry proudly reared, Sits brooding and

in number, and all his body is covered with carpet, sparkling in the light of diamonds and precious stones. The Hindoos reve

ve the tower of kings,         Whilst o’er thy throne the moon’s pale light         Pours her soft radiance through the night

y. Land where every vale and mountain    Echoes to immortal strains, Light is round thy stream and fountain,    Light on all

choes to immortal strains, Light is round thy stream and fountain,     Light on all thy plains. Never shall thy glory set; Tho

saw Proserpina playing in the meadow with the nymphs. Pluto hated the light and was blinking his eyes a good deal, but he had

in, they were in a new world. The air was cool and close, and all the light they had was so faint that it was scarcely light

d close, and all the light they had was so faint that it was scarcely light at all. Proserpina could see nothing at first, bu

astray; and, indeed, for all his talk, Pluto thought her look and the light she brought with her worth more than all the trea

r, and lit them at the volcano of Ætna. With this tremendous torch to light her way, she wandered all through the night, seek

were eating and drinking. Ah, but it was a beautiful sight! A glow of light and joy was over all of them, and their faces sho

pon Sicilian grass,    Demeter’s daughter, fresh and fair, A child of light , a radiant lass,    And gamesome as the morning a

   O mother, mother!” low she cries —    Persephone — Persephone! “O light , light, light!” she cries, “farewell;    The coal

ther, mother!” low she cries —    Persephone — Persephone! “O light, light , light!” she cries, “farewell;    The coal-black

other!” low she cries —    Persephone — Persephone! “O light, light, light !” she cries, “farewell;    The coal-black horses

reth still —    “The daffodil, the daffodil!” Her eyelids droop with light oppressed,    And sunny wafts that round her stir

x, it seemed to Epimetheus that there was the music and fragrance and light of heaven come to his door, and he welcomed them

arch bright and elastic and strong. At that moment Apollo, the god of light and song, came by. He was just from the earth, wh

he very voices of the gods. And he himself could sing. Apollo, god of light and song, loved him and gave him his own divine h

rned along that road, but he went in, leaving behind him the world of light and life. Down and down it led him, but at last i

ere alone, and if Eurydice may not go, I, too, will return no more to light and life.” So sweet had been the music of Orph

he noiseless tread of a spirit. But at last the end was in sight. The light of day began to show faintly in the cave. A few s

my Eurydice!” and he turned round. There stood Eurydice in the faint light , tall and beautiful and real. Orpheus took her by

hisper, and she was gone. Mercury alone stood before him in the faint light of the cavern. Orpheus stood dazed; then he would

Some men are born to a great deal of trouble, yet bear it with so light a heart that they never seem to have a care in th

the nursery. Marvelous snakes they were, and their eyes shone with a light which filled the room with its glare. They came g

Thou yet shalt be crown’d. “And see, while I’m speaking,    Yon soft light afar; — The pearl I’ve been seeking    There floa

d this, he would have knelt before him, but already the gentle god of light and song and beauty had vanished. Jupiter had com

“If some one else will freely give up life for you,” said the god of light and song, “you shall be spared.” With that Apollo

uth with a divine ointment, so that he might better endure the fierce light and heat; then he put upon him the blazing crown

rew hot and split open in great chasms so that the underworld saw the light of day and Pluto was alarmed. At last, the ancien

d trembling, went to their stables in the west. Next day there was no light in the world, for Helios spent the time with Clym

onger an old woman who stood before him, but the goddess Minerva. The light flashed upon her breastplate of gold and her plum

seventh bright day Is breaking o’er yon eastern land,    That mid the light , a long dark band, Lies dim and shadowy far away;

s,” said Mercury, “this evening, when the sun is down and the crimson light is on these slopes, you shall meet here in the gr

ing in the grove for the coming of the goddesses. At last the crimson light was on the slopes and they appeared. Until now, t

t beautiful woman in the world. That night the sky was full of a rosy light . It was the radiance of the golden goddess Venus,

ngeance upon Agamemnon for the deed, and Apollo heard him. The god of light took his silver bow and from afar shot his terrib

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

uld still hear the Greeks at work. Then all was still. With the first light of day, a great shout arose from the walls of Tro

ust fall. But after, when in flames and smoke    The city’s glorious light was spent, Cassandra’s shade they would invoke.  

, your eyes shall glisten With pleasure and love and jubilee: Who can light on as happy a shore All the world o’er, all the w

mes called Phoebus. Son of Jupiter, and twin brother of Diana. God of light and song; also of health and disease. Slew the Py

d gold and flaming jewels blaz’d. The folding gates diffus’d a silver light , And with a milder gleam refresh’d the sight. Of

t with party-colour’d gems was bright; Apollo shone amid the glare of light : He bade the nimble Hours, without delay, Bring f

d of the Sun, Phaeton demanded of his father, to drive the chariot of light for one day. The Sun having sworn to grant whatev

elos, from the island in which he was born. Phœbus, a word signifying light and life. Pythius, from the dreadful serpent Pyth

s derived from the Greek word signifying love. She is the inspirer or light poetry: and of the triumphs and complaints of lov

s allegorised the moon, and by the silver chariot, its mild reflected light . Chap. XII. Bacchus. Who was Bacchus? T

. Nictilius, because his feasts were celebrated in the night by torch light . Euvyhe, an expression signifying well done, son!

represents Bacchus with horns, which may be supposed to allude to the light that is said to have shone around the countenance

sounding hinges ring: on either side The gloomy volumes, pierc’d with light , divide. Pope’s Homer’s Iliad. Chap. XIV. Ma

s and swans, accompanied by Cupid and the Graces. She is clothed in a light and airy manner, and wears round her waist the fa

tune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day, And pour in light on Pluto’s drear abodes, Abhorred by men and drea

is aged arms, and cast a mighty shade. Each trembling leaf, with some light vision teems, And heaves, impregnated with airy d

ourished by a goat. A shepherd discovering him, surrounded by rays of light , carried him home, and committed him to the care

golden apples in the gardens of the Hesperides. He dragged up to the light of day, Cerberus, the triple-headed dog of the in

ird is that of the dogma of Two Principles; or of the warfare between light and darkness, between the good and the evil geniu

sun, and soon began to render him divine honours, as the dispenser of light , representing him by various forms and symbols. T

of the more modern religions of tribes, not blessed with the glorious light of the Gospel of Christ. To many of them, Noah se

wer, engaged in creating, is the Deity Brahmá; and when viewed in the light of the Destroyer, or rather the Changer of forms,

hade of aromatic trees Half seen, the cataracts shoot their gleams of light , And pour upon the breeze Their thousand voices;

on earth, at intervals descry Gleams of the glory, streaks of flowing light , Openings of heaven, and streams that flash at ni

o Typhon; whence comes its appellation of Tyfoon. When Osīris was the light and heat of the sun, Typhon was the darkness and

ts movements, and, consequently, of regulating the times and seasons. Light was considered to be one of his attributes; and o

but the most beautiful and beneficial of elements, fire and the solar light ; and, above all, the energy of life, and of the s

levolent spirits. A reign of unchanging bliss, realms of ever-beaming light , were taught by this system, as well as a scene o

man the producer of evil, in which the latter was subdued. Taschter’s light shone on high for thirty days and thirty nights.

eavens were spangled; how the sun Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light , And genial warmth, whence teeming nature smiles,

Odin. He was represented as possessing a majestic, attractive beauty; light hair and dazzling eyes. He was mild and eloquent,

or them, the beverage of the Gods. On steeds that seem’d as fleet as light , Six maids in brilliant armour dight. Their charg

’s Helga.) Silence all ye sons of glory!     Silence all ye powers of light ! While I sing of ancient story,     Wonders wrapt

e is warm’d. Who is he by heav’n’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shr

o wept when Balder bled. Fate demands a nobler quarry;     Death must light on Odin’s head. See ye not yon silent stranger?

shall sever,     Shame from glory, ill from good; These shall live in light for ever,     Those shall wade the chilling flood

iced, spot on the surface of the earth, faintly gleamed for ages, the light of heavenly truth, until, at the season appointed

d Cybele conceal and educate? Which of the Muses was the patroness of light and airy poetry? On what account was Janus repres

try and art. The closing chapter includes an analysis of myths by the light of philology and comparative mythology, and the p

beam’d from yon cerulean height; No orbing moon repair’d her horns of light ; No earth, self-poised, on liquid ether hung; No

he waste; Where cold, and hot, and moist, and dry rebell’d; Heavy the light , and hard the soft repell’d.” Ovid ( Elton’s tr.

os, whose personal appearance could not be described, as there was no light by which he could be seen. He shared his throne w

he chaotic world together, until their two beautiful children, Æther ( Light ) and Hemera (Day), acting in concert, dethroned t

throne on the topmost peak of Mount Olympus Jupiter beheld an unusual light upon earth. Anxious to ascertain its exact nature

ithin, nor took her flight, Beneath the vessel’s verge conceal’d from light .” Hesiod ( Elton’s tr.). Lightly fluttering hit

ghest mountains, clung to uprooted trees, and even took refuge in the light skiffs they had constructed in happier days. Thei

lessing to the world — whose mighty heart Forever pours out love, and light , and life; Thou, at whose glance, all things of e

r whom wind-stripped trees Put on fresh leaves, and drink deep of the light That glitters in thine eye: thou in whose bright

d gold and flaming jewels blaz’d, The folding gates diffus’d a silver light , And with a milder gleam refresh’d the sight.” A

       “The Lord of the unerring bow, The God of life, and poesy, and light  — The Sun in human limbs array’d, and brow All ra

time when Phœbus yields to night, And rising Cynthia sheds her silver light , Wide o’er the world in solemn pomp she drew Her

shepherd fast asleep, his upturned face illumined by the moon’s soft light . Diana wonderingly gazed upon his beauty, and bef

m, and led him to the Sun, from whose radiance he borrowed a store of light , — “When, blinded by Œnopion, He sought the blac

silver chair,     State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light , Goddess excellently bright. “Earth, let not thy

              “Look, look, why shine Those floating bubbles with such light divine? They break, and from their mist a lily fo

ial, golden round her lucid throat And shoulder: from the violets her light foot Shone rosy-white, and o’er her rounded form

ed to receive him in her sea-girt tower, promising at a given hour to light a torch and hold it aloft to guide him safely acr

and ready to sink, he lifted his eyes once more to view the cheering light . It was gone, extinguished by a passing gust of w

all sweet maidens soberly,     Down looking aye, and with a chasten’d light ,     Hid in the fringes of your eyelids white, An

ould not hear, Or sound or sign foreboding fear; His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hail’d above; His ear b

the watery clearness, To woo its own sad image into nearness: Deaf to light Zephyrus it would not move; But still would seem

ion embraced the stone, Till, from the frozen marble glowing,     The light of feeling o’er him shone.” Schiller. Pygmalion

s love, and tenderly begged for some return. Now, although the fading light would not permit her to discern the form or featu

mpany. All night long they talked; and when the first faint streak of light appeared above the horizon, Cupid bade Psyche far

ver must be some monster, so hideous that he dare not brave the broad light of day, lest he should make her loathe him, and f

o gaze upon him in secret, when his eyes were closed in sleep. If the light of the lamp revealed, as they felt sure it would,

leeping lover. The lamp, which she held high above her head, cast its light full upon the face and form of a handsome youth.

he dagger gleams. Prepared to strike, she verges near, Then, the blue light glimmering from above, The hideous sight expects

, nor stopt One moment from his home; only the sward He with his wand light touch’d, and heavenward Swifter than sight was go

of the principal Roman divinities. He is said to have first seen the light in Thrace, a country noted for its fierce storms

t his body into pieces, and hid them under their wide togas. When the light returned, and the terrified and awestruck people,

leam Slants over blue dominion. Thy bright team Gulphs in the morning light , and scuds along To bring thee nearer to that gol

us god, descending from his height, Came rushing on her in a storm of light .” Ovid ( Addison’s tr.). But, although so much

erry procession, headed by the God of Wine. “‘And as I sat, over the light blue hills There came a noise of revellers: the r

“From her fragrant robes A lovely scent was scattered, and afar Shone light emitted from her skin divine, And yellow locks up

eet! Like him, the river god, whose waters flow, With love their only light , through caves below, Wafting in triumph all the

frozen fen; My frosts congeal the rivers in their flow;     My fires light up the hearths and hearts of men.” Longfellow.

gh the dark jaws of Tænarus he went, To drag the triple-headed dog to light .” Euripides ( Potter’s tr.). This command, like

d melted the wax on his wings; and Icarus, no longer supported by the light feathers, sank down faster and faster, until he f

fall, And the nymph’s soul, at the same moment, leaves The sun’s fair light .” Homer. The Story of Dryope A sweet and

easure at the thought of his love, Rhœcus returned to the city with a light heart, and as the hours dragged, he sought some c

ands the marvellous weapons were forged; and when the first streak of light appeared above the horizon, he consigned them to

t said, ‘He whom thou would’st not heal!’ and all at once The morning light of happy marriage broke, Thro’ all the clouded ye

he assembled gods and demanded vengeance, threatening to withdraw the light of his countenance if he were not properly indemn

of time, however, the germ of truth it contained was again brought to light ; and very few persons now refuse to believe that

ntly inconsistent behaviour. The name of Hera (or Juno), the heavenly light , and therefore the complement and consort of the

stant watch over the moon (Io) — confided to his care by the heavenly light (Juno) — until at last their beams were quenched

work is the story of Europa, in which Europa is “the broad spreading light ,” born in Phœnicia (the “purple land of morn”), t

darkness), and sets (dies) at last without having ever overtaken the light of dawn (Europa). Apollo, whose name of Helios is

rb of day. Another of his appellations, Phœbus (“the lord of life and light ”), still further emphasises his character; and we

of the dawn across the sky,” is, of course, a personification of that light , slain by “the serpent of darkness at twilight.”

ness, in hopes of overtaking the vanishing dawn, Eurydice; and as the light (Eurydice) reappears opposite the place where he

darkness, which vainly attempts to recover his children, the dawn and light (?), after they have been borne away by the all-c

er being accompanied to the end of his course by Antigone ( “the pale light which springs up opposite the sun at his setting”

nt. As the Eumenides, or Erinnyes, were at first merely the searching light of day, from which nothing can be hidden, they ca

n toward evening, and the Alein plain is that broad expanse of sombre light through which the sun sometimes seems to travel s

erived, like Daphne, from the Sanskrit Dahana, or ahana (meaning “the light of daybreak”), and we are thus enabled to underst

lly became the impersonation of the illuminating and knowledge-giving light of the sky; for in Sanskrit the same word also me

personification of the earth, was quickened by the golden shower, the light of the morning, which streamed in upon the darkne

ind was Mars (or Ares), born of the sky (Jupiter) and of the heavenly light (Juno) in the bleak land of Thrace, rejoicing in

Æ′son. Father of Jason, 230; rejuvenated by Medea, 239 Æ′ther. God of light , 3; dethroned, 6 æ′thra. Princess of Troezene, 21

nbeliever; punished by famine, 169 E′ros. Same as Cupid, 85; child of Light and Day, 3; arrows of, 3, 90; egg produces, 4; ca

4 He-me′ra (Day). One of the first divinities, who rules with Æther ( Light ), 3, 6 Heph-æs-ti′a. Festivals in honour of Heph

329 Li′chas. Bearer of the Nessus robe; slain by Hercules, 205, 206 Light , Same as Æther, 3 Lip′a-ri Islands. Same as Æoli

tellation, 150 Nyx. Same as Nox, goddess of night; mother of Day and Light , 2, 3, 4, 6; mother of Furies, 139 O O-ce-

cence, but so far as any of them convey a moral, so far as they throw light upon the history of mankind, so far as they have

ation, of infinite wisdom and infinite mercy — that it is a marvelous light and a fountain of knowledge, as well as a guide t

aths, Europa’s hand adorns His fringed forehead and his pearly horns, Light on his back the sportive damsel bounds, And pleas

e son of Jupiter and Latona. He has been called “the god of life, and light , and arts” He was the cause of disease, and the r

ented with rays around his head, to show that he was the dispenser of light , and is often mentioned as the sun himself. We so

powers indulge the genial rite, Returning with the twelfth revolving light . Iliad, Book I. The heathen deities, like morta

radiant sun, to mortal sight, Descending swift, rolled down the rapid light , Then to their starry domes the gods depart, The

a torch at the flames of Mount Ætna, and carrying it in her hand, to light her in all dark places, went over the world in se

roth-born Venus, ravishing to sight, Rose from the ample sea to upper light . And on her head the flower of summer swelled, An

ts of plants are interred beneath the soil in winter, and rise to the light and adorn the earth in summer. The feasts of Adon

   On Lebanon’s sequestered height The fair Adonis left the realms of light , Bowed his bright locks, and, fated from his birt

rewhile emerging from infernal night, The youth immortal rises to the light , Leaves the drear chambers of the insatiate tomb,

x. From this time, however, the phantoms of Paganism faded before the light of Christianity, and the religion of Paul has bee

s derived from the Greek word signifying love. She is the inspirer of light poetry, and of the triumphs and complaints of lov

he mother of the winds and the stars. She was represented seated in a light car, drawn by white horses. The clouds dispersed

ses. The clouds dispersed at her coming, and she “sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn;” Nox and Somnus (night and sleep)

. “He came,” says the Scriptures , “to bring life and immortality to light .” The heathen heaven was called the Elysian Fiel

ourished by a goat. A shepherd discovering him, surrounded by rays of light , carried him home, and committed him to the care

Odin. He was represented as possessing a majestic, attractive beauty: light hair and dazzling eyes. He was mild and eloquent,

for them the beverage of the gods. On steeds that seemed as fleet as light , Six maids in brilliant armour dight. Their charg

ga.] Silence, all ye sons of glory!     Silence, all ye powers of light ! While I sing of ancient story,     Wonders wrapt

e is warmed. Who is he by heaven’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shr

o wept when Balder bled, Fate demands a nobler quarry;     Death must light on Odin’s head. See ye not yon silent stranger?

shall sever     Shame from glory, ill from good; These shall live in light forever,     Those shall wade the chilling flood.

shall sever     Shame from glory, ill from good; These shall live in light forever,     Those shall wade the chilling flood.

s was a region of utter darkness, which no beam of the sun, no ray of light ever visited. There serpents stung and hissed, wo

avens were spangled; how the sun, Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light , And genial warmth, whence teeming nature smiles,

feathers and sweet songs, and sometimes as ethereal spirits borne on light clouds, or that they were permitted to descend on

nd water, once lay in a vast mass of confusion, in which there was no light , nor any living thing. This condition of the elem

t he who should throw himself into the flames would be transformed to light itself. Two men, upon this, immediately precipita

m that day, the old dark superstition vanished slowly away before the light of the new truth. About this time, the law agains

worn at the present time. Some of the horsemen of the Parthenon wore light hats slightly confined by ribands. The Greeks had

latrous worship were all calculated to obstruct, rather than to admit light . Even in its present state, the Parthenon still r

article of dress are exhibited in the sculpture of the Parthenon? Was light freely admitted to the heathen temples? What thou

d, that between the cherubs, on the mercy-seat, a perpetual and vivid light was apparent. This light was called by the Jews,

bs, on the mercy-seat, a perpetual and vivid light was apparent. This light was called by the Jews, the Shechina, or the habi

t and the greatest of beings; Diespiter, because he was the father of light ; Dodonæus, because Dodona, a city in Epirus, was

aths, Europa’s hand adorns His fringed forehead and his pearly horns; Light on his back the sportive damsel bounds, And pleas

ple was in a grove, or because she brought infants into the tracts of light ; Nuptialis, because married people praised her wh

though she behind him stood. There Argus lies; and all that wond’rous light , Which gave his hundred eyes their useful sight,

various goddess took her flight, And drew a thousand colours from the light ; Then stood about the dying lover’s head, And sai

shed, recalled him to heaven, and entrusted to him the duty of giving light to the world; and from this circumstance, he has

ause he was skilful in the use of arrrows; Phœbus, in allusion to the light of the sun; Pythius, on account of his victory ov

r harp. His head was crowned with laurel, and surrounded with rays of light . — See Fig. 11. Fig. 11. Apollo. “Stay, nymph

e, and bore in one hand a lyre, and in the other a lute. She inspires light poetry, amorous songs; and her varying physiognom

. Fable represents Bacchus with horns: they allude to the two rays of light which shone on the forehead of Moses. Bacchus was

ests. Cicero reckons four Venuses. The first, daughter of Heaven and Light ; the second, born of the foam of the sea, and mot

nd inviting, her manner complaisant, her clothing simple, elegant and light , in a word, her attitude charming and beautiful.

oth, born Venus, ravishing to sight, Rose from the ample sea to upper light , And on her head the flowers of summer swelled, A

—— On Lebanon’s sequestered height The fair Adonis left the realms of light , Bowed his bright locks, and, fated from his birt

rewhile emerging from infernal night, The youth immortal rises to the light , Leaves the drear chambers of the insatiate tomb,

no one by his external appearance. They were said to be sprightly and light , because one should promptly oblige, and bestow a

sleep the wakeful sight And eyes, though clos’d in death, restores to light .” Virgil. “Thee, wing-foot, all the gods, both

drew from its bowels ignited dirt, which he sent into heaven to give light to the world, and with which burning matter he fo

arted souls, some of which have been justly driven from the tracts of light , and some who committed suicide. Lovers whom desp

here th’ unnavigable lake extends, O’er whose unhappy waters, void of light , No bird presumes to steer his airy flight, Such

the guilty souls.’ The Furies. “Deep in the dismal regions, void of light , Two daughters at a birth were born to night: The

pace being filled with a heavy, benumbing vapour, never penetrated by light and wholesome air. No animal is seen there, no vo

rs? Chapter V. Elysium. The balmy air, the bright and soothing light , the eternal verdure of the bowers, the delightfu

suckled by a she-goat. A shepherd thought he saw him surrounded with light , and brought him home. Aesculapius was brought up

btained the precious fruit. His twelfth labour was to bring up to the light of the sun, Cerberus, a triple-headed dog that gu

eavens were spangled; how the sun Refulgent Mithras, purest spring of light , And genial warmth, and teeming nature’s smiles,

ving destroyed animals, which could not sustain the brightness of the light , and seeing the world a desert, he ordered one of

od and master of heaven. Genus engendered other men, whose names were Light , Fire, and Flame. It was they who discovered fire

t-songed birds, and sometimes, as etherial spirits, riding on rays of light and clouds, and that they occasionally revisited

hat whoever should precipitate himself into the flames, would produce light . No sooner had two men thrown themselves headlong

pieces. Thus, the labours of a great man are often sufficient to give light to the age in which he lives, and to perpetuate i

middle of the vault, very ingeniously imagined, is sufficient to give light to the interior of the structure. The form of the

iquity. It is the Olympiads, how ever, which have spread the greatest light over the chaos of ancient history. The Olympic ga

nd their ancient poesies are the sole monuments which can give us any light on the ancient religion of the inhabitants of the

of the divinities. Her eye is an eternal spring; her neck and cheeks, light itself. She encourages sweet songs, and listens t

buted solely to the will of Odin. “On steeds that seem’d as fleet as light , Six maids in brilliant armour dight, Their charg

he abyss was heaped up, little by little; but there remained within a light and immovable air, and frozen vapours were incess

Valva. “Silence, all ye sons of glory!     Silence, all ye powers of light ! While I sing of ancient story,     Wonders wrapt

e is warm’d. Who is he by heav’n’s high portal,     Beaming like the light of morn? ’Tis Heimdallar’s form immortal,     Shr

o wept when Balder bled; Fate demands a nobler quarry;     Death must light on Odin’s head. See ye not yon silent stranger?

shall sever,     Shame from glory, ill from good; These shall live in light for ever,     Those shall wade the chilling flood

monument which remains to us to point out that fact; but it throws no light on the beginning of their history. The most renow

nd, when they traversed the air, their motions were graceful, and the light noise which was heard, was gentle and soothing. A

wind made the harps of bards resound, it was the shades, who, by that light touch, predicted the death of a great personage.

Saturn devoured his children, and afterwards again sent them into the light , because intellect is converted to itself, seeks

s them, because intellect not only seeks and procreates, but produces light and benefits. On this account, also, he is called

while in disgust from the sight of men; wedded at eventide the violet light (Œnone, Iole) which he had forsaken in the mornin

es, it frequently ascertains for us the family of the myth, brings to light kindred forms of the myth, discovers in what lang

sometimes, giving us the original meaning of the divine name, “throws light on the legend of the bearer of the name and on it

ements of nature. A certain goddess represents now the upper air, now light , now lightning, and yet again clouds. Naturally t

grateful heart Called on the lovely Wanderer who bestowed That timely light to share his joyous sport; And hence a beaming go

t and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature and from them sprang Light . Still a third theory, attributed to Orpheus, ass

us and Night, the children of Chaos, are wedded, and from them spring Light and Day; then Uranus, the personified Heaven, tak

Cronus to disgorge the burden of his cannibal repasts. First came to light the memorable stone, which was placed in safe kee

sea. § 33. Jupiter 71 (Zeus). — The Greek name signifies the radiant light of heaven. Jupiter was the supreme ruler of the u

and snows, the dispenser of gentle rains and winds, the moderator of light and heat and the seasons, the thunderer, the wiel

While Phœbus Apollo is the Olympian divinity of the sun, fraught with light and healing, spiritual, creative, and prophetic,

of the older dynasty, Helios (offspring of Hyperion, Titanic deity of light ), who represented the sun in its daily and yearly

ony of instrument or verse, All prophecy, all medicine, are mine, All light of art or nature; — to my song, Victory and prais

thy silver chair. State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light , Goddess excellently bright. “Earth, let not thy

ut of Ocean on the eastern side, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars, also, except those fo

ewhere safe to sea. Then star nor sun shall waken, Nor any change of light ; Nor sound of waters shaken, Nor any sound or sig

ls never from on high, Nor ever burns the heat of noon; But such soft light eternally Shines, as in silver dawns of June Befo

ls. (4) Bellona, a war-goddess. (5) Lucina, the goddess who brings to light , hence the goddess of childbirth: a title bestowe

e I shunned in scorn Them and their praises of my brows and hair. The light girls pointed after me, who turned Soul-sick from

e Iliad, which, generally speaking, presents him in no very favorable light . Mars and Diomede. — In the war of the Greeks an

s white. They dwell as frogs in the slimy pool.139 § 73. Apollo, the Light Triumphant. —Soon after his birth the sun-god spe

approached his father’s presence, but stopped at a distance, for the light was more than he could bear. Phœbus Apollo, array

cene, and inquired the purpose of his errand. The youth replied, “Oh, light of the boundless world, Phœbus, my father — if th

annels alone remained. The earth cracked open, and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frightened the king of s

the ill-advised action of those whom he loved, that Apollo’s gifts of light and heat were turned into misfortunes. Mortals wh

s flowing, And all dark Tempe lay, In Pelion’s shadow, outgrowing The light of the dying day, Speeded by my sweet pipings. Th

e River-god were Seen through the torrent’s sweep, As he followed the light Of the fleet nymph’s flight To the brink of the D

rough the dim beams Which amid the streams Weave a network of colored light ; And under the caves, Where the shadowy waves Are

sky, where, beloved by Aurora, he remains gradually paling before the light of day till, finally, Diana, jealous of his happi

ls and pebbles milky white, Poor Cynthia greeted him, and soothed her light Against his pallid face: he -felt the charm To br

was restored to her; and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully throug

her all sweet maidens soberly, Down looking aye, and with a chasten’d light , Hid in the fringes of your eyelids white, And me

ng came. Thisbe, arriving first, sat alone by the monument in the dim light of the evening. Suddenly she descried a lioness,

o feared lest the shock of their fall might expose his kingdom to the light of day. Under this apprehension, he mounted his c

lover; pardonable fault, If they below could pardon: on the verge Of light he stood, and on Eurydice (Mindless of fate, alas

atched the shade Brighten below a soft-rayed sun that shot’ Arrows of light through all the deep-leaved glade; Then, with wea

are not come. Clouds and shadows are exhaled from the ground, and the light glimmers faintly. The cock never there calls alou

ing upon me, tame and sapphire-eyed; For, awed by my pale face, whose light Gleameth thro’ sedge and lilies yellow They, lapp

e of the skies, Changing in hues of beauty never ending, Drinking the light of Dian’s eyes.” § 121. The Dryads, or Hamadryad

uch sunshine seemed to glitter through his veins Instead of blood, so light he felt and strange. But the day was past its no

huddering shoulders white; Or, falling down, the hideous things would light Upon her feet, and crawling thence would twine Th

ydra, crushed the lion’s might, Threw himself, to bring his friend to light , Living, in the skiff that bears the dead. All th

rom all men: Thee therefore we praise also, thee as these, Pure and a light lit at the hands of gods.”317 Fig. 87. The C

hair slips, sudden, the weed of the fine-spun Snood, and the vesture light of her mantle down from the shoulders Slips and

and, by a series of coincidences, the double crime of Œdipus came to light . At once, Jocasta put an end to her life by hangi

bulls and the furrowing ploughshare, None with gardener’s knife lets light through the branches umbrageous; Squalid the rust

Falling asleep in a half-dream! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height

ed their growth. The languid sunset, mother of roses,377 Lingers, a light on the magic seas, The wide fire flames, as a flo

o the shore, and receive them on board. The boat, adapted only to the light freight of bodiless spirits, groaned under the we

t he descried the form of Dido, with a wound still recent. In the dim light he was for a moment uncertain, but approaching, p

l answered, “Here is the judgment hall of Rhadamanthus, who brings to light crimes done in life, which the perpetrator vainly

e. They breathed a freer air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light . The region had a sun and stars of its own. The i

deep was filled up. Southward from the world of mist was the world of light , Muspelheim. From this proceeded a warm wind upon

they ride forth on their errand, their armor sheds a weird flickering light over the northern skies, making what men call the

ode To Asgard. And the stars came out in heaven, High over Asgard, to light home the king. But fiercely Odin gallop’d, moved

of great power; these were the Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of Light , were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the s

lad in garments of a delicate and transparent texture. They loved the light , were kindly disposed to mankind, and generally a

armed, inglorious; I attend the course Of ages, and my late return to light , In times less alien to a spirit mild, In new re-

e more round the head of the Volsung fierce glittered the Branstock’s light , The sword that came from Odin; and Sigmund’s cry

-white, And the smooth unfurrowed cheeks, and the wise lips breathing light ; And the face of a woman it is, and the fairest t

s, in Latin Jovis, in German Tiu. The same name for the Almighty (the Light or Sky) used probably thousands of years before H

tar, in the Greek Zeu pater, in Latin Jupiter — all meaning father of light . — Max Müller, Sci. Relig. 171, 172. Oracle: the

he wolf-god (as inheriting an earlier wolf-cult) or the golden god of Light . (See Preller and Roscher.) This derivation is mo

1: — “The lord of the unerring bow, The god of life, and poetry, and light — The sun, in human limbs arrayed, and brow All r

t the name Leto means darkness ( Preller 1: 190, note 4); and even if light is born of or after darkness, the sun (Apollo) an

fruit of the underworld of which none might partake and return to the light of heaven. Among the Romans her worship was overs

ated with hers in the myth: Nycteus, the night-man; Lycus, the man of light . Amphion and Zethus are thought, in like fashion,

d Zethus are thought, in like fashion, to represent manifestations of light : see also Castor and Pollux. Perhaps the method e

Cox, Cadmus, the Sun, pursues his sister, Europa, the broad-flushing light of Dawn, who has been carried off on a spotless c

the Titans Cœus and Phœbe, whose names indicate phenomena of radiant light . She belonged, perhaps, to an ancient theogony of

venile poems he alludes to the practice of throwing garlands or other light objects on the stream of Alpheüs, to be carried d

a, the bright god, and Vala, the robber. In India the dawn brings the light ; in Greece the twilight itself is supposed to hav

he twilight itself is supposed to have stolen it, or to hold back the light , and Hermes, the twilight, surrenders the booty w

s, Proserpine is restored to her mother. Spring leads her back to the light of day. The following, from Aubrey de Vere’s Intr

whose name signifies “dark splendor.” His birth in this borderland of light and darkness signifies either his existence as ki

he Gray-women, forms of the gloaming, and then slay with his sword of light the black cloud of the heavenly vault, the Gorgon

ngs, edited by Snorri Sturlason. Many of the cantos of the Saga throw light on Norse mythology. See also the Hon. Roden Noel’

l meaning in the Lay of the Nibelungs: beings that dwell far from the light of day; or that, possessing the riches of mortali

son, 244, 247; Com. §§ 144-147 (II-lustr.). Æ′sop, 2. Æ′ther, 37, or Light , 38. Æthio′pia, 74, 75, 124, 199, 228. Æ′thra, 25

riental Religions (Humboldt Library); Encyc. Brit.; Sir Edwin Arnold, Light of Asia.) Budlung, 399. Bull, the, Jupiter as, 96

may be likened to the Greek Apollo, as a representative of spiritual light ; to Dionysus in his vivifying function. He wages

stations of his various attributes. He is the victorious principle of light , life, and right, but rules over, rather than sym

Ra, as the rising sun. Atmu: Ra, as the setting sun. Shu: the solar light ; son of Ra, Mentu, or Atmu. 2. Ammon, or Ameti: “

of the moon-plant; giver of strength to gods and men, and of radiant light and joyous immortality. Vayu: god of the wind.

m. § 75. Li′chas, 241. Lidskialf, 381, 383. Li-ge′a, 222; Com. § 131. Light , 37, 38. Li′nus, 24; lamentation for, 129, 130, 2

52-54, 68, 133-137. Arnold, Sir E., 1832. Com. § 15, Indian Idylls, Light of Asia; § 59, Hymn of the Priestess of Diana; §

the Ocean, on the eastern side, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars, also, except those fo

 — “… The lord of the unerring bow, The god of life, and poetry, and light , The Sun, in human limbs arrayed, and brow All ra

the monument and sat down under the tree. As she sat alone in the dim light of the evening she descried a lioness, her jaws r

had raised a cloud to hide some of his doings that would not bear the light . She brushed away the cloud, and saw her husband

ck through, and tumbled his head down the rocks. O hapless Argus! the light of your hundred eyes is quenched at once! Juno to

me clay habitation, visit us With thy long levelled rule of streaming light , And thou shalt be our star of Arcady, Or Tyrian

the truth. If I speak falsely, let this be the last time I behold his light . But it needs not much labor to go and inquire fo

approached the paternal presence, but stopped at a distance, for the light was more than he could bear. Phœbus, arrayed in a

scene, and inquired the purpose of his errand. The youth replied, “O light of the boundless world, Phœbus, my father, — if y

benefit by my advice, stay where you are in safety, and suffer me to light and warm the earth.” The agile youth sprang into

annels alone remained. The earth cracked open, and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frightened the king of s

to was alarmed, and feared that his kingdom would be laid open to the light of day. Under this apprehension, he mounted his c

s, Proserpine is restored to her mother. Spring leads her back to the light of day.   Milton alludes to the story of Proserp

to the same story, and to the practice of throwing garlands or other light objects on his stream to be carried downward by i

meet! Like him the river god, whose waters flow, With love their only light , through caves below, Wafting in triumph all the

t showing from beneath         The others’ wings their little eyes of light . While see! among the clouds, their eldest brothe

virgin felt the kisses and blushed, and opening her timid eyes to the light , fixed them at the same moment on her lover. Venu

lion embraced the stone, Till from the frozen marble glowing,     The light of feeling o’er him shone, So did I clasp with yo

, or setting. Clouds and shadows are exhaled from the ground, and the light glimmers faintly. The bird of dawning, with crest

still present, for the servants, alarmed by her cries, had brought a light . When she found him not, she smote her breast and

of the Halcyon: — “But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light     His reign of peace upon the earth began; The

ned the way she came, and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully throug

eep from her body closed it again in the box, and waked Psyche with a light touch of one of his arrows. “Again,” said he, “ha

“—— not in dark disguise to-night Hath our young heroine veiled her light ; — For see, she walks the earth, Love’s own.     

ould not hear Or sound or sight foreboding fear. His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hailed above; His ear b

lls, or separated it with her fingers and carded it till it looked as light and soft as a cloud, or twirled the spindle with

hands move rapidly, and the excitement of the contest makes the labor light . Wool of Tyrian dye is contrasted with that of ot

e, and the oracle being consulted, the double crime of Œdipus came to light . Jocasta put an end to her own life, and Œdipus,

Hylas was sent with his urn to the fount,     Through fields full of light and with heart full of play, Light rambled the bo

fount,     Through fields full of light and with heart full of play, Light rambled the boy over meadow and mount,     And ne

r time with the flowers on the margin have wasted,     And left their light urns all as empty as mine.” Medea and Æson.

ignal is given; each starts from the goal and skims over the sand. So light their tread, you would almost have thought they m

ydra, crushed the lion’s might, Threw himself, to bring his friend to light , Living, in the skiff that bears the dead. All th

when she had vanished like a dream, how didst thou hate the cheerful light ! I must away, but I will not fear. The gods look

: —     “The moon is up; by Heaven a lovely eve!     Long streams of light o’er dancing waves expand;     Now lads on shore

where she stoops each night, Gilding the mountain with her brother’s light , To kiss her sweetest.” Orion. Orion was t

ment the stars of the constellation, one by one, were quenched in the light of the moon, the poet tells us — “Down fell the

air! O king! O father! hear my humble prayer! Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore; Give me to see and Ajax asks n

o the shore, and receive them on board. The boat, adapted only to the light freight of bodiless spirits, groaned under the we

t he descried the form of Dido, with a wound still recent. In the dim light he was for a moment uncertain, but approaching, p

l answered, “Here is the judgment hall of Rhadamanthus, who brings to light crimes done in life, which the perpetrator vainly

e. They breathed a freer air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light . The region has a sun and stars of its own. The i

grateful heart Called on the lovely Wanderer who bestowed That timely light to share his joyous sport; And hence a beaming go

erformed their sacrifices on the tops of mountains. They adored fire, light , and the sun as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of

ored fire, light, and the sun as emblems of Ormuzd, the source of all light and purity, but did not regard them as independen

deep was filled up. Southward from the world of mist was the world of light . From this flowed a warm wind upon the ice and me

ey ride forth on their errand, their armor sheds a strange flickering light , which flashes up over the northern skies, making

great power; these were called Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of Light , were exceedingly fair, more brilliant than the s

lad in garments of a delicate and transparent texture. They loved the light , were kindly disposed to mankind, and generally a

ed Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun, in whose light they were always sporting. The black or Night Elv

ertainty, but hitherto very few have been found which throw the least light on history. They are mostly epitaphs on tombstone

ed of yore! on plain or height, In the sun’s face, beneath the eye of light , And baring unto heaven each noble head, Stood in

th the princes of the land. Ireland was at that time a land of gospel light , while the western and northern parts of Scotland

resisted the inroads of Papal usurpation as they best might till the light of the Reformation dawned on the world. Iona, fro

Falling asleep in a half dream! To dream and dream, like yonder amber light Which will not leave the myrrh-bush on the height

self, “She shall be my queen. That fair face can make even dark Hades light and beautiful.” But he knew it would be useless t

Come, I come! ye have called me long; I come o’er the mountains, with light and song. Ye may trace my step o’er the waking ea

s winter sleep. ——— The Fountain Into the sunshine,     Full of the light , Leaping and flashing     From morn till night!

ou resemble,     Morning dewdrops, starry gleams, Flowers that in the light wind tremble,     Beckonings of the rippled strea

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

me darting through the air, a crooked sword flashed an instant in the light , and then was buried in the monster’s back. Perse

se than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest,     With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juic

all the dangers were overcome, and Hercules was set free. Then with a light heart, he started forth on his own wanderings. He

o when the time set for the match arrived, both the suitors went with light hearts to the meeting place. The king gave the si

tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun and stars and moon; Th

elt herself sinking, sinking in the waves; but suddenly her body grew light as air she had been changed into a bird. Sorrowfu

sed with him out of the palace gates. It was a clear, starry night. A light wind was blowing, and the sails of the boat that

eautiful Iris had entered this dark cave, it shone with a splendor of light and color such as had never before been known wit

at she could no longer sleep. She arose and dressed, and, as the gray light of morning broke, she hastened down to the shore,

sweetly, night! On her eyes, o’erwearied, press The tired lids, with light caress; Let that shadowy hand of thine Ever in he

s for the thirsting flowers     From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid     In their noond

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

ay it stood out more and more clearly, till at last, one evening, the light of the setting sun fell around the statue of the

from the ancient mythes, and they generally regarded the gods in the light of personifications of the powers of nature. When

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

ing to Homer and Hesiod, to have careered through void air, ‘bringing light to men and gods.’ When in after times the solid h

ommenced. Tartaros was, as we have already remarked, unvisited by the light of day. It was regarded as the prison of the gods

n, follow in their due order. As in all cosmogonies darkness precedes light , so Erebos and Night, the one the darkness beneat

th, succeed, and from them spring Day the lower, and Æther the higher light above the earth. Without the intervention of Love

y to Night. It is a principle of all cosmogony that darkness preceded light , which sprang from it ; a truth here expressed by

, are there by turns ; when one goes in the other goes out. Day bears light to mortals ; Night, ‘wrapt in a sable cloud, carr

Homeridian hymn by Euryphaëssa (Wide-shining). His office was to give light to men and gods during the day. In the Odyssey, w

him during the night round the northern part of the earth, where his light was only enjoyed by the happy Hyperboreans, the l

escribed as rising from the bed of the ‘illustrious Tithonos, to bear light to mortals and immortals279.’ Memnôn and Æmathiôn

tment of Zeus the rearer of children, whom she has brought to see the light of day. This passage is, however, plainly an inte

owered With snow, but cloudless æther o'er it spreads, And glittering light encircles it around, On which the happy gods aye

0 The Arcadians, on the other hand, asserted that Zeus first saw the light among their mountains. Rhea, they said, came to M

able notion of the Greeks. The dead seem to have been regarded in the light of victims offered to Hades493 ; and as it was th

onie, and Hephæstos as Phæstos (Φαȋτος), deduces it from ϕάω, to give light . 588. Ἤβη. Juventas. Youth. Hebe was one

ss. The parents assigned to her correspond with this hypothesis ; for light , which is made to spring from darkness, may, in a

ad, on the banks of the Inopos, Earth smiled around, Apollo sprang to light , and the goddesses shouted aloud to celebrate his

the wolf (λύκος) ; but as there was an ancient Greek word signifying light (Λϒ ΚH)664, of a similar form, the great probabil

n ten months afterwards the tree opened, and the young Adonis came to light . Aphrodite, delighted with his beauty, put him in

was usually represented as a plump-cheeked boy, rosy and naked, with light hair floating on his shoulders. He is always wing

to the first, except that his hair was of a bright dark hue, rose to light . The two embraced, and clung round the philosophe

bsorbed and losing its separate existence in the deity, who dwells in light according to the philosophy of the East. But furt

from her fragrant robes A lovely scent was scattered, and afar Shone light emitted from her skin divine : And yellow locks u

o endeavour to prevail on Hades to suffer Persephone to return to the light . Hermes did not disobey : he quickly reached the

its rulers, and obtain permission for her to return to the realms of light . Hades and Persephone listened to his prayer ; sh

st, and in Greece was known as that of Apollo, the god of the sun and light . The wild religion of Seeva, which had overcome t

ars his crook and his syrinx ; and he is either naked, or clad in the light cloak called chlamys 1184. Like many other god

says of the child1235, — But him, when first he sees the sun’s clear light , The Nymphs shall rear, the mountain-haunting Nym

s fall, And the Nymph’s soul at the same moment leaves The sun’s fair light . “They possessed power to reward and punish thos

he rustics were of course awkward and ungraceful, those of the nymphs light and elegant, as became goddesses. The former were

f the Hesperides, in which grew the golden fruit, and other places of light and bliss. When Atlas had been fixed as a mountai

consent to his departure. She gave the hero tools to build a raft or light vessel, supplied him with provisions, and relucta

tion of a rhapsodist. The narrative of Eumæos may serve to throw some light on the trade of the Phœnicians in those early age

brazen race of men. Ovid would appear to view the subject in the same light . To dispel the gloomy prospect presented by the d

of it has, we think, a physical aspect. Lycos and Nycteus are plainly Light and Night. Antiope the daughter of the latter is

announced to the gods that a man of his race was that day to see the light , who would rule over all his neighbours. Hera, pr

on. The goddess brought on a premature labour, and Eurystheus came to light that day, while she checked the parturition of Al

esented by his descent into the under-world, and dragging Cerberos to light , as a proof of his victory. In the old mythe he w

g to Hades of her unkindness, he obtained permission to return to the light to upbraid her with her conduct. But when he foun

e their madness to the anger of Hera ; the latter says that they made light of the statue of the goddess, — the former, that

us to belong with Persephone and others to a family of words denoting light or feeding 1955. Further, Polydectes is an epithe

roaching to take it up he perceived that its body emitted a brilliant light , at which proof of divinity he drew back. The fam

ea and land1973. The Messenians asserted that Asclepios first saw the light in their country. His mother was Arsinoe the daug

s elsewhere ; and that the true root in this case also was ATKH, lux, light  ; and similarity of sound gave occasion to the le

is confirmed by the names in the mythe, all of which seem to refer to light , or its opposite. Thus Leda differs little from L

Tyndareos, a name which seems to be of a family of words relating to light , flame or heat 2010 ; her children by him or Zeus

at is by Zeus-Tyndareos, the bright god, are Helena, Brightness (ἓλα, light ), Castôr, Adorner (κάζω), and Polydeukes, Dewful

of Selene ; the Adorner is a very appropriate term for the day, whose light adorns all nature ; and nothing can be more appar

to the other names of the legend, Idas and Lynceus, that is Sight and Light , are the children of Aphareus or Phareus, that is

utho and the Moiræ to ease her labour, and bring his offspring to the light . The mourning mother left her new-born babe on th

Thyestes, Pelopia came, and the whole deed of darkness was brought to light . The unfortunate daughter of Thyestes, under pret

a discus, and concealed his body in a wood : but the murder coming to light , Æacos drove them both from the island2113. Æacos

As in the cycle of the Tyndarids there appeared to be a reference to light and fire, so perhaps in that of the Æacids there

they buried it in the earth ; and ten months afterwards a boy came to light , whom Hyrieus named Uriôn or Oriôn2127. When Oriô

by Eôs ; and as the mild effulgence of the moon dims and effaces the light of the stars, so Oriôn is slain by the gentle dar

lantian Neeks, shot an arrow into the sea : the arrow flashed a vivid light , and they beheld an island, on which they landed.

loud ; thrice he sent forth his lightnings. The heavens opened, and a light buckler came gently wafted on the air and fell to

to all these names. Jupiter was called Lucetius2278 as the author of light (lucis), for a similar reason he was named Diespi

eir Eileithyia2288, was probably so named as bringing children to the light . She was invoked by women in labour2289, and into

νσικώτϵροι say she is his daughter, because she partakes of the solar light , and changes her form according to the solar posi

the solar positions,» or «because she thence, as from a fount, draws light .» This, by the way, strongly resembles Milton’s

as to their fountain other stars Repairing in their golden urns draw light .» — P. L. vii. 364. 253. Quintus Smyrnæus, x.

f explication. That of Cleitos may signify the union of the dawn with light . The tale of Tithonos has the air of a mere poeti

κςὸ, white, and with the Latin lux, luceo, and the Teutonic Licht and Light . The terms ἀμϕίλυκη and λυκάβας prove, we think,

omfort like the morning skies. — Drayton, Mooncalf. 995. From ἕλη light , and θύω to move rapidly. See Welcker, Kret. Kol.

where she stoops each night, Gilding the mountain with her brother's light , To kiss her sweetest. 2041. Il. ix. 709. 750 

che a look of the keenest displeasure and reproach, and spreading his light wings, flew toward the open window of the room. T

ms to a flowery bank on his border, and now the first rays of morning light showed him her beauty, and the Naiades came forth

em, it might be hoped she would be as pure and good as the spirits of light . Jupiter was persuaded by this consideration, and

go to his gloomy kingdom; for such, all who dwelt in in the cheerful light of the sun, fancied Pluto’s domain must be. Pluto

ssert; and in addition to these was a delicious honeycomb, and sweet, light bread. All was given so readily and kindly, that

dows; but when the weather was disagreeable, they could not enjoy the light of day. Ann. I think Baucis and Philemon were a

, Minerva withdrew from the dark cavern, and returned to the cheerful light of day. Envy cast a scowling look upon her, as sh

mpletely equipped, Perseus took his flight, quick as the swift-winged light , quite over the Mediterranean, to the Atlantic co

re reposed in quiet, till Lucifer, the morning star, shedding silvery light upon the couch of the shepherd and the ploughman,

eal torch, which was lighted at marriages, burnt with a bright, clear light , it was a happy omen; a sign, it was thought, tha

d be very happy. If it shed a lurid glare, or dim, smoky flame of red light , that was an evil portent. It indicated that the

m not a shepherd of the mountains, but the son of Jupiter, the god of light . The inhabitants of Tenedos and of Delphi are my

en it was not occupied by the god, who was himself the very spirit of light . The vigilant Aurora appeared at the same time, a

ts. The Horæ, or Hours, are represented as lovely young girls, having light embroidered robes. They appear thus in Guido’s Au

and-marks limited to each his right; For all before was common as the light . Nor was the ground alone required to bear Her an

ing forth again, had a lamp attached to their foreheads, to give them light . This, at a distance, would appear like a large,

len by Pluto, Ceres kindled a torch from the flames of Mount Etna, to light her on her search throughout the world. She holds

the daughter of Time, or Saturn, because Time always brings truth to light . Fides, or Fidelity, had a temple near the Capito

e brand fell to ashes, the soul of the hero was breathed forth on the light winds. When the deed was accomplished Althea kill

Ans. It was quite open above, and the dramas were always acted in the light of day, beneath the bright canopy of a southern h

very important to historians. Ques. Why so? Ans. Because they throw light on the early history of the Indian and European r

eep was filled up. Southward from the world of mist, was the world of light . From this a warm wind flowed upon the ice, and m

nd in full armor, their shields and helmets shed a strange flickering light , which flashes up over the northern skies, and is

spirits, clothed in transparent and delicate garments. They loved the light , and were kindly disposed to mankind. The country

ed Alfheim, and was the domain of Freyr, the god of the sun, in whose light they were always sporting. Ques. Were all the fa

ns may, therefore, be read with certainty; but they throw very little light on history, being principally epitaphs on tombsto

penalty of death attached to such an act, commanded his disciples to light the paschal fire at the moment when all around wa

arks waiting on the shore. Scarcely have they entered these, when the light craft is weighed down by a ghostly band. The terr

everything connected with their religion. — Some festivals were of a light and joyous character, being celebrated with chora

bodies. The Sun was adored as the father of the world, the source of light and life. The Moon was honored as his sister-wife

troyed by Apollo. Er′ato [Erato]. One of the Muses, the patroness of light poetry; she presided over the triumphs and compla

of Latona. “Lucina, hail! So named from thine own grove, Or from the light thou giv’st us from above.” Ovid. Lud. In anci

on him at any moment. Phœ′bus [Phœbus]. A name of Apollo, signifying light and life. “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds

as one of the infernal deities, and resided in a gloomy cave, void of light and air. Sos′pita [Sospita]. A name of Juno, as

irce. Sylphs. Genii who, according to Plato, lived in the air. “The light coquettes as Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and f