h fierce, tyrannical, cruel gods. As he flew upward, Cupid thought it might be well not to tell his mother of his intention t

t be well not to tell his mother of his intention to disobey her. She might , perhaps, employ some other minister of her will,

eir daughter, and they repaired to the oracle of Apollo to learn what might happen to her. The oracle informed them that she

should repair to the shrine of some deity and offer her prayers, she might be instructed how she ought to act. Therefore, sh

f despair; but after a moment she indulged a hope, that Venus herself might relent, and she resolved to throw herself at the

was an outcast and a wanderer: none pitied nor would relieve her. She might be very happy if she could reconcile a goddess wh

, she knew, was the most beautiful among the immortals. She hoped she might receive pardon and favour from her. Venus was inf

to denounce some severer punishment, when a messenger of the gods, it might have been Mercury, or Iris, whispered her that Cu

e land of ghosts; so she climbed to the top of a high tower, that she might throw herself down, and thence be conveyed to the

grim ferry-man conveyed her over the Styx, twice without pay, and she might have presented the cosmetic to Venus without diff

t it, and to refresh herself with the delightful odour she fancied it might exhale, and she incautiously opened it. But inste

w that she had repented of her faults, and been punished for them, it might be hoped she would be as pure and good as the spi

alian painters like it very much. I gave it you because I thought you might see prints of it, which you would better understa

did not believe that water could be changed to ice. Ann. But the man might have seen it himself. Mother. No; that man could

other’s kindness to herself, and excused the little boy. Mother. She might have reproved him gently, and that would have tau

the coast, and that be would tell Progne she was dead; and perhaps he might persuade Philomela to suffer him to come to her p

r of her unhappy condition; but at last she devised an expedient that might communicate her misfortunes to Progne. All the Gr

eb. Philomela was accustomed to put a mark upon her work, by which it might be known. Progne knew the embroidery was hers, an

The two gods were repulsed in similar rude ways from many doors, and might have gone back to Olympus, to the golden beds4 wh

There they conferred, and there they prayed that good, and not evil, might follow this strange visit. “It becomes us to offe

trees, which stood side by side. The votaries prayed that their wives might be helpers and comforters like Baucis, and their

What do you suppose is the fact contained in this fable? Mother. It might be, that where a, virtuous pair had lived, a temp

n poetry, Philomela, from that fable you have been reading. The fable might be concluded by saying, that Philomela bewailed h

ve her for a wife, and immediately descended the king’s house that he might be there when she should return from the sacrific

y from the room. What was become of him she knew not. She supposed he might be gone to torment Herse. Herse had gone to the p

ves, and whose office it was, one to bear a folded seat, on which she might rest if she were tired; and the other to held ove

them. All that shows you the Egyptians were civilized, and that they might teach the ignorant a great deal. Their knowledge

d prophet who dwelt in the city of Thebes, to learn what good or evil might happen to her son. Before I tell you what the pro

ainly had none in the coral cave where she dwelt; so little Narcissus might be kept there from looking at his pretty face. Bu

ied her off. Arm. Do you suppose a heifer guided Cadmus? Mother. He might have followed a heifer; and where she lay down mi

mus? Mother. He might have followed a heifer; and where she lay down might have been a spot on which he thought fit to build

ch would march round and round, and mutter curses, and pray that harm might happen to those she meant to hurt These muttered

god. You know if Athamas were ever so good, if he lost his reason, he might have killed his wife and child. Ann. Yes, becaus

ded his orders, he resolved to attend one of their festivals, that he might know the truth concerning them. He went to Mount

ds could take what shape they pleased, into a shower of gold, that he might enter Danæ’s apartment This only means, that some

iod. These verses show that Medusa was destined to die, therefore she might be killed; but her sisters were immortal. Medusa

erva, whither no person durst follow to disturb her. A man, or woman, might go to a temple, as a refuge from injury, or to sa

numbers o people; at length, it was stopped. Some excellent physician might have found a remedy for it; and then the disease

ver his remains with exceeding bitterness. That the afflicted sisters might always abide near this favourite spot, Jupiter ch

ught himself to undertake the task of enlightening the earth, that he might know how difficult was the task, and how little P

ith her robe, entreating with bitter cries, that one of her offspring might be spared; but her supplications were vain; the l

tes, that when Admetus should be about to end his existence, his life might be prolonged, provided another died willingly in

y recompense he pleased. Midas demanded that whatever he should touch might be turned into gold. This prayer was granted, and

grant him any favor he should ask. Phæton immediately prayed that he might be allowed to drive, for one day only, the chario

built him two temples, one to Mars Quirinus within the walls, that he might keep the city in peace; and one without, to Mars

ht keep the city in peace; and one without, to Mars Gradivus, that he might defend them against their enemies. Among the Roma

ichever of the two deities should confer the most useful gift on man, might give a name to the city. Neptune struck the groun

ly changed her into a spider, and permitted her to live only that she might weave unceasingly. Ques. Why was the owl chosen

depart, but prevailed on him to visit his house in disguise, that he might judge of the constancy of his bride. Cephalus fou

endowed with wonderful beauty; but when Aurora begged of Jove that he might be exempted from death, she forgot to ask at the

se dimensions were sufficient to admit of any internal machinery that might be required to produce the mysterious sounds. Suc

but without discovering anything. Humboldt conjectured that the sound might be attributed to the nature of the stone, or to t

l to proclaim war or execute criminals during this festival. Servants might , at this time, say what they pleased to their mas

ming to the temple were virtuous or wicked. To the servants of Vulcan might be added Cacus, who stole the oxen of Hercules; a

ght. This, at a distance, would appear like a large, flaming eye, and might give rise to the fable of one-eyed monsters. This

ot placing the bull’s horns in his forehead, before his eyes, that he might give a stronger and surer blow. He found fault wi

ause he did not put a window in the man’s breast so that his thoughts might be seen. No god could escape the censure of Momus

r asked her to choose whatever gift she would, Vesta desired that she might remain always a virgin, and receive the first obl

allia, in her honor. They offered milk, and cakes of millet, that she might drive away the wolves, and prevent diseases among

his liver, which grew as fast as it was consumed, that his punishment might be eternal. Ques. Who was Ixion? Ans. He was th

earth, but before doing so, they drank of the river Lethe, that they might forget the happiness they had enjoyed. Chapte

to the Lares of her family, and another on the cross roads, that they might grant her free passage to her husband’s house. Th

wever the patrician ladies should surpass them in power or rank, they might still excel in modest behavior and purity of life

me instances, they strove to propitiate the powers of evil, that they might abstain from doing them harm. When they built a t

as ungrateful for these benefits, and divorced Medea in order that he might marry Creusa, the daughter of the king of Corinth

ations of Periander, who warned him in vain of the danger to which he might be exposed. After some time spent in Italy and Si

into the sea. Arion chose the latter alternative, but begged that he might die as became a bard, after having played for the

marriage, and declared him his successor in the kingdom. Bellerophon might have ended his days in happiness and prosperity,

they consulted the oracle of Themis, to know by what means the earth might again be peopled. The oracle directed that they s

e nearest huntsmen. In vain Jason threw his spear, praying that Diana might guide his arm. It glanced aside, and the weapon o

t these flocks should be held inviolate, however pressing their wants might be. They were detained a long time at Thrinakia b

s. When several had failed in the same manner, Ulysses begged that he might be allowed to try his skill. The request was rece

chus interfered, and remarking, with affected indifference, that they might as well gratify the old man, bade him try. Ulysse

y own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied, that, indeed, might grieve me; But for this deed I mourn not.” …

at was to happen during his settlement in Italy; but in order that he might be fully informed of the future destinies of his

ed to give her whatever she should demand. The sibyl desired that she might live as many years as she had grains of sand in h

replied, with very natural contempt, that if they would not eat, they might drink, and had them thrown into the sea. It is be

rs were ambiguous, and so cautiously worded as to seem true, whatever might be the event. Such was the answer given to Crœsus

f the cavern whence issued the sacred vapor, but some have thought it might be discovered by searching in the central part of

scenes. In the greater number of tragedies, however, the whole action might be carried on appropriately enough in the portico

lace. There were also contrivances by which a portion of the interior might be exposed to view. The rank of the personages wa

emanded vengeance on the murderers, but no trace could be found which might lead to their discovery. The festival proceeded,

aught the ears of the multitude. Each one asked what this exclamation might mean, and what had the cranes to do with him. A c

ace, the people hastened to the theatre at the dawn of day, that they might secure good seats, as the performance commenced a

guard the bridge Bifrost. The gods continually feared that the giants might force their way over the shining arch, and invade

imdall was not permitted to marry, lest any care for wife or children might interrupt his unceasing watchfulness. Vidar.

ext morning preferred his petition to Hela. He offered any ransom she might name for Baldur’s return, assuring her that heave

ater. During the ceremony they implored the Lord, that the holy drops might wash away the sin that was given to it before the

was given to it before the foundation of the world, so that the child might be born anew. Ques. How did the Aztecs bury thei

sublime doctrine did not, however, lead to the practical results that might have been expected. Ques. What name did the Peru

etimes treasures were placed in the tomb of a deceased noble. That he might not lack attendance and society, his favorite wiv

chelaûs. On the death of the poet, the Athenians begged that his body might be sent to Athens for interment. This request Arc

l to provide him with a warm glove of peculiar make, that his fingers might not be too much benumbed to hold the stylus. We h

f Cyclopædia, and it is said that if the Latin language were lost, it might be restored from this work alone. Pliny perished

Pollux were mingled largely with those of his royal patron. A mortal might have been content to share his honors with the di

tempted to dethrone Jupiter. The giants, in their invasion, that they might scale the heavens, are said to have piled mount P

“an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron.” This Tubalcain might have been the same man whom the Greeks described

to examine the laws of nature, that the treasures hidden in the earth might be brought forth and made serviceable. Because Pr

power and cruelty of bad men who were enemies of Prometheus, and who might have confined him in some solitary place, on acco

he memory of the Athenian people, and served as lessons to others who might wish to serve their country. An olive wreath was

n civilization — they are in the agricultural state. Ceres, possibly, might have done much to advance her contemporaries from

rom a savage condition, to one of greater industry and comfort. Ceres might have made some improvements in the art of cultiva

e, Ceres supplicated Jupiter that Proserpine by his supreme authority might be restored to earth. Jupiter, to comfort and app

— to give him some portion of celestial intelligence, that his poetry might be worthy of the favour of the goddess, and of th

servants of God. The heathens hoped that the doctrine of immortality might be true — Christians know it is true. We trust in

ress that she cannot see the bribes or the supplications of those who might dispose her to be partial. Astrea descended from

be partial. Astrea descended from heaven in the Golden Age, that she might dwell among men; but, says the mythology, she has

e; which was, perhaps, if Jason would pay him a certain sum, which he might gain in a voyage of traffic, though such a one ha

upon what was best for the people to do; and if any man did wrong, he might be complained of; and there should be courts, and

ld be held in Athens; and the people all over the province of Attica, might come to the magistrates at Athens, to settle thei

where no wise government existed, went to reside in Attica, that they might live in safety and quiet. All these people were g

d the beautiful Helen, as she was dancing in the temple of Diana, and might have carried her to Athens, but her brothers. Cas

ommands, Ismene urged that she was equally guilty, and urged that she might be equally punished, which the generous Antigone

ll called Jupiter s, was immortal, but Castor begged that his brother might share his undying existence, and that they might

ged that his brother might share his undying existence, and that they might be alive and dead alternately, whether for a day

cks of Ida from wild beasts, that he was called the deliverer, and he might have passed his life in rural quiet and honour, i

wife Clytemnestra, requesting her to bring to him Iphigenia, that he might marry her to Achilles. Clytemnestra gladly obeyed

es, in his turn, not to be outdone in generosity, begged that Orestes might become the messenger of Iphigenia, and himself th

f Minerva. Cassandra had fled thither as an asylum, a place where she might be secure from the ill treatment which soldiers i

Æolus, the wind-god, gave him all the adverse winds in bags, that he might have none but fair winds to carry him to Ithaca.

infernal regions, and there he consulted the prophet Teresias, how he might return to Ithaca. Ulysses had compelled Circe to

e piety and peace, which the sovereign of a small and unwarlike state might be likely to enjoy without disturbance. Who was

to Etolia, he found his kingdom and family in the condition which any might presume upon, who should abandon his duties for t

gained perpetual advantages, and Patroclus entreated Achilles that he might be clothed in his armour and combat Hector. Achil

tor, he also allowed a truce; a suspension of hostilities, that Priam might bury his son, and the funeral honours were paid a

at Cumæ, and the Sibyl conducted him to the infernal regions, that he might learn the fate of himself, and his posterity. Aft

repeat to our injury; that we should live with our friends as if they might one day become our enemies, and that health is th

y and gratitude. He advised men to do good to their friends that they might preserve their friendship; and to be kind to thei

preserve their friendship; and to be kind to their enemies, that they might make friends of them. Cleobulina, the daughter of

of the sheep. Heimdal held in his hand a trumpet, the sound of which might be heard throughout all worlds. He was esteemed t

dark eyelids seem to gleam; Nor gentle mercy’s melting tear. Nor love might ever harbour there. Was never woman’s beauteous f

wn of glory streaming     Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen Earth an

f Oromazes; turned to noxious heat The solar beam, that foodful earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their

The solar beam, that foodful earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their beds, Whence, pestilence and famine

ice, blasts the joy. But yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might , and evil be no more. Glover’sLeonidas. What i

lessed to the House of the Sun; they supposed that after a time, they might explore the whole universe — sometimes as birds o

nians, jealous of a new deity, carried Paul to the Areopagus, that he might give an account of his doctrines; but from that d

pal gods of both people were the same; the demi-gods, or deified men, might have been a little different; because the Romans

ent, still kept up this ancient custom; and in many parts of the city might be seen Luci, or groups of trees, consecrated to

igion of Italy to be the same as that of the Greeks? In what respects might the religion of Greece and Rome differ; and what

also maintained, that motions and chattering of birds intimated what might happen; and these signs, when favourable, were ca

th were places of refuge for the guilty, and for the unfortunate, who might be innocently persecuted. The altar was often ado

gods communicated their will to some men, that those favoured persons might convey that will to the rest of mankind. The word

ns repaired to that place, to learn what they should do, or what they might . The most famous oracle of Greece was that of Apo

giver. Crowns, garlands of flowers, cups of gold, or any thing which might adorn the temples, were presented to the gods, an

plications were offered. “Both at the rising of the sun and moon, one might everywhere behold the Greeks and barbarians, thos

e and good for them: and they added one petition more, viz. that they might be enabled to suffer injuries with patience. Peti

by God himself; the heathens were left to seek out God, if haply they might feel after him and find him. The Hebrews worshipp

t me many photographs and engravings of works of art that, otherwise, might have escaped my notice. In conclusion, I would ac

tic culture, even though refracted through the medium of photography, might , at least, illuminate guides that now make hard f

y, might, at least, illuminate guides that now make hard for ditches, might clarify the ideals of callow youth, and orient th

wever, such as the Wanderings of Ulysses, or the Adventures of Æneas, might in the latter part of the course be read aloud in

r narratives, such as the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, or the Norse Myths, might be read at home, and reported in class by way of

. But the word, Daphne, meant also a laurel that burned easily, hence might readily be devoted to the god of the sun. So Daph

d away, if not the developed myth, yet the quickening germ from which might spring leaves and fruits, varying in form and hue

to which it should be committed and the climate under which the plant might reach maturity.” 18 Against this theory, it may b

apons — are peculiar to no one national taste or skill, they are what might have been expected of human conditions and intell

characterized by the differentiations of race and culture. Such myths might spring up anywhere among untutored men, and anywh

Such myths might spring up anywhere among untutored men, and anywhere might survive into civilized literature.” 19 The distr

accompanied by one of these seers, priests, or “medicine-men,” as we might call them. Melampus was the first Greek said to

ccasions, and interpretations of the same. The Atharva-veda shows, as might be expected of the youngest of the series, the in

, until the relative antiquity of the poems is established, the Iliad might as well be derived from the Râmâyana. The theory

n his liver, yet succeeded not in consuming it. This state of torment might have been brought to an end at any time by Promet

life, and more reverent toward the gods. Fearing lest a conflagration might set Heaven itself on fire, he proceeded to drown

me, and from the glory of my ray Good minds and open actions take new might , Until diminished by the reign of night “I feed

fastened it with adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place for his beloved. The da

rning gone, No cool breath anywhere, no shadow nigh Where a weary man might lay him down and die, Lo! thou art there before m

ld to be connected with its conservation, any negligence, by which it might go out, was severely punished. Whenever the fire

eternal In an eternal night.97 With the ghosts of Hades, the living might but rarely communicate, and only through certain

ot. — Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses t

yrinx occurs: — “So did he feel who pulled the boughs aside, That we might look into a forest wide, … Telling us how fair tr

and with the other caught up the purple fold of her garment, lest it might trail and be wet in the hoar sea’s infinite spray

ch those who were concerned only indirectly in Jupiter’s love affairs might yet be involved in the consequences of them, is i

or them. A beechen bowl was filled with warm water, that their guests might wash. While all was doing, they beguiled the time

in the wrist of her hand, and then assailed he me, even me, with the might of a god. Howbeit my swift feet bare me away; els

raiment, and he sate down by Jupiter, son of Cronus, glorying in his might . Then fared the twain back to the mansion of grea

t how far better than thou I claim to be, that thus thou matchest thy might with mine. Thus, shalt thou satisfy thy mother’s

that he would find a cow in the field, should follow her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped should build a city

ease her. Then Mars sought to bring Vulcan to Heaven by force that he might undo his trickery; but before the flames of the f

im for his son, and swore by the river Styx144 that whatever proof he might ask should be granted. Phaëton immediately asked

admonition, and held to his demand. So, having resisted as long as he might , Phœbus at last led the way to where stood the lo

est gift that youth from heaven receives. True, I did boldly say they might compare Even with thyself in virgin purity: May n

he befriended, — native noble heart!” So, one look upward, as if Zeus might laugh Approval of his human progeny, — One summon

uth Until the wife, who had made proof and found The husband wanting, might essay once more, Hear, see, and feel him renovate

rself had done, Risen to the height of her: so, hand in hand, The two might go together, live and die. Beside, when he found

at all; He was embracing whom he buried once, Still, — did he touch, might he address the true, True eye, true body of the t

an: Roscher 463.] In the following “Hymn,”156 Pan taunts Apollo as he might have done when Midas was sitting contentedly by:

ils of the chase. Spurning all lovers, she prayed her father that she might remain always unmarried, like Diana. He consented

ng, She took to the tree to escape his pursuing; Be the cause what it might , from his offers she shrunk, And, Ginevra-like, s

ercise, she descended to a stream silently flowing, so clear that you might count the pebbles on the bottom. She laid aside h

x stars are visible; for Electra, it is said, left her place that she might not behold the ruin of Troy, which had been found

sion of homage gave great offence to Venus, who complained that Paris might just as well not have yielded her the palm of bea

ining her from this rash purpose, explained how by a certain cave she might reach the realm of Pluto; how she might avoid the

ned how by a certain cave she might reach the realm of Pluto; how she might avoid the peril of the road, pass by Cerberus, an

d to spread the least bit of the divine beauty on her cheeks that she might appear to more advantage in the eyes of her belov

and opposite two cities stood, Sea-borderers, disjoin’d by Neptune’s might The one Abydos, the other Sestos hight. At Sestos

he motions of her heart: And hands so pure, so innocent, nay, such As might have made Heaven stoop to have a touch, Did she u

red upon the tower, he was wont of nights to swim the strait, that he might enjoy her company. But one night a tempest arose,

his father’s head that he stole not the cows, nor knew even what cows might be, for he had only that moment heard the name of

ilot from steering toward Naxos, they bore away for Egypt, where they might sell the lad into slavery. Soon the god looked ou

offered Midas his choice of a reward. The king asked that whatever he might -touch should be changed into gold. Bacchus conse

y Jupiter under Mount Ætna, Pluto feared lest the shock of their fall might expose his kingdom to the light of day. Under thi

for the land. For she had seen that it opened only unwillingly to the might of Pluto; and she had also, in her flight from Al

made Pluto leap from his throne lest the firmament of the underworld might be falling about his ears. But as god of the stre

win her save by worsting the father in a chariot race, and that none might fail in that race and come off alive. Since an or

l. He was shipwrecked and drowned. His last prayer was that the waves might bear his body to the sight of Halcyone, and that

t the waves might bear his body to the sight of Halcyone, and that it might receive burial at her hands. In the meanwhile Hal

mbs; and then she shut him up in his chamber, whence his feeble voice might at times be heard. Finally she turned him into a

as he had shunned Echo. One maiden, however, uttered a prayer that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and m

ence was done to her, to remind their child that every flower or bush might be a goddess in disguise, to bring him often to b

ath, the hapless girl was shut in an underground chamber, that no man might love or wed her. But Jupiter, distilling himself

ithout being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals that

mpelled the Grææ, as the price of its restoration, to tell him how he might obtain the helmet of Hades that renders its weare

esty she was silent; but when he repeated his questions, for fear she might be thought guilty of some offence which she dared

hus, and through him from Æolus, the son of Hellen.280 His adventures might therefore be recited with those of Jason and othe

ca. Since Atlas was the father of the Hesperides, Hercules thought he might through him obtain the apples. The hero, accordin

stole part of the cattle, while the hero slept. That their footprints might not indicate where they had been driven, he dragg

aps her wings above the smoke-browned beam; and all this that the lad might be fashioned to his mind, and might drive a strai

d beam; and all this that the lad might be fashioned to his mind, and might drive a straight furrow, and come to the true mea

bade Dejanira take a portion of his blood and keep it, saying that it might be used as a charm to preserve the love of her hu

the thorny path of suffering led; Slew the Hydra, crushed the lion’s might , Threw himself, to bring his friend to light, Liv

re they found the sage Phineus, who instructed the Argonauts how they might pass the Symplegades, or Clashing Islands, at the

wever, struck the fatal blow. They placed him in the caldron, but, as might be expected, with no success. Medea herself had t

and about like the river Mæander, so that whoever was enclosed in it might by no means find his way out. The Minotaur, roami

unto death or to glory undying, Manful, minded to quell the imbruted might of the monster! Not unaided, however, did he und

however, did he undertake the task; for Ariadne, apprehensive lest he might lose his way in the dædalian labyrinth, furnished

rcuitous, ways labyrinthine, Some perverse, perplexing, erratic alley might foil him. Why should I tarry to tell how, quitti

rs, and the airy cypress to plant about the palace that thick foliage might give it shade, followed Prometheus, the bold and

th the Myrmidons for the onslaught, and to lend him his armor that he might thereby strike the more terror into the minds of

ng, but Juno hinted that if he did so the other inhabitants of heaven might be induced to interpose in like manner whenever a

hed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles .to tell him of the death of

friend with such distress that Antilochus feared for a while lest he might destroy himself. His groans reached the ears of T

and a hollow sound reverberated like a groan. Then perhaps the people might have taken his advice and destroyed the fatal hor

d the tide of the people’s feelings; and they began to think how they might best secure the monstrous horse and the favorable

, it seems, had not ceased to love him, though she had yielded to the might of Venus and deserted him for another.367 After t

prehension, but from whom, if he should be suffered to grow up, there might be danger. Electra, the sister of Orestes, saved

lacing the barrier after him. When he was gone Ulysses planned how he might take vengeance for his murdered friends, and effe

ve him, tied up in a leathern bag with a silver string, such winds as might be hurtful and dangerous, commanding fair winds t

r the command of Eurylochus, to see what prospect of hospitality they might find. As they approached the palace, they found t

lysses thereupon determined to go himself, and try if by any means he might deliver his companions. As he strode onward alone

have himself bound to the mast, and to enjoin his people, whatever he might say or do, by no means to release him till they s

These flocks must not be violated, whatever the wants of the voyagers might be. If this injunction were transgressed, destruc

ast, that if he should be compelled to trust himself to the waves, it might buoy him up and enable him to reach the land. § 1

king, had a dream sent by Minerva, reminding her that her wedding day might not be far distant, and that it would be but a pr

her company, for she feared the remarks which rude and vulgar people might make on seeing her return accompanied by such a g

then to pursue his way thither, and should be easily guided by any he might meet to the royal abode. Fig. 104. Head of Min

provingly, and the king promised to furnish a ship in which his guest might return to his own land. The next day the assemble

pe at the loom. [Vase picture: Baumeister.] That Ulysses on returning might be able to take vengeance upon the suitors, it wa

if he saw him insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace, they found th

bravely.” 384 Æneas replied that he had prepared himself for whatever might await him. He had but one request to make. Having

uld they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction, if they might but return to life! Next were situated the region

uilt a bridge of brass over which he drove his chariot that the sound might resemble thunder, launching flaming brands at his

ng. I am mortal, yet, could I but have accepted the love of Apollo, I might have been immortal. He promised me the fulfilment

The leaves thus inscribed were arranged in order within the cave, and might be consulted by her votaries. But if, perchance,

toils of war, and in speed to outstrip the wind. It seemed as if she might run over the standing corn without crushing it, o

mies rent the skies. Mezentius asked no mercy, but only that his body might be spared the insults of his revolted subjects, a

sesses is the belt of strength. When he girds it about him his divine might is doubled. The third is his iron gloves, which h

i, who in his fright promised upon oath that, let it cost him what it might , he would so manage matters that the man should l

n an immense forest, and searched on all sides for a place where they might pass the night. At last they came to a large hall

way with his mallet in his hand, prepared to defend himself, whatever might happen. A terrible groaning was heard during the

d perform. Thialfi answered that he would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The king observed that sk

out drawing breath, pulled as long and as deeply as he could, that he might not be obliged to make a second draught of it; bu

s diminished. After taking breath, Thor went to it again with all his might , but when he took the horn from his mouth, it see

r, the house of Frigga, mother of the gods, to ask her what way there might be of restoring Balder to life and heaven. Might

Men spent by sickness, or obscure decay. But even there, O Nanna, we might find Some solace in each other’s look and speech,

s throughout the world to beg everything to weep in order that Balder might be delivered from Hel. All things very willingly

ed of Heaven; But what were I, to save them in that hour? If strength might save them, could not Odin save, My father, and hi

whom was never man for comeliness and valor and great-heartedness and might . He was the greatest of the Volsungs. His foster-

ouch bred gold. But Andvari cursed the ring and the gold and all that might possess either. The gods, forthwith, filled Otter

cause in battle of those whom the Norns had predestined to death. Her might none but the fearless awaken; and her had Sigurd

the Netherlands, were ruling happily at Xanteh by the Rhine; and all might have continued in peace had not Brunhild resented

inly yearned to know. She made request of Gunther, and begged it so might be, That she the absent Kriemhild yet once again

d begged it so might be, That she the absent Kriemhild yet once again might see, And told him, too, in secret, whereon her th

immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might And majesty flash their full lightnings by, Devel

f death, the pomegranate as the fruit of the underworld of which none might partake and return to the light of heaven. Among

like other races, recognized a bear in a certain constellation, they might naturally mix the fables and combine them later w

ven and earth, the first day that it thunders in March.” Exactly why, might be easy to guess, but hard to demonstrate. The th

ices the goddess was clad in the skin of the sacred goat, but no goat might be sacrificed to her. Probably another example of

aler.” Later, the name was applied to Æsculapius, then to any god who might repair or avert evil of any kind, as, for instanc

ulture and the glories of the vine. They were celebrated, as the case might be, with processions of women, profusion of flowe

h the celebrated Gordian Knot, which none but the future lord of Asia might undo. Alexander the Great undid the knot with his

Festivals and the Mysteries of Eleusis, In the festivals all classes might participate. Those of the Spring represented the

mists of morning vanish before the glory of the rising sun ( Cox). It might be more consistent to construe Eurydice as the tw

tatue is a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound that might still be made use of to deceive a visitor who was

om the stream, subjected to cultivation, and blossoming with flowers, might well be called a horn of plenty. There is another

owed it with the power of becoming filled with whatever the possessor might wish. Illustrative. — The name Amalthea is given

may refer to some half-piratical expedition, the rich spoils of which might readily be known as the Golden Fleece. So far as

be held by them as sufficient proof of anything. Only advanced pupils might question. Pythagoras considered numbers as the es

characters. Mythologically, — Sigurd (of the shining eyes that no man might face unabashed) has been regarded as a reflection

tus assigned as reason for his refusal the apprehension lest Hercules might a second time become insane, and in that conditio

ould not trust one another. Sons wished their fathers dead, that they might come to the inheritance; family love lay prostrat

it by burning; but recollecting the danger that such a conflagration might set heaven itself on fire, he changed his plan, a

rostrate on the earth, and prayed the goddess to inform them how they might retrieve their miserable affairs. The oracle answ

s liver, which was renewed as fast as devoured. This state of torment might have been brought to an end at any time by Promet

the stability of Jove’s throne, and if he would have revealed it, he might have been at once taken into favor. But that he d

immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might And majesty flash their full lightnings by, Devel

Syrinx occurs: — “So did he feel who pulled the bough aside, That we might look into a forest wide,                         

acrifice and almost buried among the reeds. I inquired whose altar it might be, whether of Faunus or the Naiads, or some god

fastened it with adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place for his beloved. Byron

. Whereupon Bacchus offered Midas his choice of a reward, whatever he might wish. He asked that whatever he might touch shoul

choice of a reward, whatever he might wish. He asked that whatever he might touch should be changed into gold. Bacchus consen

er time. A beechen bowl was filled with warm water, that their guests might wash. While all was doing, they beguiled the time

exercise, when I came to a stream silently flowing, so clear that you might count the pebbles on the bottom. The willows shad

all that pain To seek her through the world, ——              * * * * might with this Paradise Of Eden strive.” Hood, in hi

where he describes the lookers-on at the game of quoits: — “Or they might watch the quoit-pitchers, intent On either side,

no. For her husband, who was no more, she prayed incessantly: that he might be safe; that he might come home; that he might n

o was no more, she prayed incessantly: that he might be safe; that he might come home; that he might not, in his absence, see

incessantly: that he might be safe; that he might come home; that he might not, in his absence, see any one that he would lo

his grandchildren.   The following lines from Byron’s Bride of Abydos might seem borrowed from the concluding part of this de

rom drought, and led streams of water by them, that the thirsty roots might drink. This occupation was her pursuit, her passi

in all thy former?” Then the voice told her how by a certain cave she might reach the realms of Pluto, and how to avoid all t

he should find a cow in the field, and should follow her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped, should build a cit

ase appeared to spring from natural causes we resisted it, as we best might , by natural remedies; but it soon appeared that t

amp, or to open the gates to him, or to do any thing else, so only it might gratify Minos. As she sat in the tower, she talke

y would have the heart to do it; yet ignorantly, not knowing him, one might . I will, I will surrender myself to him, with my

ed, and my father keeps the keys; he only stands in my way. O that it might please the gods to take him away! But why ask the

en who had in vain endeavored to attract him uttered a prayer that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and m

as left, Ilioneus. He raised his arms to heaven to try whether prayer might not avail. “Spare me, ye gods!” he cried, address

ithout being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals whic

face with her hands; but when he repeated his questions, for fear she might be thought guilty of some fault which she dared n

My rank as the son of Jove and my renown as the slayer of the Gorgon might make me acceptable as a suitor; but I will try to

aid Wisdom’s hue. Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon’s sister might beseem, Or that starred Æthiop queen that strove

ionally came together, crushing and grinding to atoms any object that might be caught between them. They were called the Symp

on and all others were kept away from the place, that no profane eyes might look upon her mysteries. Then, with streaming hai

. The innocent cause of so much sorrow was a maiden whose face you might truly say was boyish for a girl, yet too girlish

er the sand. So light their tread, you would almost have thought they might run over the river surface or over the waving gra

he heavens. He was the father of the Hesperides, and Hercules thought might , if any one could, find the apples and bring them

tole part of the cattle, while the hero slept. That their foot-prints might not serve to show where they had been driven, he

ntaur told Dejanira to take a portion of his blood and keep it, as it might be used as a charm to preserve the love of her hu

the thorny path of suffering led; Slew the Hydra, crushed the lion’s might , Threw himself, to bring his friend to light, Liv

hich to encounter the Minotaur, and with a clew of thread by which he might find his way out of the labyrinth. He was success

eep. They judged he was a noble youth, perhaps a king’s son, and they might get a liberal ransom for him. I observed his dres

    “Great God, I’d rather be A Pagan, suckled in a creed outworn, So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses t

th the wonderful power of becoming filled with whatever the possessor might wish. The name of Amalthea is also given by some

s at last relieved him from his sufferings: — “Alas! I only wished I might have died With my poor father; wherefore should I

essions were not unusual with the poets on similar occasions, and one might suppose an ordinary mortal might have been conten

poets on similar occasions, and one might suppose an ordinary mortal might have been content to share the praises of the son

visible, for Electra, one of them, it is said left her place that she might not behold the ruin of Troy, for that city was fo

mbs, and then she shut him up in his chamber, whence his feeble voice might at times be heard. Finally she turned him into a

statue is a stone, which on being struck emits a metallic sound, that might still be made use of to deceive a visitor who was

es’ soldiers called) to the field, and to lend him his armor, that he might thereby strike more terror into the minds of the

hed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles to tell him of the death of

and a hollow sound reverberated like a groan. Then perhaps the people might have taken his advice and destroyed the fatal hor

ed the tide of the people’s feelings and they began to think how they might best secure the monstrous horse and the favorable

s wife, who had not ceased to love him, though she had yielded to the might of Venus and deserted him for another. After the

prehension, but from whom, if he should be suffered to grow up, there might be danger. Electra, the sister of Orestes, saved

lacing the barrier after him. When he was gone Ulysses planned how he might take vengeance for his murdered friends, and effe

e him, tied up in a leathern bag, with a silver string, such winds as might be hurtful and dangerous, commanding fair winds t

r the command of Eurylochus, to see what prospect of hospitality they might find. As they approached the palace, they found t

lysses thereupon determined to go himself, and try if by any means he might deliver his companions. As he strode onward alone

ound to the mast, and his people to be strictly enjoined, whatever he might say or do, by no means to release him till they s

These flocks must not be violated, whatever the wants of the voyagers might be. If this injunction were transgressed destruct

her company, for she feared the remarks which rude and vulgar people might make on seeing her return accompanied by such a g

then to pursue his way thither, and would be easily guided by any he might meet to the royal abode. Ulysses obeyed the direc

were maturing. The vineyard was equally prolific. In one quarter you might see the vines, some in blossom, some loaded with

conducted through the court-yard of the palace, whence every citizen might draw his supplies. Ulysses stood gazing in admira

provingly, and the king promised to furnish a ship in which his guest might return to his own land. The next day the assemble

t over his palace and people, as if they were owners of both. That he might be able to take vengeance upon them, it was impor

if he saw him insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace they found the

bravely.” 25 Æneas replied that he had prepared himself for whatever might await him. He had but one request to make. Having

uld they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction, if they might but return to life! Next were situated the region

uilt a bridge of brass over which he drove his chariot that the sound might resemble thunder, launching flaming brands at his

ering. I am mortal; yet if I could have accepted the love of Apollo I might have been immortal. He promised me the fulfilment

The leaves thus inscribed were arranged in order within the cave, and might be consulted by her votaries. But if perchance at

toils of war, and in speed to outstrip the wind. It seemed as if she might run over the standing corn without crushing it, o

mies rent the skies. Mezentius asked no mercy, but only that his body might be spared the insults of his revolted subjects, a

d the moment they heard the distant hiss of their king, although they might be in full feed upon the most delicious prey, lea

s enemy” — and the cockatrice quailed before the weasel. The basilisk might look daggers, the weasel cared not, but advanced

world, was supposed to have a great antipathy to a cock; and well he might , for as soon as he heard the cock crow he expired

is called the belt of strength. When he girds it about him his divine might is doubled. The third, also very precious, is his

n an immense forest, and searched on all sides for a place where they might pass the night, and at last came to a very large

way with his mallet in his hand, prepared to defend himself, whatever might happen. A terrible groaning was heard during the

d perform. Thialfi answered that he would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The king observed that sk

out drawing breath, pulled as long and as deeply as he could, that he might not be obliged to make a second draught of it; bu

s diminished. After taking breath, Thor went to it again with all his might , but when he took the horn from his mouth, it see

throughout the world to beg every thing to weep in order that Baldur might be delivered from Hel. All things very willingly

in the district, which had been beforehand scrupulously extinguished, might be relighted. This usage of kindling fires on Hal

heir motions, the size of the world and the lands, and concerning the might and power of the immortal gods.” Their history c

ing unto heaven each noble head, Stood in the circle, where none else might tread.” The Druidical system was at its height a

ndividuals, and resisted the inroads of Papal usurpation as they best might till the light of the Reformation dawned on the w

s entrance front in vain To old Iona’s holy fane, That Nature’s voice might seem to say, Well hast thou done, frail child of

tener they took on the shape of animals or human beings, so that they might not be recognized. The people of Greece, who made

hrew it far out into the river. She hoped that in some way the girdle might reach Ceres and help her to find her lost daughte

nd by the prayers of the people on earth; and he said that Proserpine might return to her home if she had tasted no food whil

og, sat five or six big, speckled frogs, croaking away with all their might . Now poets, you must know, love beautiful things,

been so happy, she hastened away, for she feared that otherwise Juno might harm her two beautiful babes. So she took a littl

red in his own words. She did not dare show herself, for fear that he might be angry, but you see she could not help answerin

s blessed their daughter, and all of them lived very happily. Thus it might have gone on until they died, had not Arachne’s h

calling to her not to be afraid and not to run so fast, for fear she might hurt herself on the thorns and brambles; and at l

ly reached the entrance, when Orpheus had a sudden fear that Eurydice might have lagged behind. Before he could think of what

elt Juno’s wrath before she came into the grove; and fearing that she might harm his companion, quick as a flash, he changed

lieve what she saw. You can well understand how such a wonderful baby might grow up into a remarkable man. Hercules was, in f

with the frightened girl clinging to his back, screaming with all her might . Hercules, who also was having a hard time fighti

re, Paris). Daedalus soon became afraid of what the people of Athens might do if they learned of his crime. So taking with h

games. When the prince of Crete had grown up, his father told him he might take part in the festival, and so he went to Athe

e men after him to kill him on the road. Perhaps the people of Athens might have blamed their king severely for this cruel ac

Minos from her high tower, the thought of this one deed by which she might win his love would not leave her mind. And at las

At sight of those comely boys and fair, trembling maidens, any heart might have softened. But whenever King Minos felt the l

ir work. Ceyx was thinking of his dear wife, and praying that no harm might befall her while he was away. For a time all went

ng, she went to the temple of Juno and prayed that her husband’s life might be spared, and that he might soon be restored to

Juno and prayed that her husband’s life might be spared, and that he might soon be restored to her. At last Juno could no lo

ime the wisest person in the world was a centaur named Chiron, and he might be called only half a person; for, you remember,

dashed against him with great force; he had to struggle with all his might , and was out of breath when he landed his compani

d death.” Then Apollo changed Cyparissus into a cypress tree, that he might continue to live in the green forests, with the b

e; or perhaps it was just because Apollo had to love somebody, and he might just as well choose this merry little hunter whom

seized his chisel and hammer to express it in marble, just as a poet might have expressed it in song. From early morning til

e poetry;” the “young hunter,” in the pursuit of his favourite sport, might image to his mind the form and figure of Diana, a

ve to be his.‌ The lover, as he sought the presence of his mistress, might , in his enamoured idea of her beauty, fancy that

l: or, in the tremor which then as now pervaded the lover’s bosom, he might fear that Jove himself would prove a rival, and,

mind — refreshing, invigorating, exalting. Beauty and strength — the might of man, and the majesty and sublimity of the misu

They aimed at excellence in the highest, in order that their statues might be installed in their national temples as ‌those

formed the whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth into a spacious round:

from their confinement; but with the condition that whatever children might be born to him, should be destroyed. Saturn, fait

rove To dart the trees, uprooted, from the grove:     For weak their might against the shield     Which Pallas’ matchless ar

ught And long must teach. Even now the Torturer arms With the strange might of unimagined pains The powers who scheme slow ag

age fiends People the abyss, and leave them to their task. Oh that we might be spared: I to inflict, And thou to suffer! once

f being changed into a tortoise, and became the symbol of silence. As might be expected, the marriage of Jupiter and Juno, wa

bandage over his eyes, and near him an open book which the gods alone might consult: and in which are written those events wh

Daphne, and Mercury who had invented the lyre, gave it to him that he might the more effectually give vent to his passion. Th

all perpetual green thy boughs adorn.” Ovid. However earnest Apollo might have been in his pursuit of Daphne, he did not lo

her breath for fear Lest, if a word she spoke of any thing, That word might be the secret of the king. Thus full of council t

immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril, beautiful disdain, and might , And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Dev

rs, he never went without a dagger, to protect himself from those who might be ambitious of his office, and reckless of his c

ecipitated him into the island of Lemnos. ———— “I felt his matchless might , Hurled headlong downward from the ethereal heigh

ontents, and endeavoured to take a portion of it to herself, that she might appear more beautiful in the eyes of her lost hus

a sleeping child? “I went then forth into the world,     To see what might be there; And there I heard a voice of woe,     O

lenus, was shown by her a flower, through the very touch of which she might become a mother. The goddess tried, and from her

he vessel in which he had embarked, resolved to murder him, that they might obtain possession of his wealth; when the poet di

e the god of the infernal regions, of death, and of funerals. That he might govern with order and regularity, the spirits who

of a high mountain, from which it fell again without ceasing, that he might be eternally employed in this punishment; Ixion w

secondary class, to preside over those less important affairs, which might be supposed unworthy the notice of the superior i

gh without feet or arms, to intimate that he never moved, wherever he might be placed. The people of the country assembled on

cks, and with eyes azure bright, To grow to large manhood of merciful might , He came, with his face of bold wonder, to feel T

dear.” ‌East Wind.     “I’ve wafted through bowers     Where angels might muse, And kiss their bright flowers     Of loveli

had not formed it moveable, that the annoyance of a bad neighbourhood might be avoided. He sneered at Neptune’s bull, because

, and promised to deliver them if he were allowed to marry the one he might choose from amongst them. The Athenians consented

other: and implored Jupiter either to restore him to life, or that he might be deprived himself of his immortality. His praye

the lovely youth, and thro’ his face Displayed an air so pleasing, as might charm A goddess, and a vestal’s bosom warm. Her r

hter of the King of the Country, for whom Medea was divorced, that he might follow his amour in comfort. This infidelity was

l In chains, will be my stake: and this were best, That never Grecian might behold me more, With whom in better days I have b

his answer determined him to bear with fortitude whatever gods or men might command, and Eurystheus, seeing so perfect a hero

resolves to send the fatal vest, Dyed with Lernæan gore, whose power might move His soul anew, and rouse declining love, Nor

ams, the sick and infirm were sent to sleep in his temples, that they might receive in their visions the agreeable presages o

sland, and the next that, from its seeming impossibility, the attempt might end in his ruin. The gods, however, are the prote

r, regained the throne of Athens: and that the memory of their father might not be without honour, sent for his remains from

air, Unmindful and unable to forbear, Mistrusting also lest her steps might stray, And gladsome of the glimpse of dawning day

  Thou knowest — thou knowest what love is now!     Its glory and its might  —     Are they not written on my brow? And will t

ended from Venus, was compelled to endure all the troubles which Juno might choose to inflict on him, from the hatred she bor

usion — You are so like what you have ever been (Except in sorrow!) I might well forget I could not win you as I used to do.

ommenced by a blockade, which lasted for the space of nine years, and might have lasted much longer, as more than valour was

ow to discover himself with safety to his own person, fearing that he might be slain by those who were suitors to his wife. B

hey lived long and happily, and having entreated Jupiter that neither might outlive the other, they both died on the same day

designs expose: The tomb of Venus was the mark they chose; There they might rest secure beneath the shade, Which boughs, with

and on its banks would lie, And utter her laments in such a tone, As might have moved the rocks, and then would call Upon th

sfortune to lose; owing to which, he retired into the country that he might devote his time more uninterruptedly to study. Wh

young Aurora of the air, The nympholepsy of some fond despair; Or it might be, a beauty of the earth, Who found a more than

knesses of humanity. He became teacher, warrior, and prophet, that he might leave to ‌the world on his quitting it, the model

f their gods. It has been suggested, that some navigators of Phœnicia might have been thrown upon the then unknown shore of A

e spread rows of teeth, which from the sharpness of their appearance, might belong to a wild beast, the neck is of an immense

an imminent danger. The gods agreed to exercise all the perils which might have the power of injuring Balder. The goddess Fr

He wished to see and enjoy things himself. At any moment, however, he might disappear to return to Olympus, where the gods of

ame up to see what damage had been done; for he feared that the earth might have been so harmed that the sun would shine thro

ith its glare. They came gliding swiftly toward the cradle, and there might then have been an end of both of its little occup

m, he seized them both about the necks and squeezed them with all his might . Then Alcmena, who had heard the crying, came run

f the hero, and very much afraid of him. He even feared that Hercules might try to take his kingdom from him, though he knew,

on’s skin. Then Hercules tried his club. He hit the lion with all his might upon the head. It was a crushing blow, but the li

reat three-headed dog, Cerberus, from the underworld, that Eurystheus might have a look at it. But perhaps the hardest labor

ok upon than any mortal man. He asked for shelter, and begged that he might tend the king’s flocks. Admetus received him glad

s, and had loved her deeply at first sight. He had asked Pelias if he might sue for Alcestis’ hand; and had been told that he

Pelias if he might sue for Alcestis’ hand; and had been told that he might , but that Alcestis should become the wife of none

ken from her. She thought of his people, too, and prayed that Admetus might be saved to bless them with his gentle rule. From

, he wet the forehead of the youth with a divine ointment, so that he might better endure the fierce light and heat; then he

walked backwards, holding up his shining shield as a mirror. Thus he might see the Gorgons without looking at them. When Per

not a word. His eyes were always on beautiful Ariadne, and well they might be. She was as lovely as the myrtle that blooms a

at every step, but Ariadne stood outside, trembling to think that he might never come out alive. The hero had gone hardly tw

ld black-sailed ship to Delos, to repeat these sacrifices, so that it might never be forgotten how Theseus and Ariadne saved

be sent back to her home, with sacrifices and gifts, that the plague might be stayed. But his heart was hot with rage at the

ege lasted ten years. Finally the beautiful Paris was slain, and that might have been an occasion to end the struggle, but ev

supported high on heavy wooden legs and was so large that twenty men might have sat within it. Now, the horse is the animal

at the Greeks had made this monster in honor of Neptune, so that they might have a safe voyage. “What shall we do with it?” t

Minerva before setting out. It was built large and heavy so that you might not be able to take it into the city, for if you

resolved to find his companions or share their fate. Then, indeed, it might have gone hard with the hero, but that upon the w

e was obliged to set about finishing it. She still hoped, for Ulysses might return before the work was done, and all would be

rs, it may be added, are instinct with the spirit of the ancients. We might fancy that they, too, had caught sight of Proteus

st-born Earth produc’d, Of like immensity, the starry Heaven; That he might sheltering compass her around On every side.” He

starry brows, Some choosing to cast Cronus from his throne That Zeus might king it there, and some in haste With opposite oa

discerned the superior number of his foes, and, quite aware of their might , concluded that reinforcements to his party would

t, perchance, the box contained some good spirit, whose ministrations might prove beneficial. It was well for Pandora that sh

tion, when his arm was stayed by the objection that the rising flames might set fire to his own abode, and reduce its magnifi

their ineffectual efforts to escape, closed over the homes where they might have been so happy, and drowned their last despai

modest and judicious choice, and proffered a timid request that they might serve the gods as long as life and strength endur

ite unpalatable. With tear-dimmed eyes, Latona prayed these cruel men might never leave the spot whereon they now stood; and

overtook him in the forest, and bade him play some gay music, so they might indulge in a dance. But poor Orpheus, dazed with

Antiope had been repudiated by her second husband, Lycus, so that he might marry another wife by the name of Dirce, these yo

ed to his mother, and begged her to direct him to his father, that he might obtain the desired proof. Clymene immediately gav

n immortal’s vengeance; in his eye And nostril beautiful disdain, and might And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Deve

s heart broke at this sad sight, and she longed to die, too, that she might not be parted from Leander. To hasten their meeti

of ointment which had wonderful power to render beautiful whomsoever might be anointed with it, for which Proserpina alone h

uch cases to be tried at night, in utter darkness, so that the judges might not be influenced by the personal appearance of e

defendant; and no rhetoric of any kind was allowed, that their minds might remain quite unbiassed. Mars appeared before the

lcan, perceiving her in this plight, tugged at the chain with all his might , drew her up, and was about to set her free, when

never spoke of him without trembling, and fervently prayed that they might never see his face; for, when he appeared on the

l abode, or to make sure there was no crevice through which a sunbeam might glide to brighten its gloom and dispel its shadow

h the ancients carefully laid under the tongue of the dead, that they might pass on to Pluto without delay. Charon’s leaky bo

fects of Juno’s persistent hatred: so Jupiter, fearing lest some harm might befall his precious son, bade Mercury convey him

n his knees, and humbly besought the god to grant that all he touched might be changed into gold. “‘Give me,’ says he (nor t

t, while Ceres sat alone with her charge, it occurred to her that she might confer a still greater blessing upon him, that of

glittering object at her feet. Stooping hastily to ascertain what it might be, she recognised the girdle her daughter had wo

, overcome by the heat, she had once sought a cool stream wherein she might bathe her heated limbs. She soon found one, the A

and, turning to Arete, declared himself ready to obey any command she might choose to give him.               “Young Hercule

rrows in the Hydra’s venomous blood, knowing well that any wound they might inflict, however slight, would be sure to prove f

uld tell Hercules in what part of Africa the garden of the Hesperides might be situated: so he set out at a venture, determin

d him aloft in his powerful embrace. The giant struggled with all his might to get free; but Hercules held him fast, and felt

is childhood and youth, now decided to lend him their aid, so that he might successfully accomplish the great task of slaying

arms of her overjoyed parents, they immediately offered any reward he might be pleased to claim. When he, therefore, expresse

d come to demand his rights. To prevent his making known claims which might interfere with the prospects of her future offspr

resign his authority and set out again in search of adventures, which might help him forget his woes. He therefore made an ex

gained with Æolus for favourable winds, and forbade any tempest which might work them harm. “Then with a whistling breeze di

hastened to Medea and implored her to give them the recipe, that they might rejuvenate their father also. The sorceress malic

was immortal, then implored Jupiter to allow him to die also, that he might not be parted from his brothers — a proof of brot

pus’ suspicions, and made him question the queen, who, afraid lest he might do himself an injury in the first moment of his d

rophon’s Fall Bellerophon, having now attained his dearest wishes, might have settled down in peace; but his head had been

( Pope’s tr.) One of Dryope’s last requests had been that her child might often play beneath her shady branches; and when t

nal charms; and Venus smiled, and archly requested to be informed who might assert greater claims than the goddess of beauty.

would welcome him warmly, — and obtain from them a fleet in which he might sail to Greece. In obedience to these instruction

The baths of cool Eurotas limpid play’d. But none, of all, with Helen might compare, Nor one seem’d faultless of the fairest

choice. Tyndareus, Helen’s stepfather, thinking the rejected suitors might attempt to steal her away from any husband she se

thsayer of the expedition, was again consulted, to discover how they, might best win the favour of the gods; and the purport

an oracle to know why this calamity had come upon them, and how they might check the progress of the deadly disease which wa

etis, for little by little the Greeks were forced to yield before the might of the Trojans, who, stimulated by their partial

Suddenly Patroclus remembered that the mere sight of Achilles’ armour might suffice to arrest the enemy’s advance and produce

scene of strife, but was quite willing to lend men and arms, if they might be of any use, and immediately placed them at his

d an armistice of fourteen days, that the funeral rites in both camps might be celebrated with all due pomp and solemnity; an

ween the conflicting nations, hoping that, were the war but ended, he might obtain her hand in marriage. The Death of Achi

al wooden horse, within whose hollow sides a number of brave warriors might lie concealed. The main army feigned weariness of

strike it with a spear, merely to demonstrate, that, being hollow, it might contain an armed band. Ever since then, Laocoon a

ith plunder and slaves. But the homeward journey was not as joyful as might have been expected; and many, after escaping from

all, Eurylochus alone lingering on the porch, fearing lest some fraud might suddenly be revealed. Circe received her self-inv

f Janus’ temple. He refused: but Juno, afraid lest even now her plans might be set at naught, came down from Olympus, and wit

œ. Engaged however in the literary career, my first thought was how I might at the same time promote my own interest, and ren

st, and render some service, however trifling, to my country, that it might be said of me, Haud inutiliter vixit. It appeared

last usage, and I think Greek names should be so written as that they might be at once transferred to the original Greek char

, and therefore an appropriate name for a river. Altheusa it is plain might easily become Arethusa. Possibly too Εἰλείθνια (p

ades in the west, in the other in the under-world. The name Geryoneus might correspond in signification with κλυτὸѕ and κλύμε

o much affected by all that environed them to dream of anything which might shock the opinions of their auditors. Accordingly

rst who reduced gallantry to an art, and made a trade of it, that she might not appear more wanton than other women72. Cadmos

ncient Italians and other nations seem to have been similar. Hence we might be led to infer that Olympos, the abode of the Gr

ut to be delivered of Zeus, besought her parents to teach her how she might save him. Instructed by Earth, she concealed him

ing, and other celestial phænomena to be children of Heaven and Earth might seem to imply a deeper knowledge of physics than

ing through the Ocean passed, He to the depths of sacred gloomy Night might come, Unto his mother and his wedded wife, And hi

Mantios, was for his exceeding beauty snatched away by her, ‘that he might be among the gods275.’ She also carried off Cepha

by Zeus in the new order of things. This is surely not the order one might have anticipated. It is now, however, hardly poss

en them304. The reason of this offering is said to have been that she might prevent the souls of the dead from appearing305.

being desired by Zeus to express their wishes, they prayed that they might be appointed to officiate in that temple, and tha

at they might be appointed to officiate in that temple, and that they might be united in death as in life. Their prayer was g

ipal means of transport by land, as the ship is by sea ; the one name might therefore be metaphorically employed for the othe

n more attached to life, and more averse from war and everything that might abridge its period, than the ancient Greeks were4

the language, the ideas, and the state of society which it supposes, might almost lead us to assign its origin to a comparat

ysical mythe, or rather a combination of two such mythes ; for beauty might naturally have been made the spouse of the god fr

hem to his temple, where they become his priests and ministers618. As might be expected, the legends of so celebrated an even

e of Apollo serving Admetos, Müller sees matter of deeper import than might at first sight be supposed. According to the Delp

were introduced into Greece, these deities were united, or perhaps we might say re-united. Apollo at the same period also too

those who separate these deities from the sun and moon. This however might have been nothing more than the arbitrary procedu

to be the god of archery ; and the sun, whose eye surveys everything, might be looked on as the most suitable revealer of the

ght, and the songs of birds which precede or accompany his rising728, might easily cause the sun-god to be regarded as the go

ght to appropriate the Tritôn to themselves820, the choice among them might seem difficult. The contest, however, has lain be

branches of myrtle and tamarisk under his feet, that the herdsman-god might have no clue by which to trace his cattle. As he

nd was ploughed up, and the grass or corn cut down. The eyes of Argos might then have originally signified the flowers with w

m’ earth902 of winter when torrents spring forth from its womb. These might very aptly be represented by the steed Flowing (ῥ

itics consider her name to signify Food-shower 912 ; in the former it might mean Light-destroyer, a name corresponding well w

r Pelasgian forefathers. In such case the spouse of the invisible god might very naturally be termed the Light-destroyer. The

and abundant sacrifices and offerings were made to them, their virtue might not be adequate to resisting the temptation. As t

hat nothing there could be without some mysterious meaning. What this might be, he inquired of the officiating ministers, who

ng on her till they were arrived in the upper-world. Fearing that she might not be following him, the anxious husband looked

er gives not the slightest hint of who her parents were ; but analogy might lead to the supposition of Zeus being her sire, b

f Night. He is alluded to by Plato and Aristotle ; and Lucian1054, as might be expected, makes some use of him. Νέμεσις. N

a god1092. Supposing therefore Dionysos to have been, as his name might appear to indicate, one of the original Grecian d

rs the most incredible lies. In reading the Euterpe of Herodotus, one might fancy one’s self beholding Captain Wilford listen

em that they regarded her as the Moon-goddess ; though her attributes might lead to an identification of her with Cybele1149.

eeks named the Delta Egypt, the rest Thebes, for which reason Memphis might very well be the Thebes of Homer. This poet had n

the king to ask what gift he would. Midas craved that all he touched might turn to gold. His wish was granted ; but when he

, and they seem to have been appropriated to the mythe of Perseus. We might therefore suppose them to have been a pure poetic

he occasion for scandal which her appearance in company with Odysseus might give, she supposes some one to say1424, “Is it so

had conveyed Rhadamanthys to Eubœa1425 and returned on the same day, might lead to the supposition of Scheria being to the w

beholding it offered him her aid in procuring anything in heaven that might contribute to its perfection. Prometheus said tha

to its perfection. Prometheus said that he could not tell what there might be in heaven to his purpose, unless he could go t

arrative of Eve and the forbidden fruit is so very striking, that one might be induced to regard it as a rivulet derived from

he day appointed for the life of Admetos to terminate should come, he might defer it if any one would die in his place. When

or agriculture, without mines, or any of those objects of trade which might tempt a people of that character. It is also stra

rs,) merely a personification of the name of the people. Here then we might stop, and leave the Cadmeians to rank with the Io

d the serpent was the symbol of constant residence1638, and the teeth might represent military prowess, the legend of the ser

stag's-hide over him, and thus caused the error of his dogs, and this might refer to the sheep-skins ; the cave of Cheirôn wa

hamas sent to Delphi to consult the oracle how the threatening famine might be averted. Ino persuaded the messengers to say t

or that purpose to dress them in black and her own in white, that she might be able to distinguish them. Ino however reversed

ily thus set before him, he raised his hands and prayed that his sons might never divide their inheritance peaceably, but eve

oulder of the victim, he flung it to the ground, and prayed that they might fall by each other's hands. The motives assigned

e origin of the Dead Sea, which, as the legend of Baucis and Philemôn might seem to show, early made its way into Greece. Mül

the thirtieth day, saying that if he should then return victorious he might offer it to Zeus the Saviour ; but if he fell in

reared the females alone. They cut off their right breasts, that they might not impede them in drawing the bow. Hippolyta was

t he said he would take them himself to Eurystheus, and that Heracles might continue to support the heavens. At the suggestio

racles they stretched forth their hands, hoping to be relieved by his might . He took Theseus by the hand, and raised him up17

es, Heracles replied that he must first be made a slave, and then she might give something for him and redeem him. She took h

expedition : but Cepheus, afraid lest during his absence the Argives might make an attempt on Tegea, declined the proposal.

w. This we regard as contrary to the mythic analogy, which, though it might devise single mythes, like that of Ixiôn, in orde

ck to Thrace. On the way he violated her ; and fearing that the truth might be discovered, he cut out her tongue and confined

f this young stranger should be received as a son by the old king, he might find in him a protector and avenger ; and they re

t, the voyage round cape Malea being considered so very dangerous. As might be expected, the principal object of worship at C

pear to have attracted so much of the attention of the elder poets as might have been expected. Homer never alludes to it, un

34, in which he shut up his daughter and her nurse, in order that she might never become a mother. But Zeus had seen and love

red it designedly was put to death1982. These names and circumstances might lead to the supposition that Zeus Lycæos was in A

st. All came but the vulture ; but none was able to tell how Iphiclos might have children. They therefore brought the vulture

rment. When she had taken it off, Thyestes, covering his head that he might not be known, sprang from his lurkingplace, and f

, or other wars. The political insignificance of Crete in this period might lead one to doubt of the power and dominion of th

ribed to him, and the names Glaucos and Deucaliôn among his children, might seem to indicate a Cretan worship of the god of t

x stars are visible, for Electra, it is said, left her place that she might not behold the ruin of Troy ; or Merope concealed

eir clustering together (whence they were also named the ‘Bunch’2143) might easily have suggested the idea. In like manner we

roes to let fly a pigeon, saying if she came safely through, the Argo might venture to follow her. They obeyed the directions

band, she prayed to Zeus, who had loved her, that her sons by Alcmæôn might at once attain to manly age, to avenge their fath

fter takes Helenos by stratagem, and having learned from him how Troy might be captured, Diomedes is sent to Lemnos to fetch

favour. When, therefore, the papyrus made its way to Italy, though it might have found numerous ballads in praise of illustri

nd a life” — “of a fish.” The deity smiled, and said that his weapons might thus be averted, and promised a sign at sun-rise

ers made exactly like it by the artist Mamurius, to deceive those who might attempt to steal it, committed them to the care o

at Rome there was a statue of the Stata Mater, placed there that she might protect the pavement from the effect of the fires

while Milton gave utterance to his genuine conception of what heaven might really be. The fact is, that our great poet was,

ers understand by them Ash-nymphs, from μϵλία. In this last case they might denote the production of timber-trees. Hermann re

re else. We should perhaps read Eurynome for Euonyme, and then Kronos might take the place of Ophiôn. 320. Geor. iii. 193.

r of the Moon, and on the hypothesis of night preceding day, the Moon might be the mother of the Sun. Zeus-Epopeus is like Ze

od in the veins of the gods. They were not capable of death, but they might be wounded or otherwise injured. They could make

earing that his turbulent offspring, the Hecatoncheires and Cyclopes, might one day seize his power, buried them in Tartarus

was called the “Supper of Hecate,” and the offering was made that she might prevent the souls of the dead from appearing. Art

). Chronos, having an uneasy conscience, was afraid that his children might one day rise up against his authority, and thus v

oughout the whole of Greece, as kindly, beneficent deities, whose aid might be invoked either in battle or in the dangers of

desired, and it should be granted. They accordingly begged that they might serve the gods in the temple below, and end life

At Lacedæmon*, or Sparta, he was represented with four heads, that he might seem to hear with greater readiness the different

ore leaving Elysium they drank of the river Lethe, in order that they might enter upon their new career without any remembran

of the Titans, the celestials besought Zeus to create some beings who might perpetuate in song the mighty deeds of the gods.

e new being should have had a window in his breast, that his thoughts might be seen. A house which Athene constructed did not

ing he desired. The foolish king requested that everything he touched might turn to gold. The gift was bestowed. Midas laid h

air white fat. The animal thus divided was placed before Zeus that he might choose on the part of the gods. He pretended to b

, on learning the fate of Alcmæon, implored Zeus that her infant sons might grow at once to manhood, and avenge the death of

hich to encounter the Minotaur, and with a clue of thread by which he might find his way out of the labyrinth. He was success

he heroes to let loose a dove, and if it ventured to fly through they might safely follow. The bird passed swiftly, but lost

ven to but one of the suitors, the pretended friendship of the others might change to hatred and revenge, which might be dang

ed friendship of the others might change to hatred and revenge, which might be dangerous to him. At length Odysseus* (Ulysses

the command of Eurylochus*, to see what prospect of hospitality they might find. They soon came to a magnificent marble pala

rojan expedition, hoping to gain tidings of his father. That Odysseus might be able to take vengeance on the suitors, Athene

aving been directed in a dream to seek the abode of the dead, that he might confer with his father Anchises, and receive from

rd the bridge Bifrost, as the gods continually feared that the giants might force their way over the shining arch and invade

heir motions, the size of the world and the lands, and concerning the might and power of the immortal gods.” The Bards were

m which the fires in the district — which had all been extinguished — might be relighted. This custom of kindling fires on Ha

lap is a stone, which, on being struck, emits a metallic sound, that might still be made use of to deceive a visitor who was

gods; upwards of forty Hercules were reckoned up; but as so many gods might disagree among themselves, the pagans felt the ne

er, and changed her into a turtle (which her name signifies) that she might keep eternal silence. The many conjugal infidelit

seful sight, Lies buried now in one eternal night. But Juno, that she might his eyes retain, Soon fix’d them in her gaudy pea

Viriplaca, the goddess of family peace, was worshipped, that husbands might be reconciled to their wives. When a married coup

morality and religion. Angerona was worshipped, that anguish of mind might be removed. The Romans offered up prayers to Stat

offered up prayers to Stata, or Statua Mater, in the Forum, that she might preserve it from fire at night. Thieves were patr

not a man. Having sworn by Styx to comply with whatsoever request she might make, Jupiter descended, clothed in the splendour

ome from Troy, Æolus gave him all the winds confined in a bag that he might thereby have power to resist all obstacles to his

s experienced, issued out of the bottom of the earth discord that she might dwell on its surface. She was the first of his ch

great terrestrial and rural gods. Populonia was worshipped, that she might prevent the hail and the thunder-bolt from destro

hrew him a cake, strongly impregnated with soporific drugs, that they might gain access to the eternal prison. In this fright

that he was refused the performance of the usual ceremony by which he might have been purified of murder. But he obtained his

is brother would prove too powerful for him by the alliances which he might form from the marriages which his daughters might

alliances which he might form from the marriages which his daughters might otherwise contract. To avoid this alliance, Danau

to its masculine or feminine name. People implored Thought, that they might have nothing but good thoughts. All kinds of piet

eir rights and prerogatives that the presence of the goddess of Peace might banish all hatred and all the asperity which is a

have placed a window in his breast, through which his inmost thoughts might have been seen. When Neptune had formed the bull,

uture fortune. The Sirens attempted to stop him; but in order that he might not be allured by their charming voices, he close

heart and his generosity, proposed to him to ask for any privilege he might choose. He demanded to have a son without a wife.

Oromazes; turn’d to noxious heat, The solar beam, that foodfull earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their

he solar beam, that foodfull earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their beds, Whence, pestilence and famine

ice, blasts the joy. But yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might , and evil be no more. Glover’s Leonidas. Questi

the sight of those nations through whose territories they travelled, might have given them the idea of constructing some for

ssumed that of Odin, the supreme god of the Scythians, either that he might be considered a man inspired by the gods, or beca

rk eyelids seem’d to gleam; Nor gentle mercy’s melting tear, Nor love might ever harbour there. . Was never woman’s beauteous

n of glory streaming,     Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen; Earth a

, the stones of which are of a prodigious size. Even at this day, men might well hesitate to undertake a similar work, althou

resented with various attributes, among which the goddess of pleasure might be recognized. Odin was honored as the god of bat

r the memory nor the monuments of men have preserved any record which might indicate the period of their separation. It is we

of immolating human victims. In farther extending our researches, we might also find among them vestiges of the worship of t

been drawn between the Magi and the Druids, and shows that the Gauls might have held the religion of the Persians, or, at le

that of the Druids had the same origin; the differences between them might have been easily caused by wars, separation, and

rs to divinity that it would infuse into that plant a happiness which might be felt by those to whom particles of it should b

of the shadowy centuries, sits enthroned a Being, who in His infinite might and power brought mankind, the universe, and all

the ancients carefully placed under the tongue of the dead, that they might not be delayed in their passage to Pluto. Those w

ris [Febris] (fever), one of the evil deities, was worshiped that she might not do harm. Feb′ruus [Februus]. A name of Pluto

hrough eating a sea-weed, which he thought invigorated the fishes and might strengthen him. Glauko′pis [Glaukopis]. A name g

Segetia. A Roman divinity, invoked by the husbandman that the harvest might be plentiful. Hawk, see Nysus. Ha′zis [Hazis].

ea killed him, and strewed his limbs in his father’s path, so that he might be delayed in collecting them, and this enabled J

ho begged of Bacchus the special gift that everything that he touched might be turned into gold. The request was granted, and

e the Muses to sing, upon condition that if he did not sing best they might inflict any penalty they pleased. He was, of cour

Un′dine [Undine]. A water-nymph, or sylph, who, according to fable, might receive a human soul by marrying a mortal. Unkno

ds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not fa

y to their own ideas, into their own country. As this is the case, it might have appeared more natural to the source before t

roserpine was frequently considered as being the moon, and this fable might be intended to express her time of disappearing.

brute beasts who became its slaves, although their genius and talents might have been bright, as the stars in the firmament.

ed, before whom, any, who thought themselves injured by the deceased, might bring forward their accusations. If the charges w

uristheus’ stern commands, And Jove’s revengeful queen. Thy matchless might O’ercame the cloud-born Centaurs in the fight, Hy

ng across the mouth of the harbour; so that a large ship, under sail, might pass between its legs. A man could not grasp its

Oromazes; turn’d to noxious heat, The solar beam, that foodful Earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their

The solar beam, that foodful Earth might parch, That streams exhaling might forsake their beds, Whence, pestilence and famine

ce, blasts the joy. But, yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might , and evil be no more. Glover’s Leonidas. Cha

backs of the sheep. He held in his hand a trumpet, the sound of which might be heard throughout all worlds. He was esteemed t

rk eyelids seem’d to gleam; Nor gentle mercy’s melting tear, Nor love might ever harbour there. Was never woman’s beauteous f

n of glory streaming,     Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen. Earth,