the birds sang from morning till night, and the flowers bloomed from one year’s end to the other. Sometimes the mighty rul

all such people, often made herself and others very unhappy. She had one great favorite, a peacock, which was always with

airest of the goddesses. She was supposed to have sprung from the sea one day, in a cloud of spray, and all the beings who

ts ruler was King Pluto. He was very lonely in his somber palace; and one time, as you shall hear, he came to earth and sto

a strange creature, half goat and half man. But he was loved by every one , and especially by the shepherds; for he guarded

all her companions and even the gods were very fond of her, there was one who did not love her, and that was Juno. For some

r she grew, the more the queen of heaven seemed to hate her. At last, one day when Juno met her in the forest, hunting and

ys loved Callisto, and he was sorry for the harm his wife had done to one so good and gentle. To make up as far as he could

e sea, and told him her troubles. She asked him to grant her at least one little favor, — never to let the Great Bear or th

efore the life, of all the people on the great, wide earth. Ceres had one fair young daughter, whom she loved very dearly.

s gloomy throne; but not the richest jewels or wealth could tempt any one of them to leave the bright sunlight above and dw

at very day Proserpine had eaten six pomegranate seeds; and for every one of those seeds she was doomed each year to spend

a song of welcome to Latona. In fact, it was as lovely a home as any one could wish for. And here Latona lived for a long,

ould never find her in this hidden corner of the earth. After a while one of the gods, who loved and pitied her, sent two b

herwise Juno might harm her two beautiful babes. So she took a little one in each arm, and again set forth on her wandering

ery angry, and raising her eyes to heaven she cried, “If there is any one to hear me, and any justice among the gods, let t

she danced and sang in the green woods with the other nymphs. She had one great fault, however, — she was too talkative; an

down to earth and listen by the hour to Echo’s delightful tales. But one day she found out that Echo amused her in this wa

s a sunshiny day in spring, and he was brave and manly as well. Every one who saw him loved him; but he seemed to have no h

ho saw him loved him; but he seemed to have no heart, for he loved no one but himself. One day he was wandering through the

of his friends. He turned to take the path which he thought the right one , and in so doing s passed by the tall oak tree in

y suddenly saw that he had lost his way and called out, “Is there any one here?” Echo, who had stepped behind a tree, quick

himself alone in the woods. He looked all around, but not seeing any one to whom the voice could belong, he called, “Come!

n Echo likewise called, “Come!” This was bewildering. He could see no one , and yet every cry of his was answered, and the v

poor girl could not tell it in words. But Narcissus hated to have any one show him affection; so he pushed her aside very r

voice remained. Since that time she lies hidden in the woods, and no one has ever seen so much as a gleam of her white arm

e prophet answered, “If he never recognizes himself.” At the time, no one understood the meaning of the words; but when you

arry eyes in the pool smiled back at him. When he beckoned, the loved one beckoned too; and the nearer he bent to the water

r work that she could think of nothing but how wonderful she was; and one day she boasted that, though she was only a humbl

red in a very churlish tone, “You are an old woman and you speak like one . Let Minerva come and try her skill with mine, an

r garden wall, perhaps you will see, if not Arachne herself, at least one of her race, spinning and spinning away at a web,

es around the swampy land where it dwelt lived in constant terror. No one dared go near the hideous creature, until, one da

in constant terror. No one dared go near the hideous creature, until, one day, the archer Apollo came with his glittering a

re sharp-pointed and made of shining gold, and whoever was pierced by one of these at once fell deeply in love. But the oth

unt and made of dull lead, and, strange to say, they made people hate one another. You will hear, in a moment, what use Cup

r and gave him leave to lead Eurydice back with him to earth. He made one condition, however, — that Orpheus must not look

ved for a long time in this sorrowful quiet. So time passed on, until one day, as Orpheus was walking on the mountain, he m

n her short hunting garments, her shining quiver of arrows slung over one shoulder, she spent the day in the green woods, e

rink the cooling water, and lie on the soft grass under the trees. No one ever dared to enter these quiet, hidden groves, f

alled Perseus. The little boy’s father was far away, and Danaë had no one to take care of her and her child. One day, some

both would die; but somehow the frail little bark did not upset, and one day a large wave carried it upon an island, where

gons. They had beautiful faces, but their bodies were so hideous that one could think of them only as ugly monsters. Instea

tongues. Not very pleasant creatures to meet, you may well say. With one blow of their tails or of their brazen hands, the

rom the dying moon and blow,     Blow him again to me While my little one , while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sl

d blow,     Blow him again to me While my little one, while my pretty one , sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,     Fat

sails all out of the west     Under the silver moon. Sleep, my little one ; sleep, my pretty one, sleep. Alfred Tennyson .

est     Under the silver moon. Sleep, my little one; sleep, my pretty one , sleep. Alfred Tennyson . How Perseus Went

hat instead of having two eyes each, as you and I have, there was but one eye for all three of them. They took turns in usi

hree of them. They took turns in using that single eye; so that while one of them had the eye, the other two could see noth

wo could see nothing at all; and while they were passing the eye from one to another, all three sisters were, for the momen

ll three sisters were, for the moment, blind. But such an eye as that one was! — worth much more than any other six eyes pu

eus stood just outside the cave, behind a bush, and waited. By and by one of the women, with the wonderful eye in her foreh

countries far away. They were interested for a while; but at length, one of them grew impatient and said, “Sister, it is m

r said quickly, “No, that is not true. It is my turn.” And the middle one , who had the eye, cried out, “I pray you, sisters

you, sisters, let me keep the eye a little longer. I think I see some one behind that thick bush.” When Perseus heard these

d, for the sisters fell to quarreling about the eye, and at last, the one who had it was forced to take it out of her foreh

ce, darted out and seized the eye. Then began a dreadful hubbub, each one of the three insisting that the other had taken t

fixing his eyes on Medusa’s image in the shield, he darted down. With one thrust, he cut off the head of the sleeping Gorgo

o reach the island where Medusa lived; for it was so far away that no one but the three sisters with their wonderful eye co

talking of, she was placed among the stars, and on a starry night any one will show you Cassiopeia’s Chair, brightly shinin

id, she was very beautiful. She was also very vain of her beauty, and one day boasted that she was fairer than any of the s

he gods, that is, through them the gods spoke to human beings. If any one was in doubt as to what he should do in time of t

ed to know something that was to happen in the future, he would go to one of these oracles, and offer up a sacrifice to the

t reached the rock to which Andromeda was chained. The poor girl gave one terrified shriek; and all the people covered thei

laid his right hand on a bag which he wore at his side and said, “The one you call your bride, sir, is my wife, and no powe

fine mist, over all the trees on its banks. The god of the river had one child, a girl named Io, and there was nothing she

us queen she was, and she could not bear to have Jupiter care for any one besides herself. So one day, when he had been awa

e could not bear to have Jupiter care for any one besides herself. So one day, when he had been away from home for many hou

“Now that I have you, I will take good care to keep you.” So she set one of her servants, Argus, to watch the cow. And a v

no matter how tired he was, he never closed more than half of them at one time. If you or 1 had fifty sharp eyes watching u

d that Pan, the god of the shepherds and chief of the satyrs, saw her one day, as she was passing through the grove. He cam

her, until Io was almost beside herself with pain. She wandered from one country to another trying in vain to rid herself

robes, she looked very haughty and proud, and she always wanted every one to bow down to her and say “How great is Niobe!”

Latona, the mother of the beautiful twin gods, Apollo and Diana. And one year, when, as usual, the women of the city haste

. She has only two children, and I have seven times that number, each one of them more lovely than Apollo or Diana, whom yo

hildren, seven times the number of hers. And even should fortune take one half of them from me, still would I be greater th

en princes were in the fields, mounted on their fiery horses, chasing one another around the plain with merry laughter. The

ed forth afresh, and Diana seized her bow and shot her deadly arrows, one after another. As Niobe saw her daughters falling

ungest and tried to hide her in her cloak, crying, “Leave me but this one , ye gods, spare me this last and youngest one!” B

ing, “Leave me but this one, ye gods, spare me this last and youngest one !” But the fatal arrow had already been loosed, an

ildren fell dead at her feet. 12. “‘Spare me this last and youngest one ,’ she cried.” Niobe (Uffizi Palace, Florence).

les, from his sleep. Starting up in his cradle, he seized the snakes, one with each hand, and wrung their necks. The astoni

whom the world has any record. Nowadays, when we wish to say that any one is very, very powerful, we call his strength Herc

the king’s fair daughter for his bride. In that last fierce struggle, one of the bull’s horns was broken off. The goddess o

came up to him and offered to carry Deïanira across. It was, in fact, one of the men horses, or centaurs, as they were call

he centaur fell to the ground, pierced through the heart. Nessus gave one cry of pain; then dipping his shirt in the blood

other lands and to do other great deeds became too strong for him. So one day he started on his journeys. His wife missed h

y by the fire, and from that time, so the story goes, Hercules became one of the mighty company of gods in high Olympus.

ached by a winding pathway, a path with so many turns and twists that one who entered it could never find his way out again

e looked at the white-sailed vessels on the water, and longed to have one of them for his own. One day Icarus was looking n

reen world round about; And hark! at the top of this leafy hall, How, one to the other in love they call: “Come up, come up

king of the famous old city of Athens, was still a young man, he was one day passing through a village, where he saw a bea

th whom he fell in love. Soon afterwards he married her, and they had one child, a boy, whom they called Theseus. When this

t in the festival, and so he went to Athens. Before long almost every one in Athens grew to like him, for he was a frank, g

ens, did not care for him. He was jealous of this young stranger; and one night, as the boy was traveling back to the islan

the king had last seen as a baby, had grown to be a strong youth, and one day his mother took him to the place where the sw

g of the heir to the throne of Athens. And that was the reason why no one asked after the other young prince. While Athens

d vowed that he would take vengeance on the cruel king of Athens. And one day, as Aegeus was walking in the palace gardens

er day, as she watched Minos from her high tower, the thought of this one deed by which she might win his love would not le

ast, it no longer seemed so dreadful a thing. The end of it was, that one night she crept into the room where her father la

n her, as though they knew her story; so she lived lonely and with no one to love her, as a punishment for her wickedness i

seven youths and seven maidens should die each year, than that every one in Athens should perish.” So all the young boys a

crifice was called, young Prince Theseus declared that he would go as one of the seven, either to free his city of this ter

could. overcome that monster, and besides, once in the labyrinth, no one could find the way back to the entrance. At last

nth.” Then Ariadne gave Theseus a firm thread, and told him to fasten one end of it to the entrance gate, and to keep tight

ntented and happy, and always glad to share their last crust with any one who came to their door. One evening two strangers

that day, and were very weary. Baucis hastened to lead the way to the one bed in the little cottage. When the strangers had

the morning, Philemon and Baucis arose, for they wanted to kill their one old goose for the strangers’ breakfast. While the

d.” Philemon and Baucis thought but an instant and then answered with one accord, “Let us, we pray you, be the guardians of

onger seemed beautiful to them, and they no longer cared to live. And one evening, as they were standing hand in hand in fr

e shipwreck, and ended with these words: “Weep no more for the absent one ; for he is dead, and can never come back to his b

s cloud, and there was something about the fair young queen that made one think of soft, pink and gold-edged clouds on a su

and Helle a girl, and they were all as happy as the day is long. Only one thing marred their joy. In the hot summer days, w

rom my wings are shaken the dews that waken     The sweet buds, every one , When rocked to rest on their mother’s breast,   

d died, there lived in a certain country a king and queen who had but one child, a boy named Jason. The king, Aeson, was a

amed Jason. The king, Aeson, was a rather weak, good-natured man; and one day Jason’s uncle came with a large army, and dro

from his surprise, and started to go on, he saw, to his dismay, that one of his sandals had been lost in the rushing water

in the rushing water; so he had to walk the rest of the way with only one shoe. He came at last to the palace of his father

told that his kingdom would be taken from him by a youth wearing only one sandal, and one of Jason’s feet, as you know, was

ngdom would be taken from him by a youth wearing only one sandal, and one of Jason’s feet, as you know, was bare. But the c

ith Medea at his right hand. In all that vast crowd, she was the only one who dared to hope that Jason would be successful.

it into the midst of his foes. This made them turn from Jason against one another, for each one thought it was his neighbor

is foes. This made them turn from Jason against one another, for each one thought it was his neighbor who had thrown the st

o begin his third task, the king answered that he had done enough for one day, and that he should rest until the morrow. Bu

r to door and offer his glossy neck to be patted. He was afraid of no one , for every one loved him and was kind to him. Cyp

ffer his glossy neck to be patted. He was afraid of no one, for every one loved him and was kind to him. Cyparissus and the

herman home with a full net and a happy heart. So years passed, until one day, as the sea god was floating on the top of th

, and the more Glaucus saw of Scylla, the more he loved her. At last, one evening, as Scylla was about to climb the hill, G

g at his work, and perfectly happy in living for that alone. At last, one day, a beautiful thought came into his mind. Pygm

the stone. Each day it stood out more and more clearly, till at last, one evening, the light of the setting sun fell around

flesh. The mouth was half open, as if the maiden were about to speak; one foot was outstretched, and it seemed as though th

that he, too, thought himself the greatest musician in the world; and one day he went so far as to ask the great god Apollo

away the barber with the threat that he would kill him if he told any one the secret. The barber, full of fear, hastened fr

nor sleep for thinking of it; and yet he dared not confide it to any one . At last he could stand it no longer. One midnigh

ny one. At last he could stand it no longer. One midnight, when every one was fast asleep, he took a spade, and walked to a

almost covered with hair, like animals, and this, together with their one fiery eye, gave them a very fierce look. For thes

instead of having two eyes, as you and I have? had but a single large one ; and that one gleamed from the middle of their fo

ing two eyes, as you and I have? had but a single large one; and that one gleamed from the middle of their foreheads with s

s. In the cave of a mountain which overhung the blue sea, there lived one of these Cyclops whose name was Polyphemus. Every

looked very well indeed, for, of course, hugeness and shagginess and one flaming eye formed the very highest type of beaut

so too, a beard and shaggy hair are becoming to a Cyclops. I have but one eye in the middle of my forehead, yet the great s

yet the great sun in heaven, which sees all things, likewise has but one eye. “My father rules over the blue sea in which

ing, or to imagine the passing of a million years without bringing us one day or one minute nearer to their close. Suppose

imagine the passing of a million years without bringing us one day or one minute nearer to their close. Suppose that one co

bringing us one day or one minute nearer to their close. Suppose that one could fix upon the terminal point, we would still

d and even among the barbarous nations of to-day. What is virtue with one is vice with the other, as beauty and ugliness of

nd dialects. The same authority follows the Agglutinative period with one “represented everywhere by the same characteristi

ument of the anthropologists is that while all nations have come from one parent-stock, as is claimed also by the philologi

, intending to hurl him aside. Hercules eluded the onset, and seizing one of the huge horns, held it so firmly that it was

ir passage to Pluto. Those who had not their fare were forced to wait one hundred years, when Charon reluctantly ferried th

corn.” Shakespeare. Adrastæ′a [Adrastæa], another name of Nemesis, one of the goddesses of justice. Adscripti′tii Dii [

e gods of the second grade. Adversity, see Echidna. Æ′acus [Æacus], one of the judges of hell, with Minos and Rhadamanthu

s, and father of Medea. Æge′on [Ægeon], a giant with fifty heads and one hundred hands, who was imprisoned by Jupiter unde

Æ′gle [Ægle]. The fairest of the Naiads. Ael′lo [Aello], the name of one of the Harpies. Æne′as [Æneas] was the son of An

he Harpies. Æne′as [Æneas] was the son of Anchises and Venus. He was one of the few great captains who escaped the destruc

is crowned with rays, and he wears a long beard. A knotty stick is in one hand, and a staff entwined with a serpent is in t

n of Aganippe. Agine′us [Agineus], see Apollo. Agla′ia [Aglaia] was one of the Three Graces. Ag′ni [Agni]. The Hindoo go

Graces. Ag′ni [Agni]. The Hindoo god of lightning. A′jax [Ajax] was one of the bravest of the Greek warriors in the Troja

his stead, and was restored to life by Hercules. Alci′des [Alcides], one of the names of Hercules. Alcme′na [Alcmena], th

es, was daughter of Electryon, a king of Argos. Alec′to [Alecto] was one of the Furies. She is depicted as having serpents

hained to a rock and was about to be devoured by a sea-monster. Anem′ one [Anemone]. Venus changed Adonis into this flower.

e power of dispelling anguish of mind. Anna Peren′na [Anna Perenna], one of the rural divinities. Antæ′us [Antæus], a gia

ed him off the ground and squeezed him to death. An′teros [Anteros], one of the two Cupids, sons of Venus. Antic′lea [Ant

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

s [Ares]. The same as Mars, the god of war. Arethu′sa [Arethusa] was one of the nymphs of Diana. She fled from Alpheus, a

ins flocked round the vessel. He then threw himself into the sea, and one of the dolphins took him up and carried him to Tæ

celebrated hunter. His most famous son was Actæon. Arma′ta [Armata], one of the names of Venus, given to her by Spartan wo

es to jump on. Aso′pus [Asopus]. A son of Jupiter, who was killed by one of his father’s thunderbolts. Assabi′nus [Assabi

hiopian name of Jupiter. Ass’s ears, see Midas. Astar′te [Astarte], one of the Eastern names of Venus. Aste′ria [Asteria

ft runner, and, to get rid of her admirers, she promised to marry any one of them who should outstrip her in a race, but th

of Venus, was successful. That goddess gave him three golden apples, one of which he dropped whenever Atalanta caught up t

cean. He had seven daughters by his wife Pleione, they were called by one common name, Pleiades; and by his wife Æthra he h

ere his horrid feast prepare.” Lord Roscommon. At′ropos [Atropos], one of the three sisters called The Fates, who held t

cchus, referring to the use of grapes and honey. Bront′es [Brontes], one of the Cyclops. He is the personification of a bl

sonification of a blacksmith. Bubo′na [Bubona], goddess of herdsmen, one of the rural divinities. Bud′dha [Buddha]. Primi

Ca′cus [Cacus], a three-headed monster and robber. Cad′mus [Cadmus], one of the earliest of the Greek demi-gods. He was th

his office of minister to the gods. Can′ache [Canache]. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Cano′pus [Canopus]. The Egyp

r who tastes thereof is said to thirst no more. Cel′eno [Celeno] was one of the Harpies, progenitor of Zephyrus, the west

turned all his followers into swine. Cisse′ta [Cisseta]. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Cither′ides [Citherides]. A

aci′na [Cloacina]. The Roman goddess of sewers. Clo′tho [Clotho] was one of the Fates. She was present at births, and held

d into frogs by Latona, because they refused to allow her to drink at one of their streamlets. Clu′aci′na [Cluacina]. A na

Cœ′na Salia′ris [Cœna Saliaris], see Ancilia. Colli′na [Collina] was one of the rural deities, the goddess of hills. Come

st Roman goddesses. She is represented as holding a horn of plenty in one hand, and in the other a scepter, from which frui

n he grew up to be a man he married Psyche. “For Venus did but boast one only son, And rosy Cupid was that boasted one; He

For Venus did but boast one only son, And rosy Cupid was that boasted one ; He, uncontroll’d, thro’ heaven extends his sway,

d Vesta. She is represented as riding in a chariot drawn by lions. In one hand she holds a scepter, and in the other a key.

ath of his friend, and was turned into a swan. Cyll′aros [Cyllaros], one of Castor’s horses. The color is mentioned as bei

with white legs and tail. See Cillaros. Cyl′lo [Cyllo]. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds, which was lame. Cyllop′otes

’s hounds, which was lame. Cyllop′otes [Cyllopotes]. A name given to one of Actæon’s hounds which limped. Cyn′osure [Cyno

naus], King of Argos, was the father of fifty daughters, who, all but one , at the command of their father, slew their husba

the secrets of the world unmade.” Spenser. Deuca′lion [Deucalion], one of the demi-gods, son of Prometheus and Pyrra. He

ale is told in Facetiæ Cantabrigienses of Professor Porson, who being one of a set party, the conversation turned on the su

he Echo — a pigmy. E E′acus [Eacus], son of Jupiter and Egina, one of the judges of the infernal regions, who was ap

, the mother of all adversity and tribulation. Echno′bas [Echnobas], one of Actæon’s hounds. Ech′o [Echo] was a nymph who

tle, and holding a lyre in her hand. Er′ebus [Erebus], son of Chaos, one of the gods of Hades, sometimes alluded to as rep

perpetual hunger because he defiled the groves of Ceres, and cut down one of the sacred oaks. Er′os [Eros]. The Greek god

om Mount Eryx in Sicily. Erythre′os [Erythreos]. The Grecian name of one of the horses of Sol’s chariot. Escula′pius [Esc

Esculapius], see Æsculapius. E′ta [Eta], see Æetes. E′thon [Ethon], one of the horses who drew the chariot of Sol — the s

o breathes forth devouring flames. Eu′dromos [Eudromos]. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Eu′lalon [Eulalon], one of t

[Eudromos]. The name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Eu′lalon [Eulalon], one of the names of Apollo. Eume′nides [Eumenides],

e time when they were approved by Minerva. Euphro′syne [Euphrosyne], one of the three Graces, see Graces. “Come, thou god

u′rus [Eurus]. The east wind. A son of Æolus. Eury′ale [Euryale] was one of the Gorgons, daughter of Phorcus and Ceto. Eu

[Eurythion]. A seven-headed dragon. See Geryon. Eu′terpe [Euterpe], one of the Muses, the patroness of instrumental music

dressed his son Bacchus by those words that the phrase at last became one of his names. Evening Star, see Hesperus. Evil,

ar, see Hesperus. Evil, see Cacodæmon. Evils, see Pandora. Eye, of one , see Cyclops and Glaukopis. F Fame was a p

loved maze.” Milton. Feasts, see Comus. Fe′bris [Febris] (fever), one of the evil deities, was worshiped that she might

d to be able to bestow riches or poverty on mankind, and was esteemed one of the most potent of the ancient goddesses. She

heel, with a bandage over her eyes, and holding a cornucopia. Fraud, one of the evil deities, was represented as a goddess

favored people of God. Galatæ′a [Galatæa]. A sea nymph. Polyphemus, one of the Cyclops, loved her, but she disdained his

. Every man was supposed to have two of these genii accompanying him; one brought him happiness, the other misery. Gen′ito

hree sisters, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. They petrified every one they looked at. Instead of hair their heads were

rnal regions; sometimes written Ades. Hailstorms, see Nuriel. Halcy′ one [Halcyone] (or Alcyone), one of the Pleiades, was

en Ades. Hailstorms, see Nuriel. Halcy′one [Halcyone] (or Alcyone), one of the Pleiades, was a daughter of Æolus. Halcy′

ecrecy. He is usually represented as a young man, holding a finger of one hand to his lips (expressive of a command to pres

ec′ate [Hecate]. There were two goddesses known by this name, but the one generally referred to in modern literature is Hec

binds His flying feet and mounts the western winds.” Virgil. Hermi′ one [Hermione], daughter of Mars and Venus, who was t

nts and flowers in gardens. Ho′rus [Horus]. The name of two deities, one Sol, the Egyptian day god; the other, the son of

s either the son of Bacchus and Venus, or, as some say, of Apollo and one of the Muses. He was represented as a handsome yo

ers of Danaus, who were collectively called the Danaides. She was the one who refused to kill her husband on the wedding ni

a name of Jupiter, given to him at Præneste. I′nachus [Inachus] was one of the earliest of the demi-gods or heroes, King

ris], daughter of Thaumas and Electra, was the attendant of Juno, and one of the messengers of the gods. Her duty was to cu

in the infernal regions. See Triptolemus. Jugatin′us [Jugatinus] was one of the nuptial deities. Ju′no [Juno] was the dau

guarded the apples in the garden of the Hesperides. Also the name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Also the river in Arcadia to

s, which, while pursuing a wild boar, was petrified. Also the name of one of Actæon’s hounds. Laks′mi [Laksmi] Hindoo godd

iousness, see Belphegor. Lige′a [Ligea]. A Greek syren or sea-nymph, one of the Nereides. Lightning, see Agni. Li′lith [

rseus, who cut off her head, and placed it on Minerva’s shield. Every one who looked at the head was turned into stone. Uly

id to have felled an ox with his fist, and to have eaten the beast in one day. His statue is often seen with one hand in th

and to have eaten the beast in one day. His statue is often seen with one hand in the rift of a tree trunk, out of which he

heaven in disgrace. He is represented as holding an image of Folly in one hand, and raising a mask from his face with the o

rcules. Nem′esis [Nemesis], the goddess of vengeance or justice, was one of the infernal deities. Her mother was Nox. She

by whom he had a son named Triton. He was also father of Polyphemus ( one of the Cyclopes), Phorcus, and Proteus. Neptune i

une, his father being Neleus, and his mother Chloris. Homer makes him one of the greatest of the Greek heroes. He was prese

trouble by being turned into a stone. No′mius [Nomius]. A law-giver; one of the names of Apollo. This title was also given

mpia, where the god had a splendid temple, which was considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. Olym′pus [Oly

ain by Diana and placed amongst the stars, where his constellation is one of the most splendid. Ori′thy′ia [Orithyia]. A d

tened the Gauls when they invaded Greece that they ran away though no one pursued them; and the word panic is said to have

ountain of the Muses in Phocis, and sacred to Apollo and Bacchus. Any one who slept on this mountain became a poet. It was

Any one who slept on this mountain became a poet. It was named after one of the sons of Bacchus. Par′thenon [Parthenon].

kespeare. Pe′leus [Peleus]. A king of Thessaly, who married Thetis, one of the Nereides. It is said that he was the only

their altar. See Lares. Perpetual Punishment, see Sisyphus. Perseph′ one [Persephone]. The Greek name of Proserpine. Per′

l in horsemanship, he was allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses soon found out the incapacity of

Pheasant, see Itys. Philoct′etes [Philoctetes] was son of Pœas, and one of the companions of Jason on his Argonautic expe

ent fire inflame with rage.” Milton. Phle′gon [Phlegon] (burning), one of the four chariot horses of Sol. Phle′gyas [Ph

ut as there are only six stars to be seen, the ancients believed that one of the sisters, Merope, married a mortal, and was

es who presided over singing and rhetoric. Polyphe′mus [Polyphemus], one of the most celebrated of the Cyclops, a son of t

inder escaped by the ingenuity of Ulysses, who destroyed Polyphemus’s one eye with a fire-brand. “Charybdis barks and Poly

Pylo′tis [Pylotis]. A Greek name of Minerva. Pyr′acmon [Pyracmon], one of the chiefs of the Cyclopes. Pyr′amus and This

wn in Attica, where she had a temple in which was her statue, made of one stone ten cubits high. Rhe′a [Rhea]. The Greek n

ade. On great occasions as many as a hundred bullocks were offered at one time; and it is said that Pythagoras made this of

omnus]. The Roman god of sleep, son of Erebus and Nox (Night). He was one of the infernal deities, and resided in a gloomy

One of the nine Muses; she presided over dancing. Terra. The Earth; one of the most ancient of the Grecian goddesses. Th

n thick clouds enwrap the mountain’s head, O’er heaven’s expanse like one black ceiling spread; Sudden the Thunderer, with

Time [or Saturn]. The husband of Virtue and father of Truth. Tis-iph′ one [Tisiphone]. One of the Furies, daughter of Nox a

eet. Tropho′nius [Trophonius]. A legendary hero of architecture, and one of Jupiter’s most famous oracles. Troy. The clas

octetes, and used them against the Trojans. He enabled Paris to shoot one of them at the heel of Achilles, and so kill that

for, though Ulysses was reported to be dead, she would not marry any one else, and had the satisfaction of finding her hus

g he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the

y might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our

ried people. Ura′nia [Urania]. A daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne —  one of the Muses who presided over astronomy. Ura′nu

represented as a white man riding on a sea-horse, carrying a club in one hand and a rope or noose to bind offenders in the

bject. For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of hap

“She looks a Sea-Cybele fresh from ocean,” he calls up to the mind of one familiar with our subject, illustrations more viv

s many. Through “Paradise Lost” they are scattered profusely. This is one reason why we often hear persons by no means illi

on Milton there are twenty such. But how is mythology to be taught to one who does not learn it through the medium of the l

previous knowledge of the subject to make them intelligible. Let any one who doubts it read the first page of the “Æneid,”

created, and put in possession of information indispensable to every one who would read with intelligence the elegant lite

e representations given of Saturn are not very consistent; for on the one hand his reign is said to have been the golden ag

the assembly of the gods. All were charmed with her beauty, and each one demanded her for his wife. Jupiter gave her to Vu

the caduceus.2 Mercury is said to have invented the lyre. He found, one day, a tortoise, of which he took the shell, made

war and criminal executions were postponed, friends made presents to one another and the slaves were indulged with great l

temples at Rome were numerous. In war time the gates of the principal one were always open. In peace they were closed; but

ws: — Before earth, and sea, and heaven were created, all things wore one aspect, to which we give the name of Chaos — a co

arth, he raises his to heaven, and gazes on the stars. Prometheus was one of the Titans, a gigantic race, who inhabited the

the various gifts of courage, strength, swiftness, sagacity; wings to one , claws to another, a shelly covering to a third,

s seized with an eager curiosity to know what this jar contained; and one day she slipped off the cover and looked in. Fort

eplace the lid; but, alas! the whole contents of the jar had escaped, one thing only excepted, which lay at the bottom, and

ers-in-law, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, could not trust one another. Sons wished their fathers dead, that the

ostrate. The earth was wet with slaughter, and the gods abandoned it, one by one, till Astræa3 alone was left, and finally

. The earth was wet with slaughter, and the gods abandoned it, one by one , till Astræa3 alone was left, and finally she als

call, and took the road to the palace of heaven. The road, which any one may see in a clear night, stretches across the fa

h Deucalion spoke: “Either my sagacity deceives me, or the command is one we may obey without impiety. The earth is the gre

might And majesty flash their full lightnings by, Developing in that one glance the Deity.” Apollo and Daphne. Daphn

nassus, and drew from his quiver two arrows of different workmanship, one to excite love, the other to repel it. The former

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

ne is often alluded to by the poets. Waller applies it to the case of one whose amatory verses, though they did not soften

    When like Apollo, from his golden bow,     The Pythian of the age one arrow sped     And smiled! The spoilers tempt no

o houses there was a crack, caused by some fault in the structure. No one had remarked it before, but the lovers discovered

ing without the city’s bounds, called the Tomb of Ninus, and that the one who came first should await the other at the foot

hether it was the same place. While she hesitated she saw the form of one struggling in the agonies of death. She started b

deny us not our united request. As love and death have joined us, let one tomb contain us. And thou, tree, retain the marks

ed her wish, the gods also ratified it. The two bodies were buried in one sepulchre, and the tree ever after brought forth

ful mortal, keep your wife, whom, if I am not much mistaken, you will one day be very sorry you ever saw again.” Cephalus r

al did they look, you would have thought, as you looked at them, that one was going to bark, the other to leap forward. Cep

ut at early morning, ranging the woods and hills unaccompanied by any one , needing no help, for his javelin was a sure weap

come and fan my breast, come and allay the heat that burns me.” Some one passing by one day heard him talking in this way

y breast, come and allay the heat that burns me.” Some one passing by one day heard him talking in this way to the air, and

ade her understand the truth.   Moore, in his Legendary Ballads, has one on Cephalus and Procris, beginning thus: — “A hu

isto — Diana and Actæon — Latona and The Rustics. [Io.] Juno one day perceived it suddenly grow dark, and immediat

ethought herself of writing, and inscribed her name —  it was a short one  — with her hoof on the sand. Inachus recognized i

es all asleep. As his head nodded forward on his breast, Mercury with one stroke cut his neck through, and tumbled his head

rcle is the smallest, in the neighborhood of the pole. Why should any one hereafter tremble at the thought of offending Jun

r,” etc. And Prometheus, in J. R. Lowell’s poem, says: — “One after one the stars have risen and set, Sparkling upon the

s are wet with the blood of our victims; we have had sport enough for one day, and to-morrow we can renew our labors. Now,

delicately fitted as if by the hand of man. A fountain burst out from one side, whose open basin was bounded by a grassy ri

r with her nymphs, she handed her javelin, her quiver, and her bow to one , her robe to another, while a third unbound the s

t at his will. The air resounded with the bark of the dogs. Presently one fastened on his back, another seized his shoulder

usion to the story of Actæon: —     “‘Midst others of less note came one frail form,     A phantom among men: companionles

dignity. As, usual, the recent event brought older ones to mind, and one of the bystanders told this story: “Some countrym

of Faunus or the Naiads, or some god of the neighboring mountain, and one of the country people replied, ‘No mountain or ri

u refuse me water?’ said she; ‘water is free to all. Nature allows no one to claim as property the sunshine, the air, or th

, and dwell in the slimy pool.”   This story explains the allusion in one of Milton’s sonnets, “On the detraction which fol

st solemn engagements.” Phaëton immediately asked to be permitted for one day to drive the chariot of the sun. The father r

would fain deny. I beg you to withdraw it. It is not a safe boon, nor one , my Phaëton, suited to your youth and strength. Y

nd near the Lion’s jaws, and where the Scorpion stretches its arms in one direction and the Crab in another. Nor will you f

road is left behind, but more remains before. He turns his eyes from one direction to the other; now to the goal whence he

where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway on the wave. Shake one and it awakens; then apply Its polished lip to yo

since here we have passed our lives in love and concord, we wish that one and the same hour may take us both from life, tha

the temple as long as they lived. When grown very old, as they stood one day before the steps of the sacred edifice, and w

ke your darts with which you conquer all, even Jove himself, and send one into the breast of yonder dark monarch, who rules

you have any regard for your own interest or mine, join these two in one .” The boy unbound his quiver, and selected his sh

ealms of the dead.” When Ceres heard this, she stood for a while like one stupefied; then turned her chariot towards heaven

fere to procure the restitution of her daughter. Jupiter consented on one condition, namely, that Proserpine should not dur

n Through caverns measureless to man,     Down to a sunless sea.” In one of Moore’s juvenile poems he thus alludes to the

e must thrill the blended tide! Each lost in each, till mingling into one , Their lot the same for shadow or for sun, A type

as if they were in the water; and while he looked on astonished, they one and all moved off to the water, plunged in, and s

island — the same where afterwards Ulysses landed, as we shall see in one of our later stories. After mutual salutations, h

n relieve the pain I suffer. The power of herbs I know as well as any one , for it is to them I owe my change of form. I lov

should not know how to refuse you. If she scorns you scorn her; meet one who is ready to meet you half way, and thus make

or my wife” — he dared not say “my ivory virgin,” but said instead — “ one like my ivory virgin.” Venus, who was present at

e spoke. “I am not guilty. I deserve not this fate. I have injured no one . If I speak falsely, may my foliage perish with d

e lulling of her child;” etc. Venus and Adonis. Venus, playing one day with her boy Cupid, wounded her bosom with on

Venus, playing one day with her boy Cupid, wounded her bosom with one of his arrows. She pushed him away, but the wound

fe, but all in vain; the hurt was past the power of medicine. As when one has broken the stem of a lily in the garden it ha

as son of Hesperus, the Day-star, and the glow of his beauty reminded one of his father. Halcyone, the daughter of Æolus, w

trengthen the ship, to reef the sail. While they thus do what to each one seems best, the storm increases. The shouting of

; that he might come home; that he might not, in his absence, see any one that he would love better than her. But of all th

love better than her. But of all these prayers, the last was the only one destined to be granted. The goddess, at length, c

goddess, at length, could not bear any longer to be pleaded with for one already dead, and to have hands raised to her alt

escape, and returned by her bow the way she came. Then Somnus called one of his numerous sons, — Morpheus, — the most expe

husband. This time, at least, I will keep thee company. In death, if one tomb may not include us, one epitaph shall; if I

, I will keep thee company. In death, if one tomb may not include us, one epitaph shall; if I may not lay my ashes with thi

f a man. Though unknowing of whom, yet, as it was of some shipwrecked one , she was deeply moved, and gave it her tears, say

, she was deeply moved, and gave it her tears, saying, “Alas! unhappy one , and unhappy, if such there be, thy wife!” Borne

, her throat poured forth sounds full of grief, and like the voice of one lamenting. When she touched the mute and bloodles

The Hamadryads were Wood-nymphs. Pomona was of this class, and no one excelled her in love of the garden and the cultur

javelin, but a pruning-knife. Armed with this, she busied herself at one time to repress the too luxuriant growths, and cu

nd looked the very image of a reaper! With a hay band tied round him, one would think he had just come from turning over th

n from the tree and the vine, and consent to unite yourself with some one ? I wish you would. Helen herself had not more num

untains. Nor is he like too many of the lovers nowadays, who love any one they happen to see; he loves you, and you only. A

he commands of his mother. There are two fountains in Venus’s garden, one of sweet waters, the other of bitter. Cupid fille

e of sweet waters, the other of bitter. Cupid filled two amber vases, one from each fountain, and suspending them from the

grieved when the people showered upon me undeserved honors, and with one voice called me a Venus. I now perceive that I am

her eyes were thus occupied, a voice addressed her, though she saw no one , uttering these words: “Sovereign lady, all that

r ears too were feasted with music from invisible performers; of whom one sang, another played on the lute, and all closed

in to feel her palace as but a splendid prison. When her husband came one night, she told him her distress, and at last dre

he opened his eyes and fixed them full upon her; then, without saying one word, he spread his white wings and flew out of t

ures inwardly rejoiced. “For now,” said they, “he will perhaps choose one of us.” With this idea, without saying a word of

eeing the task done, she exclaimed, “This is no work of yours, wicked one , but his, whom to your own and his misfortune you

acks. Go, fetch me a sample of that precious wool gathered from every one of their fleeces.” Psyche obediently went to the

dy closed it again in the box, and waked Psyche with a light touch of one of his arrows. “Again,” said he, “hast thou almos

reaming.” In Moore’s Summer Fête a fancy ball is described, in which one of the characters personated is Psyche. “—— not

med warriors. Cadmus, alarmed, prepared to encounter a new enemy, but one of them said to him, “Meddle not with our civil w

m, “Meddle not with our civil war.” With that he who had spoken smote one of his earth-born brothers with a sword, and he h

the misfortunes of their children still weighed upon their minds; and one day Cadmus exclaimed, “If a serpent’s life is so

n, they neither avoid the presence of man nor do they ever injure any one .   There is a tradition that Cadmus introduced in

ame, down to this day. But the origin of the Myrmidons would not give one the idea of a fierce and bloody race, but rather

a of a fierce and bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one . Cephalus, king of Athens, arrived in the island

ry Juno devastated the land. She hated it because it bore the name of one of her husband’s female favorites. While the dise

own out unburied, wood was wanting for funeral piles, men fought with one another for the possession of them. Finally there

ith their labor, carrying minute grains in their mouths and following one another in a line up the trunk of the tree. Obser

one by war? Better spare delay and slaughter if we can. And O, if any one should wound or kill Minos! No one surely would h

slaughter if we can. And O, if any one should wound or kill Minos! No one surely would have the heart to do it; yet ignoran

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

t the shore, she leaped into the water, and seizing the rudder of the one which carried Minos, she was borne along an unwel

was a favorite of Diana, and attended her in the chase. But Echo had one failing; she was fond of talking, and whether in

he use of that tongue with which you have cheated me, except for that one purpose you are so fond of — reply. You shall sti

s here?” Echo replied, “Here.” Narcissus looked around, but seeing no one called out, “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.” As no

d, but seeing no one called out, “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.” As no one came, Narcissus called again, “Why do you shun me

ain, “Why do you shun me?” Echo asked the same question. “Let us join one another,” said the youth. The maid answered with

ft of her but her voice. With that she is still ready to reply to any one who calls her, and keeps up her old habit of havi

fresh around it, and the rocks sheltered it from the sun. Hither came one day the youth, fatigued with hunting, heated and

spirit: “Why, beautiful being, do you shun me? Surely my face is not one to repel you. The nymphs love me, and you yoursel

seest, fair creature, is thyself;’” etc. Paradise Lost, Book IV. No one of the fables of antiquity has been oftener allud

et is a nun; — But I will woo the dainty rose,     The queen of every one .” The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constanc

to swim the strait nightly to enjoy the company of his mistress. But one night a tempest arose and the sea was rough; his

rt of swimming sufficient to give a wide and lasting celebrity to any one of our readers who may dare to make the attempt a

ssion of the city. The gods decreed that it should be awarded to that one who produced the gift most useful to mortals. Nep

or wove the web, or, after it was woven, adorned it with her needle, one would have said that Minerva herself had taught h

f Tyrian dye is contrasted with that of other colors, shaded off into one another so adroitly that the joining deceives the

lected from the shower,8 in which, where the colors meet they seem as one , but at a little distance from the point of conta

And with fast-fixed eyes on her did stare And by her silence, sign of one dismayed, The victory did yield her as her share;

mantle blew unclasped     From off her shoulder, backward borne, From one hand drooped a crocus, one hand grasped     The m

rom off her shoulder, backward borne, From one hand drooped a crocus, one hand grasped     The mild bull’s golden horn.” I

esumptuous mortals not to compare themselves with the divinities. But one , and she a matron too, failed to learn the lesson

s many. Fortunate indeed am I, and fortunate I shall remain! Will any one deny this? My abundance is my security. I feel my

ayground to have a game of wrestling. As they stood breast to breast, one arrow pierced them both. They uttered a cry toget

even of her foes! She knelt over the lifeless bodies, and kissed now one , now another of her dead sons. Raising her pallid

trembling, uncertain what course to take. Six were now dead, and only one remained, whom the mother held clasped in her arm

ed in her arms, and covered as it were with her whole body. “Spare me one , and that the youngest! O spare me one of so many

with her whole body. “Spare me one, and that the youngest! O spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that

est! O spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one fell dead. Desolate she sat, among sons, daughter

he figure of the mother clasped by the arm of her terrified child, is one of the most admired of the ancient statues. It ra

red that an ancient prophecy had warned him that a son of Jove should one day rob him of his golden apples. So he answered,

areus, had a hundred arms; others, like Typhon, breathed out fire. At one time they put the gods to such fear that they fle

ears afterwards Laius being on his way to Delphi, accompanied only by one attendant, met in a narrow road a young man also

On his refusal to leave the way at their command the attendant killed one of his horses, and the stranger, filled with rage

solve it should pass safe, but those who failed should be killed. Not one had yet succeeded in solving it, and all had been

ing a very degraded compound, and accordingly the Centaur is the only one of the fancied monsters of antiquity to which any

us with Hippodamia they were among the guests. At the feast Eurytion, one of the Centaurs, becoming intoxicated with the wi

eve Æsculapius when grown up became a renowned physician, and even in one instance succeeded in restoring the dead to life.

in the midst of his foes. They immediately turned their arms against one another, and soon there was not one of the dragon

diately turned their arms against one another, and soon there was not one of the dragon’s brood left alive. The Greeks embr

en prizes, not worth the trouble it had cost to procure it.   This is one of those mythological tales, says a late writer,

, and while he was absent the Argo put to sea and left him. Moore, in one of his songs, makes a beautiful allusion to this

the rejoicings for the recovery of the Golden Fleece, Jason felt that one thing was wanting, the presence of Æson, his fath

your arts, whose power I have seen so mighty for my aid, could do me one further service, take some years from my life and

hunned all intercourse with mortals. She next erected two altars, the one to Hecate, the other to Hebe, the goddess of yout

im into a deep sleep by a charm, had him laid on a bed of herbs, like one dead. Jason and all others were kept away from th

ts escaped.   In the poems of Campbell will be found a translation of one of the choruses of the tragedy of Medea, where th

jecting bough. The dart of Jason misses its object, and kills instead one of their own dogs. But Meleager, after one unsucc

object, and kills instead one of their own dogs. But Meleager, after one unsuccessful stroke, drives his spear into the mo

lushed again with anger at the act of her son. As a vessel, driven in one direction by the wind, and in the opposite by the

ed them he wished them all to be beaten, and swelled with envy of any one that seemed at all likely to win. While such were

knew whether she would rather conquer him or not. “What god can tempt one so young and handsome to throw himself away? I pi

den fruit. Hence she gathered three golden apples, and, unseen by any one else, gave them to Hippomenes, and told him how t

— “Now, now, do your best! haste, haste! you gain on her! relax not! one more effort!” It was doubtful whether the youth o

is throat was dry, the goal yet far off. At that moment he threw down one of the golden apples. The virgin was all amazemen

le. She stopped again, but again came up with him. The goal was near; one chance only remained. “Now, goddess,” said he, “p

ddess,” said he, “prosper your gift!” and threw the last apple off at one side. She looked at it, and hesitated; Venus impe

as sent to destroy him. The Hydra had nine heads, of which the middle one was immortal. Hercules struck off its heads with

burned away the heads of the Hydra, and buried the ninth or immortal one under a huge rock. Another labor was the cleaning

vers Alpheus and Peneus through them, and cleansed them thoroughly in one day. His next labor was of a more delicate kind.

as monuments of his progress, or, according to another account, rent one mountain into two and left half on each side, for

rious adventures Hercules arrived at Mount Atlas in Africa. Atlas was one of the Titans who had warred against the gods, an

was the father of the Hesperides, and Hercules thought might, if any one could, find the apples and bring them to him. But

ended he married Dejanira and lived in peace with her three years. On one occasion as he was travelling with his wife, they

id so and before long fancied she had occasion to use it. Hercules in one of his conquests had taken prisoner a fair maiden

indly. If any of you feel grieved at his attaining this honor, yet no one can deny that he has deserved it.” The gods all g

him, gave him her daughter Hebe in marriage.   The poet Schiller, in one of his pieces called the Ideal and Life, illustra

dismissed from her office in consequence of a fall which she met with one day when in attendance on the gods. Her successor

, according to custom, drawn by lot to be sent, he offered himself as one of the victims, in spite of the entreaties of his

ercame them was fought in the very midst of the city. This battle was one of the favorite subjects of the ancient sculptors

nd he imprecated the vengeance of Neptune upon him. As Hippolytus was one day driving his chariot along the shore, a sea-mo

everal tribes by whom the territory of Attica was then possessed into one state, of which Athens was the capital. In commem

an edifice with numberless winding passages and turnings opening into one another, and seeming to have neither beginning no

ented the saw. He put two pieces of iron together, connecting them at one end with a rivet, and sharpening the other ends,

w’s performances that he took an opportunity, when they were together one day on the top of a high tower, to push him off.

allow the two brothers to enjoy the boon of life alternately, passing one day under the earth and the next in the heavenly

lieved to have appeared occasionally in later times, taking part with one side or the other, in hard-fought fields, and wer

hus alludes to the legend: — “So like they were, no mortal     Might one from other know; White as snow their armor was,  

y had been driven away by the Bacchanals, but had succeeded in taking one of them prisoner, whom, with his hands tied behin

de. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one place, I learned the pilot’s art and how to guide

y men, ‘What god there is concealed in that form I know not, but some one there certainly is. Pardon us, gentle deity, for

ence we have done you, and give success to our undertakings.’ Dictys, one of my best hands for climbing the mast and coming

Melanthus, my steersman, and Epopeus, the leader of the sailor’s cry, one and all exclaimed, ‘Spare your prayers for us.’ S

o Egypt to sell him for a slave. I was confounded and said, ‘Let some one else pilot the ship;’ withdrawing myself from any

self from any further agency in their wickedness. They cursed me, and one of them, exclaiming, ‘Don’t flatter yourself that

he cries to his aunts to protect him from his mother. Autonoë seized one arm, Ino the other, and between them he was torn

promise that she should have an immortal lover, instead of the mortal one she had lost. The island where Ariadne was left w

fferent names. The wood-nymphs, Pan’s partners in the dance, were but one class of nymphs. There were beside them the Naiad

Erisichthon was a profane person and a despiser of the gods. On one occasion he presumed to violate with the axe a gr

nts to cut it down. When he saw them hesitate he snatched an axe from one , and thus impiously exclaimed: “I care not whethe

ood flowed from the wound. All the bystanders were horror-struck, and one of them ventured to remonstrate and hold back the

in the laden fields bowed also. She planned a punishment so dire that one would pity him, if such a culprit as he could be

Our countryman, J. R. Lowell, has taken this story for the subject of one of his shorter poems. He introduces it thus: — “

also some other deities, principally nymphs of fountains. Egeria was one of them, whose fountain and grotto are still show

us a glimpse of the royal lover expecting the interview: — “Holding one hand against his ear,     To list a footfall ere

ns on my head. Or I should say I once could do so; but now I have but one horn, having lost one.” And here he groaned and w

ould say I once could do so; but now I have but one horn, having lost one .” And here he groaned and was silent. Theseus ask

he infant deity with the milk of the goat Amalthea. Jupiter broke off one of the horns of the goat and gave it to his nurse

im as a punishment to become the servant of a mortal for the space of one year. Accordingly Apollo went into the service of

th, Apollo prevailed on the Fates to spare him on condition that some one would consent to die in his stead. Admetus, in hi

mnant of their days to show their gratitude. Men asked, “Why does not one of his parents do it? They cannot in the course o

the enterprise, for he was a soothsayer, and knew by his art that no one of the leaders except Adrastus would live to retu

suffered the body of Polynices to lie where it fell, forbidding every one on pain of death to give it burial. Antigone, the

by numerous suitors, from whom there seemed no refuge but in choosing one of them for her husband. Penelope, however, emplo

her wounded foot. Orpheus was permitted to take her away with him on one condition, that he should not turn around to look

en instantly she was borne away. Stretching out their arms to embrace one another, they grasped only the air! Dying now a s

They bore with him as long as they could; but finding him insensible one day, excited by the rites of Bacchus, one of them

but finding him insensible one day, excited by the rites of Bacchus, one of them exclaimed, “See yonder our despiser!” and

They were engaged in female occupations, spinning and weaving, while one told stories to amuse the rest. The sad voice of

se the rest. The sad voice of Aristæus interrupting their occupation, one of them put her head above the water and seeing h

stæus replied, “Proteus, you know already, for it is needless for any one to attempt to deceive you. And do you also cease

ls, and, wonderful to relate! a swarm of bees had taken possession of one of the carcasses and were pursuing their labors t

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

im to foretell future events, and he became a renowned soothsayer. At one time his enemies took him captive and kept him st

r. Musæus. A semi-mythological personage who was represented by one tradition to be the son of Orpheus. He is said to

an — but he had to man. He overheard the seamen exchanging hints with one another, and found they were plotting to possess

lyre, his right the ivory wand with which he struck its chords. Like one inspired, he seemed to drink the morning air and

des to the story of Arion, when, describing his voyage, he represents one of the seamen making music to entertain the rest:

n the story. It is recorded that Æschylus, the tragic poet, having on one occasion represented the Furies in a chorus of fi

ds unseen the skein of destiny. At that moment a cry burst forth from one of the uppermost benches — “Look! look! comrade,

ered the punishment they deserved. Simonides . Simonides was one of the most prolific of the early poets of Greece

described by Homer, or of Homer himself, as recorded by tradition. On one occasion, when residing at the court of Scopas, k

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

ed on him the gift of perpetual youth united with perpetual sleep. Of one so gifted we can have but few adventures to recor

e eyes, And yet thy benediction passeth not One obscure hiding-place, one little spot Where pleasure may be sent; the neste

e to the forge of Vulcan, who, taking pity on him, gave him Kedalion, one of his men, to be his guide to the abode of the s

ough their number was seven, only six stars are visible, for Electra, one of them, it is said left her place that she might

in and wielding a club. At the moment the stars of the constellation, one by one, were quenched in the light of the moon, t

wielding a club. At the moment the stars of the constellation, one by one , were quenched in the light of the moon, the poet

. On the banks of the river Nile, in Egypt, are two colossal statues, one of which is said to be the statue of Memnon. Anci

s some doubt about the identification of the existing statue with the one described by the ancients, and the mysterious sou

which projects into the sea, which washes it on either side. Thither one day the huge Cyclops ascended, and sat down while

XXVII. The Trojan War. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she did a very foolish thing; she entere

her decision was made known, they all, at the suggestion of Ulysses, one of their number, took an oath that they would def

le of Discord had been thrown among the goddesses. Thetis was herself one of the immortals, a sea-nymph, and knowing that h

s for his sagacity; and Nestor, the oldest of the Grecian chiefs, and one to whom they all looked up for counsel. But Troy

But the principal stay and support of his throne was his son Hector, one of the noblest characters painted by heathen anti

    ‘Behold they tremble! haughty their array, Yet of their number no one dares to die?’     In soul I swept the indignity

but Neptune favored the Greeks. Apollo was neutral, sometimes taking one side, sometimes the other, and Jove himself, thou

ts penetrating and it fell harmless. Then Ajax, seizing a huge stone, one of those that served to prop the ships, hurled it

herefore of great value to the Greeks as their surgeon, besides being one of their bravest warriors. Nestor took Machaon in

ans of return to Greece. While they spoke the flames burst forth from one of the ships. Achilles, at the sight, relented so

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

dapted to his form, and of consummate workmanship. It was all done in one night, and Thetis, receiving it, descended with i

r, cautioned by Apollo, kept aloof; but the god, assuming the form of one of Priam’s sons, Lycaon, urged Æneas to encounter

t was formed of five metal plates; two were of brass, two of tin, and one of gold. The spear pierced two thicknesses, but w

doubtless knowing that Achilles lives he still rejoices, hoping that one day he shall see thy face again. But no comfort c

whose bravest sons, so late the flower of Ilium, all have fallen. Yet one I had, one more than all the rest the strength of

st sons, so late the flower of Ilium, all have fallen. Yet one I had, one more than all the rest the strength of my age, wh

n expedition against Troy, but had accidentally wounded his foot with one of the poisoned arrows, and the smell from his wo

st victim of the fatal arrows. In his distress Paris bethought him of one whom in his prosperity he had forgotten. This was

but just at that moment a group of people appeared, dragging forward one who seemed a prisoner and a Greek. Stupefied with

nd Electra, on his return from Phocis. Orestes, mistaking Electra for one of the domestics, and desirous of keeping his arr

h her grief in language full of tenderness and despair.   Milton, in one of his sonnets, says: —                         

enian walls from ruin bare.” This alludes to the story that when, on one occasion, the city of Athens was at the mercy of

y it, the thought was rejected upon the accidental quotation, by some one , of a chorus of Euripides. Troy. After hear

ans “round eye,” and these giants were so called because they had but one eye, and that placed in the middle of the forehea

hepherds. Ulysses left the main body of his ships at anchor, and with one vessel went to the Cyclopes’ island to explore fo

a present, and coming to a large cave they entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. They found it store

ect friends thrust the end of the stake into the fire till it was all one burning coal, then poising it exactly above the g

h they found on the floor of the cave. To the middle ram of the three one of the Greeks suspended himself, so protected by

ellies; so the men all passed safe, Ulysses himself being on the last one that passed. When they had got a few paces from t

climbed a hill, and gazing round saw no signs of habitation except in one spot at the centre of the island, where he percei

nd other delicacies. When they had feasted heartily, she touched them one by one with her wand, and they became immediately

r delicacies. When they had feasted heartily, she touched them one by one with her wand, and they became immediately change

s of Circe, after their transformation. In his Endymion he represents one of them, a monarch in the guise of an elephant, a

ng necks, (for she had six heads,) and in each of her mouths to seize one of the crew of every vessel passing within reach.

elded. He bound them, however, with an oath that they would not touch one of the animals of the sacred flocks and herds, bu

birds and fishes they could catch. Famine pressed them, and at length one day, in the absence of Ulysses, they slew some of

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

th neatest art. In the midst two fountains poured forth their waters, one flowing by artificial channels over all the garde

ged to show what he could do, at first declined, but being taunted by one of the youths, seized a quoit of weight far heavi

with a gift, himself setting the example. They obeyed, and vied with one another in loading the illustrious stranger with

is a picturesque rock with a small convent perched upon it, which by one legend is the transformed pinnace of Ulysses. “Al

began to exhibit their insolence to him. When he mildly remonstrated, one of them, raised a stool and with it gave him a bl

ough the whole twelve was to have the queen for his prize. A bow that one of his brother heroes had given to Ulysses in for

e said, “Now for another mark!” and aimed direct at the most insolent one of the suitors. The arrow pierced through his thr

— Dido — Palinurus. Adventures of Æneas. We have followed one of the Grecian heroes, Ulysses, in his wanderings

d by a prodigy. Preparing to offer sacrifice, he tore some twigs from one of the bushes. To his dismay the wounded part dro

their sway.” The Trojans heard with joy and immediately began to ask one another, “Where is the spot intended by the oracl

s of the country. Andromache, the widow of Hector, became the wife of one of the victorious Grecian chiefs, to whom she bor

tered as they were, they perceived to be a Greek. He told them he was one of Ulysses’s companions, left behind by that chie

hearing the storm raging, and knowing that he had given no orders for one , raised his head above the waves, and saw the fle

h was the coast of Carthage, where Æneas was so happy as to find that one by one the ships all arrived safe, though badly s

he coast of Carthage, where Æneas was so happy as to find that one by one the ships all arrived safe, though badly shaken.

nd of his perils on the deep. Neptune consented, stipulating only for one life as a ransom for the rest. The victim was Pal

that he had prepared himself for whatever might await him. He had but one request to make. Having been directed in a dream

conclusion we present a view of the regions of the dead, depicted by one of their most enlightened poets, who drew his doc

rried him away. They next came to a place where the road divided, the one leading to Elysium, the other to the regions of t

o Elysium, the other to the regions of the condemned. Æneas beheld on one side the walls of a mighty city, around which Phl

ht in a bad cause, or failed in fidelity to their employers. Here was one who had sold his country for gold, another who pe

his country for gold, another who perverted the laws, making them say one thing to-day and another to-morrow. Ixion was the

r impurities by fire. Some few, of whom Anchises intimates that he is one , are admitted at once to Elysium, there to remain

life even of the most insignificant animal, not knowing but it may be one of their relations in an altered form. Anchises,

s who had caught a glimpse of the coast of America. J. R. Lowell, in one of his shorter poems, claims for the present age

llowing legend of the Sibyl is fixed at a later date. In the reign of one of the Tarquins there appeared before the king a

s the most celebrated of them. Ovid’s story of her life protracted to one thousand years may be intended to represent the v

tended to represent the various Sibyls as being only reappearances of one and the same individual.   Young, in the Night T

ruled the country. He was now old and had no male descendant, but had one charming daughter, Lavinia, who was sought in mar

hter, Lavinia, who was sought in marriage by many neighboring chiefs, one of whom, Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was favor

orld. Our readers will remember that in the conflict with the Harpies one of those half-human birds had threatened the Troj

and able soldier, but of detestable cruelty. He had been the chief of one of the neighboring cities, but his people drove h

bending with age, walked between his son and Æneas, taking the arm of one or the other of them, and with much variety of pl

ttle we can do in so great a cause. Our state is feeble, hemmed in on one side by the river, on the other by the Rutulians.

assuring him of his lasting friendship. Euryalus replied, “I have but one boon to ask. My aged mother is with me in the cam

ey passed, such of the enemy as they could without exciting alarm. In one tent Euryalus made prize of a helmet brilliant wi

clear, he said, “Goddess! favor my effort!” and aiming his javelin at one of the leaders of the troop, struck him in the ba

king Æneas. Having found him, he rode round him in a circle, throwing one javelin after another, while Æneas stood fenced w

ther. Pallas, Camilla, Turnus. While these things were doing in one part of the field, in another Turnus encountered

away, glad, but frightened, was struck by a secret arrow, launched by one of the nymphs of Diana’s train, and died ignobly

to aid each other in the pursuit of wisdom, uniting their property in one common stock for the benefit of the whole. They w

is disciples in these words: “Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. I myself can remember that

d the five planets. The distances of the various heavenly bodies from one another were conceived to correspond to the propo

eres were conceived to be crystalline or glassy fabrics arranged over one another like a nest of bowls reversed. In the sub

nother like a nest of bowls reversed. In the substance of each sphere one or more of the heavenly bodies was supposed to be

ontain and carry round with them. But as these spheres cannot move on one another without friction, a sound is thereby prod

tus flower, with his finger on his lips, as the god of Silence. In one of Moore’s “Irish Melodies” is an allusion to Har

all, hush!’” Myth of Osiris and Isis. Osiris and Isis were at one time induced to descend to the earth to bestow gi

was also erected there in honor of the god, and at every place where one of his limbs had been found minor temples and tom

orgot their natural ferocity and became harmless. There was, however, one drawback to his happy lot: he was not permitted t

h lasted until his successor was found. We find the following item in one of the newspapers of the day: — The Tomb of Api

st ancient Grecian oracle was that of Jupiter at Dodona. According to one account, it was established in the following mann

in. This was owing to a peculiar vapor arising out of the cavern, and one of the goatherds was induced to try its effects u

There were numerous oracles of Æsculapius, but the most celebrated one was at Epidaurus. Here the sick sought responses

ea. “To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray In the heaven’s wide, pa

of a nation has sprung from all these sources combined than from any one in particular. We may add also that there are man

temple of Minerva at Athens. The goddess was represented standing. In one hand she held a spear, in the other a statue of V

o, from whose poem of the Æneid we have taken the story of Æneas, was one of the great poets who made the reign of the Roma

ly devour him, though there were no more in the world.”   Dryden in one of his early poems has this allusion to the Phœni

persons, such as Galen, Avicenna, Scaliger, and others. Occasionally one would demur to some part of the tale while he adm

that the little creature you see in the fire is a salamander; such a one as never was beheld before to my knowledge.’ So s

legs could carry it; indeed, too fast for them ever to make prize of one , except in one instance, and in that one the anim

ry it; indeed, too fast for them ever to make prize of one, except in one instance, and in that one the animal’s feet and s

r them ever to make prize of one, except in one instance, and in that one the animal’s feet and some parts of its body were

ut five thousand years ago. The Vedas undoubtedly teach the belief of one supreme God. The name of this deity is Brahma. Hi

his work, seems to be regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in India, while Mahadeva and Vishnu have m

ons. There is another class lower even than the Sudras, for it is not one of the original pure classes, but springs from an

nd treated with the utmost severity. They are compelled to do what no one else can do without pollution. They are not only

ious epochs assigned to his birth, it is inferred that he lived about one thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a

when they had flowed far from their source, they froze into ice, and one layer accumulating over another, the great deep w

shment by licking the hoar frost and salt from the ice. While she was one day licking the salt stones there appeared at fir

sprang from the body of Ymir, and had three immense roots, extending one into Asgard, (the dwelling of the gods,) the othe

t efficiently. From Thor’s name is derived our word Thursday. Frey is one of the most celebrated of the gods. He presides o

not ignorant that these monsters were growing up, and that they would one day bring much evil upon gods and men. So Odin de

ring much evil upon gods and men. So Odin deemed it advisable to send one to bring them to him. When they came he threw the

. He therefore only consented to be bound with it upon condition that one of the gods put his hand in his (Fenris’s) mouth

ork himself without any one’s assistance, and all within the space of one winter. But if any thing remained unfinished on t

on their seats of justice and entered into consultation, inquiring of one another who among them could have advised to give

the giant to carry away the sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Loki, the author of so many evil deeds, could

, which obliged the man also to run after his horse, and thus between one and another the whole night was lost, so that at

It happened in this way: Frey once mounted Odin’s throne, from whence one can see over the whole universe, and looking roun

aving reported the success of his errand, Frey exclaimed: — “Long is one night, Long are two nights, But how shall I hold

e, but he lost his sword.   This story, entitled Skirnir For, and the one immediately preceding it, Thrym’s Quida, will be

to a very large hall, with an entrance that took the whole breadth of one end of the building. Here they lay down to sleep,

kfast, and when they had done, Skrymir packed all the provisions into one wallet, threw it over his shoulder, and strode on

before you to the city called Utgard. I have heard you whispering to one another that I am not a man of small dimensions;

he feats that thou and thy fellows deem yourselves skilled in, for no one is permitted to remain here who does not, in some

men?” “The feat that I know,” said Loki, “is to eat quicker than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof agai

than any one else, and in this I am ready to give a proof against any one here who may choose to compete with me.” “That wi

hat thou promisest, and it shall be tried forthwith.” He then ordered one of his men who was sitting at the farther end of

d with meat having been set on the hall floor, Loki placed himself at one end, and Logi at the other, and each of them bega

hor could perform. Thialfi answered that he would run a race with any one who might be matched against him. The king observ

so famous. Thor answered that he would try a drinking-match with any one . Utgard-Loki bade his cupbearer bring the large h

cat, bending his back, had, notwithstanding all Thor’s efforts, only one of his feet lifted up, seeing which Thor made no

ou will come hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one here,” said Utgard-Loki, looking at the men sitti

gle Thor began to lose his footing, and was finally brought down upon one knee. Utgard-Loki then told them to desist, addin

told them to desist, adding that Thor had now no occasion to ask any one else in the hall to wrestle with him, and it was

and thy blows fell on the mountain, where thou wilt find three glens, one of them remarkably deep. These are the dints made

us that had I not seen it myself I should never have believed it. For one end of that horn reached the sea, which thou wast

l by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we were all of us

things sworn to spare Baldur?” “All things,” replied Frigga, “except one little shrub that grows on the eastern side of Va

less with horror, and then they looked at each other, and all were of one mind to lay hands on him who had done the deed, b

and lifeless, weep for him, then shall he return to life; but if any one thing speak against him or refuse to weep, he sha

these things weep when they are brought from a cold place into a hot one . As the messengers were returning, they found an

ctively by whom they were revered. The Druids taught the existence of one god, to whom they gave a name “Be’ al,” which Cel

y and music, held under the ancient name. Among Mrs. Hemans’ poems is one written for an Eisteddfod, or meeting of Welsh Ba

, And Reullura, beauty’s star,     Was the partner of his bower.” In one of his Irish Melodies, Moore gives the legend of

No. 15. Page 355. Uno avulso non deficit alter. —  Virgil. When one is torn away another succeeds. No. 16. Page 3

s. It was a favorite idea of the old poets that these goddesses would one day return, and bring back the Golden Age. Even i

d to be completed on a third ; hence the inequality in it which every one must have observed. Further, it was written at su

The legitimate course, if these were exorbitant, would be to get some one to write a cheaper and better work on the subject

which we have explained the mythe of Niobe, was, we find, a favourite one with our elder poets. See Phin. Fletcher, Purple

xplained the mythes of Attis and Cybele, and of Amphiôn and Niobe, is one pretty generally diffused. Page 359. — Though we

ks very like two different forms of the same legend ; the hero in the one seeking the abode of Hades in the west, in the ot

bject. The temple usually called that of Ceres at Rome was in reality one of the three conjoined deities (Liv. iii. 55. Dio

however this appears to be an error, though as we see a very ancient one . The Latin language abounds above all others in a

Samians. G. M. 49. Decamps, Select. Num. 83. — 2. The triple Hecate ; one with the crescent on her head, and holding two to

th a vine. Dionysos in the centre, holding a drinking-horn (ῤυτὸν) in one hand, a cup in the other : Ariadne with a thyrse

rn (ῤυτὸν) in one hand, a cup in the other : Ariadne with a thyrse in one hand, a cantharus in the other ; a Genius hovers

and a thyrse ; she, poppies : the Centaurs carry rhyta and thyrses : one Centauress plays on the double flute, the other o

and fables in this circumstance, and in that of their having been at one time matters of actual belief. Mythology may ther

ation of this law ; and while the philosopher ascribes all effects to one great intelligent cause, and usually views not so

t causes actively engaged in producing the effects which he refers to one single mind. Either then the true idea of One God

umerous deities of the people have been by the philosopher reduced to one , possessed of the combined powers of all ; or, wh

ruth, both hypotheses are true : man commencing with the knowledge of one God, gradually became a polytheist ; and philosop

ecture became a marvellous or an agreeable tale. It is the opinion of one of the ablest mythologists of the present day, th

a deity at the head of its pedigree, or to veil the transgression of one of its daughters by feigning that a god had penet

Pheneos had two of these passages piercing the surrounding mountains, one of which gives origin to the river Ladôn. On the

atural, though probably incorrect inference is, that the waters stood one time at that height. The ancient Arcadians said t

1. Others said that Hades carried off the daughter of Demeter through one of these chasms under Mount Cyllene12. The modern

. A Samian named Elpis, having made a voyage to Africa, saw as he was one day on the seashore a huge lion approaching him w

rms of kindred. The Hebrews termed sparks, sons of the burning coal ; one who is to die, a son of death. The Arabs call a t

born on the bank of a lake or river may have been called its son29 ; one coming by sea have been styled a son of the sea ;

gin of Mythology. The theory already given appears to us to be the one which most simply and satisfactorily explains the

storical, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no single one of these theories will suffice to account for the

body of the mythology of any people. Some of them, too, apply more to one system than another : the Scandinavian mythology,

mythe most probably has a meaning, but it is possible it may not have one . ChapterII. GRECIAN MYTHOLOGY. Its O

d heroes were communicated by wandering minstrels and travellers from one part of the country to another. Phœnician mariner

er held to be the seat of the gods. It does not appear to us that any one spot can be regarded as the birth-place of the Gr

le, a portion of their being ; and the knowledge of the origin of the one is as far beyond our attainment as that of the ot

self ; for they could not assume several kings and queens reigning at one time. The ancients appear to me to have gotten ov

ook upon as having been his sole and lawful wife in the creed of some one or other of the tribes of Greece. Of the Titans w

owledge. The philosophers of Greece early arrived at the knowledge of one only God, the original cause and support of all.

gan to be employed63. It was thus that the wine-god Dionysos was made one with the sun-god Helios, and this last again, as

eir gods as having dwelt and reigned on earth67. Hecatæus of Miletus, one of the earliest Grecian historians, would seem to

the Eastern ocean, after several days’ sail he came to three islands, one of which was named Panchaia. The inhabitants of t

ing this Utopia, which by the way many navigators sought after but no one ever found, was evidently to give a blow to the p

er father in his dominion ; and after some time she married Hyperiôn, one of her brothers, to whom she bore two children, e

epest obscurity, and the questions whether they are the production of one or of many minds, whether they were originally wr

Ephesus united several of these poems with the Ilias and Odyssey into one whole, commencing with the marriage of Heaven and

eligion against which their literary artillery was directed. There is one author of a peculiar character, and whose work is

its solidity. The superior hemisphere was named Heaven, the inferior one Tartaros. The length of the diameter of the hollo

all the interior of the upper hemisphere ; while that of the inferior one was filled with eternal gloom and darkness, and i

eem to have had any peculiar names in the time of Homer. The northern one was afterwards named Europe96; the southern, at f

passage of the Odyssey107 divides the Æthiopians into two tribes, the one on the eastern, the other on the western margin o

Blest. Pindar113 appears to reduce the number of these happy isles to one . We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages kn

represented as a mountain, it must have rested on the earth, and yet one passage of the Ilias121 would seem plainly to spe

om his parents, Heaven and Earth, that he was fated to be deprived by one of his sons of the kingdom which he had taken fro

in all cosmogonies darkness precedes light, so Erebos and Night, the one the darkness beneath, the other that above the ea

justly assigned to these early ages. The cause, however, was a simple one . Uranos being masculine could not produce of hims

s signify Thunder, Lightning, and Brightness, or Swiftness, represent one kind of celestial phænomena, and the Hundred-hand

the idea of the Giants given by Homer, and which became the prevalent one , we may without difficulty find that they simply

f the violators of the order of nature — may have been their original one , and their origin have been ascribed to the first

it given by Völcker seems to us to be more correct than any preceding one , we will lay it before our readers152. The six so

opposition between the Olympian gods and the Titans is merely a local one  ; the one being the dwellers of the brilliant Oly

between the Olympian gods and the Titans is merely a local one ; the one being the dwellers of the brilliant Olympos, the

derived from the symbol for the earth164, it would seem to have been one of the systems in which earth and water were rega

rts the heavens171. Night and Day, he says, are there by turns ; when one goes in the other goes out. Day bears light to mo

to Night by Homer or Hesiod ; but succeeding poets furnished her with one . Æschylus177 speaks of her ‘dark chariot’ ; Eurip

us youth instantly demanded permission to guide the solar chariot for one day, to prove himself there by the undoubted prog

which drops from the trees that yield it. The tale of Cycnos is only one of the numerous legends devised by the Greeks to

neglected Clytia pining away became a sunflower235. Here also we have one of the legendary origins of natural productions.

things237, was invoked as a witness to solemn oaths238. As he was not one of the Olympian gods he was not honoured with tem

us246 places her in a car drawn by two horses. Pausanias247 says that one of the figures on the base of the throne of Zeus

le a third view made her the mother by him of the four Seasons253. In one of the Homeridian Hymns254 Selene is called the d

ame Selene (Σϵλήνη) is plainly derived from σέλας, brightness, and is one of the large family of words of which ἕλα or ἕλη

n ; and yet we find Crios united with a daughter of Pontos and Earth, one of a class of beings quite alien from the Titans,

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

us forger Onomacritus297. The name Hecate is the feminine of Hecatos, one of the epithets of Apollo298, and is itself an ep

e ; or Hecate may have been the primitive name of the moon-goddess of one of the tribes of Greece. The system of Theocrasy

ignorant of their place and importance in the system (though a loose one ) to which they belong ; they therefore rarely pro

gush from it a copious flow of water, which she named the Neda, from one of the nymphs who assisted at her labour, and who

st agreeable manner, to the following effect400. Zeus and Hermes came one time in the form of men to a town in Phrygia. It

nited in death as in life. Their prayer was granted, and as they were one day standing before the temple, they were suddenl

ronos and Rhea became the ruler of the sea. His queen was Amphitrite, one of the daughters of Nereus and Doris415. Their ch

god and Demeter, both having assumed the equine form419. According to one account the nymph Rhodos was his daughter by Aphr

the principal means of transport by land, as the ship is by sea ; the one name might therefore be metaphorically employed f

the horses of the sea, and pass O'er the great deep ; in Plautus439 one of the characters says, “That is to say, you have

ing off Persephone (which we shall relate at length in the sequel) is one of the most celebrated in antiquity. He loved, we

ght to lie far beneath it, and to be the prison of the Titans, became one of these regions, and the place of punishment for

y have well been termed481 ) of the Egyptian priests on this subject, one is at a loss which most to admire at, their audac

and temple-archives, that Orpheus, Musæos, Melampûs and Dædalos — not one of whom probably ever existed — had all visited E

, HEPHÆSTOS, HEBE. Ἥρη, Ἥρα. Juno. In Homer this goddess is one of the children of Kronos and Rhea, and wife and

Argive legend, Zeus, who had long secretly loved his sister, watched one day when she was out walking alone near Mount Thr

as a little in awe of her tongue, yet daunting her by his menaces. On one occasion he reminds her how once, when she had ra

e names will however appear from a comparison of this legend with the one just given, and with those which are to follow. A

the time of the Great Dædala came, there were fourteen images ready ( one for each of the cities of Bœotia), with which the

9. Hera was represented by Polycleitos seated on a throne, holding in one hand a pomegranate, the emblem of fecundity ; in

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

to the goddess. An Athenian legend refers the birth of Erichthonios, one of the mythic kings of Attica, to this circumstan

ened to her feet. As knowledge of the earth advanced, Ætna582, Hiera ( one of the Liparæan isles)583, and all other places w

from ϕάω, to give light. 588. Ἤβη. Juventas. Youth. Hebe was one of the children of Zeus and Hera589. In Olympos s

daughter of the Titans Coios and Phœbe600. In Homer601 she appears as one of the wives of Zeus, and there occur no traces o

. Tityos, the son of Earth or of Zeus and Elara, happened to see Leto one time as she was going to Pytho. Inflamed with lov

Thus they the whole day long till set of sun Feasted ; nor wanted any one his part Of the equal feast, or of the phorminx f

to an oracle, gave occasion to the legend above related, and also to one of a huge serpent named Pythôn, which, it is said

of love into the heart of the son of Leto, and discharged his leaden one of aversion into the bosom of the nymph of Peneio

is favourite tree623. Of this legend we need only observe, that it is one of the many tales devised to give marvel to the o

youth, and bore the tidings to his master, who immediately discharged one of his inevitable arrows into the bosom of the fr

charged one of his inevitable arrows into the bosom of the frail fair one . Dying she deplores the fate, not of herself, but

24. This is probably a legend of some antiquity, for in a fragment of one of the poems ascribed to Hesiod625, it is said th

e which bears his name631. The latter, a youth of Amyclæ, was playing one day at discus-throwing with the god. Apollo made

e been an epithet of Hades ; Clymene, the name of Admetos’ mother, is one of Persephone ; and Pheræ was a town sacred to th

ose of the poem644, Eumelos, named Pheretiades and son of Admetos, is one of the competitors in the chariotrace. These noti

nd Delphi. We cannot assent to this theory. Apollo seems to have been one of the original gods of the Grecian race ; and he

ne of the original gods of the Grecian race ; and he was worshiped by one people more than another, on the same principle a

rmed after the derivation from λύκιος, wolf, had become the prevalent one . Apollo was also named Agyieus (Ἀγυιϵὺς), as the

of Buttmann, who, taking the Cretan form ᾽Αβέλιος to be the original one , deduces it, according to his system of tracing t

tiful are all. The Homerids have also sung the huntress-goddess : one of them in his hymn to her thus describes her occ

ete as her attendants. Of towns and cities she required not more than one , satisfied with the mountains, which she never wo

ild-birth. Her indulgent sire assented with a smile, and gave her not one but thirty towns. She speeds to Crete, and thence

ticed the practice of the Greeks to unite similar deities, or to make one of them principal, and the others companions or a

n Arcadian nymph, and a companion of the huntress-goddess. As she was one day returning from the chase she came to the clea

le, where she became the mother of Dionysos698. If Artemis was merely one of the names under which the moon was worshiped,

parties respecting the original nature of Leto and her children, the one regarding them as physical, the other as moral be

ut her neck, and then led her to the assembly of the Immortals, every one of whom admired, saluted, and loved her, and each

avoid regarding her as something more than human ; he accosts her as one of the Immortals, vows an altar to her, and besee

is fifth year. He is then to feign that the child is the offspring of one of the nymphs ; but the secret of the goddess is

the matter being referred to Zeus, he decreed that Adonis should have one third of the year to himself, be another third wi

s. Horace756 places her in a chariot drawn by swans, and Sappho757 in one whose team were sparrows. In one of the odes ascr

iot drawn by swans, and Sappho757 in one whose team were sparrows. In one of the odes ascribed to Anacreon a dove announces

Love. This deity is unnoticed by Homer ; in the Theogony765 he is one of the first of beings, and produced without pare

heir city was of plain stone, but Praxiteles afterwards made for them one of Pcntelican marble of rare beauty774. Erôs also

o of the smaller but handsomer of the warm springs. They replied that one of them was called Erôs and the other Anterôs, bu

orphoses, and which we will here give in an abridged form. There were one time a king and a queen who had three daughters,

queen who had three daughters, of whom the youngest named Psyche was one of the loveliest creatures earth ever beheld. Peo

he had been confined by his mother : he awakens her with the point of one of his arrows, reproaches her with her curiosity,

n will probably not prove satisfactory to many readers. The following one of a modern writer781 may seem to come nearer the

as his bride.” According to a third expositor782 the mythe is a moral one . It is intended to represent the dangers to which

Pallas-Athene of both the Homeric poems is the daughter of Zeus ; in one place784 it seems to be intimated that she had no

we have seen, with Poseidôn for Athens and Trœzên, and, according to one account, for Argos. This goddess is represented w

mported from the banks of the lake Tritonis in Libya, and view in her one of the deities worshiped by the agricultural Pela

ties worshiped by the agricultural Pelasgians, and therefore probably one of the powers engaged in causing the productivene

nterpretations of this name which have had more general currency. The one supposes it to signify Head-sprung, as the word τ

us. Hermeias (as Homer and Hesiod always name this god827,) is in one place of the Ilias called the son of Zeus828, but

declines the combat on the plea of the impolicy of making an enemy of one of the consorts of Zeus ; at the same time courti

tolen, but agreed for a certain reward not to give information to any one respecting them. Hermes having arranged this matt

Battos, and, changing his form, came and inquired if he had seen any one driving stolen cattle by, offering a cloak as a r

ollowing prank is also laid to the charge of this sly deity. Watching one day his mother and her sisters when they went to

ods and mankind. Homer, as we have observed above, says that Eudoros, one of Achilleus’ captains, was the son of Hermes by

tos843. Myrtilos, the charioteer of Œnomaos, was the son of Hermes by one of the daughters of Danaos844. The celebrated Sic

elebrated Sicilian shepherd Daphnis was the offspring of this god and one of the nymphs845. One day Hermes beheld Herse, th

he Greek Anthology Hermes is usually represented as a rural deity. In one place868 the offering to him is milk and honey ;

e story of Io not be approved of, none appears more probable than the one we ourselves formerly suggested, that the term ma

ort of imagination ; for we are inclined to regard the mythe of Io as one of the most remote antiquity. Chapter XI.

t would be extremely difficult, or rather impossible, to treat of the one without the other : we therefore combine the two

ty, an object of amazement to ‘all immortal gods and mortal men,’ for one hundred flowers grew from one root884 ; And with

‘all immortal gods and mortal men,’ for one hundred flowers grew from one root884 ; And with its fragrant smell wide heave

d came down among men. But she now was heedless of her person, and no one recognised her. Under the guise of an old woman, 

eat, which however she declined. Iambe the serving-maid then prepared one for her, where she sat in silence, thinking of he

and folly of Metaneira deprived him of the intended gift. She watched one night, and, seeing what the nurse was about, shri

e to spend her whole time with her father and mother ; whereas if but one morsel had passed her lips, nothing could save he

l failure of the crops, and mankind were in danger of famine ; but no one knew the place of her retreat till Pan in his hun

d has nothing perhaps very peculiar in it ; the former is regarded as one of the many forms in which the physical fact of e

are911, 1. Illustrious ; 2. Terrible ; and 3. Holy. Hesiod gives her one of the usual epithets of beauty, 4. White-armed.

ave invented the pipe (αὔλος). Urania, the muse of Astronomy, held in one hand a globe, in the other a rod with which she w

t some figure. Thaleia, the patroness of Comedy, held a comic mask in one hand, and in the other a crooked staff. She was a

so appear, connected their Camenæ with the fountains ; for Egeria was one of them, and her fount long continued to be an ob

Hence it has been said, by him who like the early bards of Greece was one of Nature’s own poets, that The Muse nae poet ev

t Dike is a virgin revered by the gods of Olympos ; and that when any one acts unjustly, she sits by her father Zeus, and c

een of heaven had authority over them977 ; and she promises Pasithea, one of the youngest of the Graces, for a wife to Slee

os and Ægle (Splendour) ; and Hermesianax981 made Peitho (Persuasion) one of their number. In Nonnus their names are Pasith

f Hera. In the Odyssey988 and in Hesiod989 their number is reduced to one . We also meet with but one Eileithyia in Pindar99

nd in Hesiod989 their number is reduced to one. We also meet with but one Eileithyia in Pindar990, and the subsequent poets

Μοιραι. Parcæ, Fata. Fates. In the Ilias, with the exception of one passage997, the Moira is spoken of in the singula

Achilleus says, that his mother gave him the choice of two keres ; —  one , to die early at Troy ; the other, to die after a

tly placatory appellations. They had a temple in Achaia, which if any one polluted with crime dared to enter he lost his re

g her rank or her origin. By Hesiod1033 she is said to be a Titaness, one of the daughters of Heaven and Earth, and to have

hat for his own son, and finally by offering and swearing to give him one of the younger Graces for his spouse, overcomes t

o deified, and had her temples and altars in Greece. By Hesiod and by one of the Homerids1062 she is classed among the Ocea

of the Homerids1062 she is classed among the Ocean-nymphs. Pindar in one place1063 calls her ‘the child of Zeus Eleutherio

r ‘the child of Zeus Eleutherios ;’ elsewhere1064 he says that she is one of the Destinies. Alcman called her the sister of

ruelty by their unprincipled demagogues, the Athenians were by nature one of the most humane people in Greece. The more ste

and light. The wild religion of Seeva, which had overcome the milder one of Vishnoo on their natal soil, followed it in it

hich Andromache is compared to a Mænas1085, besides that it occurs in one of the latter books, is regarded as an interpolat

his place satisfied the grammarian Herodian, and ought to satisfy any one , that the line in question is spurious. In the la

herefore Dionysos to have been, as his name might appear to indicate, one of the original Grecian deities, (and it is diffi

e festival of the deity presiding over it may have been a very joyous one , and celebrated with abundance of noise and mirth

we recollect the very incidental manner in which Demeter, undoubtedly one of the most ancient deities, is noticed in the Il

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

which grew there was appropriated to the god1104 ; and it now became one of the favourite plants of Dionysos, as appears b

and formed by the river Tritôn. He committed the care of him to Nysa, one of the daughters of Aristæos ; while Athena, who

s and nobles, and the gods whom they adored1130. The name Dionysos is one of the most difficult to explain in Grecian mytho

bia, in India, in Africa, and elsewhere1132 ; besides that indefinite one whence Persephone was carried away by Hades. It t

clinations ; and the whole of Greece was so much altered, that if any one passes from the perusal of Homer to that of those

frequent intercourse of the two nations, and the vaniloquence of the one and the credulity of the other1134, will hesitate

s and foreign nations previous to the Trojan war, save the commercial one with the Phœnician merchants who visited their ha

pont, they found there a religion very different from their own ; the one being calm and cheerful, the other wild and orgia

2. As the Greeks had confounded her with Rhea, so the Latins made her one with their Ops, the goddess of the earth1143. In

, said (for Herodotus could not perceive it to move) to be a floating one , Delos1152. Ισις. Isis. Isis was one of th

to move) to be a floating one, Delos1152. Ισις. Isis. Isis was one of the chief deities of Egypt and spouse of Osiri

3 identified with the Grecian Demeter, we are to suppose that she was one of those personifications of nature, or of the pr

colonies extended far up the country, and we even find the Samians in one of the Oases1161. When the Ionians and Carians se

Pan. This god is unnoticed by Homer and Hesiod, but according to one of the Homerids he was the son of Hermes by an Ar

Arcadia, and devoted to the service of Artemis : as she was returning one day from the chase, and passed by Mount Lycæon, P

it were better for you not to know ? Life is most free from pain when one is ignorant of future evils. It is best of all fo

237 : But he was paying the penalty laid on His father’s crime ; for one time, cutting trees Alone among the hills, he spu

tones cries, Come ; and Echo calls The caller. Back he looks, and, no one yet Approaching, cries, Why fliest thou ? and rec

country. He built a temple to Apollo ; at which when Dryope appeared one day, the Hamadryades carried her away and conceal

’s pipe, and they often danced to his melody. Pan also loved him, and one time warned him to drive his flocks down into the

ghter of the Spercheios, and that Poseidôn had once when in love with one of them turned the rest into poplars, and kept th

uld bring on his country and family1250. Nereus was married to Doris, one of the Ocean-nymphs, and by her he had the nymphs

that grows in marshes, both in colour and in the perfect likeness of one hair to another, so that no difference can be per

as a fisherman, it was said1271, of Anthedôn in Bœotia, and observing one day the fish which he had caught and thrown on th

et1292 describes them as ‘three long-lived maids, swan-formed, having one eye and one tooth in common, on whom neither the

ibes them as ‘three long-lived maids, swan-formed, having one eye and one tooth in common, on whom neither the sun with his

erseus, he says, intercepted the eye as they were handing it from the one to the other, and having thus blinded the guards

sisters of the Grææ, winged, serpent-fleeced, hateful to man, whom no one can look on and retain his breath1301.’ They were

at the theory of some mythologists of the present day may be the true one  ; namely, that the two Gorgons and two Grææ are o

hom he met grazing in a mead by the stream of Ocean1311. Virgil names one of the Harpies Celæno1312. In the Argonautic cycl

soft-breathing. Love was the offspring of Zephyros and Iris1322, and one of the Seasons bore to this wind-god a son named

a question among critics whether the Odyssey is or is not the work of one mind, whether the domestic scenes in Ithaca, and

Ithaca, and the wondrous adventures related to Alcinoös, are parts of one continuous preconceived narrative. Into this inte

t present to enter, for the geography of these parts is distinct, the one lying in the domains of romance, the other confin

r of the Odyssey may have chosen to regard all westwards of Greece as one wide sea, in which he was at liberty to place wha

it. Odysseus, leaving the rest of his fleet at the island, went with one ship to the country of the Cyclopes. Here he ente

ep Odysseus was going to kill him, till recollecting the huge rock, —  one which the teams of two-and-twenty fourwheeled wag

smiths, the assistants of Hephæstos1340. As they were now artists in one line, it gave no surprise to find them engaged in

ttle distance from the city, which all the ships of Odysseus, but the one he was himself on board of, entered. A herald wit

.’ She instantly called her husband from the market-place, who seized one of them and killed and dressed him for dinner. Th

ears him. There a sleepless man Might double wages earn ; as neatherd one , And one as keeper of the snowy sheep ; For near

There a sleepless man Might double wages earn ; as neatherd one, And one as keeper of the snowy sheep ; For near the paths

istently : for when the floating island of Æolos was determined to be one of the Liparæan isles, and the cape of Circæum to

a the isle of Calypso, lie manifestly between it and Greece. Circe is one of those deities whom Homer calls human-speaking

f moving through the air or along the water, but dwelt continually in one place. She is said by him1362 to be the daughter

beings with entrancing voices. Hence Plato in his Republic1389 places one of them on each of the eight celestial spheres, w

), song, seems more likely to be the true root, and we regard them as one of the wonders told of by the Phœnician mariners1

month that Odysseus and his men were in it they did not meet with any one , and could procure no food but birds and fish ; t

small island, for such were Ææa, Ogygia, and all that we meet ; — not one of which circumstances agrees with Sicily. It see

isle presented such a scene of silvan beauty as charmed even Hermes, one of the dwellers of Olympos1411. The poet seems to

her appearance in company with Odysseus might give, she supposes some one to say1424, “Is it some stranger who has strayed

islands seems to have been produced by two passages of the poem, the one in which Eurymedusa, the attendant of Nausicaa, i

ed two towns ; between the inhabitants of which, who were governed by one king, all things in it were divided. The Phœnicia

at those ancients and moderns who place them in the Ægæan, making the one the same as Delos1433, and the other identical wi

ng the one the same as Delos1433, and the other identical with Syros, one of the Cyclades1434. The Phœnicians, be it observ

continued an entire year at Syria, to dispose of her cargo and lay in one in return, — a circumstance which may tend to ill

hance the delight which every person of taste must feel when perusing one of the most charming monuments of human genius, —

d almost all races to conceive the original state of man to have been one of peace and happiness. At all periods of his lif

r which will also be renewed, and the iron race be succeeded by a new one of gold, when Kronos will once more assume the go

wing view of the mythe of the races of man. This mythe is an oriental one , derived from the same source with the narrative

at Thebes and Troy, it was necessary to distinguish it from the iron one  : hence the cycle is, as it were, repeated ; but

iron one : hence the cycle is, as it were, repeated ; but the latter one , being founded on reality, consists of only two p

ns, it will be perhaps difficult to avoid assenting to the opinion of one of our ablest mythologists, that in Atlas we may

eings of pure benevolence ; on the contrary, they and mankind were to one another somewhat like patrons and clients, lords

iled with other Hellenic mythes of the origin of mankind, such as the one which we have given above ; but incongruities lit

re narrative of Eve and the forbidden fruit is so very striking, that one might be induced to regard it as a rivulet derive

s no allusion to it in Pindar or the tragedians, excepting Sophocles, one of whose lost satyric dramas was named Pandora or

understood ; and of this we have a convincing proof in Natalis Comes, one of the earliest of the modern mythologists. He sa

Italy, and a part of Lesser Asia were at an early period the abode of one race of men, who were devoted to the arts of peac

e exploits the Homeric poems record, were this Pelasgian race1514, or one which had conquered them, is what we have no mean

y may have been developed by peculiar circumstances from the peaceful one which is usually supposed to have distinguished t

hypothesis on this subject, to suppose the Greeks to have been always one people, under different denominations, with that

hould cause no greater surprise than the diversity of dialects of the one language which prevailed in ancient Greece as in

ral, however, they only resumed their pristine rank ; for the hero of one period was not unfrequently the god of a precedin

or the hero of one period was not unfrequently the god of a preceding one , and he thus became a god once more in the eyes o

all the personifications which we have just noticed are woven through one another in a most marvellous manner, and the gods

narrator of this mythic history. He may either take the genealogical one , and relate the history of each mythic family con

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

ἀλκὴ) was Persephone. Her name would then answer to Strong (ἴφθιμος), one of his epithets, and to Awful (ἐπαινὴ), one of th

swer to Strong (ἴφθιμος), one of his epithets, and to Awful (ἐπαινὴ), one of those of his queen. Ἰάσων καὶ Μὴδϵια. Iaso

-car ; and the moment he looked on him, and perceived that he had but one sandal, he shuddered. He asked him who he was, an

the Anauros, crossed that stream to come to it, and in so doing lost one of his sandals. It is said that Hera, out of enmi

d woman, and asked Iasôn to carry her over, which caused him to leave one of his sandals in the mud ; her object was to giv

olcos and destroying Pelias1538. When Pelias perceived Iasôn with but one sandal, he saw the accomplishment of the oracle,

ad the power, had it been predicted to him that he should be slain by one of his citizens. Iasôn replied, that he would ord

eved the charge, but not thinking that he could lawfully put to death one whom he had purified, invited him to join in a hu

, and other strangers, were likewise present. At the feast, Eurytiôn, one of the Centaurs, becoming intoxicated with the wi

e taught the two last heroes. But having been accidentally wounded by one of Heracles’ poisoned arrows, he suffered extreme

of Centaurs as Air-piercers (from κντϵῐν τὴν αὔραν) not an improbable one , for that very idea is suggested by the figure of

alcyôn-days1606. In this last legend and in all (except the preceding one ) relating to him, Ceÿx bears a gentle and amiable

o, was the gift of Ceÿx. The fable of Ceÿx and Halcyone is apparently one of those legends, of which we have seen so many e

ther of Endymiôn, who enjoyed the love of the goddess Selene. Ætolos, one of the sons of Endymiôn by a Naïs, having acciden

inct classes of names may be recognised in these Ætolian legends, the one relating to agriculture, the other to war. The fo

Telephassa, by whom he had three sons, Cadmos, Phœnix, and Cilix, and one daughter, Europa. Zeus becoming enamoured of Euro

he mother of four daughters, Semele, Autonoe, Ino, and Agaue ; and of one son, Polydoros. After the various misfortunes whi

by serpents1627. The mythe of Cadmos is, by its relation to history, one of considerable importance. It is usually regarde

managing bees was ascribed to Aristæos1644. Tradition also said that one time when the isle of Ceos was afflicted by a dro

was taken thither ; and finally Bœotia, whence we find him united to one of the daughters of Cadmos1652. Apollo was also a

ertained by the wild beasts. Having wandered over many lands, he came one day to where some wolves were devouring the thigh

There is none which has suffered more at their hands than the present one , for it was a favourite subject with them. Thus E

. Agaue, the remaining daughter of Cadmos, was married to Echiôn, one of the Spartans. Her son Pentheus succeeded his g

mountain ; but a neatherd having found them, reared them, calling the one Zethos, the other Amphiôn. The former devoted him

she yet broods o'er the woes Sent by the gods1668. It was said that one son and a daughter named Chloris escaped, and tha

t this poet represented these twins, like those of Leda, as being the one immortal the other mortal, corresponding to the n

t Rome in its origin, and he conceives it to have been established by one of the ancient houses, as Nycteus is called the s

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

se on Mount Cithærôn. The herdsman, moved to compassion, according to one account1684, gave the babe to a neatherd belongin

. On his refusal to leave the way at their command, the herald killed one of his horses ; and the stranger, filled with rag

brought up by Polybos as his heir. Happening to be reproached by some one at a banquet with being a supposititious child, h

riddles by the Muses, and she sat on the Phicean Hill and propounded one to the Thebans. It was this : “What is that which

propounded one to the Thebans. It was this : “What is that which has one voice, is four-footed, two-footed, and at last th

eir skill ; and when they failed, the Sphinx carried off and devoured one of their number. At length his son Hæmôn having b

been the son of Eueres and the nymph Chariclo, of the race of Udæos, one of the Spartans (Sown). Various accounts are give

(Sown). Various accounts are given as to the cause of his blindness : one ascribes it to his having seen Athena bathing1697

ias, who had known either state. His answer was that of ten parts but one falls to man1700. Hera incensed deprived the guil

ed deprived the guiltless arbitrator of the power of vision. Zeus, as one god cannot undo the acts of another, gave him in

e territory fell to the descendents of Athamas and Phrixos. Clymenos, one of these, having been slain in a quarrel with the

of their inquiries is as follows. The Minyans was the mythic name of one of the early races of Greece, probably a portion

was Iolcos, and their dock-yard Pagasæ. The Argonautic expedition was one undertaken by them ; and the assemblage of the he

we have just mentioned. It is a remarkable fact, that Orchomenos was one of the seven cities which had a share in the Amph

Trophonios in Lebadeia. They came thither, but could find no oracle : one of them however happening to see a swarm of bees,

preserved in underground treasuries or granaries, the brothers may in one sense have been the builders, in another the plun

. Alcmena brought forth twins, Heracles the son of Zeus, the elder by one night, and Iphicles, the progeny of her mortal lo

of Rhadamanthys, which said that “whœver defends himself against any one who makes an unjust assault on him is guiltless,”

ion was hospitably entertained by Thestios for fifty days. Each night one of the fifty daughters of his host ascended the c

e son of Zeus. But Heracles, unaware of this design, fancied that but one of the maidens had enjoyed his embraces1731. Revo

club and pursued him to his den, which was pervious. He then built up one of the entrances, and going in at the other, and

This hydra had a huge body with nine heads, eight of them mortal, and one in the middle immortal. Heracles mounted his char

The hero crushed her heads with his club, but to no purpose, for when one was crushed two sprang up in its stead. A huge cr

aving thus got rid of the mortal heads, Heracles cut off the immortal one and buried it ; setting a heavy stone on the top

welling at that place. As Heracles was here shooting at the Centaurs, one of his arrows went through the arm of Elatos and

with several others ; for, having drawn the arrow out of the body of one of them, while he was wondering how so small a th

he caught and bound him, and then took him to Mycenæ. To clear out in one day all the dung in the stables of Augeas king of

eus, but offered for a tenth of his herds to clean out his stables in one day. Augeas agreed, not thinking the thing possib

let them run out at the other side. Augeas, on learning that this was one of the tasks imposed by Eurystheus, not only refu

when he came to the verge of Europe and Libya he erected two pillars, one on each side of the strait, as monuments of his j

ff1755. These he slew, and then went on through Tyrrhenia. At Rhegion one of his bulls broke away1756, ran through the coun

the care of his other cattle to Hephæstos, went in quest of the stray one . When he found him, he required Eryx to give him

cast on his body. Wishing to give the shades blood to drink, he took one of the oxen of Hades, and killed it. Menœtios, th

entered. Heracles followed with his drawn sword, for he would have no one thought his superior. When Telamôn saw this he be

sione to Telamôn as a reward of his valour, and allowed her to choose one among the captives to be set at liberty. When she

he river-god Acheloös, who turned himself into a bull ; in which form one of his horns was broken off by the victorious her

eting a man named Theiodamas driving a wain with two oxen, he unyoked one of them, and killed, dressed, and ate it. He took

ascended it, and directed his followers to set it on fire1783. But no one would venture to obey ; till Pœas, happening to a

of it taken by a modern critic1784. This mythe is, according to him, one of extreme antiquity and great beauty, setting fo

and afflict the son of Zeus. But if the object of the persecution of one power, he must be — in conformity to all analogy 

of democratic anarchy, with its numerous heads, against which though one may not be able to effect anything, yet the union

eory is its making the mythe of Heracles, from the very commencement, one entire and consistent fiction, framed with a mora

in which it has come down to us. There is in it the identification of one or more Grecian heroes with Melcart, a god of the

recian heroes with Melcart, a god of the Phœnicians, and perhaps with one of the deities of Egypt. Hence we find Heracles s

ia, and Peisander of Cameiros (about Ol. 33.) another very celebrated one  ; Stesichorus of Himera (Ol. 48.) also composed a

ar form. He is said by mythologists to have been an autochthôn, i. e. one who came from no foreign country, but was born in

as the founder of both their cities, but that Athens was the elder by one thousand years. When in those remote ages the peo

Field-dwelling (Agraulos), the daughter of the land (Actæos). He has one son, Mildew (Erysichthon), who dies childless and

by Atthis the daughter of Cranaos. Others relate, that Athena coming one day to the workshop of Hephæstos to get some arms

e1802. — The remainder of the legend is nearly the same as the former one . Πανδίων. Pandion. Pandiôn succeeded his

k1809, and that Itys became a wood-pigeon1810. This fable seems to be one of considerable antiquity. We have already seen i

have already seen it under another form in the Odyssey1811. Hesiod in one place1812 calls the swallow Pandionis, evidently

at the nightingale had been deprived of all her sleep, the swallow of one half of hers, in consequence of that unhallowed m

hers, in consequence of that unhallowed meal in Thrace. The legend is one of those invented to account mythically for the h

eived for answer, that victory would fall to him who should sacrifice one of his daughters. Erechtheus offered up his young

ia ; and her sisters, as they had entered into a resolution that when one lost her life the others would end theirs, all vo

821. Procris is noticed in the Odyssey1822, and the story is probably one of some antiquity. Though, as we have seen, an at

ear. When Eumolpos was grown up, the husband of Benthesicyme gave him one of his two daughters in marriage ; but Eumolpos,

departing charged Æthra if she bore a son to rear him, and to tell no one whose he was. He moreover placed his sword and sh

unish Sinis for his previous cruelty, killed him, and hung him out of one of the pines1836. Before he left the neighbourhoo

), and the Hurtful (Πολυπήμων). This Damastes had two iron bedsteads, one long, the other short. When a stranger came, he t

ties of his father to the contrary, he voluntarily offered himself as one of the victims. The ship departed as usual under

seus was also a sharer in the dangers of the Calydonian hunt ; he was one of the adventurous band who sailed in the Argo to

e nature ; yet it had originated in the midst of arms. Peirithoös had one time made an irruption into the plain of Marathon

e name of the king Nisos. The story of him and his daughter Scylla is one of the many tales of maidens betraying their pare

lucre. We shall find it repeated in Pterilaos and Comætho, and every one has heard of the Roman Tarpeia1858. Ægeus is plai

ancient name of Corinth was said to have been Ephyra, so called from one of the Ocean-nymphs1864. Its situation rendered i

to put fetters on him ; and there was great joy among mortals, for no one died. Hades however set Death at liberty, and Sis

r their hoofs1868. Autolycos forthwith cultivated the acquaintance of one who had thus proved himself too able for him ; an

an ambush for him, composed of the bravest men of Lycia ; of whom not one returned home, for Bellerophontes slew them all.

phontes was at first named Hipponoös : but having accidentally killed one of his relatives named Belleros, he thence derive

ation of this mythe lies still deeper. In Bellerophontes we have only one of the forms of Poseidôn, namely as Hippios. This

by whom he had a son named Phoroneus1890, the first man according to one tradition, while another makes him collect the ru

town are given for offspring. We conceive it hardly possible for any one versed in mythology to see real persons here.

arded as intimating a knowledge of Io. It is also doubtful if she was one of the heroines of the Eoiæ. Her story however wa

legend seem to stand in the same relation as Callisto and Artemis in one hereafter to be related : in both the nymph is an

s)1914, Danaos sent forth his daughters in quest of some. As Amymone, one of them, was engaged in the search, she saw a dee

ing emitted its waters1922. The number fifty is probably an arbitrary one , for we cannot discern in it a relation to the we

or Lynceion1924, and here perhaps lies the origin of Lynceus, who in one form of the legend fights with and vanquishes Dan

ed to the Peloponnese. But feeling ashamed to take the inheritance of one who had died by his means, he proposed an exchang

orgies into his dominions1947. Andromeda bore to Perseus six sons and one daughter. The sons were Perses (who was born in Æ

ne at Argos were named the Perseids. The mythe of Perseus is probably one of great antiquity. It is alluded to in the Ilias

A mythe so very ancient as this appears to be was probably a physical one in its origin, and this supposition is confirmed

s the hero and enables him to achieve the adventure. This goddess was one of the most ancient deities of Argos, for she had

(not the Gorgons) connected with this goddess, and moreover Gorgo is one of her own appellations1953. The Grecian deities,

d therefore the moon. The mythe of Danae and Perseus being manifestly one of great antiquity and peculiar to Argos, we shou

ng a golden lock of hair on his head. Pterolaos had several sons, and one daughter who was named Comætho (Hair-burner). Whe

But as Amphitryôn was driving home the cattle which he had recovered, one of the cows chancing to run aside, he flung the s

abe on Mount Myrtion, afterwards named Titthion (τίτθη a nurse). Here one of the goats that fed on the mountain gave it suc

f Machaôn, and at Pharæ the temple of his children1974. Asclepios was one of those who sailed in the Argo. He had by Lampet

e, bearing a herb in its mouth, which it laid on the head of the dead one , who instantly recovered. Asclepios took the herb

os of Zeus, within which neither man nor beast cast a shadow, and any one who entered it designedly was put to death1982. T

her virtue. She long concealed her shame ; but at length, as she was one day bathing with her divine mistress, the alterat

ving been separated from his mother and reared among men, meeting her one day in the woods, was on the point of slaying her

ge of the celebrated Helena. The common and probably the most ancient one is that given above, that she was the daughter of

Zeus2003,’ and she calls Castôr and Polydeukes her ‘own-brothers whom one mother bore with her2004.’ In the Odyssey2005 the

e booty. He killed an ox ; and dividing it into four parts, said that one half of the prey should fall to him who had first

y colonised by the Minyans. Σαλμωννϵϵύϛ. Salmoneus. Salmoneus, one of the sons of Æolos, settled in Elis, where he b

troop of mares, followed by the herdsmen, passing by where they lay, one of the mares touched the face of one of the infan

smen, passing by where they lay, one of the mares touched the face of one of the infants with her hoof, and made it livid (

it livid (πέλιον). The herdsmen took and reared the babes, naming the one with the mark Pelias, the other Neleus. When they

several sons, of whom the principal were Periclymenos and Nestôr, and one daughter named Pero. When Heracles attacked Pylos

s burned ; but he saved and reared the young ones. As he was sleeping one day, these serpents, which were now grown to full

erpents, which were now grown to full size, came, and getting each on one of his shoulders, licked his ears with their tong

not without a meaning is a point of which few will doubt ; but it is one not very easy to discover. A modem mythologist204

er, (Ϻολιόνη from μολέω) and named Acquirer (Κτέατοѕ) and Wealthy, or one to whom wealth flows (ϵὖ ῥυτός). Another critic20

reat woe enduring, Placed in a lake that reached up to his chin. Like one athirst he seemed, but could not drink ; For when

hrown on him2055. This last trifling legend is, as we may easily see, one of the many attempts at localising the ancient my

os is, like Sisyphos, a reduplication2056, and his mythe is evidently one of those handed down from the ancient serious Pel

n Pelops, and to have set him for food before them. Demeter had eaten one of the shoulders before the gods were aware of th

iagebed2064. Pelops is said2065 to have promised Myrtilos for his aid one half of the kingdom, or as other accounts have it

curse on them that they and their posterity should perish by means of one another. They retired to Mideia, whence on the de

of princes rich in cattle legitimately transmitting the sceptre from one to the other, a state of things totally at varian

s the subject of a drama. Sophocles wrote two Thyestes, and Euripides one  ; and we have probably their contents in the lege

, and would not cease till Coresos had sacrificed Callirrhoe, or some one who was willing to die in her stead. It was resol

r stead. It was resolved to obey the oracle. Callirrhoe could find no one possessed of sufficient affection for her to pay

ful youth, who pastured his flocks near the shore of the sea. Argyra, one of the sean-ymphs, beheld and loved him, and freq

wars. The political insignificance of Crete in this period might lead one to doubt of the power and dominion of the Cretan

he Athenians were such tamperers with the works of the old poets that one cannot help being suspicious of all passages rela

mediately appeared with a plant in its mouth, and laid it on the dead one , who instantly came to life. Polyeidos, by employ

eference to light and fire, so perhaps in that of the Æacids there is one to water. Thus we have in it Asopos, Ægina, Psama

ave been the birth-place of Oriôn. As Zeus, Poseidôn, and Hermes were one time, says the legend, taking a ramble on earth,

e of Hephæstos, who taking pity on him, gave him Kedaliôn (Guardian), one of his men, to be his guide to the abode of the S

attempted to offer violence to the goddess herself ; others, to Opis, one of her Hyperborean maidens, and that Artemis slew

spleased, and often chid her, but to no purpose. At length, observing one day Oriôn wading through the sea with his head ju

ch the ambrosia bear To father Zeus, but always the smooth rock Takes one away, then to keep up the number The Father adds

w the serpent’s teeth which Æetes possessed, for Athena had given him one half of those which Cadmos sowed at Thebes. Iasôn

se she desired him to fling stones, and while they were fighting with one another about them, to fall on and slay them. The

ok two different directions, just as the colonies themselves did, the one northwards to the Tauric Chersonese or Scythia, a

o the Tauric Chersonese or Scythia, and this was probably the earlier one , as this was the first direction of the Grecian c

siod briefly narrates the principal events2172 ; it is the subject of one of Pindar's finest odes2173, and of the epic of A

nd in the various Scholia. Of the dramas on this subject not a single one has been preserved2174. Τὰ Θηβάϊκα. — The The

ed them to a trial of skill and strength, and easily vanquished every one who contended with him. They laid an ambush of fi

n ambush of fifty men for him on his return, all of whom except Mæôn, one of their leaders, he slew2178. The Argive host ap

The Argive host appeared before the walls of Thebes. Each chief chose one of its seven gates to attack ; Adrastos, the Homo

e, we are told, was three ells long, with its legs joined, holding in one hand an elevated spear, in the other a distaff an

were spread. Two huge serpents now appeared and destroyed Laocoôn and one of his sons, dismayed by which prodigy Æneias for

s of Asclepios, Protesilaos and other chiefs. The number of ships was one thousand one hundred and eighty-six, and they car

s, Protesilaos and other chiefs. The number of ships was one thousand one hundred and eighty-six, and they carried upwards

one thousand one hundred and eighty-six, and they carried upwards of one hundred thousand men2223. The Trojans were led by

were divided. Next morning Menelaos, Nestôr, Diomedes, Odysseus, and one half of the army passed over to the isle of Tened

ut Orestes the son of Agamemnôn was still alive. He had been saved by one of his sisters, and sent to Phocis to Strophios,

Crete, where they went to pieces against the rocks. Five, on board of one of which was Menelaos himself, were carried by th

was most hospitably received by Alcinoös the king of that people, and one of their magic vessels conveyed him and the gifts

rived from two fragments of the Chrestomathy of Proclus, of which the one , containing the epitome of the Cypria, was discov

sent to the coast of Asia, there to remain for ten years, a force the one half of that which she opposed to the Barbarians

om a kind of fairy-land. This is in our eyes a beautiful prospect. No one can believe the mythes in their present form ; an

g to the doctrine of the Etruscans there were two orders of gods, the one superior, veiled and nameless, with whom the supr

ed at the Tuscan cities of Sutri and Vulsinii2256. Vertumnus also was one of the principal deities of Etruria2257. The Tusc

lso in a great measure, taken however in combination with the general one , explain the agreement of their religious systems

Sabinus, as the origins of their nation2260. Mamers or Mars was also one of their deities ; an erect lance was the symbol

, that is their protecting deities2281. Juno Romana or Capitolina, as one of the great tutelar deities of Rome, had her sha

; but it may be doubted whether this was not a transference to her of one of the attributes of the Grecian goddess Pallas-A

rything peculiar to her has disappeared. She cannot however have been one of the original deities of Rome, as her name did

as Libitina the goddess of funerals, because, says Plutarch2316, the one and the same goddess superintends birth and death

ctions,’ chap. iv., will be found some account of the Shâh-nâmeh, and one of its most interesting narratives. The reader wi

r Jap. 50. This may be true, but the meaning is often a very trifling one . 53. Rasselas, chap. 48. See Niebuhr, Hist. of R

ater age to that part of the poem. 135. In reading the Paradise Lost one is apt to be struck with the definite material na

heaven might really be. The fact is, that our great poet was, as any one who reads with attention the speech of the angel

ent of Heaven by making the World appear in comparison with it but as one of the smallest stars to the moon ! 137. Müller,

y Hermann (Ueber das Wesen, &c. p. 84.). He had given a different one previously (De Myth. Ant. Opusc. ii. 176.), which

nt. Opusc. ii. 176.), which he rejected for the present more probable one . Welcker (Tril. 147.) understands by the Hundred-

re Apoll. Rh. iii. 1191. 200. The most learned of poets is the only one that has alluded to this fiction in modern times.

vii. 25. seq. 228. Antimachus ap. Paus. ix. 35. 38. 229. Virgil in one place (Æn. x. 190.) says poplars, in agreement wi

g what the need is ; they see boats there, but not their own, with no one in them ; they get in, row away, and perceive tha

eive that they are heavy as if laden with passengers, but they see no one . In one pull (ῥοπῇ) they reach the isle of Britan

t they are heavy as if laden with passengers, but they see no one. In one pull (ῥοπῇ) they reach the isle of Britannia, whi

n boats they can hardly reach in a day and a night. They still see no one , but they hear the voices of those that receive t

d occupations. They then return with their boats much lighter, and in one pull they reach their homes.» There is a curious

1200. Eur. Alc. 370. Aristoph. Plut. 727.), and became the prevalent one in later times, when Hades came to signify a plac

ros, and gives him fifty heads. See also Th. 769-773. Others gave him one hundred heads. Horace, Carm. ii. 13, 34. 476. Th

. 35. Virgil also seems to allude to it, Geor. i. 378. This is surely one of those legends which are mere sports of fancy.

Or. 21.) if the reading given by Wyttembach from Eusebius be the true one , as it most probably is. 641. Proleg. 300. seq.

he care of Apollo. 644. Il. xxiii. 287. 645. Il. xxi. 442. seq. Any one who reflects on the exalted characters of these t

ned in Genesis, xl. 9. Num. xx. 5 ; and the vintage is the subject of one of the ancient Egyptian paintings now in the Brit

his step-dame Rhea’s eye. Milton, P. L. iv. 275. The Poet makes here one of his usual slips of memory (Tales and Popular F

115. Stephanus Byzantinus (v. гάζɑ) quotes the ‘Bassarics’, a poem by one Dionysius, which treated of this war. 1116. Nonn

1120. The maintainers of the Indian hypothesis observe that Bagis is one of the names of Seeva. According to Müller (Orcho

refers to II. xix. 116. 125 ; but that passage, besides its being in one of the later books, is liable to objection. See H

and he is resolute in maintaining the two poems to be the produce of one mind, and denies all interpolation. 1326. Od. i.

circumstance so entirely out of view, and have determined Æolia to be one of the Ægatian islands. Hom. Geog. 114. 1356. St

et of the Odyssey appear to be of Phœnician origin. Thus, besides the one in the text, the Elysian Plain may be fairly deri

ill we think with Völcker that the sense of the original mythe is the one given above. 1470. See Apoll. Rh. ii. 1248. 14

ii. 20. 1663. Hygin. 4. Nonnus, ix. 247. seq. The last trait reminds one of Petit Poucet and the Ogre. 1664. Flight-givi

s is like Zeus-Tyndareos. 1676. Soph. Antig. 834. Elec. 150. Dione, one of the Hyades, is her mother (Ovid, Met. vi. 174.

mn on the Nativity he calls the sun Nature's ‘lusty paramour,’ and in one of his Latin Elegies (v. 55 — 94.) he describes t

pular Fictions,’ passim.) We are, however, disposed to regard this as one of the tales which the Egyptians (who, by the way

’ ἔρξε δίкη к’ ίθεȋa γένοιτο. 1731. Apollod. Some said seven, others one night. See Heyne in loc. 1732. Homer arms Herac

sent, called the Paralian Galley, was maintained to be the very same one in which Theseus had sailed ; though it had been

904. o behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven’s wi

2. 1909. Argos is the name of Odysseus’ dog (Od. xvii. 292.), and of one of Actæôn’s hounds (Apollod. iii. 4, 4. Hygin. 18

rst mortal king of Egypt : Manes was the first king of Lydia : Minyas one of the earliest kings of Greece : Minos the first

me from it. Apollod. i. 9, 24. Ovid, Trist. iii. 9. 2163. Anaphe was one of the Sporades. It and the Melantian Necks were

iii. 505. seq. 2223. See the Catalogue. The Bœotian vessels carried one hundred and twenty men (II. ii. 510), the Thessal

or the Heroes, were a fiction similar to the Isle of Venus of Camôes ( one of the most beautiful creations of modern genius)

ers several derivations. Muller (Etrusk. ii. 49.) seems to prefer the one from the taking of Falerii. 2299. Serv. Æn. xi.

‘She looks a Sea-Cybele fresh from Ocean,’ he calls up to the mind of one familiar with our subject illustrations more vivi

has invariably been given to the most popular, that is to say, to the one which has inspired the greatest works. Both the L

covering heavens, were known, The face of nature, o’er the world, was one ; And men have called it Chaos; formless, rude, Th

nus (Heaven). This version of the creation of the world, although but one of the many current with the Greeks and Romans, w

hough but one of the many current with the Greeks and Romans, was the one most generally adopted.                     “Her

epths. The Titans did not long remain sole occupants of Tartarus, for one day the brazen doors were again thrown wide open

tes only to destroy. In vain the bereaved mother besought the life of one little one: the selfish, hardhearted father would

destroy. In vain the bereaved mother besought the life of one little one : the selfish, hardhearted father would not relent

ch she sent to attack him. This Typhœus was a giant, from whose trunk one hundred dragon heads arose; flames shot from his

for worse”; and Iapetus had seen, loved, and wedded the fair Clymene, one of the ocean nymphs, or Oceanides, daughters of O

ew they would never willingly share it with man, and that, should any one obtain it by stealth, they would never forgive th

to create woman; and as soon as she had been artfully fashioned, each one endowed her with some special charm, to make her

promptly granted. Mercury, with a sigh, of relief, placed the box in one corner, and then departed, refusing all hospitabl

f her curiosity. Precipitately, therefore, she raised the lid to have one little peep before he came in. Now, Jupiter had m

a sudden impulse of compassion, had concealed among the evil spirits one kindly creature. Hope, whose mission was to heal

n vain, however; for the waters rose higher and higher, overtook them one after another in their ineffectual efforts to esc

, clad in flowing drapery, his redoubtable thunderbolts or sceptre in one hand, and a statue of Victory in the other. The w

of Phidias. Its proportions and beauty were such, that it was counted one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. It is

his numerous intrigues with renewed zest. Callisto and Arcas On one occasion he fell deeply in love with a maiden nam

flight through the air was so rapid, that she was seldom seen; and no one would have known she had passed, had it not been

feasts were held in each city where a temple was dedicated to her. On one of these occasions an old priestess was very anxi

perchance unable, to endure the racking pain any longer, Jupiter bade one of his sons, Vulcan, cleave his head open with an

woman. Arachne. Moreau. Arachne, in her conceit, fancied that no one could equal the work done by her deft fingers, so

mantle blew unclasp’d,     From off her shoulder backward borne: From one hand droop’d a crocus: one hand grasp’d     The m

From off her shoulder backward borne: From one hand droop’d a crocus: one hand grasp’d     The mild bull’s golden horn.” T

venge herself, she banished Latona to earth, and declared that if any one , mortal or immortal, showed her any pity or gave

s bliss, however, proved but fleeting; for Coronis, reasoning that if one lover were so delightful, two would be doubly so,

e maiden back!” Saxe. Bending over the lifeless body of his beloved one , he bewailed his fatal haste, and cursed the bird

lest the people would forget him and worship their physician, seized one of his thunderbolts, hurled it at the clever yout

ward him gave him the position of head shepherd. “Then King Admetus, one who had     Pure taste by right divine, Decreed h

e which had previously been appointed for the good king’s death, some one should be found willing to die in his stead. This

and Procris. Cephalus was a hunter, who fell in love with and married one of Diana’s nymphs, Procris. She brought him as do

and endurance, that the chase bade fair to end only with the death of one or both of the participants. The gods, in their a

erced the faithful bosom of his wife. Her dying moan brought him with one bound to her side; ere she breathed her last, an

ere are, of course, many other versions of these self-same myths; but one and all are intended to illustrate the same natur

The Story of Marsyas A young shepherd, tying in the cool grass one summer afternoon, became aware of a distant sound

nalty of immediate death. But a secret is difficult to keep; and this one , of the king’s long ears, preyed upon the poor ba

ine times round her, Yet music and love were victorious.” Pope. But one condition was imposed before he was allowed to de

er lord she uttered, — how could Love Too anxious be upbraided? — but one last And sad ‘Farewell!’ scarce audible, she sigh

fame was Arion, the musician who won untold wealth by his talent. On one occasion, having gone to Sicily to take part in a

ters of this river, which would lull him into senseless stupidity for one whole year. During nine years following he was de

h, or skies, For open to your wish all nature lies; Only decline this one unequal task, For ‘tis a mischief, not a gift, yo

memory, — was surnamed Musagetes.     “Whom all the Muses loved, not one alone; — Into his hands they put the lyre of gold

on their throne.” Longfellow. Although the Muses united at times in one grand song, they had each separate duties assigne

and when the nights were warm would stay out all night with them. On one occasion he had thus seen the Muses dancing round

ar from this spot was a small altar devoted to the Muses, and Comatas one day took a kid and offered it as a sacrifice. Whe

a kid and offered it as a sacrifice. When his master discovered that one was missing from his flock, in a fit of passion h

arried to him, daily through a chink in the chest. Months passed, and one day the chest was opened; but, instead of a heap

might And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Developing in that one glance the Deity.” Byron. One of the Seven Wond

rs, too, arc weltering in their blood: One clasps her mother’s knees, one clings around Her neck, and one lies prostrate on

blood: One clasps her mother’s knees, one clings around Her neck, and one lies prostrate on the ground; One seeks her breas

Her neck, and one lies prostrate on the ground; One seeks her breast; one eyes the coming woe And shudders; one in terror c

e ground; One seeks her breast; one eyes the coming woe And shudders; one in terror crouches low.” Meleager. In vain the

ect them, and called upon all the gods of Olympus. Her daughters fell one by one, never to rise again. The last clung convu

m, and called upon all the gods of Olympus. Her daughters fell one by one , never to rise again. The last clung convulsively

sleep-dimmed eyes rested wonderingly upon the beautiful vision. That one glance, although it drove Diana away in great has

when Troy fell into the enemy’s hands, all grew pale with grief, and one , more timid and impressionable than the rest, wit

, and alone, he now wandered from place to place, hoping to find some one capable of restoring his sight. At last he reache

le of restoring his sight. At last he reached the Cyclopes’ cave, and one of them took pity on him, and led him to the Sun,

unusually long and exciting pursuit, Diana and her followers came to one of the still mountain pools where they had often

nded away through the forest. Alas! too late; for the pack had caught one glimpse of his sleek sides, and were after him in

ook them by storm, and her grace won their hearts; but, although they one and all expressed a desire to marry her, Venus sc

the heavenly council. This compulsory union was anything but a happy one ; for Venus never showed any affection for, her de

eir parting caresses. All prospered according to their desires, until one night the unfortunate Alectryon fell asleep; and

ontinued to join the other hunters in his favourite sport. But, alas, one day, after an exciting pursuit, he boldly attacke

ath to such an extent, that some mythologists accuse her of borrowing one of Jupiter’s thunderbolts and slaying him. Others

          “God Eros, setting notch to string, Wounded two bosoms with one shaft-shooting, A maiden’s and a youth’s — Leande

knew her parents would never consent to their union Then, afraid lest one should notice that she was talking to a stranger,

n the sea, It saw him not, for back at home was he.” Leigh Hunt. No one suspected their meetings; and all went well until

these signs could deter Leander from visiting Hero.     “There came one night, the wildest of the year, When the wind smo

tossing sea, she cast an anxious glance over the waters to Abydus. No one was in sight as far as she could see. She was abo

ly lashing his sides with his tail, and licking his bloody jaws. With one terrified shriek the girl ran away, dropping her

s were spent in the faithful portrayal of the gods and goddesses, but one day he determined to fashion the image of a lovel

loveliness, and made Cupid start back in surprise; but, as he did so, one of his own love arrow; came into contact with his

d, she forgot all caution. An inadvertent motion tipped her lamp, and one drop of burning oil, running over the narrow brim

, taking Io with her, and placed her under the surveillance of Argus, one of her servants, who possessed a myriad eyes, onl

ance of Argus, one of her servants, who possessed a myriad eyes, only one half of which he closed at a time. “The eyes of

us way, Mercury softly shook the poppies over the giant’s head, until one by one the remaining eyelids closed, and Argus wa

Mercury softly shook the poppies over the giant’s head, until one by one the remaining eyelids closed, and Argus was wrapp

in complete slumber. Then Mercury seized the giant’s sword, and with one well-directed blow severed his head from the huge

ith one well-directed blow severed his head from the huge trunk. Only one half of the task was successfully accomplished: a

r beast, who, goaded to madness by its cruel stings, fled wildly from one country to another, forded streams, and Anally pl

every movement; Mercury is the rain, whose advent blots out the stars one by One, thus killing Argus, who else was never kn

ow descended To Hades, by the winged god attended.” Boyesen. He was one of the twelve principal gods of Olympus, and was

angry clouded sky, and, although but little worshipped in Greece, was one of the principal Roman divinities. He is said to

of armour, a plumed helmet on his proud young head, a poised spear in one muscular hand, and a finely wrought shield in the

iants, but in his martial ardour he frequently forgot all caution. On one occasion he was obliged to surrender to Otus and

him; and even when they slept, the rattle of the chains, whenever any one of the gods attempted to set him free, woke them

the name of Quirinus, and gave orders for the erection of a temple on one of the seven hills, which since then has been kno

ted with the result of their petitions, placed the heavenly shield in one of their principal temples. Then, in constant dre

had even tried to console her when she mourned Jupiter’s neglect. On one occasion, intending to punish Juno for one of her

rned Jupiter’s neglect. On one occasion, intending to punish Juno for one of her usual fits of jealousy, Jupiter hung her o

tween heaven and earth was so great, that Vulcan’s fall lasted during one whole day and night, ere he finally touched the s

falling star, On Lemnos th’ Ægean isle.” Milton. Of course, to any one but a god such a terrible fall would have proved

tal; and even Vulcan did not escape entirely unharmed, for he injured one of his legs, which accident left him lame and som

pied, did not present an extraordinary appearance; but as soon as any one ventured to make use of it, the springs moved, an

earch of another more congenial mate. Some time after, Vulcan married one of the Graces, who, however, seems to have also s

this god, who is generally represented as a short, muscular man, with one leg shorter than the other, a workman’s cap on hi

eed in slaying the monster. Hercules, on his return from the scene of one of his stupendous labours, heard the proclamation

al caves of his kingdom, over which he ruled with resistless sway. By one word he could stir up or calm the wildest storm,

n deeply in love with a maiden named Theophane, and fearful lest some one of her numerous suitors should find favour in her

Queen of the Ocean, Neptune’s own true and lawful wife, was a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of Doris and Nereus, — the

terest in men’s affairs, and sometimes interfered in their behalf. On one occasion, for instance, he even lent his beautifu

n its gloom and dispel its shadows. Whenever the stern god set out on one of these expeditions, he rode in a chariot drawn

lem of his power, and the obstacle was immediately removed. It was on one of these occasions that Pluto abducted Proserpina

, in saying that it was an almost impossible feat to get out again if one were rash enough to venture in. “To the shades y

those who could not produce the required obolus were obliged to wait one hundred years, at the end of which time Charon re

e of oaths; and the blessed Lethe, whose waters had the power to make one forget all unpleasant things, thus preparing the

the meaning of this strange exclamation, the spectators shouted with one accord: “’Tis the murderer of Ibycus!” This was t

rved and ill-treated his subjects, insulted the immortal gods, and on one occasion had even dared to cook and serve up to t

tored the youth to life, and Ceres replaced the missing shoulder with one of ivory or of gold. Driven away from his kingdom

den’s tr.). This insolent parody so incensed Jupiter that he grasped one of his deadliest thunderbolts, brandished it alof

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

sting his new-won power, which changed all to gold at a mere touch of one of his fingers. “Down from a lowly branch a twig

was the island of Naxos, which he visited after every journey. During one of his sojourns there, he discovered a fair maide

and Proserpina Ceres (Demeter), daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and one of Jupiter’s numerous consorts, was goddess of ag

of this bright young creature. Long ere this he had tried to persuade one after another of the goddesses to share his gloom

de one after another of the goddesses to share his gloomy throne; but one and all had refused the honour, and declined to a

finally returned to Italy; and, while wandering along the river banks one day, the waters suddenly cast a glittering object

cool stream wherein she might bathe her heated limbs. She soon found one , the Alpheus River, and selected a spot where the

       “And now from their fountains         In Edna’s mountains Down one vale where the morning basks,         Like friend

ve must thrill the blended tide! And lost in each, till mingling into one , Their lot the same for shadow or for sun, A type

nd Jupiter decreed that for every seed she had eaten she should spend one month of every year in her husband’s gloomy kingd

my kingdom. Thus it came about that Proserpina was condemned to spend one half the year in Hades, and could linger on the b

-vested Queen of Hades (now called Hecate), who held a pomegranate in one hand, and a torch in the other. Proserpina, like

uently dedicated to her; and any mortal rash enough to lay the axe on one of those sacred trees was sure to incur the godde

perstitious veneration paid to Ceres’ trees took his axe and cut down one of her sacred oaks. At his first blow, blood bega

y, annoyed by the importunities of the spectators, he turned and slew one or two, and then completed his sacrilege. Ceres,

nourishment; but his monstrous appetite continued, and, as he had but one daughter left, he sold her as a slave to obtain f

alamity. The Vestals were, however, so pure and vigilant, that during one thousand years only eighteen failed to keep their

jestic beauty, clad in long robes, holding a lighted torch or lamp in one hand and a votive bowl in the other — were carrie

famous for her beauty as well as for her extreme loquacity, which no one could check. Tradition relates that this fair mai

ir maiden talked from morning till night, and told all she knew. Upon one occasion she incurred Jupiter’s wrath by relating

by relating to Juno a conversation she had overheard between him and one of his numerous mistresses. To punish her, and at

rally made to them were a small part of each meal. Upon removing from one house to another or from one place to another, it

ll part of each meal. Upon removing from one house to another or from one place to another, it was customary for the head o

es, entrances, war, and peace, and patron of all beginnings, although one of the most important of all the Roman divinities

closes the day at its setting. In some statues he is represented with one whitehaired and bearded face, and the other quite

left; or, when he presides over the year, he holds the number 300 in one hand and 65 in the other. He was also supposed to

cause it was perfectly square. On each side of the building there was one door and three windows. These apertures were all

honour of Janus were celebrated on the first day of the new year; and one month bore the god’s name, and was considered sac

is month — a Roman custom in force to this day. Janus is not the only one among the Greek and Latin divinities whose name h

nd following the even course of the Lethe River, the ancients fancied one reached a large cave in a remote and quiet valley

ral urn or a reversed torch. The cave was divided into chambers, each one darker and more silent than the one which precede

e was divided into chambers, each one darker and more silent than the one which preceded it. In one of the inner rooms, whi

s, each one darker and more silent than the one which preceded it. In one of the inner rooms, which was all draped with sab

who watched incessantly over his prolonged slumbers, and hindered any one from troubling his repose. “Deep in a cavern dwe

charge, to visit mortals. Two gates led out of the valley of sleep, —  one of ivory, and the other of horn. The Dreams which

e fulfilled. Two portals are there for their shadowy shapes, Of ivory one , and one of horn. The dreams That come through th

ed. Two portals are there for their shadowy shapes, Of ivory one, and one of horn. The dreams That come through the carved

ncounter the mournful fate of poor Ceyx. Mors, god of death, occupied one of the corners of Somnus’ cave. He was a hideous,

ng child of great corpulence, and with wings. Morpheus held a vase in one hand, and poppies in the other, which he gently s

, kept them closely confined in a great cave, and let them loose only one at a time, to stretch their limbs and take a litt

. It was he, too, who, according to Homer, bound all his children but one in a leather bag, which he gave to Ulysses when t

Æolus. This temple is hexagonal, and on each side a flying figure of one of the winds is represented. Eurus, the east wind

rborean Mountains, from whence he sallied forth on wild raids. During one of these excursions he carried off Orithyia, who

and beast Armed with a great sword, Hercules succeeded in cutting off one of the seven heads; but he had no sooner done so,

bles rushed a torrent, or rather a river, the Alpheus. Hercules, with one glance, saw the use he could make of this rushing

at its foot to guard their treasures night and day. Unfortunately, no one could tell Hercules in what part of Africa the ga

Sustains the spacious heavens.” Hesiod. It was during the course of one of his mighty labours that Hercules, with one wre

as during the course of one of his mighty labours that Hercules, with one wrench of his powerful arm, tore a cleft in the m

im aside. The hero, skilfully avoiding his first onset, seized him by one of his great thick-set horns, and held it so firm

ell pleased with the effect, that she decreed it should henceforth be one of her attributes. The fight, only temporarily su

he water, and prepared to follow, holding his bow and arrows aloft in one hand, and breasting the waves with the other. Now

riek from Deianeira attracted Hercules’ attention, and a second later one of his poisoned arrows had brought the would-be r

mountain side alone, tore up the huge oaks by their roots, flung them one upon the other until he had raised a mighty pile,

up in a brazen tower, around which he stationed guards to prevent any one from even approaching the captive princess. But,

diligently, and finally winning her to a secret marriage, to which no one offered the slightest objection, as no one suspec

cret marriage, to which no one offered the slightest objection, as no one suspected his visits, which he continued quite un

no one suspected his visits, which he continued quite unmolested. But one morning the guards rushed in terror to Acrisius’

e people that his bravery was real. The Gorgons This Medusa was one of the three Gorgons. Her sisters, Euryale and St

tiful curling locks into hissing, writhing serpents, and decreed that one glance into her still beautiful face would suffic

the mortal clay In its first gleam of wild dismay, Is a dread gift to one like thee, Cursed with a hateful destiny.” Mrs.

ness, the home of the Grææ, three horrible sisters, who possessed but one eye and one tooth, which they handed about and us

me of the Grææ, three horrible sisters, who possessed but one eye and one tooth, which they handed about and used in turn,

hout fear of detection, and intercepted the eye while on its way from one sister to another. As soon as it was safe in his

g but her mirrored form, severed her head from her body, seized it in one hand, and, holding it persistently behind his bac

less.” Lewis Morris. Of course, this fierce struggle could have but one conclusion; and when Perseus had slain the monste

the gods’ decree was always sure to be fulfilled sooner or later; and one day, when Perseus was playing quoits, he accident

by the same cruel death which he had dealt out to so many others. In one place the Isthmus of Corinth was exceedingly narr

d obeyed in fear and trembling; but he was doomed never to molest any one again, for Theseus kicked him over the precipice,

ering his home, where he had two beds of very different dimensions, —  one unusually short, the other unusually long. If the

lingly offered him a ball of twine and a sharp sword, bidding him tie one end of the twine to the entrance of the labyrinth

razen body. The returning vessel, favoured by wind and tide, made but one port, Naxos; and here youths and maidens landed t

e her, casting a rueful glance at the torrent, which had wrenched off one of his golden sandals. He was about to part from

warning him to beware of the man who appeared before him wearing but one sandal. Pelias tremblingly bade the guards bring

ll and efficacious protection. Next the Speaking Oak bade him cut off one of its own mighty limbs, and carve from it a figu

speed of his vessel was equal to that of a dove on the wing, he sent one out before him. The dove flew safely between the

e out before him. The dove flew safely between the rocks, losing only one of its tail-feathers as they again clashed togeth

full in the giants’ faces. Blinded with the sand, the giants attacked one another, and in a short time were exterminated.

t his body into pieces, which she dropped over the side of the vessel one by one. Æetes, a helpless witness of this cruel,

ody into pieces, which she dropped over the side of the vessel one by one . Æetes, a helpless witness of this cruel, awful d

each other, and who boldly led the rest in pursuit of the boar. From one end of the Calydonian forest to the other the boa

s. Undaunted by these ghastly trophies, Hippomenes, or Milanion, came one day to Atalanta and expressed a desire to race wi

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

slated then both to the skies, where they form a bright constellation one of the signs of the zodiac. Castor and Pollux are

unted or snowy chargers. “So like they were, no mortal         Might one from other know: White as snow their armour was:

mstances under which he had made his first appearance at court, until one day at a banquet one of his companions, heated by

he had made his first appearance at court, until one day at a banquet one of his companions, heated by drink, began to quar

ctly, they were mercilessly devoured by the terrible Sphinx, which no one dared attack or could drive away. While listening

e poor monarch could bear, and in his despair he blinded himself with one of her ornaments.         “He pluck’d from off t

e of his awful crimes, accompanied by his daughter Antigone, the only one who loved him still, and who was ready to guide h

on, whereby it was decreed that Eteocles, the elder son, should reign one year, and at the end of that period resign the th

( Francklin’s tr.). The Seven Chiefs Polynices’ nature was not one to endure such a slight patiently; and he hastene

ttack each other; and such was their courage that many fell, and only one of the seven chiefs returned to Argos. There he p

ve men had set forth to slay the monster, none had ever returned, for one and all had perished in the attempt. The Chimæ

air.” Wordsworth. This fall, which would doubtless have killed any one but a mythological hero, merely deprived Bellerop

ge, a host of suitors asked her hand, each eager to win for his bride one so beautiful and gifted. “No nymph of all Œchali

an was equally devoted to music, the dance, and pretty nymphs. He saw one of the nymphs, Syrinx whom he immediately loved;

ith her, and finally extracted an avowal that, among all the suitors, one alone was worthy of her love, Vertumnus. Vertumnu

earned his daily bread by selling the fish he caught in his nets. On one occasion he made a very fine haul, and threw his

ge rather than run any risk of being forced to surrender his power to one greater than he. Thetis’ hand he then decreed sho

. All the ladies were at first inclined to contend for the prize; but one by one each claimant withdrew except Juno, Minerv

he ladies were at first inclined to contend for the prize; but one by one each claimant withdrew except Juno, Minerva, and

the guests to award the prize to the most deserving; but the guests, one and all, refused to act as umpires, for the apple

d all, refused to act as umpires, for the apple could be given to but one , and the two others would be sure to vent their a

urotas limpid play’d. But none, of all, with Helen might compare, Nor one seem’d faultless of the fairest fair. As morn, wi

avoured suitor, and help him regain possession of his wife should any one venture to kidnap her.                          

at danger, she plunged him wholly into the tide with the exception of one heel, by which she held him, and then returned ho

her was despatched to summon Achilles to join the fleet at Aulis, but one after another returned without having seen him or

d, and offered his wares for sale. The maidens selected trinkets; but one of them, closely veiled, seized a weapon conceale

igenia was borne in safety to Taurus, where she became a priestess in one of the goddess’s temples. Iphigenia. M. Non

use thy death. Thou hast no pity on thy tender child, Nor me, unhappy one , who soon must be Thy widow. All the Greeks will

e, sprang into his chariot and drove away. “Sorrow not thus, beloved one , for me. No living man can send me to the shades

o Ulysses and Diomedes in disguise effected an entrance into the city one night, and after many difficulties succeeded in e

acrifice to the gods. As he stood there by the improvised altar, with one of his sons on either side to assist him in his o

ht was fix’d In their mid-forehead: hence the Cyclops’ name: For that one circular eye was broad enfix’d In the mid-forehea

pean race. The Greeks’ first impulse was to help themselves, since no one was there to say them nay; but they finally decid

ce. They had moored their vessel under an overhanging cliff, where no one would be likely to find it, and had therefore no

ved this manoeuvre, fastened his companions under the rams, reserving one for his own use, and watched them pass out one af

er the rams, reserving one for his own use, and watched them pass out one after the other undetected. Then, clinging to the

y rocky cave Thou, in thy brutal fury, hast devoured, Were friends of one not unexpert in war; Amply have thy own guilty de

ert in war; Amply have thy own guilty deeds returned Upon thee. Cruel one ! who didst not fear To eat the strangers sheltere

taunting voice came, and in his rage almost destroyed the Greeks; for one piece of rock fell very near their vessel, and th

, and aunt of Medea. Here Ulysses’ crew was divided into two parties, one of which, led by Eurylochus, set out to explore t

st, and entertained them all so well, that Ulysses lingered there for one whole year.                         “And there f

to Ææa, where he lingered to perform the funeral rites for Elpenor, —  one of his followers, a youth who had fallen asleep o

for Elpenor, — one of his followers, a youth who had fallen asleep on one of the palace turrets, and by an inadvertent move

and Scylla, who lay so close together, that, while striving to avoid one , it was almost impossible not to fall an easy pre

rmour, stood on the prow to attack Scylla should she attempt to seize one of his crew. The sound of the rushing waters whir

still the pangs of hunger. Led by Eurylochus, some of the men, during one of Ulysses’ temporary absences, caught and slew s

e torturer of Polyphemus, was about to escape from his clutches. With one blow of his trident he stirred up one of those su

escape from his clutches. With one blow of his trident he stirred up one of those sudden tempests whose fury nothing can w

claim the usual hospitality. All was executed as they had planned. No one recognised the long-expected hero in the miserabl

ne recognised the long-expected hero in the miserable old beggar — no one save his aged nurse Euryclea, and his faithful ol

ssandra, whom the gods had endowed with prophetic powers, but whom no one would heed. Æneas, seeing ere long that there was

ly disguised himself in Greek armour which he tore from the corpse of one of his foes, and rushed on to the palace, hoping

s rarest treasures and desecrated by the feet of the enemy. There, in one of the abandoned halls, he saw Helen, the fair ca

and Penates, and, taking him on his back, carried him off, while with one hand he led his little son, and bade Creusa close

shall never tire. — Now, whether fortune smiles or lowers, One risk, one safety shall be ours. My son shall journey at my

ertain what course to pursue, until the aged Anchises remembered that one of his ancestors, Teucer, had once reigned in Cre

oyed by the loathsome Harpies. A terrible prophecy uttered by Celæno, one of these monsters — half woman and half bird — ma

d St., W. This advice was duly followed by Æneas, who, while rounding one of the promontories of the island, saw and rescue

g one of the promontories of the island, saw and rescued Achemenides, one of Ulysses’ companions, accidentally left behind

Æneas’ young son, and reclining on the queen’s bosom, secretly thrust one of his darts into her heart, and made her fall in

l games to commemorate Anchises’ death, which had occurred there just one year previous. While the men were engaged in the

tune listened very graciously to her appeal, and promised to take but one of all the many lives entrusted to his care. That

sed to take but one of all the many lives entrusted to his care. That one was Æneas’ pilot, Palinurus, who, falling asleep

tiful armour for Æneas. On the shield, which is minutely described in one of the books of Virgil’s celebrated epic poem, th

soon as he began to fight, fled toward the river, and took refuge on one of the vessels, closely pursued by him. No sooner

Alba Longa, where his descendants reigned for many a year, and where one of his race, the Vestal Virgin Ilia, after marryi

ve that the savage considers himself akin to beasts (generally to the one whose image is used as a tribal or family badge o

h, occupied the same country, spoke the same language, and formed but one people. Of course, “as long as such beings as Hea

e be natural and appropriate”; but with the gradual diffusion of this one people to various parts of the earth, the origina

ans either “sky” or “day.” In early times the name was applied to the one God, and was therefore “retained by the Greeks an

ds. In the story of Phaeton, whose name means “the bright and shining one ,” a description of the golden palace and car of t

ke of drought as caused by the chariot of Helios, when driven by some one who knew not how to guide his horses; and the smi

he human mind is generally as anxious for a reason as ready to invent one , a story arose without any conscious effort, that

f Ixion has been identified with the Sanskrit word Akshanah, denoting one who is bound to a wheel, and has been proved akin

his bleeding limbs, ascends the burning pile, and ends his career in one grand blaze, — the emblem of the sun setting in a

ills the dread monster of drought, the Sphinx, whose very name means “ one who binds fast,” — a creature who had imprisoned

nds his career by being hurled from the zenith into utter darkness by one of Jupiter’s deadly thunderbolts. “The fall of B

ouds were ships sailing over it,” so Charon’s boat was supposed to be one of these vessels, and the gilded shallop in which

and mountain myths are often the same. In the story of Niobe we have one of the cloud myths. According to some mythologist

” Wind Myths In the myths of the wind, Mercury (or Hermes) was one of the principal personifications. According to t

cations of the wind and hurricanes. The name of the latter indicates “ one who leaps.” Although very short-lived, these gian

d from death by Alcestis, 47, 48; Hercules restores Alcestis to, 200; one of the Argonauts, 234; in Calydonian Hunt, 241; s

ne′a. Town of Achaia, 192 Cer-y-ne′ian Stag. Stag taken by Hercules; one of his labours, 192 Ces′tus. Venus’ magic, love

mily hearth, 171 E-te′o-cles. Son of Œdipus and Jocasta, 250; reigns one year, 252; slain by his brother, 253 E-thi-o′pi-

ers — Euryale, Stheno, and Medusa, 210-214; Ægis decorated by head of one of, 41; significance, 366 Grac′chi, The. Unborn

ven to Mars when leader of armies, 121 Græ′æ. Three sisters with but one eye and tooth among them, 212; significance, 355,

, 64-68; significance, 351, 352, 359 Pha-e-tu′sa. Sister of Phaeton; one of the Heliades, 68; Apollo’s flocks guarded by,

sea and of horse trainers, 126 Po′thos. God of the amities of love; one of the numerous attendants of Venus, 84 Pri′am.

ly represented on an ass, 151-153, 265 Sil-va′nus. God of the woods; one of the lesser Roman divinities, 268 Silver Age.

his enamoured idea of her beauty, fancy that his idolatry was a real one , and that he wooed Venus in the form of a mortal:

religion, and beauty, and gravity and hushing awe, and a path as from one world to another.” G. Moir Bussey has also obse

, with much elegance and feeling: — “The Mythology of the Ancients is one long romance in itself, full of poetry and passio

posed from the beginning, and industriously veiled in this manner… No one should be moved, if he sometimes finds any additi

hment; or if chronology should happen to be confounded, or if part of one fable should be transferred to another, and a new

and others to civil affairs. We have another sign, and that no small one , of this hidden sense which we have been speaking

ding to my opinion, could be expected from such an origin; but if any one will deliberate on this subject attentively, thes

eir shores the arms had thrown; But earth, and air, and water were in one . Thus air was void of light, and earth unstable,

were confused, and each disturbed the rest. For hot and cold were in one body fix’d; And soft with hard, and light with he

present day, he is never drawn without these accompaniments. ‌ “To one that marks the quick and certain round Of year on

fe is crowned, Ere youth becomes a shade, and fame a sound: Surely to one that feels his foot on sand Unsure, the bright an

ger.     Vestal. Spare me! oh spare!     Priest. Speak not, polluted one .     Vestal. Yet spare me!     Priest. Thou plead

w’st a father’s love, A mother’s sigh, a sister’s soft caress, If but one human sympathy be left, Pardon, oh! pardon!     P

heavenly constellations, having given his skin to form a shield, and one of his horns, which was presented to the nymphs,

spoused Juno his sister. ‌The commencement of their union was a happy one , and was called the age of silver, being an era o

massacre of his guests. He had the cruelty to offer up to Jupiter, in one of the high festivals, the members of a slave, as

t king betrays them to our will.     Pro. Oh! many fearful natures in one name, I know ye; and these lakes and echoes know

?     Second Fury. The beauty of delight makes lovers glad, Gazing on one another: so are we, As from the rose which the pa

d into light!     Third Fury. Thou think’st we will live through thee one by one, Like animal life, and though we can obscu

light!     Third Fury. Thou think’st we will live through thee one by one , Like animal life, and though we can obscure not

fragrant grove, th’ inestimable mine, Were light when weighed against one smile of thine.” Cowper. ‌After this commenced

om beneath their lids; and his chin covered with a majestic beard. In one hand the sceptre, in the other a thunderbolt. The

d heads in heaven, and props the clouds. Suppliant the Goddess stood: one hand she placed Beneath his beard, and one his kn

ppliant the Goddess stood: one hand she placed Beneath his beard, and one his knees embraced: ‘If e’er, O father of the God

tributing to its inhabitants his punishments or rewards. Ovid relates one in connexion with the luxury of Rome, and in whic

ll the Gods, and beings of even a lower order were not forgotten. But one nymph, by the insolence of her refusal, merited ‌

, And all his hundred eyes with all their light Are closed at once in one perpetual night; These Juno takes, that they no m

s with a portion of the skin of a kid, which they asserted had formed one of the vestments of the Goddess. In the spirit of

is finely conceived; and the manner in which the act of throwing back one leg is expressed in the diverging folds of the dr

griculture, and is represented crowned with wheat, holding a torch in one hand, and in the other an ear of corn; sometimes

g place of her child, and of the name of him who had torn her beloved one from her paternal care. Ceres implored Jupiter to

ers, The cheerful birds their airy carols sing, And the whole year is one eternal spring.     Here while young Proserpine,

Niobe expired by the ‌darts of Apollo, and all the daughters, except one , who was married, were equally destroyed by Diana

branch and formed it into a crown, and to this day the laurel remains one of the attributes of the God. The leaves of this

o flight, and the prince, desolate at the loss of his favourite, made one of his attendants, some say his wife, the confida

: Venus becoming enamoured of Phaeton, entrusted him with the care of one of her temples. This distinguished favour of the

nd Phaeton demanded of him to drive his chariot (that of the sun) for one day. In vain Phœbus represented the impropriety o

ight, And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Developing in that one glance the Deity. “But in his delicate form, a d

ration was more gentle, and not always violent, yet Plutarch mentions one of the priestesses who was thrown into such exces

that her vengeance fell so heavily on Actæon, who following the chase one day with all the ardour of his profession, unhapp

uring him. Calista, nymph of Diana was seduced by Jupiter, who taking one of the innumerable shapes, which he is described

ed to the forests and brought forth a son, with whom she dwelt, until one day she was induced to enter a temple at Lycaen (

the cause of many an ode, and many a touching story, and is perhaps, one of the most chaste, or at least most chastely tol

Ephesians having decreed that his name should never be mentioned. In one of the temples where Diana was worshipped, the pr

hy lonely lamp, to lovers fond, And blend their plighted shadows into one : Still smile at even on the bedded child, And clo

to be inspired by sentiments of a profoundly tender nature. Coressus, one of his favourite priests, ‌having unhappily forme

calamity would not cease, until Callirhoe was sacrificed, unless some one could be found to pay the penalty for her. Insére

e, burst forth anew, and in an agony of transport, rather than strike one so loved, he ‌determined to be her substitute, an

mpestuous dance. “One represents a faun, with the head of Pentheus in one hand, and in the other a great knife. Another has

sérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img065 Venus. Venus, one of the most celebrated deities of the ancients, w

, and the patroness of pleasure. Some mythologists speak of more than one . Of these, however, the Venus sprung from the fro

ed; and great was the misery evinced by Venus at his loss.     “Over one shoulder doth she hang her head; Dumbly she passi

r, though warned by her not to speak of their intimacy, boasted of it one day at a feast, and was struck by thunder as a pu

to beauty. Neither of the gods was willing, by deciding in favour of one , to draw on him ‌the enmity of the remaining two,

, and whose touching story will be more minutely given hereafter, was one of the priestesses of Venus, and it was in this o

assisted by the Cyclops, who are said by some, to have possessed but one eye, placed in the middle of the forehead. They i

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

75 A marriage thus assorted, however, was not likely to prove a happy one , and ere long it was followed by a discovery whic

e hearts of men, so bold did he even become, that he ventured to dart one , dipped in the subtle poison against his mother.

is the most pleasing of those related of him. ‌ The nymph Psyche was one of those exquisite beings, so seldom met with in

er mantle sprung,     Shedding their light of blue.     “Pillowed on one fair arm she lay,     Beneath her silver veil; He

ds of her azure vest     Kissed with its fragrant mouth.” Anon. To one so jealous as Venus, this homage paid to Psyche w

mself visible to her, and though to her he had no name save that fond one of husband, yet still she could talk of the beaut

s delight, when, instead of the fearful being she dreaded, she beheld one whose every limb, and every feature, shone with a

ictory?     They told me it was Love! “I sought the Forum, there was one ,     With dark and haughty brow, His voice was as

d round it hung,     An April diadem Of flowers, telling they mourned one ,     Faded and fair like them. “I turned to tale

of this important Deity, than by the following epigram, written under one of his statues. “Whoe’er thou art, thy master se

d was immediately admitted into the association of the Gods, becoming one of the most faithful counsellors of her father. S

the most faithful counsellors of her father. She was indeed the only one of all the divinities whose authority, and conseq

y with a helmet on her head, and a large plume nodding in the air. In one hand she holds a spear, and in the other, a shiel

nts writhing round it, as well as on her shield and helmet. It was in one of her temples that the following occurrence took

e took place, from which she adopted this device. Medusa was the only one of the Gorgons who was subject to mortality, and

ch humanize and harmonize the strain.     “And from its head as from one body grow,     As grass out of a watery rock, Hai

made to herself a vow of perpetual celibacy; and had by him, Triton, one of the sea deities. To the story of Neptune, may

they had heard, gathered round him; and Arion, mounted on the back of one , and accompanied by the remainder arrived safely

very reason which they assigned for their refusal, was an additional one in his favour for wishing a soother of his lot. I

sans paid yearly homage to him near the fountain of Cyane, into which one of the attendant maidens of Proserpine had been m

cks of King Admetus. This celebrated instrument was a rod entwined at one end by two serpents. ———————————— “Come take The

of his mother; at the age of fifteen, he began to travel, and bathing one day in a fountain in Cana, excited the passion of

eping? By the fountain’s fall     Dreamy silence keeping?         Yet one soft note borne         From the shepherd’s horn,

etness fills         All the hollow hills, ‌With a thousand notes of one life telling! Softly mingled notes, of one life t

‌With a thousand notes of one life telling! Softly mingled notes, of one life telling.     “Echo! in my heart     Thus de

ed, yet undying,         Till some gentle tone         Wakening haply one , Calls a thousand forth, like thee replying! Stra

onounced, ———————— “I felt with a start, The life blood rush back in one throb to my heart, And saw the pale lips where th

flower at his finger; he rose and drew near Like a son of immortals, one born to no fear, But with strength of black locks

her joy; And little wanted, but in vain their wishes all employ. For one , most brutal of the brutal brood, Or whether wine

to all of them the answer was alike in the negative: tho’ Vertumnus, one of the most zealous, pursued her with unchanging

ed sitting on a basket, full of flowers and fruit, holding a bough in one hand, and apples in the other. Vertumnus is repre

? — There On the moss’d elm; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the old oak tree!         Where is the Dryad

ell. Divinities of the Sea. Oceanus and Thetis. Oceanus, one of the most powerful deities of the sea, was, acc

of lakes, A glorious sisterhood of goddess birth.” Hesiod. Thetis, one of the sea deities, was daughter of Nereus and Do

the dangerous flame remove; He knew the fates, nor cared to raise up one , Whose fame and greatness, should eclipse his own

s, and her two children for whelps. In this fit of madness, he dashed one of them against a wall; Ino fled with Melicerta i

nour of Portumnus. Glaucus was a fisher of Bœotia, and remarking, on one occasion, that the fish which he threw on the gra

 Thou mighty, rushing wind! And thou bearest all their unisons     In one , full swell combined; The restless pines, the moa

ious woman, who, stealing from Hercules, was slain by him, and became one of the divinities of the sea. Scylla, daughter of

d of Phorcys, was a beautiful nymph, greatly beloved by Glaucus, also one of the deities of the sea. Scylla scorned his add

lings; The Parcæ answer, in the choir agree And all those voices make one harmony.” The worship of the Parcæ was well esta

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img149 Night. Nox, one of the most ancient deities among the heathens, w

essengers. Sometimes she is seen holding two children under her arms, one of which is dark like night, and the other light

ntrol, Shut the dim violet, hush the woodland song, I am the avenging one ! the arm’d, the strong,                         T

er first-born babe hath passed the blight Of fell disease: wait, wait one moment more, Thy hand has touched it, Death, and

Each voice of love is there,     Each gleam of beauty fled, Each lost one still more fair —     Oh! lightly, lightly tread!

er the world: Yet both so passing wonderful!” Shelley. ————— “The one glides gentle o’er the space Of earth, and broad

e made to them, their shrines were crowned with garlands, and besides one day in every month set apart for their homage, th

als were celebrated during the Saturnalia. Hymn to the Penates. “Yet one song more! one high and solemn strain, Ere, Phœbu

ated during the Saturnalia. Hymn to the Penates. “Yet one song more! one high and solemn strain, Ere, Phœbus! on thy templ

rain, Ere, Phœbus! on thy temples ruined wall I hang the silent harp: one song more! Penates! hear me! for to you I hymn Th

ancient philosophers maintained, that every man had two of these, the one bad, the other good. They had the power of changi

us. He wears as head dress, a cap adorned with small bells, a mask in one hand, and on the other a bauble, the symbol of fo

ian of extraordinary beauty, but of low origin. Becoming enamoured of one of the richest and noblest of his countrywomen, h

ce, and followed her, though respectfully, wherever she went: and, on one occasion, joined the nations of Athens in a relig

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

n, with a stern but majestic countenance, holding a pair of scales in one hand, and a sword in the other. Insérer image ano

sought refuge in Leda’s arms, who in due time produced two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helena, and from the oth

om of Iolchos, because the latter had been informed by an oracle that one of the descendants of Æolus, (from whom Jason had

no, in the character of an old woman. In crossing the stream, he lost one of his sandals, and on his arrival at Iolchos, th

d by the oracle, to beware of a man who should appear at Iolchos with one foot bare, and the other shod, the appearance of

he other shod, the appearance of Jason, who as we have seen, had lost one of his sandals, alarmed him, and his terrors were

e murdered man; observing, that, the deed merited punishment, and was one which would produce a crown of glory to him who s

: nothing daunted, the hero threw a stone amongst them, and they fell one upon the other till they were entirely destroyed.

and she died in the most painful torments. This deed was followed by one still more revolting to the mind, for Medea slew

red in the boiling flood; One ruddy boy her gentle lips caressed, And one fair girl was pillowed on her breast; While high

like idle gazers stand? Unless you are of common sense bereft, If yet one spark of piety is left, Dispatch a father’s cure,

s, Jason lived a melancholy and unhappy life; and, as he was reposing one day by the side of the ship which had borne him t

and when Erginus, King of Orchomedas, sent for his yearly tribute of one hundred crowns, Hercules mutilated the servants w

of his enemy. But this was productive of no advantage, for as soon as one head was beaten to pieces by the club, immediatel

aties, he became insane a second time, and murdered Iphitus, the only one of the sisters of Iole who was willing to assist

e-established Tyndarus on the throne of Sparta. After this, he became one of the numerous suitors of Dejanira, who had been

of Dejanira, who had been promised by her father in marriage to that one who should prove the strongest of all his competi

to leave his father-in-law’s kingdom, from having accidentally slain one of the citizens. ‌ On his way to Ceyx, accompani

hich carried Danae and her son, was driven on the island of Seriphos, one of the Cyclades, where they were found by a fishe

as unbearable, and unable to submit to the position of being the only one who had brought no present, and unwilling to appe

ugh he was unable to give him a horse, he would bring him the head of one of the Gorgons, and Medusa being the only one sub

d bring him the head of one of the Gorgons, and Medusa being the only one subject to mortality, she must be the victim. For

only one subject to mortality, she must be the victim. For more than one reason this was very agreeable to Polydectes, in

nt first to the Graces, the sisters of the Gorgons, who possessed but one eye and one tooth among the three; with the assis

the Graces, the sisters of the Gorgons, who possessed but one eye and one tooth among the three; with the assistance of Plu

ed upon them, he approached, Minerva supporting his courage, and with one blow of his sword, cut off Medusa’s head. The noi

hissings first were heard.” Ovid. Chrysaor, who married Callirhoe, one of the Oceanides, sprung with his golden sword fr

ad announced that his gardens were to be plundered of their fruits by one of the sons of the King of Heaven; and not only d

or falsely dare thy acts and race to boast.’     In vain the hero for one night entreats; Threat’ning he storms, and next a

s, not hearing him, that they refuse, By name lie begs their succour, one by one, Then doubts their life, and feels the fri

hearing him, that they refuse, By name lie begs their succour, one by one , Then doubts their life, and feels the friendly s

wall. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img197 This hero, one of the most celebrated of antiquity, was the son

iend, and when the brutal Centaurs attempted to insult the bride, was one of the most forward to defend: and when Pirithous

after this, had lost Hippodamia, he agreed with Theseus to carry away one of the daughters of the gods. They first attempte

red such signal services to the Athenian people.     Leonarde. “’Tis one of those bright fictions that have made The name

tue is young Theseus!     Alvine. Glorious! How like a god he stands, one haughty hand Raised in defiance! I have often loo

he proved untrue — This ever has been woman’s fate, to love, To know one summer day of happiness, And then to be most wret

when dreams Pressed on my brain in many a confused shape, All bearing one image, and that image thine, I have striven, wres

y thee peace!     Hip. Peace, thou! adultress! peace, thou, shameless one , Away, lest I should change a husband’s love, Int

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

the seas,                     And spears in Marathon.     “There was one a leader crowned,     And armed for Greece that d

d him with his arrows, and Orpheus loved the nymph Eurydice, the only one whose charms touched the melodious musician; with

day, He stopped — looked back — (what cannot love persuade?) To take one view of the unhappy maid. His longing eyes impati

a lover’s look — but looked his last: ‌Here all his pains were lost, one greedy look, Defeats his hopes, and Hell’s condit

ceived his lovely lay, And from a rising ground beheld him play: When one , the wildest, with dishevelled hair That loosely

endering the rites of sepulture to his remains, and his lyre becoming one of the constellations. Admetus was the king

ld never die if another person would lay down his life for him. Being one of the Argonauts, he was at the hunt of the Calyd

w may the boundless love, that lay     Unfathomed still before     In one consuming burst find way, In one bright flood all

y     Unfathomed still before     In one consuming burst find way, In one bright flood all, all its riches pour.     Thou k

ther was unable to obey this cruel command, but gave him in charge to one of her domestics, with directions to leave him on

and hung him on a tree on Mount Cithæron, where he was soon found by one of the shepherds of Polybus, King of Corinth. Ins

hould quit the path. Most narrow was the place, and scarce allowed To one , free passage. I was incensed At his deportment,

e! murder her own bowels Without a cause. Phor. There was a dreadful one Which had foretold that most unhappy son Should k

e, and found Œdipus with his face covered by a black veil, a knife in one hand, and a vessel containing the blood of a sacr

ich it was agreed, that they should exercise the kingly authority for one year alternately. Eteocles was the eldest, and to

me alone!’ To speak and leap with fury to the charge Were actions of one instant.                                         

he exception of Ceres, who, thinking only on her lost Proserpine, eat one of his shoulders, with her accustomed appetite. J

; and the unhappy Thyestes slew himself with his sword. There was now one son left, named Egisthus, who, himself the fruit

and became King of Sparta, and Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy, was one of the numerous visitors at his court. To this pr

eneath the walls of Argos; and showed his personal zeal by furnishing one hundred ships, and lending sixty more for her ass

mbrace since my descent I ever aimed at: those who love me live, Save one , who loves me most, and now would chide me. Aga.

shed. An ancient oracle had foretold that among the besiegers must be one of the descendants of Eachus, who had worked on t

ero, and as he paraded himself before the women with jewels and arms, one of them disdained the gems, and seized a sword! —

, but not alone, for the spirit of glory was aroused in Achilles, and one more defender was added to the cause of Menelaus.

rs after tears his mournful cheeks o’erflow, And the whole city wears one face of woe.” Homer. After this barbarous act,

e, Heedless of others, to his own severe.” Homer. Polyphemus, whose one eye expressed a savage ferocity, shut up Ulysses

piece of cloth, promising that when it was finished, she would choose one of her numerous suitors: but the better to deceiv

ed himself as a beggar, first making himself known to Telemachus, and one of the old officers of the kingdom. In the same d

yresias, the soothsayer, had informed him that he should be killed by one of his sons. To prevent this misery, he determine

solitary place, to end his days in peace. About that time, Telegonus, one of his sons by Circe, came to his city to pay unt

new town in which this queen had built the most gorgeous edifices; in one of which, where she gave to him a splendid entert

invade, And take the fortune thou thyself hast made!” Dryden. With one strong blow she smote herself to the heart, and f

dden from the world at the bottom of a well, but leaving its quiet on one occasion, she was scared at the reception she met

ranch of peace, as the reward of bravery. At Rome he had two temples; one founded by Marcellus, at the same time with the o

had two temples; one founded by Marcellus, at the same time with the one to Virtue. An augur having warned Marcellus that

r was also peculiarly honoured, several altars were dedicated to her, one of the most magnificent of which was raised by Ve

us and Thisbe were two young Thebans, who, being greatly enamoured of one another, had their union opposed by their friends

ate? My Pyramus; ah! speak, ere ’tis too late: I, thy own Thisbe; but one word implore, One word thy Thisbe never asked bef

my prayer, My prayer to offer for us both I dare, O see our ashes in one urn confined, Whom love at first, and fate at las

hom love at first, and fate at last, has joined. Thou tree, where now one lifeless lump is laid, Ere long o’er two shall ca

yphemus, the most dreadful and hideous of the Cyclops, loved Galatea, one of the beautiful race of the sea-nymphs. Day by d

eeting him in secret in a grotto, there enjoying the sweet society of one another, unsuspicious of the danger which threate

256 Hero was a priestess of Venus, at Sestos, whom Leander met during one of the festivals held annually at the fane of the

me so proficient, that his marble busts seemed almost like life — and one , the figure of a female, was regarded by him with

founded the town of the same name in Cyprus. “There was a statuary, one who loved And worshipped the white marble that he

re, this became insupportable; life was a burthen; song, now that the one had gone whose praise she valued more than all be

            Roving where he had roved, Yearn for his presence, as for one expected?                 Did’st thou, with fond

thy brow the laurel wreath was wearing;                 One grief and one alone                 Could bow thy bright head d

images or statues from appearing in their sanctuaries for upwards of one hundred and thirty years. This wise monarch, awar

ndred and thirty years. This wise monarch, aware that superstition is one of the greatest engines in governing a people, en

d. In his alarm he threw a stone at them, and they instantly attacked one another, leaving only five, who assisted him in b

ants of Greece, into which country, he is believed to have come about one thousand four hundred and ninety years before the

elancholy, languishing, and full of pain and weakness. Milo was one of the most celebrated of the Greek wrestlers, wh

f his fist, and to crown the feat, afterwards eat it up. This man was one of the disciples of Pythagoras, whose life he had

deity, according to the Hindoos, is the Eternal, the Creator! and is one of the three members of the Indian Trinity. Previ

who believe in the doctrine of metempsychosis, the spirit passes from one form to another. To be born, is to appear under a

is deity is founded on the principle that the universe is animated by one spirit, and recommends ten precepts, which are, —

its with the supreme essence. The grand lama is the Supreme priest of one of the great parties of this church, which has it

who are placed at the four cardinal points. In most of their temples one of them is sure to be seen. Insérer image anonyme

puted the possession, is also worshipped by them; she was obtained by one of them through a stratagem very like that employ

d in India, under a great number of names, Camdeo, however, being the one by which he is best known, and under which he is

ortant of the gods of Scandinavia is Odin, who was in all probability one of their kings, and whose amours, as numerous as

prominent part; when the bows, arrows, and javelins were prepared by one deity; while another gilded the heavens with star

as surrounded by all sorts of iron and brazen vessels. Among them was one distinguished by its superior size; in this they

ntain as many temples as there are days in the year. ‌ The principal one of these was an immense pyramid of thirteen hundr

mid of thirteen hundred and fifty-five feet round its base, and about one hundred and seventy in height. Of all the offerin

n bas relief, in the dark inner rooms of extant temples. We will take one , as an instance of the analogy to which we allude

ogy to which we allude. Pourtrayed on the inner wall of the Adytum of one of the sanctuaries belonging to the great temple

rom that which the Osiris of Egypt wears. Two additional symbols, the one Egyptian, the other not, but equally intelligible

ly indicate the same tri-une divinity?” The following description of one of their gods, we think, also affords additional

those who had been slain, the number of which amounted to upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand. Insérer image anonyme

he god has uttered a curse upon those who shall attempt to serve him; one thing is certain, that this people hold sorcery i

f the Sun, which they regard as a divinity; and which they imagine at one time to have been a human being: they believe he

ch correspond with the inferior divinities of other Mythologies, from one of whom, sprang the three persons, forming the Tr

three persons, forming the Trinity peculiar to this people; of these one is the creator, and lord of the starry hemisphere

ast, the neck is of an immense thickness; and the whole appearance is one which may vie in frightfulness with any deity or

to Balder. On the conclusion of this solemn compact, the deities, in one of their grand meetings, amused themselves with t

ion, had taken the required oath. Frigga replied, that there was only one small shrub, (the mistletoe,) from which she had

me to take this step. By directing their attention to the example of one who continually exhibits in that elevated station

Roman Mythologies, in particular, is justly deemed important to every one who aspires to the dignity of sound scholarship.

the most beautiful confession that men have made of the necessity of one supreme God; but it was out of their power to def

his wife, having, however, brought into the world Jupiter and Juno at one birth, found means to hide Jupiter, and substitut

itions were broken, sent for the Titans, who had each fifty heads and one hundred hands, overcame Saturn, and shut him arid

sented under the figure of a decrepit old man, with wings, holding in one hand a scythe, and in the other a serpent with it

rious colours, and figured with the images of different creatures. In one hand she holds a sceptre, and in the other a key,

aring a long flowing robe, with a veil on her head, holding a lamp in one hand and a javelin in the other. On some medals s

s, with the Titans, under the guard of the Hecatonchires, giants with one hundred hands each. Jupiter shared the universe w

nd flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires, and feels, and animates the

Pandora, Deucalion. Prometheus was the son of Japetus by Clymene, one of the Oceantides. He animated a man whom he had

us, from a word signifying to remember past events; and Pandora, from one signifying every gift. Obs. 2. — It is believed

ot dare to refuse her. Juno set her under the guard of Argus, who had one hundred eyes. This spy of the goddess could not b

r. Juno is represented in a long robe, seated on a throne, holding in one hand a golden sceptre, and in the other, a spindl

t, Which gave his hundred eyes their useful sight, Lies buried now in one eternal night. But Juno, that she might his eyes

of virgins, was either the son of Bacchus and Venus, or of Apollo and one of the Muses. His presence at the nuptial rites w

mmon soldier, named Ceditius, informed the tribunes that while he was one night passing through the streets, he heard a voi

pregnant cow or a heifer, with dancing and shouts through the fields, one of them being adorned with a crown, singing the p

c woman, with yellow hair, and a garland of corn-ears on her head. In one hand she holds a lighted torch, and in the other,

nted in a black veil, with the head of a horse, and holding a dove in one hand, and in the other, a dolphin. Sometimes she

d in two different ways. Proserpine was often taken for the moon, and one expressed by this fable, the time at which she ap

still more naturally by saying that king Jupiter allowed her to spend one part of the year in the kingdom of Pluto, and the

they were swift. Apollo, Phœbus, and Sol, are generally thought to be one and the same deity. Apollo is always represented

n is represented with a head surrounded with rays, holding a globe in one hand; which is never observed in the representati

g the Lernean hydra. 5. July, sign of Leo (a lion.) He represents the one of the Nemæn forest, killed by Hercules, whose sk

Lapithes against the Centaurs, Hercules wounded him accidentally with one of his arrows, which had been dipped in the blood

morning dawn, and the harbinger of the sun, was the wife of Astræus, one of the Titans, by whom she became the mother of t

ton, the son of Sol, begged leave to drive the chariot of the sun for one day; but he found himself unequal to the task: th

ressed up short for a free motion, wore the stock, and held a mask in one hand, and leaned the other on a pillar. — See Fig

attitude, with a musical instrument. Her visage is ever smiling, and one of her feet lightly touches the earth. See Fig. 1

erpsichore. 6. Erato had a headdress of rose and myrtle, and bore in one hand a lyre, and in the other a lute. She inspire

lic schools. For this he was generally despised, and when he died, no one would honour his memory. After having unavailingl

ee Fig. 21. Fig. 21. Diana. She had two temples of high celebrity; one at Ephesus, and the other in Chersonesus Taurica

Taurica (now the Crimea.) The temple at Ephesus was justly accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. It was 227 yea

s ridiculous fable afterwards gave Bacchus the surname of Bimater, or one who has two mothers. Some Tyrrhenian pirates, hav

s received the tables of the law on Mount Sinai. The transposition of one letter renders the two names absolutely similar.

t needing a goddess of wisdom to produce them. The oil indicates that one must apply closely to labour, in order to acquire

upper city or citadel, there were two magnificent temples of Minerva; one called the Parthenon, in commemoration of her per

tion of her perpetual celibacy, and also the Hecatompedon, from being one hundred feet in width. It was burnt by the Persia

he statue of the goddess, made of gold and ivory, 26 cubits high, was one of the masterpieces of Phidias. The other temple

in number, and had the care of the twelve ancilia, or sacred shields, one of which was supposed to have fallen from heaven.

ed, fierce, and formidable, breathing discord, war, and carnage. With one hand he extends a spear, and, with the other he g

tive, who removed criminal passions. Sir Isaac Newton admitted of but one Venus. He called her Calycopis. She was daughter

, surrounded with branches and leaves of grapes, with three arrows in one of her hands. Some thereby attempt to show that h

. By his arrows are meant the shafts of love, a wound from which puts one out of the power of resistance. He was often repr

malicious attributes. The poets at first distinguished two Loves, the one , son of Venus Urania, who presided over legitimat

still more his “faint, faltering accents, struggling in death to give one more assurance of affection!” Thisbe saw Pyramus

o you know respecting Atalanta? Did the example of those-lovers deter one from undertaking the race? Give some account of t

may be compensated by the charms of mind and that we should judge no one by his external appearance. They were said to be

xternal appearance. They were said to be sprightly and light, because one should promptly oblige, and bestow a favour with

we mean beauty and prettiness. By a beautiful female, we understand, one that is graceful, well proportioned, delicately m

were used by the gods at table and in council; and were carried from one side of the room to another. He also formed some

a flaming brand; Beneath his frowning forehead lay his eye; For only one did this vast frame supply, But that a globe so l

He was, no doubt, the first inventor of smiths’ work. The second was one of the first kings of the Egyptians, or, rather,

rokes of the Cyclops on their anvils. They are fabled to have had but one eye; to explain which, some suppose they wore a m

xplain which, some suppose they wore a mask to keep off the fire with one hole above their eyes through which to see their

icero mentions five deities of this name, but the actions of all but one have been attributed to the son of Jupiter and Ma

Petasus, and on his feet, winged sandals, called Talaria. He held in one hand his rod, and in the other, a purse. —  See F

t critical observers of chronology, confounded several Mercuries into one . The Mercury, son of Maia, and grandson of Atlas,

eptune and Apollo were condemned to serve Laomedon, king of Troy, for one year, during which they built the walls of that f

es, with the faces of women and the bodies of flying fishes, holding, one a lyre, another, a flute, and the third, singing.

me. The Winds are fabled to have been the sons of Aurora and Astræus, one of the giants who waged war with the gods. They w

watch over his necessities, and to relieve his wants. But the idea of one God supreme, universal, and the dispenser of all

was frequently given to him. Among the different festivals of Earth, one was called the festival of the good goddess. On t

a genius? What was the most ancient name given to the Earth? What was one of Earth’s festivals called? How was the goddess

ung man crowned with flowers, covered up to the waist, and holding in one hand fruits, and a crown of plenty in the other.

the likeness of a goat; being clothed with the skin of a leopard. In one hand he holds a sheep-crook, and in the other a p

reeks. The Luperci, his priests, ran about the streets, lashing every one they met with whips. The women eagerly received t

The women eagerly received the lash, because they believed that each one who felt it, would prove a happy mother. There we

e sighs, his sighs the tossing reeds return In soft small notes, like one that seem’d to mourn. The new, but pleasant notes

rnor. Before the coffin was placed in the boat, the law permitted any one to raise complaints against the deceased. Even ki

ee on the time which souls ought to pass in Elysium. Some fixed it at one thousand years, but all considered the punishment

er the boat without a regular burial, for want of which they wandered one hundred years amidst the mud and slime of the sho

years. When they swore by the Styx, they were to touch the earth with one hand, and the sea with the other. The Phlegethon

Styx, and Acheron. He has a crown of ebony on his head, and holds in one hand a bident, or sceptre with two teeth, and in

none could die; unless the goddess, or Atropos her minister, cut off one of the hairs from the head. She was universally w

ly about their bony forms, with iron chains, and whips of scorpion in one hand, and burning torches in the other. The Fates

he cradle and the coffin bound its ends.” Meleager. O! lately born, one period we assign To thee and to the brand. The ch

ia, where he married Alcmena, widow of Amphytrion. He was regarded as one of the wisest, most modest, and sober men of his

his parents. His palace was a deep and gloomy cavern with two gates, one made of clear ivory, through which false dreams e

and Terra, who had uncommonly large bodies. They had fifty heads and one hundred arms each; their mouths belched out flame

phon, had no father, and that Juno was his mother. He had a collar of one hundred dragon-heads round his neck; and for his

d such yells as frightened mortals to death. He touched the east with one hand, and the west with the other, and the heaven

vid. Ægeon, son of Cœlus and Terra, was a giant with fifty heads and one hundred hands; whence he was called Centumgeminus

nds. Joining the giants, he hurled a hundred rocks against Jupiter at one throw; but Jupiter threw him down, and put him un

se grief for the recent loss of his daughter Proserpine was deep, ate one of the child’s shoulders, without taking notice o

l him to life, and gave him an ivory shoulder as a substitute for the one which Ceres had eaten. This Pelops, by Hippodamia

den; their bodies were covered with impenetrable scales; and they had one eye and one tooth, which served them all by turns

odies were covered with impenetrable scales; and they had one eye and one tooth, which served them all by turns. This tooth

formed by the oracle of Apollo, that the Sphinx would kill herself if one of the enigmas she propounded should be explained

hebes by Jocasta. His father was informed by an oracle that he should one day be killed by his son. He therefore ordered hi

oracle having said to the Athenians that they would be victorious, if one of Hercules’ children voluntarily devoted herself

who dedicated a temple to that divinity. Marcellus wished to unite in one temple, Virtue and Honour. He consulted the ponti

ple, Virtue and Honour. He consulted the pontiffs, who declared, that one temple could not contain two deities so great. He

reat. He therefore constructed two, contiguous to each other, so that one had to pass through the temple of Virtue in order

he form of a woman, crowned with laurel, olive, and roses, holding in one hand ears of corn, a symbol of plenty, which she

orm of a blind and almost bald woman, with wings to her two feet. The one is placed on a wheel, which turns swiftly; and th

adored virtues, passions, vices, and even unlooked-for events. Every one could create some new god at pleasure. When trave

walked. He is usually depicted as holding a small figure of folly in one hand, and raising a mask from his face with the o

dered the most vigilant of all birds; for watchfulness was considered one of the most essential qualifications of a physici

and lived two centuries before the deluge, which period was more than one thousand years before the Greek Æsculapius flouri

d that she hides nothing from him. This last thought was expressed by one of her hands leaning on her heart. — See Fig. 67.

embellished these two circumstances by saying, that Pegasus remained one moment on earth, and then directed his flight tow

m a high rock, and he perished in the sea. He had a temple at Athens, one of the richest and most magnificent buildings in

rshes of Lerna. It had seven heads, some say fifty, others a hundred, one of which being struck off by the club of the hero

clus, to burn the wound with a red hot iron; in consequence of which, one head was cut off in a moment, and the cautery app

gave in marriage to Theseus. The belt was presented to Eurystheus. In one day, he cleansed the stable of Augeas, king of El

ed the wall. Hercules was enamoured of Iole, the daughter of Eurytus, one of his former preceptors. So irresistable were th

hen Hercules observed that he behaved rudely to her, he shot him with one of his poisoned arrows. The dying Centaur present

ays, that when Hercules was young, two females once appeared to him —  one was Virtue, who advised him to perform his arduou

s. Omphale may represent the love of Pleasure, which sometimes causes one to neglect his duties, and give himself up to amu

ss of a swan, in order to gain her love. Leda produced two eggs, from one of which sprang Pollux and Helena, who inherited

x, and the storm immediately abated. But when mariners perceived only one flame, called Helena, they accounted it ruinous t

om friend Pylades. So close and sacred was their friendship, that the one would have died for the other. In the worship of

r being represented, after their death, by the sign of Gemini; and as one of the two stars of that sign hides itself under

pollo by the muse Calliope, was a very ancient poet and musician, and one of the Argonauts. The poets relate, that he playe

phins flocked round the vessel. Upon this he leaped into the sea, and one of the dolphins took him up, and carried him safe

oth from the flames at the hazard of his life. He wandered about from one place to another for years, and after struggling

ed safely from the fire; and afterwards, Achilles, because he had but one lip, with the other burnt off in the act of licki

pended the destiny of Troy. He disputed with Ajax the son of Telamon, one of the bravest Greeks, in the presence of judges,

ome; but he was shipwrecked, and driven about the Mediterranean, from one island to another during ten years before he reac

nal shapes. After this he reconciled himself to Circe, and had by her one son, Telegonus, or, according to Hesiod, two sons

from them by artifice. To pacify them, she promised to make choice of one of them, as soon as a piece of needlework about w

a, Electra, Taygete, Asterope, and Celeno; all of whom were called by one common name Pleiades, sometimes Virgiliæ, and som

he universe, says: “In the beginning the heaven and the earth had but one form, being mingled together by their nature; but

d by the waters of the Nile.” The Egyptian Mythology had two senses, one sacred and sublime, the other sensible and palpab

aken off my veil.” Their theology had, therefore, two significations, one holy and symbolical, the other vulgar and literal

dying their sacred language, the hieroglyphics of which were emblems, one sees that they generally believed an inanimate an

Diana, the Sicilian Proserpine, the Roman Bellona, and the like. Thus one nature was comprehended in Osiris and Isis. The E

number of statues in wax, each containing a piece of flesh, and gave one to every priest of all the different deities, req

to represent him. Isis, as the moon, was represented with a globe in one hand, and a vessel full of ears of corn in the ot

on of Osiris and Isis, appears as a man with a dog’s head, holding in one hand a caduceus, and in the other, a branch of pa

e rational than that of some other nations. It inculcated a belief in one Supreme God, respect for parents and the aged, ki

persons, the man and the man-bull. These were so connected as to form one being; the man was the pure and holy soul of the

re destroyed. The supreme god drove the waters away from the earth at one blast. The author of abundance was another bull,

ed by the Hindoos as true revealed knowledge. The Hindoos acknowledge one supreme, uncreated deity, whose essence is above

ly grace, And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will, And these his twofold a

And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will, And these his twofold aspect are

st mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will, And these his twofold aspect are but one,  

e, one form, one face, one will, And these his twofold aspect are but one ,                   And changed is none In him; fo

run, or the dawn. Among the temples erected in honour of the sun, was one , the walls of which “were of red marble, interspe

d so forth. Belus had a temple, consisting of eight ascending towers, one of which had an apartment containing a magnificen

non, allur’d The Syrian damsels to lament his fate. —————— Next, came one Who mourned in earnest, when the captive ark, Mai

usand and six years; the nere, six hundred; and the sose, sixty. Each one of their early kings lived several sares. Some le

s a monster, represented with an upper head like a man’s, and a lower one like a fish’s, with the feet of a man and the tai

ca, was the mistress of the universe. Bel divided her into two parts: one of these parts formed heaven, and the other, eart

he brightness of the light, and seeing the world a desert, he ordered one of the gods to cut his head, in order to mix with

re Light, Fire, and Flame. It was they who discovered fire by rubbing one piece of wood against another. Their children, wh

rkness. While men, existing in the dark, were standing around a fire, one person on a sudden declared that whoever should p

ts, vows, and oaths. They were jealous to keep inviolable an oath. If one took an oath, he would say, “Does not Mexitli (or

ich were preserved the heads of human victims, the number of which in one collection, amounted to 136,000. Altars were erec

re, the sides of which were each a stadium in length. The stadium was one hundred and twenty toises1, which gave half one t

ngth. The stadium was one hundred and twenty toises1, which gave half one thousand in circumference. The whole work was com

circumference. The whole work was composed of eight towers, built the one upon the other, which went on decreasing as they

ium in height, which would have carried the elevation of the whole to one thousand toises, or six thousand French feet; but

ht; and Strabo, who also gives a description of this temple, makes it one stadium in height, and one stadium on each side.

ves a description of this temple, makes it one stadium in height, and one stadium on each side. In the time of Herodotus, t

which we may conceive. According to this proportion, this tower arose one hundred and twenty feet above the highest of the

tower. The most lofty room was also the most highly adorned, and the one for which the people had the greatest veneration.

mense riches, and demolished it. Among the statues of gold, there was one forty feet in height. It was probably that which

were burnt every year, and the weight of which amounted to more than one hundred thousand talents. He mentions, also, a se

er them. Chapter III. Temple of Diana at Ephesus. This temple, one of the seven wonders of the world, was several ce

two other centuries must be spent in adorning and embellishing it. In one of his odes, Pindar says that this temple was bui

e each sixty feet in height. Thirty-six of these columns were carved: one , among others, was by the celebrated Scopas. Ctes

presumptuous pretensions of rivalry. St. Paul’s Church in London, is one of the most beautiful monuments in the world, nex

e always belies itself. A falsehood cannot be eternally sustained. If one succeed in deceiving for a long time, some weak a

t Delphi, the Pythia did not reply in the name of Apollo, only during one month in the year. In time, this practice was cha

r. In time, this practice was changed; and the god then spoke only on one particular day of every month. The oracles were n

: Two doves winged their flight from the Egyptian city of Thebes. The one went to Libya, and the other flew as far as the f

, says this author, were stolen away by some Phœnician merchants; the one was conducted to Greece. Chance, or some forgotte

iven to this woman. Nobody at first understood her language; but when one succeeded in comprehending what she said, he gave

t in the name of this god. In the primitive times of this oracle, any one could be inspired. The vapour of the cave acted o

at office but women upwards of fifty years of age. There was at first one Pythia, but afterwards there were three. The orac

he was satisfied to speak in prose; and Plutarch observes that it was one of the causes of the decline of the oracle. The p

n Lebadea, with a column raised above it. Lebadea, says Pausanias, is one of the most beautiful cities in Greece. There is

e temple of Trophonius, with his statue, the work of Praxiteles. When one comes to consult this oracle, before descending i

, and to Ceres Europa, nurse to Trophonius. After these preparations, one shows the statue of Trophonius to the consulter,

n the bottom of a den, placed in the temple of this god. This den had one hundred gates, whence issued so many terrible voi

which they strove to throw as far as possible. 4. Wrestling, in which one exerted all his strength to throw down his advers

ttracted to Olympia enriched that city, as well as all Elis; and were one of the principal causes of the magnificence and r

he Northern Nations; and when the signal was given, they rushed, with one accord, upon that ambitious empire, and finally a

which both were endowed. The chronicles of Iceland represent Odin as one of the most persuasive of men. Nothing, say they,

ans adopted, as the capital point of their religion, the adoration of one being, omnipotent and superior to all created int

ions contrived by men. As those degenerate people began to think that one individual being could not watch over all parts o

ecause he was the father of all who fell in battle. He had upwards of one hundred and twenty names. The residence of the go

ntlets, he possessed a girdle which renewed strength in proportion as one needed it. It was with these dreadful arms that h

objects of worship. But the Scandinavians did not all agree as to the one who should have the preference. The Danes particu

s distant. He heard the grass and the wool of sheep grow; and held in one hand a sword, and in the other, a trumpet, the no

irm their placid air,         So resolute, yet heav’nly fair. But not one ray of pity’s beam, From their dark eyelids seem’

ts top reached to the heavens. It was supported by three large roots, one of which extended even to the ninth world, or to

k, on which Ymer lived. The cow fed on the salt stones, which she was one day licking, when, in the evening, human hair gre

, that it caused a general inundation, in which all the giants except one , perished. He being saved by means of a boat, esc

his sides; that race of the sons of the gods; that deluge from which one man alone escaped with his family in a boat; that

eved that the limit of the life of a man could be put forward if some one should die for him. When some celebrated warrior

assassins of their fathers, and the fathers of their children, and no one will spare his friend. Soon after a grievous wint

more elegance, greater regularity, and nicer proportions. In Selande one still remains, the stones of which are of a prodi

rcumference was nine hundred ells. Haquin, count of Norway, had built one near Drontheim, almost equal to that of Upsal. Wh

The chronicles mention two that were highly celebrated, situated, the one in the north, the other in the south of the islan

and. Thor, on the left of Odin, had a crown on his head, a sceptre in one hand, and a club in the other. Sometimes he was r

ar, which, among the people of the North generally, was computed from one winter solstice to the other. This feast, the mos

burning day and night. Among the vessels of iron and copper employed one greater than the rest, served to receive the bloo

hed. When the blood spouted with great impetuosity, it was considered one of the most favorable omens. The sad remains of h

s first gave toasts or salutes in honor of the gods; after which each one drank whilst making his prayer or vow. Whatever h

the influence of those supreme pontiffs, that the nation united under one chief, whose magistracy, resembling the Roman dic

rendered that prophetic sound. How pleasant it must have appeared to one , to believe all nature peopled with the shades of

oms, sufficiently prove that the religion of the Druids, was the only one that was generally adopted. We will now occupy th

s their superiors. The world, continues the Abbé, at first formed but one common family, and had but one creed. In separati

ontinues the Abbé, at first formed but one common family, and had but one creed. In separating from each other, men changed

so sacred among them, that it was not permitted to cut them down. No one could approach them but with a religious respect,

e but a forest, where they discharge the duties of their religion. No one can enter into that wood, unless he bears a chain

right of appointing those who were to govern cities. They could raise one of those magistrates even to the dignity of vergo

ercised their functions separately from men. Their divination had, at one time, rendered them more celebrated than the Drui

o followed nothing but the profession of arms. The Druids taught that one day water and fire would destroy all things. They

e to pass into the left with swiftness, as if it had been stolen. The one who gathered it, must, moreover, be barefoot, and

was collected before sunrise on the first day of the dog-star, after one had offered to Earth a sacrifice of expiation in

ssessed, they believed, every virtue, and healed all diseases; and if one rubbed himself with it, he could obtain all he wi

s reduced to three principal points: Honour to the gods, injury to no one , and courage. But it is not easy to reconcile wit

nd those virtuous regards as far as any other nation. Faithful to the one which their heart had chosen, they never had seve

es, where they cleared tables, and did not see their husbands but for one day in the year; the third did not quit their hus

its to our view all the links of that golden chain, of which deity is one extreme, and body the other. “In the second place

plicity, was called by the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophers, the one ; this name being adapted the best of all others t

progeny must be gods, just as the souls are the immediate progeny of one first soul, and natures of one first nature. Henc

the souls are the immediate progeny of one first soul, and natures of one first nature. Hence, as the first principle of th

o lived under Marcus Antonius, is worthy of attention, viz. ‘There is one God, the king and father of all things, and many

by your friend, THE AUTHOR. Preface. This book of Education is one of a series of simple and easy works for the use

e. I trust it is not a forced application to make a book of mythology one of a religious tendency. It is my own view of the

vented new and false gods, whom they adored. It pleased God to select one nation, to whom, in order to preserve the knowled

n the following compend of mythology, which is designed to bring into one view, for the use of young persons, some of the m

prophets. The patriarchs, the prophets, and Christ taught that God is one — a spirit infinitely wise, powerful, holy, just,

andments. Those persons to whom God revealed himself thus were all of one nation; they were the Hebrews, and dwelt on the e

ucted mankind in true religion? Did the patriarchs and prophets teach one doctrine? To what nation did God particularly com

at the same time, but several centuries passed away from the death of one till the lifetime of another of those holy men, t

those holy men, there was time for men to forget the instructions of one , before they should hear the same truth from anot

concerning himself had been altered or corrupted, as it was told from one person to another. Wicked men particularly descri

cording to the fiction, Rhea or Cybele, the wife of Saturn, concealed one of her sons, and had him secretly educated. This

o, two other of Saturn’s sons, were saved. When Titan discovered that one of his brother’s sons, contrary to a promise whic

of Saturn. At first, this festival, called the Saturnalia, lasted but one day; its duration was afterwards extended to thre

ch the usurper Jupiter acquired dominion. Janus was a patriotic king, one who wished to make his subjects wiser and better,

osed to open and shut the gates of heaven. The images of Janus had in one hand a key, to denote his power in heaven, and in

wag surrounded with rays and clouds. Beside him were placed two urns, one of good, the other of evil. From these he distrib

om these he distributed benefits or afflictions to mankind. Terror is one of Jove’s principal attributes. Homer describes h

uropa afterwards married the king of Crete, and her name was given to one quarter of the world. The following is a fine des

ned the temple of Jupiter at Rome. The finest Jupiter in existence is one in the Vesospi palace at Rome. On a medal struck

s the son of Apollo and the nymph Clymene. Epaphus, a son of Jupiter, one day told Phaeton that Apollo was not his father.

Phaeton petitioned to be allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. Apollo in vain assured him that he could not

country a museum or gallery of the fine arts, which does not contain one or more statues of Apollo. Of these, that which i

Translator : Pope] In the book of Genesis it is said that Tubalcain, one of the first men, was “an instructer of every art

nd Pyracmon. The Cyclops were of prodigious stature, and had each but one eye, placed in the middle of their foreheads; liv

trengthen man with his own mind. Byron. Prometheus was, doubtless, one of the first civilizers of mankind. He first yoke

In general, Juno appears as a queen, seated upon a throne, holding in one hand a spindle, and in the other a sceptre. Her d

the tutelary, or guardian goddess of Athens. That city was called by one of her names, Athenæ; its original name was Cecro

e Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa. Medusa was one of the Gorgons, a sea nymph — she offended Minerv

s security, is the virtue of our citizens. The Parthenon, called from one of Minerva’s names Parthenos, was the most splend

acquire the art of procuring them from the fields, they have advanced one step in civilization — they are in the agricultur

e done much to advance her contemporaries from a savage condition, to one of greater industry and comfort. Ceres might have

son considered sacrilegious. The sentence of execration permitted any one to put the supposed criminal to death as a public

nd had come to carry her off with him. The young virgins saw him, and one of them, says a modern poet, in terror exclaimed,

herself? Who carried off Proserpine to the infernal regions? What did one of her companions exclaim? What happened on the d

ana had two temples famous in history. The first was that of Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the world. This was burnt

The citizens of Ephesus then raised a great clamour against Paul, but one of the town officers, a friend of the old superst

verses by invoking the muse, that is, by a short address or prayer to one of the Muses, entreating her to inspire the poet

g, presided over the dance. She has always a smiling countenance: and one foot lightly touching the earth, while the other

olyphemus was a son of Neptune, a giant who, like the Cyclops had but one eye. He kept sheep in the island of Sicily, and l

the proverb, when we shunScylla we are lost in Charybdis, signifying, one of two dangers is inevitable. ——— The Halcyones

— Pan, Silenus, and the Satyrs, and making a peaceable progress from one country to another, exhibits a benefactor and not

r her stood Vertumnus, in the figure of a young man, holding fruit in one hand, and in the other the horn of plenty. Priap

domestic animal, the dog, was sacrificed to them When infants quitted one of their first ornaments called the Bulla, it was

is excellent action. They were represented as young men, holding, in one hand, a drinking vessel, and in the other, a horn

esided over the birth and life of men. Each spot had a local genius —  one of the place. Cities, groves, fountains, and hill

ry realms, was guarded by Cerberus, an enormous dog with three heads, one of which was always upon the watch. Not far from

the, the stream of oblivion, or forgetfulness. To drink of Lethe made one forget all that was past. It was believed by many

ith mercy and they represented the Furies as having a double office —  one which inflicted all the miseries of violent passi

naus ordered his daughters to murder their husbands. They all, except one , obeyed this inhuman order, and as a punishment f

so they conceived that the gods would appoint them separate abodes — one a happy and glorious place suitable to virtuous m

Heaven and Earth. The figure of Justice ordinarily bears a balance in one hand, and a sword in the other, and her eyes were

to mankind. And so heroes come to be “as gods revered.” Hercules, one of the most renowned of the heroes of antiquity,

of the Lake of Lerna, a monster with a multitude of heads. As soon as one of these heads was struck off, two others immedia

hore, Nessus offered to carry off Dejanira, but Hercules aimed at him one of his poisoned arrows, and killed him. The dying

on, that when Hercules was young, two females once appeared to him, —  one was Virtue, who proposed his arduous duties; the

nd ridiculed him as he sat at her distaff. It has been mentioned that one of the exploits of Hercules, was taking the girdl

the preceptor of Hercules, of Achilles and others of their class, was one of a fabulous race, the Centaurs. The Centaurs we

en they first behold a man and horse thus coupled, imagine them to be one being. From a misconception of this sort, arose t

on and daughter, named Phryxus and Helle, who were persecuted by Ino, one of their father’s wives. Phryxus and Helle, to es

ertain sum, which he might gain in a voyage of traffic, though such a one had never been before attempted by any Greeks. Af

and unsettled life, after he was separated from Medea; and that going one day to the water-side to look at the Argo, a beam

was grown to be a man, she thought proper to send him to Ægeus. Æthra one day, previously to the departure of Theseus, took

edged son, the Pallantidæ, a powerful family at Athens, expected that one of themselves would succeed to the throne. Theseu

all partially civilized people, and all savages, require the life of one person to be given for that of another, which has

and unhappy lady, represent the forsaken Ariadne. It is related that one of the sails of Theseus’ vessels was black, and t

successful, that he would displace the black sail and put up a white one . About the time that he expected Theseus, Ægeus u

his own, and no man must take what does not belong to himself; and if one should take what is not his own, that dishonest a

, make comfortable garments, worship the gods, and leave off injuring one another, they would be happy and grow rich. Then

e people — that is, all the men who were respectable should come into one place, and deliberate upon what was best for the

d Theseus? Œdipus. Among the fables of antiquity there is not one more sad than the story of Œdipus. Œdipus, King o

m upon a tree of Mount Citheron. The infant would soon have died, but one of the shepherds of Polybus, King of Corinth, fou

pus left Thebes, his two sons Eteocles and Polynices, agreed to reign one year, each, alternately. Eteocles reigned over Th

uch perfect hatred, that it was said, when their dead bodies lay upon one pyre, the flames from each refused to unite in th

rydice was the wife of Orpheus; he loved her dearly: but another man, one Aristæus, loved her also. The Greeks of that age

t thy neighbour’s wife,” and often stole each other’s wives. Aristæus one day ran after Eurydice; she fled from him, and as

the dolphins that they gathered round the ship to hear the music, and one taking Arion on his back, conveyed him to Cape Te

ain; Castor and Pollux, first in martial force, One bold on foot, and one renowned for horse, My brothers these; the same o

brothers these; the same our native shore, One house contained us as one mother bore.                             * * * *

top of which glittered a star. Castor and Pollux are constellations, one never appears with the other, but when one rises

Pollux are constellations, one never appears with the other, but when one rises the other sets. Who were the brothers of H

terred; and the gods, to punish his perjury, suffered him to let fall one of the arrows upon his foot, which inflicted a lo

y of his murdered mother, and hated himself for his crime. Euripides, one of the Greek poets, says, that Orestes consulted

e sight of Pylades and Orestes, and she resolved to spare the life of one of them, though she could not so far disobey the

old them as she was a Greek, that she had friends in Greece, and that one or other of them should be permitted to return to

ariner at once deplores, His wasted vigour and exhausted stores. But one day while some of his men were gone to the shore

gone to the shore for provisions, and others were engaged in fishing, one of the sea nymphs, Eidothea, the daughter of Prot

in the disguise of an old beggar; but he first went to the cottage of one of his servants, Eumæus; who, though he did not k

, the neighbouring princes had severally importuned Penelope to marry one of them; but the queen, tenderly attached to the

age of Nestor passed? Diomed. Diomed, the King of Etolia, was one of the bravest of the followers of Menelaus. Diom

d returned to the Greek camp, having murdered Rhesus, King of Thrace, one of the allies of the Trojans, and bringing with t

not resist the supplications of the old man, and gave up the body. By one of those miracles very common among the poets, th

his life, taking upon his shoulders his aged father, Anchises, and in one hand his household gods, while he led, in his oth

acrifices to him. To imagine a man to be a god, and to worship him as one , is the apotheosis of that man. This folly no lon

y saw about them, and sometimes travelled in search of knowledge from one country to another. In the age of Thales, the Gre

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

ated by perpetual discords in respect to magistrates and laws. Draco, one of the archons, or chief magistrates of Athens, j

se laws pretended to punish every offence with death. An idle man, or one who stole a cabbage, or an apple, suffered as sev

ly preserved by their priests, called Bramins. The Hindus acknowledge one supreme deity, called Brahma, or the great one; a

The Hindus acknowledge one supreme deity, called Brahma, or the great one ; and they acknowledge that he is uncreated and et

The skirts of his robes are yellow. A sparkling jewel is hung on each one of his ears. His arms are extended and adorned wi

ly grace, And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will And these his twofold as

And sweetest mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will And these his twofold aspects are

st mercy shine. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will And these his twofold aspects are but one;  

e, one form, one face, one will And these his twofold aspects are but one ;              And change is none In him; for chan

mountain, from whose stony bosom it is excavated. The temple is about one hundred and twenty feet square, and eighteen feet

in height, of exact symmetry; but though round and prominent, yet not one of them is detached from the main rock. Some of t

naut, that the average annual amount of a tax of half-a-crown on each one of them, exacted by a Mohammedan prince of the co

which effectually prevents the progress of society; that is, prevents one race of men from growing wiser and better than th

cannot intermarry, nor join in any common occupations, or remove from one caste to another. Those of the superior castes re