blinking his eyes a good deal, but he had no need to see well to make out that Proserpina was fair and charming. He stopped

f this awful kingdom, began to see better. High above, she could make out something like a cloudy sky arched over the whole

It was laden down with the souls of men. In the stern she could make out Charon, the grim ferryman, with his long, white b

carried off by some one in a black chariot. The nymphs had all cried out , but there was no help at hand and they had seen

When Ceres heard that, her face grew very stern and terrible. She set out at once to find her child and to punish him who h

nderworld. When Mercury had received the order of Jupiter, he hurried out of Olympus and came swiftly down to earth. The ea

d hyacinth and anemone and narcissus; and whole choirs of birds broke out into jubilant songs in the groves. Then Ceres saw

n and tried to force a way into Olympus, to cast the king of the gods out of it. Jupiter, with all his thunderbolts, was no

f the fire into a hollow reed he had brought with him. Then he strode out , laughing and stamping his feet in defiance. When

e, of itself, and a cloud of black and golden creatures came swarming out and away. In another moment Pandora had hold of t

g. Almost everyone was in some trouble. Sickness and crime had broken out on every side, and had changed happy cities into

ask Epimetheus; and Pandora would answer, “I have done it, for I let out the spirits from the box.” “Can nothing be done?”

a, he chanced to see the beautiful nymph Daphne, who was about to set out for the hunt. Daphne was a daughter of the river-

he thought, “Now I have her. She can flee no further.” As he came out upon the river bank, there stood Daphne, so quiet

Her body grew hard and fixed and wooden, her hands and arms sprouted out with shining leaves, and instead of her fair face

rise, but sank to the ground; then the flames began to sputter and go out , nor could the torches by any effort be made to b

t led him, but at last it became less steep and, with a turn, led him out into the kingdom of Pluto. The moment he appeared

er Styx. Charon, the ferryman, saw him coming and pushed his boat far out into the stream. There he stopped. But when he he

ou must lose her. Follow him, Eurydice.” Then Orpheus turned and went out , and Eurydice followed close behind him, but besi

rydice was there, and by her walked Mercury, who alone could lead her out . Then began the upward climb. The descent into th

began to show faintly in the cave. A few steps more and they would be out . Again Orpheus walked softly and asked himself: —

d. And Orpheus, stupid with grief at his second loss, turned and went out into the fresh, bright air, where the careless su

n to disobey an oracle. However, Eurystheus trusted no one. He sought out one mighty task after another, hoping each time t

the roots at the foot of the sacred mountain of Helicon, Hercules set out . He soon found the creature, and, first of all, l

ad served the snakes in his baby days, for he squeezed the life quite out of the beast. Ever afterward Hercules wore the li

thought, but the nymphs could not tell him. They advised him to seek out Nereus, the old man of the sea, for he could sure

ut Hercules still managed to hold him, and even to smother him almost out . Then Nereus changed back to the form of an old m

d that it was in his power to help the hero. “Insolent man,” he cried out , in seeming rage, “let me go! Seek the giant Atla

stretched his great, cramped limbs to their full length, then setting out , in a few moments disappeared in the distance. Th

is request. So the stranger became the king’s shepherd. He would lead out the sheep, not with crook or staff, but with musi

As they browsed, he played sweet melodies, and the dappled fawn came out from the woodland to listen, and even the spotted

ed the flocks. Not long after the coming of the stranger, Admetus set out to attend a festival at the court of Pelias, king

stis? But who can yoke to his chariot a lion and a wild boar?” “Bring out the chariot before the palace gate,” said the str

” said the stranger, “for it may yet be done.” Then the shepherd went out into the depth of the forest, playing sweet music

little boy and girl that were born to her and her mother’s heart went out as well to her people. If ever Admetus was moved

how sad the poor servant was, and how silent. “Ho, fellow!” he cried out , “why this solemn, moody look? Servants should re

g!” he cried. “It is Alcestis who is dead.” Thus the whole truth came out . Hercules was a changed man in an instant. One mo

own often to the earth. Every morning he had to drive the sun-chariot out from the great palace in the east, and all day he

le world that he is not.” Phaëton heard these words with joy, and set out at once for the far distant east, where the sky c

s of dawn had appeared. It was almost time for the sun-chariot to set out . Helios ordered the horses to be harnessed. The s

dered the horses to be harnessed. The splendid creatures were brought out , prancing and stamping and snorting fire. Twelve

ht. Then Phaëton looked down. Far beneath him he saw the earth spread out like a great map. The height made him dizzy. He d

time not a cloud was to be seen. Therefore, the god launched the bolt out of the clear heavens. Fair on the unfortunate you

O King, you shall have Medusa’s head,” and he arose and went quietly out . While the king and his court were still eating a

ry wise, could not tell him where she could be found. So Perseus went out and walked along the seashore, considering what h

hich the tooth. When Perseus came near, the one who had the eye cried out : — “Sisters, a man comes! Give me the tooth, that

the tooth, that I may bite him.” But the one who had the tooth cried out : — “Sister, give me the eye, quickly, that I may

other; and as one was passing the eye to another, Perseus quietly put out his hand and took it. When they discovered that t

e sea. There you will find the home of the Gorgons.” Then Perseus set out toward the west. Three days he flew. He passed th

not see him, but they had the scent of blood-hounds, and as he dashed out of the door, their brazen hands and terrible teet

— cry and covered her face with her hands. Perseus turned and looked out to sea. There, coming toward them through the wav

soldiers at the door of the temple to seize Danaë if she should come out . All that day the queenly woman remained there, a

rward, the hero, with his queenly mother and his beautiful bride, set out at last for Argos and Greece, where his own kingd

alace. Now when Ægeus at length had to return to Athens, he led Æthra out into the forest to a great stone which lay there.

taller and stronger than any man in Trœzen.” One day she led Theseus out into the woods. They wandered here and there, but

hra. “Hercules was famous at my age,” said Theseus, “and I wish to go out into the world.” Æthra walked on without a word u

y have moved it. He made a third trial. The muscles of his body stood out and the perspiration rolled from him with the str

ime has come when I must lose you.” Next day Theseus was ready to set out . His grandfather and those of the court would hav

. The journey was full of adventures. The walls of Trœzen were hardly out of sight before a giant strode into the road and

ung hero was wearing. “Where got you that sword, young man?” he cried out . “Speak! Whose is it?” Then Theseus knelt before

ntry of monsters, battling against foes, or helping to make and carry out better laws. It was not long before the whole lan

all black, even to the sails; and the people, when they saw it, broke out into cries of lamentation and woe. Theseus was am

treameth like a flood    O’er all the Attic nation.2 Theseus looked out at the black ship and round him at the mourning p

and twisted caverns, so that no one who enters can ever find his way out . There the Minotaur wanders, lost in the maze; an

asy. Come now, for you must act quickly.” So Theseus and Ariadne went out past the soldiers, who dared not stop them. It wa

ut Ariadne stood outside, trembling to think that he might never come out alive. The hero had gone hardly twenty yards befo

round. When she looked up again, Theseus was at her side. He had come out quickly, following the clew of the thread, and he

ple of Apollo. Ever after, it was the custom of the Athenians to send out each year the old black-sailed ship to Delos, to

proposal. They gave the golden apple to Mercury and sent him to seek out Paris in his mountain home. In a twinkling, Mercu

he seashore. There he gathered sailors, and, getting aboard ship, put out to sea. Three days they sped over the waves, but

oddess Venus, who came and wakened Helen, saying to her: — “Helen, go out to the brook beyond the palace gates. Paris await

alace gates. Paris awaits you there. Heed his words.” Then Helen went out and found Paris. That night they journeyed to Pyl

to Pylos, and in the darkness went aboard ship. As they were putting out to sea, the aged sea-god Nereus came up from the

the king,, knew it. She rose up among the children of Priam and cried out : — “Father, it is your son! It is our brother!” T

They do not dare.” But one day the watchman spied a mighty fleet far out at sea, and raised a cry that spread throughout t

confident. They no longer remained within the walls of Troy, but came out upon the plain before the gates and fought fierce

ht only within the Grecian camp, Patroclus. Do not follow the Trojans out into the plain, nor to the walls of Troy. Let the

t Patroclus forgot the words of Achilles and followed the Trojan host out into the plain before the walls of Troy, for his

r. And all his friends, as they saw the great hero lying there, burst out into cries of lamentation, and they stood near hi

inally he took up his spear, which no one but he could wield, and set out for the Grecian camp and the assembly of the chie

ent, but the god Apollo, who loved Hector, came and snatched him away out of the front of battle, and Achilles looked for h

ized the sacred statue and bore it away, through the sleeping guards, out into the Grecian camp. In the .morning the loss w

nor a Grecian ship. The host had gone. The people of the city swarmed out like bees, and wandered with delight through the

wooden horse is an offering which they made to Minerva before setting out . It was built large and heavy so that you might n

nt up on the wall where it overlooked the sea. Before long he saw far out on the water a flaming torch. It was the signal.

thernmost point of Greece, a hurricane caught them and drove them far out of their course. For nine days the storm raged, a

land that looked very sunny and pleasant, and Ulysses sent three men out to explore the region. Now, the only food of the

re of Ulysses’ companions. Then he opened the door of the cave, drove out his sheep and goats, and again closed the door wi

s, the men were in despair, but the wise warrior Ulysses was thinking out a plan of punishment and escape. In the evening,

killed two of Ulysses’ men and began to eat them. Then Ulysses poured out a bowl of the dark red wine he had brought, and a

ll me your name. I wish to give you a gift in return.” Ulysses poured out another bowl of the wine, and then another. “Cycl

sat down with his arms outstretched to catch the Greeks as they came out . And as he sat there, he roared with pain and rag

dawned, the Cyclops called his sheep and goats, and the animals went out . As they passed him, Polyphemus felt over their b

s and sides, but he did not think to feel beneath them. When all were out and well away from the cave, Ulysses and his men

ms aboard, and pushed off. A little way from the shore Ulysses called out , “Ho, Cyclops, you who eat the strangers within y

Ulysses called to the monster: — “Cyclops, if any one ask you who put out your eye, say that it was Ulysses, son of Laertes

rm covered with his mantle. The ships were swept away from the shore, out into the deep and back to the floating island of

one and told Ulysses of their disappearance. Ulysses, alarmed, set out at once, resolved to find his companions or share

ent with her. But every day he went down to the shore and sat looking out across the sea and thinking of Ithaca. At last, a

hip reached land, so the Phæacians, unwilling to wake him, lifted him out gently and laid him on the sandy beach, piling up

watch me well, that we may act together.” Next morning Telemachus set out for the palace, as his father commanded. The suit

nature to do. But before the morning was far spent, Penelope carried out a plan which she had formed. She went up into her

a while. She will know me when I have put off these rags.” They went out , and Minerva took off the disguise that was upon

a-tro΄klus), 18. Greek warrior; friend of Achilles; led the Myrmidons out to save the Grecian ships, 188; slain by Hector,

The Chase ( Debay ). One day he took his bow and arrows, and started out alone. He had been hunting a long time, when, in

art beat quicker at sight of all these lovely maidens, and he singled out Proserpine, and said to himself, “She shall be my

way with his prize, lest Ceres should discover her loss; and, to keep out of her path, he drove his chariot a roundabout wa

und was closing over her, the girl seized her girdle and threw it far out into the river. She hoped that in some way the gi

my North, And the larch has hung all his tassels forth; The fisher is out on the sunny sea, And the reindeer bounds o’er th

he improves very much on acquaintance. There was once a poet who went out into the woods to sing among the green trees; and

s. It all looked so cheerful that Latona took heart again and stepped out of the boat to explore the little kingdom she had

he said, “you cannot be so cruel to these little children who stretch out their arms to you.” And, as she put aside her clo

s she put aside her cloak, the little boy and girl really did stretch out their tiny baby fingers, as though to beg these h

from haunts of coot and hern,     I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern,     To bicker down a valley. I c

e, and men may go,     But I go on forever. I wind about, and in and out ,     With here a blossom sailing, And here and th

; I make the netted sunbeam dance     Against my sandy shallows. And out again I curve and flow     To join the brimming r

ch, and because she always wanted to have the last word. You can find out for yourselves whether or not it is true, any day

listen by the hour to Echo’s delightful tales. But one day she found out that Echo amused her in this way only to please J

d him, until the boy suddenly saw that he had lost his way and called out , “Is there any one here?” Echo, who had stepped b

racking the game through the forest for many hours, and at last, worn out with the heat and the exercise, he came to a shad

elt only sorrow at his trouble. Whenever Narcissus, in despair, cried out , “Alas!” or “Woe is me!” Echo sorrowfully repeate

ll helped him in his work; till, in a short time, the whole earth was out of sight under a vast sea, and all the wicked peo

lo still followed. He had almost reached her side, when she stretched out her arms to her father, the god of a river along

along, when suddenly from under a cluster of leaves, a serpent darted out with a loud “hiss,” and before Eurydice could ste

es are there,     Come back to life and love!” Oh, all my heart went out to him,     And the sweet air above; With happy t

en once they had caught scent of the trail. One day, Actaeon had been out hunting for many hours. He was tired and thirsty,

lers caught in the trees and bushes and held him back. At last, tired out by the struggle, he sank to the ground. An instan

ished to get rid of them. So he planned some means of getting Perseus out of the way, for the wicked king knew that if the

thee soon: Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west     Under the silver moon. Sleep, my

ly than the swiftest bird. All that Perseus now had to do was to find out the way to Medusa’s island home, and the only peo

not true. It is my turn.” And the middle one, who had the eye, cried out , “I pray you, sisters, let me keep the eye a litt

about the eye, and at last, the one who had it was forced to take it out of her forehead. Now, at that instant, all three

ree of the sisters were blind, and Perseus, seeing his chance, darted out and seized the eye. Then began a dreadful hubbub,

feet he rose high in the air, and then, from a safe distance, called out , “You shall not have your eye back, my friends, u

hanked him for all his help, and, after bidding him farewell, started out on his errand. He flew over many lands and seas,

of reeds grew in the spot where she had vanished. When Pan stretched out his arm toward Syrinx, he found himself grasping,

rself of the fly. At last she came to the land of Egypt. There, tired out with her long travels, she lay down by the side o

h she was gentle and tender and loving in her own home, when she went out to walk in the city, dressed in her rich robes, s

uickly to the royal palace, and Niobe, almost wild with grief, rushed out , bareheaded, with her daughters close behind her.

t to the ground in spite of his struggles, until all the people cried out that Hercules was the victor. The river god then

, saw what was happening. He raised his bow to his shoulder and cried out , “O false Nessus, you rely on your swift horse’s

d at last came to the city where his master was living. He sought him out and gave him the shirt, with Deïanira’s message;

d the rock; he strode up to him, and before the servant could stammer out a word to show his innocence, Hercules seized him

a word to show his innocence, Hercules seized him, and flung him far out into the sea. The gods took pity on him, and, as

m into a rock resembling a man in form; and the rock still stands far out in the middle of the sea. As for Hercules, when h

any turns and twists that one who entered it could never find his way out again. Perhaps, in another story, you will hear s

s of delight they need not now; And the young and the old they wander out , And traverse their green world round about; And

rs of the silver cloud, To sing in the thunder halls aloud, To spread out the wings for a wild, free flight With the upper

he thought of the war which made him her enemy. If only she could fly out of the gates and tell him how much she cared for

he could no longer think of anything but King Minos. Then she slipped out into the night, unbolted the bars, and, throwing

f the labyrinth that night, and when it was dark, she passed with him out of the palace gates. It was a clear, starry night

ell me that even if I kill the Minotaur, I can never find my way back out of the labyrinth.” Then Ariadne gave Theseus a fi

d. If, then, he should kill the monster, he could easily find his way out again by winding up the thread which was fastened

ad as Ariadne had directed. It seemed to him that he would never come out of those dark, gloomy passages. Had the thread br

nd saw the starry heavens once more. Then he sank to the ground, worn out with his struggle and his wanderings. Ariadne had

t he promised to return just as soon as he could. The ship was fitted out , and all too soon came the day for starting. Hand

eward. She stood on the shore, waving her hand, until the boat passed out of sight and only the water, with the dazzling su

the form of Ceyx, to tell her of his shipwreck.” Then Iris flew back out of the darkness, into the bright, sunlit sky. Som

st farewell. She had been standing there some time, when she saw, far out at sea, something white tossed about by the waves

should be obeyed. Everything was prepared, and the children were led out , decked with flowers, as the ancients used to dec

home. Here Phryxus married the king’s daughter. The -golden ram, worn out with the long, hard journey over land and sea, so

n’s uncle came with a large army, and drove King Aeson and his family out of their own kingdom. Then the brother ruled as k

him with great force; he had to struggle with all his might, and was out of breath when he landed his companion safely on

the ground tremble at each step of their brazen hoofs, they breathed out curling flames from their nostrils, so that the f

e saw that he had caught a great number of fine fish. He emptied them out upon the grass by his side, and then prepared his

beautiful figure began to take shape in the stone. Each day it stood out more and more clearly, till at last, one evening,

rded their flocks all day long when they were not roaring or shooting out flames, would not be very likely to have feelings

ves, looking almost like white foam on the sea. Sometimes they combed out their yellow hair, which glistened like gold or l

de. He was anxious to look pleasing to the fair Galatea; so he combed out his tangled locks with a rake, and cut his shaggy

atched; till time came about: And Love, the delightful, in glory flew out .” Aristophanes ( Frere’s tr.). The Earth thus c

ly to the words of sedition; but none were courageous enough to carry out her plans, except Cronus, the youngest of the Tit

wreathing curls convolved, And shades the sun’s bright orb, and blots out day.” Addison. Enceladus under Mount Ætna.

rothers. To avoid quarrels and recriminations, he portioned the world out into lots, allowing each of his brothers the priv

obtain fire, or die in the attempt. One dark night, therefore, he set out for Olympus, entered unperceived into the gods’ a

first time on the fair face of his beloved, he entreated her to come out into the fresh air and join in the merry games of

is request. Dismayed, and very much discouraged, Epimetheus sauntered out alone, thinking she would soon join him, and perh

. Epimetheus was coming, and she knew he would urge her again to come out , and would prevent the gratification of her curio

humanity; and the box was no sooner opened, than all these ills flew out , in the guise of horrid little brown-winged creat

Pandora, pricking and stinging them most unmercifully. They then flew out through the open door and windows, and fastened u

ise and pain. “Open, open, and I will heal your wounds! Please let me out !” it pleaded. Pandora. Harry Bates. The tear

metheus’ creamy skin, and relieved their suffering, then quickly flew out of the open window, to perform the same gentle of

or Juventas, the goddess of youth, was ever ready at his wish to pour out the nectar, in which the gods were wont to pledge

nd her. Accompanied by their mother, Telephassa, they immediately set out on their journey, inquiring of all they met if th

they had reached, hence called Cilicia; and finally Telephassa, worn out with grief and fatigue, lay down to die, charging

y arduous, as the gods caused some of the public buildings to rise up out of the ground, all complete, and ready for use. T

nly bereft of speech, changed into a rough, ungainly bear, and driven out into the solitudes of the great forests, which we

ner was the operation performed, than Minerva (Pallas, Athene) sprang out of her father’s head, full-grown, clad in glitter

o ever art A blessing to the world — whose mighty heart Forever pours out love, and light, and life; Thou, at whose glance,

e fills his eye With quenchless fire, and far, far up on high Screams out his joy to thee, by all the names That thou dost

ting hatred, Latona finally came to the seashore, where she stretched out imploring hands to Neptune, who sent a dolphin to

ed aside, and rushed down to the edge of her father’s stream, calling out loudly for his protection. No sooner had she reac

s’ jointed cells To wait imprisoned for the south wind’s spells, From out his reedy flute the player drew, And as the music

ls, Sweet furry things with eyes like starry wells, Crept wonderingly out ; they thought the south wind blew. With instant j

’s spirits, so that, incapable of enduring silence longer, he sallied out into a field, dug a deep hole, and shouted down i

ate, and would allow no living being to enter, nor any spirit to pass out of Hades. As soon as this monster saw Orpheus, he

& Co. Orpheus accepted the condition joyfully, and wended his way out of Hades, looking neither to the right nor to the

s bright orb first appeared above the horizon, Clymene would point it out to her boy, and tell him that his father, Apollo,

it out to her boy, and tell him that his father, Apollo, was setting out for his daily drive. Clymene so often entertained

ach his father’s palace in the Far East before the sun chariot passed out of its portals to accomplish its daily round. Dir

him speak without fear. In a few minutes the youth impetuously poured out the whole story, and watched with pleasure the fr

earnestly begging him to select some other, less fatal boon. “Choose out a gift from seas, or earth, or skies, For open to

up the reins, signalled to Aurora to fling the gates wide, and dashed out of the eastern palace with a flourish. For an hou

the slopes of Mount Helicon, and when the nights were warm would stay out all night with them. On one occasion he had thus

, his birthplace, and at Delphi, where a priestess called Pythia gave out mysterious oracles purporting to have come from t

e apart to allow vessels, with all their sails spread, to pass in and out of the harbour, whose entrance he guarded for man

rival’s offspring. Provided with well-stocked quivers, the twins set out to do her bidding; and Apollo, meeting the seven

e twins set out to do her bidding; and Apollo, meeting the seven lads out hunting, cut their existence short with his unfai

me a lovely vision of a maid, Who seemed to step as from a golden car Out of the low-hung moon.” Lewis Morris. Endymi

s a markswoman, bade her shoot at a dark speck rising and falling far out at sea. Diana seized her bow, feathered her arrow

ly the goddess and her attendant nymphs had not been the only hunters out that day. Actæon, the huntsman, had risen at dawn

light divine? They break, and from their mist a lily form Rises from out the wave, in beauty warm. The wave is by the blue

and somewhat primitive toilet completed, Venus and her followers set out for Mount Olympus, and on their way thither were

ondemned him to give daily warning of the sun’s approach. “And, from out a neighbouring farmyard,     Loud the cock Alectr

lew so fiercely that the torch wavered and flickered, and nearly went out , although Hero protected its feeble flame by stan

ng a retreat into the forest. Shortly after, Pyramus came rushing up, out of breath, and full of loving excuses for Thisbe,

with his bow and arrows, and provided with a deadly poison, Cupid set out to do her bidding, and at nightfall reached the p

ge sink into his heart; then, noiselessly as he had entered, he stole out again, vowing he would never harm such innocence

with their work, the sisters departed, leaving Psyche alone to carry out their evil suggestions. When safe at home once mo

frightened Psyche dared not remain alone in the palace, but hastened out into the gardens, where she soon lost consciousne

evening, young Mercury escaped from his sleeping mother, and sallied out in search of food. He had not gone very far, befo

; but, instead of exerting himself to be entertaining, Mercury droned out such lengthy, uninteresting stories, that Argus s

er the moon’s every movement; Mercury is the rain, whose advent blots out the stars one by One, thus killing Argus, who els

ury, the prince of thieves, noiselessly and deftly slipped the chains out of the rings, and restored him to freedom. In rev

wild beasts of the forest. The double sentence was ruthlessly carried out , and the young mother perished; but, contrary to

ctivity, and, leaving the mountain where they had grown up, journeyed out into the world to seek their fortunes. After some

ngs, and executing intricate war dances. A Roman general, ere setting out on any warlike expedition, always entered the san

o punish Juno for one of her usual fits of jealousy, Jupiter hung her out of heaven, fast bound by a golden chain; and Vulc

ger at his son’s interference in his matrimonial concerns, hurled him out of heaven. The intervening space between heaven a

on as her mourning friends had forsaken her, the hideous serpent came out of his lair in the waves, and devoured her; then

e grace and celerity with which she managed to flit, or rather glide, out of his sight.                      “Along the de

e his throne. The messenger, carefully instructed beforehand, carried out the directions with such skill, that Amphitrite f

own from the chariot, was about to engage in the fight, when suddenly out of a clear sky a thunderbolt came crashing down t

had vanished, and that he would probably cease to love her, she held out her hand to Idas, declaring she preferred to link

brighten its gloom and dispel its shadows. Whenever the stern god set out on one of these expeditions, he rode in a chariot

reed, however, in saying that it was an almost impossible feat to get out again if one were rash enough to venture in. “To

Æacus, whose duty it was to question all newly arrived souls, to sort out the confused mass of good and bad thoughts and ac

in’s tr) The Wheel of Ixion. B. Picart. The Elysian Fields Far out of sight and hearing of the pitiful sounds which

t of sight and hearing of the pitiful sounds which so constantly rose out of Tartarus, were the Elysian Fields, lighted by

is lightnings play. And yet, the dazzling lustre to abate, He set not out in all his pomp and state, Clad in the mildest li

vy leaves, who drank wine, — a drink compounded for their express use out of water and sunshine, — ate grapes, danced and s

ntending to sell him as a slave in Egypt. They were already quite far out at sea when the god awoke, and gazed around him i

why their oars could no longer propel it onward, they saw a vine grow out of the sea, and twine its branches and tendrils w

women with a species of dementia, which made them rush simultaneously out of the city and join his followers. Then they all

i Museum. To ascertain whence these sounds proceeded, the god stepped out of his car, and cautiously peeped through the thi

d drove away as fast as his fleet steeds could carry him. He was soon out of hearing of the wild cries and lamentations of

ent, and with a wild shriek rushed to the fire and snatched her child out of the flames, pressed him anxiously to her breas

nearer and nearer to the startled nymph, until in affright she sprang out of the water. Then a voice — the voice of the riv

impetuous god, instead of waiting for an answer to his suit, rose up out of the water and rushed to clasp her in his arms,

into an impetuous torrent, he rushed to join his beloved, who sprang out of her mossy bed, and hurried on over sticks and

as chosen to lead her to and from Hades; and, whenever he brought her out of her gloomy prison, the skies became blue and s

er daughter and herself at Eleusis. Triptolemus did not fail to carry out the goddess’s instructions, and journeyed far and

the life-giver — was kept constantly burning, and never allowed to go out for want of fuel or timely care. Its flames were

y place of safety; and on several occasions they therefore carried it out of Rome and down the Tiber, lest it should fall i

ched to earth under Mercury’s charge, to visit mortals. Two gates led out of the valley of sleep, — one of ivory, and the o

hollow eyes were fixed upon the sands of time; and when they had run out , he knew some life was about to end, and sallied

es’ Choice The youthful hero, dismissed by his instructor, now set out to seek his fortunes. He had not gone very far, h

Courageously he then trod along the rough and thorny path she pointed out , and patiently performed the various tasks she as

The Nemean Lion Eager to begin the appointed tasks, Hercules set out first to find and destroy a monstrous lion, whose

well pleased with the manner in which Hercules had accomplished eight out of the twelve tasks, bade him now go forth and sl

t of Africa the garden of the Hesperides might be situated: so he set out at a venture, determined to travel about until he

tshade sprang, that he took refuge in a huge jar, and refused to come out until Hercules had carried the monster back to hi

h terror when she felt the cask buffeted about by the great waves far out of sight of land, and out of all reach of help. C

cask buffeted about by the great waves far out of sight of land, and out of all reach of help. Clasping her babe close to

the monster’s tail, and the scales of his hideous body slowly rising out of the water. Fascinated by this horrible sight,

andals in a perfect state of preservation. Sword in hand, he then set out for Athens, — a long and dangerous journey. He pr

lly caused Sinis to perish by the same cruel death which he had dealt out to so many others. In one place the Isthmus of Co

an, ne was put to bed in the long bedstead, and his limbs were pulled out of joint to make him fit it; but if, on the contr

inced him that Æthra’s son stood before him, and he eagerly stretched out his arms to clasp him to his heart. This sudden m

as so very intricate, that those who entered could not find their way out ; and even Dædalus and his son Icarus, after many

d unmoved to his interrupted feast. Unnoticed by all, Ariadne slipped out of the palace, and, under cover of the darkness,

e labyrinth, and keep the other in his hand as a clue to find the way out again should the sword enable him to kill the dre

ade the sailors weigh anchor as quickly as possible. They were almost out of reach of the Cretan shores, when Talus came in

e catastrophe: so he finally resolved to resign his authority and set out again in search of adventures, which might help h

by an arrow, and breathed her last in Theseus’ arms. Theseus next set out with an Athenian army to fight Pirithous, king of

ctions; then, girding on his sword and putting on his sandals, he set out on his journey, to Iolcus. Jason and the Godde

ed 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 rock

m any conflicting ties, readily agreed to her proposal, and, carrying out her directions, caught and harnessed the fiery bu

s ( Elton’s tr.). But when he saw glittering spears and helmets grow out of the ground, and beheld the close ranks of gian

soon as he had embarked with Medea and her attendants, the Argo shot out of the Colchian harbour. “How softly stole from

slain, the fleece stolen, his daughter gone, and the Grecian ship far out of sight. No time was lost in useless wailing, bu

vessel was hurriedly launched and manned, and the king in person set out in pursuit of the fugitives, who had, moreover, t

rtain herbs, declaring that, if the directions were carefully carried out , the result would be satisfactory; but, when the

lt would be satisfactory; but, when the too credulous maidens carried out these instructions, they only slew the father who

this dreadful prophecy, Laius bade a servant carry the new-born child out of the city, and end its feeble little life. The

                 “I felt A secret anguish, and unknown to them Sought out the Pythian oracle; in vain; Touching my parents,

the city gates beside the highway, and would allow none to pass in or out without propounding a difficult riddle. Then, if

tion, rushed into her apartment too late to prevent its being carried out , and found her lifeless. This sight was more than

l, accompanied by her sister, she saw a lotus blossom, and pointed it out to her little son. He no sooner saw the brilliant

little son. He no sooner saw the brilliant flower, than he stretched out his little hands. To please him, the fond mother

are of its attentions; he brushed it impatiently aside with his hand. Out through the open window sped the little creature,

to his fellows, he rushed off to find his love, and “Quite spent and out of breath he reached the tree, And, listening fea

herd’s crook, and a pine garland around his misshapen head. “He tore out a reed, the great god Pan,         From the deep

ying lay, And the dragon-fly had fled away,         Ere he brought it out of the river. This is the way, laughed the great

reat god Pan         To laugh, as he sits by the river, Making a poet out of a man. The true gods sigh for the cost and pai

rdinary likeness Paris bore to her other brothers; and then, breaking out into a prophetic strain, she foretold that he wou

(such faith was entertained) A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever, when

ttle son Astyanax, whom he wished to embrace once more before rushing out to battle and possible death. Hector and Andro

Hector gently reproved her, and demonstrated that his duty called him out upon the field of battle, where he must hold his

e conflict, coward-like.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Then he stretched out his arms for his infant son, who, however, shrank

dy elapsed since then, and although a party of Greeks immediately set out in search of him, they had but little hope of fin

f Tenedos hid the ships from view. All the inhabitants of Troy poured out of the city to view the wooden horse and question

ns on either side to assist him in his office, two huge serpents came out of the sea, coiled themselves around him and his

proposal which was enthusiastically received and immediately carried out . But when the men collected near the fleet, inste

view. The vessels, with broken masts and torn sails, were driven far out of their course, and, after ten days, reached the

eing they did not appear, feared some evil had befallen them, and set out , with a few well-armed men, to go in search of th

d he stood beside it with watchful eye, until all his herd had passed out ; then, replacing the stone to prevent the escape

he rolled the stone only partly aside, and allowed the sheep to pass out a few at a time, carefully running his hand over

under the rams, reserving one for his own use, and watched them pass out one after the other undetected. Then, clinging to

n, clinging to the wool of the largest ram, he too was slowly dragged out , while Polyphemus petted the ram, and inquired ho

ut, while Polyphemus petted the ram, and inquired how he came to pass out last of all. “‘My favourite ram, how art thou no

last of all. Grievest thou for thy master, who has lost His eye, put out by a deceitful wretch And his vile crew r’” Home

on, Ulysses, the destroyer of walled towns, Whose home is Ithaca, put out thine eye.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). With a cry

r their vessel, and they were forced to redouble their efforts to row out of reach and prevent disaster. The Gift of ÆoI

ry winds, weary and cramped with their uncomfortable position, sprang out with a rush and a roar, and in a few moments stir

torm, which tore the ships from their anchors and soon drove them far out to sea. After untold suffering, the Greeks landed

ew was divided into two parties, one of which, led by Eurylochus, set out to explore the island, while the other, headed by

hem all manner of good cheer — an order which was immediately carried out . The men feasted greedily, for they had fasted fo

e ships and report what had happened. Sword in hand, Ulysses then set out alone to rescue his comrades; but he had, not gon

sacred animals they should incur divine wrath. The men, however, worn out with the toil of many days’ rowing, entreated so

ors’ conduct, and guided and accompanied by his tutor Mentor, had set out in search of the father whom he could not believe

ould bend it and send an arrow through twelve rings which she pointed out .                             “‘I bring to you Th

d to renew his wanderings. He therefore prepared a fleet, and sailed “ out into the West,” whence he never returned. The Gre

large fleet. Æneas and Achates, his faithful friend, immediately set out to view the land, and ere long encountered Venus,

ose fame had already reached her ear; and she gladly promised to send out a search party to discover him, and aid him if ne

ly set sail while she was wrapt in slumber. When she awoke and looked out of her palace window, it was only to see the last

ace and make it illustrious in the future. These he carefully pointed out to Æneas, foretelling their future achievements,

tural to his ancestors in a savage state, and made an attempt to find out their primitive meaning, or an explanation which

ker of clay images, “whence it was hyperbolically said he created man out of clay”; and Atlas, an astronomer, who was there

predecessors, a brief outline of their respective beliefs will not be out of place. While philology compares only the “myth

resemble each other, because they were formed to meet the same needs, out of the same materials.” They argue that this sim

god was therefore a personification of the heavens, which are spread out like a veil, and cover all the earth; and we are

ejoin his mourning bride, he cannot turn aside from the course marked out for him. He is detained by Circe (the moon), who

ly nothing but the lightning ( “the celestial drill which churns fire out of the clouds”); but the Greeks had so entirely f

d the patron of marriage as well as of fire; and the Greeks, to carry out this idea, united their fire god, Hephæstus, to t

ncestor of Dorian race, 25 Dreams. Spirits in cave of Somnus; passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 180, 181; Mercur

s, 155, 225; significance, 355 Nec′tar. Beverage of the gods, poured out by Hebe and Ganymede, 27, 66 Ne′leus. Son of Nep

and longevity. The Dawn, the Sun, and the Moon were supposed to rise out of the Ocean, on the eastern side, and to drive t

so, except those forming the Wain or Bear, and others near them, rose out of and sank into the stream of Ocean. There the s

that the tripods (chairs and tables) could move of themselves in and out of the celestial hall. He even endowed with intel

d his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him out of heaven. Other accounts say that Jupiter kicked

e flung him out of heaven. Other accounts say that Jupiter kicked him out for taking part with his mother in a quarrel whic

with its conservation, the neglect of the virgins, if they let it go out , was severely punished, and the fire was rekindle

He appointed rivers and bays their places, raised mountains, scooped out valleys, distributed woods, fountains, fertile fi

h wind, which scatters the clouds, was chained up; the south was sent out , and soon covered all the face of heaven with a c

his, as they could come no nearer. Next morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had melted the frost from

ey would slip away from watchful eyes, leave their dwellings and walk out into the fields; and to insure a meeting, repair

had sent a ravenous fox to annoy the country; and the hunters turned out in great strength to capture it. Their efforts we

st his dog, still continued to take delight in the chase. He would go out at early morning, ranging the woods and hills una

the next morning, when Cephalus went to hunt as usual. Then she stole out after him, and concealed herself in the place whe

tied her up with a vile rope round her neck. She would have stretched out her arms to implore freedom of Argus, but she had

her arms to implore freedom of Argus, but she had no arms to stretch out , and her voice was a bellow that frightened even

and.” Down fell Callisto on her hands and knees; she tried to stretch out her arms in supplication — they were already begi

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

iana unapparelled.” Immediately a pair of branching stag’s horns grew out of his head, his neck gained in length, his ears

his pack now chased him, cheered on by his huntsmen. He longed to cry out , “I am Actæon; recognize your master!” but the wo

him, rending and tearing; and it was not till they had torn his life out that the anger of Diana was satisfied.   In Shell

to you for life itself. Let these infants move your pity, who stretch out their little arms as if to plead for me;’ and the

f to plead for me;’ and the children, as it happened, were stretching out their arms. “Who would not have been moved with t

heir heads above the surface or swimming upon it. Sometimes they come out upon the bank, but soon leap back again into the

plan better for you than you have done for yourself. Night is passing out of the western gates and we can delay no longer.

the chariot, stood erect, and grasped the reins with delight, pouring out thanks to his reluctant parent. Meanwhile the hor

ound it too much for his discretion to keep such a secret; so he went out into the meadow, dug a hole in the ground, and st

ttentive, spread a cloth, and begged them to sit down. Then she raked out the coals from the ashes, and kindled up a fire,

ry bark, and with her scanty breath blew it into a flame. She brought out of a corner split sticks and dry branches, broke

folks were astonished to see that the wine, as fast as it was poured out , renewed itself in the pitcher, of its own accord

anean shepherd still shows the two trees, standing side by side, made out of the two good old people.   The story of Baucis

celadus, and others. Some of them had a hundred arms, others breathed out fire. They were finally subdued and buried alive

Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus when he led out the stars in the evening, found her still busy in

the city of Eleusis, then the home of an old man named Celeus. He was out in the field, gathering acorns and blackberries,

ivers, till at length she returned to Sicily, whence she at first set out , and stood by the banks of the River Cyane, where

ile I sported in the water, I heard an indistinct murmur coming up as out of the depths of the stream: and made haste to es

im, plunged into the cavern, and through the bowels of the earth came out here in Sicily. While I passed through the lower

s spear and wounded the animal with a sidelong stroke. The beast drew out the weapon with his jaws, and rushed after Adonis

of Hyacinthus and jealous of his preference of Apollo, blew the quoit out of its course to make it strike Hyacinthus. Keats

her orb.” When he had thus spoken, he ordered the vessel to be drawn out of the shiphouse, and the oars and sails to be pu

hamber, she threw herself on her solitary couch. Meanwhile they glide out of the harbor, and the breeze plays among the rop

s had the gestures of Ceyx. Halcyone, weeping, groaned, and stretched out her arms in her sleep, striving to embrace his bo

wrecked and dead. I have seen him, I have recognized him. I stretched out my hands to seize him and detain him. His shade v

e reviews every object, and strives to recall every incident, looking out over the sea, she descries an indistinct object f

. Now marks that she recognizes appear. It is her husband! Stretching out her trembling hands towards it, she exclaims, “O

ms, “O dearest husband, is it thus you return to me?” There was built out from the shore a mole, constructed to break the a

ss the too luxuriant growths, and curtail the branches that straggled out of place; at another, to split the twig and inser

e, and rouses and provokes him yet more by her complaints. She points out Psyche to him and says, “My dear son, punish that

your husband may not discover them, and when he is sound asleep, slip out of bed, bring forth your lamp, and see for yourse

r to resist. So she prepared her lamp and a sharp knife, and hid them out of sight of her husband. When he had fallen into

er; then, without saying one word, he spread his white wings and flew out of the window. Psyche, in vain endeavoring to fol

ll the instruments of harvest, without order, as if thrown carelessly out of the weary reapers’ hands in the sultry hours o

ting each kind to its parcel; and when it was all done, they vanished out of sight in a moment. Venus at the approach of tw

mmodity. Then she returned the way she came, and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got s

cow went on till she passed the shallow channel of Cephisus and came out into the plain of Panope. There she stood still,

hing waters made a sound, than the glittering serpent raised his head out of the cave and uttered a fearful hiss. The vesse

monster turned back his head to view the wound, and attempted to draw out the weapon with his mouth, but broke it off, leav

around. Now he twisted himself into a circle, then stretched himself out on the ground like the trunk of a fallen tree. As

t length all reverence for sacred things was lost. Bodies were thrown out unburied, wood was wanting for funeral piles, men

roceeded to allot the vacant city to the new-born race, and to parcel out the fields among them I called them Myrmidons, fr

daughter. The siege had now lasted six months and the city still held out , for it was decreed by fate that it should not be

tered her father’s bedchamber and cut off the fatal lock; then passed out of the city and entered the enemy’s camp. She dem

urple lock! With this I give you my father and his kingdom.” She held out her hand with the fatal spoil. Minos shrunk back

ho replied, “Here.” Narcissus looked around, but seeing no one called out , “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.” As no one came, N

rowest part is almost a mile, and there is a constant current setting out from the Sea of Marmora into the Archipelago. Sin

taches the web to the beam. Then the slender shuttle is passed in and out among the threads. The reed with its fine teeth s

cleaved to her side and served for legs. All the rest of her is body, out of which she spins her thread, often hanging susp

ir, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the city. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the you

he guided his foaming steeds, struck with an arrow from above, cried out , “Ah me!” dropped the reins, and fell lifeless. A

glory or parentage shall protect you;” and he attempted to thrust him out . Perseus, finding the giant too strong for him, s

ouched them and found them stone. Falling on his knees and stretching out his hands to Perseus, but turning his head away h

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

sta put an end to her own life, and Œdipus, seized with madness, tore out his eyes and wandered away from Thebes, dreaded a

from the influence of the step-mother, and took measures to send them out of her reach. Mercury assisted her, and gave her

ation known to the Greeks consisted of small boats or canoes hollowed out from trunks of trees, so that when Jason employed

ng them up with a dry olive branch; and behold! the branch when taken out instantly became green, and before long was cover

eeing that all was ready, Medea cut the throat of the old man and let out all his blood, and poured into his mouth and into

ers will recollect, was the usurping uncle of Jason, and had kept him out of his kingdom. Yet he must have had some good qu

they smote him with their weapons. He, starting from his sleep, cried out , “My daughters, what are you doing? Will you kill

rment in the blood of Nessus. We are to suppose she took care to wash out all traces of it, but the magic power remained, a

rived that whoever was enclosed in it could by no means, find his way out unassisted. Here the Minotaur roamed, and was fed

he Minotaur, and with a clew of thread by which he might find his way out of the labyrinth. He was successful, slew the Min

ent Pirithous beheld him, he was seized with admiration; he stretched out his hand as a token of peace, and cried, “Be judg

f who came as a lover. Heaving a sigh, she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not

goddess Rhea cured him and taught him her religious rites, and he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people t

, pretending that he had just become aware of their treachery, looked out over the sea and said in a voice of weeping, ‘Sai

and first among them his own mother, Agave, blinded by the god, cried out , “See there the wild boar, the hugest monster tha

ory of Circe will be found in Chapter XXIX. 3Bacchus that first from out the purple grapes Crushed the sweet poison of mis

n Melicertes in her arms, sprang from a cliff into the sea. The gods, out of compassion, made her a goddess of the sea, und

poor success. It was hard for him to breathe gently, and sighing was out of the question. Weary at last of fruitless endea

s out of the question. Weary at last of fruitless endeavors, he acted out his true character, seized the maiden and carried

eck with his hands. I was almost choked, and struggled to get my neck out of his grasp. Vanquished in this form, I tried wh

ing fate, dooming them to destruction. Œdipus in his madness had torn out his eyes, and was driven forth from his kingdom T

o live must come, hear my words, for they are true. I come not to spy out the secrets of Tartarus, nor to try my strength a

st a glance behind him, when instantly she was borne away. Stretching out their arms to embrace one another, they grasped o

he stars. His shade passed a second time to Tartarus, where he sought out his Eurydice and embraced her with eager arms. Th

, who spread their table with the richest dainties. They first poured out libations to Neptune, then regaled themselves wit

night heard the woodworms in the timbers talking together, and found out by what they said that the timbers were nearly ea

e roof would soon fall in. He told his captors and demanded to be let out , warning them also. They took his warning, and th

rs and expiation with their blood. But what trace or mark shall point out the perpetrator from amidst the vast multitude at

en in solemn march completing the circuit of the theatre, they passed out at the back of the stage. Every heart fluttered b

duct, having made Orion drunk, deprived him of his sight and cast him out on the sea shore. The blinded hero followed the s

through the sea with his head just above the water, Apollo pointed it out to his sister and maintained that she could not h

the honors of his grandfather, the river-god. The purple blood flowed out from under the rock, but by degrees grew paler an

rmament now in preparation was the greatest that had ever been fitted out . Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and brother of the i

h faith was entertained) A knot of spiry trees for ages grew     From out the tomb of him for whom she died;     And ever w

m the field. As they passed the ships of Achilles, that hero, looking out over the field, saw the chariot of Nestor and rec

ith sword drawn, was about to rush upon him, when Neptune, who looked out upon the contest, moved with pity for Æneas, who

approached the walls Achilles intercepted him and forced him to keep out in a wider circle. But Apollo sustained Hector’s

Priam immediately prepared to obey. He opened his treasuries and took out rich garments and cloths, with ten talents in gol

dium, which they carried off to the Grecian camp. But Troy still held out , and the Greeks began to despair of ever subduing

The Greeks then constructed an immense wooden horse, which they gave out was intended as a propitiatory offering to Minerv

t the armed men who were enclosed in the body of the horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of the cit

turning round his great eye, he discerned the strangers, and growled out to them, demanding who they were, and where from.

y in the name of the gods. Polyphemus deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of the Greeks, whom he hurled

f the Greeks, whom he hurled against the side of the cave, and dashed out their brains. He proceeded to devour them with gr

m with great relish, and having made a hearty meal, stretched himself out on the floor to sleep. Ulysses was tempted to sei

o fragment was left. He then moved away the rock from the door, drove out his flocks, and went out, carefully replacing the

hen moved away the rock from the door, drove out his flocks, and went out , carefully replacing the barrier after him. When

re, he seized two more of Ulysses’ companions and dashed their brains out , and made his evening meal upon them as he had on

th his outcry filled the cavern, and Ulysses with his aids nimbly got out of his way and concealed themselves in the cave.

ning. Next morning the Cyclops rolled away the stone to let his flock out to pasture, but planted himself in the door of th

t planted himself in the door of the cave to feel of all as they went out , that Ulysses and his men should not escape with

ushed off from the shore, and when at a safe distance Ulysses shouted out , “Cyclops, the gods have well requited thee for t

virgins following her on foot. Arrived at the river side, they turned out the mules to graze, and unlading the carriage, bo

ing off a leafy branch from a tree, he held it before him and stepped out from the thicket. The virgins at sight of him fle

of mine.” The suitors hooted with derision, and commanded to turn him out of the hall for his insolence. But Telemachus spo

leading his son and followed by his wife, he made the best of his way out of the burning city; but, in the confusion, his w

dropped blood. When he repeated the act a voice from the ground cried out to him, “Spare me, Æneas; I am your kinsman, Poly

ey arrived at Crete and began to build their city, but sickness broke out among them, and the fields that they had planted

rable to steel. One of them, perched on a neighboring cliff, screamed out , “Is it thus, Trojans, you treat us innocent bird

nce; a terrible monster, shapeless, vast, whose only eye had been put out . 21 He walked with cautious steps, feeling his w

wash his eye-socket in the waves. When he reached the water, he waded out towards them, and his immense height enabled him

to the sea, so that the Trojans, in terror, took to their oars to get out of his way. Hearing the oars, Polyphemus shouted

of lofty pine trees. The Trojans plied their oars and soon left them out of sight. Æneas had been cautioned by Helenus to

s the ocean. A terrible storm ensued and the Trojan ships were driven out of their course towards the coast of Africa. They

medicated cake which he eagerly devoured, and then stretched himself out in his den and fell asleep. Æneas and the Sibyl s

n a laurel grove, whence the great river Po has its origin, and flows out among men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds re

d in coming times. When he recognized Æneas approaching, he stretched out both hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Ha

e souls in the current of winds, or merging them in water, or burning out their impurities by fire. Some few, of whom Anchi

altered form. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Æneas individuals of his race, who were hereaf

, “this is our home, this our country.” He then took measures to find out who were the present inhabitants of the land, and

the chief of one of the neighboring cities, but his people drove him out . With him was joined his son Lausus, a generous y

ictims to die in that dreadful embrace. At length the people cast him out , him and his house. They burned his palace and sl

ce. You, equally by birth and time of life, and fame in arms, pointed out by the gods, have but to appear to be hailed at o

irections to intercept their flight. Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger, but Euryalus being missing he turned b

with his son. He received the fatal stroke not unprepared, and poured out his life and his blood together. Pallas, Camil

and distinct existence; so that, in his view, they were the elements out of which the universe was constructed. How he con

n to the Nativity, thus alludes to the music of the spheres: — “Ring out , ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears   

the side of the mountain. This was owing to a peculiar vapor arising out of the cavern, and one of the goatherds was induc

treasury they placed a stone, in such a manner that it could be taken out ; and by this means, from time to time, purloined

tinguished contemporaries, spent the last ten years of his life, worn out with grief and anxiety. His only consolation in e

erials builds a pile on which it deposits itself, and dying, breathes out its last breath amidst odors. From the body of th

ix so seldom making his appearance, “His instinct teaches him to keep out of the way of the tyrant of the creation, man, fo

zing on their foe.” The Unicorn. Pliny, the Roman naturalist, out of whose account of the unicorn most of the moder

lowing voice, and a single black horn, two cubits in length, standing out in the middle of its forehead.” He adds that “it

march off not a whit the worse for its fall. But it seems they found out how to circumvent the poor unicorn at last. They

service, and all who profess to have seen it, acknowledge that it got out of the fire as fast as its legs could carry it; i

the three brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve. They slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth, of his blood the se

without human beings. They therefore took an ash tree and made a man out of it, and they made a woman out of an elder, and

fore took an ash tree and made a man out of it, and they made a woman out of an elder, and called the man Aske and the woma

not feasting they amuse themselves with fighting. Every day they ride out into the court or field and fight until they cut

pleasure in bringing them into difficulties, and in extricating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill. Lok

the man went with Svadilfari for building stone, a mare suddenly ran out of a forest and began to neigh. The horse thereat

med: — “Long is one night, Long are two nights, But how shall I hold out three? Shorter hath seemed A month to me oft Than

the god Thor, with his servant Thialfi, and accompanied by Loki, set out on a journey to the giant’s country. Thialfi was

ble groaning was heard during the night, and at dawn of day Thor went out and found lying near him a huge giant, who slept

ant’s skull that it made a deep dint in it. Skrymir, awakening, cried out , “What’s the matter? are there any birds perched

up, seeing which Thor made no further attempt. “This trial has turned out ,” said Utgard-Loki, “just as I imagined it would.

city, and on parting asked Thor how he thought his journey had turned out , and whether he had met with any men stronger tha

aid Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live and have my

who had done the deed, but they were obliged to delay their vengeance out of respect for the sacred place where they were a

d hag named Thaukt sitting in a cavern, and begged her to weep Baldur out of Hel. But she answered, — “Thaukt will wail Wi

he fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding-place and the gods assembled to take h

s. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of her bed in the sea, and Loki, released from hi

fadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new earth filled with abundant su

in accents dread, The thrilling verse that wakes the dead, Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound.

il . A horrible monster, misshapen, vast, whose only eye had been put out . No. 11. Page 350. Tantæne animis ecclest

could not afford to give more than 150l. ! I mention these facts not out of ill-will to the proprietors, some of whom are

hology. It is an interesting but by no means an easy task to trace out and explain the various causes and occasions that

ch being the meaning of the old word hithe. But as this term has gone out of use, the honest fishermen there will gravely t

d, alluded to by Shakspeare32, of his combat with a lion, and pulling out his heart. The rich melodious language of poets a

istake not, is the true origin of the tale of the Titans being driven out of heaven, and of the concubines of Zeus, who wer

15, and they describe the sun and the other heavenly bodies as rising out of and sinking into its placid current116. Its co

to have been regarded as moving under the solid heaven, for they rose out of and sank into the Ocean stream. The only ones

mb of Nature, and perhaps her grave. When the rebel angels were cast out of Heaven they fell for the space of nine days ‘t

re hated by their father, who, as soon as they were born, thrust them out of sight into a cavern of Earth141 , who, grieved

nd Day, he says, are there by turns ; when one goes in the other goes out . Day bears light to mortals ; Night, ‘wrapt in a

, however, tell the site of this brilliant spot ; but as the Sun sets out from it on his diurnal course, when his steeds’ m

oon aware that they are not directed by the well-known hand, they run out of the course ; the world is set on fire, and a t

hence his feeble voice was incessantly heard277. Later poets say that out of compassion she turned him into a tree-hopper (

ng of his wife, the swift Saturnus’ self upon his equine crest Poured out a mane, and lofty Pelion filled With his shrill n

ted or were summoned to it355. Eôs, Helios, and Selene rose every day out of the Ocean-stream, and drove in their chariots

an Fields. Another of his loves was the nymph Mentha, whom Persephone out of jealousy turned into the plant which bears her

who had long secretly loved his sister, watched one day when she was out walking alone near Mount Thronax, and raising a g

r how once, when she had raised a storm, which drove his son Heracles out of his course at sea, he tied her hands together

near to him lay stretch’d Argos, with ever-sleepless eyes supplied ; Out of whose purple blood was rising up A bird, whose

ought advice from the autochthon Alalcomenos, and by his counsel gave out that he was going to marry another ; and cutting

n such a manner as to catch the lovers : then feigning a journey, set out as it were for Lemnos. Ares, who was on the watch

urned to the islands, but none would receive her ; and the god called out to her that a floating island was to be his birth

d also to one of a huge serpent named Pythôn, which, it is said, came out of his den and attacked Leto when she was going b

s : the latter goddess, changing her form into that of a hind, sprang out between the two brothers, who aiming their darts

mphs and other subordinate beings attached to the service of the gods out of their epithets. Of these practices Artemis fur

een Alpheios and Artemis, the notion gradually arose, or it was given out , that the fount contained water of the Alpheios,

ere was also a legend of a nymph Arge, who when pursuing a buck cried out to him, «Though you should follow the course of t

ms of the sun, who in the Psalms is described as ‘a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoicing to run his race ;’

e ideal of female beauty and attraction. She appears sometimes rising out of the sea and wringing her locks ; sometimes dra

of desire and her splendid fortune, is exposed to perils, and driven out of the palace.” This fanciful exposition will pro

ed till Hermeias, being informed of his state, contrived to steal him out of his dungeon. Elsewhere the poet tells us that

l retains his character of a friend to man, and comes unsent to point out to Odysseus the herb Moly, which will enable him

up and set off for Pieria to steal cows from Apollo. As he was going out he met a tortoise, which he caught up and carried

ack into the cave ; where quick as thought he killed the animal, took out the flesh, adapted reeds and strings to the shell

d their skins to dry on a rock. He burned the heads and feet, and put out the fire, effacing all signs of it, and flung his

assembly of the gods. In the morning Apollo missed his kine : he set out in search of them, met the old man, who informed

f them, and even very innocently asks what cows are. Apollo pulls him out of his cradle, and they agree to go and argue the

of the missing kine. They come to Pylos, and Hermes drives the cattle out of the cave : Apollo misses two of them ; to his

attos, in the Peloponnese. Hearing the lowing of the kine, Battos ran out to look, and immediately knew them to be stolen,

on the condition of receiving a large quantity of gold, and drove him out of the house till he should have given it. Pallas

nd a globe, in the other a rod with which she was employed in tracing out some figure. Thaleia, the patroness of Comedy, he

At the song of the latter the sky became dark and all nature was put out of harmony, but at that of the Muses the heaven i

orœ. Seasons or Hours. When in the Ilias957 Hera and Athena drive out of Olympos in the chariot of the former goddess,

ble the Bramins imposed, as they have since done on the English, gave out that Dionysos was a native Indian, who, having ta

e his avengers. Shortly afterwards some Carians and Ionians, who were out a-pirating, were driven by stress of weather to E

s became goddesses. The former were vanquished ; and the nymphs cried out to them, “O youths, you have been contending with

stead they caused a poplar to grow up, and a spring of water to gush out beside it. The nymphs communicated their own natu

ymphs communicated their own nature to Dryope ; and her son Amphissos out of gratitude raised them a temple, and instituted

e of his companions in them ; and when Proteus at noon should come up out of the sea and go to sleep amidst his herds, to s

on Melicertes in her arms, sprang from a cliff into the sea. The gods out of compassion made her a goddess of the sea under

the Odyssey fears to remain in Erebos lest ‘Persephoneia should send out the Gorgeian head of the dire monster’1298 agains

Boreas is also said by Homer1321 to have turned himself into a horse out of love to the mares of Erichthonios, and to have

our attention to the latter1325. In the Ilias the only places noticed out of Greece to the west are the isles over which Od

ated the stick in the fire, and aided by four of his companions bored out his eye with it. Polyphemos roaring out with pain

four of his companions bored out his eye with it. Polyphemos roaring out with pain, the other Cyclopes came to inquire wha

nding him to pray to his father. Next morning, when Polyphemos turned out his sheep and goats, his prisoners fastened thems

lves under their bellies, and so escaped. Odysseus, when a little way out at sea called out his real name, and the Cyclôps

ellies, and so escaped. Odysseus, when a little way out at sea called out his real name, and the Cyclôps hurled immense roc

Æolos had given him treasure in the bag, opened it : the winds rushed out , and hurried them back to Æolia. Judging from wha

ia, where aloud The herdsman as he drives in calls, and he Who drives out hears him. There a sleepless man Might double wag

l change. But when Odysseus himself, hearing of their misfortune, set out to release them or share their fate, he was met b

e, water, flour, and the blood of the victims. The dead came trooping out of the house of Aïdes, and Odysseus there saw the

evous part of the character of the Sirens was in process of time left out , and they were regarded as purely musical beings

ead and three rows of close-set teeth on each. Evermore she stretches out these necks and catches the porpoises, sea-dogs,

ises, sea-dogs, and other large animals of the sea which swim by, and out of every ship that passes each mouth takes a man.

as sucked in by Charybdis. He held by the fig-tree till it was thrown out again, and resumed his voyage. Such is the earlie

ero caught hold of the fig-tree, and held by it till they were thrown out again. He then floated along for nine days ; and

ecian mythe of the Fall of man, which we shall presently find carried out in that of Pandora1469. The simple narrative of H

crossing a river she observed the marly clay, and began to make a man out of it. Jupiter happening to come by, she asked hi

she raised the lid, and all the evils hitherto unknown to man poured out and spread over the earth. In terror at the sight

e her she went to Epimetheus, who took the lid off the vessel and let out all the evils, but that he shut up Hope, and kept

reached Mount Parnassos. By this time the rain had ceased, and he got out and sacrificed to Zeus Flight-giving (Φύξιoς), wh

ed. “The mythologists,” says Plutarch1497, “say that a pigeon let fly out of the ark was to Deucaliôn a sign of bad weather

assigned them. The original meaning also of many mythes may have gone out of use ; what had been symbolical and allegorical

f the country, whom we denominate Pelasgians. We have already pointed out the incredibility of the hypothesis of the coming

to her husband. It was also said that Heracles fetched Alcestis back out of Erebos1533. If, as has been hinted above, Adme

ought the life of the infant Iasôn ; and to save him his parents gave out that he was dead, and meantime conveyed him by ni

to it, and in so doing lost one of his sandals. It is said that Hera, out of enmity to Pelias, who had neglected to sacrifi

leus, Telamôn, and Phocos. The last having been slain by his brothers out of jealousy, Æacos banished them from the island.

m, and solicited him by letters, but in vain, to gratify her passion. Out of revenge, she then sent to inform his wife that

ng there among the hunters about their respective success, Peleus cut out the tongues of all the beasts which he killed and

these beasts, derided Peleus for having killed no game ; but pulling out the tongues, he declared that he had killed just

a. But Peleus watched, and seeing the child panting in the fire cried out . Thetis thus frustrated in her design left her ba

g his lifeless body on the strand cast herself into the sea. The gods out of compassion changed them both into the birds ca

in arms, went forth, and repelled the enemy ; but not having done it out of regard to them, the Ætolians did not give him

, and filled with admiration of her beauty and her courage, he called out to Cheirôn to quit his cave and come to look at h

. When the response of the oracle came to Athamas he sent for Phrixos out of the country, desiring him to come and to bring

ng what she had done slew herself1663. We will now endeavour to point out the meaning of this very obscure legend. Athamas

apparent, Antiope fled to Sicyôn, where she married Epopeus. Nycteus out of grief put an end to himself, having previously

he gods Celestial buried them : she then of food Thought, being tired out with shedding tears. Now mid the rocks among the

and a daughter named Chloris escaped, and that Amphiôn in attempting, out of vengeance, to destroy the temple of Apollo, pe

n she discovered what she had done she prayed to the gods to take her out of the world, and she was changed into a nighting

y then be the Sun who goes each day his round, and whose eye searches out all things1675. The mythe of Niobe also is capabl

a cord, and her unhappy son and husband in his grief and despair put out his eyes. He was banished from Thebes ; and accom

this last they placed a stone in such a manner that it could be taken out , and by this means from time to time purloined th

ere if their stepmother Eribœa had not informed Hermes, who stole him out of it. Odysseus sees in Erebos Iphimedeia the wif

hidna1741, which abode in the marsh of Lerna, whence she used to come out on the land, and kill the cattle and ravage the c

e her hole was. He shot at her with fiery darts till he made her come out  ; and he then grasped and held her, while she twi

knee of Cheirôn. Grieved at this unhappy event, Heracles ran up, drew out the arrow, and applied to the wound a remedy give

os lying dead along with several others ; for, having drawn the arrow out of the body of one of them, while he was wonderin

ring how so small a thing could destroy such large beings, it dropped out of his hand and stuck in his foot, and he died im

foot, and he died immediately1745. Heracles buried him, and then set out to hunt the boar, and driving him from his lair w

where 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

commands of Eurystheus, but offered for a tenth of his herds to clean out his stables in one day. Augeas agreed, not thinki

d turning in the rivers Peneios and Alpheios by a canal, let them run out at the other side. Augeas, on learning that this

the votes had been given, ordered both his son and Heracles to depart out of Elis. The former retired to Dulichion : the la

y his entreaties, shot the eagle that preyed on his liver. Prometheus out of gratitude warned him not to go himself to take

at the dog ; which so enraged the sons of Hippocoön, that they rushed out with sticks and beat him to death1776. Heracles t

s gave his daughter Auge to Nauplios the son of Poseidôn, to sell her out of the country ; and he disposed of her to Teuthr

ved to banish himself, agreeably to the law in such cases, and he set out with his wife for Trachis, the realm of his frien

empted to offer violence to his fair freight. She resisted, and cried out loudly ; and Heracles, hearing her screams, shot

The latter are perhaps of a symbolical nature. Many of the adventures out of Greece are to be referred to the Greek colonis

first who intimates it ; the priests of Saïs, he says, informed Solôn out of their temple-archives that the goddess Neïth o

ree ; but he, who had done it through malice for her having flung him out of heaven, replied that he had no mother. Dionyso

ith Labdacos king of Thebes, called to his aid Tereus the son of Ares out of Thrace1804. Having with his assistance come of

violated her ; and fearing that the truth might be discovered, he cut out her tongue and confined her : she contrived howev

sister by means of characters woven into a peplos. Procne then sought out and released her sister ; and killing her own son

ho returned to Thrace, and succeeded him in his kingdom. War breaking out between the Athenians and the Eleusinians, the la

venge the death of his son. Megara fell as above related. Athens held out  ; but being closely pressed with hunger, the Athe

osited his sword and shoes, and he removed it with ease and took them out . He was now to proceed to Athens and present hims

n, to punish Sinis for his previous cruelty, killed him, and hung him out of one of the pines1836. Before he left the neigh

d to Athens, Theseus sailed to Delos to pay his vow : for ere setting out on his perilous expedition, he had made a vow to

thoös beheld him, he was seized with secret admiration ; he stretched out his hand as a token of peace, and cried, “Be judg

them, he, to the great surprise of the thief, selected his own beasts out of the herd ; for he had marked the initial of hi

in it to Prœtos and Anteia, or to Lycia, and the hero apparently sets out on his adventures from Corinth. It would not surp

to have been the inventors of shields. Prœtos was worsted, and driven out of Argos. He fled to Lycia, where the king Iobate

d agree to give him a third of his kingdom. The demanded fee appeared out of all reason, and the father declined accepting

ated to the little isle of Seriphos, where a man named Dictys drew it out in his nets (δίкτυα) ; and delivering Danae and P

y Poseidôn. Perseus took up the head, put it into his wallet, and set out on his return. The two sisters awoke, and pursued

ld. Accompanied by his mother and his wife Andromeda, Perseus now set out for Argos ; but Acrisios, fearing the fulfilment

the daughter of that prince, falling in love with Amphitryôn, pulled out the fatal golden lock, and he died, and the islan

followed to kill her ; but Zeus, in memory of his love, snatched her out of their hands, and placed her as a constellation

statues of Ariste and Calliste. These Pausanias (who says he is borne out by some verses of Sappho) regarded merely as epit

ch Aphrodite had given him ; these he threw as he ran ; Atalanta went out of the course to pick them up, and Meilaniôn won

ppocoôn had twelve sons, who drove their uncles Icarios and Tyndareos out of Laconia. They sought refuge with Thestios king

should be caught and confined for a year but then get the cattle, set out for Phylace. Everything fell out as he had said.

a year but then get the cattle, set out for Phylace. Everything fell out as he had said. The herdsmen of Iphiclos took him

t the foot, Melampûs himself at the middle. They had not gotten quite out of the house, when the roof fell in and killed th

as a hunter who used to go to the chase at night when the beasts came out to feed, and to sleep in a cavern during the day 

ibed Myrtilos, the son of Hermes, the charioteer of Œnomaos, to leave out the linch-pins of the wheels of his chariot, or a

In the race therefore, the chariot of Œnomaos broke down, and falling out he was killed2063, and Hippodameia became the bri

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

reus, who for this offence drove him from his kingdom ; and Thyestes, out of revenge, sent Atreus’ son Pleisthenes, whom he

from it the name of Implacable (ἀμείλιχος). An oracle, however, held out hopes of its ceasing, when a stranger should arri

eus. The youth testifying most esteem for Sarpedôn, Minôs chased them out of Crete. Miletos going to Caria, built a town th

aded Talôs that she could make him immortal : he suffered her to pull out the pin in his heel, and let the ichôr run out fr

e suffered her to pull out the pin in his heel, and let the ichôr run out from his only vein, and he thus died2099. The bul

his only vein, and he thus died2099. The bull which Poseidôn had sent out of the sea being of large size and of a brilliant

ng through the sea with his head just above the waters, he pointed it out to his sister, and maintained that she could not

she might not behold the ruin of Troy ; or Merope concealed her face out of shame for having alone espoused a mortal2132.

be localised and expanded in the usual manner. For as the stars rise out of the sea, as it were, nothing was more obvious

When the grapes are gathered and pressed, they are, as it were, taken out of his sight, or he is made drunk with new wine a

erpent which guarded it ; and then taking her little brother Apsyrtos out of his bed she embarked with him in the Argo, and

hich in accordance with the early geographical ideas was held to flow out of the Ocean, which they then entered and proceed

Timagetas then fixed on the Ister, for he supposed this river to flow out of a great lake in the Celtic mountains, from the

crificing to the gods at a fount beneath a plane-tree, a serpent came out of the altar, and ascending the tree, where was a

Trojans and escapes to the ships. Diomedes then steals the Palladion out of Ilion, and the horse being completed the brave

of the king. As soon as he learned that he was on the coast, he went out to welcome him, and invited him to his house. At

They were here twenty days : their stock of provisions was nearly run out , and they were obliged to pass the day in endeavo

he there quitted them and returned to the king2235. On again setting out homewards2236 he landed in the country of the Cic

by the Ciconians and driven to their ships, with the loss of six men out of each. Sailing thence they were assailed by a s

se on the confines of these three nations : her population was formed out of them : she derived from them all her instituti

ade it extremely probable that the Latins were a mixed people, formed out of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, and

with its conservation, the neglect of the virgins, if they let it go out , was severely punished, and the fire was rekindle

, xiv. 223.), as is too often the case with him, by no means bear him out in his theory. Statius is the earliest poet who s

Eur. Alc. 1.) and Callimachus (Hymn to Apollo, 49.), say that it was out of love he served Admetos. 636. That is if crit

g of Theias, king of Assyria, by his own daughter Smyrna. 746. Ares, out of jealousy, took it is said the form of a boar f

we however prefer μικρἁν, which Göttling proposes. This critic points out the similarity between this fiction and that of P

as called ἕρμαιον. When Lucian’s Timôn comes on the treasure he cries out Ἐρμῆ κερδῶε. 863. See above, p. 111. 864. Ol. i

s ‘up in the broad fields of the sky.’ 1288. Πέρην merely signifies out in, as 1289. Apollod. ut sup. 1290. Hesiod, Th

s strange that Völcker should have left this circumstance so entirely out of view, and have determined Æolia to be one of t

t the weight, and opening the coffin found the stone, which they took out , and set it up in the grove where her Heroön stoo

ll in Drayton’s Polyolbion, Song x. “A fountain is said to have broke out in the place where St. Osithe was beheaded, which

we may observe, to lament in the burning days of midsummer, and call out of the well, into which they fabled he had fallen

ix. 570.) says this was his name in Oscan. It had gone so completely out of use that Virgil (ut supra) makes it the name o

ofessor Max Müller, who has done more than all other writers to bring out the exquisite and touching poetry that underlies

and longevity. The Dawn, the Sun, and the Moon were supposed to rise out of the Ocean, and to drive through the air, givin

n. The stars also, except those forming Charles’s Wain, or Bear, rose out of and sunk into the stream of Ocean. There the s

orward, but, soon aware of the feeble hand that guided them, they ran out of their course, the world was set on fire, and a

g began to enfold the earth, the two milk-white steeds of Selene rose out of the mysterious depths of Oceanus. Seated in a

im beneath Mount Ætna*, in Sicily*, whence at times he still breathes out fire and flames towards heaven. The Gigantes are

d tender light which precedes the sun’s rising re-appears only to die out in the western heavens at eventide.” Cox . Zeu

er feet. Hephæstus attempted to release her, for which Zeus threw him out of heaven, and his leg was broken by the fall. He

placable nature of the Erinnys. But when these barbarous customs died out before advancing civilization, and society began

gain in autumn to the regions of darkness and death. This legend grew out of the phrases which had at first described the c

the sacred fire burning on the public hearth was never allowed to die out . If at any time it went out, either from neglect

he public hearth was never allowed to die out. If at any time it went out , either from neglect or by accident, it was resto

Hestia was a symbol of the life of the State. When a colony was sent out , the bond of union with the parent State was kept

altars, and at every banquet they were invoked, and a libation poured out to them. Charitesia* were festivals in honor of t

as a terrible god of death, sending virulent pestilences, and dealing out destruction to men and animals by means of his un

e. “Eurydice stung by a serpent means that the evening twilight dies out before the coming night. Eurydice lost on her ret

feminine counterpart of her brother, and, like him, though she deals out destruction and sudden death to men and animals,

The chief amusement of the young men was dancing on the leather bag. Out of the skin of the slaughtered goat was made a le

rth no social gathering was celebrated without libations being poured out to them. No task involving intellectual effort wa

Pegasus reached the summit he stamped the ground with his hoofs, and out gushed the waters of Hippocrene*, afterwards so r

Œdipus weds Jocasta. The tender light of evening is suddenly blotted out by the vapors, the light of the sun is quenched i

is quenched in gloom. In other words, Jocasta dies, and Œdipus tears out his eyes. “Antigone is the light which looks fort

lew to the abode of the Gorgons, whom he found asleep. Athene pointed out to him Medusa, and, fearing to gaze on their petr

beheld a maiden fastened with chains to a rock, and a monster rising out of the sea ready to devour her, while her parents

ifferent forms of the same person, and this personification has grown out of the phrases which originally described the cou

his genealogy better than the Corinthians, who daily saw the sun rise out of the sea. The fall of Bellerophon is the rapid

to the cave of Pholus, Heracles found him dead. Having drawn an arrow out of one of the slain Centaurs, he accidentally let

then set forth to hunt the boar. With loud shouts, Heracles drove him out of the thickets into the snow-drifts on the summi

Heracles was to capture the Cretan bull. Poseidon once sent up a bull out of the sea for Minos*, king of Crete, to sacrific

ence of an accidental murder, he banished himself from Ætolia and set out to visit King Ceyx*, taking with him his wife and

he Minotaur, and with a clue of thread by which he might find his way out of the labyrinth. He was successful, slew the Min

Pirithous beheld him, he was seized with admiration, and, stretching out his hand in token of peace, he cried, “Be judge t

o the sacred grove, in order to secure the coveted treasure. They set out together; Medea led the way, and they advanced bo

Achilles. At length, in the tenth year of the war, a quarrel broke out between Achilles and Agamemnon respecting a femal

camp in flames, they believed themselves safe, and great numbers went out of the town to view the site of the Greek encampm

ards, he and his two sons were destroyed by two serpents that came up out of the sea, the Trojans regarded this as a punish

sseus left his fleet at anchor, and with twelve chosen companions set out to explore the country, carrying with them a jar

tality in the name of Zeus. Polyphemus deigned no reply, but reaching out his hand he seized two of the Greeks, dashed out

reply, but reaching out his hand he seized two of the Greeks, dashed out their brains and then devoured them with great re

before. Polyphemus then moved away the rock from the entrance, drove out his flocks, and went out, carefully replacing the

moved away the rock from the entrance, drove out his flocks, and went out , carefully replacing the barrier after him. He ca

him. Next morning Polyphemus rolled away the stone to let his flocks out to pasture, but stationed himself in the door of

stationed himself in the door of the cave to feel of all as they went out , that Odysseus and his men should not escape with

mpanions, Odysseus himself being on the last one. As the sheep passed out the giant felt carefully among them for his victi

lock with them. Thinking himself at a safe distance, Odysseus shouted out his real name, whereupon Polyphemus seized a huge

ure some portion for themselves. Immediately the adverse winds rushed out and drove them back to the Æolian island. Æolus r

firmly to the mast, and on no account to release him until they were out of sight of the island. The Sirens, when they hea

a snaky monster by Circe. She had six heads, each of which took a man out of every ship that passed. It was said Charybdis

he had seen Odysseus, who would certainly arrive before the year was out . The queen, overjoyed at the glad tidings, ordere

tle; to his dismay, the wounded part dropped blood, and a voice cried out , “Spare me, Æneas. I am your kinsman Polydore, he

cordingly steered. They began to build a city, but a pestilence broke out among them, and the fields that they had planted

uits, and when all else was consumed, they ate them also. Iulus cried out in sport, “See; we are eating our tables!” Æneas

r Minerva, personified mind working throughout the universe, carrying out the plans of Zeus. Ares, or Mars, personified the

“God created his own members, which are the gods” they said; and so out of one God grew a host of lesser ones, regarded b

evocably fixed. The accepted soul was identified with Osiris, and set out on a series of ecstatic journeys in the boat of t

e three brothers Odin*, Vili*, and Ve*. They slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth — his blood became t

ter this universal destruction a new heaven and a new earth will rise out of the abyss. This new earth will produce its fru

at times spoken of as the god of waters. He was said to have scooped out the basins of the lakes, and to have built the ca

” Schoolcraft . “As teacher and instructor, it was he who pointed out to the ancestors of the Indians the roots and pla

th as dry as before. A partridge informed Ioskeha of this, and he set out for his brother’s country, for they had divided t

he gigantic frog, which he pierced in the side, and the waters flowed out . A terrible contest between the brothers ensued,

Plainly expressed, the sense of the story is that the sun rises daily out of the boundless waters which are supposed to sur

ution of general reading. Most of the myths will naturally be studied out of class and recited in class. Some of the longer

grown too soft for saddling. In our apprehension lest pupils may turn out parrots, we have too often turned them out loons.

nsion lest pupils may turn out parrots, we have too often turned them out loons. It is better that a few of the facts in th

th hardly a fact, or a date, or a glorious verse in the memory of one out of ten of them. Such unfortunately is the case in

show how savages come to exaggerate their heroes into beings entirely out of the realm of that actual experience which is t

of moral principle — but an underlying worship of natural phenomena, out of which both have sprung, and in which both fore

gs and in the Nibelungenlied, or Lay of the Nibelungs, that has grown out of them. The Norse form of the story exhibits a l

ir. On the contrary, the generally received opinion was that men grew out of trees and stones, or were produced by the rive

alt; and his mother, chagrined by his deformity, cast him from Heaven out of the sight of the gods. Yet, again,78 he says t

foe; he could well play the trickster and the thief, as Apollo found out to his vexation, and Argus, and many another unfo

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

the type of rudeness, the latter of gentleness. It is and sighing was out of the question. Weary at last of fruitless endea

s out of the question. Weary at last of fruitless endeavors, he acted out his true character, seized the maiden and bore he

ality of bliss. The Dawn, the Sun, and the Moon were supposed to rise out of Ocean on the eastern side, and to drive throug

so, except those forming the Wain or Bear, and others near them, rose out of and sank into the stream of Ocean. There the s

per world, nor did he suffer his subjects, by returning, to find them out . Mortals, when they called on his name, beat the

pgathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. — Great God! I’d rather

ay, and at night tied a rope round her neck. She would have stretched out her arms to implore freedom of Argus, but that sh

arms to implore freedom of Argus, but that she had no arms to stretch out , and her voice was a bellow. She yearned in vain

turned, and called again and again to her dear playmates, stretching out her hands, but they could not reach her. The stra

from the deeps, he tumbled on the swell of the sea. The Nereïds arose out of the salt water, and all of them came on in ord

e wet in the hoar sea’s infinite spray. And her deep robe was swelled out by the winds, like the sail of a ship, and lightl

thing I will. But ‘tis love of thee that has compelled me to measure out so great a space of the salt sea, in a bull’s sha

f who came as a lover. Heaving a sigh, she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not

t length all reverence for sacred things was lost. Bodies were thrown out unburied, wood was wanting for funeral piles, men

a sloe-tree: Old elms came breaking from the vine, The vine streamed out to follow, And, sweating rosin, plumped the pine

ttentive, spread a cloth, and begged them to sit down. Then she raked out the coals from the ashes, kindled a fire, and pre

folks were astonished to see that the wine, as fast as it was poured out , renewed itself in the pitcher, of its own accord

e, and kissed me calm, and since no steer Stayed in the byre, dragged out the chariot old, And wore themselves the galling

taches the web to the beam. Then the slender shuttle is passed in and out among the threads. The reed with its fine teeth s

who slew a serpent sacred to Mars, but all the family of Cadmus found out to their cost. Fig. 39. Mars and Venus. [Wall

ow went on till she passed the shallow channel of Cephissus, and came out into the plain of Panope. There she stood still.

s, and pierced through to his entrails. The monster attempted to draw out the weapon with his mouth, but broke it off, leav

o an account already given, Vulcan, because of his lameness, was cast out of Heaven by his mother Juno. The sea-goddesses,

er. She gladly accepting the glorious gift, sat down upon it, to find out that straightway all manner of invisible chains a

to you for life itself. Let these infants move your pity, who stretch out their little arms as if to plead for me.” But th

g their heads above the surface or swimming upon it; sometimes coming out upon the bank, but soon leaping back again into t

of Hyacinthus and jealous of his preference of Apollo, blew the quoit out of its course to make it strike Hyacinthus. § 75.

the chariot, stood erect, and grasped the reins with delight, pouring out thanks to his reluctant parent. But the steeds so

ir, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the towers of the city. Spread out before the gates was a broad plain, where the you

eside the tomb, o’ the sacrifice: And if I lie in ambuscade, and leap Out of my lair, and seize — encircle him Till one han

hand join the other round about — There lives not who shall pull him out from me, Rib-mauled, before he let the woman go!

began subside, The helpful breath returned, and last the smile Shone out , all Herakles was back again, As the words follow

him in that pair of hands. But all the time, Alkestis moved not once Out of the set gaze and the silent smile; And a cold

le she sported in the water, she heard an indistinct murmur rising as out of the depths of the stream. She made haste to re

ged into the abyss, and passing through the bowels of the earth, came out in Sicily, still followed by the passionate river

iana unapparelled.” Immediately a pair of branching stag’s horns grew out of the huntsman’s head, his neck gained in length

y for him, nor was her anger appeased till the dogs had torn his life out . Fig. 49. Actæon torn by his hounds. [Relief:

is conduct, made Orion drunk, deprived him of his sight, and cast him out on the seashore. The blinded hero, instructed by

through the sea, with his head, just above the water, Apollo pointed out the black object to his sister, and maintained th

spear, and wounded the animal with a sidelong stroke. The beast drew out the weapon with his jaws, and rushing after Adoni

re thus to usurp her honors. Wherefore she called Cupid, and pointing out Psyche to him, bade him infuse into the bosom of

h a lamp and a sharp knife, told her what to do if her husband turned out the monster that they surmised, and, so saying, d

fect on her mind. She prepared a lamp and a sharp knife, and hid them out of sight of her husband. That night, when he had

to tell.179 Without a word, Cupid spread his white wings, and flew out of window. Psyche, in vain endeavoring to follow,

ey separated the pile, sorting each kind to its parcel, and vanishing out of sight in a moment. At the approach of twilight

the precious commodity, was restored to her; and glad was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got s

n’d round to her, she lowered her face Cover’d with blushes, and held out her hand, The golden apple in it. “Leave me now

he wall, she on her side, he on his. One morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had melted the frost from

yond all belief. He began playing on the lyre at noon; for, wandering out of the lofty cavern of Cyllene, he found a tortoi

cavern of Cyllene, he found a tortoise, picked it up, bored the life out of the beast, fitted the shell with bridge and re

ss Rhea cured him and taught him her religious rites; and then he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people t

gypt, where they might sell the lad into slavery. Soon the god looked out over the sea, and said in a voice of weeping, “Sa

Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus, when he led out the stars in the evening, found her still busy in

ghter, till at length she returned to Sicily, whence she at first set out , and stood by the banks of the river Cyane. The r

it is said, bribed her father’s charioteer, Myrtilus, to take a bolt out of the chariot of Œnomaüs, is uncertain. At any r

a maiden, told the secret to Procris. Hoping against hope, she stole out after him the next morning, and concealed herself

ut Procris lay among the white wind-flowers, Shot in the throat. From out the little wound The slow blood drained, as drops

s pipe (fashion’d Like those of old) to lips that made The reeds give out that strain impassion’d. ’Twas Pan himself had w

rong, — A blowsy, apple-vending slattern; While old Silenus stagger’d out From some new-fangled lunch-house handy, And bade

n, — And instantly the blood sank from his heart. … … Quite spent and out of breath he reached the tree, And, listening fea

who scorns the least of Nature’s works Is thenceforth exiled and shut out from all. Farewell! for thou canst never see me m

er child Melicertes in her arms, from a cliff into the sea. The gods, out of compassion, made her a goddess of the sea, und

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

petrified at the sight. Perseus, favored by Minerva and Mercury, set out against the Gorgon, and approached first the cave

d one day rob him of his golden apples, attempted to thrust the youth out . Whereupon Perseus, finding the giant too strong

riendship of the centaur Pholus, who receiving him hospitably, poured out for him without stint the choicest wine that the

Malis, and Nycheia, with her April eyes. And now the boy was holding out the wide-mouthed pitcher to the water, intent on

s flaming from the sky, plumb in the deep it falls; and a mate shouts out to the seamen, ‘Up with the gear, my lads, the wi

en from the influence of their step-mother, took measures to put them out of her reach. Mercury gave her a ram with a golde

ation known to the Greeks consisted of small boats or canoes hollowed out from trunks of trees; when, accordingly, Jason em

ed work, stirring them with a dry olive branch. The branch when taken out instantly was green, and erelong was covered with

. Seeing that all was ready, Medea cut the throat of the old man, let out his blood, and poured into his mouth and his woun

ument of revenge. Pelias, the usurping uncle of Jason, still kept him out of his heritage. But the daughters of Pelias wish

te him with their weapons. Starting from his sleep, the old man cried out , “My daughters, would you kill your father?” Wher

oved as a wave which the wind moves no more. But the boar heaved half out of ooze and slime, His tense flank trembling roun

hanging shafts Leapt, and fell furiously, and from raging lips Foamed out the latest wrath of all his life.319 Then rose

passed by them. Then one cried, “Lo now, Shall not the Arcadian shoot out lips at us, Saying all we were despoiled by this

e Smote not nor heaved up hand; and this man first, Plexippus, crying out , “This for love’s sake, Sweet,” Drove at Meleager

er, so that whoever was enclosed in it might by no means find his way out . The Minotaur, roaming therein, lived upon human

imprisoned by him. Seeing no other way of escape, the artificer made, out of feathers, wings for his son Icarus and himself

is wife had borne him a son Itys (or Itylus), wearied of her, plucked out her tongue by the roots to ensure her silence, an

thorns Erycina had planted…. Then, they say, that at last, infuriate out of all measure, Once and again she poured shrill-

ll prayer and behest of his father. Waited the sire meanwhile, looked out from his tower over ocean, Wasted his anxious eye

Thessalian beheld him, he was seized with admiration; and stretching out his hand as a token of peace, he cried, “Be judge

did they then forbear Smiting their breasts, nor groanings lengthened out ; And when he heard their bitter cry, forthwith Fo

ty which marked this contest. The fidelity, however, of Evadne stands out as an offset to the weakness of Eriphyle. Her hus

rmament now in preparation was the greatest that had ever been fitted out . Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ and brother of Menalaü

(such faith was entertained) A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever when

with sword drawn, was about to rush upon him, — when Neptune, looking out upon the contest, had pity upon Æneas, who was su

approached the walls Achilles intercepted him and forced him to keep out in a wider circle. But Apollo sustained Hector’s

essage, and Priam prepared to obey. He opened his treasuries and took out rich garments and cloths, with ten talents in gol

ied off to the Grecian camp. The Wooden Horse. — But Troy still held out . The Greeks began to despair of subduing it by fo

sland. They then constructed an immense wooden horse, which they gave out was intended as a propitiatory offering to Minerv

t the armed men who were enclosed in the body of the horse, being let out by the traitor Sinon, opened the gates of the cit

d see the far-off sparkling brine, Only to hear were sweet, stretch’d out beneath the pine. “The Lotos blooms below the ba

urning round his one huge eye he discerned the strangers, and growled out at them, demanding who they were and where from.

y in the name of the gods. Polyphemus deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of the men, whom he hurled ag

o of the men, whom he hurled against the side of the cave, and dashed out their brains. He proceeded to devour them with gr

o fragment was left. He then moved away the rock from the door, drove out his flocks, and went out, carefully replacing the

hen moved away the rock from the door, drove out his flocks, and went out , carefully replacing the barrier after him. When

efore, he seized two more of Ulysses’ companions, dashed their brains out , and made his evening meal upon them as he had on

th his outcry filled the cavern, and Ulysses with his aids nimbly got out of his way and concealed themselves in the cave.

ning. Next morning the Cyclops rolled away the stone to let his flock out to pasture, but planted himself in the door of th

t planted himself in the door of the cave to feel of all as they went out , that Ulysses and his men should not escape with

ushed off from the shore, and when at a safe distance Ulysses shouted out , “Cyclops, the gods have well requited thee for t

virgins following her on foot. Arrived at the river side they turned out the mules to graze, and unlading the carriage, bo

king off a leafy branch from a tree he held it before him and stepped out from the thicket. The virgins at sight of him fle

faint in winging, Falls in scent on the cedar-trees. As waifs blown out of the sunset, flying, Purple, and rosy, and gray

of mine.” The suitors hooted with derision, and commanded to turn him out of the hall for his insolence. But Telemachus spo

leading his son and followed by his wife, he made the best of his way out of the burning city; but, in the confusion, his w

ropped blood. When he repeated the act, a voice from the ground cried out to him, “Spare me, Æneas; I am thy kinsman, Polyd

y arrived at Crete, and began to build their city; but sickness broke out among them, and the fields, that they had planted

rable to steel. One of them, perched on a neighboring cliff, screamed out , “Is it thus, Trojans, ye treat us innocent birds

wash his eye-socket in the waves. When he reached the water he waded out towards them, and his immense height enabled him

to the sea, so that the Trojans, in terror, took to their oars to get out of his way. Hearing the oars, Polyphemus shouted

of lofty pine-trees. The Trojans plied their oars, and soon left them out of sight. Æneas had been cautioned by Helenus to

the ocean. A terrible storm ensued, and the Trojan ships were driven out of their course towards the coast of Africa. They

medicated cake, which he eagerly devoured, and then stretched himself out in his den and fell asleep. Æneas and the Sibyl s

n a laurel grove, whence the great river Po has its origin, and flows out among men. Here dwelt those who fell by wounds re

d in coming times. When he recognized Æneas approaching, he stretched out both hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Do

e souls in the current of winds, or merging them in water, or burning out their impurities by fire. Some few, of whom Anchi

brute animals. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Æneas individuals of his race, who were hereaf

, “this is our home, this our country!” He then took measures to find out who were the present inhabitants of the land, and

the chief of one of the neighboring cities, but his people drove him out . With him was joined his son Lausus, a generous y

ed victims to die in that dreadful embrace. At length people cast him out , him and his house. They burned his palace and sl

e. Thou, equally by birth and time of life, and fame in arms, pointed out by the gods, hast but to appear to be hailed at o

irections to intercept their flight. Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger, but Euryalus being missing he turned b

with his son. He received the fatal stroke not unprepared, and poured out his life and his blood together. Of Pallas. — Wh

Bor, the father of Odin, Vili, and Ve. They slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth, of his blood the se

ithout human beings. They therefore took an ashen spar and made a man out of it; woman they made out of a piece of alder; a

herefore took an ashen spar and made a man out of it; woman they made out of a piece of alder; and they called the man Ash

not feasting they amuse themselves with fighting. Every day they ride out into the court or field and fight until they cut

pleasure in bringing them into difficulties, and in extricating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill. Lok

the man went with Svadilfari for building-stone, a mare suddenly ran out of a forest and began to neigh. The horse thereat

One day Thor, with his servant Thialfi, and accompanied by Loki, set out for the giants’ country. Thialfi was of all men t

ble groaning was heard during the night, and at dawn of day Thor went out and found lying near him a huge giant, still snor

ant’s skull that it made a deep dint in it. Skrymir, awakening, cried out , “What’s the matter? are there any birds perched

p, seeing which Thor made no further attempt. “This trial has turned out ,” said Utgard-Loki, “just as I imagined it would.

city, and on parting asked Thor how he thought his journey had turned out , and whether he had met with any men stronger tha

aid Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live and have my

med, — “Long is one night, Long are two nights, But how shall I hold out three? Shorter hath seemed A month to me oft Than

mounted Sleipnir, and in darkness rode To Asgard. And the stars came out in heaven, High over Asgard, to light home the ki

raight his lineaments began To fade; and Nanna in her sleep stretched out Her arms towards him with a cry, but he Mournfull

e sacred morn appeared. With the morn Hermod, mounting Sleipnir, set out on his mission. For the space of nine days and as

he fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding-place and the gods assembled to take h

s. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of his bed in the sea, and Loki, released from hi

fadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new earth, filled with abundant s

en turned about And deemed that in the doorway they heard a man laugh out . Then into the Volsung dwelling a mighty man ther

ight, The sword that came from Odin; and Sigmund’s cry once more Rang out to the very heavens above the din of war. Then cl

gurd to the undoing of Fafnir. He welded him, too, a resistless sword out of the shards of Sigmund’s sword, Gram (the wrath

unnar was the liege lord of Sigurd. Gudrun, white with wrath, flashed out the true story of the ride through the flames, an

the minster in all the people’s sight; There at once the hostess let out her deadly spite. Bitterly and proud she bade fai

the side of the mountain. This was owing to a peculiar vapor arising out of the cavern, and a certain goatherd is said to

nter Night) and other Scotch song-writers find it hard to keep Phœbus out of their verses; Spenser, Epithalamion; Shakespea

d also to Pan. Illustrative. — To Mercury’s construction of the lyre out of a tortoise-shell, Gray refers (Prog. of Poesy)

ere plunged into Tartarus (see § 17). § 69. Textual. — Lessing points out in his Laocoön the artistic skill with which Home

pirus in the northern part of Greece. It is hardly necessary to point out that a river Arethusa arising there, could not po

t more than a mile, but there is a constant dangerous current setting out from the Sea of Marmora into the Archipelago. For

outline drawings of Ulysses weeping at the song of Demodocus, boring out the eye of Polyphemus, Ulysses killing the suitor

and distinct existence; so that, in his view, they were the elements out of which the universe was constructed. As the num

ctions of Homer, Herodotus, Virgil, Horace, and so on, which are held out as models of fine writing. To improve the taste,

ith the religion of the Jews, and their priests appear to have decked out in the robe of fiction many historical facts reco

rapped up. Placed before him was a book in which futurity was written out . All the gods were to consult that book, because

on that men have made of the necessity of one supreme God; but it was out of their power to define and comprehend him, sinc

urn is the emblem of time. Time, like an index in the heavens, points out and apportions to us the various stages of our ex

the earth. But he shut the box again, and prevented Hope from flying out . That deluge of evils produced the Iron Age. Jupi

nd earth. Vulcan having effected the rescue of his mother, was thrust out of the celestial abodes, and broke his leg by the

areus, he frustrated their attempts, and Apollo and Neptune were cast out of heaven for the offence. This punishment did no

January, sign of Aquarius (a butler.) He represents Gænymede, pouring out the nectar to Jupiter and the other gods. He also

ut as she forgot to offer him perpetual youth, he became so much worn out with infirm old age that he chose rather to die t

influenced Terra to swear not to give her a habitation; but Neptune, out of compassion for her, made the island Delos immo

returned to Lycia, where she ended her days in sorrow. The poets gave out , that she had been turned into a rock, because th

ol, the soldiers exclaimed, “Io Triumphe.” “Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape, Crushed the sweet poison of mis

ead-ache, Vulcan split his head with a hatchet; whence Minerva sprang out , not a child, but a goddess, formed, and in compl

as suspended by Minerva, and metamorphosed into a spider. Minerva put out Tiresias’s eyes, because he saw her bathing in th

over Sense, Taste, and Reason. — See Fig. 23. Fig. 23. Minerva. “ Out of her father’s scull, as they report, Without a

erience, and enable him to foresee futurity. Obs. 6. — Minerva comes out of Jupiter’s head, to show that wisdom was not in

e simplicity of history for the brilliant attire of poetry. They gave out , that Mars had been acquitted by the twelve great

his arrows are meant the shafts of love, a wound from which puts one out of the power of resistance. He was often represen

he same Tubalcain. The Grecians have made up the history of the third out of that of the first two, together with additions

plied, causes death. Hence the most unenlightened nations have sought out some supernatural beings to preside over their fo

and the bull. Neptune was called Hippius, because he produced a horse out of the ground by a stroke of his trident; Posedon

ecovered their strength by touching an herb upon which he had emptied out his nets, after which they instantly leaped into

supposing that the bag was full of money, untied it. The winds rushed out with great violence, and blew him back many a wea

, disturbed in his den by the sorrows which Chaos experienced, issued out of the bottom of the earth discord that she might

o intoxicated as to be almost incapable of keeping his seat. The cup, out of which he drank, was called Cantharus; and a st

osterity. But in proportion as men forsook the path of virtue, marked out by their progenitors, their ideas were overcast,

f the deceased. His name was repeated on every side; and it was given out , that he was going to pass the lake. Soon after f

ear, and which made nine times the circuit of hades; Cocytus, flowing out of Styx, with a horrible groaning noise; Phlegeth

s were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. They resided in a cave, scooped out of a marble rock, where they were charged with th

otho held a distaff of adamant; Lachesis, a spindle wherewith to draw out the thread; and Atropos, scissors with which to c

and then the chamber leave: His mother snatch’d it with a hasty hand Out of the fire, and quench’d the flaming brand; This

They had fifty heads and one hundred arms each; their mouths belched out flames; and for legs they had serpents; and for c

died in childbirth, and Jupiter rent the earth to give him a passage out of the cave. Tityus attempted to offer Latona vio

violence; for which he was cast down into hell, where, when stretched out , he covered nine acres of ground with his body. A

er, and married his mother: upon which he became so frantic as to put out his eyes, and would have laid violent hands upon

iron, who taught him the art of medicine. He is fabled to have sprung out of a crow’s egg, under the form of a serpent. He

young virgin, holding a serpent wreathed around her arm, and feeding out of a cup which she held in her hand. Obs. 1. — T

riphos, where a fisherman, by the name of Dictys, found it, took them out , and carried them to king Polydectes, who fell in

s, with wax and the feathers of birds; and by this means Dædalus flew out of Crete into Sicily; but the heat of the sun mel

lue of thread by which he let himself into, as well as helped himself out of, the Labyrinth. On his return, he took Ariadne

-calves, which frightened his horses in such a manner as to throw him out of his seat; and he was dragged through the woods

sed; and after being confined three days in his belly, he cut his way out , and came away safe, having lost only his hair. B

; but was soon seized with violent and incurable pains. After dashing out the brains of Lichas, who had brought it, he rais

ve put her son Orestes to death; but his sister Electra delivered him out of her hands, by sending him secretly to his uncl

to another during ten years before he reached his’ kingdom. He struck out the eye of Polyphemus with a firebrand; and saili

e in sight of the desired port, they opened the bag. The winds rushed out , and drove them back to Æolia again, and occasion

and the tail of a fish, and the voice and speech of a man. He issued out of the Erythrean sea, and appeared near Babylon.

rth was overflown. Some time after, seeing the waters abated, he sent out some birds, which, finding neither food nor place

or place to rest upon, returned to the ship. Some days after, he sent out others, which returned with a little mud in their

turned with a little mud in their mouths. The third time he sent them out , they returned no more, by which he knew that the

ed the vessel, and, finding that it had rested on a mountain, he came out of it, with his wife, daughter, and pilot. Those

who remained in the vessel, not seeing their companions return, came out of it, and sought after them in vain. A voice was

this magnificent work. Other architects succeeded them, and followed out their designs; but, as previously observed, it di

guage; but when one succeeded in comprehending what she said, he gave out that the dove, or Pleiai, had spoken. Such is sai

ted for some time. It was on this noise that future events were given out . To increase the credit of the oracle, hollow oak

the oracle, hollow oaks served to hide interpreters; and it was given out , that the oaks in the Dodona forest also delivere

ndignant at being stopped by such an obstacle, snatched the priestess out of her cell, and conducted her to the sanctuary,

hich the prophets carefully collected. These were arranged, and given out in the form of verse, a connexion which they had

ich are raised brazen obelisks. In this inclosure appears a cave, cut out by the hand of man, in the form of an oven. Throu

; but not to all in the same manner. Some heard; others saw. One came out of the cave as he had entered it, lying down upon

ausanias adds that a man once entered this den alone, without getting out of it again. He was a spy of Demetrius, sent to k

duty to wait upon heroes. Odin also employs them in fights, to choose out those who were doomed to destruction, and to incl

which she was one day licking, when, in the evening, human hair grew out of them. On the next day appeared a head; and on

f Bor, or the gods, hurried the body of the giant into the abyss, and out of him fabricated the globe. With his blood they

r, or the gods, walked there, they found two floating pieces of wood, out of which they formed man and woman. The elder of

same desire of explaining the phenomena of nature, which have decked out fables among all people. In considering the style

esent at his birth, watched over his actions, and, beforehand, marked out all the events of his life and the limit of his d

from their tombs, and forced them to relate the destinies. Odin gave out , that he had this power; an ancient Icelandic ode

nnot efface. In the general view, by which we have attempted to trace out the origin of idolatry and the history of mytholo

by immense forests is the only monument which remains to us to point out that fact; but it throws no light on the beginnin

were considered as condemned to oblivion. This illiberal idea sprung out of the warlike genius of the Gauls and other Celt

ith death. 14. Children should be raised up until the age of fourteen out of the presence of their parents. 15. Money lent

Ithaca, the port they were making for, and the contrary winds rushing out drove back the ship many leagues. The residence o

dne], daughter of Minos, King of Crete. After enabling Theseus to get out of the Labyrinth by means of a clew of thread, sh

t he saw a soldier about to kill the king he gained speech, and cried out , “Save the king!” and the string that held his to

, preventing the living from entering, and the inhabitants from going out . “Three-headed Cerberus, by fate Posted at Pluto

matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the world, and out of which the world was formed.                  

r of Acrisius and Eurydice. She had a son by Jupiter, who was drifted out to sea in a boat, but was saved by Polydectes and

3,000 oxen had been kept for thirty years, but had never been cleaned out . Sixth, To destroy the Stymphalides, terrible ca

d Epione. She was represented as a young woman giving a serpent drink out of a saucer, the serpent being twined round her a

. His statue is often seen with one hand in the rift of a tree trunk, out of which he is vainly trying to withdraw it. The

goddess was invoked under this name the gall of the victim was taken out and thrown behind the altar, signifying that ther

him up to be eaten at a feast given to the gods, who, when they found out what the father of Pelops had done, restored the

ed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses soon found out the incapacity of the charioteer, became unmanage

animal. This was done directly, and the entrails of the victim taken out and carefully examined by the Haruspices to find

the victim taken out and carefully examined by the Haruspices to find out what was prognosticated. The carcase was then div

time; and it is said that Pythagoras made this offering when he found out the demonstration of the forty-seventh propositio

son of Jupiter by Europa. He accompanied Glaucus, when the latter set out to assist Priam against the Greeks in the Trojan

scape from the importunities of Pan, was by Diana changed into reeds, out of which he made his celebrated pipes, and named

ds and obscurity.” “There, Tantalus, along the Stygian bound, Pours out deep groans, — his groans through hell resound. E

o, however, resented his attentions, which so enraged him that he cut out her tongue. When Procne heard of her husband’s un

they could rob him of when they got to Ithaca, cut the bags, and let out the winds, and the ships were immediately blown b

Styx and Acheron, generally represented as flying in the air holding out a wreath of laurel. Her Greek name is Nike (Nicē)

e son of Jupiter and Juno. He offended Jupiter, and was by him thrown out of heaven; he was nine days falling, and at last

r. Vulcan was married to Venus. He is supposed to have formed Pandora out of clay. His servants were the Cyclopes. He was t

n. I know that the stories of heathen gods and goddesses are somewhat out of date — that recent poetry derives its greatest

d of highways. Statues of Mercury were often placed in roads to point out the way to travellers. The mythologists say that

emnius. It is said that Jupiter, taking offence at Vulcan, kicked him out of heaven, and that he fell into the island of Le

tiful, and an eagle carried him from earth to heaven, where he poured out nectar for Jupiter. Who was Hebe? Were the heath

sh the grain, to make flour and bread, to enclose fields, and to mark out the limits of each individual’s property. In the

e earth closed over the car of Pluto and Proserpine a fountain gushed out . This fountain was called Cyane, and thither the

truck the earth forcibly with his foot the fountain Hippocrene sprung out . The Muses are frequently represented surrounding

woods? Rural Deities. Bacchus. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape, Crushed the sweet poison of mis

sis turned the spin die; Atropos cut the thread. Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow wa

— Rambler, No. 163. There, Tantalus, along the Stygian bound, Pours out deep groans; his groans through hell resound E’en

nvaders; kills them when they come near the habitations of men: seeks out their retreats: sets fire to their dens; strangle

ext to kill an ever-watchful dragon that guarded the fleece; to pluck out his teeth, and sew the plain; armed men were to s

ens, Theseus met three famous robbers. The first, Sinis, used to dart out from his haunts, seize the unwary passer-by, and

eye, and a tooth for a tooth;” which means, if a man violently strike out another’s eye or tooth, the injured person was pe

ut another’s eye or tooth, the injured person was permitted to strike out the eye or tooth of his adversary. The Athenians

me. The young persons who were to be sent to Crete were chosen by lot out of a large number, and they were doomed to slaver

Labyrinth was so artfully constructed that no person could get in and out again without a guide; but the daughter of King M

was proved, Jocasta killed herself; and Œdipus, in his distress, tore out his own eyes. Œdipus had four children: two sons

lved to recover her. Paris readily engaged to redeem Hesione, and set out for Greece for that object. His real design, howe

he absence of the Greeks, and nothing left but the wooden horse, went out of their gates to examine the wonder, and afterwa

orse, found themselves in Troy, they took advantage of the night, got out of the horse, forced open the gates of the city,

stes was not intimidated, and, accompanied by his friend Pylades, set out for the dominions of the barbarian 7 king. When t

Troy, he was exposed to many misfortunes. His vessel was first driven out of its course to the coast of Africa, and next to

his companions, five of whom he devoured; but the King of Ithaca put out the eye of Polyphemus, and narrowly escaped with

s life, by tying himself under the body of a sheep, which carried him out of the cave of Polyphemus. In Æolia he met with a

ere curious to know what the bags contained; so they opened them, and out rushed the blasts, carrying all before them, and

eptune recollected that his son Polyphemus had had his single eye put out by Ulysses, and thought it just that he should su

domains, and who, like the nobles of Europe m the middle ages, called out their followers to fight their battles. A king of

y mortals; as the Hebrew scriptures say, “Can man, by searching, find out God, or know the Almighty to perfection?” As the

to the humid palace of her husband, prevailed with him to spend nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while

ct the souls of heroes slain to Valhalla, his hall; and there to pour out for them the beverage of the gods. On steeds tha

their custom was to consecrate the garment in which they had escaped, out of gratitude to their deliverers, and to engrave

ebrews were instructed by God himself; the heathens were left to seek out God, if haply they might feel after him and find

ts connected with fable; and in this view of our subject we are borne out by a distinguished writer in the following elegan

ters are the sighs of the Naiades. A god impels the wind; a god pours out the rivers; grapes are the gift of Bacchus; Ceres

s of incense rise;     But waking flowers,     At morning hours, Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies!         

anslated into heaven. When Bacchus, for thus was he ‌named, had grown out of their guidance, Silenus became his preceptor a

to pay adoration to this new God, and when the Theban women had gone out of the city to celebrate his orgies, he ordered t

ifts the coffer-lids that close his eyes, Where, lo! two lamps, burnt out , in darkness lies.” Shakspere. Venus, after she

e strain.     “And from its head as from one body grow,     As grass out of a watery rock, Hairs which are vipers, and the

the immortal feast.     There Tantalus along the Stygian bounds Pours out deep groans (with groans all hell resounds); Ev’n

Strike the sweet chords, and sing aloud and wake The joyous pleasure out of many a fit Of tranced sound — and with fleet f

But ere he thus began, she took her flight, So swift she was already out of sight, Nor staid to hear the courtship of the

in my arms with intent To kiss him — but he cruel — kindly alas! Held out to my lips a plucked handful of grass! Then I dro

my north, And the larch has hung all his tassels forth, The fisher is out in the stormy sea, And the rein-deer bounds o’er

th been. I have sent thro’ the wood-paths a glowing sigh, And called out each voice of the deep blue sky; From the night b

l, And the breeze murmurs forth a gentle sigh, And the fish leap from out the smiling rill. The town’s pale denizens come f

had made to the god. When Achilles was killed by Paris, Thetis issued out of the sea with the Nereids to mourn his death, a

ed the moment of birth, and held a distaff in her hand: Lacheses spun out all the events and actions in the time; and Atrop

erfumes that have slept All day within the wild flower’s heart, Steal out the thoughts the soul has kept In silence and apa

t last these illiberal reflections were the cause of his being turned out of Olympus. Momus has been sung many times by the

uch are the most important parts of the life of Hercules, who is held out by the ancients as a complete pattern of virtue a

t of her son. The monarch, however, resolved to remove every obstacle out of his way, and made a sumptuous banquet, decreei

, Those impious men who daring death, look on: I warred not with thee out of hate or strife, My honest cause was to defend

long memorial shine, How a god loved a mortal — He is springing From out his golden car, another bound, Bacchus is by his

ove?     Hip. Aye, madam!     Phæ. Hippolytus! the fearful truth will out , My love is gained!     Hip. I hope, indeed so, —

was illegitimate, though Peribœa, when he appealed to her, told him, ‌ out of kindness, that his suspicions were unfounded.

ariot with his arm bearer. Laius insolently ordered the youth to move out of his way, which Œdipus, not knowing him, and ir

impatient to disclose The joy that from her full revenge arose, Cries out , in transports of a cruel mind, ‘Within yourself,

fleet of twenty vessels, in which they set sail, endeavouring to find out a new country. The conquerors razed Troy to the g

ng drink, the monster slept; then, assisted by his companions, he put out his eye. Ulysses had provided for their escape, f

s of the place refusing him admission; at this moment Ulysses stepped out , and Telegonus not knowing him, ran him through w

ont, which he must cross, ere he could enjoy her society, and pointed out the spot to which he should look at night for a t

ting Thyself by thine adorer, what befel? This cave was surely shaped out for the greeting Of an enamoured goddess, and the

blunt the dart — The dull satiety which all destroys — And root from out the soul the deadly weed which cloys?” Byron.

ter of Venus; and had by her four sons and four daughters, whom Juno, out of hatred to Venus, cruelly persecuted. ‌ Cadmus

hout asserting that we have given all of them, some of which would be out of keeping in a work meant to be placed in the ha

llions of years contemplating the panorama of Chaos, which was spread out before him. He then produced seven starry spheres

is considered as the preserver of the world, which Brahma has created out of nothingness. He descended on the earth by a sa

, it could be no other than the lord of the world below. She shrieked out in her alarm, “’Tis he, ’tis he: he comes to us

im into a lizard. At this sight, Becubo burst into tears, and reached out her hands to catch up the lizard; but the little

him. To prevent Philomela from ever proclaiming it, he cut her tongue out , and then returned to his own house. Progne was g

n wrought upon the cloth the figure of herself, and of Tereus cutting out her tongue. When she has finished her work, she m

s set upon it a kettle which shone like burnished gold. Philemon went out into his garden, and plucking some coleworts, a s

ver with old garments, as a couch for the guests. This done, she took out the supper table; one leg was broken, hut she put

mselves when they first entered a house. Mother. As you have pointed out a story in the Old Testament, I will tell you one

a determined to punish Aglauria for these odious vices, so she sought out Envy, who was a deformed and disgusting old woman

Narcissus resorted to the fountain, and supplicated the image to come out . Then he plunged into the water, but the image di

e and four others cheerfully helped Cadmus to build a house, and mark out streets, and to persuade people from distant citi

olted against Jupiter, and the Titans, who would have turned the gods out of Olympus. Among the condemned was Tityas, who h

mpanions. In the midst of all this extravagance, the aged Cadmus came out into the woods, and met his daughters and their c

ed the enraged king; “if thou delayest an instant, I will thrust thee out with my own hands.” Atlas did not wait to be obey

to reign in heaven, and that was glorious ambition; they would thrust out the gods, and seat themselves in high Olympus: th

ve him the yellow wheat and the fragrant pea; and she it is who pours out the milky draught for his children, and bids the

to, the daughter of Tiresias, the prophet. This prophetess used to go out into the streets and exhort the Thebans. At the t

consented that the work should be prepared for the press. In carrying out the plan, the subject matter was carefully classi

trident, and a horse appeared; but Minerva caused an olive to spring out of the earth. The latter was judged the more usef

anions of Ulysses, but the hero, having made him drunk with wine, put out his single eye with a firebrand and escaped. He e

nd when she saw her covering Triptolemus with living coals, she cried out in terror, and rushed into the room to save him.

ranches laden with tempting fruit hang over him, but they are carried out of reach by a sudden gust of wind whenever he att

hen he came to where the Minotaur lay, he slew him, and found his way out by the thread. The whole band then embarked for A

the son of Iapetus and Clymene, one of the Oceanides. He formed a man out of clay, and gave it life by means of fire which

ded by her fellow captives, Hecuba murdered the young princes and put out the father’s eyes. While endeavoring to escape fr

ns, on whose shores he had been cast, received him kindly, and fitted out a ship in which he sailed for Ithaca. Ulysses was

w, with his own hand, Patroclus, the friend of Achilles. He next went out to meet Achilles himself, notwithstanding the rem

the crimes which he had unknowingly committed. In his despair, he put out his eyes, and went into exile, leaving the throne

ry, that prince believed that the Trojan chief was the person pointed out by the oracle, and invited him to his palace. All

masks may have had a very good effect. Nothing would have seemed more out of place to the Greeks, than to see the part of A

ther of three sons, Odin, Vili and Ve. These slew the giant Ymir, and out of his body formed the earth on which we live. Hi

ke and Embla, the first man and woman, were therefore formed, the man out of an ash, and the woman out of an alder. They we

nd woman, were therefore formed, the man out of an ash, and the woman out of an alder. They were the parents of the whole h

to Hela a mighty ransom for the return of his brother Baldur. He set out , therefore, mounted on Odin’s horse Sleipnir, whi

s. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands; the Midgard serpent rise out of the sea, and Loki, released from his chains, w

Alfâdur (All-Father) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to rise out of the abyss. This new earth will produce its fru

is most intimate friends. Such was the care with which Mæcenas sought out and rewarded every species of merit, that his nam

t and luxurious as the most effeminate oriental. His villas were laid out with unexampled magnificence, and his banquets su

at the gate, and desired earnestly to speak with him. Simonides went out , but found no one; while he was looking to see wh

and snorting fire, And now the fiery horses neigh’d aloud, Breathing out flames and pawing where they stood. They spring t

“Midas has the ears of an ass,” filled it again. The reeds which grew out from the spot, when moved by the wind, uttered th

s, by striking the rock with his miraculous rod, caused water to gush out to satisfy the raging thirst of the Israelites. O

gions. His statues were frequently placed in the high roads, to point out the way to travellers. Mercury. ——— The God who

esis turned the spindle; Atropos cut the thread. Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow wa

ger grasp. Tantalus. There, Tantalus, along the Stygian bound, Pours out deep groans; his groans thro’ hell resound; E’en

constructed, that a person once placed in it, could not find his way out again. This was called the labyrinth. Hence the p

ul into an infant body, as his successive material coverings are worn out , and are dissolved by death. Are there not found,

rable. They were rendered incapable of any trust, or honour; were put out of the protection of the laws, and exposed to ins

to the humid palace of her husband, prevailed with him to spend nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while

the souls of heroes slain, to Valhalla, his hail; and there, to pour out for them, the beverage of the Gods. On steeds th

night assemble in the hall of Odin, to feast, and drink mead, of ale, out of the sculls of their enemies, whom they had kil

In the dungeon now To the viper brood, nor to the eagle’s shape Carve out his mangled form. Southey. Chap. IX. Arabian

yramidal temple in ancient Mexico. The unhappy victims were stretched out , by four priests, upon a convex green stone, as a