e; whence he is called Bifrons. We learn from history, that Janus was represented with two faces, because he governed two different

ong those gods called Indigetes. Besides his having two faces, he was represented with a wand in his hand, as inspector of the publ

ed his efforts, gratitude raised altars to his memory. How was Saturn represented ? The ancient statues of Saturn wear chains, in re

at his reign had been that of happiness and liberty. He is frequently represented under the form of an old man, armed with a scythe

n of towers on her head. How is Cybele described? Cybele is generally represented sitting, to denote the stability of the earth; an

re, and indulgent to his vicious passions. In what manner was Jupiter represented ? Jupiter was generally represented seated on a th

ssions. In what manner was Jupiter represented? Jupiter was generally represented seated on a throne, under the figure of a majesti

ter, and implacable in her anger. Under what figure was she generally represented ? As a majestic woman, seated upon a throne, holdi

ho was Iris? The attendant of Juno, as Mercury was of Jupiter. She is represented as being extremely beautiful; descending upon the

nded to express her time of disappearing. Under what figure was Ceres represented ? Under that of a tall majestic woman, with yellow

should be distinguished from each other. Under what figures are they represented ? Apollo is always represented as a young man, hav

each other. Under what figures are they represented? Apollo is always represented as a young man, having a bow or lyre in his hand;

various changes of the year, attended by the months and hours; he is represented riding in a chariot drawn by four horses, Eous, P

ulous, are told of Apollo. In what manner was the Priestess of Apollo represented as uttering the oracles of the god? She was, with

nions of Apollo, directresses of the feasts of the gods. How are they represented ? As nine beautiful virgins, sometimes dancing in

Thalia presided over comedy. Her name signifies the blooming. She is represented reclining on a pillar, holding in her hand a mask

at the foot of Parnassus, called Castalius. The Muses are frequently represented surrounding Apollo, on Mount Parnassus or Helicon

s below, to keep in awe the shadowy multitudes of ghosts. How was she represented ? Under the figure of a very tall and beautiful yo

o was Bacchus? The son of Jupiter and Semele; god of wine. How was he represented ? Sometimes, as an aged man with a venerable beard

This Bacchus is supposed, by many learned men, to be Moses. Both are represented as born in Egypt, and exposed in their infancy up

round the countenance of Moses, who, in old engravings, is frequently represented with horns. Moses received the Jewish law on Moun

, Minerva instantly sprang forth, a goddess armed. How was this Deity represented ? As a beautiful woman of threatening aspect, arme

ples in Greece and Rome. Games were instituted to her honour. She was represented as flying in air, holding a crown, a branch of pa

How was Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, produced? She is represented by the poets as springing from the froth of the s

er-loving Goddess. How is Venus generally depicted? She is frequently represented borne in a spacious shell, sporting on the waves

hords. Sometimes he appears mounted on a dolphin; and sometimes he is represented as breaking the winged thunderbolt of Jove. He wa

opinion was, that they were daughters of Venus and Bacchus: they were represented sometimes as being three, and sometimes four, in

Doris, and from them the various tribes of water nymphs. Oceanus was represented as an old man sitting upon the waves, holding a p

was worshiped as the god of the seas. Amphitrite was his wife. He was represented with black hair and blue eyes, standing erect in

Gods, by the sound of his instrument. What were the Sirens? They are represented as beautiful young females inhabiting the rocks o

his flocks, consisting of sea calves and other marine animals. He is represented by the poets, as possessing the faculty of changi

fe Amphitrite, was changed by her into a dreadful sea monster. She is represented as having six necks, and as many terrific heads:

feasts to his honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immoveable rock. Milk, cakes

putation among the Romans, who placed her in the Pantheon. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting

ural divinities, supposed to inhabit forests and mountains. They were represented as half men and half goats, Chap. XXII. [Pan.]

e the son of Jupiter and Calista, or of Mercury and Penelope. Fie was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat

ster-father of Bacchus. The poets say that he was born at Malea. They represented him as an old man with a bald head, a flat nose,

one, the author of his happiness, the other, of his misery. They were represented as young men, holding, in one hand, a drinking ve

fields the seats of happiness and tranquillity. Their possessors are represented as employed in those pursuits, and enjoying those

practised in funeral rites; Orcus, Quietus, and Summanus. How was he represented ? Sometimes seated on a throne, surrounded with gl

ho was Plutus? The son of Ceres and Jason; the God of riches, who was represented as blind, to signify that riches are dispensed in

eron and Nox. Their names signify rage, slaughter, and envy. They are represented with torches in their hands: their heads covered

ilver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fates are represented as three women bending under the weight of years.

emesis? The goddess who presided over the punishment of guilt. She is represented as traversing the earth, with great diligence, in

tombs. Who was Nox? Nox, or Night, was the daughter of Chaos. She was represented in a long black veil spangled with stars, travers

in a chariot of ebony. Who was Somnus? The god of sleep, son of Nox, represented as a child in a profound sleep, holding in his ha

principal criminals punished in the infernal regions? The Titans were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having ma

red from a garment poisoned by the blood of the Lernean hydra. He was represented as a prodigiously muscular man, clothed in the sk

ding it, were highly ornamented by poetic fiction. The treasure being represented as a ram having a golden fleece, and the difficul

the universe will perish and a new order of things succeed. Buddha is represented as not purely spirit, but as having a body eighte

aterial universe, and gave origin to all subordinate souls, which are represented as emanating successively from the essence of the

presides over agricultural labours, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm, somewhat resem

His peculiar place of abode is Meru, or the North Pole, allegorically represented as a mountain of gold and gems. In the mid garde

ticéya, the son of Parvati, the leader of the celestial armies. He is represented as riding upon a peacock; clothed in a robe spang

which is peculiarly addicted to his worship is called Saura. Surya is represented as riding in a chariot, drawn by seven green hors

carved the sun and the stars; and round them is a border, on which is represented a variety of human figures, expressive of differe

sun; and the wings were of different colours, according as the emblem represented that luminary in the upper or the lower half of t

of them; while others say that he was Misraim, son of Ham. Osīris was represented under different forms; sometimes under the figure

n his beams are as yet weak, and the day has but a short duration. He represented also that power in nature which fosters the openi

re sacrificed to him. The figure, under which Harpōcrǎtes was usually represented , was that of a naked boy crowned with an Egyptian

al festival of the Ethiopians, or Meroites. Ammon is supposed to have represented the Spirit of the universe, which was conceived t

al was supposed to denote the western quarter of the heavens, and was represented as gaping upwards, and receiving into his jaws th

the heart. The Ibis was, therefore, the emblem by which the Egyptians represented the heart; and as they, in common with many other

its flower above the surface of the water. The infant Harpocrates is represented reposing on the blossom of this plant. The Peach-

its near approach to true religion, and in its moral tendency. It is represented by some as inculcating “a firm belief that one Su

of the elements and chief powers of nature, called Amshaspands, were represented by the Persian mythology, as standing round the t

schter’s light shone on high for thirty days and thirty nights. He is represented as having three bodies, of a man, a horse, and a

ades, and was invoked as the mediator between him and Ahriman. He was represented by Zoroaster, as seated next the throne of Orosma

s day, now corrupted into Wednesday. The supposed actions of Odin are represented by the Scandinavian poets as most marvellous. In

a, or Frigga, the daughter of Niorder, God of the winds and seas, was represented as the most amiable of the Goddesses. She was the

articularly celebrated by the Scandinavian poets; his club, which was represented as instinct with life, and voluntarily returning

ds, and to give up the earth to flames. Balder, a son of Odin. He was represented as possessing a majestic, attractive beauty; ligh

was styled the powerful; the holy; the God with golden teeth. He was represented as posted in the celestial fortress, at one end o

f the Gods; the judge and pacificator of combats and disputes. He was represented with a cock’s crest upon his head. Tyr, the dispe

, and who were its chief inhabitants? It was called Niflheim, and was represented as consisting of nine vast regions of ice, situat

the country between Mecca and Medina. Manah is supposed to have been represented by the black stone placed in the Caaba, the templ

ry of Janus? Which of the Muses presided over tragedy, and how is she represented ? How was the fire on the altar of Vesta renewed,

was the patroness of light and airy poetry? On what account was Janus represented with a double face? What were his attributes? Des

of Diana from the Taurica Chersonesus, into Italy? What animals were represented as drawing the chariot of Bacchus? Who was Bacchu

lcan invoked as the Avenger, when they made treaties? How was Neptune represented ? What was the figure of Oceanus? Who was the mess

usehold gods of the Romans? Who was the god of Riches, and how was he represented ? How were the Fates represented, and what were th

was the god of Riches, and how was he represented? How were the Fates represented , and what were their names? Describe Charon. What

? Which of the Muses was the inventress of astronomy, and how was she represented ? Where were the three chief oracles of Jupiter? N

l precede its termination? What colour is sacred to Buddha? How is he represented , and where was his worship celebrated? Who were S

are the celestial beings that form the Hindû Trinity? How is Lachsmee represented , and what account is given of her? Who is Vishnu?

general name is given to the incarnations of Vishnu, and how are they represented ? Are human sacrifices still allowed by the Brahmi

ptian worship? Who was Nepthys? Under what different forms was Osīris represented ? What animals were sacred to Typhon? What were th

s of the soul? Of what was Bouto the personification, and how was she represented ? Describe her celebrated temple. What was the cha

tians, often hear of other gods besides that true and only God who is represented to them as the father of all intelligent beings,

t all, and always, worshipped that pure and holy Spirit, who has been represented to them as the only proper object of trust and pr

rawn beautiful pictures of the gods and goddesses, and sculptors have represented them in admirable forms. It is impossible to unde

happy that the time of his reign was called the Golden Age. Saturn is represented as an old man, with a scythe in his hand. At Rome

ge? Where is Latium? How was Saturn regarded in Latium? How is Saturn represented ? What was the Saturnalia? Cybele. See pla

t who fortified the walls of cities with towers, and she is therefore represented with a crown of towers upon her head, and seated

priests of Cybele were sometimes called Corybantes, they are usually represented dancing and striking themselves. Who was Cybele,

nted dancing and striking themselves. Who was Cybele, and how is she represented ? Who were the priests of Cybele? Vesta. V

patron of new undertakings, and the arbiter of peace and war. He was represented with two faces. These two faces indicated the dou

ese sacrifices. The oak and the olive were sacred to Jove. Jupiter is represented under the figure of a majestic man, with a venera

e by his side. The sceptre is the symbol of his majesty. The ancients represented this god as having a face of great dignity and be

dern Turkey, north of Macedonia. Just, wise, and powerful as Jove was represented by the heathens, he had not the infinite purity o

divide the universe? What worship was paid to Jupiter? How is Jupiter represented ? How does Homer describe the terrors of Jupiter?

o Apollo as the god of health, he is called Pæan. Apollo is sometimes represented with rays around his head, to show that he was th

, which commands a very fine prospect. Who was Apollo? How is Apollo represented ? Are immoral actions imputed to Apollo? Why did J

res, and conducted departed souls to the world of spirits. Mercury is represented as a young man; wings were fastened to his sandal

hieroglyphic characters. Who was the Greek Mercury? How was Mercury represented ? Where was Mercury born? What were his gifts? Who

ended by Bellona, his sister, a goddess, fierce as himself. They were represented in a chariot drawn by two wild horses, whose name

ar of a Roman conqueror when he appeared in triumph. Victory was then represented as flying, holding a crown, a branch of palm, and

lia? What king instituted the Salii? Who was Bellona? How was Victory represented ? Vulcan. See plate, page 37. Vulcan was

her husband, and was implacable in her anger. The ancients, however, represented her under different characters. The Romans had a

quently employed by Juno to stir up strife among men. She is commonly represented with wings, and with her head encircled by a rain

Juno worshipped at Rome? What was the character of Juno? How is Juno represented ? What was Juno’s prerogative? What was the promis

e promise of God on the first appearance of the rainbow? Why was Iris represented as a divine messenger? Had Iris any other office

our. Hebe is, in fact, the personification of youthful beauty. She is represented as happy and innocent. Hebe is always represented

hful beauty. She is represented as happy and innocent. Hebe is always represented as a beautiful virgin, crowned with flowers, and

auty, chose Hebe for his cup-bearer. The gods of the heathen were not represented as pure intelligences, that is, as spirits withou

ise Hebrew king, also personified wisdom in the book of Proverbs, and represented her as the counsellor of God in the creation of t

pia, and from that time they called their city Athenæ. Minerva was represented as a beautiful woman, of a countenance somewhat s

ook of Proverbs? What is the poetic origin of Minerva? How is Minerva represented ? Of what city was Minerva the guardian? Why was t

bably confer, and what was she called by the Egyptians? How was Ceres represented ? In what verses is her worship described? What ho

onths with Pluto. The mythologists say this signifies that Proserpine represented corn, which lies during winter, in its seed state

d to earth? Did Ceres offer a second petition to Jupiter, and what is represented by this part of the fable of Proserpine? What bec

e, page 65. Venus was the personification of female beauty The poets represented her as having- sprung from the foam of the sea. S

y blazed to heaven and earth unveiled. Botanic Garden. She is often represented in her sea-shell sporting upon the ocean, the sea

hords. Sometimes he appears mounted on a dolphin; and sometimes he is represented as breaking the winged thunderbolt of Jove. He wa

s of the Graces were Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne; they are usually represented in a group, naked, and adorned with flowers on th

owers on their heads. The Graces, properly Charities or Virtues, were represented hand in hand, to show that virtues, though differ

lms below, to keep in awe the shadowy multitudes of ghosts. Diana was represented under the figure of a very tall and beautiful you

e Diana’s several characters? What were Diana’s offices? How is Diana represented ? Where was the most celebrated temple of Diana? H

ompanions of Apollo, directresses of the feasts of the gods. They are represented as nine beautiful virgins, sometimes dancing in a

Thalia presided over comedy. Her name signifies, the blooming. She is represented reclining on a pillar, holding in her hand a mask

his foot the fountain Hippocrene sprung out. The Muses are frequently represented surrounding Apollo on Mount Parnassus or Helicon;

ngs, springs forward into the air. Who were the Muses? How were they represented ? From what were their names derived? What was the

untain and river had its peculiar divinities. Oceanus and Nereus both represented the ocean. Nereus was the son of Oceanus. Oceanus

ne were esteemed very handsome. In ancient monuments the Nereides are represented sometimes with an entire human body, and sometime

as worshipped as the god of the seas. Amphitrite was his wife. He was represented with black hair and blue eyes, standing erect in

ul estimation than the other states. Who was Neptune, and how was he represented ? What were Neptune’s attributes? Why was Neptune

ing of sea-calves, (phocæ, or seals,) and other marine animals. He is represented by the poets as possessing the faculty of changin

es not only injured but defiled whatever they lighted upon. They were represented as rapacious and cruel, and destroying for the me

The conquests of Bacchus seem to have been of a pacific nature. They represented the triumph of the useful arts over brute force.

who placed her in the Pantheon, or temple of all the gods. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting

ural divinities, supposed to inhabit forests and mountains. They were represented as half men and half goats. Terminus was a Roman

feasts to his honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immovable rock. Milk, cakes,

By the poets, he is said to be the son of Jupiter and Calista. He was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat

lenus was the chief of the Satyrs, the foster-father of Bacchus. They represented him as an old man with a bald head, a flat nose,

ges of them were suspended in the streets. The Lares and Penates were represented as young boys, covered with dog-skins, and at the

sentiments, and instructed him in what is excellent action. They were represented as young men, holding, in one hand, a drinking ve

the third, fire. Who were the Lares and Penates? How were the Lares represented ? How were the Penates worshipped? Who were the Ge

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

thee. Thou seemest — a little deity! Who was Aurora, and how is she represented ? What is the history of Tithonus? How was Tithonu

See plate, page 97. Zephyr or Zephyrus was the west wind. He was represented as a beautiful youth, with butterfly’s wings. He

n’s rays. Zephyr was married to Flora, the goddess of flowers. He was represented in the octagon temple of Athens, which is called

ns, sometimes called Dis, was the third son of Saturn and Ops. He was represented seated on a throne, surrounded with gloomy darkne

rden, Canto IV. Who was the presiding deity of hell, and how was he represented ? Who was Pluto’s wife, and how is she described?

e wicked upon earth, and after death. The Furies were women, commonly represented with torches in their hands, and also carrying wh

eeks had notions of this divine justice, tempered with mercy and they represented the Furies as having a double office — one which

e avenging deities. She presided over the punishment of guilt. She is represented as traversing the earth with great diligence, in

lver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fates were represented as three women bending under the weight of years.

f-brother, Sleep.” Nox, or Night, was the daughter of Chaos. She was represented in a long black veil spangled with stars, travers

riminals punished in the infernal regions, were the Titans. They were represented as being precipitated into Tartarus for having ma

me behind, Friends of the world, and fathers of mankind. Elysium was represented to be a beautiful country, in which perfect peace

e heathen heaven called, and who were admitted to it? How was Elysium represented ? ——— Plutus was the god of riches. He was repre

w was Elysium represented? ——— Plutus was the god of riches. He was represented as blind, to signify that wealth is dispensed lo

was a goddess, who distributed her favours without judgment. She was represented with a bandage over her eyes. The ancients person

him to the rank of a god. Who was the god of riches? How was Fortune represented ? Who were Comus and Momus? What really changes th

contempt of her? ——— Morpheus, the minister of Somnus or Sleep, is represented with the wings of a butterfly, to express his lig

ough a gate of ivory, and suggested imaginary evils. False dreams are represented as hunting the couch of the slumberer, and were k

qually, without regard to the merit of either, what she pleased. They represented Fortune, as they called this blind goddess, turni

igh respect. Somnus. Somnus, the god of sleep, son of Nox, was represented as a child in a profound sleep, holding in his ha

fort or disturb mankind as pleased him. What is Fame, and how is she represented ? How did the ancients represent Fortune? Under wh

sistance in their weakness, as by the wagoner in Æsop’s fables. It is represented by the historian Xenophon, that when Hercules was

ir class, was one of a fabulous race, the Centaurs. The Centaurs were represented to have the head and body of a man, terminated by

of this sort, arose the fable of the Centaurs. How were the Centaurs represented ? What is the origin of the false ideas concerning

earance in their armies, mounted on white steeds. They were generally represented on white horses, armed with spears, riding side b

and Pollux guilty? Who worshipped Castor and Pollux, and how are they represented ? Dædalus See plate, page 159. Dædalus wa

ndeed, so great was the slaughter, that the rivers of the country are represented as filled with dead bodies, and suits of armour.

He lost his son Antilochus in the battles of Troy; but his old age is represented to have been passed in the piety and peace, which

presides over agricultural labours, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm, somewhat resem

His peculiar place of abode is Meru, or the North Pole, allegorically represented as a mountain of golden gems. Seshanaga, the Sove

Carticéya, the son of Parvati, leader of the celestial armies. He is represented as riding upon a peacock, clothed in a robe spang

the Sun and Moon The sun is adored under the name of Surya. Surya is represented as riding in a chariot, drawn by seven green hors

of the Hindus? Who is Chrishna? Who are the Avatars, and how are they represented ? Are human sacrifices still permitted? Are brute

s day, now corrupted into Wednesday. The supposed actions of Odin are represented by the Scandinavian poets as most marvellous. In

a, or Frigga, the daughter of Niorder, god of the winds and seas, was represented as the most amiable of the goddesses. She was the

t of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal. Balder, a son of Odin. He was represented as possessing a majestic, attractive beauty: ligh

was styled the powerful, the holy, the god with golden teeth. He was represented as posted m the celestial fortress, at one end of

f the gods; the judge and pacificator of combats and disputes. He was represented with a cock’s crest upon his head. To the gods ju

Niflheim. The Scandinavian hell was called Niflheim, and was represented as consisting of nine vast regions of ice, situat

ations considered hell, a “fire that is not quenched,” but the Druids represented it to be a region of thick-ribbed ice, and called

ered as the supreme lord and regulator of time; and therefore, he was represented as the star of day. Anubis was the faithful comp

e star of day. Anubis was the faithful companion of Osiris and Isis, represented under the figure of a man with a dog’s head. Ser

nt Persians regarded the Sun as the peculiar image of the Deity. They represented him by certain fires esteemed holy, and kept in t

sun; and inferior to Orosmades, but perfectly benevolent. Mithras was represented by Zoroaster as seated next the throne of Orosmad

le that of ancient Rome? ——— The Mexicans had no writings, but they represented their religion, as well as their history, by hier

visible. He was infinitely deserving of love and praise, and could be represented by no image. The god held nexi in reverence, was

ld nexi in reverence, was Tez-cat-li-po-ca, or Shining Mirror. He was represented as always young, and was the god of justice; assi

rth of Minerva was carved on the front pediment, and on the back. was represented the contest with Neptune. The statue of Minerva,

the gathering of tribute. In the xiv. chapter of Genesis, Abraham is represented as giving tithes of all to Melchisedek, King of S

ns of the celestial gods, constructed by Vulcan. 3. The Nereids were represented in the mythology to have blue hair. Milton says,

e of fame. In time they excelled in civilization and refinement. They represented their gods in human shape of the most excellent c

tius, because he was the first to fatten the earth with manure. He is represented under the figure of a decrepit old man, with wing

Obs. 1. It is probable that, as the father of agriculture, Saturn is represented in the figure of an old man, holding a scythe in

ng and destroying every created thing as he rushes along, he is aptly represented as devouring his own children. Hence, emblematica

us for this kindness? Why was Saturn called Stercutius? How is Saturn represented ? Chapter III. Of Janus. Janus, a god in th

twelve months. It was he who gave his name to January. He is usually represented with two faces, that of an old man, looking towar

because his temple was open and shut in time of war and peace. He was represented sometimes with two faces, and sometimes with four

to signify the measure of the year. History informs us that Janus was represented with two faces, because he commanded two differen

Janus worshipped? Why was he called Bifrons or Biceps? How was Janus represented ? Chapter IV. Of Cybele. Cybele, the mother

f hers fell from heaven into the field of Pessinus in Phrygia. She is represented as seated in a chariot, drawn by lions, having ga

ees were sacred to her? By what names is Cybele called? How is Cybele represented ? Chapter V. Of Vesta. There were two diffe

e, had no statues; but as the guardian of houses and hearths, she was represented as wearing a long flowing robe, with a veil on he

esta. To whom was the direction of this fire entrusted? How was Vesta represented ? Chapter VI. Of Jupiter. Jupiter, the great

s. Jupiter was worshipped as the Supreme God of the Heathens, and was represented as the father of gods and men, shaking heaven wit

es west of Greece. The Titans having taken refuge in Spain, the poets represented them as having been driven into the Infernal Regi

s having been beaten near that river, and drowned in its waters, were represented as having been plunged into Tartarus. Some of the

her stead. Soon after, Hebe was married to Hercules. Hebe is usually represented as a beautiful virgin, crowned with roses, and ho

account of a recent marriage, when the wife was called Uxor. Juno is represented in a long robe, seated on a throne, holding in on

orrect Juno? Had Juno any children? Who was Hebe? How is Hebe usually represented ? Who was the usual attendant of Juno? Was Juno he

re offered to her? What were the different names of Juno? How is Juno represented ? Chapter IX. Hymen, Nuptial Gods, &c.

that his name was loudly invoked during their celebration. Hymen was represented as a handsome youth, crowned with marjoram and ro

lity,” or the “weekly bills.” Questions. Who was Hymen? How was Hymen represented ? What do these emblems indicate? What five deitie

se she taught men to affix boundaries to their possessions. Ceres was represented as a tall, beautiful, and majestic woman, with ye

ther, a mixed bunch of poppies and corn-ears. In Sicily her image was represented in a black veil, with the head of a horse, and ho

ing a dove in one hand, and in the other, a dolphin. Sometimes she is represented as a country woman, mounted on an ox, holding a b

vorite retreat? What were the different names of Ceres? How was Ceres represented ? Chapter XI. Sol. Sol or Sun was much wors

are generally thought to be one and the same deity. Apollo is always represented under the figure of a young man, who holds a bow

a young man, who holds a bow or a harp in his hand, while the sun is represented with a head surrounded with rays, holding a globe

aeton are the most celebrated. Questions. Who was Sol? How is the Sun represented ? Over what twelve signs of the zodiac, does Sol

him on Mount Palatine a temple to which he added a library. Apollo is represented as a tall, beardless youth, with long hair and a

e in the influence of the sun and moon. When Apollo was enraged, they represented him armed with his arrows; and to express that he

f Marsyas, by saying that Apollo had flayed him. Obs. 6. — Apollo is represented with long hair, in allusion to the sunbeams; with

Where was his favorite residence? Had not he various names? How is he represented ? Chapter XIV. The Muses. The nine Muses we

Urania (astronomy,) and Calliope (Epic poetry.) The Muses are usually represented as virgins, beautiful, of an expressive countenan

, and in her left, a plectrum, instead of a fiddlestick. She is often represented writing history. — See Fig. 12. Fig. 12. Clio.

utes of music. — See Fig. 15. Fig. 15. Euterpe. 5. Terpsichore was represented in a dancing attitude, with a musical instrument.

seen in her hand. — See Fig. 19. Fig. 19. Urania. 9. Calliope was represented with a crown of laurel, a trumpet in her right ha

enerally adopted. Questions. Who were the Muses? How are they usually represented ? Give some account of them? How was Clio represen

are they usually represented? Give some account of them? How was Clio represented ? How was Thalia represented? What was the picture

? Give some account of them? How was Clio represented? How was Thalia represented ? What was the picture of Melpomene? What was the

epresentation of Euterpe? How was Terpsichore depicted? How was Erato represented ? How was Polyhymnia represented? How was Urania p

s Terpsichore depicted? How was Erato represented? How was Polyhymnia represented ? How was Urania painted? How was Calliope represe

was Polyhymnia represented? How was Urania painted? How was Calliope represented ? By what appellation were the Muses distinguished

She is attended by her nymphs, and followed by dogs. Sometimes she is represented in a chariot drawn by hinds. At Ephesus she had a

ctions are recorded of her? Had not Diana various names? How is Diana represented ? Where was Diana particularly honoured? Chapte

dly wounded his legs. As the god of vintage and drinkers, Bacchus was represented as holding in his hand a thyrsus, or javelin with

quered India. Obs. 3. — Many learned men believe that the poets have represented Moses in their Bacchus. They find so striking res

sgraced? Did not Bacchus resent such as insulted him? How was Bacchus represented ? To whom was Bacchus married? Had he any children

f Phidias. The other temple was called Victory. In it the goddess was represented with a pomegranate in her right hand, and a helme

hts in meditating during the silence and calm of nights. She is often represented as holding a distaff and busying herself with it,

d? Was the worship of Minerva universally established? How is Minerva represented ? Chapter XVIII. Bellona, Victoria. Bellona

ess of war, and sister of Mars, was called Enyo by the Greeks. She is represented as preparing the chariot of Mars, appearing in ba

lding in her hand a crown or a branch of the palm-tree. The Egyptians represented her in the form of an eagle, a bird always victor

is she depicted? Who was Victoria? Who honoured Victoria? How is she represented ? Chapter XIX. Mars, the God of War. There

ffered, because they followed armies, to feast on the slain. Mars was represented as a veteran, armed, fierce, and formidable, brea

with the other he grasps a sword, imbued with blood. Sometimes he is represented riding in a chariot drawn by furious horses, call

the actions of Mars. Was the worship of Mars universal? How was Mars represented ? What were the different names of Mars? What chil

k Epistrophia, because she changed hearts; sometimes Dione. Venus was represented under a variety of forms. In her most admired sta

sented under a variety of forms. In her most admired statues, she was represented with every quality that could render her person a

e element of which all things were formed; and Venus is allegorically represented as the principle of communicated life. In Homer a

ing and sculpture, sisters of poetry, imitated her flights. Venus was represented as the goddess of pleasure; Cupid or Love was giv

ound from which puts one out of the power of resistance. He was often represented as blind, because the fancy of the lover paints h

the prize of beauty. What are the usual names of Venus? How is Venus represented ? Who was Cupid? Relate the fable of Cupid turning

hea. They were the constant attendants of their mother, who sometimes represented Hours or Seasons. They were supposed to give attr

ommanding, but a sweet control.” Percival. The Graces are sometimes represented dressed, but more frequently naked, to show that

races? What blessings did they bestow on the human race? How are they represented ? Chapter XXIII. Vulcan. Vulcan, the god of

. A calf and a boar-pig were the principal victims. Vulcan is usually represented working at the forge, holding in his left hand a

was Vulcan distinguished? Was he worshipped? How is Vulcan generally represented ? Who were his servants or workmen? Chapter XXI

ith eyes of affection, and entwined themselves around it. Mercury was represented in a variety of ways: most commonly, however, as

o him? What are the attributes of Mercury? In what manner was Mercury represented ? Had Mercury any children? What were the sacrific

f water was general. The Egyptians held the sea in horror, because it represented to them the tremendous Typhon. They reserved thei

Osiris. Among them this river, or, rather, the god of the water, was represented by a vessel, full of holes, which they called Hyd

the sea was calm, and a black bull, when it was agitated. Oceanus is represented as an old man, with a long flowing beard, sitting

To whom was Oceanus married? How was Oceanus honoured? How is Oceanus represented ? Who was Nereus? Who was the most illustrious of

sea, and Venilia, because the sea ebbs and flows by turns. Neptune is represented with black hair and blue eyes, clad in a robe of

s father. He could calm the ocean and abate storms at pleasure. He is represented as half man and half fish, blowing a wreathed sea

re the usual names of Neptune and his wife Amphitrite? How is Neptune represented ? Who was Triton? and how is he represented? Ch

Amphitrite? How is Neptune represented? Who was Triton? and how is he represented ? Chapter III. The Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis.

hazardous and perilous. Questions. Who were the Sirens? How are they represented ? Who were the only two passengers, that escaped t

of Jupiter, by Acesta or Sergesta, the daughter of Hippotus. Æolus is represented as shutting up the winds in a vast rocky cavern,

s, and gives them life. The people honoured him as a true god. He was represented in the form of an old man, filthy, covered with m

en and of male animals were covered with a curtain. Earth was usually represented in the form of a globe. Milton thus beautifully

as one of Earth’s festivals called? How was the goddess Earth usually represented ? Chapter II. Terminus. Terminus was the god

ead without a body, to show that he was not to be moved. He was often represented by a pyramidial Stone, surmounted with a head. Be

o Zephyrus, who gave her empire over the flowers of the field. She is represented as a beautiful nymph, blessed with perpetual yout

the son of Astræus and Aurora, and the Favonius of the Latins. He is represented as a beautiful and delicate youth, with wings on

He could change himself into whatever forms he chose, but was usually represented as a young man crowned with flowers, covered up t

in one hand fruits, and a crown of plenty in the other. He was often represented in the character of a ploughman, reaper, vine dre

hapen or hideous attributes. Questions. Who was Flora? and how is she represented ? Who was Zephyrus? How was Flora worshipped? Give

father, guardian, preceptor, and perpetual companion of Bacchus, was represented as a fat and jolly old man, with a flat nose, lar

wine, and his establishment of the orgies in Lydia, caused him to be represented in the figure of a drunken man. The gravest autho

read they created in those to whom they appeared. Sometimes they were represented as a boy, a girl, or an old man, and wearing a cr

e was educated by Pax; the goddess of peace; for which reason Pax was represented at Athens as holding the god of riches in her lap

t Athens as holding the god of riches in her lap. Plutus is generally represented blind, because he distributes riches indiscrimina

as Pluto? Was not Pluto married? How did he effect this? How is Pluto represented ? How was he honoured? By what names is he commonl

nly distinguished? Who was Proserpine? Who was Plutus? How was Plutus represented ? Chapter III : The Judges of Hell, the Furies,

ted the guilty with eternal flagellation and torments. The Furies are represented as the most deformed and horrible deities, with f

and best of legislators. In order to celebrate his equity, the poets represented him as the first judge of hell. Rhadamanthus, bro

ho were the Furies? What was their mode of chastisement? How are they represented ? Who were the Fates or Parcæ? How are the Parcæ r

are they represented? Who were the Fates or Parcæ? How are the Parcæ represented ? What story illustrates the ideas which the ancie

goddess of Vengeance. She rewarded virtue, and punished vice. She is represented with a wing, a helmet, and a wheel, to intimate w

ly to prevent any noise from breaking their slumbers. Sometimes he is represented in the likeness of a corpulent, sleeping, winged

ght, and took them. The ship he mounted, was called Pegasus; the prow represented a winged horse. As soon as he returned to Greece,

temple to her after the war against Mithridates and Tigranes. She was represented as a queen, seated on a throne, holding a horn of

right to depend upon her. Rome raised to her several temples. She is represented with a horn of plenty, fruits, and a beehive. Mar

is represented with a horn of plenty, fruits, and a beehive. Mariners represented her with an anchor. —  See Fig. 51. Fig. 51. Ho

adiant sun or moon, because each was considered eternal. She was also represented in the figure of the Phenix, a fabulous bird, tha

they could not conceive a divinity without beginning or end. Time was represented by Saturn. He was painted with wings, to denote t

evening, and the night, were personified. Each of these portions, was represented by a man or a woman, according to its masculine o

Truth was deemed the mother of Virtue, and daughter of Time. She was represented as a young virgin, covered with a suit of clothes

all the asperity which is apt to arise in disputes. This goddess was represented in the form of a woman, crowned with laurel, oliv

uld not fail to make her a divinity. She had several temples. She was represented , leaning on a table of laws, having a sword in he

e liberty of all. See Fig. 55. Fig. 55. Liberty. Licentiousness is represented as thunderstruck by heaven, at the moment she str

he Orientals worshipped him under the name of Harpocrates. The Romans represented Silence as a goddess whom they called Ageronia. T

us. — See Fig. 56. Fig. 56. Harpocrates. Pudicitia or Chastity was represented in the form of a veiled woman, or of a woman who

d or blemished. — See Fig. 57. Fig. 57. Providence. Providence was represented by a woman, leaning on a pillar, holding in the l

blessings. — See Fig. 58. Fig. 58. Chastity. Astræa or Justice was represented in the figure of a young woman, holding a pair of

er good and evil. — See Fig. 60. Fig. 60. Fortune. Opportunity was represented in like manner; but she had a tuft of hair on her

ia, Pax, and Fides? What do you say of Liberty? How is Licentiousness represented ? What is said of Silence? How was Pudicitia repre

icentiousness represented? What is said of Silence? How was Pudicitia represented ? How was Astrsæ represented? In what way was Fort

hat is said of Silence? How was Pudicitia represented? How was Astrsæ represented ? In what way was Fortune represented? How was Opp

itia represented? How was Astrsæ represented? In what way was Fortune represented ? How was Opportunity depicted? Chapter I. Origi

cent victims, and to raise at the same time a statue to Fear. She was represented with hair standing on end, an elevated visage, an

th, and troubled looks. — See Fig. 62. Fig. 62. Fear. Paleness was represented by a lean and lengthened figure; hair pulled down

Hygeia, the goddess of health, was held in great veneration, and was represented in the most engaging forms. Her statues exhibited

? What is farther said of him? How was Æsculapius honoured? How is he represented ? Had he any children? Say something respecting Hy

ip, and placed it in the temple of Jupiter on Mount Olympus. The prow represented a horse, and the ship was named Pegasus. Olympus

d this temple as the ordinary residence of Apollo and the Muses. They represented the genius of poetry in the form of a winged hors

readful agonies, and was thence translated to heaven. His muscles, as represented in the Farnese statue, express such corporeal pow

d to female society? Mention the manner of his death. How is Hercules represented ? Chapter IV. Jason. Jason, the son of Æson

tins, they aided the Romans, riding on white horses. They are usually represented in the figure of young men, with a cap surmounted

and Pollux’s living and dying alternately, is founded on their being represented , after their death, by the sign of Gemini; and as

Obs. 1. — Atlas was a great observer of the stars, and the first who represented the world by a sphere; which gave rise to the fab

and symbolical, the other vulgar and literal. The figures of animals represented in temples, and which they seemed to worship, wer

nified the antique, because they thought the moon eternal. Osiris is represented with a mitre and two horns on his head; in his ri

ir rites. The ox was chosen to represent him. Isis, as the moon, was represented with a globe in one hand, and a vessel full of ea

people, and three cities in the Thebais, were named after him. He was represented as the star of day and the regulator of time. Whe

What names did the Egyptians give to the sun and moon? How is Osiris represented ? What was the manner of his death? How was Iris r

is Osiris represented? What was the manner of his death? How was Iris represented and worshipped? Into what animal did the Egyptian

, was the wife of Vishnu. She patronized agricultural labours. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm like Ceres’ cor

and the like. His residence is Meru or the North Pole, allegorically represented as a mountain of gold and gems. Seshanaya, the k

g of serpents, reigns over the infernal regions, called Patala. He is represented with a gorgeous and brilliant appearance, with a

aswatti, the wife of Brahma, patronizes the arts and sciences. She is represented as holding in her hands the palmira leaf, and the

Hindoos. The Hindoos adore the sun under the name of Surya. Surya is represented as riding in a chariot, drawn by seven green hors

e deity on which they confer the appellation of Chandra, and which is represented as being seated in a splendid chariot, drawn by t

aid of Chrishna? What do you know of the Avatars? How are the Avatars represented ? In what does the religion of the Hindoos abound?

Paradise Lost. The Chaldeans excelled in astronomical observations, represented good and bad principles by kind and hurtful plane

stories respecting Oannes, Omorca, and Chronos. Oannes was a monster, represented with an upper head like a man’s, and a lower one

V. Mexican Mythology. To supply the want of writing, the Mexicans represented their religion and history by hieroglyphical pain

Tez-cat-li-po-ca (the Shining Mirror) was the god of justice. He was represented with black marble, richly dressed, with golden ri

erve of the Mexican deities? Who was Tez-cat-li-po-ca? and how was he represented ? Give the history of Quet-zal-cot. Who was Tlaloc

ceeded this woman, and assumed the office of delivering oracles. They represented Jupiter Ammon with the head and horns of a ram. E

e Scenical consisting of tragedies, comedies, and satires, which were represented in the theatre, in honour of Bacchus, Venus, and

held under a large oak, where they administered justice. This oak is represented as the largest of all trees Its branches covered

rticularly consecrated to the three great divinities. They were there represented by their peculiar symbols. Odin held a sword in h

ead, a sceptre in one hand, and a club in the other. Sometimes he was represented in a chariot drawn by two wooden he-goats, with a

le, and his head crowned with stars. Frigga, on the left of Thor, was represented with various attributes, among which the goddess

arose. It may also be observed, that al the historians, after having represented the druids as pontiffs, far superior to others, u

, (Greek, Zeus.) Greek and Roman Divinities — Jupiter — Juno — How represented — Parentage and Actions — Probable Origin of thes

er? Ans. He was the king and father of gods and men. He is generally represented as a majestic man with a beard, sitting on a thro

to kill the Python with his arrows. Ques. How is this god generally represented ? Ans. As a young man, comely and graceful. He we

led Phœbus, or Apollo, and in ancient pictures the head of the god is represented as darting rays. Apollo, like other divinities, h

god. Chapter IV. Mars — Ares. Mars (Ares) — His Parentage — How represented — Animals Sacred to Mars — Names given to Mars — 

ter and Juno, and was worshipped as the god of war. Ques. How was he represented ? Ans. As a warrior in splendid armor, standing i

Mars is fierce in aspect and brandishes a spear. Sometimes Discord is represented going before him in tattered garments, while Ange

of war, was, according to some, the sister of Mars. She is generally represented as above, but some poets have described her as ru

hapter V. Mercury — Hermes. Mercury (Hermes) — His Parentage — How represented — Offices of Mercury — Benefits conferred by Merc

nerally offered to him during the month of May. Ques. How is Mercury represented ? Ans. As a young man of cheerful countenance, ha

acchus — Dionysus. Bacchus (Dionysus) — Parentage of the God — How represented — Story of Semele — Infancy of Bacchus — Transfor

ancy of Bacchus — Transformation of Nymphs into Stars — Silenus — How represented — Exploits of Bacchus — How worshipped — Plants S

ele [Sem′ele] and was worshipped as the god of wine. Ques. How is he represented ? Ans. As a young man, crowned with ivy and grape

an named Silenus. He was considered a demi-god. Ques. How is Silenus represented ? Ans. He seems to be the personification of drun

s. He seems to be the personification of drunkenness; he is sometimes represented as seated intoxicated on a cask of wine, his head

 Hera. Celestial Goddesses — Juno — Hera — Parentage of Juno — How represented — Iris, Messenger of Juno — Children of Juno — Je

and was both sister and wife of Jupiter. Ques. How is she generally represented ? Ans. As seated in a golden chariot drawn by pea

the messenger of Juno, as Mercury was of Jupiter. Ques. How is Iris represented ? Ans. With wings, because of her swiftness, and

apter VIII. Minerva — Pallas Athena. Minerva — Pallas Athena — How represented — Origin of the Olive — The Palladium — Minerva,

but sprang full armed from the head of Jupiter. Ques. How is Minerva represented ? Ans. As clothed in complete armor. She has a go

to which is affixed the head of Medusa. The cock and the owl are also represented on the shield. Ques. Why was Minerva said to hav

Aphrodite — Birth and Education of Venus — Marriage with Vulcan — How represented — Temples of Venus — The Graces — Cupid — Festiva

hed her to Vulcan, an ugly and deformed divinity. Ques. How is Venus represented ? Ans. Sometimes as a young virgin rising from th

panied by her son Cupid, who was the god of love. Ques. How is Cupid represented ? Ans. As a beautiful boy with wings, carrying a

were Euphrosyne [Euphro′syne], Aglaia [Agla′ia] and Thalia. They are represented as beautiful young women, standing in graceful at

rogs — Punishment of Tityus — Latona a Personification of Night — How represented by Painters and Sculptors. Ques. Who was Laton

bastis [Bu′bastis], their Apollo and Diana. This goddess is generally represented on ancient monuments, as a large and beautiful wo

r XI. Aurora — Eos. Aurora — Eos — Attributes of the Goddess — How represented — Story of Cephalus and Procris — Marriage of Aur

was the goddess of the morning and sister of the sun and moon. She is represented as seated in a golden chariot drawn by milk-white

Terrestrial Gods. Terrestrial Gods — Saturn — His Parentage — How represented — His History — The Golden Age — Sacrifices offer

rned, Saturn devoured the rest of his male children. Ques. How is he represented ? Ans. Saturn is represented as an old man armed

t of his male children. Ques. How is he represented? Ans. Saturn is represented as an old man armed with a scythe, which signifie

reserved at other times to the patricians. The Saturnalia is probably represented in some degree by the modern Carnival. Saturn is

to have associated that god with him in the kingdom. He was generally represented with two faces, and was called hence, Janus Bifro

in the fall, and remained lame ever afterwards. Ques. How was Vulcan represented ? Ans. As a smith standing by an anvil with tools

trial Goddesses — Vesta — Hestia — Her Parentage and Attributes — How represented — Worship of Vesta at Rome — Vestal Virgins — The

e the word vestibule, which we still use. Ques. How is Vesta usually represented ? Ans. As seated on the ground, and leaning upon

Cybele — How called by the Greeks — Parentage and Attributes — How represented — Temple of Cybele on Mount Dindymus — Sacred Ima

the daughter of Cœlum, and the wife of Saturn. Ques. How was Cybele represented ? Ans. Generally as riding in a chariot, drawn by

turreted crown, and is clothed in a many-colored mantle, on which are represented the figures of various animals. In her right hand

e earth locks up her treasures in the winter season. Cybele is always represented with the dignified and matronly air which disting

Ceres — Demeter. Ceres — Demeter — Parentage and Attributes — How represented — Story of Proserpine — Eleusinian Mysteries — Ri

where before they had lived on roots and acorns. Ques. How is Ceres represented ? Ans. As a beautiful and majestic woman, with go

sowing, reaping, and other arts of husbandry. Triptolemus is usually represented as a young man, seated in a splendid chariot draw

ellation Virgo, one of the signs of the zodiac. This constellation is represented by the figure of a woman holding scales in one ha

fore-finger to her lips, or carries a scroll. The Muses are sometimes represented as crowned with palms, and seated in the shade of

nd Rural Deities — Pan — Names given to this Deity — His Origin — How represented — Famous Action related of Pan — Origin of Pan’s

have been a son of Mercury and a nymph of Arcadia. Ques. How is Pan represented ? Ans. As half man, and half goat, having a human

of the Woods — Diana — Parentage and Attributes of this Goddess — How represented — Habits of Diana — Her Attendants — Punishment o

them in singing the praises of her mother Latona. Ques. How is Diana represented ? Ans. As a very stately and beautiful woman, dre

d a bright silver crescent glitters on her forehead. Sometimes she is represented as seated in a silver chariot drawn by hounds. Q

the subject of a very beautiful group of statuary, in which Niobe is represented as vainly endeavoring to shelter, beneath her man

Gods of the Sea — Neptune — Poseidon — Parentage of the God — How represented — Offices of Neptune — Feasts held at Rome in his

of the sea, and the father of rivers and fountains. Ques. How is he represented ? Ans. As standing upright in a chariot made of a

him, and he is therefore called the king of Hell. Ques. How is Pluto represented ? Ans. He is seated on a throne in the midst of c

torment the wicked during life and after death. Ques. How were they represented ? Ans. As hideous women with terrible countenance

en of gratitude, by the altar of the Lares. Ques. How were the Lares represented ? Ans. Variously; sometimes as children, sometime

ained. Ques. What were the emblems of Truth? Ans. She was generally represented as a beautiful and modest virgin, with garments a

ands. Ques. What were the emblems of Peace? Ans. Pax, or Peace, was represented as a matron holding ears of corn, and crowned wit

una, the other to Fors Fortuna. This capricious goddess was sometimes represented with her eyes bandaged, her feet winged, and her

a wheel. In the temple of Fortune at Thebes, the goddess held Wealth, represented as an infant, in her arms. The goddess Salus, or

der and lightning, earthquake, pestilence, etc. The Vices were always represented in such a manner as to excite abhorrence. We have

is seen advancing slowly in the distance. Discord, Fraud, etc., were represented with appropriate symbols. Chapter XXVI. Demig

e lion which raged in the Nemean [Nemean] forest. Hercules is usually represented as clothed in the skin of this animal, and leanin

ommemorated by a statue of brass which was consecrated at Tænarus. It represented a man mounted on a dolphin. Amphion. Ques.

nd the nymph Clymene; he was, therefore, brother of Prometheus. He is represented as sustaining the heavens on his shoulders. Atlas

f masts and sails in ships, and he is said to have been the first who represented statues in natural and lifelike attitudes, and wi

n, sand, the god was worshipped here under this title, and was always represented as having the head and horns of a ram. The temple

of Apollo at Delphi; in this votive offering, the charioteer was also represented ; which proves that she had not driven the chariot

id, and carefully adapted to the rank and character of the personages represented . The actors wore masks which covered the entire h

ks which covered the entire head. When gods or heroic personages were represented , the masks were larger than life, and the disprop

artist is unknown, but it is believed to be a Roman work. The god is represented as having just discharged an arrow from his bow a

sed, like Cybele, to personify the earth. Ques. How was this goddess represented ? Ans. As a woman with the horns of a cow, someti

as the son of Osiris. He was worshipped as the god of Silence, and is represented as a boy, seated on a lotus-flower, with his fing

e consumed in one day on the altar of Moloch. Ques. How was this god represented ? Ans. By a brazen image, which was so contrived

. Who was Astaroth? Ans. This goddess, called by the Greeks Astarte, represented the moon, in the same manner as Baal was held to

d beautiful of these was Valhalla, the residence of Odin. This god is represented as seated on a throne which overlooks all heaven

e Assyrian Baal was worshipped among the Celts as Bel or Belen. As he represented the sun, the Romans recognized in him their god A

gardens, sparkling with flowers of gold and silver. Animals also were represented in precious ore, and the classic fable of the gol

tone of his dramas. Sophocles is said to have observed that while he represented men as they ought to be, Euripides described them

etation of these divinities is somewhat difficult, but they doubtless represented the elementary forces of nature. The Cyclopes wer

una*. The sun, moon, and stars were emblems of Uranus or Cœlum. He is represented clothed with a starred mantle, his hands uplifted

ed to Helios. Here was erected his celebrated colossal statue. He was represented on coins of the Rhodians by the head of a young m

Greek, Selene*; Roman, Luna*. Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Thea, represented the moon. The name signifies wanderer among the s

ons, for which reason she was invoked as the “triple goddess.” Hecate represented the moon in her invisible phases, and it was thou

obedience to an injunction contained in the Sibylline books. She was represented as a matron crowned with towers, seated in a char

. Zeus is called the “father of gods and men;” his power over both is represented as supreme. In his palace on Olympus, Zeus was su

Greece. Mountain-tops were the earliest seats of his worship. He was represented in the celebrated form of the sacred oak, in the

d, and took their places in the wall. In sculpture, Amphion is always represented with a lyre; Zethus, with a club. Leda*, whose af

a*, who were celebrated in connection with the Trojan war. Castor was represented as a mortal, and the son of Tyndareus*, and Pollu

atter character they are lauded by an Homeric hymn, in which they are represented as darting through the air on their golden wings,

on by the ancients. The moon-goddess of antiquity was very frequently represented under the figure of a heifer; and Isis herself, t

maining forever side by side. Representations. Zeus is generally represented as sitting upon a golden or ivory throne, holding

e sight of the inhabitants of earth. At Lacedæmon*, or Sparta, he was represented with four heads, that he might seem to hear with

were daily offered to him from every part of the earth. The Cretans* represented Zeus without ears, to signify that the sovereign

Zeus over heaven, earth, and the underworld. As Jupiter Ammon*, he is represented as having the horns of a ram. The temple of Libya

fer to Juno a solemn sacrifice. Representations. Hera is usually represented seated on a throne, a diadem on her head, and a g

t by her, and a cuckoo often perches on her sceptre. She is sometimes represented as carried through the air in a rich chariot draw

s character is brought into prominence. From this point of view he is represented not only as sending nourishment to plants from th

ance of the past. Representations. Aides, or Pluto, is generally represented holding a two-pronged sceptre. He sometimes has k

timate that whoever enters his kingdom cannot return. Sometimes he is represented sitting on a throne with Persephone*. His head is

es, flowers, and honey. Representations. The Mœræ were generally represented as three old women. One held a distaff, another t

depicted them as beautiful maidens of a grave but kindly aspect. When represented at the feet of Aides in the lower world, they are

e repentant sinner and to give succor to all good men. They were then represented , more especially in Athens, as earnest maidens, d

daughter of Chronos and Rhea. She was the goddess of agriculture, and represented that portion of Gæa (the whole solid earth) which

Jasion, was a personification of the wealth derived from grain. He is represented as being lame when he makes his appearance, and w

his treasures upon the bad. Representations. Demeter is usually represented as a woman of majestic appearance with beautiful

ysteries, Persephone was a symbol. Representation. Persephone is represented as a fair young maiden, or as the grave, severe q

chariots, and to use the rake and the plough. By later writers she is represented as the patroness of every branch of science, art,

ound. As the goddess that promoted domestic arts and progress, she is represented with a distaff and spindle. Epithets. — Blue-eye

uence of the dignity and sanctity of her character, Hestia was always represented as fully clothed, which may account for the fact

to the private collection of Prince Torlonia, of Rome. The goddess is represented as standing, her right hand pressed against her s

; Phœnician, Astarte*; Jewish, Ashtoreth*. In the Iliad, Aphrodite is represented as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of

on. In the more ancient temples of this goddess in Cyprus, she was represented under the form of a rude, conical stone; but the

sic, and dancing held prominent places. Representation. They are represented as beautiful, slender maidens in the full bloom o

e shoots forth his arrows from secret lurking-places. Zeus himself is represented as unable to withstand his influence, an intimati

ngel bride in heaven.” T. K. Hervey . Representation. Eros is represented as a lovely boy, with rounded limbs, and a merry,

t, prophecy, archery, music, poetry, and of the arts and sciences. He represented , first, the great orb of day which illumines the

the genial warmth of spring over the dark gloom of winter. He is also represented as a terrible god of death, sending virulent pest

Seculares*, or Century games. Representations. Apollo is always represented as having a youthful appearance. He is crowned wi

esentations. As Selene-Artemis, or the moon-goddess, she is always represented as wearing a crescent on her forehead, whilst a f

d a long robe completely envelops her. As goddess of the chase she is represented as a youthful and slender maiden, taller than her

rand.” Longfellow . Representations. In his statues Hermes is represented as a beardless youth, with broad chest and gracef

and the Caduceus, or herald’s staff. As god of eloquence, he is often represented with chains of gold hanging from his lips; someti

lly, the Muses were only goddesses of song, though they are sometimes represented on vases holding musical instruments. In early ti

yhymnia* was the Muse of eloquence and of sacred hymns. She is always represented in a thoughtful attitude, and entirely enveloped

mates, are emitted from the sea, more especially at sunset. They were represented as misty, shadowy beings, with graceful, swaying

or mountain-nymphs, who were the constant companions of Artemis, were represented as tall, graceful maidens, attired as huntresses.

ween heaven and earth; and this is doubtless the reason why Iris, who represented that beautiful phenomenon of nature, was invested

reeks with the office of communicating between gods and men. “Iris is represented as a slender maiden of great beauty, robed in an

e* (Juventas). Hebe* was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and she represented the youthful bloom of nature. Hebe was cup-bearer

des*. After the deification of Heracles, Hebe became his wife. She is represented pouring nectar from an upraised vessel, or bearin

ed by Zeus by means of lightning. In ancient sculpture she is usually represented in connection with the colossal statues of Zeus a

vely and unjust spirit, Momus was banished from Olympus. This god was represented as holding a small figure in his hand, and raisin

it. Eventually, she was regarded only as the avenging goddess. She is represented as a beautiful woman, wearing a diadem, and beari

osed with doors, which were open only in time of war. Janus is always represented with two faces. As doorkeeper of heaven, he carri

were adorned with flowers, and wreaths were worn in the hair. She is represented as a beautiful girl crowned with flowers. Pomo

entiments that, when he resumed his own form, she married him. She is represented as a lovely maiden laden with branches of fruit-t

developed into blossoms and the blossoms into fruit. He is generally represented crowned with wheatsheaves, and bearing in his han

es consisted of milk, meat, wine, grapes, wheat-ears, and pigs. He is represented as an old man scattering flowers, and usually bea

* was a personification of the sea in its quiet, placid moods. He was represented as a kindly, benevolent old man, the good spirit

tolus, which has ever since washed down gold in its sands. Silenus is represented either as the preceptor of the youthful Dionysus,

d vineyards, served as scarecrows as well as objects of worship. They represented him as having a red and very ugly face, bearing i

uare blocks of stone, upon which the name of the deity intended to be represented was engraved. The first attempts at sculpture wer

emale figures appeared to him — one was Vice, the other, Virtue. Each represented to him the advantages to be gained by following h

d intellectual light. Artemis, or Diana, presided over the chase, and represented the moonlight splendor of night. Hermes, or Mercu

here were three orders of gods. The first was for the priesthood, and represented the ideal and spiritual part of the religion; the

” or “Absolute Spirit,” headed the deities of the first order. He was represented as having the head of a ram; the hieroglyphic of

, which elsewhere received little respect. Good and evil spirits were represented as perpetually warring with each other. Pestilenc

us corresponds to the Jupiter Pluvius of the Latins. Indra is chiefly represented as doing battle with Vritra*, the enemy, who, by

a was a name for the sun as he begins his course in the heaven. He is represented as a beautiful child. He is identical with the Gr

in the east and disappears in the west. These two cardinal points are represented as twins — the one sending forth the sun, the oth

alects. The same authority follows the Agglutinative period with one “ represented everywhere by the same characteristic features, c

and his mother is said to have been a daughter of Hippotus. Æolus is represented as having the power of holding the winds confined

every five years, games were held in his honor. This god is variously represented , but the most famous statue shows him seated on a

lled Pythius from having killed the serpent Python. Apollo is usually represented as a handsome young man without beard, crowned wi

er of Sol, the sun, and was the mother of the stars and winds. She is represented as riding in a splendid golden chariot drawn by w

r, and Liber Pater, the symbol of liberty. The god of wine is usually represented as crowned with vine and ivy leaves. In his left

inus. Boxing, see Pollux. Brah′ma [Brahma]. The great Indian deity, represented with four heads looking to the four quarters of t

, which excited irresistible affection. Cha′os [Chaos] allegorically represented the confused mass of matter supposed to have exis

dia]. The goddess of peace. One of the oldest Roman goddesses. She is represented as holding a horn of plenty in one hand, and in t

pid [Cupid], the god of love, was the son of Jupiter and Venus. He is represented as a naked, winged boy, with a bow and arrows, an

es referred to under the names of Ceres, Rhea, Ops, and Vesta. She is represented as riding in a chariot drawn by lions. In one han

presided over the triumphs and complaints of lovers, and is generally represented as crowned with roses and myrtle, and holding a l

f one, see Cyclops and Glaukopis. F Fame was a poetical deity, represented as having wings and blowing a trumpet. A temple w

eemed one of the most potent of the ancient goddesses. She is usually represented as standing on a wheel, with a bandage over her e

eyes, and holding a cornucopia. Fraud, one of the evil deities, was represented as a goddess with a human face and a serpent’s bo

ucceeded Hebe in the office of cup-bearer to Jupiter. He is generally represented sitting on the back of a flying eagle. Gardens,

Osiris and Isis. He was the god of silence and secrecy. He is usually represented as a young man, holding a finger of one hand to h

terrestrial name was Diana. She was a moon-goddess, and is generally represented in art with three bodies, standing back to back,

e goddess of health, was a daughter of Æsculapius and Epione. She was represented as a young woman giving a serpent drink out of a

us and Venus, or, as some say, of Apollo and one of the Muses. He was represented as a handsome youth, holding in his hand a burnin

piter. Janus presided over highways, gates, and locks, and is usually represented with two faces, because he was acquainted with th

spleased when Paris gave the apple to Venus. The goddess is generally represented riding in a chariot drawn by peacocks, with a dia

; the Babylonians, Belus; and the Egyptians, Osiris (see Jove). He is represented as a majestic personage seated on a throne, holdi

roglyphics. Hermes is the Greek name of Mercury. In art he is usually represented as having on a winged cap, and with wings on his

ients, and her temple at Athens, the Parthenon, still remains. She is represented in statues and pictures as wearing a golden helme

tter jests occasioned his being driven from heaven in disgrace. He is represented as holding an image of Folly in one hand, and rai

metals. See Vulcan. Mun′in [Munin]. The Scandinavian god of memory, represented by the raven that was perched on Odin’s shoulder.

of Polyphemus (one of the Cyclopes), Phorcus, and Proteus. Neptune is represented as being seated in a shell chariot, drawn by dolp

ers of Nereus and Doris, and were fifty in number. They are generally represented as beautiful girls riding on dolphins, and carryi

r treachery. O Oan′nes [Oan′nes]. An Eastern [Babylonian] god, represented as a monster, half-man, half-fish. He was said to

y she is spoken of as Juno and Minerva. She personified labor, and is represented as a comely matron, distributing gifts with her r

Apollo, at which the victory of that god over the Python was grandly represented . Sera′pis [Serapis]. The Egyptian Jupiter, and g

s]. A Bacchanalian demi-god, the chief of the Satyrs. He is generally represented as a fat, drunken old man, riding on an ass, and

goddess of valleys. Varu′na [Varuna]. The Hindoo Neptune — generally represented as a white man riding on a sea-horse, carrying a

ory [Victory]. A goddess, the daughter of Styx and Acheron, generally represented as flying in the air holding out a wreath of laur

horse of Achilles. Y Ya′ma [Yama]. The Hindoo devil, generally represented as a terrible monster of a green color, with flam

presided over the elements that composed the universe. He is usually represented at the moment that he assigned to each element it

of memory, and of looking into the future. From this cause, Janus is represented with a double face. The time which Saturn passed

eas of liberty and equality, which existed in ancient days. Janus was represented supported by a staff, with a key in his hand, as

n the time of war, and shut during that of peace. Saturn, or Time, is represented sometimes on a flying chariot, and sometimes on a

his waist; while in his hand he carries a harp. In later times he is represented with a scythe. “Unfathomable sea! whose waves ar

very country, this Deity is found, though under various names. She is represented with keys in her hand, her head crowned with risi

circumstances and the times in which they have appeared. He has been represented as a swan, a bull, a shower of gold, and as a cuc

Baucis and Philemon saved them from the fate of their friends. He is represented as the guardian of man, and dispenser of good and

ror, and was reconciled to her husband. The wife of Jupiter is always represented as superbly arrayed, in a chariot drawn by two pe

oductions of the earth. She taught man the art of agriculture, and is represented crowned with wheat, holding a torch in one hand,

im to drive his chariot (that of the sun) for one day. In vain Phœbus represented the impropriety of his request, and ‌the dangers

return, and the grasshopper, who sings during his empire. This God is represented in the figure of a young man without beard, with

sters of the unhappy victim were changed into fowls. Diana is usually represented in the costume of a huntress, with a quiver on he

us became his preceptor and foster-father. This god, who is generally represented as fat and jolly, riding on an ass, crowned with

chus was the god of vintage, of wine and of drinkers, he is generally represented crowned with vine and ivy leaves, with a thyrsus

ldish, like old men, and unable to keep secrets. Bacchus is sometimes represented like an infant, holding a thyrsus and clusters of

a horn. His beauty is compared to that of Apollo, and like him, he is represented with fine hair, flowing loosely down his shoulder

swan, and the sparrow, were her favourites. The goddess of beauty was represented among the ancients in different forms. Among the

ghly valued, was that in the temple of Jupiter Olympus, where she was represented by Phidias, as rising from the sea, and crowned b

r, and rendered immortal by the celebrated painting of Apelles, which represented her issuing from the bosom of the waves, and wrin

als, and was able to cultivate those mechanical abilities which he is represented to possess. ———————— “He taught Man’s earth-born

Goddess of Wisdom, however, laughed his suit to scorn, and Vulcan is represented as having been very violent at his rejection. Jun

art of it, as in the immolations to the remainder of the Gods. He was represented as blowing with his nervous arm the fires of his

  But the harvest time of Love is there.” Southey. Cupid is usually represented as a winged infant, naked, armed with a bow and q

iver full of arrows. On gems and all other pieces of antiquity, he is represented as amusing himself with childish diversions. Some

different characters in which she has appeared, has the goddess been represented . Usually with a helmet on her head, and a large p

en, from those evil rocks.” Shelley. Some of the statues of Minerva represented her helmet with a sphinx in the middle, supported

th Venus has been related in another part of this work. He is usually represented in a chariot of steel, conducted by Bellona, godd

rible place was enclosed within a wall of adamant. Pluto is generally represented as holding a trident with three prongs, and has a

_1842_img114 There were fifty of them, all children of Nereus, who is represented as an old man with a long flowing beard, and hair

Horace. They were the divinities of the woods and fields, and were represented as having the legs, feet, and ears of goats; the

inspection of heaven. His temple was on the Tarpeian rock, and he was represented with a human head, though without feet or arms, t

fices to her divinity for the preservation of fruit: she is generally represented sitting on a basket, full of flowers and fruit, h

t, holding a bough in one hand, and apples in the other. Vertumnus is represented under the figure of a young man, crowned with var

heth of beauty, banishing despair.” Francis. At other times, she is represented surrounded by the flowers which blossom latest, m

unt received frequent visits from the remainder of the deities. He is represented as an old man, with a long, flowing beard, and si

eing able to raise or to calm storms at his pleasure. He is generally represented with a shell in his hand. “Old Triton blowing hi

ispenser of rain and of all heavy showers. Eurus, God of the east, is represented as a young man, flying with great impetuosity, an

falls.” Hesiod. Their powers were great and extensive, and they are represented by some as sitting at the foot of the throne of t

e ultimately became so eminent, had taken the chisel in his hand, and represented them of slight figure, pure countenance, smiling

ing his festivals, men and women exchanged each others dresses. He is represented as a young and drunken man, with a garland of flo

s of peace, and the Greeks spoke of him as a fickle divinity, because represented as blind, he spreads by chance in his rapid cours

hes Necessity, the inflexible goddess. ‌ In Bœotia she had a statue, represented as holding Plutus in her arms, to intimate that f

Harpocrates, the son of Isis and Osiris, is the god of Silence. He is represented , in his statues as young, but with a countenance

ong the constellations of the Zodiac, under the name of Virgo. She is represented as a maiden, with a stern but majestic countenanc

guilty Medea. Festivals were also appointed, in which the mother was represented as destroying her own offspring, with all the att

to his receiving her daughter Hebe in marriage. Hercules is generally represented as gigantically proportioned, sometimes naked, so

reopagus in the age of ‌Pausanias, and some of the ancient poets have represented him in hell, as the place, which crimes like his,

ordered Mercury to precipitate him to the bottom of hell. Here he is represented as punished with an insatiable thirst, and placed

to them new and delightful charms. Virtue, daughter of Truth, is represented clothed in white, as an emblem of purity; sometim

Saturn, is the parent of Justice and of Virtue. The great Apelles has represented her, in his painting of Calumny, under the appear

of laurel, the lance, and the horn of plenty; though he is sometimes represented , instead of arms, with the olive branch of peace,

the oath sworn in her name was regarded by them as inviolable. She is represented clothed in white, with clasped hands. Her priests

the emblems of faith, given and received. Friendship the Greeks represented clothed in a clasped garment, her head bare, her

ther times she appears in a chariot. She is, however, more frequently represented holding the book of the laws, and in her hand a s

jan war, and of innumerable misfortunes to the Greeks. The goddess is represented with a pale and ghastly look, her garments torn,

ntre of the worlds, and all the worlds were in him. Vishnu is usually represented near his wife, whom he enfolds in his arms. His c

odas of India, of Tartary, of China, and the countries of Asia. He is represented on a mat, his limbs crossed, his bust stiff, and

teristics. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img276b He is represented as a beautiful youth, sometimes conversing with h

ored by the Germans; he had a magnificent temple, and a statue, which represented him in the figure of a warrior, was placed upon a

e were, may have had their religion arranged systematically, and have represented the various appearances and revolutions of nature

mixed up with the old tales of gods and heroes ; and the fable to be represented on the stage often varied so much from that hande

its rise from the Egyptian priests, who, as we may see in Herodotus, represented their gods as having dwelt and reigned on earth67

culty in ascertaining its exact nature and situation. As it is always represented as a mountain, it must have rested on the earth,

Titanomachia of Arctinos or Eumelos201. Peisander, in his Heracleia, represented Oceanos giving the hero the Sun-god’s cup to pass

the Sun-god, and the isle of Rhodes emerged from the deep. Helios is represented by artists driving his four-horse chariot, his he

us is called the ‘father of men and gods’379 ; his power over both is represented as supreme380, and his will is fate. Earthly mona

his priests, the Selli, announced his will and futurity409. Zeus was represented by the artists as the model of dignity and majest

ies of Sunion, Tænaron, Geræstos, and other headlands455. Poseidôn is represented , like Zeus, of a serene and majestic aspect ; his

s against the son of Zeus466. The region over which Hades presides is represented in the Ilias and in the Theogony467 as being with

consigned to the nursery. By artists, the god of the nether-world was represented similar to his brothers, but he was distinguished

e forehead of the victim and burn them on the altar, so Death is here represented as coming to cut off a lock of the hair of Alcest

dyssey) Hera, as the queen of Zeus, shares in his honours. The god is represented as a little in awe of her tongue, yet daunting he

άμος) of these deities, which, as we will now proceed to explain, was represented in those places where Hera was principally worshi

haracter of Hera, and she appears as the jealous wife, such as she is represented in the Ilias. Hera, the legend said, offended for

), refers to this connection between her and that animal539. Hera was represented by Polycleitos seated on a throne, holding in one

was unknown. The temples and images of Ares were not numerous. He is represented as a warrior, of a severe menacing air, dressed i

of the two deities is correct and elegant. The artist-god is usually represented as of ripe age, with a serious countenance and mu

turned to Delphi at the head of a theoria 638. This mimic flight also represented the servitude of the god, which the legend placed

raven. The bay-tree was the plant dedicated to this deity. Apollo was represented by the artists in the perfection of united manly

determined to be the Ortygia of the Odyssey708. Artemis is generally represented as a healthy, strong, active maiden, — handsome,

their affinity, could not be more appropriately described. Apollo is represented as full of manly vigour, with long unshorn locks,

no god of nature, not being a deity of generation and production, but represented as ever youthful and unmarried, the tales of his

a, etc. In the more ancient temples of this goddess in Cyprus she was represented under the form of a rude conical stone. But the G

ired ; 2. Gold-winged ; 3. Sweet-minded. The god of love was usually represented as a plump-cheeked boy, rosy and naked, with ligh

on the shield of Achilleus, where the people of the besieged town are represented as going forth to lie in ambush, they are led by

and Trœzên, and, according to one account, for Argos. This goddess is represented with a serious thoughtful countenance, her eyes a

powers engaged in causing the productiveness of the earth. Her being represented in the poetic creed as the goddess of arts and wa

pollo called forth the laughter of the Olympians. This god is usually represented with a chlamys or cloak neatly arranged on his pe

step-mother867. In the poems of the Greek Anthology Hermes is usually represented as a rural deity. In one place868 the offering to

r when torrents spring forth from its womb. These might very aptly be represented by the steed Flowing (ῥείων or ῥέων)903 ; and thi

rland for her head, sometimes are held in her hand. She is frequently represented with a torch in her hand, — significant of her se

. At times she appears in her chariot drawn by dragons. Persephone is represented seated on a throne with Hades. The only epithets

Later ages assigned a particular department to each of the Muses, and represented them in various postures and with various attribu

h various attributes936. Calliope presided over Epic Poetry ; she was represented holding a close-rolled parchment, and sometimes a

connected in some way with the water the poet would hardly have thus represented them, as the humour would not have been fully app

e, and all that tended to inspire gaiety and cheerfulness986 They are represented as three beautiful sisters, dancing together : so

amed ‘the swift dogs of Hades,’ a character under which they are also represented by Sophocles1013. In the Theogony these goddesses

d in agriculture and planting1105. The Greeks caught up the idea, and represented the son of Semele — for the popular faith did not

Thyiades, Euades, names of which the origin is apparent. Dionysos was represented in a variety of modes and characters by the ancie

ny with Ariadne or the youth Ampelos. His triumph over the Indians is represented in great pomp. The captives are chained and place

the Pactolos, and hence that river became auriferous1210. Silenos was represented as old, bald, and flat-nosed, riding on a broad-b

Cadmos,’ and her transformation is mentioned1275. Palæmôn was usually represented riding on a dolphin. The Isthmian games were cele

vers were all the sons of Oceanos and Tethys1279. The River-gods were represented of a handsome human form, crowned with reeds, and

n, whom no one can look on and retain his breath1301.’ They were also represented as winged on the ancient coffer of Kypselos at Ol

cycle the Harpies appear as the tormentors of Phineus. They are there represented as odious offensive monsters with female faces, a

, and claws, of birds1313. Ἄνεμοι. Venti. Winds. The winds are represented in the Ilias as gods1314 : Iris goes to them as t

urther of opinion that in the original narrative the three races were represented as becoming after death three different classes o

self, who, according to the simple earnestness of early mythology, is represented like an earthly prince receiving his suppliant to

iod conceived them to be of a mingled form, as they were subsequently represented . In the fight of the Centaurs and Lapiths on the

parts of Greece ; and of which this was the most sublime form, as it represented not criminals, as elsewhere, but the noblest memb

ime of her conception1674. It is indeed not improbable that this poet represented these twins, like those of Leda, as being the one

ost rare of all in the heroic age, — the conquest over death. This is represented by his descent into the under-world, and dragging

ith one of the deities of Egypt. Hence we find Heracles so frequently represented as the sun-god, and his twelve labours regarded a

corn, recovers her full influence, and the clear fructifying springs represented by Pegasos gush forth. This explanation is ingeni

Iaso (Health), and Ægle (Brightness)1975. At Epidaurus Asclepios was represented under the form of an old man with a venerable bea

temis. The beauty and size of the constellation caused the hero to be represented as the largest and handsomest of mortals. Their r

iages and generations of its deities, like that of Greece, it usually represented them in pairs, each consisting of a male and a fe

otectress, was worshiped from the earliest times at Lanuvium. She was represented with a goatskin about her, a spear in her hand, a

e, title of this goddess was Curis or Curitis2293. Juno was generally represented armed, and it was the custom of the Romans to div

fe of their Zeus. Herod. iv. 59. 879. II. v. 500. ‘blond Demeter’ is represented as presiding over the winnowing of corn. In Od. v

e celestial ambrosia and quaffed the fragrant nectar. He is generally represented as a fine majestic figure, with long curling hair

is the mother of Mars, Hebe, and Vulcan, and is always described and represented as a beautiful, majestic woman, clad in flowing r

off to Thebes, where they found the state of affairs even worse than represented ; for poor Antiope was now imprisoned, and subject

actions, with the names of their authors, and was therefore generally represented with a laurel wreath and a book and stylus, to in

l men or immortal gods. Euterpe, the graceful “Mistress of Song,” was represented with a flute, and garlands of fragrant flowers. T

d a sceptre; while Terpsichore, the light-footed Muse of dancing, was represented treading an airy measure. Erato, who preferred ly

eign’st to rove.’” Byron. In works of art this goddess is generally represented as a beautiful maiden, clad in a short hunting dr

of the heart, considered Psyche the personification of the soul, and represented her with butterfly wings; that little insect bein

ever in memory of her wifely sacrifice. Venus, goddess of beauty, is represented either entirely nude, or with some scanty drapery

shuddered with terror when his name was mentioned. Mars was generally represented in a brilliant suit of armour, a plumed helmet on

he Hephæstia, were celebrated in honour of this god, who is generally represented as a short, muscular man, with one leg shorter th

ry question circumstantially. Amphitrite, Neptune’s wife, — generally represented as a beautiful nude nymph, crowned with seaweed,

set on his throne in Hades, and crowned as his queen. Pluto is always represented as a stern, dark, bearded man, with tightly close

in the great amphitheatre, in which the Furies were very graphically represented , and the multitude of spectators sat in deep sile

oaming vintage flows.” Virgil ( Warton’s tr.). Bacchus is generally represented as a handsome youth, crowned with ivy or grape le

g the traitor into a lynx, the emblem of perfidy. Ceres was generally represented as a fair, matronly woman, clad in flowing draper

ally over true and faithful dealing”; and she was therefore generally represented as pure and undefiled. A beautiful circular templ

eet a barking dog, the symbol of their care and vigilance, was always represented . The Manes — a name generally applied to souls wh

s with an age of gold.” Virgil ( C. Pitt’s tr.). Janus is generally represented with two faces, turned in opposite directions, be

its rising, and closes the day at its setting. In some statues he is represented with one whitehaired and bearded face, and the ot

all who ventured near. These forms were the genii of sleep and death, represented in art as crowned with poppies or amaranths, and

mortals were wont to intercede for his good offices. He is generally represented as a sleeping child of great corpulence, and with

is hexagonal, and on each side a flying figure of one of the winds is represented . Eurus, the east wind, was generally depicted “as

father of rain, snow, hail, and tempests, and was therefore generally represented as veiled in impenetrable clouds. His favourite p

of strength, was principally worshipped by young men. He is generally represented in art as a tall, powerfully built man, with a sm

ation one of the signs of the zodiac. Castor and Pollux are generally represented as handsome youths, mounted or snowy chargers. “

udden and unfounded fears, — from him called “panic.” He is generally represented with a syrinx and shepherd’s crook, and a pine ga

omona were the special divinities of the garden and orchard. They are represented with pruning-knives and shears, gardening impleme

he appearance of the first traces of literature,” he places “a period represented everywhere by the same characteristic features, c

other authorities, she was a personification of winter, and her tears represented the thaw occasioned by the sunbeams (Apollo’s arr

æstus), strictly “the brightness of the flame,” another fire hero, is represented as very puny at birth, because the flame comes fr

3; visited by Æneas, 327, 332 Si-le′nus. Tutor of Bacchus; generally represented on an ass, 151-153, 265 Sil-va′nus. God of the w

infancy, he was brought up by Pax, the goddess of peace, who is often represented holding him in her lap. Because Plutus insisted u

lection of photographs of the paintings and sculptures that have best represented mythical subjects, would, if used in the school a

to one or other of two sources — either to actual historical events, represented by the fancy under figures personifying them, or

, Cronus and Rhea, Iapetus, Themis, and Mnemosyne. The three Cyclopes represented the terrors of rolling thunder, of the lightning-

igion absorbed features of inferior religions, and that Jupiter, when represented as appropriating the characteristics of other god

of the figure was 1 feet; the pedestal twelve feet high. The god was represented as seated on his throne. His brows were crowned w

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

d of love, the son of Venus, and her constant companion. He was often represented with eyes covered because of the blindness of his

other deity named Anteros, reputed the brother of Eros, was sometimes represented as the avenger of slighted love, and sometimes as

l. 6. The Fates. Michael Angelo. (7) Nemesis, daughter of Night. She represented the righteous anger and vengeance of the gods, pa

ris), the goddess of Strife; and Iris, goddess of the rainbow, who is represented frequently as a messenger of the gods. Fig. 21

ritual, and perhaps with their cooperation, scenes were enacted which represented the alternation of death and life in nature, and,

f Thebes. He was especially the god of animal life and vegetation. He represented not only the intoxicating power of wine, but its

wise he left them gibbering on the hither bank. The abode of Pluto is represented as wide-gated, and thronged with guests. At the g

m. He is the guardian deity of gates, on which account he is commonly represented as facing both ways. His temples at Rome were num

f Heaven, whither she was transported by the sorrowful Jove, has been represented as recounting thus the story of her doom: — “Wha

scene of her contest with Neptune. Twelve of the heavenly powers were represented , Jupiter, with august gravity, sitting in the mid

was the central circle of Minerva’s web; and in the four corners were represented incidents illustrating the displeasure of the god

edly chosen to exhibit the failings and errors of the gods. One scene represented Leda caressing the swan; and another, Danaë and t

ed roof, and the walls were enriched with carvings and paintings that represented beasts of the chase and rural scenes. Other apart

save from shipwreck, and were invoked by sailors. Palæmon was usually represented as riding on a dolphin. In his honor the Isthmian

auris, where Diana made her priestess of her temple.348 Iphigenia is represented as thus describing her feelings at the moment of

Each rune was named after some object whose name began with the sound represented . The first letter was F, Feoh, money; the second

with the Latin Saturn, who, as a god of agriculture and harvest, was represented with pruning-knife in hand, and regarded as the l

m Pyrrha (the red earth); the other and older, by which Deucalion was represented as the only survivor of the flood, but still the

he most important copy extant is of the Roman period. The goddess was represented standing; in one hand a spear, in the other a sta

rrior. In the art of the second half of the fifth century b.c., he is represented as beardless, standing with spear and helmet and

hine, or spha, to burn. The Latin Vulcan, while a god of fire, is not represented by the Romans as possessed of technical skill. It

; H. K. White, Ode to Contemplation. In Art. — In art the goddess is represented high-girt for the chase, either in the act of dra

lowed an original of the age of Praxiteles, probably in bronze, which represented the goddess partly draped, gazing at her reflecti

tin. Demeter (Τῆ μήτηρ, δᾶ μάτηρ), means Mother Earth. The goddess is represented in art crowned with a wheat-measure (or modius),

tatue of the Villa Tiburtina (Rome). The bearded or Indian Bacchus is represented as advanced in years, grave, dignified, crowned w

; Think you he meant them for a slave?” § 71. Textual. — Eurynome is represented by some as one of the Titans, the wife of Ophion.

cithara, while the vintagers are at work. § 79. Centaurs. — Monsters represented as men from the head to the loins, while the rema

ious lands: (1) The spring is personified as a beautiful youth who is represented by an image surrounded by quickly fading flowers

, which contains the story as given by Apuleius. In Art. — Psyche is represented as a maiden with the wings of a butterfly, in the

, In the festivals all classes might participate. Those of the Spring represented the restoration of Proserpine to her mother; thos

posed to believe its powers.” Interpretative. — Memnon is generally represented as of dark features, lighted with the animation o

. It is fabled that Æschylus, the tragic poet, having on one occasion represented the Furies in a chorus of fifty performers, the t

a. Pillars of Hercules. — The chosen device of Charles V. of Germany represented the Pillars of Hercules entwined by a scroll that

Hephæstus. He is the activity of the “Spirit,” Neph, Chnuphis. He is represented as a mummy or a pigmy. Pakht and Bast: a goddess

ather of the Osirian gods. He is the god of earth and its vegetation; represented as a man with the head of a goose; he corresponds

th evil, the course of human life, and of the life after death. O. is represented as a mummy crowned with the Egyptian mitre. I′si

ivinity of the sun. He is of human form; rarely with a goat’s head as represented by the Greeks. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.

to the Greek Zeus. As Amen-Khem he is the god of productivity, and is represented with a flail in his hand. His consort is Mut, or

e-byn′thos, 256. Le′da, 91; see under Castor and Pollux; the myth of, represented by Arachne, 111, 254, 267, 281; Com. § 148,165 (3

both gods and men. There was a deity named Anteros, who was sometimes represented as the avenger of slighted love, and sometimes as

m. He is the guardian deity of gates, on which account he is commonly represented with two heads, because every door looks two ways

Japhet. Prometheus has been a favorite subject with the poets. He is represented as the friend of mankind, who interposed in their

e workmanship surpassed the material; 4 for upon the walls Vulcan had represented earth, sea, and skies, with their inhabitants. In

r the enjoyment of true and pure happiness. In works of art Psyche is represented as a maiden with the wings of a butterfly, along

scene of her contest with Neptune. Twelve of the heavenly powers are represented , Jupiter, with august gravity, sitting in the mid

her breast. Such was the central circle; and in the four corners were represented incidents illustrating the displeasure of the god

edly chosen to exhibit the failings and errors of the gods. One scene represented Leda caressing the swan, under which form Jupiter

with noble horsemanship.” The Centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the rema

save from shipwreck and were invoked by sailors. Palæmon was usually represented riding on a dolphin. The Isthmian games were cele

im in high honor. Musæus. A semi-mythological personage who was represented by one tradition to be the son of Orpheus. He is

It is recorded that Æschylus, the tragic poet, having on one occasion represented the Furies in a chorus of fifty performers, the t

he mythic story. We must premise that on the celestial globe Orion is represented as robed in a lion’s skin and wielding a club. At

the Earth,) by means of an inundation. Serapis or Hermes is sometimes represented as identical with Osiris, and sometimes as a dist

he ruler of Tartarus and god of medicine. Anubis is the guardian god, represented with a dog’s head, emblematic of his character of

y and watchfulness. Horus or Harpocrates was the son of Osiris. He is represented seated on a Lotus flower, with his finger on his

s dark The sable-stoled sorcerers bear his worshipped ark.” Isis was represented in statuary with the head veiled, a symbol of mys

he figure was forty feet, on a pedestal twelve feet high. The god was represented seated on his throne. His brows were crowned with

ood in the Parthenon, or temple of Minerva at Athens. The goddess was represented standing. In one hand she held a spear, in the ot

one supreme God. The name of this deity is Brahma. His attributes are represented by the three personified powers of creation, pres

Virgo — the Virgin. Themis (Justice) was the mother of Astræa. She is represented as holding aloft a pair of scales, in which she w

been borne by the priests in their religious processions. It probably represented the chest in which Osiris was placed. 31. Cowp

ther women of antiquity, practiced embroidery, and made pictures that represented facts. As they could not write, they conveyed mes

in it. Mother. Nor any leopards. The ancients, in their sculptures, represented Bacchus in a car drawn by panthers, or leopards.

llo was the most beautiful. He was perhaps the sun, and was sometimes represented driving the chariot of day over the heavens. His

ibed as a young man, and was unarmed; but in almost all fables, he is represented as a boy, with a bow and arrow in his hands, and

he Peneus, the Alpheus, or the Nile. These rivers, or river gods, are represented to have had children and friends, and to have lov

ied in mythology, in poetry, and in the arts. The Horæ, or Hours, are represented as lovely young girls, having light embroidered r

ssandra, 212); took vengeance on the Greeks before Troy, 184. In art, represented as young and handsome, and either with a lyre (as

i΄ope (cal-li΄o-pe). One of the Muses. Mother of Orpheus, 65. In art, represented with a writing-tablet and pencil, or with a scrol