et fall when the grim god seized her. “I hope you will like it here,” said Pluto, as they drove on. “It is very pleasant, an

ark,” cried Proserpina, weeping afresh. Then Pluto looked sullen, and said that most persons were not unwilling to be queens

or it seemed to be all of sighs and groans. “That is the river Styx,” said Pluto. “All who die must pass it. Look!” Proserpi

at across. It was a sad sight, and Proserpina was relieved when Pluto said : — “Come, now we shall see Cerberus, my dog.” Eve

to pat the great beast on its three heads. “Do not be afraid of him,” said Pluto, smiling. “He will harm no one who has the

ed down upon the country, bringing hail and frost and snow; for Ceres said , “Not one blade of grass, nor a leaf nor flower,

he path of stars to Olympus, where the gods of heaven dwell; for, she said , “My brother Jupiter, alone, can help me now.” Wh

reat earth-goddess was grieving. But Ceres spoke aloud to Jupiter and said , “O Jupiter, Father of Gods and Men, grant me jus

upiter bowed his head in thought, and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, said , “If Proserpina has eaten anything in the underwo

e cannot return; but if not, Jupiter may right the wrong.” Then Ceres said , “Nothing shall grow upon the earth — neither tre

— until Proserpina comes back. Choose what you will do!” When she had said this, Ceres turned and left Olympus. She went bac

and the grass was sprouting up, making the meadows green. “Have I not said that nothing shall grow upon the earth?” said Cer

dows green. “Have I not said that nothing shall grow upon the earth?” said Ceres, in wonder. “Who has done this?” Then sudde

Prometheus is brave, but he has done wrong to steal the sacred fire,” said Jupiter, “and he must be punished.” Then Jupiter

and he went to the cliff where Prometheus hung. “Listen, brother,” he said to the great suffering Titan. “For all your pains

nd mine, men are little better off than they were.” “I know it well,” said Prometheus in his suffering. “Even here the noise

and brave and proud, but how can they ever be happy?” Then Epimetheus said , “I will help them. I will go to Jupiter and be f

bring down the joy of Olympus; and men shall have it.” But Prometheus said , “Do it not. Happiness is for the gods. The gifts

The gifts of Olympus will harm men. Let the world alone.” Epimetheus said no more, but his mind was not changed. Next day h

rd and knelt at the feet of Jupiter. “O King of Gods and. of Men,” he said , “let there be peace between the Titans and you.

the Titans and you. Help us, and help mankind, who suffer.” “Speak,” said Jupiter. “What is it that you wish?” “Give me som

lympus, glad and thankful at heart. Then Jupiter turned to Vulcan and said : — “Make a box to hold the gift, and make for me

ful, and with his hands he makes wondrous things. So when Jupiter had said these words, the lame god hobbled away to his wor

ly an earthly woman after all. When this was done, Jupiter smiled and said to Mercury, the messenger of the gods: — “Take th

gods, but he was slow to open, for he thought of what Prometheus had said of the danger. He almost made up his mind not to

e sacred box. “The gifts of heaven must not be set free on earth,” he said , “for men are not strong enough to receive them.”

t it is that the gods put into it to give it such power.” One day she said to Epimetheus, “Would it be wrong, do you think,

elp, suddenly Pandora gave a cry of joy. “They are not all gone!” she said , eagerly, putting her ear to the box. “Listen!” S

god with contempt. “Are bows and arrows fit weapons for children?” he said . “Leave such weapons to me, who know how to use t

id not like the words of the great archer. “I can shoot you, Apollo,” said he, “and I will, too.” But Apollo laughed scornfu

. As Apollo saw her moving gracefully and swiftly among the trees, he said to himself that he had never seen a lighter step

w back from his touch. “Though you would not be my bride, Daphne,” he said , “you shall be my tree, and the tree of all poets

hus he spoke, and she the while Heard him with a soothing smile; Then said , “My infant, if so much Thou feel the little wild

rol the grim god Death, nor make him send back Eurydice. Then Orpheus said , “I will seek her where she is,” and he rose and

oat was moving across the stream, Orpheus sang of Eurydice, and it is said that the tears flowed down the cheeks even of gri

bathed in tears. All through the underworld the charm was felt. It is said even that the bad spirits in punishment were free

verlasting tortures while Orpheus sang. “Grant him Eurydice, O King,” said Proserpina; and Pluto, nodding, said: — “Let her

g. “Grant him Eurydice, O King,” said Proserpina; and Pluto, nodding, said : — “Let her be called.” In a few moments Eurydice

air arid beautiful as a goddess of Olympus. “Take her, sweet singer,” said Pluto, “for you have deserved her well; but have

he hand — and it seemed to melt into nothing in his. “O Orpheus,” she said ; and then, “Goodbye! goodbye!” The last word was

hed after her, but the god stood in his way. “You can do nothing,” he said . And Orpheus, stupid with grief at his second los

reaking in long waves at the foot of the promontory of Tænarus. It is said that the sweet and wondrous singer lived seven lo

what it all meant, for Tiresias could tell future events. “Alcmena,” said the seer, “your son has power that is more than h

s if she were afraid the other would reach him first. “Hercules,” she said , “I see that you are in doubt which path you will

never have to fight in battle.” “A gentle woman, and a gentle story,” said Hercules to himself; but to her he said, “Pray, w

e woman, and a gentle story,” said Hercules to himself; but to her he said , “Pray, what is your name, fair one?” And she ans

he thought of Hercules, and in a voice full of kindness and pity, she said : — “Yes, Hercules, the path of Happiness indeed s

adness, yet he found a deep delight in them. He looked up, and all he said was, “Fair one, what do men call you?” And she an

eft him debating, in his great heart. He remembered what Tiresias had said , for his mother, Alcmena, had told him. Then, lif

ds, gave himself up to the service of King Eurystheus. Eurystheus was said to be the most ignoble ruler in all the world. Fr

bethought him to go to consult the river-nymphs of Eridanus, who were said to be very wise in such matters. That was a good

ten to his story. “You wish to get the apples of Hesperides, do you?” said Atlas. “You will do better to let me go after the

burden again. “Suppose you let me take the apples to Eurystheus,” he said to Hercules with a grin. “Very well,” said Hercul

apples to Eurystheus,” he said to Hercules with a grin. “Very well,” said Hercules, without a moment’s hesitation; “but tak

, had taken his old load once more, Hercules picked up the apples and said : — “After all, I think I will take the apples to

men. Now when the shepherd-stranger saw the sad face of the king, he said : — “Why do you despair, O King Admetus? What is i

metus? What is it that troubles you?” Then the king told him all, and said : — “Do I not of right despair, for how shall I li

ion and a wild boar?” “Bring out the chariot before the palace gate,” said the stranger, “for it may yet be done.” Then the

The king was downcast at the thought of such a loss, but the stranger said : — “Call to me if ever you have need, for I will

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

of your sour looks.” “Ah, this is no time nor place for merrymaking,” said the servant, for he was beside himself with grief

shadow of death still hovered over her. “Take this captive of mine,” said Hercules, as he led her to the king, “and keep he

atment. “Friends should share griefs with friends, not hide them,” he said ; and taking off the veil, he showed Alcestis, bra

Lang. Note. — Pygmalion was a sculptor of the isle of Cyprus. He is said to have made an image of a maiden which was so be

f his own age, he boasted of it. “And is Helios proud of such a son?” said Epaphus, with scorn. “I suppose, rather, that he

of the insult. Next day Clymene noticed how her son was grieving, and said to him, “Go to your father. See whether he is ash

sed with his courage and pride. “Indeed, I am not ashamed of you,” he said . “What proof do you wish? — for you shall surely

m the blazing crown which the sun’s driver must wear. Last of all, he said : — “Hold the horses in; they will go fast enough

nd spoke to Helios and to the other gods of Olympus. “I must act,” he said , “even though Phaëton be the son of one of us.” N

e woman saw Dictys, she rose and hastened toward him. “Good sir,” she said , “help me and my child. I am a king’s daughter, t

t his birth, we have been driven from home to die.” “Fear no longer,” said King Polydectes. “You shall live here as befits y

it, so that he was much ashamed. Then the king, who had noticed all, said to Perseus: “Come and sit by me, for I value you

without a gift.” At this, the young man held his head up proudly and said : — “O King, whatever you may command me I will do

to stone. No enemy could stand against him who had it.” Then Perseus said : “If I live, O King, you shall have Medusa’s head

ave it.” The aged woman smiled. “What can you do against Medusa?” she said . “All who look upon her are turned to stone.” But

was smiling, and he felt no fear. “I will be with you, Perseus,” she said ; “therefore, be of good courage. Moreover I have

crazy goddesses began to weep and moan. “Give us back our eye!” they said . “Give us back our eye, man!” “Listen,” said Pers

e us back our eye!” they said. “Give us back our eye, man!” “Listen,” said Perseus. “I will give you the eye, but tell me fi

rones found that he was not to be moved, they told him. “Go on,” they said , “three days to the west, across the sea. There y

could not accept. “I must carry the Gorgon’s head to Polydectes,” he said , “and take my mother back to her home in Argos. M

nto the temple wall and remained there, quivering. “King Polydectes,” said Perseus, “I have brought you the gift you wished.

  For pale at his feet he sees her lie; — “I die, I die,” was all she said ,    While Echo murmur’d “I die, I die!” Thomas

into the forest to a great stone which lay there. “Under this stone,” said he, “I have put a sword and a pair of sandals. I

the sword and sandals, then send him to Athens to me.” “But, Ægeus,” said Æthra, “can any one but a god lift such a great s

that his father was living. But when he was sixteen years old, Æthra, said to herself, “The time is almost come. The boy is

ut at last they turned in the direction of the great stone. “Mother,” said Theseus, “how long must I stay here idly at my gr

only a boy, Theseus,” replied Æthra. “Hercules was famous at my age,” said Theseus, “and I wish to go out into the world.” Æ

n you can raise this stone and get what is under it, you may go,” she said . Theseus took hold of it and lifted hard, but the

father and these hidden things. “Take the sandals and the sword,” she said , “and go to Athens to your father, King Ægeus, fo

olved to destroy him, lest he should make her power less. One day she said to the king: — “Is it well, O Ægeus, that your

h fear. “What shall we do?” he asked. “Let him dine with us, O King,” said Medea. “If there be two drops of poison in his wi

let of wine was placed before the young man, she smiled upon him, and said : — “Drink, Theseus. Refresh yourself and be of go

ied out. “Speak! Whose is it?” Then Theseus knelt before the king and said : — “It was my father’s sword, O Ægeus, and I got

. Theseus was amazed and asked the cause of their grief. “Alas, sir,” said an old man, “it is because the time has now retur

s do we pay King Minos for the death of his son.” “Tell me about it,” said Theseus. “It is a sad story,” said the old man. “

h of his son.” “Tell me about it,” said Theseus. “It is a sad story,” said the old man. “Minos, the king of Crete, sent his

and a firm purpose came into his mind. “Choose but six young men,” he said to those who drew the lots, “for I will sail in t

d much. “For how can even. Theseus, unarmed, slay the Minotaur?” they said . The people of Athens mourned, but the black sail

could not take her eyes from his fair, noble face. “Oh, father,” she said , “will you destroy one who is so princely?” But K

trong, yet the men of Athens slew him. None shall be spared.” Theseus said not a word. His eyes were always on beautiful Ari

it with joy. “Surely, I shall slay the beast now, fair princess,” he said . “All Athens shall thank you for this.” “But you

hens shall thank you for this.” “But you do not know all the danger,” said Ariadne. “The Minotaur lives in a great and myste

ead, as fine and delicate as cobweb. “As you go in, unwind this,” she said . “The way back will then be easy. Come now, for y

slain, he was filled with rage. “They shall all be put to death,” he said furiously, “and Ariadne with them, since she trie

ife between Juno and Minerva and Venus could not be decided, some one said , “Paris, the shepherd, is the fairest of men; let

on alit on the heights of Ida and found the beautiful youth. “Paris,” said Mercury, “this evening, when the sun is down and

the wife of Jupiter and queen of the gods, spoke first. “Paris,” she said , “give me the prize. I shall make you ruler of ma

ry presence commanded him to listen. “I will not give you power,” she said , “nor wealth, but wisdom and foresight, courage a

in his heart, Venus, the goddess of love, stepped forth. “Paris,” she said — and Paris turned to look at her. Her hair was a

s heart beat faster with pleasure. “Give the apple to me, Paris,” she said . “Give it to me, and you shall have the most beau

months and no host came. At last men shook their heads and smiled and said , “It was only a rumor, after all. They do not dar

t the Grecian host. The priest feared to speak, but Achilles rose and said to him, “Speak freely and fear nothing, for I wil

en Achilles, with violent words, rebuked him, Agamemnon, in his rage, said that he would send and take Briseis, Achilles’ sh

ess of wisdom, came behind him and caught him by his golden hair, and said : — “Do him no harm, for you shall yet have justic

things touched the heart of Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, and he said : — “Let us take our men and lead them to the help

Achilles and besought him. “Let me but save them from utter ruin,” he said . “Hector is in the Grecian camp, and the Trojans

en, at last, Achilles yielded, but his heart was still bitter, and he said : — “Fight only within the Grecian camp, Patroclus

ters and came and sat beside her son and wept with him. Then Achilles said : — “Indeed, I have had my revenge, mother, and th

her what she wished., “Make me a suit of armor for my son, O Vulcan,” said Thetis, “for he is sorely in need of it to fight

to the place where the chiefs were sitting, he went to Agamemnon and said : — “Let there be peace between us, O Agamemnon. L

grief and loss.” And Agamemnon, hearing these words, was touched, and said : — “I, also, was in the wrong, O Achilles, for th

or Achilles. His father, King Priam, besought him in vain, for Hector said , “Who knows but that I may slay him, though he is

beside Hector. She took the form of Deiphobus, Hector’s brother, and said : — “Let us fight Achilles together, O Hector. Gre

these words. “You were always the best of my brothers, Deiphobus,” he said , “but from this time I shall honor you more than

account. In the city of Troy, there was a statue of Minerva which was said to have fallen from heaven. It was called the Pal

vised that it be pulled to pieces to see what was inside. But one man said , “Let us haul it into the town and keep it as a t

with his story and ordered that he be set free. “Forget the Greeks,” said the king. “From this time be a Trojan.” Sinon, fo

am. “Why was it made, and why is it so large?” “I will tell you all,” said the deceitful Sinon. “The Greeks have not gone fo

the temple of Minerva. At that, the Trojans were struck with awe, and said , “It is because Laocoön threw his spear at the wo

“Then let me perish that day, too!    Leave me to that,” the maiden said . And sadly-slow the god withdrew,    Sighing for

wrong. Send Helen back.    Save us from war and soldiers’ brawl” She said . “Ye will not hear. Alack!    Troy-town must fall

med the mainland. “I will cross to the mainland with my ship’s crew,” said Ulysses, “and see what sort of men live there.” S

, he noticed Ulysses and his companions. “Who are you, strangers?” he said , “and where have you come from?” Their hearts san

hideous meal, the hero came near and handed it to him. “It is good,” said the Cyclops, when he had drunk it. “Give me more,

poured out another bowl of the wine, and then another. “Cyclops, “he said , “my name is Noman.” “Noman shall be eaten last.

name is Noman.” “Noman shall be eaten last. That shall be his gift,” said Polyphemus savagely; but be bad hardly finished e

her, Neptune, the god of ocean, will make you pay for this, Ulysses,” said Polyphemus, and he cast another rock, larger even

ink, and Ulysses drank it off. Then she struck him with her wand, and said , “Go to the sty and grovel with your friends.” Bu

. She gave Ulysses much advice about the voyage. “But above all,” she said , “beware that your men do not lay violent hands o

ere the Oxen of the Sun graze in the meadows. “Remember the warning,” said Ulysses. “If we harm the oxen, we are ruined.” St

w impatient, and at last Antinoüs, the worst of them, came to her and said : — “Choose one of us and delay no more, for Ulyss

” “Wait but until I finish this robe which I am weaving for Laertes,” said Penelope; “then I will choose.” But she did not b

ng in your palace, and wooing your wife, Penelope, against her will,” said Minerva. “Now you must punish them. But in order

ales about the suitors. “These are evil days in my master’s land,” he said at last. “Who is your master?” asked Ulysses. “Ul

t last. “Who is your master?” asked Ulysses. “Ulysses was my master,” said Eumæus; “but, alas, he will never return.” “He wi

; “but, alas, he will never return.” “He will return this very year,” said the disguised hero. “Never,” said Eumæus; “and I

.” “He will return this very year,” said the disguised hero. “Never,” said Eumæus; “and I fear that his good son, Telemachus

s of joy the young man flung his arms about his father’s neck. “Son,” said Ulysses, after their greetings were ended, “we ha

e a beggar, at the door of the banquet hall. “Bring the aged man in,” said Telemachus. “No; send him away,” said Antinoüs, t

hall. “Bring the aged man in,” said Telemachus. “No; send him away,” said Antinoüs, the most insolent of the suitors. “We w

“Can you not give me tidings of Ulysses?” she asked. “Indeed, I can,” said the hero. “He is still alive, and will soon retur

lf. Long did Penelope listen, and when at last she rose to go, she said : — “Stranger, your words have touched me deeply.

each upon a stake, were set up in a row in the palace floor, and she said , “Whoever shall bend this bow of Ulysses’ and sho

could bend it. “But if I shall bend it and shoot through the rings,” said Telemachus, “no one shall have you.” Telemachus w

t bend it, nor could any of the other suitors. “Let me take the bow,” said Ulysses. “Beggar!” cried Antinoüs. “Are you not c

to feast here? Will you strive with your betters?” “Let him take it,” said Penelope. “He did not come here to woo me, but if

if he bend the bow, he shall have a rich prize.” “Leave us, mother,” said Telemachus, fearing a quarrel with the suitors. “

” Penelope heeded her son’s words and left the room. “A fine bowman!” said one of the suitors, scornfully, as he watched Uly

and shot it straight through all the rings. “The trial is ended,” he said . “Now I will aim at another mark,” and he sped an

at him long in silence. She could not believe that it was he. “Son,” said Ulysses, “let us leave her to her own thoughts fo

ing of Penelope came to an end. The Lotus-Eaters. “Courage!” he said , and pointed toward the land, “This mounting wave

eary the oar, Weary the wandering fields of barren foam. Then someone said , “We will return no ‘more”: And all at once they

Water-nymphs, 96. Nax΄os. An island s.e. of Greece, where Theseus is said to have deserted Ariadne, 168. Neme΄an Lion. The

us resolved to bring some misfortune upon the young princess, and she said , “I will give her the ugliest husband in the worl

hat can be imagined. Venus one day called to her the god of love, and said , “I have a commission for you, my son. You must d

you, for I must employ you to afflict Psyche.” “But why, dear mother, said Cupid, interrupting his mother,” would you afflic

happy. He lay down upon a bank of violets, near where Psyche sat, and said to himself as he gazed at her, “Ah, mother!” at t

wers, the only offerings which he ever received. “Powerful divinity,” said Cupid, addressing himself to the god, “thou art d

m, she was not so distressed as some timid girls would have been: she said , “The gods command me to leave my parents, but th

happen to her. Being conducted to the rock, and left there alone, she said to herself, “Now I will prepare myself to see the

ephyrus, fanning him gently with his wings, soon awaked him. “Cupid,” said Zephyrus to Somnus, “has charged me to come hithe

e would return. One evening, as Psyche was conversing with Cupid, she said le him, “I have a favour to ask of you. My time i

husband should absent himself from her every day. It was enough, they said , to make any woman miserable. “There can be no do

ugh, they said, to make any woman miserable. “There can be no doubt,” said one, “that he is the most frightful monster livin

one, “that he is the most frightful monster living; and as the oracle said be was unreasonable and capricious, very likely h

had heard of all the goodness of this compassionate goddess; and she said , “Perhaps, as she has pitied the poor and ignoran

ns, were all mixed together. At sight of this heap, “I command thee,” said the imperious Venus to Psyche, “to separate the d

ays, if thou failest to accomplish this task, thou shalt die!” Having said this, Venus left Psyche to her impracticable labo

immediately gave her another trial. ——— “I see, presumptuous Psyche,” said the queen of love and beauty, as she was sometime

distance, and near the summit of which fed a few sheep. “Go, Psyche,” said she, “to the top of yonder mountain, and bring me

enus could think of inflicting upon her. “Behold me, child of earth,” said the goddess to Psyche, “seest thou not the celest

ry a road that led directly to the place of her destination. “There,” said the voice, “you will see some cakes and some mone

and presented her with a cup of nectar with his own hand. “Receive,” said be, fair Psyche, this mark of my favour. When you

ved in Sicily, and wrote in Greek, about seventeen hundred years ago, said he found it in an old book; so it must be very ol

into the lap of Proserpine, who was to distribute them. “This rose,” said she, “I will give to Maria, it resembles her blus

r own, my Licinia, and sweet and modest as thou art, I give to thee,” said she to Licinia. “This lily is fair, like Cyane; t

black;” and placing the pure white lily in the hair of Cytheris, she said , “It is here like a star in the dark night.” “Leo

to fly or to await the awful deity. “But he is my father’s brother,” said she, “and shall the daughter of Jove fear him. Ah

rson ever believe that Cyane was changed to a fountain. Mother. They said so, and very likely some ignorant people believed

she found, by a fountain side, a naiad named Arethusa. “Who are you?” said the goddess to Arethusa, who was sitting on a sto

oman of the cottage came to the door, and admitted her. “Good woman,” said Ceres, “I am hungry and tired; can you give me an

me any food?” “Such as it is, you are welcome to part of our supper,” said the poor woman, whose name was Becubo. In Sicily

he peasant boys of Sicily were always very fond of polenta. “Mother,” said Becubo’s son, “I am afraid there will be no polen

d the old man was then satisfied. But Pandion wept afresh when Tereus said he had come to ask a favour of him — it was to pa

reluctance to spare her, she entreated him herself. “Permit me,” she said , “to go with Tereus. You know Progne cannot come

at was about to befall her, she sat down and burst into tears. Tereus said , pretending to comfort her, “Do not weep, lovely

lodging. They knocked at many doors, but were refused at all. One man said , “My friends are with me; I can admit no other gu

nd the good man of the house instantly opened it. “Allow us, friend,” said Jupiter to the man, “to rest ourselves a while at

st as they were taking their seats, Baucis, the mistress of the house said , “Nay; stay you a minute;” and she quickly found

shions stuffed with straw, which she put upon the bench. “These,” she said , “will ease your weary limbs.” They were the best

beautiful, and their voices mild and sweet toned. “They are not men,” said Philemon to Baucis, softly; “come with me;” and s

is strange visit. “It becomes us to offer a sacrifice to these gods,” said Baucis. “We have no victim,” said Philemon, “save

o offer a sacrifice to these gods,” said Baucis. “We have no victim,” said Philemon, “save our old goose yonder.” “The old 6

whenever a stranger approached. “The old goose will serve very well,” said Baucis, looking wistfully at her. The creature in

at concealed his dignity, showed himself a god. “My good friends,” he said , addressing himself to Baucis and Philemon, “I th

er. Philemon soon returned, and addressing himself humbly to Jupiter, said , “It is our request, since thou permittest us to

s, and their husbands constant till death, like Philemon. “The good, said they, are God’s peculiar care, And such as honour

nd appeared like a handsome young man. “I am come hither, fair lady,” said Mercury addressing himself to Aglauria, to “see y

this occasion, she laid her commands upon Envy in a few words. “Go,” said she, “to the royal palace at Athens. You know the

cease to persecute her sister, and will try to become better.” Having said this, Minerva withdrew from the dark cavern, and

hem by different names. Do you not remember that the Pierian princess said , in her song, that the gods took the shapes of an

tly call animated poetry lyric, at the present time. A very wise man9 said , the invention of the lyre was “the good fruits o

, and perhaps they believed it Ann. What did Aglauria mean, when she said an “evil genius” sent her a dream? Mother. The a

If you please. I should like to hear one. Mother. That gentleman who said Mercury was a good example to man, said also that

. Mother. That gentleman who said Mercury was a good example to man, said also that Narcissus was a striking example of idl

dispute; and they could not settle it, so they went to Tiresias, and said he should decide for them. Tiresias heard what ea

had been dedicated, by the rude people living near, to Mars. They had said it belonged to that god, and that none but his wo

ow of his vessel, and that he carried off Europa. Then the attendants said a bull carried her off. Arm. Do you suppose a he

The furies were Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megara. The ancients sometimes said the Eumenides were very cruel, and here is a fabl

roachfully at Juno, as he lifted the heavy stone from the ground, and said , “The misery you see here may content you; suffer

congruous substances, which had the property, when certain words were said over them, to cause pain or delirium to absent pe

ch, they would say, he is not the son of a man, but of a god, as they said that Perseus was the son of Jupiter; and also, wh

ter; and also, when they did not know who a person’s father was, they said he was some god. Semele, one of the daughters of

as called Bacchus. His mother died when he was very young, and it was said that Jupiter was his father. Bacchus, while he wa

at injures thee, my father.’’” Potter’s Euripides. As if Cadmus had said , as he stood over the disfigured body of his gran

. The child was in a sweet sleep. Dictys spoke first. “Unhappy lady,” said he, “whence came you? Have you been shipwrecked?

d it grieved him, for he had a compassionate heart. “Young stranger,” said he to her, “do not despair; you are not among bar

tect you, I know.” “I know not Polydectes, nor the way to his house,” said Danæ, still weeping. “Leave that chest,” said Dic

the way to his house,” said Danæ, still weeping. “Leave that chest,” said Dictys to her, in an encouraging voice; “give me

ear, but did not speak a word. Dictys put the babe into her arms, and said , “Aglauria, this unfortunate lady, and this prett

shelter and comfort them.” “Indeed I will, if I can. Come in, lady,” said Aglauria, and Danæ entered the only room in the h

his wife over and over again, for all their goodness; and hoped, she said , that one day or other she should be able to repa

lydectes was weak, and old, and ill-natured. He knew this himself. He said to himself. My subjects are tired of me, and they

antic; and there, every evening when the people saw the sun set, they said the horses of Apollo had descended to refresh the

’s mother was a vain, silly woman. She boasted of her own beauty, and said that she was handsomer than Juno or the Nereides.

truct him what he should do to satisfy the angry Neptune. “You must,” said he, “give him your beautiful daughter, Andromeda.

te arm bound by a heavy chain attached to the rock. “Beautiful lady,” said he, “I am no god, but the good gods aid me. They

ntain had lately gushed from the rock long sealed and dry. “We have,” said she, “called the fountain Hippocrene, for our win

” continued Minerva; “do me the favour to relate it. “These magpies,” said Polyhymnia in reply, “were once women. Their fath

to challenge us to a, trial with them. ‘Cease, goddesses of Thespia,’ said one of these sisters to us, as we met her in the

d that provoked them; and they pretended that they were injured. They said the Muses were selfish, and the nymphs were parti

orses. When the sun set in the sea, the pagans who worshipped Apollo, said his coursers had gone to bathe and refresh themse

ituted an oracle there, and the priestess was called the Pythia. They said that the tripod on which this priestess sat was c

ut she was relieved by the gentlest accents. “Fear nothing, fairest,” said a soft voice, addressing her, “I am come to offer

er in charge to Argus, a person renowned for his vigilance. Argus was said to have had an hundred eyes, some of which were a

itying Io, sent Mercury to deliver her from the power of Argus. “Go,” said the sovereign of the gods; “go and destroy Argus.

aphus and Phæton both commended themselves upon their parentage. “I,” said Epaphus, “am the son of Jupiter, the chief of the

hrone, and knelt before the god. “I am come hither, gracious parent,” said the suppliant, “to entreat thee to declare thysel

n the people to be more zealous in their devotions. “Haste, Thebans,” said she, “to the worship of Latona; bind your brows w

d cruel as to deny this refreshment to a weary and thirsty wanderer?’ said Latona. ‘Hard-hearted wretches! behold these inno

er, when few could think of the calm pursuit of literature, it may be said to have had more success than could have been rea

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

ossession of a field which lay totally unoccupied. This can hardly be said of any other part of classic literature, but many

y the legislature. We are a small and a disunited party. It cannot be said of us Hic multum in Fabia valet, ille Velina ; C

n they wanted me to write another work, likely to be as popular, they said they could not afford to give more than 150l. ! I

that the waters stood one time at that height. The ancient Arcadians said that Apollo, incensed at Hercules’ having carried

that Hercules formed the chasms by which the waters ran off11. Others said that Hades carried off the daughter of Demeter th

the origin of the rose is ascribed to the Prophet15, and the tulip is said to have sprung from the blood of the unhappy pain

the brother of fire26, and dust the brother of mud27 ; and Hipponax28 said that the fig-tree was the sister of the vine. A p

of one only God, the original cause and support of all. Anaxagoras is said to have been the first who openly taught this tru

ty that we shall here stop to give a brief account of it70. Euhemerus said , in this work, that having had occasion to make a

astronomy ; he first taught the doctrine of the sphere, whence he was said to support the heavens. Kronos, the most impious

s and Days, the Theogony, and the Shield of Hercules. Hesiod was also said to be the author of a poem in four books named th

ilosophy followed the Homeric cosmogony. In the Timæus of Plato it is said that the offspring of Heaven and Earth were Ocean

d the place of Uranos and Gæa to Ophiôn and Eurynome. As this last is said to be an Oceanis, and the former name is manifest

and sister of Erebos, to whom she bore Day and Æther168. She is then said to have produced without a sire Fate (Мόρος) and

ro's bending his bow at him he retired188. In the Ilias189 Oceanos is said to dread the thunder of Zeus. As in similar cases

g the day. In the Odyssey, when Helios ends his diurnal career, he is said to go under the earth199 : it is not easy to dete

the hero the Sun-god’s cup to pass over to Erytheia ; and Stesichorus said in his Geryoneïs, Helios Hyperionides Into the g

ens of Helios are thus richly described by Claudian211 : Thus having said , his gardens all bedewed With yellow fires he (So

Newness ?)225. Augeas, king of Elis, so rich in flocks and herds, was said to be the offspring of the Sun-god by Iphiboe226.

e the first inhabitants of the isle of Rhodes227. The Graces are also said to have been daughters of Helios by Ægle (Splendo

on that subject ; for the tradition of the people of the country was said to be234, that the amber was produced from the te

eeks to account for the origin of remarkable animals. The Eridanos is said to have been a mere poetic name, there being no s

was Selene driving a single horse, as it appeared to him ; but others said it was a mule, and they had a silly legend respec

254 Selene is called the daughter of Pallas, son of Megamedes. It was said that Selene was enamoured of Endymiôn, on whom Ze

mit of Mount Latmos, the place of his repose255. The god Pan was also said to have gained her love under the form of a snow-

oet270 we meet the ‘one-horsed’ Eôs, whether riding or driving is not said . Lycophrôn271 gives her the winged horse Pegasos

Coios286. κρKpȋος. Crius. This Titan is in the Theogony287 said to be the sire of Astræos, Pallas and Perses, by

d Musæus gave her Zeus for a sire in place of Perses292, while others said that she was the offspring of the Olympian king b

y Demeter294. According to Pherecydes her sire was Aristæos295. It is said in the Theogony296 that Hecate was highly honoure

eat, saying Hecate had eaten them304. The reason of this offering is said to have been that she might prevent the souls of

ed the others in his view of the subject312. At a later period it was said that Zeus had released the Titans313. Hesiod in h

a in the Western Ocean317. The golden age, so celebrated by poets, is said to have been in the reign of Kronos, when, accord

filled With his shrill neighings as away he fled. This legend, it is said , first appeared in the poem of the Gigantomachia3

erted that Zeus first saw the light among their mountains. Rhea, they said , came to Mount Parrhasion, amidst whose thickets

floods had not yet appeared. “Dear Earth ! do thou too bring forth,” said the goddess, and smiting the mountain with her st

ys that Maia, the daughter of Atlas, bore him Hermes395 A later fable said that Asteria, the sister of Leto, flying the love

e, or Rhodos, which last became the bride of Helios417. A late legend said that Amphitrite fled the love of the god, but tha

of that country made him the sire of the steed Areiôn427; and another said that when Rhea brought him forth, she pretended t

o Olympos, it is Poseidôn that unyokes his horses432; the same god is said to have given the Harpy-born steeds of Achilles t

t they should hold the dominion in common. In like manner Poseidôn is said to have contended with Hera for Argos446, and wit

gh he had abundant opportunities of noticing her. By Hesiod496 she is said to have been the daughter of Kronos and Rhea. The

s507. Hephæstos was the progeny of Hera without a sire ; she was also said to have given origin to the monster Typhaôn508. I

The comic poet Antiphanes, a contemporary of Socrates, says513, ’Tis said the phœnixes are all born in The City of the Sun 

ture of the love-union of Zeus and Hera on the summit of Ida515 : He said  ; and in his arms Kroniôn seized His spouse. Bene

uplia near Argos named Canachos, by bathing in which Hera, the legend said , renewed each year her virginity516. In the templ

ple-legend, the goddess was born522. Another name of the Imbrasos was said to be Parthenios523. Every year an ancient wooden

of Greece, this Samian custom was pragmatised529. The temple, it was said , had been built by the Lelegians and the Nymphs ;

oosed it and restored it to its place in the temple, and hence it was said arose the annual ceremony. In the name Admeta, it

alous wife, such as she is represented in the Ilias. Hera, the legend said , offended for some cause or another with Zeus, re

s and Hera, of which Cithærôn was also the scene. The maiden Hera, it said , was reared in Eubœa ; but Zeus stole her away, a

ed by later writers a legendary origin of the cock (ἀλϵκτρυών). It is said that Alectryôn was a youth whom Ares placed to wa

ses the order or harmony of the universe557. Terror and Fear are also said by Hesiod558 to have been the offspring of Ares a

hrace, Cycnos, Phlegyas, Dryas, Parthenopæos, and Tereus. He was also said to be the sire of Meleagros and other hero-prince

-princes of Ætolia561. The Hill of Ares (Ἄρϵιος πάγος), at Athens, is said to have derived its appellation from the followin

olated tale in the Odyssey, Aphrodite the goddess of beauty580. He is said to have asked Pallas-Athene in marriage of Zeus,

related, and also to one of a huge serpent named Pythôn, which, it is said , came out of his den and attacked Leto when she w

o account for the bay-tree being sacred to Apollo. Apollo, it is also said by the same poet, thought himself happy in the lo

y, for in a fragment of one of the poems ascribed to Hesiod625, it is said that the raven brought tidings to Phœbos of the m

ddess Hecate, who was connected with the lower-world641. It cannot be said positively whether this mythe (which is apparentl

s usually referred. In another of the latter books of the Ilias it is said that Poseidôn and Apollo, by the command of Zeus

thian from a Phrygian word signifying mouse, of which animal a legend said he had been the destroyer in Troas. He was also s

ll be that this last is the real root of these names, and that, as we said above, it was merely similarity of sound that cau

to prefer herself to Leto677 ; and in a fable later than Homer she is said to have detained the Grecian fleet at Aulis, in c

e of his daughter Iphigeneia. The Aloeids, Otos and Ephialtes, it was said , sought in marriage Hera and Artemis : the latter

offers another remarkable instance of this procedure. Arethusa, it is said , was an Arcadian nymph, and a companion of the hu

hich the Sun being offended, turned her into a doe697. Another legend said that Zeus carried away the nymph Arge from Lyctos

ted, and loved her, and each god desired her for his wife. Empedocles said that Aphrodite was the daughter of Kronos742. The

we have already narrated ; and Hermes, Dionysos, and Poseidôn, it is said , could also boast of her favours. Among mortals,

Eileithyia769 that goddess was termed the mother of Love, and Alcæus said that ‘well-sandaled Iris bore Love to gold-locked

is goddess was identified with Aphrodite Archaia, to whom Theseus was said to have dedicated an altar at Delos771 : possibly

ose among them on the nature of the baths. The philosopher smiled and said , “Though it is not strictly right in me to do so,

r bosom, and loved it when she saw how delightful it was ; and she is said to have burned it by the dripping of the lamp, be

odern writer781 may seem to come nearer the truth. “This fable, it is said , is a representation of the destiny of the human

lishments ; she wove her own robe and that of Hera, which last she is said to have embroidered very richly795. When the hero

s812, in whose temple stood a statue of the goddess813 ; she was also said to have given fire to the Athenians814 ; perpetua

ncy. The one supposes it to signify Head-sprung, as the word τριτὼ is said to have signified Head in some of the obscurer di

married Echecles. By Chione the daughter of Dædaliôn841, or as others said by Stilbe or Telauge the daughter of Eosphoros842

s narrated by Ovid in his Metamorphoses847. Hermes is in some legends said to be the father of the Arcadian god Pan848, and

temple to her without the town on the hill Callichoros. Thus having said , the goddess changed her size And form, old-age o

ion. Erysichthôn is a name akin to ἐρυίβη, mildew ; and Hellanicus892 said that he was also called Æthôn (Αἴθων, burning), f

hat beside Areiôn she bore a daughter to the god, who, the Phigalians said , was the Despœna (Persephone). They also showed a

ried off, clothing herself in deep black. The absence of the goddess, said the tradition, caused a general failure of the cr

by Homer, for we cannot regard as his the verse930 in which they are said to be nine. Perhaps originally, as in the case of

e three, — Melete (Practice), Mneme (Memory), and Aœde (Song). Aratus said they were four, the daughters of Zeus and the nym

g (ὄρχησις), played on the stringed instrument named phorminx. She is said to have invented hymns to the gods. Terpsichore,

of the choric Dance (χορεία), appeared in a dancing posture. She was said to have invented the pipe (αὔλος). Urania, the mu

er right hand on her mouth, or carried a roll. Pieria in Macedonia is said by Hesiod937 to have been the birth-place of the

usic. Shortly after the birth of the Muses, the nine daughters, it is said , of Pierios king of Æmathia challenged them to a

Acheloös the mother of the Sirens. Hymenæos, the god of marriage, was said to be the offspring of the divine Urania, but the

everywhere find the Muses connected with founts ; Eumelos of Corinth said they were three in number, the daughters of Apoll

into a frame for the reception of poetic images955. Hence it has been said , by him who like the early bards of Greece was on

in return for his aid in deceiving Zeus. By later writers she is even said to be their mother978. The Homeridian hymn to Art

her honour ascribed to the ancient Lycian poet Olên. In this she was said to be the mother of Love992. Eileithyia was calle

she is named as presiding over the assemblies of men, but nothing is said respecting her rank or her origin. By Hesiod1033

thing is said respecting her rank or her origin. By Hesiod1033 she is said to be a Titaness, one of the daughters of Heaven

Pœon. Pæeon is in Homer the family surgeon of Olympos. Nothing is said about his origin. All we are told is, that he cur

n of Night. By Homer they are, for a very natural and obvious reason, said to be twins. When, in the Ilias1050, Sarpedôn the

hiped1058. The goddess adored at Cyzicos under the name of Adresteia, said by the poet of the Phoronis to be the same with C

trife his sister, rouse with him the Trojans to battle1069. Strife is said to be small at first, but at last to raise her he

in which there is any allusion to Dionysos. In the Odyssey1086 it is said that Artemis slew Ariadne in the isle of Dia, ‘on

in question is spurious. In the last book of this poem1087 Thetis is said to have brought an urn (ἀμϕιϕορῆα), the gift of D

the immortal gods, and possesses fair-ankled Hebe.’ It is not however said that he had obtained the power of a god1092. S

imes, which, being illumined by hardly any literary monuments, may be said to resemble a region covered with dark clouds, th

the judgement should be solemnly purified, — of which laws Dracôn is said to have been the author ? This religion was also

harbours. The revolution named the Return of the Heracleids, which is said to have occurred somewhat less than a century aft

of Cyzicos, of Berecynthos, Sipylos, Cybelos ; from which last she is said to have derived her name, though the reverse is m

sacred to her ; as from the former she made the pipes, and Attis was said to have been changed into the latter. We find fro

g Buto, Apollo Oros, and Artemis Bubastes, and an island in the Nile, said (for Herodotus could not perceive it to move) to

made Pan the offspring of Zeus and the nymph Œneïs1167, others again said he was a child of Heaven and Earth1168. There was

ain said he was a child of Heaven and Earth1168. There was also a Pan said to be the son of Zeus and the nymph Thymbris or H

d fowling1178. The god of herdsmen was not without his amours ; he is said to have captivated the goddess of the night, Sele

nd his flat nose, to the Silens born of the divine Naïdes1198. Others said that Silenos was a son of Earth, and sprung from

os was long silent ; at length, when he was constrained to answer, he said , “Ephemeral seed of a toilsome fate and hard fort

t daughter of Helios, also designated as a goddess and a nymph, it is said , They spring from fountains and from sacred grov

Ruler (μέδων) of the Sea and a Sea-elder. A harbour in Ithaca1252 is said to belong to him. Hesiod1253 makes him a son of P

raying to their god, he vanquished their persecutor. Others, he adds, said that Tritôn used to carry off the cattle which we

e theory of representing the gods as having been originally mere men, said that Proteus was a king of Egypt ; and the Egypti

sailors were continually making reports of his soothsaying1268. Some said he dwelt with the Nereïdes at Delos, where he gav

ôn (Champion) seems to refer to the Isthmian games1278. Melicertes is said to be a name of Poseidôn ; it may however be the

task they were aided by a serpent named Ladôn1283. These apples were said to have been the gift of Earth to Hera on her wed

Gorgons, gave them Phor-cys and Keto for parents1285. Their names are said to have been Ægle, Erytheia, Hestia, and Arethusa

thyia, and built a temple to him after that event1320. Boreas is also said by Homer1321 to have turned himself into a horse

lace named Temesa, or rather Tempsa1327. The people of this place are said to speak a language different from Greek1328, and

therefore can be collected with certainty from Temesa. But it may be said that the Sikelans, who dwelt in Italy and Sicily,

cily, are spoken of in the Odyssey1331 ; this people however are also said to have inhabited Epeiros1332, in which case noth

ed immense rocks at him, which were near sinking his ship. Nothing is said by the poet respecting the size of the Cyclopes i

e occasion to the fiction of a Giant-war. The peninsula of Pallene is said to have been the place of conflict, and with the

he air or along the water, but dwelt continually in one place. She is said by him1362 to be the daughter of Helios by the Oc

the ship left the Ocean and entered the Sea, it was at Ææa. Circe is said to have had by Odysseus a son named Telegonos (Fa

ess of the holy isles ruled over all the renowned Tyrsenians.’ Hesiod said elsewhere1365 that Helios had brought Circe in hi

was expelled, and then fled to a desert isle of the Ocean, or as some said to the headland named from her in Italy1366 ; for

r the mother of Faunus by the god of the sea1369. The Moly (μῶλν), is said by these late writers to have sprung from the blo

σσα), and their voice he said1378 stilled the winds. Their names were said to be Aglaiopheme (Clear-voice) and Thelxiepeia (

erpsichore or Calliope, or by Sterope, daughter of Porthaôn1381. Some said that they sprang from the blood which ran from hi

1386 ; and others, again, Peisinoe, Aglaope, Thelxiepeia1387. One was said to play on the lyre, another on the pipes, and th

. 94, l.) the Lacedæmonians had laid siege to Athens, Dionysos, it is said , appeared in a dream to their general, Lysander,

no whirlpool there at all resembling Charybdis, the most that can be said is, that that strait may have given occasion to t

re is not spoken of. Stesichorus called her mother Lamia1394 ; Hesiod said she was the daughter of Phorbas and Hecate1395 ;

siod said she was the daughter of Phorbas and Hecate1395 ; Arcesilaos said , of Phorcys and Hecate1396 ; others asserted that

rite, in consequence of her intimacy with Poseidôn1400. Charybdis was said to have been a woman who stole the oxen of Heracl

the poem, the one in which Eurymedusa, the attendant of Nausicaa, is said to have been brought from Apeiros, which is taken

ghtiness and extreme reliance on his powers hurry man to death. It is said by later writers that for his share in the Titan-

llars which hold heaven and earth asunder.’ In the Theogony1454 he is said to support the heaven on his head and hands in th

m seven daughters, named Pleiades after their mother1457. He was also said to be the father of the nymphs named Hyades1458.

ince was turned into the mountain which still bears his name. Another said that he was a man of Libya devoted to astronomy,

He was also regarded as the creator of the human race. Another legend said that all mankind having perished in Deucaliôn’s f

ich he caused the winds to blow, and thus gave them life1473. A third said that Prometheus had formed a man of clay, and Ath

nything in heaven that might contribute to its perfection. Prometheus said that he could not tell what there might be in hea

is intimated in the transaction respecting the fire of which Zeus is said to have deprived men, and which Prometheus stole

with such a box as Pandora could have carried with her. Further it is said that ‘Hope alone remained in the infrangible hous

ith the exception of a dubious passage in Theognis1489, where Hope is said to be the only good deity that remained among men

n to it in Grecian literature, except in the fable of Babrius, who is said to have been anterior to Phædrus, in Nonnus1490,

he and his wife alone had been preserved in the catastrophe. What is said of the Brazen Age is quite at variance with the n

resign his victim, whom he then restored to her husband. It was also said that Heracles fetched Alcestis back out of Erebos

sôn. This prince married Alcimede daughter of Phylacos, or, as others said , Polymede daughter of Autolycos, by whom he had a

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

ts of the manner in which she contrived to destroy Pelias ; for it is said that before the Argo came to Iolcos Medeia landed

d him on his voyage, and retired with Medeia to Corinth1549. Iasôn is said to have put an end to his life after the tragic f

of ‘strife between the Centaurs and men’1588. In the Catalogue it is said that Hippodameia bore Polypœtes to Peirithoös, th

er1591. One of the most celebrated of the Lapiths was Cæneus, who was said to have been originally a maiden named Cænis. Pos

ines,’ and the earth finally opened and swallowed him1593. It is also said that Cæneus, filled with confidence in his streng

rried Halcyone a daughter of Æolos the son of Deucaliôn. Pride, it is said , caused the ruin of both. He called his wife Hera

er. Ceÿx is introduced into the mythe of Heracles, whose friend he is said to have been. The Marriage of Ceÿx (Τάμος Κήϋκος)

rs, Gorgo and Deïaneira. Œneus was devoted to agriculture, and it was said that the god Dionysos gave him a vine-plant and t

æa, by which he became the father of Deïaneira1611. Œneus, it is also said , killed with his own hand his son Toxeus for leap

kin to Atalanta. When Meleagros was seven days old, the Moiræ, it was said , came, and declared that when the billet which wa

slew each other, either quarrelling or through ignorance : for it is said that when Cadmos saw them rising he flung stones

t robe, and with a collar, the work of Hephæstos, given to him, it is said , by the divine artist himself. Harmonia became th

d into serpents, and sent by Zeus to the Elysian Plain, or, as others said , were conveyed thither in a chariot drawn by serp

made to Cadmos ; in the Odyssey1629 the sea-goddess Ino-Leucothea is said to have been a mortal, and daughter to Cadmos. He

whose name it is difficult to assign a probable origin. It is however said that Cadmos signifies Prince or General, that Cad

the art of managing bees was ascribed to Aristæos1644. Tradition also said that one time when the isle of Ceos was afflicted

fifty hounds of Actæôn answer to the fifty dog-days. One account1657 said that Artemis threw a stag's-hide over him, and th

ried to Athamas, son of Æolos, and king of Orchomenos. Athamas, it is said , had been already married to Nephele (Cloud), by

pollodorus. There are however many variations in the tale. Thus it is said that Ino was Athamas’ first wife, and that he put

ce of safety. The ram, it was added, died at Colchis1661. It was also said that the flight of Phrixos was caused by his reje

, for it was a favourite subject with them. Thus Euripides in his Ino said that Athamas thinking that Ino had perished in th

led forth to sacrifice bound with woollen fillets. These persons were said to be the descendents of Kytissoros the son of Ph

ed by Lycos the brother of Nycteus. Both Lycos and his brother, it is said , had fled from Eubœa for killing Phlegyas the son

government, and walled-in the town ; for which purpose the stones are said to have moved in obedience to the lyre of Amphiôn

h a stone, she yet broods o'er the woes Sent by the gods1668. It was said that one son and a daughter named Chloris escaped

world, and she was changed into a nightingale (ύηδών). Zethos is also said to have fallen by the arrows of Apollo. This lege

heritance peaceably, but ever be at strife. Elsewhere the Thebaïs1693 said that his sons having sent him the loin instead of

, he drinks previous to revealing to him the future1696. Teiresias is said to have been the son of Eueres and the nymph Char

ed the town and oracle of Claros. She bore to Rhakios, (or, as others said , to Apollo) a son named Mopsos, a celebrated prop

it from himself Andreïs. He was succeeded by his son Eteocles, who is said to have been the first who sacrificed to the Grac

hia, married, and had two sons, Trophonios and Agamedes ; though some said Apollo was the father of the former. They became

discover his accomplice, cut off his head1713. Trophonios himself is said to have been shortly afterwards swallowed up by t

Lebadeia in Bœotia. During a great drought the Bœotians were, it was said , directed by the god at Delphi to seek aid of Tro

out of it. Odysseus sees in Erebos Iphimedeia the wife of Alœus, who said she had ‘mingled’ with Poseidôn, and she bore two

is deed, and justified himself by citing a law of Rhadamanthys, which said that “whœver defends himself against any one who

ra, pretending incredulity, exacted from him an oath that what he had said should be accomplished. Zeus, unsuspicious of gui

though he himself fared on it raw. Heracles asking for wine, his host said he feared to open the jar, which was the common p

ed by the relentless Eurystheus1746. When Heracles came to Augeas, he said nothing to him of the commands of Eurystheus, but

im in his arms till he died. Antæos, on account of this property, was said to be the son of Earth1760. From Libya he went to

ears, a Cyprian named Phrasios, a great soothsayer, came thither, and said that it would cease if they sacrificed a stranger

s request went and obtained three apples from the Hesperides ; but he said he would take them himself to Eurystheus, and tha

he queen of the country1770. The purchase-money (three talents, it is said ,) was offered to Eurytos, but he refused to accep

h were lying near him ; and on Heracles asking him what he was doing, said that he was raising an altar to Heracles Callinic

ons, except Nestôr, who was living with the Gereneans1774. He is also said to have wounded. Hades and Hera as they were aidi

ψ. Cecrops. Ogyges, in whose time the Bœotic flood is placed, is said by some to have been the first who reigned over A

called Cecropia from him, and Attica from its peninsular form. He is said by mythologists to have been an autochthôn, i. e.

or tree-hoppers in their hair to signify their autochthony, as it was said , and that a species of this insect was named κϵρκ

Cranaos, another autochthon, in whose time the flood of Deucaliôn is said to have happened. He married Pedias the daughter

Cranaos was expelled by Amphictyôn, also an autochthon, or as others said the son of Deucaliôn, who after a reign of twelve

xpelled by Ἐριχθόνιος. Erichthonius. Erichthonios was by some said to be the son of Hephæstos by Atthis the daughter

n the Acropolis, and instituted the festival of the Panathenæa. He is said to have been the first who used the four-horsed c

in its favour1808, was not however the prevalent opinion. It was also said that Tereus was changed into a hawk1809, and that

illed her1817. This legend also is told with great variations. It was said that Cephalos refused to comply with the wishes o

him to sleep with his own daughter Æthra ; and Poseidôn, it was also said , took advantage of the same night. Ægeus when dep

down to the tortoise1838. Theseus came now to Eleusis, where Cercyôn, said to be a son of Hephæstos, reigned. Like many of t

of stature, to the long bedstead, and stretched and pulled him, as he said , to make him fit it, till the life left him. But

e to arms, but Theseus defeated and slew them1841. Medeia, it is also said , who was married to Ægeus, fearing the loss of he

49. In this temple also was the well of salt water which Poseidôn was said to have produced with his trident ; it was called

e claim to reality as any of the others. As the Lyceion at Athens was said to have been named from Lycos, and there was on i

idôn, who was also named Ægæos1859 and Ægæôn1860. In fact it was also said that Poseidôn was the father of Theseus, who come

his adventures are manifestly formed on those of Heracles, whom he is said to have emulated, we are struck by the absence of

and there were various wooden statues preserved till late times, and said to be the work of his hands. Icaros (from εἴκω, l

Chapter VI. MYTHES OF CORINTH. The ancient name of Corinth was said to have been Ephyra, so called from one of the Oc

ct of worship at Corinth was the god of the sea. Poseidôn and Helios, said the legend, once contended for the possession of

navigation. Σίσυϕος. Sisyphus. Sisyphos, the son of Æolos, was said to be the founder of Ephyra. He married Merope th

ne who had thus proved himself too able for him ; and Sisyphos, it is said , seduced or violated his daughter Anticleia (who

ter, and then was ordered to go and fight the Solymians ; and this he said was the severest combat he ever fought. He lastly

essential part of the mythe of Bellerophontes. In the Theogony it is said of the Chimæra that she was killed by Pegasos and

the Eoiæ. Her story however was noticed in the Ægimios, where it was said that her father's name was Peirên, that her keepe

that the isle of Eubœa derived its name from her1901. Pherecydes1902. said that Hera placed an eye in the back of Argos’ nec

the victors were to receive his other daughters as the prizes. It was said , however, that the crime of the Danaïdes did not

which these national genealogies were fabricated. From what has been said above respecting Cadmos, the reader, we should ho

be youths, they contended for the kingdom ; and on this occasion are said to have been the inventors of shields. Prœtos was

temple, saying that their father's house was much finer. It was also said that they were the priestesses of the goddess and

answer that he would bring him even the head of the Gorgon. The king said nothing at the time ; but next day, when the rest

re he was hospitably entertained by that happy people1942. He is also said to have turned Atlas into a mountain on his retur

rently connected with the Larissa, the height (ἄкρον) where tradition said he lay buried1954 ; Danae seems to refer to the d

d at such perfection as to be able to restore life to the dead. He is said to have thus recalled from the nether-world Capan

antle and leaning on a staff round which a serpent was twined. It was said that when he was about to raise Glaucos a serpent

clepios took the herb and by means of it restored Glaucos1976. Others said that Athena had given him the blood of the Gorgon

mit of Mount Lycæon, at the foot of which stood the town of Lycosura, said to have been built by Lycaôn, who established the

that of Nyctimos strongly confirms this hypothesis. It may indeed be said that Zeus derived his appellation from the mounta

mis to kill her with her arrows as a noxious beast ; Zeus then, it is said , took the unborn infant and gave it to Maia to re

said, took the unborn infant and gave it to Maia to rear. It is also said that Areas, having been separated from his mother

divide the booty. He killed an ox ; and dividing it into four parts, said that one half of the prey should fall to him who

ts2020 ; and the St. Elmo's fire was ascribed to them. They were also said to be the constellation of the Twins. Chapte

dried hides and brazen kettles to his chariot, and their clatter, he said , was thunder ; and flinging lighted torches again

en get the cattle, set out for Phylace. Everything fell out as he had said . The herdsmen of Iphiclos took him, and he was th

Iphiclos might have children. They therefore brought the vulture, who said that Phylacos the father of Iphiclos had pursued

nife in a wild pear-tree, where the bark grew over it. The terror, he said , had deprived Iphiclos of his generative power ;

, he inquired after the child which Euadne had borne ; for Phœbos, he said , had told him that he would be a renowned prophet

try there derived from him its name, Pæonia2034. Endymiôn, it is also said , gained the love of the goddess Selene, and she b

a favour allowed him to live as long as he pleased2036, or as others said , granted him the boon of perpetual sleep. The pla

Latmos in Caria, and thither Selene used to repair to visit him. Some said he was made immortal for his righteousness ; othe

converted into a hero in the usual manner. As the ancient Epeians are said to have been Lelegians, and this people also dwel

Lelegian mythe the cavern where he meets the moon. The rationalisers said that Endymiôn was a hunter who used to go to the

ϵ). The poet elsewhere2042 names them Cteatos and Eurytos. Hesiod2043 said that their bodies grew together, and Ibycus2044 t

that is, probably his divulging the secrets of the gods. Tantalos was said to be the son of Zeus by the nymph Pluto (Wealth)

His residence was placed at the foot of Mount Sipylos in Lydia. Zeus, said another legend, cast this mountain atop of him ;

ion and the inordinate pursuit of honours ; for when Tantalos, it was said , had attained his ultimate desire, and was admitt

Pelops. At an entertainment given to the gods by Tantalos, he is said to have killed and dressed his son Pelops, and to

o leave out the linch-pins of the wheels of his chariot, or as others said to put in waxen ones instead of iron. In the race

071 probably related the winning of Hippodameia. In the Cypria it was said , that from the summit of Taÿgetos Lynceus looked

n army to Elis and took possession of the throne2078. Thyestes, it is said , afterwards seduced Aërope the wife of Atreus, wh

isputed. Atreus, in order to prove that the kingdom by right was his, said he would produce a goldfleeced lamb : Thyestes, h

prived him of the kingdom. Sometime after however Atreus returned and said that to prove his right he would let them see the

continues the tale in a more tragic and horrible form. Atreus, it is said , invited his brother to return, promising to bury

nds of his children to be brought in and shown to him. The Sun, it is said , at the sight of this horrible deed checked his c

e account of the Pelopids given in them. Of Agamemnôn’s sceptre it is said that Hephæstos made it and gave it to Zeus, who g

line' were invented. The author of the Alcmæonis, whoever he was, is said to have related the story of the gold-fleeced lam

coffer containing a statue of Dionysos, the work of Hephæstos, as was said , and given to Dardanos by Zeus. Cassandra, it was

s, as was said, and given to Dardanos by Zeus. Cassandra, it was also said , had thrown this coffer in the way of the Greeks,

nd very appropriately made Agenôr the sire of Cadmos, Europa was also said to be his daughter, while her mother Telephassa b

f that country, and obtained the sovereignty of a part of it. Zeus is said to have bestowed on him a life of treble duration

The principal actions of Minôs have been already related2101 . He is said to have fallen in a war against Cocalos king of S

ep-son Hippolytos has been already related. In the Theogony2105 it is said that The gold-haired Dionysos made the blond Ari

he soothsayers were all assembled ; and Polyeidos the son of Coiranos said , her colour was that of the berry of the briar, —

n he pursued them, and forced him to go home again ; and hence it was said , that the waters of the Asopos carried coals alon

e walls of Troy, they made him the associate of their toil2114. It is said , that Greece being afflicted with sterility and d

ntains he had slain, Bearing his brazen aye-enduring club. Oriôn was said to be the son of Poseidôn by Euryale the daughter

ra cast into Erebos for contending with her in beauty2124. It is also said that Oriôn was earth-born2125. Hyria, a town of t

125. Hyria, a town of the Tanagraïc or Theban territory in Bœotia, is said to have been the birth-place of Oriôn. As Zeus, P

rath (though Homer rather says the contrary) he drew on himself. Some said that he attempted to offer violence to the goddes

was for presuming to challenge the goddess at the discus. It was also said , that when he came to Crete, he boasted to Leto a

boast they sent a huge scorpion, which stung him, and he died. It was said , finally, that Artemis loved Oriôn, and was even

9. Пλϵιάδϵς καὶ ϓάδϵς . Pleiades et Hyades. The Pleiades were said to be seven in number, the daughters of Atlas and

heir number was seven, only six stars are visible, for Electra, it is said , left her place that she might not behold the rui

th its legend of Ariadne ; there is the ‘Man in the Moon,’ which some said was Cain, others the man who was stoned for gathe

r of Thoas governed it as queen. For the Lemnian women having, it was said , offended Aphrodite, she caused them to have an i

fleece. This however is no essential part of the mythe, as it is also said to be white or purple 2166. There can be little d

occur in all accounts of it. Where it originally terminated cannot be said with certainty ; for its limit advanced with the

ollar and robe ; his disorder however still continued, and the Pythia said that the Erinnys would never quit him except in a

o her father. Agamemnôn expressed his willingness to give her up, but said that some maiden must be given to him in her plac

ief ; and Hesiod probably gave no more than the popular creed when he said of the heroes, And now with minds free from all

ascribed to a subterranean dæmon named Tages, who, the Tuscan legend said , had risen up, a babe in form, an aged man in wis

eeds, “I do not follow the Persian Magi, at whose impulsion Xerxes is said to have burnt the temples in Greece, because they

plied Numa ; — “I demand a life” — “of a fish.” The deity smiled, and said that his weapons might thus be averted, and promi

. Jupiter Indiges was worshiped on the banks of the Numicius, and was said to be the deified Æneas. Jupiter was named Feretr

aracter. In the Circus stood a chapel of Venus Murtia, so named it is said from the myrtles which had grown there2321. At La

f the Hellenes are very various and ridiculous, as it seems to me.»He said that Cerberos was a serpent that lay at Tænaron.

a star.’ This was probably the more ancient version, but it was also said that she took the form of a quail, ὄρτυξ, (see Ap

he building of the wall is spoken of elsewhere (vii. 452.), and it is said to have been the work of both the gods. 646. Apo

he goddess. Sch. Theocr. i. 109. 745. Hesiod (ap. Apollod. iii. 14.) said that Adonis was the son of Phœnix and Alphesibœa.

, by his own daughter Smyrna. 746. Ares, out of jealousy, took it is said the form of a boar for the purpose of killing him

Bion. i. 748. Nicander ap. Sch. Theocr. v. 92. Ovid. Ib.731. Others said that the anemone, which was white before, was tur

observe the allusion to the rural character of the god. 861. He is said to have been called στρϕαȋος (Et. Mag. s. v.), fr

ller, Proleg. 355. 866. See vv. 491, 567. 867. By his touch, it was said , he turned the fleece to gold. Sch. Apoll. Rh. ii

eq. 876. Met. i. 717. 877. Hes. Th. 454. 912. 878. The Scythians said Earth was the wife of their Zeus. Herod. iv. 59.

euphonic. The cyclic Thebaïs named Areiôn κυανоχоιτὴς, and Antimachus said of him, 904. Paus. viii. 31, 1 ; iv. 26, 8. Soph

s. i. 44, 3. 910. Plut. De Is. et Os. 69. Hesych. and Et. Mag. s. v. said to be derived from the grief (ἄχος) of the goddes

2. Others made Apollo the sire of Linos and Orpheus. Hesiod (Fr. 97.) said that Urania was the mother of Linos. See Conon 19

1293. Eratosth. Hygin. Völcker, ut sup. Æschylus, as it would appear, said that he flung the eye into Lake Tritonis. 1294.

hilolog. Museum, i. 174. seq. 1333. Od. xxiv. 307. 1334. “People,” said Eratosthenes, “will discover whither Odysseus wan

Ἔνθϵν δὲ προτέρω πλέομϵν. The wind had been north-east, and it is not said that it had changed. We apprehend that by προτέρω

ib. Sch. Od. xii. 85. 1397. Eudocia, 377. 1398. The poetess Hedyla said (Athen. vii. 297.) that he used to come to Scylla

requently quoted in the preceding pages. 1448. Theog. 507. seq. Some said Æthra (Timæus ap. Sch. Il. xviii. 486.), others A

racter. 1516. Herod. vii. 176. Müller, Orchom. 377. 1517. These are said to have been the Bœotians, who conquered and expe

. Rh. i. 46. Tzetz. Lyc. 175. 1535. Pind. Pyth. iv. 193. seq. Others said that on the death of Æsôn Pelias reigned as guard

related below. 1541. Apollod. i. 9. 1542. Ibid. 1543. Medeia is said to be immortal by Pindar (Pyth. iv. 18.) and Musæ

4. Parmeniscus ap. Sch. Eurip. Medeia, 9. 275. Paus. ii. 3, 7. It was said that the Corinthians by a bribe of five talents g

oll. Rh. iii. 1179.). Sec also Sch. Eurip. Phœn. 5. 1624. The oracle said to Earth. See above, p. 159. 1625. Apollod. iii.

. 1643. Pindar, Pyth. ix. 1644. Aristotle (ap. Sch. Theocr. v. 53.) said he was taught them by the nymphs who had reared h

5. 2. Ovid, Met. iii. 511. seq. 1668. Il. xxiv. 602-17. It is here said that Niobe had six sons and six daughters. Hesiod

t Niobe had six sons and six daughters. Hesiod (Sch. Eur. Phœn. 161.) said ten of each sex ; the tragedians (Id. ib.) said s

Sch. Eur. Phœn. 161.) said ten of each sex ; the tragedians (Id. ib.) said seven, but this was probably on account of the ch

the temples of that land of mystery. In the pragmatising days it was said (Paus. Ix. 26.) that the Sphinx was a female pira

1690. Works, 162. 1691. Paus. ix. 5, 11. Pherecydes (Sch. Phœn. 52.) said that the sons of Iocasta were Phrastôr and Laonyt

. 1712. Hom. Hymn to Pyth. Apoll. 118. 1713. The same trick is also said to have been played on Augeas, king of Elis, by T

th. v. 8.) was Εἲ к’ ἔρξε δίкη к’ ίθεȋa γένοιτο. 1731. Apollod. Some said seven, others one night. See Heyne in loc. 1732

r, Myth. der Jap. 61. 1754. Pherecydes ap. Athen. xi. 470. Pcisander said it was Occanos, Panyasis said Nereus, that gave h

herecydes ap. Athen. xi. 470. Pcisander said it was Occanos, Panyasis said Nereus, that gave him the cup (Athen. ut sup.). S

it was on his return from Erytheia. 1756. Аποῤῥήγνυσι. The country, said Hellanicus (Dion. Hal. i. 35.), was henceforth na

the eastern extremity of the earth. 1763. Pherecydes ut sup. Others said Heracles killed the guardian-dragon and took the

i. 602. It is not unworthy of notice, that in the Ilias (i. 3.) it is said that the souls (ψυχὰѕ) of the heroes were sent to

d. ut sup. 1802. Hygin. 166. 1803. Apollod. ut sup. 1804. He was said to be the prince of the Thracians, who were suppo

Apoll. Rh. i. 211. seq. cum Sch. Hellanicus (ap. Sch. Od. xiv. 533.) said that Oreithyia was on the Acropolis as a basket-b

of the bird more probably. 1831. Choëph. 609. seq. 1832. The god said , ̕ Ασκοȗ τòν προὔχοντα ποδάονα, ϕέρτατε λσκον, Μ

. Thes. 22. Diodor. iv. 61. Paus. i. 22, 4. Catull. lxiv. 242. Others said he flung himself from a rock into the sea, which

no sentence of death could be executed in Athens ; because, as it was said , it commemorated the deliverance of the youths an

ρòs νὀτον ̔Ο σκληρòѕ οὖτοѕ καὶ γἰγανταѕ ἐκτρέϕων Εἴληχε Πάλλαs, is said of this son of Pandiôn. 1857. Νισαία is plainly

. Or Entreater, from ἀντιάω. 1887. In the Theogony, ver. 282, it is said , Τῳ μὲν ἐπώνυμον ἦν ὅτ᾿ ἄῤ Ὠкϵανοȗ πϵρὶ πηγὰς Γϵ

above, p. 338. 1895. Apollod. ut sup. 1896. Or, as the dramatists said , of Inachos 1897. Æsch. Sup. 306. 1898. Acusila

his is a very obscure legend. 1919. In Plato's Laws (iv. 704.) it is said , respecting the name of the city to be founded, τ

f St. Winifred’s well in Drayton’s Polyolbion, Song x. “A fountain is said to have broke out in the place where St. Osithe w

. Hesiod (ap. Apollod. iii. 8, 1.) calls him an autochthon, and Asius said (Paus. viii. 1, 4.), Ἀντίθϵον δέ Πέλσγον ἐν ὑψικ

. 1983. Herod. iv. 205. 1984. Eumelos ap. Apollod. iii. 8. 2. Asios said that Nycteus, i. e. Nyctimos, was her father ; Ph

Asios said that Nycteus, i. e. Nyctimos, was her father ; Pherecydes said Keteus. Apollod. ut sup. Sch. Eurip. Orest. 1662.

t of the Cypria, but they were probably contained in the poem. Sappho said (ap. Athen. ii. 57.), ϕασὶ δέ ποτϵ Λήδαν Ὤἴον ϵὑ

Hygin. ut supra. 2066. Tzetz. ut supra. 2067. The Myrtoan sea was said to derive its name from him. Euripides (Orest. 98

Lyctos that gave occasion to the legend in the text. Another account said that Lycia was named from Lycos the brother of Æg

nce in sound between μύρμηξ, an ant, and Myrmidous, the tribe who are said to have dwelt in Ægina. 2112. Theog. 1004. 2113

foot to Colchis. In the poem named ‘The Wedding of Ceÿx,’ Heracles is said to have been left behind at Aphetæ, where he went

mbat is described at length by Theocritus, Idyll. xxii. 2157. Others said he was thus punished for having revealed the will

north side of the Euxine, where the town of Tomi (τόμοι cuttings) was said to have derived its name from it. Apollod. i. 9,

mn iv. 202. seq. One of the Cyclic poets (ap. Sch. Eur. Orest. 1370.) said that Zeus gave Laomedôn a golden vine for Ganymed

2196. Apollod. Paus. i. 28, 9. Arctinos (ap. Dion. Hal. A. R. i. 69.) said it was given to Dardanos. 2197. Il. xx. 237 ; th

given Il. xx. 215-239. 2198. Il. vi. 23. 2199. Il. xvi. 718. Others said of Cisseus. See Eurip. Hec. 3. 2200. Il. xxiv. 4

ii. 113 — 121. The fiction was as old as the time of Stesichorus, who said that Proteus gave Paris a phantom (ϵἴδωλoν) of He

Soohrâb in the ‘Tales and Popular Fictions’ (p. 164.) we should have said , “The circumstance of a son thus slain by his fat

n of Saturn are not very consistent; for on the one hand his reign is said to have been the golden age of innocence and puri

d a rod entwined with two serpents, called the caduceus.2 Mercury is said to have invented the lyre. He found, one day, a t

esome deities, like the Satyrs of the Greeks. Quirinus was a war god, said to be no other than Romulus, the founder of Rome,

ows; and being himself elated with his recent victory over Python, he said to him, “What have you to do with warlike weapons

woods, and taking no thought of Cupid nor of Hymen. Her father often said to her, “Daughter, you owe me a son-in-law; you o

inged all over with blushes, threw arms around her father’s neck, and said , “Dearest father, grant me this favor, that I may

ays remain unmarried, like Diana.” He consented, but at the same time said , “Your own face will forbid it.” Apollo loved her

his own fortunes. He saw her hair flung loose over her shoulders, and said , “If so charming in disorder, what would it be if

er than the wind, and delayed not a moment at his entreaties. “Stay,” said he, “daughter of Peneus; I am not a foe. Do not f

od. The branches shrank from his lips. “Since you cannot be my wife,” said he, “you shall assuredly be my tree. I will wear

side, Thisbe on that, their breaths would mingle. “Cruel wall,” they said , “why do you keep two lovers apart? But we will n

t. Presently he found the veil all rent and bloody. “O hapless girl,” said he, “I have been the cause of thy death! Thou, mo

with kisses and with tears. “My blood also shall stain your texture,” said he, and drawing his sword plunged it into his hea

pty of its sword. “Thy own hand has slain thee, and for my sake,” she said . “I too can be brave for once, and my love is as

Procris, at the sudden shock, fainted away. Presently recovering, she said , “It cannot be true; I will not believe it unless

th delight, for he had never seen the instrument before. “Young man,” said he, “come and take a seat by me on this stone. Th

he god, charmed with the novelty and with the sweetness of the music, said , ‘Thus, then, at least, you shall be mine.’ and h

of Juno, and the goddess changed her into a bear. “I will take away,” said she, “that beauty with which you have captivated

when he saw his horns in the water, “Ah, wretched me!” he would have said , but no sound followed the effort. He groaned, an

ol stream, but the rustics forbade her. ‘Why do you refuse me water?’ said she; ‘water is free to all. Nature allows no one

d Phaëton went in rage and shame and reported it to his mother. “If,” said he, “I am indeed of heavenly birth, give me, moth

the honor.” Clymene stretched forth her hands towards the skies, and said , “I call to witness the Sun which looks down upon

that shone all around his head, bade him approach, and embracing him, said , “My son, you deserve not to be disowned, and I c

r times he shook his radiant head in warning. “I have spoken rashly,” said he; “this only request I would fain deny. I beg y

the flame. He set the rays on his head, and, with a foreboding sigh, said , “If, my son, you will in this at least heed my a

ring destruction. Bacchus, merciful deity, heard and consented. “Go,” said he, “to the River Pactolus, trace the stream to i

e and made king, in obedience to the command of the oracle, which had said that their future king should come in a wagon. Wh

t. This was the celebrated Gordian knot, which, in after times it was said , whoever should untie should become lord of all A

ing words, as long as they could speak. “Farewell, dear spouse,” they said , together, and at the same moment the bark closed

was sitting on Mount Eryx playing with her boy Cupid, espied him, and said , “My son, take your darts with which you conquer

he passed the goddess, who appeared in the guise of an old woman, she said to her, “Mother,” — and the name was sweet to the

er bosom. The compassionate old man and his child wept with her. Then said he, “Come with us, and despise not our humble roo

roof; so may your daughter be restored to you in safety.” “Lead on,” said she, “I cannot resist that appeal!” So she rose f

dor shone all around. While they were overcome with astonishment, she said , “Mother, you have been cruel in your fondness to

he cause, and laid the blame on the innocent land. “Ungrateful soil,” said she, “which I have endowed with fertility and clo

eeing this, the fountain Arethusa interceded for the land. “Goddess,” said she, “blame not the land; it opened unwillingly t

f the stream: and made haste to escape to the nearest bank. The voice said , ‘Why do you fly, Arethusa? I am Alpheus, the god

gh subterranean channels till it again appears on the surface. It was said that the Sicilian fountain Arethusa was the same

artly emerging from the water, and supporting himself against a rock, said , “Maiden, I am no monster, nor a sea animal, but

e shall see in one of our later stories. After mutual salutations, he said , “Goddess, I entreat your pity; you alone can rel

ed his part in the solemnities, he stood before the altar and timidly said , “Ye gods, who can do all things, give me, I pray

e, I pray you, for my wife” — he dared not say “my ivory virgin,” but said instead — “one like my ivory virgin.” Venus, who

o, to beware of such dangerous animals. “Be brave towards the timid,” said she; “courage against the courageous is not safe.

ver it, beat her breast and tore her hair. Reproaching the Fates, she said , “Yet theirs shall be but a partial triumph; memo

bloody hue like that of the pomegranate. But it is short-lived. It is said the wind blows the blossoms open, and afterwards

with every returning spring revives the memory of his fate.   It was said that Zephyrus, (the West wind,) who was also fond

having as much as he could do to restrain them. “They rush together,” said she, “with such fury that fire flashes from the c

shuddered, as if with a presentiment of evil. With tears and sobs she said farewell, and then fell senseless to the ground.

that ought rather to be offering funeral rites. So, calling Iris, she said , “Iris, my faithful messenger, go to the drowsy d

rowned locks. Leaning over the bed, tears streaming from his eyes, he said , “Do you recognize your Ceyx, unhappy wife, or ha

s. Sometimes he would have an ox-goad in his hand, and you would have said he had just unyoked his weary oxen. Now he bore a

the garden and admired the fruit. “It does you credit, my dear,” she said , and kissed her, not exactly with an old woman’s

grapes. She praised the tree and its associated vine, equally. “But,” said she, “if the tree stood alone, and had no vine cl

add those years to my fame which you have reft from my life.’ Thus he said , and, turning his pale face and weeping eyes towa

had already marked for punishment. “‘Let us see this sad procession,’ said she, and mounted to a turret, whence through an o

ith dismay, and her parents abandoned themselves to grief. But Psyche said , “Why, my dear parents, do you now lament me? You

of reasons, to keep concealed. “Why should you wish to behold me?” he said ; “have you any doubt of my love? have you any wis

’s valley. They embraced her and she returned their caresses. “Come,” said Psyche, “enter with me my house and refresh yours

roceeded to fill her bosom with dark suspicions. “Call to mind,” they said , “the Pythian oracle that declared you destined t

ing her as she lay in the dust, stopped his flight for an instant and said , “O foolish Psyche, is it thus you repay my love?

ing to grieve, those spiteful creatures inwardly rejoiced. “For now,” said they, “he will perhaps choose one of us.” With th

ofty mountain having on its brow a magnificent temple, she sighed and said to herself, “Perhaps my love, my lord, inhabits t

r with angry countenance. “Most undutiful and faithless of servants,” said she, “do you at last remember that you really hav

t, vetches, beans, and lentils prepared for food for her pigeons, and said , “Take and separate all these grains, putting all

per and went away. Next morning Venus ordered Psyche to be called and said to her, “Behold yonder grove which stretches alon

but she received not the approbation of her implacable mistress, who said , “I know very well it is by none of your own doin

cend the shortest way to the shades below. But a voice from the tower said to her, “Why, poor unlucky girl, dost thou design

longing desire seized her to examine the contents of the box. “What,” said she, “shall I, the carrier of this divine beauty,

x, and waked Psyche with a light touch of one of his arrows. “Again,” said he, “hast thou almost perished by the same curios

nly assembly, and when she arrived, handing her a cup of ambrosia, he said , “Drink this, Psyche, and be immortal; nor shall

. Cadmus, alarmed, prepared to encounter a new enemy, but one of them said to him, “Meddle not with our civil war.” With tha

wounds, except five survivors. One of these cast away his weapons and said , “Brothers, let us live in peace!” These five joi

and the desired assistance readily promised. “I have people enough,” said Æacus, “to protect myself and spare you such a fo

“Standing before the altar I raised my eyes to heaven. ‘O Jupiter,’ I said , ‘if thou art indeed my father, and art not asham

up the trunk of the tree. Observing their numbers with admiration, I said , ‘Give me, O father, citizens as numerous as thes

self was cradled, shall not be polluted with such a monster!” Thus he said , and gave orders that equitable terms should be a

ou shun me?” Echo asked the same question. “Let us join one another,” said the youth. The maid answered with all her heart i

, “Hands off! I would rather die than you should have me!” “Have me,” said she; but it was all in vain. He left her, and she

Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, was the daughter of Jupiter. She was said to have leaped forth from his brain, mature, and

b, or, after it was woven, adorned it with her needle, one would have said that Minerva herself had taught her. But this she

ght a pupil even of a goddess. “Let Minerva try her skill with mine,” said she; “if beaten I will pay the penalty.” Minerva

t and gave Arachne some friendly advice “I have had much experience,” said she, “and I hope you will not despise my counsel.

n the contrary, I advise you to ask her forgiveness for what you have said , and as she is merciful perhaps she will pardon y

d at the old dame with anger in her countenance. “Keep your counsel,” said she, “for your daughters or handmaids; for my par

he goddess; let her try her skill, if she dare venture.” “She comes,” said Minerva; and dropping her disguise stood confesse

f. Minerva pitied her as she saw her suspended by a rope. “Live,” she said , “guilty woman! and that you may preserve the mem

. She stood and surveyed the people with haughty looks. “What folly,” said she, “is this! — to prefer beings whom you never

proceeding in this strain, but Apollo interrupted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Dian

pted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Diana also. Darting through the air, veiled in cl

of her dead sons. Raising her pallid arms to heaven, “Cruel Latona,” said she, “feed full your rage with my anguish! Satiat

d, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, “I come as a guest. If you honor illustri

ted to thrust him out. Perseus, finding the giant too strong for him, said , “Since you value my friendship so little, deign

ht that he almost forgot to wave his wings. As he hovered over her he said , “O virgin, undeserving of those chains, but rath

loft the Gorgon’s head. “Seek not to frighten us with your jugglery,” said Thescelus, and raised his javelin in act to throw

o Perseus, but turning his head away he begged for mercy. “Take all,” said he, “give me but my life.” “Base coward,” said Pe

for mercy. “Take all,” said he, “give me but my life.” “Base coward,” said Perseus, “thus much I will grant you; no weapon s

pride and presumption drew upon himself the anger of the gods; it is said he even attempted to fly up into heaven on his wi

which means the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people. They lived near

prevented by his age and infirmities from taking part in them. Jason said to Medea, “My spouse, would that your arts, whose

be possible that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” said he. But when he saw her lay aside her robe for th

he saw her lay aside her robe for the race, he changed his mind, and said , “Pardon me, youths, I knew not the prize you wer

ippomenes, not daunted by this result, fixing his eyes on the virgin, said , “Why boast of beating those laggards? I offer my

ith him. The goal was near; one chance only remained. “Now, goddess,” said he, “prosper your gift!” and threw the last apple

s. The first and most distinguished were the Olympic, founded, it was said , by Jupiter himself. They were celebrated at Olym

thout being carefully searched. “Minos may control the land and sea,” said Dædalus, “but not the regions of the air. I will

from the lofty nest into the air. When all was prepared for flight he said , “Icarus, my son, I charge you to keep at a moder

king part with one side or the other, in hard-fought fields, and were said on such occasions to be mounted on magnificent wh

magnificent white steeds. Thus in the early history of Rome they are said to have assisted the Romans at the battle of Lake

r it was indeed Jove himself who came as a lover. Heaving a sigh, she said , “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help be

st famous part of his wanderings is his expedition to India, which is said to have lasted several years. Returning in triump

t was in vain Pentheus remonstrated, commanded, and threatened. “Go,” said he to his attendants, “seize this vagabond leader

t before the king. Pentheus, beholding him with wrathful countenance, said , “Fellow! you shall speedily be put to death, tha

There was something in them which I felt sure was more than mortal. I said to my men, ‘What god there is concealed in that f

d I resisted them. ‘This ship shall not be profaned by such impiety,’ said I. ‘I have a greater share in her than any of you

where you wish to go and we will take you there.’ ‘Naxos is my home,’ said Bacchus; ‘take me there and you shall be well rew

d take the boy to Egypt to sell him for a slave. I was confounded and said , ‘Let some one else pilot the ship;’ withdrawing

had just become aware of their treachery, looked out over the sea and said in a voice of weeping, ‘Sailors, these are not th

alone was left. Trembling with fear, the god cheered me. ‘Fear not,’ said he; ‘steer towards Naxos.’ I obeyed, and when we

trate and hold back the fatal axe. Erisichthon, with a scornful look, said to him, “Receive the reward of your piety;” and t

looking for her and seeing her in her altered form, addressed her and said , “Good fisherman, whither went the maiden whom I

ia was one of them, whose fountain and grotto are still shown. It was said that Numa, the second king of Rome, was favored b

xceeded the exactions of Juno, his step-mother. I, on the other hand, said to the father of the maiden, ‘Behold me, the king

im if true, for it cannot be true except by his mother’s shame.’ As I said this Hercules scowled upon me, and with difficult

lty restrained his rage. ‘My hand will answer better than my tongue,’ said he. ‘I yield to you the victory in words, but tru

With that he advanced towards me, and I was ashamed, after what I had said , to yield. I threw off my green vesture and prese

issed at him with my forked tongue. He smiled scornfully at this, and said , ‘It was the labor of my infancy to conquer snake

ver in its windings flowed through part of Dejanira’s kingdom. It was said to take the form of a snake because of its windin

periodical overflows by embankments and canals; and therefore he was said to have vanquished the river-god and cut off his

nd Sisyphus sat on his rock to listen. Then for the first time, it is said , the cheeks of the Furies were wet with tears. Pr

, for how can she blame his impatience to behold her? “Farewell,” she said , “a last farewell,” — and was hurried away, so fa

nts of his body and buried them at Libethra, where the nightingale is said to sing over his grave more sweetly than in any o

, having become king of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is said that when he played on his lyre the stones moved

woodworms in the timbers talking together, and found out by what they said that the timbers were nearly eaten through and th

who was represented by one tradition to be the son of Orpheus. He is said to have written sacred poems and oracles. Milton

ht him like a brother to give up the thought. “Pray stay with me,” he said , “and be contented. He who strives to win may los

of his treasure. Presently they surrounded him loud and mutinous, and said , “ Arion, you must die! If you would have a grave

cast yourself into the sea.” “Will nothing satisfy you but my life?” said he. “Take my gold, and welcome. I willingly buy m

rning home, we could never more be free from fear.” “Grant me, then,” said he, “a last request, since nought will avail to s

ped in the embrace of Periander. “I come back to thee, my friend,” he said . “The talent which a god bestowed has been the de

n him, who heard him with amazement. “Shall such wickedness triumph?” said he. “Then in vain is power lodged in my hands. Th

They replied, “We left him well and prosperous in Tarentum.” As they said these words, Arion stepped forth and faced them.

gods, but his cry reached no defender’s ear. “Then here must I die,” said he, “in a strange land, unlamented, cut off by th

oarse screamed the cranes overhead. “Take up my cause, ye cranes,” he said , “since no voice but yours answers to my cry.” So

one so gifted we can have but few adventures to record. Diana, it was said , took care that his fortunes should not suffer by

t as a hunter with Diana, with whom he was a favorite, and it is even said she was about to marry him. Her brother was highl

as seven, only six stars are visible, for Electra, one of them, it is said left her place that she might not behold the ruin

f the river Nile, in Egypt, are two colossal statues, one of which is said to be the statue of Memnon. Ancient writers recor

ith her delicate finger, and soothed the goddess, “Tell me, dearest,” said she, “the cause of your grief.” Galatea then said

“Tell me, dearest,” said she, “the cause of your grief.” Galatea then said , “Acis was the son of Faunus and a Naiad. His fat

to keep watch over his friend, and to guide his inexperience. “Now,” said Nestor, “is the time for such influence. If the g

rged him that he should be content with repelling the foe “Seek not,” said he, “to press the Trojans without me, lest thou a

, also besought him to the same effect, but all in vain. “How can I,” said he to himself, “by whose command the people went

eiphobus, but Deiphobus was gone. Then Hector understood his doom and said , “Alas! it is plain this is my hour to die! I tho

med his spear at that part and Hector fell, death-wounded, and feebly said , “Spare my body! Let my parents ransom it, and le

ands which had destroyed so many of his sons. “Think, O Achilles,” he said , “of thy own father, full of days like me, and tr

s in Troy a celebrated statue of Minerva called the Palladium. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and the belief was th

or a time none spoke. At last an aged statesman, addressing the king, said , “It is not fit that a stranger who asks our hosp

so treated in his own hall, but remembering his father’s injunctions, said no more than what became him as master of the hou

e Ulysses, humbly suggesting that he should be permitted to try; for, said he, “beggar as I am, I was once a soldier, and th

e rings. Without allowing them time to express their astonishment, he said , “Now for another mark!” and aimed direct at the

h friendliness and hospitality. “Not unacquainted with distress,” she said , “I have learned to succor the unfortunate.” 23 T

e helm, Somnus sent by Neptune approached in the guise of Phorbas and said : “Palinurus, the breeze is fair, the water smooth

and the howling of dogs announced the approach of the deities. “Now,” said the Sibyl, “summon up your courage, for you will

oth hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Have you come at last,” said he, “long expected, and do I behold you after suc

Lethe’s bank, and drink oblivion of their former lives.” “O father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love

Sibyl. As Æneas and the Sibyl pursued their way back to earth, he said to her, “Whether thou be a goddess or a mortal be

lt to thy honor, and will myself bring offerings.” “I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claim to sacrifice or offer

ld consent to be his. I took a handful of sand, and holding it forth, said , ‘Grant me to see as many birthdays as there are

atter they finished by eating the crusts. Seeing which, the boy Iulus said playfully, “See, we are eating our tables.” Æneas

scene, and learning much of heroes renowned in ancient times. Evander said , “These extensive groves were once inhabited by f

rought me hither, an exile from my native land, Arcadia.” Having thus said , he showed him the Tarpeian rock, and the rude sp

n all its magnificence. He next pointed to some dismantled walls, and said , “Here stood Janiculum, built by Janus, and there

ies, was with him. These two were friends and brothers in arms. Nisus said to his friend, “Do you perceive what confidence a

ars, and promised to do all his request. “Your mother shall be mine,” said Iulus, “and all that I have promised to you shall

die with him. Raising his eyes to the moon, which now shone clear, he said , “Goddess! favor my effort!” and aiming his javel

sword in hand upon Euryalus. “You shall pay the penalty of both,” he said , and would have plunged the sword into his bosom,

ow. Lausus fell, and Æneas bent over him in pity. “Hapless youth,” he said , “what can I do for you worthy of your praise? Ke

ilosopher of Crotona.” When young he travelled extensively, and it is said visited Egypt, where he was instructed by the pri

e; for a time they were required to be only hearers. “He [Pythagoras] said so,” (Ipse dixit,) was to be held by them as suff

rmony Make up full concert with the angelic symphony.” Pythagoras is said to have invented the lyre. Our own poet Longfello

e to discover his accomplice, cut off his head. Trophonius himself is said to have been shortly afterwards swallowed up by t

was at Lebadea in Bœotia. During a great drought the Bœotians, it is said , were directed by the god at Delphi to seek aid o

same power whom the Greeks called Cronos, (Time,) which may truly be said to destroy whatever it has brought into existence

lled the king of the serpents. In confirmation of his royalty, he was said to be endowed with a crest, or comb upon the head

any other envelopes. These fire-proof cloths were actually produced, said to be made of salamander’s wool, though the knowi

ds to the temple. Not less than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all c

dha, whom the Vedas represent as a delusive incarnation of Vishnu, is said by his followers to have been a mortal sage, whos

after his birth, presented before the altar of a deity, the image is said to have inclined its head as a presage of the fut

iant, who slept and snored in the way that had alarmed them so. It is said that for once Thor was afraid to use his mallet,

contented himself with simply asking his name. “My name is Skrymir,” said the giant, “but I need not ask thy name, for I kn

’s skull up to the handle. But Skrymir sat up, and stroking his cheek said , “An acorn fell on my head. What! Art thou awake,

d with great respect. The king, regarding them with a scornful smile, said , “If I do not mistake me, that stripling yonder m

ing yonder must be the god Thor.” Then addressing himself to Thor, he said , “Perhaps thou mayst be more than thou appearest

in some feat or other, excel all other men?” “The feat that I know,” said Loki, “is to eat quicker than any one else, and i

ere who may choose to compete with me.” “That will indeed be a feat,” said Utgard-Loki, “if thou performest what thou promis

of the feast. The cupbearer having presented it to Thor, Utgard-Loki said , “Whoever is a good drinker will empty that horn

ough the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now, Thor?” said Utgard-Loki; “thou must not spare thyself; if tho

tempt, but gave back the horn to the cup-bearer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art not quite so stout as

y prize away with thee hence.” “What new trial hast thou to propose?” said Thor. “We have a very trifling game here,” answer

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

e hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one here,” said Utgard-Loki, looking at the men sitting on the be

he added, “is that ye will call me a person of little worth.” “Nay,” said Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the tru

ing darts and stones at Baldur, without being able to hurt him. “Ay,” said Frigga, “neither stones, nor sticks, nor any thin

king of the sports, on account of his blindness, and going up to him, said , “Why dost thou not also throw something at Baldu

where Baldur is, and have, moreover, nothing to throw.” “Come, then,” said Loki, “do like the rest, and show honor to Baldur

who among them wished to gain all her love and good will. “For this,” said she, “shall he have who will ride to Hel and offe

d that it should now be tried whether Baldur was so beloved as he was said to be. “If, therefore,” she added, “all things in

as it brings an end to all things which have had a beginning, may be said to devour its own offspring. 2. From this origi

rmingly expressed the dreamy, languid feeling which the lotus food is said to have produced. “How sweet it were, hearing th

son, led to the quarrel which ensued between Addison and Pope. “This said , his kingly brow the sire inclined; The large bla

hat nature showed them, they were filled with awe and wonder. So they said , “There must be some mighty people living above u

ople of Greece had ever climbed to the top of Mount Olympus, and they said it was there that the gods lived, among the cloud

and their thrones of gold and silver. The walls of the palaces, they said , were covered with pictures such as no man’s hand

l world about her, and in return all nature seemed to smile on her. I said that almost everybody loved Callisto; for althoug

a human being, you would have looked but an instant at Proserpine and said , “She is the Spring.” Proserpine spent the long,

sight of all these lovely maidens, and he singled out Proserpine, and said to himself, “She shall be my queen. That fair fac

der and louder, until at last it seemed to speak. And this is what it said : “I am the nymph of the fountain, and I come from

me, and I must hasten away.” Then Ceres arose and went to Jupiter and said , “I have found the place where my daughter is hid

the mother’s sorrow and by the prayers of the people on earth; and he said that Proserpine might return to her home if she h

en, in a very rude and unkind tone, ordered her not to drink. “What!” said Latona in surprise, “surely you wijl not forbid m

ad, with tears in her eyes. “Surely, if you have no pity for me,” she said , “you cannot be so cruel to these little children

ked as she worked with her spindle.” A Spinner ( Moreau ). So, as I said , wealth and comfort took the place of poverty in

inerva herself in skill. Then the old woman spoke. “My daughter,” she said , laying her hand on Arachne’s shoulder, “listen t

me a tree, he wept and threw his arms about the newly formed bark and said , “Since you cannot be my wife, fair Daphne, at le

us he spoke, and she the while Heard him with a soothing smile. Then said , “My infant, if so much Thou feel’st the little w

od before him, began to praise his boldness and courage, of which, he said , he had heard so much. Perseus, of course, was fl

o task from which I would shrink in fear.” The king was delighted and said , “If I thought that, my boy, I would let you unde

sad that he could not keep the tears from his eyes. Suddenly a voice said , “Perseus, why are you weeping?” Perseus raised h

Mercury sat silent for a few moments, lost in deep thought, and then said , “My boy, you have undertaken a dangerous task, y

interested for a while; but at length, one of them grew impatient and said , “Sister, it is my turn to use the eye now. Give

t is my turn to use the eye now. Give it to me.” And the third sister said quickly, “No, that is not true. It is my turn.” A

it all would have ended, had not Perseus spoken. “My good women,” he said , “do not be frightened. The eye is safe. I hold i

ght you back her head.” “That you must prove by showing us the head,” said the king, with a sneer; for, of course, he did no

ens. But at the time of my story, she still lived on earth, and, as I said , she was very beautiful. She was also very vain o

er husband laid his right hand on a bag which he wore at his side and said , “The one you call your bride, sir, is my wife, a

yes, although it was much against his will. As Juno led Io away, she said to herself, “Now that I have you, I will take goo

ow to their queen. Niobe raised her hand to command silence, and then said , in a haughty tone, “You women of Thebes, wherefo

looks? Ye are better than all the ballads     That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems,     And all the rest ar

many days, Hercules had asked her to be his wife. The girl would have said yes gladly, but she knew that her father had half

d the compass. Athens rang with praises of the clever lad, and it was said that he would some day be far greater than his un

n down at the sea which was covered with sail boats, when suddenly he said , “Oh, father, the vessels look like great, white-

his son’s shoulders and to his own. Then, with a trembling voice, he said , “Icarus, my boy, watch me all the time, and foll

s, and covered them with a heavy stone. Then, turning to his wife, he said , “When our boy is old and strong enough to lift’

were buried, and told him of his father’s message. “Try, my son,” she said , when she had finished, “and see whether you can

en, stood before the astonished king. “I am the king’s daughter,” she said , “and for your sake I have stolen my father’s pur

get how the poor father’s heart was bleeding for his murdered son. He said that every year the people of Athens must send to

ing demanded, but then they remembered the words of their oracle, and said , “Surely it is better that seven youths and seven

s now to lose his own son! Theseus tried to comfort him. “Father,” he said , “I am young and strong, and I overcame many mons

them. Suddenly the king beheld Theseus, and his eyes sparkled, as he said , “Is not the young prince of Athens standing amon

n they had reached the entrance, Ariadne spoke. “Prince Theseus,” she said , “my heart grieves for you and your friends who m

jeering crowd at their heels, they hastened to meet them. “Friends,” said old Philemon, “our cottage is small and our fare

e trying to catch it, the two guests appeared in the doorway. “Come,” said the elder, “follow us to the hilltop.” And there

trembled, they scarcely knew why. Then he spoke. “My good people,” he said , “know that the two strangers whom you have enter

nder, turned with a smile to the astonished couple. “My good people,” said he, “you alone of all the village have been saved

t neither may live to mourn the other.” “Your wish shall be granted,” said Jupiter in a kind voice; and thereupon he and his

when the soft rain clouds were again in the air. Indeed, some people said that the clouds were her sisters, and that when t

ce, and secretly bribed the messengers to pretend that the oracle had said that Phryxus and Helle must be killed. I am afrai

ey came back to the king with their false report, that the oracle had said that only when Phryxus and Helle were dead would

parting came, Chiron went with Jason to the foot of the mountain, and said , “My son, forget not the lessons I have taught yo

rried across, the stately form of Juno, queen of heaven. “Young man,” said she, “you have a good and brave heart, and you sh

to do great deeds.” At this the king laughed aloud. “Is it possible,” said he, “that you have never heard the story of the G

to take the Golden Fleece back to Greece, the king laughed aloud, and said , “You have come on a very bold mission, for only

e figure, half man and half fish. She stepped nearer to the water and said , “Pray, what are you, a man or a sea monster?” Th

with his own laurel wreath of victory. But Midas, foolish King Midas, said that to his taste Pan’s music was far more beauti

mountain caves, guarding flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. It was said that when they spoke in angry tones, the whole mo

uch more than a hundred ordinary eyes could have done. Indeed, it was said that when the Cyclops were raging about in their

Chapter III. Of Janus. Janus, a god in the Roman calendar, is said by some to have been the son of Cœlus, and a brot

thy artifices in order to gratify the basest of passions. Thus, he is said to have assumed the shape of a crow to woo his si

Tartarus. Some of them having been recalled from Italy or Spain were said to have been delivered from the Infernal Regions.

d Minerva by him, directing his labours by her counsels; whence he is said to have given, as it were, a soul to his statues.

ting the box ere Hope escaped. Questions. Who was Prometheus? What is said of Pandora? Did Prometheus accept the dangerous g

colours from the light; Then stood about the dying lover’s head, And said , ‘I thus devote thee to the dead: This off’ring t

d husbands to their wives? What was the province of Pilumnus? What is said of Intercidona? What is known of Deverra? What wa

was the duty of Janus? What goddess blesses sleeping infants? What is said of Nundina? What goddess blesses youth? What godd

Meditrina? Who was Vitula? Who was Sentia? Who was Angerona? What is said of Stata or Statua Mater? Who was the goddess of

goddess of thieves? What two deities presided over the will? What is said of Aius Locutius? What goddess presided over fune

d as the first inventress of the art of cultivating the earth. She is said to have repented of the improper demeanor of whic

uestions. Who was Aurora? Was Aurora faithful to her husband? What is said of Tithonus? What is said of Memnon? What fable i

Was Aurora faithful to her husband? What is said of Tithonus? What is said of Memnon? What fable is related of Phaeton? C

kled all her hearse, With balmy nectar, and more precious tears. Then said since fate does here our joys defer, Thou shalt a

incense Jupiter against him? Whither did he retire? Of what is Apollo said to have been the inventor? Had Apollo any other a

rsion to marriage. Though Diana was the patroness of chastity, she is said to have forgotten her dignity in the company of t

smiles upon the world, for which we allegorically take Pan. Diana is said to have become so enamoured of Endymion, that she

goddesses fled into Egypt under the forms of different animals. He is said to have subjected Egypt, Phrygia, Syria, and Indi

rseful Pallas staid Her falling weight: — Live, wretch, yet hang, she said .” Ovid. “With the bright wreath of serpent tre

cted on their thighs and bodies. At Comona, in Cappadocia, Bellona is said to have had 3000 priests. — See Fig. 24. Fig. 2

rs, for war renown’d, In adamantine armour frown’d.” Addison. It is said that Hallirhotius, the son of Neptune, having off

and Beauty, the mother of Cupid, and the patroness of the Graces, is said by some to have been the daughter of Jupiter and

f watching over her worship, he formed a college of priests. Venus is said to have behaved in the most licentious manner; an

anged the blood that flowed from his wound into the flower , which is said to have ever since retained the colour of its ori

d to have ever since retained the colour of its origin. Proserpine is said to have brought him back to life on condition tha

undertaking the race? Give some account of the Lover’s Leap. What is said of the river Selemus? Chapter XXII. The Graces

and that we should judge no one by his external appearance. They were said to be sprightly and light, because one should pro

entrusted to the care of the seasons. On the day of his birth, he is said to have stolen the oxen of Admetus, tended by Apo

this duplicity, and turned him into a stone. At different times he is said , in sport, and in spite of their utmost vigilance

very where fruitfulness. Oceanus was married to Tethys, by whom he is said to have had three thousand children. His nymphs w

its in some sea-fight. Obs. 2. — By the use of his trumpet Triton is said to have frightened away the giants in their wars

threw herself into the sea, and was turned into a rock. Charybdis is said to have been an avaricious woman, who stole away

escaped their machinations? What story is related of Scylla? What is said of Charybdis? Chapter IV. Proteus. Proteus

n, changed them both into alcyons or king-fishers. Questions. What is said of Glaucus? What story is told of Portumnus? Who

mark their property by boundaries. Ceres, protectress of tillage, is said by the ancients to have introduced the use of bou

d orchards. A grove near Mount Soracte was sacred to her. It was once said to be on fire; but no sooner had her image been r

red her as the goddess of groves and flowers. Obs. 2. — Vertumnus is said to have been an ancient king of Etruria, celebrat

de over sowing and raking? What deity presides over the corn? What is said of Bonus Eventus? What divinity was invoked to pr

lora? What is the business of Lactura? What is Matura’s duty? What is said of Hostilina? What is said of Tutelina? What god

of Lactura? What is Matura’s duty? What is said of Hostilina? What is said of Tutelina? What god did millers and bakers invo

t goddess do the poets ascribe the invention of making honey? What is said of Fornax? Chapter V. Satyrs, Fauns, Pan.

s? What is the condition of the dead in the Infernal Regions? What is said of the Field of Lamentations? Chapter II. Plut

should be most active; and Atropos, snatching a brand from the fire, said he should live as long as it continued unconsumed

rwards called Corinth, and debauched his niece Tyro. Sisyphus, who is said to have put no faith in Autolycus on account of h

served up in dishes, Atreus and Thyestes feasted on them. The sun is said to have turned his course back to the east, becau

a description of Phlegyas. Describe Sisyphus. Describe Ixion. What is said of Salmoneus? Favour me with an account of Tantal

ntaurs were monsters, described as half men, and half horses, and are said to have been born of a cloud by Ixion, whence the

e bottom or the marshy ground, abounded with serpents. Bellerophon is said to have cleared the mountain of the Chimæra, and

d Felicity, under the name of Eudemonia, or Macaria. An oracle having said to the Athenians that they would be victorious, i

of clothes, the whiteness of which equalled that of snow. Democritus said that “Truth hid herself in the bottom of a well,

seize her. — See Fig. 61. Fig. 61. Opportunity. Questions. What is said of Felicity? What is said of Hope? What is relate

Fig. 61. Opportunity. Questions. What is said of Felicity? What is said of Hope? What is related of Eternity? What do you

pe? What is related of Eternity? What do you observe of Time? What is said of Virtue? What do you say of Truth? What were th

hat do you say of Liberty? How is Licentiousness represented? What is said of Silence? How was Pudicitia represented? How wa

bedecked with the charms and ornaments of poetry. Questions. What is said of Paleness and Fear? What is said of Atea? Ch

ents of poetry. Questions. What is said of Paleness and Fear? What is said of Atea? Chapter II. Comus, Momus, Æsculapius,

court in disgrace. Of the first man that Vulcan had fashioned, Momus said , that he ought to have placed a window in his bre

from a bad neighbourhood. Finding no fault in the shape of Venus, he said that her sandals made a loud noise as she walked.

r the form of a serpent. To him were sacrificed a goat, because he is said to have been nourished by that animal, and a cock

her heart. — See Fig. 67. Fig. 67. Friendship. Questions. What is said of Comas? Who was Momus? Mention some instances o

severity. How is Momus depicted? Who was Æsculapius? What is farther said of him? How was Æsculapius honoured? How is he re

itating passengers, for whom he laid snares, into the sea. Theseus is said to have descended, in company with his bosom frie

casioned the milky-way, which is called in Greek, Galaxia. Lilies are said to have been created by the fall of it on the ear

generally called the “Twelve Labours of Hercules.” A prodigious lion, said to have fallen from the moon into the forest of N

a shower of stones, with which he vanquished his adversaries. This is said to have taken place in that division of ancient G

ed his club into a distaff, and his arrows into a spindle. Omphale is said to have sometimes put on his armour, and ridicule

ng them up. Thus Jason and his companions returned home; and Medea is said to have restored by her charms, the old decrepit

r’s immortality, and from the other, Castor and Clytemnestra, who are said to have been mortal like their mother. Castor and

nted with a star. When women swore only by the temple of Castor, they said , Ecastor; while men, swearing only by Hercules, u

cule. But when both men and women swore by the temple of Pollux, they said , Ædepol. — See Fig. 74. Fig. 74. Castor and Pol

opposed to it; but Sinon, suborned by Ulysses, having met with them, said that it was the vow of the Greeks to appease Mine

f his body invulnerable, except the heel by which she held him. It is said that his mother concealed him in the night under

ed the world by a sphere; which gave rise to the fable in which he is said to have sustained the heavens on his shoulders. H

e in ancient times, and carefully guarded by dogs. Questions. What is said of Orion? Who was Atlas? Had Atlas any children?

Jews, and the Bacchus of the Greeks. In the character of king, he is said to have civilized his subjects who, through his p

ent rites. There was also an ox worshipped at Heliopolis; but this is said to have been sacred to Iris. Apis had generally t

rship the gods? Who was Harpocrates? What were his offerings? What is said of Anubis? What is said of the second Hermes.

Harpocrates? What were his offerings? What is said of Anubis? What is said of the second Hermes. Chapter XII. Persian Myt

re. Glover’s Leonidas. Questions. What is the Zenda Avesta? What is said of the man-bull? What became of Ahriman? What was

reside? Did the Persians form images of him? Mention Mithras. What is said of Arimanius? Chapter XIII. Hindoo Mythology.

th flowers. Menu was a lawgiver: Fourteen personages of this name are said to have existed successively. The history of the

he manifestations of Vishnu. When a god appears in human shape, he is said to be incarnate. The Rama of the Hindoos, an inca

tion? Who were Casayopa and Aditi? Who was Ganesa or Pollear? What is said of Menu? Who was Lachamee? What is said of Indra?

as Ganesa or Pollear? What is said of Menu? Who was Lachamee? What is said of Indra? What is related of Seshanaya? What is s

achamee? What is said of Indra? What is related of Seshanaya? What is said of Yamen? Who is Parvati? Who is Carticeya? Who i

Who is Agni? Who is Agnastra? Who is Pavan? Who is Mariatale? What is said of the Surya? Give some account of the Bramins? W

What is said of the Surya? Give some account of the Bramins? What is said of Chandra? What is said of Vishnu? What is said

a? Give some account of the Bramins? What is said of Chandra? What is said of Vishnu? What is said of the Hindoo Rama? What

the Bramins? What is said of Chandra? What is said of Vishnu? What is said of the Hindoo Rama? What is said of Chrishna? Wha

dra? What is said of Vishnu? What is said of the Hindoo Rama? What is said of Chrishna? What do you know of the Avatars? How

nt horns; To whose bright image, mighty by the moon, Sidonian virgins said their vows and songs. —————— Thammuz came next be

unset he retired to the sea, and spent the night in the waters. He is said to have left behind him some writings, in which h

us, and so on. Questions. Tell something about Belus or Baal. What is said of Adoneus? What is said of Beelphegor, Dagon, et

Tell something about Belus or Baal. What is said of Adoneus? What is said of Beelphegor, Dagon, etc.? What is said of the C

is said of Adoneus? What is said of Beelphegor, Dagon, etc.? What is said of the Chaldeans? What stories do the Chaldeans t

n of it to Belus; but, if this Belus is the same as Nimrod, (as it is said .) he built, not a temple, but rather a tower, to

s monument was looked upon as the greatest effort of architecture. He said to those who admired it: “I shall raise upon four

rstood her language; but when one succeeded in comprehending what she said , he gave out that the dove, or Pleiai, had spoken

t she said, he gave out that the dove, or Pleiai, had spoken. Such is said to have been the origin of the famous oracle of D

rs laid on the rock. A woman was seated on this kind of chair, and is said to have received the exhalations without injury.

iestess out of her cell, and conducted her to the sanctuary, when she said to him, “My son, thou art invincible.” At these w

oracle of Mopsus. The envoy lay down in the temple, and saw a man who said to him: Black. He carried back this reply, which,

? A priestess of Dodona made an answer which became fatal to her. She said to the Bœotians who consulted her: “you will be v

she accounts herself, daughter-in-law to Noah. 2. The Libyan. She was said to be daughter to Jupiter and Lamia. She travelle

nguid old age succeeded her blooming years. In the time of Æneas, she said she had already lived seven hundred years; after

med king. His partisans published a sibylline oracle, by which it was said that the Parthians could not be subdued except by

f, called the cestus. Mount Olympius was the spot on which Jupiter is said , by the poets, to have held his court. It was, ac

who were soon compelled to yield to the genius of Pompey. Odin, it is said , was among this number. Obliged to fly from the p

the people whom he wished to bring into subjection. Odin ruled, it is said , the Ases, a Scythian people, whose country was s

which immediately became his conquest. In this pleasant island, it is said ; he made a long stay, and built the city of Odens

spired his enemies, was so great, that, in order to depict it, he was said to strike them deaf and blind. Like a desperate w

tiny, Ere world there was, or gods, or man; No mortal tongue has ever said , What hand unknown laid Valva dead. But yet if ru

es or hordes of Scandinavia, erected temples to Envy; but none, it is said , was more famous than that at Upsal in Sweden. Go

been most agreeable to him. When they immolated a victim, the priest said : I devote thee to Odin, I send thee to Odin, or,

nibal passed into Gaul, they still enjoyed supreme rights; for it was said in a treaty which he made with the Gauls: “If a C

r oppose them. Chapter XII. Of the Druidesses. We have already said that the whole system of the morality of the Drui

l events, but about persons. Ancient language may, for instance, have said sunrise follows the dawn. The word for sun was ma

h the power that the Greeks called Chronos (Time), which may truly be said to destroy whatever it has brought into existence

. For many myths antedate the scriptural narratives of which they are said to be copies; many more, though resembling the sc

“medicine-men,” as we might call them. Melampus was the first Greek said to be endowed with prophetic powers. Before his h

he son, of the god Apollo, patron of musicians. This Thracian bard is said to have taught mysterious truths concerning the o

later period in Greek literature. Another Thracian bard, Thamyris, is said in his presumption to have challenged the Muses t

outh named Phaon, and failing to obtain a return of affection, she is said to have thrown herself from the promontory of Leu

reatest work was a dithyramb or choral hymn to the god of wine. It is said that his music and song were of such sweetness as

of trees and stones, or were produced by the rivers or the sea. Some said that men and gods were both derived from Mother E

esident in the Peloponnesus or southern portion of the peninsula, was said to have sprung from a different stock of heroes,

s suggested by Homer’s lines in the first book of the Iliad: — “Jove said , and nodded with his shadowy brows; Waved on th’

pectively. Helios, the charioteer of the sun, is, as has been already said , frequently identified with his successor, Apollo

of the Ocean were Glaucus, Leucothea, and Melicertes, of whom more is said in another section. The sympathy with classical i

Roman coin: Baumeister 964; Roscher 18: 50.] (3) Quirinus, a war-god, said to be no other than Romulus, the founder of Rome,

ancestry. Her father was the river-god Inachus, son of Oceanus. It is said that Juno, one day, perceiving the skies suddenly

is syrinx or Pandæan pipes. Argus listened with delight. “Young man,” said he, “come and take a seat by me on this stone. Th

trument on which he played was invented. “There was a certain nymph,” said he, “whose name was Syrinx, — much beloved by the

e god, charmed with the novelty, and with the sweetness of the music, said , ‘Thus, then, at least, you shall be mine.’ Takin

beating heart, in such clear vision had she beheld the dream… And she said , “Ah! who was the alien woman that I beheld in my

r it was indeed Jove himself who came as a lover. Heaving a sigh, she said , “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help be

Standing before the altar, I raised my eyes to Heaven. ‘O Jupiter,’ I said , if thou art indeed my father, give me back my pe

nts busy with their labor. Observing their numbers with admiration, I said , ‘ Give me, oh, father, citizens as numerous as t

ost famous of mythical musicians. Having become king of Thebes, it is said that when he played on his lyre, stones moved of

e, and Zethus. [Relief in the Palazzo Spada: Roscher 2: 311.] … ’Tis said he had a tuneful tongue, Such happy intonation, W

s, a leafy crown grew over their heads. “Farewell, dear spouse,” they said together, and at the same moment the bark closed

as done, but beautiful also in the doing. To watch her one would have said that Minerva herself had taught her. But this she

ght a pupil even of a goddess. “Let Minerva try her skill with mine,” said she. “If beaten, I will pay the penalty.” Minerva

he goddess; let her try her skill, if she dare venture.” “She comes,” said Minerva, and dropping her disguise, stood confess

uld bear; and forthwith Arachne hanged herself. “Live, guilty woman,” said Minerva, “but that thou mayest preserve the memor

he spear.” Then Jupiter the cloud-gatherer looked sternly at him, and said : “Nay, thou renegade, sit not by me and whine. Mo

ast left the Achæans, and givest the proud Trojans aid.” Thus, having said , she turned from him her shining eyes. Him did Ve

d warriors. Cadmus prepared to encounter a new enemy, but one of them said to him, “Meddle not with our civil war.” With tha

rayed the gods to let her share his fate. Both became serpents. It is said that, mindful of their origin, they neither avoid

ol stream, but the rustics forbade her. “Why do you refuse me water?” said she. “Water is free to all. Yet I ask it of you a

quoit. [Marble group, Hope Collection. Roscher 16, 17: 2765.] It was said that Zephyrus (the west wind), who was also fond

y by telling him the perils of the undertaking. “None but myself,” he said , “may drive the flaming car of day. Not even Jupi

ld the world on fire, and felt the heat intolerable. Then, too, it is said , the people of Ethiopia became black because the

two children. Surveying the people of Thebes with haughty glance, she said , “What folly to prefer beings whom you have never

proceeding in this strain, but Apollo interrupted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Dian

pted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Diana also. Darting through the air, veiled in cl

s, and kissed them Raising her pallid arms to heaven, “Cruel Latona,” said she, “satiate thy hard heart, while I follow to t

virgin purity: May not a mother in her pride repeat What every mortal said ? One prayer remains For me to offer yet. Thy qui

was back again, As the words followed the saluting hand. “Admetus,” said he, “take and keep this woman, my captive, till I

s the true, True eye, true body of the true live wife? … And Herakles said little, but enough — How he engaged in combat wit

nd maidens of mortal mould. § 83. Apollo, Pan, and Midas. 155 — It is said that on a certain occasion Pan had the temerity t

wifter than the wind, nor delayed a moment at his entreaties. “Stay,” said he, “daughter of Peneüs; I am not a foe. It is fo

The branches shrank from his lips. “Since thou canst not be my wife,” said he, “thou shalt assuredly be my tree. I will wear

heir number was seven, only six stars are visible; for Electra, it is said , left her place that she might not behold the rui

ndymion. — The frequent absence of Diana from her duties in heaven is said to have awakened suspicion among the deities of O

her behold him, but he would not consent. “Having looked upon me,” he said , “mayhap thou wouldst fear, mayhap adore, me; but

by themselves, — and see that thou get it done before evening.” This said , Venus departed, and left the girl to her task. B

hining fleece. But, far from commending her, that implacable mistress said , “I know very well that by the aid of another tho

in in the box; then waked Psyche with the touch of an arrow. “Again,” said he, “hast thou almost perished by thy curiosity.

her advent, the king of the immortals, handing her a cup of ambrosia, said , “Drink this, Psyche, and be immortal. Thy Cupid

omenes, not daunted by this result, fixed his eyes on the virgin, and said , “Why boast of beating those laggards? I offer my

l’d; but unto her devoutly prayed: Chaste Hero to herself thus softly said , ‘Were I the saint he worships, I would hear him’

ought to grant against her will. So having paus’d awhile, at last she said , ‘Who taught thee rhetoric to deceive a maid? Ay

he stood before the altar and, according to one of our poets, timidly said : — “O Aphrodite, kind and fair, That what thou w

bought and sold! ”188 According to another version of the story, he said not, “bid mine image live,” but “one like my ivor

found life, For I am called thy lover and thy wife?… “My sweet,” she said , “as yet I am not wise, Or stored with words arig

was born some touch of dread, And therewithal I heard her voice that said , ‘Come down and learn to love and be alive, For t

y of its sword. “Thine own hand has slain thee, and for my sake,” she said . “I, too, can be brave for once, and my love is a

the future only by signs, not by speech or song, as did Apollo. It is said that the god of gain avenged himself, for this en

st famous part of his wanderings is his expedition to India, which is said to have lasted several years. Returning in triump

hou wouldst go, and we will convey thee thither.” “Naxos is my home,” said Bacchus; “take me there, and ye shall be well rew

sell the lad into slavery. Soon the god looked out over the sea, and said in a voice of weeping, “Sailors, these are not th

swam about the ship. Of twenty men Acetes alone was left. “Fear not,” said the god; “steer towards Naxos.” The pilot obeyed,

was sitting on Mount Eryx playing with her boy Cupid, espied him, and said , “My son, take thy darts which subdue all, even J

e of an old man named Celeus. His little girl, pitying the old woman, said to her, “Mother,” — and the name was sweet to the

Ceres rose from the stone and went with them. As they walked, Celeus said that his only son lay sick of a fever. The goddes

dor shone all around. While they were overcome with astonishment, she said , “Mother, thou hast been cruel in thy fondness; f

gh the lower regions of the earth, beheld the missing Proserpine. She said that the daughter of Ceres seemed sad, but no lon

Sisyphus sat on his rock to listen.208 Then for the first time, it is said , the cheeks of the Furies were wet with tears. Pr

ymon’s flood on high, Seven months, seven long-continued months, ‘tis said , He breath’d his sorrows in a desert cave, And so

uried the fragments of his body at Libethra, where the nightingale is said to sing over his grave more sweetly than in any o

upiter, after the overthrow of the giants. They were compelled, it is said , to resign for a season their respective function

sed in beauty and speed on the pastures watered by his streams. It is said , indeed, that the first and fleetest of horses, A

er by the speed of his horses or by the aid of Hippodamia, who, it is said , bribed her father’s charioteer, Myrtilus, to tak

are two colossal statues, one of which is called Memnon’s; and it was said that when the first rays of morning fell upon thi

ble to express her regard for him in any way but by mimicking what he said ; and what he said, unfortunately, did not always

regard for him in any way but by mimicking what he said; and what he said , unfortunately, did not always convey her sentime

Hands off! I would rather die than thou shouldst have me!” “Have me,” said she; but in vain. From that time forth she lived

shed for it, and pined until he died. Indeed, even after death, it is said that when his shade passed the Stygian river, it

gazed on her lover’s funeral. “Consider these things, dearest child,” said the seeming old woman, “lay aside thy scorn and t

resumed his own form and, in response to the questioning of Aristæus, said : “Thou receivest the merited reward of thy deed,

d, hanging from golden branches, half hid with golden leaves. Perseus said to him, “I come as a guest. If thou holdest in ho

daughter in marriage and made him his successor on the throne. It is said that Bellerophon, by his pride and presumption, d

ith them, and proposed to take them himself to Eurystheus. “Even so,” said Hercules; “but, pray, hold this load for me a mom

riends and his sweetheart accompanying, hastened to the vessel. It is said that, in order to delay the pursuit of her father

. The Minotaur, roaming therein, lived upon human victims. For, it is said that, after Minos had subdued Megara,321 a tribut

isposed of Minos by scalding him to death while he was bathing. It is said that Dædalus could not bear the idea of a rival.

ght. Medea fled to Asia, where the country afterwards called Media is said to have received its name from her. Theseus was a

send to the Minotaur, dwelling in the labyrinth of Crete, — a penalty said to have been imposed by Minos upon the Athenians

iding away all trace of the solemn behest of his father. For, as was said before, Ægeus, on the departure of his son for Cr

hat holds the serpent. § 155. The Amazons. — As king of Athens, it is said that Theseus undertook an expedition against the

üs, at whose solicitation the war was undertaken. Of Atreus it may be said that with cannibal atrocity like that of his gran

r, they accompanied the Argonauts. During the voyage to Colchis it is said that, a storm arising, Orpheus prayed to the Samo

d; and when the hero died a second time Laodamia died with him. It is said that the nymphs planted elm trees round his grave

to keep watch over his friend, and to guide his inexperience. “Now,” said Nestor “is the time for such guidance. If the god

trictly charged him to be content with repelling the foe. “Seek not,” said he, “to press the Trojans without me, lest thou a

His mother, Hecuba, also besought him, but all in vain. “How can I,” said he to himself, “by whose command the people went

eiphobus, but Deiphobus was gone. Then Hector understood his doom and said , “Alas! it is plain this is my hour to die ! I th

med his spear at that part, and Hector fell, death-wounded. Feebly he said , “Spare my body! Let my parents ransom it, and le

ands which had destroyed so many of his sons. “Think, O Achilles,” he said , “of thine own father, full of days like me, and

he was captivated with her charms; and to win her in marriage, it is said (but not by Homer), that he agreed to influence t

s in Troy a celebrated statue of Minerva called the Palladium. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and the belief was th

rmingly expressed the dreamy, languid feeling which the lotus-food is said to have produced. “… How sweet it were, hearing

coast of the Sirens. These nymphs had the power, as has been already said , of charming by their song all who heard them, so

nal to unseal their ears, and they relieved him from his bonds. It is said that one of the Sirens, Parthenope, in grief at t

or a time none spoke. At last an aged statesman, addressing the king, said , “It is not fit that a stranger who asks our hosp

o treated in his own hall; but, remembering his father’s injunctions, said no more than what became him as master of the hou

e Ulysses, humbly suggesting that he should be permitted to try; for, said he, “beggar as I am, I was once a soldier, and th

e rings. Without allowing them time to express their astonishment, he said , “Now for another mark!” and aimed direct at the

h friendliness and hospitality. “Not unacquainted with distress,” she said , “I have learned to succor the unfortunate.” 382

helm, Somnus, sent by Neptune, approached in the guise of Phorbas and said , “Palinurus, the breeze is fair, the water smooth

and the howling of dogs announced the approach of the deities. “Now,” said the Sibyl, “summon thy courage, for thou shalt ne

th hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Dost thou come at last,” said he, “long expected, and do I behold thee after su

Lethe’s bank, and drink oblivion of their former lives.”“O, father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love

the world. As Æneas and the Sibyl pursued their way back to earth, he said to her, “Whether thou be a goddess or a mortal be

ilt to thy honor, and will myself bring offerings.”“I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claims to sacrifice or offe

ld consent to be his. I took a handful of sand, and holding it forth, said , ‘Grant me to see as many birthdays as there are

atter they finished by eating the crusts. Seeing which, the boy Iulus said playfully, “See, we are eating our tables.” Æneas

scene, and learning much of heroes renowned in ancient times. Evander said , “These extensive groves were once inhabited by f

ought me hither, an exile from my native land, Arcadia.” Having thus said , he showed him the Tarpeian rock, and the rude sp

n all its magnificence. He next pointed to some dismantled walls, and said , “Here stood Janiculum, built by Janus, and there

ies, was with him. These two were friends and brothers in arms. Nisus said to his friend, “Dost thou perceive what confidenc

ears, and promised to do all his request. “Thy mother shall be mine,” said Iulus, “and all that I have promised thee shall b

die with him? Raising his eyes to the moon which now shone clear, he said , “Goddess, favor my effort!” and aiming his javel

sword in hand upon Euryalus. “Thou shalt pay the penalty of both,” he said , and would have plunged the sword into his bosom,

ow. Lausus fell, and Æneas bent over him in pity. “Hapless youth,” he said , “what can I do for thee worthy of thy praise? Ke

contented himself with simply asking his name. “My name is Skrymir,” said the giant, “but I need not ask thy name, for I kn

’s skull up to the handle. But Skrymir sat up, and stroking his cheek said , “An acorn fell on my head. What! Art, thou awake

d with great respect. The king, regarding them with a scornful smile, said , “If I do not mistake me, that stripling yonder m

ing yonder must be the god Thor.” Then addressing himself to Thor, he said , “Perhaps thou mayst be more than thou appearest

n some feat or other, excel all other men?” “The feat that I know,” said Loki, “is to eat quicker than any one else, and i

e who may choose to compete with me.” “That will indeed be a feat,” said Utgard-Loki, “if thou performest what thou promis

of the feast. The cupbearer having presented it to Thor, Utgard-Loki said , “Whoever is a good drinker will empty that horn

ugh the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now, Thor,” said Utgard-Loki, “thou must not spare thyself; if tho

tempt, but gave back the horn to the cupbearer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art not quite so stout as

prize away with thee hence.” “What new trial hast thou to propose?” said Thor. “We have a very trifling game here,” answe

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

hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one here,” said Utgard-Loki, looking at the men sitting on the be

e added, “is that ye will call me a person of little worth.” “Nay,” said Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the tru

ing darts and stones at Balder, without being able to hurt him. “Ay,” said Frigga, “neither stones, nor sticks, nor anything

king of the sports, on account of his blindness, and going up to him, said , “Why dost thou not also throw something at Balde

where Balder is, and have moreover nothing to throw.” “Come, then,” said Loki, “do like the rest, and show honor to Balder

hat he thinks a ghost went by, So Hoder brush’d by Hermod’s side, and said : “Take Sleipnir, Hermod, and set forth with dawn

brushed soft by and disappeared. And Hermod gazed into the night, and said : “Who is it utters through the dark his hest So

d that it should now be tried whether Balder was so beloved as he was said to be. “If, therefore,” she added, “all things in

t now Lok wore her shape; She greeted them the first, and laughed and said : “Ye gods, good lack, is it so dull in heaven Tha

, gods, and sniff at heaven!” She spake, but Hermod answered her and said , “Thok, not for gibes we come; we come for tears.

thou canst not help us then.” He spake; but Balder answered him, and said : — “Mourn not for me! Mourn, Hermod, for the gods

awks overhead Laughed ‘neath the naked heaven as at last he spake and said : “Earls of the Goths, and Volsungs, abiders on th

She went to Brynhild for the interpretation of the dream. “The hawk,” said Brynhild, “is Sigurd.” And so it came to pass. Si

picuous among them was Siegfried. Kriemhild, looking from her window, said , “He surely should rule these realms;” Brunhild a

her made complaint to Siegfried. Then, … “Women must be instructed,” said Siegfried, the good knight, “To leave off idle ta

e this general effort for the triumph of right, there is little to be said in abatement of the general proposition that, wha

not represented by the Romans as possessed of technical skill. It is said that Romulus built him a temple in Rome, and inst

s more probable than that from Lycia in Asia Minor, where the god was said originally to have been worshipped. To explain ce

a peculiar vapor arising out of the cavern, and a certain goatherd is said to have tried its effects upon himself. Inhaling

of Crete who carried off the Tyrian princess as prize of war. Others said that probably the figure-head of the ship in whic

savage ritual ( Lang 1. 280). Illustrative. — Myrmidons: — “No, no, said Rhadamant, it were not well, With loving souls to

alus and its Connections. — See also § 132 (5) C. Pelops. — It is said that the goddess Demeter in a fit of absent-minde

onception of him as a servant. Max Müller cites the Peruvian Inca who said that if the sun were free, like fire, he would vi

re free, like fire, he would visit new parts of the heavens. “He is,” said the Inca, “like a tied beast who goes ever round

h subterranean channels, till it again appears on the surface. It was said that the Sicilian fountain Arethusa was the same

of the Greeks was of bloody hue, like that of the pomegranate. It is said the wind blows the blossoms open, and afterwards

ord meaning the cubit, or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people. They lived near

heseus was Hippolyta; but her Hercules had already killed. Theseus is said to have united the several tribes of Attica into

s. The first and most distinguished were the Olympic, founded, it was said , by Jupiter himself. They were celebrated at Olym

, “But not in silence pass Calypso’s isles,” 2: 29. Calypso’s isle is said to be Goza. In Art. — Circe and the Companions o

philosopher of Crotona.” When young he travelled extensively, and is said to have visited Egypt, where he was instructed by

ty, and silence upon his throngs of disciples. Ipse Dixit (Pythagoras said so) was to be held by them as sufficient proof of

us, the son of Panthus, and fell by the spear of Menelaüs. Lately, he said , he had recognized his shield hanging among the t

′dus, Mount, 124. Pi-ræ′us, 261. Pire′ne, 233; a fountain in Corinth, said to have started from the ground (like Hippocrene)

gh to feel sure about these things, and so when the evening came they said , ‘Our friend, the sun, is dead; will he come back

astures in the blue fields of heaven. So, too, when the sun set, they said that the dawn with its soft and tender light had

as the friend of men; when his scorching heat brought a drought, they said that the sun was slaying his children, or that so

e dark clouds which rested on the earth without giving any rain, they said that the terrible being whom they named the snake

utting up the waters in a prison-house. When the thunder rolled, they said that this hateful monster was uttering his hard r

ering his hard riddles; and when, at last, the rain burst forth, they said that the bright sun had slain his enemy, and brou

Leto was the mother of Apollo* and Artemis*. Crius*. — This Titan is said to be the sire of Astræus*, Pallas, and Perses. A

haos, and sister of Erebus, to whom she bore Hemera and Æther. She is said then to have produced without a sire Mœræ* (Parcæ

aw no other object, her face turned constantly on him. At last, it is said , her limbs rooted in the ground, her face became

drums and cymbals to render the power of magic less effectual. It was said that Selene was enamored of Endymion*, on whom Ze

e the setting sun. In the ancient poetical language of Greece, people said “Selene loves and watches Endymion,” instead of “

essed this process of nature under the figure of a lost love. She was said to have been tenderly attached to a youth of rema

e still breathes out fire and flames towards heaven. The Gigantes are said to have sprung from the drops of blood which fell

, having become king of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is said that when he played on his lyre, the stones moved

imes quiet and composed, and at others as disturbed and angry. He was said to be haughty, powerful, vindictive and impatient

a later time denoted the unseen world beneath the earth. When it was said that the dead had gone to Hades, all that was lit

n idea of something mysterious and grim. He can, in fact, scarcely be said to have had a place in the public worship of the

ating priests wore black robes, and were crowned with cypress. It was said that at the close of the Titan war the Cyclopes m

he most celebrated was in Italy, near Lake Avernus, over which it was said no bird could fly, so noxious were its exhalation

ion), Pyriphlegethon* (fire-flaming), and Styx* (dread). The last was said to encompass these realms nine times, and could b

lation.” Berens . With strength he combined great agility, and was said to be the fleetest of the gods. He was, however,

wards became so famous as a court of justice. Hermione* (Harmony) was said to be the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, because

er of Romulus*, and the founder and protector of their nation. He was said to have married Nerio*, and from her the Claudian

ll armor formed an important part in their peculiar ceremonial. It is said that one morning, when Numa* was imploring the pr

s Athene*; Roman, Minerva; Hindu, Ushas; Egyptian, Neith*. Athene was said to have been produced from the head of Zeus, whic

htheum*8 and place it upon the olive-wood statue of Athene, which was said to have fallen from heaven. The procession formed

blest families had embroidered in gold the triumphs of Athene. It was said that Athene wove her own robe and Hera’s. On one

were believed to be his workshops and the Cyclopes his workmen. It is said that the first work of Hephæstus was a throne of

m at Athens, also by the Greeks in Campania and Sicily. Aphrodite was said to be the wife of Hephæstus. This was probably in

ere the Horæ* and Charites*. Sometimes Ares, sometimes Hephæstus, was said to be her husband. The children of Ares and Aphro

e of the physical world depends. Eros, the divine spirit of Love, was said to have sprung forth from Chaos, and by his benef

idon built for Laomedon*, king of Troy, the walls of the city. It was said that when Apollo grasped the chords of his lyre,

was dedicated to her on the Aventine hill by Servius Tullius, who is said to have introduced the worship of this divinity i

man’s higher nature, and causes the mind to soar heavenwards. “It is said that during their contest with the Pierides the M

ade immortal by Zeus, and installed as cup-bearer to the gods. It was said that Zeus had observed him drawing water from a w

on in the beauty of Aphrodite, but, failing to do this, he sneeringly said that she made too much noise with her feet when w

y said that she made too much noise with her feet when walking. It is said that, in consequence of his unlovely and unjust s

omona*. Pomona* was the goddess of orchards and fruit-trees. It is said that she was wooed in vain by all the rural deiti

true form, gave the desired information. Glaucus*. Glaucus* was said to have been originally a fisherman. One day, he

d), Zephyrus* (the west wind), and Notus* (the south wind). They were said to be the children of Eos and Astræus. There was

of Dionysus. They were of a lively, frolicsome disposition, and were said to be bald, with short, sprouting horns, and goat

and his own empire being destroyed, the prediction of the oracle was said to have been fulfilled. Soothsayers (Augurs).

st hesitated, but yielding to the earnest solicitations of Œdipus, he said : “Thou art the murderer of the old king, Laius, w

at the base the marshy ground abounded with serpents. Bellerophon was said to have conquered the Chimæra, because he was the

him into Lydia and sold him to Omphale*, queen of that country. It is said the queen clad her illustrious slave in female at

. Achilles was the son of Peleus* and the sea-goddess Thetis*, who is said to have dipped her son, when a babe, in the river

heads, each of which took a man out of every ship that passed. It was said Charybdis had been an avaricious woman, and was c

h friendliness and hospitality. “Not unacquainted with distress,” she said , “I have learned to succor the unfortunate.” Mont

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

d throughout the land. So popular were these deities that it has been said , “With the exception of Amun and Neph, they compr

e was noted for these horrid sacrifices; five hundred children, it is said , were placed at once in the fiery jaws of the ido

n hastens as he sinks down from the heights of heaven. Thus, “Yama is said to have crossed the rapid waters, to have shown t

with the Greek Eros, or god of love, and the Latin Cupid. Arusha was said to awaken the earth with his rays. Brahma is cal

ds to the temple. Not less than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all c

ha*, whom the Vedas represent as a delusive incarnation of Vishnu, is said by his followers to have been a mortal sage named

then transfixed them with other arrows, which became branches. It was said that he married the muskrat that had been of such

ther or elder brother of the race.” Perrot . Sometimes Michabo was said to dwell in the skies with his brother, the Snow,

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

he pleasant art of smoking was his invention.” Tanner . Michabo is said to sleep through the winter months; and at the ti

f the river Nile, in Egypt, are two colossal statues, one of which is said to be the statue of Memnon. Ancient writers recor

from toil, and permitted to say and do what they pleased, even, it is said , to ridicule their masters. Who were the parents

rom the dreadful death of being buried alive. The temple of Vesta was said to contain, besides the consecrated fire, the Pal

ord of the ocean, and Pluto, the ruler of the infernal regions. He is said to have been educated in the island of Crete. Ver

The giants, in their invasion, that they might scale the heavens, are said to have piled mount Pelion upon Ossa. Jupiter def

ring bellows blew.” [Translator : Pope] In the book of Genesis it is said that Tubalcain, one of the first men, was “an ins

ter and Juno. Vulcan is sometimes called Mulciber, and Lemnius. It is said that Jupiter, taking offence at Vulcan, kicked hi

icated to him, which was guarded by dogs, whose sense of smelling was said to be so exquisite, as to enable them to discern

n, and she was sent by Jupiter in a box to Prometheus. Jupiter, it is said , was angry at Prometheus for the manifold blessin

: he taught the use of fire, and the fusion of metals, and he also is said to have been the inventor of letters; he instruct

s employed fire more curiously and successfully than other men, he is said to have stolen it from heaven. He was accused of

en. Eneas, the son of Venus, and the great ancestor of the Romans, is said , by some of their writers, to have recovered and

ustomed to use, and hang it up in the temple of Venus, as if they had said . Time has robbed me of my beauty; I only see in t

was supposed to have been a female robber killed by Hercules. It was said that the rock Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis,

rincipal place among the most ancient divinities. By the poets, he is said to be the son of Jupiter and Calista. He was repr

h delicious food, yet he was not permitted to reach either. “I saw,” said Ulysses, as Homer makes him describe the infernal

Juno condemned her to repeat the last syllable of all she should hear said . Echo loved the beautiful Narcissus, but he despi

a slave to Omphale, Queen of Lydia. In the service of Omphale, it is said , that Hercules forgot his former habits, and, con

tions, and indulge himself for a time in repose and amusement. It was said , that Omphale sometimes put on the armour of Herc

ceedingly admired by those who understand the Greek literature. It is said that Jason lived a melancholy and unsettled life,

ens, yet he is also ranked among fabulous heroes; for it is sometimes said of him that he went with Jason to the Argonautic

Theseus lifted it, and saw beneath it a sword. “This sword, my son,” said Æthra, addressing herself to Theseus, “belonged t

ularly kind to him. The Pallantidæ saw that Ægeus loved Theseus. They said , “He will adopt him for his son, and will leave h

another, which has been treacherously taken. In the Hebrew law, it is said , “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth;” wh

pair, precipitated himself into the sea. From this circumstance it is said that the Archipelago was called the Ægean Sea. W

into Attica, he would be ready to punish such an enemy. Theseus also said he would take advice of wise men in Athens, and t

was, perhaps, a robber. The Sphinx had proposed a riddle, and it was said , whoever should expound it, would be able to kill

These brothers hated each other with such perfect hatred, that it was said , when their dead bodies lay upon one pyre, the fl

entor of the wedge, the lever, the axe, and the sails of ships. It is said that Talus, a nephew of Dædalus, discovered as mu

he sea shore. Near to Troy was a range of mountains called Ida. It is said that three several kings of this city gave names

ten years. Another story is told concerning the taking of Troy. It is said that it had been decreed by the gods that Troy sh

order to report to the Greeks the condition of the enemy. Is there, said he,9 a chief so greatly brave His life to hazard,

e led.” She fell to the share of Neoptolemus, son of Achilles. It is said that he married her. The infant Astyanax was kill

oes not relate with precision the death of Eneas, but it is somewhere said that he was drowned in the Numicus, a river of It

that he continually sees the secret thoughts of every man’s heart. He said that the most difficult thing in nature, is to kn

o employ one’s time worthily — to bear injuries with patience.” It is said that he caused to be engraved in letters of gold

oral philosopher, though little more than his name now remains. He is said to have died suddenly, while he was engaged in pl

tations of Vishnu. When a god appears on earth in a human form, he is said to be incarnate, or clothed in flesh. The Rama of

ost marvellous. In battle he slaughtered thousands at a blow. Odin is said , finally, to have retired into Sweden, and feelin

an; Ere worlds there were, or gods, or man; No mortal tongue has ever said , What hand unknown laid Vala dead. But yet if rum

atries. The inhabitants of the Thebais, a region in Upper Egypt, were said to have worshipped only the immortal, uncreated G

built for that purpose at Alexandria, and called the Serapeum. It is said to have exceeded in magnificence all the other te

happy results? Religion of the Peruvians. The Peruvians are said to have worshipped the sun, moon, and the sea, un

who are subjects of Jupiter and guardians of men.” Because Socrates said that his genius inspired him, his enemies accused

unknown God. Upon this, Paul, addressing himself to those about him, said : “Whom ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto

people. “Trees, in the old time, served for the temples of the gods,” said a Latin historian. Dodona’s oaks were honoured as

. So much was religion honoured in the person of priests, that it was said , the liberty of the commonwealth, the virtue of t

e Greek sculptors. The Parthenon remained entire for many ages. It is said that Christians have worshipped in it as a church

e subject, adds to the effect of the representation. “It is somewhere said of Phidias,13 that as a sculptor, he particularly

persons attending a sacrifice. When a very wicked person came, he was said to be polluted, unfit for a religious service, ti

ods; for no man among them who was endued with the smallest prudence, said the philosopher Plato , would undertake any thin

nd sometimes all his posterity. “All men are afraid of imprecations,” said one of the Roman writers. Blessing, or benedicti

wings. It was an emblematical figure, denoting God’s presence. It is said , that between the cherubs, on the mercy-seat, a p

e god of the winds. Jupiter was his reputed father, and his mother is said to have been a daughter of Hippotus. Æolus is rep

on of Jupiter and Antiope. He was greatly skilled in music; and it is said that, at the sound of his lute, the stones arrang

[Bacchus], the god of wine, was the son of Jupiter and Semele. He is said to have married Ariadne, daughter of Minos, King

snow, and as clear as crystal; and any believer who tastes thereof is said to thirst no more. Cel′eno [Celeno] was one of t

t of plants. He was depicted as an old man covered with moss, and was said to live underground. He is sometimes called the k

ssisted the Titans against Jupiter. Ege′ria [Egeria]. A nymph who is said to have suggested to Numa all his wise laws. She

private houses being called Januæ. Ja′nus [Janus]. A king of Italy, said to have been the son of Cœlus, others say of Apol

nely dressed woman who is a great enemy to new-born children. She was said to have been Adam’s first wife, but, refusing to

d. Lud. In ancient British mythology the king of the Britons. He is said to have given his name to London. Lu′na [Luna].

ill-judged, or indiscriminate. “He dug a hole, and in it whispering said , What monstrous ears sprout from King Midas’ head

as’ head.” Ovid. Mi′lo [Milo], a celebrated Croton athlete, who is said to have felled an ox with his fist, and to have e

er′va [Minerva], the goddess of wisdom, war, and the liberal arts, is said to have sprung from the head of Jupiter fully arm

that they never took up arms but in the cause of justice. “Forbear, said Nemesis, my loss to moan, The fainting, trembling

abylonian] god, represented as a monster, half-man, half-fish. He was said to have taught men the use of letters in the day-

ok.” Pope. Oly′ras [Olyras]. A river near Thermopylæ, which, it is said , attempted to extinguish the funeral pile on whic

Omphale wore the lion’s skin. Ona′rus [Onarus]. A priest of Bacchus, said to have married Ariadne after she had been abando

that they ran away though no one pursued them; and the word panic is said to have been derived from this episode. The Fauns

world, and from that moment they have afflicted the human race. It is said that Hope alone remained in the box. Pandora mean

ae] was the reputed mother of the Minotaur killed by Theseus. She was said to be the daughter of Sol and Perseis, and her hu

ck, see Argus. Peg′asus [Pegasus]. The famous winged horse which was said to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when her

]. A king of Thessaly, who married Thetis, one of the Nereides. It is said that he was the only mortal who married an immort

the sea. He captured Ulysses and twelve of his companions, and it is said that six of them were eaten. The remainder escape

riest, and was decorated with bright-colored ribbons. The priest then said , “Who is here?” to which the spectators replied,

ctators replied, “Many good people.” “Begone all ye who are profane,” said the priest; and he then began a prayer addressed

ons as many as a hundred bullocks were offered at one time; and it is said that Pythagoras made this offering when he found

and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said , For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as

s. Ve′nus [Venus]. The goddess of beauty, and mother of love. She is said to have sprung from the foam of the sea, and was

ulated the day by guiding the chariot of the sun. Ques. What else is said of Apollo? Ans. Many absurd and impossible adven

room where the gods supped, and made their beds. Ques. What else is said of Mercury? Ans. He was the inventor of letters,

Ans. He taught men how to plant the vine and till the ground. He is said to have subdued India, and many other countries o

nd the owl are also represented on the shield. Ques. Why was Minerva said to have sprung full armed from the head of Jupite

The Greeks personified Night, under the name of Latona; hence she was said to have been the first wife of Jupiter, the mothe

us was called upon to decide their merits, but he blamed them all. He said that Neptune was imprudent in not placing the bul

d could not be carried away if it were placed among bad neighbors. He said that Vulcan was the worst of all, because he did

ss. At the close of the second Punic war, the Romans, directed, it is said , by the Sibylline books, sent an embassy to Attal

t as immoral as the festivals held in honor of Bacchus. Ques. Who is said to have instituted them? Ans. Triptolemus [Tript

d the goddess of law and justice. Her origin is uncertain; but she is said to have been a Titaness. Ques. Who was Astræa [A

ry. This marble fell into the hands of the Athenians, and a sculptor, said by some to have been Phidias, afterwards carved f

orshipped as Lupercus, or Lynceus. His origin is uncertain, but he is said by some authors to have been a son of Mercury and

recting wayside crosses, which became afterwards almost universal, is said to date from this epoch. Terminus had a temple on

te from this epoch. Terminus had a temple on the Tarpeian rock. It is said that when Tarquin the Proud wished to build a tem

of men, and the remorse which torments the wicked. When the ancients said of a man, that the Furies had taken up their abod

nds, now known as Ivica, Minorca and Majorca. For this reason, he was said to have three heads and three bodies, and passed

rpents. Bellerophon made this mountain inhabitable, and was therefore said to have killed the Chimæra. At present anything w

o light. Fides, or Fidelity, had a temple near the Capitol, which was said to have been founded by Numa Pompilius. The symbo

, and it was unlawful to take any one from it by force. This altar is said to have been erected by the kindred of Hercules,

same superstition has been remarked among the modern Hindoos, who are said to have dedicated temples to thunder and lightnin

s a plain near Narbonne, in France, covered with stones. The ancients said that Hercules was contending on this spot with tw

as instructed by Mercury, who gave him a golden lyre with which he is said to have built the walls of Thebes, causing the st

and as many daughters, who were all slain by Apollo and Diana. He is said to have killed himself in despair. The legend of

g them. Dædalus. Ques. Who was Dædalus [Dæd′alus]? Ans. He is said to have been a native of Athens, eminent for his

adition. He introduced the use of masts and sails in ships, and he is said to have been the first who represented statues in

morphoses. This is a collection of legends of all the transformations said to have taken place in heathen mythology, beginni

was burned in the troubles raised by Sylla, the Sibylline Verses are said by some to have perished in the conflagration. It

led with regard to the prophecies of the sibyls, some of which, it is said , pointed clearly to the advent of a Redeemer, the

], a Phocian general, seized these treasures to pay his troops. He is said to have carried off, in gold and silver, a sum eq

On the seventh night the brothers died in their sleep. The oracle is said to have been discovered on the following occasion

n Arabs, Siwah. It is about five degrees west of Cairo. The temple is said to have been founded by Bacchus under the followi

e. This was cut from a tree in the sacred grove of Olympia, which was said to have been brought by Hercules from the land of

so absurd did the pretensions of the royal poet appear. What we have said of the Olympic Games, may be applied with some li

lis, celebrated as the haunt of the lion slain by Hercules. They were said to have been restored by that hero, and were cele

udge by the descriptions given of the scenic arrangements. It is even said that when groves were required, living trees from

s, who stripped the statue of Minerva of its golden adornments. It is said he obtained in this manner an amount of precious

we have already referred to in connection with the goddess Venus, is said to have taken place in the mountains of Libanus,

es? Ans. He was a god of the Assyrians, half man, half fish, who was said to dwell in the sea, from which he came at stated

an missionaries. Buddha. Ques. Who was Buddha? Ans. Buddha is said by the Vedas to have been a delusive incarnation

enters immediately into the body of some child, so that he is simply said to transmigrate. Ques. How is the child discover

he had exacted an oath of all created things, to spare Baldur. “Aye,” said Frigga; “all things have sworn, save a mistletoe

no ransom, but wished to try if Baldur were really so beloved. “If,” said she, “all things in the world, both living and li

temples which they built. We read that Zenodorus, a famous sculptor, said by some to have been a native of Gaul, executed a

hich recalled to the Greeks the orgies of their own Bacchantes. It is said that no year passed without a victim. The nine vi

the island of Titicaca, whence the founders of the Inca dynasty were said to have proceeded. Everything belonging to this s

ire to Sicily, where he was kindly entertained by Hiero. His death is said to have occurred in a very extraordinary manner.

gnity of sentiment, but in the moral tone of his dramas. Sophocles is said to have observed that while he represented men as

red, from its wide range of subjects, a sort of Cyclopædia, and it is said that if the Latin language were lost, it might be

ro . A Latin writer, celebrated for his extensive learning. He is said to have composed five hundred volumes, all of whi

sees all things produced, and all things perish, it is allegorically said , that Time or Saturn devours his own offspring. W

rned by the joint counsels of himself and Saturn. What have the poets said farther concerning Saturn? The reputation of Satu

uried alive. What was the temple of Vesta supposed to contain? It was said to contain, besides the consecrated fire, the Pal

d to take in producing and preserving the fruits of the earth. She is said to have taught the art of tilling the earth, and

by poisoning the water, in which she was accustomed to bathe. She is said to have changed men into beasts, and to have draw

s well as to the other heathen divinities, the following exploits are said to have been performed by Apollo. He destroyed th

ate. He subdued India, Phrygia, Egypt, Syria, and all the East. He is said , by the poets of antiquity, to have performed a n

chus with horns, which may be supposed to allude to the light that is said to have shone around the countenance of Moses, wh

as the means of destroying the descendants of the giants. Jupiter was said to have sent Bacchus into India to exterminate a

as the valiant son of Venus, and the great ancestor of the Romans, is said , by some of their writers, to have recovered and

he rose and the myrtle, were considered as sacred to her. Venus. She said , and turning round, her neck she shew’d, That wit

art of working iron and brass. What was his poetical history? He was said by the poets to be the son of Jupiter and Juno. F

icated to him, which was guarded by dogs, whose sense of smelling was said to be so exquisite, as to enable them to discern

he workmen of Vulcan, and made Jove’s thunderbolts. By some, they are said to be sons of Neptune, by others, of Cœlus and Te

ar attention to eloquence, had the name of Hermes given to him, He is said to have left forty-two volumes of his works. Thes

the terrible Gorgons; Proteus, and Triton. Polyphemus. Scarce had he said ; when lo! th’ enormous swain, Huge Polyphemus, ’m

six men together, from the deck of any passing vessel. Charybdis was said to have been a formidable woman, who used to plun

rincipal place among the most ancient divinities. By the poets, he is said to be the son of Jupiter and Calista, or of Mercu

de use of sails, which, by poetical licence, were called wings. He is said to have built, for Minos, king of Crete, an edifi

hon, a famous hero, made this mountain habitable, and was, therefore, said to have killed the Chimæra. Chimæra. First, dire

ho delivered his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, king of Lanca. He is said to have commanded an intrepid army of monkeys, by

t of their gods. The inhabitants of the Thebais, in Upper Egypt, were said to have worshiped the immortal, uncreated God alo

slain, or inclosed in an ark, and exposed to the waves. This ark was said to have drifted on the coast of Phenicia, and Osī

tempers, and she was imagined to indicate remedies in dreams. She was said to have been translated into the moon, and to be

tive by some unusual extent of the annual inundation, then Osīris was said to leave his garland of melilotus in the bed of N

built for that purpose at Alexandria, and called the Serapeum. It is said to have exceeded in magnificence, all the other t

nd the moon then appeared upon its summit; and the latter of these is said to have received, preserved, and purified the off

ost marvellous. In battle he slaughtered thousands at a blow. Odin is said , finally, to have retired into Sweden, and feelin

and storms. His palace was named, the Asylum against terror; and was said to contain 540 halls. Three articles of his armou

began Ere world there was, or Gods, or man; No mortal tongue has ever said , What hand unknown laid Vala dead. But yet if rum

ahomet. The Arabian writers describe five antediluvian idols, who are said to have been men of exemplary virtue and high rep

andinavian Divinities is the fifth day of the week named, and what is said of his palace? Who was the god of the sea in the

mingled din, that thunders round. Pitt’s Virgil. 7. Alecto. This said , to earth th’ impetuous goddess flies Inflam’d wi

them to be religious, we regard but as poetical. Leigh Hunt, who has said many things upon Mythology, quite as beautiful as

ph; and rather than submit to the tyrannical passion of Cybele, he is said to have destroyed himself, and the goddess metamo

ard, and one his knees embraced: ‘If e’er, O father of the Gods!’ she said , ‘My words could please thee, or my actions aid;

nd, as a bittern sounds within a reed, ‘To thee alone, oh! lake,’ she said , ‘I tell, And as thy queen, command thee to conce

onyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img052 ————— “Crescented Dian, who ’Tis said once wandered from the wastes of blue, And all fo

what your wish is, and it shall be complied with.” “I live at Naxos,” said the boy, “and there I would fain find myself.” Pe

deck the rising waves surveyed, And seemed to weep, and as he wept he said , ‘And do you thus my easy faith beguile? Thus, do

n round drops upon their whiteness stood.” Shakspere. Proserpine is said to have restored him to life, on condition of his

me.” Horace. In his labours he was assisted by the Cyclops, who are said by some, to have possessed but one eye, placed in

arts, and smiled Derision on the archer child. ‘And dost thou smile?’ said little Love; ‘Take this dart, and thou mayest pro

not light, I die with pain! Take, take thine arrow back again.’ ‘No,’ said the child ‘it must not be, That little dart was m

overed their intention, he endeavoured to outwit them. ‌ “Allow me,” said Arion, with all the earnestness of an enthusiast.

main, The only stranger to Diana’s train; Her sisters often, as ’tis said , would cry ‘Fye, Salmaeis, what always idle! fye;

rizing Pan, yet pleased him more, Admiring this new music, ‘Thou’ he said , ‘Who cans’t not be the partner of my bed, At lea

y nigh?’ Again the mournful Echo answers, ‘I,’ ‘Why come not you,’ he said , ‘appear in view,’ She hastily returns, ‘why come

returns, ‘why come not you?’ “‘Then let us join,’ at last Narcissus said , ‘Then let us join,’ replied the ravished maid.”

er the spring his drooping head, With a sad sigh these dying words he said , ‘Ah! boy beloved in vain,’ thro’ all the plain E

es conspicuous in his orgies, by their riot and lasciviousness. It is said , that a Satyr was brought to Sylla, as that gener

he sight, that he ordered it instantly to be removed. The creature is said to have answered the description which poets and

d sometimes with laurel or rocket, the last of these plants, which is said to raise the passions and excite love, being sacr

flowers, the stones which divided their different possessions. It is said that when Tarquin the proud, wished to build a te

Hebe was the daughter of Jupiter and Juno; though by many she is said to be the daughter of Juno only, who conceived he

p, at which all the deities attended. “Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said , ‘Fair goddess of the waves, consent to wed, A so

Proteus, rising from his oozy bed, Thus to the poor, desponding lover said , ‘No more in anxious thoughts your mind employ, F

nd is to come.” Virgil. From his knowledge of futurity, mankind are said to have received the greatest benefits. —————— “

God of the West, the warmest of all the winds, married Flora, and was said to produce flowers and fruits, by the sweetness o

s the parent of dreams, of whom, by a beautiful idea, imagination was said to be the mother. The palace of Somnus was a dark

Some laughed, some blushed, and others trembled. ‌‘Here are knots,’ said Hymen, taking Some loose flowers of Love’s own ma

 ‘Take back our love-knots,         Take back our love-knots!’ Coolly said , ‘There’s no returning Wares on Hymen’s hands — G

shed him to death. Medea also died at Colchis, and after her death is said to have been married to Achilles in Elysium. It i

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img184a “Take this,” he said , feigning a repentance, “if ever your husband pro

lub were cast, Swift he plunged in, ‘these billows shall be past,’ He said , nor sought where smoother waters glide But stemm

implored a hospitable rest: If bold exploits thy admiration fire, (He said ), I fancy, mine thou wilt admire: Or if the glory

me thou wilt not give, A gift of endless rest from me receive. —’ He said , and backward turned, no more concealed The prese

isterous herd, And brandishing his brazen pointed lance, ‘Behold,’ he said , ‘an injured man advance,’ Stung with resentment

the form of tempting gold. His lance was aimed, when Cepheus ran and said ; ‘Hold, brother, hold, what brutal rage has made

image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img203     Phæ. “‘My lord, ’tis said you soon will part from us.     Hip. Madam!     P

ot do it!     Hip. What if I did proclaim to him thy guilt? What if I said — father! thy wife, my mother, Hath offered me th

with horror. The deed was so cruel and impious, that the very sun is said to have started back in amazement; and the unhapp

enies, The dart falls harmless, and the falchion flies.’ ‌Furious he said , and tow’rd the Grecian crew Seized by the crest,

ment a Greek named Sinon was brought before them. This perfidious man said that his brothers in arms, irritated against him,

mong the ghosts below,’ ‌Then kissed the couch ‘and must I die,’ she said , ‘And unrevenged, ’tis doubly to be dead; Yet eve

false Trojan view, These boding omens, his false flight pursue!’ She said and struck; deep entered in her side, The piercin

ng been refused admission to the nuptials of Thetis and Peleus, it is said that it was she, who, to revenge herself, threw o

’s feet, Breathing his passion in each thrilling word, Only by lovers said , and lovers heard.” L. E. L. Before they part

tinual bliss, and enjoyed a never-ending springtide. Their homes were said to be “inaccessible by land or by sea.” They were

fire and flames, in hopes of injuring his conqueror. But time, it is said , somewhat cooled his resentment; and now he is co

a space of many miles, producing what is called an earthquake. “Tis said , that thunder-struck Enceladus, Grovelling beneat

conceived to be the meaning of this mysterious command. “The Earth,” said he, “is the mother of all, and the stones may be

f victory, who was ever ready to obey his slightest behest, and it is said her master loved her so dearly that he generally

t it was counted one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. It is said , too, that the artist, having completed this mast

very year. At these festivals the Palladium, a statue of the goddess, said to have fallen from heaven, was carried in proces

alent was so great, that he soon rivalled his master, and even, it is said , recalled the dead to life. Of course, these mira

g sun Touch’d the hills, the strife was done, And the attentive Muses said : ‘Marsyas, thou art vanquished!’” Matthew Arnold

hose skill was reported to be but little inferior to Orpheus’. “’Tis said he had a tuneful tongue,     Such happy intonatio

and confirmed these words by a solemn oath. “‘By the terrible Styx!’ said the angry sire, While his eyes flashed volumes of

aced on Mount Sipylus, close to a stream of running water; and it was said that tears continually flowed down the marble che

rea), the goddess of beauty, love, laughter, and marriage, is by some said to be the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, goddess

Venus, however, did not lavish all her love upon Mars, for she is said to have felt a tender passion for a young man nam

which the lovers could peep at each other, converse, and even, it is said , exchange a kiss or two. Sundry stolen interviews

orshipped in Greece, was one of the principal Roman divinities. He is said to have first seen the light in Thrace, a country

or a sign of his favour and protection. Even while they prayed, it is said , a shield, Ancile, fell from heaven, and a voice

ona entreated him to shelter her from Juno’s persecutions. Neptune is said to have loved the goddess Ceres, and to have foll

produced from them the graceful winged steed Pegasus. Neptune is also said to be the father of the giants Otus and Ephialtes

ges, so calling his daughters aside, he told them what the oracle had said , and, giving them each a sharp dagger, bade them

alogue of all his personal charms and a synopsis of all they had both said . The false nurse listened with apparent sympathy;

tion of the vine and the art of making wine. He travelled thus, it is said , throughout Greece and Asia Minor, and even ventu

were wont to throw fresh garlands into the Alpheus River; and it was said the self-same flowers, carried away by his curren

ds, and decreed they should ever live on the waters. These birds were said to build their nests and hatch their young on the

orm and winds, governed a very unruly and turbulent population. He is said to have received his royal dignity from the fair

at Alcides, stooping with his toil, Rests on his club.” Pope. It is said that some of the games celebrated at Olympia were

him a free passage. This offer, however, did not satisfy Theseus, who said he would sheathe his sword only on condition that

ius once, Not from Apollo, but his priests, receiv’d An oracle, which said , it was decreed He should be slain by his own son

dful were the mis’ries it denounc’d Against me; ’twas my fate, Apollo said , To wed my mother, to produce a race Accursed and

s murderers had been found and punished.             “The plague, he said , should cease, When those who murder’d Laius were

be each under the protection of a special divinity called Hamadryad, said to live and die with the tree entrusted to her ca

; and when the passing winds rustled through her leaves, the ancients said it was “Dryope’s lone lulling of her child.”

clothed with corn, Or labour’d mine undrainable of ore. ‘Honour’ she said , ‘and homage, tax and toll, From many an inland t

s sister Cassandra. This princess was noted for her beauty, and it is said had even been wooed by Apollo, who, hoping to win

able to endure a second parting, died of grief. The same grave, it is said , was the resting-place of this united pair, and k

combat between Paris and Menelaus.      “Hector then stood forth and said : ‘Hearken, ye Trojans and ye nobly-armed Achaians

meanwhile, and, all in tears, Clung to his hand, and, thus beginning, said : —      ‘Too brave! thy valour yet will cause thy

nd, ‘Who burns upon the pyre?’ Whereon their oldest and their boldest said , ‘He whom thou would’st not heal!’ and all at onc

never be taken as long as the Palladium — a sacred statue of Minerva, said to have fallen from heaven — remained within its

ed; Prometheus, a maker of clay images, “whence it was hyperbolically said he created man out of clay”; and Atlas, an astron

that, in the ancient poetical and proverbial language of Elis, people said , “Selene loves and watches Endymion,” instead of

e considered the detectives and avengers of crime, and were therefore said to take possession of a criminal at the end of hi

ing or vegetation) returned from her sojourn under the ground, people said “that the daughter of the earth was returning in

returning in all her beauty; and when summer faded into winter, they said that the beautiful child had been stolen away fro

m. Neptune’s palace is beneath the deep waters near Greece, and he is said to ride about his realm in a swift chariot drawn