long the earth in his black chariot, he passed the valley of Enna and saw Proserpina playing in the meadow with the nymphs.

one of the nymphs glanced up and gave a great shriek. All turned and saw the four great black horses and the black chariot

said Pluto. “All who die must pass it. Look!” Proserpina looked, and saw upon the torpid stream a boat. It was laden down

pina thought it must be a pack of monsters, all howling; but soon she saw Cerberus himself. He was larger than any horse, a

who had dared to do such a deed. But, although she moved swiftly, she saw no trace of the lost maiden until, at nightfall,

iot, black horses, maiden, and all. “And to-day, in the underworld, I saw her again. She was seated upon a great black thro

ious hall, the gods ceased their smiling and became earnest, for they saw how the great earth-goddess was grieving. But Cer

does this mean?” thought Ceres. Then she looked across the fields and saw that all the trees were putting forth their leave

oirs of birds broke out into jubilant songs in the groves. Then Ceres saw some one coming toward her across the meadows — a

pimetheus. Prometheus was the braver and stronger of the two. When he saw men suffer in the winter months, he at once began

strode out, laughing and stamping his feet in defiance. When Jupiter saw the smoke rising from cozy homes all over the wor

again, but with great pain, and his suffering was always terrible. He saw , too, that the fire he had stolen was not entirel

e fire, the world was never again quite at peace. All this Epimetheus saw , and it grieved him deeply. At last, one day, an

ts of the earth. Some were young and some were old; but all those who saw Pandora and came near to the wondrous box, felt a

e and happy. Even Jupiter and the gods of heaven had more joy as they saw how the earth prospered and how their altars were

e tipped with gold, and some with lead, but he polished all alike and saw to it that they were neatly winged with white dov

d the leaden ones caused hate. Next, Cupid took up his little bow and saw that the string was unworn and the golden arch br

e bow and with his arrows slew the beast. Now as he was returning, he saw Cupid polishing and preparing his tiny arms. He s

nhood and hunting, and spent all her days chasing the deer. As Apollo saw her moving gracefully and swiftly among the trees

the leaden arrow with unerring aim fairly into her heart, and as she saw Apollo, she hated and feared him as she had never

flattering though it was, scared her anew. Suddenly, before her, she saw the glint of water. It was the river Peneüs. “O m

ollowed him down to the edge of the river Styx. Charon, the ferryman, saw him coming and pushed his boat far out into the s

us choice. One day, as he was walking along a quiet woodland path, he saw two beautiful goddesses sitting beside the way wh

, though they seemed more like beautiful women. One of them, when she saw Hercules, came running toward him, as if she were

he was half inclined to let the sky fall, but before a great while he saw Atlas trudging toward him, and as he came nearer,

iful apples of gold upon it. Hercules wasted no time in questions. He saw that Atlas had the apples. What he wished now was

went through. And sweet was the duty,    And hallowed the hour, Which saw thus young Beauty    Embellish’d by Power. Thom

task passing the power of mortal men. Now when the shepherd-stranger saw the sad face of the king, he said: — “Why do you

to waste away. Dreadful visions came to her. Now she would think she saw Charon, the aged ferryman of the dead, coming tow

n of the dead, coming toward her in his boat. Now she would think she saw dark Death approaching, and brave and true as she

g to find rest and refreshment with his friend Admetus. When Hercules saw the signs of mourning, he asked what they meant;

and would not hear of that. Hercules yielded and stayed, though he saw that the shadow of Death was over Admetus’ house.

d of the sun, was once driving his flaming chariot across the sky, he saw beautiful Clymene walking in the meadows below. T

e eager steeds to the pole of the car, and all was ready. When Helios saw that Phaëton was still firm in his wish, he wet t

y were wild with fright. Then Phaëton looked down. Far beneath him he saw the earth spread out like a great map. The height

earth grew hot and split open in great chasms so that the underworld saw the light of day and Pluto was alarmed. At last,

of the island of Seriphus, was going along the beach to his boat, he saw a strange sight. Upon the sand sat a woman in pur

which it was plain that she had come during the night. When the woman saw Dictys, she rose and hastened toward him. “Good s

should do, but discovering no way to accomplish his wish. Suddenly he saw before him a woman, very old and much bent with y

h their help I shall also conquer her.” Then in the moonlight Perseus saw that it was no longer an old woman who stood befo

but as Perseus looked into her quiet face and her clear gray eyes, he saw that she was smiling, and he felt no fear. “I wil

d.” With these words the goddess disappeared, but at his feet Perseus saw the winged sandals and the magic helmet. Next day

y wavered and at last turned back. The race was won. Far away Perseus saw the hills of Africa. Panting and exhausted, he di

another moment Perseus was darting toward it. Before the monster even saw him, he had plunged his sword into it up to the h

ho sighs forth “Hilliho!” Alas, ’twas not the white-horn’d doe    He saw in the rustling grove, But the bridal veil, as pu

y other lands she did evil after that, but the people of Athens never saw her more. Then began good days. Theseus lived hap

arbor a ship, all black, even to the sails; and the people, when they saw it, broke out into cries of lamentation and woe.

have commanded him to remain and not risk a life so precious, but he saw that it would be in vain. The heart of the young

led aboard the ship, and Theseus was of the number. As those on shore saw the black sails fill with wind, and watched .the

Ariadne. The king wondered at the strength and size of Theseus, as he saw him among the victims, and Ariadne gazed at him l

ng and sharp, like the teeth of some enormous wolf. After a moment it saw Theseus, and as it looked at him with its fierce,

ris beautiful beyond comparison, but he forgot her altogether when he saw these glorious beings, for the goddesses had come

ew dust upon his head and tore his hair. And all his friends, as they saw the great hero lying there, burst out into cries

sed and turned and looked, and there was fear in their hearts as they saw the great form and the shining head of Achilles.

f Achilles had to turn away their eyes from it. But the hero, when he saw it, felt the courage in his breast rise high. He

live in shame behind the Trojan walls after this day.” When Achilles saw that Hector was waiting to fight with him, his he

o. Verses from “A Dream of Fair Women.” (Helen.) At length I saw a lady within call,    Stiller than chisel’d marb

s, they started and would have answered, but the wise warrior Ulysses saw the danger and bade them be silent, and when Anti

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

h the wall    Saw the slow-moving figure tall, Queenly and grieving —  saw her pain    That Troy must fall. But after, when

nd the ships found themselves at land. When morning came, the sailors saw that they had come to a beautiful little island n

d his crew rowed across the strait. As they came near the shore, they saw the huge entrance of a cave beside the sea. They

Circe. The enchantress would have had them stay always, but when she saw that Ulysses’ thoughts were only of his home and

Ogygia, where the fair goddess Calypso reigned. Now, when the goddess saw Ulysses, she loved him, and would not let him lea

ears of absence. The Sirens. Slow sail’d the weary mariners and saw , Betwixt the green brink and the running foam, Sw

ing a deer’s track, he came suddenly into a little cleared space, and saw , standing within a few feet of him, a great, shag

y starry night and think of their story. Juno was very angry when she saw the newly-made stars twinkling in the sky. She ha

ng down, parted the bushes to see who was on the other side. There he saw Proserpine standing in the center of a ring of la

me from the inmost parts of the earth, O Ceres, great mother! There I saw your daughter seated on a throne at the dark king

by the grating of the keel on the shore; and when she looked up, she saw that she had drifted to a little island. It was a

g cloud spread over the sky; and when Latona looked up toward it, she saw Juno standing before her. With harsh words, the g

, and her throat dry and parched for lack of water, when suddenly she saw in the distance a clump of trees, and a glimmer o

hiny day in spring, and he was brave and manly as well. Every one who saw him loved him; but he seemed to have no heart, fo

passed by the tall oak tree in which Echo lived. The moment the girl saw him she fell in love with him; and she followed h

comrades, and Echo stealing softly behind him, until the boy suddenly saw that he had lost his way and called out, “Is ther

e contest. But this only made her wrath the greater; and when Arachne saw the look of anger in Minerva’s face, she suddenly

ught a glimpse of Apollo’s golden garments above the tree-tops. Cupid saw him at the same instant, and, quick as a flash, h

wered her prayer, and had changed her into a laurel tree. When Apollo saw that his beautiful Daphne had become a tree, he w

h was very painful, would have turned aside; but as soon as the women saw his lyre, they came up to him and ordered him, in

t back to life and love.” I followed through the cavern black,     I saw the blue above. Some terror turned him to look ba

him wail, “Oh, love, What have I done! what have I done!” And then I saw no more the sun,     And lost were life and love.

rseus, why are you weeping?” Perseus raised his head in surprise, and saw a mischievous-looking little fellow, with an odd-

Minerva’s bright shield served as a mirror, and, reflected in it, he saw the three monsters lying fast asleep on the shore

marriage. As for Andromeda, she had loved Perseus from the moment she saw his crooked sword flash above the sea serpent’s h

s height, suddenly the wide doors swung back, and the startled people saw , standing in the opening, an ugly, scowling, litt

the old man was turned to stone, just as he stood. When his followers saw what had happened to their master, they turned an

a white heifer. When Juno came to the side of the river, all that she saw was her husband in his own true form and the whit

river where she had so often walked with her boy companion. When she saw her horns reflected in the clear water, her terro

k, gave way to his grief. Meanwhile, Argus faithfully kept watch, and saw all that had passed between father and daughter.

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

his tale, which he had told at great length and in a sleepy tone, he saw , to his delight, that at last Argus was sound asl

nd had boasted that fortune could not harm her. When Diana and Apollo saw their mother’s anger, they tried to quiet her, an

with her daughters close behind her. When she reached the plain, and saw the awful sight, she fell upon the ground with cr

eized her bow and shot her deadly arrows, one after another. As Niobe saw her daughters falling about her, she seized the y

uge snakes to strangle him in his cradle. The nurse screamed when she saw the serpents coiling themselves around the child,

wrung their necks. The astonished nurse could hardly believe what she saw . You can well understand how such a wonderful bab

t he overcame all the dangers Juno placed in his path. When the queen saw this, she hit upon a new plan for making him unha

of a serpent, glided from his grasp. “Aha,” laughed Hercules, when he saw what had happened, “you think you will escape me

d time fighting the strong current, heard the scream, and looking up, saw what was happening. He raised his bow to his shou

a great distance, when at last he came to a city by the sea. There he saw the king’s daughter, and grew to love her as he h

greater than his master. Young as he was, he had already invented the saw and the compass. Athens rang with praises of the

, father and son rose into the air. The fishermen and the sailors who saw them passing overhead, thought they must be gods

he was thus engaged, he heard a strange cry overhead, and looking up, saw a partridge wheeling its flight above him. Immedi

still a young man, he was one day passing through a village, where he saw a beautiful maiden with whom he fell in love. Soo

ere, and brought his body back to the waiting father. When King Minos saw his murdered son, and heard the story of his deat

d to the top of a high tower in the palace, and looked about her. She saw the army encamped outside the walls, and seated o

Ariadne, a beautiful, tender-hearted girl. She wept for pity when she saw the youths and maidens and thought how soon the h

ed it up anxiously, and at last came to the entrance of the cave, and saw the starry heavens once more. Then he sank to the

ay’s work, heard the noise and uproar and went to the door. When they saw the strangers approaching, with the jeering crowd

house. But what was her surprise, when, looking into the pitcher, she saw that it was still full to the brim, and that ever

lack. Although husband and wife were more than astonished at all they saw , they kept silence about it, quietly waiting on t

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

do to bring back food and health to his people. The wicked queen Ino saw her chance, and secretly bribed the messengers to

hed. When Jason recovered from his surprise, and started to go on, he saw , to his dismay, that one of his sandals had been

nd’s voice weeping in the forest, came hastening to the spot. When he saw what had happened, he tried to console Cyparissus

e caught. One day his net felt very heavy, and when he drew it in, he saw that he had caught a great number of fine fish. H

he was doing, he plunged into the sea. Neptune, the god of the ocean, saw all that was passing; and as Glaucus sank beneath

ntil one day, as the sea god was floating on the top of the waves, he saw a beautiful maiden walking along the shore. She l

d the little hill. So it went on, day after day, and the more Glaucus saw of Scylla, the more he loved her. At last, one ev

. But Scylla did not care for this strange-looking creature, whom she saw that day for the first time; and she turned away

han my love for Scylla change while she is alive.” Then at last Circe saw that she must at least pretend to grant his wish.

ht they were only in the water, and she rushed to the shore. When she saw that the monsters were part of her own body, she

ghtened that he was almost as pale as the wounded Hyacinthus. When he saw that he could not stop the wound from bleeding, h

r, or cropped the rose she would hold to his mouth.    Cupid, when he saw in Psyche’s sweet mild eyes that she would not ha

oked like a half opened flower. She was struck with admiration as she saw revealed to her this lovely object. She could har

iades came forth from their grottoes to look at her. As soon as Venus saw her son, after his return from earth, she perceiv

ught of milk, which a young girl that came down to the river side and saw her distress, brought her, thought, perhaps, if s

red the gods of the vineyards and of harvest. The temple which Psyche saw on a hill was dedicated to Ceres, a benevolent go

by a slight paling, and under the portico which formed the front, she saw the goddess. She was a tall venerable figure, her

withdrew to discover what was the cause of her son’s illness. Psyche saw her depart with some little satisfaction. The bea

if you knew the story. Sir James Edward Smith, an English traveller, saw this whole story painted in a palace in Italy; he

the king of the infernal regions, was roaming over the island, and he saw the youthful Proserpine. Pluto thought that Prose

girls. They sprang up, dropped all their flowers upon the ground, and saw a chariot drawn by two fiery black horses coming

e of this girl’s companions was so frightened and afflicted, when she saw her young friend forced away, that she ran to a n

to all the places in which she knew that Proserpine took delight. She saw in Enna a fountain, whose waters made a mournful

trees; but going one day to bathe in the river Alpheus, the river-god saw , and pursued me. Diana opened a passage for me un

ther or to Pluto; she hoped she had not been seen, but one Ascalaphus saw her eating the pomegranate, and he told Pluto of

d blessed the happy pair; and sometimes they spoke of them as if they saw them. At the wedding of Progne, says the fable, J

urged him to gratify Progne with her sister’s company. When Philomela saw her father’s reluctance to spare her, she entreat

rom seeing her sister. Tereus had become tired of Progne, and when he saw Philomela, he preferred her; though he could not

ered a solitary house, which was surrounded by a high wall. Philomela saw nobody there but an old woman, and she felt a str

urned to his own house. Progne was grieved and disappointed, when she saw her husband returned without Philomela, and eager

xtended her bands in speechless supplication, to the first female she saw . In a moment Progne recognised her abused sister,

and to do that, she killed their child, Itys. When the guilty father saw the dead body, he drew his sword, and would have

other. Yes; wonderfully. Baucis and Philemon. “When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices,

ove were of the city of Lystra, a Greek town in Asia Minor. When they saw the miracles done by Paul and Silas, they called

n ate with their visiters; and greatly surprised they were, when they saw the pitcher replenished, and the bowls filled wit

good dame to be covered with leaves, of tender green; and old Baucis saw his lengthened arms putting forth branches; roots

ns, then the happy abode of industrious and peaceable inhabitants. He saw in the street a procession of young females; they

of female industry. Among the most beautiful young girls whom Mercury saw in the procession was Herse, the daughter of Cecr

wives, as has been shown in the history of Psyche. As soon as Mercury saw Herse, he determined to have her for a wife, and

sed Aglauria, that her sister should be preferred to herself. Minerva saw that she envied her sister, and that she felt the

fe home again. Aglauria could not sleep quietly; she dreamed that she saw her sister walking homeward, along a retired way,

uth, who had presented the veil to her sister, but she now distinctly saw his winged cap and the folded pinions on his shou

ury. One morning, very early, he was walking on the sea shore, and he saw the shell of a dead tortoise, which is oval and h

n gathering flowers, and in chasing butterflies. The young girls, who saw the pretty youth, and admired his clustering curl

water was smooth and limpid, and in it, for the first time, Narcissus saw his own person reflected in the clear bosom of th

own person reflected in the clear bosom of the stream. He thought he saw a beautiful water-nymph — the most lovely image h

nicia. Jupiter came to the meadows where the flocks of Agenor fed. He saw the pretty Europa, the king’s daughter. He though

nerva. He drew the dragon’s teeth, and sowed them, when soon after he saw the points of spears pushing up from the surface

hing in the fountain. Acteon would have escaped unobserved, but Diana saw him, and was greatly incensed that a man should e

barred the heavy gates of burnished brass, and admitted her. Here she saw giants who had revolted against Jupiter, and the

y devouring his liver, and that as often grew again. There, too, Juno saw the wretched Tantalus, who had caused his son Pel

regions of Pluto. Driven to madness by the poison, Athamas no longer saw any thing as it was. Every object assumed a new f

e fury Tisiphone? Mother. Because they did not know any better. They saw that men committed crimes, and that they suffered

o the woods, and met his daughters and their companions. He instantly saw , in the ghastly features of the severed head, tho

Agave that she was exulting in the death of her son. Too late, Agave saw the atrocity of such conduct; she beat her breast

, named Dictys, was standing near the shore, mending his net, when he saw the chest gently thrown on the beach by the waves

his outcast boy?” Saying these words, her tears flowed afresh. Dictys saw the affliction of Danæ, and it grieved him, for h

Aglauria looked at the strange lady, and then at her husband, as she saw them approach near, but did not speak a word. Dic

from his name, the Atlantic; and there, every evening when the people saw the sun set, they said the horses of Apollo had d

nd the moment that Atlas heard Perseus say Jupiter was his father, he saw in him the spoiler of his gardens. “Depart from t

ent me. When I reached the country whither the god had directed me, I saw first some ugly women, called the Graiæ, and they

e to the sight of Polydectes, the hideous head. As soon as Polydectes saw it, he was petrified to death. Perseus was not in

person struck by the golden-tipped arrow would love the lady he next saw ; while the person who should be wounded by the le

o the fields, and Daphne chanced to wander thither. As soon as Apollo saw her, he thought her very beautiful, and he looked

divine admirer. At this moment, Juno, looking down from high heaven, saw the country of Peloponnesus involved in midnight

the white heifer was reclining beneath a shady tree. As soon as Juno saw this beautiful animal, she admired her pearly hor

ond measure, when he perceived the strange motions of the heifer, and saw in the sands these words, “I am Io, thy daughter;

his arms around the neck of the heifer, and wept over her, but Argus saw this tender interview, and instantly drove away I

ings of this misfortune reached their mother, when the wretched queen saw her daughters transfixed by the same unseen darts

uered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise, when she Sprang forth a Pallas, armed and

just man, and she a faithful worshipper of the gods. Jupiter, when he saw none left alive but this pair, and remembered the

was not brought about by accident, but by the malice of Cupid. Apollo saw the boy playing with his bow and arrows; and bein

o all the world was not wise enough to look into his own fortunes. He saw her hair flung loose over her shoulders, and said

said, “If so charming in disorder, what would it be if arranged?” He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and wa

r, what would it be if arranged?” He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing

Pyramus, having been delayed, now approached the place of meeting. He saw in the sand the footsteps of the lion, and the co

to tell him the danger she had escaped. When she came to the spot and saw the changed color of the mulberries she doubted w

es she doubted whether it was the same place. While she hesitated she saw the form of one struggling in the agonies of deat

e name of Thisbe Pyramus opened his eyes, then closed them again. She saw her veil stained with blood and the scabbard empt

nly sports. He would rise before the dawn to pursue the chase. Aurora saw him when she first looked forth, fell in love wit

m, if I am not much mistaken, you will one day be very sorry you ever saw again.” Cephalus returned, and was as happy as ev

y would have thought he flew. Cephalus and others stood on a hill and saw the race. The fox tried every art; he ran in a ci

only the air. Cephalus was about to use his javelin, when suddenly he saw both dog and game stop instantly. The heavenly po

doings that would not bear the light. She brushed away the cloud, and saw her husband on the banks of a glassy river, with

tch out, and her voice was a bellow that frightened even herself. She saw her father and her sisters, went near them, and s

inx, in honor of the nymph.” Before Mercury had finished his story he saw Argus’s eyes all asleep. As his head nodded forwa

fraid of the bears. One day a youth espied her as he was hunting. She saw him and recognized him as her own son, now grown

and the hero fled. He could not but admire his own speed; but when he saw his horns in the water, “Ah, wretched me!” he wou

afraid, the former he was ashamed, to do. While he hesitated the dogs saw him. First Melampus, a Spartan dog, gave the sign

abors, sent me to Lycia to drive thence some choice oxen, and there I saw the very pond and marsh where the wonder happened

t shall be yours. I call to witness that dreadful lake, which I never saw , but which we gods swear by in our most solemn en

d by the Daystar, which last of all retired also. The father, when he saw the earth beginning to glow, and the Moon prepari

places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with astonishment her brother’s chariot running b

f the sacred edifice, and were telling the story of the place, Baucis saw Philemon begin to put forth leaves, and old Phile

lace, Baucis saw Philemon begin to put forth leaves, and old Philemon saw Baucis changing in like manner. And now a leafy c

d violets, and filling her basket and her apron with them, when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off. She screamed

ere in Sicily. While I passed through the lower parts of the earth, I saw your Proserpine. She was sad, but no longer showi

d he fancied himself rather a good-looking personage. One day Glaucus saw the beautiful maiden Scylla, the favorite of the

nd Adonis — Apollo and Hyacinthus. [Pygmalion.] Pygmalion saw so much wickedness in women that he came at last

turned her white-winged coursers back to earth. As she drew near and saw from on high his lifeless body bathed in blood, s

the shiphouse, and the oars and sails to be put aboard. When Halcyone saw these preparations she shuddered, as if with a pr

th long and measured strokes. Halcyone raised her streaming eyes, and saw her husband standing on the deck, waving his hand

orning. She went to the sea shore, and sought the spot where she last saw him, on his departure. “While he lingered here, a

ke you more merciful. “Iphis was a young man of humble parentage, who saw and loved Anaxarete, a noble lady of the ancient

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

“have you any doubt of my love? have you any wish ungratified? If you saw me, perhaps you would fear me, perhaps adore me,

,” and directed her steps thither. She had no sooner entered than she saw heaps of corn, some in loose ears and some in she

left the Castalian cave, from which the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He followe

ld heart, a surer reliance than either. When he entered the wood, and saw the lifeless bodies of his men, and the monster w

roach, and behold things surpassing even your hopes!’ I went forth; I saw a multitude of men, such as I had seen in my drea

ll still have the last word, but no power to speak first.” This nymph saw Narcissus, a beautiful youth, as he pursued the c

igued with hunting, heated and thirsty. He stooped down to drink, and saw his own image in the water; he thought it was som

e like.” His tears fell into the water and disturbed the image. As he saw it depart, he exclaimed, “Stay, I entreat you! Le

e rose, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other object, her face turned constantly on hi

see, he would not hear Or sound or sight foreboding fear. His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hailed above

not endure it and went and hanged herself. Minerva pitied her as she saw her suspended by a rope. “Live,” she said, “guilt

His glorious colors, and his glistening eyes.”9 “Which when Arachne saw , as overlaid And mastered with workmanship so rar

. “What folly,” said she, “is this! — to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes! Why should L

es to Pegasus in Henry IV. where Vernon describes Prince Henry: — “I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuishes on h

eas,     High on the stern the Thracian raised his strain, While Argo saw her kindred trees     Descend from Pelion to the

e had some good qualities, for his daughters loved him, and when they saw what Medea had done for Æson, they wished her to

forth and ran frisking away into the meadow. The daughters of Pelias saw the experiment with delight, and appointed a time

blent feminine beauty with the best graces of martial youth. Meleager saw and loved. But now already they were near the mon

will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” said he. But when he saw her lay aside her robe for the race, he changed h

of iron, and all travellers stood in terror of his violence. When he saw Theseus approach he assailed him, but speedily fe

e, Theseus married Phaedra, daughter of Minos, king of Crete. Phaedra saw in Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, a youth endowe

s name. His father cried, “Icarus, Icarus, where are you?” At last he saw the feathers floating on the water, and bitterly

ook a piece of iron and notched it on the edge, and thus invented the saw . He put two pieces of iron together, connecting t

of a high tower, to push him off. But Minerva, who favors ingenuity, saw him falling, and arrested his fate by changing hi

chief scene of the orgies met his eyes. At the same moment the women saw him; and first among them his own mother, Agave,

trees as they overtopped the shrubbery. But for all that, Erisichthon saw no reason why he should spare it and he ordered h

e should spare it and he ordered his servants to cut it down. When he saw them hesitate he snatched an axe from one, and th

, and her skin drawn tight, so as to show all her bones. As the Oread saw her afar off (for she did not dare to come near,)

dressed her and said, “Good fisherman, whither went the maiden whom I saw just now, with hair dishevelled and in humble gar

: — “Holding one hand against his ear,     To list a footfall ere he saw The wood-nymph, stayed the Tuscan king to hear Of

ory of Alcestis in his Sonnet “on his deceased wife”: — “Methought I saw my late espoused saint     Brought to me like Alc

men. “Men called him but a shiftless youth,     In whom no good they saw , And yet unwittingly, in truth,     They made his

scended to the region where the fountains of the great rivers lie; he saw the enormous receptacles of waters and was almost

smooth mirror of the deep.” Arion hastened from the shore, and soon saw before him the towers of Corinth. He journeyed on

Mount Latmos. One calm, clear night Diana, the Moon, looked down and saw him sleeping. The cold heart of the virgin goddes

Shepherdess, tells: — “How the pale Phœbe, hunting in a grove, First saw the boy Endymion, from whose eyes She took eterna

s were daughters of Atlas, and nymphs of Diana’s train. One day Orion saw them and became enamoured and pursued them. In th

Tennyson has a different theory of the Pleiads: — “Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Gli

the sky had viewed with apprehension the danger of her son, when she saw him fall, directed his brothers, the Winds, to co

tune was thus aiding the Greeks and driving back the Trojans, Jupiter saw nothing of what was going on, for his attention h

passed the ships of Achilles, that hero, looking out over the field, saw the chariot of Nestor and recognized the old chie

im to Nestor’s tent to inquire. Patroclus, arriving at Nestor’s tent, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his

e, who looked out upon the contest, moved with pity for Æneas, who he saw would surely fall a victim if not speedily rescue

obus, Hector’s bravest brother, appeared suddenly at his side. Hector saw him with delight, and thus strengthened stopped h

s at work, and anticipating evil she went forth to the wall. When she saw the sight there presented, she would have thrown

d Diomed entered the city in disguise to carry off the Palladium. She saw and recognized Ulysses, but kept the secret and e

er of the sun. Landing here, Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing round saw no signs of habitation except in one spot at the

t in him, that he knew him to be other than he seemed, and even if he saw him insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwi

nd where Æneas now found them. When they entered the port the Trojans saw herds of cattle roaming over the plain. They slew

he had given no orders for one, raised his head above the waves, and saw the fleet of Æneas driving before the gale. Knowi

the fields where roam the heroes who have fallen in battle. Here they saw many shades of Grecian and Trojan warriors. The T

At this moment with horrid clang the brazen gates unfolded, and Æneas saw within a Hydra with fifty heads guarding the entr

devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables loaded with dainties, whi

ds, the groves where the happy reside. They breathed a freer air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light. The region

the chords of his lyre, and called forth ravishing sounds. Here Æneas saw the founders of the Trojan state, magnanimous her

s steeds which the old heroes felt in life, accompanied them here. He saw another group feasting and listening to the strai

. Next she turned her attention to the camp of the Trojans. There she saw the boy Iulus and his companions amusing themselv

on, and all the chiefs of the little commonwealth stood by. When they saw the tall ship gliding onward through the wood, th

ch discourse brought them to the cottage of poor Evander, whence they saw the lowing herds roaming over the plain where now

and soon came within sound of voices. Looking through the thicket he saw the whole band surrounding Euryalus with noisy qu

lunged the sword into his bosom, when Nisus, who from his concealment saw the peril of his friend, rushed forward exclaimin

, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relented when he saw the brave youth lying dead at his feet, and spare

e of his death is thus related: As he was passing through a forest he saw the trunk of a tree which had been partially spli

t not with weapons, only with music and eloquence. His brother Typhon saw this, and filled with envy and malice sought duri

society of the contemporary poets, and was acquainted with Horace and saw Virgil, though the latter died when Ovid was yet

here there was a good fire of oak burning, looked into the flames and saw a little animal resembling a lizard, which could

ormous size of the stones struck the gods with astonishment, and they saw clearly that the horse did one-half more of the t

e, from whence one can see over the whole universe, and looking round saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid,

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

n, he went to Fensalir, the mansion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if she knew

his master. But Loki did not escape his deserved punishment. When he saw how angry the gods were, he fled to the mountain,

l its uncouthness. Æther and Hemera carefully examined the confusion, saw its innumerable possibilities, and decided to evo

d gods in that same moment seiz’d The ravishment of wonder, when they saw The deep deceit, th’ inextricable snare.” Hesiod

ly within reach. One lovely evening, while dancing on the green, they saw Mercury, Jupiter’s messenger, coming towards them

es of this couple had always been pure and virtuous; and when Jupiter saw them there alone, and remembered their piety, he

with her three brothers, Cadmus, Phœnix, and Cilix, when she suddenly saw a white bull coming towards her; not with fiery e

the sea with his fair burden on his back. Instead of turning when he saw the foam-crested waves, he plunged into the midst

er despair she bound a rope about her neck, and hung herself. Minerva saw her discomfited rival was about to escape: so she

not played long, before Zephyrus, god of the south wind, passing by, saw them thus occupied. Jealous of Apollo, for he too

Nothing daunted, Orpheus hastened to the entrance of Hades, and there saw the fierce three-headed dog, named Cerberus, who

o enter, nor any spirit to pass out of Hades. As soon as this monster saw Orpheus, he began to growl and bark savagely, to

dared to mount the sun chariot? Jupiter could scarcely credit what he saw . In his anger he vowed he would make the rash mor

along, she suddenly checked her steeds; for there on the hillside she saw a handsome young shepherd fast asleep, his upturn

assion. He rose with a start, and rubbed his sleepy eyes; but when he saw the moon, which he fancied close beside him, sail

it with such force and accurate aim, that she touched the point, and saw it vanish beneath the waves, little suspecting th

drove rapidly on, glancing right and left, and taking note of all he saw . Nothing escaped his bright and piercing eye, as

text of paying homage to the goddess, Leander entered her temple, and saw the young priestess, whose charms far surpassed a

en stated, was always deeply interested in young lovers; and when she saw these two, so well matched in beauty and grace, s

me as surely as the night, And when the morning woke upon the sea, It saw him not, for back at home was he.” Leigh Hunt.

pursue her daily tasks, when, glancing at the foot of the tower, she saw her lover’s corpse heaving up and down on the wav

see, he would not hear, Or sound or sign foreboding fear; His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hail’d above

o call to him that he was discovered, when, instead of her lover, she saw a lion emerge from the thicket and come towards h

ell deeply in love with him, and was proportionately grieved when she saw that he did not return her affection. All her bla

ht; but he suddenly paused, surprised. Down near the pebbly bottom he saw a face so passing fair, that he immediately lost

the pool to ascertain whether she too were anxious and sleepless, and saw her gazing longingly up at him. There Narcissus l

. Venus, who had expected to see the sun illumine her rival’s corpse, saw her sporting as usual in the palace gardens, and

rs had always been jealous of Psyche’s superior beauty; and when they saw her luxurious surroundings, and heard her rapture

ouncing upon Psyche, laid her low by the roadside. Cupid, passing by, saw her there, marked the ravages of grief, remembere

d his chariot, foam’d along By noble winged creatures he hath made? I saw him on the calmed waters scud, With such a glow o

own upon the sand on the sea-shore to rest. Some pirates, sailing by, saw the handsome young sleeper, and noiselessly bore

es to ascertain why their oars could no longer propel it onward, they saw a vine grow out of the sea, and twine its branche

d out of his car, and cautiously peeped through the thick foliage. He saw Proserpina sitting on a mossy bank, almost buried

he seven heads; but he had no sooner done so, than, to his dismay, he saw seven other heads suddenly spring from the bleedi

a torrent, or rather a river, the Alpheus. Hercules, with one glance, saw the use he could make of this rushing stream, whi

ing else Could clean the Augean stables.” Wordsworth. When Hercules saw that the work of purification was thoroughly acco

gained some information. On his way he met with many adventures, and saw many strange sights. For instance, he first met t

them against all their enemies. When these little people, therefore, saw Hercules’ mighty form looming up in the dim dista

his part of the agreement. Atlas. B. Picart. From afar the giant saw the golden fruit glittering in the sunshine. Stea

entaur’s kind offer of assistance, quickly helped Deianeira to mount, saw them descend into the water, and prepared to foll

, a weight of cumbrous grasp.” Æschylus ( Potter’s tr.). When Atlas saw Perseus flying toward him, hope revived, for he r

s countenance, as though beneath the blackness of great horror he yet saw the wreck of her ancient beauty and pitied her fo

peak of a great mountain, and that in place of the trembling limbs he saw only the rents and clefts on a rough hillside.” T

Permission of the Corporation of Leicester. At the same time, too, he saw the waters below the maiden lashed to foam by the

romised so many years before. Medea, seated by Ægeus’ side, no sooner saw the young stranger draw near, then she knew him,

constant. He had already grown weary of Ariadne’s love; and, when he saw her thus asleep, he basely summoned his companion

as finally flung ashore at Phaædra’s feet. When the unfortunate queen saw the result of her false accusations, she confesse

e rushing, foaming waters, was about to attempt the crossing, when he saw an aged woman not far from him, gazing in helples

the furrow’d acres sow’d.” Onomacritus ( Elton’s tr.). But when he saw glittering spears and helmets grow out of the gro

grew less; the Colchian rowers were gaining upon the Greek; and Medea saw that, unless she found means to delay her father,

ager that, in a sudden fit of passion, he slew them both. When Althæa saw her brothers’ corpses, and heard that they had be

attack or could drive away. While listening to these tidings, Œdipus saw a herald pass along the street, proclaiming that

ncklin’s tr.). Hæmon pleaded passionately for her life; but, when he saw his prayers were vain, he ran to the place where

sufferings were cut mercifully short by asphyxiation; and, when Hæmon saw she was no more, he, in utter despair, thrust his

roposals. His refusal was to cost him dear, however, for, when Anteia saw that the youth would never yield to her wishes, s

uck which had persistently dogged his footsteps, Bellerophon suddenly saw Minerva appear before him in all her splendour, a

e day, while wandering there as usual, accompanied by her sister, she saw a lotus blossom, and pointed it out to her little

w a lotus blossom, and pointed it out to her little son. He no sooner saw the brilliant flower, than he stretched out his l

Pan was equally devoted to music, the dance, and pretty nymphs. He saw one of the nymphs, Syrinx whom he immediately lov

d among the ornaments, and brandished it with such skill that Ulysses saw through the assumed disguise, explained his prese

e agonised spectators of this ignominious treatment, and finally they saw Achilles drive off to the spot where Patroclus’ f

ed to death on his corpse. “But when she gain’d the broader vale and saw The ring of faces redden’d by the flames Infoldin

till the midnight terror came, And by the glare of burning streets I saw Palace and temple reel in ruin and fall, And the

iting in the cave, soon felt the ground shake beneath their feet, and saw the sheep throng into the cave and take their usu

visited their shores, to satisfy their horrible appetites. When they saw the vessels enter their harbour, they sunk some o

r cautious, had lingered without the harbour; and when, from afar, he saw his companions’ horrible fate, he bade his men st

ed by the feet of the enemy. There, in one of the abandoned halls, he saw Helen, the fair cause of all this war and bloodsh

ve Troy; but Anchises obstinately refused to leave his post, until he saw a bright flame hover for a moment above his grand

by Æneas, who, while rounding one of the promontories of the island, saw and rescued Achemenides, one of Ulysses’ companio

he was not yet weary of persecuting them, however; and as soon as she saw them once more afloat, she hurried off to Æolus,

diately granted; but the Libyans regretted their compliance when they saw the ox-hide cut up into thin strips, which enclos

day.’” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). From the mast of his vessel Æneas saw the rising column of smoke, and his heart sank wi

gil ( Conington’s tr.). Æneas again dutifully obeyed; but when Venus saw him afloat once more, she hastened to Neptune, an

ry side. Charon quickly ferried them over Acheron, on whose bank they saw the wandering shade of Palinurus, who had no obol

th grief, for he could imagine the sorrow of the aged Evander when he saw his son’s corpse brought home for burial: and he

ns, which inspired the hearts of men and gods with terror, until they saw them finally slain by the unfailing arrows of the

rs, guarded by the Salii in Rome, 120 An-dræ′mon. Husband of Dryope; saw her changed to a tree, 262 An-drom′a-che. Wife o

Primitive lore; significance, 362 As-cal′a-phus. Spirit in Hades who saw Proserpina eat pomegranate seeds, 167 a′si-a Mi′

ne, meant to represent the stability of the earth. This great Goddess saw and became enamoured of a shepherd, who repulsed

r in the infernal regions. However, smitten with his charms, as Diana saw him sleeping on the mountain of Latmos, she snatc

Even in the cloudy summit of her woe, When o’er the far sea-brine she saw him go! “For even now she bows and bends her gaz

maid was taught to prove, The bitter pangs of ill-rewarded love, Here saw just freed from a fallacious sleep, Her Theseus f

heseus flying o’er the distant deep; Wistful she looked, nor what she saw , believed, Hoped some mistake, and wished to be d

e wilds they hunt, with spear and horn,     On spleenful unicorn. “I saw Osirian Egypt kneel adown,     Before the vine-wr

saw Osirian Egypt kneel adown,     Before the vine-wreathed crown; I saw parched Abyssinia rouse and sing,     To the silv

parched Abyssinia rouse and sing,     To the silver cymbal’s ring! I saw the whelming vintage hotly pierce     Old Tartary

riestesses of Venus, and it was in this occupation that Leander first saw and loved her: a love which led to results so dis

rs had done; and finished by becoming deeply enamoured himself, as he saw “Upon her purple couch sweet Psyche laid, Her ra

What time she to the couch had, daring, trod; And, by the glad light, saw her bridegroom God! O’er him she knelt enamoured,

e; And there I heard a voice of woe,     Of weeping, and despair. “I saw a youthful warrior stand     In his first light o

e, His native city, filled the air     With her deliverer’s name: “I saw him hurry from the crowd,     And fling his laure

: Again I heard the cause of ill,     And heard loves name again. “I saw an Urn, and round it hung,     An April diadem Of

on the forehead. “The bright goddess, passionately moved, With envy saw , yet inwardly approved, The scene of heavenly gui

hey own, In golden ringlets waved, and graceful shone. ‌Her, Neptune saw : and with such beauties fired, Resolved to compas

ed radiance as it were to mock, The torture and the death within, and saw The solid air with many a ragged jaw,     “’Tis

e ranks of war he rushed, His spear with many a life-drop blushed; He saw the mystic darts, and smiled Derision on the arch

of his lot. It was in his visit to the island of Sicily, that the God saw and became enamoured of Proserpine, as she gather

tood, And a cold fear ran shivering through my blood.” While here he saw the ghosts of all those famed in story, who had d

pon a fountain, in which, as he reclined on the ground, he fancied he saw the figure of a beautiful nymph. “Deep through t

ver’s immortality, and while calling upon her mistress to assist her, saw ——————— “The Witch Queen of that place, Even Cir

face, and her eyes were not raised From the grass at her foot, but I saw , as I gazed Her hate —” ‌This hate Lycus soon e

with a start, The life blood rush back in one throb to my heart, And saw the pale lips where the rest of that spell Had pe

el, And questioned his face with wide eyes, but when under My lids he saw tears, — for I wept at his wonder, He stroked me,

e met? Ye are changed, ye are changed! and I see not here All whom I saw in the vanished year! There were graceful heads w

og is placed at his feet to denote it as the season of the chase. “I saw old Autumn in the misty morn, Stand shadowless li

God, to render her propitious, sought the aid of Circe, who no sooner saw him than she became enamoured, and, instead of as

ts selling, Called at many a maiden’s dwelling; None could doubt, who saw , or knew them, Hymen’s call was welcome to them.

with Love’s name round it, All a sham, he never bound it! Love, who saw the whole proceeding, Would have laughed, but for

ars burn. And shouting nations hail their Queen’s return: Aghast, she saw new-decked the nuptial bed, And proud Creusa to t

cules. “Hast thou beheld the carnage of my sons? Theseus. I heard, I saw the ills thou showest me. Hercules. Why hast tho

y anxiety was for her, he accepted the offer with thanks, and when he saw them through the worst part of the water in safet

acian horses, fat with gore, Who human bodies in their manger tore, I saw , and with their barbarous lord, o’erthrew? What i

e beneath the cope of heaven. The jarring winds unable to control, He saw the southern and the northern pole: And eastward

r. At this moment, when the monster was going to destroy her, Perseus saw , and was captivated with her beauty. Insérer imag

o’er the flood, With daily care the pensive father stood; And when he saw impatient from afar? The fatal signal floating in

n so; Nay, look not so: — I say Hippolytus, That from the very hour I saw , I loved thee; That from the very moment that thy

rop their fluttering wings, forgetful of the rest, Amazed the Centaur saw ; his clapping hands he beat, And stamped in ecsta

yme_heathen-mythology_1842_img210 The condition being thus broken, he saw her, but at the same moment she was turned into a

estra gladly gave her consent; but when they came to Aulis, Iphigenia saw the bloody preparation for her sacrifice. In vain

iven by the waves towards the shores of the isle of the Phæacians. He saw on the shores the beautiful Nausica, who took him

which called him to Italy. In vain Dido endeavoured to stop him, she saw in Æneas a man resolved to leave her, and she loa

t when she viewed the garb so loosely spread, Which once he wore, and saw the conscious bed, She saw and with a sigh the ro

so loosely spread, Which once he wore, and saw the conscious bed, She saw and with a sigh the robes embraced, Then on the c

s; The spouting blood came streaming on her hands; Her sad attendants saw the deadly stroke And with loud cries, the soundi

, thrice fell grovelling on the bed. Thrice ope’d her heavy eyes, and saw the light, But having found it, sickened at the s

and indifference, with which he had been treated. ————— “At once he saw His rival, and the nymph he loved so well, Twined

ide his way. ‌ “Dimly and slowly the hours passed by, until Leander saw day’s bright orb disappear: He thought of Hero an

the bright star of Venus alone looked down on the expectant lover. He saw not the dark rush of Helle’s wave, he heard not t

see, he would not hear, Or sound or sign foreboding fear; His eye but saw that light of love, The only star it hailed above

dull blank, and was employed in watching the spot, where at night he saw the beacon which cheered his way. But alas! the c

the society of contemporary poets, and was acquainted with Horace and saw Vergil, though the latter died when Ovid was yet

carouse. The winds, which he confined in a cavern, he let loose as he saw fit, or as he was bidden by superior deities. (10

sed a cloud to hide some escapade. She brushed away the darkness, and saw him, on the banks of a glassy river, with a beaut

inx, in honor of the nymph.” Before Mercury had finished his story he saw the eyes of Argus all asleep. At once he slew him

e feared the bears. One day a youth espied her as he was hunting. She saw him, and recognized him as her son Areas, grown t

roach, and behold things surpassing even your hopes!’ I went forth; I saw a multitude of men, such as I had seen in my drea

f the sacred edifice, and were telling the story of the place, Baucis saw Philemon begin to put forth leaves, and Philemon

he place, Baucis saw Philemon begin to put forth leaves, and Philemon saw Baucis changing in like manner. While still they

thy new-carven shape, Hear me! and grant for these my pious sons, Who saw my tears, and wound their tender arms Around me,

hs, His glorious colors, and his glistening eyes. Which when Arachne saw , as overlaid And mastered with workmanship so rar

left the Castalian cave, from which the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He followe

en till midday, went in search of them. When he entered the wood, and saw their lifeless bodies, and the dragon with his bl

d by the Daystar, which last of all retired also. The father, when he saw the earth beginning to glow, and the Moon prepari

places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with astonishment her brother’s chariot running b

and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw ; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, They made his ca

de, when he found speech, you guess the speech. He could not think he saw his wife again: It was some mocking God that used

feat her purpose. It was the face of this huntress-maiden that Apollo saw . He saw the charming disorder of her hair, and wo

purpose. It was the face of this huntress-maiden that Apollo saw. He saw the charming disorder of her hair, and would have

saw the charming disorder of her hair, and would have arranged it; he saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and wa

hair, and would have arranged it; he saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing

of her. “My case is like Dido’s,” he sometimes remarked; “When I last saw my love, she was fairly embarked In a laurel, as

s found it by this time a very bad box; Let hunters from me take this saw when they need it, — You’re not always sure of yo

e rose; and as he passed through his daily course to his setting, she saw no other object, — her eyes fixed constantly on h

e to the palace, or lie hid in the woods? While he hesitated his dogs saw him. Over rocks and cliffs, through mountain gorg

, were daughters of Atlas, and nymphs of Diana’s train. One day Orion saw them in Bœotia, became enamoured of them, and gav

n upon the beautiful Endymion, who fed his flock on Mount Latmos; and saw him sleeping. The heart of the goddess was unques

oe, woe for Cytherea, he hath perished, the lovely Adonis! … When she saw , when she marked the unstaunched wound of Adonis,

en she saw, when she marked the unstaunched wound of Adonis, when she saw the bright red blood about his languid thigh, she

y rose and uncovering her lamp — Scarce kept back a cry At what she saw ; for there before her lay The very Love brighter

id The clasp, and fearfully raised up the lid; But what was there she saw not, for her head Fell back, and nothing she reme

at first, that these suitors risked too much for a wife. But when he saw Atalanta lay aside her robe for the race, he chan

houlder. From his hand now dropt A golden apple: she lookt down and saw A glitter on the grass, yet on she ran. He dropt

l his amorous breath! § 97. Pygmalion and the Statue. 187— Pygmalion saw so much to blame in women, that he came at last t

nt into the air. When Pygmalion reached his home, to his amazement he saw before him his statue garlanded with flowers. Ye

voice called his name, And when he turned, with eager eyes aflame, He saw betwixt him and the setting sun The lively image

ut awful as this round white moon o’erhead, So that I trembled when I saw her there, For with my life was born some touch o

ith her bloody mouth. Now Pyramus approached the place of meeting. He saw in the sand the footsteps of the lion. He found t

to tell him the danger she had escaped. When she came to the spot and saw the changed color of the mulberries, she doubted

, she doubted whether it was the same place. While she hesitated, she saw the form of her lover struggling in the agonies o

e name of Thisbe Pyramus opened his eyes, then closed them again. She saw her veil stained with blood and the scabbard empt

chief scene of the orgies met his eyes. At the same moment the women saw him, among them his mother, Agave, and Autonoë an

playing with her companions, gathering lilies and violets, when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off. She screamed

s in autumn showers Drip from the leaves upon the sodden ground. None saw her die but Lelaps, the swift hound, That watched

h — if I be he that watched — The lucid outline forming round thee; saw The dim curls kindle into sunny rings; Change

s it still’d the multitude, And yet more joyous rose, and shriller, I saw the minstrel where he stood At ease against a Dor

d in hand, had often danced, he ordered his servants to fell. When he saw them hesitate, he snatched an axe from one, and b

ce blended feminine beauty with the graces of martial youth. Meleager saw , and with chivalric reverence, somewhat thus addr

round them where they came.318 It was a slight wound, but Meleager saw and joyfully proclaimed it. The attack was renewe

picked up the spine of a fish, and imitating it in iron, invented the saw . He invented, also, a pair of compasses. But Dæda

sted his anxious eyes in futile labor of weeping, Waited expectant, — saw to the southward sails black-bellied — Hurled him

y hanging herself. As for Œdipus, horror-struck, — When her form He saw , poor wretch! with one wild fearful cry, The twis

Paris and Helen. [Relief in Naples: Roscher 12: 1938.] … At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chisell’d marble

tune was thus aiding the Greeks and driving back the Trojans, Jupiter saw nothing of what was going on, for his attention h

hey passed the ships of Achilles, that hero, looking over the battle, saw the chariot of Nestor, and recognized the old chi

nt him to Nestor’s tent to inquire. Patroclus, performing the behest, saw Machaon wounded, and having told the cause of his

obus, Hector’s bravest brother, appeared suddenly at his side. Hector saw him with delight, and thus strengthened, stopped

s at work; and anticipating evil she went forth to the wall. When she saw the horror there presented, she would have thrown

e entered the city in disguise to carry off the Palladium. She, then, saw and recognized Ulysses, but kept the secret, and

ter of the sun. Landing here Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing round saw no signs of habitation except in one spot at the

t in him, that he knew him to be other than he seemed, and even if he saw him insulted, or beaten, not to interpose otherwi

nd where Æneas now found them. When the Trojans entered the port they saw herds of cattle roaming over the plain. They slew

he had given no orders for one, raised his head above the waves, and saw the fleet of ÆÆneas driving before the gale. Unde

the fields where roam the heroes who have fallen in battle. Here they saw many shades of Grecian and Trojan warriors. The T

ent, with horrid clang, the brazen gates unfolded, and, within, Æneas saw a Hydra with fifty heads, guarding the entrance.

devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables, loaded with dainties, wh

ds, the groves where the happy reside. They breathed a freer air, and saw all objects clothed in a purple light. The region

the chords of his lyre, and called forth ravishing sounds. Here Æneas saw the founders of the Trojan state, great-hearted h

s steeds which the old heroes felt in life, accompanied them here. He saw another group feasting, and listening to the stra

Next, she turned her attention to the camp of the Trojans. There she saw the boy Iulus and his companions amusing themselv

on, and all the chiefs of the little commonwealth stood by. When they saw the tall ship gliding onward through the wood, th

ch discourse brought them to the cottage of poor Evander, whence they saw the lowing herds roaming over the plain where soo

and soon came within sound of voices. Looking through the thicket he saw the whole band surrounding Euryalus with noisy qu

lunged the sword into his bosom, when Nisus, who from his concealment saw the peril of his friend, rushed forward exclaimin

, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relented when he saw the brave youth lying dead at his feet, and spare

ormous size of the stones struck the gods with astonishment, and they saw clearly that the horse did one half more of the t

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

e, from whence one can see over the whole universe, and looking round saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid,

n, he went to Fensalir, the mansion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if she knew

h his master. But Loki did not escape his merited punishment. When he saw how wroth the gods were, he fled to the mountain,

ning, Gunther, Hagen, and Siegfried stayed by a brook to drink. Hagen saw his chance. … Then, as to drink, Sir Siegfried d

uered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise, when she Sprung forth a Pallas, armed and

Illustrative. — Milton’s sonnet On his Deceased Wife, “Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcesti

ul Shepherdess, tells, “How the pale Phœbe, hunting in a grove. First saw the boy Endymion,” etc. Young’s Night Thoughts, “

ople who then lived on the earth, men talked of the things which they saw and heard in a manner very different from our way

Our friend, the sun, is dead; will he come back again?’ and when they saw him once more in the east, they rejoiced because

him. Knowing but little about themselves and of the things which they saw in the world around them, they fancied that every

a collection of the sayings by which men once described whatever they saw and heard in the countries where they lived. This

used by the most ancient tribes in speaking of the things which they saw , heard, or felt in the world around them.” Cox.

e rose, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other object, her face turned constantly on hi

it of a neighboring hill. On looking down towards their village, they saw nothing but a lake, with their cottage standing o

nd beheld the goddess. As it was a law of the Celestials that whoever saw one of them without permission should never look

fill the heart of Psyche with love for some inferior being. When Eros saw the lovely maiden, his own heart was filled with

em in ambiguous verse. Soon after his victory over the Python, Apollo saw Eros bending his bow, and mocked at his efforts.

Glaucus* was said to have been originally a fisherman. One day, he saw the fish which he had caught and thrown on the gr

ent are those which describe men as having sprung from the earth. Men saw the tender plants force their way through the gro

on and Pyrrha left the ark and offered a sacrifice to Zeus. When they saw the earth desolate and devoid of inhabitants, the

ould appreciate this genealogy better than the Corinthians, who daily saw the sun rise out of the sea. The fall of Bellerop

ils. Ægeus, who was on the beach anxiously awaiting his son’s return, saw the black sails, and, thinking his son had perish

ing it, he notched a piece of iron on the edge, and thus invented the saw . He also invented a pair of compasses. Dædalus, e

ormances, one day pushed him off the top of a high tower. Athene, who saw him falling, changed him into a bird called the p

-place of Iolcus, and Pelias, happening to see him, shuddered when he saw the youth had but one sandal, because he had been

d; at length Memnon fell, and the Trojans fled in dismay. When Aurora saw him fall, she directed his brothers, the Winds, t

iled away to Tenedos. The Destruction of Troy. When the Trojans saw the enemy depart and the Greek camp in flames, th

e Strophades*, islands which were then the abode of the Harpies. They saw herds of cattle, some of which they slew, and pre

romised bride. Alecto then went to the camp of the Trojans, where she saw Iulus and his companions hunting. She inspired th

a beautiful virgin, the daughter of Agenor, king of Phenicia. Jupiter saw her in the meadows, surrounded with her maids, di

e ceremonies at Eleusis, were strictly forbidden to divulge what they saw there. Persons of both sexes were admitted by the

his queen, and had come to carry her off with him. The young virgins saw him, and one of them, says a modern poet, in terr

ed with delicious food, yet he was not permitted to reach either. “I saw ,” said Ulysses, as Homer makes him describe the i

hands, squeezed them to death, while his elder brother, Iphiclus, who saw the deed, ran about shrieking through fright. Her

he was instructed by an oracle to go back to Iolchos Pelias, when he saw the rightful heir to the throne returned, in orde

though it was exceedingly heavy, the vigorous Theseus lifted it, and saw beneath it a sword. “This sword, my son,” said Æt

the young stranger, and was particularly kind to him. The Pallantidæ saw that Ægeus loved Theseus. They said, “He will ado

atal black sail. Theseus had forgotten to remove it. As soon as Ægeus saw the black sail, he apprehended that some misfortu

rgot the command of the god, and turned about to look at Eurydice; he saw her, but she vanished directly from his eyes. Thu

Pollux were invited to attend their wedding. As soon as the brothers saw the brides, they fell a desire to possess them, a

n when she was informed of her daughter’s cruel destiny. Iphigenia saw the preparation for a sacrifice, and when she lea

ng. Those who felt the desire of improvement meditated upon what they saw about them, and sometimes travelled in search of

vian mythology makes birds of the morning celebrate the day when “God saw all that he had made, and behold it was very good

was broken from his pedestal, and lay upon the earth. As soon as they saw it prostrate, his worshippers replaced the image;

story, by hieroglyphic paintings. The Spaniards, who discovered them, saw their worship and studied their traditions. — Thu

th gay feathers; and in it, the worshipper of the god fancied that he saw reflected all that happened in the world. Had th

e who are familiar with the book of Acts, will remember that St. Paul saw at Athens an altar inscribed to an unknown God. U

fort fortunate; the latter, unlucky. If a man, commencing a journey, saw a flock of birds flying in the right hand directi

enty-eighth chapter of Genesis, it is related, that in a dream, Jacob saw a vision of God, which promised him many blessing

onysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, visited a temple in Sicily, where he saw a statue of Jupiter arrayed in a mantle of wrough

e hero Perseus undertook an expedition against the Gorgons, and as he saw the whole country around covered with figures of

ides [Hesper′ides], and directed him as to their use. When Hippomenes saw that Atalanta was going to outstrip him in the ra

recian hero. Aurora watched the combat from the heavens, and when she saw Memnon fall she directed the winds to convey his

olved to discover the cause. She watched Ceres at night, and when she saw her covering Triptolemus with living coals, she c

er-nymphs to help her, and change her into reeds, which they did. Pan saw the transformation, and was much grieved. He took

n. Ques. What was the fate of Narcissus? Ans. One legend is that he saw his image reflected in a fountain, and, not perce

ome one who passed by, had listened to their songs unmoved. When they saw themselves overcome by Orpheus, they knew that th

of his sails, and Ægeus, who watched every day for his son’s return, saw the black sails in the distance. He believed from

e the evils and miseries which flew abroad through the world. When he saw what he had done, he shut the box quickly, and pr

Perseus, returning through the air, from his conquest of the Gorgons, saw the unhappy maiden and resolved to rescue her. He

ding to some, the backbone of a fish, Perdix invented the carpenter’s saw , and applied it to the cutting of timber. By this

aros. Halcyone was apprised of the sad event in a dream, in which she saw her husband stand before her, with pallid counten

ave, the future was revealed, but not to all in the same manner; some saw , others heard what they desired to know. It has b

kiel, in relating the iniquities committed in Jerusalem, says that he saw women sitting by the north gate of the temple, wh

not eaten for many days. When Thrym was startled by the fiery eyes he saw gleaming from beneath the bridal veil, Loki again

uched with kindness and came to do him honor. When the wife of Baldur saw the funeral pile prepared, she died of grief, and

efs of the Armorican coast, and trembled with superstitious awe as he saw them gliding like phantoms among the misty crags,

the city. The interior of the temple has been described, by those who saw it in its glory, as being literally a mine of pre

of the Deity, their belief in many gods may have thus commenced. They saw around them various changes brought about by huma

nd was related. A Samian named Elpis, having made a voyage to Africa, saw as he was one day on the seashore a huge lion app

ee with his mouth still open, as if he required compassion, and Elpis saw that a bone was stuck fast in his teeth which pre

guise to the Greeks, who, as they gazed on the picture or the statue, saw the metaphors of the poets turned to sense, and w

e creeping over the visage and limbs of her beautiful lover. When she saw his hairs blanching, she abstained from his bed,

retans390 The Arcadians, on the other hand, asserted that Zeus first saw the light among their mountains. Rhea, they said,

un was shining fiercely, and the goddess was parched with thirst. She saw a pool, and knelt down at it to drink. Some clown

he raven, the favourite bird of the god, and then white as his swans, saw the maiden in the arms of a Hæmonian youth, and b

he flower which was named from him, and on whose petals Grecian fancy saw traced aἲ, aἲ, the notes of grief632. Other versi

till with the approach of evening she felt her strength to fail, and saw that her pursuer was close upon her. She then pra

flame of desire which was hidden in her bosom, and loved it when she saw how delightful it was ; and she is said to have b

by which to trace his cattle. As he passed by Onchestos in Bœotia, he saw an old man engaged in planting his vineyard, whom

rse was in the middle, that of Aglauros on the left. The latter first saw the god, and inquired of him who he was and why h

The dead came trooping out of the house of Aïdes, and Odysseus there saw the heroines of former days, and conversed with t

oying Pelias1538. When Pelias perceived Iasôn with but one sandal, he saw the accomplishment of the oracle, and sending for

er quarrelling or through ignorance : for it is said that when Cadmos saw them rising he flung stones at them ; and thinkin

now consider its more ancient forms. The hero of the Odyssey says, “I saw (in Erebos) the mother of Œdipodes, the fair Epic

lt the first treasury, similar to that of Atreus at Mycenæ. Pausanias saw the ruins of it, and describes it as being of gre

Zeus the Saviour, he brought the lion to Mycenæ. But when Eurystheus saw this proof of the wonderful strength of Heracles,

the blood of the Centaurs. Eumolpos however purified him, and he then saw the mysteries, after which he proceeded to Tænaro

down it, accompanied by Hermes and Athena1765. The moment the shades saw him they fled away in terror, — all but Meleagros

xed on an enchanted rock by the offended monarch of Erebos. When they saw Heracles they stretched forth their hands, hoping

wn sword, for he would have no one thought his superior. When Telamôn saw this he began to collect the stones which were ly

ρυνήτης) ; and all travellers stood in terror of his cruelty. When he saw Theseus approach, he immediately assailed him ; b

ics ; having, from the contemplation of a serpent’s teeth, invented a saw , and applied it to the cutting up of timber. Dæda

wandered thither. Finally, when the Greeks first settled in Egypt and saw the statues of Isis with cow's horns, they in the

uest of some. As Amymone, one of them, was engaged in the search, she saw a deer, at which she flung her dart ; but, missin

d over sea and land1973. The Messenians asserted that Asclepios first saw the light in their country. His mother was Arsino

vowed to the goddess the maintenance of perpetual virginity. But Zeus saw and loved Callisto ; and changing himself into th

s, ascended the top of Taÿgeton, and looking over all the Peloponnese saw them there ; and he and his brother hastened to a

h the river Enipeus, to whose waves she often made her moan. Poseidôn saw and loved her ; and assuming the form of the rive

the Phæacians what he had beheld in Erebos, says2052, And Tantalos I saw great woe enduring, Placed in a lake that reached

would prove injurious to whoever should find it. Eurypylos opening it saw the statue, and immediately lost his senses : his

ed, and the wind carried him to Aroe on the coast of Achaia, where he saw a procession moving along the shore, leading a yo

perceived the accomplishment of the oracle given to him ; the Achæans saw that theirs also was fulfilled, the human sacrifi

p in a chamber with the body of the child. While here, the soothsayer saw a serpent approach the body, and he struck and ki

size and beauty are praised2121. Odysseus2122, when relating what he saw in Erebos, says, Then next the huge Oriôn I behe

at he should marry his two daughters to a lion and a bear, and he now saw its accomplishment, for such were the ornaments o

all its legends, was rapidly poured in upon Rome. Each succeeding age saw the Græco-mania increase : the people of educatio

unded on the passage in the Odyssey (xi. 568.) where the hero says he saw Minôs judging in Erebos, but he only judged there

herdess, Act i.) tells How the pale Phœbe, hunting in a grove, First saw the boy Endymiôn, from whose eyes She took eterna

, or Mythopœic age.” As the name implies, this last-mentioned period saw the evolution and development of mythic lore. As

. A′tys [Atys], son of Crœsus, was born dumb, but when in a fight he saw a soldier about to kill the king he gained speech

llespont every night to visit her, but at last was drowned; when Hero saw the fate of her lover she threw herself into the

ful youth, who was so pleased with the reflection of himself which he saw in the placid water of a fountain that he could n

d from the blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus. As he flew along he saw Andromeda chained to the rock, and a sea-monster

Sa′ga [Saga]. The Scandinavian goddess of history. The word means a saw or saying; hence Sagas, which embody Scandinavian

he word “tantalizing”. Speaking of this god, Homer’s Ulysses says: “I saw the severe punishment of Tantalus. In a lake, who

lternate courses found. Where’er he turn’d he always Io view’d; Io he saw , though she behind him stood. There Argus lies; a

r of Clytia hurried her away, and she starved herself. When the poets saw that the sunflower always inclined itself towards

amorphosed into a spider. Minerva put out Tiresias’s eyes, because he saw her bathing in the fountain of Helicon; but, to a

tore it with her jaws, besmeared with blood. Pyramus soon went forth, saw the vestiges of some wild beast, and found the ve

struggling in death to give one more assurance of affection!” Thisbe saw Pyramus dead. Her sight grew dim, her soft cheeks

placable enemies, when moved with it, instantly become reconciled. He saw two serpents fighting, and when he laid his wand

ngularity produced a fable: Alcyone, wife of Ceyx, king of Trachinia, saw , in a dream her husband returning to consult the

e which afforded the nymphs time to quit the company of Jupiter. Echo saw , loved, followed, and embraced Narcissus in the w

st object that should be brought to him by the sea. At that moment he saw a bull of extreme elegance on the shore, with whi

posed on a mountain, and suckled by a she-goat. A shepherd thought he saw him surrounded with light, and brought him home.

in the beginning of spring, because Phillis showed her joy, when she saw Demophoon returning in that season. Theseus atten

Mount Atlas, attentively regarding the face of heaven. As the people saw him no more, they conceived that he was translate

gypt, ordered the priests and their god to appear before him. When he saw an ox held in great veneration by them, he wounde

nd set round with gay feathers. From this fan the Mexicans fancied he saw all things on earth reflected. Sacred stones in t

. In the time of Herodotus, the only historian among the ancients who saw that edifice, the stadium was composed of sixty-n

y was declared; but not to all in the same manner. Some heard; others saw . One came out of the cave as he had entered it, l

there was the oracle of Mopsus. The envoy lay down in the temple, and saw a man who said to him: Black. He carried back thi

the sublime idea of an invisible but ever present Intelligence, they saw nothing in nature so beautiful and beneficial as

gives the following account of a temple of the Sun, which he, there, saw : “The walls were of red marble, interspersed with