eld at night, by torchlight. At the time of the new moon, the wealthy sent suppers to be placed before her statues, which th

us*, a monster with a hundred fire-breathing dragons’ heads, whom she sent to overthrow the dominion of Zeus. A great battle

rce battle, in which all the gods took part, they were conquered, and sent to share the fate of the vanquished Titans. The d

uch to attain. Soon after this, feeling violent pains in his head, he sent for Hephæstus* (Vulcan), and ordered him to open

ne*, not only refused to attend, but indulged in raillery. Hermes was sent in search of her, and found her in her house, whi

f imprisonment. The souls of those who had lived a virtuous life were sent to the Elysian Fields. Homer locates them in the

general famine threatened to extinguish the human race. In vain Zeus sent one messenger after another, beseeching the angry

earth to grow until her daughter was restored to her. At length Zeus sent Hermes with a petition to Pluto to restore Persep

tion of Jupiter for the newly-founded city of Rome, the god of heaven sent down an oblong brazen shield (ancile*). As it fel

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

e worship of Aphrodite for that of Psyche, and in revenge the goddess sent her son, Eros, to fill the heart of Psyche with l

ial gods. Poseidon, seeing his special function thus interfered with, sent Pegasus to check the boldness of the mountain in

from a well on Mount Ida, and, struck with his wonderful beauty, had sent his eagle to transport him to Olympus. Momus*.

of Boreas, in commemoration of his having destroyed the Persian fleet sent to attack the Greeks. On the Acropolis, at Athens

rk of divine favor, Cadmus decided to sacrifice the cow to Athene. He sent some of his companions to bring water from a neig

*, in Illyria. He and his wife were finally changed into serpents and sent by Zeus to the Elysian Plain. Œdipus*. Laiu

Thebes he found the people afflicted by the Sphinx,13 which had been sent by Hera to torment them. This monster had the fac

king Laius, whose murderer was living unpunished at Thebes. The king sent for the blind prophet Tiresias*, and implored him

t, and not only overwhelmed the land with disastrous floods, but also sent a terrible sea-monster, which devoured men and be

ead to Athene, who had it placed in the middle of her shield. He then sent a messenger to his grandfather, informing him tha

ality were too sacred to allow Prœtus to kill his guest; he therefore sent him to Iobates*, his father-in-law, king of Lycia

rprises, in which he would in all probability lose his life. He first sent him to kill the Chimæra, a monster which was at t

the reach of the monster, which he slew with his spear. Iobates then sent him on an expedition against the Solymi*, a fierc

as at enmity. Bellerophon succeeded in vanquishing them, and was then sent to make war upon the Amazons, but, greatly to the

victories, and attempted to mount to heaven by means of Pegasus. Zeus sent a gad-fly to sting the horse, which became so res

jected the hero to the will of the weak and cowardly Eurystheus, Hera sent two serpents to kill the child ivhen he was about

s lyre and killed him. As a punishment, Amphitryon*, his step-father, sent him into the country where his flocks and herds w

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

in building the walls of Troy. In consequence of his perfidy, Apollo sent a pestilence, and Poseidon, a sea-monster, which

e conqueror. Wishing to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Zeus, he sent to his wife for a sacrificial robe. Hearing of th

Hearing of the beauty of Iole, Deianeira anointed the tunic which she sent with the blood of Nessus. Heracles arrayed himsel

ce to the gods after a bountiful harvest. To punish this neglect, she sent a huge wild boar, which devastated the fields of

arry Creusa*, the daughter of the king. Medea concealed her rage, and sent a splendid robe as a present to the bride; but it

stowed upon Menelaus. Preparations for the War. Ambassadors were sent to Priam to demand the restitution of Helen, and

the daughters of King Lycomedes*, on the isle of Scyros*. Ulysses was sent to discover his retreat, and did so by stratagem.

d the misfortune to kill a hind sacred to Artemis, who, in her anger, sent continuous calms, which prevented the fleet from

destiny which awaited her beautiful daughter, the mother obeyed, and sent the maiden to Aulis. When she was about to be sac

nd still unhealed, suffering abject misery. Ulysses and Diomedes were sent to Lemnos for Philoctetes, whose wound was then h

hat came up out of the sea, the Trojans regarded this as a punishment sent by the gods for his evil counsel, and were the mo

, where dwelt Circe*, the daughter of the sun. Landing here, Odysseus sent one-half of his crew under the command of Euryloc

the sailors, concluding that so unusually profound a slumber must be sent by the gods, conveyed him on shore without distur

recollected that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom Priam had sent to be brought up in Thrace, away from the horrors

t up in Thrace, away from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent murdered him, and seized the treasures which had

hom he was sent murdered him, and seized the treasures which had been sent with him. Æneas and his companions hastened away,

) hastened to Æolus, the ruler of the winds, and by her directions he sent forth the winds, and a terrible storm scattered t

e destined to be founded on its shores were forgotten. Zeus (Jupiter) sent Hermes (Mercury) to the hero, commanding him to e

his branch was to be borne as a gift to Proserpine. Aphrodite (Venus) sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him t

ting our tables!” Æneas caught the words and accepted the omen. Æneas sent an embassy to Latinus, requesting permission to s

ssed Trojans; but the enmity of Hera (Juno) was not yet appeased. She sent the Fury Alecto to the palace of Turnus, with ord

final glory being a blissful and eternal rest. The rejected soul was sent back to the earth in the form of a pig, or some o

ting in the fields!” The Valkyries* were warlike virgins, whom Odin sent to every battle-field to make choice of those who

exhausted, but reported that he had not reached bottom. Then the hare sent down the otter, but he also returned nearly dead,

ible Centimani (Hundred-handed), Cottus, Briareus, and Gyes, who were sent thither by Uranus to share their fate. Greatly di

ght, created a terrible monster, called Typhœus, or Typhon, which she sent to attack him. This Typhœus was a giant, from who

ad ceased to be worshipped. According to another version, Pandora was sent down to man, bearing a vase in which the evil spi

e earth was peopled for the second time with a blameless race of men, sent to replace the wicked beings slain by Jupiter. De

that the god accepted his labour. Jupiter, in answer to this prayer, sent a vivid flash of lightning, which played about th

the seashore, where she stretched out imploring hands to Neptune, who sent a dolphin to bear her in safety to the floating i

ornaments, Midas retreated into the privacy of his own apartment, and sent in hot haste for a barber, who, after having been

wever, would not suffer their servant to die thus miserably, and they sent some bees with honey, which they carried to him,

alling far out at sea. Diana seized her bow, feathered her arrow, and sent it with such force and accurate aim, that she tou

Helle’s wave,         As on that night of stormy water When Love, who sent , forgot to save The young, the beautiful, the bra

colour flushed the pale cheeks, while a breath dilated her lungs, and sent her blood coursing through her veins, — “As once

beneath his hand a tumult sweet Of mighty sounds and from his lips he sent     A strain of unpremeditated wit, Joyous and wi

arted his discovery to Juno, who, advising still closer watchfulness, sent him back to his post. Mercury and Argus Jup

as driving the heifer away, Juno discovered his attempt, and promptly sent an enormous gadfly to torment the poor beast, who

skill proved useless against the cunning springs. Finally Mercury was sent to Vulcan, primed with a most diplomatic request

n his addresses, Jupiter bestowed upon him the fair hand of Venus and sent her and her mischievous train of Loves and Graces

, and tried every means in his power to save her. As a last resort he sent heralds to publish far and wide that the king wou

siod ( Elton’s tr.). This conduct grieved Neptune so sorely, that he sent a dolphin to plead his cause, and persuade the fa

us prophecy; while the gods, incensed by the Danaides’ heartlessness, sent them to Hades, where they were compelled to fill

h still bears his name. To punish the inhuman Tantalus, the gods then sent him to Tartarus, where he stood up to his chin in

im making love to Juno, which offence seemed so unpardonable, that he sent him to Tartarus, where he was bound to a constant

ry of Pentheus When but a short distance from Thebes, Bacchus once sent a herald to Pentheus, the king, to announce his a

cruelty, devised a terrible chastisement for the unfortunate man, and sent Famine to gnaw his vitals, and torment him night

are ever true.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Dreams were also frequently sent through the gates of horn to prepare mortals for

composure his corpse, which they had decided should be washed ashore, sent a Dream to visit her. After assuming the face and

o his own mood, or in conformity with the gods’ request, Æolus either sent the gentler winds to play among the flowers, or,

amid the stars, and be Acknowledg’d kin to those who envied thee, And sent these den-born shapes to crush his destiny.” The

is wise plan, the monster was finally slain, although a friendly crab sent by Juno to defend Hydra continually pinched Hercu

constellation Sagittarius. The Augean Stables Hercules was next sent to Augeas, King of Elis, who had immense droves o

a mad bull given by Neptune to Minos, king of the island. The god had sent the animal with directions that he should be offe

s long as he could do so without taking any personal risk or trouble, sent Hercules in quest of the coveted jewel. The journ

mals were soon after delivered into the hands of Eurystheus, who then sent Hercules in search of the Golden Apples of the He

s.     “Minerva thus to Perseus lent her shield; Secure of conquest, sent him to the field: The hero acted what the queen o

nymphs, she had been exposed there as prey for a terrible sea monster sent to devastate the homes along the coast. An oracle

adne’s younger sister, Phædra, must be a charming young princess, and sent an embassy to obtain her hand in marriage. The em

atment of their stepmother, Ino, mounted a winged, golden-fleeced ram sent by Neptune to transport them to Colchis. The ram

s in safety, and in gratitude to the gods sacrificed the ram they had sent to deliver him, and hung its golden fleece on a t

t the speed of his vessel was equal to that of a dove on the wing, he sent one out before him. The dove flew safely between

ove with Glauce, or Creusa. Frantic with jealousy, Medea prepared and sent the maiden a magic robe, which she no sooner donn

r omitted the yearly sacrifice to Diana, who, enraged at his neglect, sent a monstrous boar to devour his subjects and devas

ere greatly delighted at the birth of a little son. In their joy they sent for the priests of Apollo, and bade them foretell

as he had done once before when threatened by the Sphinx; and Œdipus sent messengers to consult the Delphic oracle, who dec

eath, Or banishment.” Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.). Messengers were sent in every direction to collect all possible inform

guest, yet reluctant to punish him with his own hand as he deserved, sent Bellerophon to Iobates, King of Lycia, with a sea

, and tried to devise some other plan to get rid of him. He therefore sent him to fight the Amazons; but the hero, aided by

er, and would probably have reached Olympus’ heights, had not Jupiter sent a gadfly, which stung poor Pegasus so cruelly, th

d recovered his truant wife and punished her seducer. Messengers were sent in haste in every direction, to summon Helen’s fo

s. She knew her son would soon be summoned, and to prevent his going, sent him off to the court of Lycomedes, where, under s

t as they all proved ineffective, Agamemnon, urged by his companions, sent for his daughter, feigning that he wished to cele

And Phœbus — for the priest was dear to him — Granted his prayer, and sent among the Greeks A deadly shaft. The people of th

stay his hand, and the plague instantly ceased. As for Agamemnon, he sent his slaves to Achilles’ tent to lead away Briseis

raves & Co., Ltd. In consequence of a treacherous dream purposely sent by Jupiter to delude him, Agamemnon again assembl

al abode, had also witnessed this heartrending scene, and now Jupiter sent Iris to Thetis, and bade her hasten down to Achil

once told him to send for her should he ever be wounded. He therefore sent for Œnone; but she, justly offended by the base d

ed all her youthful beauty, were detained in Egypt by contrary winds, sent to punish them for omitting the usual sacrifice t

but only to be pursued by the Furies and Nemesis, goddess of revenge, sent by the gods to punish him for taking justice into

onsisted of lotus fruit and blossoms. Three of Ulysses’ best men were sent ashore to reconnoitre; but they had not gone very

and thou Art quite alone, reflect that none escape Diseases; they are sent by Jove.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Deserted by h

prevailed upon Jupiter to allow him to return to Ithaca. Mercury was sent to Ogygia to bid Calypso furnish all things neces

yant’s tr.). Penelope, hearing that a stranger was within her gates, sent for him, to inquire whether he knew aught of her

asleep in his palace; but the gods had not doomed him to perish, and sent the shade of Hector to warn him in a dream to ari

oice was heard, bidding him forbear, for his former friend Polydorus, sent to Thrace to conceal some treasures, had been mur

lowers were once more afloat, and forced to battle with fierce storms sent by Juno to hinder their advance. Exhausted, they

’s widow, the slave of King Helenus, who entertained them royally and sent them on their way again, with many kindly caution

One whole year passed thus; and the gods, impatient of delay, finally sent Mercury to remind Æneas of his duty. To avoid Did

gods’ aid? In answer to this appeal, Venus, ever mindful of her son, sent two of her snowy doves to lead the way and alight

, and afraid lest her enemy’s course should now prove too smooth, she sent Alecto, the Fury, down upon earth to stir up war

old to lead his troops in person, nevertheless promised his aid, and sent his beloved son Pallas in his stead to command th

Nisus and Euryalus Juno, still implacable, had in the meantime sent Iris to apprise Turnus of Æneas’ departure, and t

ry midst of the fray, Æneas suddenly felt himself wounded by an arrow sent by some mysterious hand. He hastened to seek the

lthough enticed by Anteia (the dawn), virtuously hastening away, then sent against his will to fight the Chimæra (the monste

ercules, 17, 188; significance, 353 A-lec′to. One of the Furies 139; sent by Juno to kindle war between Æneas and the Latin

u-ry′a-le. One of the three terrible Gorgons, 210 Eu-ry′a-lus. Youth sent with Nisus to warn Æneas that his son was in dang

f Athamas and Ino; changed into sea god, 151 Pal-a-me′des. Messenger sent to summon Ulysses to war against Troy, 277, 278

worn by Mercury, 111. Phæ-a′ci-ans. People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home, 317; significance, 360 Phæ′dra. Da

n; binds her suitors by oath, 276 Ty-phœ′us. Same as Typhon; monster sent to dethrone Jupiter, 12, 13 Tyre. City in Phœnic

Ops, or Rhea, his wife, succeeded in concealing Jupiter from him. She sent him secretly to Crete where he was educated on Mo

Ans. Thunder, lightning, rain, clouds, snow, and rainbows. These were sent by Jupiter either as signs or warnings, or else t

taken refuge from the anger of Juno. This goddess, jealous of Latona, sent the serpent Python to destroy her. One of the fir

cury was often employed in messages of peace; but Iris was frequently sent to promote strife and dissension. Ques. What chi

rejoicing; the Senate did not sit, schools gave holidays, and friends sent presents to one another. It was unlawful to procl

Punic war, the Romans, directed, it is said, by the Sibylline books, sent an embassy to Attalus, king of Pergamus, requesti

s punished her curiosity with death, but she adopted Triptolemus, and sent him through the world to teach mankind the use of

bol was a caduceus, a white staff anciently borne by ambassadors when sent to treat of peace. A magnificent temple was dedic

er’s account, and resolved upon his destruction. For this purpose she sent two monstrous serpents to kill him as he was slee

his arrows becoming exhausted, he prayed to Jupiter for aid. The god sent down a shower of great stones, with which Hercule

d to keep a festival, and to offer sacrifice in honor of his victory, sent for a splendid robe befitting the occasion. Deian

usy was excited against Iole by the reports of the messenger, and she sent her husband a tunic impregnated with the venom of

les as a reward for this service. While the pyre was blazing, Jupiter sent a thunder-cloud, in which Hercules was conveyed t

ets tell us that Jupiter was so much displeased at the theft, that he sent Pandora [Pando′ra] to Prometheus with a mysteriou

ed unfaithful, and frequently plucked the apples for themselves. Juno sent , therefore, a terrible dragon to guard the precio

nd fiercest animals, the earth was displeased at his presumption, and sent a scorpion to sting him. The hero was changed, af

Juno and the Nereides. The offended nymphs complained to Neptune, who sent a sea-monster to ravage the dominions of Cepheus.

When he returned to Jobates with the spoils of the monster, the king sent him to fight against certain people, called Solym

of mounting to heaven on his winged steed; Jupiter was indignant, and sent a gad-fly which stung the horse, and caused him t

gods, neglected the honors due to Diana, and the goddess, in revenge, sent a wild boar of enormous size to lay waste the fie

d decreed that this goddess and Ceres should never meet, an Oread was sent to the ice-clad plains of Scythia, where Famine c

d him among the daughters of King Lycomedes [Lycome′des]. Ulysses was sent to discover his retreat, which he effected by the

hed the country of the Lotus-eaters. When the tempest abated, Ulysses sent some of his companions on shore. They were kindly

orget Ithaca and dwell forever in her happy island. Jupiter, however, sent Mercury to Calypso, with the command that she sho

sination, Orestes, then a child, was saved by his sister Electra, who sent him secretly to their uncle Strophius, king of Ph

only roused to action by the direct intervention of the gods. Jupiter sent Mercury to the hero, commanding him to embark wit

o come from afar, and that Lavinia was to wed a foreigner. When Æneas sent an embassy to Latinus, requesting permission to s

he harassed Trojans, but the enmity of Juno was not yet appeased. She sent the Fury Alecto to the palace of Turnus, with ord

upiter Ammon — Its Situation — Temple founded by Bacchus — Expedition sent by Cambyses — Ruins still existing — Fons Solis —

n by Belzoni — Oracle of Esculapius at Epidaurus — Remarkable Embassy sent to Epidaurus by the Roman Senate — Treatment of V

was soon rebuilt. Xerxes, after having forced the pass of Thermopylæ, sent a detachment of his army to plunder the treasures

i, by splendid offerings. When Cambyses [Camby′ses] invaded Egypt, he sent a large body of troops across the desert to seize

293 B. C., when a terrible pestilence was raging in Rome, the Senate sent a solemn embassy to Epidaurus to implore the aid

y in the form of a serpent. According to another account, the priests sent to Rome a sacred serpent which they nourished in

tures. Ahriman created the wild beasts, poisonous serpents, etc., and sent diseases, earthquakes and storms. The Persians th

and would one day bring much evil upon gods and men. Odin, therefore, sent a messenger to bring them to him. When they came,

ard to a future life? Ans. Their priests taught that the wicked were sent after death to expiate their sins in a region of

great parent of mankind, took compassion on their degraded state, and sent two of his children, Manco-Capac, and Mama Oello

On the death of the poet, the Athenians begged that his body might be sent to Athens for interment. This request Archelaûs r

e ruins. On being informed of the appearance of the young men who had sent for him — of their snow white steeds and shining

ot yet made. The story (absurd enough!) is that Jupiter made her, and sent her to Prometheus and his brother, to punish them

ls can make us completely wretched. Another story is that Pandora was sent in good faith, by Jupiter, to bless man; that she

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

is wife and his woodland sports. Now it happened some angry deity had sent a ravenous fox to annoy the country; and the hunt

main to this day. But the vengeance of Juno was not yet satiated. She sent a gadfly to torment Io, who fled over the whole w

When I was young, my father, who had grown too old for active labors, sent me to Lycia to drive thence some choice oxen, and

d; otherwise, the Fates forbade her release. Accordingly, Mercury was sent , accompanied by Spring, to demand Proserpine of P

d Apollo, heaving aloft the discus, with strength mingled with skill, sent it high and far. Hyacinthus watched it as it flew

he lovers so earnestly with Venus that he won her consent. On this he sent Mercury to bring Psyche up to the heavenly assemb

he surrounding mountains. Wishing to offer a sacrifice to Jupiter, he sent his servants to seek pure water for a libation. N

flows. Those whom you formerly knew are now dust and ashes! A plague sent by angry Juno devastated the land. She hated it b

Helle’s wave,     As on that night of stormiest water, When Love, who sent , forgot to save The young, the beautiful, the bra

they were treated with kindness. When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the conquest of Medusa, a terrible

Sea-Nymphs, which roused their indignation to such a degree that they sent a prodigious sea-monster to ravage the coast. To

even attempted to fly up into heaven on his winged steed, but Jupiter sent a gadfly which stung Pegasus and made him throw h

wever, and the vessel named Argo, from the name of the builder. Jason sent his invitation to all the adventurous young men o

ongs, makes a beautiful allusion to this incident: — “When Hylas was sent with his urn to the fount,     Through fields ful

a. She, enraged at his ingratitude, called on the gods for vengeance, sent a poisoned robe as a gift to the bride, and then

mitted to pay due honors to Diana; and she, indignant at the neglect, sent a wild boar of enormous size to lay waste the fie

aims his own valor, and defies alike the boar and the goddess who had sent it; but as he rushes on, the infuriated beast lay

mortal mothers, she declared war against Hercules from his birth. She sent two serpents to destroy him as he lay in his crad

ts burst forth. Here the Hydra took up his position, and Hercules was sent to destroy him. The Hydra had nine heads, of whic

eir custom to bring up only the female children; the boys were either sent away to the neighboring nations or put to death.

while he was gone? Hercules took the burden on his own shoulders, and sent Atlas to seek the apples. He returned with them,

was about to offer sacrifices to the gods in honor of his victory, he sent to his wife for a white robe to use on the occasi

e. This tribute consisted of seven youths and seven maidens, who were sent every year to be devoured by the Minotaur, a mons

the youths and maidens were, according to custom, drawn by lot to be sent , he offered himself as one of the victims, in spi

Delos we touched at the island of Dia and went ashore. Next morning I sent the men for fresh water, and myself mounted the h

all the royalty of Olympus was dethroned and the several deities were sent wandering in cold and darkness. So Milton in his

dale, Edged with poplar pale,     The parting Genius is with sighing sent ; With flower-enwoven tresses torn, The nymphs in

bite she died. To avenge her death, the nymphs, her companions, have sent this destruction to your bees. You have to appeas

onder of the north. No forest fell When thou wouldst build, no quarry sent its stores T’ enrich thy walls; but thou didst he

the ruins. On inquiring as to the appearance of the young men who had sent for him, Simonides was satisfied that they were n

h not One obscure hiding-place, one little spot Where pleasure may be sent ; the nested wren Has thy fair face within its tra

ed the apple. Jupiter, not willing to decide in so delicate a matter, sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where the beautiful s

n such a troublesome affair. He therefore hung back and Palamedes was sent to urge him. When Palamedes arrived at Ithaca Uly

f he went on the expedition, she endeavored to prevent his going. She sent him away to the court of King Lycomedes, and indu

however reluctant, yielded his consent, and the maiden Iphigenia was sent for under the pretence that she was to be married

ced to yield their prey. Apollo granted the prayer of his priest, and sent pestilence into the Grecian camp. Then a council

s wisest and bravest chiefs. Nestor advised that an embassy should be sent to Achilles to persuade him to return to the fiel

he had done. Agamemnon consented, and Ulysses, Ajax, and Phœnix were sent to carry to Achilles the penitent message. They p

age, commanding her to send Iris and Apollo to him. When Iris came he sent her with a stern message to Neptune, ordering him

chief was. So calling Patroclus, his companion and dearest friend, he sent him to Nestor’s tent to inquire. Patroclus, arriv

f day.” Jupiter heard the prayer and dispersed the clouds. Then Ajax sent Antilochus to Achilles with the intelligence of P

ail on him to restore the body of Hector to his friends. Then Jupiter sent Iris to King Priam to encourage him to go to Achi

ain death. But Jupiter, beholding with compassion the venerable king, sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Mercury, a

carried him to the isle of Lemnos and left him there. Diomed was now sent to induce him to rejoin the army. He succeeded. P

eached the country of the Lotus-eaters. Here, after watering, Ulysses sent three of his men to discover who the inhabitants

e of the island, where he perceived a palace embowered with trees. He sent forward one-half of his crew, under the command o

rdle around him, he swam. Minerva smoothed the billows before him and sent him a wind that rolled the waves towards the shor

on his bed of leaves, Nausicaa, the daughter of the king, had a dream sent by Minerva, reminding her that her wedding-day wa

quoit of weight far heavier than any of the Phæacians had thrown, and sent it farther than the utmost throw of theirs. All w

ough in the garb of a beggar, and promised him assistance. Eumæus was sent to the palace to inform Penelope privately of her

the bow. Twelve rings were arranged in a line, and he whose arrow was sent through the whole twelve was to have the queen fo

f Æneas that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom his father had sent with ample treasures to the neighboring land of T

ht up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent had murdered him and seized his treasures. Æneas

ads of maidens, with long claws and faces pale with hunger. They were sent by the gods to torment a certain Phineus, whom Ju

him the contrary ones tied up in a bag. Æolus obeyed the goddess and sent forth his sons, Boreas, Typhon, and the other win

ilot. As he sat watching the stars, with his hand on the helm, Somnus sent by Neptune approached in the guise of Phorbas and

d. 27 Æneas followed the directions of the Sibyl. His mother, Venus, sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him t

ain. But the rest, after the impurities of earth are purged away, are sent back to life endowed with new bodies, having had

abitants of the land, and who their rulers. A hundred chosen men were sent to the village of Latinus, bearing presents and a

n-law announced by the oracle. He cheerfully granted his alliance and sent back the messengers mounted on steeds from his st

jans, felt her old animosity revive, summoned Alecto from Erebus, and sent her to stir up discord. The Fury first took posse

companying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan city,28 — having sent back the rest of his party in the ships. Æneas an

ected his bands and made all necessary preparations for the war. Juno sent Iris to him with a message inciting him to take a

scarabæus or beetle. As soon as a bull thus marked was found by those sent in search of him, he was placed in a building fac

was introduced into Rome in a time of great sickness, and an embassy sent to the temple of Epidaurus to entreat the aid of

or Prester John, a Christian pontiff resident in Upper Asia. The Pope sent a mission in search of him, as did also Louis IX.

over nine worlds or regions, into which she distributes those who are sent to her; that is, all who die of sickness or old a

e strongest fetters as if they were made of cobwebs. Finally the gods sent a messenger to the mountain spirits, who made for

, who buried it eight fathoms deep under the rocks of Jotunheim. Thor sent Loki to negotiate with Thrym, but he could only p

f the earth. After a while one of the gods, who loved and pitied her, sent two beautiful twin babes to gladden her heart. Sh

ll as children ever can repay their parents. Jupiter, the god who had sent them to Latona in her loneliness, had given them

r all the earth. Some wicked people had angered the gods, and Jupiter sent all the waters of the earth and sky to cover the

h wind, which was sometimes called the messenger of rain. And Jupiter sent this messenger of his to wander over all the eart

t over the earth until it was again dry and green. After that Jupiter sent a new race of better men and women to live upon i

safe in thinking that Perseus would never return to the island. So he sent for the boy, and when he stood before him, began

s seem to have had very cruel ways of showing their anger. The nymphs sent a sea serpent to the island where Cassiopeia live

ut alas! the queen blamed Io for all her trouble, and, to punish her, sent a large gadfly to torment her. The fly worried th

no, who hated his mother and therefore wished to kill the little boy, sent two huge snakes to strangle him in his cradle. Th

lp weaker people. Juno still wanted to show her hatred of him, so she sent him into ail sorts of dangers. He had to fight ha

in. Then, at last, she remembered the words of the dying centaur. She sent for her most faithful servant, and giving him the

master Hercules, in that far-off city by the sea, and to say that she sent him her love and asked him to wear the shirt for

d one night, as the boy was traveling back to the island of Crete, he sent some men after him to kill him on the road. Perha

f they wished to save their city from ruin. A messenger was thereupon sent to the king of Crete to ask on what terms he woul

he people, and everywhere they were dying of hunger. The king at last sent messengers to an oracle in a distant city, asking

came flying from the heavens a golden-fleeced ram, which the gods had sent , in answer to Nephele’ s earnest prayer, to save

ulders like men’s. Chiron was very wise and very good, and many kings sent their sons to him to be educated. So little Jason

s prow was a figurehead cut from an oak tree sacred to Juno. Juno had sent the gift to show Jason that she had not forgotten

and he always received good advice. When the ship was finished, Jason sent word of his intended voyage to his comrades of th

the fishermen; and, remembering his own struggles in former days, he sent many a poor fisherman home with a full net and a

reat excitement the king locked himself in his royal chamber and then sent for the court barber. After making him swear to k

ly things. In a short time, the wig was on his majesty’s head, and he sent away the barber with the threat that he would kil

lightning flamed along the sky, the terrified mortal regarded them as sent forth by a god who ruled the heavens ; when the s

they had seen and experienced themselves, that it was the god who had sent the pestilence on the prayer of his priest9. How

st suited to his service404. The celebrated Ægis405, the shield which sent forth thunder, lightning, and darkness, and struc

t. Some say it was at the gate of the nether world, when the hero was sent to drag the dog of Hades to the realms of day465 

d in his arms Kroniôn seized His spouse. Beneath them bounteous earth sent up Fresh-growing grass : there dewy lotus rose, C

d gave him moreover a team to drive (the team were swans)659. He then sent him to Delphi and the streams of Castalia, thence

the presence of the fount Arethusa, which contained large fishes, and sent forth a copious stream of water into the sea685.

people placed on a lofty rock. Here, while she sat weeping, a zephyr sent for the purpose gently raised and carried her to

bout him. Zeus however gives it against him, and the two brothers are sent in quest of the missing kine. They come to Pylos,

her unhallowed cupidity, and provoked with her also for other causes, sent Envy to fill her bosom with that baleful passion.

nsolate goddess will not comply with the call. All the other gods are sent on the same errand, and to as little purpose. Gif

eter now complies, And instant from the deep-soiled cornfields fruit Sent up : with leaves and flowers the whole wide earth

in his huntings chanced to see her. He gave information to Zeus, who sent the Fates to her, at whose persuasion she remitte

e small at first, but at last to raise her head to the heaven. She is sent forth1070 amidst the Achæans by Zeus, bearing the

contemporaries had known anything of that art, he needed not to have sent Odysseus to the nether-world. After a little inte

bele was introduced into Rome a. u. c. 547, when a solemn embassy was sent to Attalus king of Pergamus, to request the image

en men had landed and were plundering. Calling to mind the oracle, he sent to invite them to enter his service : they consen

ime of the battle of Marathôn, when Pheidippides, the courier who was sent from Athens to Sparta to call on the Spartans for

he reached the country of the Lotus-eaters. Here, after watering, he sent three of his men to discover who the inhabitants

was himself on board of, entered. A herald with two others were then sent to the city : they met the daughter of Antiphates

d by her magic art into swine. When the comrades of Odysseus, whom he sent to explore her residence, had tasted of the drugg

fire in a hollow staff1464, brought it and gave it to man. Zeus then sent Pandora on earth to deceive man to his ruin, and

man to his ruin, and he bound Prometheus with chains to a pillar, and sent an eagle to prey without ceasing on his liver, wh

m and appointed a vulture to prey on his liver, and the incensed gods sent fevers and other diseases among men1474. As Care,

es, one of the earliest of the modern mythologists. He says that Zeus sent Pandora to Prometheus with all the evils inclosed

ed, and he got out and sacrificed to Zeus Flight-giving (Φύξιoς), who sent Hermes desiring him to ask what he would. His req

e Dorian migration which produced the greatest changes in Greece, and sent so many colonies to the East and the West. It was

at the ingratitude of her husband, called on the gods for vengeance, sent a poisoned robe as a gift to the bride, and then

etters, but in vain, to gratify her passion. Out of revenge, she then sent to inform his wife that he was going to marry Ste

Deïoneus seized his horses and detained them as a pledge. Ixiôn then sent to say that the gifts were ready if he would come

gods, he omitted to notice Artemis. The offended goddess immediately sent a wild boar of huge size and strength to ravage t

h to her son. The elders of the Ætolians supplicated Meleagros : they sent the priests of the gods to entreat him to come fo

s, and there lay down. Wishing to sacrifice her to Athena1624, Cadmos sent his companions to fetch water from the fount of A

s. Shortly afterwards he and Harmonia were changed into serpents, and sent by Zeus to the Elysian Plain, or, as others said,

d as she desired, and the lands consequently yielded no crop. Athamas sent to Delphi to consult the oracle how the threateni

ercourse with Ino. When the response of the oracle came to Athamas he sent for Phrixos out of the country, desiring him to c

by the Acheloös dance, Although a stone, she yet broods o'er the woes Sent by the gods1668. It was said that one son and a

ter the death of Laïos, Hera, always hostile to the city of Dionysos, sent to afflict Thebes a monster named the Sphinx1687,

ver be at strife. Elsewhere the Thebaïs1693 said that his sons having sent him the loin instead of the shoulder of the victi

ns, drank of its waters, and immediately died. The victorious Argives sent his daughter Manto along with a portion of the sp

of her mortal lord. The children were but eight months old, when Hera sent two huge serpents into the chamber to destroy the

1730. Amphitryôn however, to prevent the recurrence of such an event, sent him away to where his herds were feeding, and the

a helmet1732. As he was returning from this hunt, he met the heralds sent by Erginos to receive tribute from the Thebans. T

. His seventh task was to fetch the Cretan bull. This animal had been sent up by Poseidôn when Minôs had vowed to sacrifice

ot and transport him to the distant islands1749. To punish him Apollo sent a pestilence, and Poseidôn a flood bearing a huge

was sailing homewards from Troy, he was assailed by a furious storm, sent by Hera1772, which drove him to the isle of Côs.

at that time ; but in the third Isthmiad afterwards, when the Eleians sent the Molionids to Cleonæ to offer sacrifice, he wa

Cenæos he raised an altar to Zeus ; and wishing to offer a sacrifice, sent to Ceÿx for a splendid robe to wear. Deïaneira he

cacy of the philtre of Nessos, and tinged with it the tunic which was sent . Heracles, suspecting nothing, put on the fatal g

he mythe makes him kill his tutor Linos with a blow of the lyre. When sent away by Amphitryôn, he prepares himself, in the s

wer of the evil principle. Hence Heracles falls into fits of madness, sent on him by Hera ; and hence, like the Rinaldo and

left to Minôs himself. He demanded seven youths and seven maids to be sent every ninth year to be devoured by the Minotaur.

nd the youths and maidens were according to custom drawn by lot to be sent , in spite of the entreaties of his father to the

eaving Trœzên, was driving his chariot along the sea-shore, a monster sent by Poseidôn from the deep terrified his horses ;

Acrocorinth, informed him who the ravisher was. The king of the gods sent Death to punish the informer ; but Sisyphos contr

ur the reproach of putting him to death, as she desired. He therefore sent Bellerophontes to Lycia, to his father-in-law the

ed it, he resolved to comply with the desire of Prœtos ; and he first sent his guest to slay the Chimæra, a monster with the

steed Pegasos Bellerophontes gained the victory over all whom Iobates sent him to encounter. Sthenobœa, hearing of his succe

eans of Pegasos to ascend to heaven : Zeus, incensed at his boldness, sent an insect to sting the steed ; and he flung his r

ϕόντης). The vengeance of Hera was however not yet satiated ; and she sent a gad-fly to torment Io, who fled over the whole

nd wholesome water (Poseidôn having dried up the springs)1914, Danaos sent forth his daughters in quest of some. As Amymone,

tressed’ Euadne. She concealed her state ; and when the babe was born sent it to Æpytos, the son of Elatos the son of Areas,

iage brought forth her ‘divine-minded’ son. The ‘gold-haired’ god had sent the mild Eleutho and the Moiræ to ease her labour

e goat that reared the god, gave it to Tantalos to keep. Hermes being sent to reclaim the dog, Tantalos denied all knowledge

is offence drove him from his kingdom ; and Thyestes, out of revenge, sent Atreus’ son Pleisthenes, whom he had brought up a

him sought for, and brought him up as his own son. Atreus afterwards sent his sons Agamemnôn and Menelaos in search of Thye

e and pestilence testified to the people her displeasure. Envoys were sent to consult the Pythian oracle, and the voice of t

m of the sea, promising to sacrifice whatever should appear. Poseidôn sent the bull, and Minôs received the kingdom. He rule

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

r of honey, and was smothered. When he could not be found, his father sent to inquire of the oracle about him. The answer he

anything that would come from the earth. Indignant at his boast they sent a huge scorpion, which stung him, and he died. It

eprived them of sight. The gods, to punish him, struck him blind, and sent the Harpies to torment him : these fell monsters

t expedition, led by arrogant boastful chiefs, who despised the signs sent by the gods, and the success of that conducted by

ich set all Ilion in flames. On her telling this dream to Priamos, he sent for his son Æsacos, by a former wife Arisbe the d

ship with the property of Menelaos they embark and depart. A tempest sent by Hera drives them to Sidôn, which city Alexandr

ed that he was superior in skill to Artemis, and the offended goddess sent adverse winds to detain the fleet. Calchos having

nos the son of Poseidôn, put the enemy to flight. An embassy was then sent , requiring the Trojans to give back Helena and th

but he was driven away with insult by Agamemnôn. At his prayer Apollo sent a pestilence among the Achæans. Achilleus having

tween him and Achilleus arises ; the assembly breaks up ; Chryseïs is sent back to her father, and the heralds of the king t

, and having learned from him how Troy might be captured, Diomedes is sent to Lemnos to fetch Philoctetes, who being cured b

amemnôn was still alive. He had been saved by one of his sisters, and sent to Phocis to Strophios, with whose son Pylades he

e rites, he again put to sea ; but as he approached Cape Maleia, Zeus sent forth a storm which drove some of his vessels to

fered due sacrifices to the immortal gods. A favourable wind was then sent by them, which speedily carried him homewards ; a

ho could believe, for example, that Athens, in a quarrel not her own, sent to the coast of Asia, there to remain for ten yea

oked up to Etruria as their instructress. The patrician children were sent thither for education ; all the royal and consula

rd in the sky : thrice the god thundered, without a cloud ; thrice he sent forth his lightnings. The heavens opened, and a l

festival celebrated in June was called Vestalia : plates of meat were sent to the Vestals to be offered up ; the millstones

he Ilias (i. 3.) it is said that the souls (ψυχὰѕ) of the heroes were sent to Aïs, themselves (αὐτοὺѕ) were made a prey for

, it commemorated the deliverance of the youths and maidens. The ship sent , called the Paralian Galley, was maintained to be

Odysseus, whose birth was somewhat like that of Soohrâb, and who was sent in quest of him by his mother, and through the ar

, who is quickest and cleverest among the dwellers of Olympus. Him he sent down to the underworld with messages to Pluto. No

e sacred fire,” said Jupiter, “and he must be punished.” Then Jupiter sent two monstrous servants of his, who took Prometheu

to her,” Stay, Daphne.” But as Daphne turned to see who called, Cupid sent the leaden arrow with unerring aim fairly into he

ittle afraid, for it was clear that her son was no ordinary baby. She sent for the aged seer Tiresias, and asked him what it

ther, hoping each time that Hercules would not return alive. First he sent him to slay the Nemean lion, a fierce beast that

dectes was glad at heart to think that now he should have his way. He sent a messenger to Danaë and commanded her to consent

us. “It is a sad story,” said the old man. “Minos, the king of Crete, sent his son to take part in the games at our great ye

brations and slew him. Then King Minos waged war upon us and the gods sent us famine and plagues. In the end we had to yield

a fierce and evil monster, half a man and half a bull. Twice we have sent the awful tribute, and now lots must be drawn aga

pleased with this proposal. They gave the golden apple to Mercury and sent him to seek out Paris in his mountain home. In a

s heart it sped, and he fell dead on the shore. The Greeks, in anger, sent back a shower of arrows, and crowded ashore from

her as his slave, since she was very beautiful and very skillful. He sent the priest away with angry words and threatened h

ryseis. Agamemnon, like a good king, at once ordered the maiden to be sent back to her home, with sacrifices and gifts, that

they came to a land that looked very sunny and pleasant, and Ulysses sent three men out to explore the region. Now, the onl

lops. “Well, if no man is killing you, you must be sick. Diseases are sent by the gods; remember that, and be patient.” Thus

rested, and gave up two whole days to grief. On the third day Ulysses sent half of his ship’s crew, under Eurylochus, to exp

thaca. At last, after seven years, the gods took pity on him. Jupiter sent Mercury to Calypso, commanding her to let Ulysses

upon the sea with his mother in a small boat; rescued by Dictys, 18; sent by Polydectes to obtain the head of Medusa, 18; w

Phæ΄c ians. The last people whom Ulysses met in his wanderings. They sent Ulysses home with rich gifts in one of their ship

apeless as our mother night.     Pro. I laugh your power, and his who sent you here, To lowest scorn. Pour forth the cup of

s sensible of the deceit; and as he had always distrusted Jupiter, he sent away Pandora without suffering himself to be capt

ss he would consent to marry her. At their nuptials, invitations were sent to all the Gods, and beings of even a lower order

the hundred-eyed Argus: but Jupiter, anxious for the situation of Io, sent Mercury, who destroyed Argus, and restored her to

is sagacious confessor he went, And told her what a gift the Gods had sent : But told it under matrimonial seal, With strict

confidence to the youthful deity, and when an opportunity offered, he sent his arrows to the hearts of men, so bold did he e

subjected to numerous trials by Venus; who, determined on destroying, sent her to Proserpine with a box to request some of h

ste by the god of the sea, and his subjects visited with a pestilence sent by Apollo. Besides the dispute this deity had wit

possession of the deep, and all the treasures which the stormy winds sent to his domain. “What hid’st thou in thy treasure

he river Acheron; Charon conducted over this water the souls of those sent to him by Death, while any to whom the rites of s

ter green, And the moss looks bright where my foot hath been. I have sent thro’ the wood-paths a glowing sigh, And called o

of his preservation. Enraged at the desertion of his daughter, Æetes sent his son Absyrtus to bring back the fugitives. Abs

his intimacy with Medea, Ægeus had a son named Theseus, who had been sent to Athens with his father’s sword, by the sight o

d not look upon him with pleasure, and before he was nine months old, sent two snakes intending them to devour him. Far from

monster Hercules relieved them, and when Erginus, King of Orchomedas, sent for his yearly tribute of one hundred crowns, Her

onitions. Whilst I yet Hung on the breast, two hideous serpents came, Sent by Juno to destroy me, rolled their spires Within

m to be eaten by his mares, which he brought to Eurystheus. They were sent to Mount Olympus by the King of Mycenæ, where the

of his purpose, and of the affection he had manifested for her rival, sent to him the tunic given her by the Centaur, Nessus

t was supposed that he presided over dreams, the sick and infirm were sent to sleep in his temples, that they might receive

ess had been promised in marriage to Phineus, her uncle, when Neptune sent a sea-monster to ravage the country, because Cass

t Træzene, in the house of Pittheus. When he came to maturity, he was sent by his mother to Ægeus, and a sword which had bee

ens: and that the memory of their father might not be without honour, sent for his remains from Scyros, and gave them a magn

evious union. Venus, having a dislike to Minos, the father of Phædra, sent Cupid to pierce her with his shafts. ‌ For a lon

he hater of our sex,’ she cried, Then at his face her missive javelin sent , Which whizzed along, and brushed him as it went;

ce of prosperity to the country in which his bones should be laid. He sent therefore to Theseus, king of the place, to infor

ucer, and followed him to his palace at Troy. Vainly were ambassadors sent to Priam, to make known to him the infamous condu

s she was a great favourite with Clytemnestra, her mother, the Greeks sent for Iphigenia, pretending that they sought her ha

ttle in the grove, and have told all Those sweet fond words the widow sent her child. Aga. Oh Earth! I suffered less upon t

ht, and escaped by the aid of Venus. ——— “Poised in air, the javelin sent , Through Paris’ shield the fearful weapon went, H

s claimed the execution of the promise, and in return a Trojan archer sent an arrow which wounded Agamemnon. A general melée

as menaced by the Greeks: and accompanied into Epirus the ambassadors sent to claim from Pyrrhus the last scion of a foeman’

n isle where abode Circe, a famous magician. When he had anchored, he sent some of his men on shore, to discover what place

y had been received by their countrymen, and let loose the waves, and sent the thunderbolt to consume the town and its inhab

unded. Previous to this, wishing to thank the gods by a sacrifice, he sent his companions to fetch some water from a neighbo

illing to trespass upon the laws of hospitality by punishing him, but sent him with a letter to Jobates the father of his qu

sulted the honour of his daughter. Jobates to satisfy his son-in-law, sent Beller to attack a monster called Chimæra, in the

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img266 After this he was sent on various expeditions of great danger, in all of

me that he attempted to fly to Olympus upon Pegasus, but that Jupiter sent an insect which stung the horse, who threw his ri

l est pourtant, il est une flèche plus sûre, Dont mon cœur à ta vue a senti la blessure. Je connais les vertus des puissans v

et du milieu des bois, Il entend résonner les accens de sa voix ; Il sent les doux parfums qu’auprès d’elle on allume. Le c

  Rochefort 19. O mer, terrible mer, quel homme à ton aspect. Ne se sent pas saisi de crainte ét de respect ! De quelle im

rire, M’a jeté sa couronne, et m’a fait un sourire           Que j’ai senti jusqu’à mon cœur. Léonard 32. L’Amour oiseleur

re excellente il est l’heureux présage. Qu’il soit gras, onctueux, et sente le jambon ; Que des sucs végétaux colorent son bo

is encor l’image ; Je le vois à ses maux opposer son courage, Penser, sentir , aimer, au bord du monument, Et jouir de la vie à

s d’une main qui le guide Va lui suffire, et bientôt enhardi, Fier de sentir une force ignorée, Nous allons voir le petit étou

iens, à sa vue adorée, N’éprouvent plus cette frayeur sacrée Que fait sentir la présence des Dieux : Si d’un nuage elle marche

de bronze et d’acier Qui les méprise et les ignore ! Le cœur qui les sent , les adore, Et peut seul les apprécier. Bernis 9

! Trop heureux le mortel qui, goûtant tes douceurs, Sait connaître et sentir le prix de tes faveurs !. L’abbé Roman, d’Avigno

t le lieu des tortures.    Là, Tytie, aliment d’éternelles morsures, Sent renaître son cœur sous le bec des vautours. Sisyp

l’empêcherait d’en aimer une autre. A peine l’eut-il revêtue qu’il se sentit brûler les entrailles. Ne pouvant résister à ses

ts, Montre ses blonds cheveux sur la voûte des flots : O ma sœur ! tu sentais de trop justes alarmes ; Ton fils, ton tendre fil

ngez que vous avez un père… » Il ne put achever. Le héros sanguinaire Sentit que la pitié pénétrait dans son cœur. Priam lui p

de leurs pieds ailés ils devancent les vents. Le char léger de poids sent qu’il n’a pas son guide ; Et telle qu’au hasard f

’air qui sort d’une fournaise ardente : Le char brûle lui-même, il le sent s’échauffer. Sans haleine et sans voix, il se sen

le lui-même, il le sent s’échauffer. Sans haleine et sans voix, il se sent étouffer Par la cendre qui vole autour de lui sem

Le Pénée au loin fume ; et l’amoureux Alphée Par d’autres feux alors sent son onde échauffée. Le Tage en flots brùlans voit

lagent mes douleurs par mes derniers accords.              Les flots sentent la puissance           De ses sons harmonieux,   

s yeux expirans je vis des pleurs couler ; Moi-même en le perçant, je sentis dans mon ame, Tout vainqueur que j’étais… Vous fr

ur, Ni ces tourmens divers, qui même en la jeunesse, Ne font que trop sentir le poids de la vieillesse. Dans l’état des mortel

rs sur sa bouche. Ses compagnons troublés, que sa vue effarouche, Ont senti leurs cheveux d’horreur se hérisser ; Mais elle d

bras qui du Caïque ensanglanta les flots, Dont Thèbes et Lyrnesse ont senti la vaillance, Par qui deux fois Télèphe éprouva c

haleur du jour ; Mais lorsqu’il veut calmer la soif qui le dévore, Il sent naître une soif plus dévorante encore. A l’aspect

Ses compagnes en cercle ont voilé sa beauté ; Mais elle semble encor sentir sa nudité, Cache son sein pudique, et retourne la

eur. Tu ne le conçois pas ; mais j’ose le prédire, De la maternité tu sentiras l’empire. Le jour que père enfin, ton époux fortu

lle arrache avec eux. Soutenu dans ses bras, son fils qui la caresse, Sent durcir sous ses doigts les deux sources qu’il pre

ar elle animé, le tronc qui vient de naître, Sous l’écorce où ma main sent palpiter son cœur, Conserve encor long-temps un r

te tribut : Un esprit noble et sublime, Nourri de gloire et d’estime, Sent redoubler ses chaleurs ; Comme une tige élevée, D

éméraire auteur Pense de l’art des vers atteindre la hauteur. S’il ne sent point du Ciel l’influence secrète, Si son astre,

lme des héros,            Quand l’un de sa main affaiblie,             Sent échapper les rênes des chevaux.            L’autr

t la fraîcheur, le silence et les ombres. Dans le Monde animé, qui ne sent tes faveurs ! L’insecte, dans la fange, est fier

rs, Dans les embrassemens d’une épouse adorée, De la volupté seule il sent couler les pleurs. Il laisse au loin mugir les or

s accuser, ô Dieux ! je vous rends grace De m’avoir fait connaitre et sentir la disgrace ; Mon cœur, sans cette épreuve, eût p

ompter de Nestors !    O temps ! que ta fuite est utile ! Mon ame en sent l’heureux effet. Hâte-toi, soumets cette argile Q

aris, Errant et malheureux, pleurer sur ses débris ?… Meurs, avant de sentir mes maux et ta misère ; Rends-moi le jour, le san

, et résiste à la main ; Il néglige les eaux, renonce au pâturage, Et sent s’évanouir son superbe courage.    Tels sont de

lenteur, Appelait, implorait ce lieu cher à mon cœur. Je le vis ; je sentis une joie inconnue : J’allais, j’errais ; par-tout

’ame qui fuit ses bras y retombe éperdue. Qui connut son pouvoir, qui sentit sa douceur, Pourrait-il la confondre avec son opp

tant, il est une flèche plus sûre, Dont mon cœur, long-temps libre, a senti la blessure. Je connois les vertus des puissans v

et du milieu des bois, Il entend résonner les accens de sa voix ; Il sent les doux parfums qu’auprès d’elle on allume. Le c

M’a jeté sa couronne, et m’a fait un sourire                 Que j’ai senti jusqu’à mon cœur. Léonard 32. L’Amour oiseleur

ens, à sa vue adorée, N’éprouvent plus cette frayeur sacrée Que fait sentir la présence des Dieux : Si d’un nuage elle marche

de bronze et d’acier Qui les méprise et les ignore ! Le cœur qui les sent , les adore, Et peut seul les apprécier. Bernis 9

! Trop heureux le mortel qui, goûtant tes douceurs, Sait connoître et sentir le prix de tes faveurs !. Roman, d’Avignon 107.

l’empêcheroit d’en aimer une autre. A peine l’eut-il revêtue qu’il se sentit brûler les entrailles. Ne pouvant résister à ses

e carrière.     Noble fils de Thétis ! dit Priam satisfait, Mon cœur sent tout le prix de ce nouveau bienfait, De l’urne ci

de leurs pieds ailés ils devancent les vents. Le char léger de poids sent qu’il n’a pas son guide ; Et telle qu’au hasard f

char divin commence à s’échauffer ; Sans haleine et sans voix, il se sent étouffer Par là cendre qui vole, autour de lui se

t vainement et leurs lacs et leurs ondes. Les fleuves les plus grands sentent brûler leurs eaux : Le Tanaïs bouillone en ses la

Le Pénée au loin fume ; et l’amoureux Alphée Par d’autres feux alors sent son onde échauffée. Le Tage en flots brûlans voi

lyre Soulagent mes douleurs par mes derniers accords.     Les flots sentent la puissance De ses sons harmonieux, Les vents le

yeux expirans je vis des pleurs couler ; Moi-même en le perçant, je sentis dans mon ame, Tout vainqueur que j’étois… Vous fr

ur, Ni ces tourmens divers, qui même en la jeunesse, Ne font que trop sentir le poids de la vieillesse. Dans l’état des mortel

le touche, Et semble encor chercher des baisers sur sa bouche. Chacun sent ses cheveux d’horreur se hérisser : Mais elle dan

haleur du jour ; Mais lorsqu’il veut calmer la soif qui le dévore, Il sent naître une soif plus dévorante encore. A l’aspect

Ses compagnes, en cercle, ont voilé sa beauté, Mais elle semble encor sentir sa nudité ; Se cache en menaçant, et retourne la

eur. Tu ne le conçois pas ; mais j’ose le prédire, De la maternité tu sentiras l’empire. Le jour que père enfin, ton époux fortu

son affront. Elle habite le creux des antres solitaires ; Mais elle y sent l’amour et ses peines amères ; Là, son cœur brûle

ue, Lotos, Nymphe champêtre, évita le larcin, Et d’écorce, en fuyant, sentit couvrir son sein,     Dryope que saisit une horr

ne horreur imprévue, Veut fuir loin des bosquets, et soudain retenue, Sent roidir sur le sol ses pieds enracinés ; Elle s’a

rs… ma voix s’éteint… et ma langue glacée, Sous l’écorce qui croit se sent déjà pressée ; Elle monte, se glisse, et me ferma

te tribut : Un esprit noble et sublime, Nourri de gloire et d’estime, Sent redoubler ses chaleurs ; Comme une tige élevée, D

éméraire auteur Pense de l’art des vers atteindre la hauteur. S’il ne sent point du Ciel l’influence secrette, Si son Astre,

spire, Et tu l’inspires tour-à-tour : Que ta muse tendre et badine Se sent bien de son origine ! Elle est la fille de l’Amou

s Héros,                 Quand l’un de sa main affoiblie,              Sent échapper les rênes des chevaux.             L’aut

Titye, en ce lieu de tortures, Eternel aliment d’éternelles morsures, Sent renaître son cœur sous le bec des vautours. Sisyp

t la fraîcheur, le silence et les ombres. Dans le Monde animé, qui ne sent tes faveurs ! L’insecte, dans la fange, est fier

rs, Dans les embrassemens d’une épouse adorée, De la volupté seule il sent couler les pleurs. Il laisse au loin mugir les or

s accuser, ô Dieux ! je vous rends grace De m’avoir fait connoitre et sentir la disgrace ; Mon cœur, sans cette épreuve, eût p

is compter de Nestors ! O temps ! que ta fuite est utile ! Mon ame en sent l’heureux effet. Hâte-toi, soumets cette argile Q

aris, Errant et malheureux, pleurer sur ses débris ?… Meurs, avant de sentir mes maux et ta misère ; Rends-moi le jour, le san

, et résiste à la main ; Il néglige les eaux, renonce au pâturage, Et sent s’évanouir son superbe courage.     Tels sont de

’ame qui fuit ses bras y retombe éperdue. Qui connut son pouvoir, qui sentit sa douceur, Pourroit-il la confondre avec son opp

his garden of the gods where ambrosial rivers flowed, and where Earth sent up in honor of the rite a tree of life, heavy wit

destructive heat of noonday. Soon after his birth, Jupiter would have sent him to Delphi to inculcate righteousness and just

ng in bliss and everlasting spring beyond the mountains whose caverns sent forth the piercing blasts of the north wind. Thei

Roscher 19: 279.] Jupiter, grieved by the sufferings of his mistress, sent Mercury to despatch Argus. Mercury took his sleep

main to this day. But the vengeance of Juno was not yet satiated. She sent a gadfly to torment Io, who, in her flight, swam

us: — To Europa, princess of Asia, once on a time, a sweet dream was sent by Cypris, when the third watch of the night sets

ns. Wishing to offer a sacrifice to his protecting deity, Minerva, he sent his servants to seek pure water for a libation. N

shioned in the depths of the sea a throne of cunning device, which he sent to his mother. She gladly accepting the glorious

; Apollo, heaving aloft the discus, with strength mingled with skill, sent it high and far. Hyacinthus, excited with the spo

of a god. Phaëton complained of the insult to his mother Clymene. She sent him to Phœbus to ask for himself whether he had n

arrows of malarial venom, of manifold sickness and death. The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy. — When the host of t

s of the dead burnt continually in multitude. Nor until Agamemnon had sent back his winsome captive to her father did Apollo

samathe, herself, was driven from her father’s home, wherefore Apollo sent against the land of the Argives a monster that fo

s. It once happened that he had touched at the island of Dia, and had sent his men ashore for fresh water. They returned, br

vered from this glittering destruction. The merciful deity heard, and sent him to wash away his fault and its punishment in

d; otherwise, the Fates forbade her release. Accordingly, Mercury was sent , accompanied by Spring, to demand Proserpine of P

in person upon the land that he desired to possess or to punish, but sent some monster instead, will be seen in the myth of

agreed upon. Justly offended, Neptune ravaged the land by floods, and sent against it a sea-monster, to satiate the appetite

nd fountains, Neptune displayed milder characteristics. When Amymone, sent by her father Danaüs to draw water, was pursued b

d, that the dynasty of Olympus was dethroned, and the several deities sent wandering in cold and darkness. “The lonely moun

and dale, Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent ; With flower-enwoven tresses torn, The nymphs in

deed, by which Eurydice met her death. To avenge her, the nymphs have sent this destruction on thy bees. Their anger thou mu

§ 135. Perseus and Medusa. 270— When Perseus was grown up, Polydectes sent him to attempt the conquest of the Gorgon Medusa,

ill they rocked their bodies bent, And ever each to each the eye they sent .272 Snatching the eye, Perseus compelled the Gr

nymphs and their powers offended.”275 These nymphs had consequently sent a sea-monster to ravage the coast. To appease the

ed to fly to heaven on his winged steed; but the king of gods and men sent a gadfly, which, stinging Pegasus, caused him to

by mortal mothers, declared war against Hercules from his birth. She sent two serpents to destroy him as he lay in his crad

ter this melancholy breach of discipline, the youth was rusticated, — sent off to the mountains, where among the herdsmen an

ccordingly, taking the burden of the heavens on his own shoulders,283 sent Atlas to seek the apples. The giant returned with

to pay due honors to Diana; wherefore she, indignant at the neglect, sent a boar of enormous size to lay waste the fields o

ad subdued Megara,321 a tribute of seven youths and seven maidens was sent every year from Athens to Crete to feed this mons

id to have been imposed by Minos upon the Athenians because Ægeus had sent Androgeüs, the son of Minos, against the Marathon

laimed the apple. Not willing to decide so delicate a matter, Jupiter sent the goddesses to Mount Ida, where Paris, son of P

nd child, and loth to embark in the troublesome affair. Palamedes was sent to urge him. But when Palamedes arrived at Ithaca

on the expedition, endeavored to prevent his going. She, accordingly, sent him to the court of King Lycomedes of the island

table. Agamemnon, however reluctant, submitted to the inevitable, and sent for his daughter Iphigenia, under the pretence th

to yield their prey.351 Apollo granted the prayer of his priest, and sent such pestilence upon the Grecian camp, that a cou

. In the debate that ensued, Nestor advised that an embassy should be sent to Achilles persuading him to return to the field

g he had done. Agamemnon assented; and Ulysses, Ajax, and Phœnix were sent to carry to Achilles the penitent message. They p

warrior was. Calling Patroclus, his companion and dearest friend, he sent him to Nestor’s tent to inquire. Patroclus, perfo

us day!”353 Jupiter heard the prayer and dispersed the clouds. Ajax sent Antilochus to Achilles with the intelligence of P

prevail on Achilles to restore the body of Hector to the Trojans, he sent Iris to encourage Priam to beg of Achilles the bo

chilles. — But Jupiter, beholding with compassion the venerable king, sent Mercury to be his guide and protector. Assuming t

de and Ulysses, or Ulysses and Neoptolemus (son of Achilles) were now sent to induce him to rejoin the army. They succeeded.

eached the country of the Lotos-eaters. Here, after watering, Ulysses sent three of his men to discover who the inhabitants

e of the island, where he perceived a palace embowered with trees. He sent forward one half of his crew, under the command o

rdle around him, he swam. Minerva smoothed the billows before him and sent him a wind that rolled the waves towards the shor

on his bed of leaves, Nausicaä, the daughter of the king, had a dream sent by Minerva, reminding her that her wedding day mi

a quoit of weight far heavier than any the Phæacians had thrown, and sent it farther than the utmost throw of theirs. All w

ough in the garb of a beggar, and promised him assistance. Eumæus was sent to the palace to inform Penelope privately of her

the bow. Twelve rings were arranged in a line, and he whose arrow was sent through the whole twelve, was to have the queen f

f Æneas that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom his father had sent with ample treasures to the neighboring land of T

ht up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent had murdered him, and seized his treasures. Æneas

ads of maidens, with long claws and faces pale with hunger. They were sent by the gods to torment a certain Phineus, whom Ju

n such resentment dwell!381 Accordingly she gave orders to Æolus, who sent forth his sons, Boreas, Typhon and the other wind

lot. As he sat watching the stars, with his hand on the helm, Somnus, sent by Neptune, approached in the guise of Phorbas an

succeed. Æneas followed the directions of the Sibyl. His mother Venus sent two of her doves to fly before him and show him t

ain. But the rest, after the impurities of earth are purged away, are sent back to life endowed with new bodies, having had

abitants of the land, and who their rulers. A hundred chosen men were sent to the village of Latinus, bearing presents and a

n-law announced by the oracle. He cheerfully granted his alliance and sent back the messengers mounted on steeds from his st

jans, felt her old animosity revive, summoned Alecto from Erebus, and sent her to stir up discord. The Fury first took posse

ccompanying, mounted and took the way to the Etruscan city,386 having sent back the rest of his party in the ships. Eneas an

cted his bands, and made all necessary preparations for the war. Juno sent Iris to him with a message inciting him to take a

r over nine worlds or regions, in which she distributes those who are sent to her; that is, all who die of sickness or old a

e strongest fetters as if they were made of cobwebs. Finally the gods sent a messenger to the mountain spirits, who made for

, who buried it eight fathoms deep under the rocks of Jötunheim. Thor sent Loki to negotiate with Thrym, but he could only p

ll the Otter-skin with gold, and cover it with gold. Now, Loki, being sent to procure the gold, caught Andvari the dwarf, an

end in a foreign land, trampled under foot of horses. Finally Gudrun sent her sons by Jonakr to avenge their half-sister’s

pius was introduced into Rome in a time of great sickness. An embassy sent to the temple of Epidaurus to entreat the aid of

us of a Dejaneira, by M. Arnold. Hylas: Moore (song), “When Hylas was sent with his urn to the fount,” etc.; Bayard Taylor,

y beat brazen shields. Titan finding that the conditions were broken, sent for the Titans, who had each fifty heads and one

rva, he stole from heaven; a theft which so offended Jupiter, that he sent him Pandora with a golden box. Pandora was the fi

she (Dido) should sustain A death so ling’ring, and so full of pain, Sent Iris down to free her from the strife Of lab’ring

ediately with his arrows destroyed the serpent Python, which Juno had sent to persecute his mother. In conjunction with Dian

n of her palace, but not before the child was born; whereupon Jupiter sent him by Mercury his messenger, to Nysa, a city nea

in Nisa, a city of Arabia Felix, to which place his father Ammon had sent him. They recognized in the Bacchus adopted by th

the shade of a large white mulberry tree, to cherish which a fountain sent forth its bubbling stream. Taking advantage of th

osely observing the direction in which the smoke of the volcanoes was sent by the winds. Questions Who was Æolus? What was t

ich cast forth flames, he drew from its bowels ignited dirt, which he sent into heaven to give light to the world, and with

on its surface. She was the first of his children. In like manner he sent forth the three Parcæ, the serpent Python, Nox, T

creased his insolence. He attempted to make love to Juno; but Jupiter sent a cloud in the likeness of Juno to the place wher

to violate the laws of hospitality with the blood of Bellerophon, but sent him to his father-in-law Jobates, king of Lycia,

t by Minos II. king of Crete, to whom several noble youths were to be sent by lot every year, and who delivered them to the

el. When Hercules was a babe but eight months old in his cradle, Juno sent two serpents to destroy him. These he boldly seiz

nos, king of Crete, having neglected the worship of Neptune, that god sent a monstrous bull, which destroyed numbers of the

, Hercules renewed his acquaintance with Iole. Dejanira hearing of it sent him the tunic, as he was going to sacrifice. He p

which she had borne him, but also enclosed fire in a little box, and sent it to Creusa. No sooner had the box been opened,

indulging in the habit of boasting, he provoked Diana. She therefore sent a scorpion, which killed him. He was placed in th

ars, till they had left the temple. The first sounds that were heard, sent forth the desired answer. While the people were c

nt. Fire blaz’d beside them. Towards the sacred flame They turn’d and sent their tuneful praise to heav’n. From Zoroaster wa

he earth was overflown. Some time after, seeing the waters abated, he sent out some birds, which, finding neither food nor p

ood nor place to rest upon, returned to the ship. Some days after, he sent out others, which returned with a little mud in t

, which returned with a little mud in their mouths. The third time he sent them out, they returned no more, by which he knew

that of Jupiter Olympius; but it was still richer by immense presents sent to it from every part. None of its ornaments, how

on, and put it in motion; and thereby all the others were shaken, and sent forth a sound which lasted for some time. It was

is power to obtain the answers he desired; but the priests of Jupiter sent to Sparta a solemn embassy to deliver a public ac

en alone, without getting out of it again. He was a spy of Demetrius, sent to know whether the place contained any treasure.

ely relates that a great drought having laid waste Bœotia, the people sent to consult the oracle. The Pythia replied that it

, though he had inundated it with presents, wished to surprise it. He sent to ask the Pythia what he was doing at the very t

tol under the dictatorship of Sylla. The Senate, to repair this loss, sent into divers places, Samos, Erythræa, Greece, and

the government of nine worlds, which she divides among those who are sent to her. Loke was locked up by the gods in a cave

rozen vapours were incessantly exhaled, until a breath of heat, being sent from the south, melted those vapours, and formed

ght their offerings which were placed in the large temple. The absent sent their presents, and the priests were charged to r

, there was proposed a subject which involved deep discussion, it was sent to be examined in the school of the druids of Gre

ersuading and making their predictions believed in. Accordingly, they sent them all questions on futurity; to which they ret

unt poets say that Saturn devoured his children, and afterwards again sent them into the light, because intellect is convert

the fruits of the earth. She taught Triptolemus how to grow corn, and sent him to teach the inhabitants of the earth. She wa

kill her son Orestes, but he was delivered by his sister Electra, who sent him away to Strophius. He afterward returned and

He and his wife, by making a ship, survived the deluge which Jupiter sent on the earth, circa 1503 b.c. Devil, see Dahak,

f Jupiter and Alcmena. The goddess Juno hated him from his birth, and sent two serpents to kill him, but though only eight m

ng of Iolcos; he was brought up by the centaur Chiron. His uncle Æeta sent him to fetch the Golden Fleece from Colchis (see

t in his way. He took away the Golden Fleece and Medea also. The king sent his son Absyrtus to overtake the fugitives, but M

ree agree, and it was decided that Paris should be the umpire. He was sent for, and each of the goddesses courted his favor

e to Venus. Soon after this episode Priam owned Paris as his son, and sent him to Greece to fetch Helen, who was renowned as

in desecrating and plundering the temple of Apollo at Delphi, he was sent to Hades, and there was made to sit with a huge s

e which he had stolen from heaven. This so displeased Jupiter that he sent him a box full of evils, which Prometheus refused

s]. A king of Elis who, for trying to imitate Jupiter’s thunders, was sent by the god straight to the infernal regions. Sa′

n. Tar′tarus [Tartarus]. An inner region of hell, to which the gods sent the exceptionally depraved. Telchi′nes [Telchine

provoked with Psyche, and was determined to punish her severely. She sent for Mercury, who does the messages of all the god

king to punish the robbers, for he was not able to do it himself. He sent all the way to Thrace, to Tereus, the king of tha

am,” she cried, “is false, or I will make it so. Some evil genius has sent it to torment me. I will go to my father. I will

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

ream? Mother. The ancients believed that there were spirits who were sent among men, and that “when we sleep or when we wak

ssus might be kept there from looking at his pretty face. But Lyriope sent her son to a beautiful island, where, as he grew

of the strange disappearance of Europa, was very much grieved, and he sent his son Cadmus to search for her. Cadmus could no

n his guide. Water was necessary in these solemn services, and Cadmus sent certain men, his companions, to a near fountain,

t to the palace of Polydectes, and told him her story; he immediately sent a chariot for her, and she and the young Perseus

Pluto presented to him a helmet which rendered him invisible; Minerva sent him a shield of transcendent brightness; Mercury

Delos in high honour, for Apollo was their favourite deity, and they sent offerings to him yearly to Delos, because that is

nd instantly drove away Io to a distant pasture. Jupiter, pitying Io, sent Mercury to deliver her from the power of Argus. “

Rhodope melted; the ice of Scythia dissolved; and Pindus and Olympus sent forth blazes far as the Alps and Appenines; the r

her, being too old and infirm to bear the fatigues of a long journey, sent me to Lydia, to purchase bullocks; and as I neith

ssitude du malheur vinrent enfin rendre quelque moralité au monde. On sentit la nécessité de chercher une protection plus puis

res seraient éternelles ; on en fit le plus terrible des arts. Chacun sentit la nécessité de sacrifier une partie de son orgue

racer l’histoire des premiers momens où les hommes se civilisèrent et sentirent la nécessité d’obéir à des lois sages qui combatt

pprit à chercher le repos sous la conduite d’un monarque. Il leur fit sentir la nécessité des bonnes lois, et celle d’inspirer

t dicté les lois qu’il proposait. Ces grands hommes avaient très-bien senti que l’autorité d’un seul, et même la puissance ro

Athènes, qui tenait son nom de Nisus, frère d’Égée, fut la première à sentir la puissance des armes de Minos ; cependant elle

simple et cependant si utile. Dédale était trop prévoyant pour ne pas sentir que de pareilles inventions étaient de véritables

en l’honneur de Neptune ; il donna tous ses soins à la religion ; il sentit qu’elle seule pouvait opposer un frein suffisant

t placée sur son corps, qu’il entra dans une fureur effroyable, et se sentit consumer par un feu dévorant. Il courut à l’oracl

mortalité.) Atlas, dit la fable, qui portait le ciel sur ses épaules, sentit fortement le nouveau poids ajouté à sa charge ord

ns de donner des deux guerres de Thèbes suffira sans doute pour faire sentir la nécessité de recourir aux chefs-d’œuvre que le

os résultats ont dû souvent se ressembler ; mais nous avons trop bien senti la supériorité des talens de cet estimable auteur

de lui un horrible carnage, sans jamais recevoir aucune blessure. On sent , en lisant ces brillantes descriptions, que les h

t la garde de certaines pommes dont les dieux mangeaient quand ils se sentaient vieillir, et dont le pouvoir était de les rajeuni

es hommes ; ce que nous avons rapporté suffit pour faire connaître et sentir combien il était nécessaire que les hommes fussen

des bardes attachés à sa famille ne rendissent ce son prophétique. On sent combien il paraissait consolant de peupler toute

se environné. Malgré toute la mélancolie qu’inspiraient ces idées, on sent combien elles avaient d’intérêt et de charmes : e

s aliénés par l’inimitié ; tous ceux que cette plante pouvait toucher sentaient à l’instant la paix et la gaîté naître au fond de

ité, pour qu’elle attachât à cette plante un bonheur qui pût se faire sentir à tous ceux à qui on en distribuait des parcelles

idolâtre que les Gaulois et les Germains avaient pour les femmes, ils sentirent qu’elles auraient bien plus qu’eux le don de pers

ans lesquels on ne peut mettre aucun ordre dans ses connaissances, on sentira que nous n’avons pu nous dispenser de donner ces

té, quelque puissance : ainsi le soleil, les astres, qui se faisaient sentir de si loin ; le feu, les élémens, dont les effets

mation de l’univers. Les auteurs de ce système ne paraissent pas même sentir la nécessité d’une première cause. Il faut cepend

s. Depuis que la religion a dissipé les ténèbres de l’idolâtrie, on a senti qu’il fallait donner un nouveau nom à ces recueil

es plus obscurs prouvent, jusqu’à l’évidence, que tous les hommes ont senti la nécessité d’un dieu suprême, ordonnateur et cr

reconnaître les propriétés. La grandeur de ces biens se fit tellement sentir , qu’on crut ne pas pouvoir porter assez loin la r

ifférens pouvaient cesser de s’accorder entre eux, les païens avaient senti la nécessité de croire et d’établir qu’il y avait

avec lui des souvenirs des premiers âges du monde. Il parvint à faire sentir tous les charmes de l’innocence et la grandeur de

mme il avait traité son père. Ce prince, épouvanté d’une menace qu’il sentait mériter, la regarda comme une prédiction ; et, po

sion une quantité considérable de fer et d’autres métaux. Les Curètes sentirent tout l’avantage qu’ils pouvaient tirer de cette e

porter à Prométhée. Ce prince, trop sage et trop prudent pour ne pas sentir tout le danger d’un pareil message, refusa de rec

ances extraordinaires de Minerve et de Mars. La fable dit que Jupiter sentit une très-grande douleur dans son cerveau, et que

e et ses poursuites. Son orgueil et sa jalousie se firent cruellement sentir après que le berger Pâris lui eut préféré Vénus,

de céder, et donna vainement des conseils au téméraire ; les chevaux sentirent bientôt la faiblesse de la main qui les conduisai

es ordres assurait les triomphes et produisait la sûreté de tous ; on sentit l’utilité d’un chef suprême ; la couronne orna so

squ’ils voulurent peindre la beauté. Son dangereux pouvoir se faisait sentir , et souvent leurs plus séduisantes images s’effaç

t plus de charmes à la riante jeunesse, et se faisait encore aimer et sentir sous les traits de la vieillesse. Les anciens ne

inscription : A celle des Grâces qui préside à la reconnaissance. Ils sentaient bien, ces spirituels Athéniens, que l’ingratitude

igures de cire, et l’on priait les dieux lares et pénates de ne faire sentir leur colère qu’à ces petites figures. Les Romains

différence qui existe entre le crime et la vertu se fit si fortement sentir à quelques hommes, plus sages que les autres, qu’

es orientales. Pendant le règne d’Érechthée, une grande famine se fit sentir dans la Grèce. Les Athéniens, dont le sol était p

en blancheur la neige la plus pure Qui du pied des passants n’a point senti l’injure. Son fanon à longs plis flotte sur ses g

nt d’amour, et non pas de colère. « D’un déplaisir secret mon cœur se sent atteint : « Il faut que je vous quitte, et le Sor

est un arbre enfin, Apollon l’aime encore ; il l’embrasse, et sa main Sent palpiter un cœur sous l’écorce nouvelle. Quand il

coup de traits, puni cette impudence ; Mais, soumis au Destin dont il sent les rigueurs, Pour un tendre prélude il prépare l

Phlégon. A peine Phaéton est-il placé dans ce char magnifique, qu’il sent l’imprudence de sa demande : il ne peut profiter

oissons, mûrit l’or, peint les fleurs, Jusqu’aux antres profonds fait sentir sa puissance, Revêt les vastes cieux de sa magnif

s ces cheveux si beaux,           « Dont autrefois le dieu des eaux «  Sentit lier son cœur d’une si douce chaîne.           « 

meure attaché. Quoique aveuglé par une erreur trop chère, De ce qu’il sent lui-même est étonné ; Il voit qu’il souffre et qu

rûlés jusqu’à leurs racines ; les poissons qui sont dans ses gouffres sentent l’embrasement, et ne trouvent point d’asile dans

si simple, si naturel, et paraissait de si bonne compagnie, que je me sentis aussitôt à l’aise avec lui. « On vous a bien calo

omportait. J’acceptai ses compliments de l’air réservé d’un homme qui sent qu’on ne lui rend pas toute la justice qui lui es

ui, une petite peste, qu’un garçon qui étudie pour être prêtre et qui sent la pommade. » Le culte d’Adonis était si répandu

ller demander au curé des messes pour les mânes de votre oncle ! Vous sentez bien que votre inscription n’a pas de sens, et qu

voient passer dans leur solitude leurs images rayonnantes et croient sentir sur leur front le souffle vivifiant de leurs aile

oi. On les appelle beaux Narcisses, on les crible de traits qu’ils ne sentent pas. Les hommes n’ont pas honte d’en être jaloux,

’est pas païen pour emprunter un mot à leur langue religieuse. Chacun sent bien que, quand on lui parle, de l’ombre d’un déf

les grandes forces de la nature encore grondantes et courroucées, ils sentent leur dénuement et leur infirmité. Ils s’étonnent,

la pierre au maillot nous paraissent bien fades ? Mais si vous voulez sentir tout ce qu’il y a de grand dans ces premiers béga

fférence de son époux. Celle-ci donna ce voile à Hercule. Aussitôt il sentit un feu dévorant, qui couloit dans ses veines. Vo

          Veut lui rendre le seul Héros Dont l’appui des Troyens doit sentir la furie, Et, pour le découvrir, il se rend à Scy

amp. Apollon, lui-même avoit conduit la flèche. A peine il a du coup senti la rude atteinte, Qu’il tombe ; et, d’un regard q

ujours veiller à semblable canaille. (La Font., L. 2. F. 19.) Qui ne sent tout le ridicule de cette réprimande déplacée ? L

ffre au premier abord que des douceurs ; mais il ne tarde pas à faire sentir toute son amertume, et à nous rendre ses infortun

légitimes à l’estime et à l’affection de leurs concitoyens. Qui ne se sentira saisi d’indignation, en lisant dans M.  Richer la

eu l’insolence de paroître devant madame sans la livrée des modes. On sent combien sont méprisables aux yeux de la raison de

. With these accomplishments Pandora was a perfect woman, and she was sent by Jupiter in a box to Prometheus. Jupiter, it is

factor of the human race. To revenge himself upon Prometheus, Jupiter sent him the gifted Pandora for a bride. She was enclo

er, not having succeeded in making the benevolent Prometheus unhappy, sent Mercury and Vulcan to seize and chain him to moun

force and strength of powerful tyrants. The discoverer of America was sent to Spain in chains, after having given a new hemi

ost violently, and were of longest duration. The descendants of Æolus sent colonies into Asia Minor, and afterwards passed o

of two serpents while he was in his cradle. Juno, who hated Hercules, sent the serpents to destroy him, but when they aimed

tion, a certain number of Athenian youths and maidens, who were to be sent periodically to Minos, at Crete. Some writers say

We know better at the present time. The young persons who were to be sent to Crete were chosen by lot out of a large number

age, when princes in their quarrels sought revenge rather than right, sent ambassadors to Troy to demand the restoration of

he will of Diana. In obedience to this suggestion, the King of Mycenæ sent a message to his wife Clytemnestra, requesting he

n of Priam, was the chief of the Trojans, and the neighbouring states sent large supplies of soldiers to them. The siege was

ld punish his perfidious conduct. To save her brother’s life, Electra sent him to the care of Strophius, King of Phocis. Str

t. Fire blazed beside them. Towards the sacred flame They turned, and sent their tuneful praise to heaven. From Zoroaster wa

argo pian cinto dall’erbe, e fiori, Presso un orrido Drago in lui non sente I soliti al mortal folli timori. Non, cura il ris

era, taciturna, e cheta Con grave sguardo, e con sereno aspetto Senza sentir di tema il vil difetto Siede maestosa, e non è tr

l fianco, Al fianco lo coglie ; E mostrasi audace Ma par, che non sente Per fino che intese Per troppo furor. Dell’armi

resta intera fede, Teseo dall’empia moglie E alle mensogne ordite Sente accusarsi il figlio, Fallacemente crede. E perd

’ carmi fieri Poc’anzi estinto. D’Orazio la sorella afflitta, anziosa Sente , che un gel per l’ossa appien le scorre, L’oste p

suo sangue un rio. Mentre invocava il labro pallidetto Il nome mio ? Sentir potesti gli ultimi sospiri, E l’interrotta, e tro

iediti quì mio caro Uranio Ora, che il Sole è già vicino a nascere, E senti pur perchè m’affliggo, e smanio. Uran. Titiro mi

i astuto, e si terribile Che sà tutti gli istanti ardito cogliere. Or senti , e vedi se ti par possibile, Fra le sue ruberie p

l mare, e la marina, Grato è il bosco, la collina, E in tanti oggetti Sente il mortal nel sen nuovi diletti. Cap. XXI.

at. Deor. Plin. Lib. 2. Hist. Nat. vel a magnitudine utilitatum, come sente Cicerone vel a fragili, et laboriosa mortalitate,

ta une infinité de traverses à Hercule. Enfin, elle crut devoir faire sentir sa vengeance à son époux lui-même. Elle le quitta

joie ce fatal présent ; mais il n’en fut pas plutôt revêtu, qu’il se sentit dévorer par un feu intérieur : le sang de Nessus

ent les plumes trop humides. Dédale cependant qu’un long exil ennuie Sent le desir si doux de revoir sa patrie ; Mais la me

ngez que vous avez un père… » Il ne put achever. Le héros sanguinaire Sentit que la pitié pénétroit dans son cœur. Priam lui p

engeance ; Vous vouliez que ma main portât les premiers coups ; Qu’il sentît en mourant qu’il expiroit par vous. Mais c’est mo

s armes et ses flèches pour les porter au vaisseau. Le fils d’Achille sent un remords secret de tromper un malheureux : son

ur profonde ; Et, l’effroi succédant à mes premiers transports, Je me sentis glacer en revoyant ces bords : Je les trouvai dés

ant les modèles qu’une société choisie offrira sans cesse à ses yeux, sentira son cœur s’échauffer d’une douce émulation, et br

il (liv. 23, c. 9), ont un esprit qui n’ose penser, un cœur qui n’ose sentir , des yeux qui n’osent voir, des oreilles qui n’os

ces ; qu’elles font le bonheur ou le malheur des hommes, qui toujours sentent le besoin de les avoir raisonnables ; que c’est p

ur toute la vie. Celui qui n’a point appris la musique, ne sauroit en sentir toute la beauté. C’est le plus honnête et le plus

us êtes le phénix des hôtes de ces bois. A ces mots, le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ;       Et, pour montrer sa belle voi

naire le bonheur du reste de la vie. Un auteur persan, voulant faire sentir la nécessité de bien employer le premier âge de l

be confined. Rhea, Jupiter’s mother, had the address to save him, and sent him from Arcadia, where he then was, into Crete,

pt, and educated at Nysa, a city in Arabia Felix; whither he had been sent by his father, Jupiter Ammon. From them it appear

of destroying the descendants of the giants. Jupiter was said to have sent Bacchus into India to exterminate a sinful nation

ch blew most violently, and were of longest duration. His descendants sent colonies into Asia Minor, and afterwards passed o

life were remarkable? When in his cradle, he strangled two serpents, sent by Juno to destroy him. He delivered Hesione, dau

praise, How, first, his infant hands the snakes o’er threw, That Juno sent ; and the dire monsters slew. What mighty cities,

rs, and as such ranked among the destructive agents of nature; but as sent from heaven to vanquish ferocious giants, the pow

t. Fire blaz’d beside them. Towards the sacred flame They turn’d, and sent their tuneful praise to heav’n. Prom Zoroaster wa

gée en saisons ; les vents glacés et les brûlantes chaleurs se firent sentir tour à tour ; il fallut cultiver la terre et l’ar

ent antipathiques à la modeste jeune fille ; et l’éloignement qu’elle sentait pour lui, croissait avec la persistance même de s

s mœurs, les rassembla dans des villes, leur donna des lois, leur fit sentir les charmes de l’innocence, et leur inculqua l’am

du ; mais à peine le vêtement fatal eut-il touché son corps, qu’il se sentit dévoré d’un feu intérieur : le poison avait pénét

s, où le roi Lycomède, gagné par Mnesthée, l’assassina. Les Athéniens sentirent enfin leur ingratitude ; ils restituèrent le trôn

voué à son roi, cet homme recula devant une injonction si odieuse, et sentit défaillir son cœur. Mais n’osant pas désobéir ent

chille, apprenant le trépas de son ami, ne peut contenir sa rage : il sent renaître, plus ardente que jamais, sa haine contr

a jeunesse, s’y lia étroitement avec plusieurs familles illustres, et sentit dès lors pour le peuple grec un attachement que n

ordres d’Ulysse ; mais les vivres ayant manqué et la faim se faisant sentir , ils enlevèrent quatre bœufs et quatre génisses q

a un long discours en faveur de son ami. Il parlait encore, lorsqu’il sentit éclore sous sa chevelure une paire d’oreilles lon

cherchant de tous côtés sa fille que Pluton venait d’enlever, elle se sentit accablée de fatigue et épuisée d’inanition, et fu

 Il Duca Astolfo, e la vivanda venne. « Ecco per l’aria lo stridor si sente , « Percosso intorno dall’orribil penne : « Ecco v

può trovarsi al mondo un cor sì buono, « Che non possa fuggir come lo sente . « Rumor di vento e di tremuoto, e ‘l tuono, « Al

egli Dei in una festa diede loro a mangiare il proprio suo sigliuolo, sente eternamente gli stimoli della fame, e della sete,

urò, che quest’erba aveva una proprietà particolare : ne mangiò, e si senti al momento la voglia di tuffarsi nelle onde. I De

nel paese de Cimmerj1 ove raggio di luce non penetra, ed altro non si sente che il solo mormorio del fiume Lete, che c’invita

icchiettata d’occhi, e di orecchi per indicare, che bisogna vedere, e sentir molto, e parlar poco. I Latini avevano ascritto a

maneggiare il disco, e ne riporta la vittoria. Il cantore Demodoco fa sentir la melodia della sua voce, cantando varie avventu

to Eroe, e sensibile alle di lui disgrazie, gli contesta la gioja che sente pel suo arrivo, dando le disposizioni per una gra

elle onde, ed uno de’ delfini, che si erano accostati al naviglio per sentir la sua voce, lo prese sul dorso, e lo portò sano,

es femmes. Le bon goût (toujours d’accord avec la morale) leur a fait sentir qu’une femme perd tous ses charmes, lorsqu’elle r

usqu’à l’impiété : pendant l’une de ses expéditions en Afrique, il se sentit tellement brûlé par les rayons du soleil que, dan

envoya la fatale tunique ; à peine Hercule en fut-il revêtu qu’il se sentit consumé par un feu dévorant, il tua Lychas qu’il

forment le son naturel par lequel on exprime la douleur lorsqu’on se sent blessé. Ce fut cet Ajax qui aima Tecmesse sa capt

s vers si connus : …… La Molesse oppressée Dans sa bouche, à ce mot, sent sa langue glacée Et lasse de parler, succombant s

sseau. Quelque brillantes que soient les peintures de l’Age d’or, on sent qu’elles ne sont que d’agréables mensonges : Mai

et quelque jour garde-toi de toi-même, La Grange-Chancel. Méléagre sent tout-à-coup un feu qui lui dévore les entrailles.

de victimes sanglantes. Th. Corneille. Les Amazones et les Solymes sentirent bientôt les efforts de son bras ; et ses victoire

et ranima plus d’une fois le courage des Argonautes. Les enfers mêmes sentirent les effets de son pouvoir : Un mortel, qui l’eût

,         Veut lui rendre le seul héros Dont l’appui des Troyens doit sentir la furie ; Et, pour le découvrir, il se rend à Sc

amp. Apollon lui-même avoit conduit la flèche : A peine il a du coup senti la rude atteinte, Qu’il tombe, et, d’un regard qu

ur profonde ; Et, l’effroi succédant à mes premiers transports, Je me sentis glacer en revoyant ces bords. Je les trouvai dése

garements honteux de la raison humaine, avec les erreurs païennes. On sent que l’auteur a voulu prévenir la jeunesse, à laqu

ar les ténèbres, et la vérité par l’erreur. Aussi, Dieu voulant faire sentir au genre humain le bienfait éclatant de la rédemp

tunique de Nessus. Mais Hercule n’en fut pas plus tôt revêtu qu’il se sentit dévoré par un feu intérieur, que produisait le sa

frappa ce qu’il croyait être un lion véritable. En grandissant, il se sentit entraîné à marcher sur les traces d’Hercule, et à

s yeux expirants je vis des pleurs couler : Moi-même en le perçant je sentis dans mon âme, Tout vainqueur que j’étais. Vous fr

p mortel ; mais tandis que Polynice se baisse pour le désarmer, il se sent percer lui-même, et tous deux expirent en même te

ons présenter sommairement ce récit, d’après les Védas, pour en faire sentir la folie. Vichnou s’est déjà incarné neuf fois, i

va il ferro nel sicuro collo. Già sulla veste le rosseggia il sangue. Sente la morte Polissena, e vede Appressar le felici om

r troncar Giove ogni sospetto e guerra, Che la gelosa già nel suo cor sente . Perchè non ne cerchi altro, che la terra L’ha da

e chiedesse il fin, come innocente, Del suo doppio martir che prova e sente . Giove con grato modo e caldo affetto. Per ammor

vello: al tronco accosta La destra, e ancor nella corteccia fresca Le sente il core palpitare: i rami. Siccome membra abbracc

ar l’atro veneno, Fuor di sé per paura il freno errante Abbandona. Lo sente Eto sul tergo, E dei fratelli suoi la fuga accres

nell’offerta preda. Esser lungi vorrebbe, ed è presente: Vedere e non sentir le prove atroci Dei feri cani, che immergean la b

ova sul ciglio la stupita mano ual nave che rapisce il vento e l’onda Sente il doppio furore, e all’uno all’altra Dubbia ubbi

nel foco il ramo: acuto grido Diede, e l’ardeva involontaria fiamma. Sente da cieco fuoco arder le membra L’ignaro Meleagro,

La ninfa di un color di rosa Tinge la faccia, ed i mutati amplessi, E sente , e fu2ri?e: col delitto il nume Si manifesta: qua

iduo grido Il suo dolore, e verso il cielo inalza, Qual sian, le man; sente ch’ingrato è Giove Se chiamarlo non può. Sola neg

se. Non Imeneo, non più Imeneo si canta. Ma l’ai, l’ai sol risonar si sente . Ai ai Adone, ai Imeneo, ai. Piangon le Grazie di

affumicati e rosi. Il picchiar de l’incudi e de’ martelli Ch’entro si sente , lo strider de’ ferri, Il fremere e il bollir del

a Il nuovo onor della lunata fronte. Già la matura giovinetta in core Sente la fiamma d’Imeneo, che detta Al tenero pudor tim

detti il feroce, e dalle belle Lacrime è vinto, e del primiero amore Sente i sospiri, e alla fanciulla il pianto Ter2:e col

tallone. A lei da lungi Narra la ninfa della diva i cenni, E le parve sentir , benché lontana. La Fame, e volse ver l’Emonie ru

i Sdegni inspirare: nè percosse apporta Alle membra; il furor l’anima sente . Di liquido venen recati avea Seco i predigli, la

e all’antico digiuni di queste cognizioni, delle quali vi scongiuro a sentir finalmente l’importanza. L’anima delle pitture, d

stupida contentezza di una persona abbandonata a’ piaceri, e che non sente rimorsi. L’aria del volto è però grandiosa e nobi

t ses peines. Phlégyas, qui avait mis le feu au temple de Delphes, se sentait tourmenté par l’appréhension continuelle d’être é

la toison d’or. L’entreprise était remplie de dangers. Mais Jason se sentait dans la première vigueur de l’âge ; il avait l’am

lents et les plus subtils. Aussitôt que Glaucé s’en fut revêtue, elle sentit courir dans tous ses membres un feu dévorant qui

cule s’en revêtit, mais aussitôt qu’il eut placée sur ses épaules, il sentit un feu violent courir dans toutes ses veines. La

es étaient extrêmement fréquentes. Le premier besoin qui se fit alors sentir fut un besoin d’unité. La Grèce comprit que jamai

saint par excellence, le yogui, ne lit rien, ne s’occupe de rien, ne sent rien, dédaigne son corps et toutes les choses mat

tto ricchissimi doni che seco aveva recati. A questa vista Achille si sente commosso e diventa un altr’uomo ; fa alzare da te

neri e Meccanici, se lo credessero vero. Non ostante non sarà male il sentir come fecero i Troiani, secondo quel che Virgilio

errando contro il suo desiderio e per necessità o forza maggiore. Chi sente dir per la prima volta che Ulisse errò per dieci

…Quegli in fretta « Le man distese, e prese il Duca mio, « Ond’Ercole senti già grande stretta. « Virgilio, quando prender si

fatti Non è chi sia nel mondo peggio visto D’un che rapporta ciò che sente e vede…. Senza amor, senza legge e senza fede.

il genïale Alito di Faonio era diffuso, L’aerio volator che in cor ti sente , Te, o Diva, tosto e il tuo venir festeggia ; Sal

tiranno, a lui sol nota, affronti : Nuovo pallor copre la faccia ; ei sente Il nume tuo presente ; Tu dalla mano incerta Togl

profumi de’fior, Ligure ingegno, In un mar senza stelle e senza fondo Senti la sponda ormai vicina, e il regno Dell’uomo este

biece 84 Sotto la mazza d’Ercole, che forse Gliene diè cento, e non senti le diece. 386. Il gigante Anteo, figlio di Nettu

e dette il suo nome a quel mare : 87 …. Quando Icaro misero le reni Senti spennar per la scaldata cera, Gridando il padre a

piume Salvo appena dal mar giura il nocchiero Di mai più non partir ; sente che l’onde Già di nuovo son chiare, Abbandona le

Capei di Palla, liberi dall’elmo, Coprir le rosee disarmate spalle ; Senti l’aura celeste, e mirò l’onde Lambire a gara dell

eggiero « Come a seconda giù l’andar per nave. » 2. Dimostrano di sentir poco l’armonia delle parole e del verso italiano

la moralità e l’imputabilità delle azioni. Ma ogni essere ragionevole sente la dignità dell’umana natura e riconosce in sè qu

r anco dagli eleganti dicitori e scrittori di prose ; e non è raro il sentir dire o leggere nei libri, che un’invenzione o una

o per liberar di travaglio la Luna, credendo così d’impedire che essa sentisse le magiche parole degli stregoni ; che un esercit

iver de la faculté d’admirer et d’aimer, n’est-ce pas l’anéantir ? On sent que l’Elysée des Païens fut enfanté par la lassit

lancolique n’est jamais à l’extérieur un homme ardent ; sans doute il sent avec énergie, mais ses affections sont concentrée

ansport. Si l’ignorance ou l’oubli des usages anciens nous empêche de sentir le prix de quelques traits naïfs et vrais de leur

evol peste, che Megera « È venuta a turbar gli umani petti ? « Che si sente il marito e la mogliera « Sempre garrir d’ingiurï

to di Titone, vecchio tutto rughe, non più capace d’ altro che di far sentir la sua voce, come una cicala, era un’ allegoria d

e risaltavan nel mare; allora mangiò egli stesso di quest’ erba e ne senti subito una tale sovreccitazione che si gettò in m

querele, ma tutto fu inutile. Or ecco, in mezzo al suo abbattimento, sente risuonar le selve d’ un lieto frastuono, e presto

accie della smarrita figliuola. Alla fine Elio che tutto vede e tutto sente , le rivelò la verità, nè tacque che Ade aveva rap

olta del cielo. E qui un’ avventura comica. Atlante, una volta che si senti libero dal peso del mondo, non voleva più sottost

messe il peso tanto almeno che egli si fosse fatto un cercine per non sentir troppo la fatica. Atlante se la bevve, ed Eracle

dossò. Subito il veleno, chè tale era, cominciò ad agire. L’ infelice senti il corpo infiammarglisi e corrodersi, tentò strap

na « Che i marinari in mezzo al mar dismago, « Tanto son di piacere a sentir piena. « Io volsi Ulisse dal suo cammin vago « Al

esi dai seguenti versi : « Nel cervellaccio imbizzarrito e strambo «  Senti ronzar di versi una congerie, « E piccato di fare

e du rivage. Il eut l’idée de goûter à cette herbe, et aussitôt il se sentit entraîné involontairement au milieu des flots. Là

nds coupables. Pluton lui-même, le farouche Dieu du sombre empire, se sentit tellement ému, qu’il lui permit d’enlever son Eur

uses purifications ; puis le consultant se couchait à terre, et il se sentait entraîné, les pieds en avant, dans de profondes e

ait être adoré, et force était en effet de l’adorer. Pour mieux faire sentir sa puissance qu’il voulait faire croire divine, i

elle-ci lui montre une fleur des Champs d’Olène, lui recommande de la sentir et de la toucher de ses doigts caressans, ce que

chercher à délivrer Junon de la punition qu’il lui avait imposée, fit sentir ainsi son courroux à son fils. Celui-ci, après av

sur le serpent Python. Ce colossal reptile dont le nom signifiait qui sent mauvais, et dont Junon se servit au profit de sa

voilée et enchaînée à Lacédémone, parce que Tyndare pour mieux faire sentir le devoir des femmes d’être soumises et fidèles,

osa la publier ; alors Jupiter, blessé de cette indiscrétion, lui fit sentir légèrement les effets de sa foudre en le frappant

lui prodiguait de brûlantes caresses, aussi elle ne tarda point à se sentir elle-même enflammée de feux inconnus. Alors elle

vons que Jupiter avala Métis, ou la sagesse personnifiée, aussitôt il sentit un mal de tête insupportable. Cependant voulant s

x furies et jette au feu ce précieux et fatal tison. Soudain Méléagre sentit couler dans ses entrailles un feu dévorant, qui n

lui trouvaient un teint beaucoup trop noir, les autres disaient qu’il sentait la fumée, d’autres faisaient la moue sur l’obscur

nder Hésione. Dans ce voyage, il se lia avec plusieurs d’entr'eux, et sentit pour le peuple Grec une affection qu’il conserva

nfortunes. Enée s’empresse de la satisfaire ; pendant le récit, Didon sent naître en son cœur une si violente passion pour E

tôt cumulant les attributs de l’être suprême. Il est inutile de faire sentir les rapprochemens de Krichna avec plusieurs dieux

si, Ormuzd régna seul pendant le premier ; dans le second Ahriman fit sentir les funestes effets de son essence funeste ; dans

crétion est telle, qu’il se refuse à faire connaître ce qu’il sait et sent . Ce génie malfaisant fait tous ses efforts pour r

On raconte que cette déesse, créée sans doute par Brahm, heureuse de sentir l’existence, se livra aux transports d’une joie i

combats, il plane au-dessus des champs de bataille, et les guerriers sentent sa présence et entendent le hennissement de son c

uro le avea promesso; ma invece allorchè Ercole l’ ebbe indossata, si senti preso da un interno ardor si cocente, che furioso

alatino si planta in terra, e diventa un albero. Cippo Pretore romano sente nascersi le corna in fronte, il toscano Aruspice

braccia, Si fece un gufo, e ancor suo grido è tale, Ch’ovunque il fa sentir , predice male. Ovidio Metamorfosi libro V trad.

pere biece Sotto la mazza d’Ercole, che forse Gliene die cento, e non senti le diece. Dante. — Inf. Cant. XXV. 870. Cadarm

affumicati e rosi. Il piechiar de l’incudi e de’ martelli Ch’entro si sente . lo stridor de’ ferri, Il fremere e ’l bollir de

Della camicia ch’ebbe dal centauro. La cui virtù, per quel ch’ella ne sente , Può dare al morto amor, forza e restauro. Già mo

di calderoni, martelli ed altri strumenti, onde impedire che la luna sentisse le grida richiamatrici delle streghe. Anche oggi

e lo lanciò dall’alto di una roccia nel mare. …… poscia che il tosco Senti della fatal veste di Nesso, Svelse nel suo furor

balzatoDal flutto d’ogni intorno accumulantesi, Pesto, infranto, già sente venir meno La forza al piede ; inetta alla fatica

ntorno i simulacri e l’ombre Di ciò ch’ivi si chiede, e varie voci Ne sente , e con gli Dei parla e con gl’Inferi Virgilio — 

a di lei muover tentando La candida Lampezie. da improvvisa Radice si senti confitta al suolo. Ovidio — Metamorf. — Libro II

séduisante. Avec le temps ses brillantes années s’écoulèrent, et elle sentit le poids d’une languissante vieillesse. Lorsqu’En

sur le mont Œta. Le héros ne l’eut pas plutôt mise sur lui, qu’il se sentit embrasé d’un feu extraordinaire, et éprouva des t

ur non fu nominata, Sentia, chè ella pronunziasse tutto ciò che altri sentisse . (2). Cur annum tovi, menses Iunoni consecrant 

lui offerte. Liberatosi dalla violenza de’ Tebani col mezzo di Teseo, sente egli un colpo di tuono, lo risguarda come un pres

desse la morte. Colei, all’udirlo raccontare le sue disavventure, si senti ardere d’amore per lui(12), lo ristorò di tutte l

mina al latte, che loro si somministrava (m) ; Cunina alle culle (n). Senti no dava il sentimento a’ bambini appena nati (o).

ano all’aure Dolci querele e armoniosi pianti ; E che il rozzo villan sente da lungi Qualor scotendo del biforme capo La coro