akin to fairy tales, and nothing in the whole field of literature can so well serve our purpose. The myths of the Greeks a

d Olympus. Its sides were covered with thick, green woods; and it was so high that its peak seemed to pierce through the c

s; but far oftener they took on the shape of animals or human beings, so that they might not be recognized. The people of

od nymphs followed. As Apollo was the most beautiful of all the gods, so Venus, the queen of love and beauty, was the fair

s and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of y

ople upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, world, at all (

eelings seemed to rush into her heart at once; and she hated Callisto so much that she could no longer bear to see her. So

ged to speak; but of course her growling would have frightened Arcas, so she merely kept her eyes fixed on him. At first A

ept her eyes fixed on him. At first Arcas was only startled at coming so suddenly within a few feet of a bear; but soon he

oved Callisto, and he was sorry for the harm his wife had done to one so good and gentle. To make up as far as he could fo

rls reminded you of the bright sunlight. In fact, there was something so young and fair and tender about the maiden that i

d fair and tender about the maiden that if you could imagine anything so strange as the whole springtime, with all its lov

ul.” But he knew it would be useless to ask the girl for her consent; so , with a bold stride, he stepped into the midst of

he neared its banks, it suddenly began to bubble and swell and rage, so that Pluto did not dare to drive through its wate

ugh its waters. To go back another way would mean great loss of time; so with his scepter he struck the ground thrice. It

om morn till night! Into the moonlight,     Whiter than snow, Waving so flower-like     When the winds blow! Into the st

mother, and of the men who were changed into frogs because they were so unkind to her. Long ago, there lived in Greece a

was very unhappy. Juno hated the gray-eyed woman; and she treated her so badly, and was so unkind to her, that poor Latona

Juno hated the gray-eyed woman; and she treated her so badly, and was so unkind to her, that poor Latona had to flee from

made soft music as they plashed against its sides. The water sounded so quiet and restful, and poor Latona was so tired a

ts sides. The water sounded so quiet and restful, and poor Latona was so tired and discouraged, that she stepped into the

h trees, and along the shores grew many bright flowers. It all looked so cheerful that Latona took heart again and stepped

though it made Latona very sad to go from the home where she had been so happy, she hastened away, for she feared that oth

he two babes in her arms sometimes seemed to weigh like lead, she was so tired from walking all day long. Yet her cloak wa

was so tired from walking all day long. Yet her cloak was always held so as to shield them, not herself, from the sun. The

er the desert, and my lips are parched with thirst.” The water looked so cool and inviting that Latona once more bent to d

eyes. “Surely, if you have no pity for me,” she said, “you cannot be so cruel to these little children who stretch out th

eed, and for answer they began to kick mud and stones into the water, so that in a few moments the clear lake had become a

e of suffering was almost over. The twin babes for whom she had borne so much, grew up to repay her, as well as children e

ds. He turned to take the path which he thought the right one, and in so doing s passed by the tall oak tree in which Echo

it in words. But Narcissus hated to have any one show him affection; so he pushed her aside very roughly, and fled from h

rned and grieved, thinking of the beautiful youth who had treated her so rudely. She suffered very much and wept night and

ffered very much and wept night and day and could not touch any food; so that she grew pale and thin and began to waste aw

ince that time she lies hidden in the woods, and no one has ever seen so much as a gleam of her white arms in the branches

Thomas . How Narcissus Loved His Own Image Narcissus, who was so cold to poor Echo, and indeed to all who loved hi

e was again seen in all its loveliness. Poor Narcissus! He, with whom so many had been in love, was at last in love himsel

Echo had seen the poor boy’s madness, and although he had treated her so cruelly, she felt only sorrow at his trouble. Whe

mbroidering. Such beautiful things did she fashion with her wool, and so graceful did she look as she worked with her spin

by the praises that were showered upon her from all sides. She became so vain about her work that she could think of nothi

d. Now there was no fault that displeased the gods more than conceit; so when Minerva heard of the girl’s bold speech, she

forever.” In an instant Arachne’s hair fell off, and her face became so small that her body looked very large next to it,

sh girl’s vanity. ——— “Twist Ye, Twine Ye” Twist ye, twine ye! even so Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope and fear and p

dwindle, Whirling with the whirling spindle. Twist ye, twine ye! even so , Mingle human bliss and woe. Walter Scott .

He did not want the waters to dry up until all the people were dead, so he shut fast in their caverns all the winds excep

people were drowned. Then Jupiter was sorry to see the earth looking so empty and deserted, so he called home the south w

hen Jupiter was sorry to see the earth looking so empty and deserted, so he called home the south wind and set the other w

orth many queer new animals; and among them there was a huge monster, so ugly that I will not even try to tell you what it

so ugly that I will not even try to tell you what it looked like, and so wicked and cruel that the people for miles around

ry happy; and you may be sure that they made a great ado over Apollo, so that he left the country feeling very proud of hi

followed in hot haste, calling to her not to be afraid and not to run so fast, for fear she might hurt herself on the thor

Either let the earth open and swallow me, or change this form of mine so that Apollo will not love me.” Hardly had she fin

her arms to slender branches, and her feet, which had borne her along so swiftly, were now rooted to the ground. Her fathe

ds of victors, and shall be green alike in summer and in winter.” And so it came to pass, — the laurel, Apollo’s emblem fr

tiny wing. A bee it was — for once, I know, I heard a rustic call it so .” Thus he spoke, and she the while Heard him with

the while Heard him with a soothing smile. Then said, “My infant, if so much Thou feel’st the little wild bee’s touch, Ho

erful musician named Orpheus. When he played his lyre, the trees were so charmed by his music that they followed him as he

ks became living and trembled at the beauty of his song. And he could so charm people that they would forget all their bad

aron at first refused to carry him across; but Orpheus played for him so sweetly that the stern boatman was melted to tear

trings of his lyre, told the sad story of his love and loss in a song so beautiful and touching that both Pluto and Proser

ey had passed the bounds of Hades. To this Orpheus gladly agreed, and so , after many kind parting words, he started to ret

to that Hades from which his love and his wonderful gift of music had so nearly saved her. In vain Orpheus tried to get ba

face, and then something very strange happened. Poor Actaeon had been so bewildered, at sight of Diana’s beauty and at her

into that of a deer, the animal which he and his faithful hounds had so often hunted. In terror and dismay, he looked at

en hunted. In terror and dismay, he looked at his new body, which was so strange and yet so familiar to him. At that momen

r and dismay, he looked at his new body, which was so strange and yet so familiar to him. At that moment he heard, in the

of an adventure that would please Perseus, and, at the same time, be so dangerous that the youth, he felt sure, would nev

men and half dragons. They had beautiful faces, but their bodies were so hideous that one could think of them only as ugly

n to praise his boldness and courage, of which, he said, he had heard so much. Perseus, of course, was flattered by these

n to think over his promise, and somehow the plan did not seem nearly so pleasant nor so easy as when he was talking with

his promise, and somehow the plan did not seem nearly so pleasant nor so easy as when he was talking with the king. The mo

stone, and the thought of what would probably happen to him made him so sad that he could not keep the tears from his eye

god Mercury, but this Perseus did not know. Still there was something so kind and comforting in the tone in which the quee

rer invisible; Minerva gave her shield which shone like gold, and was so bright that it reflected things as in a mirror; a

eye for all three of them. They took turns in using that single eye; so that while one of them had the eye, the other two

a long, long time to reach the island where Medusa lived; for it was so far away that no one but the three sisters with t

erseus, for he, too, had thought him dead. “Aha, Perseus!” he cried, “ so you have come back without doing what you promise

come back without doing what you promised to do. Your courage is not so great as you would have us believe.” “Nay, your m

s sent a sea serpent to the island where Cassiopeia lived, and he did so much harm that everybody was in despair. At lengt

ger.” Great was the grief of the people at these words. Andromeda was so gentle and good that everybody loved her. Many th

ow she hated that beautiful face of hers which had formerly given her so much pleasure! Meanwhile, the sorrowing people le

ll their young maidens. Andromeda herself pretended to be very brave, so as to lessen her poor mother’s grief; but in trut

ent she saw his crooked sword flash above the sea serpent’s head, and so she gladly consented to be his wife. The girl’s p

th, he met Io in the woods and began to talk to her. And he found her so lovable that he came again and again, and spent m

ade up her mind to go down to earth and see the maiden of whom he was so fond. Her heart was filled with bitter feelings t

itter feelings toward Io, and as she entered the grove, her frown was so dark that it seemed almost to hide the sunlight.

hat could Jupiter do? He could not refuse his wife such a trifle, and so he had to say yes, although it was much against h

e was frightened and hastened to the banks of the river where she had so often walked with her boy companion. When she saw

between father and daughter. He now thought it time to separate them, so he led his charge away to a distant pasture, and

Jupiter had not forgotten Io, and he wished to help her if he could; so he called his son Mercury, the messenger of the g

er, furry ears, and fled from him in terror. He followed, but she ran so swiftly that he could not overtake her. “At last

ath among the reeds made a soft, murmuring sound, like music. Pan was so charmed by the sweet tone, that he fastened some

elief of the gods. Jupiter could no longer bear to see her suffering; so he begged Juno to take pity on Io, and promised n

of the land found her by the side of the river Nile, and thought her so fair and good that they made her their queen. She

ppy as though she, too, were a child. Niobe’s people did not love her so much as they feared her; for although she was gen

city of Thebes, to see the festival in her honor; for there had been so much sorrow in her life that she took all the joy

en and to humble her pride. As you remember, nothing angered the gods so much as boastful ness and pride. So, veiled in cl

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

ierce monsters, and, in short, risk his life all the time. But he was so brave that he feared nothing, and so strong that

is life all the time. But he was so brave that he feared nothing, and so strong that he overcame all the dangers Juno plac

both the suitors. Hercules felt sure that he would win because he was so strong; and the river god felt equally sure that

is sometimes called, found it lying forgotten on the ground. She was so much pleased with its shape that she filled it wi

his is the story of the origin of the horn of plenty, which we see at so many of our autumn festivals. 13. “She filled t

the upper parts of their bodies, but like horses in the lower parts; so of course he could cross a stream when it would h

uld cross a stream when it would have been impossible for a man to do so . Hercules accepted the kind offer, and with the m

poison from a terrible creature that Hercules had slain long ago; and so strong was this venom that in an instant it had a

at in an instant it had affected all the blood in the centaur’s body; so that the shirt dipped in his blood was poisoned a

ted on his journeys. His wife missed him very much, but she loved him so well that she had not the heart to call him back,

roared and mounted ever higher and higher, as though eager to devour so great a hero; they had almost reached his head, w

tal part of him had been burned away by the fire, and from that time, so the story goes, Hercules became one of the mighty

s soon learned. Minos owned a hideous monster, known as the Minotaur, so terrible that no words can describe it. The king

nter of the maze, which was reached by a winding pathway, a path with so many turns and twists that one who entered it cou

as turned to hatred, and he was anxious to get rid of the boy who was so much in his way. One evening, toward sunset, teac

scued by Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, who loved him because he was so skillful. She changed him into a partridge, and h

ngs for himself and his son, and fly from this island in which he had so long been an unwilling prisoner. The same evening

looking, flew higher and higher, trying to reach the sky which looked so blue above him. But alas! The higher he flew, the

g its flight above him. Immediately he thought of Perdix, whom he had so cruelly killed, and he felt that the death of his

bird must be, Flitting about in each leafy tree; In the leafy trees, so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace

grown up, his father told him he might take part in the festival, and so he went to Athens. Before long almost every one i

grant it may!), But your arm will never be stronger,     Or the need so great as to-day. Rise! for the day is passing;  

n his love would not leave her mind. And at last, it no longer seemed so dreadful a thing. The end of it was, that one nig

d into the city and conquered it by his own bravery and arms, without so much as looking at the lock of purple hair. When

r birds of the air seemed to shun her, as though they knew her story; so she lived lonely and with no one to love her, as

the enemy’s hands. Many people starved to death, and all the men were so weak from hunger that they had no strength with w

not — I will kill the Minotaur, and come back to you in triumph.” And so he went on his way. During the journey Theseus tr

ow.” “The prince wishes to die alone,” answered the king. “Let him do so .” All this time Ariadne had been looking with blu

ught even more of this virtue of hospitality than we do nowadays, and so the conduct of these wicked people was all the mo

” said the elder, “follow us to the hilltop.” And there was something so commanding in his look and tone that the couple f

ple,” he said, “know that the two strangers whom you have entertained so graciously and kindly are no less than gods. Look

fortune, as they had been in their poverty. So. they grew very old —  so old that life no longer seemed beautiful to them,

ult an oracle. He grieved much at the thought of leaving Halcyone for so long a time, and she tried to make him give up th

r so long a time, and she tried to make him give up the idea of going so far away. She warned him of the terrors of the se

roaring of the waves and the rumbling of the thunder filled the air, so that the sailors could no longer hear the orders

his beloved Halcyone.” Halcyone awoke with a cry. The vision had been so real that she looked for wet footprints on the fl

adows leave no signs, and the room was empty and undisturbed. She was so troubled by her dream that she could no longer sl

the shore, and sprang into the sea. But she was not drowned. The gods so pitied the loving couple that they changed them i

s! From the sweet, protecting skies Follow her with tender eyes, Look so lovingly that she Cannot choose but think of me:

ere dead would plenty and comfort come back to the land. The king was so bewitched by Ino that he felt no grief at this an

lew the golden ram faster and faster every moment, until Helle became so weary of the dizzy flight, that she dropped from

s dismay, that one of his sandals had been lost in the rushing water; so he had to walk the rest of the way with only one

d; for this was just what he wanted, — to send Jason off on a journey so full of danger that there would be very little ch

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in

g into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of

e was not afraid of losing the Golden Fleece. But Jason was not to be so easily discouraged, and he asked the king to tell

was willing to leave her home and all the people who loved her, to go so far away with this stranger. Indeed, the girl her

Jason, and the only way she could do it was by making Medea love him so much that she would be willing to give up everyth

uch that she would be willing to give up everything for his sake. And so it really was Juno who was helping Jason. The kin

r brazen hoofs, they breathed out curling flames from their nostrils, so that the fields and the whole air seemed on fire.

were all fighting and struggling in a confused mass, and they fought so fiercely that in a short time the field was strew

. He was the pet of all the people who lived near that place, and was so tame that he would go around from door to door an

to live in the green forests, with the birds and the flowers he loved so dearly. And to this day the cypress tree is plant

Glaucus now lived entirely in the water that very water he had loved so dearly when he was a fisherman. His beard grew lo

waves, he saw a beautiful maiden walking along the shore. She looked so modest and gentle that Glaucus’ heart was deeply

he loved very much; but she did not notice the dark face watching her so closely, and, turning down the hill, she disappea

and hopeless. For many days he came in vain to the spot where he had so often seen Scylla, but the maiden no longer walke

for a love potion, a drink, which should make Scylla love him. Now it so happened that Circe herself had for a long time b

ned that Circe herself had for a long time been in love with Glaucus; so she told him that Scylla was not worthy of his lo

took her evening bath, he emptied the little flask, which he thought so precious, and then went away with a happy heart.

have no care in the wide world. Perhaps that is why Apollo loved him so much; or perhaps he reminded him of that other bo

and he might just as well choose this merry little hunter whom he met so often in the woods. But whatever the reason was,

range that Apollo should like to do these things for him. For love is so wonderful a thing, that it makes people forget al

h the wound with his hand, while he tenderly caressed the lad. He was so frightened that he was almost as pale as the woun

was sad to see. He could not believe, at first, that the boy he loved so dearly was really dead, and he called him by name

ay on the ground by the side of his dead friend, and wept and moaned, so that it would have made you cry, too, if you had

end for comfort. And he sang a song of love and mourning for the boy, so sadly beautiful that all the birds in the forest

he blood that had flowed from the boy’s forehead. And since that day, so long ago, the beautiful purple hyacinth comes wit

he story of the great god of the sun and the little lad whom he loved so dearly. ——— To a Friend Green be the turf above

work; in fact, he could no longer work, for he loved that fair image so dearly that he spent all his time kneeling before

he sleeping beauty in the fairy story awoke at her true lover’s kiss, so Galatea opened her eyes, looked at Pygmalion with

n carved many more beautiful statues, he never again wrought anything so lovely as the maiden who had now become his wife

yellow metal. But there is another story about him, which, though not so well known as that of the Golden Touch, also show

hat of the Golden Touch, also shows that King Midas was sometimes not so wise a monarch as he should have been. You rememb

ods, also, loved to hear Pan play on his flute, and at last he became so used to hearing his praises sung that he, too, th

ought himself the greatest musician in the world; and one day he went so far as to ask the great god Apollo to enter with

elted them to pity.         From the hollow reeds he fashioned Flutes so musical and mellow, That the brook Ceased to murm

dle at his side. He was anxious to look pleasing to the fair Galatea; so he combed out his tangled locks with a rake, and

mane; feathers adorn the birds, and the sheep are clothed with wool; so too, a beard and shaggy hair are becoming to a Cy

voice. Besides, she was in love with a young shepherd named Acis; and so , when Polyphemus had finished his song, she ran a

k and hurled it at the lovers. Galatea slipped beneath the waters and so escaped, but the shepherd was crushed under the h

n a practical age like this. The time even of the young is claimed by so many sciences of facts and things that little can

ary? We reply, the interruption of one’s reading by either process is so annoying that most readers prefer to let an allus

pies but eight lines in the best ( Smith's) Classical Dictionary; and so of others. Our work is an attempt to solve this p

eavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he ma

e. The attempt has been made to tell the stories in prose, preserving so much of the poetry as resides in the thoughts and

in the same volume with the classical fables. The poetical citations so freely introduced are expected to answer several

ish literature, of either sex, who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, es

l point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle. The circular disk of the e

e Hyperboreans. They were named the Æthiopians. The gods favored them so highly that they were wont to leave at times thei

ace of the sea. He was able to bestow on his workmanship self-motion, so that the tripods (chairs and tables) could move o

was the son of Jupiter and Juno. He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him

ing power of wine, but its social and beneficent influences likewise, so that he is viewed as the promoter of civilization

d the seeds of things. Earth, sea, ad air were all mixed up together; so the earth was not solid, the sea was not fluid, a

er the Creator made him of divine materials, or whether in the earth, so lately separated from heaven, there lurked still

r, made man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while all other animals turn their faces dow

for, who was to be superior to all other animals, Epimetheus had been so prodigal of his resources that he had nothing lef

them; tools with which to cultivate the earth; to warm his dwelling, so as to be comparatively independent of climate; an

. This story seems more probable than the former; for how could hope, so precious a jewel as it is, have been kept in a ja

ainst them, and who taught them civilization and the arts. But as, in so doing, he transgressed the will of Jupiter, he dr

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

es of the tree all red; and sinking into the earth reached the roots, so that the red color mounted through the trunk to t

ies o’erload the bending boughs.” If any of our young readers can be so hard-hearted as to enjoy a laugh at the expense o

ts mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband. Cephalus was so happy in his wife that he resisted all the entrea

ter do? He was loath to give his mistress to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a simple heifer? He could n

present as a simple heifer? He could not, without exciting suspicion; so he consented. The goddess was not yet relieved of

so he consented. The goddess was not yet relieved of her suspicions; so she delivered the heifer to Argus, to be strictly

es in his head, and never went to sleep with more than two at a time, so that he kept watch of Io constantly. He suffered

r mercy, and felt that Jove was unkind, though she could not tell him so . Ah, how often, afraid to stay in the woods all n

ood of her former haunts; how often, frightened by the dogs, did she, so lately a huntress, fly in terror from the hunters

ens as the Great and Little Bear. Juno was in a rage to see her rival so set in honor, and hastened to ancient Tethys and

hen night darkens the world, and you shall see the two of whom I have so much reason to complain exalted to the heavens, i

n it, weary though they be, but only to quench my thirst. My mouth is so dry that I can hardly speak. A draught of water w

all. They waded into the pond and stirred up the mud with their feet, so as to make the water unfit to drink. Latona was s

d with their feet, so as to make the water unfit to drink. Latona was so angry that she ceased to mind her thirst. She no

nd as a ship without ballast is tossed hither and thither on the sea, so the chariot, without its accustomed weight, was d

lieved, the people of Æthiopia became black by the blood being forced so suddenly to the surface, and the Libyan desert wa

is stone. He could not rule his father’s car of fire, Yet was it much so nobly to aspire.” His sisters, the Heliades, as

n the palsied universe aghast Lay * * * * mute and still, When drove, so poets sing, the Sun-born youth Devious through He

ead and body in, and wash away your fault and its punishment.” He did so , and scarce had he touched the waters before the

y. But he found it too much for his discretion to keep such a secret; so he went out into the meadow, dug a hole in the gr

ained its growth, began whispering the story, and has continued to do so , from that day to this, every time a breeze passe

the motion slower; The flier, though’t had leaden feet, Turned round so quick you scarce could see’t; But slackened by so

eruption of the volcano. The fall of these monsters shook the earth, so that Pluto was alarmed, and feared that his kingd

th her. Then said he, “Come with us, and despise not our humble roof; so may your daughter be restored to you in safety.”

the goddess all she had witnessed, but dared not, for fear of Pluto; so she only ventured to take up the girdle which Pro

wood, heated with exercise, when I came to a stream silently flowing, so clear that you might count the pebbles on the bot

s indignant, but she could not punish him, neither did she wish to do so , for she liked him too well; so she turned all he

unish him, neither did she wish to do so, for she liked him too well; so she turned all her wrath against her rival, poor

nge:” — “I plunged for life or death. To interknit One’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain

e’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain; so not enough Can I admire how crystal-smooth it fel

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

was a sculptor, and had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman came anywhere near

d to be alive, and only prevented from moving by modesty. His art was so perfect that it concealed itself and its product

beasts that Nature has armed with weapons. I do not value your glory so high as to consent to purchase it by such exposur

e wind blows the blossoms open, and afterwards blows the petals away; so it is called Anemone, or Wind Flower, from the ca

y in the garden it hangs its head and turns its flowers to the earth, so the head of the dying boy, as if too heavy for hi

eavy for his neck, fell over on his shoulder. “Thou diest, Hyacinth,” so spoke Phœbus, “robbed of thy youth by me. Thine i

his hand to her. She answered his signal till the vessel had receded so far that she could no longer distinguish his form

ress. She leaped upon this barrier and (it was wonderful she could do so ) she flew, and striking the air with wings produc

Fauns and Satyrs would have given all they possessed to win her, and so would old Sylvanus, who looks young for his years

e two elder were more than common, but the beauty of the youngest was so wonderful that the poverty of language is unable

guage is unable to express its due praise. The fame of her beauty was so great that strangers from neighboring countries c

beauty over my illustrious rivals, Pallas and Juno. But she shall not so quietly usurp my honors. I will give her cause to

ll not so quietly usurp my honors. I will give her cause to repent of so unlawful a beauty.” Thereupon she calls her winge

om of that haughty girl a passion for some low, mean, unworthy being, so that she may reap a mortification as great as her

touch she awoke, and opened eyes upon Cupid (himself invisible) which so startled him that in his confusion he wounded him

s, at seeing their young sister possessed of such state and splendor, so much exceeding their own. They asked her numberle

m all in her behalf. The holy Ceres, whose temple it was, finding her so religiously employed, thus spoke to her: “O Psych

sband, yet laid up of the wound given him by his loving wife? You are so ill-favored and disagreeable that the only way yo

Why, poor unlucky girl, dost thou design to put an end to thy days in so dreadful a manner? and what cowardice makes thee

d what cowardice makes thee sink under this last danger who hast been so miraculously supported in all thy former?” Then t

d was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous task, a lo

ion. Jupiter lent a favoring ear, and pleaded the cause of the lovers so earnestly with Venus that he won her consent. On

ans the soul. There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as the butterfly, bursting

fair unspotted side Two blissful twins are to be born, Youth and Joy; so Jove hath sworn.” The allegory of the story of C

ans the soul, (though few would think it,) And sparkling thus on brow so white Tells us we’ve Psyche here to-night.” C

The serpent, twisting his scaly body in a huge coil, raised his head so as to overtop the tallest trees, and while the Ty

n the animal’s head thrown back came against the trunk of a tree, and so succeeded in pinning him to its side. His weight

nted the teeth, destined to produce a crop of men. Scarce had he done so when the clods began to move, and the points of s

on their minds; and one day Cadmus exclaimed, “If a serpent’s life is so dear to the gods, I would I were myself a serpent

voice of sadness, “I have been intending to tell you, and will now do so , without more delay, that you may see how from th

attacked them also, and the contact of the sick gave them infection, so that the most faithful were the first victims. At

till held out, for it was decreed by fate that it should not be taken so long as a certain purple lock, which glittered am

look abroad over the tents of the hostile army. The siege had lasted so long that she had learned to distinguish the pers

st of his camp, or to open the gates to him, or to do any thing else, so only it might gratify Minos. As she sat in the to

will, I will surrender myself to him, with my country as a dowry, and so put an end to the war. But how? The gates are gua

e with which you have cheated me, except for that one purpose you are so fond of — reply. You shall still have the last wo

much more of the same kind, he cherished the flame that consumed him, so that by degrees he lost his color, his vigor, and

grees he lost his color, his vigor, and the beauty which formerly had so charmed the nymph Echo. She kept near him, howeve

oted in the ground, her face became a flower, which turns on its stem so as always to face the sun throughout its daily co

is contrasted with that of other colors, shaded off into one another so adroitly that the joining deceives the eye. Like

nd swam with her to Crete. You would have thought it was a real bull, so naturally was it wrought, and so natural the wate

uld have thought it was a real bull, so naturally was it wrought, and so natural the water in which it swam. She seemed to

us slight, Fluttering among the olives wantonly, That seemed to live, so like it was in sight; The velvet nap which on his

“Which when Arachne saw, as overlaid And mastered with workmanship so rare, She stood astonied long, ne aught gainsaid;

ret and felly burn, And all her blood to poisonous rancor turn.” And so the metamorphosis is caused by Arachne’s own mort

st of mothers would Niobe have been if only she had not claimed to be so . It was on occasion of the annual celebration in

he thus addressed her son and daughter: “My children, I who have been so proud of you both, and have been used to hold mys

estroyed himself. Alas! how different was this Niobe from her who had so lately driven away the people from the sacred rit

r whole body. “Spare me one, and that the youngest! O spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one f

autiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could be

   * * * *                                  Such execution, So stern, so sudden, wrought the grisly aspect Of terrible Med

ng the giant too strong for him, said, “Since you value my friendship so little, deign to accept a present;” and turning h

n chained to a rock, and waiting the approach of the serpent. She was so pale and motionless that if it had not been for h

ed in the breeze, he would have taken her for a marble statue. He was so startled at the sight that he almost forgot to wa

d now arrived at the scene, wretched both, but the mother more justly so , stood by, not able to afford protection, but onl

neck to prevent him from turning his head round and using his fangs, so the youth darted down upon the back of the monste

him a death stroke. The people who had gathered on the shore shouted so that the hills reëchoed the sound. The parents, t

an, and consequently, in spite of her boasted beauty, black; at least so Milton seems to have thought, who alludes to this

e attained this honor, yet the Sea-Nymphs, her old enemies, prevailed so far as to cause her to be placed in that part of

hile the bright face on his shield Looked into stone the raging fray; so rose, But with no magic arms, wearing alone Th’ a

we must recognize a wide distinction among them. The human giants, if so they may be called, such as the Cyclopes, Antæus,

walks erect, and in old age with the aid of a staff.” The Sphinx was so mortified at the solving of her riddle that she c

k and perished. The gratitude of the people for their deliverance was so great that they made Œdipus their king, giving hi

the goat, and the hind part a dragon’s. It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the king, Iobates, sought for some hero to d

se he directed him to pass the night in the temple of Minerva. He did so , and as he slept Minerva came to him and gave him

Sagittarius. The Pygmies. The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word which means the cubit or

consisted of small boats or canoes hollowed out from trunks of trees, so that when Jason employed Argus to build him a ves

d to Medea, “My spouse, would that your arts, whose power I have seen so mighty for my aid, could do me one further servic

ty years before. Medea used her arts here for a good purpose, but not so in another instance, where she made them the inst

le enjoyment of the fruits of her crime. Jason, for whom she had done so much, wishing to marry Creusa, princess of Corint

r anger, turned them into birds. Atalanta. The innocent cause of so much sorrow was a maiden whose face you might tru

nes was to be judge of the race. “Can it be possible that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” said he. But

of the race. “Can it be possible that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” said he. But when he saw her la

whether she would rather conquer him or not. “What god can tempt one so young and handsome to throw himself away? I pity

but for his youth. I wish he would give up the race, or if he will be so mad, I hope he may outrun me.” While she hesitate

t it, and hesitated; Venus impelled her to turn aside for it. She did so , and was vanquished. The youth carried off his pr

was vanquished. The youth carried off his prize. But the lovers were so full of their own happiness that they forgot to p

returned carrying the dead lion on his shoulders; but Eurystheus was so frightened at the sight of it and at this proof o

nster with three bodies, who dwelt in the island Erytheia, (the red,) so called because it lay at the west, under the rays

Earth, was a mighty giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Ea

had been driven, he dragged them backward by their tails to his cave; so their tracks all seemed to show that they had gon

be used as a charm to preserve the love of her husband. Dejanira did so and before long fancied she had occasion to use i

The gods themselves felt troubled at seeing the champion of the earth so brought to his end. But Jupiter with cheerful cou

only heard the closing words with some displeasure that she should be so particularly pointed at, yet not enough to make h

trong and fierce, and was kept in a labyrinth constructed by Dædalus, so artfully contrived that whoever was enclosed in i

s was that Minerva appeared to him in a dream and commanded him to do so . On approaching the coast of Attica, Theseus forg

iter. Theseus fixed his choice on Helen, then but a child, afterwards so celebrated as the cause of the Trojan war, and wi

ea-monster raised himself above the waters, and frightened the horses so that they ran away and dashed the chariot to piec

ght feathers together, beginning with the smallest and adding larger, so as to form an increasing surface. The larger ones

to Apollo, and hung up his wings, an offering to the god. Dædalus was so proud of his achievements that he could not bear

sharpening the other ends, and made a pair of compasses. Dædalus was so envious of his nephew’s performances that he took

imself. Leda gave birth to an egg from which sprang the twins. Helen, so famous afterwards as the cause of the Trojan war,

ter to be permitted to give his own life as a ransom for him. Jupiter so far consented as to allow the two brothers to enj

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

acchus; ‘take me there and you shall be well rewarded.’ They promised so to do, and told me to pilot the ship to Naxos. Na

nder island is not my home. What have I done that you should treat me so ? It is small glory you will gain by cheating a po

ame that he wished the Tyrrhenian mariners to carry him to, when they so treacherously attempted to make prize of him. As

Sylvanus and Faunus were Latin divinities, whose characteristics are so nearly the same as those of Pan that we may safel

xe a grove sacred to Ceres. There stood in this grove a venerable oak so large that it seemed a wood in itself, its ancien

for harvest in the laden fields bowed also. She planned a punishment so dire that one would pity him, if such a culprit a

lips blanched, her jaws covered with dust, and her skin drawn tight, so as to show all her bones. As the Oread saw her af

ed and in humble garb, standing about where you stand? Tell me truly; so may your luck be good and not a fish nibble at yo

of about herself. She replied, “Pardon me, stranger, but I have been so intent upon my line that I have seen nothing else

her still with him, and the money too that he got by the sale of her; so he sold her again. But she was changed by the fav

en he was playing at draughts and he carelessly brushed it away. This so incensed the nymph that she deprived him of sight

at will. Thetis. Thetis, the daughter of Nereus and Doris, was so beautiful that Jupiter himself sought her in marr

ountains lead! Propitious maids! the task remains to sing Your gifts ( so Pæon, so the powers of Health Command,) to praise

lead! Propitious maids! the task remains to sing Your gifts (so Pæon, so the powers of Health Command,) to praise your cry

the Tuscan king to hear Of wisdom and of law.” The Winds. When so many less active agencies were personified, it is

ere personified, it is not to be supposed that the winds failed to be so . They were Boreas or Aquilo, the north wind; Zeph

etimes a bull, with horns on my head. Or I should say I once could do so ; but now I have but one horn, having lost one.” A

are constantly issuing. Apollo shot his arrows at the Cyclopes, which so incensed Jupiter that he condemned him as a punis

ts fancied that it would be easy to find a substitute. But it was not so . Brave warriors, who would willingly have perille

aken it with him on his flight from Thebes. Eriphyle could not resist so tempting a bribe, and by her decision the war was

us who dwell on the earth, and, if old traditions say true, not less so here. I implore you by these abodes full of terro

her? “Farewell,” she said, “a last farewell,” — and was hurried away, so fast that the sound hardly reached his ears. Orph

groves;             The single nightingale Perched in the rosier by, so richly toned, That never from that most melodious

will make a noise like the crackling of flames or the rush of water, so as to tempt you to let go the chain, when he will

have been unheeded, — they thought only of their booty, — but to hear so famous a musician, that moved their rude hearts.

may discover the criminals, you must remain here in concealment, and so they will approach without suspicion.” When the s

orrow in every breast. As wave follows wave over the face of the sea, so ran from mouth to mouth the words, “Of Ibycus! hi

thy performance; Castor and Pollux will doubtless compensate thee for so much as relates to them.” The disconcerted poet r

n him the gift of perpetual youth united with perpetual sleep. Of one so gifted we can have but few adventures to record.

tory of Endymion has a peculiar charm from the human meaning which it so thinly veils. We see in Endymion the young poet,

just beginning to darken his cheeks. As much as I sought his society, so much did the Cyclops seek mine; and if you ask me

and Minerva each claimed the apple. Jupiter, not willing to decide in so delicate a matter, sent the goddesses to Mount Id

, and were about to set fire to the ships. Neptune, seeing the Greeks so pressed, came to their rescue. He appeared in the

who sat on Olympus watching the battle. When he beheld her she looked so charming that the fondness of his early love revi

nce. “Now,” said Nestor, “is the time for such influence. If the gods so please, thou mayest win him back to the common ca

s burst forth from one of the ships. Achilles, at the sight, relented so far as to grant Patroclus his request to lead the

d so far as to grant Patroclus his request to lead the Myrmidons (for so were Achilles’ soldiers called) to the field, and

d him from the fate which awaited him, but Juno hinted that if he did so it would induce all others of the inhabitants of

itable messenger. It was then that he exclaimed in those famous lines so often quoted, — “Father of heaven and earth! del

im overwhelmed with self-reproach that he had indulged his resentment so far, and suffered his friend to fall a victim to

lace. She found him busy at his forge making tripods for his own use, so artfully constructed that they moved forward of t

d have passed, lest the enemy should enter likewise. But Achilles was so close in pursuit that that would have been imposs

mself, “by whose command the people went to this day’s contest, where so many have fallen, seek safety for myself against

along the ground. Then mounting the chariot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body three times round the city. What

feet of Achilles, and kissed those terrible hands which had destroyed so many of his sons. “Think, O Achilles,” he said, “

all see thy face again. But no comfort cheers me, whose bravest sons, so late the flower of Ilium, all have fallen. Yet on

erable except the heel by which she held him.16 The body of Achilles so treacherously slain was rescued by Ajax and Ulyss

with one of the poisoned arrows, and the smell from his wound proved so offensive that his companions carried him to the

llen from heaven, and the belief was that the city could not be taken so long as this statue remained within it. Ulysses a

he told them that it was a propitiatory offering to Minerva, and made so huge for the express purpose of preventing its be

be anxious to know the fate of Helen, the fair but guilty occasion of so much slaughter. On the fall of Troy Menelaus reco

to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly or so cool to thirst.” Comus. Menelaus

lena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly or so cool to thirst.” Comus. Menelaus and Helen at l

into the quarrel to avenge his brother’s wrongs, not his own, was not so fortunate in the issue. During his absence his wi

ion, by some one, of a chorus of Euripides. Troy. After hearing so much about the city of Troy and its heroes, the r

he only possessors. The name means “round eye,” and these giants were so called because they had but one eye, and that pla

that they were Greeks, from the great expedition that had lately won so much glory in the conquest of Troy; that they wer

ed for more. Ulysses supplied him once again, which pleased the giant so much that he promised him as a favor that he shou

. To the middle ram of the three one of the Greeks suspended himself, so protected by the exterior rams on either side. As

of the animals’ backs and sides, but never thought of their bellies; so the men all passed safe, Ulysses himself being on

an, at the plunge of the huge rock, heaved the ship towards the land, so that it barely escaped being swamped by the waves

about to hail the giant again, but his friends besought him not to do so . He could not forbear, however, letting the giant

ir course, and back again to the island they had just left. Æolus was so indignant at their folly that he refused to assis

ymphs who had the power of charming by their song all who heard them, so that the unhappy mariners were irresistibly impel

tion. Circe directed Ulysses to fill the ears of his seamen with wax, so that they should not hear the strain; and to caus

island, the sea was calm, and over the waters came the notes of music so ravishing and attractive that Ulysses struggled t

irls and boys; I will forget them; I will pass these joys, Ask nought so heavenward; so too — too high; Only I pray, as fa

I will forget them; I will pass these joys, Ask nought so heavenward; so too — too high; Only I pray, as fairest boon, to

ave passed the island of the Sun without stopping, but his companions so urgently pleaded for the rest and refreshment tha

ore, was horror-struck at perceiving what they had done, and the more so on account of the portentous signs which followed

mended that he should repair to the city, following herself and train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when t

the Greeks found entrance into Troy. Apollo inspired him, and he sang so feelingly the terrors and the exploits of that ev

the chest containing his presents, and then sailed away. Neptune was so displeased at the conduct of the Phæacians in thu

machus had hard work to restrain his indignation at seeing his father so treated in his own hall, but remembering his fath

enelope had protracted her decision in favor of either of her suitors so long that there seemed to be no further pretence

t vigorous blows among the monsters, but to no purpose, for they were so nimble it was almost impossible to hit them, and

them, and his immense height enabled him to advance far into the sea, so that the Trojans, in terror, took to their oars t

get out of his way. Hearing the oars, Polyphemus shouted after them, so that the shores resounded, and at the noise the o

a. They were in imminent danger of being wrecked, and were separated, so that Æneas thought that all were lost except his

t the nearest shore, which was the coast of Carthage, where Æneas was so happy as to find that one by one the ships all ar

cted as the seat of their future home, they asked of the natives only so much land as they could enclose with a bull’s hid

ed, “Tell me not of smooth seas or favoring winds, — me who have seen so much of their treachery. Shall I trust Æneas to t

series we have given the pagan account of the creation of the world, so as we approach its conclusion we present a view o

e covered with a gloomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds

commands of Jove; nor could I believe that my absence would cost you so dear. Stop, I beseech you, and refuse me not a la

ntrance. The Sibyl told him that the gulf of Tartarus descended deep, so that its recesses were as far beneath their feet

l weapons and divine. Here, also, is Tityus, the giant, whose form is so immense that as he lies he stretches over nine ac

re preys upon his liver, which as fast as it is devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw g

ormer lives.” “O father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love with life as to wish to leave these tranq

y washed away by the waters of Lethe. Some, however, there still are, so thoroughly corrupted, that they are not fit to be

one of their relations in an altered form. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Æneas individuals

rged the old king to perform that solemn office, but he refused to do so . While they contested, Juno herself, descending f

offer to join our arms with yours.” Pallas, in amaze at the sound of so great a name, invited them to land, and when Ænea

king spoke thus: — “Illustrious Trojan, it is but little we can do in so great a cause. Our state is feeble, hemmed in on

nterprise with me? and shall I let you go into such danger alone? Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I plan

go into such danger alone? Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the stand

Turnus encountered the youthful Pallas. The contest between champions so unequally matched could not be doubtful. Pallas b

ast weight to throw, The line too labors and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o’er t

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

of all things, and attributed to them a real and distinct existence; so that, in his view, they were the elements out of

notes the system of the world. As the numbers proceed from the monad, so he regarded the pure and simple essence of the De

en melted, then stamped anew with others, yet is always the same wax, so the soul, being always the same, yet wears, at di

h sphere one or more of the heavenly bodies was supposed to be fixed, so as to move with it. As the spheres are transparen

! Once bless our human ears     (If ye have power to charm our senses so ;) And let your silver chime Move in melodious tim

nces like these, but the theory cannot without extravagance be pushed so far as to account for any great proportion of the

called repose. The Venus de’ Medici. The Venus of the Medici is so called from its having been in the possession of

ing that poems of such length could have been committed to writing at so early an age as that usually assigned to these, a

e of the great poets who made the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus so celebrated, under the name of the Augustan age. V

ious ancients. His poem of Paradise Lost, from which we have borrowed so many illustrations, is in many respects equal, in

m to have been in more modern times. We seek our accounts of them not so much in the poetry of the ancients as in the old

arious birds, all attracted by the novelty, and gazing with wonder at so beautiful an appearance.” He then gives an accoun

by Alexander Ross, who says, in answer to the objection of the Phœnix so seldom making his appearance, “His instinct teach

ble a large proportion of fables and inutilities. In particular he is so ample on the subject of the cock and the bull tha

have been a sad puzzle to the hunters, who hardly knew how to come at so valuable a piece of game. Some described the horn

ld throw itself from the pinnacle of the highest rocks horn foremost, so as to pitch upon it, and then quietly march off n

t. They discovered that it was a great lover of purity and innocence, so they took the field with a young virgin, who was

Magi was connected with astrology and enchantment, in which they were so celebrated that their name was applied to all ord

l ultimately be absorbed. “As milk changes to curd, and water to ice, so is Brahma variously transformed and diversified,

eet sprang Sudras, (mechanics and laborers.) The four sons of Brahma, so significantly brought into the world, became the

hich last is not a privilege, but a mark of ignominy, as if they were so degraded that nothing could pollute them. The thr

f his mind; but his doctrines soon gained credit, and were propagated so rapidly that Buddha himself lived to see them spr

halla, a certain artificer came and offered to build them a residence so well fortified that they should be perfectly safe

sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Loki, the author of so many evil deeds, could have given such bad counse

ight promised upon oath that, let it cost him what it would, he would so manage matters that the man should lose his rewar

his horse, and thus between one and another the whole night was lost, so that at dawn the work had not made the usual prog

im. Thor sent Loki to negotiate with Thrym, but he could only prevail so far as to get the giant’s promise to restore the

assured him that she had not tasted any thing for eight long nights, so great was her desire to see her lover, the renown

m a huge giant, who slept and snored in the way that had alarmed them so . It is said that for once Thor was afraid to use

when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant had tied it up so tight he could not untie a single knot. At last T

to go to sleep. Thor answered that they were just going to sleep, and so saying went and laid himself down under another t

But sleep came not that night to Thor, and when Skrymir snored again so loud that the forest re-echoed with the noise, he

are. You must take the road that leads eastward, mine lies northward, so we must part here.” Hereupon he threw his wallet

owards noon descried a city standing in the middle of a plain. It was so lofty that they were obliged to bend their necks

med Hugi, bade him run a match with Thialfi. In the first course Hugi so much outstripped his competitor that he turned ba

feats he would choose to give proofs of that prowess for which he was so famous. Thor answered that he would try a drinkin

u must pull deeply; and I must needs say that thou wilt not be called so mighty a man here as thou art at home if thou sho

empty it; but on looking in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave

arer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art not quite so stout as we thought thee: but wilt thou try any o

e else in the hall to wrestle with him, and it was also getting late; so he showed Thor and his companions to their seats,

hooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live and have my way thou shalt never e

enter again. And, by my troth, had I known beforehand that thou hadst so much strength in thee, and wouldst have brought m

that thou hadst so much strength in thee, and wouldst have brought me so near to a great mishap, I would not have suffered

sions; first in the forest, where I tied up the wallet with iron wire so that thou couldst not untie it. After this thou g

st attempt to empty the horn, thou didst perform, by my troth, a deed so marvellous that had I not seen it myself I should

n reality the Midgard serpent that encompasseth the earth, and he was so stretched by thee that he was barely long enough

for both of us if thou never come near me again, for shouldst thou do so , I shall again defend myself by other illusions,

shouldst thou do so, I shall again defend myself by other illusions, so that thou wilt only lose thy labor and get no fam

the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern any thing, until h

he gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Baldur was so beloved as he was said to be. “If, therefore,” sh

as put on the funeral pile, on board the ship, and his wife Nanna was so struck with grief at the sight that she broke her

fled to the mountain, and there built himself a hut with four doors, so that he could see every approaching danger. He in

leap over the net; but Thor caught him by the tail and compressed it, so that salmons ever since have had that part remark

upon Loki, which makes him howl with horror, and twist his body about so violently that the whole earth shakes, and this p

er, and the ship Skidbladnir, which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could contain all the deities with

contain all the deities with their war and household implements, but so skillfully was it wrought that when folded togeth

e is a parasitic plant, and is not always nor often found on the oak, so that when it is found it is the more precious. Th

ishops was subject to him and his successors. The Pictish monarch was so impressed with a sense of his wisdom and worth th

To these, as occasion required, others were from time to time added, so that the original number was always kept up. Thei

with Proserpine. As Diana represents the moonlight splendor of night, so Hecate represents its darkness and terrors. She w

ir place to some extent in modern art, and mythological allusions are so frequent in our literature that an acquaintance w

he names and attributes of their divinities. There are, nevertheless, so many points of resemblance, that it is believed b

in. To trace these analogies, and the developments which gave rise to so great a diversity, is the province of comparative

easons, shortened the winter days, and let loose the northern blasts, so that men were obliged to build dwellings, and cul

He built their dwellings on Olympus, and constructed the furniture in so wonderful a manner, that the tripods and tables w

uld be more comfortable for the god at all seasons, as it was neither so heavy in summer, nor so cold in winter. Ques. Of

for the god at all seasons, as it was neither so heavy in summer, nor so cold in winter. Ques. Of whom was Jupiter the so

me manner. Ques. What were Jupiter’s first exploits? Ans. Titan was so much enraged against Saturn for failing to destro

own persons, or in those of their children. Cadmus and Hermione were so much afflicted by the misfortunes of their descen

eing driven from heaven? Ans. He had a son named Æsculapius, who was so skilled in medicine that he was even able to rest

ens, was killed by sea-monsters. Æsculapius, by bringing him to life, so offended Jupiter that the latter killed him with

Cyparissus [Cyparis′sus] was also beloved by the god. The boy grieved so deeply at having unintentionally killed a favorit

of Admetus, devoted herself to death for her husband. Admetus grieved so deeply at her loss that Proserpine [Proser′pine]

ill known by his name. The punishment inflicted on King Midas was not so cruel. This prince had the bad taste to declare h

e bound him to silence by great promises. This man, however, found it so painful to keep the secret to himself, that to ob

shepherd, entered into conversation with Argus, and at length played so sweetly on his pipe, that, one by one, the keeper

′tes], their captain, tried to dissuade them from the crime, the more so , as he perceived that there was something more th

still unroofed. The oracle of Apollo declared that Troy would be safe so long as this statue, called Palladium, from Palla

goddess changed her locks into serpents, and rendered her appearance so frightful that all who beheld her were changed to

d herself to be the most beautiful. Juno, Minerva, and Venus disputed so eagerly, that Jupiter himself was not able to bri

ly hindered her. She begged them to have compassion, and not deny her so small a refreshment; but they mocked her prayers,

hey waded into the pool, and, stirring up the mud, defiled the waters so that it became unfit to drink. The goddess was so

defiled the waters so that it became unfit to drink. The goddess was so much incensed, that she changed the cruel rustics

but when she discovered her husband in the supposed stranger, she was so indignant at his suspicion that she fled from him

hide; it was sometimes also called Saturnia. Saturn’s government was so wise and beneficial that his reign was called the

th human sacrifices, which seems strange when we consider that he was so mild a king. The planet Saturn was supposed by th

temple? Ans. The approach to it was guarded by dogs, whose scent was so keen that they could discover whether the persons

the worst of all, because he did not put a window in the man’s breast so that his thoughts might be seen. No god could esc

en permitted them to marry, but it was considered discreditable to do so . Chapter XVI. Cybele. Cybele — How called b

ught the art of tilling the earth, and sowing wheat and other grains, so that men ate wholesome bread, where before they h

search throughout the world. She holds a poppy, because when she was so grieved that she could neither rest nor sleep, Ju

. He determined, nevertheless, to obtain a wife, even if he had to do so by violence. Proserpine, the daughter of Jupiter

megranate. The hopes of Ceres were thus destroyed, but Proserpine was so indignant at the treachery of Ascalaphus, that sh

most beautiful. When the statues were finished, they were found to be so skillfully wrought, that it was impossible to mak

of uneven reeds. The music which he made on this rude instrument was so sweet as to cheer the gods. Ques. What famous ac

nder the temple of Apollo at Delphi, Pan suddenly showed himself, and so terrified them that they fled in disorder. Hence

the origin of Pan’s reeds? Ans. A beautiful nymph, named Syrinx, was so persecuted by this god, that she prayed the water

g them to his lips, he found they produced the most melodious sounds, so that he formed them into a rustic pipe. Milk and

st celebrated temple of Diana? Ans. At Ephesus in Asia Minor; it was so beautiful that it was counted among the seven won

great church of Pisa were also taken from this temple, which has been so completely destroyed that the exact site is not k

a Greek word which means an oak; the Hamadryades [Hamadry′ades] were so called because they were attached, each to some p

s attendants, but offended that goddess by her talkativeness. She was so far deprived of speech, that she could only repea

formed by the jealousy of Circe, into a frightful monster. Scylla was so much grieved by this transformation, that she cas

days. Lethe was also a river of Hell; the name means oblivion; it is so called, because when the dead drank of its waters

os, Rhadamanthus and Æacus [Æ′acus]. These were princes, who governed so justly during life, that the fate of the dead was

ne up a steep mountain. When it touched the top it rolled down again, so that he was tormented with unceasing toil. Ques.

ages in this blissful abode they returned to earth, but before doing so , they drank of the river Lethe, that they might f

bird, and the paws of a lion. She infested the country about Thebes, so that the people, in their distress, went to consu

he head and neck, but the sand which has been gathering around it for so many centuries, is now cleared away. The body is

h rank, married into a plebeian family. The noble ladies of Rome were so indignant at this alliance, that they would not p

nthus, in Arcadia, and brought it bound to Eurystheus. The tyrant was so frightened at the sight of the animal, that he sh

dred rooms above ground, and as many underneath. These apartments had so many doors, and were connected by such intricate

hibited before King Minos; and Ariadne, the daughter of the king, was so much struck by the courage and generosity of Thes

e of Ariadne? Ans. She accompanied Theseus on his flight, but he was so ungrateful as to abandon her on the island of Nax

. Castor was mortal like his mother, and when he died, Pollux grieved so much that Jupiter permitted him to share his immo

able is connected with this? Ans. The poets tell us that Jupiter was so much displeased at the theft, that he sent Pandor

ition of Eve’s curiosity, the fall of man, and the hope left him amid so many misfortunes. Ques. How was Prometheus punis

heus? Ans. He was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He played so sweetly on the lyre accompanying the music with h

mariners granted his request, not from pity, but they desired to hear so famous a minstrel; music had charms even for thei

uilty men confessed their crime, and suffered the punishment they had so well deserved. This event was commemorated by a s

ht upon Atlas the calamity which he feared; for Perseus, indignant at so much inhumanity, showed him the head of Medusa, a

t. This monster was the offspring of Typhon, and had a hundred heads, so that it never slept. Orion. Ques. Who was

of Thessaly, and son of Prometheus. During his reign, there occurred so great a flood that the whole earth was covered wi

In this manner they softened those who before were hard like stones, so that gentleness and humanity began to reign among

e, he made wings for himself and his son Icarus [Ic′arus], which were so skilfully contrived, that, by their aid, they mou

the sea. Icarus disregarded his father’s instructions, and approached so near the sun that its heat melted the wax which u

soul. Entering hastily into the palace, she snatched the fatal brand, so long preserved, and cast it into the flames. At t

orts were vain, as the Fates had decreed that it should not be taken, so long as a purple lock which grew on the head of N

and invoked the aid of Neptune. The god immediately changed her form, so that she appeared to be an aged fisherman mending

he favor of Neptune, now into a horse, now an ox, and now a stag; and so escaped from her purchaser. All means proved insu

company of a sea captain named Mentes; but at length his sight became so much affected that he was obliged to remain on sh

his exile. It is not known by what crime the unfortunate poet merited so severe a punishment. The immoral tendency of some

he beauty of Ovid’s verse and his graceful fancy. The Tristia are not so generally admired. They turn principally on the p

creed that no one should attach any credit to her predictions. It was so in the present instance. Clytemnestra, the queen

the beautiful Helen. Believing that he had no hope for success among so many competitors, Ulysses asked the hand of Penel

s granted; but when he was about to depart with his bride, Icarus was so much grieved, that he tried to persuade Penelope

ught forward a false accusation against Palamedes, which he supported so well, that the latter was condemned, and put to d

s embarked with the intention of returning to Greece, but he met with so many extraordinary adventures, that it was only a

ome and friends, and were filled with a sort of indolent contentment, so that they had no other desire than to remain alwa

oath that they would not touch the sacred herds. They were, however, so pressed by famine that they ventured one day, in

ning to the shore, was struck with horror at their temerity, the more so on account of the fearful signs which followed. T

t filled with costly gifts, after which they sailed away. Neptune was so much displeased with the Phæacians for aiding Uly

d from among their number. She promised, at length, that she would do so when she had completed a certain web of embroider

ucceeded for three years, at the end of which time the suitors became so importunate that Penelope could no longer resist.

se the hero disguised himself as a beggar, and by the aid of Minerva, so changed his whole appearance that it was impossib

is father a subject of mockery; and one of them carried his insolence so far as to strike the disguised hero. At length, t

formed a friendship with Pylades, the son of that monarch, which was so true and constant that it passed into a proverb.

igenia resolved to fly from Tauris with her brother. Their plans were so well laid, that they not only succeeded in escapi

efence of his country. Excepting Hector only, there was no Trojan who so distinguished himself by his valor. When Troy was

rojan chief, and felt her heart moved with compassion at the sight of so much undeserved misfortune. She resolved, therefo

appetite of the sacred chickens; when they did not eat, the omen was so bad that it was considered unlucky to give battle

end. These, when moved by the winds, struck the caldron, and produced so continuous a sound that four hundred vibrations w

red at Delphi, but as a general thing the answers were ambiguous, and so cautiously worded as to seem true, whatever might

the temperature of the fountain. Belzoni had no thermometer with him, so that he was unable to test the truth of this supp

racle was in his native city of Epidaurus in Argolis. This oracle was so famous that in the year 293 B. C., when a terribl

ation — Prize — Nemean Games — Crowns bestowed — Isthmian Games — Why so called — Instituted in Honor of Melicertes — Garl

brated at intervals of forty-nine and fifty lunar months alternately, so that they fell sometimes in the month Apollonius,

eece repaired to the Olympic games, believing that the approbation of so illustrious an assembly was the most certain mean

ely given to the nine books which compose the work. Dionysius was not so fortunate. This prince believed himself the most

l the whole assembly burst forth into hooting and shouts of laughter, so absurd did the pretensions of the royal poet appe

the modern village of Kutchumadi. Ques. Why were the Isthmian Games so called? Ans. They were named from the Isthmus of

hes to the height of the actor, and the dress was judiciously padded, so as to give the whole figure the necessary heroic

gly marked or ordinary features. The masks were lined with brass, and so constructed that instead of muffling the voice, t

ize of excellence, they generally presented two or three pieces each, so that twelve complete dramas were sometimes perfor

. Describe the Venus de Medicis? Ans. This statue, still perfect, is so called from having been in the possession of the

d Minerva. Ques. Describe the Apollo Belvidere? Ans. This statue is so called from the Belvidere gallery of the Pope’s p

obe, the daughter of Phoroneus. He conquered Egypt, which he governed so well and wisely as to receive divine honors from

ues. How was this god represented? Ans. By a brazen image, which was so contrived that when a child was laid upon its ext

heavy and uninteresting, but very important to historians. Ques. Why so ? Ans. Because they throw light on the early hist

are under no restriction whatever. The idea seems to be that they are so vile that no kind of food could pollute them. Qu

food could pollute them. Ques. Are the castes ancient? Ans. So much so , that it is impossible to say when they were firs

d was distinguished by wisdom, virtue and every personal gift. He was so disgusted with the wickedness of men, that he ret

r. He preached first in Benares, but his doctrines were received with so much favor that he lived to see them spread over

most important exterior part of their religion, and the Japanese were so much attached to this form of idolatry, that the

me chosen disciples. We read that he paid a visit to Lao-tze, and was so confounded by the sublime wisdom of that philosop

ia by the conquests of Salmanasar; and it is not possible that a sage so eager in the pursuit of religious knowledge, shou

d these are trained for the service of Buddha. These Bonzes have sunk so low in public estimation, that they are often hir

e subject of religion, how does it happen that Christianity should be so severely persecuted? Ans. This arises partly fro

working in the interest of the great western nations whose power they so much fear. There are other reasons; the purity of

e Lama dies, his soul enters immediately into the body of some child, so that he is simply said to transmigrate. Ques. Ho

ed to use, etc. The children thus examined have sometimes answered in so extraordinary a manner that many have supposed Sa

ncient legends of his race. The word Edda means ancestress, and it is so called because it is considered the mother of Ice

f mead. Loki bade him not to wonder at this, as her thoughts had been so much occupied by her approaching nuptials that sh

neath the bridal veil, Loki again made an excuse which satisfied him, so he brought the hammer, and laid it on the lap of

head of hair which they had spun from the purest gold, and which was so wonderfully wrought that it would attach itself t

Valhalla. Heimdall required less sleep than a bird, and his sight was so keen that he could distinguish the smallest objec

cks and animals — that they would do no harm to Baldur. The gods were so well satisfied with this, that they amused themse

o. Hela would take no ransom, but wished to try if Baldur were really so beloved. “If,” said she, “all things in the world

aken, however, by Thor, who caught him by the tail, and compressed it so , that all salmons ever since have had that part r

falls upon Loki, which makes him howl with horror, and twist his body so violently that the whole earth shakes. The Elv

Gnomes were Thor’s hammer, and the ship Skidbladnir. This vessel was so wonderfully wrought, that while it was large enou

with their war and household implements, it could be folded together so small as to be carried in the hand. Runic Lett

er. During this convulsion of nature, armies will meet in combat, and so great shall be the slaughter, that wolves and eag

Germany. The Mythology of the Teutonic or Germanic race is neither so picturesque nor so well defined as that of Scandi

hology of the Teutonic or Germanic race is neither so picturesque nor so well defined as that of Scandinavia. Odin and oth

 Priests — Their Duties — Bards — Their Influences — Druids, properly so called — Sacred Plants — Mystic Writing of the Dr

in the Northern Ocean. This island is inhabited by the Hyperboreans, so named because they live beyond the region of the

. Into three orders; the priests, the bards, and the Druids, properly so called. Ques. What were the duties of the priest

ry Celtic warrior, and to the coward or traitor, there was no penalty so terrible as the denunciation of the sacred bards.

hieftains whose glory they sung. Ques. Who were the Druids, properly so called? Ans. They were priests of the highest or

ns with regard to witches and their nocturnal revels, which prevailed so long in Europe, originated, no doubt, from popula

ese sorceresses. In Ireland, they do not appear to have played either so terrible or so important a part. We only know tha

. In Ireland, they do not appear to have played either so terrible or so important a part. We only know that at Tara, cert

perpetual fire which burned on their altars. In one of the civil wars so common in the island, a chief of Leinster destroy

nected with its observance. Before the invasion of Cæsar, Britain was so little known to the ancient Gauls, as to be still

away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world, so that the child might be born anew. Ques. How did

the centre of the western face of the pyramid. More generally, it was so arranged, that the religious processions were obl

, while interceding for his brother he dexterously dropped his mantle so as to expose the stump of the arm he had lost at

n. He filled the highest offices in the gift of his country, and took so prominent a part in public affairs, that an accou

uralist. It is not easy to understand how one man could have followed so many different avocations, filled high offices un

thirty-seven books. It treats, not only of natural history, properly so called, but also of astronomy, biography, history

sesses now but little interest. In many instances, the description is so vague as to leave us in doubt as to the particula

Simonides was the master of Pindar; he lived to a very advanced age, so that he became the contemporary of the Pisistrati

em to forget the calamities of the time in their grief at the loss of so illustrious a citizen. Sophocles wrote one hundre

, how one who read such a number of books, could find time to compose so many volumes; and how he who composed so many vol

, could find time to compose so many volumes; and how he who composed so many volumes, could have found leisure to peruse

nd Co. Ltd. Preface The myths of Greece and Rome have inspired so much of the best thought in English literature th

were fully answered, and no room remained for conjecture. It was not so , however, with the other nations. The Greeks and

The Earth did not exist. Land, sea, and air were mixed up together; so that the earth was not solid, the sea was not flu

for her embellishment, and, resolving to crown and complete the work so well begun, created Uranus (Heaven). This version

sea.” They were “ exempt from disease, old age, and death,” and were so virtuous that the gods frequently visited them, a

     Come to our ears, like dreams. “The Moon, too, brings her world so nigh,         That when the night-seer looks To t

s father’s curse then suddenly returned to his mind. Anxious to avert so great a calamity as the loss of his power, he has

oat, Amalthea, was procured to act as nurse, and fulfilled her office so acceptably that she was eventually placed in the

unter, he was signally defeated. Jupiter, delighted to have triumphed so quickly, took possession of the supreme power, an

re, he released the Cyclopes from Tartarus, where they had languished so long, stipulating that in exchange for their free

ving disposed of all the Titans, now fancied he would enjoy the power so unlawfully obtained; but Gæa, to punish him for d

ding disposition, and when he beheld the maiden he exclaimed, “Surely so beautiful and gentle a being can bring no evil!”

ers; and in refreshing themselves with the luscious fruit, which hung so temptingly within reach. One lovely evening, whil

this gloomy prison! Open, open, we beseech you!” Pandora’s heart beat so fast and loud, that it seemed for a moment to dro

set the speaker free, adding very amiably, that she had already done so much harm by her ill-fated curiosity, that it wou

rld is lasting; and the Golden Age was followed by another, not quite so prosperous, hence called the Silver Age, when the

l efforts to escape, closed over the homes where they might have been so happy, and drowned their last despairing cries in

ady to obey his slightest behest, and it is said her master loved her so dearly that he generally held an image of her in

, most beautiful Of men; the gods beheld and caught him up To heaven, so beautiful was he, to pour The wine to Jove, and e

d into the midst of them, and in a few minutes disappeared from view, so rapidly did he swim away. To reassure the frighte

He then resumed his wonted form, explained at length his reasons for so unceremoniously kidnapping her, and finally won h

already broken for his future city. No human being was within sight: so Cadmus knew the order proceeded from the immortal

shed with as much celerity as Mercury. Her flight through the air was so rapid, that she was seldom seen; and no one would

nd which she had left only to be married. The way was long and dusty: so the aged woman, who could no longer walk such a d

the people, who admired this trait of filial devotion. The mother was so touched by her sons’ affection, that, as she knel

t, fancied that no one could equal the work done by her deft fingers, so she boasted far and wide that she would not hesit

not hesitate to match her skill with Minerva’s. She made this remark so loudly and so frequently, that the goddess finall

to match her skill with Minerva’s. She made this remark so loudly and so frequently, that the goddess finally was annoyed,

ncur the wrath of the gods by her presumptuous words; but Arachne was so blinded by her conceit, that she scorned the well

ly be able to prove the truth of her assertions. This insolent speech so incensed Minerva, that she cast aside her disguis

ous slight, Fluttring among the Olives wantonly, That seem’d to live, so like it was in sight: The velvet nap which on his

hung herself. Minerva saw her discomfited rival was about to escape: so she quickly changed her dangling body into a spid

r, proved but fleeting; for Coronis, reasoning that if one lover were so delightful, two would be doubly so, secretly enco

, reasoning that if one lover were so delightful, two would be doubly so , secretly encouraged another suitor. “Flirted wi

meet him slyly,     Underneath the blushing rose.” — Saxe. Although so cleverly managed, these trysts could not escape t

bird, the snowy raven, — for such was his hue in those early times, —  so he flew off in haste to his master to report the

   “The god of Physic     Had no antidote; alack! He who took her off so deftly     Couldn’t bring the maiden back!” Saxe

ly instructed by Apollo in the healing art. The disciple’s talent was so great, that he soon rivalled his master, and even

creed his singing not too bad To hear between the cups of wine: “And so , well pleased with being soothed     Into a sweet

ollo, for he too loved Hyacinthus, Zephyrus blew Apollo’s quoit aside so violently that it struck his playmate, and felled

for Cyparissus, having accidentally killed Apollo’s pet stag, grieved so sorely over this mischance, that he pined away an

e maid and win her affections. He first tried to approach her gently, so as not to frighten her; but, before he could reac

m Olympus watched him course a fox, a special creation of theirs; and so well were both animals matched in speed and endur

grass one summer afternoon, became aware of a distant sound of music, so sweet, so thrilling, that he fairly held his brea

summer afternoon, became aware of a distant sound of music, so sweet, so thrilling, that he fairly held his breath to list

ies could avail to tear Marsyas away from his new-found treasure; and so rapidly did his skill increase, that he became in

to Pan, in spite of the marked inferiority of his playing. Apollo was so incensed by this injustice that he determined to

one, of the king’s long ears, preyed upon the poor barber’s spirits, so that, incapable of enduring silence longer, he sa

ars!” and all who passed by caught the whisper, and noised it abroad, so that the secret became the general topic of all c

speare. This talent waxed greater as the years passed by, and became so remarkable, that the youth’s fame was very widesp

ride encountered a youth named Aristæus, whose bold admiration proved so distasteful, that she fled from him as quickly as

to make life endurable, and Orpheus wandered off to Olympus, where he so piteously implored Jupiter to restore his wife to

s induced him to turn just before he reached the earth; and as he did so the form of the wife he had so nearly snatched fr

re he reached the earth; and as he did so the form of the wife he had so nearly snatched from the grave vanished from befo

chantes overtook him in the forest, and bade him play some gay music, so they might indulge in a dance. But poor Orpheus,

; and the sad notes which alone he now could draw from his instrument so enraged the merrymakers, that they tore him limb

led upon her name until the brooks, trees, and fountains he had loved so well caught up the longing cry, and repeated it a

heir mother Antiope had been repudiated by her second husband, Lycus, so that he might marry another wife by the name of D

that his father, Apollo, was setting out for his daily drive. Clymene so often entertained her child with stories of his f

he godly father, whose stately bearing and radiant air his mother had so enthusiastically described. Apollo, from his gold

aster and faster, and soon lost his way. In finding it again he drove so close to the earth, that all the plants shrivelle

rrified at what he had done, Phaeton whipped up his steeds, and drove so far away, that all the vegetation which had survi

cold. The cries of mortals rose in chorus, and their clamours became so loud and importunate, that they roused Jupiter fr

inued youth; and her husband grew older and older, and finally became so decrepit, that he was a burden to her. “Immortal

ecause her offspring numbered but two. Shortly after, Niobe even went so far as to forbid her people to worship Apollo and

ath found and claimed her. Then the gods, touched by the sight of woe so intense, changed Niobe into stone, just as she st

her’s permission to remain single all her life, and pleaded her cause so ably, that Jupiter was forced to grant her reques

way; and as she drove she often bent down to view the sleeping earth, so shadowy and dreamlike, and to breathe the intoxic

me of the distant flowers. It always seemed to her then as if Nature, so beautiful during the day, borrowed additional cha

blue sky, he felt sure the whole occurrence had been but a dream, but so sweet a dream that he cast himself down upon the

       Still hold their place on high, Though from its rank thine orb so long hath started,         Thou, that no more art

re they had often resorted to enjoy a plunge. The cool waters rippled so invitingly, that the goddess and her attendants h

accustomed spot, Actæon fancied he heard bursts of silvery laughter: so he crept on very cautiously, and soon, gently par

r desires, until one night the unfortunate Alectryon fell asleep; and so 84 profound were his slumbers, that he did not ev

desert the earth was not possible, nor could he resist her pleading: so he finally decreed that Adonis should be restored

gain droop, and mourn his departure.             “But even in death, so strong is Love, I could not wholly die; and year

always deeply interested in young lovers; and when she saw these two, so well matched in beauty and grace, she bade Cupid

ht her lover not to leave her to battle against the waves, which beat so violently against the stone tower; but he gently

ed, promising to return at night as usual. The storm, which had raged so fiercely already in the early morning, increased

o serve as beacon, should he risk all to keep his word. The wind blew so fiercely that the torch wavered and flickered, an

f your eyelids white, And meekly let your fair hands joined be, As if so gentle that ye could not see,     Untouch’d, a vi

urn from that dangerous venture, wrote the following lines, which are so familiar to English-speaking people: “The winds

his crack made them long for uninterrupted and unrestrained meetings; so they made an appointment to meet on a certain day

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

determined to fashion the image of a lovely woman. The statue became so beautiful under his practised hand that even befo

t of their matchless beauty. Psyche, the youngest of the sisters, was so lovely that her father’s subjects declared her wo

led loveliness, and made Cupid start back in surprise; but, as he did so , one of his own love arrow; came into contact wit

devise various torments of a petty kind, and persecuted the poor girl so remorselessly, that she fled from home with the f

name, or to catch a glimpse of his face, warning her that if she did so he would be forced to leave her, never to return.

ir power to convince poor Psyche that her lover must be some monster, so hideous that he dare not brave the broad light of

pice, and — perished. And now night was come, bringing Cupid, usually so welcome, and Psyche, tortured with doubt, could w

morning that he was having a wound in his shoulder dressed by Venus: so she advised Psyche to go to the Goddess of Beauty

hs,     Holy the air, the water, and the fire; Yet even in these days so far retir’d     From happy pieties, thy lucent fa

luded spot, taking good care to envelop their feet in leafy branches, so that they would leave no traces. Then, his hiding

ng Mercury. Giovanni di Bologna. The gift of the lyre pleased Apollo so well, that he in return wished to make a present

ing snakes, who immediately wound themselves in amity around it. This so pleased him, that he bade them remain there for e

ys found him an invaluable ally; but the faithful messenger was never so much needed or so deeply appreciated as during Ju

valuable ally; but the faithful messenger was never so much needed or so deeply appreciated as during Jupiter’s courtship

eferred the din of battle to all other music, and found no occupation so congenial as the toils and dangers of war. No gen

hen customary for such cases to be tried at night, in utter darkness, so that the judges might not be influenced by the pe

others began to trace the outline of their city limits, and, in doing so , quarrelled over the name of the prospective town

succeed in stealing it, they caused eleven other shields to be made, so exactly like the heaven-sent Ancile, that none bu

him out of heaven. The intervening space between heaven and earth was so great, that Vulcan’s fall lasted during one whole

formed for the remainder of his life. Now, although Vulcan had risked so much and suffered so greatly in taking his mother

der of his life. Now, although Vulcan had risked so much and suffered so greatly in taking his mother’s part, she never ev

ted; but after a time Vulcan’s gloomy abode lost all its attractions: so she forsook her ill-favoured husband, and went in

itrite glides.” Hesiod ( Elton’s tr.). This conduct grieved Neptune so sorely, that he sent a dolphin to plead his cause

formally consented to become Neptune’s wife. The King of the Deep was so overjoyed at these good tidings, that he transfer

ed Pluto’s throne and heard his decree. The current of this river was so swift that even the boldest swimmer could not pas

r her fingers it was now strong, now weak. “Twist ye, twine ye! even so , Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, an

shoulders, and spurred them on to renewed efforts to complete a task so hopeless that it has become proverbial. These fai

hand of his son-in-law. It was now too late to prevent the marriages, so calling his daughters aside, he told them what th

ate inimitable force!” Virgil ( Dryden’s tr.). This insolent parody so incensed Jupiter that he grasped one of his deadl

p his promise. The father-in-law was an avaricious man, and clamoured so loudly for his money, that Ixion, to be rid of hi

lew him. Such an act of violence could not be overlooked by the gods: so Jupiter summoned Ixion to appear before him and s

summoned Ixion to appear before him and state his case. Ixion pleaded so skilfully, that Jupiter was about to declare him

when he suddenly caught him making love to Juno, which offence seemed so unpardonable, that he sent him to Tartarus, where

ysian Fields Far out of sight and hearing of the pitiful sounds which so constantly rose out of Tartarus, were the Elysian

nce he seldom appeared except in godlike array. With artful words she so worked upon the guileless nature of her rival, th

g on her in a storm of light.” Ovid ( Addison’s tr.). But, although so much milder than usual, this apparition was more

up to heaven, where he raised her to the rank of a deity. ‘“Died?’ —  so the Theban maidens think, and laugh, Saying, ‘She

not avail to screen him from the effects of Juno’s persistent hatred: so Jupiter, fearing lest some harm might befall his

divine.” Martinez de la Rosa. These extraordinary sights and sounds so bewildered the poor sailors, that they lost all p

vented him from satisfying his natural appetites. His distress seemed so real, that Bacchus bade him go and wash in the Pa

wash in the Pactolus River, if he would be rid of the power which had so soon turned into a curse. Midas hastened off to t

and died, leaving a disconsolate widower, who took the crown she had so often worn and flung it up into the air. It rose

uto had finally registered a solemn vow never to go wooing again; and so , instead of gently inviting Proserpina to become

they entreated her to come to the palace, and, knowing nothing could so well soothe a breaking heart, offered her the cha

might confer a still greater blessing upon him, that of immortality: so she anointed his limbs with nectar, murmured a po

ice, through which she glided away from the bright sunlight she loved so well into the depths of Pluto’s realm. While glid

ed as enemies unless by a special compact they had been made friends, so Vesta presided especially over true and faithful

e precursor of some great public calamity. The Vestals were, however, so pure and vigilant, that during one thousand years

ely cast herself into the sea, to perish beside him. Touched by grief so real and intense, the gods changed both bodies in

with Dædalus the honour of inventing the sails which propel the ships so swiftly over the tide. It was he, too, who, accor

e mares of Dardanus, King of Troy, became the father of twelve steeds so swift that none could overtake them. Chapter

il and poverty. Silently Hercules pondered for a while over these two so dissimilar offers, and then, mindful of his tutor

eded in cutting off one of the seven heads; but he had no sooner done so , than, to his dismay, he saw seven other heads su

his rushing stream, which he dammed and turned aside from its course, so that the waters passed directly through the stabl

herds for the religious ceremony. Angry at seeing his express command so wantonly disobeyed, Neptune maddened the bull, wh

h to Eurystheus, who, delighted to gratify her as long as he could do so without taking any personal risk or trouble, sent

-handed, defeated them, and finally bore away the prize he had risked so much to obtain. It was on his homeward journey fr

n what part of Africa the garden of the Hesperides might be situated: so he set out at a venture, determined to travel abo

such a hero as Hercules; and, in gratitude for the deliverance he had so long sought in vain, Prometheus directed Hercules

hrough the land of a diminutive race of men, called Pygmies, who were so small that they lived in constant dread of their

were so small that they lived in constant dread of their neighbours, so much larger and stronger than they, and of the cr

him of his burden for a little while. Glad to accomplish his purpose so easily, Hercules allowed the burden of the heaven

he hero, he could not help thinking with horror of the burden he must so soon resume, and bear for centuries, perhaps, wit

ies, perhaps, without relief. This thought oppressed him. Freedom was so sweet that he resolved to keep it, and, coolly st

command, like all the others, was speedily obeyed; but Eurystheus was so terrified at the aspect of the triple-headed dog,

om. A roaming existence had, from force of habit, become a necessity: so the hero first journeyed to Olympia, where he ins

h proved successful Hercules and Omphale But the hero, although so lately escaped from servitude, was soon obliged t

st onset, seized him by one of his great thick-set horns, and held it so firmly that all the bull’s efforts to free himsel

priated the broken horn, stuffed her treasures in its hollow, and was so well pleased with the effect, that she decreed it

ed to his allegiance to his first love, and this roused her jealousy, so long dormant. Finally she heard that Hercules was

ir beloved master. Commands and entreaties alike failed to move them: so Hercules climbed up the mountain side alone, tore

in his own hands with his child’s blood, or to witness her execution: so he ordered that she should be placed in an empty

me, in a land where the sun never shone, was very distasteful to her, so she entreated Minerva to let her go and visit the

eld Medusa, could have prompted this denial. This presumptuous remark so incensed Minerva, that, to punish her for her van

s through his childhood and youth, now decided to lend him their aid, so that he might successfully accomplish the great t

ere a strange sight greeted him. Away down on the “rock-bound coast,” so near the foaming billows that their spray continu

im. When he, therefore, expressed a desire to marry the maiden he had so bravely rescued, they gladly gave him her hand, a

nted by the memory of this involuntary crime was too painful for him: so he exchanged his kingdom for another, that of Myc

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

on’s exactions, Theseus drew his sword, and by his determined bearing so terrified the robber, that he offered him a free

n that Sciron performed for him the menial office he had imposed upon so many others. Sciron dared not refuse, and obeyed

ther’s court, to make himself known, and receive the welcome promised so many years before. Medea, seated by Ægeus’ side,

polised before.)” Saxe. Dædalus and Icarus This labyrinth was so very intricate, that those who entered could not

uld bask in the direct rays of the ardent sun. The heat, which seemed so grateful after his chilly flight, soon softened a

heroes, he preferred to meet any danger rather than remain inactive: so , mindful of Ariadne’s instructions, he fastened h

his people could not divert his mind from this terrible catastrophe: so he finally resolved to resign his authority and s

erself. As for Theseus, soured by these repeated misfortunes, he grew so stern and tyrannical, that he gradually alienated

e boldly, summoned him to make a full restitution of the power he had so unjustly seized. Phryxus and Helle To surre

he was obliged to pass between these rocks or give up the expedition: so , calculating that the speed of his vessel was equ

wful deed, piously collected his son’s remains, and, in pausing to do so , lost sight of the Argo, and all hope of recoveri

sight of the Argo, and all hope of recovering his unnatural daughter: so he returned sadly to Colchis, where he buried his

the Corporation Art Gallery of Bradford. Unfortunately, Æson was now so old and decrepit, that power had no charms for hi

, Æson was now so old and decrepit, that power had no charms for him: so Jason begged Medea to use her magic in his behalf

rried out these instructions, they only slew the father whom they had so dearly loved. Days and years now passed happily a

for giving it to a stranger. They added taunts to this reproof, which so angered Meleager that, in a sudden fit of passion

n apples. Atalanta, as usual, passed her rival easily; but as she did so he cast one of the golden apples at her feet. For

ot be parted from his brothers — a proof of brotherly affection which so touched the father of the gods, that he permitted

                                  “He fell By strangers murdered, for so fame reports, By robbers in the place where three

ection to collect all possible information about the murder committed so long ago, and after a short time they brought unm

s duly sacked, burned, and destroyed, the Delphic oracle had foretold so many years before. Chapter XXV: Bellerophon

fe, and still could not refuse to comply with Prœtus’ urgent request; so , after much thought, he decided to send Belleroph

pus’ heights, had not Jupiter sent a gadfly, which stung poor Pegasus so cruelly, that he shied viciously, and flung his t

t rider far down to the earth below.              “Bold Bellerophon ( so Jove decreed In wrath) fell headlong from the fie

e was Dryope, was a beautiful young princess, the daughter of Baucis, so bright and clever that all who knew her loved her

a host of suitors asked her hand, each eager to win for his bride one so beautiful and gifted. “No nymph of all Œchalia c

the fond mother plucked it and gave it to him. She had scarcely done so , when she noticed drops of blood trickling from t

the ground. She cast a rapid glance downward to ascertain what could so impede her progress, and noticed the rough bark o

very spot a few moments before. His deception and disappointment were so severe that they wrung from him a prolonged sigh,

d how it happened that such a very charming young woman should remain so long unmarried. Then, having received a mocking a

n insane desire to plunge into the sea, —  a desire which soon became so intense that he could no longer resist it, but di

e sea. “‘I plung’d for life or death. To interknit One’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pai

’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain; so not enough Can I admire how crystal-smooth it fel

e for his happiness or not. It was very fortunate for him that he did so , for the three sisters told him that Thetis was d

ncely guest. During his absence, Paris, urged by Venus, courted Helen so successfully that she finally consented to elope

ereby to elude the tedious journey to Troy; but the messenger was not so easily duped, and cleverly determined to ascertai

er in greatness. The Hero Achilles Thetis loved this only child so dearly, that when he was but a babe, she had carr

r to see her lord once more, were it but for a moment. Her appeal was so touching, that the gods could not refuse to hear

and how they might check the progress of the deadly disease which was so rapidly reducing their forces. They were told tha

the enemy’s advance and produce a diversion in favour of the Greeks; so he asked permission to wear it and lead the Myrmi

arrow into his vulnerable heel, thus slaying the hero who had caused so many brave warriors to bite the dust. “Thus grea

nally obtained the coveted weapons; and Ajax’ grief at their loss was so intense, that he became insane, and killed himsel

of Achilles by his son Pyrrhus. Philoctetes The oracles, silent so long, now announced that Troy could never be take

Island of Lemnos on account of a wound in his foot, which had become so offensive that none of the ship’s company could e

ame his inseparable friend. In fact, their devotion to each other was so great that it has become proverbial in every tong

m partake of the lotus blossoms; but no sooner had the three men done so , than all recollection of their waiting companion

n he was sound asleep. Although she made fun of his ’ove, she was not so obdurate to the suit of Acis, a very fascinating

ce raised in song, as she wove a beautiful web for her own adornment; so they pressed eagerly on, and entered the palace h

r rescue. Circe now prepared a second feast, and entertained them all so well, that Ulysses lingered there for one whole y

. He was allowed to stoop down and drink; and, as soon as he had done so , he recovered the power of human speech, and warn

them to execute these orders, he stopped their ears with melted wax, so they could not hear a sound, for he alone could h

his course between two dread monsters, Charybdis and Scylla, who lay so close together, that, while striving to avoid one

men, however, worn out with the toil of many days’ rowing, entreated so piteously to be allowed to rest, voluntarily pled

lcome, and invited him to join in the games then taking place. He did so , and displayed such strength and skill that his i

When Neptune discovered that the Phæacians had outwitted him, he was so angry that he changed the returning vessel into a

suitors; for, when urged to marry, she had replied that she would do so as soon as she had finished the tapestry upon whi

to hear her decision, little knowing that she undid at night the web so carefully woven during the day.                 

and for a moment he determined to take her life; but ere he could do so , Venus, his mother, stayed his hand, and bade him

ly pursuits. Surprised to see Latinus’ friendly offers of hospitality so suddenly withdrawn, Æneas made rapid preparations

l parts of the world, differing but slightly in form and manufacture, so the myths of all nations “resemble each other, be

that as French, Spanish, and Italian are derived from the Latin, even so Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit have a common source i

stars are alive, and, as it were, human in their nature”. “Poetry has so far kept alive in our minds the old animative the

can best explain how the many anomalies occur, and how the myths got so tangled up together that now it is almost impossi

, “Circumstances alter cases.” Thus the heat of the sun, for example, so beneficial at certain times, may prove baleful an

estorer of life” after the blighting influence of winter and disease, so their offspring (Æsculapius) was naturally suppos

“they say that Orpheus has turned around too soon to look at her, and so was parted from the wife he loved so dearly.” Hi

und too soon to look at her, and so was parted from the wife he loved so dearly.” His death in the forest, when his stren

ky itself was a blue sea, and the clouds were ships sailing over it,” so Charon’s boat was supposed to be one of these ves

note cloud and mountain (“for the piles of vapour on the horizon were so like Alpine ranges”), the cloud and mountain myth

Diana, by whose bright darts they are ruthlessly slain. Niobe grieves so sorely at their untimely death, that she dissolve

stial drill which churns fire out of the clouds”); but the Greeks had so entirely forgotten this etymological meaning, tha

of volcanoes, where the intense heat keeps the metals in fusion, and so malleable that he can mould them at will; and, as

-do′ni-an Hunt. Organized by Meleager to slay a boar, 241-242 Ca-lyp′ so . Nymph who detained Ulysses on Ogygia seven years

r by Hercules, 126-128, 195, 275 Hes-pe′ri-a. Ancient name of Italy, so called by Æneas, 12, 326 Hes-per′i-des. Daughter

from its proving a thrice told tale: and yet the subject is in itself so interesting, and so intimately connected with all

hrice told tale: and yet the subject is in itself so interesting, and so intimately connected with all that is most fascin

connected with all that is most fascinating to our remembrances, and so blended with all that reminds us of departed grea

s of the people, ready to punish or reward; and that, too in a manner so strange and immediate, that it must have greatly

too, through avenues of beautiful poetry, both ancient and modern, is so entirely cheerful, that we are apt to think it mu

ion which is the ground-work of our own belief. But this is, at best, so vague and shadowy, that its inculcators get lost

the vast universe? These flowers, whose varied and shining beauty you so much admire, are the tears of Aurora. It is the b

in a car of fire, diffuses his light through the world; the stars are so many divinities, who measure with their golden be

n those fierce and savage spirits, who would destroy a world that has so long been the treasury of the arts! a world, imag

orld, imaginary indeed, but delightful, and whose ideal pleasures are so well fitted to compensate for the real troubles a

er authority (and we acknowledge that the subject has been treated of so often and in so masterly a style by men of whom t

d we acknowledge that the subject has been treated of so often and in so masterly a style by men of whom the world was sca

ested to this or that sense, nor how prevalent wit and discourse are, so as ingeniously to apply such meanings as were not

speaking of, which is that some of these fables are in the narration so foolish and absurd, that they seem to claim a par

f they looked no further, that they have afforded matter and occasion so worthy of contemplation.” The Divinities of F

m their union sprang the Titans, those giants of antiquity who occupy so important a position in the annals of Fable. Of t

y is fixed. Vestal. Mercy — oh! mercy; tho’ my sin be great, Life is so beautiful I cannot die; And earth seems smiling w

atched them fading from the mountain top: Earth, sky and air, are all so beautiful, I cannot, dare not, will not, think of

s being in the midst of the sands of Arabia, was seized with a thirst so burning, that he was reduced to long even for a d

nd to enrage his sovereign, he formed a being of clay, of workmanship so exquisite, that it scarcely seemed to need life t

rible forms, Whence and what are ye? Never yet there came‌ Phantasms so foul thro’ monster-teeming hell, From the all mis

Fury. The beauty of delight makes lovers glad, Gazing on one another: so are we, As from the rose which the pale priestess

uffer, Being evil. Cruel is the power which called You, or aught else so wretched into light!     Third Fury. Thou think’s

rendering his troubles less painful. “But thou, oh! Hope, with eyes so fair,     What was thy delighted measure?     Sti

joy, Whom now despairing agonies destroy, Speak, for he can, and none so well as he, What treasures centre, what delights

at in life you owe. Fame is at least by heavenly promise due, To life so short, and now dishonoured too. Avenge this wrong

fraud, and requested Jupiter to give her possession of an animal she so much admired. The request was too reasonable to b

ted and attempted to destroy a sacred forest, was doomed to an hunger so cruel, that he devoured his own limbs, and died i

en those events which must inevitably come to pass, and which all are so anxious to discover. “Thou power which all men s

t hand? The past is known to us, and doth contain So much of evil and so little good, So much of wrong, and oh! so little

contain So much of evil and so little good, So much of wrong, and oh! so little right, So much of suffering, and so little

So much of wrong, and oh! so little right, So much of suffering, and so little peace, That we would fain turn o’er the le

s too much, And is in mercy hidden from our eyes. Earth is made up of so much care and woe, The past, the present, and the

e the Cyclops to his indignation, who had forged the thunderbolt. But so insolent an act could not remain unpunished, and

chivalry declines; —     The wreck of glory’s gladness!” Apollo was so disconsolate at the death of Hyacinth, that, as w

er during her inspiration, were terrified and forsook the temple; and so violent was the fit, that she continued for some

tes celebrated every four years at Delos. The history of the Muses is so closely allied to that of Apollo that we shall pr

gpies, and since their transformation, they have preserved the talent so dear to beauty, of being able in many words to ex

ess of chastity, and it was in this character that her vengeance fell so heavily on Actæon, who following the chase one da

tamorphosed master, who, in horrible dread of the fate he had himself so often inflicted, fled rapidly from them. True to

es, Though she stood smiling o’er the sacrifice, The poet wept at her so piteous fate, Wept that such beauty should be des

to sigh, Thou wert in Avon, and a thousand rills, Beautiful Dian! and so whene’er I lie Trodden, thou wilt be gazing from

r of the minotaur had abandoned after having seduced her. The God was so smitten with the candour and beauty of his youthf

the vine-yard of Icarius, drank to such excess of the juice which was so temptingly presented to their sight, that, in the

e dreaming boy with the determination of selling him for a slave: and so sound was the sleep of the God, that they had pro

uaffing. “Whence came ye merry damsels! whence came ye, So many, and so many, and such glee? “Why have ye left your bower

strelsy! “Whence came ye, jolly Satyrs! whence came ye, So many, and so many, and such glee? Why have ye left your forest

urst forth anew, and in an agony of transport, rather than strike one so loved, he ‌determined to be her substitute, and o

the pine; And there are hung on high, in honour of the vine A madness so devout the vineyard fills, In hollow valleys, and

eir thoughtless joy. Let Hermes grace the jocund scene,     And youth so gay and free; For what is youth, though fair, oh!

fect piece of Praxiteles. It was formed of white marble, and appeared so much like life, that, according to some historian

ion that Leander first saw and loved her: a love which led to results so disastrous. “Come hither, all sweet maidens, sob

your eye-lids white, And meekly let your fair hands joined be, As if so gentle that ye could not see Untouched, a victim

ercise his power; and with all the determination of a Goddess, poured so many entreaties, accompanied with tears, that the

when an opportunity offered, he sent his arrows to the hearts of men, so bold did he even become, that he ventured to dart

elated of him. ‌ The nymph Psyche was one of those exquisite beings, so seldom met with in the present degenerate days; a

gs, so seldom met with in the present degenerate days; and even then, so rare was her beauty, that the people of earth loo

f her azure vest     Kissed with its fragrant mouth.” Anon. To one so jealous as Venus, this homage paid to Psyche was

he intention of fulfilling this commission, Cupid visited Psyche, but so beautiful was the being he came to see, that he f

ce which the power of the God had raised for her, though few could be so delightful, when, “In broad pinions from the rea

nd the affection which dropped in honied words from Cupid’s lips, was so endearing, that the nymph longed to communicate t

had no doubt though the lips and skin of this mysterious being seemed so soft to their sister, it was by the power of ench

a time the nymph scarcely dared to cast a glance on the being she was so anxious to view; and stood half shrinking from th

e clear effulgence of the blaze is such, The brilliant plumage shines so heavenly bright, That mortal eyes turn dazzled fr

grace and elegance, to celebrate the nuptials of her son.” “So pure, so soft, with sweet attraction shone Fair Psyche, kn

art the curious Naiads came Nor would the work, when finished, please so much As, while she wrought, to view each graceful

” Ovid. Although her work was perfect and masterly, the Goddess was so vexed at the subjects Arachne had chosen, that sh

of Mars, which would submit to no insult, was immediately in arms at so tender a point, and he slew the insulter. Neptune

ast, thy counsels, thy distinguished care: So boundless she, and thou so partial grown, Well may we deem, the wondrous bir

ayest prove That tho’ they pass the breeze’s flight, My bolts are not so feathery light.’ He took the shaft — and oh! thy

the glowing breeze, The trumpet sound, the shout. Oh! there is nought so beautiful as this.     Rivers. Aye, but to see th

h once more, and for the last time, the strings of the lyre which has so often cheered me: let the last moments of my life

nour the festivals were instituted, had produced the horse, an animal so beneficial for the use of mankind. As monarch of

ost and lovely! those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long; The prayer went up thro’ midnight’s breathl

d, And fields that border on the Lycian coast; A river here he viewed so lovely bright, It showed the bottom in a fairer l

ey immolated to the goddess. “Who beareth the world on his shoulders so broad; Hear me, thou power, who, of yore, by thy

s of rivers — as the Oreads were the peculiar guardians of the hills, so the Nereids guided and commanded the waves of the

red by swains. Like Phœbe clad, e’en Phœbe’s self she seems, So tall, so straight, such well proportioned limbs, The nices

ng! Strange sweet Echo, even like thee replying.” Hemans. This god, so adored and loved in the country, had the power of

he was before to receive it, and implored the god to revoke a present so fatal to the recipient. “The ready slaves prepar

lies: ‌Sick of his wish, he now detests the power For which he asked so earnestly before: Amidst his gold with pinching f

, when brought into the presence of the Roman ‌general, and Sylla was so disgusted with the sight, that he ordered it inst

withstanding which, as he grew up, his inclinations and habits became so vicious, that he was known as the god of lewdness

hless feet,     And all heaven’s host of eyes.     Checked thy career so fleet: Entranced, but fearful all, Saw thee, swee

rden culture none could her excel, Or form the pliant souls of plants so well; Or to the fruit more generous flavours lend

trains. Sometimes his sword a soldier shews; his rod An angler; still so various is the God. Now, in a forehead cloth some

youth adorn, As when with rays glad Phœbus paints the morn. The sight so warms the fair admiring maid, Like snow she melts

morn. The sight so warms the fair admiring maid, Like snow she melts, so soon can youth persuade; Consent on eager wings s

ith the mare of Dardanus, by which he had a female progeny of twelve, so swift, that they ran or rather flew over the sea

ng     Sweet perfumes near, They blessed me for singing     A cadence so dear.” ‌East Wind.     “I’ve wafted through bowe

ent heads, each bearing three rows of teeth. This sudden metamorphose so alarmed her, that she threw herself into that par

When throned in ocean’s wave,     It blushes o’er the world: Yet both so passing wonderful!” Shelley. ————— “The one g

imself, before he joined the philosophy in which he ultimately became so eminent, had taken the chisel in his hand, and re

se from amongst them. The Athenians consented; and the lover received so much happiness in the marriage state, that festiv

brother, by slaying Idas, but was unable after this to support life, so devotedly was he attached to his brother: and imp

y fame, Jason readily undertook an expedition which seemed to promise so much glory. The expedition was bruited about all

adventures arrived at Colchis. Alarmed at an invasion which appeared so formidable, Æetes promised to restore the golden

grace; Adorned the lovely youth, and thro’ his face Displayed an air so pleasing, as might charm A goddess, and a vestal’

he essays, Weltering in blood, his feeble arms to raise; Environed by so many swords; ‘From whence This barbarous usage? w

ve year began.” Ovid. Pelias the usurper, was desirous of following so pleasant an example, and his daughters persuaded

Pelias with his guards lay bound In magic sleep, scarce that of death so sound: The daughters now are by the Sorceress led

and to free themselves from a plague which devoured the country after so frightful a massacre, they engaged the poet Eurip

. He was early instructed in those arts in which he afterwards became so famous, for Castor taught him to fight, Eurytus t

fortitude whatever gods or men might command, and Eurystheus, seeing so perfect a hero subjected to him, ordered him to p

Mycenæ, and ever after clothed himself with the skin. Eurystheus was so astonished at the sight of the beast, and at the

he boar by closely pursuing him through the deep snow. Eurystheus was so frightened at the sight of the boar, that, accord

o Omphale, Queen of Lydia, as a slave. But his services to this queen so astonished her, that she freed him from his servi

vid. If his fame had been universal, his worship soon became equally so , and Juno, once so inveterate, consented to his r

ad been universal, his worship soon became equally so, and Juno, once so inveterate, consented to his receiving her daught

merous as the labours and difficulties which he underwent, and became so powerful after his death, that they alone had the

on, and attempted to slay him. Finding himself unable to contend with so powerful a foe, Perseus was obliged to have recou

ayed His rapid flight, to view the beauteous maid. So sweet her form, so exquisitely fine, She seemed a statue by a hand d

ath redeem. Shall she be mine? Shall it not then be thought, A bride, so lovely, was too cheaply bought? For her, my arms,

id; ‘Hold, brother, hold, what brutal rage has made Your frantic mind so black a crime conceive? Are these the thanks that

id to free? And shall you claim his merit? Had you thought Her charms so great, you should have bravely sought, That bless

e fury of Phineus, had he not employed the same arms which had proved so successful against Atlas. “Fierce Phineus now re

courage. He arrived at Athens in safety, where his reception was not so cordial as he hoped, for Medea, who resided with

eserves!     Alvine. But for the history of that pale girl Who stands so desolate on the sea-shore?     Leonarde. She was

tched!     Leonarde.                              She was left By her so heartless lover while she slept. She woke from pl

he fearful truth will out, My love is gained!     Hip. I hope, indeed so , — as a mother. Phæ. aside — (How coldly doth he

e, But — as a woman — now my breast is free Of the stern secret which so long hath burned And given a fever to my very loo

n of Theseus!     Hip. And you his wife?     Phæ. Aye, boy, ’tis even so ; Nay, look not so: — I say Hippolytus, That from

Hip. And you his wife?     Phæ. Aye, boy, ’tis even so; Nay, look not so : — I say Hippolytus, That from the very hour I sa

y name, And endless infamy my memory, That, having given birth to one so shameless, I dared not take the life I gave to hi

s of his father. The name of Theseus had been rendered by his bravery so conspicuous and so dreaded by his enemies, that a

e name of Theseus had been rendered by his bravery so conspicuous and so dreaded by his enemies, that a tradition became p

aid by the refinement of the age to music and poetry, of which he was so distinguished an ornament. He was the son of Œage

ent of which Orpheus added two cords, — and upon which he played with so masterly a hand, that the river in its rapid curr

resisted and fled; but as she fled from him, a serpent stung her with so deadly a bite, that she died on the field. ‌ Dee

t That owned the summer loveliness of life To him a worthy offering —  so she stood Wrapt in bright silence, as entranced a

y the oracle, that he would fall by the hands ‌of his son. Alarmed at so fearful a prediction, he resolved not to approach

riod of government; but when his year had past, the throne had proved so agreeable, that he refused to keep his promise of

f Thebes; nor was this an ungrateful task to the warrior who had been so treacherously assaulted. ‌ —————— “Frowning he

rish if he accompanied the expedition, and therefore secreted himself so successfully, that his wife only, knew the the pl

a bracelet of great worth from Polynice, who was desirous of gaining so important an auxiliary. Previous to Amphiaraus qu

ictim, he sacrificed Euriphyle to the vengeance of his dead sire. But so execrable a crime could not pass unpunished, and

s, who was an illegitimate son of Pelops, they refused to obey, which so exasperated her, that she stabbed the child with

brother succeeded in winning the affections of his wife. Irritated at so unlooked for a crime, Atreus took a fearful venge

he ‌children, a sight which struck Thyestes with horror. The deed was so cruel and impious, that the very sun is said to h

n the tyrant’s face The head of Itys, gory as it was: Nor ever longed so much to use her tongue, And, with a just reproach

lose pursuit he drives Pandion’s breed; Whose nimble feet spring with so swift a force Across the fields, they seem to win

terfered; and at last Agamemnon was persuaded to sacrifice a daughter so tenderly beloved but as she was a great favourite

?                 Ah! ’twas ill done to shrink; But the sword gleamed so sharp; and the good priest Trembled, and Pallas f

.                 Tell me then, Tell how my mother fares who loved me so , And grieved, as ‘twere for you, to see me part.

are serene, Serene too be your spirit! none on earth ‌Ever was half so kindly in his house, And so compliant, even to a

our spirit! none on earth ‌Ever was half so kindly in his house, And so compliant, even to a child. Never was snatched yo

sharp sword, thou would’st exclaim, Greece no avenger — I, her chief so late, Through Erebus, through Elysium, writhe ben

me away, And I will weave them for you on the bank. You will not look so pale when you have walked A little in the grove,

t me be unblest; But, O my faultless father! why should you? And shun so my embraces?                 Am I wild And wander

at your approach. Look on me; smile with me at my illusion — You are so like what you have ever been (Except in sorrow!)

t moment all Her yet surviving heroes seemed to fall. Patroclus thus, so many chiefs o’erthrown, So many lives effused, ex

s disputed for them, and they were given to the King of Ithaca ‌which so enraged Ajax that he slew himself, and the blood

erpents coiling round him, squeezed him in their complicated wreaths, so that he died in the greatest torture. Insérer ima

king the object of his mission, he was met by a stern refusal, which so irritated the warrior, that he stabbed Pyrrhus fo

to deceive them, she undid at night that which she worked in the day, so that when Ulysses arrived, she was no nearer its

hology_1842_img245 Unable to bear life in the prospect of a desertion so infamous, she prepared a funeral pile, determined

h furious haste; Unsheathes the sword the Trojan left behind, Not for so dire an enterprize designed; But when she viewed

Not for so dire an enterprize designed; But when she viewed the garb so loosely spread, Which once he wore, and saw the c

eady tears and spoke her last; ‘Dear pledges of my love, while heaven so pleased, Receive a soul of mortal anguish eased.

e Greek Mythology, however, we must mention several fables, which are so intimately connected therewith, as almost to form

arrived at the place appointed, when the sudden arrival of a lioness so frightened her, that she fled away, dropping her

een treated. ————— “At once he saw His rival, and the nymph he loved so well, Twined in each other’s arms. ‘Away,’ he cri

d never to marry, but to devote himself to his art. In this he became so proficient, that his marble busts seemed almost l

etical talents, all of which she bestowed in love on Phaon. “A youth so shaped, with such a mien, A form like that of Jov

as now, and he grew tired, even conceiving a disdain for her who had so quickly given herself to his arms. To a mind like

ay: This was the Lesbian Sappho.” Barry Cornwall. The Lesbians were so enraptured with her strains, that they raised her

ia! sweet creation of some heart, Which found no mortal resting place so fair As thine ideal breast; whate’er thou art Or

nd four hundred and ninety years before the christian era. In stories so remote, it is difficult to separate the true from

, it is difficult to separate the true from the false, and still more so to give a plausible explanation of apparent incon

s sent on various expeditions of great danger, in all of which he was so successful, that Jobates imagined he was ‌under t

, who having early accustomed himself to carry great burthens, became so strong, that nothing seemed too much for his vast

    None hath seen its secret fountain;             It had its birth, so sages say,                 Upon the memorable day

ing and binding a criminal, was vested in the priests alone; ‌and men so haughty that they thought themselves dishonoured

ll were then treated with such honours by all the assembly; they were so overwhelmed with caresses for the present, and pr

ghtered the priests on the threshold of the very place which they had so often deluged with human blood. One column howeve

alian meetings, where, amidst shouts, dancing, and indecent gestures, so many unseemly actions were committed, as to disgu

One of their divinities, they say, took his wife, and threw her with so strong an arm into the Sea, that she fell to the

e face is tatooed, the nostrils are enormous, and her eyes, which are so small they are scarcely to be seen, resemble a le

mistletoe,) from which she had exacted no promise, because, it being so feeble, she did not dread its power. Loke then de

who had three daughters. The elder two were pretty, but not amiable, so that they had an ill-natured look, and their frie

ses, and if any mortal was pronounced to be as fair as she, Venus was so jealous, that she was offended at those who prete

rverseness, and she will be very unhappy. At length you must make her so foolish that she will marry this disgusting man,

ged his way to Olympus, he thought it were better to dwell below with so fair a mortal, than to abide above with fierce, t

er will, who could not feel the same kindness for Psyche that he did; so , in order to learn how he should act, he repaired

of her father, and be forced to marry, she knew not whom, she was not so distressed as some timid girls would have been: s

ed to the palace, and every morning he departed. His conversation was so entertaining, and Psyche became so accustomed to

he departed. His conversation was so entertaining, and Psyche became so accustomed to his society, that she found it pain

ode was more elegant than any place they had ever seen, and they were so mean as to envy their sister the possession of it

folds covered her form. She was looking at the scene before her, and so benign was her countenance that she seemed to rej

her should I screen from her displeasure a mortal against whom she is so incensed.” When Psyche heard this refusal, she fe

eved she must die before she could be admitted to the land of ghosts; so she climbed to the top of a high tower, that she

d with this decision, but she could not dispute the fiat of Jove, and so she was forced to consent to the marriage of her

, about seventeen hundred years ago, said he found it in an old book; so it must be very old. Ann. It is a very pretty st

t must be very old. Ann. It is a very pretty story. Mother. I think so . Many beside you think so. The Italian painters l

It is a very pretty story. Mother. I think so. Many beside you think so . The Italian painters like it very much. I gave i

d, and he saw the youthful Proserpine. Pluto thought that Proserpine, so young and fair, would make an admirable queen for

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

a rude man carried off one of them. One of this girl’s companions was so frightened and afflicted, when she saw her young

g women, afterward, went yearly to the fountain to celebrate her, and so this marvellous story of the transformation of Cy

great deal, before we can know whether what we hear is true or false; so ignorant people believe what is false, and will n

seen it. He lived in a very hot country, where it never freezes; and so he did not believe that it was possible. The chan

offended at Ascalaphus, and metamorphosed him into an owl. Ceres was so miserable, now that she must lose her daughter, t

s hungry also, and somewhat impatient, and surprised to see Ceres eat so eagerly. The peasant boys of Sicily were always v

k Ceres was neither just nor grateful, when she punished Becubo’s son so severely for so small a fault. She should have re

her just nor grateful, when she punished Becubo’s son so severely for so small a fault. She should have remembered his mot

and his subjects; and he came with a sufficient army into Attica, and so effectually punished the barbarians, that the Ath

uld stay in Greece. Pandion had two amiable daughters, and Tereus was so well pleased with Progne, the eldest, that he ask

no subjects that need me. My good Zanthea, the faithful maiden whom I so tenderly love, shall be a daughter to you while I

rself about, she would feel a little reconciled to her unhappy state; so she procured Philomela the articles she wanted. P

es, revenge, the returning of evil for evil, was thought to be right, so Progne resolved to inflict the greatest possible

of the bad, you honour the good more. Ann. I do not know of any men so bad as Tereus, or any women so wicked as Progne a

d more. Ann. I do not know of any men so bad as Tereus, or any women so wicked as Progne and Philomela. Mother. But ther

here were many people as bad when they lived. Ann. But why were they so bad then? Mother. As I have told you before, bec

lled an air-line; but then the vessels in use were not like ours; and so ill-contrived and ill-managed were they, that a p

pearance; people must be careful nowadays who they take in, there are so many rogues in the world;” and a third declared,

hese was a delicious honeycomb, and sweet, light bread. All was given so readily and kindly, that the welcome was better t

ot have been very comfortable without glass windows. Mother. No; not so convenient as ours. Their windows, or casements,

were a very happy couple. Mother. Yes; all people, let them be ever so humble, that are good-natured, honest, and indust

s did not ride; they walked in the dust, and their limbs were soiled, so that they were refreshed and purified by bathing

money. Minerva determined to punish Aglauria for these odious vices, so she sought out Envy, who was a deformed and disgu

a, who was all goodness herself, could not converse without pain with so spiteful a being, though she sometimes employed h

rom her pillow. “This dream,” she cried, “is false, or I will make it so . Some evil genius has sent it to torment me. I wi

e. He made laws for them, and for the people whom he found in Attica, so that district was called, and they and his follow

Mother. The moral belongs properly to Aglauria. Aglauria was envious, so she was unhappy; and malignant, or spiteful, and

know was the god’s wife, had a dispute; and they could not settle it, so they went to Tiresias, and said he should decide

old, if he could be kept from seeing himself; and, then, that was not so difficult a matter as it would be at this time, i

ces in. Lyriope certainly had none in the coral cave where she dwelt; so little Narcissus might be kept there from looking

ould take no notice of her; and that neglect mortified the poor nymph so much, that she pined away, till nothing could be

, the king’s daughter. He thought he should like to have her himself; so he came like a beautiful milk-white bull, and beg

do, when Minerva appeared before him. Minerva was sorry to see Cadmus so much afflicted, and she soon counselled him how t

d takes breath, began to fight among themselves; and in a short time, so furious was the combat, only five remained alive.

offended them. Perhaps, when he was asleep, they tied Acteon’s hands, so that he could not defend himself, and then fasten

es were very cruel, and here is a fable which shows that they thought so . Ino, the eldest daughter of Cadmus, was married

ours.” Juno was not much inclined to pass the triple-headed monster; so she called the Daughters of Night, who were the k

osed it was a curse inflicted by a god. You know if Athamas were ever so good, if he lost his reason, he might have killed

ison, and thus went to see her. Money buys every thing in this world; so , in this fable, it was called a god: afterward, J

sed at the sight of Danæ, for she had never, in her life, seen a lady so dressed, and so delicate and fair. Danæ wore an e

of Danæ, for she had never, in her life, seen a lady so dressed, and so delicate and fair. Danæ wore an embroidered robe;

I should kill him, my subjects would kill me, because they love him; so I should gain nothing by that. I will not do so;

ecause they love him; so I should gain nothing by that. I will not do so ; I will, however, drive him from my palace: I wil

will, however, drive him from my palace: I will vex and mortify him, so that he shall be very miserable, and go away to s

ost frightful ugliness, and her fine hair into snakes; and she looked so dreadful, that when others looked at her, they we

fable, grew to this rock, extended its base, and exalted its summit, so that at length clouds enveloped its head, and for

emple to Jupiter and in it the figure of a ram, with large horns; and so he was sometimes called “horned Ammon.” Cepheus e

as petrified to death. Perseus was not inclined to reign in Seriphus, so he placed Dictys on the throne of Polydectes. Dic

like other goddesses, they could go wherever they liked, were it ever so distant from their favourite valley. They sang, a

he princesses had delightful voices; they sung sweetly, but they were so vain as to match their voices with ours, and even

y are chattering in the trees which hang over the Pierian Spring, for so we sometimes call the fountain Hippocrene. They d

lowed up by the cold earth: suffer me to be hidden in her dark bosom, so that I escape from him.” Daphne’s supplication wa

; but every reader admires and praises Shakspeare. That admiration of so many persons, for so long a time, is his fame; hi

mires and praises Shakspeare. That admiration of so many persons, for so long a time, is his fame; his undying or immortal

rowned with laurels, to show that their genius was known and admired; so when, at this time, we speak of a poet’s laurels,

ted that the heifer was some mortal lady, and a favourite of Jupiter, so she resolved to take good care of her. In order t

e son of Jupiter, the chief of the gods; you, Phæton, cannot boast of so glorious an origin.” “I know not why,” replied Ph

is only a mortal, and who cannot serve you, let you flatter her ever so foolishly, or supplicate her ever so fervently. I

ve you, let you flatter her ever so foolishly, or supplicate her ever so fervently. If you have heard her history, you mus

h of her children, she had not a dwelling, and Terra refused her one, so that she can have no power to bestow any thing up

the world that you must come to drink of this lake? “‘Can any man be so unreasonable and cruel as to deny this refreshmen

hat, and then some period still more remote would present itself, and so on ad infinitum. The same insurmountable difficul

t have been another originating cause, and perhaps still another, and so on without limitation. And yet we know that there

and development of mythic lore. As do the American Indians of to-day, so primitive man, in his crude way, explained the op

vil spirit. Even the heavenly bodies are personified, and “poetry has so far kept alive in our minds the old animative the

imals. If it were in our power mentally to become savages for a time, so as to look upon nature and our surroundings as do

Hercules eluded the onset, and seizing one of the huge horns, held it so firmly that it was broken off by the furious effo

ross which all souls had to pass to hear their decree from Pluto, was so swift that the boldest swimmer dare not attempt t

under Mount Etna. See Briareus. Æ′gis [Ægis], the shield of Jupiter, so called because it was made of goat-skin. “Where

ian to the Argonauts in their famous expedition to Colchis. He became so noted for his cures that Pluto became jealous of

s said that, at the sound of his lute, the stones arranged themselves so regularly as to make the walls of the city of The

es threw him the giant gained fresh strength from touching the earth, so Hercules lifted him off the ground and squeezed h

him play upon his harp before they threw him overboard, and he played so sweetly that the dolphins flocked round the vesse

ame of Atlas. A chain of mountains in Africa is called after him, and so is the Atlantic Ocean. He had seven daughters by

Bassar′ides [Bassarides]. The priestesses of Bacchus were sometimes so called. Battle, see Valhalla. Bear, see Calisto

ndoos. Byb′lis [Byblis]. A niece of Sol, mentioned by Ovid. She shed so many tears for unrequited love that she was turne

The mysterious rites connected with the worship of these deities were so obscene that most writers refer to them as secret

ng materials. Cal′pe [Calpe]. One of the pillars of Hercules. Calyp′ so [Calypso] was queen of the island of Ogygia, on w

′ri′pedes [Capripedes]. Pan, the Egipans, the Satyrs, and Fauns, were so called from having goat’s feet. Caproti′na [Capr

ggar-maid,” as mentioned in Romeo and Juliet. “… Cupid, he that shot so trim When King Cophetua loved the beggar-maid.”

], the goddess of plenty. Co′ran [Coran]. One of Actæon’s hounds was so named. Corn, see Ceres. Cor′onis [Coronis], was

irst to protect castles and walls with towers. “Nor Cybele with half so kind an eye Surveyed her sons and daughters of th

e, and when the purchase was completed, cut the hide into strips, and so secured a large tract of land. Here she built Car

love with him. But Æneas did not reciprocate her affections, and this so grieved her that she stabbed herself. A tale is t

g that he could pun on any subject, a person present defied him to do so on the Latin gerunds, di, do, dum, which, however

to Numa all his wise laws. She became his wife, and at his death was so disconsolate, and shed so many tears, that Diana

. She became his wife, and at his death was so disconsolate, and shed so many tears, that Diana changed her into a fountai

e. Eu′vyhe [Euvyhe], an expression meaning “Well done, son.” Jupiter so frequently addressed his son Bacchus by those wor

ho used to cut their arms with knives when they sacrificed, and acted so like madmen that demented people got the name of

Graces, The, were the attendants of Venus. Their names were, Aglaia, so called from her beauty and goodness; Thalia, from

erything they came in contact with. “Such fiends to scourge mankind, so fierce, so fell, Heaven never summoned from the d

ey came in contact with. “Such fiends to scourge mankind, so fierce, so fell, Heaven never summoned from the depth of hel

ll at a festival, causing her to alight in an indecent posture, which so displeased Jupiter that she was deprived of her o

” Shakespeare. Heifer, see Ino. Hel′ena [Helena] when a child was so beautiful that Theseus and Perithous stole her, b

aughters of Sol, and the sisters of Phaeton, at whose death they were so sad that they stood mourning till they became met

ira, who in turn gave it to Hercules, and he put it on, but his doing so brought on an illness of which he could not be cu

Achilles. He′ro [Hero]. A priestess of Venus, with whom Leander was so enamored that he swam across the Hellespont every

he was worshiped. Idæ′an Mother [Idæan Mother]. Cybele was sometimes so called, in Cyprus, in which there is a grove sacr

ecuted them to such a degree that they determined to escape. They did so on a ram, whose hide became the Golden Fleece (se

en to his father Tereus, a Thracian of Daulis, as food. The gods were so enraged at this that they turned Itys into a phea

es, but Medea killed him, and strewed his limbs in his father’s path, so that he might be delayed in collecting them, and

aughter of Cœlus and Phœbe, mother of Apollo and Diana. Being admired so much by Jupiter, Juno was jealous, and Latona was

bestowed upon him. He was told to bathe in the river Pactolus. He did so , and the sands which he stood on were golden fore

Mimallo′nes [Mimallones]. The “wild women” who accompanied Bacchus, so called because they mimicked his actions, putting

The god who blamed Jove for not having made a window in man’s breast, so that his thoughts could be seen. His bitter jests

son of Cephisus and the Naiad Liriope, was a beautiful youth, who was so pleased with the reflection of himself which he s

his blood a flower, which was named after him, Narcissus. “Narcissus so himself forsook, And died to kiss his shadow in t

a particular lock of hair. This lock his daughter Scylla cut off, and so betrayed her father to his enemies. She was chang

o, in the Mediterranean Sea, on which Ulysses was shipwrecked. It was so beautiful in sylvan scenery that even Mercury (wh

on Diana. Orgies. Drunken revels. The riotous feasts of Bacchus were so designated. Ori′on [Orion]. A handsome hunter, o

erpent, and died. Orpheus went down to Hades to claim her, and played so sweetly with his lute that Pluto allowed Eurydice

s. These are the Pan-pipes, or Syrinx. Pan’s terrific appearance once so frightened the Gauls when they invaded Greece tha

a [Pasithea]. Sometimes there are four Graces spoken of; when this is so , the name of the fourth is Pasithea. Also called

s. Pe′lias [Pelias] was the name of the spear of Achilles, which was so large that none could wield it but the hero himse

enus a box of ointment, with which, when he anointed himself, he grew so beautiful that Sappho became enamored of him; but

ss of corn. He is described as being blind and lame; blind because he so often injudiciously bestows his riches, and lame

ften injudiciously bestows his riches, and lame because fortunes come so slowly. Plu′vius [Pluvius]. A name of Jupiter, b

men, and animate them with fire which he had stolen from heaven. This so displeased Jupiter that he sent him a box full of

l of evils, which Prometheus refused; but his brother Epimetheus, not so cautious, opened it, and the evils spread over al

r, which grew in the night as much as it had been reduced in the day, so that the punishment was a prolonged torture. Herc

goddess in which the sacrifices were offered. Tenth Muse. Sappho was so called. Ter′eus [Tereus] was a son of Mars. He m

of her sister Philomela, who, however, resented his attentions, which so enraged him that he cut out her tongue. When Proc

subject of Homer’s Odyssey. His wife’s name was Penelope, and he was so much endeared to her that he feigned madness to g

s. He enabled Paris to shoot one of them at the heel of Achilles, and so kill that charmed warrior. During his wanderings

have large harvests, but we are told that in early times this was not so . Ceres kept the earth fertile, and there was no w

d some great earth creatures called Titans. The noise of fighting was so loud that it disturbed even the world under the e

at damage had been done; for he feared that the earth might have been so harmed that the sun would shine through into his

ur terrible black horses and looked again. He had never seen anything so beautiful in heaven, or on earth, or under the ea

new world. The air was cool and close, and all the light they had was so faint that it was scarcely light at all. Proserpi

sses comfort her.    Calm Queen of Hades, art thou she    Who stepped so lightly on the lea —    Persephone, Persephone?

eatures called Titans. They were children of old Mother Earth, who is so quiet under our feet, and they were bold and stro

intelligent, and thus each of the gods, in turn, gave her something, so that Pandora, as she was called, was perfect beyo

p thinking, of the box. It was in her mind day and night. “If it does so much good to mankind when it is closed, who knows

enough to raise the lid,” she would think. “What evil can there be in so blessed a box? It has made the whole world happy.

great harm done. She wanted only a glimpse. She would close it again so quickly that nothing could escape. At last, one d

ny    Come to our ears, like dreams. The Moon, too, brings her world so nigh,    That when the night-seer looks To that s

further.” As he came out upon the river bank, there stood Daphne, so quiet that he thought she had yielded. He went qu

tiny wing — A bee it was — for once, I know I heard a rustic call it so .” Thus he spoke, and she the while Heard him with

the while Heard him with a soothing smile; Then said, “My infant, if so much Thou feel the little wild-bee’s touch, How m

really to begin life again and be happy once more?” He walked softly, so as to hear her footsteps. There was not a sound.

im down to his Eurydice. When he died, Jupiter put the lyre which had so charmed gods and men up in the northern sky. Ther

Some men are born to a great deal of trouble, yet bear it with so light a heart that they never seem to have a care

given a good warm bath and plenty of milk before they were tucked in, so they were asleep in a moment. Toward midnight two

creature, and, first of all, let fly an arrow at him. The arrow never so much as scratched the lion’s skin. Then Hercules

em as a bridal gift at the wedding of Juno and Jupiter. Juno had been so pleased with them that she had asked Earth to pla

finally came off victorious, for he held Antæus high in the air, and so strangled him. Then Hercules wandered through Egy

o Hercules took the sky upon his shoulders, but his task was not half so easy as he had expected. He wondered how so airy

but his task was not half so easy as he had expected. He wondered how so airy a thing as the sky could be so heavy. He wis

he had expected. He wondered how so airy a thing as the sky could be so heavy. He wished he had gone after the apples him

here was no one in the land to whom his own life was not sweeter, and so Admetus came very near to death. But Alcestis pra

Death was over Admetus’ house. The truth is, Hercules had faced death so often that he hardly noticed it. Admetus led him

sle of Cyprus. He is said to have made an image of a maiden which was so beautiful that he fell deeply in love with it. He

into the presence of Helios himself. The god sat on a throne and was so dazzlingly bright that human eyes would have been

The road is difficult. Half the day it ascends, and toward noon it is so high that even I grow sick and dizzy if I look do

if I look down upon the earth beneath me. In the afternoon the way is so steep that the horses are hardly able to hold bac

in his wish, he wet the forehead of the youth with a divine ointment, so that he might better endure the fierce light and

ds were pulling hard at the reins. They felt that the chariot was not so heavy as usual, and they soon discovered that the

ack from the glare. The earth grew hot and split open in great chasms so that the underworld saw the light of day and Plut

e sand sat a woman in purest white, with a child in her arms. She was so beautiful as she sat there with the sunlight on h

This, he thought, would he easy if she were without her son Perseus, so the king made a plan to be rid of him. On a certa

been able to bring anything, and the others mocked him because of it, so that he was much ashamed. Then the king, who had

spoil won from your enemies, or from the foes of your land.” “Are you so willing?” answered the treacherous king. “Bring m

e plunged his sword into it again and again. At last his wings became so wet that they could hardly support him. He was fo

d Mercury, and dedicated Medusa’s head to Minerva, who had helped him so constantly. Ever after, the goddess of wisdom bor

ch, but never thought that this strong, fair young man, who had slain so many robbers and giants, was his own son. There w

not long before the whole land felt the good rule. Never had it been so prosperous. But all was not yet done. On a certai

with grief. He would have commanded him to remain and not risk a life so precious, but he saw that it would be in vain. Th

air, noble face. “Oh, father,” she said, “will you destroy one who is so princely?” But King Minos answered, sternly, — “M

curving halls and blind ways, of winding stairs and twisted caverns, so that no one who enters can ever find his way out.

year the old black-sailed ship to Delos, to repeat these sacrifices, so that it might never be forgotten how Theseus and

cks, and made the wild creatures of the glens his friends, and he was so beautiful that even the gods on Olympus looked do

istening to the others. But wise Minerva came forward, and she seemed so stately, and so calm and beautiful, that her very

others. But wise Minerva came forward, and she seemed so stately, and so calm and beautiful, that her very presence comman

e with fifty ships full of warriors to help the Greeks, and he led in so many fierce attacks that his name became a terror

ut on the armor of Achilles: then he returned and did wondrous deeds, so that the Greeks were driven back again toward the

o armor, but the goddess Minerva threw a golden light about his head, so that he shone like one of the gods. And Achilles

in, for Hector said, “Who knows but that I may slay him, though he is so great? And for me, it were better to die than to

ed the body of his son, and the grief of the old man touched Achilles so that at last he burst into tears and granted the

and leather. The body was supported high on heavy wooden legs and was so large that twenty men might have sat within it. N

emed plain that the Greeks had made this monster in honor of Neptune, so that they might have a safe voyage. “What shall w

ke the clashing of metal, as if the inside was full of armed men. And so indeed it was. The Greeks had not gone home. Thei

ut this horse,” continued King Priam. “Why was it made, and why is it so large?” “I will tell you all,” said the deceitful

they made to Minerva before setting out. It was built large and heavy so that you might not be able to take it into the ci

was being drawn. The city gate was too narrow to let in the monster, so the wall was torn down and a great breach made to

ses took him by the throat and put a hand over his mouth and held him so until Helen and Deiphobus had gone. Thus, again,

must fall. Of all King Priam’s glorious line    Was none whom praise so close pursued. Apollo from the height divine    L

m his sheep and goats, and a frightful looking monster he was. He was so tall that he had to stoop to get through the huge

your eye, say that it was Ulysses, son of Laertes, that punished you so .” “My father, Neptune, the god of ocean, will mak

me. For nine days the ships sailed before this wind, and Ulysses grew so eager that he would let no one else touch the hel

singing. The men called, and the shining doors were opened by a woman so beautiful that they knew she was a goddess. She i

-voiced Sirens are monsters. Ulysses’ men filled their ears with wax, so as to hear nothing. The hero himself, however, ha

nothing. The hero himself, however, had himself tied to the mast, and so heard them. He struggled hard to get loose, when

their own ships. Ulysses was fast asleep when the ship reached land, so the Phæacians, unwilling to wake him, lifted him

lysses is long since dead. Your son, Telemachus, is now almost a man, so long has it been. Consider well, for we all shall

ad always kept watch over the hero, and now she shed a mist over him, so that no one should see him or do him harm. When U

shriveled him up and bowed him down and put a ragged cloak about him, so that he looked like a wretched old beggar. Then U

but he wished even more to punish the men who had made her miserable; so , because of the talkative maidservants, he told h

deeply. Never has there come to the palace a wanderer who has talked so wisely and well.” Then she went up to her room, a

or parchment. She was the inspirer of epic (narrative) poetry. Calyp΄ so . Sea-nymph. Loved Ulysses, and offered him immort

ion of the imaginative faculties, may associate in their minds a name so justly entitled to their admiration and esteem, h

, and aversion to ostentatious display, by which your private life is so eminently distinguished, lasting impressions, and

bject from those licentious and indelicate stories, with which it has so long been encumbered and defaced, and which are t

uainted with the productions of Homer, Herodotus, Virgil, Horace, and so on, which are held out as models of fine writing.

lled idols. The Babylonians worshipped Bel or Baal as their idol, and so on. The Chaldeans, the Phœnicians, the Egyptians,

n brought into their country by the colonies from Phœnicia and Egypt; so that they soon greatly increased their number, by

nd goddesses to have empire over the different parts of the universe; so that man was to believe himself to be every where

lar Jupiter. Varron mentions more than three hundred Jupiters. It was so with the other gods and the demi-gods; upwards of

and the demi-gods; upwards of forty Hercules were reckoned up; but as so many gods might disagree among themselves, the pa

life, when Cybele, having compassion upon a mortal whom she had loved so much, changed him into a pine tree, which was fro

how it was that she came to be acknowledged by her father. Cybele was so called from the name of the mountain upon which s

ch, by the assistance of Minerva, he stole from heaven; a theft which so offended Jupiter, that he sent him Pandora with a

inhabited by eagles and vultures. The sorrow which he experienced in so cruel an exile was figured by a vulture tearing h

y. She persecuted Hercules, the son of Jupiter by Alcmena, with fury, so inveterate, that, as a punishment, Jupiter caused

Ovid. “Then Juno, grieving that she (Dido) should sustain A death so ling’ring, and so full of pain, Sent Iris down to

no, grieving that she (Dido) should sustain A death so ling’ring, and so full of pain, Sent Iris down to free her from the

lo and one of the Muses. His presence at the nuptial rites was deemed so indispensable to the future happiness of the marr

ame back happy. Children were delivered from misfortunes by Pilumnus, so called from the pestle, with which the ancients p

had eaten a pomegranate. Ascalphus informed Ceres; which enraged her so much that she cast the water of the Phlegethon at

e twelve signs of the zodiac. Each of these signs answers to a month; so that the sun runs over them all during the course

ccordingly. But as she forgot to offer him perpetual youth, he became so much worn out with infirm old age that he chose r

t a god; and shunn’st a god that loves. But think from whom thou dost so rashly fly, Nor basely born, nor shepherd’s swain

the path of virtue; she pierced Chione with an arrow, because she was so rash as to prefer her own beauty to Diana’s. One

ld, for which we allegorically take Pan. Diana is said to have become so enamoured of Endymion, that she came down every n

he pine, And there are hung on high, in honour of the vine. A madness so devout the vineyards fill, Virgil. “Bacchus, o

eve that the poets have represented Moses in their Bacchus. They find so striking resemblances between both, that it may b

s and strengthening apprehensions. The sudden appearance of a lioness so frightened her, that after having dropped her vei

exact symmetry, and heightened by the most blooming complexion, were so animated as to excite the passions which they exp

ut more frequently naked, to show that whatever is truly graceful, is so , in itself, without the aid of external ornaments

sle of Lemnos, and was always after a cripple. The islanders used him so well, that he fixed his residence among them, and

ay his eye; For only one did this vast frame supply, But that a globe so large, his front so fill’d, Like the Sun’s disk,

one did this vast frame supply, But that a globe so large, his front so fill’d, Like the Sun’s disk, or like the Grecian

he instantly leaped into the sea, and became a sea-dog. . Portumnus, so called by the Latins, was son to Athamas and Ino,

ced Narcissus in the woods; but he shunned her. The grief of Echo was so great as to consume away her flesh, and dissolve

re was by chance a living fountain near, Whose unpolluted channel ran so clear, That it seem’d liquid silver.” “A little d

much loved self could go! A strange request, yet would to God’t were so .” Obs. — The word nymph is derived from lymph,

ken. Jupiter and Terra were the first two. The Sun and the Moon which so materially influence crops and vegetation were th

he sent forth the three Parcæ, the serpent Python, Nox, Tartarus, and so forth. The Arcadians originally considered earth

loven feet, and a crown of flowers. He appears mounted on an ass, but so intoxicated as to be almost incapable of keeping

ads, Compitales; of the sea, Marini; of small dishes, Patellarii, and so forth. They were frequently invoked as the guardi

y took root; but the difference existing between crime and virtue was so strongly felt by some who were wiser than others,

mortality of the soul was almost universal. The most guilty only were so hardy as to raise doubts of this important and su

his important and sublime truth; — a truth, the disbelief of which is so plainly contradicted by the voice of every consci

r good actions. The respect of the Egyptians for the dead was carried so high, that they often preserved the bodies of eve

e groaning noise; Phlegethon, swelling with waves of fire; and Lethe, so called from the forgetfulness which its waters pr

ne was the queen of hell, and wife of Pluto. She presided over death, so that none could die; unless the goddess, or Atrop

, Hecate, and Juno Inferna, Anthespharia, Cotyto, Deois, Liberia, and so on. Plutus (though sometimes confounded with Plut

ent he saw a bull of extreme elegance on the shore, with which he was so charmed, that he would not immolate him, but kept

among the numerous herds. Autolycus admired the artifice of Sisyphus so much, that he allowed him freely to enjoy the com

upiter had set to watch his temple at Crete. Others state that he was so lascivious as to carry away Ganymede; and of hers

nd served up his limbs as food for them. All the gods were shocked at so horrible a repast; but Ceres, whose grief for the

licable. So is the murder of Pelops. The Danaides were fifty sisters, so called from their father Danaus: and named also B

Ægyptus at the head of a powerful army. Finding himself solicited in so forcible a manner, he agreed to the proposal, but

e had killed his father, and married his mother: upon which he became so frantic as to put out his eyes, and would have la

pontiffs, who declared, that one temple could not contain two deities so great. He therefore constructed two, contiguous t

ies so great. He therefore constructed two, contiguous to each other, so that one had to pass through the temple of Virtue

now. Democritus said that “Truth hid herself in the bottom of a well, so that it is difficult to discover her.” — See Fig.

oth within and without, he merely observed that it was not on wheels, so that, if necessary, it could be moved from a bad

a variety of dangers; but he always came off victorious. Jobates was so pleased with the bravery of the youth, that he ga

own. Sthenobæa committed suicide when she heard this. Bellerophon was so transported with this unlooked for fortune, that

nged his name to Viribus, because he had been a man twice. Phædra was so tormented with the gnawings of remorse, occasione

rant, Procrustes, bound strangers to an iron-bed, and cut their limbs so as to accommodate them to the extent of the bed.

tian contemporary with Osiris and general of his troops, Ozochor, and so forth; but the most celebrated, called by the Gre

ightest wound, when inflicted by them, proved mortal. He felt himself so much indebted to Iolas for this seasonable servic

snow. When dragged into the presence of Eurystheus, it excited in him so great terror, that he nearly fainted at the sight

one of the Argonauts. The poets relate, that he played on the lyre in so masterly a style, as to hold the most rapid river

, she was stung by a serpent, and died of the poisoned wound. Orpheus so severely felt, and so deeply regretted, the loss

erpent, and died of the poisoned wound. Orpheus so severely felt, and so deeply regretted, the loss of his devoted wife, t

in his hand into hell, to recover her from Pluto and Proserpine; and so affecting were its strains, that even the passion

dice was following him or not; but at the same time she stopped also; so that he could not hear her footsteps. He therefor

o the tunes he play’d.” Obs. — The meaning of these fables is this: so powerful and persuasive was the eloquence of Orph

ined the consent of the seamen to let him play on his harp, he played so sweetly, that the dolphins flocked round the vess

his father Ilius. He built the walls of that citadel, in which he was so successful, that the work was attributed to Apoll

ce during his absence to Crete Paris, profiting by this circumstance, so basely violated the rights of hospitality as to c

Neptune, and Vulcan, defended the Greeks. The Greeks, being tired of so long a siege, pretended to retreat without farthe

vow of the Greeks to appease Minerva, and they had constructed it of so enormous a size as to prevent the Trojans from in

in the presence of judges, for the arms of Achilles. The judges were so captivated by the eloquence of Ulysses, that they

f Ulysses, that they gave judgment in his favour; upon which Ajax was so frantic with rage, and chagrined at the disappoin

Hercules to load himself with the burden of the world. Mount Atlas is so lofty, that it seems to touch heaven: its top is

itude: and, as they highly appreciated an opinion which elevated them so far above other men, they enveloped it with impen

honours with which Jupiter, Bacchus, Serapis, Pluto, Pan, Anubis, and so on, were loaded. So Isis was the Phrygian Cybele,

sisting of two distinct persons, the man and the man-bull. These were so connected as to form one being; the man was the p

Persians did not form images of him; for they deemed it impious to do so , but venerated fire as his sacred emblem and the

bull? Who became the author of abundance? Who is the supreme creator, so named in the Persian mythology? In what does Orom

Baal Phegor, the lord of the dead; Baal Zebub, the god of flies; and so forth. Belus had a temple, consisting of eight as

and a fish. The Syrians worshipped Baal, Thammuz, Magog, Astarte, and so forth. Next Moloch, horrid king besmeared with b

ountains. Hence the names of mount Cassius-Libanus, Anti-Libanus, and so on. Questions. Tell something about Belus or Baal

temple of Mexitli, which was a miserable hovel. But when they became so populous and rich as to rebuild this sanctuary, i

he stopped at the city of Cholola. The inhabitants of that city were so charmed with his eloquence, that they persuaded h

he remains of such colossal structures, which have braved the rust of so many centuries, did not attest their existence. B

. Herodotus asserts, that the wise Amasis regretted to have commanded so painful a labour, and left it at the gate of the

of the building by winding stairs without. These eight towers formed so many stories. In them were very large rooms, sust

also, a second statue, eighteen feet high, made of gold. This temple, so astonishing in its construction and in its riches

in a marshy place: but in order to give solidity to the foundation of so considerable an edifice, and to harden the ground

proved mechanism may now be, it could not probably succeed in raising so high such heavy masses. Ctesiphon and his son cou

dy of the edifice, which remains still entire, is laid on foundations so solid, that nothing can shake them. A manuscript

er, says, that it was the work of an immense number of kings; and was so magnificent and extensive that it was considered

ed to throw discredit upon the system of Van Dale. Could oracles have so long preserved their credit and eclat, if they ha

l these came into vogue, which injures personal interests, and unites so many cheats, to make men religiously observe a se

to her. Soon her answers passed for oracles, and her celebrity became so great, that people came from every quarter to con

y quarter to consult her, notwithstanding the dangers and fatigues of so painful a journey. The burning sands of Libya wer

headlong into the abyss, it became necessary to adopt means to remedy so frequent an occurrence. Raised on an opening of t

of demigods and heroes, had their oracles. None of them, however, had so large a number as Apollo. All were not of the sam

lory of perpetual chastity to the pleasure of enjoying eternal youth; so that a sad and languid old age succeeded her bloo

the temple of this god. This den had one hundred gates, whence issued so many terrible voices, which caused the answers of

watched over the preservation of this collection. The people yielded so much faith to the predictions of the Sibyls, that

had been collected, policy and ambition well knew how to employ them so as to favour their projects. Julius Cæsar, perpet

ceptre with which he subjugated minds. The descendants of Hellen were so numerous and powerful in Greece, that they establ

d not await, through the series of a disease, that death which he had so many times braved in battle. Having assembled his

d object of Odin, therefore, in travelling over remote countries, and so ardently establishing his doctrines, was to raise

power. I cannot resolve, says Mr.  Mallet, to make objections against so ingenious a narrative as this account of Odin, al

y of the North, by putting into it too much interest, too much poesy, so to speak, so that I can scarcely consent to yield

h, by putting into it too much interest, too much poesy, so to speak, so that I can scarcely consent to yield to the vario

he was, came from Scythia, or the confines of Persia; and still more so , that the name of the god whose prophet and pries

idable in battle. The terror, with which he inspired his enemies, was so great, that, in order to depict it, he was said t

d superior to all created intelligences. So reasonable a doctrine had so great influence over their minds, that they often

and the whitest flower was hence called Baldrian. He was endued with so great majesty, that his looks were resplendent. H

harbour there. . Was never woman’s beauteous face, So stern, and yet so passionless.” Helga. The court of the gods was

of Bor killed the giant Ymer, and the blood flowed from his wound in so great abundance, that it caused a general inundat

rgans and instruments of the divine will. Hence, that error common to so many nations, which caused the trembling of leave

r no fire except that of their altars, was considered pure enough for so holy a purpose. Sometimes these altars were const

his choice. The unfortunate upon whom the lot fell, were treated with so many honors and caresses by the assembly, and had

ere treated with so many honors and caresses by the assembly, and had so many promises of life to come, that they sometime

people regarded as the infallible organs of divinity, those pontiffs so celebrated by their divination, and that of their

and the nobility, hurried away by its bloody carnage, no more pressed so many to enter into that order. The number of prie

hen, to be wondered at, that the inhabitants of Great Britain, always so attached to the remembrance of their ancestors, s

e place to drop a remark on the origin of those romances of chivalry, so singular and so extravagantly beautiful, that the

a remark on the origin of those romances of chivalry, so singular and so extravagantly beautiful, that they still raise ou

the romances of the Round Table, of the St. Greal, of the Amadis, and so on! It is worthy of remark, that it was in Great

hat care the bards kept up the opinions which rendered their ministry so consolatory and so necessary. It was not thought

kept up the opinions which rendered their ministry so consolatory and so necessary. It was not thought that death could br

eserved and transmitted as certain, with respect to that class of men so singular and celebrated — the Druids. Chapter

e west: and hence, no doubt, that resemblance of worship among people so widely separated, both by sea and land. This view

hades of which inspired religious awe and holy fear. Those woods were so sacred among them, that it was not permitted to c

s. The Druids composed the first class. They were the supreme chiefs; so that the inferior orders were entirely subject to

lizing them. The Bards, though less powerful than the Druids, enjoyed so high consideration, that if they presented themse

Julius Cesar, who usually admired nothing but what was splendid, was so astonished at their manner of living and their sc

which women could never be admitted. The authority of the Druids was so great, that none undertook any important affair w

re that the education of the most distinguished youths was entrusted; so that they prepared them, from early life, to be i

ng without the advice of the Druids. They alone convoked the council; so that the vergobrets were merely the ministers and

inverse; and those verses were to be committed to memory. These were so numerous, that frequently fifteen and even twenty

the influence of the stars, and could see into futurity. Those sages, so highly respected at first, and so worthy of respe

uld see into futurity. Those sages, so highly respected at first, and so worthy of respect, ended with being addicted to a

us than of truth. They had some knowledge of botany; but they mingled so many superstitious practices with the manner in w

ence. Those pontiffs were jealous of their authority, although it was so great and so well established, that, to maintain

ontiffs were jealous of their authority, although it was so great and so well established, that, to maintain it, they did

gly, they sent them all questions on futurity; to which they returned so judicious answers, that their reputation was spre

ble and profound union with each other, and with the First Cause; yet so , as amidst this union, to preserve their own esse

e earth, and become earthly in an eminent degree without being earth, so the gods by their elevation are closely united to

ay be called intellectual; the second vivific; the third Pxonian, and so on; which the ancients desiring, to signify to us

ease and diminution; and by bulls, because, as these till the ground, so the Moon governs all those parts which surround t

cy of power. For, as the essence of the first cause, (if it be lawful so to speak,) it is full of deity, his immediate ene

when quoted, proper credit has been given. Accents have been marked, so that pupils will have no difficulty in pronouncin

en; but they did not know enough to feel sure about these things, and so when the evening came they said, ‘Our friend, the

is enemy, and brought a stream of life for the thirsting earth. “Now, so long as men remained in the same place, there was

such as the rising and setting of the sun, the tides of the sea, and so on. “II. It has an ethical character, and represe

ral point being either Mt. Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle. The circular disk of the e

e Hyperboreans. They were named the Æthiopians. The gods favored them so highly, that they were wont to leave at times the

nt in all those fairy-like stories and wonderfully poetic ideas which so strongly characterize that of the Greeks.” Bulf

duce the flowers of earth; whereas his long-continued frowns exercise so depressing an influence upon his loving partner,

in the ground, her face became a sun-flower, which turns on its stem so as always to face the sun throughout its daily co

at Delphi, where it was long exhibited as a sacred relic. Chronos was so enraged at being circumvented that war between th

dness, and even shared his throne with him. Their united reign became so thoroughly peaceful and happy, and was distinguis

ould beget a son, who would deprive him of the empire it had cost him so much to attain. Soon after this, feeling violent

ns at eventide.” Cox . Zeus and Ægina* were the parents of Æacus*, so renowned for his justice that he was made one of

ds carried off Helen, the wife of Menelaus*, King of Sparta. Hera was so indignant that she persecuted not only him, but a

off her nuptial attire. Her delight on discovering the deception was so great that a reconciliation took place, and commi

n Italy, near Lake Avernus, over which it was said no bird could fly, so noxious were its exhalations. Old Age, Disease, a

er the sky. As this reveals the evil deeds done under cover of night, so the lovely Dawn, or Erinnys, came to be regarded,

consented, and was kindly received m the house of Celeus. She became so fond of the child that she resolved to make him i

rlike inhabitants he was held in high esteem, but his worship was not so extensive in Greece.” Seemann . “Epic poets r

en rise to the name Areopagus (Hill of Ares), which afterwards became so famous as a court of justice. Hermione* (Harmony)

being regarded as the moon that the owl, whose broad, full eyes shine so brightly in the dark, was consecrated to her. The

lenged the goddess to a trial of skill in weaving. Arachne’s work was so perfect, that even Athene could find no fault wit

s fully clothed, which may account for the fact that the ancients had so few statues of the goddess. The best example whic

rations. Representations. Mature bearded man, with short garment so arranged as to leave the right arm and shoulder f

oted for the dignified expression of the head. The Venus de Medici is so called from its having been in the possession of

he daughter of a king, and was the youngest of three sisters. She was so beautiful that people neglected the worship of Ap

airy-like abode. Jealous of her happiness, they wished to destroy it, so they persuaded Psyche that her husband was a mons

m his power. The unhappy bride foolishly yielded to their influences, so one night she went with a lighted lamp to solve t

se Urania. Others assert that he was a mortal, whose married life was so remarkably happy, that henceforth the name of Hym

ed it useless by causing her predictions to fail in gaining credence, so , although she always prophesied correctly, no one

ted by the Centaur Chiron*. He became a celebrated physician, and was so skilful that he could restore the dead to life. A

o Zeus, who killed Asclepius with one of his thunderbolts. Apollo was so exasperated that he killed the Cyclops who had fo

arissus* killed by accident one of Apollo’s favorite stags. His grief so preyed on his mind that he gradually pined away,

e secret from his barber, whom he bound to secrecy. This man found it so painful to keep the secret to himself, that he du

the lyre, the chords of which Hermes touched as if by chance, he was so entranced that he gladly offered his oxen in exch

s mankind, and this is probably the reason why Hermes and Apollo have so many features in common. Their chief difference l

divine form. He had sworn by the Styx to grant whatever she desired, so , as she refused to withdraw her foolish request,

with his hoofs, and out gushed the waters of Hippocrene*, afterwards so renowned as the sacred fount from which the Muses

imals of every description were considered sacred to certain deities, so almost every god had a form of building peculiar

nd in the early spring after the frost of winter had disappeared, and so they naturally concluded that man must also have

He pretended to be deceived, and chose the heap of bones, but he was so angry at the attempted deception that he avenged

he preceptor of Jason*, Asclepius* (Æsculapius), and Achilles. He was so superior to his savage kindred that he was report

used to make way for them, the herald killed one of his horses, which so exasperated Œdipus, that he killed both the stran

f early morning. When the evening comes, these violet hues re-appear; so Œdipus weds Jocasta. The tender light of evening

made rashly, and the latter was filled with terror at the prospect of so perilous an adventure. The Gorgons* were three si

probably Bellerophon had been guilty of a crime which deserved death, so he decided to send him on dangerous enterprises,

eans of Pegasus. Zeus sent a gad-fly to sting the horse, which became so restive that his rider was precipitated to the ea

his race who should rule over all his neighbors. Hera hated Alcmena, so , hastening to earth, she caused the birth of Eury

the skin, and a new helmet of the head of the animal. Eurystheus was so alarmed by this heroic feat that he forbade Herac

. Admete*, daughter of Eurystheus, was anxious to obtain this girdle, so Heracles was commanded to bring it as his ninth t

accompanied him arrived at the town of the Amazons, and Hippolyte was so impressed by his extraordinary stature and noble

laced on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar. Here he found the heat so insufferable that he raised his bow and threatene

hat he raised his bow and threatened to shoot the sun-god. Helios was so struck with admiration at his audacity that he le

prung from the old phrases which had spoken of the sun as toiling for so poor and weak a creature as man. Every feature of

rried to the enchantress Medea*. By her insinuations, the king became so suspicious of the young stranger, that he was han

ied Heracles to the country of the Amazons, and distinguished himself so much in the engagement with these female warriors

Zeus. Theseus fixed his choice on Helen, then but a child, afterwards so celebrated as the cause of the Trojan war, and wi

sea-monster raised himself above the waves and frightened the horses so that they ran away and dashed the chariot to piec

ippomenes won the race and carried off his prize. But the lovers were so full of their own happiness that they forgot to p

one of the most celebrated artificers of the legendary period. He was so proud of his achievements that he could not endur

ict watch on all the vessels, they could not leave the island by sea; so Dædalus made wings of feathers fastened together

flee to Colchis. On the way, Helle fell into the sea and was drowned; so the sea was called for her Hellespont (Helle’s Se

. The bird passed swiftly, but lost some of the feathers of her tail, so quickly did the rocks reunite. Seizing the moment

bodies. Æetes not only refused to give Jason the Fleece which he had so bravely earned, but he determined to destroy all

he isle of Scyros*. Ulysses was sent to discover his retreat, and did so by stratagem. Attired as a traveling merchant, he

ot on the enemy’s soil, it having been predicted that the one who did so would fall a sacrifice. Protesilaus*, however, di

he meaning of the wooden horse. Sinon declared that Pallas Athene was so deeply offended at the removal of her sacred imag

ry of the Cyclopes. The name means “round eye,” and these giants were so called because they had but one eye, and that was

s beverage, he called for more, and was again supplied. The giant was so much pleased, that he promised to allow Odysseus

omrades, thinking Æolus had given hira a treasure in the bag which he so sedulously guarded, seized this opportunity and o

n. He also conversed with Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Achilles. At last so many shades came round him, that the courage of O

vessel arrived in the harbor of Ithaca, the sailors, concluding that so unusually profound a slumber must be sent by the

. After Egypt had been thrown open to Greek commerce, the Greeks were so impressed with the grandeur of the country and th

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

was eaten and the goat worshiped; at Apollinopolis the crocodile was so abhorred as an emblem of the evil spirit, that a

reme Being, who created two other mighty beings, and imparted to them so much of his own nature as seemed proper to him. O

Magi was connected with astrology and enchantment, in which they were so celebrated that their name was applied to all ord

in the Latin word ignis fire. Indra was god of the clear heaven, and so of light, warmth, and fertilizing rain, so named

d of the clear heaven, and so of light, warmth, and fertilizing rain, so named from a root denoting moisture, and thus cor

Yama* was the Hindu god of the dead. As from the east came all life, so in the west lay the land of the dead, the Elysian

is derived from the same root with the words, mind and man; man being so called as the measurer, or thinker. The worshiper

was distinguished for his wisdom, virtue, and personal beauty. He was so disgusted with the wickedness of men, that he ret

n his career as a religious teacher. His doctrines were received with so much favor that he lived to see them spread over

back to the year 1056, the more modern, or prose Edda, is dated 1640; so that for a long time this mythology must have bee

ted by oral tradition only. The word Edda means ancestress, and it is so called because it is considered the mother of Ice

ade Valhalla. Heimdall required less sleep than a bird; his sight was so keen that he could distinguish the smallest objec

even in the darkest night. As related in the Eddas, “His hearing was so quick that he could hear the wool growing on the

e mistletoe is a parasitic plant, and is not always found on the oak, so that when it is found, it is the more precious.”

Michabo, the Great Hare. They ardently desired land on which to live; so this mighty hare ordered the beaver to dive and b

so this mighty hare ordered the beaver to dive and bring him up ever so little a piece of mud. The beaver obeyed, and rem

ittle a piece of mud. The beaver obeyed, and remained down long, even so that he came up utterly exhausted, but reported t

again, that this damp soil was warmed and fertilized by the sunlight, so that from it sprung organic life, even man himsel

light, so that from it sprung organic life, even man himself, who, in so many mythologies, is the ‘earthborn.’ “After the

e basins of the lakes, and to have built the cataracts in the rivers, so that there should be fish preserves and beaver da

ar cry; but as human life knows no divorce of necessity from freedom, so human art knows neither an unrelieved Classical n

the Latin designations, or Latinized forms of Greek names, have been, so far as possible retained. In the chapters, howeve

in the literature of mythology. Of course, the evil would be neither so widespread nor so dangerous if more of the guardi

of mythology. Of course, the evil would be neither so widespread nor so dangerous if more of the guardians and instructor

sities and schools, recognizing this fact and deploring it, to abate, so far as possible, the unfortunate consequences tha

of the translation may be moderated if those products be reproduced, so far as possible, not in the prosaic but in the po

e whose purposes hold good for every race, and through all time. And, so , the knowledge of mythic lore has led men broadly

or a literary and social atmosphere less asthmatic than that to which so many of us are unconsciously habituated. Of cours

f the memory in children: they approach it gingerly; they have feared so much to wring its withers that in most children t

ysterious, and remote. Old literatures abound in explanatory myths of so highly imaginative a character that we moderns ar

oping the character of the hero. In such myths, circumstances are not so important as what the hero does with circumstance

as Max Müller says, “that makes mythology the puzzle which men have so long found it.” § 5. Reasonable Myths. — If myth

es like these, but the theory cannot, without extravagance, be pushed so far as to account for any great proportion of the

the dead; power over the seasons, the sun, moon, stars, weather, and so forth.”10 The stories of savages to-day abound

in divine flesh, and whose brows are crowned with divine beauty; yet so real that the quiver rattles at their shoulder, a

; but none of them fully unveils the mystery. The difficulty lies not so much in accounting for the similarity of thought

he stories into poetic gold; Hesiod has gathered them in the ore like so many specimens for a museum. A company of Lyric P

s on which they were inscribed: tombstones, spoons, chairs, oars, and so forth.33 It is doubtful whether mythological poem

22. The Origin of Man was a question which the Greeks did not settle so easily as the Hebrews. Greek traditions do not tr

he made man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while other animals turn their faces toward

since Epimetheus, always rash, and thoughtful when too late, had been so prodigal of his gifts to other animals that no bl

d persisted hitherto without woman is a mystery; but that it had done so , with no slight degree of happiness, the experien

and Corybantes, By affliction touched and saddened. “But the glories so transcendent That around their memories cluster,

rows of his sunlight. As in the days of his youth he slew the Python, so , also, he slew the froward Tityus, and so the chi

s youth he slew the Python, so, also, he slew the froward Tityus, and so the children of Niobe. While Phœbus Apollo is the

s she is his feminine counterpart. As he is identified with sunlight, so is she, his fair-tressed sister, with the chaste

the Mother Earth, wife of Uranus, belongs to the older order of gods; so also, another goddess of the earth, Rhea, the wif

ar Tænarum in Laconia; another, near Cumæ in Italy, was Lake Avernus, so foul in its exhalations that, as its name portend

with Proserpina. As Diana represents the moonlight splendor of night, so Hecate represents its darkness and terrors. She h

He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer? He could not, wit

es in his head, and never went to sleep with more than two at a time, so that he kept watch of Io constantly. He suffered

avens as the Great and Little Bear. Juno, enraged at seeing her rival so set in honor, hastened to ancient Tethys and Ocea

e rivers, or would gather fragrant lilies on the leas… Now the girls, so soon as they were come to the flowering meadows,

heart’s delight upon the flowers… For of a truth, the son of Cronus, so soon as he beheld her, was troubled, and his hear

away the deep foam from his lips, and kissed the bull. Then he lowed so gently, ye would think ye heard the Mygdonian flu

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

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

the motion slower; The flier, though’t had leaden feet, Turned round so quick you scarce could see’t; But slackened by so

by yoking themselves, since no oxen were at hand, to her chariot, and so dragging her through heat and dust many aweary le

statue. The priest officiating in the solemn rites thought meet that so reverend a worshipper should herself approach the

is contrasted with that of other colors, shaded off into one another so adroitly that the joining deceives the eye. And t

us slight, Fluttering among the olives wantonly, That seemed to live, so like it was in sight; The velvet nap which on his

s. Which when Arachne saw, as overlaid And mastered with workmanship so rare, She stood astonished long, ne aught gainsai

under the disguise of a bull. Its appearance was that of a real bull, so naturally was it wrought, and so natural the wate

appearance was that of a real bull, so naturally was it wrought, and so natural the water in which it swam. With such sub

nd fray. Thereat trembling gat hold of Achseans and Trojans for fear, so mightily bellowed Mars insatiate of battle. Even

appeareth from the clouds when after heat a stormy wind ariseth, even so to Tydeus’ son Diomede brazen Mars appeared amid

te milk, that is liquid but curdleth speedily as a man stirreth, even so swiftly healed he impetuous Mars. And Hebe bathed

n the animal’s head thrown back came against the trunk of a tree, and so succeeded in pinning him to its side. While Cadmu

take the dragon’s teeth and sow them in the earth. Scarce had he done so when the clods began to move, and the points of s

g upon their minds, Cadmus one day exclaimed, “If a serpent’s life is so dear to the gods, I would I were myself a serpent

roficiency in it. In order to revenge himself upon the mother who had so despitefully used him, he fashioned in the depths

f invisible chains and fetters wound and clasped themselves about her so that she could not rise. The assistance of the go

ce. They waded into the pond, and stirred up the mud with their feet, so as to make the water unfit to drink. Enraged, the

y in the garden it hangs its head and turns its flowers to the earth, so the head of the dying boy, as if too heavy for hi

ple of Ethiopia became black because the blood was called by the heat so suddenly to the surface; and the Libyan desert wa

s stone. He could not rule’ his father’s car of fire, Yet was it much so nobly to aspire.” 146 § 76. It was not, however

he thus addressed her son and daughter: “My children, I who have been so proud of you both, and have been used to hold mys

whole body. “Spare me one, and that the youngest! Oh, spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one f

stantly issuing. Apollo shot his arrows at the Cyclopes, a deed which so incensed Jupiter that he condemned him to serve a

ecreed his singing not too bad To hear between the cups of wine: And so , well pleased with being soothed Into a sweet hal

his sheep. His words were simple words enough, And yet he used them so , That what in other mouths was rough In his seeme

s, fancied that it would be easy to find a substitute. But it was not so . Brave warriors, who would willingly have perille

ast the lion-shag, Let the club go, — for had he not those hands? And so went striding off, on that straight way Leads to

ow — Able to do now all herself had done, Risen to the height of her: so , hand in hand, The two might go together, live an

up in the meadow began whispering the story, and has continued to do so from that day to this, every time a breeze passes

ose loved graces all taking their leaves; Those charms beyond speech, so enchanting but now, As they left me forever, each

od, heated with exercise, she descended to a stream silently flowing, so clear that you might count the pebbles on the bot

hunting. It is easy to imagine the satisfaction with which Venus, who so often had been reproached by Diana with her undue

freshening beads, Lashed from the crystal roof by fishes’ tails. And so he kept, until the rosy veils, Mantling the east,

rished. For why, ah, overbold, didst thou follow the chase, and being so fair, why wert thou thus overhardy to fight with

rrow. She awoke, and opening her eyes upon Cupid (himself invisible), so startled him that in his confusion he wounded him

to do if her husband turned out the monster that they surmised, and, so saying, departed. These persuasions Psyche resist

I than to leave thee forever. Love cannot dwell with suspicion.” And so he flew away. When Psyche had recovered some degr

aunted her with the wound given to her husband, and insisted that for so ill-favored a girl there was no way of meriting a

d was she to come out once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous task, a de

eadly sleep Most like to death, over her heart ‘gan creep Ill dreams; so that for fear and great distress She would have c

boughs, Holy the air, the water, and the fire; Yet even in these days so far retired From happy pieties, thy lucent fans,

th pity in her face, and hardly knew whether she would rather conquer so goodly a youth or not. While she hesitated, the s

They both started; he, by one stride, first, For she half pitied him so beautiful, Running to meet his death, yet was res

mute despair; the prize was won. Now each walkt slowly forward, both so tired, And both alike breathed hard, and stopt at

in’d, And, looking in her face, was strooken blind. But this is true: so like was one the other, As he imagined Hero was h

, and every part Strove to resist the motions of her heart: And hands so pure, so innocent, nay, such As might have made H

ry part Strove to resist the motions of her heart: And hands so pure, so innocent, nay, such As might have made Heaven sto

f your eyelids white, And meekly let your fair hands joined be, As if so gentle that ye could not see, Untouch’d, a victim

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

was a sculptor, and had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman was to compare wit

live, and that was prevented from moving only by modesty. His art was so perfect that it concealed itself, and its product

of the tree all red, and, sinking into the earth, reached the roots, so that the sanguine hue mounted through the trunk t

mathus,192 in the guise of an ugly crone, begged a passage, which was so good-naturedly granted that, in recompense, she b

and Apollo entered his complaint: he had not seen nor ever dreamed of so precocious a cattle-stealer, liar, and full-fledg

acchus; “take me there, and ye shall be well rewarded.” They promised so to do; but, preventing the pilot from steering to

the goddess all she had witnessed, but dared not, for fear of Pluto; so she ventured merely to take up the girdle which P

his strains. The very trees and rocks were sensible to the charm. And so also was Eurydice, — whom he loved and won. Pl

n as it came within the sound of his lyre, fell harmless at his feet: so also the stones that they threw at him. But the w

of the leafy groves; The single nightingale Perched in the rosier by, so richly toned, That never from that most melodious

Œnomaüs, is uncertain. At any rate, Pelops married Hippodamia. He was so injudicious, however, as to throw Myrtilus into t

hardly from the poetic. Phœbus’ chariot course shall not be finished so long as there is a sun, or a poet to gaze upon it

ountain mellow, Harm not the lamb that in affright Throws in the pool so mellow, mellow, mellow, Its shadow small and dusk

y Neptune’s favor she became on each occasion a different animal, and so regained her home. Finally, increasing demands of

, Such sunshine seemed to glitter through his veins Instead of blood, so light he felt and strange. But the day was past

ner, more sleek than the unripened grape! Here dost thou resort, even so , when sweet sleep possesses me, and home straight

thing that is mine. “Ah me, that my mother bore me not a finny thing, so would I have gone down to thee, and kissed thy ha

ls. Nay, these are summer’s flowers, and those are flowers of winter, so I could not have brought thee them all at one tim

stranger come hither, sailing with his ship, that I may see why it is so dear to thee to have thy dwelling in the deep. Co

1684.] “I plunged for life or death. To interknit One’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain

e’s senses with so dense a breathing stuff Might seem a work of pain; so not enough Can I admire how crystal-smooth it fel

he had conquered Megara, bound Scylla to the rudder of his ship, and so dragged her through the waves toward Crete. The g

he north, traced their descent from Deucalion and Pyrrha of Thessaly, so the Pelasgic races of the south from the river-go

d changed her ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could be

they crooned a dreary song, Complaining that their lives should last so long, In that sad place that no one came anear, I

e reflected in the bright shield which he bore, cut off her head, and so ended her miserable existence. Thus are described

other descendants of Æolus in the next chapter, but that they follow so closely on those of Perseus. His father, Glaucus,

nster with three bodies, who dwelt in the island Erythea (the red), — so called because it lay in the west, under the rays

ned with them, and proposed to take them himself to Eurystheus. “Even so ,” said Hercules; “but, pray, hold this load for m

idon and Gæa, was a giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Ea

, and rushes forth from his lair to seize it, his readiest meal, even so the mighty Heracles, in longing for the lad, sped

be used as a charm to preserve the love of her husband. Dejanira did so . Before long, jealous of Hercules’ fondness for I

ass.295 The gods themselves grieved to see the champion of the earth so brought to his end. But Jupiter took care that on

along the shore till they arrived at the eastern end of the sea, and so landed in the kingdom of Colchis. Fig. 86. Jas

profit of the fruits of her crime. Jason, for whom she had sacrificed so much, put her away, for he wished to marry Creüsa

th passages and turnings winding in and about like the river Mæander, so that whoever was enclosed in it might by no means

d sent Androgeüs, the son of Minos, against the Marathonian bull, and so had brought about the young man’s death. Fig.

nches, — So was the Cretan brute by Theseus done to destruction, E’en so , tossing in vain his horns to the vacuous breezes

ea-monster raised himself above the waters, and frightened the horses so that they ran away and dashed the chariot to piec

with the curse of the house of Cadmus. But Eriphyle could not resist so tempting a bribe. By her decision the war was res

es, as I, in many woes, How can it be but he shall gain by death? And so for me to bear this doom of thine Has nothing fea

un unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to gray-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.341

roofed like generous loving, Never before hath Love conjoined lovers so dearly, — Never with harmony such as endureth for

ter to be permitted to give his own life as a ransom for him. Jupiter so far consented as to allow the two brothers to enj

uno, Venus, and Minerva each claimed the apple. Not willing to decide so delicate a matter, Jupiter sent the goddesses to

ove’s palace and besought him to grant success to the Trojan arms and so make the Greeks repent of their injustice to Achi

ience. “Now,” said Nestor “is the time for such guidance. If the gods so please, thou mayest win Achilles back to the comm

s burst forth from one of the ships. Achilles, at the sight, relented so far as to entrust Patroclus with the Myrmidons fo

snatched him from the fate impending, but Juno hinted that if he did so the other inhabitants of heaven might be induced

ace. She found him busy at his forge, making tripods for his own use, so artfully constructed that they moved forward of t

d have passed, lest the enemy should enter likewise. But Achilles was so close in pursuit that that would have been imposs

imself, “by whose command the people went to this day’s contest where so many have fallen, seek refuge for myself from a s

along the ground. Then mounting the chariot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body to and fro before the city. No w

feet of Achilles and kissed those terrible hands which had destroyed so many of his sons. “Think, O Achilles,” he said, “

all see thy face again. But me no comfort cheers, whose bravest sons, so late the flower of Ilium, all have fallen. Yet on

ld him.358 Contest for the Arms of Achilles. — The body of Achilles so treacherously slain was rescued by Ajax and Ulyss

foot with one of the poisoned arrows, the smell from the wound proved so offensive that his companions carried him to the

llen from heaven, and the belief was that the city could not be taken so long as this statue remained within it. Ulysses a

he told them that it was a propitiatory offering to Minerva, and made so huge for the express purpose of preventing its be

and prepared to introduce with due solemnity into the city. They did so with songs and triumphal acclamations, and the da

to Jove-born Helena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly or so cool to thirst.”369 At last, arr

lena, Is of such power to stir up joy as this, To life so friendly or so cool to thirst.”369 At last, arriving in safety

hter Hermione to Neoptolemus, son of Achilles. Agamemnon 370 was not so fortunate in the issue. During his absence, his w

that they were Greeks, from the great expedition that had lately won so much glory in the conquest of Troy; that they wer

or more. Ulysses supplied him once and again, which pleased the giant so much that he promised him as a favor that he shou

. To the middle ram of the three one of the Greeks suspended himself, so protected by the exterior rams on either side. As

of the animals’ backs and sides, but never thought of their bellies; so the men all passed safe, Ulysses himself being on

about to hail the giant again, but his friends besought him not to do so . He could not forbear, however, letting the giant

has been already said, of charming by their song all who heard them, so that mariners were impelled to cast themselves in

tion. Circe directed Ulysses to fill the ears of his seamen with wax, so that they should not hear the strain; to have him

island, the sea was calm, and over the waters came the notes of music so ravishing and attractive, that Ulysses struggled

ave passed the island of the Sun without stopping, but his companions so urgently pleaded for the rest and refreshment tha

re, was horror-struck at perceiving what- they had done, and the more so on account of the portentous signs which followed

e land. § 172. The Land of the Phæacians. — Ulysses clung to the raft so long as its timbers held together, and when it no

commended that he repair to the city, following herself and her train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when t

the Greeks found entrance into Troy. Apollo inspired him, and he sang so feelingly the terrors and the exploits of that ev

the chest containing his presents, and then sailed away. Neptune was so displeased at the conduct of the Phæacians in thu

machus had hard work to restrain his indignation at seeing his father so treated in his own hall; but, remembering his fat

nelope had protracted her decision in favor of any one of her suitors so long, that there seemed to be no further pretence

t vigorous blows among the monsters, but to no purpose, for they were so nimble it was almost impossible to hit them, and

them, and his immense height enabled him to advance far into the sea, so that the Trojans, in terror, took to their oars t

get out of his way. Hearing the oars, Polyphemus shouted after them, so that the shores resounded, and at the noise the o

a. They were in imminent danger of being wrecked, and were separated, so that Æneas thought that all were lost except his

m, sought the nearest shore, — the coast of Carthage, where Æneas was so happy as to find that one by one the ships all ar

cted as the seat of their future home, they asked of the natives only so much land as they could enclose with a bull’s hid

ed, “Tell me not of smooth seas or favoring winds, — me who have seen so much of their treachery. Shall I trust Æneas to t

e covered with a gloomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds

and that the promontory should bear the name of Cape Palinurus, — and so it does to this day. Leaving Palinurus consoled b

nds of Jove; nor could I believe that my absence would have cost thee so dear. Stop, I beseech thee, and refuse me not a l

ntrance. The Sibyl told him that the gulf of Tartarus descended deep, so that its recesses were as far beneath their feet

l weapons and divine. Here, also, is Tityus, the giant, whose form is so immense, that, as he lies, he stretches over nine

e preys upon his liver, which, as fast as it is devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw g

ormer lives.”“O, father!” said Æneas, “is it possible that any can be so in love with life, as to wish to leave these tran

ed away by the waters of Lethe. Some souls, however, there still are, so thoroughly corrupted, that they are not fit to be

sychosis into the bodies of brute animals. Anchises, having explained so much, proceeded to point out to Æneas individuals

rged the old king to perform that solemn office, but he refused to do so . While they contested, Juno herself, descending f

offer to join our arms with yours.” Pallas, in amaze at the sound of so great a name, invited them to land, and when Ænea

ing spoke thus: — “Illustrious Trojan, it is but little we can do in so great a cause. Our state is feeble, hemmed in on

terprise with me? And shall I let thee go into such danger alone? Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I plan

go into such danger alone? Not so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the stand

Turnus encountered the youthful Pallas. The contest between champions so unequally matched could not be doubtful. Pallas b

halla, a certain artificer came and offered to build them a residence so well fortified that they should be perfectly safe

sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Loki, the author of so many evil deeds, could have given such counsel, a

ight promised upon oath that, let it cost him what it might, he would so manage matters that the man should lose his rewar

e, thus, therefore, between one and another the whole night was lost, so that at dawn the work had not made the usual prog

im. Thor sent Loki to negotiate with Thrym, but he could only prevail so far as to get the giant’s promise to restore the

, assured him that she had not tasted anything for eight long nights, so great was her desire to see her lover, the renown

when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant had tied it up so tight he could not untie a single knot. At last T

to go to sleep. Thor answered that they were just going to sleep, and so saying went and laid himself down under another t

But sleep came not that night to Thor, and when Skrymir snored again so loud that the forest reechoed with the noise, he

are. You must take the road that leads eastward, mine lies northward, so we must part here.” Hereupon he threw his wallet

owards noon descried a city standing in the middle of a plain. It was so lofty that they were obliged to bend their necks

med Hugi, bade him run a match with Thialfi. In the first course Hugi so much outstripped his competitor that he turned ba

feats he would choose to give proofs of that prowess for which he was so famous. Thor answered that he would try a drinkin

u must pull deeply; and I must needs say that thou wilt not be called so mighty a man here as thou art at home if thou sho

empty it; but on looking in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave

rer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art not quite so stout as we thought thee; but wilt thou try any o

e else in the hall to wrestle with him, and it was also getting late; so he showed Thor and his companions to their seats,

hooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live and have my way thou shalt never e

nter again. And, by my troth, had I known beforehand, that thou hadst so much strength in thee, and wouldst have brought m

that thou hadst so much strength in thee, and wouldst have brought me so near to a great mishap I would not have suffered

sions; first in the forest, where I tied up the wallet with iron wire so that thou couldst not untie it. After this thou g

st attempt to empty the horn, thou didst perform, by my troth, a deed so marvellous, that had I not seen it myself, I shou

n reality the Midgard serpent that encompasseth the earth, and he was so stretched by thee, that he was barely long enough

for both of us if thou never come near me again, for shouldst thou do so , I shall again defend myself by other illusions,

shouldst thou do so, I shall again defend myself by other illusions, so that thou wilt only lose thy labor and get no fam

the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern anything, until he

he gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Balder was so beloved as he was said to be. “If, therefore,” sh

eted them the first, and laughed and said: “Ye gods, good lack, is it so dull in heaven That ye come pleasuring to Thok’s

fled to the mountain, and there built himself a hut with four doors, so that he could see every approaching danger. He in

leap over the net; but Thor caught him by the tail and compressed it so , that salmons ever since have had that part remar

e venom falls upon Loki, which makes him howl with horror, and writhe so that the whole earth shakes. § 183. The Elves. —

er, and the ship Skidbladnir, which they gave to Freyr, and which was so large that it could contain all the deities with

contain all the deities with their war and household implements, but so skilfully was it wrought that when folded togethe

“Thou hast then all the solace death allows, Esteem and function; and so far is well. Yet here thou liest, Balder, undergr

pour — Longing will stir within my breast, though vain, But not to me so grievous as, I know, To other gods it were, is my

lsung! farewell for a little while! ” So sweet his speaking sounded, so wise his words did seem That moveless all men sat

erpretation of the dream. “The hawk,” said Brynhild, “is Sigurd.” And so it came to pass. Sigurd visiting the court of the

d husband. Swanhild, “fairest of all women, eager-eyed as her father, so that few durst look under the brows of her,” — me

drun sent her sons by Jonakr to avenge their half-sister’s death; and so bereft of all her kin, and consumed with sorrow,

she inly yearned to know. She made request of Gunther, and begged it so might be, That she the absent Kriemhild yet once

roffered all courtly care; Never met friend or kinsman reception half so fair. One day at the hour of vespers certain kni

d spurted, e’en o’er his murderer’s weed. Nevermore will warrior dare so foul a deed. … … With blood were all bedabbled t

with spear and helmet and generally chlamys (short warrior’s cloak); so the marble Ares statue (called the Borghese Achil

endor of heaven. But the early myth-makers would hardly have reasoned so abstrusely. It is not at all certain that the nam

mas Lodge’s exquisite Sonnet to Phyllis, “Fair art thou, Phyllis, ay, so fair, sweet maid”; Milton, Vacation Ex. 38; Comus

llo and to Thanatos (Death). See Armstrong’s Art of Health, “So Pæan, so the powers of Health command,” etc., and “the wis

ox, the tears of the Heliades. It is hardly wise to press the analogy so far, unless one is prepared to explain the amber

y uses the word Acroceraunian as synonymous with steep, dangerous. If so , he had the practice of Ovid behind him (Remedium

ative. — Spenser, F. Q. 1, 3: 31; Milton, P. L. 1: 305, “Natheless he so endured,” etc.; Longfellow’s Occultation of Orion

ans the soul. There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as that of the butterfly,

of Cupid and Psyche, in the Capitol at Rome, is of surpassing beauty; so also is Canova’s Cupid and Psyche. Among Paintin

haps remind us of that unexpected return of fine weather which occurs so frequently, like an omen of Spring, just before W

that great mystery of Joy and Grief, of Life and Death, which pressed so heavily on the mind of Pagan Greece, and imparts

en, signify the paling of the moon before the approaching day. Hardly so probable as the former explanation. Illustrative

r in Euboea. Mount Œta: in Thessaly. The Pygmies: a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word meaning the cubit, or me

the Cretan bull are probably varied forms of the powers of darkness; so also the Stamphalian (Stymphalian) birds and the

Interpretative. — Theseus is the Attic counterpart of Hercules, not so significant in moral character, but eminent for n

ris and Œnone; Tennyson, Œnone; also the Death of Œnone, which is not so good. The story of the death of Corythus, the son

nd silence upon his throngs of disciples. Ipse Dixit (Pythagoras said so ) was to be held by them as sufficient proof of an

of all things, and attributed to them a real and distinct existence; so that, in his view, they were the elements out of

verse was constructed. As the numbers proceed from the monad or unit, so he regarded the pure and simple essence of the De

t weight to throw, The line, too, labors and the words move slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o’er t

d; he is merely a refugee in the court of the Hunnish king; and, even so , is confounded with uncles of his who had been re

a has an obscure sound when it ends an unaccented syllable: A-chæ′-a; so , also, the vowel i or y, not final, after an acce

4; Com. § 131. Calydonian Boar, the, 223. Calydonian Hunt, 241. Calyp′ so , 323; Com. § 171. Came′næ (Antevorta, Postvorta,

pis; cf. Milton, P. L. 1: 720): as Apis represents the living Osiris, so S. the Osiris who had passed into the underworld.

aught by him, were strapped knees-upward to either end of a yoke, and so borne away by the hero. Their drollery, however,

he results of the inquiries of those eminent scholars whose works are so frequently referred to, my obligations to whom I

necessities take me away, But if I had money at home I would stay ; so I may say of myself, it was necessity, not any id

nd extend the taste for classic literature, which in my opinion tends so strongly to refine, and at the same time to invig

no good reason for this last usage, and I think Greek names should be so written as that they might be at once transferred

ent, is I conceive property in the fullest sense of the word, as much so as lands or houses. To these last the public have

e worse statesman, lawyer, or physician for not having read Waverley, so that the plea of public utility cannot be urged.

influence on vegetation and growth in general the ancients held to be so very considerable (see p. 194, note b), and which

obles, the patricians, adored a triad of celestial or mental deities, so the agricultural plebeians worshiped a triad of d

its hold upon the minds of the weak and the ignorant4. An appearance so general can only be the result of some law of the

bes all effects to one great intelligent cause, and usually views not so much Him as the secondary unintelligent causes wh

hich He employs, — the simpler children of nature, who cannot rise to so just and elevated a conception, see multitude whe

gs6. Man is incapable of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none so w

capable of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none so well adapted to

and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none so well adapted to be the vehicle of mind7. He natur

uished the father of gods and men and ruler of heaven. These deities, so like to man in form, were held to exceed him far

g such. When a people had thus formed for themselves a System of gods so like to man, and yet ruling over the world, it wa

of mythes10, and we place it here only because it has been generally so regarded. 3. A great number of legends in all cou

ces in lakes situated in the high valley-plains of Arcadia, which are so completely shut in by mountains that the streams

no mythology, properly speaking, though for the sake of uniformity we so denominate the account of its deities and religio

nd any other till both have been examined minutely and carefully, and so many points of resemblance have presented themsel

ntity of the systems48. It is to the neglect of this rule that we owe so much of the absurdity to be found in the works of

ht into public view. But such is the nature and connection of things, so profuse the resemblances which the world presents

ancient mythes, which they modified by the aid of fiction and forgery so as to suit their purposes. About this time, also,

nd heroes ; and the fable to be represented on the stage often varied so much from that handed down by tradition, that, as

vogue, was the Sacred History (Ἱϵρὴ Ἀναγραфή) of Euhemerus, which was so celebrated in antiquity that we shall here stop t

hose of Pindar. It is much to be lamented, in a mythologic view, that so little remains of Stesichorus of Himera. The trag

f the Earth, but the poets are silent on this point. They are equally so as to the exact central point, but probably viewe

erboreans. They were named the Æthiopians105 : the gods favoured them so highly that they were wont to leave at times thei

hat the Ocean of Homer and Hesiod was a river or stream. It is always so called by these poets115, and they describe the s

ow in their due order. As in all cosmogonies darkness precedes light, so Erebos and Night, the one the darkness beneath, t

d146; and they were naturally named Hundred-handed, from their acting so extensively at the same moment of time147. Of the

der the earth, the former swallows his. Kronos is the youngest child, so is Zeus ; the Titans divide the dominion of the w

gest child, so is Zeus ; the Titans divide the dominion of the world, so do the Kronids. As Kronos devours his children fo

ids. As Kronos devours his children for fear of their dethroning him, so something similar is recorded of Zeus161. Earth a

, Strife, and Woe are figuratively her offspring ; the Hesperides are so because their abode was near hers in the West. Ne

often treads to inflict the punishment due to vice. The reason is not so apparent why Night should be the parent of Mocker

tle, were his children by Neæra (Newness ?)225. Augeas, king of Elis, so rich in flocks and herds, was said to be the offs

said to have been a mere poetic name, there being no stream actually so called ; though it was afterwards given by the po

ene she was named by later poets263 from Pallas, and their reason for so doing is not easy to be discerned. Æschylus would

desert island near Britannia in the Western Ocean317. The golden age, so celebrated by poets, is said to have been in the

ing it with the name of the deity397, it will not surprise us to meet so many Zeus-sprung heroes in the mythology of Greec

, who was slain by Achilles, was also the offspring of this deity425: so also were Theseus, Eumolpos, and other heroes. Po

ssion of Herodotus for deducing the religion of Greece from abroad is so notorious, that few, we should suppose, would lay

ome hairs from the forehead of the victim and burn them on the altar, so Death is here represented as coming to cut off a

e sea-shore bound to a willow, whose longest branches were drawn down so as to envelope it. The priestess then loosed it ;

had run away of itself, and bound it to a willow to prevent its doing so again. Admeta then loosed it and restored it to i

Zeus the heaven, and in Hera the earth, and regard this holy marriage so continually renewed, and of which the memory was

rriage so continually renewed, and of which the memory was kept up in so many places, as that of heaven and earth in the s

the chariot in which the priestess of Hera rode was drawn by oxen538, so too were the cars in the procession of the Dædala

s a person who came by sea was figuratively called a son of Poseidôn, so a valiant warrior was termed a son, or, as it is

ny length by the poets is that of his intrigue with Aphrodite. Ares —  so sang Demodocos to the Phæacians553 — loved Aphrod

Hephæstos dissembled his rage, and going to his workshop forged a net so subtile as to be invisible, so strong as to be in

and going to his workshop forged a net so subtile as to be invisible, so strong as to be infrangible by even the god of wa

ly have been made the spouse of the god from whose workshop proceeded so many elegant productions of art, and, as we are a

ad given birth to Pallas-Athene. He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him

It is not improbable that from the name of Ganymedes (Joy-promoter), so well suited to a cup-bearer, a feminine title had

me his priests and ministers618. As might be expected, the legends of so celebrated an event as the establishment of the o

the discus, when flung by Apollo, against the head of the youth, and so killed him633. A festival called the Hyacinthia w

34. The babe saved from the pyre of Coronis was Asclepios, who became so famous for his healing powers. Extending them so

sclepios, who became so famous for his healing powers. Extending them so far as to restore the dead to life, he drew on hi

ut to hurl him down to Tartaros, but, on the entreaty of Leto, he was so far mollified as to be content with the offender’

his design, had daubed her own face and those of her nymphs with mud, so that he was unable to distinguish her, and thus w

h those distant regions, zeal for the honour of the poet who had sung so well the wanderings of Odysseus, and the love of

lo and Artemis being sun and moon, it is alleged that they were early so considered. Thus we find the Persian general of D

w in Plato724 and Euripides725 ; and in the Alexandrine period it was so prevalent, that Callimachus726 blames those who s

Finally, great stress is laid on the fact of Apollo and Artemis being so totally distinct from the sun and moon in all the

e nations whose heaven was mildest, and their winter shortest, should so bitterly bewail the regular changes of the season

inquires, whether the ancient nations, who esteemed their gods to be so little superior to men, may not have believed the

the goddess to the bard. The bird called Iynx or Fritillus, of which so much use was made in amatory magic, was also sacr

d ; etc. There is none of the Olympians of whom the foreign origin is so probable as this goddess. She is generally regard

took place at a very early period, the name Cypris given to Aphrodite so frequently by Homer evinces. Still we look on Aph

ith Astarte, the moon-goddess and queen of heaven, that Aphrodite was so frequently styled the Heavenly (Urania). It is ve

d the Heavenly (Urania). It is very important to observe that she was so named at her temple in Cythera, which was regarde

natural than to term Aphrodite the mother of Love, but the reason for so calling Eileithyia, the president of child-birth,

mself shrink to his original dimensions. The meaning of this fable is so apparent that it needs not explication. At the ti

osopher smiled and said, “Though it is not strictly right in me to do so , yet I will show you something new.” He then desi

nd the other Anterôs, but that they knew not the cause of their being so styled. Jamblichus, who was just then standing at

truth many a tale seems to be allegorical which was never meant to be so by its author, and many a tale is allegorical in

for approaching at night the flame of the lamp or candle, in which it so frequently finds its death, reminds a mystic phil

ilosophy of the East. But further, the world presents no illustration so striking or so beautiful of the immortality of th

East. But further, the world presents no illustration so striking or so beautiful of the immortality of the soul, as that

uch, and the subject she chose (the love-transformations of the gods) so offensive to Athena, that she struck her several

rded as the moon, that the nocturnal owl, whose broad full eyes shine so brightly in the dark, was consecrated to her ; th

th-place of Athena, has found a greater number of supporters ; but as so many countries sought to appropriate the Tritôn t

rs as the earth825. There are some mythes which can be explained with so much more ease on this last hypothesis, that we t

he ground. Hermes then begins to play on his lyre, the tones of which so ravish Apollo that he offers him the cows for it.

amused himself well with laughing at their perplexity840. A god with so many agreeable qualities as Hermes was not very l

όνη. Proserpina, Libera. Demeter and her daughter Persephone are so closely connected, that it would be extremely dif

held the earth and starry heaven, the fishy sea and beams of the sun, so long she hoped to see her mother and the tribes o

as sure, be most happy to receive into her family a person who looked so god-like : but she prays her not to be precipitat

een, no difficulty whatever ; but that of her daughter is by no means so easy of explanation ; and here, as in similar cas

ter and the Kora914, without saying a few words on the subject of the so celebrated mysteries of Eleusis, in which they we

articipators in the worship of these deities ; which however remained so long confined to them as to have given origin to

ur of Heaven, are easy to be accounted for without having recourse to so absurd a supposition. Every act performed in obed

Compostella, or elsewhere ; and each is persuaded that by having done so he has secured the divine favour921. So the Greek

teries, owing to the fame in which Athens stood, the able writers who so loudly extolled her and everything belonging to h

id to be nine. Perhaps originally, as in the case of the Erinnyes and so many other deities, there was no precise number.

ea, and rivers stood motionless, and Helicôn swelled up with delight, so that his summit would have reached the sky had no

f veneration. The Gotho-German race (whose language and religion bear so great an affinity to those of Greece) seem also t

and signifying Decree. The Theogony of Hesiod limits the Fates, like so many other goddesses, to three, and gives them Ze

o just the same. Thus Victory, mark ye, flies With golden wings ; and so , egad, does Love : And like a trembling dove, old

, standing on the ship of Odysseus in the centre of the fleet, shouts so as to be heard at either extremity. When Ares1071

ely suspicious. The passage in the fourteenth book1084, in which Zeus so indecorously recounts his various amours to Hera,

y Eôs ; and it is to be presumed, though Homer does not expressly say so , that they were endowed with immortality. But all

t the vine and its produce, with which the ‘sons of the Achæans’ were so familiar, could have been without a presiding god

iginal Grecian festivals, though of a joyous cheerful character, were so widely different from the raving orgies and wild

ptain Wilford listening with devout belief to his artful Pundit1099 ; so little suspicion does the Father of History betra

resolved to introduce into Hellas. When passing through Thrace he was so furiously assailed by Lycurgos, a prince of the c

er with him, was gradually restricted and made a god of cattle alone, so Dionysos may have been limited to the care of pla

eria, was celebrated in the spring, the season of showers, and it was so named from the flowers and blossoms, of which he

eligions, in pursuits, and inclinations ; and the whole of Greece was so much altered, that if any one passes from the per

y year in her honour1142. As the Greeks had confounded her with Rhea, so the Latins made her one with their Ops, the godde

tinct from the Artemis of the Greeks. Yet in after times we find them so completely identified, that the Ephesians in the

ed nymph,’ and a child was the result of their secret interviews. But so monstrous was his appearance, that the nurse on b

youth the flocks of her father on Mount Taÿgeton1164. Some even went so far as to say that he was the offspring of the am

he sometimes there experienced from his worshipers : And if thou do so , Pan beloved, may ne’er The Arcadian boys thy sho

Lampsacene town Aparnis. Owing to the malignity of Hera, he was born so deformed that his mother was horrified and renoun

Rhœcos as he was playing at draughts, and he made a rough reply. This so incensed the Nymph that she deprived him of sight

r daughter Andromeda. But the painters and sculptors, who contributed so much to degrade the other gods, robbed the sea-ny

een another Tritôn among the curiosities of the Romans, but it is not so large as this of the Tanagrians. The form of the

s, both in colour and in the perfect likeness of one hair to another, so that no difference can be perceived among them :

his curiosity excited him to taste it also ; immediately on his doing so he followed their example, and thus became a sea-

rude lawless race, who neither planted nor sowed, but whose land was so fertile as spontaneously to produce them wheat, b

and goats, his prisoners fastened themselves under their bellies, and so escaped. Odysseus, when a little way out at sea c

thereby avoided : but, as Völcker justly observes, there was nothing so remarkable in this practice as to induce the poet

6 who sat in a mead close to the sea, and with their melodious voices so charmed those who were sailing by, that they forg

In the middle of this cliff, she says, is a cave facing the west, but so high that a man in a ship passing under it could

ting the distant regions of the Mediterranean. The ancients, who were so anxious to localise all the wonders of Homer, mad

e. We finally think, that if Thesprotia and its oracle at Dodona were so well known to the poet as they seem to have been,

ibed the Phæacians, supposing Corcyra to be their island, as dwelling so remote. Two islands remain to be considered, in o

and commerce and agriculture display their stores. Has it always been so  ? is the question man naturally asks himself. Has

oomy iron winter, form the solar year, which is continually renewed ; so the four ages of the world compose a mundane year

he Titan-war1455. Atlas was the father of the fair nymph Calypso, who so long detained Odysseus in her umbrageous isle in

t. Jupiter happening to come by, she asked him to animate it ; he did so , but when Care went to give it her own name, he i

etheus had stolen fire from heaven for the good of mankind, they were so ungrateful as to betray him to Zeus. For their tr

d, to whom he gave the fire which he had stolen from heaven. Yet even so late as the times of Augustus some vestige of the

how this notion could have prevailed, when the species of vessel was so expressly stated by Hesiod, who also mentions its

s mythe and the Scripture narrative of Eve and the forbidden fruit is so very striking, that one might be induced to regar

curiosity. It seems very strange that the ancients should have taken so little notice of this mythe. There is no allusion

her in it1493. This then became the current idea, and we see how even so eminent a scholar as Buttmann was deceived by it,

hen poured rain from heaven and inundated the greater part of Greece, so that all the people, except a few who escaped to

seen on various parts of the earth's surface ; a circumstance which, so far from invalidating, tends rather to confirm th

e in effect of sacerdotal dominion having ever prevailed in Greece is so slight that it hardly needs an examination1508. L

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

inspired by gay and magnificent imagery. Though chronology, properly so called, cannot be introduced into mythic history,

other side of the Anauros, crossed that stream to come to it, and in so doing lost one of his sandals. It is said that He

Eurytiôn the son of Actôr, whose daughter Polymela he married. Being so unfortunate as to kill his father-in-law by accid

me ; but pulling out the tongues, he declared that he had killed just so many. He fell asleep on Mount Pelion, and Acastos

taur, being invited to the house of Peirithoös, got drunk and behaved so ill, that the heroes rose and dragging him to the

nd Halcyone is apparently one of those legends, of which we have seen so many examples, devised to account for the names,

t is also strange that the descendents of these colonists should have so entirely put off the Phœnician character as to be

os is therefore apparently (like Pelasgos, Doros, Iôn, Thessalos, and so many others,) merely a personification of the nam

lder (ἀντὶ ὄψ), and may remind us of the moon, which at the full sits so calmly looking down on the earth ; her husband’s

iopids favoured the religion of Dionysos, to which the Cadmeians were so hostile ; in Amphiôn’s love of music and union wi

mother's bed. He therefore resolved never to return to Corinth, where so much crime as he thought awaited him, and he took

sks before the gates. Some even say that the terror of Eurystheus was so great, that he had a brazen jar made, in which he

the arrow out of the body of one of them, while he was wondering how so small a thing could destroy such large beings, it

the Strymôn, he in anger with that river filled its bed with stones, so that it became no longer navigable1757. He finall

ought him to join in search of the lost oxen. Heracles promised to do so , and entertained him ; but falling again into mad

coön, the house-dog flew at him : he flung a stone at the dog ; which so enraged the sons of Hippocoön, that they rushed o

eminacy, is a component part of the original mythe, to which it suits so accurately. For if the virtue of Heracles was to

and perhaps with one of the deities of Egypt. Hence we find Heracles so frequently represented as the sun-god, and his tw

ιδὼν) ; Tereus was also changed, and became a Hoopoo (ἔποψ)1805. Like so many others, this story is told with considerable

lock of hair growing on his head ; and as long as it remained uncut, so long was his life to last. Scylla, having seen Mi

other name than that of Sinis1835, i. e. Evil-doer. His strength was so great, that he was able to take by their tops the

venger ; and they resolved to poison his mind against him. Their plot so far succeeded, that Ægeus was on the point of sac

, who dwelt on the banks of the Thermodôn ; and distinguished himself so much in the conflict, that Heracles after the vic

üsa (Princess) in this legend, (like that of it and Creôn (Prince) in so many others,) shows that it was a mere fiction, a

ORINTH. The ancient name of Corinth was said to have been Ephyra, so called from one of the Ocean-nymphs1864. Its situ

ually passed through it, the voyage round cape Malea being considered so very dangerous. As might be expected, the princip

lerophontes with Corinth (and it is the only account that really does so ), and furnishes us with a key to his mythe. Accor

amed Epaphos1900. The legend of Io would not appear to have attracted so much of the attention of the elder poets as might

us to view in Io a form of the Argive goddess Hera, with whom she is so closely connected ; and as Hera is the earth, Io

land of mystery, and like that of Io have been subsequently modified so as to suit the new theory of an Egyptian colony a

us, but it is likely they were related at length in the Eoiæ. A mythe so very ancient as this appears to be was probably a

hat the exposure in the sea, the two immortal Gorgons, Andromeda, and so forth, were posterior additions. Pallas-Athene ha

ent against the Teleboans. He landed, and ravaged their islands ; but so long as Pterolaos lived, he could accomplish noth

ly Pelops may be only another name of the water-god whom we find with so many names at the Isthmus. The origin of the name

oe could find no one possessed of sufficient affection for her to pay so high a penalty ; friends, kindred, parents, all s

ered him to restore him to life ; and on his declaring his incapacity so to do, shut him up in a chamber with the body of

him depart, insisted on his communicating his art to Glaucos. He did so  ; but as he was taking leave, he desired his pupi

of the Tyndarids there appeared to be a reference to light and fire, so perhaps in that of the Æacids there is one to wat

gy in the Alexandrian period that gave occasion to the catasterism of so many heroes and heroines2137 ; but with Oriôn and

Plough, its name in some countries. Its likeness to an animal is not so obvious, yet the Greeks and the North American In

mild effulgence of the moon dims and effaces the light of the stars, so Oriôn is slain by the gentle darts of ‘holy’ Arte

was said, offended Aphrodite, she caused them to have an ill smell ; so that their husbands, unable to endure them, took

t food was set before him, carried off the greater portion of it, and so defiled what they left that no mortal could endur

ed by Hera and Athena, they rowed the Argo vigorously on, and escaped so narrowly, that the rocks as they rushed together

d off some of her stern-works. The Symplegades now became fixed ; for so it was in the fates, since a ship had passed thro

a by her art deprived him of life. On leaving Crete the night came on so black and dark that they knew not where they were

n island, on which they landed. As this isle had appeared (ἀνϵϕῄνατο) so unexpectedly, they named it Anaphe2163. Here they

ythic expedition. If the gold-mines of Thasos or Pangæos were wrought so early, their produce may have given its golden hu

d along it southwards. Hecatæus made them then sail down the Nile and so home, but according to the others they landed on

ir vessel overland to the northern ocean, where they launched it, and so sailed down the west side of Europe to the Medite

ueglorious, Polyneices Strife-full, Antigone Contrary-birth 2189, and so forth. There is also a moral intended to be conve

ctetes being bitten by a water-snake, the smell from his wound proved so offensive, that they carried him to the isle of L

of ‘Troy divine.’ As the former rested on the voyages of the Minyans, so the latter had its origin in the early settlement

he war too is incredible ; no volunteer army would ever have remained so long absent from their homes and families. We ver

258, and there was a goddess of it called Mania. The Lars, which form so conspicuous a portion of the Roman religion, it i

ogress in that country ; and the deities and legends of Greece became so closely interwoven in the system of Etruria, that

as the great guardian of the fortune of the city. Jupiter Elicius was so named, as we are told, from the following circums

ina, identified by the Greeks with their Eileithyia2288, was probably so named as bringing children to the light. She was