the folly of her father and mother; however, Venus resolved to bring some misfortune upon the young princess, and she said,

ou must do as I command you; you must first see Psyche, and then find some very ugly old man, end make her acquainted with h

is mother of his intention to disobey her. She might, perhaps, employ some other minister of her will, who could not feel th

to tell Psyche that he was a god, lest she should imprudently inform some person who he was, that would betray him to his m

d be forced to marry, she knew not whom, she was not so distressed as some timid girls would have been: she said, “The gods

nd bore her over the dark blue waters, and laid her gently down under some flowering myrtle trees in the garden whither Cupi

ble performers was heard. Suddenly the music ceased, and a voice from some unseen person thus addressed her: “Fear not, beau

rincesses hated their sister, and he feared they would trouble her in some way or other. He hesitated a moment when Psyche c

mean as to envy their sister the possession of it, and meditated upon some way to disturb her enjoyment in it. They told her

e oracle said be was unreasonable and capricious, very likely he may, some night, take it into his head to kill you. You are

brought her, thought, perhaps, if she should repair to the shrine of some deity and offer her prayers, she might be instruc

nd labourers reaping in harvest fields, and boys and girls performing some useful work in the open air, under shady trees; a

ot move her purpose to afflict her; and she was preparing to denounce some severer punishment, when a messenger of the gods,

r what was the cause of her son’s illness. Psyche saw her depart with some little satisfaction. The beautiful eyes of Venus

said the queen of love and beauty, as she was sometimes called, “that some power, to me unknown, has thought fit to interfer

This did not satisfy her persecutor; she next commanded her to bring some water from a fountain which was guarded by a drag

the place of her destination. “There,” said the voice, “you will see some cakes and some money. The cakes you will give to

er destination. “There,” said the voice, “you will see some cakes and some money. The cakes you will give to a great dog cal

serpine had given her to renew the faded bloom of Venus, must contain some curious substance which she had never seen; she l

upid with a gracious smile, and after he had heard his petition, made some good natured objections to matching the sons of g

unseen by men. Ann. Who think you was Jupiter? Mother. Very likely some great king, who did much good and some harm, and

Jupiter? Mother. Very likely some great king, who did much good and some harm, and after he was dead he was called the kin

the malignant Venus that persecuted Psyche. Mother. She was perhaps some king’s daughter; the most beautiful woman at that

ed a quantity of flowers in the plain of Enna, and sat down to select some , and to throw away the rest Each cast her portion

ane was changed to a fountain. Mother. They said so, and very likely some ignorant people believed it. In the bible we read

story belongs, Pandion, king of Athens, found that he must call upon some other king to punish the robbers, for he was not

e signs to the old woman to carry it to the queen, who would give her some money for it. The hope of a magnificent reward in

him for a slave; and they told lies to their father, pretending that some wild beast had killed Joseph. Mother. You see th

like burnished gold. Philemon went out into his garden, and plucking some coleworts, a sort of cabbage, brought them in for

from certain pegs two snow-white beechen pails, and pouring into them some water gently warmed, gave her guests each a bath

his worship. But one day, as they stood at the gate discoursing with some strangers who had come thither, and were relating

e planted in honour of their memories. Ann. This story reminds me of some I have read in the Bible. Mother. Of what Script

ery, in spinning, and weaving, and she was industrious and modest. In some of the statues of her, she was not drawn in her m

ouse. She thought she could meditate there without interruption, upon some plan to disappoint Mercury. But as she stood at t

Ann. Is any part of this story true? Mother. Yes; all stories have some truth in them, or we should not like them. Ann.

both fact and fiction, though they are different. A fiction must have some truth mixed with it, or we should not like it we

ered the wisest man in Greece at that time. The people of Thebes, and some from distant places, would come to him for advice

ilk-white bull, and began to eat grass where Europa was sporting with some young girls, her friends. They all thought the bu

dmus sent certain men, his companions, to a near fountain, to procure some . The attendants of Cadmus soon came to a reservoi

had killed his followers. But they fought among themselves, and after some were killed, the survivers joined Cadmus. You wil

an should enter her sacred grove. In her displeasure, she snatched up some water in the hollow of her hand, and throwing it

r that any man should enter it. Acteon, unluckily, went into it. When some young girls and their governess, who in the fable

and skin, to make him ridiculous, and drove him into the wood, where some dogs, mistaking him for a stag, fell upon him and

no could think of no way to make them miserable, but to tempt them to some wicked act, or to deprive them of reason. To do t

Cadmus and his wife were a happy pair, and were the king and queen of some petty state in Greece. Athamas went mad. His insa

s in another life. These Furies, whom you have read of as very cruel, some persons called by another name, the Eumenides; an

It is a sort of wicked prayer, a wish that God would bring evil upon some hated person; and a blessing is a prayer that God

n some hated person; and a blessing is a prayer that God would bestow some good upon the person prayed for. The Orgies.

o, when they did not know who a person’s father was, they said he was some god. Semele, one of the daughters of Cadmus, had

e was a boy, lived in the isle of Naxos, and was stolen from there by some pirates. He was seen by them, as he lay asleep un

on an ass, and followed by a multitude of men, women, and children — some blowing horns, others beating drums, and all maki

e do. Mother. What is consequence? Ann. Consequence is what follows some circumstance or action, and the consequence belon

that he was a man who taught the ignorant to cultivate the grape, and some other arts, and after he was dead, he was worship

ligion in the world. Whole nations in Asia and Africa are pagans, and some Christians are superstitious. Ann. What do you m

of Matthew. Mother. I will tell you how the people of Florence, and some other Italian cities, observe the Epiphany. The l

The lower classes of the people collect, in considerable numbers, in some public place, on the day of the feast. A car, on

r of gold, that he might enter Danæ’s apartment This only means, that some man who loved Danæ, paid, or bribed, the keepers

ve all your companions perished? The vessel, perhaps, was dashed upon some fatal rock.” “Alas! good man,” replied Danæ, “you

me and this innocent babe, caused us to be thrown into the waves, and some merciful god has saved our lives. But where am I?

x and mortify him, so that he shall be very miserable, and go away to some distant country. One day Polydectes invited Perse

soon reached the country of the Gorgons, and, with the assistance of some women almost as deformed as themselves, discovere

from his rest. He rose with renewed vigour, and pursued his way, like some migratory bird, through immeasurable fields of et

undation, climbed upon house-tops, and the highest branches of trees; some were drowned and others starved, and a great sea

he sea, not far from your palace; and that monster which has devoured some of your subjects, will come to that place, and fe

as instantly changed to stone. Perseus then laid the Medusa down upon some marine plants, and went to unchain Andromeda. Per

at down to a splendid banquet. Before the guests rose from the table, some of the company begged Perseus to relate to them h

en I reached the country whither the god had directed me, I saw first some ugly women, called the Graiæ, and they informed m

ciations belong to the story of Apollo and the Python. Ann. What are some of them? Mother. After he had killed the Python,

the Python, if I could. Mother. The Python is supposed to have been some fatal disease, which had destroyed great numbers

ns, for so long a time, is his fame; his undying or immortal fame, as some persons say, because he is now more admired than

is not known. About three hundred years ago, it was dug up from among some ruins in Antium, near Rome. It was dreadfully bro

it is carefully preserved. I will allow you to read to me another day some few more Classical Tales; but when they shall hav

of venerable men, sometimes pouring water from an urn, or reclined by some running stream: these represent rivers, and are s

have loved them, as Peneus loved Daphne. The truth probably is, that some person whose lands lay along the rivers, was call

as forced to give Io to his queen. Juno suspected that the heifer was some mortal lady, and a favourite of Jupiter, so she r

nowned for his vigilance. Argus was said to have had an hundred eyes, some of which were always awake. Every day Argus turne

me together. Young persons are apt to boast of their own consequence; some commend themselves for their wealth and others fo

The explanation given of this fable is that the arrows of Apollo were some sudden and fatal disease, which destroyed the fam

sacrifices, being seated one evening in an arbour, near the house of some of his friends, recounted to them the following a

but a few days after our arrival in Lydia, as we were walking through some of those fine meadows which afford abundant pastu

laughed at this expostulation, and to make the water unfit to drink, some of them jumped into it, and stirred up the clay a

ich is designed to bring into one view, for the use of young persons, some of the most remarkable fables, and best known usa

We learn from the Bible that God manifested, or made himself known to some good men, and instructed them concerning the wors

mprehend the beauty and propriety of the finest works of art, without some acquaintance with the history of ancient fables.

istory of Saturn must be, that he was a wise man, who was driven from some little kingdom by a successful usurper, who was p

the first month of the year was called in honour of him, January. In some of his temples, the statue of Janus was surrounde

t appear to them in his own awful character, but assumed the shape of some man, or animal. One of these ladies, Semele, the

ty by them than by any other people. The Hermes of Egypt was probably some philosopher, who was distinguished by various kno

of thunder. The sound of thunder resembles that of a heavy blow from some powerful instrument, as a cannon-ball, which brea

, employed in the most laborious services of society. In Peloponnesus some of the first edifices were constructed of vast st

etheus had endeavoured to banish from the earth. Prometheus, dreading some concealed evil, refused the present of Jupiter; b

en who were enemies of Prometheus, and who might have confined him in some solitary place, on account of his generous servic

, the son of Venus, and the great ancestor of the Romans, is said, by some of their writers, to have recovered and brought i

tival. The songs sung at the Panathenæa were commonly the eulogium of some citizen, who had performed a distinguished servic

ded at Athens, held a rank inferior to natives of the city Musicians, some playing on the flute, and others upon the lyre, r

dition, to one of greater industry and comfort. Ceres might have made some improvements in the art of cultivating the earth.

ld; those of Paphos, Cythera, and Idalia were the most celebrated. In some places incense only was offered to this goddess.

to one of the Muses, entreating her to inspire the poet — to give him some portion of celestial intelligence, that his poetr

fying to meditate, to inquire. The Muses had each a name derived from some particular accomplishment of mind, or branch of s

nto a monster, retaining the female form, but having six dogs’ heads; some say she was changed to a rock on the coast of Sic

eet poison of misused wine. Milton’s Comus . Bacchus was probably some ancient conqueror and civilian of the Eastern nat

Panics. The Athenians had a statue of him, like that of Mars. And in some antique gems and sculptures, his figure is nearly

reeds, when agitated by the wind, emitted a pleasing sound, connected some of them together, formed of them a rural pipe, an

red as peculiarly happy and long-lived. The Greek poet Anacreon wrote some pretty verses to the grasshopper, which have been

a man perished at sea, or in an unknown spot, his friends would erect some monument in honour of him to satisfy his manes, o

nk of Lethe, forgot their sufferings, and were removed by the gods to some happy state of existence. The poet Virgil describ

hout the power to drink. Whenever he inclined his head to the stream, some deity commanded it to be dry and the dark earth a

of his brother Egyptus, who married the daughters of their uncle. For some cause, not precisely told by the mythologists, Da

, as they called this blind goddess, turning a wheel, which raised up some persons, and threw down others at the same time.

r terror and despair cannot be expressed. If, in this state of peril, some man of a more powerful body, and a more courageou

s, to swim; Linus, to play upon the harp; and Eumolpus, to sing. Like some of his illustrious contemporaries, his education

through the stable. For his sixth labour Hercules was ordered to kill some carnivorous birds which devoured human flesh, and

des. The Hesperides were nymphs intrusted by Jupiter with the care of some golden apples which were guarded by a dragon. Her

the herds of Geryon through Italy, Cacus, a formidable robber, stole some of the cows, and concealed them in a cave; but th

us refused her to him. He then once more lost his reason, and showing some disrespect to the Pythia, at Delphi, Apollo cause

her husband’s affections, bethought herself of the robe of Nessus. By some artifice Dejanira prevailed upon her husband to p

ncerning Hercules, are only disguises of eminent services rendered by some good and powerful man to his fellow-creatures. Eu

to escape from Ino, who had determined to offer them as sacrifices to some god, resolved to put themselves under the protect

one had never been before attempted by any Greeks. After stopping at some islands of the Egean, and sundry ports of the Eux

extent. This bed of Procrustes, is now often spoken of to illustrate some cruel or foolish contrivance, designed to alter w

o remove it. As soon as Ægeus saw the black sail, he apprehended that some misfortune had happened to his son, and, in his d

l order: and the people of all Greece heard of these regulations, and some of them adopted the same institutions. Before the

to seek new adventures. One Peritheus, King of Thessaly, carried off some flocks from Marathon, near Athens, and Theseus, r

her; but Aidoneus suspected them, and drove off Peritheus by means of some furious dogs, and threw Theseus into prison. Herc

ans. The companions of Œdipus envied his talents, and told him he was some low-born stranger, and not the son of Peribœa. Wh

attle of the Centaurs and of the Lapithæ was famous. The Lapithæ were some chiefs, Perithous, and others, descended from Lap

the marriage; but they became intoxicated with wine, and were rude to some of the females present, and the Lapithæ, justly p

he Lapithæ, justly provoked at this brutality, punished it by killing some , and driving others into banishment. The War

tracted voyage was owing to the displeasure of the gods on account of some neglect in the worship due to them. Long on the

deplores, His wasted vigour and exhausted stores. But one day while some of his men were gone to the shore for provisions,

sland of Sicily, the companions of Ulysses seized upon, and devoured, some cattle which were designed for victims to Apollo;

ng story of Ulysses is related at length in the Odyssey. According to some opinions, he was a wise man, but he was certainly

e? Lives there a man who singly dares to go. To yonder camp, or seize some straggling foe? Or, favoured by the night, approa

bend my dangerous way, Some god within commands, and I obey. But let some other chosen warrior join. To raise my hopes and

authoress of their wo, Thy pity checked my sorrows in their flow; If some proud brother eyed me with disdain, Or scornful s

es. It is said that he married her. The infant Astyanax was killed by some of the barbarous conquerors of Troy. When Priam e

many parallels among nations not taught by the revelation of God, and some , alas! among those who have been instructed in th

and embarked upon the Mediterranean, in hopes to establish himself in some country more favoured than Troy. In his voyage, E

wn to Narac, the region of serpents; or assumes on earth, the form of some animal; unless its offence had been so heinous as

hich is a variety of human figures, expressive of different passions; some kneeling, others prostrate; together with a numbe

al, are commonly erected near the banks of the Ganges, the Kistna, or some other sacred river, for the benefit of ablution i

ved up to him at the celestial banquets. It is probable that Odin was some formidable warrior, and that having subdued some

obable that Odin was some formidable warrior, and that having subdued some of the barbarous tribes of northern Europe, he go

n the shores of the ocean. Niorder is supposed to have been a king of some part of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal. Balder

unfolds his hidden doom. And oft the rugged ear of Hell Is soothed by some melodious spell. Slow breathing from the hollow s

. Who were the Celtic nations? Had the Druids letters, and what were some of their peculiarities? What were their temples a

the cat, the cow, and ox, the ibis, wolf, and other animals, and even some inanimate substances, which were first used as hi

t object of the adoration of the Egyptians, was sometimes regarded as some illustrious prince in a very early age of the wor

created mankind, to whom men lift up their thoughts, and to whom, in some form or other, worship is offered. Among the nati

s people. Having heard, from the revelations of God to the first men, some imperfect accounts that God had long ago declared

ountries resemble one another. Are there any people on earth without some religion? People of what character are the most r

ed in night, though men existed in the darkness. In this state, while some of the desolate inhabitants on the earth, were st

en resorted to mountains, to celebrate his worship. Tlaloc ruled over some inferior water gods, who, like the Naiades of the

e made to dance before the image of the god; and after that ceremony, some consecrated water, which had been blessed by the

on were divided among the Mexican priesthood. Some were diviners, and some were sacrificers; some composed hymns, and others

he Mexican priesthood. Some were diviners, and some were sacrificers; some composed hymns, and others sung them. Some of the

cy. As soon as the destined girl was born, her parents offered her to some god, and in two months she was carried to the tem

upon the mountains, or upon the Acropolis, an eminence in a city; and some stood by a river’s or a fountain’s side. The temp

ng prayer is found in the writings of Plato, and was a tradition from some more ancient author: “O thou, who art the king of

ts of the city might be seen Luci, or groups of trees, consecrated to some god. How happened the religion of Italy to be th

d when unfavourable, portents. An auspicious day is one that promises some happiness. We say a portentous cloud, or a porten

mean a cloud that threatens a destructive storm, or an appearance of some danger. The flight of birds was divided (by the

and he was thrown, by his foolish superstition, into apprehension of some calamity. Other animals, besides birds, exhibited

mity. Other animals, besides birds, exhibited good and bad signs; and some inconsiderate circumstances, sneezing, spilling s

by the Romans. They were probably fictitious beings; or traditions of some real women, entirely altered from the original fa

, applied to the augurs for instruction how to act. The augurs, after some mysterious consultations, told Tarquin that he ha

everence by the nations of antiquity. A pillar would be erected where some extraordinary mercy or deliverance had occurred.

s. A man being accused of a crime or having committed one, would seek some altar, and lay his hands upon the horns; or he wo

much damage to this temple. Lord Elgin, a Scotch nobleman, took pains some years since, to pull down and convey to England s

eman, took pains some years since, to pull down and convey to England some of the finest specimens of sculpture from the Par

sculptor, he particularly excelled in his statues of horses. Perhaps some notion may be conceived of the magic of his art,

mprehended in the survey has been rendered memorable, as the scene of some conspicuous event in Grecian story; either as the

ophets, all nations believed that the gods communicated their will to some men, that those favoured persons might convey tha

s the words which express the will of God. The ancients believed that some persons were instructed to express and explain Go

ns congregated in oak trees, and made the usual noise of pigeons; but some persons fancying their noise to have some meaning

usual noise of pigeons; but some persons fancying their noise to have some meaning; and pretending to explain that meaning a

it upon a stool, called, from its three feet, a tripod; and to inhale some deleterious gas, which convulsed her body, and ma

” It was customary, during the performance of religious services, on some occasions for a part of the worshippers to dance

designed to pacify the deity, if he had been offended, or to procure some favour, or to express the gratitude of the giver.

s: this is sometimes called malediction. A curse is a supplication to some god, that he would inflict shame and misery upon

patriarch Jacob assembles his children around his death-bed, and upon some , he pronounces blessings, on others curses. The b

ake oaths? Was there any other mode of swearing except in the name of some god, and what is an example of it? What is meant

for so many ages in ignorance of himself; though men of all times had some true notions of the divine character and governme

irtue, which were the weightier matters of the law. Having been shown some of the most remarkable differences between Judais

ell to learn a few particulars of the worship of the Jews, which bear some resemblance to those of the Pagan nations: these

Levites? [The Temple.] After holy persons, holy places demand some attention. From the days of Moses, to those of So

A myth is, properly speaking, an allegory or fable invented to convey some important moral or religious truth, or illustrate

nted to convey some important moral or religious truth, or illustrate some operation of nature. Mythology includes also the

literature and art cannot be fully understood or appreciated without some knowledge of Mythology. It was mingled with every

skill of the painter and sculptor. These subjects keep their place to some extent in modern art, and mythological allusions

ill to man, there arose a number of inferior deities, each exercising some peculiar and partial sovereignty. The god whom th

e and turbulence of nature were attributed to the gods, who became in some manner identified with the elements they were sup

ir veins. The deities resembled men also in form, but they were, with some exceptions, of majestic stature and shone with ce

t of another. For example, when an offended god subjected a mortal to some cruel transformation, no other deity, not even Ju

e where he was educated on Mount Ida, by the nymphs, or, according to some , by the priestesses of Cybele [Cyb′ele]. The goat

whatever respect remained for public or private virtue. Ques. Relate some of these fables. Ans. Jupiter was married to Jun

t was the story of Europa probably founded? Ans. It is probable that some sea captain, or pirate, was attracted by the beau

te but little of Mars. Bellona, the goddess of war, was, according to some , the sister of Mars. She is generally represented

some, the sister of Mars. She is generally represented as above, but some poets have described her as rushing through the r

illful in the art of thieving. On the very day of his birth, he stole some cattle from King Admetus, although Apollo was kee

is mother’s fate, but was conveyed to Naxos, where he was educated by some nymphs. Ques. How did Bacchus reward their care?

. What is the origin of the history of Bacchus? Ans. He was probably some prince who taught the people to till the ground,

therefore, exposed on Mount Ida, where he was found and cared for by some shepherds. After he had grown up, he acquired a g

ing to the assistance of Adonis, her foot was wounded by a thorn, and some drops of blood fell upon that flower, which then

ear pool. She was about to quench her thirst in the cool waters, when some clowns rudely hindered her. She begged them to ha

refreshing breeze. This word was mistaken for the name of a nymph by some persons who carried the tale to Procris. Being je

ra, and uttered a sound like the sudden breaking of a harp-string. By some , it was compared to a blow struck on hollow brass

er times to the patricians. The Saturnalia is probably represented in some degree by the modern Carnival. Saturn is thought

presented in some degree by the modern Carnival. Saturn is thought by some persons to have been the same as Noah. Janus.

ther, when Ascalaphus [Ascal′aphus] reported that he had seen her eat some seeds of pomegranate. The hopes of Ceres were thu

Astræa [Astræ′a]? Ans. She was also goddess of justice; according to some , she was the daughter of Jupiter and Themis. When

they are generally supposed to be an emblem of justice. According to some , Erigone [Erigo′ne], a maiden who hung herself in

marble fell into the hands of the Athenians, and a sculptor, said by some to have been Phidias, afterwards carved from it a

es were there? Ans. They were nine in number, and each presided over some particular department of literature, art or scien

joined hands, while Apollo is seated in their midst. Ques. How have some writers accounted for the number of Muses? Ans.

d as Lupercus, or Lynceus. His origin is uncertain, but he is said by some authors to have been a son of Mercury and a nymph

h they did. Pan saw the transformation, and was much grieved. He took some of the reeds away for a remembrance. On applying

des [Hamadry′ades] were so called because they were attached, each to some particular oak. The Hamadryad was born with the t

no attention. The Fates had decreed that the Sirens should live until some one who passed by, had listened to their songs un

es. Who was Ixion? Ans. He was the son of Phlegyas, or, according to some , of Mars. He boasted falsely that he had gained t

le of Apollo. An answer was given that no remedy could be found until some one should solve the riddle that the Sphinx had p

d families. Ques. What were the Lares? Ans. They were, according to some , the children of Mercury and the nymph Lara; they

s, children were sacrificed to the goddess Mania, who was supposed by some to be the mother of the Lares. After the expulsio

ays laid upon the hearth. No family repast was properly begun, unless some portion of the viands had been first cast into th

fer sacrifice with them. She desired to repair this public affront by some memorable action. For this purpose, she built, in

but it does not appear that their intention was to do them honor. In some instances, they strove to propitiate the powers o

d to Olympus. Here he was endowed with immortality, and, according to some accounts, was reconciled with Juno, who gave him

take an expedition for the recovery of the Golden Fleece. Jason, with some brave companions, among whom were Hercules, Orphe

e had made. Ques. What else is related of Medea? Ans. She lived for some time happily with Jason, upon whom she conferred

uman miseries, hope yet remains. The fable may have been derived from some ancient tradition of Eve’s curiosity, the fall of

warned him in vain of the danger to which he might be exposed. After some time spent in Italy and Sicily, Arion desired to

rent deities brought nuptial presents; among these, Juno most admired some branches loaded with golden apples, which were of

s. Who was Orion [Ori′on]? Ans. His origin is doubtful; according to some writers, he was the son of Neptune and Euryale [E

tive genius. Having observed the teeth of a serpent, or, according to some , the backbone of a fish, Perdix invented the carp

h Homer lived, there is much difference of opinion among the learned, some placing him in the ninth, others in the tenth cen

lmaster in Smyrna. He afterwards abandoned this occupation, and spent some time in travelling. He made several voyages in th

ished him to apply exclusively to the study of eloquence. Ovid gained some distinction as an orator; but when the death of h

ortunate poet merited so severe a punishment. The immoral tendency of some of his poems, was the ostensible reason set forth

ore. It is evident, therefore, that he must have offended Augustus in some manner which the latter did not choose to make pu

. During the siege, Achilles had a dispute with Agamemnon, concerning some female captives; considering himself wronged, he

attributed to Homer, is a history of the wanderings of Ulysses. After some adventures of minor importance, the ships of the

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

ished, and Ulysses departed from the island. He sped prosperously for some days, and was almost within sight of land, when a

try his skill. The request was received with shouts of derision, and some would have driven the insolent beggar from the ha

jans had already embarked, she killed herself in despair. Æneas spent some time in Sicily, where he celebrated funeral games

rs of Rome. The Æneid concludes with the death of Turnus, but we have some further particulars handed down by tradition. Æne

ned in the troubles raised by Sylla, the Sibylline Verses are said by some to have perished in the conflagration. It is beli

opinions have prevailed with regard to the prophecies of the sibyls, some of which, it is said, pointed clearly to the adve

acles. This word was also applied to the responses given. Ques. Name some of the more famous oracles? Ans. Among the most

from the sanctuary. This effect was not produced at all times, and on some days it was not permitted to consult the oracle.

are known to exist of the cavern whence issued the sacred vapor, but some have thought it might be discovered by searching

wer cave, the future was revealed, but not to all in the same manner; some saw, others heard what they desired to know. It h

of Æsculapius? Ans. It would seem that the priests, who had probably some skill in medicine, made use of every means calcul

cellent poet of the time, and employed professional readers to recite some of his pieces at Olympia. When they began to read

t appear. What we have said of the Olympic Games, may be applied with some little variation to those solemnized in other pla

hey originated at the time when the Delphic oracle had already gained some reputation. The Amphictyonic council was charged

eit the sunny brightness of what was to them a national, and even, in some sort, religious solemnity. To have covered in the

es the chorus broke forth into lamentations over the untimely fate of some personage of the drama, or denounced the anger of

t in her worship, and the festivals celebrated in her honor, there is some foundation for this idea. Where human sacrifices

the present arrangement of the Vedas was made by a sage named Vyasa, some five thousand years ago. Ques. What is the more

one supreme deity, called Brahma, and like the Persians seem to have some idea of the Trinity, speaking of Brahma, Vishnu,

be accidental. It is supposed this book was written after our era by some one who had heard imperfect accounts of the life

body, but that if he has been wicked, it will enter into the body of some unclean animal. They think the soul will transmig

ers. Ques. What are these? Ans. The first, of which Confucius is in some sort the founder, is called the “Doctrine of the

ister of the empire, but his last years were spent in retirement with some chosen disciples. We read that he paid a visit to

le and elevated ideas. He has been compared favorably with Plato, and some have claimed that the Chinese philosopher travell

as far west as Athens. Be this as it may, it is certain Lao-tze spent some time in Persia and Syria. The Ten Tribes had just

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

grate. Ques. How is the child discovered? Ans. This is an affair of some difficulty, but the inferior Lamas always succeed

he eleventh century. He was educated in France and Germany, and spent some time in Rome before his return to Iceland. He was

ed to bring evils on their enemies; the favorable averted misfortune; some were medicinal, others employed to win love, etc.

who speak of or for God. Ques. Where did Druidism prevail? Ans. In some parts of Germany, in Gaul, and in ancient Britain

which they built. We read that Zenodorus, a famous sculptor, said by some to have been a native of Gaul, executed a statue

They were also the teachers of youth. The Druids must have possessed some knowledge of the motions of the heavenly bodies,

s. They were generally captives taken in war, slaves or criminals. In some cases, warriors and others devoted themselves vol

. Connected with this, Procopius relates an Armorican legend of which some traces may yet be found in Brittany. At the foot

l practised on November, or All Hallow Eve, in Ireland, Scotland, and some parts of England, are of pagan origin, and seem t

d unshapely; the ordinary height is from seven to twelve feet; but in some rare instances, they exceed thirty feet in height

oups of two or three, they probably mark a spot rendered memorable by some important event. Similar monuments were common in

It is evident that Quetzalcoatl was the name given by the Mexicans to some beneficent ruler who instructed them in the arts

ve been described with every characteristic of the European race; and some have conjectured that he was indeed a native of t

ctured that he was indeed a native of the Eastern hemisphere, cast by some strange accident among the simple natives of the

rilliantly lighted even on the darkest night. The ascent was made, in some cases, by a stairway which led directly up the ce

the obtaining of omens from the animals offered in sacrifice, and in some of the laws with regard to the Virgins of the Sun

He retired the same year to the court of Hiero, king of Syracuse, and some writers attribute this step to the mortification

e deck of his ship. Wishing to take a nearer view, and also to succor some of his friends whose villas lay near the scene of

has left a collection of letters in ten books. They are addressed to some of the most celebrated persons of the time, and a

s we have seen, with the fables of their mythology. These ruins, like some in the the Old World, are often called cyclopean,

erent from that observed on any other American monuments. We may form some idea of the size of the blocks used, from the mea

classics. By way of translation from the French, the author has added some things which that popular author does not contain

ire of man, when destitute of a knowledge of the true God, to worship some object for the blessings which he receives, the a

rse; so that man was to believe himself to be every where observed by some of those deities, for whom he was taught to enter

they never adored his statue as they did that of the other gods. Yet some attempted to represent him in the form of an old

ter III. Of Janus. Janus, a god in the Roman calendar, is said by some to have been the son of Cœlus, and a brother of S

e burnt alive, being shut up in a subterraneous vault with a lamp and some provisions. If the fire happened to be extinguish

n her head, holding a lamp in one hand and a javelin in the other. On some medals she is depicted with a drum. — See Fig. 5.

the cup of life; and that among its bitterest dregs are always found some sweets, seems to have suggested the beautiful ide

ewarning of Aius Locutius. Funerals were patronized by Libitina, whom some consider the same as Venus, and others as Proserp

such insatiable hunger, that he gnawed his own flesh; and she changed some clowns into frogs, because they prevented her dri

While she was passing through Lycia, she stopped near a swamp, where some peasants were working. Being exhausted with fatig

e working. Being exhausted with fatigue and thirst, she asked of them some water to quench her thirst, saying to them, “You

ned into a rock, because the excess of her sufferings rendered her in some measure immovable, and did not allow her complain

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

o striking resemblances between both, that it may be useful to notice some of them, but without pretending to give them as c

rmed tradition of the history of Moses, embellished with fiction. Yet some learned men endeavour to prove that Bacchus is th

acchus, (the Egyptian Osiris,) yet the history of the latter received some embellishments by traits of character drawn from

ns, when they arrived in Italy, erected a temple in honour of her. On some medals and marbles, Victoria is seen flying in th

s Mars? What extraordinary circumstance is recorded of him? Enumerate some of the actions of Mars. Was the worship of Mars u

uty, the mother of Cupid, and the patroness of the Graces, is said by some to have been the daughter of Jupiter and Dione; b

mate that fortune and misery equally prove the power of love. By love some attempted to designate the physical principle, wh

into a cave. The lioness, just as she had come from the slaughter of some cattle, found the veil, and tore it with her jaws

s, besmeared with blood. Pyramus soon went forth, saw the vestiges of some wild beast, and found the veil of Thisbe bloody.

ives was attributed to the fault of their feet. Venus gave Hippomonus some apples of the Hesperides, who artfully threw them

the example of those-lovers deter one from undertaking the race? Give some account of the Lover’s Leap. What is said of the

who worked in the metallic arts, was the son of Jupiter and Juno, or some say, of Juno without a father. He resided in heav

and were carried from one side of the room to another. He also formed some golden statues, and animated them in such a manne

ir anvils. They are fabled to have had but one eye; to explain which, some suppose they wore a mask to keep off the fire wit

to Charon’s boat, to be ferried across the Styx. After they had spent some time in the nether world, he led them back to rev

d, causes death. Hence the most unenlightened nations have sought out some supernatural beings to preside over their fortune

al army, had signalized himself by his talents and heroic exploits in some sea-fight. Obs. 2. — By the use of his trumpet T

were changed into stones. Scylla was the daughter of Phorcus, or, as some say, of Typhon. She was courted by Glaucus, whom

horcys or Phorcus, a marine god, was the son of Pontus and Terra: but some say, of Neptune. He was father to the Gorgons, of

were considered as beings invisible and superior to human nature; but some men having distinguished themselves by the cultiv

tinguished themselves by the cultivation of fields and gardens, or by some useful invention, their names were given to those

dently taken from the Mosaic account of the creation. Questions. Give some account of Demogorgon. What descriptions have the

gardens, was the son of Venus by Mercury, or Adonis; or, according to some , by Bacchus, or Hercules. He was the patron of li

revered there as the god of orchards and gardens, though not without some marks of lasciviousness and impurity. Priapus app

ortrait of Priapus? and what were his names? Chapter IV. Pales and some other rural deities. Pales was the goddess of

nd country folks, was the son of Mercury and Dryope; or, according to some , of Mercury and Penelope, or Jupiter and Calisto.

Diana. By the nymph Echo, he had a son, called Lynx, or, according to some , a daughter, Irynge, a famous sorceress. The nymp

ved that each one who felt it, would prove a happy mother. There were some other rural deities resembling Pan. The Fauns, hi

i? Were not just men after death, supposed to become dæmons? Did not some ancient philosophers advance, that every man had

difference existing between crime and virtue was so strongly felt by some who were wiser than others, that they endeavoured

nies which Orpheus witnessed when in Egypt, and upon which, by adding some circumstances which accorded with the customs of

this frightful abode is found an eternal increase of departed souls, some of which have been justly driven from the tracts

, some of which have been justly driven from the tracts of light, and some who committed suicide. Lovers whom despair has pu

mmand ‘em both. Obs. 1. — The Pluto of the heathens, corresponds in some measure with the Satan of Scripture. Obs. 2. — P

as many shields. Virgil. Tityus was son of Terra; or, according to some , of Jupiter and Elara. So prodigious was his size

but his failure to fulfil his promise, induced Deioneus to steal away some of his horses. Ixion dissembled his resentment un

eus murdered Danaus, as had been predicted by an oracle. According to some , the sisters were pardoned by Jupiter; while othe

imæra, and made it habitable. Others think that it was the captain of some pirates, who carved on the ships the figures of a

still found in the fourth book of the city of God, by St. Augustine, some traces of the worship which was paid to her. Scip

e procures, and in the other, and the caduceus. She had given her, by some , Venus and the Graces for her companions. — See F

passions, vices, and even unlooked-for events. Every one could create some new god at pleasure. When travellers, while trave

e. When travellers, while traversing a river or a forest, experienced some unexpected danger or surprise, they erected an al

unexpected danger or surprise, they erected an altar, adorned it with some attributes; and those monuments of caprice were r

Friendship. Questions. What is said of Comas? Who was Momus? Mention some instances of his critical severity. How is Momus

oes. Their tombs had no difference. Both were raised in the middle of some wood, which was considered sacred, and called luc

irected his flight towards the abode of the gods. Perseus consecrated some parts of his ship in the temple of Apollo on Moun

by the gods? What monster was produced from the blood of Medusa? Give some account of Bellerophon? What other exploits did P

aur. Dædalus made the Cretan Labyrinth. Minos confined him there for some offence, upon which Dædalus made wings for himsel

tus, aware of his resentment, fled away in a chariot. But he met with some monstrous sea-calves, which frightened his horses

t he drew her milk with such violence, that when she thrust him away, some of her milk being spilt upon the clouds, occasion

vast hydra, which infested the marshes of Lerna. It had seven heads, some say fifty, others a hundred, one of which being s

d in him so great terror, that he nearly fainted at the sight; or, as some assert, he concealed himself for some time in a b

ly fainted at the sight; or, as some assert, he concealed himself for some time in a brazen vessel. On his way to Erymanthus

the son of Vulcan, from his den, and strangled him for having stolen some of his oxen. He shot the eagle devouring the live

er the fables of Hercules, were concealed the eminent services, which some good and powerful man had rendered to his fellow

, the old decrepit Æson to the vigour and activity of youth, although some assert that Æson died before their return. In a l

. Accordingly they lived and died alternately every other day, or, as some say, every other fortnight, or, according to othe

lf as far as possible from human society, but was finally murdered by some women on account of his indifferent and cold beha

lysses, having assumed the habit of a merchant, took with him thither some goods, which he offered for sale. The young princ

became a mighty hunter. He waited constantly upon Diana; but by doing some things repugnant to the rules of modesty, and by

the idea of making a splendid and valuable gift, we call it, “giving some of the apples of the Hesperides.” Obs. 1. — Atla

ighest fame by introducing that science into Greece. In order to take some respite from his toils, Atlas is reported to have

eek word hyade signifies rainy. Obs. 3. — The golden apples of Juno, some fancy to have been merely oranges, a fruit very r

s. What is said of Orion? Who was Atlas? Had Atlas any children? Give some account of Hesperus. Had Hesperus any daughters?

married Rhea, became the father of Osiris and Isis, or, according to some , of Jupiter and Juno. According to others, Jupite

gy. The Persian religion was purer and more rational than that of some other nations. It inculcated a belief in one Supr

s placed in an elevated place, where he enjoyed perfect happiness for some time. At last, an evil being, called Ahriman, or

ion of the serpents, called Narse, or to assume on earth the shape of some animal, unless it commits such crimes as deserve

which appear various human figures, representing different passions, some kneeling, and others prostrate, together with a v

stra? Who is Pavan? Who is Mariatale? What is said of the Surya? Give some account of the Bramins? What is said of Chandra?

and spent the night in the waters. He is said to have left behind him some writings, in which he taught that there had been

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

ble an oath. If one took an oath, he would say, “Does not Mexitli (or some other god) behold me now?” Cortes the Spanish co

intenance. Their duties were various. Some were employed as diviners; some , as sacrificers; some, as composers and singers o

s were various. Some were employed as diviners; some, as sacrificers; some , as composers and singers of hymns. Others put th

rth of a girl intended for the temple, her parents consecrated her to some god, and in two months she was carried to the tem

ed before the image of the god. After this, they drank for a medicine some water which had been blessed by the priest. Coat

en their opinions Truth was covered with a veil: Lie came to lend her some of his clothes; and the better to secure his usur

of his clothes; and the better to secure his usurpation, he preserved some of the forms which were admired in her. He took t

les of the poets must not be confounded with traditions, preserved by some wise men. But the poets rapidly pass from the lit

tories they travelled, might have given them the idea of constructing some for themselves. The temple of Dagon among the Phi

s of the gods, which were generally made of gold, ivory, ebony, or of some other valuable material. There were also placed t

s, especially votive pictures, such as the prows of ships, saved when some had escaped shipwreck, the arms taken from enemie

and ivy. At Rome, before constructing a temple, the soothsayers chose some plat whereon to build it. This piece of ground wa

d added the golden statue forty feet in height. From this we may form some idea of the immense riches of this huge structure

h the throne and statue of Jupiter Olympius. A cave from which issued some exhalations that caused a kind of drunkenness to

upiter Olympius. It would seem that that edifice was intended to give some idea of divine majesty. All that the arts could u

his will as very singular; and the artist as abusing the credit which some of his works had procured him. He therefore drove

result of mere deception? This is a grave question, however sceptical some may be on this point. Imposture always belies its

be eternally sustained. If one succeed in deceiving for a long time, some weak and credulous persons, he does not commonly,

d, and especially those which seemed to be despised, the harshness of some replies, the horrible sacrifices which the oracle

t to convince the reader, that a wise man may believe in the truth of some oracles, without being forced to contradict or di

the name of the god; at others, the god himself gave his replies. In some places, they were received during sleep; and this

ion. Two priestesses of Thebes, says this author, were stolen away by some Phœnician merchants; the one was conducted to Gre

some Phœnician merchants; the one was conducted to Greece. Chance, or some forgotten cause, induced her to fix her residence

y all the others were shaken, and sent forth a sound which lasted for some time. It was on this noise that future events wer

nguage; and in order still more to excite their wonder, she practised some ceremonies of her ancient mystery. Hence, they at

ho agitated her, she gave herself up to him, and uttered by intervals some incoherent speeches, which the prophets carefully

phonius. Though Trophonius was but a hero, and even, according to some authors, a brigand, he had a very famous oracle i

re descending into the den where he receives the answer, he must pass some days in a chapel, dedicated to Genius and Fortune

fidence. Chapter XII. Of other Oracles. Having briefly noticed some of the most celebrated oracles, we will now proce

them speak. The following remarks under this head will be confined to some singular and remarkable answers of the oracles. C

the Sibyls, but a fantastical and contradictory medley, collected by some ill-informed and deceptive devotee. 8. The Helles

s of the people, by their institutions, and by their ancient usages, ( some of which still exist,) informs us that an extraor

ndaries of Europe, subduing all who opposed his progress, and leaving some of his sons to rule over them. Thus Suavlami had

is, the Scythians corrupted their worship by a mixture of ceremonies, some ridiculous, and others cruel. It becomes proper,

great purity towards the end of the Roman republic. The testimony of some authors proves that the ancient Germans had retai

nd attributes of the principal gods, we will now proceed to set forth some of the tenets of the Celtic religion: and, first,

ten it, and fixed to other fires the space which they were to survey; some in heaven, others under heaven. Days were disting

believed that the limit of the life of a man could be put forward if some one should die for him. When some celebrated warr

fe of a man could be put forward if some one should die for him. When some celebrated warrior or some prince was about to pe

rward if some one should die for him. When some celebrated warrior or some prince was about to perish, it was thought that O

unfolds his hidden doom, And oft the rugged ear of hell Is sooth’d by some melodious spell, Slow breathing from the hollow s

that in order to honour deity more highly, they ought to make for him some prodigious efforts, and to consecrate to him thei

r sole riches, bore heavy masses of rocks on to the tops of hills. In some places in Norway, are also found grottoes cut in

the very remembrance of the places which they occupied, is lost; but some tables of altars, dispersed in the woods and on t

d in crowds. The access was shut to those who had lost their honor by some blemish, and especially to all who had lost their

ts replies, as well as its sacrifices. It was generally thought, that some diviners had familiar spirits, which did’not leav

nd our observations to those ages and early histories which have left some vestiges, where the mind can walk without being s

roduced prodigies of heroism, and great actions revived the genius of some . These came to replace the bards, under the name

again covered with a second bed of clay, upon which a wooden stag, or some other wild beast, was placed. Sometimes his favor

of this ceremony, left the soul in the mists of the lake Lego, or of some other water, and to the forgotten and unfortunate

did not suffer themselves to be perceived, yet they gave warnings by some kind of omen. Every man believed he had his tutel

ith their Andate, the goddes of victory: the Romans also brought them some of their gods. Tacitus and Dion Cassius assure us

people are always more fond of the marvellous than of truth. They had some knowledge of botany; but they mingled so many sup

d over the superstitions of the Gauls; and this triumph took place in some provinces, but at a very late period. Conclus

ch surround the earth. “According to this theology, also, of the gods some are mundane, but others, supermundane. The mundan

y are distinguished into three orders. Of the mundane gods, likewise, some are the causes of the existence of the world; oth

t shores of the ocean, there, too, there are gods rising very near to some , and setting very near to others.’ By the rising

tensive for a preparatory course; and these very translations require some previous knowledge of the subject to make them in

o the altered form. The Northern mythological stories are copied with some abridgment from Mallet’s Northern Antiquities. Th

oper names, and they will enrich the memory with many gems of poetry, some of them such as are most frequently quoted or all

ludes to them in Paradise Lost. He says the heathens seem to have had some knowledge of the temptation and fall of man, “An

r Saturn and his brothers the Titans; vanquished them, and imprisoned some of them in Tartarus, inflicting other penalties o

were nine in number, to each of whom was assigned the presidence over some particular department of literature, art, or scie

s to their Genius, women to their Juno. A modern poet thus alludes to some of the Roman gods: — “Pomona loves the orchard,

w; and the water took the lowest place, and buoyed up the earth. Here some god — it is not known which — gave his good offic

her in the earth, so lately separated from heaven, there lurked still some heavenly seeds. Prometheus took some of this eart

from heaven, there lurked still some heavenly seeds. Prometheus took some of this earth, and kneading it up with water, mad

a box, containing her marriage presents, into which every god had put some blessing. She opened the box incautiously, and th

. In the wall that parted the two houses there was a crack, caused by some fault in the structure. No one had remarked it be

as happy as ever in his wife and his woodland sports. Now it happened some angry deity had sent a ravenous fox to annoy the

this way to the air, and, foolishly believing that he was talking to some maiden, went and told the secret to Procris, Ceph

or thought he heard, a sound as of a sob in the bushes. Supposing it some wild animal, he threw his javelin at the spot. A

and immediately suspected that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some of his doings that would not bear the light. She

heifer standing near him. Juno suspected the heifer’s form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould — as was, indeed the c

ful eyes to sleep, but all in vain; for Argus still contrived to keep some of his eyes open though he shut the rest. Among o

e music, said, ‘Thus, then, at least, you shall be mine.’ and he took some of the reeds, and placing them together, of unequ

never sets, when he says: — “Let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the B

s and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies The Cynosure of neighboring eyes.” T

 “—— Some gentle taper! Though a rush candle, from the wicker hole Of some clay habitation, visit us With thy long levelled

had grown too old for active labors, sent me to Lycia to drive thence some choice oxen, and there I saw the very pond and ma

inquired whose altar it might be, whether of Faunus or the Naiads, or some god of the neighboring mountain, and one of the c

ther. “If,” said he, “I am indeed of heavenly birth, give me, mother, some proof of it, and establish my claim to the honor.

, sea, and skies, with their inhabitants. In the sea were the nymphs, some sporting in the waves, some riding on the backs o

inhabitants. In the sea were the nymphs, some sporting in the waves, some riding on the backs of fishes, while others sat u

ld, Phœbus, my father, — if you permit me to use that name, — give me some proof, I beseech you, by which I may be known as

m who had lent the chariot, and showing them that all was lost unless some speedy remedy were applied, mounted the lofty tow

had been drinking, and in that state wandered away, and was found by some peasants, who carried him to their king, Midas. M

ver the place.   The story of King Midas has been told by others with some variations. Dryden, in the Wife of Bath’s Tale, m

hem up, and placed them under the small kettle. Her husband collected some pot-herbs in the garden, and she shred them from

under restored the level. When fixed, she rubbed the table down with some sweet-smelling herbs. Upon it she set some of cha

rubbed the table down with some sweet-smelling herbs. Upon it she set some of chaste Minerva’s olives, some cornel berries p

weet-smelling herbs. Upon it she set some of chaste Minerva’s olives, some cornel berries preserved in vinegar, and added ra

feet, Turned round so quick you scarce could see’t; But slackened by some secret power, Now hardly moves an inch an hour. T

ty to extend your empire and mine. Do you not see that even in heaven some despise our power? Minerva the wise, and Diana th

boy, lay very sick, feverish, and sleepless. She stooped and gathered some poppies. As they entered the cottage, they found

nged in, and swam away. He did not know what to make of this, whether some god had done it or some secret power in the herba

He did not know what to make of this, whether some god had done it or some secret power in the herbage. “What herb has such

he herbage. “What herb has such a power?” he exclaimed; and gathering some of it, he tasted it. Scarce had the juices of the

the water grew a lotus plant, full of purple flowers. Dryope gathered some and offered them to the baby, and Iole was about

s ceased to move, and life was extinct; but the branches retained for some time longer the vital heat.   Keats, in Endymion

lainly the body of a man. Though unknowing of whom, yet, as it was of some shipwrecked one, she was deeply moved, and gave i

lesson from the tree and the vine, and consent to unite yourself with some one? I wish you would. Helen herself had not more

s are great; infuse into the bosom of that haughty girl a passion for some low, mean, unworthy being, so that she may reap a

or that it was not the work of mortal hands, but the happy retreat of some god. Drawn by admiration and wonder, she approach

filling the place with mournful lamentations. When she had recovered some degree of composure she looked around her, but th

steps thither. She had no sooner entered than she saw heaps of corn, some in loose ears and some in sheaves, with mingled e

no sooner entered than she saw heaps of corn, some in loose ears and some in sheaves, with mingled ears of barley. Scattere

her a little of your beauty, for in tending her sick son she has lost some of her own.’ Be not too long on your errand, for

, and while the Tyrians from terror could neither fight nor fly, slew some with his fangs, others in his folds, and others w

it notwithstanding. Such was their weariness of their sick beds that some would creep forth, and if not strong enough to st

terror she let go the ship and would have fallen into the water, but some pitying deity changed her into a bird. The sea-ea

had in vain endeavored to attract him uttered a prayer that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and meet n

down to drink, and saw his own image in the water; he thought it was some beautiful water-spirit living in the fountain. He

st thy Narcissus are?             O, if thou have         Hid them in some flowery cave,             Tell me but where,     

eased. She assumed the form of an old woman and went and gave Arachne some friendly advice “I have had much experience,” sai

e may take from me much; I shall still have much left. Were I to lose some of my children, I should hardly be left as poor a

d their warlike sports. The sons of Niobe were there with the rest, —  some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, so

with the rest, — some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, some driving gay chariots. Ismenos, the first-born, as

poet, whose works are now forgotten, unless when recalled to mind by some wit like Moore for the sake of a joke. Chapte

dvert to. We mention them chiefly to introduce an ingenious theory of some modern writers, namely, that the Gorgons and Grææ

en he repeated his questions, for fear she might be thought guilty of some fault which she dared not tell, she disclosed her

on the rights of hospitality. Perseus and his friends maintained for some time the unequal contest; but the numbers of the

. It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the king, Iobates, sought for some hero to destroy it. At that time there arrived at

city. But the hero, awaking, laughed at the little warriors, wrapped some of them up in his lion’s skin, and carried them t

, or fairy elves Whose midnight revels by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees (Or dreams he sees,) while o

ich took her way between the rocks, and passed in safety, only losing some feathers of her tail. Jason and his men seized th

have seen so mighty for my aid, could do me one further service, take some years from my life and add them to my father’s.”

e of Jason, and had kept him out of his kingdom. Yet he must have had some good qualities, for his daughters loved him, and

the penalty of all who try and fail.” In spite of this hard condition some would try. Hippomenes was to be judge of the race

pastured, and the Isle of the Hesperides. The apples are supposed by some to be the oranges of Spain, of which the Greeks h

sed by some to be the oranges of Spain, of which the Greeks had heard some obscure accounts.   A celebrated exploit of Hercu

he gods all gave their assent; Juno only heard the closing words with some displeasure that she should be so particularly po

illustrates the contrast between the practical and the imaginative in some beautiful stanzas, of which the last two may be t

r of the hero.   The queen of the Amazons whom Theseus espoused is by some called Hippolyta. That is the name she bears in S

t always what they pretend to be. If he is indeed Jove, make him give some proof of it. Ask him to come arrayed in all his s

he undertook to introduce his worship into Greece, but was opposed by some princes, who dreaded its introduction on account

ishing rods and nets and their fisherman’s trade. This I followed for some time, till growing weary of remaining in one plac

to my men, ‘What god there is concealed in that form I know not, but some one there certainly is. Pardon us, gentle deity,

ay to the right, and I was trimming the sails to carry us there, when some by signs and others by whispers signified to me t

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

nthers played around him. The men were seized with terror or madness; some leaped overboard; others preparing to do the same

he serpent.   Spenser alludes to Ariadne’s crown, though he has made some mistakes in his mythology. It was at the wedding

e. It was therefore an impious act wantonly to destroy a tree, and in some aggravated cases were severely punished, as in th

e any woman or other person except myself to have been hereabouts for some time.” He was deceived and went his way, thinking

still, As the immortal freshness of that grace Carved for all ages on some Attic frieze.” The Water Deities. Oceanus

this name the Latins designated the Muses, but included under it also some other deities, principally nymphs of fountains. E

tever the possessor might wish. The name of Amalthea is also given by some writers to the mother of Bacchus. It is thus used

o death, Apollo prevailed on the Fates to spare him on condition that some one would consent to die in his stead. Admetus, i

would be occupied by the bees for that purpose. It was no doubt from some such incident that the superstition arose that th

e.” The following are other celebrated mythical poets and musicians, some of whom were hardly inferior to Orpheus himself: 

The poets whose adventures compose this chapter were real persons some of whose works yet remain, and their influence on

ance; Arion wishes not your blood. Ye slaves of avarice, begone! Seek some barbarous land, and never may aught beautiful del

ds believe;     Such be our fate when we return to land!     Meantime some rude Arion’s restless hand     Wakes the brisk ha

sailors love;     A circle there of merry listeners stand,     Or to some well-known measure featly move Thoughtless as if

the splendor of the feast? Did he fall by the hands of robbers or did some private enemy slay him? The all-discerning sun al

om mouth to mouth the words, “Of Ibycus! him whom we all lament, whom some murderer’s hand laid low! What have the cranes to

 G. B. The Endymion of Keats is a wild and fanciful poem, containing some exquisite poetry, as this, to the moon: —       

immortality; but, forgetting to have youth joined in the gift, after some time she began to discern, to her great mortifica

  Unlike most of the marvels of ancient mythology, there still exist some memorials of this. On the banks of the river Nile

from it, which they compare to the snapping of a harpstring. There is some doubt about the identification of the existing st

mysterious sounds are still more doubtful. Yet there are not wanting some modern testimonies to their being still audible.

aking its escape from crevices or caverns in the rocks may have given some ground for the story. Sir Gardner Wilkinson, a la

and his well-stored caverns. Then for the first time he began to take some care of his appearance, and to try to make himsel

lace and offered for sale female ornaments, among which he had placed some arms. While the king’s daughters were engrossed w

he lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles to tell hi

like me, and trembling on the gloomy verge of life. Perhaps even now some neighbor chief oppresses him and there is none at

spake: “Priam, I know that thou hast reached this place conducted by some god, for without aid divine no mortal even in his

estroy it, the thought was rejected upon the accidental quotation, by some one, of a chorus of Euripides. Troy. After

xact site of that famous city is still a matter of dispute. There are some vestiges of tombs on the plain which most nearly

mong the Lotus-eaters were kindly entertained by them, and were given some of their own food, the lotus-plant, to eat. The e

en by the hospitable king Æolus to their commander. Tempted to secure some portion for themselves, they loosed the string, w

sed them, and at length one day, in the absence of Ulysses, they slew some of the cattle, vainly attempting to make amends f

ed, spent with toil, breathless and speechless and almost dead. After some time, reviving, he kissed the soil, rejoicing, ye

s of the family. This was no slight affair, for the fountains were at some distance, and the garments must be carried thithe

nd stranger are from Jove. She bade them bring food and clothing, for some of her brother’s garments were among the contents

ll they came to the palace, where the goddess, having first given him some information of the country, king, and people he w

ver the scene. Full fifty female menials served in household offices, some employed to grind the corn, others to wind off th

ht arrested their growth, but they flourished in constant succession, some budding while others were maturing. The vineyard

ineyard was equally prolific. In one quarter you might see the vines, some in blossom, some loaded with ripe grapes, and in

ly prolific. In one quarter you might see the vines, some in blossom, some loaded with ripe grapes, and in another observe t

, under pretence that in the heat of competition there was danger, in some rash moment, of putting them to an improper use.

r, said he, “beggar as I am, I was once a soldier, and there is still some strength in these old limbs of mine.” The suitors

neas was deterred by a prodigy. Preparing to offer sacrifice, he tore some twigs from one of the bushes. To his dismay the w

e departing Trojans, and, though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the fatal event.   The following ep

ore, till at last they are taken over.” Æneas grieved at recollecting some of his own companions who had perished in the sto

ssed on, as insensible to his pleadings as a rock. Æneas followed for some distance; then, with a heavy heart, rejoined his

l-top, but when the steep was well-nigh gained, the rock, repulsed by some sudden force, rushed again headlong down to the p

of its own. The inhabitants were enjoying themselves in various ways, some in sports on the grassy turf, in games of strengt

rld. Æneas and the Sibyl then took leave of Anchises, and returned by some short cut, which the poet does not explain, to th

en wholly imaginary, but possibly may have sprung from the reports of some storm-driven mariners who had caught a glimpse of

J. R. Lowell, in one of his shorter poems, claims for the present age some of the privileges of that happy realm. Addressing

er times the Capitol rose in all its magnificence. He next pointed to some dismantled walls, and said, “Here stood Janiculum

ends of the slain. After the battle there was a cessation of arms for some days to allow both armies to bury their dead. In

t last an Etruscan named Aruns, who had watched her long, seeking for some advantage, observed her pursuing a flying enemy w

sound should be an echo to the sense,” he says: — “When Ajax strives some rock’s vast weight to throw, The line too labors

the dead, where it remains till it returns to the world, to dwell in some other human or animal body, and at last, when suf

ish Melodies” is an allusion to Harpocrates: — “Thyself shall, under some rosy bower,     Sit mute, with thy finger on thy

ed by Anubis, the son of Osiris and Nephthys. They sought in vain for some time; for when the chest, carried by the waves to

from the prophetic cell.” In Cowper’s poem of Yardley Oak there are some beautiful mythological allusions. The former of t

, is supposed to have risen from the fact that Æolus was the ruler of some islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, where he reigned a

myths of the ancients were allegorical and symbolical, and contained some moral, religious, or philosophical truth or histo

n and sea to the smallest fountain and rivulet, was under the care of some particular divinity. Wordsworth, in his Excursion

h half a summer’s day, With music lulled his indolent repose; And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was

we have borrowed so many illustrations, is in many respects equal, in some superior, to either of the great works of antiqui

as born in the year 43 B. C. He was educated for public life and held some offices of considerable dignity, but poetry was h

ate with the family of Augustus, the emperor, and it is supposed that some serious offence given to some member of that fami

s, the emperor, and it is supposed that some serious offence given to some member of that family was the cause of an event w

nt of the bird, not varying materially from the preceding, but adding some details. “The first care of the young bird as soo

way of the tyrant of the creation, man, for if he were to be got at, some wealthy glutton would surely devour him, though t

alen, Avicenna, Scaliger, and others. Occasionally one would demur to some part of the tale while he admitted the rest. Jons

to the conflict. When bitten, the weasel retired for a moment to eat some rue, which was the only plant the basilisks could

for as soon as he heard the cock crow he expired. The basilisk was of some use after death. Thus we read that its carcass wa

middle of its forehead.” He adds that “it cannot be taken alive;” and some such excuse may have been necessary in those days

beheld before to my knowledge.’ So saying he embraced me, and gave me some money.” It seems unreasonable to doubt a story o

from fire. Then it is a hibernating animal, and in winter retires to some hollow tree or other cavity, where it coils itsel

of one, except in one instance, and in that one the animal’s feet and some parts of its body were badly burned.   Dr. Young

fixed occupations, existed from the earliest times. It is supposed by some to have been founded upon conquest, the first thr

at period he came forward at Benares as a religious teacher. At first some who heard him doubted of the soundness of his min

gging, and among other things it is their duty to endeavor to turn to some use things thrown aside as useless by others, and

lties and sins committed during former existences. But they hold that some few individuals have appeared on this earth from

degenerated Christianity. It is not improbable that the Lamas derived some of these practices from the Nestorian Christians,

ope sent a mission in search of him, as did also Louis IX. of France, some years later, but both missions were unsuccessful,

el, and that he should be put to a cruel death if he did not contrive some way to prevent the artificer from completing his

“What’s the matter? are there any birds perched on this tree? I felt some moss from the branches fall on my head. How fares

s skilled in, for no one is permitted to remain here who does not, in some feat or other, excel all other men?” “The feat th

was quite sufficient, amused themselves with using Baldur as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others h

ed themselves with using Baldur as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swor

ury Plain, England. These sacred circles were generally situated near some stream, or under the shadow of a grove or wide-sp

offered sacrifices to their deity there can be no doubt. But there is some uncertainty as to what they offered, and of the c

eltane or “fire of God.” On this occasion a large fire was kindled on some elevated spot, in honor of the sun, whose returni

as been disputed, though the probability is strong that they were, to some extent. But it is certain that they committed not

Nunnery. Besides these remains of ecclesiastical antiquity, there are some of an earlier date, and pointing to the existence

idently not our modern hyacinth that is here described. It is perhaps some species of iris, or perhaps of larkspur, or of pa

rature. They have a historical value, too, in conveying to the reader some idea of the thoughts and habits of the beauty-lov

th whom they originated. In this little book I have gathered together some of the most pleasing of these myths, and have tol

tmost care. They are designed not merely to introduce the children to some of our greatest authors, but also to cultivate a

m, they were filled with awe and wonder. So they said, “There must be some mighty people living above us, who rule the sun a

ase the gods, and that they would be punished by sickness or death or some other evil; but if they did what was right, the m

other gods and goddesses; and as you are going to read stories about some of them, I will tell you who they were. Apollo wa

nd of her, there was one who did not love her, and that was Juno. For some reason, Juno could not bear to look at Callisto,

g brooks, her drink. At night she slept in the hollow of a tree or in some dark cavern. Often she heard the voices of her fo

r to let the Great Bear or the Little Bear enter his ocean palace. If some time you watch the stars over the ocean, you will

m with only shadows to talk to. Often and often, he had tried to urge some goddess to come and share his gloomy throne; but

up to earth and was driving along in his swift chariot, when, behind some bushes, he heard such merry voices and musical la

zed her girdle and threw it far out into the river. She hoped that in some way the girdle might reach Ceres and help her to

lake of clear, blue water. All about it tall reeds were growing, and some rough peasants were plucking them and binding the

e talk and threatened that, if she did not go away, they would do her some harm. Then Latona began to plead, with tears in h

In fact, I should not wonder if most of you have already tried giving some call when you are passing under a bridge, in orde

no one but himself. One day he was wandering through the forest with some comrades, when he stopped to pluck a wild flower,

k to him. But alas! she could not speak. They went on in this way for some time, Narcissus parting the branches in search of

und you.” Then he flew off in a very bad humor, and tried to think of some way in which he could make Apollo feel which of t

er! I am wounded through, — I die with pain — in sooth I do! Stung by some little angry thing, Some serpent on a tiny wing.

not pure and lovely. One day, Eurydice was walking in the fields with some young girls, gathering flowers as she went along,

they came up to him and ordered him, in a rough manner, to play them some gay music. Now Orpheus, as you know, could think

ing for many hours. He was tired and thirsty, and he looked about for some spot in which to rest. Suddenly he heard the soun

way, and Danaë had no one to take care of her and her child. One day, some cruel people put Perseus and his mother into a bo

arried it upon an island, where it rested on the sloping shore. There some kind people found them, and gave Danaë and her li

g man. Now the king of the island was a wicked and cruel man, who for some reason hated Danaë and Perseus, and wished to get

hated Danaë and Perseus, and wished to get rid of them. So he planned some means of getting Perseus out of the way, for the

ch the three sisters lived, Mercury led Perseus, and after giving him some parting advice, hid himself in the grove near by,

pray you, sisters, let me keep the eye a little longer. I think I see some one behind that thick bush.” When Perseus heard t

e the sunlight. I have told you that the gods knew everything. So, in some way, Jupiter felt Juno’s wrath before she came in

t recognize her; and even her father only patted her neck and plucked some fresh grass for her. But that was too much for th

d, like music. Pan was so charmed by the sweet tone, that he fastened some of the hollow reeds together with wax, and thus m

started together to journey to the hero’s native land. They had gone some distance, when they came to a river that crossed

ra had almost forgotten about the poisoned shirt of Nessus. But after some time, Hercules began to grow restless. He was tir

ns rang with praises of the clever lad, and it was said that he would some day be far greater than his uncle. Thus all the u

toward sunset, teacher and pupil were walking together at the side of some cliffs that overhung the sea. The boy, not notici

nd. Daedalus grew very weary of that life, and thought and thought of some means of escaping from the island; but he could n

rple heath, And the yellow furze, like fields of gold, That gladdened some fairy region old! On the mountain tops, on the bi

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

alas! cruelly slain, he lay dead in a wood outside of Athens. At last some travelers found him there, and brought his body b

the fight are gone. A place in the ranks awaits you,     Each man has some part to play; The past and the future are nothing

e stern to-day. Rise! from your dreams of the future,     Of gaining some hard-fought field, Of storming some airy fortress

ams of the future,     Of gaining some hard-fought field, Of storming some airy fortress,     Or bidding some giant yield. Y

ome hard-fought field, Of storming some airy fortress,     Or bidding some giant yield. Your future has deeds of glory,     

ide which should be the victims to the Minotaur. The lots were balls, some white and some black; and the fourteen unlucky on

d be the victims to the Minotaur. The lots were balls, some white and some black; and the fourteen unlucky ones who drew the

usband had exchanged their last farewell. She had been standing there some time, when she saw, far out at sea, something whi

me back only when the soft rain clouds were again in the air. Indeed, some people said that the clouds were her sisters, and

ho need your help.” So Jason started on his journey. When he had gone some distance, he came to a stream much swollen by the

by the spring rains. On the bank there stood an old woman looking for some means of crossing. Mindful of the centaur’s parti

uring which there happened many wonderful things about which you will some day hear, the Argonauts arrived at Colchis, the l

plough, and with them to till four acres of land. The next is to sow some dragon’s teeth and to conquer all the armed men t

really was Juno who was helping Jason. The king’s daughter gave Jason some magic drugs to make him proof against harm from f

t have succeeded except by the aid of magic, and he suspected that in some way Medea had helped the hero. Therefore, when Ja

she had noticed her father’s angry look and she feared that he meant some harm to the Argonauts. Again she gave him a drug,

circular discs about twelve inches across; they were made of iron or some other heavy substance. The players hurled their d

w that he could not stop the wound from bleeding, he quickly gathered some herbs and pressed their juice between the dying b

was how I might at the same time promote my own interest, and render some service, however trifling, to my country, that it

though not enjoined on, the higher classes. I think I may speak with some confidence of the correctness of the narratives :

rms. The legitimate course, if these were exorbitant, would be to get some one to write a cheaper and better work on the sub

and the copyright has yet twenty years to run. I applied in vain for some small share in the gain ; it was contrary I was t

150l. ! I mention these facts not out of ill-will to the proprietors, some of whom are the publishers of most of my other wo

, which has the form of a perf. part., may have come from ἠλθηνîα, or some word of similar form and signification. Page 284.

is alluded to by Javenal ; when, lashing the unnatural effeminacy of some of the Roman nobles, he says (ii. 98), «Et per Ju

chariot, holding a sceptre and ears of corn : Demeter is handing him some more : a person, supposed to be Hecate, is behind

and the ignorant4. An appearance so general can only be the result of some law of the mind ; and those who have directed the

ople. Supposing, for the sake of hypothesis, a race to have been from some unassignable cause in a state of total or partial

ve already stated, invincibly impelled to ascribe their production to some unseen being, similar but superior to man. Thus w

ternal : they were born, according to most systems of mythology ; and some , at least, assigned a period to their duration. I

e flattery of poets, which would seek to cast lustre on the origin of some noble house by placing a deity at the head of its

open air17. 5. Many legends have arisen from the necessity of giving some account of the invention of arts and implements,

r true origin was unknown or had been lost, were usually explained by some legend. Of this practice also we shall meet with

phic : which supposes mythology to be merely the poetical envelope of some branch of human science. The illustrious Bacon38

rcised his ingenuity in deriving ethical and political doctrines from some of the Hellenic mythes. Their concealed wisdom is

alis Comes39; Chemistry according to Tollius40. Finally, Dupuis41 and some other ingenious writers, chiefly French, look to

e, that all are true to a certain extent. Some mythes are historical, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no s

true to a certain extent. Some mythes are historical, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no single one of th

ertain extent. Some mythes are historical, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no single one of these theories

countries. The Asiatic Researches, and the works of Polier, Ward and some others, with the various translations that have b

assert that every mythe must have an important meaning, for certainly some have been but the creation of capricious fancy52.

le or their mythology. Reasoning from analogy and existing monuments, some men of learning venture to maintain, that the fir

inion ; and in the subsequent part of our work we shall bring forward some objections against this hypothesis54. It is certa

the ancient legends they contain, make frequent allusion to others ; some of which are related by subsequent writers, and m

ore, they found any foreign deities possessing the same attributes as some of their own, they at once inferred them to be th

we look upon as having been his sole and lawful wife in the creed of some one or other of the tribes of Greece. Of the Tita

ionysos was made one with the sun-god Helios, and this last again, as some think, with the archer-god Phœbos Apollo. As we p

and even to make it ridiculous ; for though he seems to have treated some of the higher gods, as Zeus for example, with a d

orus of Sicily. It was translated into Latin by Ennius, of whose work some fragments remain75; and the Æneïs of Virgil alone

he Great Mother. She succeeded her father in his dominion ; and after some time she married Hyperiôn, one of her brothers, t

nd perhaps in the popular creed, applied to the latter. As in Greece, some believed, some disbelieved in the popular deities

he popular creed, applied to the latter. As in Greece, some believed, some disbelieved in the popular deities, and the forme

regarded as the works of Homer are named, are (with the exception of some parts of the Hebrew Scriptures) the earliest lite

riginally written, or were orally transmitted for centuries, have for some years engaged the pens of critics. It seems to be

ctions of different minds, and that in both there are interpolations, some of which are of no small magnitude, but that notw

arly ages80. Beside the Ilias and the Odyssey, the ancients possessed some other narrative poems, which were ascribed, but f

us. This was named the Epic Cycle, and it continued to be read during some centuries of the Christian æra83. Of this, howeve

y a classic writer in either language who does not relate or refer to some of the mythic legends of Greece ; even the Father

ustan age we shall find the Homeric ideas of the universe, just as in some modern poets we may meet the Ptolemaïc astronomy

distant voyages. The Cretans and the Taphians (a people who inhabited some small islands in the Ionian sea) perhaps form an

northern portion of the earth mentioned by Homer are the Hellenes and some of the tribes of Thrace. But Hesiod100 sang of a

s time, though they were doubtless not ignorant of it, as Homer names some of the peoples on its southern coast. They must o

world and its parts held by the Greeks of the heroic times, and even some ages later. With the advance of knowledge, howeve

nal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Its agreement in some parts with the cosmology of Homer and Hesiod is w

e. cosmogony and theogony, are in the Grecian system, as in those of some other nations, closely united. The sages of antiq

he chief difference among these systems lies in the circumstance that some viewed the earth, others the water, as the immedi

ts or cattle150. The Erinnyes offer most difficulty ; they may be, as some think, telluric powers151, and have undergone a c

areôs again comes to his aid163. There would also appear to have been some other ancient system of the celestial dynasties,

that of Tethys is probably the Rearer, the Nurse, or Grandmother 191; some understand by it Mother Earth192. ϓπϵρίων καὶ

ured with temples in Greece, but he had altars at Corinth, Argos, and some other places. The chief seat of his worship was t

eria the daughter of Coios and Phœbe, by whom he had Hecate. There is some difficulty about these personages, who are hardly

in his poems, and it follows thence that they must have been born in some definite places, he never indicates any spot of e

s, ‘when angels dwelt and God himself with man’ — we are indebted for some interesting legends told by poets, of Zeus taking

ants and animals to the service of their deities. There was generally some reason for this, founded on physical or moral gro

reflect how widely spread was the habit of regarding the horse as in some mysterious manner connected with the water441, we

nd thus they appropriated all the mythic ideas of Greece. It may give some idea of their hardihood, to observe that they aff

ades493 ; and as it was the custom in commencing a sacrifice to pluck some hairs from the forehead of the victim and burn th

e children of Zeus and Hera were Ares, Hebe, the Eileithyiæ, to which some added the Graces507. Hephæstos was the progeny of

o it probably to prevent her flight from Zeus. The cakes may have had some analogy with the confarreatio of the Romans526, o

she is represented in the Ilias. Hera, the legend said, offended for some cause or another with Zeus, renounced his bed and

he finest oaks in Bœotia, to which the Platæans repaired, and setting some dressed meat before it, and watching the ravens,

nd behold the captives. The dwellers of Olympos laughed heartily, and some jokes were passed on the occasion. Poseidôn howev

ur), and therefore to be significant of the character of the god. But some late critics seem rather to look to ἔρα, earth, f

merate all the articles formed by Hephæstos ; we shall however notice some of the chief of them. One thing is remarkable con

s. The names Pytho and Delphi alone sufficed to give a foundation for some of them. The former, which evidently signifies th

changed his hue from white to black624. This is probably a legend of some antiquity, for in a fragment of one of the poems

of Celænæ in Phrygia, whence the stream Marsyas issues, was hung, for some reason which is not very clear, a leathern bag651

le more than another, on the same principle as in India Vishnoo is in some places more worshiped than Seeva ; Thor was most

lf was also assigned to this god, on account of his bright colour, as some think, but it is far more likely that it was the

ivalent to the ἁγνὸς θϵὸς, as he is sometimes called667. Apollo is by some derived from ὄλω, to destroy ; by others from an

Amnisiades then unyoke her stags, and bring to them from Hera’s mead some of the trefoil on which the horses of Zeus feed,

rom a cliff into the sea, where she was saved in the nets (δίκτυα) of some fishermen. The Cretans afterwards worshiped her a

nded the colony of Syracuse in Sicily, there were among the colonists some members of the sacerdotal family of the Iamids of

er, to be too readily acquiesced in. Lobeck754 for example asks, with some appearance of reason, why those nations whose hea

nging her locks ; sometimes drawn in a conch by Tritons, or riding on some marine animal. She is usually naked, or but sligh

gradually adopted into the system of the Olympians, and endowed with some of the attributes of Hera, (who was also identifi

which they most prevail, is also that of love772. In the bucolic and some of the Latin poets the Loves are spoken of in the

nd arrows776. There was a being named Anterôs (ἀντὶ ἔρως), who was in some cases viewed as the avenger of slighted love777 ;

osopher as if he had been their father ; and after caressing them for some time, he restored them to their native element. H

im the lovely maid, and ordered him to inspire her with a passion for some vile and abject wretch. The goddess departed, lea

n her destruction, dispatches her to Proserpina with a box to request some of her beauty. Psyche, dismayed at the peril of t

narrative. The story of Cupid and Psyche may after all have been, as some think, nothing more than a Milesian tale like tha

nify Head-sprung, as the word τριτὼ is said to have signified Head in some of the obscurer dialects of Greece819. But accoun

in a state to appropriate the general tutelar deity to themselves by some suitable appellation. The Attic peasantry, theref

ents regarded Athena as the air824, others as the earth825. There are some mythes which can be explained with so much more e

ïs Salmacis is narrated by Ovid in his Metamorphoses847. Hermes is in some legends said to be the father of the Arcadian god

ds and gardens. The Hermæ were also pillars of stone, and the head of some other deity at times took the place of that of He

iding more particularly over flocks and herds857. From this last view some of his Hellenic attributes may be simply deduced.

ded into the interior of the earth, Hermes would seem to have been in some points of view identified with Hades. In Pindar86

the compound was generally derived from ϕένω, to kill or destroy ; by some however from ϕαίνω, to show or shine. Hence some

kill or destroy ; by some however from ϕαίνω, to show or shine. Hence some interpreted Argeiphontes Free-from-bloodshed, oth

was evidently the goddess of the earth, Mother-Earth (γῆ μήτηρ), whom some ancient system married to Zeus, the god of the he

f the ear, during which the corn is away ; and which space of time in some species of grain, barley for instance, is about f

ng thrown in the face of a boy, who mocked at her as she was drinking some gruel, what was remaining of it in the vessel890.

s their offspring. Authorities differ as to the parentage of Iasiôn ; some make him a son of Zeus and Electra, and brother o

th in ancient and modern times, we will content ourselves with giving some of the results of the inquiries of the learned an

of all that he beheld, conceived that nothing there could be without some mysterious meaning. What this might be, he inquir

of impiety and immorality brought against the Eleusinian mysteries by some Fathers of the Church, that this arose entirely f

e (Mind-soother), Aœde, Melete, and Arche (Beginning) 932. Alcman and some other poets made the Muses the daughters of Heave

globe, in the other a rod with which she was employed in tracing out some figure. Thaleia, the patroness of Comedy, held a

nes. She bore him a son named Hyacinthos944. Euterpe, or according to some Calliope, or Terpsichore, bore Rhesos to the god

t. If, however, the Muses were not generally regarded as connected in some way with the water the poet would hardly have thu

Muse nae poet ever fand her Till by himsel he learned to wander Adoun some trotting burn’s meander And think na lang. We ar

but analogy might lead to the supposition of Zeus being her sire, by some mother who is unknown. Hesiod1038 says that swift

Poseidôn of what he has done. The Latin poet Ovid1052, probably after some Grecian predecessor, as was usually the case, giv

by Plato and Aristotle ; and Lucian1054, as might be expected, makes some use of him. Νέμεσις. Nemesis. This goddess

stem, the two religions finally coalesced, the Dionysiac casting away some of its wildest and most extravagant practices. Th

god have been suspected by the ancient critics, either on account of some circumstances in themselves, or because they occu

, supposing the passage in the sixth book of the Ilias to be genuine, some account of it had possibly reached the ears of Ho

of Zeus1106. At length, during the time of the Græco-Bactric kingdom, some Greek writers, on whom it is not impossible the B

rios the culture of the vine. Icarios having made wine, gave of it to some shepherds, who thinking themselves poisoned kille

ies a crook or a thyrse, and a panther generally lies at his feet. In some monuments Dionysos appears bearded, in others hor

was styled Of-the-Marsh (Λιμνɑȋος), and Marsh-sprung (Λιμνηγενὴς). In some places he was called the Rainer (Ὕης)1125 ; his f

oncealed. But that there was a great agitation of the human mind, and some new efforts, is proved by the perfection of lyric

decency and licentiousness1145. Bendis, another Thracian goddess, had some analogy with Artemis and Hecate1146, and she was

ian antiquity knows nothing of tripods. The poet had merely picked up some obscure reports of a rich city, Thebes, an island

hat brazen men from the sea would be his avengers. Shortly afterwards some Carians and Ionians, who were out a-pirating, wer

1161. When the Ionians and Carians settled in Egypt, Psammitichos put some Egyptian children under their care, to be instruc

as Dionysos was in Lydia on his return from the conquest of the East, some of the country people met Silenos staggering abou

arious relations to gods and men. Their amours, of which we have seen some instances, were numerous. The charge of rearing v

go to sleep amidst his herds, to seize and hold him till he disclosed some means of relief from his present distress. Menela

f the sea, probably only another form of Poseidôn, whose son he is in some accounts1265. Like the marine gods in general, he

These gods had their houses and children ; and the love-adventures of some of them, such as Alpheios and Acheloös, are recor

ngday1284. One of the tasks imposed on Heracles was that of procuring some of them for Eurystheus. Hesiod says that the Hesp

m of Pallas-Athene. It is therefore not improbable that the theory of some mythologists of the present day may be the true o

ing among the Lotus-eaters were kindly entertained by them, and given some of their own food, the Lotus-plant, to eat. The e

e which Odysseus had given himself — was killing him, thinking it was some disease they left him, recommending him to pray t

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

he West find their way to the East ? On this question we have offered some remarks elsewhere, to which we must refer the cur

d to three, and their names are given with much variety. According to some they were called Leucosia, Ligeia and Parthenope1

hile Odysseus was sleeping, Eurylochos prevailed on them to slaughter some of the sacred oxen in sacrifice to the gods, and

ea, the last ; nor does any other mortal mingle with us : but this is some unfortunate wanderer who has come hither.” In ano

hich her appearance in company with Odysseus might give, she supposes some one to say1424, “Is it some stranger who has stra

ny with Odysseus might give, she supposes some one to say1424, “Is it some stranger who has strayed from his ship that she h

since there are no people near us ?” All this would seem to indicate some very remote position ; and a passage in which Alc

will say is, that his language respecting it accords much better with some imaginary western isle than with Corcyra ; and th

rpolation of a rhapsodist. The narrative of Eumæos may serve to throw some light on the trade of the Phœnicians in those ear

ds in sacrifice the bones of the victim wrapt in the caul, instead of some of the choicest parts of the flesh as elsewhere14

y applied his ferula to the wheel of the Sun’s chariot and thus stole some of the fire, which he then applied to the breast

al correct, view of it given by an able mythologist1482. According to some very ancient mythe the first of mankind were two

he had stolen from heaven. Yet even so late as the times of Augustus some vestige of the old sense of the mythe seems to ha

beings of fiction, personifications of water and fire1502, meant, as some think1503, to indicate, that when the passage thr

which is on all sides shut in by lofty mountains, had been closed by some accident, they overflowed the whole of its surfac

be collected from these poems respecting the origin of the people. As some nations of Asia were under the system of castes a

he system of castes and the direction of the sacerdotal caste, and as some of the early tribes of Europe seem to have been s

e of the early tribes of Europe seem to have been similarly situated, some modern writers assume such to have been the early

which is an undoubted historic event, there is supposed to have been some commotion in Thessaly, produced probably by the i

a portion of the former inhabitants to emigrate into Bœotia and expel some of those whom they found there1517. But it was th

ancy : the third, commencing with the Dorian migration, and being for some space of time mytho-historic or history mingled w

ing tribes, institutions, religious ceremonies, etc. in the person of some fabled individual, — the personification of their

s sons were Cretheus, Athamas, Sisyphos, Salmoneus and Perieres1529 ; some of whom belong to the mythology of Thessaly, othe

nine days in the house of Œneus. On the tenth, Cepheus and Ancæos and some others refused to hunt in company with a maiden ;

saw them rising he flung stones at them ; and thinking it was done by some of themselves, they fell upon and slew each other

s as they were bathing. The goddess, incensed at his intrusion, flung some water upon him and turned him into a stag. She al

ver to Ceos), Thessaly1651, and as this was inhabited by the Minyans, some of whom were among the colonists to Cyrene, it wa

ild beasts. Having wandered over many lands, he came one day to where some wolves were devouring the thighs of sheep. At the

was brought up by Polybos as his heir. Happening to be reproached by some one at a banquet with being a supposititious chil

teocles and Polyneices, and two daughters, Antigone and Ismene. After some years Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestil

aged, he killed the male, and thus returned to his pristine state. On some occasion Zeus and Hera fell into a dispute, wheth

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

death from his misery. The other Centaurs fled to different places ; some remained at Malea ; Eurytiôn went to Pholoe, Ness

Bistonians. His mares were androphagous. Heracles sailed thither with some volunteers, and having overcome the grooms, led t

ta, and he ordered Heracles to bring it to him. Having drawn together some volunteers, among whom were Theseus and Castôr an

ight devise single mythes, like that of Ixiôn, in order to illustrate some ethic principle, never conducted the heroes throu

ntification with Melcart had much influence beyond that of localising some of the legends, such as that of Geryoneus. In the

ems however we can only make a conjecture ; for it is well known that some of the Hesiodic poems, as they are called, come d

m as a Bœotian, his character was treated with but little ceremony on some occasions. Apollodorus and Diodorus relate the ad

ps. Ogyges, in whose time the Bœotic flood is placed, is said by some to have been the first who reigned over Attica an

urn expelled by Ἐριχθόνιος. Erichthonius. Erichthonios was by some said to be the son of Hephæstos by Atthis the dau

elate, that Athena coming one day to the workshop of Hephæstos to get some arms, the artist was filled by Aphrodite with des

ughter Procne in marriage, by whom Tereus had a son named Itys. After some time Procne became desirous of seeing her sister,

others, this story is told with considerable variations. According to some , Tereus had early conceived a passion for Philome

806. Again there is great discrepancy respecting the transformations, some saying that Procne, others that Philomela was the

he had failed herself, fancied that he was attracted by the charms of some other fair-one. She questioned the slave who used

ocris is noticed in the Odyssey1822, and the story is probably one of some antiquity. Though, as we have seen, an attempt wa

as there reared and dedicated to the service of the temple ; and when some years after Zuthos and Creüsa come to consult the

inth year to be devoured by the Minotaur. This hard condition was for some time complied with. At length Theseus, the son of

igmatic than Argeiphontes and Persephone. It is probably derived from some word of which no traces are now to be found1889.

ried up the springs)1914, Danaos sent forth his daughters in quest of some . As Amymone, one of them, was engaged in the sear

disobedience, put her into close confinement. Relenting however after some time, he gave his consent to her union with Lynce

gin of founts is to ascribe them to the welling forth of the blood of some person who was slain on the spot where the spring

he original mythe. In such case the legend of the Prœtides would have some analogy with that of Io. Ἀкρίσιος, Δαναὴ, кαὶ

circumstances. Some say it was the form of Apollo that Zeus took. In some versions it is Zeus who turns Callisto into a bea

of Ariste and Calliste. These Pausanias (who says he is borne out by some verses of Sappho) regarded merely as epithets of

tuted1991. The resemblance between Arcas and ἄρκτος may also have had some effect on the formation of this legend1992. Ἀ

the mountains, where she was suckled by a bear, and at last found by some hunters, who named her Atalanta and reared her. S

wives2017. Helena, in like manner, had her temples2018 ; and there is some reason to suppose that she was identified with Ei

country. Before his house stood an oak-tree, in a hole of which abode some serpents. His servants finding these animals, kil

one of his shoulders, licked his ears with their tongues. He awoke in some terror ; and to his astonishment, found that he u

e was little remaining. Melampûs immediately desired to be removed to some other place ; the man took up the bad at the head

table on nectar and ambrosia, which made him immortal ; but he stole some of the divine food and gave it to his friends on

therefore either the personification of a people the Pelopians, or of some natural quality or property of the land. Some the

nysos, and would not cease till Coresos had sacrificed Callirrhoe, or some one who was willing to die in her stead. It was r

on to whose admirable work has had too much influence on the minds of some modern inquirers, who seem to forget that he had

n, and his chase of them lasted for five years2133. The Hyades are by some also called daughters of Atlas, but according to

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

and Scandinavians2138. It still more resembles a Plough, its name in some countries. Its likeness to an animal is not so ob

8. The Harpies flew along the Propontis, over the Ægæan and Greece to some islets beyond the Peloponnese, where their pursue

caped so narrowly, that the rocks as they rushed together carried off some of her stern-works. The Symplegades now became fi

t to the Syrtes on the coast of Libya. After being detained there for some time they proceeded on their homeward voyage and

by the Hyperboreans ‘the Cronian Main and Dead Sea.’ Having rowed for some time through its sluggish waters, they disembarke

ocles and Polyneices agreed to reign on alternate years. According to some , Polyneices governed for the first year, and then

s and his wife. The Psophites pursued them to Tegea ; the Tegeans and some Argives aided them, and the Psophites were forced

the gods, to be the cup-bearer of Zeus, who gave Trôs in compensation some horses of the Olympian breed2194. Assaracos marri

giving over the enterprise he prevented their departure. He then took some other towns, killed Troïlos, and captured and sol

er. Agamemnôn expressed his willingness to give her up, but said that some maiden must be given to him in her place. A viole

y Helena, and concerts with her the mode of taking the city. He kills some of the Trojans and escapes to the ships. Diomedes

ulge in festivity2221. There was a debate what to do with the horse ; some were for throwing it from the rock, others for bu

council to deliberate on their return home. Agamemnôn advised to stay some days, and offer sacrifices to conciliate the gods

but as he approached Cape Maleia, Zeus sent forth a storm which drove some of his vessels to Crete, where they went to piece

the Trojans and their allies are if possible more Greek than those of some of the Achæan chiefs. Such are Deïphobos, Antenôr

ain, as it is probable that our scepticism may only serve to alienate some of our readers. Our conviction however is, that t

e Heracleids, though greatly mingled with fable, is a real event. For some centuries the history of Greece is semi-mythic ;

us and Ops, Saturnus and Lua, Mars and Neriene, Quirinus and Hora. In some cases the name of the goddess is only the feminin

ost totally escaped the notice of modern inquirers, we will here give some proofs of such being the usage among the Romans.

ayer that the terms Father and Mother were used ; but they adhered to some of the gods, such as Jupiter. Liber does not ofte

mall spear2294. Minerva. Minerva, or Menerva, corresponded in some measure with the Pallas-Athene of the Greeks. She

n the author's ‘Tales and Popular Fictions,’ chap. iv., will be found some account of the Shâh-nâmeh, and one of its most in

eresting narratives. The reader will also meet in the same place with some remarks on Ossian. 47. We shall frequently find

teenth century. 80. In the former edition of this work we entered at some length into this subject. We are now aware that i

nd therefore reserve our materials for the composition of a volume on some future occasion. We will here only observe, that

ѕ τῆѕ γῆѕ, Pind. Pyth. iv. 131. ; vi. 3. Paus. x. 16. 3. There may be some connexion between Delphi and δϵλϕύѕ, womb, which

loco. 122. Deut. xxviii. 23. 123. The very rational supposition of some learned and pious divines, that it did not suit t

ret. v. 397. seq. Lucian, D. D. 25. De Electro. 231. There are still some fragments remaining of the Heliades of Æschylus a

l. xviii. 382. Od. viii. 266. seq. 357. We shall give in the sequel some reasons for regarding Il. ix. 559-64. as an inter

ct. 441. In the ‘Tales and Popular Fictions’, 79. seq. will be found some instances. See also Fairy Mythology, passim. 44

ay beyond a stream in the West. The ideas of the Greenlanders, and of some of the tribes of South America, are similar. See

but it also frequently appears in the mythic form, and in this it in some cases loses itself in the most remote antiquity.”

hese two gods in the undoubtedly genuine parts of the poem, must have some suspicion of this legend. The building of the wal

ion griffons. 660. See above, p. 34. 661. There seems however to be some foundation for it. A naturalist of the present da

r seems to us the most probable signification (see above, p. 60.). By some (among whom Euripides may perhaps be classed) it

orities Ovid followed (Met. ii. 676. seq.) ; his narrative differs in some points from that in the text ; in particular, he

 914. 882. Met. v. 311. seq. Fasti iv. 117. seq. 883. According to some accounts Aphrodite, Athena, and Artemis were the

nner. Ilgen regards the whole as an interpolation, taken perhaps from some theogony. 1237. Argonautica, ii. 475. seq. 123

ides. 2175. See Od. xi. 326 ; xv. 244. seq. 2176. For the two last some gave Mecisteus and Eteocles son of Iphis. 2177.

Lycomedes, and that Odysseus discovered him by going as a pedlar with some arms among his women’s wares, which at once attra

. The original lines are so fine, that we cannot refrain from quoting some of them. Que as nymphas do Oceano tâo formosas,

s from the classics, and it is impossible to enjoy fully the works of some of our best writers if we cannot immediately appr

o construct, in part, their own theory. As they looked about them for some clue to serve as guide, they could not help but o

e conscious of the magnitude of such an undertaking, and feeling that some assistance would be desirable, they summoned Eros

nd far away, on the shore of this same marvellous river, according to some mythologists, were the beautiful Isles of the Ble

hea (Cybele, Ops) for his consort, and assigned to each of the others some portion of the world to govern at will. To Oceanu

arance, determined to dispose of him in the usual summary manner. For some time Rhea pleaded with him, but at last pretended

f young Jupiter’s continued existence. He immediately tried to devise some plan to get rid of him; but, before he could put

ing to cast Cronus from his throne That Zeus might king it there, and some in haste With opposite oaths that they would have

osed to have been in Thessaly, where the country bears the imprint of some great natural convulsion; for the ancients imagin

his handiwork, Prometheus observed man and longed to bestow upon him some great power, unshared by any other creature of ea

conferred by Prometheus, was greatly displeased, and tried to devise some means to punish mankind for the acceptance of the

as soon as she had been artfully fashioned, each one endowed her with some special charm, to make her more attractive.     

sauntered out alone, thinking she would soon join him, and perhaps by some caress atone for her present wilfulness. Left alo

ly resembling moths. These little insects fluttered about, alighting, some upon Epimetheus, who had just entered, and some u

red about, alighting, some upon Epimetheus, who had just entered, and some upon Pandora, pricking and stinging them most unm

ally to its evil consequences, and that, perchance, the box contained some good spirit, whose ministrations might prove bene

mankind, Jupiter often visited the earth, taking great care to assume some disguise which would enable him to ascertain all

were laid; but their labour was not very arduous, as the gods caused some of the public buildings to rise up out of the gro

, too, that the artist, having completed this masterpiece, longed for some sign of approval from heaven, and fervently praye

er. Many fine statues of this goddess were found in Greece and Italy, some of which are still extant, and serve to show the

Jupiter suffered intensely from a sudden headache, and, in hopes that some mode of alleviation would be devised, he summoned

hed the privilege of naming it. A general council was held, and after some deliberation most of the gods withdrew their clai

rachne These virile tastes were, however, fully counterbalanced by some exclusively feminine, for Minerva was as deft wit

were celebrated in honour of Minerva wherever her worship was held —  some , the Greek Panathenæa, for instance, only every f

o a small pool by the wayside to refresh herself; but, urged by Juno, some reapers bade her pass on, and then, seeing she pa

me passed. Apollo, touched by his master’s kindness, wished to bestow some favour in his turn, and asked the gods to grant A

e came which had previously been appointed for the good king’s death, some one should be found willing to die in his stead.

and in a few seconds breathed his last in his friend’s arms. To keep some reminder of the departed, Apollo changed the fall

athless, alas! and rugged is the ground, Some stone may hurt thee, or some thorn may wound. “You fly, alas! not knowing who

became oppressive, Cephalus was wont to rest during the noon hour in some shady spot, and as he flung himself down upon the

oon attracted Cephalus’ attention. Under the mistaken impression that some wild beast was lurking there ready to pounce upon

to me Eurydice! Eurydice!” Lowell. At last there dawned a day when some Bacchantes overtook him in the forest, and bade h

ay when some Bacchantes overtook him in the forest, and bade him play some gay music, so they might indulge in a dance. But

to avoid the constant repetition of his vain speeches, bade him show some proof of his divine origin, or keep his peace. St

proof of his divine origin, or keep his peace. Stung to the quick by some insolent taunts which they added, Phaeton hastene

great danger of such an undertaking, earnestly begging him to select some other, less fatal boon. “Choose out a gift from

death, and repeatedly plunged into the river, in the hope of finding some more scattered fragments, until the gods changed

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

union on condition that his future son-in-law should win his bride by some heroic deed. Now, as Orion was anything but a pat

pless, and alone, he now wandered from place to place, hoping to find some one capable of restoring his sight. At last he re

chless with indignation that a mortal had beheld her thus, she caught some water in her hollow palm, flung it in his face, a

Cytherea), the goddess of beauty, love, laughter, and marriage, is by some said to be the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, god

and sweet were the secret interviews they enjoyed. Yet, fearful lest some of the gods passing by should discover them toget

and revealed the secret, incurring her wrath to such an extent, that some mythologists accuse her of borrowing one of Jupit

ay Pyramus. Her meditation was suddenly broken by a rustling sound in some neighbouring bushes: and, thinking Pyramus was co

rolonged chase, he hurried to a lonely pool to slake his thirst. “In some delicious ramble, he had found A little space, wi

ir, that he immediately lost his heart, for he thought it belonged to some water nymph gazing up at him through the transpar

rived. One day as Pygmalion clasped the exquisite image to his breast some of his own warmth was infused into the icy bosom,

. In the perfumed dusk he confessed his love, and tenderly begged for some return. Now, although the fading light would not

did all in their power to convince poor Psyche that her lover must be some monster, so hideous that he dare not brave the br

enus, goddess of beauty, is represented either entirely nude, or with some scanty drapery called a “cestus.” Seated in her c

ght     Beneath the chestnut shade.” Macaulay. Numerous ancient and some modern statues of this goddess grace the various

at he yielded to the charms of Maia, goddess of the plains, and spent some blissful hours in her society. This divine couple

ceeded to eat. Apollo soon missed his cattle, and began to search for some clue to their hiding-place or to the thief. He co

hiding-place or to the thief. He could, however, discover nothing but some broken twigs and scattered leaves. Suddenly he re

d over their heads screened them from the sun’s too ardent rays. From some cause Juno’s slumbers were less protracted than u

prisonment. Finally he called Mercury to his aid, and bade him devise some plan to rescue her. Armed with a handful of poppi

em over the tail of her favourite bird, the peacock, in order to have some memento of her faithful servant ever near her. “

other, showing him ever ready to cope with a foe. His attendants, or some say his children, sympathised heartily with his q

grown up, journeyed out into the world to seek their fortunes. After some time they came to a beautiful hilly country, wher

hield in one of their principal temples. Then, in constant dread lest some of their enemies should succeed in stealing it, t

and at the same time punish the Goddess of Beauty, who, according to some mythologists, had refused even his addresses, Jup

fallen deeply in love with a maiden named Theophane, and fearful lest some one of her numerous suitors should find favour in

oved and married Medusa in the days of her youth and beauty, and when some drops of blood fell from her severed head into th

hen he appeared on the surface of the earth, it was only in search of some victim to drag down into his dismal abode, or to

filial deeds, irreverence to age, inhospitality, murder, perjury, and some other minor crimes. They secured the punishment o

rom the effects of Juno’s persistent hatred: so Jupiter, fearing lest some harm might befall his precious son, bade Mercury

spirit, Ascalaphus, suddenly declared that the queen had partaken of some pomegranate seeds that very day. Proserpina could

nt of the haste with which she disposed of a bowl of gruel offered by some charitable person. To punish the boy for his rude

omans considered the extinction of this sacred flame the precursor of some great public calamity. The Vestals were, however,

the Roman divinities was entirely unknown to the Greeks. According to some mythologists, he was the son of Apollo; and, alth

ch opens the day at its rising, and closes the day at its setting. In some statues he is represented with one whitehaired an

destined to come true in the course of time. “Of dreams, O stranger, some are meaningless And idle, and can never be fulfil

are her to receive the news of his death, and especially to view with some composure his corpse, which they had decided shou

were fixed upon the sands of time; and when they had run out, he knew some life was about to end, and sallied forth, scythe

edes He then hastened on to Thrace, where Diomedes, the king, kept some fine coursers, which were fed on human flesh. In

in dress and jewels, and who was never happier than when she obtained some new ornament or article of apparel. One day Admet

unted, nor paused, except when his services were needed in furthering some good work for mortals, until he reached their lan

nt Aventine, where, during the night, the loathsome giant Cacus stole some of his cows. To punish him for this theft Hercule

o he set out at a venture, determined to travel about until he gained some information. On his way he met with many adventur

lt old Nereus, god of the sea, who would probably be able to give him some information on the subject. Hercules, having surp

alone, in the same plight as he had found him, there to remain until some more compassionate hero should come and set him f

paused for a moment to contemplate the stream, and glanced about for some safe mode to transport Deianeira across. While he

, stooping with his toil, Rests on his club.” Pope. It is said that some of the games celebrated at Olympia were held in h

, and Acrisius knew that the wily God of Love would endeavour to find some way to outwit him and bring his plans to naught.

prayed the gods to watch over them both, and bring them in safety to some hospitable shore. “When round the well-fram’d ar

e beholder into stone. “Fatal Beauty! thou didst seem The phantom of some fearful dream. Extremes of horror and of love Alt

with and married a beautiful young princess by the name of Æthra. For some reason, which mythologists do not make known, the

ed Sinis, nicknamed The Pine-bender, whose usual practice was to bend some huge pine until its top touched the ground, and c

ic dragon car, and fled to Media, whence she never returned. One day, some time after his arrival at Athens, Theseus heard a

or to recruit their strength, but in general every delay brought them some misfortune. Once Hercules, having landed with a y

piece of ground sacred to Mars. This done, he must sow the field with some dragon’s teeth, as Cadmus had done, conquer the g

nhood. To gratify Jason, Medea called all her magic into play, and by some mysterious process restored Æson to all his forme

did not cease to curse the fate which drove him away from home. After some time, he came to three cross-roads; and while he

ring his name or errand, entertained him royally for many days. After some time, Bellerophon suddenly remembered the sealed

was very sorry to see Bellerophon safe and sound, and tried to devise some other plan to get rid of him. He therefore sent h

ountain, valley, plain, lake, river, grove, and sea was provided with some lesser deity, whose special duty was assigned by

d to the city with a light heart, and as the hours dragged, he sought some companions, whom he joined in a game of dice. Bec

hoping to win her favour, bestowed upon her the gift of prophecy. For some reason the god’s suit had not prospered; and, as

event his going, sent him off to the court of Lycomedes, where, under some pretext, he was prevailed upon to assume a disgui

ent spectator of their flight, while the Trojans began to set fire to some of the vessels of their fleet.      “The goddess

the war, And let me lead thy Myrmidons, that thus The Greeks may have some gleam of hope. And give The armour from thy shoul

urn his thoughts aside from the sad event, and arouse an interest for some pursuit less dangerous than war. All her efforts

ly watched for their return; then, seeing they did not appear, feared some evil had befallen them, and set out, with a few w

a vague, dreamy way, which aroused his suspicions. At the same moment some of the Lotus-eaters advanced to invite him and hi

st appeal, joyfully joined him, and sat beside him under the shade of some great rock, listening to his tender wooing. T

taking the choice animals on board, and then, when his men had rowed some distance, raised his voice and taunted Polyphemus

. With a cry of rage, Polyphemus then ran down to the shore, tore up some huge rocks, which he hurled in the direction when

e appetites. When they saw the vessels enter their harbour, they sunk some of them by casting huge rocks at them from their

he palace hall, Eurylochus alone lingering on the porch, fearing lest some fraud might suddenly be revealed. Circe received

As Ulysses would not be dissuaded from his purpose, Mercury gave him some moly, a herb warranted to preserve him from Circe

ed; but Ulysses lingered a little longer to allow his mother to drink some blood, and explain how she came to be here in the

s, but coquettishly tormented him until he implored Circe to give him some love potion strong enough to compel her love. Cir

e no longer sufficed to still the pangs of hunger. Led by Eurylochus, some of the men, during one of Ulysses’ temporary abse

f the men, during one of Ulysses’ temporary absences, caught and slew some of the sun-god’s cattle. To the general amazement

pride and delight. Now you shall hear Virgil’s story of the escape of some of the Trojans from general destruction. Unconsci

of Hector to warn him in a dream to arise, leave the city, and fly to some distant land. “‘Ah, goddess-born,’ he warns me,

ave this scene of carnage, and fly, with his family and followers, to some safe place without the city, whence he could emba

m forbear, for his former friend Polydorus, sent to Thrace to conceal some treasures, had been murdered there by an avaricio

sed hither and thither, lost sight of each other. Some were stranded, some sank, and still the tempest raged on with unabate

together, and by the beauty of the queen, who was giving audience to some of their companions, who also had miraculously es

, whom she preferred to Æneas. War with the Latins As Iulus and some companions had unfortunately wounded the pet stag

and then hurried with the Rutules to lend assistance to Turnus. Next some of the Trojan vessels were fired by the enemy; bu

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

ain brought to light; and very few persons now refuse to believe that some of the heroic myths have some slight historical b

few persons now refuse to believe that some of the heroic myths have some slight historical basis, the “silly and senseless

tably historical name of Charlemagne. During the seventeenth century, some philosophers, incited by “the resemblance between

f the world, was invented to explain curious marriage customs (for in some countries it is unlawful for the husband to see h

o spoke it were familiar with bridges, which they evidently called by some name phonetically the same. Further to prove thei

Persian, Greek, Roman, Celtic, Slavic, and Teutonic languages, and in some three thousand kindred dialects. After the Agglut

with the Sanskrit names of physical things, we have been able to read some of the first thoughts of primitive man; and “the

s the word also meant the visible sky, with its ever-changing aspect, some of the phrases used to describe it came, in the c

ose of the dawn, are probably more numerous than any others, and have some main features of resemblance in all cases. The fi

against the demon of drought, darkness, or illness (Python), which in some form or other inevitably appears in every solar m

where the sun, although enamoured with the dawn, causes her death. As some mythologists have interpreted it, Daphne is a per

the sun kills the dew.’” In the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, while some mythologists see in him a personification of the

h spoke of drought as caused by the chariot of Helios, when driven by some one who knew not how to guide his horses; and the

n a young lad loved by a young maiden, Selene. In the story of Adonis some mythologists find another sun myth, in which Adon

story of Bellerophon, although the name originally came from Bellero ( some “power of darkness, drought, winter, or moral evi

oot as “Leto,” “Latmus,” and “Laius”), is carried away by Paris, whom some mythologists identify with the Hindoo Panis (or “

e. In the story of Niobe we have one of the cloud myths. According to some mythologists, Niobe herself is a personification

(the clouds), and, after fanning up a great fire in which he consumed some of the herd, glided back into his cradle at dawn.

consideration, the Academic Council of the University of California, some two years ago, introduced into its requirements f

state has attested the wisdom of the requirement; but the demand for some text-book adapted to the needs of the class-room

though in the Index of Mythological Subjects the more common myths of some other nations are briefly stated, no myths save t

Lond.: 1892). For the illustrative cuts in the Text, I am indebted in some cases directly to Baumeister and Roscher, in othe

ations, have, with the kind consent of the authors of those works, in some instances been adapted by me to suit the present

e even among the Greek and Latin classics. But for various reasons, — some valid, as, for instance, the importance of increa

man held by the sorrows of the Labdacidæ or the love of Alcestis, by some curious wonder in Pausanias, or some woe in Hygin

cidæ or the love of Alcestis, by some curious wonder in Pausanias, or some woe in Hyginus, has waked to the consciousness of

of every myth; and to the life of every myth each impulse may be, at some period, contributory. Let us, by way of example,

as, might in the latter part of the course be read aloud in class for some fifteen minutes every day, in order that interest

pose special sections of the Commentary have been prepared indicating some of the best-known literary applications of each m

er. When there is not time for detailed recitation on the whole book, some of the longer narratives, such as the Iliad, Odys

of certain ancient nations. It is the purpose of this work to relate some of these myths, and to illustrate the uses to whi

g to earth cherishes the youth Endymion,— these myths, germinating in some quaint and childish interpretation of natural eve

ng in some quaint and childish interpretation of natural events or in some fire-side fancy, have put forth unconsciously und

easonable, it would not be difficult to reach an agreement concerning some way by which they may have come into existence.

entuates the distinction between our imagination and theirs. They, at some time or other, believed in these personifications

is undoubtedly true that the method explains the origin and growth of some myths. But it accounts rather for the reasonable

ics, chemistry, astronomy, etc. and clever in allegory; but that, for some unknown reason, their descendants becoming stupid

dants becoming stupid, knowledge as well as wit deserted the race. In some cases the myth was, without doubt, from the first

tify, and of whose existence they were ashamed. We find, moreover, in some cases a great variety of symbolic explanations of

pretation. — This premises that mankind, either in general or through some chosen nationality, received from God an original

an savage curiosity and credulity: for instance, in the adventures of some great hero, or in a disease of language by which

s, or perhaps in a conscious allegory, or, even, in the perversion of some ancient purer form of moral or religious truth. B

h half a summer’s day, With music lulled his indolent repose; And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was

ars may make on other points, most of them will concur in these: that some myths came into existence by a “disease of langua

that some myths came into existence by a “disease of language”; that some were invented to explain names of nations and of

hat some were invented to explain names of nations and of places, and some to explain the existence of fossils and bones tha

historical traditions similar in various countries, or inherited from some mother country. But, although some historical myt

rious countries, or inherited from some mother country. But, although some historical myths may have descended from a mother

t have similar myths, or until we discover monuments and log-books of some commercial nation that, in prehistoric times, cir

Norse, and the German. § 11. In Greece. — (1) Mythical Prophets. — To some of the oldest bards was attributed the gift of pr

portant sources of our knowledge of Greek mythology. He is thought by some to have been a contemporary of Homer, but concern

as born in the year 43 b.c. He was educated for public life, and held some offices of considerable dignity; but poetry was h

ate with the family of Augustus, the emperor; and it is supposed that some serious offence given to a member of that family

osition of the Nibelungenlied have been advanced. It has been held by some that the German epic is an adaptation of the Nors

ious age and uneven worth; and that, about 1210, a collector, mending some of the ballads to suit himself, strung them toget

ure. The following is, however, a brief outline of the means by which some of them have been preserved. Egyptian Records. —

. The resemblance between the plot and that of the Iliad has inclined some scholars to derive the Indian from the Greek epic

ed, like men, the earth-born; and their characteristics would suggest some prehistoric brutish race, hot-headed, not amenabl

ds were both derived from Mother Earth, hence both autochthonous; and some , indeed, claimed an antiquity for the human race

third. But Prometheus himself made a nobler animal than these. Taking some earth and kneading it with water, he made man in

mpeii. § 34. Juno 73 (Hera), sister and wife of Jupiter. According to some , her name (Hera) means Splendor of Heaven, accord

nine in number; and to each of them was assigned the presidence over some department of literature, art, or science. Callio

s identified with Phosphor. He was king of the Western Land, and, say some , father of the Hesperides, who guarded the golden

ch guest twine his crown And wreathe his cup, and lay him down Beside some friend he loveth well.101 § 49. Pluto, or Hades

three classes of nymphs, — the Pleiads, the Hyads, and, according to some stories, the Hesperids. The last-mentioned, assis

ased. In consequence of it, numerous trials were visited upon Latona, some of which find a place among the adventures of her

ddenly overcast, surmised that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some escapade. She brushed away the darkness, and saw

g near. Juno suspected, with reason, that the heifer’s form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould. It was Io, whom Jupit

atchful eyes to sleep, but in vain; for Argus still contrived to keep some of his eyes open, though he shut the rest. But am

of the music, said, ‘Thus, then, at least, you shall be mine.’ Taking some of the reeds, of unequal lengths, and placing the

to thee, what food shalt thou find from the deep? Nay, art thou then some god, for god-like are these deeds of thine.” … So

t always what they pretend to be. If he is indeed Jove, make him give some proof of it. Ask him to come arrayed in all his s

ow. And wasn’t it a sight to see, When, ere his song was ended, Like some great landslip, tree by tree, The country-side de

she raked out the coals from the ashes, kindled a fire, and prepared some pot-herbs and bacon for them. A beechen bowl was

she rubbed the table down with sweet-smelling herbs. Upon it she set some of chaste Minerva’s olives, some cornel berries p

weet-smelling herbs. Upon it she set some of chaste Minerva’s olives, some cornel berries preserved in vinegar, and added ra

feet, Turned round so quick you scarce could see’t; But slackened by some secret power, Now hardly moves an inch an hour. T

shipper should herself approach the goddess, — ay, should ask of Hera some blessing on her faithful sons: — … Slowly old Cy

wisting his scaly body in a huge coil, darted upon them and destroyed some with his fangs, others in his folds, and others w

ss world, Phœbus, my father — if thou dost yield me that name—give me some proof, I beseech thee, by which I may be known as

e. Then Jupiter, calling the gods to witness that all was lost unless some speedy remedy were applied, thundered, brandished

er, with her two children? I have seven times as many. Were I to lose some of my children, I should hardly be left as poor a

d their warlike sports. The sons of Niobe were there with the rest, — some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, so

with the rest, — some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, some driving gay chariots. Ismenos, the first-born, as

o plough, or reap, or sow. Upon an empty tortoise-shell He stretched some chords, and drew Music that made men’s bosoms swe

o death, Apollo prevailed on the Fates to spare him on condition that some one should consent to die in his stead. Admetus,

ou guess the speech. He could not think he saw his wife again: It was some mocking God that used the bliss, To make him mad!

attributed to this goddess, the champion of maidenhood. According to some , it was she, too, that changed Callisto into a be

er, she still inconsolably ranges the expanse of heaven. According to some , the lost Pleiad is Merope, who was vested with m

im, bade him infuse into the bosom of that haughty girl a passion for some low, unworthy being. There were, in Venus’s garde

ed that it was not the work of mortal hands, but the happy retreat of some god. She approached the building and entered. Eve

dwell with suspicion.” And so he flew away. When Psyche had recovered some degree of composure, she looked around her. The p

her a little of thy beauty, for in tending her sick son she hath lost some of her own.’” Psyche, satisfied that her destruc

ed prophet dreaming. “Yes, I will be thy priest, and build a fane In some untrodden region of my mind, Where branched thoug

the penalty of all who try and fail.” In spite of this hard condition some would try. Of one such race Hippomenes was to be

ies the nuptial vow.” She would have wept to see her father weep; But some God pitied her, and purple wings (What God’s were

d, So that I trembled when I saw her there, For with my life was born some touch of dread, And therewithal I heard her voice

ered. In the wall between the two houses there was a crack, caused by some fault in the structure. It afforded a passage to-

wever, admired him more than the poetess Sappho, who addressed to him some of her warmest and rarest love-songs. § 100. Venu

o detain him in the hope of liberal ransom. But Acetes suspected that some god was concealed under the youth’s exterior, and

from the company of Bacchus in an intoxicated condition, was found by some peasants, who carried him to their king, Midas. M

ho rules the realm of Tartarus. Dost thou not see that even in heaven some despise our power? Minerva and Diana defy us; and

at his only son lay sick of a fever. The goddess stooped and gathered some poppies. Then, entering the cottage, where all wa

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

eard, a sound as of a sob in the bushes. Supposing it to proceed from some wild animal, he threw his javelin at the spot. A

ng with the hours her husband changed, Sighed for his lost caress, by some hard god estranged. So, on a day, she rose and f

m immortality; but forgetting to have youth joined in the gift, after some time she began to discern, to her great mortifica

g through the sordid city, And piping to the civic ear The prelude of some pastoral ditty! The demigod had cross’d the seas,

e sprouting: His club-feet, cased in rusty shoes, Were cross’d, as on some frieze you see them, And trousers, patch’d of div

blowsy, apple-vending slattern; While old Silenus stagger’d out From some new-fangled lunch-house handy, And bade the piper

r cool, And — bubble! trouble! Seeing double I! I stumble and gasp In some igy pool!” Fig. 69. Young Satyr. [Wall painti

had shunned Echo. One maiden, however, uttered a prayer that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and meet n

ept them like the Naiad of the following verses, sacred for Diana, or some other divinity. “Dian white-arm’d has given me t

still, As the immortal freshness of that grace Carved for all ages on some Attic frieze.236 The Hamadryads could appreciat

so light he felt and strange. But the day was past its noon. Joining some comrades over the dice, Rhœcus forgot all else. A

the elm to which it was clinging; advised Pomona, likewise, to choose some youth — say, for instance, the young Vertumnus —

“Now, verily, maiden, now and here will I learn to swim, if perchance some stranger come hither, sailing with his ship, that

e families most of the Older Heroes are, by blood or by adventure, to some extent connected. Bearing this fact in mind, and

Medusa. Her, while she was praying the gods to end her misery, or, as some say, while she was sleeping, Perseus approached,

en he repeated his questions, for fear she might be thought guilty of some offence which she dared not tell, she disclosed h

ity. But the hero, awakening, laughed at the little warriors, wrapped some of them up in his lion’s skin, and carried them t

ich took her way between the rocks, and passed in safety, only losing some feathers of her tail. Jason and his men, seizing

— Locked in a mother’s embrace, in seclusion virginal, fragrant, Like some myrtle set by streaming ways of Eurotas, Like to

: for, like to an oak upon Taurus, Gnarled, swinging his arms, — like some cone-burthened pine-tree Oozing the life from his

constellations in Heaven that glitter were jangled. Straightway like some cloud on the inward vision of Theseus. Dropped ob

e, and offered for sale female ornaments, among which had been placed some arms. Forgetting the part he had assumed, Achille

he lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles .to tell h

like me, and trembling on the gloomy verge of life. Even now, mayhap, some neighbor chief oppresses him and there is none at

spake: “Priam, I know that thou hast reached this place conducted by some god, for without aid divine no mortal even in his

mong the Lotos-eaters were kindly entertained by them, and were given some of their own food, the lotus-plant, to eat. The e

en by the hospitable King Æolus to their commander. Tempted to secure some portion for themselves they loosed the string, wh

s o’er-turned, — With wrinkling snouts, — yet eyes in which desire Of some strange thing unutterably burned, Unquenchable; a

h restless, fierce importuning that yearned Through those brute masks some piteous tale to teach, Yet lacked the words there

mine pressed them, and, at last, in the absence of Ulysses, they slew some of the cattle, vainly attempting to make amends f

d, spent with toil, breathless and speechless, and almost dead. After some time reviving, he kissed the soil, rejoicing, yet

s of the family. This was no slight affair, for the fountains were at some distance, and the garments must be carried thithe

stranger are from Jove. She bade them bring food, and the garments of some of her brothers’ that were among the contents of

ll they came to the palace, where the goddess, having first given him some information of the country, king, and people he w

ver the scene. Full fifty female menials served in household offices, some employed to grind the corn, others to wind off th

-herd, a faithful servant of his house. Telemachus, his son, had, for some time, been absent in quest of his father, visitin

under pretence that in the heat of competition, there was danger, in some rash moment, of putting them to an improper use.

r, said he, “beggar as I am, I was once a soldier, and there is still some strength in these old limbs of mine.” The suitors

ilence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself And this gra

neas was deterred by a prodigy. Preparing to offer sacrifice, he tore some twigs from one of the bushes. To his dismay the w

he departing Trojans, and though the cause was unknown, gave to Æneas some intimation of the fatal event. Map 7. Italy be

re, till at last they are. taken over.” Æneas grieved at recollecting some of his own companions who had perished in the sto

ssed on, as insensible to his pleadings as a rock. Æneas followed for some distance; then, with a heavy heart, rejoined his

l top, but when the steep was well-nigh gained, the rock, repulsed by some sudden force, rushed again headlong down to the p

of its own. The inhabitants were enjoying themselves in various ways, some in sports on the grassy turf, in games of strengt

s the Capitol was to rise in all its magnificence. He next pointed to some dismantled walls, and said, “Here stood Janiculum

n. Of Camilla. — After the battle, there was a cessation of arms for some days to allow both armies to bury their dead. In

t last an Etruscan named Aruns, who had watched her long, seeking for some advantage, observed her pursuing a flying enemy w

s one day licking the salt stones there appeared at first the hair of some being, on the second day his whole head, and on t

unsel, and that he should be put to a cruel death unless he contrived some way to prevent the artificer from completing his

“What’s the matter? are there any birds perched on this tree? I felt some moss from the branches fall on my head. How fares

s skilled in, for no one is permitted to remain here who does not, in some feat or other, excel all other men?” “The feat

was quite sufficient, amused themselves with using Balder as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others h

ed themselves with using Balder as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swor

iron wood? Lovers of change, ye are, fastidious sprites. Look, as in some boor’s yard, a sweet-breath’d cow, Whose manger i

hat went from hand to hand. But e’en as men’s hearts were hearkening some heard the thunder pass394 O’er the cloudless noo

me heard the thunder pass394 O’er the cloudless noontide heaven; and some men turned about And deemed that in the doorway t

this ungallant intrigue; and we are led to infer that there had been some previous acquaintance and passage of love between

the Latin alphabet had no letters provided. Each rune was named after some object whose name began with the sound represente

ee also Roscher 13: 2127), and the Juno of Lanuvium. § 35. Athene has some characteristics of the warlike kind in common wit

seq. The derivation of Athene is uncertain ( Preller). Related, say some , to æthēr, αἰθήρ, the clear upper air; say others

les and groves in Paphos, Abydos, Samos, Ephesus, Cyprus, Cythere, in some of which, — for instance, Paphos, — gorgeous annu

ee text, § 40), now to be seen in the Louvre in Paris, is the work of some sculptor of about the third century b.c. He follo

changes and wanderings.404 Argus is the heaven with its myriad stars, some of them shut, some blinking, some always agleam.

ngs.404 Argus is the heaven with its myriad stars, some of them shut, some blinking, some always agleam. The wand of Hermes

s the heaven with its myriad stars, some of them shut, some blinking, some always agleam. The wand of Hermes and his music m

). Illustrative. — Milton’s “Let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the B

e I may oft outwatch the Bear” (Il Penseroso); and his “Where perhaps some beauty lies The Cynosure of neighb’ring eyes” (L’

tone, grave, and solemn; the Mygdonian, or Phrygian, were supposed by some to have been the same as the Lydian; but more pro

n with face turned full upon us. That Antiope is a personification of some such natural phenomena would also appear from the

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

t, a frog, or a lizard that drinks up all the waters, is destroyed by some national hero or god. As Mr. Lang says: “Whether

evidently not our modern hyacinth that is here described, but perhaps some species of iris, or of larkspur, or pansy. The me

oration of the myth, over a large part of the Peloponnesus. It lasted some nine or eleven days, probably in the first half o

ril to which children were liable during the hot season. According to some , Linus was a minstrel, son of Apollo and the Muse

ch express the hope, innate in the human heart, that somewhere and at some time some god has lived as a man among men and fo

the hope, innate in the human heart, that somewhere and at some time some god has lived as a man among men and for the good

Illustrative. — The story of King Midas has been told by others with some variations. Dryden, in the Wife of Bath’s Tale, m

scene with the lamp and knife probably indicates the infringement of some ancient matrimonial custom. Erebus: the land of d

use he happened to fulfil a prophecy by entering the public square of some city just as the people were casting about for a

ce of Asia Minor, south of the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora. There is some doubt about the identification of the existing st

aking its escape from crevices or caverns in the rocks may have given some ground for the story. Sir Gardner Wilkinson, a tr

See Keats’ Endymion Bk. 3. Interpretative. — Glaucus is explained by some as the calm gleaming sea; by others, as the angry

would be occupied by the bees for that purpose. It was no doubt from some such incident that the superstition arose that be

vour; the moon, which darkness, as a dragon, threatens to swallow; or some historic character that has passed into myth. Com

ans gate (see Iliad 5: 397), and in the case of Hercules there may be some reference to his journey to the gate or Pylos of

rs, or performing other laborious tasks in obedience to the orders of some tyrant of inferior spirit, but of legal authority

he twelve signs of the Zodiac is not only unwarranted, but absurd. To some extent Hercules is a sun-hero; to some extent his

ly unwarranted, but absurd. To some extent Hercules is a sun-hero; to some extent his adventures are fabulous history; to a

as the tradition of primitive seafaring is concerned, it may refer to some half-piratical expedition, the rich spoils of whi

r as night, devouring all things. The tribute from Athens may suggest some early suzerainty in politics and religion exercis

rd’s grand drama, Ion. §§ 152-157. Trœzen. — In Argolis. According to some , the Amazonian wife of Theseus was Hippolyta; but

Hercules, Theseus fights with the Amazons (clouds, we may suppose, in some form or other), and, like him he descends to the

alternated between the joy of spring and the melancholy of winter. By some she is considered to be connected with star-worsh

the dead, where it remains till it returns to the world, to dwell in some other human or animal body; at last, when suffici

he sound should be an echo to the sense,” says, — “When Ajax strives some rock’s vast weight to throw, The line, too, labor

sflr Marne, 451. He died 454 a.d. Dietrich of Berne (Verona) bears some very slight resemblance to Theodoric, the Ostrogo

icent of the Egyptian deities. He is the son of Seb (or, according to some , of Neph, Chnuphis). He may be likened to the Gre

eity of the Egyptian Thebes; generally -associated in attributes with some other god. As Amen-Ra he is the king of Theban go

cchus. F Fable, definition of, 1; distinguished from myth, 1-3; some writers of, 2. Fafnir, 395, 396. Fair, Brown, an

or error. These incarnations are his Av′atars. His ninth Avatar, say some , was as Buddha; in his tenth he will end this wor

ew. Siva: originally a blood-thirsty deity, not of the Vedic, but of some aboriginal Hindu religion; absorbed in the Brahma

, and in that condition destroy Iole in spite of his love for her. By some she is made the half-sister of Dryope; 241. I′on,

ght fear that Jove himself would prove a rival, and, swan-like, or in some other as picturesque a form, win her he sought fo

inventions of men of different ages, and who writ to different ends; some with a view to the nature of things and others to

e, of this hidden sense which we have been speaking of, which is that some of these fables are in the narration so foolish a

rn, she was exposed on a mountain, but being preserved and suckled by some of the wild beasts of the forest, she received th

hies; Madness will touch my brain; I cannot, will not yield. Grant me some other death: poison or steel, Or aught that sends

Titan!     Third Fury. Champion of Heaven’s slaves!     Pro. He whom some dreadful voice invokes is here, Prometheus, the c

ate, And clinging crime; and, as lean dogs pursue Thro’ wood and lake some struck and sobbing fawn, We track all things that

be obeyed; to those are given Assistant days to ripen the design; To some whole months; revolving years to some; Others, il

nt days to ripen the design; To some whole months; revolving years to some ; Others, ill-fated, are condemned to toil Their t

e, Her looks their paleness in a flower retained, But here and there, some purple streaks they gained. Still the loved objec

e, desolate at the loss of his favourite, made one of his attendants, some say his wife, the confidant of his misfortune, be

an ass, King Midas has the ears of an ass.” Not long after her visit, some reeds arose in this place; and as the wind passed

nce the Deity. “But in his delicate form, a dream of love, Shaped by some solitary nymph, whose breast Longed for a deathle

orsook the temple; and so violent was the fit, that she continued for some days in the most agonizing situation, and at last

he Muses is so closely allied to that of Apollo that we shall present some of their adventures in this part of our work. The

Notwithstanding the high reputation of the Muses, it is pretended by some , that Rheseus was the son of Terpsichore, Linus o

eous fate, Wept that such beauty should be desolate: So in fine wrath some golden sounds he won, And gave meek Cynthia her E

rises from his knowledge of astronomy: and as he passed the night ‌on some high mountain, to observe the heavenly bodies, it

on from steep to steep, Timidly lighted by thy vestal torch, Till in some Latmian cave I see thee creep To catch the young

the object who had again taken her lord’s affections, Juno sought for some mode in which to punish her, and taking the form

e distant deep; Wistful she looked, nor what she saw, believed, Hoped some mistake, and wished to be deceived: While the fal

echo to their cry: Some brandish high an ivy woven spear, The limbs, some scatter, of a victim steer: Others in slippery fo

th Bacchus. When dwelling in the Isle of Naxos, where he had been for some years, becoming oppressed with the heat of the su

of the sun, he threw himself on the sea-shore, and fell fast asleep; some pirates who called there for water, struck with h

heir calamity would not cease, until Callirhoe was sacrificed, unless some one could be found to pay the penalty for her. In

orners of which are ornamented by the sculls of goats, are sculptured some figures of mœnads, under the inspiration of the ‌

d of white marble, and appeared so much like life, that, according to some historians, a youth of the place secretly introdu

race. In his labours he was assisted by the Cyclops, who are said by some , to have possessed but one eye, placed in the mid

h an eagle waits by his side to carry it to Jupiter. ‌ He appears on some monuments with a long beard, dishevelled hair, ha

, that the people of earth looked on her almost as a divinity, and in some instances would have worshipped her in the belief

etermined on destroying, sent her to Proserpine with a box to request some of her beauty. The mission was accomplished in sa

with a sphinx in the middle, supported on either side by griffins. In some medals, a chariot drawn by four horses, appears a

choly, with an earnest, and fervid and disinterested pleading against some vast and inevitable wrong. It is the joy and poet

igent messenger, and recalled him to Olympus. Here, Mercury rendering some kindness to Venus, the goddess fell in love with

beloved voice. “Now several ways his young companions gone, And for some time Narcissus left alone, ‘Where are you all?’ a

d a bard of old to sing Narcissus pining o’er the mountain spring? In some delicious ramble, he had found A little space, wi

ts are lying, Silent and apart,     Buried, yet undying,         Till some gentle tone         Wakening haply one, Calls a t

tangled woodbine Lilacs and flowering limes, and scented thorns, And some from whom the voluptuous winds of June Catch thei

rod An angler; still so various is the God. Now, in a forehead cloth some crone he seems, A staff supplying the defect of l

evered brows; And beauty loves young fairy flowers to wreathe Beneath some stately forest’s antique boughs. Oh! art hath nou

y above the waist, is that of a man, but below, a dolphin’s, while by some he is shown with the fore feet of a horse. He usu

in any revelation; but it was necessary to secure him, lest by taking some unnatural shape, he should elude their vigilance.

he mystery of thy track; The chime of low, soft southern waves     On some green palmy shore, The hollow roll of distant sur

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

ing crowns on their heads. Their dresses are differently described by some authors. Clotho has on a variegated robe, and on

make one harmony.” The worship of the Parcæ was well established in some parts of Greece, and though mankind knew they wer

her brother Erebus, she gave birth to day and light: she is called by some of the poets, the mother of all things, of gods n

ars along the darkening skies!” Hervey. ‌She has been described by some of the modern writers, as a woman clothed in mour

eps, and around thy brow Hovers a thick impenetrable cloud, Which, to some hearts, is Hope’s sad funeral shroud. Beside the

y master of a family to choose his Penates, and therefore Jupiter and some of the superior gods, are often invoked as domest

e Genius informed him when any of his friends were going to engage in some unfortunate enterprise, and stopped him from the

then Elis, Perinthia, Delphi, and Rome adopted the three sisters. By some it is asserted, that the beautiful trio remained

ll buy my love-knots?’ All at that sweet cry assembled; Some laughed, some blushed, and others trembled. ‌‘Here are knots,’

a vestal’s bosom warm. Her ravished eyes survey him o’er and o’er, As some gay wonder never seen before; Transported to the

once more, to make her escape through the air, to Colchis, where, by some it is stated, she was re-united to Jason; while a

s said to have been married to Achilles in Elysium. It is asserted by some writers, that the murder of the two youngest of J

honours. It has been asserted that there were many of the same name, some writers extending the number to forty-three; thou

buskin, with a celebrated club of brass, according to the opinion of some writers, but more generally supposed to be of woo

r, that, according to Diodorus, he hid himself in a brazen vessel for some days. In his fifth labour Hercules was ordered to

, three celebrated daughters of Hesperus, who were appointed to guard some golden apples, given by Jupiter to Juno on the da

he made use of no arms, but only force to drag him away. Hercules, as some report, carried him back to hell, after he had br

sisters of Iole who was willing to assist him in obtaining her. After some time had passed, he was purified from this murder

beautiful Andromeda, exposed to the fury of a sea-monster, which for some time had ravaged the country, and to appease whic

arrived with his mother and Andromeda on the Peloponnesian coast, as some funeral games were being celebrated in honour of

hed an ornament. He was the son of Œager by the muse Calliope, though some assert him to have been the son of Apollo, becaus

d all others in melody and beauty. After his death, he is reported by some to have received divine honours, the muses render

e tomb of Œdipus was near the Areopagus in the age of ‌Pausanias, and some of the ancient poets have represented him in hell

him his daughter in marriage, and attempted to persuade Eteocles into some feeling of justice; but not only did the latter p

reus took a fearful vengeance. Having been banished from the city for some time, Thyestes was again recalled, and invited to

is made a guest: While she, her plot the better to disguise Styles it some unknown mystic sacrifice: And such the nature of

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

e space of a year. After concluding his eventful history, he remained some time with Alcinous, who gave him a ship, which ca

vent this misery, he determined to forsake the world, and retire into some solitary place, to end his days in peace. About t

sought her bower, and an indistinct shadow brooded over her mind, of some vague, uncertain dread, as she wandered down to t

marble that he shaped; Till, as the story goes, the Cyprus’ queen, Or some such fine, kind hearted deity, Touched the pale s

ut time hath as in sad requital, given A branch of laurel to her, and some bard Swears that a heathen God or Goddess gave He

, Wait feverishly for each new day to waken?                 Trusting some glorious morn                 Might witness his r

usual custom, but ordered them to bury it near Mount Jerusalem, with some of the books which he had written, which being ac

ns into the ceremonies of their religion. “Egeria! sweet creation of some heart, Which found no mortal resting place so fai

’er thou art Or wert, — a young Aurora of the air, The nympholepsy of some fond despair; Or it might be, a beauty of the ear

ing to thank the gods by a sacrifice, he sent his companions to fetch some water from a neighbouring grove; becoming alarmed

Greece. It was composed of seventeen letters, and to these were added some time after, by Palamedes, an additional four, and

it has, however, been suggested, that the dragon’s fable, arose from some country which Cadmus conquered; that the armed me

Greeks and Romans, without asserting that we have given all of them, some of which would be out of keeping in a work meant

e, naming him as his successor to the throne. It has been asserted by some that he attempted to fly to Olympus upon Pegasus,

he temple, and the worship of their gods. It has been suggested, that some navigators of Phœnicia might have been thrown upo

ts their religion, which in the lapse of ages became lost; because in some things it bears a resemblance that cannot fail to

orship of idols is universal; while in Abyssinia and at the Cape, are some faint gleams of Christianity mingled with impure

g been past! — No fear that the young hunter may profane The haunt of some immortal, — but there still — For the heart cling

Antients, as to render it desirable that young persons should acquire some knowledge of that subject; yet few of the sources

acle, the delicate mind must turn away with disgust; so that, without some modification, such histories are utterly improper

nd Chronology. Finally, the Author presumes to hope that, improved by some few alterations, and by considerable additions, t

and discovered} by Ascalaphus. This so irritated Ceres that she threw some of the water of Phlegethon into the informer’s fa

re the proper names of the Muses? They had, each, a name derived from some particular accomplishment of mind, or branch of s

he was accounted both bearded and beardless; or, because wine renders some cheerful and gay, and others morose and dull. Dio

liant son of Venus, and the great ancestor of the Romans, is said, by some of their writers, to have recovered and brought i

s supposed to be her favourite residence. Her worship was various. In some places, only incense was consumed upon her altars

ery kind, and to dispense the gift of pleasing. They were supposed by some , to be the daughters of Jupiter and Juno; by othe

ps? They were the workmen of Vulcan, and made Jove’s thunderbolts. By some , they are said to be sons of Neptune, by others,

Egeon, Ino, and Palemon? They were mortals changed into sea Gods, by some extraordinary influence. Egeon is spoken of, as a

ver the Acroceraunian mountains which emitted fire, he took from them some flaming matter, with which he made the sun; he th

flight. The Athenians had a statue of him, like that of Mars. And in some antique gems and sculptures, his figure is nearly

reeds, when agitated by the wind, emitted a pleasing sound, connected some of them together, formed of them the rural pipe,

y’d His aged arms, and cast a mighty shade. Each trembling leaf, with some light vision teems, And heaves, impregnated with

bler planets roll round brighter suns. Some wrestle on the sands; and some in play, And games heroic, pass the hours away. T

fetch the golden fleece. This was an expedition undertaken to recover some treasures, which had been carried thither from th

omiting forth fire. This fiction was occasioned by a lambent flame of some ignited gas, issuing from a small cavity in the s

occasionally awakened by the sight of beautiful objects, partaking in some degree of the same qualities. Chap II. [Orient

ied by a belief in Astrology, or the doctrine of the stars possessing some mysterious influence over the concerns and welfar

in the shape of cupolas, placed on pedestals, and supposed to contain some particles of his bones. His priests are clothed i

n to Narac, the region of serpents; or assumes, on earth, the form of some animal; unless its offence had been so heinous, a

esented a variety of human figures, expressive of different passions; some kneeling, others prostrate; together with a numbe

not been able effectually to check. The Vedas themselves enjoin upon some particular occasions, the sacrifice of a man; whi

performed only by powerful sovereigns previous to their entering upon some hazardous war. It was imagined that whosoever cou

al, are commonly erected near the banks of the Ganges, the Kistna, or some other sacred river, for the benefit of ablution i

Cow, the Dog, the Ox, the Ibis, the Cat, and other animals, and even some inanimate substances, which were used, at first,

doration of the Egyptians, was sometimes regarded as a deification of some illustrious prince in a very early age of the wor

Temples were erected to her honour, and festivals held in her praise; some of which were very absurd, and even indecent. Pra

pthys. When those arid tracts were watered and rendered productive by some unusual extent of the annual inundation, then Osī

phon; and who restored the dominion of Osīris. This Egyptian god bore some relation to the sun, as well as Osīris. The Greek

the Europeans. Did not the Egyptians pay most extravagant respect to some of their sacred animals? The people of Ombos dug

ty. Apis was venerated not as a symbol only, but as an incarnation of some daemon or spiritual being; for when one sacred bu

ach to true religion, and in its moral tendency. It is represented by some as inculcating “a firm belief that one Supreme Go

the planets, and fire. The Persian Mythology was finally restored, in some degree, to its primitive simplicity, by Zeratush,

eing; so that the man was the pure and holy soul of the Man-Bull. For some time after the production of this intelligent cre

, Nor fawns and sylvans with the nymphs resort; But barb’rous priests some dreadful pow’r adore, And lustrate ev’ry tree wit

historical personage, the general opinion is that he was a Prince of some Scythian tribe, who, after the ruin of Mithridate

n the shores of the ocean. Niorder is supposed to have been a king of some part of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal. Irminsu

unfolds his hidden doom. And oft the rugged ear of Hell Is sooth’d by some melodious spell, Slow breathing from the hollow s

which Odin used to carry with him and consult. It gives the names of some of the giants, and ascribes to them marvellous ex

, which were general objects of worship throughout Arabia, there were some that were peculiarly They worshiped the fixed sta

h was the idol of the tribes of Koreish and Kenanah. But according to some writers, this idol was an acacia tree, over which

riod of its erection, are totally unknown. It was built, probably, by some of the earliest descendants of Ishmael, and inten

or Brahminical superstition the source? What is the grand Lama? Give some account of him. What heathen religions authorized

expected to appear again? Who are the Dewtahs? Who was Casyapa? Give some account of him. What do the Hindûs assert concern

es essentially according to the traditions; next, that it should have some of the spirit of the old Greek and Latin myths. A

le, and the plots have been shortened and simplified. There have been some omissions, also, to suit the immaturity of the pu

happened that upon a certain day there was strife between Jupiter and some great earth creatures called Titans. The noise of

Yet she was able to tell the news. Proserpina had been carried off by some one in a black chariot. The nymphs had all cried

hen he spoke, his voice was like the whinny of a horse, or the cry of some wild creature; and yet it was a man’s voice. Alto

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

suffer.” “Speak,” said Jupiter. “What is it that you wish?” “Give me some gift for men, O Jupiter!” answered Epimetheus, br

ift for men, O Jupiter!” answered Epimetheus, bravely. “Let them have some of the joy of Olympus.” Jupiter thought long, but

e gift, and men came from all parts of the earth. Some were young and some were old; but all those who saw Pandora and came

day by day she was more eager to know what was in it! “Maybe there is some god imprisoned there, waiting for some one who wi

hat was in it! “Maybe there is some god imprisoned there, waiting for some one who will be brave enough to raise the lid,” s

nd about and told how things were going wrong. Almost everyone was in some trouble. Sickness and crime had broken out on eve

his bow and his arrows. Some of his arrows were tipped with gold, and some with lead, but he polished all alike and saw to i

ut Apollo laughed scornfully. “You had better lay aside the bow, lest some evil befall you, child. Stick to your lamp, with

I — I am wounded through — I die with pain — in sooth I do! Stung by some little angry thing, Some serpent on a tiny wing —

ed the “Twelve Labors of Hercules.” In most of them he had to conquer some fierce beast. He had even to bring up for a day t

and he called to him in supplication. Apollo heard him and came. “If some one else will freely give up life for you,” said

as spread abroad among the people. “Surely,” thought Admetus, “surely some one will be found among my friends to die for me

etus, “surely some one will be found among my friends to die for me —  some old man, may be, who has not long to live in any

gravely. “Father,” the youth replied, “if I am a worthy son, give me some proof that you are not ashamed of your child.” An

one day.” When he heard this, Helios was sorry he had promised. “Ask some other proof,” he urged. “No one, even of the othe

with the sunlight on her golden hair that Dictys thought she must be some goddess of the sea, although there was near her a

King, whatever you may command me I will do. Perhaps I may yet bring some worthy gift — some spoil won from your enemies, o

may command me I will do. Perhaps I may yet bring some worthy gift —  some spoil won from your enemies, or from the foes of

od grow chill. “Will he never come?” Medusa was saying. She knew that some day a hero would come to put an end to her woe. “

at yearly festival. The young man won many prizes and much honor, but some of his jealous rivals lay in wait for him after t

the head of a bull, but with teeth long and sharp, like the teeth of some enormous wolf. After a moment it saw Theseus, and

n the strife between Juno and Minerva and Venus could not be decided, some one said, “Paris, the shepherd, is the fairest of

t it against the entrance. After that he milked the ewes, and curdled some of the milk and stored it away, but he put aside

rce that he killed them instantly. Then he ate them as if he had been some wild animal, and lay down to sleep among his floc

hey soon came. “Ho, Polyphemus. What is the matter?” they called. “Is some one killing you?” “Noman is killing me,” roared t

the cave, Ulysses and his men got down, hurried to their boat, drove some of the rams aboard, and pushed off. A little way

, one day while Ulysses slept, the hungry men took the chance, killed some of the sacred beasts, and made a hearty meal of t

the neighboring islands, thronged to her palace, urging her to marry some one of them. And while they wooed her, they treat

it in the least. Then Antinoüs had a fire made, and over it he melted some lard with which he rubbed the bow, to make it lim

Cir΄ce. Daughter of Helios. A beautiful enchantress; changed to swine some of Ulysses’ companions, 227. Clym΄ene (klim΄e-ne

distinct characters: — “I. It has a physical character. It represents some of the great powers, or objects of Nature, — the

e Greeks. His worship extended throughout the whole of Greece, though some of his shrines had a special importance. The most

mpleted, with the assistance of the goddess, she initiated Celeus and some other princes of Eleusis in the solemn rites of h

d to Triptolemus her chariot drawn by winged dragons, and, giving him some grains of corn, desired him to journey through th

anging her form, she always escaped from the purchaser in the form of some animal, and returning to her father was sold agai

goddess sent her son, Eros, to fill the heart of Psyche with love for some inferior being. When Eros saw the lovely maiden,

arned her, as she valued his love, not to endeavor to behold him. For some time Psyche was obedient, but in the midst of her

Hymenæus was a personification of the happiness of married life. By some authorities he is called a son of Apollo and the

ciety, music was his sole companion. At last he was torn to pieces by some Thracian women who were performing the rites of D

ortality for Admetus, on condition that when his last hour approached some member of his family should be willing to die in

a. The story is that four hours after his birth he set forth to steal some of the cattle of the gods which fed in Pieria, at

d away the souls of the dead, and this superstition still prevails in some parts of Europe. As the patron of commerce, Herme

d sandals from my feet, Than I again must clasp them, and depart Upon some foolish errand.” Longfellow . Representation

nd extravagant demonstrations, were the result of Asiatic influences; some of the expressions of its fury were loud music, f

fter the defeat of the Titans, the celestials besought Zeus to create some beings who might perpetuate in song the mighty de

d not be taken from a bad neighborhood. Momus tried in vain to detect some imperfection in the beauty of Aphrodite, but, fai

to assist distressed mariners. Proteus*. Proteus* was called by some a son, by others a servant, of Poseidon. He was f

nstruments being the syrinx, flute, cymbals, and castanets. There are some fine antique statues of Satyrs in the art-collect

avished unsparingly on their erection and decoration. So massive were some of them that they have, to a great extent, withst

owever, resolved to brave the anger of the ruler of Olympus. He stole some sparks from the chariot of the sun, and conveyed

r a box containing her marriage presents, into which each god had put some blessing. She opened the box incautiously and the

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

s legend has localized a number of phrases which described originally some phenomena of the outer world. There must have exi

ly by the sacrifice of the king’s daughter, Andromeda. Cepheus, after some time, yielded to the entreaties of his people, an

ng of Larissa. Some time after, Perseus went to Larissa to contend at some games. As he was throwing the discus, it accident

entaur Pholus*. After an abundant repast, Heracles asked his host for some wine. Pholus explained that the wine was the comm

s had been suddenly seized with insanity. Heracles sought in vain for some one to purify him from the murder of Iphitus. Whe

eart with one of his poisoned arrows. He directed Deianeira to secure some of the blood which flowed from his wound, assurin

ever, was immediately quelled by Theseus. Theseus resolved to perform some service for the state which should gain for him t

quished were to be put to death. Notwithstanding this hard condition, some would try, and numerous youths had paid the penal

y through they might safely follow. The bird passed swiftly, but lost some of the feathers of her tail, so quickly did the r

he second was to sow in it the teeth of the serpent killed by Cadmus, some of which Athene had given to Æetes; and, finally,

mself, and Troy from his father. He prayed to Zeus to bestow upon him some sign of favor. The next morning he found in front

he queen and her maidens various ornaments, among which he had placed some arms. By the order of Ulysses, a trumpet was sudd

even the most obstinate champions of Homeric unity. That it contains some few grains of actual history is all they venture

rom Libya. His men, who went on shore, were kindly received and given some of the lotus plant to eat. The effect of this foo

o sedulously guarded, seized this opportunity and opened it to secure some portion for themselves. Immediately the adverse w

irds they could catch. One day, in the absence of Odysseus, they slew some of the cattle, vainly attempting to make amends f

he home of the Phæacians*. He crept into a thicket, and lying down on some dried leaves soon fell asleep. Nausicaa*, the bea

g shores of Thrace, and were preparing to build a city, Æneas plucked some twigs from a myrtle; to his dismay, the wounded p

s which were then the abode of the Harpies. They saw herds of cattle, some of which they slew, and prepared for a feast. But

all parts of the country. The soul of Osiris was supposed to exist in some way in the sacred bull Apis*, of which Serapis* i

The rejected soul was sent back to the earth in the form of a pig, or some other unclean animal, to suffer degradation and t

aken; and the most complicated legends can be traced to their germ in some phrase which, in these most ancient of all poems,

me phrase which, in these most ancient of all poems, simply described some incident or phenomenon in the course of the outwa

nd to virtue and purity. Krishna* was a being produced, according to some legends, from one of the hairs of Vishnu, and Kri

body; but that if he has been wicked, it will enter into the body of some unclean animal. They think the soul will transmig

ury Plain, England. These sacred circles were generally situated near some stream, or under the shadow of a grove or wide-sp

doubt that the Druids offered sacrifices to their deity, but there is some uncertainty as to what they offered, and nothing

in the beginning of May. On this occasion a large fire was kindled on some elevated spot, in honor of the sun, whose returni

ike many great spirits, to have built his wigwam in the far north, on some floe of ice in the Arctic Ocean. In the oldest ac

a resting-place, until, from a little mud which was brought to her by some animal, she, by magic power, formed dry land on w

terminal point, we would still fancy something beyond that, and then some period still more remote would present itself, an

on. Every people, no matter how degraded and sunken in barbarism, has some perception, some explanation of, and a more or le

no matter how degraded and sunken in barbarism, has some perception, some explanation of, and a more or less well-grounded

he change, many words not only losing their original meaning, but, in some instances, acquiring an opposite significance. Ot

heads of animals. They varied in height from two feet to twenty, and some were built solid; others were made hollow to reta

he greatest god of the Egyptians. Apol′lo [Apollo]. This famous god, some time King of Arcadia, was the son of Jupiter and

s and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighboring eyes.”

[Dardanus], a son of Jupiter, who built the city of Dardania, and by some writers was accounted the founder of Troy. Dead-

g oxen of Geryon, the monster king of Gades. Eleventh, To bring away some of the golden apples from the garden of the Hespe

a fall from a chariot, but was raised to life again by Diana, or, as some say, by Æsculapius. Hippo′na [Hippona] was a rur

cian god of marriage, was either the son of Bacchus and Venus, or, as some say, of Apollo and one of the Muses. He was repre

were deified mortals, gods of the fourth order. They were peculiar to some district. In′dra [Indra]. The Hindoo Jupiter; hi

fountain that he could not help loving it, imagining that it must be some beautiful nymph. His fruitless endeavors to posse

which she punished with the greatest severity. She is referred to by some writers under the name of Adrasteia. The Romans a

and Tethys. Their numbers are variously estimated by different poets; some saying there were as many as 3,000, while others

s consumed. Omopha′gia [Omophagia]. A Bacchanalian festival at which some uncooked meats were served. Om′phale [Omphale].

Q Quadra′tus [Quadratus]. A surname given to Mercury, because some of his statues were four-sided. Quad′rifrons [Qu

up of wine, tasted it, and handed it to the bystanders to taste also; some of it was then poured between the horns of the vi

hout the power to drink. Whenever he inclined his head to the stream, some deity commanded it to be dry, and the dark earth

e, Itys into a pheasant, and Tereus into a hoopoe, a kind of vulture, some say an owl. Tergemi′na [Tergemina]. A name of Di

rtum′nus [Vertumnus] (“the Turner,” “Changer”). God of spring, or, as some mythologists say, of the seasons; the husband of

e, e chiama il padre, e ’l mar l’asconde. Vicino a terra fur l’Icarie some Tolte dal mar ch’a lui tolse anche il nome. Ovid