assical course. For the former, it may prove a useful introduction to these studies, while the latter will find in the work t

inese and American mythologies, will be found a pleasing addition, as these subjects have not been treated in the ordinary te

n ancient times. Ques. Why is it necessary to become acquainted with these fables? Ans. Because ancient literature and art

y that the principal mythical systems had one common origin. To trace these analogies, and the developments which gave rise t

vince of comparative mythology. Ques. In what important point do all these systems agree? Ans. In the rite of sacrifice. We

with perpetual snows, in a belt of clouds. The Greeks imagined above these , a sublime abode reposing in eternal sunshine, an

goddesses were: Juno, Minerva or Pallas, Venus, Aurora and Latona. To these higher divinities, Saturn, Janus, Vesta and other

— Juno — How represented — Parentage and Actions — Probable Origin of these Fables — Adventures of Jupiter — Story of Europa

Ques. How would you explain this seeming contradiction? Ans. Many of these stories were simply allegories, illustrating the

respect remained for public or private virtue. Ques. Relate some of these fables. Ans. Jupiter was married to Juno, to who

on that spot, and call the surrounding country Bœotia. Cadmus obeyed these instructions; while preparing to offer sacrifice

ng Midas for coming in conflict with him on that point. Ques. Relate these stories. Ans. Apollo was challenged by Marsyas t

and, which is also winged, and entwined with serpents. Ques. How are these different equipments named? Ans. The rod was cal

icipated in by women only but afterwards men were admitted to join in these rites. The women were called Bacchantes, and ran

aidens who ridiculed the orgies of Bacchus. During the celebration of these rites, they remained at home, plying the distaff

Bacchus and Hercules, Juno displays the same character, extending to these heroes the enmity she bore their mortal mothers.

ace, but that those who were beaten should suffer death. Hard as were these conditions, many suitors presented themselves, bu

Cæsar, it was prolonged to three, four, or five days. Ques. How were these days observed? Ans. They were a season of genera

? Ans. The Romans celebrated feasts in his honor called Vulcania. At these they sacrificed animals by throwing them into the

e bread, wine, water and oil. The sacred fire of Vesta was watched by these priestesses for nearly eleven centuries. We are t

d that during this period, twenty Vestals were condemned to death. Of these , seven were permitted to take their own lives, th

at were the privileges of the Vestal Virgins? Ans. In recompense for these severe laws, the Vestals were treated with extrao

entrusted to their care. A striking instance of the respect felt for these Virgins, is related by a Roman historian. Appius

called Megalesia, was celebrated annually, in honor of Cybele. During these solemnities, priests called Galli and Corybantes

es and ears of corn, and in her left, a flaming torch. Ques. Explain these emblems. Ans. The hair of Ceres is golden, to re

e where they were celebrated. Ques. What rites were practiced during these mysteries? Ans. We cannot tell with any certaint

nies concluded with feasting and dancing. Ques. Who were admitted to these rites? Ans. Athenians only; but Hercules, to who

lled the Lesser Mysteries. The Athenians were eager to be admitted to these rites, because they believed that the souls of th

the lower regions. Ques. What do the early Christian writers say of these mysteries? Ans. They speak of them as being almo

n and country rustics following with shouts and songs. Virgil says of these festivities: Let ev’ry swain adore her power div

The citizens of Sicyon employed three sculptors to execute statues of these goddesses, promising to choose from among the nin

nd honey were offered to Pan. Satyrs and Fauns. Ques. Who were these ? Ans. They were hideous monsters who dwelt in fo

raced Christianity, and placed the cross on his standard, he replaced these Terminal stones by the Christian emblem, and the

re called Consualia, and were celebrated in the month of March. While these lasted, horses were released from work, and mules

c hearth; hogs, sheep and steers were among the sacrifices offered to these divinities, but the first fruits of the season we

. The soldier whose term of service had expired dedicated his arms to these powerful genii; while captives, and slaves restor

had two temples, much frequented by the Roman matrons. The second of these was founded under peculiar circumstances. Virgini

lesh of his guests. Hercules caused him, in turn, to serve as food to these same horses. Tenth. He overcame Geryon [Ger′yon]

pit father to the vigor and beauty of youth. Jason was ungrateful for these benefits, and divorced Medea in order that he mig

uld live every alternate day. Ques. What Constellation is named from these brothers? Ans. Gemini, or the Twins, the third s

piter and Juno, the different deities brought nuptial presents; among these , Juno most admired some branches loaded with gold

extended as far as Mount Atlas. The Hesperides were directed to watch these trees, but they proved unfaithful, and frequently

ans, who laid an ambush for him on his return. Jobates perceived from these exploits that his guest was indeed allied to the

ng to the poets, it was decreed that the sea should remain calm while these birds built their nests upon it. Notwithstanding

me upon the waters, it was consecrated to Thetis. Pliny tells us that these birds constructed their floating nests during the

contended for the honor of having given this great poet to the world; these were Smyrna, Chios, Colophon [Col′ophon], Salamis

unded on his two great poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The first of these has been always considered among the finest produ

of his poems, was the ostensible reason set forth by the emperor; but these verses had been written many years before. It is

Latin or Etruscan fables. There are, in all, two hundred and fifty of these stories. Ovid was engaged in correcting this, his

re than to remain always in that country. Ulysses was obliged to have these men dragged away by force, and even then, it was

(the Sun) fed in verdant pastures. Circe had warned the voyagers that these flocks should be held inviolate, however pressing

f the death of her son Orestes. The guilty queen feigned to grieve at these tidings, but Ægisthus made no effort to conceal h

. Œdipus — Eteocles And Polynices. Ques. What was the story of these princes? Ans. Œdipus was the son of Laius [La′iu

ordain, Or Justice, throned amid th’ infernal powers, Who on mankind these holier rites imposed — Nor can I deem thine edict

Sibylline Books — Their destruction — Opinions entertained regarding these Verses — Divination by Omens — The Augurs — Diffe

submission of Rome to the new dispensation. It has been thought that these passages were invented by later Christian writers

g on the threshold, sneezing, meeting a hare, wolf, fox, etc. Some of these last superstitions prevail, more or less, to the

Anecdote of the Emperor Hadrian — Opinions entertained with regard to these Oracles — Quotation from Milton. Ques. What do

responses of the oracle could attach whatever meaning they pleased to these inarticulate sounds. Later, the Corcyrians presen

eity. Afterwards, Philomelus [Philome′lus], a Phocian general, seized these treasures to pay his troops. He is said to have c

der this demoniac influence than the priests and other ministrants in these shrines of imposture. Many instances are recorded

sponses? Ans. No exact date can be assigned; as Christianity spread, these impostures fell gradually into disrepute, and wer

icertes — Garland bestowed on the Victor. Ques. Why is a notice of these games appropriate in this place? Ans. Because th

ing the discus or quoit, etc. All persons were admitted to contend in these games who could prove that they were free, of pur

e the importance attached by the Greeks to a victory gained in any of these exercises. The prize itself was a crown of wild o

ders to recite some of his pieces at Olympia. When they began to read these verses their clear and harmonious voices pleased

ird year. The crowns bestowed on the victors were of parsley, because these were originally funeral games, and it was customa

certes, who was changed into a sea deity. After falling into neglect, these games were restored by Theseus. They were celebra

y colonnade which always ran behind their seats. They chose to suffer these occasional inconveniences, rather than shut thems

te description has reached us. It may serve to give a general idea of these edifices. This theatre stood on the southeastern

e stage machinery. When the nature of the play rendered it necessary, these buildings were concealed by painted scenes. In th

dress of the chorus varied in the same manner. In certain tragedies, these singers personated the Eumenides or Furies. These

ntations during the day, divided by short intervals of repose. During these , the audience walked in the neighboring groves, a

complete dramas were sometimes performed on the same day. Ques. Were these theatres free to all? Ans. No; each person was o

It may be doubted whether the poor animal was capable of appreciating these extraordinary honors; he was not permitted, howev

er the tongue. The priests always succeeded in finding an animal with these extraordinary marks, and the happy event was imme

s from Milton — Vision of Ezekiel — Oannes — Dagon. Ques. Who were these divinities? Ans. The names Baal and Moloch seem

imrod under the name of Belus, but it is generally believed that with these nations, and the ancient Canaanites, this was one

e identical with the sun. The Hebrews always connected the worship of these two divinities. According to Cicero, Astarte was

ne and perfumes were laid upon the altar of Astaroth. Notwithstanding these more innocent offerings, her worship was rendered

r worship was rendered infamous by the license which prevailed during these festivals, and the open immorality practised by h

parted to them a portion of his own eternal divinity. Ques. Who were these deities? Ans. Ormuzd, or Oromasdes, who remained

dowed with infinite and untiring malice. Ques. What part did each of these divinities take in the creation? Ans. Ormuzd cre

ly lit from that which Zoroaster brought from heaven. The Guebres, as these people are sometimes called, often built their te

Vedas — Doctrine of the Vedas — Brahma, Vishnu and Siva — Offices of these Deities — Avatars of Vishnu — Krishna — Siva — Do

, worship them as distinct divinities. Ques. What are the offices of these gods? Ans. Brahma created all things, Vishnu pre

erything they touch. Different accounts are given as to the origin of these Pariahs. Ques. Are the Hindoos allowed to eat fl

the world is governed by an infinite number of spirits. The chief of these animates the sun; others rule the moon, stars, an

re were formerly bitter wars between their followers. Ques. What are these ? Ans. The first, of which Confucius is in some s

and literary men. There seems to be no sort of belief connected with these observances. Ques. What difficulties did this ca

ulties did this cause among the Christian missionaries? Ans. Some of these missionaries believed that the honors paid to Con

of the Empire, they permitted the newly converted Chinese to continue these observances. Others, however, considered that, am

se observances. Others, however, considered that, among the ignorant, these rites always degenerated into superstition, and o

ey buy young children, who may be had in China for a few sapecks, and these are trained for the service of Buddha. These Bonz

Thibet? Ans. Buddhism prevails in Thibet and Tartary. The people of these countries are more thoughtful than the Chinese, a

ies. Many of the Lamas are addicted to demon worship and sorcery, but these are generally looked upon with aversion by the mo

aces, the dwellings of the gods, but the most famous and beautiful of these was Valhalla, the residence of Odin. This god is

Midgard serpent, and Hela, or Death. The gods were not ignorant that these monsters were growing up, and would one day bring

ed by terrible dreams, indicating that his life was in peril. He told these things to the assembled gods, who resolved to do

n’s rays had the power of changing them into stones. Ques. Where did these dwell? Ans. The Gnomes dwelt in mountain caverns

ing, but that nothing created would ever have an end. Notwithstanding these enlightened ideas, they reverenced many other div

this reason, the more susceptible to its influence. The character of these minstrels was peculiarly sacred in their eyes, on

terious properties; it was manufactured into beads by the Druids, and these were given as charms to warriors going to battle;

d mingling their wild chants with the voices of wind and sea. Some of these sorceresses were obliged to assist at nocturnal r

Cimbri had taken prisoners of war, they were offered in sacrifice by these terrible women. The chief Druidess, standing by a

g in Europe, originated, no doubt, from popular traditions concerning these sorceresses. In Ireland, they do not appear to ha

ated by the Baal fires which blazed on every hill. The chief scene of these solemnities was Ouisneach, in the centre of the i

d find strange barks waiting on the shore. Scarcely have they entered these , when the light craft is weighed down by a ghostl

ome rare instances, they exceed thirty feet in height. The purpose of these menhirs is not well understood. Where they stand

ensive groups of menhirs occur, scattered irregularly over the plain; these are supposed to mark ancient battle-fields. Where

, placed like a table, upon two others which are set upright. Some of these were evidently altars, as the flat stone on the t

ng a sort of covered gallery. Ques. Where are the most remarkable of these monuments? Ans. On the continent of Europe, the

s country, as in Brittany, many popular superstitions still attach to these remains of ancient paganism. Almost within our ow

ertain times, to wreak their malice on the belated traveller. Some of these giant stones are themselves subject to mysterious

ts, the changes of the seasons and the various occupations of men. Of these gods, thirteen held the most exalted rank, while

numbered over two hundred. Ques. Who may be considered the chief of these subordinate divinities? Ans. Huitzilopotchli, a

ne or more towers, containing images of the presiding deities. Before these towers were generally placed, besides the dreadfu

e, two lofty altars on which burned perpetual fires. So numerous were these sacred fires in the city of Mexico, that the stre

called their temples Teocallis, or “houses of God.” Ques. Are any of these structures still in existence? Ans. Yes; of thos

o other purpose than to procure victims for their altars. Ques. Were these sacrifices numerous? Ans. They were introduced o

dings erected for the purpose. One hundred and thirty-six thousand of these ghastly relics were counted in a single edifice.

ed by the blood of young children and infants. In seasons of drought, these innocent victims, decked in the richest attire, a

particulars the Mexican legend on the same subject. According to both these traditions, seven persons took refuge in caves, i

in which they were preserved from the universal destruction; and from these , the earth was re-peopled. The Peruvians maintain

ere the most celebrated temples of the Sun? Ans. The most ancient of these edifices was in the island of Titicaca, whence th

ion. This fire was watched by the Virgins of the Sun. Ques. Who were these ? Ans. They were maidens of noble birth who were

from on high. Of the dramas written by Æschylus, but seven remain. Of these , the most admired is the “Prometheus Chained.” Th

se and verse, we have only his “Commentaries,” in ten books. Seven of these treat of the Gallic war, the rest contain an acco

otus relates many things which seem strange, and even incredible; but these are either traditions of remote times, or account

ad assembled at his court, to judge impartially in the matter. One of these , Crescentius, a bitter enemy of the Christians, p

the islands of the Ægean Sea, and in Italy. The Cyclopean remains in these countries are generally attributed to the Pelasgi

s altogether fabulous, and his work, although formerly much quoted on these points, has rendered very little service to the a

erent where he speaks of geography, history and the fine arts. On all these points, he imparts much valuable information of w

vents, and the manners and habits of his contemporaries. The style of these letters is studied, and they have none of the eas

and a few scattered fragments, are all that remain of his verses, but these are sufficient to prove that his reputation in th

hocles wrote one hundred and thirty dramas, of which seven remain. Of these , the Œdipus Tyrannus and the Antigone are the mos

nor can we understand sculpture and painting, unless we know how all these are illustrated by fictions of pagan antiquity. T

all these are illustrated by fictions of pagan antiquity. Too many of these fictions are unfit to meet the eye of innocence,

resting, and too meager to entertain, is the most I have attempted in these Elements of Mythology, except that I have constan

ersons to whom God bas revealed himself? At what different times were these revelations made? After the patriarchs, who at di

rtue; it would be a personification. The Greeks and Romans worshipped these personifications. What mythology is most importa

The temples of Janus were shut at Rome during the time of peace; but these occasions were rare. First, in the long reign of

s, and bulls with gilded horns. Flour, salt, and incense were used in these sacrifices. The oak and the olive were sacred to

Beside him were placed two urns, one of good, the other of evil. From these he distributed benefits or afflictions to mankind

awful character, but assumed the shape of some man, or animal. One of these ladies, Semele, the daughter of Cadmus king of Th

e fine arts, which does not contain one or more statues of Apollo. Of these , that which is universally preferred is the Apoll

re constructed of vast stones, which still remain. The arrangement of these stones, before the machines existed which have si

d Juno, riches; Mercury taught her eloquence, and Apollo, music. With these accomplishments Pandora was a perfect woman, and

and the lily were sacred to her, and she is sometimes exhibited with these flowers in her car, when she appears as the queen

orshippers of Minerva — young and old, bond and free; and by means of these figures, which have been preserved, we are enable

s a mark of the public approbation upon those that excelled in any of these competitions. At this festival a very interesting

old men, still vigorous, who were of a majestic and venerable form —  these bore in their hands branches of the olive tree. T

. Those who broke the vow to conceal what they were instructed in, in these mysteries, were accounted execrable. Execration

lightning, and pretended forms of spirits. The first introduction to these exhibitions was the initiation. What these myster

The first introduction to these exhibitions was the initiation. What these mysteries really signified is unknown. The garmen

na were born. The Greeks held Delos in reverence as the birthplace of these divinities. Apollo and Diana are commonly regarde

ess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? Seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be q

ad seventy-two daughters, called the Oceanides, and Nereus had fifty, these were the Nereides. There were a great multitude o

esided over empires, cities, highways, houses, and individuals. Among these divinities, were ranked the souls of them who had

first ornaments called the Bulla, it was deposited before the feet of these domestic deities. During the public feasts of the

efore the feet of these domestic deities. During the public feasts of these Lares and Penates, small waxen images of them wer

f the place. Cities, groves, fountains, and hills, were provided with these guardians. It was the custom of the Romans to inv

vided with these guardians. It was the custom of the Romans to invoke these Genii on birth-days. The ground was strewed with

ps of scorpions in their hands. The palace of Pluto, the sovereign of these dreary realms, was guarded by Cerberus, an enormo

g whips of scorpions. Tisiphone, Megæra, and Alecto were the names of these avengers: they were daughters of Acheron and Nigh

ngs of an enormous length; her fleshless arms supporting a scythe. To these terrible deities no altars were ever raised. Tren

instead of raising them towards heaven. Being regarded as implacable, these deities were objects of great terror. No hymns we

of hell. At the entrance of Pluto’s palace, the tremendous keeper of these gloomy abodes was stationed. He fawned upon those

tality of the soul, and in a future state of rewards and punishments, these truths were not established till Christ came into

cients personified many virtues and blessings, and erected temples to these abstractions. Virtue, Good Fortune, Hope, Eternit

ustice, Providence, Opportunity, Fear, Flight, Paleness, Discord; all these were personified, and honoured under their respec

ations is poetical, a mixture of facts and fables; and the history of these heroes or demi-gods is recorded principally by th

of a more powerful body, and a more courageous spirit than others of these small communities, encourages his affrighted asso

his fearlessness, ingenuity, and perseverance, clears the country of these ravagers, he becomes the greatest benefactor of s

o hear of his achievements declare that he was a god who accomplished these services to mankind. And so heroes come to be “as

Lake of Lerna, a monster with a multitude of heads. As soon as one of these heads was struck off, two others immediately spru

o obtain the mares of Diomedes, who preyed upon men. Hercules secured these animals, and gave them Diomedes for a repast. The

on. Hercules repaired to Atlas, the giant, for information concerning these apples, and took from him the burden of the earth

pluck out his teeth, and sew the plain; armed men were to spring from these teeth, and Jason was to kill them all. These cond

unalterable. According to the fable, Theseus attacked and killed all these wretches. When Theseus arrived at Athens, Ægeus w

who were to be sent periodically to Minos, at Crete. Some writers say these young persons were destined to become slaves; and

hat country. Cecrops divided Attica into twelve little republics: all these acknowledged the King of Athens for their soverei

and inferior magistrates among themselves. Until the time of Theseus, these petty states were always at war with each other.

nt to reside in Attica, that they might live in safety and quiet. All these people were grateful to Theseus, for introducing

ing this excellent civil order: and the people of all Greece heard of these regulations, and some of them adopted the same in

tial force, One bold on foot, and one renowned for horse, My brothers these ; the same our native shore, One house contained u

s related in their history, that Leucippus, a prince who was uncle to these adventurers, had two daughters, Phœbe and Talaria

was uncle to these adventurers, had two daughters, Phœbe and Talaria; these young women were to be married to two friends, Ly

he had according to the story, fifty children; the most remarkable of these were Hector, Paris, and Cassandra. It was foretol

Besides Iphigenia, Agamemnon had two children, a son and a daughter; these were Electra and Orestes. Electra is described by

es to appease the gods, and gain a prosperous voyage. Having received these instructions, Menelaus inquired of the seer conce

ned him by their voices. Ulysses soon made his forlorn state known to these young women. They were moved with compassion for

; the word Sanscrit signifies to know. According to the Hindu belief, these writings in the Sanscrit language, are true revea

an spirits, the Hindus believe in many inferior deities: the chief of these are, Casgapa, the ancient god of the heavens,

e. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will And these his twofold aspects are but one;              And

r the dawn. Temples, in honour of the sun, now exist in India. One of these is thus described: “The walls were of red marble,

selves in its holy waters, to be devoured by tigers or alligators. Of these wretched fanatics, the most disgusting are the Fa

our rows of pillars, of beautiful proportion, and finely fluted. Over these columns runs a ridge of stone, so cut as to resem

rominent, yet not one of them is detached from the main rock. Some of these statues wear a kind of helmet; others, crowns ric

by rows of lofty columns, with handsome flights of stone steps. Under these porticoes, multitudes assemble at the rising of t

s, which universally front the east, to admit the first solar ray. Of these temples, that of Juggernaut is the most celebrate

of the pilgrims frequenting its celebrated shrine. The idol images in these temples are generally of the most monstrous forms

e people, established in the earliest times, by their sacred laws. Of these there are four; that of the priests, or Brahmins;

. The chief deities of Scandinavia were Odin, Frea, and Thor; besides these were a multitude of inferior deities, and the Sca

 Earth shall be destroyed and its beauty renewed. The Scriptures say, these elements “shall wax old as a garment,” but there

inals were deemed the offerings most acceptable to the gods; but when these were wanting, innocent persons were frequently im

, Chemos was worshipped. The poet Milton, in Paradise Lost, describes these Syrian gods. Next Moloch, horrid king, besmeared

Chemos, the obscene dread of Moab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these , in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians cal

ch are made, instead of him who made them. In time they give names to these false gods, add stories of virtuous men, to those

f virtuous men, to those that have been related of the gods, and call these virtuous men gods also. To honour the gods proper

f war were worshipped by the different tribes of Mexico; the chief of these , Mex-it-li, was more honoured than any of the god

this god were made every year. These North American savages, besides these gods, had a goddess of hunting, a god of fishing,

ried, in order to be cured of their diseases. The fathers accompanied these children, and taught them how to pray to the god.

nates were kept in every house. The kings and great lords kept six of these images, the nobles four, and the lower people two

hese images, the nobles four, and the lower people two. The number of these gods, besides those which have been briefly notic

human victims offered in the sacrifices were preserved. The number of these heads in one collection amounted to one hundred a

re of Mexico contained as many as forty thousand temples; and besides these , upon the tops of the hills, and in the woods, we

exicans, but they devoted young women to the services of the Sun, and these were called the Virgins of the Sun. Religion o

e. Into the former the priests only could enter at all times. Besides these , was the treasury, or depository of money, of off

re persons who pretended to foresee future events; and they discerned these events in certain appearances of things. The soot

that motions and chattering of birds intimated what might happen; and these signs, when favourable, were called auspices; and

ange voices, were deemed lucky and unlucky. The art of explaining all these to the credulous and ignorant people, who believe

iness or disappointment. Besides the Augurs at Rome, were Haruspices; these persons were commissioned to examine the dead bod

ces, etc. Numa, the second King of Rome, was the principal founder of these orders. They were only few in number, sometimes n

emple; and, according to the most authentic computation, the value of these offerings in their largest accumulation, before t

he Venetian artillery.” It is to be regretted that a great portion of these specimens of Grecian art were lost, with the vess

t some persons were instructed to express and explain God’s will; and these persons uttered oracles. Among- the ancients, cer

d just as they chose, to those who consulted them. In Greece, besides these , were many other oracles; but those of Dodona and

ts. Various offerings besides sacrifices were brought to the temples; these were either designed to pacify the deity, if he h

time that Athens was founded, (B. C. 1556,) and at the time in which these polished nations of Greece, of Egypt, and those o

the giants with Jupiter, and the labours of Hercules. They introduced these facts into the fables of their religion. The wors

f man’s device. The differences between the Hebrews and heathens were these . The Hebrews were instructed by God himself; the

the Jews, which bear some resemblance to those of the Pagan nations: these were considerable in number. How should we feel

wood, overlaid with gold. In the ark were kept the Tables of the Law, these were stones on which the ten commandments were en

ert, and rested in booths and tents without any fixed habitations. To these solemn feasts the Hebrews were commanded to bring

d the habit of applying them with readiness and accuracy. Considering these real defects, and that the work was by an author

y in the fullest sense of the word, as much so as lands or houses. To these last the public have a right, but it is only on g

no right to my book except on my own terms. The legitimate course, if these were exorbitant, would be to get some one to writ

, they said they could not afford to give more than 150l. ! I mention these facts not out of ill-will to the proprietors, som

nation in inus, and hence we meet with Censorinus and Marcellinus. If these observations be correct, Matutinus is the same as

nt nations, handed down by tradition or brought home by voyagers, and these we may entitle foreign. The second class will con

assigned a period to their duration. In the eyes of their worshipers these gods had each his distinct personal existence and

sun, the moon, we would not be understood to mean personifications of these objects. In truth, a personification of the sea o

n of the sea or sun is not a very intelligible expression. We mean by these gods, deities presiding over and directing them,

e moderns Katavóthra. The plain of the district of Pheneos had two of these passages piercing the surrounding mountains, one

rs said that Hades carried off the daughter of Demeter through one of these chasms under Mount Cyllene12. The moderns account

ere once real human beings, and the legends are merely the actions of these persons poetically embellished. The chief maintai

oduce an indifference toward true religion. In fact, if the theory of these men be true, the necessity for Christianity becom

men be true, the necessity for Christianity becomes a question45. Of these three classes the last alone is peculiar to moder

l, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no single one of these theories will suffice to account for the whole bo

inquiry are those of ancient Greece, of India, and of Scandinavia. To these may be added that of ancient Egypt. Italy has lef

r certainly some have been but the creation of capricious fancy52. On these occasions it would be well to bear in mind the fo

ctions against this hypothesis54. It is certainly not improbable that these ancient priests, if such there were, may have had

f nature under the guise of the loves, the wars, and other actions of these deities, to whom they ascribed a human form and h

endowed with a lively imagination, there gradually grew up in each of these little states a body of tales and legends. These

and of the West, which in those remote ages they alone visited ; and these stories, it is likely, were detailed with the usu

blest of our late inquirers56 is of opinion that the original seat of these schools was Pieria, at the northern foot of Mount

who were all, according to different legends, spouses of Zeus.» With these views of this most ingenious writer we agree, as

with Asia and Egypt, mysteries came greatly into vogue in Greece. In these it is thought62, but perhaps not with sufficient

d poets combined to vary, change, and modify them. The imagination of these various classes produced new mythes, and the loca

abode was placed in the West, the origin of the gods78. According to these writers the coast of Ocean on this side, fertile

was deified by his grateful subjects. We will not pursue any further these dreams of the mythographer, for the tasteless sys

tive poems, which were ascribed, but falsely, to the same author. All these poems, however, have long since perished. The age

wd of poets, who sang all the events of the mythic ages. The chief of these were Stasinos of Cyprus, Arctinos of Miletus, Les

hus, king of Egypt, the critic Zenodotus of Ephesus united several of these poems with the Ilias and Odyssey into one whole,

Cycle, the Eoiæ, and other poems of the same nature. The principal of these writers were Pherecydes, Acusilaüs, and Hellanicu

f Colchis and Caucasus they seem to have had no knowledge whatever in these early ages. They were equally ignorant of the int

ome the Isles of the Blest. Pindar113 appears to reduce the number of these happy isles to one. We thus see that the Greeks o

of Homer and Hesiod was a river or stream. It is always so called by these poets115, and they describe the sun and the other

id heaven was established as the abode of the gods, the necessity for these doors was perhaps felt ; and they were accordingl

wever, their ideas altered, and they began to conceive more justly on these subjects. The voyages of the Samians and the Phoc

Chaos, or state of darkness and confusion. The chief difference among these systems lies in the circumstance that some viewed

offspring of Heaven and Earth were Oceanos and Tethys, and that from these sprang Kronos, Rhea, and the other deities. This

to imply a deeper knowledge of physics than can be justly assigned to these early ages. The cause, however, was a simple one.

t, and had by Earth the Cyclopes and the Hundred-handed. He casts all these into Tartaros, and then the Titans are born ; who

il the air-born Eôs goeth forth : Then Helios mounts another car. In these lines of Mimnermus the god, as described above, i

nths, Years, Seasons, Ages, and Hours212. From a consideration of all these passages it may seem to follow, that the ideas of

that is Phœbos Apollo according to the Greeks, who added that he shed these tears when he came to the land of the Hyperborean

oios and Phœbe, by whom he had Hecate. There is some difficulty about these personages, who are hardly ever mentioned by the

ly among them, particularly at Athens372, that altars were erected to these twelve gods. At Olympia there were six altars to

ces in Crete392. All, therefore, that we can collect with safety from these accounts is that the worship of the Dictæan Zeus

uld also boast of being the sons of Zeus by different mothers. Of all these mortal loves we shall give a detailed account whe

that few, we should suppose, would lay any stress on his testimony in these matters. Had a god of the sea been worshiped in E

renowned in all ages for their horses437, should have first received these animals from the coast of Africa ? We may therefo

lie far beneath it, and to be the prison of the Titans, became one of these regions, and the place of punishment for wicked m

cing vegetation. It is in effect the Sacred Marriage (ἱϵρὸς γάμος) of these deities, which, as we will now proceed to explain

19. At Argos there was a temple of Hera, Antheia (Flowery)520. In all these usages and circumstances the idea of the marriage

arried Zeus, the third when she separated from him. The real cause of these names will however appear from a comparison of th

ssed in it of Zeus and Hera, and the sacrifice of the bull and cow to these deities. There was another legend of Zeus and Her

her children Apollo and Artemis, and soon Niobe was by the arrows of these deities made a childless mother, and stiffened in

Phœbos-Apollo in the isle of Delos as being posterior to the time of these poets. According to the Homeridian hymn in his ho

having his amour attended with a fatal termination, and that none of these heroic families could claim him as the head of th

ame. When mysteries and secret doctrines were introduced into Greece, these deities were united, or perhaps we might say re-u

avourite object of Grecian worship, and his temples were numerous. Of these the most celebrated were that of Delphi in Phocis

on his shoulders sound657. One of the most beautiful descriptions of these progresses of Apollo was that given by the lyric

f music gave origin to the fable, as it is esteemed, of the melody of these birds661. The wolf was also assigned to this god,

ral being of great purity, will be that this last is the real root of these names, and that, as we said above, it was merely

the banks of the ‘dark-pebbled’ Anauros at the foot of that hill : of these the goddess unaided by her dogs caught four, whic

beings attached to the service of the gods out of their epithets. Of these practices Artemis furnishes more examples perhaps

temis when they first came to Delos694. According to another account, these Hyperborean maidens were three in number, and nam

der of women in labour. If Artemis was not originally a moon-goddess, these identifications become somewhat difficult of solu

nd Müller719,) maintains such to have been the original conception of these deities, while Heyne720, Buttmann721 and Welcker7

od it was so prevalent, that Callimachus726 blames those who separate these deities from the sun and moon. This however might

nd more sure grounds must be sought in the attributes and epithets of these deities anterior to the time of theocrasy. Apollo

iewing him as a god of nature730. Against all this it is alleged that these identifications were merely the work of the philo

ef and lamentation, the second in joy and triumph. In Greece, whither these rites were transplanted, the festival was prolong

o death. And in truth it is not easy to give a satisfactory answer to these questions. According to Homer, Aphrodite had an e

o wore it. Hera, when about to lull Zeus to sleep by filling him with these affections, borrowed the magic girdle from Aphrod

rian verse. Chapter X. PALLAS-ATHENE, AND HERMES. We place these deities together, dissimilar as they may appear i

is as it were appropriated to Athena, is also given to Selene816. To these proofs respecting the Athenian goddess we may add

νη), while the military class styled her Front-fighter (Пρόμαχος). As these last were the ruling order, their view of the cha

of Hermes ; such were the Hermeracles, Hermathenæ and others. One of these compounds may have given origin to the tale of He

d in Bœotia873. We must confess that we are not satisfied with any of these explanations ; and should the derivation from the

peculiarly appropriate in Arcadia. The chief seats of the worship of these deities were Attica ; Arcadia, where they were ca

propriateness of which to the goddess of the corn is apparent. Beside these epithets Hesiod gives her two others ; 3. Well-ga

urite deities, under whose especial protection it was held to be, and these deities were propitiated by sacrifices and ceremo

tates coalesced, the Athenians became participators in the worship of these deities ; which however remained so long confined

goddesses, — which were kept carefully covered up, and only shown on these solemn occasions. The delivering of a public disc

religion little inferior to pure Christianity was taught in them. But these hopes, and this tranquillity of mind and favour o

proves the antiquity of the tradition of the knowledge and worship of these goddesses having come from the North into Hellas9

e dense cloud, creak spontaneously to let them pass. On the return of these goddesses, at the mandate of Zeus, the Seasons un

over its parts also ; and when it was further subdivided into hours, these minor parts were placed under their charge and na

d the ringlets of the beautiful Euphorbos are compared974 to those of these lovely goddesses. Aphrodite975 joins in their dan

Aglaïa982. Orchomenos in Bœotia was the chief seat of the worship of these goddesses. Its introduction was ascribed to Eteoc

der which they are also represented by Sophocles1013. In the Theogony these goddesses are the daughters of Night and sisters

nyes deprive him of the power of repeating the act1028. The Erinnyes, these personified feelings, may therefore be regarded a

e moral and the natural world. There is however another view taken of these goddesses, in which they are only a form of Demet

Latin poets1040 Iris is appropriated to the service of Hera ; and by these last she is invariably, and even we may say clums

r poetry exists1068. But it was only in ancient Greece and Italy that these personifications were objects of worship, and see

m as the original fountain we continually revert, we meet a number of these moral qualities appearing as persons. Terror and

never return to Olympos. The Theogony of Hesiod contains a number of these personified qualities ; they also occur in the su

through Egypt and anterior Asia, mingling itself with the systems of these countries, and entered Greece, where, after a lon

because they occur in places justly liable to suspicion. The first of these passages is that in the sixth book of the Ilias10

e, thinking him to be of royal birth. They bound him with cords ; but these instantly fell off him, and the god sat smiling i

ell off him, and the god sat smiling in silence. The pilot perceiving these apparent signs of divinity, called to the crew th

ared to him who he was, and took him under his protection. Another of these hymns relates, that the Nymphs received Dionysos

s followed him, and the wood was filled with their joyous clamour. In these poems the mention of the ivy, and the epithet noi

d and solemn mysteries from them. The women, who bore a chief part in these frantic revels, were called Mænades, Bacchæ, Thyi

reat causes of growth, we find this deity closely connected with both these elements. Thus the infant Dionysos is committed t

ividuals or states had committed.” Having enumerated the principal of these men, such as Abaris, Aristeas, Onomacritus of Loc

lochus, Periander, and Pausanias, built on any other foundation : and these were posterior to Homer ; for if his contemporari

in which poets began to philosophise and philosophers to poetise. “In these four centuries, therefore, which elapsed between

mn lustrations, mysteries, hieratic medicine, and fanatic poetry : in these too the most ancient poems of Bacis, Pamphôs, Olê

ona, resting against an olive-tree which still existed, brought forth these deities, were with them.” In like manner the peop

Egypt, the Egyptians, and the river Ægyptos are spoken of ; and from these passages we may perhaps collect, that the Greeks,

everything in that country was regulated on the principle of castes, these and their descendants formed the caste of Interpr

may thus see at once how in a space of two hundred years, by means of these interpreters, and of the introduction of the wors

from sacred groves, And holy streams that flow into the sea1231. Yet these Nymphs are of divine nature ; and when Zeus, the

where as he lay, a Tanagrian cut off his head with an axe. He relates these legends to account for the statue of Tritôn at Ta

Arethusa1286, or rather Ægle, Hespere, and Erytheïs1287. The abode of these Western-Maids was evidently an island in the Ocea

ple of uniformity probably led to a similar increase of the Grææ. All these beings are, we think, placed by the Theogony in O

us as ever were encountered by the knights of Gothic romance. To form these he took possession of the cosmogonie Cyclopes and

subject we are not required at present to enter, for the geography of these parts is distinct, the one lying in the domains o

to remain in that country. It was by main force that Odysseus dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them und

ther of Faunus by the god of the sea1369. The Moly (μῶλν), is said by these late writers to have sprung from the blood of a g

trygonians will find their parallel in the adventures of Sindbad. Are these , it may be asked, mere coincidences, or did the t

the Wandering Rocks, which Circe had told him lay beyond the mead of these songsters, Odysseus came to the terrific Scylla a

lofty cliffs opposite each other, between which he must pass. One of these cliffs towers to such a height that its summit is

and three rows of close-set teeth on each. Evermore she stretches out these necks and catches the porpoises, sea-dogs, and ot

gain, and resumed his voyage. Such is the earliest account we have of these monsters, in which indeed it may be doubted if Ch

a could not have been Scheria. The firm persuasion of the identity of these two islands seems to have been produced by two pa

demand assent to what we advance. Our object has been to endeavour by these elucidations to enhance the delight which every p

awoke to renewed delight. It was easy and it was natural to transfer these ideas to the race of man ; to suppose them also t

left the earth, and Zeus destroyed them by a deluge of water. In all these accounts it is to be observed that it is races of

of men, not ages of the world, which are spoken of1443. Hesiod makes these races separate creations : the two first, he says

us expressly says that the golden were the parents of the silver, and these of the brazen race of men. Ovid would appear to v

vil effects of this imprudent act were speedily felt. In the house of these first men stood a closed jar, which they had been

o man poured out and spread over the earth. In terror at the sight of these monsters, she clapped down the lid just in time t

vious intercourse with foreign nations. Nothing can be collected from these poems respecting the origin of the people. As som

also largely contribute to swell the amount of our mythic array ; to these when we add those noticed in a preceding paragrap

Doros, Æolos, and Xuthos, which last had two sons, Achæos and Iôn. Of these personified races Æolos alone occupies any space

thus seem to indicate a close connexion in the mythic period between these extremes of Hellas. Chapter II. MYTHES OF

ed and put them into his pouch. The companions of Acastos getting all these beasts, derided Peleus for having killed no game 

with awe the minds of the hearers, for we should always remember that these ancient mythes were articles of real and serious

n the surface of the sea, which then is calm and free from storm, and these are called the Halcyôn-days1606. In this last leg

the dragging away into captivity of the women and children. Moved by these circumstances, he clad himself in arms, went fort

f the Curetes1622. Two distinct classes of names may be recognised in these Ætolian legends, the one relating to agriculture,

people of that character. It is also strange that the descendents of these colonists should have so entirely put off the Phœ

der their auspices and protection1654. In no place were there more of these traditions than in Cyrene, and hence arose the my

onception1674. It is indeed not improbable that this poet represented these twins, like those of Leda, as being the one immor

igned by the tragedians are certainly of a more dignified nature than these , which seem trifling and insignificant. This stor

tory fell to the descendents of Athamas and Phrixos. Clymenos, one of these , having been slain in a quarrel with the Thebans

may in one sense have been the builders, in another the plunderers of these receptacles1718. Ὢτος καὶ Ἐϕιάλτης. Otus et E

s, and perform twelve tasks to be imposed by him. She added that when these tasks were all accomplished, he would be made imm

d soul recognised by that age. Such a hero is, therefore, a man : but these noble qualities in him are of divine origin ; and

s were supposed to be descended from Heracles, had relations with all these countries, Müller1788 views in him the national h

ascribed to Hesiod, contained adventures of this hero. Of the age of these poems however we can only make a conjecture ; for

raulos and Pandrosos at Athens ; and, as Athena herself was called by these names1797, they were probably only personificatio

gale was strangely regarded as lugubrious1814 ; and the hoopoo chases these birds. Tereus (θηρϵὺς) the Hunter, or the Fierce,

body of the nobles to fill them was left to the people. The result of these judicious regulations was the increase of the tow

Egyptians. The whole only serves to show the careless manner in which these national genealogies were fabricated. From what h

rœtos had three daughters, Lysippe, Iphinoe, and Iphianassa1927. When these maidens grew up they were seized with insanity, a

very scanty and of a peculiar character, all refer to the worship of these deities. Λυκάων. Lycaon. Pelasgos1979 was

contend. He had three golden apples, which Aphrodite had given him ; these he threw as he ran ; Atalanta went out of the cou

‘own-brothers whom one mother bore with her2004.’ In the Odyssey2005 these are expressly called the sons of Tyndareos. This

Πολδϵύκης καὶ Κάστωρ. Pollux et Castor. The earliest exploit of these twin heroes, who were born at Amyclæ, was the rec

013. In the Cypria they were called the daughters of Apollo2014. That these were original divinities is demonstrated by their

yndarids, to give a mythic ground for the alternate life and death of these last, or possibly because in the legend they are

ak-tree, in a hole of which abode some serpents. His servants finding these animals, killed the old ones, whose bodies Melamp

; but he saved and reared the young ones. As he was sleeping one day, these serpents, which were now grown to full size, came

ir fifty daughters, will perhaps furnish a key to his true nature. In these daughters Boeckh2039 sees the fifty lunar months

usual), of which the sun and moon are the parents. The conjunction of these bodies at the time of new-moon is a matter of com

it is one not very easy to discover. A modem mythologist2047 regards these twins as the symbols of foreign trade, they being

of all he had learned2108. On taking a survey of the circumstances of these Cretan legends, and the names of the persons who

Homer and Hesiod, The Pleiads, Hyads and Oriôn’s strength, exhibits these constellations as they appear in the sky, and bey

e catasterism of so many heroes and heroines2137 ; but with Oriôn and these nymphs the case seems to have been reversed, the

o punish him, struck him blind, and sent the Harpies to torment him : these fell monsters came flying the instant food was se

number two, and breathing flame from their throats. When he had yoked these , he was to plough with them a piece of land, and

sowed at Thebes. Iasôn was in perplexity about the accomplishment of these hard tasks, when Medeia, the daughter of the king

a crop of armed men would spring up and prepare to attack him. Among these she desired him to fling stones, and while they w

now passed Scylla and Charybdis, and also the Wandering Rocks ; over these they beheld flame and smoke ascending, but Thetis

gn a date long posterior to the commencement of the Christian æra. To these are to be added the detached notices in other wri

rs however subject to variation and addition, and were we to give all these details we should extend our narrative to a dispr

nd flesh are in the utmost abundance, for king and shepherd alike. In these various countries he collected much wealth ; but

he remainder, by Siebenkees in a manuscript Homer at Venice. It is by these fragments that critics have been able to ascertai

e books put into verse the events before, in, and after the Ilias. To these later times also belong the tasteless pragmatised

to the mythic ages of Hellas. We could make many more objections than these , but we will abstain, as it is probable that our

, whose origin is involved in such obscurity, rose on the confines of these three nations : her population was formed out of

d, in the papyrus, the means of preserving her literature, numbers of these legends were secured from the weakness and defect

nowledge of the objects of Italian worship we are chiefly indebted to these poets, and to Varro, Gellius, Macrobius, and the

praise at Rome. Grazing and agriculture were the chief employments of these hardy tribes, and their religion was intimately c

these hardy tribes, and their religion was intimately connected with these arts ; and consequently, we may suppose, bore muc

a Plebs among the divinities2270. It cannot perhaps be asserted that these divisions were made seriously, or were used by th

l2277. In the usual Roman manner a historical origin was given to all these names. Jupiter was called Lucetius2278 as the aut

2. Conon. Narrat. 15. It is not quite certain, however, that it is of these chasms he speaks. 13. Leake's Travels in the Mor

Fortuita Critica. 41. Origine de tous les Cultes. 42. Lobeck terms these writers synchytic mythologists, «who think that t

ann, i. 197. 67. Herodotus, ii. 144. 68. Hecatæus began his work in these words : «I write as it appears to me to be true ;

trict west of Egypt. 100. Herod. iv. 32. 101. Ῥίπαι, blasts, whence these mountains were named Rhipæans. 102. Pind. Ol. ii

ear him out in his theory. Statius is the earliest poet who speaks of these gates. (See Thebaïs, i. 158 ; vii. 35 ; x. 1.) No

. 58 ; xiv. 290. Od. iii. 371. Heyne however (on Il. vii. 58.) denies these changes. 340. Il. i. 198. 341. Il. v. 340. 416.

Voss (of which the idea appears to have been given by Eustathius) of these soles having a magic power, and that the gods wer

ii. 368. (as person and place certainly). It is plain that neither of these writers had correct ideas on this subject. 470.

488. 471. The genuineness of the passage (Od. xi. 568-630.) in which these personages are mentioned was doubted by Aristarch

. II. v. 359. seq. ; xxi. 416. seq. 560. II. ii. 512. 561. For all these sons of Ares see Apollodorus, passim. 562. Apol

Il. xxi. 442. seq. Any one who reflects on the exalted characters of these two gods in the undoubtedly genuine parts of the

ses, and Apollonius Rhodius in his Epigrams. It is uncertain which of these authorities Ovid followed (Met. ii. 676. seq.) ;

Nicander ap. Anton. Lib. 9. where the names of the birds are given ; these of course were the names of the nine maids in Nic

oduced by him into Greece long before the time of Homer. According to these mystics (Symb. iii. 148. seq.) he was a priest of

upt ; Hermann proposes Pactolo. 954. The reader will find several of these legends in the Fairy Mythology. See for example,

in. 134. 1091. Il. xx. 234. 1092. Od. v. 333 ; xi. 601. The last of these passages is undoubtedly spurious, and the first i

the best work by far is that of Völcker, so frequently alluded to in these pages. The ‘Ælteste Weltkunde’ of Voss has two gr

the city afterwards called Neapolis (Naples). Milton thus alludes to these names of the Sirens : By Thetis’ tinsel-slippere

Æthra (Timæus ap. Sch. Il. xviii. 486.), others Asia, others Libya ; these two last refer to the abodes of Prometheus and At

or Ostmen, the name the Scandinavians gave themselves in Ireland. But these left traces at least of their language. 1634. Se

f persons and places in Greece, too absurd to deserve refutation. But these ingenious writers should have known that no pract

pollod. ut sup. 1765. Il. viii. 867. Perseus was similarly aided by these deities. 1766. This is founded on Od. xi. 633.

n the banks of the Pencios in Thessaly, in Eubœa, in Messene. Each of these claimed Eurytos. Homer (Od. viii. 226 ; xxi. 22.

ker, Myth. der Jap. 118. note. 1880. It is a disputed point whether these characters were letters, or of the same kind with

. See Buttmann, Lexil. v. ἐρύϵσθαι. 2051. Welcker regards the θηρ in these names as ἀθήρ ; and as ἀθήρα is furmety according

iest kings of Greece : Minos the first king and lawgiver of Crete. To these Buttmann (Mythol. ii. 232. seq.) joins the German

n Mannus, Man ; and supposing this last to be the true meaning of all these names, infers, in his usual manner, the original

l these names, infers, in his usual manner, the original unity of all these peoples and their traditions. 2110. Apollod. iii

Il. xx. 220. 2194. Compare Il. v. 265. 266. with xx. 234. 235. and these last with iv. 2. 3. See Hom. Hymn iv. 202. seq. O

and instantly dropped to the ground. As Cupid flew off, Psyche heard these angry words from his lips: “I quit you, ungratefu

— “Here I may find peace,” she cried: “Receive my body, gentle god of these waters, and bear me whither I shall cease to live

pastures, and fields of wheat, and olive trees, and grape vines; and these were interspersed with cottages, and labourers re

rforming some useful work in the open air, under shady trees; and all these people loved and honoured the gods of the vineyar

ll was dedicated to Ceres, a benevolent goddess, who had first taught these people to divide their fields, to sow seeds, and

Venus pursues me in her anger; hide me, I entreat thee, beside one of these heaps.” “I grieve,” answered Ceres, “that I must

ame is Charon; give him the money, for your passage.” Psyche followed these directions, and descended to Avernus, undismayed;

been told, like the Hebrews, that there was one true God. Ann. were these gods whom they worshipped nothing but images of w

ie. Think of your mother; can you quit her; and us, your friends; and these pleasant groves, and this bright sun, and the spa

ened misfortune to the couple about to be united. But notwithstanding these sad portents, Tereus and Progne were married, and

y me? If you do not release me; if you do not convey me to my sister, these woods shall ring with my cries. Surely the just g

r execute vengeance upon you for your perfidy.” Tereus was alarmed at these menaces, and his own guilty conscience told him,

hey could not write, they conveyed messages and recorded histories in these pictures, or hieroglyphics. Philomela made signs

cchus; and when Progne got intelligence of her sister’s imprisonment, these rites were about to commence, and the Bacchantes

ws, and they did not associate with the Greeks at that time. Besides, these stories relate to times before the commandment wa

rteen and a half centuries before the birth of Christ. The stories of these primitive Greeks shock you, and they are revoltin

old them, “We are men.” Acts, chapter xiv. The people mentioned in these verses above were of the city of Lystra, a Greek

ht them in for Baucis to cook for supper. Having selected the best of these , she drew down with a long fork, a gammon of baco

e pitcher held the wine, and the bowls were the drinking vessels. All these articles arranged, the bacon and cabbage were bro

Plums and apples, nuts and figs, grapes and dates, formed what we in these times call that dessert; and in addition to these

, formed what we in these times call that dessert; and in addition to these was a delicious honeycomb, and sweet, light bread

ght follow this strange visit. “It becomes us to offer a sacrifice to these gods,” said Baucis. “We have no victim,” said Phi

which is the love of money. Minerva determined to punish Aglauria for these odious vices, so she sought out Envy, who was a d

r her head a sort of parasol, to screen her from the sun’s rays;8 and these were expected to see her safe home again. Aglauri

This was the heifer which had been his guide. Water was necessary in these solemn services, and Cadmus sent certain men, his

he earth with the teeth of the dragon; and she informed him that from these teeth would spring warriors who would assist him

though he was surrounded by delicious fruits and sweet waters. Beside these was Sisyphus, who had been a noted robber. He was

roy whatever comes in our way. The god inspires us; he disposes us to these extravagances. They were intoxicated, and thus th

en, in many practices, praise God, which do harm instead of good; and these practices are superstitions, and they who practis

ia at Rome; but the Roman people, like the early Greeks, got drunk at these celebrations, and the senate abolished the rites

cchus. I read, in a book of travels, that the modem Italians imitated these rites at the present time. You know that there is

befall him in his future life. Silly people go to fortune-tellers, in these days, to learn what may happen to them; just as t

s? What will become of the unhappy Danæ and this outcast boy?” Saying these words, her tears flowed afresh. Dictys saw the af

The Hesperian maidens in their watches sing. Stheno, Euryale, Medusa these : The last ill-fated, since of mortal date: The tw

as his father, he saw in him the spoiler of his gardens. “Depart from these walls, impostor,” at length cried the enraged kin

a; and a third, on the left, to Mercury. Having offered sacrifices on these altars, and praised and thanked the several gods,

s which overshadowed them, they heard a sound like human voices. “Can these be birds which I hear?” asked Minerva. “They are

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

verses, pray to us to assist them. We sometimes tell them to drink of these waters; they give them knowledge and ideas which

n. Yes; marble and plaster images of them. Mother. The art of making these figures is sculpture. It is one of the fine arts.

ave been finished, you must return to something useful. Ann. Are not these useful? Mother; Yes; they will enable you to unde

etimes pouring water from an urn, or reclined by some running stream: these represent rivers, and are sometimes the Peneus, t

he perceived the strange motions of the heifer, and saw in the sands these words, “I am Io, thy daughter; Jupiter has transf

lessed sun. ——— Hours, Days, Months, Seasons, Years, and Ages. — All these are personified in mythology, in poetry, and in t

emple of Latona, there to prefer their supplications. In the midst of these solemnities, Niobe entered the assembly, magnific

the neighbouring country, who had come into the city to attend one of these sacrifices, being seated one evening in an arbour

ry and thirsty wanderer?’ said Latona. ‘Hard-hearted wretches! behold these innocent children; they have not tasted water thi

nceforward, be this lake thy habitation!’ Scarcely had she pronounced these words, when they were all changed to frogs; and t

ns by no means illiterate say that they cannot enjoy Milton. But were these persons to add to their more solid acquirements t

s? We reply, the field is too extensive for a preparatory course; and these very translations require some previous knowledge

logy, seemed necessary to complete the subject, though it is believed these topics have not usually been presented in the sam

t, by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and watery depths; all these hare vanished; They live no longer in the faith o

ligence the elegant literature of his own day. In order to understand these stories, it will be necessary to acquaint ourselv

iety. The earth is the great parent of all; the stones are her bones; these we may cast behind us; and I think this is what t

u will, but presume not to meddle with my weapons.” Venus’s boy heard these words, and rejoined, “Your arrows may strike all

You make me miserable, for fear you should fall and hurt yourself on these stones, and I should be the cause. Pray run slowe

l, and a javelin which would never fail of its mark; and Procris gave these presents to her husband. Cephalus was so happy in

th her death. She opened her feeble eyes, and forced herself to utter these few words: “I implore you, if you have ever loved

t at hand, she dashed the water into the face of the intruder, adding these words: “Now go and tell, if you can, that you hav

evive me, and I would own myself indebted to you for life itself. Let these infants move your pity, who stretch out their lit

, were stretching out their arms. “Who would not have been moved with these gentle words of the goddess? But these clowns per

would not have been moved with these gentle words of the goddess? But these clowns persisted in their rudeness; they even add

nd icy Winter, with his hair stiffened with hoar frost. Surrounded by these attendants, the Sun, with the eye that sees every

the trees with their leafy branches burn, the harvest is ablaze! But these are small things. Great cities perished, with the

urning frame. The Italian Naiads reared a tomb for him, and inscribed these words upon the stone: — “Driver of Phœbus’ chari

etween the gods themselves. They forbade it to be slain; and spoke in these words: “We are gods. This inhospitable village sh

untain, and is what men call the eruption of the volcano. The fall of these monsters shook the earth, so that Pluto was alarm

ow do you, if you have any regard for your own interest or mine, join these two in one.” The boy unbound his quiver, and sele

to meet you half way, and thus make a due return to both at once.” To these words Glaucus replied, “Sooner shall trees grow a

ered, therefore, consoling her as well as he could, and finished with these words: “I promise, by the rays of my father the D

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

s the color of the shoal — a Stygian blackness. The vessel shares all these changes. It seems like a wild beast that rushes o

uded its face with clouds. In the meanwhile Halcyone, ignorant of all these horrors, counted the days till her husband’s prom

s absence, see any one that he would love better than her. But of all these prayers, the last was the only one destined to be

ars, give me lamentations, let me not go down to Tartarus unwept.” To these words Morpheus added the voice, which seemed to b

at least, shall not be separated.” Her grief forbade more words, and these were broken with tears and sobs. It was now morni

hey court you, — rural deities and others of every kind that frequent these mountains. But if you are prudent and want to mak

well as he knows himself. He is not a wandering deity, but belongs to these mountains. Nor is he like too many of the lovers

e torments of hopeless love, and, standing before her doors, he spake these last words: ‘Anaxarete, you have conquered, and s

mple of Venus at Salamis, in the exact form of the lady. Now think of these things, my dear, and lay aside your scorn and you

thus occupied, a voice addressed her, though she saw no one, uttering these words: “Sovereign lady, all that you see is yours

ths and at her table, and to show them all her treasures. The view of these celestial delights caused envy to enter their bos

he monster’s head, and thereby recover your liberty.” Psyche resisted these persuasions as well as she could, but they did no

s prepared for food for her pigeons, and said, “Take and separate all these grains, putting all of the same kind in a parcel

or shall Cupid ever break away from the knot in which he is tied, but these nuptials shall be perpetual.” Thus Psyche became

egioned star     Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky; Fairer than these , though temple thou hast none,         Nor altar

ill all fell, slain with mutual wounds, except five survivors. One of these cast away his weapons and said, “Brothers, let us

d of thy offspring, give me back my people, or take me also away!’ At these words a clap of thunder was heard. ‘I accept the

with admiration, I said, ‘Give me, O father, citizens as numerous as these , and replenish my empty city.’ The tree shook and

midons, from the ant, (myrmex,) from which they sprang. You have seen these persons; their dispositions resemble those which

eir escape. When Juno discovered it, she passed sentence upon Echo in these words: “You shall forfeit the use of that tongue

the goddess had depicted her creation of the olive tree: — “Amongst these leaves she made a Butterfly, With excellent devic

ardly be left as poor as Latona with her two only. Away with you from these solemnities, — put off the laurel from your brows

huge teeth like those of swine, brazen claws, and snaky hair. None of these beings make much figure in mythology except Medus

ch you; moreover, you shall be preserved in my house as a memorial of these events.” So saying, he held the Gorgon’s head to

embers of different animals; such were the Sphinx and Chimæra; and to these all the terrible qualities of wild beasts were at

eded in solving it, and all had been slain. Œdipus was not daunted by these alarming accounts, but boldly advanced to the tri

measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people. They lived near the sources of the Nile,

is limbs to be strewn over the sea. Æetes on reaching the place found these sorrowful traces of his murdered son; but while h

who in his age bore arms with Achilles and Ajax in the Trojan war, —  these and many more joined in the enterprise. With them

l be so mad, I hope he may outrun me.” While she hesitates, revolving these thoughts, the spectators grow impatient for the r

e more effort!” It was doubtful whether the youth or the maiden heard these cries with the greater pleasure. But his breath b

the country followed, in all of which Theseus was victorious. One of these evil-doers was called Procrustes, or the Stretche

the outside of the temple of the Parthenon. A considerable portion of these sculptures is now in the British Museum among tho

ian isthmus, the Nemean at Nemea, a city of Argolis. The exercises in these games were of five sorts: running, leaping, wrest

ling, throwing the quoit, and hurling the javelin, or boxing. Besides these exercises of bodily strength and agility, there w

nd agility, there were contests in music, poetry, and eloquence. Thus these games furnished poets, musicians, and authors the

will melt them. Keep near me and you will be safe.” While he gave him these instructions and fitted the wings to his shoulder

he delay of your punishment, speak, tell us who you are, and what are these new rites you presume to celebrate.” The prisoner

ry, looked out over the sea and said in a voice of weeping, ‘Sailors, these are not the shores you promised to take me to; yo

ried out, “See there the wild boar, the hugest monster that prowls in these woods! Come on, sisters! I will be the first to s

s herself could not approach Famine, for the Fates have ordained that these two goddesses shall never come together, she call

e together, she called an Oread from her mountain and spoke to her in these words: “There is a place in the farthest part of

to have jurisdiction of the ports and shores. Milton alludes to all these deities in the song at the conclusion of Comus: —

r channel. Thus its head was horned. Hercules prevented the return of these periodical overflows by embankments and canals; a

, and, if old traditions say true, not less so here. I implore you by these abodes full of terror, these realms of silence an

true, not less so here. I implore you by these abodes full of terror, these realms of silence and uncreated things, unite aga

return alone; you shall triumph in the death of us both.” As he sang these tender strains, the very ghosts shed tears. Tanta

have not warded off from me the blow of misfortune.” His mother heard these complaints as she sat in her palace at the bottom

to know from you the cause of my misfortune and how to remedy it.” At these words the prophet, fixing on him his gray eyes wi

he cattle slain and see what will befall.” Aristæus faithfully obeyed these directions. He sacrificed the cattle, he left the

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

ng and swelling serpents curled around their brows. Forming a circle, these awful beings sang their hymn, rending the hearts

on the joys we shared in mortal life, The paths which we had trod, —  these fountains, flowers; My new planned cities and unf

receiving aid from new allies still continued its resistance. One of these allies was Memnon, the Æthiopian prince, whose st

to remain in that country. It was by main force that Ulysses dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them und

which they were the only possessors. The name means “round eye,” and these giants were so called because they had but one ey

e him till they should have passed the Sirens’ island. Ulysses obeyed these directions. He filled the ears of his people with

ldren fair, my lovely girls and boys; I will forget them; I will pass these joys, Ask nought so heavenward; so too — too high

ngth with mantles of finest texture, the work of Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden s

refore be led to a seat among us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the king rising gave his hand to Ulysses an

ar as I am, I was once a soldier, and there is still some strength in these old limbs of mine.” The suitors hooted with deris

the table than a horrible clamor was heard in the air, and a flock of these odious harpies came rushing down upon them, seizi

e Palinurus, which it does to this day. Leaving Palinurus consoled by these words, they approached the boat. Charon, fixing h

of young children, who had died on the threshold of life, and near to these were they who had perished under false charges. M

s to unrequited love, not freed from pain even by death itself. Among these , Æneas thought he descried the form of Dido, with

e his reach. The Sibyl now warned Æneas that it was time to turn from these melancholy regions and seek the city of the bless

snow-white fillets about their brows. The Sibyl addressed a group of these , and inquired where Anchises was to be found. The

as insects in the summer air. Æneas, with surprise, inquired who were these . Anchises answered, “They are souls to which bodi

it possible that any can be so in love with life as to wish to leave these tranquil seats for the upper world?” Anchises rep

rrupted, that they are not fit to be intrusted with human bodies, and these are made into brute animals, lions, tigers, cats,

sles of the Blessed, or Fortunate Islands, in the Western Ocean. From these sprang the legend of the happy island Atlantis. T

hlegethon Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of obl

his life and his blood together. Pallas, Camilla, Turnus. While these things were doing in one part of the field, in an

ed no animals. Ovid represents Pythagoras addressing his disciples in these words: “Souls never die, but always on quitting o

heavenly bodies which they contain and carry round with them. But as these spheres cannot move on one another without fricti

at length by the aid of Anubis and the sacred birds, Isis ascertained these facts, and then went to the royal city. There she

e to be performed by the person who came to consult the oracle. After these preliminaries, he descended into the cave by a na

ast.” Tennyson in his Talking Oak, alludes to the oaks of Dodona in these lines: — And I will work in prose and rhyme,    

stories of Pagan mythology, and inquiry suggests itself. “Whence came these stories? Have they a foundation in truth or are t

s against Heaven.” There are doubtless many curious coincidences like these , but the theory cannot without extravagance be pu

of the letters of the alphabet, which he taught to the natives. From these rudiments of learning sprung civilization, which

ore correct to say that the mythology of a nation has sprung from all these sources combined than from any one in particular.

n committed to writing at so early an age as that usually assigned to these , an age earlier than the date of any remaining in

lineage Milton alone of modern poets seems worthy to be classed with these illustrious ancients. His poem of Paradise Lost,

is wife and absent friends, and his letters were all poetical. Though these poems (the Tristia and Letters from Pontus) have

ries of Grecian and Roman mythology. A late writer thus characterizes these poems: — “The rich mythology of Greece furnished

tree. In this it collects cinnamon, and spikenard, and myrrh, and of these materials builds a pile on which it deposits itse

lled not only the rider, but the horse also. To this Lucan alludes in these lines: — “What though the Moor the basilisk hath

Modern zoologists, disgusted as they well may be with such fables as these , disbelieve generally the existence of the unicor

the ear. I fell a-crying, while he, soothing me with caresses, spoke these words: ‘My dear child, I do not give you that blo

the skies! And is Lorenzo’s salamander-heart Cold and untouched amid these sacred fires?” Chapter XXXVII. Eastern Mytho

imparted to them as much of his own nature as seemed good to him. Of these , Ormuzd (called by the Greeks Oromasdes) remained

The religion of the Hindus is professedly founded on the Vedas. To these books of their scripture they attach the greatest

than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all castes eat together. Caste

rship, attended with much pomp and splendor; and many were induced by these similarities to consider Lamaism as a sort of deg

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

iffleheim, (the regions of darkness and cold.) By the side of each of these roots is a spring, from which it is watered. The

silver palaces, the dwellings of the gods, but the most beautiful of these is Valhalla, the residence of Odin. When seated o

ard serpent, the third Hela, (Death.) The gods were not ignorant that these monsters were growing up, and that they would one

y of summer he should forfeit the recompense agreed on. On being told these terms the artificer stipulated that he should be

wever, had been concluded, and confirmed by solemn oaths, for without these precautions a giant would not have thought himsel

lose thy labor and get no fame from the contest with me.” On hearing these words Thor in a rage laid hold of his mallet and

s earths, and stones, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold pla

of beings, inferior to the gods, but still possessed of great power; these were called Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of

we least looked for literature or written memorials, — the record of these things was written down. On the seaboard of this

of them and of what the sea yields; and it seems they were poetic men these , men who had deep thoughts in them and uttered mu

s in diameter, constituted their sacred place. The most celebrated of these now remaining is Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain,

roperty, were at this time brought before them for adjudication. With these judicial acts were combined certain superstitious

British islands long after the establishment of Christianity. Besides these two great annual festivals, the Druids were in th

the Druidical priesthood in its other departments became extinct. At these meetings none but Bards of merit were suffered to

sion under Julius Caesar. Against the Druids, as their chief enemies, these conquerors of the world directed their unsparing

whom he had formed into a religious body of which he was the head. To these , as occasion required, others were from time to t

were not those which were usually imposed by monastic orders, for of these , which are three, — celibacy, poverty, and obedie

have sworn this sainted sod Shall ne’er by woman’s foot be trod.” In these respects and in others the Culdees departed from

ical and sepulchral remains which are found upon it. The principal of these are the Cathedral or Abbey Church and the Chapel

the Cathedral or Abbey Church and the Chapel of the Nunnery. Besides these remains of ecclesiastical antiquity, there are so

hich seem to have been of Druidical origin. It is in reference to all these remains of ancient religion that Johnson exclaims

ims of opposing parties. It was a favorite idea of the old poets that these goddesses would one day return, and bring back th

mantic, the marvellous, the fairy, the fantastical, the sublime    —   these are the feasts in which imagination revels; the b

ith vice, of piety with persecution, of patriotism with usurpation; —  these , and countless images like these — affecting, mel

on, of patriotism with usurpation; — these, and countless images like these — affecting, melancholy, serious, gay, ingenious,

ctions raised them to the rank of immortals, were also received among these gods. The fourth order contained the virtues by w

the Roman Saturnalia were instituted, and celebrated in December. On these festive days the Senate did not sit; schools kept

es. The Cyclops gave a helmet to Pluto and a trident to Neptune. With these arms they conquered Saturn. Jupiter threw him hea

ppears to have been the last and the most celebrated of his wives. By these wives he had a great number of children, and he w

bills.” Questions. Who was Hymen? How was Hymen represented? What do these emblems indicate? What five deities favoured the

itt’s Virgil. Obs. 1. — In inquiring into the sense of the first of these fables, we find that the counsels of Ascalphus de

. It is not our intention to present an unnecessary multiplication of these explanations of the fables. A few examples of the

r the Sun. Sol presides over the twelve signs of the zodiac. Each of these signs answers to a month; so that the sun runs ov

he moon; on earth, Diana; in hell, Hecate or Proserpine. To designate these three qualities or offices, the name of Triformis

enians, who honoured Bacchus by trampling upon the skins of goats. In these rites the Romans daubed their faces with juice ex

unkenness and debauchery; but such were the disorder and pollution of these rites, that they attracted the attention of the R

Ascolia? What were the Bacchanalia, or Dionysius, or Orgia? Were not these solemnities disgraced? Did not Bacchus resent suc

allas, to whom the name of Minerva or Pallas was given. The fables of these different goddesses are commonly confounded toget

hey were by the Romans called Quinquatra, and celebrated in April. On these festival days, pupils made presents to their teac

g soul. In fear of this the father of the gods Confined their fury to these dark abodes, And locked them safe, oppress’d with

tural joy and the simplest pleasures always animated the festivals of these two goddesses. The management of rural affairs wa

ns adore, That they may’ve kindly batches by her pow’r.” Obs. — All these deities were of Roman origin. They bore their nam

his secret to a marsh, where the reeds, agitated by the wind, uttered these words: “Midas has asses’ ears.” Many of the ridic

ur, Sleep, Death, Remorse, Force, Fraud, Strife, War, and Discord. To these were added other horrible figures, Centaurs, Scyl

’d in his kennel, monstrous Cerberus round, From triple jaws made all these realms resound’.” “Hell’s grisly porter let you

d pleasures of the virtuous, the innocent amusements of the heroes; —  these and inumerable images like these, — tender, touch

innocent amusements of the heroes; — these and inumerable images like these , — tender, touching, sublime — are the subjects f

es on which she loves often to expatiate. “All have their manes, and these manes bare: The few who’er cleansed, to those abo

the twilight of the evening, and the night, were personified. Each of these portions, was represented by a man or a woman, ac

ng woman, with her head uncovered, clad in a very plain garment, with these words at the bottom of the raiment, Death and Lif

Minerva, which served the purpose of a looking-glass. By the help of these arms, he cut off the head of Medusa. Perseus moun

lympus was reputed to be the abode of the gods. The poets embellished these two circumstances by saying, that Pegasus remaine

previously united, but thence called the Pillars of Hercules. Between these are the straits of Gibraltar, anciently called Fr

made constellations in heaven, they were called Gemini. Sailors deem these stars auspicious to them, because when the Argona

d elegant form of her neck, caused them to compare her to a swan; and these different circumstances, combined and embellished

And danc’d in order to the tunes he play’d.” Obs. — The meaning of these fables is this: so powerful and persuasive was th

l words. For instance; the inscription on the statues of Isis, was in these mystic words: “I am all that has been, all that s

characterized by blindness, ignorance, bigotry, and superstition. In these absurdities and mummeries they surpassed all othe

te shining spot, resembling the crescent of the moon. Were it not for these marks, no ox could be used as Apis. The festival

heir rites at first were solemnized in a plain and simple manner. But these tenets of their primitive religion sunk into Sabi

. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will, And these his twofold aspect are but one,                  

by alligators and other beasts. The Fakirs are the most disgusting of these wretched fanatics. They hang themselves upon spik

Chemos, the obscene dread of Moab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these , in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians cal

the mistress of the universe. Bel divided her into two parts: one of these parts formed heaven, and the other, earth; after

ves, and friends, birds and quadrupeds. Xixutrus immediately executed these orders, and made a ship which was two stadia wide

hose images, the nobles four, and the lower people two. The number of these gods, besides those which we have briefly mention

ds, houses, temples, and streets of Mexico. Obs. — A hasty survey of these different mythologies, enforces the conclusion, t

urpose of conveying lessons of wisdom. But the people in general took these allegories for literal truths, until events or ci

enemies, trophies, bucklers, tripods, and the like. On festival days, these temples were also adorned with olive-branches and

e first foundation; and then it was bound around with a ribbon. After these ceremonies, the people took this stone, and cast

ufficient to stop the plague, the furious people lost all respect for these sacred places, and profaned them. We shall not at

ors, deceived by the Latin version of Herodotus, pretend that each of these stories was a stadium in height, which would have

stories. In them were very large rooms, sustained by pillars. Around these rooms, were constructed smaller ones, which serve

d by as many kings, and were each sixty feet in height. Thirty-six of these columns were carved: one, among others, was by th

riated to the ornamenting of the temple. We may imagine the number of these offerings by calling to our mind the natural inqu

sity, and inquietude, were allowed to present their offerings. Hence, these offerings must have been multiplied almost withou

the temple itself, is composed of sixteen columns of marble. Each of these is of rugged marble. Their height is thirty-seven

dit which some of his works had procured him. He therefore drove into these pillars narrow and useless stair cases. It is to

ute to mere cheat. Without searching into the depth and profundity of these two opinions, or attempting to decide which is pr

anded, sufficient means to stamp with apparent truth the responses of these wonderful institutions? What is, then, that conce

ese wonderful institutions? What is, then, that concert, unknown till these came into vogue, which injures personal interests

he sanctuary, when she said to him, “My son, thou art invincible.” At these words, Alexander exclaimed, that he wished no oth

es, gathered near the fountain, were given to her to be chewed. After these preparations, Apollo gave intelligence of his arr

piter Rex, to Saturn, and to Ceres Europa, nurse to Trophonius. After these preparations, one shows the statue of Trophonius

The governor then unsealed the billet, and showed that he had written these words: shall I immolate thee a white or black bul

at events, and to form youth to the various exercises of the body. In these games, there were five distinguished modes of pro

of the golden fleece, assembled the Argonauts in Æolis, to celebrate these games for the happy success of their voyage; and

e placed statues, erected in honour of those who had won the prize in these games. They were all made by the most celebrated

ended from the Hellens, before he was permitted to enter the lists in these games. From that time, all Grecian families prete

ties she threatened. His first efforts appeared to be successful; but these people proved faithless to him — ill-armed, undis

conia. Most of the sovereign families of the North are descended from these self-same princes. Thus, Horsa and Hengist, chief

d of the Scythians and Celts. It is also known that the heroes of all these nations, pretended to be descended from their god

different branches afterwards reigned long in the same country. After these glorious expeditions, Odin retired into Sweden, w

the priest. The accounts of Odin preserved by the Icelanders, confirm these conjectures. One of the artifices which he employ

tition of those who obeyed them. Another point of resemblance between these two imposters is the eloquence with which both we

out ever receiving any wound. We must not forget, however, in reading these descriptions of his brilliant exploits, that the

to attribute to him sex, to erect to him statues, justly appeared to these people an extravagant impiety. From this supreme

e; cruel punishments were reserved for those who should have despised these three fundamental precepts, to continue as long a

y light on the ancient religion of the inhabitants of the north. From these sources wo learn, that the most important alterat

alled her mother earth, the mother of the gods. The Phœnicians adored these two principles under the name of Tautes and Astar

le which renewed strength in proportion as one needed it. It was with these dreadful arms that he fought the enemies of the g

every secret of the heart; and Saga presides over waterfalls. Besides these twelve goddesses, there are other virgins in Valh

o destruction, and to incline the victory to the side he pleases; for these courageous people took care not to attribute defe

re not to attribute defeats to their weakness, or want of valour; but these , as well as victory, were attributed solely to th

at the conformity which is found between the leading circumstances of these accounts and that given in Genesis, cannot be the

nd recollections of a general and more ancient creed. We recognize in these altered accounts, the same allegories, the same f

have decked out fables among all people. In considering the style of these fables, in which are blended, sometimes the subli

who are shut up therein. Notwithstanding the obscurity which pervades these descriptions, we see by them that the Scandinavia

r altars, was considered pure enough for so holy a purpose. Sometimes these altars were constructed with more elegance, great

he one in the north, the other in the south of the island. In each of these temples, says an author of that country, was a pa

l there was a deep well, into which victims were thrown headlong. All these temples were razed when Denmark embraced Christia

the sun; and when the smoke arose quickly, the people doubted not but these offerings had been most agreeable to him. When th

rious and magic virtues. Odin, who was looked upon as the inventor of these characters, asserted that, by their means, he cou

ge, sometimes designated by a word taken from a foreign language; and these etymologies are the traces which truth leaves beh

heroes. The conquerors, jealous of immortalizing their names, spared these dispensers of glory; attracted them into their ca

, injury to no one, and courage. But it is not easy to reconcile with these sublime maxims, that which gave to fathers the ri

took care of the domestic affairs of the temple. But notwithstanding these distinctions, the Druidesses really formed but tw

Claudius; but, as they actually existed, much longer, it appears that these authors intended to speak only of the abolition o

ltitude of gods, as an object of faith, is preposterous. The first of these assertions, applies only to the corruption of the

y observes, they may be compared to trees rooted in the earth; for as these , by their roots, are united to the earth, and bec

nnection with each other and their incorruptible nature. The first of these powers may be called intellectual; the second viv

gave a two fold appellation, δια, dia, and ξηνα, xena, signifying by these names that he gives life through himself. Further

on account of her increase and diminution; and by bulls, because, as these till the ground, so the Moon governs all those pa

others guard and preserve it when harmonically arranged. Since, too, these orders are four, and each consists of things firs

s of things first, middle, and last, it is necessary the governors of these should be twelve. Hence Jupiter, Neptune, and Vul

y, and beauty is not concealed in subjects of sensible inspection. As these gods likewise primarily possess the world, it is

asses: — The Celestial; the Marine; the Terrestrial; the Infernal. To these may be added the class of Inferior Divinities, of

ur, had raised themselves to the rank of immortals, had a place among these . What was the fourth order? The fourth order cont

o bore the name of Vestals, or Vestal Virgins. What was the number of these Priestesses of Vesta? At first, they were only fo

ast ten years, instructed the novices. What was the principal duty of these virgins? The chief employment of the vestals cons

empire, he found it necessary to appoint governors to assist him. Of these , Atlas, who was set over the frontiers of Africa,

ir hands. Nothing could be more absurd, impious, and licentious, than these horrid festivals, which were named Bacchanalia, D

ad the care of the Ancilia, or sacred shields. What was the origin of these Ancilia? A shield being found, of a form, till th

life by the fire which Prometheus stole from the chariot of the sun; these , all, were works of his art. What were his variou

siding over empires, cities, highways, houses, and individuals. Among these Divinities, were ranked the souls of them who had

irst ornaments, called the Bulla, it was deposited before the feet of these domestic Deities. During the public feasts of the

efore the feet of these domestic Deities. During the public feasts of these Lares and Penates, small waxen images were suspen

n images were suspended in the streets, and they were intreated, upon these alone, to lay the weight of their displeasure, if

mida. What were the Genii? They were likewise ranked in the number of these domestic Divinities. Every man was supposed to ha

peculiarly consecrated to them. It was the universal custom to invoke these Genii on birth-days. The ground was strewed with

e river, is the gate leading to the palace of Pluto, the sovereign of these dreary realms, which is guarded by Cerberus, an e

d games heroic, pass the hours away. Those raise the song divine, and these advance, In measur’d steps, to form the solemn da

lapius.] What was the worship paid to the infernal Divinities? To these terrible Deities no altars were ever raised. Tren

instead of raising them towards heaven. Being regarded as implacable, these Deities were objects of great terror. No hymns we

ustice, Providence, Opportunity, Fear, Flight, Paleness, Discord; all these were personified, and honoured under their respec

hemselves greatly in the affairs of mortals. Who were the earliest of these Heroes? Inachus, Cecrops, Deucalion, who survived

sted by the Thessalians, who first mounted and managed horses. One of these Centaurs, named Chiron, was celebrated as being v

s and breasts of women, and the tails of serpents. The head of one of these monsters, cut off by Perseus, was fixed in the fo

rsely guilty were considered as cut off, and cast away for ever. From these ideas of various kinds of living and conscious be

ng on perpetual warfare; the one benevolent, the other malevolent. To these deities different nations assigned different name

d extraordinary instances of self-denial and piety. After the last of these manifestations, it supposes him to have ascended

itating on himself, at last divided it into two equal parts; and from these halves, formed the heavens and the earth; placing

the Hindûs, to have existed successively. The history of the third of these , bears a strong resemblance to that of Noah. Lach

. Yet is he still Himself the same, one form, one face, one will; And these his twofold aspects are but one; And change is no

four rows of pillars, of beautiful proportion and finely fluted. Over these columns, runs a ridge of stone, so cut, as to res

rominent, yet not one of them is detached from the main rock. Some of these statues wear a kind of helmet; others, crowns ric

by rows of lofty columns, with handsome flights of stone steps. Under these porticoes, multitudes assemble, at the rising of

s, which universally front the east, to admit the first solar ray. Of these temples, that of Jaggernaut is the most celebrate

of the pilgrims frequenting its celebrated shrine. The idol images in these temples are generally of the most monstrous forms

e people, established in the earliest times, by their sacred laws. Of these there are four; that of the priests or Brahmins;

accounted sacred to him; and where his worship principally prevailed, these animals were fed in the temples, at the public ch

ercury, lived at the interval of an age from each other. The first of these existed in the earlies period of Egyptian history

se which bore the names of Oxyrhynchus, Lepidotus, Phagri, and Mæotæ: these fishes were considered as prophetic messengers of

ancied there existed relations to the attributes of their gods. Among these are mentioned, solar and lunar stones, and the se

refully, and taught them to obey a particular call. The worshipers of these terrible animals were so infatuated that mothers

ess Isis, as a minister of her vengeance, to destroy the impious. For these venemous reptiles subterranean chambers were prep

work of creation into six intervals. It asserts that in the sixth of these , man alone was created; and that he mysteriously

ns, distinguished from each other, as the Man, and the Man-Bull; that these were the first of beings formed by the immediate

The sun and the moon then appeared upon its summit; and the latter of these is said to have received, preserved, and purified

te with him, to disturb the harmony of the heavenly region. To punish these rebellious genii, Oromasdes suddenly withdrew his

spositions. The God Mithras labours unceasingly to reclaim and purify these spirits, and thus to capacitate them for their pr

they sacrificed to him in behalf of their deceased friends. To all of these Deities groves, and not temples, were consecrated

o British words Deu-tatt, signifying God the Parent, or Creator. When these ancient nations sunk into idolatry, Teutates was

inals were deemed the offerings most acceptable to the Gods; but when these were wanting, innocent persons were frequently im

of wood, which were floating on the shore of the ocean. The first of these Divinities imparted to them life and soul; the se

his head. Tyr, the dispenser of victory. Braga, the God of poetry. To these , may be added, several children of Odin: Hoder th

Chemos, the obscene dread of Moab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these , in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phenicians cal

ing for the happiness of all creatures. How thankful should we be for these sublime, rational, encouraging, delightful ideas

c age. It would be difficult, indeed, to exaggerate the importance of these old-world stories, with their wonderful admixture

“Old Triton blow his wreathéd horn.” But properly to understand even these translations we first require a knowledge of myth

ations throughout will show the way to the noble pasturage from which these “flowers of Parnassus” have been culled, and they

hey soon came to the conclusion that a hand mighty enough to call all these wonders into life, could also have created the be

ir. All was silent, bare, and motionless. Eros, the first to perceive these deficiencies, seized his life-giving arrows and p

om within. Imagine, therefore, her surprise when she distinctly heard these words, uttered in the most pitiful accents: “Pand

hat afflict poor humanity; and the box was no sooner opened, than all these ills flew out, in the guise of horrid little brow

experienced the faintest sensation of pain or anger; but, as soon as these winged evil spirits had stung them, they began to

r’d first beneath the yoke.” Ovid ( Dryden’s tr.). Yet, in spite of these few hardships, the people were happy, far happier

l sides. Jupiter had kept a close watch over men’s actions during all these years; and this evil conduct aroused his wrath to

, although it betrays still more plainly the common source whence all these myths are derived. “Who does not see in drown De

ple, Philemon and Baucis. Eager to offer their best to the strangers, these poor people decided to kill their sole remaining

, with Themis (Justice), &c., without incurring any reproach; for these marriages, in their estimation, were all symbolic

were held in each city where a temple was dedicated to her. On one of these occasions an old priestess was very anxious to go

their aged mother, who had set her heart upon attending the services, these kind-hearted sons harnessed themselves to the car

, seemed to live and move under Minerva’s flashing shuttle. “Emongst these leaves she made a Butterflie, With excellent devi

years; others, such as the Minervalia and Quinquatria, every year. At these festivals the Palladium, a statue of the goddess,

until it was quite unpalatable. With tear-dimmed eyes, Latona prayed these cruel men might never leave the spot whereon they

nderneath the blushing rose.” — Saxe. Although so cleverly managed, these trysts could not escape the bright eyes of Apollo

s master, and even, it is said, recalled the dead to life. Of course, these miracles did not long remain concealed from Jupit

s heart was all her own. There are, of course, many other versions of these self-same myths; but one and all are intended to

, Which he could neither gild nor hide.” Swift. Greatly dismayed by these new ornaments, Midas retreated into the privacy o

                        “‘King Midas wears (These eyes beheld them, these ) such ass’s ears!’” Horace. Unspeakably relieve

and Orpheus wandered on until he came to the throne of Pluto, king of these realms, whereon the stern ruler sat in silence, h

he walked he wondered whether Eurydice were changed by her sojourn in these rayless depths. Forgetful of the condition impose

and, Lycus, so that he might marry another wife by the name of Dirce, these youths hastened off to Thebes, where they found t

exclaimed that he would grant him any proof he wished, and confirmed these words by a solemn oath. “‘By the terrible Styx!’

ll men call Civility.’” Spenser. Daughters of Jupiter and Eurynome, these maidens, who bore the respective names of Aglaia,

ar, When the bright springtime comes, and the earth lives, Love opens these dread gates, and calls me forth Across the gulf.”

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

es which would soon claim her attention But separation by day was all these fond lovers could endure, and night after night,

ed more and more ominously as the darkness came on again; but none of these signs could deter Leander from visiting Hero.   

gion’d star,     Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky; Fairer than these , though temple thou hast none,         Nor altar

forest boughs,     Holy the air, the water, and the fire; Yet even in these days so far retir’d     From happy pieties, thy l

the Talaria, which endowed him with marvellous rapidity of motion. As these sandals did not seem quite sufficient, however, t

object from her wrath only by a sudden transformation. Dissimulating these suspicions with care, Juno begged her husband to

f nine inches each month. Proud of their victory over the God of War, these giants bore him off in triumph, and bound him fas

llo and Diana to use their poisoned arrows, and thus rid the world of these two ugly and useless giants. Of a fiery dispositi

the metals found in great profusion in the bosom of the earth. Among these ingenious contrivances were two golden handmaiden

ed to become Neptune’s wife. The King of the Deep was so overjoyed at these good tidings, that he transferred the dolphin to

., confided to their special care. In harmony with their occupations, these divinities were either hoary river gods (such as

ee, and well-dissembled foliage wears.” Homer ( Pope’s tr.). But if these manifestations proved unavailing to drive his wou

loom and dispel its shadows. Whenever the stern god set out on one of these expeditions, he rode in a chariot drawn by four c

his power, and the obstacle was immediately removed. It was on one of these occasions that Pluto abducted Proserpina, the fai

shiv’ring army stands, And press for passage with extended hands. Now these , now those, the surly boatman bore; The rest he d

ature or art could supply. No storms or wintry winds ever came to rob these fields of their spring-like beauty; and here the

hone in her forehead.” Nonnus ( Elton’s tr.). Although conscious of these superior attractions, Semele was excessively coy,

ed as far as India and Ethiopia. Bacchus and the Pirates During these long journeys, Bacchus, as was inevitable, met wi

gold the fluted pillars blaze.” Ovid ( Croxall’s tr.). The sight of these and many other wonders, wrought by a mere touch,

ild, Proserpine. “If with mists of evening dew     Thou dost nourish these young flowers Till they grow, in scent and hue,  

, Proserpine.” Shelley. One day, weary of labour, Proserpina called these fair playmates to join her and spend a merry day

eeds. Pluto and Proserpina. Ludovisi Museum. To ascertain whence these sounds proceeded, the god stepped out of his car,

s never sang, and the flowers never bloomed. Hurt and disappointed by these rebuffs, Pluto had finally registered a solemn vo

es “which rose from all parts of the earth; until Jupiter, wearied by these importunities, consented to Proserpina’s return,

ave become types of all things pure and lovely in woman.         “By these her trembling fires, Like Vesta’s, ever burning;

them, barefooted, chanting the praises of the good goddess Vesta. On these occasions great banquets were prepared before eac

Mountains, from whence he sallied forth on wild raids. During one of these excursions he carried off Orithyia, who always fl

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

d virtuous lives, had won both admiration and respect. Foremost among these heroes — generally designated by the title of dem

days in toil and poverty. Silently Hercules pondered for a while over these two so dissimilar offers, and then, mindful of hi

pressed, defending the weak, and redressing all wrongs. In reward for these good actions he received the hand of Megara, daug

is, who had immense droves of cattle. The stables usually occupied by these animals were in an incredibly filthy state, as th

ted filth, and make a complete purification of the building; Close by these stables rushed a torrent, or rather a river, the

tention from his real purpose. The Amazons yielded implicit belief to these rumours, flew to arms, and surrounded their queen

cules, for he did not know in what portion of the world he would find these apples, which had been given to Juno as a wedding

After numerous journeys and many inquiries, Hercules discovered that these maidens had carried these apples off to Africa, h

nd many inquiries, Hercules discovered that these maidens had carried these apples off to Africa, hung them on a tree in thei

ks, and sometimes alighted to devour their harvests. To guard against these constant inroads, the Pygmies finally accepted th

who generously offered to defend them against all their enemies. When these little people, therefore, saw Hercules’ mighty fo

d gives the distaff to his awkward hands.” Darwin. However unworthy these effeminate tasks may seem for such a hero, they p

oic Sea.” Milton. The Death of Hercules Then, resolved to end these unendurable torments by a death worthy of his who

by making him try each bed in turn, and then, to avoid his continuing these evil practices, put an end to his wretched existe

, in her remorse and despair, hung herself. As for Theseus, soured by these repeated misfortunes, he grew so stern and tyrann

he captain of the expedition, seeing weapons were of no avail against these foes, consulted the figure-head, and, in obedienc

bjects caught between them. Jason knew he was obliged to pass between these rocks or give up the expedition: so, calculating

on, or the fleece would never be his. The Princess Medea One of these tasks would have sufficed to dismay most youths,

ould be satisfactory; but, when the too credulous maidens carried out these instructions, they only slew the father whom they

P. R. A. By Permission of the Fine Art Society, Limited. In spite of these barbarous terms, a few youths had tried to outrun

exposed on the racing ground to deter all other suitors. Undaunted by these ghastly trophies, Hippomenes, or Milanion, came o

are For wrestling, this and for the race renown’d.” Horace. One of these twins, Castor, was a mortal, and in a combat with

shining on the sails.” Macaulay. Festivals celebrated in honour of these twin brethren, and called the Dioscuria, were hel

e queen, whom he revered as his mother! Never! Rather than perpetrate these awful crimes, and bring destruction upon the peop

nx, which no one dared attack or could drive away. While listening to these tidings, Œdipus saw a herald pass along the stree

e three crimes to avoid which he had fled from Corinth. The rumour of these dreadful discoveries soon reached Jocasta, who, i

fs returned to Argos. There he patiently waited until the children of these brave captains were old enough to bear arms, and

venge their fathers’ death. The Epigoni (or those who come after), as these youths are collectively designated, received this

t him to fight the Amazons; but the hero, aided by the gods, defeated these warlike women also, and returned to Lycia, where,

n from them a fleet in which he might sail to Greece. In obedience to these instructions, Paris ruthlessly abandoned the fair

oved Clamour and combat.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Discouraged by all these reverses, in spite of their brave resistance, the

dness blinds your eyes? …………………………………………………… Perchance — who knows? —  these planks of deal A Grecian ambuscade conceal, Or ’t

to return home. His marvelous adventures and numerous mishaps during these ten years form the theme of the Odyssey, which is

erous rocks were lost to view; but, before he allowed them to execute these orders, he stopped their ears with melted wax, so

g on the spit, and the empty skins moved and crawled as if alive. All these sounds and sights could not, however, deter the s

among you he may be whose hand Shall bend this bow, and send through these twelve rings An arrow, him I follow hence, and le

eatly enjoyed the quiet and peace of his home life; but after a while these tame joys grew wearisome, and he decided to renew

to some distant land. “‘Ah, goddess-born,’ he warns me, ‘fly! Escape these flames: Greece holds the walls; Proud Ilium from

nfortunate friend, Æneas easily prevailed upon his followers to leave these inhospitable shores and seek another resting-plac

the loathsome Harpies. A terrible prophecy uttered by Celæno, one of these monsters — half woman and half bird — made them e

wn, He bide in woodland or in town.’” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). At these gracious words, Æneas stepped forward, the mist v

eliefs were deeply concerned.” Received at first with implicit faith, these myths became a stumbling-block as civilisation ad

ain hope of evading Christian satire. Learned men have also explained these self-same myths as historical facts disguised as

necessarily produced the strange conglomerate of ancient fable.” As these two last-named schools have either successfully c

sh (puente), and in Italian (ponte) would justify the conclusion that these terms had their origin in a common language, and

nish, fader. Swedish, fader. English, father. The most learned of all these philologists argues that during the first or Rhem

orts of the commentators.” According to the philologists, therefore, these thoughts had already assumed a definite form in t

his one people to various parts of the earth, the original meaning of these words was entirely lost, and they came to be look

re ships sailing over it,” so Charon’s boat was supposed to be one of these vessels, and the gilded shallop in which the sun

e of the latter indicates “one who leaps.” Although very short-lived, these giants were supposed to increase rapidly in size,

eat poets and writers of antiquity, whose works are either founded on these actual adventures, or abound with allusions to th

al imitators, have enriched and embellished their works; but although these fictions did not contain many useful instructions

should be transferred to another, and a new allegory introduced: for these were all necessary, and to be expected, seeing th

is hidden sense which we have been speaking of, which is that some of these fables are in the narration so foolish and absurd

ated for other uses. What has a great weight with me is, that many of these fables seem not to be invented by those who have

n origin; but if any one will deliberate on this subject attentively, these will appear to be delivered and related as what w

them… The wisdom of the ancients was either great or happy, great if these figures were the fruits of their industry; and ha

Saturn, Genius, Pluto, Bacchus, Love, Cybele, and Proserpine. Besides these more important ones, they had others, such as Cha

with heavy mix’d.     But God, or Nature, while they thus contend, To these intestine discords put an end: Then earth from ai

tiquity who occupy so important a position in the annals of Fable. Of these children of the earth the principal were Titan, S

eyes are familiar, as, to the present day, he is never drawn without these accompaniments. ‌ “To one that marks the quick

r will.     Pro. Oh! many fearful natures in one name, I know ye; and these lakes and echoes know The darkness and the clango

loquence; Minerva gave her the most rich and splendid ornaments. From these valuable presents which she received from the God

s His different realm, accountable to thee, Great ruler of the world; these only have To speak and be obeyed; to those are gi

the Roman women, and the priests, to render the time fruitful, struck these grave matrons with a portion of the skin of a kid

    Here while young Proserpine, among the maids, Diverts herself in these delicious shades; While like a child with busy sp

orrow’s night:     The deathless record thou.     “Or, do they tell, these mystic signs,     The self destroyer’s madness? P

e, all joyful in the choir, And Erato, to love whose lays inspire; To these Thalia and Polymnia join, Urania and Calliope div

.” Hesiod. ‌The taste and feelings of Apollo responded to those of these noble sisters: they received him in their palace,

y aware of his divine origin, the deity determined to make a sport of these bold robbers; and pretending the utmost terror, h

ard the tiger and the leopard pants,     With Asian elephants: Onward these myriads — with song and dance, With zebras stripe

e patroness of pleasure. Some mythologists speak of more than one. Of these , however, the Venus sprung from the froth of the

him with horror, and Juno overwhelmed her with supplications; but as these could not subdue the ugliness of the suitor, she

hom his parents named Pleasure. Psyche.     “Oh! Goddess, hear these tuneless numbers, wrung     By sweet enforcement

egioned star     Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky; Fairer than these , tho’ temple thou hast none,         Nor altar he

ambition cannot dwell     Nor avarice in the vaults of hell: Earthly these passions of the earth They perish where they have

dged with ambrosial plumes and rich with gold Surround her feet: with these sublime she sails Th’ aerial space, and mounts th

ich men on foot, and afterwards on horseback, contended. To celebrate these festivals, also, the maidens divided into troops,

interested himself on the side of the Trojans; but while he defended these favourites of Venus with great activity, he was w

engage, And gods on gods exert eternal rage. From thee, O father! all these ills we bear, And thy fell daughter with the shie

dare A thousand foes to battle. — It was a beautiful faith that gave these gods A name and office! Is he not glorious?     R

souls, the words, ‘Here lies his country’s saviour.’     Rivers. But these can never pay the wrung in heart: Pride is a poor

ld and wrathful main;                                Earth claims not these again! “Yet more, the depths have more! thy wave

ernment of the universe was carried on; but mortals in attributing to these gods their own passions and weaknesses, began to

e notice of the superior intelligences. For the most part, therefore, these Immortals have no origin in history; but, as allu

. ‌ “Now hanging o’er the spring his drooping head, With a sad sigh these dying words he said, ‘Ah! boy beloved in vain,’ t

r harmony, and the rapid measure with which they trod to the music of these demi-gods. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mytholog

leaves of the vine, and sometimes with laurel or rocket, the last of these plants, which is said to raise the passions and e

, ’Twould creep a poor neglected shrub below. Be then, fair nymph, by these examples led, Nor shun for fancied fears, the nup

Dryden. Thetis became mother of several children by Peleus, but all these she destroyed by fire in attempting to see whethe

 “A rustling of proud banner folds,     A peal of stormy drums, — All these are in thy music met,     As when a leader comes.

e still, and haunt us not     With music from the dead!     “Are all these notes in thee, wild wind?     These many notes in

efore proceeding about their sacerdotal offices. It was believed that these spirits quitted, during the hours of night, their

ome of the ancient philosophers maintained, that every man had two of these , the one bad, the other good. They had the power

me, let us our rites begin; ’Tis only day-light that makes sin, Which these dim shades will ne’er report. Come, knot hands, a

far too loud to be agreeable, and detracted from her beauty. At last these illiberal reflections were the cause of his being

gains were completed, When the nymphs all cried, ‘We’re cheated; ‘See these flowers, they’re drooping sadly, This gold-knot,

for good breeding; While old Hymen, who was used to, Cries like that these dames gave loose to,         ‘Take back our love-

he love of Jupiter for Leda, wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, sprang these twin-brothers. Under the form of a swan, pursued

he throws, This charm in civil war engaged them all, By mutual wounds these earth-born brothers fall.     One labour more rem

oness he bore, And lands triumphant on his native shore.” Ovid. All these deeds being performed in the presence of the mona

ame name, some writers extending the number to forty-three; though of these the son of Jupiter and Alcmena is the most celebr

s old, sent two snakes intending them to devour him. Far from fearing these terrible enemies, the child grasped them boldly i

r ills I mourn! Hercules. Whom hast thou known involved in ills like these ? Theseus. Thy vast misfortunes reach from earth

nt eyes Would scowl on me when known, and bitter tongues Goad me with these reproaches: — Is not this The son of Jove, who sl

him back to hell, after he had brought him before Eurystheus. Besides these arduous labours, which the jealousy of Eurystheus

s echoing caves, And Etna thunders o’er the insurgent waves.” ‌When these were performed, he became deeply enamoured of Iol

ar cross the stream his bow and club were cast, Swift he plunged in, ‘ these billows shall be past,’ He said, nor sought where

ued, Whose barbarous temples reeked with stranger’s blood? Pressed in these arms his fate Antæus found, Nor gained recruited

le-formed Geryon fell? Or, did I fear the triple dog of hell? Did not these hands the bull’s armed forehead hold? Are not our

e withstand? Or the fell boar that spoiled the Arcadian land? Did not these arms the Hydra’s rage subdue, Who from his wounds

manger tore, I saw, and with their barbarous lord, o’erthrew? What if these hands Nemæa’s lion slew? Did not this neck the he

ed at length, suspends her harsh commands, Yet no fatigue has slacked these valiant hands; But now, new plagues consume me; n

brutal rage has made Your frantic mind so black a crime conceive? Are these the thanks that you to Perseus give? This the rew

tone, with those of his court who were accomplices in his guilt. When these celebrated exploits were finished, Perseus felt a

bbers and wild beasts, rendering the road almost impassable: however, these obstacles were all met, and destroyed by his cour

st present to me thy traitor brow, And vow thine innocence. Away from these scenes of thine infamy, Away and seek beneath a s

to look behind him before he reached the borders of hell. Gladly were these conditions accepted by Orpheus, and already was h

mortal wounds, exclaimed: —————— “‘Thou diest, and I am king, Within these hands, red with a brother’s blood, Shall dwell th

lay, and spouting from his wounds a stream Of blood, bedewed me with these crimson drops.” Æschylus. The tradition of the

do human pangs Reach the pure soul thus far below? do tears Spring in these meadows? Iphig. No, sweet father, no. I could ha

voices, songs — Cheer! arms advance. Aga. Come to me, soul of peace! these , these alone, These are not false embraces.” W.

songs — Cheer! arms advance. Aga. Come to me, soul of peace! these, these alone, These are not false embraces.” W. S. Land

weighty clusters pour, And Jove descends in each prolific shower. By these no statutes and no rights are known, No council h

me time with the one to Virtue. An augur having warned Marcellus that these two divinities would not dwell in the circumferen

er and Winter.” — Her side was opened, and the heart visible, bearing these words, “Far and near.” ‌ Liberty wears som

ghters of Night, and though poets have been peculiarly the victims of these evils, yet they have frequently celebrated them i

adorned his person and endeavoured to render himself as agreeable, by these and other means, to his nymph as possible. ‌ Gal

t inhabitants of Greece. It was composed of seventeen letters, and to these were added some time after, by Palamedes, an addi

their singularity, they prove at the same time, that the founders of these various faiths have sought to give them a charact

mportant,) are placed idols of all kinds, and of all forms, adored by these ignorant and credulous people. Insérer image anon

the Hindoo tales. They pretend that the world is sustained by four of these animals, who are placed at the four cardinal poin

heathen-mythology_1842_img283 “But the general cause which regulated these sacrifices,” says Mr.  Howitt, (again to quote fr

, which the emperor threw in the depths of the sea. The sacrifices to these deities were sometimes varied; there was a deep w

Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img285 They had, besides these , Tangatanga, an idol which was, according to them

s many temples as there are days in the year. ‌ The principal one of these was an immense pyramid of thirteen hundred and fi

st in many parts of the Mexican Territories and of new Spain. Some of these pyramids are of larger base than the Egyptian, an

ng the three persons, forming the Trinity peculiar to this people; of these one is the creator, and lord of the starry hemisp

his little book I have gathered together some of the most pleasing of these myths, and have told them in simple, fairy-tale s

in in literature and art. The pronouncing list on page 8 includes all these names, and with a little help here and there from

s and sorrows. Let us worship them and sing of them.” And they called these mighty people gods and goddesses. In the central

owers. The stern old king felt his heart beat quicker at sight of all these lovely maidens, and he singled out Proserpine, an

all their might. Now poets, you must know, love beautiful things, and these frogs were very ugly indeed; besides it was the f

ly, if you have no pity for me,” she said, “you cannot be so cruel to these little children who stretch out their arms to you

girl really did stretch out their tiny baby fingers, as though to beg these hard-hearted men to be more gentle. But they were

“If there is any one to hear me, and any justice among the gods, let these men live forever in that pool!” The gods heard he

ms?             O dear playmate,             Come near, playmate; Are these fancies true, or naught at all but dreams?       

p-pointed and made of shining gold, and whoever was pierced by one of these at once fell deeply in love. But the other arrows

hate one another. You will hear, in a moment, what use Cupid made of these curious arrows of his. When Apollo met Cupid thus

Belvedere (Vatican, Rome). But Daphne was only the more terrified at these words, and fled more swiftly, while Apollo still

and lie on the soft grass under the trees. No one ever dared to enter these quiet, hidden groves, for they were sacred to Dia

, he said, he had heard so much. Perseus, of course, was flattered by these words of praise, and replied, “Indeed, O King, I

r. I think I see some one behind that thick bush.” When Perseus heard these words, he trembled in his winged shoes. However,

there were beautiful temples built to the gods and goddesses; and in these temples dwelt priests who were supposed to be the

now something that was to happen in the future, he would go to one of these oracles, and offer up a sacrifice to the god, in

nt shall trouble you no longer.” Great was the grief of the people at these words. Andromeda was so gentle and good that ever

rule it well. But no matter how perplexed or tired the queen was with these worries of her kingdom, the sound of her children

e, and me only, should you worship, for I am greater than Latona.” At these words the frightened women cast down their wreath

ir deed, and thought she had been punished enough. But when she spoke these words of scorn against their mother, their anger

of welcoming them with kind words and offering them a resting place, these rude people closed their doors against the wander

this virtue of hospitality than we do nowadays, and so the conduct of these wicked people was all the more blamable. On the o

r wish, both dying at the same instant, and in their stead flourished these two mighty trees, which stood for centuries in fr

ht soon be restored to her. At last Juno could no longer bear to hear these prayers for the safety of a man who was already d

ls. In a sad voice he told the story of the shipwreck, and ended with these words: “Weep no more for the absent one; for he i

And because of the name of the birds that are supposed to bring them, these seven days are known as the halcyon days. ——— In

and never sleeps by night or by day. When you have succeeded in doing these three things, you may take the Golden Fleece back

brooks and all the shy, wild creatures that lived in the forests. All these things he loved, but dearer to him than anything

cinthus did not think it at all strange that Apollo should like to do these things for him. For love is so wonderful a thing,

f hollow reeds; and when the wind played through them they gave forth these strange words, “King Midas wears great asses ears

together with their one fiery eye, gave them a very fierce look. For these strange beings, instead of having two eyes, as yo

th flames from the great holes in their summits. You would think that these fierce, wild-looking creatures, who guarded their

he cave of a mountain which overhung the blue sea, there lived one of these Cyclops whose name was Polyphemus. Every day he s

the fruit of all the other trees. “See how great is my wealth, — all these cows belong to me, and all these sheep. You shall

. “See how great is my wealth, — all these cows belong to me, and all these sheep. You shall have sweet milk to drink and fre

belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs; And if these pleasures may thee move, Come, live with me and b

herd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then, live with me an

l at beck of Fate they revisit upper day and the ever-tranquil stars, these ghosts of “far-off things and battles long ago,”

form as well as the mental, moral, and social attributes of men.” In these deities of the sun, the moon, and the dawn, we do

preside over the institutions and occupations of mankind.” In none of these presumptive stages of mythologic philosophy do we

uld lead to the appreciation of concrete artistic productions of both these kinds. It goes without saying that a rational ser

ormation bolted, as it were, but by no means digested. When, however, these stories are treated in genealogical and realistic

ve been commonplaces of information to the inventors and narrators of these stories. The myths may well be reproduced as exer

lasses in the High Schools will experience no difficulty in mastering these chapters when they come to review them. Since the

ain ancient nations. It is the purpose of this work to relate some of these myths, and to illustrate the uses to which they h

of the heavens, or descending to earth cherishes the youth Endymion,— these myths, germinating in some quaint and childish in

mals and inanimate nature don the attributes of men and gods. Many of these myths treat of divinities once worshipped by the

rse and German forefathers in the dark ages. Myths, more or less like these , may be found in the literatures of nearly all na

enthroned in the palace of art. § 2. Kinds of Myth. — If we classify these stories according to the reason of their existenc

ral judgment. § 3. Divisions of Inquiry. — We are next led to ask how these myths came into existence, and how it is that the

existence. Imagination. — If we assume that the peoples who invented these stories of supernatural beings and events had, wi

our imagination and theirs. They, at some time or other, believed in these personifications. We do not believe. But their be

however, as their size is grander or their movement more tremendous, these objects must be possessed of freedom, personality

e they ever believed? How accounted for. — There are many answers to these questions. They may, however, be classified accor

le. As, also, the phrases expressing the existence or the activity of these natural objects lost their ancient signification

s against heaven.” There are doubtless many curious coincidences like these , but the theory cannot, without extravagance, be

e nowadays there may exist “any stage of the human intellect in which these divine adventures and changes of men into animals

onality and life.” The forces of nature, animals, and things have for these Polynesians and Bushmen the same powers and attri

s to-day abound in adventures based upon qualities and incidents like these . If these stories should survive in the literatur

bound in adventures based upon qualities and incidents like these. If these stories should survive in the literature of these

ents like these. If these stories should survive in the literature of these nations after the nations have been civilized, th

bends beneath their weight. And, on the other hand, collaterally with these corporeal images, and never for one instant separ

w, therefore, in nearly every myth of importance… you have to discern these three structural parts — the root and the two bra

ations scholars may make on other points, most of them will concur in these : that some myths came into existence by a “diseas

ersia, and Norway. But we find myths containing such incidents in all these countries.17 (5) That the Aryan tribes (from whi

of Phæacia,21 in honor of a chieftain, an ancestor, or a god. Many of these early bards are mere names to us. Most of them ar

ndeed, nearly every expedition of mythology was accompanied by one of these seers, priests, or “medicine-men,” as we might ca

het of Thebes; and Mopsus, who attended the Argonauts. The stories of these expeditions will follow in due course. (2) Mythic

h could have been committed to writing in the age usually assigned to these , when materials capable of transmitting long prod

beautiful narrative of Alcestis, and the adventures of Medea. All of these stories will be recounted in their proper places.

e famous antiquary Biorn of Scardsa, he attributed the composition of these poems to Sæmund the Wise, a historian who lived 1

ve their roots in Norse civilization, and are national property.43 Of these mythic-heroic prose compositions the most importa

uge World-egg, flew, by reason of its rapid rotation, into halves. Of these , one was Heaven, the other Earth. From the centre

two of them, Iapetus and Cronus ; but Hesiod enumerates thirteen. Of these the more important are Oceanus and Tethys, Hyperi

and its breakers that seem to shake the earth. These lightning-eyed, these hundred-handed monsters, their father Uranus fear

covering to a third. But Prometheus himself made a nobler animal than these . Taking some earth and kneading it with water, he

he oaks. This Golden Age had begun in the reign of Cronus.58 And when these heroes fell asleep in death, they were translated

iety. The earth is the great parent of all; the stones are her bones; these we may cast behind us; this, I think, the oracle

Iron, Hesiod mentions an Age of Demigods and Heroes. Since, however, these demigods and heroes were, many of them, reputed t

reek names, have been retained; but, for the poetic conception of all these stories, except such as are contained in Sections

). His sister, Vesta (Hestia), the oldest born of Cronus and Rhea. Of these all were deities of the highest order save Hebe,

oasis, and delivered a similar command. According to another account these were not doves, but priestesses, who, carried off

d he not been lame before, he had good reason to limp after either of these catastrophes. He took part in the making of the h

s. These naturally seemed to afford access to the world below. One of these descents to the Underworld was near Tænarum in La

torm-driven mariners who had caught a glimpse of occidental lands. In these Islands of the Blest, the Titans, released from T

awns of June Before the sun hath climbed the sky! ……………………………………… All these their mirth and pleasure made Within the plain El

s blossoms from the dewy vale, — Lily, and rose, and asphodel, — With these doth each guest twine his crown And wreathe his c

he was blessed with a family of fifty fair daughters, the Nereïds. Of these daughters, the most famous are Galatea, Thetis, a

. — There were also divinities always peculiar to Roman mythology. Of these the more important are: — (1) Saturn, an ancient

ctions of conduct and experience, such as Fortune and Health. Many of these Latin divinities were derived from the earlier cu

her sake, Asia and the further shore, both in the shape of women. Of these one had the guise of a stranger, the other of a l

rother on the salt sea-path, and round him were gathered the Tritons, these hoarse trumpeters of the deep, blowing from their

hou find from the deep? Nay, art thou then some god, for god-like are these deeds of thine.” … So spake she, and the horned b

t indeed my father, give me back my people, or take me also away!’ At these words a clap of thunder was heard. ‘I accept the

th admiration, I said, ‘ Give me, oh, father, citizens as numerous as these , and replenish my empty city.’ The tree shook, an

etween the gods themselves. They forbade it to be slain, and spoke in these words: “We are gods. This inhospitable village sh

god, Golden and white in thy new-carven shape, Hear me! and grant for these my pious sons, Who saw my tears, and wound their

the olive-tree, with its berries and its dark green leaves. Amongst these leaves she made a Butterfly, With excellent devic

him winged words: “Father Jupiter, hast thou no indignation to behold these violent deeds? For ever cruelly suffer we gods by

ar to me, and I would own myself indebted to you for life itself. Let these infants move your pity, who stretch out their lit

e Day, the Month, the Year, the Hours, and the Seasons. Surrounded by these attendants, the Sun beheld the youth dazzled with

o the stream. The Italian Naiads reared a tomb for him, and inscribed these words upon the stone: — “Driver of Phœbus’ chari

igh: ‘Thou heardest, Artemis, my daily prayer That thou wouldst guide these children in the pass Of virtue, through the tangl

ong the deities of Olympus, who doubted whether she actually occupied these intervals with hunting. It is easy to imagine the

n her bath and at her table, and show them her treasures. The view of these delights caused envy to enter their bosoms. They

ared for food for her pigeons, and gave order, “Take and separate all these grains, putting all of the same kind in a parcel

ortal. Thy Cupid shall never break from the knot in which he is tied; these nuptials shall, indeed, be perpetual.” Thus Psych

s fact Keats alludes in his exquisite Ode to Psyche. O Goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and

re-regioned star, Or Vesper, amorous glowworm of the sky; Fairer than these , though temple thou hast none, Nor altar heaped w

ted forest boughs, Holy the air, the water, and the fire; Yet even in these days so far retired From happy pieties, thy lucen

h race Hippomenes was to be judge. It was his thought, at first, that these suitors risked too much for a wife. But when he s

id, ‘Who taught thee rhetoric to deceive a maid? Ay me! such words as these should I abhor, And yet I like them for the orato

u knowest well, And from my hand a heavy thing there fell Carved like these flowers, nor could I see things clear, But with a

threatening him with death, commanded him to tell who he was and what these new rites were that he presumed to celebrate. The

od looked out over the sea, and said in a voice of weeping, “Sailors, these are not the shores ye promised me; yonder island

heir example. Now, if thou regardest thine own interest or mine, join these two in one.” The boy selected his sharpest and tr

wn child, Proserpine. “If with mists of evening dew Thou dost nourish these young flowers Till they grow, in scent and hue, F

e similarity of horse-taming to wave-taming that attracted the god to these quadrupeds; perhaps it was because they increased

th. She, at last, opened her feeble eyes, and forced herself to utter these words: “I implore thee, if thou hast ever loved m

Thou wilt renew thy beauty morn by morn; I earth in earth forget these empty courts, And thee returning on thy silver

From haunts of shepherd, nymph, and satyr, And Syracusan times, — to these Far shores and twenty centuries later. A ragged

rethusan water! New forms may fold the speech, new lands Arise within these ocean portals, But Music waves eternal wands, — E

Satyrs, all male; the Oreads and the Dryads or Hamadryads, female. To these may be added the Naiads, for, although they dwelt

id pass this way, And, all in festal oak-leaves clad, His limbs among these lilies throwing, Watch’d the silver waters flowin

d virgin to stone even as she gazed on her lover’s funeral. “Consider these things, dearest child,” said the seeming old woma

f hair writhing serpents curled around their brows. Forming a circle, these awful beings sang their hymn. High it swelled, ov

. Yet I (even such as thou seest me) feed a thousand cattle, and from these I draw and drink the best, milk in the world. And

either white lilies, or the soft poppy with its scarlet petals. Nay, these are summer’s flowers, and those are flowers of wi

cattle slain, and see what has befallen.” Aristseus faithfully obeyed these directions. Returning to the grove, on the ninth

of the Hellenic branch, most notably those descended from Æolus. With these families most of the Older Heroes are, by blood o

elves to him. Hercules promptly despatched the thief. Through most of these expeditions Hercules was attended by Iolaüs, his

inst supper-time, for Heracles himself and the steadfast Telamon, for these comrades twain supped ever at one table. Soon was

celestial.302 Theseus, Meleager, Peleus, and Nestor were also among these Argonauts, or sailors of the Argo. The ship with

lashing Islands, at the entrance of the Euxine Sea. When they reached these islands, they, accordingly, let go a dove, which

o in his age bore arms with Achilles and Ajax in the Trojan War,315 — these and many more joined in the enterprise. With them

praiseworthiest from all men: Thee therefore we praise also, thee as these , Pure and a light lit at the hands of gods.”317

him, too, stricken through both sides The earth felt falling, … … And these being slain, None moved, nor spake.320 Of this

to the fray, and not a few of the guests bit the dust. Later, each of these friends aspired to espouse a daughter of Jupiter.

led. Not one had yet succeeded in guessing it. Œdipus, not daunted by these alarming accounts, boldly advanced to the trial.

herself, He with them struck the pupils of his eyes, With words like these : “Because they had not seen What ills he suffered

l bleeding, stained his cheek.336 § 161. Œdipus at Colonus. — After these sad events, Œdipus would have left Thebes, but th

the two sons of Œdipus. But, after Œdipus had grown content to stay, these sons of his, with Creon, thrust him into exile. A

ldren! Yet one word is strong to loose, Although alone, the burden of these toils, For love in larger store ye could not have

ave them forth, Nor justice, dwelling with the gods below, Who traced these laws for all the sons of men; Nor did I deem thy

was I prepared Before the gods to bear the penalty Of sinning against these . That I should die I knew (how should I not?), th

of the wool resplendent within them. Thus then, parting the strands, these Three with resonant voices Uttered, in chant divi

on the joys we shared in mortal life, — The paths which we had trod — these fountains, flowers; My new-planned cities and unf

receiving aid from new allies still continued its resistance. One of these allies was Memnon, the Æthiopian prince, whose st

th a band of female warriors. All the authorities attest the valor of these women and the fearful effect of their war cry. Pe

ides seized upon Orestes, and drove him frantic from land to land. In these wanderings Pylades accompanied him, and watched o

to remain in that country. It was by main force that Ulysses dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them und

alt-blown acres of the shoreless deep; — Better, — yea better far all these than bow Foul faces to foul earth, and yearn — as

e him till they should have passed the Sirens’ island. Ulysses obeyed these directions. Fig. 103. Sirens and Ulysses. [Gem

ngth with mantles of finest texture, the work of Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden s

efore, be led to a seat among us and supplied with food and wine.” At these words the king, rising, gave his hand to Ulysses

ar as I am, I was once a soldier, and there is still some strength in these old limbs of mine.” The suitors hooted with deris

„ “It little profits that an idle King, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete a

he table, than a horrible clamor was heard in the air, and a flock of these odious harpies came rushing down upon them, seizi

alinurus, — and so it does to this day. Leaving Palinurus consoled by these words, they approached the boat. Charon, fixing h

of young children, who had died on the threshold of life; and near to these were they who had perished under false charges. M

s to unrequited love, not freed from pain even by death itself. Among these , Æneas thought he descried the form of Dido, with

an Fields. — The Sibyl now warned Æneas that it was time to turn from these melancholy regions and seek the city of the bless

snow-white fillets about their brows. The Sibyl addressed a group of these , and inquired where Anchises was to be found. The

as insects in the summer air. Æneas, with surprise, inquired who were these . Anchises answered, “They are souls to which bodi

it possible that any can be so in love with life, as to wish to leave these tranquil seats for the upper world?” Anchises rep

rrupted, that they are not fit to be intrusted with human bodies,.and these pass by metempsychosis into the bodies of brute a

, and poured out his life and his blood together. Of Pallas. — While these things were doing in one part of the field, in an

to Niflheim (the region of darkness and cold). By the side of each of these roots is a spring, from which it is watered. The

es — consists of golden and silver palaces: but the most beautiful of these is Valhalla, the great hall of Odin. When seated

gard Serpent, the third Hela (Death). The gods were not ignorant that these monsters were maturing, and that they would one d

of summer, he should forfeit the recompense agreed on. On being told these terms, the artificer stipulated that he be allowe

owever, had been concluded and confirmed by solemn oaths, for without these precautions a giant would not have thought himsel

lose thy labor and get no fame from the contest with me.” On hearing these words Thor in a rage laid hold of his mallet and

s earths, and stones, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold pla

of beings, inferior to the gods, but still possessed of great power; these were the Elves. The white spirits, or Elves of Li

rrior Thor, Vidar the silent, the impetuous Tyr? I, what were I, when these can nought avail? Yet, doubtless, when the day of

spake; and the fleet Hermod thus replied: — “Brother, what seats are these , what happier day? Tell me, that I may ponder it

tale abides to tell. I have done many deeds in my life-days, and all these , and my love, they lie In the hollow hand of Odin

ied. Kriemhild, looking from her window, said, “He surely should rule these realms;” Brunhild answered, “So long as Gunther l

sword Balmung, severs the head of the hated Hagen from his body. With these warriors the secret of the hidden hoard passes. K

§§ 1-10. For information concerning mythical characters mentioned in these sections — such as Pandora, Prometheus, Endymion,

e conflicting claims of parties. The old poets prophesied a return of these goddesses and of the Golden Age. See also Pope’s

l of his lippe, the rose Growing on’s cheek (but none knows how) With these , the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of

these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe winne; At last he’e set her both

“Nymphs, sister nymphs, which haunt this crystal brook, And happy in these floating bowers abide,” etc.; Pope, Summer 7; Arm

een commonplaces of information to those who invented and perpetuated these stories. It should be borne in mind that the trad

nd loved by a youth, Acontius. He threw before her an apple, on which these words were inscribed, “I swear by the sanctuary o

ung lady to be presented at court; and we may hesitate to explain all these legends of an useful feat of courage as nature my

measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people. They lived near the sources of the Nile,

comes ( Cox). The slaughter of the Centaurs may be the dissipation of these vapors. His insanity may denote the raging heat o

the frieze of the temple of the Parthenon. A considerable portion of these sculptures is now in the British Museum among tho

ian isthmus, the Nemean at Nemea, a city of Argolis. The exercises in these games were chariot-racing, running, leaping, wres

ling, throwing the quoit, and hurling the javelin, or boxing. Besides these exercises of bodily strength and agility, there w

nd agility, there were contests in music, poetry, and eloquence. Thus these games furnished poets, musicians, and authors the

es; The Sphinx, by D. G. Rossetti. §§ 158-176. Of the stories told in these sections no systematic, allegorical, or physical

Gudrun, The Lay of Hamdir, The Lament of Oddrun. For translations of these fragments, see pp. 167-270 of the volume mentione

volume mentioned above. For the originals and literal translations of these and other Norse lays of importance, see Vigfusson

Sigurd and Siegfried we have recollections combined of two or more of these historic characters. Mythologically, — Sigurd (of

3 and 526 a.d., ruled from Italy what had been the Western Empire. In these poems, however, his earlier illustrious career is

of Brynhild, or Gudrun, or Kriemhild. The mythological connection of these epics with the Norse myths of the seasons, Sigurd

k Classics, see Commentary, § 11. 30. With regard to translations of these and other Latin poets, see Commentary, § 12. 31

ignifies Brandisher [of the Lance]. 58. Consequently the creation of these men could not be assigned to Prometheus, — unless

of the Titans. 59. There is uncertainty as to the mythical period of these events. The order here given seems to me well gro

by Keats. 352. The passage which precedes the first conflict between these heroes, describing the farewell of Hector to Andr

ch is sure to happen; but they did not know enough to feel sure about these things, and so when the evening came they said, ‘

writers to bring out the exquisite and touching poetry that underlies these ancient legends.” Cox . “Language has been ca

t of the personified sky and clouds. But the Greek, in whose language these physical meanings were lost, had long before the

gh the legends of different lands leads us to the conclusion that all these legends have a common source, namely, the words o

venerated their departed ancestors, and in each family the worship of these ancestors was an important duty. Their images wer

mily observed, at fixed times, memorial rites in their honor, and for these and other religious observances the family hearth

hea*, Themis*, Mnemosyne*, Phœbe*, and Tethys*. The interpretation of these divinities is somewhat difficult, but they doubtl

s* (thunder), Steropes* (forked-lightning), Arges* (sheet-lightning): these we can clearly see refer to the phenomena of the

h chain having a knot at the end. The constant winds of Dodona caused these chains to frequently strike the brazen vase, and

the prayer of the terror-stricken mariner. It has been remarked that these Dioscuri flitting about on their golden wings are

which devoured those whom the floods had spared. It is probable that these sea-monsters are the poetical figures which repre

on* (fire-flaming), and Styx* (dread). The last was said to encompass these realms nine times, and could be crossed only by t

s of which rolled flames of fire, and lit up, with their lurid glare, these awful realms. In the interior sat the judge, Rhad

idea of the inexorable and implacable nature of the Erinnys. But when these barbarous customs died out before advancing civil

Free-Masonry is a branch of the Eleusinian order. The chief object of these Mysteries was to disseminate better and purer ide

Lost ,” Book I. The same fundamental idea lies at the foundation of these legends, namely, that fire first came down from h

wonderful things for his favorites, or those of Zeus among men. Among these were the golden dogs which guarded the house of A

in honor of Apollo in the third year of every Olympiad. There were at these games sacrifices of cakes and frankincense, expia

under the name of Camenæ*. The Roman writers seem to have identified these goddesses with the Muses at pleasure. The daughte

the goddess in remembrance of their exploits. The most magnificent of these statues was the one erected by Augustus after his

the ravages of time. The city of Athens contains numerous remains of these buildings of antiquity. On the Acropolis may stil

e country were usually surrounded by groves of trees. The solitude of these shady retreats tended to inspire the worshiper wi

he first fruits of the fields, or the finest of the flocks and herds; these were required to be without blemish. Propitiatory

processions, games, chariot races, etc., were conspicuous features on these occasions, and dramatic performances representing

re kept all kinds of diseases and ills. Pandora removed the cover and these escaped, and men have ever since been tormented b

violet hues tint the clouds of early morning. When the evening comes, these violet hues re-appear; so Œdipus weds Jocasta. Th

hiaraus, Capaneus*, Parthenopæus*, and Hippomedon*. To oppose each of these leaders, Eteocles placed within the walls one who

upon his own sword and expired. The Epigoni*. Ten years after these events, the sons of the slain heroes, who were ca

the robe and collar to their mother, and by the direction of Achelous these fatal treasures were deposited in the temple of t

r precious possessions to the protege of the gods. Thus equipped with these , he flew to the abode of the Gorgons, whom he fou

ong enough to raise the stone, and then to allow him to take with him these tokens of his identity. Theseus was carefully tra

the Amazons, and distinguished himself so much in the engagement with these female warriors that Heracles gave him Antiope*,

p which should spring up. Jason was in great perplexity when he heard these conditions. He went to the temple of Hecate to su

egendary site. We can scarcely tell at present the full importance of these discoveries. Professor Max Müller says, “the sieg

rived at the country of the Cyclopes. The name means “round eye,” and these giants were so called because they had but one ey

great surprise of the strangers, were tame and harmless as lambs. All these animals had once been men, but had been changed b

tern horizon he became Tum, and during the night he was Amun. Each of these gods, as well as the many others connected with t

ted of the triads, was worshiped throughout the land. So popular were these deities that it has been said, “With the exceptio

arnations of Deity. Other animals were considered as only emblems. Of these , the hawk, ibis, ape, cat,17 and asp were everywh

codile was principally worshiped about Lake Mœris. A chosen number of these animals were kept in the temples, where they were

s worshiped as Bel*, or Baal*, the Lord, and as Moloch*, or the King, these names being gradually set apart for separate deit

lood of infants, especially of the first-born. Carthage was noted for these horrid sacrifices; five hundred children, it is s

mparted to them so much of his own nature as seemed proper to him. Of these Ormuzd* (Greek Oromazes*) remained faithful to hi

plicated legends can be traced to their germ in some phrase which, in these most ancient of all poems, simply described some

than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all castes eat together. Buddha*

aces, the dwellings of the gods; but the most famous and beautiful of these was Valhalla*, the residence of Odin. When seated

we least looked for literature or written memorials, — the record of these things was written down. On the seaboard of this

of them and of what the sea yields; and it seems they were poetic men these , men who had deep thoughts in them and uttered mu

the Druidical priesthood in its other departments became extinct. At these meetings none but bards of merit were permitted t

s in diameter, constituted their sacred place. The most celebrated of these , now remaining, is Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain

roperty, were at this time brought before them for adjudication. With these judicial acts were combined certain superstitious

fied as the embodiment of wisdom. The fair complexion always given to these gods has reference to the white light of the dawn

ichabo was at times the god of light, at others, of the winds; and as these are the rain-bringers, he was also at times spoke

s. The heavens were far above, peopled by supernatural beings. One of these , a woman named Ataensic, threw herself through a

great bags, called clouds, to pour it upon the thirsty Earth. It was these gods, too, who helped men to do whatever was beau

Ceres. She had asked that question many, many times, in vain, during these last months. “Was she young, and slender, and bea

truth and wisdom, clear-eyed and quiet and terribly strong. It was to these three that Ceres looked; and as she moved across

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

to your lamp, with which you fry the hearts of foolish mortals.” With these words he walked away, leaving Cupid almost in tea

et the golden apples of the Hesperides. Hercules knew something about these apples. The old goddess Earth had brought them as

ll prove to you before the whole world that he is not.” Phaëton heard these words with joy, and set out at once for the far d

end of their child. A monument was set above him. Upon it were carved these words: — Here he who drove the sun’s bright char

of the Gorgons. They will tell you where Medusa is to be found.” With these words the goddess disappeared, but at his feet Pe

shining sword. Then Æthra told him the whole story of his father and these hidden things. “Take the sandals and the sword,”

ust send him each year seven youths and seven beautiful maidens. With these he feeds the Minotaur, a fierce and evil monster,

of wisdom and courage, and to Venus, the goddess of love, for it was these two who had given Theseus his lovely bride, and h

s to send out each year the old black-sailed ship to Delos, to repeat these sacrifices, so that it might never be forgotten h

flung a golden apple in their midst upon the table. On the apple were these words: “For the fairest.” Immediately a dispute a

ad grown up. He was now living, still unknown and unrecognized, among these poor people. He helped them tend their flocks, an

cury, “this evening, when the sun is down and the crimson light is on these slopes, you shall meet here in the grove three go

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

ried off Briseis, my beloved slave, rather than that we had ever seen these days of grief and loss.” And Agamemnon, hearing t

e had ever seen these days of grief and loss.” And Agamemnon, hearing these words, was touched, and said: — “I, also, was in

e is, he cannot stand against us both.” Hector was glad when he heard these words. “You were always the best of my brothers,

cave near by, told him how much his home had need of him. “For years these lawless men have been rioting in your palace, and

greetings were ended, “we have work before us. You and I must punish these lawless suitors. Go on before me to the palace, a

to her own thoughts for a while. She will know me when I have put off these rags.” They went out, and Minerva took off the di

ry hand; the majestic sweep of the blazing worlds through space — all these pointed unerringly to a First Cause, which origin

liest men who ever lived. It is the argument of the philologists that these fancies and reflections settled into definite sha

as a rule, be natural and appropriate.” The time came, however, when these names were considered simply as applying to heroe

Cab′iri [Cab′iri]. The mysterious rites connected with the worship of these deities were so obscene that most writers refer t

ter of Oceanus, and sister of Nereus, two of the marine deities. From these two sisters sprang the several tribes of water ny

Genii were domestic divinities. Every man was supposed to have two of these genii accompanying him; one brought him happiness

Twelfth, To bring up from Hades the three-headed dog, Cerberus. All these tasks he successfully accomplished, and, besides,

sacred bull, named Apis.                                 “... After these appeared A crew who, under names of old renown, O

e, Juno, Pallas (Minerva), and Venus; but Jove himself could not make these three agree, and it was decided that Paris should