s pretended to have its particular Jupiter. Varron mentions more than three hundred Jupiters. It was so with the other gods a

this reason he was deemed the god of peace. The temple was shut only three times: first, under Numa; next, after the second

d over public ways. His statues often mark in the right the number of three hundred, and in the left that of sixty, to signif

an sacrifices. Almost every nation had its Jupiter. Varron enumerates three hundred as a part of the thirty thousand gods rec

writers in any particular branch of science. Some reckon no more than three of them, viz. Mnemo, Aæde, and Melete, i. e. memo

ear; and, though they are usually nine in number, there must be added three months in the year during which people rest from

e Muses distinguished? Chapter XV. Diana, or Phœba. There were three goddesses of this name, the most celebrated of wh

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

or offices, the name of Triformis, and Tergemina, or the goddess with three forms, was given to her. She was denominated Tisi

ivals instituted in winter nights by the Bacchæ, and celebrated every three years. The Epilenæa were games celebrated in the

rpetual virgin; Tritonia, either because her father brought her forth three months after his head had been struck, or because

Astarte, wife to Adonis, and born in Phrygia. Pausanias distinguished three Venuses: a celestial Venus, who presided over cha

the assembly a golden apple, inscribed “to the fairest.” Each of the three goddesses claimed it as her own, but, at length,

olding a thyrsus, surrounded with branches and leaves of grapes, with three arrows in one of her hands. Some thereby attempt

Graces, or Charities, were daughters of Bacchus and Venus. They were three and sometimes four in number, Aglaia, (shining,)

lf rough, half form’d, the dreadful engine lay; Three points of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three arm’d with wind; an

nts of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three arm’d with wind; and three were barb’d with fire. The mass they temper’d thi

e the Sun’s disk, or like the Grecian shield.” Obs. 1. — There were three distinguished Vulcans: the first, Tubalcain, the

the poets with most materials for fable, is Mercury Trismegistus, or three times great, king of Egypt, who lived a little af

same poet makes the number of the nymphs of the waters amount even to three thousand; and if the Naiades, the Napæx, the Limn

ulness. Oceanus was married to Tethys, by whom he is said to have had three thousand children. His nymphs were called after h

d? Chapter III. The Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis. The Sirens were three in number, supposed to have been the daughters of

came a monster of a hideous form, with six different heads, each with three rows of teeth, with twelve feet, and with the low

. She was the first of his children. In like manner he sent forth the three Parcæ, the serpent Python, Nox, Tartarus, and so

a dead Apis. He conducted it to a second priest who bore a mask with three heads, resembling those of the Cerberus of the po

apter I. Hell, Charon, Cerberus. Hell was an eternal prison, with three impenetrable walls, and an iron tower. It had gat

Echidna, was the porter of hell. He was a tremendous watch-dog, with three heads and a collar of snakes round his neck. His

deciding all disputes between Rhadamanthus and Æacus. The Furies were three sisters, daughters of Acheron and Nox, named Alec

one hand, and burning torches in the other. The Fates, or Parcæ, were three sisters, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, or of N

ae, his wife, overwhelmed him with grievous complaints. By her he had three sons, and two celebrated daughters, Ariadne and P

s shaped like a triangle, the corners of which are constituted by the three promontories, Pelorus, Pachynus, and Lilybæus. Ty

were the first, seen riding on horseback. Geryon was a monster, with three bodies and three heads. His residence was on the

een riding on horseback. Geryon was a monster, with three bodies and three heads. His residence was on the island Erythia, n

inclines us to the belief, that Geryon was a prince who reigned over three islands, called Baleares. The Harpies were winged

rm, the nature of which their names are descriptive. The Gorgons were three sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Cete. Their nam

Fourmont, versed in the Oriental languages, finds in the names of the three Gorgons, those of three ships, once engaged in co

Oriental languages, finds in the names of the three Gorgons, those of three ships, once engaged in commerce on the coast of A

hat which walks on four feet in the morning, on two feet at noon, and three in the evening?” Creon, then king of Thebes, decl

trum, or five years, a year, and seasons. He was admitted to have but three seasons, Slimmer, Autumn and Winter; but Spring w

r.” — See Fig. 52. Fig. 52. Truth. Concordia, Pax, and Fides, were three different goddesses. The power of Concordia or Co

In one day, he cleansed the stable of Augeas, king of Elis, in which three thousand oxen had been kept for thirty years, and

pain, which lived on men’s flesh. The king himself was a monster with three bodies and three heads, and was guarded by a dog

on men’s flesh. The king himself was a monster with three bodies and three heads, and was guarded by a dog with two heads, a

of the sea-monster to which she was exposed; and after being confined three days in his belly, he cut his way out, and came a

he city of Troy, and the name of Troas to the whole country. Tros had three children. The eldest, Ganymede, was taken away by

e demanded to have a son without a wife. His request was granted. The three gods caused Orion to spring from the skin of that

they called it Phosphorus, Lucifer, or the Morning Star. Hesperus had three daughters, Egle, Prethusa, and Hesperethusa, who

tre and two horns on his head; in his right hand he held a whip, with three thongs, and a staff in the left. Sometimes he has

e sun. He was a particular object of veneration among the people, and three cities in the Thebais, were named after him. He w

er was overcome. The name of the second man-bull was Tasehter. He had three bodies, of a man, a horse, and a bull; from each

symbol of Seeva, is protuded, being enclosed with a high wall, having three entrances. Two figures of elephants are placed up

n Bramin. When the Bramins first assume the Zennar, or sacred cord of three threads, the mystic emblem of their faith, they l

by sares. They also divided time by neres and soses. The sare marked three thousand and six years; the nere, six hundred; an

mulitude of human victims was sacrificed to him. He was honoured with three great sacrifices a year. The Mexicans also celebr

o thousand pilots and sailors transported from Elephantine to Sais in three years. This temple, or, rather, chapel, was in fr

opening of the ground, was a machine called a tripod, because it had three bars laid on the rock. A woman was seated on this

ears of age. There was at first one Pythia, but afterwards there were three . The oracles were not delivered daily. Apollo did

iving auguries from them. The priestess prepared herself by a fast of three days. Before she mounted the tripod, she washed h

rquin the elder. It consisted of nine books. Herophile asked for them three hundred pieces of gold, which were refused. She t

them three hundred pieces of gold, which were refused. She then cast three of them into the fire, and persisted in asking th

remainder. Tarquin still refused to buy. The Sibyl immediately burnt three more, and continued to demand the three hundred p

. The Sibyl immediately burnt three more, and continued to demand the three hundred pieces of gold for the three which remain

ore, and continued to demand the three hundred pieces of gold for the three which remained. Tarquin, fearing that she would b

e three which remained. Tarquin, fearing that she would burn the last three , gave her the sum she demanded. After this king h

el punishments were reserved for those who should have despised these three fundamental precepts, to continue as long as innu

with these dreadful arms that he fought the enemies of the gods. The three divinities just named, composed the courts or sup

who are sent to her. Loke was locked up by the gods in a cave shut by three sharp stones, where he shudders with such rage, a

of the world, and its top reached to the heavens. It was supported by three large roots, one of which extended even to the ni

it; and in a neighbouring spring, called the fountain of past things, three virgins continually drew a kind of precious water

d, where it keeps up the dew with which bees compose their honey. The three beautiful virgins, the Nornas, often meet under t

or married Belsta, daughter of the giant Mountain-Gate. By her he had three sons, Odin, Wile, and Ve. There arose a better ra

, or to resist the destinies. We have already seen that they admitted three Fairies or Nornas, who determined all events. Eve

; the winds will blow furiously; the frost will harden the earth; and three such winters will follow in succession. Then ther

step by step new temples were raised, and new idols were adopted. The three principal tribes or hordes of Scandinavia, erecte

he large temple at Upsal seemed to be particularly consecrated to the three great divinities. They were there represented by

and fertility; Frigga, as the goddess of love and marriage. They held three great festivals in the year. The first was celebr

Greeks, and Romans. The people of the North believed that the number three was cherished by the gods. Every ninth month or t

that the number three was cherished by the gods. Every ninth month or three times three, great sacrifices were renewed. They

ber three was cherished by the gods. Every ninth month or three times three , great sacrifices were renewed. They lasted nine

gurs, divinations, and a thousand of the like practices followed. The three Parcæ whom we have mentioned, delivered oracles i

personages, it was believed that the souls of departed bards sung for three nights about his phantom. It was generally though

of Gaul. Chartres was, as it were, the metropolis of Gaul; but those three colleges united in acknowledging the superiority

just, valiant, and religious. The fundamental points were reduced to three : Worship the gods; Injure no body; and Be courage

id that the whole system of the morality of the Druids was reduced to three principal points: Honour to the gods, injury to n

to them, but at the time of their greatest degradation. There existed three kinds of Druidesses: the first lived in celibacy;

e essences, intellects, and souls. Hence, they are distinguished into three orders. Of the mundane gods, likewise, some are t

The Student’s Mythology has been in use in manuscript for nearly three years in one of our largest academies, where it h

What is the story of Medusa’s [Medu′sa] head? Ans. Medusa was one of three sisters, the daughters of Phorcus. These maidens

the race, but first, he had recourse to Venus. This goddess gave him three golden apples gathered in the garden of the Hespe

oyments and elegant arts. Ques. How many were there? Ans. They were three in number. Their names were Euphrosyne [Euphro′sy

festival lasted one day, but after Julius Cæsar, it was prolonged to three , four, or five days. Ques. How were these days o

is a remarkable circumstance that the gates of Janus were closed but three times in seven hundred years. They were shut for

of Crete, he gave the brazen man Talus, who passed around the island three times every day, to guard it from invasion. For h

number of Muses? Ans. They say that in ancient times there were but three Muses. The citizens of Sicyon employed three scul

ent times there were but three Muses. The citizens of Sicyon employed three sculptors to execute statues of these goddesses,

f Jupiter and Latona, and the twin-sister of Apollo. This goddess had three names. On earth she was called Diana, and was hon

a sea-shell; for a sceptre, he holds a trident, that is, a fork with three barbed tines; he is arrayed in a blue mantle, and

the people worshipped him as a god. There was another Phorcus who had three daughters, concerning whom a remarkable circumsta

s handing the eye to the other, he snatched it from her, and left all three in darkness. Ques. For what was Proteus remarkab

air. Fates — Furies. Ques. Who were the Fates? Ans. They were three sisters, the daughters of Chaos, who were appoint

thread with her scissors. Ques. Who were the Furies? Ans. They were three sisters, Alecto [Alecto], Tisiphone [Tisi′phone],

s, who were half man and half horse; also Geryon, who was king of the three Balearic Islands, now known as Ivica, Minorca and

n as Ivica, Minorca and Majorca. For this reason, he was said to have three heads and three bodies, and passed into fable as

rca and Majorca. For this reason, he was said to have three heads and three bodies, and passed into fable as a monster. He wa

s that which goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?” The Thebans often met to try the

d to these same horses. Tenth. He overcame Geryon [Ger′yon], who had three heads and three bodies. Hercules brought into Ita

horses. Tenth. He overcame Geryon [Ger′yon], who had three heads and three bodies. Hercules brought into Italy the oxen of t

d which signifies “to rain.” The Hesperides, or Western Maidens, were three celebrated nymphs, concerning whose parentage anc

on the dead body of his foe, which he dragged at his chariot-wheels, three times around the tomb of Patroclus. The corpse of

oing the greater part of her work at night. This device succeeded for three years, at the end of which time the suitors becam

e. The misfortunes of Œdipus and his children have been celebrated by three Greek tragedians: Æschylus, Sophocles and Euripid

king declined the offer; the sibyl immediately disappeared and burned three of the volumes. Returning soon after, she asked t

ing six books; and when Tarquin again refused to buy them, she burned three more, and still persisted in demanding the same s

l; the statue held in its hand a whip, the lash of which consisted of three chains, each having an astragalus (a small bone)

not have been present at the games. The Greek historians relate that three couriers were received by Philip of Macedon on th

r buskin, was soled with several layers of cork, which added at least three inches to the height of the actor, and the dress

seats, as the performance commenced at a very early hour. There were three or four distinct representations during the day,

ontended for the prize of excellence, they generally presented two or three pieces each, so that twelve complete dramas were

otation. Ques. Who was Osiris? Ans. Osiris, Apis and Serapis, are three different names of one and the same god. Osiris w

these Pariahs. Ques. Are the Hindoos allowed to eat flesh? Ans. The three higher castes are forbidden it altogether. The Su

ss they are considered politically dangerous. Among the pagan Chinese three principal religions are admitted, which are now c

her death he retired, according to Chinese custom, for the appointed three years of mourning. During this time, he devoted h

blime wisdom of that philosopher, that on his return home he remained three days buried in profound thought, refusing to spea

d is particularly remarkable for a triple statue of Buddha. There are three gigantic figures, richly gilt, which represent th

on found a ready welcome, Christianity obtained a foothold only after three centuries of persecution. Chapter VI. Thibet.

arose, who married a daughter of the giants, and became the father of three sons, Odin, Vili and Ve. These slew the giant Ymi

ays upon the earth, the plants and trees began to bud and sprout. The three gods walked by the side of the sea, admiring thei

the ash tree Ygdrasill, supported the entire universe. This tree had three roots, one of which extended into Asgard, the dwe

earthquakes. The root that extends into Asgard is carefully tended by three Norns, who correspond to the Fates of Greek mytho

eldest son, and was god of thunder. His mighty strength depended upon three things — his hammer, his belt of strength, and hi

f. He was very handsome, but of fickle and malicious temper. Loki had three children, the wolf Fenris, the Midgard serpent, a

and Germany. Ques. How was the Druid priesthood divided? Ans. Into three orders; the priests, the bards, and the Druids, p

not well understood. Where they stand singly, or in groups of two or three , they probably mark a spot rendered memorable by

earth, but completely cased in brick or stone. They were disposed in three or four stories, each smaller than that below. At

arranged, that the religious processions were obliged to pass two or three times around the pyramid before reaching the summ

ters procured a temporary alleviation. We are told, however, that for three years preceding his death, Mæcenas never slept.

focated by the noxious vapors of the volcano. His body was discovered three days later, entirely uninjured, and in an attitud

e lowest depths of Tartarus. Dividing the empire of the universe into three parts, he retained Heaven for himself, entrusted

, as related in the book of Genesis. Noah divided the earth among his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Ham went into Africa

lt, or incense. The oak and the olive were consecrated to him. He had three oracles, much celebrated; that of Dodona, that of

called her Isis. Among the Greeks, Diana or Phebe was honoured under three different characters, and was therefore called th

ghters of Venus and Bacchus: they were represented sometimes as being three , and sometimes four, in number; named Aglaia, Tha

Chap. XVI. Vulcan. Who was Vulcan? It appears that there were three of the name of Vulcan. The first was Tubalcain, m

lf rough, half form’d, the dreadful engine lay: Three points of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three arm’d with wind; an

nts of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three arm’d with wind; and three were barb’d with fire. The mass they temper’d thi

; and their daughters, seventy-two Oceanides, and fifty Nereides; and three thousand aquatic nymphs, were regarded as Divinit

ese dreary realms, which is guarded by Cerberus, an enormous dog with three heads, one of which is always upon the watch5.  W

ersible sentence. Then Tartarus, the tremendous prison, surrounded by three massy walls, having three gates of solid brass, r

tarus, the tremendous prison, surrounded by three massy walls, having three gates of solid brass, round which the flaming Phl

he body, immediately after death. Another, who wore a mask resembling three heads, like those ascribed to Cerberus, ferried i

, Furies, Fates, Nemesis, Manes, Nox, Somnus, Mors.] Who were the three judges of the infernal regions? Minos, son of Jup

hood and calumny could never approach. Who were the Furies? They were three in number; Tisiphone6, Megæra, and Alecto7. They

o be appeased by Minerva. Who were the Fates? The Fates or Parcæ were three in number, daughters of Necessity. They were supp

e thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fates are represented as three women bending under the weight of years. Clotho w

stable of Augeas, which had not been emptied for thirty years, though three thousand oxen were constantly lodged in it. He ta

lesh of his guests. He slew Geryon, king of Spain, a cruel giant with three bodies. He destroyed the huge dragon who guarded

h’ impenetrable fiends in vain. Pitt’s Virgil. The Gorgons were the three daughters of Phorcus and Cete. Instead of hair, t

chariots could drive upon them abreast. Sixth. The pyramids of Egypt, three of which still remain to astonish mankind. The la

anger of forms, he is termed Siva, Seeva, Mahádéva, or Mahadeo. These three celestial beings, or this three-fold Divinity, ar

one hundred and fifty cubits high, and nineteen cubits thick; having three entrances. At the eastern gate are two very fine

Hindû priests. At their first assuming the Zennar, or sacred cord of three threads, the mystic symbol of their faith, they l

eir support, on the banks of the Ganges. These apes live in tribes of three or four hundred together, with wonderful order an

e is spoken of as a star, or a sun, and as existing upon earth, under three forms. During this period, a conflict took place

n high for thirty days and thirty nights. He is represented as having three bodies, of a man, a horse, and a bull; from each

d wooden altars of immense magnitude, which were quadrangular; having three sides perpendicular, and the fourth, an inclined

, in which they were rewarded with numberless joys, who fulfilled the three fundamental maxims of the religion, to serve the

d nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while the other three were spent on the shores of the ocean. Niorder is

ets: and the angels, whom they supposed venerated, the Coran mentions three , Allat, Al-Uzzah, and Manah. These were called go

inventress of astronomy, and how was she represented? Where were the three chief oracles of Jupiter? Name the Pagan Mytholog

ch lasted, at first, only one day, but from the time of Julius Cæsar, three , four, and five days successively, there was an u

m Cerberus survey; Stretch’d in his den th’ enormous monster lay: His three wide mouths, with many a dreadful yell, And long

py juices, steep The temper’d mass with all the pow’rs of sleep, With three huge gaping mouths, impatient flies The growling

ms comprised under the name of Aryan or Semitic,” which includes over three thousand dialects. The same authority follows the

however, with the aid of Venus, was successful. That goddess gave him three golden apples, one of which he dropped whenever A

rid feast prepare.” Lord Roscommon. At′ropos [Atropos], one of the three sisters called The Fates, who held the shears rea

a king of Elis, the owner of the stable which Hercules cleansed after three thousand oxen had been kept in it for thirty year

they were approved by Minerva. Euphro′syne [Euphrosyne], one of the three Graces, see Graces. “Come, thou goddess fair and

d to her by the Romans. Fate, see Nereus. Fates, or Parcæ, were the three daughters of Necessity. Their names were Clotho,

nd Pomona. Funerals, see Libitina, and Manes. Furies, The, were the three daughters of Acheron and Nox. They were the punis

he Indian Mercury. The god of wisdom and prudence. Ganga. One of the three Indian river goddesses. Ganymede, a beautiful Ph

a [Gopya]. Indian mythological nymphs. Gor′gons, The [Gorgons], were three sisters, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. They

and Euphrosyne, from her cheerfulness. They are generally depicted as three cheerful maidens with hands joined, and either nu

ana. She was a moon-goddess, and is generally represented in art with three bodies, standing back to back, a torch, a sword,

liquid air, All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus and his daughters three , That sing about the golden tree.” Milton. Hes

.” Pope. J Ja′ni [Jani] was a place in Rome where there were three statues of Janus, and it was a meeting-place for

Hercules. Labyrinth, see Theseus. Lach′esis [Lachesis]. One of the three goddesses of Fate, the Parcæ. She spun the thread

a’s petrifying countenance.” Addison. Meg′æra [Megæra]. One of the three Furies — Greek goddesses of vengeance. Meg′ale [

Parthenon, her temple at Athens. Mi′nos [Minos]. The supreme of the three judges of hell, before whom the spirits of the de

Three Scandinavian goddesses, who wove the woof of human destiny. The three witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” have their ori

ale]. The Queen of Lydia, to whom Hercules was sold as a bondsman for three years for the murder of Iphitus. Hercules fell in

he destiny of human beings. They were also called the Fates, and were three in number, Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis. See Fat

ught herself the fairest. Ultimately, the contestants were reduced to three , Juno, Pallas (Minerva), and Venus; but Jove hims

o, Pallas (Minerva), and Venus; but Jove himself could not make these three agree, and it was decided that Paris should be th

mal is that which walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening.” Œdipus solved the riddle thus: M

A surname given to Diana, because she presided over all places where three roads meet. Tropho′nius [Trophonius]. A legendar

athen conception of deity in which we are likely to be interested has three distinct characters: — “I. It has a physical char

btless represented the elementary forces of nature. The Cyclopes were three in number, Brontes* (thunder), Steropes* (forked-

his sister Tethys. Their offspring were the rivers of the earth, and three thousand daughters named Oceanides*, or Ocean-nym

, or of a horse. 2. As a woman having two faces. 3. As a woman having three bodies, partly distinct and partly united, having

woman having three bodies, partly distinct and partly united, having three distinct faces united at the neck; such a figure

e. He married Rhea, a daughter of Uranus and Gæa. Their children were three sons: Aides* or Pluto, Poseidon (Neptune), Zeus (

three sons: Aides* or Pluto, Poseidon (Neptune), Zeus (Jupiter), and three daughters: Hestia (Vesta), Demeter* (Ceres), and

led Magna Mater, also Dindymene*. This latter title she acquired from three high mountains in Phrygia, whence she was brought

ave command over the Sea. The supremacy of Zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms. Earth and Olympus were common property.

a brazen vase, on the other the figure of a child holding a whip with three brass chains, each chain having a knot at the end

ient wooden statue of Zeus which had a third eye in its forehead. The three eyes were indicative of the dominion of Zeus over

guarded by the terrible triple-headed dog Cerberus*,5 which, with his three necks bristling with snakes, lay at full length o

call them the daughters of Nyx, others of Zeus and Themis. They were three in number — Clotho*, Lachesis*, and Atropos*. To

d honey. Representations. The Mœræ were generally represented as three old women. One held a distaff, another the spindl

th crowns on their heads. Erinnys*. The Erinnys* (Furies) were three in number, Alecto*, Megæra*, and Tisiphone*. They

essary to keep clearly in view the distinctive difference between the three great earth-goddesses Gæa, Rhea, and Demeter. Gæa

*. King of Crete, a brazen man named Talos*, who compassed the island three times a day to guard it from invasion. He destroy

l, gold-bridled, sea-born. Horæ* (The Seasons.) The Horæ* were three beautiful maidens, daughters of Zeus and Themis.

*, or Dice* (justice), and Irene* (peace). The Greeks recognized only three seasons, nature being supposed to be wrapped in d

ce and beauty. They were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, and were three in number, Euphrosyne*, Aglaia*, and Thalia*. The

divinity. Psyche was the daughter of a king, and was the youngest of three sisters. She was so beautiful that people neglect

t preserving it lighted while he ran, was successful. Æschylus wrote three tragedies on the subjects of the confinement, the

the morning upon four feet, at noon upon two, and in the evening upon three ?” Everyone who was unable to answer was hurled in

upon him, he needs a staff for a support, and goes, as it were, upon three feet.” Full of rage, the Sphinx precipitated hers

terror at the prospect of so perilous an adventure. The Gorgons* were three sisters who dwelt by the ocean-stream. Medusa was

s, caused him to become insane, and while in this condition he killed three of his own children and two of those of his broth

ng, and offered to cleanse in one day the stables in which there were three thousand oxen, provided he should receive in retu

o capture the cattle belonging to the giant Geryon*. This monster had three bodies united at the waist, three heads, six hand

the giant Geryon*. This monster had three bodies united at the waist, three heads, six hands, and six feet. He possessed a he

s now commanded Heracles to allow himself to be sold into slavery for three years, the money to be given to Eurytus in compen

owner desired. After his marriage with Deianeira, Heracles lived for three years at the court of his father-in-law. In conse

l of swiftness. He invoked the aid of Aphrodite (Venus), who gave him three golden apples, and told him how to use them. In t

was a descendant of Zeus and Electra, one of the Pleiades*. Tros had three sons, Ilus*, Assaracus*, and Ganymedes. The last

tor was slain, and his body dragged at the chariot wheels of Achilles three times around the walls of Troy, and then thrown i

y large, and Odysseus, with bands of willow, had linked them together three abreast, and under each centre one had secured on

had been an avaricious woman, and was changed into a whirlpool, which three times a day absorbed and regorged the water. Whil

Blest,” and at night to pass into the regions of the dead. There were three orders of gods. The first was for the priesthood,

followers of Vishnu or Siva. The temple stands near the shore, about three hundred miles south-west of Calcutta. The idol is

god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of the giant race, sprung the three brothers Odin*, Vili*, and Ve*. They slew the gia

ays upon the earth, the plants and trees began to bud and sprout. The three gods walked by the side of the sea, admiring thei

eldest son, and was god of thunder. His mighty strength depended upon three things — his hammer, his belt of strength, and hi

turnalia, lasted but one day; its duration was afterwards extended to three , four, and five days in succession. During the Sa

; secondly, at the conclusion of the second Punic war, B. C. 232; and three times by the emperor Augustus. During the last ti

lf rough, half formed, the dreadful engine lay; Three points of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three armed with wind; an

nts of rain, three forks of hail conspire, Three armed with wind; and three were barbed with fire The mass they tempered thic

erous sympathies of our nature. The Graces. The Graces were three beautiful females, daughters of Venus, and often

s called her Isis. Among the Greeks Diana or Phebe was honoured under three different characters, as a goddess of heaven, ear

effect of their music thus:                     Circe and the sirens three , Amid the flowery kirtled Naiades Culling their p

of these dreary realms, was guarded by Cerberus, an enormous dog with three heads, one of which was always upon the watch. No

times called the Parcæ, and the Fatal Sisters, were, like the Furies, three in number, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. They we

thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fates were represented as three women bending under the weight of years. Clotho w

took upon himself to make war upon that king, and killed him and his three sons. Iole, therefore, fell into the hands of her

d, and soon distinguished himself. On his road to Athens, Theseus met three famous robbers. The first, Sinis, used to dart ou

imal walks on four feet in the morning, on two feet at noon, and upon three in the evening!” When Œdipus heard the riddle, he

re. Near to Troy was a range of mountains called Ida. It is said that three several kings of this city gave names to it: the

them: that is, the goddesses contended with each other, which of the three was the most beautiful. Discord, says the fable,

apple, and each demanded it of the gods. To settle the question, the three disputants were referred to Paris. The goddesses

ere was the early life of Paris spent? What created a dispute between three goddesses? What goddesses visited Paris, and for

med him that all had been done according to the will of the gods. The three friends in due time arrived at Argos, and were al

se who asked any thing of him. Eidothea, however clothed Menelaus and three of his associates in the skins of Phocæ, or seals

gagement in which Achilles slew Hector, and dragged his lifeless body three times round the walls of Troy. The manner of Achi

than that of the heroes generally. Nestor was very old, having lived three ages, — that is supposed to signify three of thir

was very old, having lived three ages, — that is supposed to signify three of thirty years, and he was consequently ninety y

out God, or know the Almighty to perfection?” As the Greeks supposed three divine beings separately to preside over the heav

nd the infernal regions; the Hindus suppose that Brahma ought to have three names, and that he governs in three characters, w

suppose that Brahma ought to have three names, and that he governs in three characters, when he is regarded as the Preserver

was committed to the care of a guardian spirit. Besides Brahma in his three characters, and the guardian spirits, the Hindus

of surprising magnificence: It is surrounded by a high wall, and has three entrances. At the eastern gate are two very fine

e Hindu priests, at their first assuming the Zennar or sacred cord of three threads, the mystic symbol of their faith, learn

n. The Voluspa is a book of prophecy, and consists of between two and three hundred lines. It was supposed to be the prophecy

d nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while the other three were spent on the shores of the ocean. Niorder is

ns sometimes regard chickens, and who were the Haruspices? Were there three distinct orders of priests at Rome? Who were the

f gold. Tarquin refused the price; the woman departed from him, burnt three of the books, returned with six, and still demand

and she left him a second time: still she returned again, having but three books, for she had burnt three of the six, and st

: still she returned again, having but three books, for she had burnt three of the six, and still she demanded the original p

the best artists of ancient Greece; is one continued sculpture above three feet in height, and originally six hundred feet i

called the Pythia: who was made to sit upon a stool, called, from its three feet, a tripod; and to inhale some deleterious ga

he altar while they sung their sacred hymns. These hymns consisted of three stanzas or parts; while the singers sung the firs

temple usually called that of Ceres at Rome was in reality one of the three conjoined deities (Liv. iii. 55. Dionys. vi. 17.

nysius we may further infer that the temple at the Aventine contained three cellœ like that on the Capitoline. Page 522. — Th

ccasion to notice it. The second class of legends will come under the three following heads. 6. The epithets of gods, when th

most prevalent in modern times. These may, we think, be divided into three classes : the Historic, the Philosophic, and the

e true, the necessity for Christianity becomes a question45. Of these three classes the last alone is peculiar to modern time

ke a voyage in the Eastern ocean, after several days’ sail he came to three islands, one of which was named Panchaia. The inh

ance was closed with lofty portals. And thrice threefold the gates : three folds were brass, Three iron, three of adamantine

And thrice threefold the gates : three folds were brass, Three iron, three of adamantine rock Impenetrable, impaled with cir

ia (or Rhea), Themis, Mnemosyne, Phœbe, and Tethys. She also bore the three Cyclopes, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges140 , and t

so bore the three Cyclopes, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges140 , and the three Hundred-handed (έκαтόγχϵιρς), Cottos, Briareôs, a

r Tethys all the rivers that flow on the earth, and the Ocean-nymphs, three thousand in number. Theia bore to Hyperiôn, Helio

o by freeing the Cyclopes and their brethren win the victory, and the three brothers divide the dominions of their father amo

Zeus being termed King (though for another reason), the change of the three celestial sovereigns, and the mutilation of Urano

his sister Tethys. Their offspring were the rivers of the earth, and three thousand daughters, named Oceanides, or Ocean-nym

to be of a moral, not of a physical nature, unlike the progeny of the three preceding Titans. With Astræos (Starry) and Perse

ic image of Priamos, and had been brought from Troy by Sthenelos. The three eyes are rightly explained by Pausanias as indica

n474 ; the three-headed dog Cerberos guarded the entrance475; and the three judges, Minôs, Æacos, and Rhadamanthys, allotted

ia was521, that Hera had been brought up there by Temenos, who raised three temples to her, under the names of Virgin, Marrie

ing of Crete, the brazen man Talôs, who each day compassed his island three times, to guard it from the invasion of strangers

so killed him633. A festival called the Hyacinthia was celebrated for three days in the summer of each year at Amyclæ, in hon

elos694. According to another account, these Hyperborean maidens were three in number, and named Upis, Loxo, and Hecaerge695,

e in an abridged form. There were one time a king and a queen who had three daughters, of whom the youngest named Psyche was

g epithet Tritogeneia would seem to be that which derives it from the three phases of the moon. There are two other interpret

thes, afraid of the god. Apollo takes the key, opens and searches the three closets where the nymph kept her clothes, ornamen

thene. Smitten with her charms, he entered the royal abode, where the three sisters, Aglauros, Pandrosos and Herse, occupied

ode, where the three sisters, Aglauros, Pandrosos and Herse, occupied three separate chambers. That of Herse was in the middl

leusis, and sat down by a well, beneath the shade of an olive885. The three beautiful daughters of Keleos, a prince of that p

er. Pausanias931 gives an old tradition, according to which they were three , — Melete (Practice), Mneme (Memory), and Aœde (S

d the Muses connected with founts ; Eumelos of Corinth said they were three in number, the daughters of Apollo, and he called

e Horæ seem to have been originally regarded as the presidents of the three seasons into which the ancient Greeks divided the

Hesiod979, was by Eurynome, the daughter of Ocean, the father of the ‘ three fair-cheeked Graces’ Aglaïa (Splendour), Euphrosy

n was ascribed to Eteocles, the son of the river Cephissos. They were three in number, but it was not known what names he had

tended to inspire gaiety and cheerfulness986 They are represented as three beautiful sisters, dancing together : sometimes t

Theogony of Hesiod limits the Fates, like so many other goddesses, to three , and gives them Zeus and Themis for their parents

the Destinies of Scandinavian theology, should also be spinsters, and three in number1007. Κῆρες. Mortes. The Keres ar

me of the Alexandrians, the Erinnyes, like the Fates and others, were three in number, named Alecto (Unceasing), Megæra (Envi

firmed by Solôn ; who, in cases of manslaughter, directed to swear by three deities, Ikesios, Catharsios, and Exakesterios. N

ODS. ̕Ωкϵανίδϵς, ̕Ωкϵαȋναι. Ocean-nymphs. The Ocean-nymphs, three thousand in number, were daughters of Oceanos and

ted him, and bringing seal-skins directed him to disguise himself and three of his companions in them ; and when Proteus at n

they were according to Æschylus1291. This poet1292 describes them as ‘ three long-lived maids, swan-formed, having one eye and

Pegasos (Fount-horse) sprang forth. Æschylus calls the Gor-gons the ‘ three sisters of the Grææ, winged, serpent-fleeced, hat

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

ms them the children of Earth1384. Their number was also increased to three , and their names are given with much variety. Acc

p : she has twelve feet, and six long necks, with a terrific head and three rows of close-set teeth on each. Evermore she str

hing its branches down to the water : but beneath, ‘divine Charybdis’ three times each day absorbs and regorges the dark wate

y in one in return, — a circumstance which may tend to illustrate the three years’ voyages of the fleets of king Solomon1436.

in order of time who mentions the ages of the world. He speaks of but three races of men, — the golden, the silver, and the b

parate creations : the two first, he says, were made by the gods, the three last by Zeus, who attained the supremacy of heave

f his age. It contained originally, as it is given by Aratus, but the three first ages. Its object was not to give a view of

This critic is further of opinion that in the original narrative the three races were represented as becoming after death th

al narrative the three races were represented as becoming after death three different classes of spirits, the golden celestia

l be examined as they occur. In Grecian history we are to distinguish three periods, the Pelasgian, the Achæan, and the Helle

los married Tyro the daughter of his brother Salmoneus. By her he had three sons, namely Æsôn, Amythaôn and Pheres1530. This

. The latter having gone to Europe married Telephassa, by whom he had three sons, Cadmos, Phœnix, and Cilix, and one daughter

her all the events of the war, and by his power extended the night to three times its usual duration. Amphitryôn on his retur

ns he fell into madness, owing to the envy of Hera, and flung his own three children by Megara, and the two of his brother Ip

ord), and Callirrhoe (Fair-flowing), an Oceanis. He had the bodies of three men united : they cohered above, but below the lo

ited : they cohered above, but below the loins they were divided into three . His oxen were of a purple hue, and were guarded

d wrestle with him. Heracles accepted the challenge, and flinging him three times to the ground killed him. He then drove his

. The hero did as desired, and Atlas at his request went and obtained three apples from the Hesperides ; but he said he would

ponse, that his malady would be removed if he let himself be sold for three years as a slave, and gave the purchase-money to

ere sold to Omphale the queen of the country1770. The purchase-money ( three talents, it is said,) was offered to Eurytos, but

ld her, that if when a hostile army should approach she would show it three times from the walls without looking at it hersel

Agraulos the daughter of Actæos, who bore him a son Erysichthôn, and three daughters, Agraulos, Herse, and Pandrosos. Erysic

on, Mildew (Erysichthon), who dies childless and before himself ; and three daughters, Field-dwelling (Agraulos), All-dew (Pa

Attica into four tribes, and substituted that of a distribution into three classes, of the Nobles, the Agriculturists, and t

os of arable and plantation land. By this princess Bellerophontes had three children, Isandros, Hippolochos, and Laodameia ;

Bellerophontes, who reigned at Corinth, being about to undertake the three adventures above mentioned, wished to possess the

ength he himself met the fate which he deplored in others1918. He had three sons, Palamedes, Oïax, and Nausimedôn. In this ce

reigned himself at Argos, and his brother dwelt in Tiryns. Prœtos had three daughters, Lysippe, Iphinoe, and Iphianassa1927.

r, accompanied by the gods, and flew to the Ocean, where he found the three Gorgons fast asleep1937. Fearing to gaze on their

mpetia the daughter of the Sun two sons, Machaôn and Podaleirios, and three daughters, Panakeia (All-heal), Iaso (Health), an

contest, when her cousin Meilaniôn offered himself to contend. He had three golden apples, which Aphrodite had given him ; th

d Pylos. Tyro afterwards married her uncle Cretheus, to whom she bore three sons, Æsôn, Pheres, and Amythaôn2022. Νηλεὺς

ree embraced the trembling maid2091 . The fruits of his caresses were three sons, Minôs, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedôn. Asteriôn

ς, Ῥαδάμαυς, και Σαρπδών. Minos, Rhadamanthus, et Sarpendo. These three brothers fell into discord for the sake of a beau

carnania. In the preceding narrative we have probably the contents of three of the poems of the Epic Cycle, namely the Thebaï

atter, who succeeded to the kingdom, was the most wealthy of men. His three thousand mares and their foals fed in the marsh ;

oe daughter of the Scamandros, who bore him a daughter Cleopatra, and three sons Ilos, Assaracos, and Ganymedes. This last wa

ng before his tent2196. This image of Pallas-Athene, we are told, was three ells long, with its legs joined, holding in one h

s, and Libya2231, where the lambs are born horned, and the sheep yean three times a year, and milk, cheese, and flesh are in

hiodorus, while Coluthus sang the abduction of Helena, and Tzetzes in three books put into verse the events before, in, and a

inhabitants of Italy2247. In the times of the early history of Rome, three principal nations possessed the central part of t

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

gods and heroes2249. Beside the religious systems and deities of the three nations above enumerated which Rome adopted, she

med Menerfa or Menrfa, was the original of the Minerva of Rome. These three deities had always contiguous temples on the cita

r honey-combs covered with wine and milk, and a victim which they led three times round the cornfield ; the swains all follow

, who were also known to the author of the Theogony : see v. 143. The three lines following are an interpolation. 146. Κόττο

. It is worthy of notice that while the chariots of men had sometimes three horses (Il. viii. 80-87 ; xvi. 148-154.), or perh

. iv. 1427. seq. Milton has (Comus, 981.) Hesperus and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree, and he places t

of the Athenians, see Sch. Aristoph. Knights, 1365. 1768. There were three places named Œchalia in Greece ; on the banks of

rock, and on the maiden’s drawing it forth at the command of the god three streams of water followed it. 1917. Sch. Eurip.

pollo urged them to remain for the nine years, assuring them that his three daughters would support them. These maidens were

on she saw Cerberus himself. He was larger than any horse, and he had three heads, all of which were barking at once. Proserp

Proserpina shuddered, but Pluto stopped to pat the great beast on its three heads. “Do not be afraid of him,” said Pluto, smi

and wisdom, clear-eyed and quiet and terribly strong. It was to these three that Ceres looked; and as she moved across the gl

climbed quietly up the star-road to the home of the gods, and slipped three burning coals of the fire into a hollow reed he h

e dark land they went, through hosts of spirits, by Cerberus with his three terrible heads, across Styx in Charon’s boat, and

em in the magic gardens of the Hesperides. There they were watched by three beautiful maidens, daughters of Evening. In the g

ind has his home. Here also live the Grææ, and Perseus soon found the three old crones sitting upon a great floe of ice. They

ound that he was not to be moved, they told him. “Go on,” they said, “ three days to the west, across the sea. There you will

ns without looking at them. When Perseus came into the main hall, the three Gorgons were there. Two of them were terrible to

he crimson light is on these slopes, you shall meet here in the grove three goddesses. Take this golden apple and give it to

or avoided the combat and retreated. ‘Thus they passed round the city three times. Then, at last, Minerva, who hated the Troj

ildren, they caught him also in their folds. After they had slain all three , the serpents glided away and disappeared in the

made to admit it. Three times the shaking horse stuck as it entered; three times the clash of arms sounded from within it; b

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

. But Ulysses was cautious. He hound the rams of the flocks together, three by three. Under the middle ram of each three, a m

sses was cautious. He hound the rams of the flocks together, three by three . Under the middle ram of each three, a man was ti

of the flocks together, three by three. Under the middle ram of each three , a man was tied. When day dawned, the Cyclops cal

night she unraveled all that she had woven. Thus she put them off for three years more. Then her servants betrayed her, and s

o one shall have you.” Telemachus was the first to, try. Once, twice, three times, he strove, in vain, to bend the bow and st

e Medusa). Græ΄æ. Daughters of Phorcys; sisters of the Gorgons, 131; three old crones, divinities of the sea; they had but o

uet, the dance, and all social enjoyments and elegant arts. They were three in number. Their names were Euphrosyne, Aglaia, a

alia. Spenser describes the office of the Graces thus: —     “These three on men all gracious gifts bestow     Which deck t

riends, to foes; which skill men call Civility.” The Fates were also three — Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Their office was

Jove on his throne to give him counsel. The Erinnyes, or Furies, were three goddesses who punished by their secret stings the

inal e and es are to be sounded. Thus Cybele and Penates are words of three syllables. But Proserpine and Thebes are exceptio

sleeping boy, moulded his limbs with her hands, and uttered over him three times a solemn charm, then went and laid him in t

.” Chapter XI. Cupid and Psyche. A certain king and queen had three daughters. The charms of the two elder were more

usa — Atlas — Andromeda. The Grææ and Gorgons. The Grææ were three sisters who were gray-haired from their birth, wh

he morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three ?” Œdipus replied, “Man, who in childhood creeps o

king and queen of Calydon. Althea, when her son was born, beheld the three Destinies, who, as they spun their fatal thread,

ellow leaves and yellow branches and golden fruit. Hence she gathered three golden apples, and, unseen by any one else, gave

had permitted her to touch the rock with his trident, and a spring of three outlets burst forth. Here the Hydra took up his p

e cleaning of the Augean stables. Augeas, king of Elis, had a herd of three thousand oxen, whose stalls had not been cleansed

ned him was to bring to Eurystheus the oxen of Geryon, a monster with three bodies, who dwelt in the island Erytheia, (the re

s: —       “—— amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus and his daughters three , That sing about the golden tree.” The poets, le

s condemned for this offence to become the slave of Queen Omphale for three years. While in this service the hero’s nature se

his service was ended he married Dejanira and lived in peace with her three years. On one occasion as he was travelling with

ds, nymphs of mountains and grottos, and the Nereids, sea-nymphs. The three last named were immortal, but the wood-nymphs, ca

water deities. The symbol of his power was the trident, or spear with three points, with which he used to shatter rocks, to c

hed her she implored the gods to be allowed to converse with him only three hours. The request was granted. Mercury led Prote

hen mounting the chariot he lashed the steeds and so dragged the body three times round the city. What words can tell the gri

prisoners who they were, Iphigenia disclosed herself to them, and the three made their escape with the statue of the goddess,

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

with them. But Ulysses had made his men harness the rams of the flock three abreast, with osiers which they found on the floo

s which they found on the floor of the cave. To the middle ram of the three one of the Greeks suspended himself, so protected

                   “I have often heard My mother Circe and the Sirens three , Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades, Culling thei

erberus, with his necks bristling with snakes. He barked with all his three throats till the Sibyl threw him a medicated cake

years, and to equal the number of the sand grains I have still to see three hundred springs and three hundred harvests. My bo

mber of the sand grains I have still to see three hundred springs and three hundred harvests. My body shrinks up as years inc

ng refused to purchase them, whereupon the woman went away and burned three of the books, and returning offered the remaining

nine. The king again rejected them; but when the woman, after burning three books more, returned and asked for the three rema

the woman, after burning three books more, returned and asked for the three remaining the same price which she had before ask

shield, turning every way to meet them. At last, after Mezentius had three times made the circuit, Æneas threw his lance dir

works of antiquity. The following epigram of Dryden characterizes the three poets with as much truth as it is usual to find i

sual to find in such pointed criticism: — On Milton. “Three poets in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England d

e name of this deity is Brahma. His attributes are represented by the three personified powers of creation, preservation, and

Siva, our authorities differ. The temple stands near the shore, about three hundred miles south-west of Calcutta. The idol is

It is supposed by some to have been founded upon conquest, the first three castes being composed of a foreign race, who subd

ad of Brahma. A strong line of demarcation is drawn between the first three castes and the Sudras. The former are allowed to

iny, as if they were so degraded that nothing could pollute them. The three higher castes are prohibited entirely the use of

others, and to discover the medicinal power of plants. But in Ceylon three orders of priests are recognized; those of the hi

god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of the giant race, sprang the three brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve. They slew the giant

support the whole universe. It sprang from the body of Ymir, and had three immense roots, extending one into Asgard, (the dw

watered. The root that extends into Asgard is carefully tended by the three Norns, goddesses, who are regarded as the dispens

r, Odin’s eldest son, is the strongest of gods and men, and possesses three very precious things. The first is a hammer, whic

ating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill. Loki has three children. The first is the wolf Fenris, the secon

massive to render the place impregnable. In short, when it wanted but three days to summer, the only part that remained to be

full grown ox, besides other delicacies, washing the whole down with three tuns of mead. Loki, however, assured him that she

 — “Long is one night, Long are two nights, But how shall I hold out three ? Shorter hath seemed A month to me oft Than of th

hough most men make two of it, but the most puny drinker can do it in three .” Thor looked at the horn, which seemed of no ext

ron wire so that thou couldst not untie it. After this thou gavest me three blows with thy mallet; the first, though the leas

lipped aside and thy blows fell on the mountain, where thou wilt find three glens, one of them remarkably deep. These are the

hich were usually imposed by monastic orders, for of these, which are three , — celibacy, poverty, and obedience, — the Culdee

d tore it into shreds. Then she raised her shuttle and struck Arachne three times on the head. Arachne was too proud to submi

But at the entrance to Hades, there was a fierce, horrible dog, with three enormous heads, three pairs of fiery eyes, and th

o Hades, there was a fierce, horrible dog, with three enormous heads, three pairs of fiery eyes, and three mouths, bristling

rrible dog, with three enormous heads, three pairs of fiery eyes, and three mouths, bristling with ugly fangs. When Orpheus c

cean, on whose shores the fierce waves beat all day long, there lived three terrible sisters known as the Gorgons. They were

looked a Gorgon in the face, was immediately turned to stone! Of the three , the most terrible was Medusa; and the task that

, and the only people in the whole world who knew where that was were three sisters who lived together in a cave. They were q

aving two eyes each, as you and I have, there was but one eye for all three of them. They took turns in using that single eye

at all; and while they were passing the eye from one to another, all three sisters were, for the moment, blind. But such an

as how they knew the way to Medusa’s home. To this cave, in which the three sisters lived, Mercury led Perseus, and after giv

was forced to take it out of her forehead. Now, at that instant, all three of the sisters were blind, and Perseus, seeing hi

out and seized the eye. Then began a dreadful hubbub, each one of the three insisting that the other had taken the eye, and I

safe. I hold it in my hand this very moment.” With a cry of anger the three sisters darted in the direction from which the vo

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

island where Medusa lived; for it was so far away that no one but the three sisters with their wonderful eye could tell how t

have come on a very bold mission, for only he who performs aright the three tasks I have set can carry away the Golden Fleece

be so easily discouraged, and he asked the king to tell him what the three tasks were. “The first is to yoke two fierce, fir

ver sleeps by night or by day. When you have succeeded in doing these three things, you may take the Golden Fleece back with

Thea, Rhea, Themis, and Mnemosyne. After this Titæa bore the Cyclops, three of whom became servants to Vulcan, forging, under

place arose the name of Saturnalia, or fêtes of Saturn, which lasted three , four, and five days, and took place in December.

rtans established yearly festivals in his honour, which continued for three days; they did not adorn their hair with garlands

al harmony. Sometimes he carries a buckler, and is accompanied by the three Graces, who are the animating deities of genius a

to, was by no means insensible to his merits; but after an absence of three years, Bacchus returned to Ariadne, whose truth a

ore also in their hands the thyrsis. His feasts were celebrated every three years, and were called orgies, from a word which

rs, and lions’ manes, From rear to van they scour about the plains; A three days’ journey in a moment done, And always at the

vexed at the subjects Arachne had chosen, that she struck her two or three times on the forehead. “The bright goddess, pass

had ferried Hercules over without this passport. Cerberus, a dog with three heads, watched at the entrance to Tartarus. “A h

of adamant. Pluto is generally represented as holding a trident with three prongs, and has a key in his hand, to intimate th

inhabitants of his vast dominions, he committed part of his power to three judges of the infernal regions, of whom Minos and

ime — The many, many leaves all twinkling? — There On the moss’d elm; three on the naked lime Trembling, — and one upon the o

ng on any voyage. He was the father of the Oceanides to the number of three thousand. “Three thousand graceful Oceanides Lon

ed tide,                           O, dear Alcyone!” The Syrens were three in number, and were companions of Proserpine, at

eing supported by twelve feet, with six different heads, each bearing three rows of teeth. This sudden metamorphose so alarme

f the Infernal Regions. [The Parcæ.] The Parcæ or Fates, were three powerful goddesses, who presided over the birth a

ess of the lives whose destinies they were supposed to contain. “The three Parcæ, Fates fair offspring born, The world’s gre

enevolence or their fury. They were allowed also to leave their tombs three times during the course of the year while their f

th in Samothracia; then Elis, Perinthia, Delphi, and Rome adopted the three sisters. By some it is asserted, that the beautif

ificed to Love and to the Graces. They were invoked at festivals, and three cups were drunk by those who feasted in honour of

dim haunts below, Look with the same unwithering face,     They wore three thousand years ago. There Silence, thoughtful god

fth labour Hercules was ordered to clean the stables of Augias, where three thousand oxen had been confined for many years. F

e eleventh labour was to obtain apples from the garden of Hesperides, three celebrated daughters of Hesperus, who were appoin

proposed, which led him to Atlas, in Africa, and of him, he demanded three of the golden apples. Atlas placed the burden of

hero becoming a slave, and remaining in the most abject servitude for three years. In compliance with the decree, Mercury, by

ejanira, and therefore made war against her father, killing him, with three of his sons, while his former lover, Iole, fell i

ers of the Gorgons, who possessed but one eye and one tooth among the three ; with the assistance of Pluto’s helmet, which ren

ks upon four legs, in the afternoon upon two, and in the evening upon three legs.” The answer of Œdipus was “That in infancy

he eagle from the sceptred hand; While Pluto, gentlest brother of the three And happiest in obedience, views sedate His tranq

he cruelty to tie the body to his chariot, and in that way to drag it three times round the city, a sacrifice to the tomb of

Capitoline hill, a golden statue of the goddess was placed, weighing three hundred and twenty pounds. A thunderbolt having f

ording to the Hindoos, is the Eternal, the Creator! and is one of the three members of the Indian Trinity. Previous to his co

duce at the same time. Siva is drawn with five heads, four hands, and three eyes in his principal head. He is carried by a bu

lity. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img281 Each of the three superior deities had their respective priests, wh

erstitious opinion, which made the Northern nations regard the number three as sacred and peculiarly dear to the gods. Thus e

e-in-one and one-in-three. They possessed also a Venus, who, with her three sisters, presided over love. It is not unusual to

ns, in shadows and in divination. A pot pierced through the bottom in three places, is the organ used by the priests to give

nferior divinities of other Mythologies, from one of whom, sprang the three persons, forming the Trinity peculiar to this peo

ontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning), and Arges (Sheet-lightning), —  three later-born children of Uranus and Gæa, who helped

nt clamour for freedom. In due time their number was increased by the three terrible Centimani (Hundred-handed), Cottus, Bria

espeare. One day Europa was playing in her father’s meadows with her three brothers, Cadmus, Phœnix, and Cilix, when she sud

sly kidnapping her, and finally won her consent to their union. Their three sons were Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon. The

, and refused to be comforted; while the Heliades, Phaeton’s sisters, three in number, — Phaetusa, Lampetia, and Ægle, — spen

ere, without exception, the Pythian Games, celebrated at Delphi every three years. A manly, beardless youth of great beauty,

r.” Keats. And they were not alone to watch for her coming, for the three Charities (Graces, or Gratiæ) were also present.

r the three Charities (Graces, or Gratiæ) were also present. “‘These three on men all gracious gifts bestow, Which decke the

those same remote ages of “sweet mythology” there lived a king whose three daughters were world-renowned on account of their

otions, and passionately returned the devotion of Venus, who bore him three beautiful children, — Harmonia, Cupid, and Antero

ef, pleasure and pain.” Milton. Near Pluto’s throne were seated the three judges of Hades, Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Æacus,

f Elysium.” Akenside. The guilty souls were always entrusted to the three snake-locked Furies (Diræ, Erinnyes, or Eumenides

confessed, and were shortly afterwards executed for their crime. The three Fates (Mœræ, Parcæ), sisters, also sat near Pluto

e other quite youthful in appearance, while others represent him with three and even four heads. “Janus am I; oldest of pote

perfectly square. On each side of the building there was one door and three windows. These apertures were all symbolical, — t

egara, daughter of Creon, King of Thebes, in marriage, and by her had three children, whom he tenderly loved. But Juno was no

at his bravery was real. The Gorgons This Medusa was one of the three Gorgons. Her sisters, Euryale and Stheno, althoug

ntil he came to the land of perpetual darkness, the home of the Grææ, three horrible sisters, who possessed but one eye and o

sly obtained Venus’ protection, and had received from her the gift of three golden apples. Atalanta, as usual, passed her riv

the fate which drove him away from home. After some time, he came to three cross-roads; and while he stood there, deliberati

trangers murdered, for so fame reports, By robbers in the place where three ways meet.” Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.) Of cou

l is that Which has four feet at morning bright, Has two at noon, and three at night?” Prior. Œdipus was not devoid of inte

nd now Œdipus discovered that he had involuntarily been guilty of the three crimes to avoid which he had fled from Corinth. T

the reeds in the river.” E. B. Browning. The Romans also worshipped three other divinities of nature entirely unknown to th

ppiness or not. It was very fortunate for him that he did so, for the three sisters told him that Thetis was destined to be t

nymph’s side, Paris wandered off to a lonely mountain top, where the three goddesses besought him to judge their quarrel. Mi

cury conduct her husband’s shade back to earth, to tarry with her for three hours’ time.           “‘Such grace hath crowned

Thy husband walks the paths of upper air: He comes to tarry with thee three hours’ space; Accept the gift, behold him face to

from his own lips heard the detailed account of his early death. The three hours passed all too quickly in delicious interco

y, and made them partake of the lotus blossoms; but no sooner had the three men done so, than all recollection of their waiti

rybdis’ den lay under a rock crowned with a single wild fig-tree; and three times daily she engulfed the surrounding waters,

an, Greek, Roman, Celtic, Slavic, and Teutonic languages, and in some three thousand kindred dialects. After the Agglutinativ

krit word meaning “to sprinkle”; and the stories evidently arose from three simple phrases, —  “‘the sun loves the dew,’ ‘ th

damia, 227; sends expedition against Thebes, 253. Æ′a-cus. One of the three judges of the dead in Hades, 139 Æ-æ ′a. Island i

over confusion, 2; ejection of, 6; daughter of, 39 Char′i-ties. The three Graces; attendants of Venus, 83 Cha′ron. The boa

39; forest sacred to, 252; significance, 357 Eu-prosy-ne. One of the three Graces or Charities; attendant of Venus, 83 Eu-r

. East wind; son of Æolus and Aurora, 184-186 Eu-ry′a-le. One of the three terrible Gorgons, 210 Eu-ry′a-lus. Youth sent wi

heroes, seen by Anchises in Hades, 333 Gra′ces. Same as Gratiæ; the three attendants of Venus, 83, 125 Gra-di′vus. Name gi

10; Circe visited by, 309; a civilised nation, 343 Gy′es. One of the three Centimani; son of Uranus and Gæa, 7. H Ha′

e Infernal Region, kingdom of Pluto, 137-146; sacred river Styx, 138; three judges of, 139; Hercules’ visit to, 48, 200; Orph

Eumenides, or Erinnyes, 139 Meg′a-ra. First wife of Hercules, whose three children he burns in his madness, 190; significan

tess at Delphi, 71 Pyth′i-an Games. Games celebrated at Delphi every three years, 72 Py′thon. Serpent born of the Deluge sl

). One of the Cyclopes; son of Uranus and Gæa, 7 Sthe′no. One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal like Euryale, 210 Strop

3 Teu′cer. Ancient king of the Trojans, 326 Tha-li′a. 1. One of the three Graces; daughter of Jupiter and Eurynome, 83. 2.

by Ulysses on the Cimmerian shore, 312, 315 Ti-siph′o-ne. One of the three Furies, or Eumenides, 139, 140, 150 Ti-tan′i-des

e body of the text. The scope of selection has been thus confined for three reasons: first, the regard for necessary limits;

s book at the fourth chapter (Greek Myths of the Creation). The first three chapters may be deferred until the class is bette

refore, in nearly every myth of importance… you have to discern these three structural parts — the root and the two branches.

as a text from which to draw morals appropriate to the occasion. The three great Tragic Poets of Greece have handed down to

00 or thereabouts, it assumed the form preserved in the latest of the three great manuscripts.49 But the theory advanced by L

perion and Thea, Cronus and Rhea, Iapetus, Themis, and Mnemosyne. The three Cyclopes represented the terrors of rolling thund

gh for each. The hundred-handed monsters, or Hecatonchires, were also three in number. In them, probably, the Greeks imaged t

Rhea, his sister-queen, governed Heaven and Earth. To them were born three daughters, Vesta, Ceres, and Juno, and three sons

Earth. To them were born three daughters, Vesta, Ceres, and Juno, and three sons, Pluto, Neptune, and Jupiter. Cronus, howeve

he dance, all social pleasures, and polite accomplishments. They were three in number, — Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia. Spen

and Thalia. Spenser describes the office of the Graces thus: — These three on men all gracious gifts bestow Which deck the b

s, goddesses who regulated the seasons, and the Fates. (6) The Fates, three in number, — Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Their

onus, was founded by the Titans, Oceanus and Tethys, from whom sprang three thousand rivers, and ocean-nymphs unnumbered. The

of Pontus, — who rejoiced in the horrors of the sea: — (a) The Grææ, three hoary witches, with one eye between them which th

but later as a mountain. He was the son of Iapetus, and the father of three classes of nymphs, — the Pleiads, the Hyads, and,

on, from this princess the continent of Europe acquired its name. Her three sons are famous in Greek myth: Minos, who became

ed for their strength, stature, and courage. They grew at the rate of three cubits in height, and one in breadth, every year;

ther year. § 94. Cupid and Psyche.178 — A certain king and queen had three daughters. The charms of the two elder were more

and was propitious. Pl. 9. Atalanta’s Race. Poynter. She gathered three golden apples from the garden of her temple, in h

sleeping boy, moulded his limbs with her hands, and uttered over him three times a solemn charm, then went and laid him in t

individual exploits or for the part played by them in one or more of three great expeditions, — the War against Laomedon of

ury, set out against the Gorgon, and approached first the cave of the three Grææ: — There sat the crones that had the single

and in that way the prophecy was fulfilled. Of Perseus and Andromeda three sons were born, through one of whom, Electryon, t

e cleaning of the Augean stables. Augeas, king of Elis, had a herd of three thousand oxen, whose stalls had not been cleansed

him was to capture for Eurystheus the oxen of Geryon, a monster with three bodies, who dwelt in the island Erythea (the red)

killed his friend Iphitus, he was condemned for the offence to spend three years as the slave of Queen Omphale. He lived eff

sister of Meleager of the Calydonian hunt. With her he lived happily three years. But on one occasion, as they journeyed tog

the Trojan War. When her son Meleager was born, Althæa had beheld the three Destinies, who, as they spun their fatal thread,

ith his brother Rhadamanthus and with King Æacus, to Hades, where the three became judges of the Shades. This is the Minos me

he morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three ?” Œdipus replied, “Man, who in childhood creeps o

entering upon the causes of the war against Troy, we must notice the three Grecian families that were principally concerned,

th their presence, and reclining on ivory couches, gave ear while the three Sisters of Fate, in responsive strain, chanted th

al. Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon of Mycenæ, to whom she bore three children, — Electra, Iphigenia, and Orestes. Hele

her, she implored the gods for leave to converse with him if but for three hours. The request was granted. Mercury led Prote

prisoners who they were, Iphigenia disclosed herself to them; and the three made their escape with the statue of the goddess,

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

with them. But Ulysses had made his men harness the rams of the flock three abreast, with osiers which they found on the floo

s which they found on the floor of the cave. To the middle ram of the three one of the Greeks suspended himself, so protected

e, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself And this gray spir

og Cerberus, with his necks bristling with snakes. He barked with all three throats till the Sibyl threw him a medicated cake

ears, and to equal the number of the sand-grains, I have still to see three hundred springs and three hundred harvests. My bo

ber of the sand-grains, I have still to see three hundred springs and three hundred harvests. My body shrinks up as years inc

s shield, turning every way to meet them. At last after Mezentius had three times made the circuit, Æneas threw his lance dir

le universe. It sprang from the body of Ymir, — this earth, — and had three immense roots, extending one into Asgard (the dwe

watered. The root that extends into Asgard is carefully tended by the three Norns, — goddesses who are regarded as the dispen

r, Odin’s eldest son, is the strongest of gods and men, and possesses three precious things. The first is a hammer, which bot

ating them out of the danger by his cunning, wit, and skill. Loki has three children. The first is the wolf Fenris, the secon

massive to render the place impregnable. In short, when it wanted but three days to summer, the only part that remained to be

a full-grown ox besides other delicacies, washing the whole down with three tuns of mead. Loki, however, assured him that she

hough most men make two of it, but the most puny drinker can do it in three .” Thor looked at the horn, which seemed of no ex

ron wire so that thou couldst not untie it. After this thou gavest me three blows with thy mallet; the first, though the leas

ipped aside, and thy blows fell on the mountain, where thou wilt find three glens, one of them remarkably deep. These are the

— “Long is one night, Long are two nights, But how shall I hold out three ? Shorter hath seemed A month to me oft Than of th

the court of the Niblungs, was kindly entreated by King Giuki and his three sons, Gunnar, Hogni, and Guttorm; and he performe

knife in hand, and regarded as the lord of an ancient golden age. The three Cyclopes were Brontes, Steropes, and Arges. Cyclo

his great poem, the Divina Commedia (the Divine Comedy) consisting of three parts, — Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, — during

ans the sun, the smaller the moon, the tiny globes the stars, and the three hundred and sixty-five laurel garlands used in th

it beginning “Phœbus was judge between Jove, Mars and Love, Of those three gods, whose arms the fairest were”; Dekker, The

n December, March, January, and February, respectively. At the first, three dramatic performances were presented. Illustrati

the island of Cyprus was beloved. Mygdonian flutes: the ancients had three species or modes of music, depending, respectivel

n of the sign of the Scales. Athos: a mountain forming the eastern of three peninsulas south of Macedonia. Mount Taurus: in A

able that the story allegorizes a philosophical conception concerning three stages of the soul’s life: first, a former existe

yche and Zephyr; Psyche, by A. de Curzon; by G. F. Watts; a series of three illustrations by H. Bates. The Charon and Psyche

s translation of the Lusiad (Island of Love). In Art. — Burne-Jones’ three paintings, Cupid, Pyramus, and Thisbe; E. J. Paup

mnon in the Egyptian sands,” etc. § 116. Textual. — Doric pillar: the three styles of pillars in Greek architecture were Dori

nic, Corinthian (see English Dictionary). Trinacria: Sicily, from its three promontories. Ægon and Daphnis: idyllic names of

tochthonous and had one son, Erysichthon, who died without issue, and three daughters, Hersë, Aglauros, and Pandrosos (person

ng refused to purchase them, whereupon the woman went away and burned three of the books, and returning offered the remaining

nine. The king again rejected them; but when the woman, after burning three books more, returned and asked for the three rema

the woman, after burning three books more, returned and asked for the three remaining the same price which she had before ask

r, daughter, sister, or wife of Mars; the horror, 58; also one of the three Grææ. E′os, 73; see Aurora. Epe′üs: the artifice

lities. Trimurti: the Brahmanic Trinity, consisting of the following three persons: Brahma: in the Rig-veda, a word for dev

pirits. Hiordis, 394. Hippocre′ne (anglicized in poetry: Hip′pocrene; three syllables), Com. § 138. Hip-po-da-mi′a (1) daught

5. Trina′cria (Thrina′cria, Thrina′cia): the island of Sicily, having three promontories. Triptol′emus, 182; and the Eleusini

orgotten, a very long time ago, reigned a good king and queen who had three daughters. The elder two were pretty, but not ami

uch admire their beauty. The youngest sister was the prettiest of the three , and she was gentle, modest, and good natured, an

cave of Somnus, the god of sleep. Near the couch of Somnus stood his three sons, Morpheus, Phobetor, and Phantasmo. Zephyrus

and all of them left off worshipping heathen gods and goddesses about three hundred years after the birth of Christ. Ann. Th

erberus, to whom Psyche gave a cake. Mother. He was a great dog with three heads, who barked at those who went into the infe

ne and Philomela, but an invisible power restrained his hand, and all three were metamorphosed into birds. Tereus into a hoop

s ago, but glass windows have not been in fashion in Europe more than three hundred years. Ann. I have read of very fine hou

who are wicked and miserable. The ancients, thought, that there were three sister-deities, who made man wicked and miserable

and curious: this was the head of the gorgon Medusa. The gorgons were three sisters, Euryale, Stheno, and Medusa; they dwelt

his gratitude to the gods, for the deliverance of Andromeda, erected three altars, one, in the middle, to Jupiter; one, on t

hian. Ann. What was a tripod? Mother. It was sometimes a stool with three feet. The Greeks were very fond of tripods; I mea

rospect. Ann. Who made the statue? Mother. That is not known. About three hundred years ago, it was dug up from among some