thick, green woods; and it was so high that its peak seemed to pierce through the clouds, up, up into the sky, till the eye cou

; but he was the fairest of them all. He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens every day, and on his lyre he played

ly well with his golden arrows. 2. “He drove his golden sun chariot through the heavens.” Aurora ( Guido Reni ). His twin s

he was also the goddess of hunting; and, in the daytime, she wandered through the green woods, with her arrows at her side, whi

gly bear. The poor bear, afraid of herself and of every sound, rushed through the forest, hiding in caves and behind trees when

es of joy from the hang-bird and wren,     And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground-squirrel gayly chirps by

gan to bubble and swell and rage, so that Pluto did not dare to drive through its waters. To go back another way would mean gre

g Pluto in his dark home underground, Ceres hides herself and grieves through all the weary months until her daughter’s return.

ifted along. Night came, and still the little boat went bravely along through the dark water, and the stars looked down in pity

s whether or not it is true, any day when you walk in the woods or go through a tunnel. In fact, I should not wonder if most of

e no heart, for he loved no one but himself. One day he was wandering through the forest with some comrades, when he stopped to

ment the girl saw him she fell in love with him; and she followed him through the woods, longing for the power to speak to him.

se man meant. Narcissus was very fond of hunting, and he often roamed through the woods from morning till night, with only his

bow and arrows for companions. One day he had been tracking the game through the forest for many hours, and at last, worn out

re beautiful than ever; and at night, when Diana drove her silver car through the heavens, the poor boy could scarcely breathe

achne, however, brought wealth and comfort into their little cottage, through her great skill in spinning and embroidering. Suc

the lapping of the waves on the shore, and the clouds seemed floating through real air. But the stories that she pictured were

the arrow of lead into her heart, and the girl felt a cold shiver run through her. She looked up to see what had happened, and

s cries; To Venus quick he runs, he flies. “Oh, mother! I am wounded through , — I die with pain — in sooth I do! Stung by some

et, and licked the hands he had been ready to bite. So Orpheus passed through the gateway, and after following many dark and wi

y agreed, and so, after many kind parting words, he started to return through those gloomy passages, Eurydice silently followin

and I will follow thee,     Right back to life and love.” I followed through the cavern black,     I saw the blue above. Some

The horn — the horn! The merry, sweet ring of the hunter’s horn. Now through the copse where the fox is found, And over the st

elt priests who were supposed to be the oracles of the gods, that is, through them the gods spoke to human beings. If any one w

happen. All at once something like a little black cloud came darting through the air, a crooked sword flashed an instant in th

nd she led the wood gods, or satyrs, as they were called, many a race through the woods. “Now it happened that Pan, the god of

hepherds and chief of the satyrs, saw her one day, as she was passing through the grove. He came up to speak to her, but she wa

here Apollo found them, and let fly an arrow which pierced the eldest through the heart; and then he shot another and another,

t her cheeks, her eyes grew fixed in their look of pain, and at last, through her sorrow, she was changed to marble. The marble

ful aim, and the next instant the centaur fell to the ground, pierced through the heart. Nessus gave one cry of pain; then dipp

lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree; And away through the air what joy to go, And to look on the green,

lt home! What joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free wing, through the rosy morn! To meet the young sun, face to fac

, face to face, And pierce like a shaft the boundless space, To pass through the bowers of the silver cloud, To sing in the th

oh, what delight! Oh, what would I give, like a bird, to go Right on through the arch of the sunlit bow, And see how the water

ous old city of Athens, was still a young man, he was one day passing through a village, where he saw a beautiful maiden with w

to march against Athens with a great army. On his way he had to pass through a large city, in order to reach the bay that lay

es, he found them locked, and the people within refused to let him go through the town. So the army put up their tents outside

even pelted them with dirt and stones. The children would follow them through the streets, jeering and making ugly faces at the

r that Ceyx was dead. Iris, in her rainbow-colored robe, flew swiftly through the air, till she came to the dark cavern of Somn

and visit Halcyone in the night. With swift, noiseless wings he sped through the air till he came to the palace of the queen.

daughter of Earth and Water,     And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;     I change,

mets began to show above the ground, just as the little leaves pierce through the soil in the springtime. But, whereas the leav

throne. Thus he fulfilled his vow, and King Aeson, grown young again through happiness at his son’s return, ruled in peace for

sus and the stag were together from morning till night. They wandered through the woods, seeking the shady nooks and the little

neck; or, springing lightly on his playfellow’s back, he would speed through the woods more swiftly than the wind. Apollo ofte

ild. One hot summer’s day, Cyparissus and the stag had been wandering through the grove for many hours, and at noon they paused

neck and cried, “Never again shall I hear your merry laughter ringing through the woods, nor see you wandering in the grove wit

to a rock, but ever after, that part of the sea was dangerous to sail through , and many people who have narrowly escaped shipwr

s very much. Apollo hurled his disc high into the air, and it shot up through the clouds, and, after a long pause, fell to the

ad dug there grew a thicket of hollow reeds; and when the wind played through them they gave forth these strange words, “King M

uainting them with the commonplace facts and fables that, transmitted through generations, are the material of much of our poet

the consequence of this neglect of the Classics is the study of them through translations and summaries. Such second-hand stud

For this reason the study of the imaginative thought of the ancients through the artistic creations of the moderns is commende

nd the fatherhood of One whose purposes hold good for every race, and through all time. And, so, the knowledge of mythic lore h

thology is vain, the best of them will grant that to search for truth through mythology is wise and profitable. If we accept th

eousness, a love yearning for sympathy divine, a moral sense striving through humanized nature and spiritualized man, through p

moral sense striving through humanized nature and spiritualized man, through pantheism and monotheism to the Spirit in whom we

it in whom we live and move and have our being, — who lives and moves through all. 2. The benefits accruing from the considerat

ters of imagination. A ray of artistic culture, even though refracted through the medium of photography, might, at least, illum

ody of stones and clods; it was the horned huntress Artemis, coursing through the upper ether, or bathing herself in the clear

hed in a blood-stained bath; or, as the fish-god, Dagon, swam nightly through the subterranean waters to appear eastward again

dness and of perfect life — if it means the thrilling of new strength through every nerve, — the shedding over us of a better p

hilological method is, that, tracing the name of a mythical character through kindred languages, it frequently ascertains for u

al Interpretation. — This premises that mankind, either in general or through some chosen nationality, received from God an ori

“In that fair clime the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer’s day, With music lulled his indole

port; And hence a beaming goddess with her nymphs Across the lawn and through the darksome grove (Not unaccompanied with tunefu

shepherd’s awe-inspiring god.” The phases of significance and beauty through which the physical or natural myth may develop ar

orms in the timbers that the supports of the house were- nearly eaten through and the roof would soon fall in. He told his capt

ology of especial interest, — as belonging to the race from which we, through our English ancestors, derive our origin, — is th

s day, however, he grumbles and hisses, thrusts upward a fiery tongue through the crater of a volcano, or, breathing siroccos,

omptings and suggestions. “Beautiful is the tradition Of that flight through heavenly portals, The old classic superstition Of

r and believe the presage, Hold aloft their torches lighted, Gleaming through the Realms benighted, As they onward bear the mes

were supposed to rise out of Ocean on the eastern side, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars,

sister of Jupiter, and daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She is connected through her daughter Proserpine, queen of Hades, with the

orests, he was dreaded by those whose occupations caused them to pass through the woods by night; for gloom and loneliness oppr

he ghosts of Hades, the living might but rarely communicate, and only through certain oracles of the dead, situate by cavernous

ivory, whence issue false and flattering visions; the other of horn, through which true dreams and noble pass to men.104 C

s, a spirit who had given them being, and was regarded as a protector through life. On birthdays men made offerings to their Ge

ime, so that he kept watch of Io constantly. He suffered her to graze through the day, and at night tied a rope round her neck.

embraced only a tuft of reeds. As he breathed a sigh, the air sounded through the reeds, and produced a plaintive melody. Where

t satiated. She sent a gadfly to torment Io, who, in her flight, swam through the sea, named after her, Ionian. Afterward, roam

rest thou me, bull-god? What art thou? How dost thou fare on thy feet through the path of the sea-beasts, nor fearest the sea?

ele was the daughter of Cadmus, founder of Thebes. She was descended, through both parents, from the gods; for her mother Harmo

flame; The world crashed: from a body scathed and torn The soul leapt through , and found his breast, and died. ‘Died?’ — So the

sh, that Semele!’ But sitting here upon Olympus’ height, I look down, through that oval ring of stars, And see the far-off Eart

lves, since no oxen were at hand, to her chariot, and so dragging her through heat and dust many aweary league till they reache

old, He lay there still, and by his brother’s side Lay Biton, smiling through ambrosial curls, And when the people touched them

lets were girt about him. There smote he him and wounded him, rending through his fair skin, — and plucked forth the spear agai

lf didst take a visible spear and thrust it straight at me and pierce through my fair skin? Therefore deem I now that thou shal

threw his javelin, which penetrated the serpent’s scales, and pierced through to his entrails. The monster attempted to draw ou

hy course, while the sphere revolved beneath thee? The road, also, is through the midst of frightful monsters. Thou must pass b

ere it still remains concealed. Where he used to discharge his waters through seven mouths into the sea, seven dry channels alo

e sea, seven dry channels alone remained. The earth cracked open, and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frighte

said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Diana also. Darting through the air, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the t

prayer That thou wouldst guide these children in the pass Of virtue, through the tangling wilds of youth, And thou didst ever

than nine arrows: bend thy bow; aim here! I see, I see it glimmering through a cloud. Artemis, thou at length art merciful: My

cold and darkness and oblivion there: And thence rise, tree-like grow through pain to joy, More joy and most joy, — do man good

ot once Out of the set gaze and the silent smile; And a cold fear ran through Admetos’ frame: “Why does she stand and front me,

the daughter of the river-god Peneüs, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god was seized with love

only sustenance. She gazed on the sun when he rose; and as he passed through his daily course to his setting, she saw no other

usa, still endeavoring to escape, plunged into the abyss, and passing through the bowels of the earth, came out in Sicily, stil

the springs below; The beard and the hair Of the River-god were Seen through the torrent’s sweep, As he followed the light Of

ding the shark, And the sword-fish dark, Under the ocean foam, And up through the rifts Of the mountain clifts They past to the

he woods? While he hesitated his dogs saw him. Over rocks and cliffs, through mountain gorges that seemed impracticable, he fle

r, but to no purpose. One day, therefore, observing Orion as he waded through the sea, with his head, just above the water, Apo

m, and the Pleiads fly before him.171 In the beginning of winter, all through the night, Orion follows the chase across the hea

’s breast, and fanned Into sweet air; and sobered morning came Meekly through billows: — when like taper-flame Left sudden by a

e in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambled through the woods and over the hills, girt like the huntr

n, warned him, she mounted her chariot drawn by swans, and drove away through the air. But Adonis was too noble to heed such co

nis on the mountains. The flowers flush red for anguish, and Cytherea through all the mountain-knees, through every dell doth s

s flush red for anguish, and Cytherea through all the mountain-knees, through every dell doth shrill the piteous dirge: Woe, wo

o submit to Venus, to try humbly to win her forgiveness, and, mayhap, through her favor regain the lover that was lost. Obeying

t once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous task, a desire seized her to examin

r frame a word.180 But Cupid, now recovered from his wound, slipped through a crack in the window of his chamber, flew to the

ale of her The pilgrim-heart, to whom a dream was given, That led her through the world, — Love’s worshipper, — To seek on eart

; And suddenly her former colour chang’d, And here and there her eyes through anger rang’d; And, like a planet moving several w

ange thrill of hope there came, A shaft of new desire now pierced him through , And therewithal a soft voice called his name, An

ed a passage to- the voice; and tender messages passed back and forth through the gap. When night came and they must say farewe

g into the earth, reached the roots, so that the sanguine hue mounted through the trunk to the fruit. By this time, Thisbe, sti

ice; but Juno struck him with madness, and drove him forth a wanderer through various parts of the earth. In Phrygia the goddes

and taught him her religious rites; and then he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people the cultivation of the

s resounded on every side. Pentheus, angered by the noise, penetrated through the wood, and reached an open space where the chi

y to the might of Pluto; and she had also, in her flight from Alpheus through the lower regions of the earth, beheld the missin

o sow the seed. She took him in her chariot, drawn by winged dragons, through all the countries of the earth; and under her gui

he promontory of Tænarus, and arrived in the Stygian realm. He passed through crowds of ghosts, and presented himself before th

ing. Mindful of his promise, without let or hindrance the bard passed through the horrors of hell. All Hades held its breath.

that still bears the Danaïd’s name. He loved the goddess Ceres also, through whose pastures his rivers strayed; and Arne the s

the shade Brighten below a soft-rayed sun that shot’ Arrows of light through all the deep-leaved glade; Then, with weak hands,

t announced to the shepherds the birth of Christ, a deep groan, heard through the isles of Greece, told that great Pan was dead

strain impassion’d. ’Twas Pan himself had wandered here, A-strolling through the sordid city, And piping to the civic ear The

and faded away till there was nothing left of her but her voice. But through his future fortunes she was constant to her cruel

cho loved A gamesome Satyr; he, by her unmoved, Loved only Lyde; thus through Echo, Pan, Lyde and Satyr, Love his circle ran. T

hungered. The orders of Ceres were executed by Famine, who, speeding through the air, entered the dwelling of Erysichthon, and

ould scarce believe he had not wings, Such sunshine seemed to glitter through his veins Instead of blood, so light he felt and

A bee buzzed about his ear. Impatiently he brushed it aside: — Then through the window flew the wounded bee, And Rhœcus, trac

where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend. Lay me re

ed Megara, bound Scylla to the rudder of his ship, and so dragged her through the waves toward Crete. The girl was ultimately t

rophecy was fulfilled. Of Perseus and Andromeda three sons were born, through one of whom, Electryon, they became grandparents

llenic branch of the Greek nation, being descended from Sisyphus, and through him from Æolus, the son of Hellen.280 His adventu

ingly and suffered himself to be taken. Bellerophon mounted him, sped through the air, found the Chimæra, and gained an easy vi

m to throw his rider, who wandered ever after lame, blind, and lonely through the Aleian field, and perished miserably. § 139.

sed for thirty years. Hercules bringing the rivers Alpheüs and Peneüs through them purified them thoroughly in one day. His sev

nce Atlas was the father of the Hesperides, Hercules thought he might through him obtain the apples. The hero, accordingly, tak

and green maiden-hair, and blooming parsley, and deer-grass spreading through the marshy land. In the midst of the water the ny

diest meal, even so the mighty Heracles, in longing for the lad, sped through the trackless briars, and ranged over much countr

e moment of the rebound, plied their oars with vigor, and passed safe through , though the islands closed behind them, and actua

r Right in the hairiest hollow of his hide, Under the last rib, sheer through bulk and bone, Deep in; and deeply smitten, and t

t,” Drove at Meleager, who with spear straightening Pierced his cheek through ; then Toxeus made for him, Dumb, but his spear sh

pear shake; vain and violent words, Fruitless; for him, too, stricken through both sides The earth felt falling, … … And these

derful brute was finally caught and overcome by Hercules, who rode it through the waves to Greece. But its offspring, the Minot

d strings Sunk hapless Icarus on unfaithful wings; Headlong he rushed through the affrighted air, With limbs distorted and dish

’d heart and brain Afford no calm? “Dost thou to-night behold, Here, through the moonlight on this English grass, The unfriend

Cephissian vale? Listen, Eugenia — How thick the bursts come crowding through the leaves! Again — thou hearest? Eternal passion

s clash of the rounded cymbals awakened; — Brayed with a raucous roar through the turmoil many a trumpet, Many a stridulous fif

him into exile. Accompanied by his daughter Antigone, he went begging through the land. His other daughter, Ismene, at first, s

live forever, nor can man assign When first they sprang to being. Not through fear Of any man’s resolve was I prepared Before t

and the furrowing ploughshare, None with gardener’s knife lets light through the branches umbrageous; Squalid the rust creeps

ps up o’er ploughs forgotten of ploughmen. Bright is the palace, ay, through far retreating recesses Blazing for sheen benign

rness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales If once the great Twin Brethren Sit shining

er which the Trojans, favored by Jove, succeeded in forcing a passage through the Grecian rampart, and were about to set fire t

n the third. Achilles threw his spear with better success. It pierced through the shield of Æneas, but glanced near his shoulde

of our own beside? Ah no! even that is too late. He would not hear me through , but slay me while I spoke.” While he thus rumina

ir to the city, following herself and her train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the cit

n rows as if to guard the approach. Along the walls were seats spread through all their length with mantles of finest texture,

ow. Twelve rings were arranged in a line, and he whose arrow was sent through the whole twelve, was to have the queen for his p

ng an arrow to the bow he drew the string and sped the arrow unerring through the rings. Without allowing them time to express

med direct at the most insolent one of the suitors. The arrow pierced through his throat and he fell dead. Telemachus, Eumæus,

h in a prophetic strain, giving dark intimations of labors and perils through which he was destined to make his way to final su

Avernus, and Æneas followed. Before the threshold of hell they passed through a group of beings who are enumerated as Griefs an

uated the regions of sadness, divided off into retired paths, leading through groves of myrtle. Here roamed those who had falle

rable questions. But the Greeks, at the sight of his armor glittering through the murky atmosphere, recognized the hero, and fi

efore him was the gate of adamant that neither gods nor men can break through . An iron tower stood by the gate, on which Tisiph

hese melancholy regions and seek the city of the blessed. They passed through a middle tract of darkness, and came upon the Ely

s valley, with trees gently waving to the wind, a tranquil landscape, through which the river Lethe flowed. Along the banks of

scord, carried with him in his flight his infant daughter. As he fled through the woods, his enemies in hot pursuit, he reached

tle commonwealth stood by. When they saw the tall ship gliding onward through the wood, they were alarmed at the sight, and ros

re he seized his hand, and held it long in friendly grasp. Proceeding through the wood they joined the king and his party, and

to get intelligence from him. Now I am strongly moved to make my way through the enemy’s camp and to go in search of our chief

ade prize of a helmet brilliant with gold and plumes. They had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but n

again entered the wood and soon came within sound of voices. Looking through the thicket he saw the whole band surrounding Eur

and exclaiming, “Pallas immolates thee with this blow,” he thrust him through with his sword. Here the poem of the Æneid closes

oe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Balder, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Never was there

r the guidance of Loki, darted it at Balder, who, pierced through and through , fell down lifeless. Never was there witnessed, e

neysuckle flower Brushes across a tired traveller’s face Who shuffles through the deep dew-moisten’d dust On a May evening, in

peared. And Hermod gazed into the night, and said: “Who is it utters through the dark his hest So quickly, and will wait for n

find Some solace in each other’s look and speech, Wandering together through that gloomy world, And talking of the life we led

on his mission. For the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern anyt

one. Then the messengers returned, — … And they rode home together, through the wood Of Jarnvid, which to east of Midgard lie

g, to be devoured in succession by a she wolf, — all but Sigmund, who through the wile of his sister Signy was rescued. He, dri

also had loved the fair Hiordis, — he got his death-wound: — For lo, through the hedge of the warshafts a mighty man there cam

dy-blue; And he bore a mighty twi-bill, as he waded the fight-sheaves through , And stood face to face with Sigmund, and upheave

beareth the mighty tidings to the very heavenly floor; But he rideth through its roaring as the warrior rides the rye, When it

e hid spears draw anigh; The white flame licks his raiment and sweeps through Greyfell’s mane, And bathes both hands of Sigurd

Brynhild herself. But Brynhild would have no one that could not ride through the flames drawn up around her hall. After Gunnar

he form of King Gunnar, mounted Greyfell and rode for the second time through the flames of Hindfell. Then still wearing the se

urd. Gudrun, white with wrath, flashed out the true story of the ride through the flames, and thrust in Brynhild’s face the And

to drink, Sir Siegfried down kneeling there he found, He pierced him through the croslet, that sudden from the wound Forth the

and Samson Agonistes are the fruit of the stern years of controversy through which he lived, not as a poet, but as a statesman

t they likewise themselves suffer woes outside the course of destiny, through their own perverse offending.” But, beside this g

the Saviour: — “The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Rings through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from h

s Eagle; Drummond on Ganymede’s lament, “When eagle’s talons bare him through the air.” In Art: Græco-Roman sculpture, Ganymede

Euphemistic term, meaning the well-intentioned. Hecate was descended through her father Perses from the Titans, Creüs and Eury

scended through her father Perses from the Titans, Creüs and Eurybie; through her mother Asteria from the Titans, Cœus and Phœb

a cloud-driving wind. Pan and the Syrinx: naturally the wind playing through the reeds, if (with Müller and Cox) we take Pan t

mous Delphic oracle of Apollo. (See § 38.) Cephissus: a river running through Doris, Phocis, and Bœotia into the Euboean Gulf;

W. M. W. Call, Alcestis. § 82. Textual. — This Laomedon was descended through Dardanus (the forefather of the Trojan race) from

. Peneüs: a river in Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus, and flows through the wooded valley of Tempe. Dædal: variously ador

n fact disappear under ground, in part of its course, finding its way through subterranean channels, till it again appears on t

cal Essays, “And, Night’s chaste empress, in her bridal play. Laughed through the foliage where Endymion lay.” Poems. — Besid

ps before it the clouds (here the cattle of Apollo), makes soft music through the trees (lyre), etc. Other theorists make Herme

of secrecy which has never been fully withdrawn. The initiates passed through certain symbolic ceremonies from one degree of “m

illside. The clouds are the sheep that he pastures; the sun glowering through the vapor is his single eye ( Cox). Illustrative

as this were explained on a physical basis: the river Acheloüs flows through the realm of Dejanira, hence Acheloüs loves Dejan

or as the dark depths of the earth; or as the dawn, from which, shot through with the golden rays of heaven, the youthful Sun

Mysia: province of Asia Minor, north of Lydia. The river Phasis flows through Colchis into the Euxine. For genealogy of Laomedo

his whole history and all his feats as symbolic of the sun’s progress through the heavens, beginning with the labors performed

the tawny cloud which the sun trails behind him as he fights his way through the vapors that he overcomes ( Cox). The slaughte

s into the sea; Phrixus, the radiant sunlight; the Voyage of the Argo through the Symplegades, the nocturnal journey of the sun

y which is determined his state of future existence. The Karma passes through various earthly existences in the process of renu

sun; but ultimately the representative of supreme godhead. Worshipped through all Egypt, and associated with other gods who are

Infinite, of the Karma (human character, or soul) after it has passed through innumerable existences, and learned the virtuous

he spear. Tel′lus, 88, 247; see Gæa. Tem′pe, 278; a vale in Thessaly, through which ran the river Peneüs, Com. § 43 (4) Ten′edo

such. But how is mythology to be taught to one who does not learn it through the medium of the languages of Greece and Rome? T

among the Greeks — the people from whom the Romans, and other nations through them, received their science and religion. The Gr

supposed to rise out of the Ocean, on the eastern side, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars,

th brass the celestial steeds, which whirled the chariots of the gods through the air, or along the surface of the sea. He was

hell, made holes in the opposite edges of it, and drew cords of linen through them, and the instrument was complete. The cords

spirit who had given them being, and was regarded as their protector through life. On their birthdays men made offerings to th

the daughter of the river god Peneus, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god was seized with love

e to the voice; and tender messages used to pass backward and forward through the gap. As they stood, Pyramus on this side, Thi

nking into the earth reached the roots, so that the red color mounted through the trunk to the fruit. By this time Thisbe, stil

e struggling in the agonies of death. She started back, a shudder ran through her frame as a ripple on the face of the still wa

time, so that he kept watch of Io constantly. He suffered her to feed through the day, and at night tied her up with a vile rop

embraced only a tuft of reeds! As he breathed a sigh, the air sounded through the reeds, and produced a plaintive melody. The g

ad nodded forward on his breast, Mercury with one stroke cut his neck through , and tumbled his head down the rocks. O hapless A

torment Io, who fled over the whole world from its pursuit. She swam through the Ionian sea, which derived its name from her,

he Thracian strait, thence named the Bosphorus (cow-ford,) rambled on through Scythia, and the country of the Cimmerians, and a

rest, rushed after him swifter than the wind. Over rocks and cliffs, through mountain gorges that seemed impracticable, he fle

ods, and palaces and temples on the way. On the contrary, the road is through the midst of frightful monsters. You pass by the

ere it still remains concealed. Where he used to discharge his waters through seven mouths into the sea, there seven dry channe

there seven dry channels alone remained. The earth cracked open, and through the chinks light broke into Tartarus, and frighte

mute and still, When drove, so poets sing, the Sun-born youth Devious through Heaven’s affrighted signs his sire’s Ill-granted

e, and shake the whole island with earthquakes. Their breath comes up through the mountain, and is what men call the eruption o

round, and I, endeavoring to escape him, plunged into the cavern, and through the bowels of the earth came out here in Sicily.

rough the bowels of the earth came out here in Sicily. While I passed through the lower parts of the earth, I saw your Proserpi

o sow the seed. She took him in her chariot, drawn by winged dragons, through all the countries of the earth, imparting to mank

y gloomy Dis Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world, ——              * * * * might with thi

in fact disappear underground, in part of its course, finding its way through subterranean channels till it again appears on th

ike him the river god, whose waters flow, With love their only light, through caves below, Wafting in triumph all the flowery b

nd mixed them together, with incantations and charms. Then she passed through the crowd of gambolling beasts, the victims of he

to a poet’s heart; Till breath and warmth and vital motion     Seemed through the statue form to dart. “And then, in all my ar

e in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambles through the woods and over the hills, dressed like the hu

this warning, she mounted her chariot drawn by swans, and drove away through the air. But Adonis was too noble to heed such co

n-drawn chariot, had not yet reached Cyprus, when she heard coming up through mid-air the groans of her beloved, and turned her

oon as he disclosed his intention to his wife Halcyone, a shudder ran through her frame, and her face grew deadly pale. “What f

gered, but now the young men grasped their oars and pulled vigorously through the waves, with long and measured strokes. Halcyo

e sad words which bereaved mothers utter. The mournful funeral passed through the town, and the pale corpse was borne on a bier

s see this sad procession,’ said she, and mounted to a turret, whence through an open window she looked upon the funeral. Scarc

r person, as a comely youth. It appeared to her like the sun bursting through a cloud. He would have renewed his entreaties, bu

where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend. Lay me re

t once more into the light of day. But having got so far successfully through her dangerous task, a longing desire seized her t

d not able longer to bear the absence of his beloved Psyche, slipping through the smallest crack of the window of his chamber w

of her     The pilgrim-heart, to whom a dream was given, That led her through the world, — Love’s worshipper, —     To seek on

h better success, for it penetrated the serpent’s scales, and pierced through to his entrails. Fierce with pain, the monster tu

hat he held. She felt as if she could, if it were possible, go to him through the hostile ranks; she felt an impulse to cast he

ew her only food. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other

open unto me.” Niobe. The fate of Arachne was noised abroad through all the country, and served as a warning to all p

said he; “speech only delays punishment.” So said Diana also. Darting through the air, veiled in clouds, they alighted on the t

en away the people from the sacred rites, and held her stately course through the city, the envy of her friends, now the pity e

nantless     Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow,     Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise with thy yellow waves,

sudden, wrought the grisly aspect Of terrible Medusa, When wandering through the woods she turned to stone Their savage tenant

lame and blind in consequence. After this Bellerophon wandered lonely through the Aleian field, avoiding the paths of men, and

ows a simile from the Griffins, P. L. Book II.: — “As when a Gryphon through the wilderness, With winged course, o’er hill and

e moment of the rebound, plied their oars with vigor, and passed safe through , though the islands closed behind them, and actua

she spoke the stars shone brighter, and presently a chariot descended through the air, drawn by flying serpents. She ascended i

nsed for thirty years. Hercules brought the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through them, and cleansed them thoroughly in one day. Hi

thigh     Half buried in the eagle’s down, Sole as a flying star shot through the sky     Above the pillared town.” And in She

d strings Sunk hapless Icarus on unfaithful wings; Headlong he rushed through the affrighted air, With limbs distorted and dish

s on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven,     Through billows and through gales. If once the great Twin Brethren     Sit sh

ice; but Juno struck him with madness, and drove him forth a wanderer through various parts of the earth. In Phrygia the goddes

him and taught him her religious rites, and he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people the cultivation of the

as the sound of a trumpet does the fire of a war-horse. He penetrated through the wood and reached an open space where the chie

n forests, was dreaded by those whose occupations caused them to pass through the woods by night, for the gloom and loneliness

he shepherds at Bethlehem of the birth of Christ, a deep groan, heard through all the isles of Greece, told that the great Pan

y chariot. The dragons are fleet and obey the rein, and will take you through the air in a short time.” So she gave her the rei

drove back to Thessaly. Famine obeyed the commands of Ceres and sped through the air to the dwelling of Erisichthon, entered t

he father of the maiden, ‘Behold me, the king of the waters that flow through your land. I am no stranger from a foreign shore,

union with her, the meaning is that the river in its windings flowed through part of Dejanira’s kingdom. It was said to take t

the promontory of Tænarus and arrived at the Stygian realm. He passed through crowds of ghosts and presented himself before the

his condition they proceeded on their way, he leading, she following, through passages dark and steep, in total silence, till t

r, and found out by what they said that the timbers were nearly eaten through and the roof would soon fall in. He told his capt

the swell of voices, while like a lightning’s flash the thought sped through every heart, “Observe the power of the Eumenides!

me giant and a mighty hunter. His father gave him the power of wading through the depths of the sea, or, as others say, of walk

nd often chid her, but to no purpose. One day, observing Orion wading through the sea with his head just above the water, Apoll

ent theory of the Pleiads: — “Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-fl

    The temples and the people and the shore; One drew a sharp knife through my tender throat               Slowly, — and — no

favored by Jove, were successful, and succeeded in forcing a passage through the Grecian rampart, and were about to set fire t

pped in the third. Achilles threw his with better success. It pierced through the shield of Æneas, but glanced near his shoulde

of our own beside? Ah, no! it is too late. He would not even hear me through , but slay me while I spoke.” While he thus rumina

Greeks, who, as the moderns do, Instead of paying chairmen, run them through ;) Laocoon struck the outside with a spear, And ea

a modern poet, Keats, has discovered for us the thoughts that passed through the brains of the victims of Circe, after their t

repair to the city, following herself and train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the cit

n rows as if to guard the approach. Along the walls were seats spread through all their length with mantles of finest texture,

owing by artificial channels over all the garden, the other conducted through the court-yard of the palace, whence every citize

ow. Twelve rings were arranged in a line, and he whose arrow was sent through the whole twelve was to have the queen for his pr

ng an arrow to the bow he drew the string and sped the arrow unerring through the rings. Without allowing them time to express

med direct at the most insolent one of the suitors. The arrow pierced through his throat and he fell dead. Telemachus, Eumæus,

h in a prophetic strain, giving dark intimations of labors and perils through which he was destined to make his way to final su

he cave, and Æneas followed. Before the threshold of hell they passed through a group of beings who are enumerated as Griefs an

uated the regions of sadness, divided off into retired paths, leading through groves of myrtle. Here roamed those who had falle

rable questions. But the Greeks, at the sight of his armor glittering through the murky atmosphere, recognized the hero, and fi

efore him was the gate of adamant that neither gods nor men can break through . An iron tower stood by the gate, on which Tisiph

hese melancholy regions and seek the city of the blessed. They passed through a middle tract of darkness, and came upon the Ely

s valley, with trees gently waving to the wind, a tranquil landscape, through which the river Lethe flowed. Along the banks of

scord, carried with him in his flight his infant daughter. As he fled through the woods, his enemies in hot pursuit, he reached

tle commonwealth stood by. When they saw the tall ship gliding onward through the wood, they were alarmed at the sight, and ros

re he seized his hand, and held it long in friendly grasp. Proceeding through the wood, they joined the king and his party and

to get intelligence from him. Now, I am strongly moved to make my way through the enemy’s camp and to go in search of our chief

ade prize of a helmet brilliant with gold and plumes. They had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but n

again entered the wood and soon came within sound of voices. Looking through the thicket he saw the whole band surrounding Eur

and exclaiming, “Pallas immolates thee with this blow,” he thrust him through with his sword. Here the poem of the Æneid closes

fixed, so as to move with it. As the spheres are transparent we look through them and see the heavenly bodies which they conta

single day. The mode of his death is thus related: As he was passing through a forest he saw the trunk of a tree which had bee

he Saviour. “The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum     Rings through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from h

“In that fair clime the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer’s day, With music lulled his indole

port; And hence a beaming goddess with her nymphs Across the lawn and through the darksome grove (Not unaccompanied with tunefu

ered subjects all adore their queen, And while she makes her progress through the East, From every grove her numerous train’s i

hœnix: —               “Down thither, prone in flight He speeds, and through the vast ethereal sky Sails between worlds and wo

killed by a spear from on horseback the power of the poison conducted through the weapon killed not only the rider, but the hor

e basilisk hath slain, And pinned him lifeless to the sandy plain, Up through the spear the subtle venom flies, The hand imbibe

ly overlooked, especially as it belongs to the nations from which we, through our English ancestors, derive our origin. It is t

oe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, pierced through and through, fell down lifeless. Surely never was

r the guidance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, pierced through and through , fell down lifeless. Surely never was there witne

on his mission. For the space of nine days and as many nights he rode through deep glens so dark that he could not discern any

r was a mother happier than Ceres as she watched Proserpina wandering through the fields with blossoms tucked in her golden hai

red that the earth might have been so harmed that the sun would shine through into his kingdom. As he drove along the earth in

ing like a cloudy sky arched over the whole region. It was the earth, through which they had come; for the sun never shines in

, my dog.” Even as he spoke, they heard a barking that seemed to echo through the whole underworld. It was such a noise that Pr

f Ætna. With this tremendous torch to light her way, she wandered all through the night, seeking and calling in vain. As often

nged sandals on his feet and a winged cap upon his head, and he sails through the air more swiftly than any bird. Besides, he h

opened at touch of the magic wand, and the messenger of Jupiter went through it without stopping, straight down to the palace

et — Persephone. The greater world may near the less,    And draw it through her weltering shade, But not one biding trace imp

to come from within it, taking in all the glory and joy which poured through the sparkling sides and top. “What a marvelous bo

ng Cupid almost in tears with rage. Next day, as Apollo was wandering through the forests of Arcadia, he chanced to see the bea

cries; To Venus quick he runs, he flies; “Oh mother I — I am wounded through  — I die with pain — in sooth I do! Stung by some

e was waiting, and it came quickly. Next day, as Eurydice was walking through the grass, she trod upon a poisonous serpent, whi

about Orpheus in great crowds, but no one did him harm, and he passed through them without stopping, his thoughts being all of

ng all of Eurydice. Thus he reached the great palace of Pluto, passed through the iron gates, and came into the presence of the

ark Pluto was moved and Proserpina’s cheeks were bathed in tears. All through the underworld the charm was felt. It is said eve

pian god Mercury, without whom no spirit can leave the underworld. On through the dark land they went, through hosts of spirits

spirit can leave the underworld. On through the dark land they went, through hosts of spirits, by Cerberus with his three terr

Antæus high in the air, and so strangled him. Then Hercules wandered through Egypt, and then far northward, until he came to M

   The hero-god flew, His sunny looks bright’ning    The air he went through . And sweet was the duty,    And hallowed the hour

raw nor stall, for him. Patiently, and still expectant,    Looked he through the wooden bars, Saw the moon rise o’er the lands

ands. Perseus turned and looked out to sea. There, coming toward them through the waves, was the long black monster. In another

s. But all was not yet done. On a certain day, as Theseus was walking through the streets of Athens, there came up the harbor a

ed when he heard it. Then all the splendid courage of the hero surged through his limbs, and he shouted in return. That was a w

t and strongest of the Trojans, hurled at him his mighty spear. Right through the chieftain’s heart it sped, and he fell dead o

ss on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven,    Through billows and through gales If once the great Twin Brethren    Sit shin

eft him, for the god Apollo confused his mind, and Hector pierced him through with his sword and slew him, and in the shining a

dess mother of Achilles, heard the sounds of grief. She rose in haste through the waters and came and sat beside her son and we

e, and it struck between the joints of Hector’s armor and pierced him through and through. So Hector died. The Greek warriors c

ruck between the joints of Hector’s armor and pierced him through and through . So Hector died. The Greek warriors came near and

gs to the ankles of the dead hero and dragged him behind his chariot, through the dust and dirt, back to the Grecian camp. Ther

the Palladium stood; they seized the sacred statue and bore it away, through the sleeping guards, out into the Grecian camp. I

e people of the city swarmed out like bees, and wandered with delight through the deserted camp. But near the shore a curious t

ut if the truth I boldly speak? If from the city heights I cry    And through the market week by week Warn of the fierce avengi

frail throat? Oft from the windy battle-plain    The soldiers coming through the wall    Saw the slow-moving figure tall, Quee

hould taste the magic plant. After that, the fleet sailed on steadily through unknown seas; but one night the keel of the first

ul looking monster he was. He was so tall that he had to stoop to get through the huge door of the cave. He had long hair and a

she said, “Whoever shall bend this bow of Ulysses’ and shoot an arrow through all twelve rings, him I will marry.” Thus she spo

ew that none of them could bend it. “But if I shall bend it and shoot through the rings,” said Telemachus, “no one shall have y

hen he caught up an arrow, put it to the string, and shot it straight through all the rings. “The trial is ended,” he said. “No

God, and has justified the wisdom which has chosen to educate mankind through impressions produced by the phenomena of the outs

who knew not how to guide them, was driving the horses of his chariot through the sky. As they looked on the dark clouds which

sonal Agencies, as gods and demons. “The close resemblance which runs through the legends of different lands leads us to the co

un, and the Moon were supposed to rise out of the Ocean, and to drive through the air, giving light to gods and men. The stars

as earth-goddess, was a personification of productive earth, whether through fertile soil or through moisture. Comparative My

personification of productive earth, whether through fertile soil or through moisture. Comparative Mythology. — Greek, Gæa*;

ers, paints the tips of the mountains, and draws aside the misty veil through which her brother is about to appear. When he has

r food nor drink. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other

marched to the mountains, and to music of fifes and drums they rushed through the woods with frantic cries, searching for Atys.

e lauded by an Homeric hymn, in which they are represented as darting through the air on their golden wings, in order to calm t

self by sending a gadfly to torment lo, who, in her madness, wandered through Europe and Asia, until she at length found rest i

kind and observe their proceedings. On one occasion he made a journey through Arcadia. Being recognized by the Arcadians as kin

often perches on her sceptre. She is sometimes represented as carried through the air in a rich chariot drawn by peacocks. Epi

orated in his honor was the Neptunalia, or Consualia. Horses were led through the streets finely equipped and crowned with garl

dragons, and, giving him some grains of corn, desired him to journey through the world, teaching mankind the arts of agricultu

resent the god of battles as a wild, ungovernable warrior, who passes through the armies like a whirlwind, hurling to the groun

was sacred to Mars, they bore the sacred shields in solemn procession through the streets of Rome, executing warlike dances and

stowed upon him the gift of prophecy, and decreed that he should live through seven generations. The Roman Minerva was early id

sacrifices of cakes and frankincense, expiatory rites, purifications through sprinkling by laurel boughs. Sacred hymns were su

k back upon her until they reached the upper world. They journeyed on through the gloomy regions of Erebus, and were about to p

ranches surmounted by a fir-cone), Dionysus made a triumphal progress through Syria, Egypt, Arabia, and India. On his return to

took place in March. An ancient wooden statue of the god was carried through the streets by people dressed as satyrs, in comme

smiling boy was fastened fell off, and a fragrant stream of wine ran through the ship; then suddenly a vine rose to the top-sa

s festival, it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing th

ical instruments, one should probably be told that the wind whistling through the river reeds led to the invention of the sheph

ving sprung from the earth. Men saw the tender plants force their way through the ground in the early spring after the frost of

ild a city where she should lie down. On leaving the temple he passed through Phocis, and meeting a cow he followed her through

he temple he passed through Phocis, and meeting a cow he followed her through Bœotia, until at length, on the site where Thebes

t to be his native place, and took the way towards Thebes. In driving through a narrow pass, he met an old man, and a herald, d

eyed, but was instantly assailed by the Erinnys. He roamed in madness through Arcadia, and was at length purified by Phegeus*,

the plain over which he wandered is the broad expanse of somber light through which the sun is sometimes seen to travel sullenl

walls of the city, but commanded him to receive orders for the future through the herald, Copreus*. 2. The Lernæan Hydra*. — T

wound her, after which he lifted her on his shoulders and carried her through Arcadia. On his way he met Artemis (Diana) and he

fer. Heracles then turned the course of the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through the stalls, and thus carried off the filth. When

f Helios, in which he recrossed the ocean, and then journeyed on foot through Iberia, Gaul, and Italy. At length he arrived at

n of Eos and Tithonus, for his cruelty to strangers. He then wandered through Arabia, and at last arrived at Moutit Caucasus, w

arry her off. Heracles heard the screams of his wife, and shot Nessus through the heart with one of his poisoned arrows. He dir

given her by Hermes, and which, like the celestial steeds, could run through the air, she directed them to flee to Colchis. On

us had told the heroes to let loose a dove, and if it ventured to fly through they might safely follow. The bird passed swiftly

e immovable, for it had been decreed they should if any vessel passed through in safety. The Capture of the Golden Fleece.

she would marry the suitor who could bend this bow and send an arrow through twelve rings (a feat which she had seen Odysseus

tch, then fitting an arrow to the bow he drew the string, and it sped through the rings. Turning to Antinous*, the most insolen

cloud (Thoösa). The shapeless vapors which arise from the waters, and through which, like a huge eye, the sun sheds a sickly li

ser vapors. “‘The chief seizes his bow,’ the hidden sun darts his ray through the cloud-rift, and scatters the heavy vapors whi

Helenus had directed Æneas to consult. She foretold labors and perils through which he was destined to make his way to final su

d then fell asleep. After seeing much that was wonderful, and passing through regions inhabited by diflerent classes of departe

is own specific character. This complex sun-god was imagined to float through the sky in a boat, accompanied by the souls of th

e were personified, and man was like a bewildered traveler struggling through a strange land, exposed to the malice of a host o

d a house in which the fair maiden, Brynhild, lay asleep. Sigurd rode through the fire, and at his touch she awoke. They then p

d should become the wife of his son Gunnar. But Gunnar could not ride through the flame, and by magic arts Sigurd was made to a

learns his whereabouts by the light kindling in the Orient. Wandering through pathless forests, the east became to primitive ma

t of smoking was his invention.” Tanner . Michabo is said to sleep through the winter months; and at the time of the falling

ernatural beings. One of these, a woman named Ataensic, threw herself through a rift in the sky, and fell towards the earth. Th

Parthenon. 7. The Acropolis was a fortified hill at Athens, entered through a magnificent temple-gate called the Propylæa*.

s and tendencies of creation. But the result, coming, as it does too, through avenues of beautiful poetry, both ancient and mod

to the presence of the divinity, and not sure that a glance of light through the trees was not the lustre of the god himself g

and Egypt were the origin of the elements of this profane faith, and through their means, its transmission may be traced to th

e. The sun is a god, who, riding in a car of fire, diffuses his light through the world; the stars are so many divinities, who

“And now the murmur of incitement flies, All ranged in martial order, through the skies; Here Jove above the rest conspicuous s

se so wretched into light!     Third Fury. Thou think’st we will live through thee one by one, Like animal life, and though we

f Io; a change soon took place in the appearance of the latter, when, through the ‌influence of the God, she assumed the form o

by serpents. ——— “As tempered suns arise Sweet beamed, and shedding through the lucid clouds A pleasing calm: while broad and

his dreadful steeds the slackened rein, And strikes his iron sceptre through the main; The depths profound thro’ yielding wave

and Midas repeated; when, to his surprise, the latter felt, pressing through his hair, a pair of ears, long and shaggy. Alarme

ter her visit, some reeds arose in this place; and as the wind passed through them, they repeated, “King Midas has the ears of

most difficult to the vanity of youth. Apollo made known his oracles through the medium of a sibyl. This was a female, named a

on her, her eyes sparkled, her hair stood on end, and a shivering ran through her body. In this convulsive state, she spoke the

h bore with it the life of Meleager; a fire immediately spread itself through the vitals of the prince, and he expired in the m

was likely to derive much good. In spite of the education he received through the medium of this being, however, the love of gl

nd while with eager arms he grasped the fair, Lashed his fleet tigers through the buxom air.” Dryden. It was not long before

rapes; scarcely was it pressed upon her lips, than she felt thrilling through her frame, the effects of the sweet intoxication.

Crowned with green leaves, and faces all on flame; All madly dancing through the pleasant valley,     To scare thee, melanchol

ring! Bacchus, young Bacchus! good or ill betide, We dance before him through kingdoms wide: Come hither, lady fair, and joined

and yellow brooms,     And cold mushrooms; For wine we follow Bacchus through the earth; Great God of breathless cups and chirp

e woods and solitary retreats of Mount Ida. “She comes! the Goddess; through the whispering air, Bright as the morn, descends

of Vulcan, was invented as a punishment for Juno, to whom, as it was through her he fell from heaven, he attributed his deform

Beneath her silver veil; Her golden locks in wanton play, As sunbeams through the mist make way,     Stole round her bosom pale

lls The fatal lamp. He starts — and suddenly Tremendous thunders echo through the halls, While ruins hideous crash bursts o’er

the God, returned her to earth upon a bank of flowers. She then went through the world in search of her lost love, persecuted,

o use the elegant language of Mr. Keightley,‌ “The hours shed roses through the sky, the Graces sprinkled the halls of heaven

ng, and in the history of Apollo may be found the fate he experienced through the veracity of her decree. Minerva was called At

lted Flora, and on the plains near Olenus, was shown by her a flower, through the very touch of which she might become a mother

re!” Keats. He obtained Amphitrite, daughter of Ocean, in marriage, through the skill of a dolphin, although she had made to

aly, with Periander, tyrant of Corinth, he obtained immense treasures through his profession. On his return to his native count

earth to tremble. During the Consualia of the Romans, horses were led through the streets, finely equipped, and crowned with ga

ired, And list’ning shades the dulcet note admired. Love led the sage through Death’s tremendous porch, Cheered with his smile,

stonished at the sight, aghast I stood, And a cold fear ran shivering through my blood.” While here he saw the ghosts of all t

The child was named; nor was it hard to trace Both the bright parents through the infant’s face. When fifteen years, in Ida’s c

amadryads dress Their ruffled locks, where meeting hazels darken, And through whole solemn hours, dost sit and harken The drear

Each snow-crowned hill, and mountain’s lofty head; Or wander careless through the lowly brake, Or by the borders of the lucid l

the ground, he fancied he saw the figure of a beautiful nymph. “Deep through the spring, his eye-balls dart their beams, Like

the air is filled with sound, Soft, and sultry, and profound; Murmurs through the shadowy grass                      Lightly st

odorous mouth. Where are the merry birds? Away, away On panting wings through the inclement skies,         Lest owls should pre

nto mournful cypress and dark yew, Or wearing the long, gloomy winter through         In the smooth holly’s green eternity. Th

me for singing     A cadence so dear.” ‌East Wind.     “I’ve wafted through bowers     Where angels might muse, And kiss thei

orld’s afar.                         I come with peace; I shed Sleep through the wood walks, o’er the honey bee, The lark’s tr

ough low as murmurs of a dove —                         Like trumpets through the gloom.                         I come with a

ancient, kingly head     Slumbers, immortalized in stone; And where, through marble grots beneath,     The lifeless, ranged li

to avenge their murder on the barbarous mother, she escaped by flying through the air in a chariot drawn by dragons. “When Med

, and Medea had recourse to her dragons once more, to make her escape through the air, to Colchis, where, by some it is stated,

‌destroyed the Centaurs, and caught the boar by closely pursuing him through the deep snow. Eurystheus was so frightened at th

ed fen He tracks huge Cacus to his forest den! Where breathing flames through brazen lips, he fled, And shakes the rock-roofed

dis roars Affrighted Scylla bellows round her shores, Vesuvius groans through all his echoing caves, And Etna thunders o’er the

was for her, he accepted the offer with thanks, and when he saw them through the worst part of the water in safety, prepared t

he put it on, than the poison with which it was saturated, penetrated through his bones, and attaching itself to the flesh, eat

ce, Nor arms, nor darts can stop their raging course, Devouring flame through my racked entrails strays, And on my lungs and sh

the death of the sister were fruitless. The conqueror pursued his way through the air, and from the blood which dropped from th

se drops of blood, as well as the winged Pegasus, which flew directly through the air, and stopping on the Mount bearing the sa

rite with the Muses. In the meantime young Perseus pursued his flight through the air, across the deserts of Lybia. The approac

ndly shower of fruitful gold, Medusa’s snaky head is now my prey, And through the clouds I boldly wing my way. ‌If such desert

y, next engaged his attention, and taking the animal alive, he led it through the streets of Athens, previously to sacrificing

                                      The soft pure air Came floating through that hall — the Grecian air, Laden with music — f

fe, chafe his temples — He breathes again, And vigorous nature breaks through opposition. How fares my royal friend? Œd. The w

ain, Where, stampt upon her breast, the crimson spots remain. Tereus, through grief, and haste to be revenged, Shares the like

st exclaim, Greece no avenger — I, her chief so late, Through Erebus, through Elysium, writhe beneath it. Iphig. Come, I have

decreed, in vain. Stern Hector as the bleeding chief he views, Breaks through the ranks, and his retreat pursues: The lance arr

ead, The nervous ancles bored, his feet he bound With thongs inserted through the double wound; These fixed up high behind the

th all haste towards Troy. Their soldiers disembarked, and penetrated through the breach which had been made to admit the horse

is moment Ulysses stepped out, and Telegonus not knowing him, ran him through with his lance, thus fulfilling the prophecy of t

ded; but, to arrive at the temple of Honour, it was necessary to pass through that of Virtue. Peace. This daughter of Jup

ssession, is also worshipped by them; she was obtained by one of them through a stratagem very like that employed by Jupiter wi

most worshipped. “What potent god from Agra’s orient bowers, Floats through the lucid air while living flowers, With sunny tw

o’er thy throne the moon’s pale light         Pours her soft radiance through the night,         And to each floating cloud dis

who fell a victim to their folly; aided by the cunning of Loke, who, through a stratagem which proved successful, showed how i

xicans were of a gloomy and frightful character; to enable them to go through which, their priests anointed themselves with a p

air, commerce, war, and divination were under his control; and it was through him that the remarkable prophecy was supposed to

eve implicitly in demons, in shadows and in divination. A pot pierced through the bottom in three places, is the organ used by

was the void of air; no form was traced; Obstructing atoms struggled through the waste; Where cold, and hot, and moist, and dr

rs bloomed in the valleys; no grass grew on the plains; no birds flew through the air. All was silent, bare, and motionless. Er

ace was covered with luxuriant verdure; birds of many colours flitted through the foliage of the new-born forest trees; animals

, Reluctant, to invert his broiling limbs, A sudden earthquake shoots through all the isle, And Ætna thunders dreadful under gr

ings and suggestions. “Beautiful is the tradition     Of that flight through heavenly portals, The old classic superstition Of

ora, pricking and stinging them most unmercifully. They then flew out through the open door and windows, and fastened upon the

the temple, monuments of the-love and faith which had bound the pair through life. Although married to Juno, Jupiter often ind

this deity accomplished with as much celerity as Mercury. Her flight through the air was so rapid, that she was seldom seen; a

ky. “Like fiery clouds, that flush with ruddy glare, Or Iris gliding through the purple air; When loosely girt her dazzling ma

hese kind-hearted sons harnessed themselves to the cart, and drew her through the city to the temple gates, amid the acclamatio

e goddess, said to have fallen from heaven, was carried in procession through the city, where the people hailed its appearance

id not hesitate, but, seizing his bow and deadly arrows, shot Coronis through the heart. The deed was no sooner accomplished, t

rth be used to shade the graves of those who had been greatly beloved through life. The Story of Daphne Some time after t

s grew over the hole, and, as they bent before the wind which rustled through their leaves, they were heard to murmur. “Midas,

and they sent some bees with honey, which they carried to him, daily through a chink in the chest. Months passed, and one day

than nine arrows: bend thy bow; aim here! I see, I see it glimmering through a cloud. Artemis, thou at length art merciful: My

uides the lunar car,     The pale nocturnal vigils ever keeping, Sped through the silent space from star to star,     And, blus

ographic Co., 133 New Bond Street, W. An electric thrill of fear shot through every vein, as, mindful of his new form, he bound

shot through every vein, as, mindful of his new form, he bounded away through the forest. Alas! too late; for the pack had caug

Angelo. Venus ran straight to the scene of his tragic death, rushing through underbrush and briars, tearing her delicate skin

his goddess’s kind offices, a crack was discovered in the party wall, through which the lovers could peep at each other, conver

nd even, it is said, exchange a kiss or two. Sundry stolen interviews through this crack made them long for uninterrupted and u

eart, for he thought it belonged to some water nymph gazing up at him through the transparent flood. With sudden passion he cau

cheeks, while a breath dilated her lungs, and sent her blood coursing through her veins, — “As once with prayers in passion fl

, and, with a last sorrowful, reproachful glance at Psyche, flew away through the open window, exclaiming, — “‘Farewell! There

ea Shall bear the name Ionian, and present A monument of Io’s passage through , Unto all mortals.” E. B. Browning. Juno mourne

bore him off in triumph, and bound him fast with iron chains slipped through iron rings. Day and night they kept watch over hi

o Mars and bore his name, the ancilæ were carried in a procession all through the city, the Salii chanting their rude war-songs

nge his form with bewildering rapidity, and, unless they clung to him through all his changes, they could obtain no answer to t

drag down into his dismal abode, or to make sure there was no crevice through which a sunbeam might glide to brighten its gloom

nce early and late.” Saxe. From thence a long subterranean passage, through which shadowy spirits glided incessantly, led to

s entrusted to their care over the fiery flood of the Phlegethon, and through the brazen gates of their future place of incessa

h, that Semele! ‘ But sitting here upon Olympus’ height, I look down, through that oval ring of stars, And see the far-off Eart

Crown’d with green leaves, and faces all on flame; All madly dancing through the pleasant valley.’” Keats. Bacchus, the firs

unds proceeded, the god stepped out of his car, and cautiously peeped through the thick foliage. He saw Proserpina sitting on a

g Proserpina to become his queen, he resolved to abduct her. Straight through the bushes he strode, direct to the spot where sh

ck the earth such a mighty blow that a crevice opened under his feet, through which horses and chariot plunged down into the da

d fled in great terror. She fled, but he pursued. Over hill and dale, through forest and field, Arethusa ran, still closely fol

cks and stones, until Diana, seeing her new plight, opened a crevice, through which she glided away from the bright sunlight sh

nsolate search underground for the lost Arethusa, had found a crevice through which he passed to join his beloved on the Sicili

ke him, the river god, whose waters flow, With love their only light, through caves below, Wafting in triumph all the flowery b

rch or lamp in one hand and a votive bowl in the other — were carried through the main streets of the city on all solemn occasi

d, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates,     The years that through my portals come and go. I block the roads and dr

d up at his shrines. He also presided over all gates and avenues, and through him alone prayers were supposed to reach the immo

sleep, — one of ivory, and the other of horn. The Dreams which passed through the glittering gates of ivory were delusive, whil

the glittering gates of ivory were delusive, while those which passed through the homely gate of horn were destined to come tru

r shadowy shapes, Of ivory one, and one of horn. The dreams That come through the carved ivory deceive With promises that never

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

her. After assuming the face and form of Ceyx, the Dream glided away through the gate of horn, hastened to Halcyone’s bedside,

and turned aside from its course, so that the waters passed directly through the stables, carrying away all impurities, and fi

es wended his way to Africa, where Atlas dwelt, and on his way passed through the land of a diminutive race of men, called Pygm

nd now began a wrestling match, the fame of which has come down to us through all the intervening centuries. Achelous was an op

soned arrows had brought the would-be ravisher to the ground, pierced through the heart. With dying accents the Centaur Nessus

rst he experienced a burning, stinging sensation, which ran like fire through every vein. Vainly he tried to tear off the fatal

y.” Mrs. St. John. The gods, who had carefully watched over Perseus through his childhood and youth, now decided to lend him

portunity, therefore, Jason bade his men row swiftly. The Argo darted through the opening, and, when the rocks again came into

journey. “Safe comes the ship to haven,         Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren         Si

th at his feet. Bellerophon, mounted upon Pegasus, winging his flight through the air or fighting the Chimæra, is a favourite s

to linger in the mountain solitudes and guide weary travellers safely through their rocky mazes. “Mark how the climbing Oreads

ed to be, And all the nymph was lost within the tree: Yet latent life through her new branches reign’d, And long the plant a hu

n play beneath her shady branches; and when the passing winds rustled through her leaves, the ancients said it was “Dryope’s lo

of its attentions; he brushed it impatiently aside with his hand. Out through the open window sped the little creature, and as

e so severe that they wrung from him a prolonged sigh, which, passing through the rustling reeds, produced plaintive tones. Pan

d to guard from evil, and whose nets were often filled to overflowing through his intervention. Chapter XXVII: The Trojan W

ong the ornaments, and brandished it with such skill that Ulysses saw through the assumed disguise, explained his presence and

n the brilliant spoils. The tidings of Patroclus’ fall spread rapidly through all the Grecian camp, and reached Achilles, who w

itted himself with his usual despatch and soon guided Priam in safety through the Grecian camp to Achilles’ tent, where the age

hen, his frightful asleep, his loud snores reverberating like thunder through the great cave. Ulysses silently crept to his sid

nced that she would marry the man who could bend it and send an arrow through twelve rings which she pointed out.             

Whoe’er among you he may be whose hand Shall bend this bow, and send through these twelve rings An arrow, him I follow hence,

without any protector near them. The hero therefore madly cut his way through the foe, and rushed through the once magnificent

hem. The hero therefore madly cut his way through the foe, and rushed through the once magnificent palace, which was now stripp

im to hasten with his reinforcements. These unfortunate youths passed through the camp unseen, but farther on fell into the han

nsiders only as a subordinate cause, but in the “condition of thought through which all races have passed.” The anthropologist

me stock” (which is the philologist’s view), “but because they passed through the same savage intellectual condition.” By count

race them back to their original meanings, by comparing their descent through the ages to the course of a snowball, which, roll

, closely pursued by the sun (her brother Cadmus), who, after passing through many lands, slays a dragon (the usual demon of dr

ents of darkness, and who, with untiring strength and patience, plods through life, never resting, and always on his journey pe

th, then warring against the Centaurs (personification of the clouds, through which the victorious sun is sometimes forced to f

rd evening, and the Alein plain is that broad expanse of sombre light through which the sun sometimes seems to travel sullenly

tor of Dorian race, 25 Dreams. Spirits in cave of Somnus; passed out through gates of ivory and horn, 180, 181; Mercury, leade

result of my reading for the last six years, during which I have gone through the whole of the Greek and Latin classics with a

ran off11. Others said that Hades carried off the daughter of Demeter through one of these chasms under Mount Cyllene12. The mo

his inconvenience, the worsted fiend plunged into the lake and dashed through the side of the mountain Sactá, thus forming the

shed through the side of the mountain Sactá, thus forming the passage through which the waters flowed off and left the plain dr

rete, where he died and was buried, after having made five progresses through the world, all whose kings feared and obeyed him.

lf from the roof of the palace and perished. Basileia lost her senses through grief, and went roaming in madness through the co

. Basileia lost her senses through grief, and went roaming in madness through the country with dishevelled locks, beating drums

. The luminaries which gave light to gods and men shed their radiance through all the interior of the upper hemisphere ; while

here were doors at the eastern and western extremities of the heaven, through which the sun-god and other deities ascended from

minaries seem rather, according to Homer and Hesiod, to have careered through void air, ‘bringing light to men and gods.’ When

angels were cast out of Heaven they fell for the space of nine days ‘ through the frighted deep.’ At length Hell, which had mea

speaks of her ‘dark chariot’ ; Euripides178 describes her as driving through Olympos, — the sky according to the views of his

appear187. In the ‘Prometheus Bound’ of this poet Oceanos comes borne through the air on a griffon, to console and advise the l

t is not easy to determine whether the poet meant that he then passed through Tartaros back to the East during the night. At al

ïs, Helios Hyperionides Into the golden cup went down ; That, having through the Ocean passed, He to the depths of sacred gloo

orses, when rose-fingered Eôs Leaves Ocean and to heaven ascends. For through the waves his loved bed beareth him, Hollow and f

λήνη. Luna. Moon. Selene, the sister of Helios, drove her chariot through the sky while he was reposing after the toils of

us307 describes her as having her head surrounded by serpents twining through branches of oak, while torches flamed in her hand

ey are capricious, jealous, revengeful, will support their favourites through right and wrong, and are implacable toward their

e rose every day out of the Ocean-stream, and drove in their chariots through the air, shedding their cheering beams abroad. Of

breed366, which could whirl them to and fro between heaven and earth through the yielding air, or skim with them along the sur

he sacred grove of the goddess. They were gradually but slowly spread through Greece. The later poets yoked them to the chariot

aven, making the god himself, though at Pytho, discover what was done through his divine power. At his desire Artemis shot the

: she fled away naked as she was ; Alpheios pursued her. She sped all through Arcadia, till with the approach of evening she fe

ought to mingle his waters with hers. She fled on under the earth and through the sea, till she rose in the isle of Ortygia at

orned her, and then in the full consciousness of beauty she proceeded through the air. When she came to Ida, she advanced towar

wd was standing around, Hermes had snatched her away, and carried her through the air over hills and dales and plains, till he

ue from this fatal event ; for as the distracted goddess ran barefoot through the woods and lawns to the aid of her lover, the

lowers, where she was found and consoled by the god Pan. She now goes through the world in search of Cupid : she arrives at the

m to cast themselves from the rock on which she had been exposed, and through their credulity they perish. She still roams on,

nciled, and her marriage with Cupid takes place. The Hours shed roses through the sky, the Graces sprinkle the halls of Heaven

daughter Persephone by Hades, and the search of the goddess after her through the world. It is noticed by Hesiod881 ; but the H

the foregoing legend, her chariot drawn by dragons, in which he flew through the air, distributing corn to the different regio

a persuasion, that the benign regards of the gods were bent upon him through after-life ; and, as man can never divest himself

42, whom he tenderly loved ; but a snake having bitten her as she ran through the grass, she died. Her disconsolate husband det

it in its progress to the West, proceeded as the religion of Dionysos through Egypt and anterior Asia, mingling itself with the

ods, was pot longlived, who once chased the nurses of raging Dionysos through the holy Nyseïon, but they all flung their sacred

sa. He was counted among the Immortals ; and when he grew up, he went through the woody vales crowned with bay and ivy : the Ny

d. The Egyptians had fabled that their god Osiris had made a progress through the world, to instruct mankind in agriculture and

faith did not give up the old legend of his Theban birth — as roaming through the greater part of the earth. In the Bacchæ of E

. In the Bacchæ of Euripides the god describes himself as having gone through Lydia, Phrygia, Persia, Bactria, Media, Arabia, a

the art of wine-making in that country, made a conquering expedition through the world, to instruct mankind in the culture of

its precious liquor ; but Hera struck him with madness, and he roamed through great part of Asia. In Phrygia Rhea cured him, an

s rites, which he now resolved to introduce into Hellas. When passing through Thrace he was so furiously assailed by Lycurgos,

native city, the women readily received the new rites, and ran wildly through the woods of Cithærôn. Pentheus, the ruler of The

is rites, and continued plying their looms, while the other women ran through the mountains. He came as a maiden, and remonstra

mad ; they tore to pieces the son of Leucippe, and then went roaming through the mountains, till Hermes touched them with his

Erigone, being shown the spot by his faithful dog Mæra, hung herself through grief1110. At Argos the rites of Dionysos were re

ious isle, which was precipitous on all sides, with a single entrance through a narrow glen thickly shaded by trees, is describ

unt spears twined with vine-leaves in their hands, they ran bellowing through the country Io Bacche ! Euoi ! Iacche ! etc., swi

monuments, may be said to resemble a region covered with dark clouds, through which the tops of the towers and castles elevate

superstitions, is manifest from the number of jugglers who then roved through Greece, expiating by certain secret rites not onl

ps of the mountains, sometimes pursues the game in the valleys, roams through the woods, floats along the streams, or drives hi

αὐδήϵσσαι), and who do not seem to have possessed the power of moving through the air or along the water, but dwelt continually

ne on thus decaying and renewing ? — and he carries back his thoughts through ages and generations, till for very weariness he

wealth and careless ease of nature, and to have progressively passed through different stages, deteriorating in each successiv

ire1502, meant, as some think1503, to indicate, that when the passage through which the Peneios carries off the waters that run

gical ; all the personifications which we have just noticed are woven through one another in a most marvellous manner, and the

first wound : Amphiaraos shot him in the eye ; and Meleagros ran him through the flanks and killed him. He presented the skin

build a city where she should lie down. On leaving the temple he went through Phocis, and meeting a cow belonging to the herds

ing a cow belonging to the herds of Pelagôn he followed her. She went through Bœotia till she came to where Thebes now stands,

op of armed men sprang up, who slew each other, either quarrelling or through ignorance : for it is said that when Cadmos saw t

m a gold-fleeced ram she had obtained from Hermes, which carried them through the air over sea and land. They proceeded safely

eece to Æetes, who nailed it to an oak in the grove of Ares. Athamas, through the enmity of Hera to Ino, who had suckled the in

, where so much crime as he thought awaited him, and he took his road through Phocis. He it was who encountered Laïos, and unwi

. But he ruled over the Cadmeians in desirable Thebes, suffering woes through the pernicious counsels of the gods ; but she opp

w, caught her, put her on his shoulder, and was going with his burden through Arcadia, when he met Artemis and her brother Apol

, and thence laid waste the region of Psophis. Heracles took his road through Pholoe, where he was hospitably entertained by Ph

As Heracles was here shooting at the Centaurs, one of his arrows went through the arm of Elatos and stuck in the knee of Cheirô

dog Orthos, the progeny of Echidna and Typhôn. Heracles took his road through Libya, and when he came to the verge of Europe an

ent, where he returned his vessel to the Sun-god. He drove his cattle through Iberia, and came to Lygia, where Alebiôn and Derc

dôn, attempted to carry them off1755. These he slew, and then went on through Tyrrhenia. At Rhegion one of his bulls broke away

on through Tyrrhenia. At Rhegion one of his bulls broke away1756, ran through the country, swam over to Sicily, and came to the

. e. the head of the gulf) Hera set the oxen mad, and they ran raging through the hills of Thrace. Heracles pursued them ; and

t by casting a thunderbolt between the combatants. Heracles passed on through Illyria, thence to the Eridanos, and came to the

siris, his son Amphidamas, and his herald Chalbes1761. He then roamed through Arabia, where he killed Æmathiôn the son of Eôs a

abia, where he killed Æmathiôn the son of Eôs and Tithonos ; and then through the mountains of Libya, which he cleared of the w

ubmit, though the dragon in his tail bit him severely. He brought him through Trœzên to Eurystheus ; and when he had shown him,

re taken prisoners, and his kingdom was given to Tyndareos. Returning through Tegea, Heracles violated, without knowing her, Au

e from the gods as a reward for his uprightness. Heracles went across through the water himself, having agreed on the price for

and cried out loudly ; and Heracles, hearing her screams, shot Nessos through the heart as he came on shore. The dying Centaur

 — an advice with which she incautiously complied. As they were going through the country of the Dryopians Heracles became extr

order to illustrate some ethic principle, never conducted the heroes through a long series of adventures like those of Heracle

he sun-god, and his twelve labours regarded as the passage of the sun through the twelve signs of the zodiac. The Grecian adven

Hephæstos was called to set his mother free ; but he, who had done it through malice for her having flung him out of heaven, re

sponse which he received being dubious1832, he took his way homewards through Trœzên, in order to consult Pittheus the wise son

 ; but being unable to get away by sea, he resolved to attempt flight through the air. He made wings of feathers united by wax

of the Icarian sea probably gave occasion to the legend of the flight through the air. Chapter VI. MYTHES OF CORINTH.

a port on each sea, the wares of the East and the West usually passed through it, the voyage round cape Malea being considered

as that a prince of Corinth had, by the aid of a winged horse, ridden through the air, and achieved adventures in various parts

torment Io, who fled over the whole world from its pursuits. She swam through the Ionian Sea, which derived its name from her ;

nd crossed the Thracian strait, thence named the Bosporos, rambled on through Scythia and the country of the Kimmerians ; and,

ntry-people. A gad-fly then persecutes the cow, and she runs wild all through the country. Such was perhaps the original simple

nd loved the maiden ; and under the form of a golden shower he poured through the roof down into her bosom. Danae became the mo

ersing with each other. One asked how much of the beam was now gnawed through  ; the others replied that there was little remain

f Pisa. An oracle having told this prince that he would lose his life through his son-in-law, or, as others say, being unwillin

ith a spear in his hand, and if he overtook the unhappy lover ran him through . Thirteen had already lost their lives when Pelop

the daughter of Minyas ; and his father gave him the power of wading through the depths of the sea, or, as others say, of walk

hid her, but to no purpose. At length, observing one day Oriôn wading through the sea with his head just above the waters, he p

espoused a mortal2132. According to Pindar, the Pleiades were passing through Bœotia with their mother when they were met by Or

urn. Thunder then rolled in the clouds, propitious lightnings flashed through the sky ; the joyful heroes grasped each his oar

r oars. They then came to Samothrace, and thence pursued their voyage through the Hellespont into the Propontis, where they cam

aïs the winged sons of Boreas then drew their swords and pursued them through the air2158. The Harpies flew along the Propontis

us directed the heroes to let fly a pigeon, saying if she came safely through , the Argo might venture to follow her. They obeye

ow her. They obeyed the directions of the prophet ; the pigeon passed through safely with the loss of her tail ; watching then

ow became fixed ; for so it was in the fates, since a ship had passed through them uninjured. Having escaped the Symplegades, t

e and smoke ascending, but Thetis and her sister Nereïdes guided them through by the command of Hera. Passing Thrinakia, the is

rings, transferred thither the abode of Æetes and the Wandering Rocks through which he makes the Argo pass on her return with t

it an established article of belief that the Argonauts returned home through the Mediterranean, and, as we have seen, they wer

and were whirled along for nine days, on the tenth they were carried through the gorges of the Rhipæan mountains, and the Argo

ried through the gorges of the Rhipæan mountains, and the Argo rushed through the narrow stream and came into the Ocean, called

erboreans ‘the Cronian Main and Dead Sea.’ Having rowed for some time through its sluggish waters, they disembarked, and draggi

ath. He was immediately assailed by her Erinnys. In phrenzy he roamed through Arcadia, came first to his grandfather Oïcles, an

edition against Ilion ; he then repairs to Nestôr at Pylos, and going through Hellas they assemble chiefs for the war. Odysseus

ca, Volumnus Volumna, Vitellius Vitellia. This principle probably ran through the whole of the ancient language, for we find an

t forth The King of glory. — P. L. vii. 205. And again, v. 374 : He through heaven, That open’d wide her blazing portals, led

by her to his father ; but the gallant youth clears himself by going through the ordeal of fire, riding in golden helm and sno

that of Soohrâb, and who was sent in quest of him by his mother, and through the artifice of Penelope falls by his hands. Part

nce, attacked the monster. A terrible combat ensued, in which Cadmus, through the assistance of Minerva, was victorious. As he

ly represented as above, but some poets have described her as rushing through the ranks of war, waving a flaming torch, and exc

l the Palladium. Ulysses and Diomedes [Diome′des] crept into the city through the common sewers, and brought away the image. Tr

waters were inspired by the Muses with a poetic spirit. Perseus went through many other adventures in which Medusa’s head did

lect of their duties were severe. If the sacred fire was extinguished through their negligence, they were sometimes cruelly pun

of the fountain Cyane [Cy′ane] with his trident, he opened a passage, through which he descended with his prize. Ceres, ignoran

cended with his prize. Ceres, ignorant of what had occurred, wandered through the world in search of her daughter. At length, a

d her curiosity with death, but she adopted Triptolemus, and sent him through the world to teach mankind the use of corn. He ex

Hence it comes that any sudden and unreasonable terror which spreads through an assemblage of persons, particularly an army, i

she fled from his presence, he pursued. The terrified nymph had sped through all Arcadia; the shades of evening were gathering

zy, took the queen and her children for wild beasts, and pursued them through the palace. He killed his son Learchus by dashing

Ans. The entrance to the infernal regions was by a wide, dark cave, through which the departed souls were obliged to pass; th

ng, to Honor. As the temple of Honor could only be reached by passing through that dedicated to Virtue, the votaries were remin

perform this task, which he effected by turning the course of a river through the stables. Eighth. He tamed the wild bull of C

opening the casket, set free the evils and miseries which flew abroad through the world. When he saw what he had done, he shut

he sea-shore, where she was abandoned to her fate. Perseus, returning through the air, from his conquest of the Gorgons, saw th

which we have already described, and which was then spreading terror through the kingdom of Lycia. Before proceeding to the co

to the golden bit, Bellerophon mounted him fearlessly, and was borne through the air to his combat with the Chimæra. When he r

e seemed no other means of escape, he resolved on attempting a flight through the air. For this purpose, he made wings for hims

ummer, the sun was obscured by clouds; the Autumn shed no fruits, but through every season of the year, the wintry winds blew w

ould marry that man who should send an arrow from the bow of Ulysses, through twelve rings suspended in a line. The conditions

om the quiver, he took such steady aim that the arrow sped unerringly through all the rings; he then exclaimed, “Now for anothe

them at length, loaded with costly gifts. Æneas was destined to pass through many perils before landing on the shores of Italy

ry realms of Pluto. After seeing much that was wonderful, and passing through regions inhabited by different classes of departe

founded by Bacchus under the following circumstances. While marching through the Libyan desert, Bacchus came to a barren waste

e Nativity: “The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum     Rings through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from h

honors awaited him. He entered his native city, not by the gate, but through a breach made in the walls for his reception. Ban

view by scenic clouds. In the Prometheus of Æschylus, Oceanus passes through the air, mounted on a griffin, and a choir of fif

pain of death, to dedicate their children to Moloch, by passing them through fire. Solomon built a temple for his worship on t

drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard, that passed through fire, To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp

eserved. The Parsees, or modern followers of Zoroaster, now scattered through India, say that the Zend-avesta formerly consiste

isciples were soon numbered by tens of thousands. Confucius travelled through the neighboring countries, preaching wherever he

r. It was thrown with the rest, and Baldur fell to the ground pierced through and through. The gods were overwhelmed with grief

rown with the rest, and Baldur fell to the ground pierced through and through . The gods were overwhelmed with grief, and broke

d outstrip the wind. For nine days, and as many nights, the hero rode through darksome glens where no object could be discerned

un, whom they accompanied with songs and choral dances in his journey through the heavens. After a certain period, their spirit

sanctity; and the yearly produce was distributed in small quantities through all the public granaries, to bring a blessing on

, was born at Halicarnassus, 484 B. C. He spent many years travelling through Europe, Asia and Africa, observing everywhere the

led to produce the desired effect. A stream was, at length, conducted through a garden adjoining the chamber where he lay, and

table portion was included between two meridians, one of which passed through the island of Ierne, (Ireland,) and the other thr

of which passed through the island of Ierne, (Ireland,) and the other through Ceylon. Titicaca. A lake in Bolivia, celebr

ous Hebrew lawgiver, Idolatry had attained to so great a height that, through him, the only true God gave the children of Israe

of fire; emblematical of that pure vital heat, which, being diffused through the frame of Man, enlivens and cherishes him. Num

composed of ears of corn, were offered to her. The husbandmen carried through the fields, a sow big with young, or a cow-calf,

stood. They spring together forth, and swiftly bear The bounding car through clouds and yielding air. With winged speed, outst

sea. The numerous army of Bacchus, composed of men and women, passed through Arabia in their journey to India. The army of the

he winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight sustain, O’er the wide e

iscord sounds alarms; Earth echoes and the nations rush to arms. Now, through the trembling shores Minerva calls, And now, she

y, his terror shrouds In gloomy tempests, and a night of clouds. Now, through each Trojan heart he fury pours, With voice divin

bellowing, grinds his teeth in agonizing pain: Then, stalks enormous through the midmost tides, And scarce the topmost surges

ggio and Messina, on the coast of Sicily. Scylla and Charybdis. Now, through the rocks, appall’d with deep dismay, We bend our

re laid, And, joyful, feasted in the fragrant shade. Here, glittering through the trees, his eyes survey The streams of Po desc

took prisoner Hippolyte, their queen. In one day, by turning a river through it, he cleansed the stable of Augeas, which had n

th, as formidable monsters guarding it; which were overcome by Jason, through the magical aid of Medea, daughter of Aetes, king

he Metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls; that is, their passing through numerous animal and other forms. With the same pr

tupendous whole, Whose body Nature is and God the soul; That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth

s in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads und

the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent;

many other attributes of human nature: and yet he is imagined to pass through the different worlds with vast rapidity. His temp

nings of heaven, and streams that flash at night In fitful splendour, through the northern sky. Southey’s Kehama. Seshanaga,

ief in the doctrine of the Metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls through various bodies. The Sanscrit, or sacred language,

born infant, at the winter solstice, and as passing, during the year, through all the stages of life, until towards the return

the doctrine of the transmigration, or passage of souls successively through various bodies. The bodies of their deified morta

tatue of the god was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the city, by the Christians and then thrown into

or other offerings, indicated a secret intercourse with the Creator, through the medium of the fairest productions of the eart

together two pieces of a hard wood named Semi, which he keeps lighted through life, for the nuptial ceremony, for the performan

discord, hatred, confusion, anarchy, and violence. By the power, and through the compassion of Oromasdes, from this chaos, aro

es, were those of the immortality of the soul, and its transmigration through various bodies. Their acknow-leged divinities wer

drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard, that passed through fire To his grim idol. Kim the Ammonite Worship’d

And downward fish; yet had his temple high, Rear’d in Azotus, dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon. Him

ay purify our hearts, may elevate our affections, may guide our steps through all the changing scenes of this imperfect state,

[Frontispiece.] [Epigraph.] “Ten thousand colours wafted through the air, In magic glances play upon the eye, Comb

h was brought from Troy by Æneas. If they let the sacred fire expire, through inattention, or violated their vows of chastity,

nspires, and feels, and animates the whole. This active mind, infus’d through all the space, Unites and mingles with the mighty

sewife. Manturna was invoked to make the wife abide with her husband through life. Viriplaca, the goddess of family peace, wa

d Ceditius, informed the tribunes that while he was one night passing through the streets, he heard a voice, saying, the “Gauls

e Libitinarii were grave-diggers. Porta Libitina at Rome was the gate through which the corpses were conveyed to be burnt. By R

usbandmen carried a pregnant cow or a heifer, with dancing and shouts through the fields, one of them being adorned with a crow

t, and obliged her to flee from place to place. While she was passing through Lycia, she stopped near a swamp, where some peasa

army of Bacchus, composed of a large number of men and women, passed through Arabia, to prosecute the conquest of India: the a

rmonia, by Venus, and Tereus, by Bistonis. “Her torch Bellona waving through the air, Sprinkles with clotted gore her flaming

ng through the air, Sprinkles with clotted gore her flaming hair, And through both armies up and down doth flee; While from her

e person whose affection she desired to win. Sometimes she is carried through the air in a car drawn by doves, swans, or sparro

athed the soft sigh, and poured the tender tear. Admiring Proserpine, through dusky glades, Led the fair Phantom to Elysian sha

ing is impregnable to love; for they regularly talked with each other through a chink in the wall, where they conversed undisco

, and which, at their parting, they carefully shut on both sides; but through this aperture, a holy kiss, deemed the flower of

they wore a mask to keep off the fire with one hole above their eyes through which to see their works. Questions. Who was Vulc

he winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight sustain, O’er the wide e

Charybdis represent lust and gluttony, vices which render our voyage through life equally hazardous and perilous. Questions. W

Would sweep the world before them in their way: Earth, air and seas, through empty space would roll, And heav’n would fly befo

moaning but musical sound which was made by the whistling of the wind through them, he made of them pipes, which, from her, he

d the thirst of the Titans, during their fight with the gods. It runs through Thesprotia, takes its rise in the marshes of Ache

k, and forms a subterraneous brook. Its waters were mortal. It flowed through Epirus, and was considered as belonging to Pluto’

e, compelled to have recourse to stratagem. In a fit of rage, he rode through a den in Sicily. Having seen Proserpine, gatherin

was a deep and gloomy cavern with two gates, one made of clear ivory, through which false dreams escaped, and the other of tran

hrough which false dreams escaped, and the other of transparent horn, through which true visions passed; the whole space being

adorn; Of polish’d iv’ry this, that of transparent horn: True visions through transparent horn arise; Through polish’d iv’ry pa

d the folds of a serpent’s body; he vomitted flames of devouring fire through his mouth, nostrils, and eyes; and uttered such y

nd reduced the temple of Apollo to ashes. The enraged god pierced him through the body with an arrow, and placed him in hell, w

re Tantalus along the Stygian bound, Pours deepest groans; his groans through hell resound; Ev’n in the circling floods, refres

re constructed two, contiguous to each other, so that one had to pass through the temple of Virtue in order to arrive at that o

ned, Momus said, that he ought to have placed a window in his breast, through which his inmost thoughts might have been seen. W

in such a manner as to throw him out of his seat; and he was dragged through the woods with his feet entangled in the harness,

is incredible swiftness, alarmed the house with his shrieks. Finally, through the mediation of Minerva, Juno was reconciled to

ad never been removed. This he effected by turning the river Achelous through it. Whence the proverbial phrase, “cleansing the

fen He tracks huge Cacus to his murderous den; Where breathing flames through brazen lips, he fled, And shakes the rock-roof d

dis roars, Affrighted Scylla bellows round her shores, Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves., And Etna thunders o’er th

dered about from one place to another for years, and after struggling through many difficulties, finally arrived in Italy, wher

not admitted to a knowledge of those mysteries, until they had passed through the most terrible trials. These trials were calle

the character of king, he is said to have civilized his subjects who, through his persuasion, observed good laws and morals; an

sius; the statue was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the city, and then cast into a fire, kindled in t

drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard, that passed through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipp’

nd downward fish; yet had his temples high, Rear’d in Azotus, dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon. Him

This temple, carried by the Israelites in the sight of those nations through whose territories they travelled, might have give

nd cast it into the ditch with such pieces of metal as had not passed through the crucible. When the edifice was finished, it w

ilt around it, and a wall which included the whole. People entered it through brazen doors, in the construction of which Nebuch

formed of his design, massacred him, and caused his body to be thrust through the outlet of which they made use themselves to e

ed into Sweden, where, feeling his end draw near, he would not await, through the series of a disease, that death which he had

his reports; four stags (Dain, Dynais, Dnalion, and Dryathor) roamed through its branches; several serpents twined around its

the sun, with doors turned towards the north. In it poison will rain through a thousand gaps. It will be composed of the carca

s inhabited before it was. It is natural to suppose that men ventured through the seas in order to fix themselves in the isles,

ing the embrace of the old Druids. The candidate, after having passed through it, exchanged his usual dress for that of the Dru

change into any form at will, and cause themselves to be transported through the air; but the most cruel of all their supersti

lly promulgated by Orpheus; was afterwards disseminated enigmatically through images by Pythagoras; and, lastly, was scientific

ια, dia, and ξηνα, xena, signifying by these names that he gives life through himself. Further still, they report that the Sun

r of the universe; and this not from any defect, but on the contrary, through transcendency of power. For, as the essence of th

ting panorama on every hand; the majestic sweep of the blazing worlds through space — all these pointed unerringly to a First C

hs in language, the second class find it in the “condition of thought through which all races have passed.” The argument of th

the various peoples, in their primitive or savage state, have passed through a like low intellectual condition and growth. The

Achelous had recourse to a wrestling bout, the fame of which extends through all the intervening centuries. In this fierce str

stooped with its load; For as Æneas bore his sire Upon his shoulders through the fire, Our knight did bear no less a pack Of h

in it for thirty years. It was cleansed by turning the river Alpheus through it. Augæas promised to give Hercules a tenth part

s (Venus’s). Glau′cus [Glaucus] was a fisherman who became a sea-god through eating a sea-weed, which he thought invigorated t

er other headings, as Antæus, Cacus, etc. His death was brought about through his endeavors to preserve Deianira from the attac

drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard, that poured through fire To this grim idol.” Milton. Mo′mus [Momus

onquest of the Gorgons, and cut off Medusa’s head, with which he flew through the air, and from the blood sprang the winged hor

s long before the Apollo of the Greeks was heard of. See Surya. “Sol through white curtains shot a timorous ray, And oped thos

antalus, along the Stygian bound, Pours out deep groans, — his groans through hell resound. E’en in the circling flood refreshm

black ceiling spread; Sudden the Thunderer, with flashing ray, Bursts through the darkness and lets down the day.” Pope. Thy

the ancients under various names. The way to the temple of honor was through the temple of virtue. Virtuous Women, see Juno.

he winged winds, Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight sustain, O’er the wide e

n worshipped Mars, to engage his assistance against their enemies, or through fear of his power. They could not feel love and t

of Mars, and with dishevelled hair, and frantic gestures, drove them through the field of battle. Victory was also an attendan

iece of stiff leather, that had in the middle of a single perforation through which they looked. Virgil thus describes the Cyc

rs in her car, when she appears as the queen of the air, and is borne through the heavens by peacocks, and attended by Iris, th

and dancers of singular grace accompanied the procession, and passed through the streets, amidst a crowd of spectators. When t

athed the soft sigh, and poured the tender tear. Admiring Proserpine, through dusky glades, Led the fair phantom to Elysian sha

Tantalus, along the Stygian bound, Pours out deep groans; his groans through hell resound E’en in the circling floods, refresh

deceitful. True dreams were supposed to pass from the cave of Somnus through gates of horn, to announce future blessings, or t

e blessings, or to warn men of impending dangers. False dreams passed through a gate of ivory, and suggested imaginary evils. F

le his elder brother, Iphiclus, who saw the deed, ran about shrieking through fright. Hercules was early instructed in the arts

en had been confined many years. This was effected by turning a liver through the stable. For his sixth labour Hercules was ord

ers are related of him. When Hercules was driving the herds of Geryon through Italy, Cacus, a formidable robber, stole some of

en He tracks huge Cacus to his murderous den, Where, breathing flames through brazen lips, he fled, And shook the rock-roofed c

is roars, Affrighted Scylla bellows round his shores: Vesuvius groans through all his echoing caves, And Ætna thunders o’er the

th a golden fleece, took them upon his back, and flew away to Colchis through the air. Helle on the way fell off, and was preci

he beautiful Ariadne, gave Theseus a clew, or thread, which ran along through all the windings of the Labyrinth, so that he was

. Ismene was, in fact, scarcely less heroic than Antigone, the former through timidity, refused to assist in the obsequies of P

discovered as much inventive talent as his uncle and that the latter, through envy, killed the young artist. After the murder o

ief in the doctrine of the Metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls through various bodies. The Sanscrit, or sacred language,

at the lakes in Russia, proceeding to the gulf of Finland, continuing through the Baltic Sea and its sounds to the North Sea, p

drums and timbrels loud, Their children’s cries unheard; that passed through fire To his glim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshippe

And downward fish; yet had his temple high, Reared in Azotus dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon. Him

his, that their priests dared not enter Dagon’s house, or temple, and through fear they immediately restored the ark to the Isr

tatue of the god was broken to pieces, and its limbs borne in triumph through the city by the Christians, and then thrown into

who only laid aside the ceremonies of his country, but has preserved through all time, the piety and virtue, which were the we

to. Becubo’s son. While Ceres was making search for Proserpine through Sicily, she seemed like a common woman, and the p

thing, my own Philomela,” answered the fond old man, smiling upon her through his tears. “But, my child, do not forget me. Reco

ming he was conducting her to her sister; and she quickened her steps through the thick wood into which Tereus had entered, sup

h her companions followed. They soon came to a thicket of tall trees, through which the sun’s rays rarely penetrated, and proce

ot know he had entered a consecrated grove, and he fell asleep there, through weariness. He had not slumbered long, when he was

others, had their portion after death. The near approach to Hades was through a melancholy grove of yew trees, and the prospect

nal visiter, they were struck with sudden horror, and tried to escape through an open door, but Tisiphone intercepted them. Lig

e with renewed vigour, and pursued his way, like some migratory bird, through immeasurable fields of ether, leaving, in his fli

ly the sea was tossed into foaming billows by the monster, who dashed through the water with a terrific noise; but when he woul

where I should find their frightful neighbours. I took the right way, through a path which was strown with men and animals that

on a map of Greece, the river Peneus may be seen in Thessaly, passing through the Vale of Tempe, and pouring its waters into th

rience, I find it requires my utmost ability to guide my fiery horses through the vast expanse of ether, among myriads of heave

nessed the horses, already impatient to commence their diurnal career through the heavens. Phæton ascended the chariot, and the

ng feet, and attended by the winds, which had risen to accompany them through the fields of ether. They soon felt that a feeble

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

appened to be a season of great drought; the streams no longer flowed through the fields, and the grass was deprived of its ver