ad ever painted, pictures such as we sometimes see in the sunset sky, when the pink and gold and purple cloudlets sink into

there they came, in time of trouble, to ask for help and comfort; and when they were happy they came to offer up their thank

ter was Diana, goddess of the moon. She drove her silver car at night when Apollo had gone to rest in the western sky. She w

good, and kind to all who knew her. She had a very joyous nature, and when she went hunting in the forests with her companio

ew, the more the queen of heaven seemed to hate her. At last, one day when Juno met her in the forest, hunting and singing a

want them to find her. Many a time her thoughts went back to that day when she had last seen her little son, and she wondere

w and arrows, and started out alone. He had been hunting a long time, when , in following a deer’s track, he came suddenly in

hem on any starry night and think of their story. Juno was very angry when she saw the newly-made stars twinkling in the sky

ay Pluto came up to earth and was driving along in his swift chariot, when , behind some bushes, he heard such merry voices a

that while she is with us all the earth seems fair and beautiful. But when the time comes for Proserpine to rejoin King Plut

that is no reason why we need dislike the little speckled creatures, when we hear them croaking in the marshes. This is the

startled from her sorrow by the grating of the keel on the shore; and when she looked up, she saw that she had drifted to a

hey lay asleep.” Latona and her Children ( Rinehart ). One sad day, when she was sitting in the sunshine with her children

h her children, a black, angry-looking cloud spread over the sky; and when Latona looked up toward it, she saw Juno standing

ng her tender feet, and her throat dry and parched for lack of water, when suddenly she saw in the distance a clump of trees

h her arms were burdened with the children. But she started up again, when the men, in a very rude and unkind tone, ordered

Latona in her loneliness, had given them his own godlike nature; and when next we hear of them, Apollo is the great god of

d. You can find out for yourselves whether or not it is true, any day when you walk in the woods or go through a tunnel. In

should not wonder if most of you have already tried giving some call when you are passing under a bridge, in order to hear

back. Poor Echo! Now she is nothing but a voice, but there was a time when she danced and sang in the green woods with the o

self. One day he was wandering through the forest with some comrades, when he stopped to pluck a wild flower, and lost sight

imself.” At the time, no one understood the meaning of the words; but when you have read this story, I think you will see wh

hen he tried to touch it, it disappeared from view. That was because, when the water was rippled by his touch, the image bec

hen the water was rippled by his touch, the image became blurred. But when the water was still, the face was again seen in a

h a golden light that made it more beautiful than ever; and at night, when Diana drove her silver car through the heavens, t

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

ne had won the contest. But this only made her wrath the greater; and when Arachne saw the look of anger in Minerva’s face,

swiftly, while Apollo still followed. He had almost reached her side, when she stretched out her arms to her father, the god

so that Apollo will not love me.” Hardly had she finished her prayer, when her limbs grew heavy, and a thin bark began to co

he fields with some young girls, gathering flowers as she went along, when suddenly from under a cluster of leaves, a serpen

s, Eurydice silently following. They had nearly reached the entrance, when Orpheus had a sudden fear that Eurydice might hav

ad gone from him, and he felt that he could not play merry tunes. But when he refused, the women flew into a rage, and fell

ute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze,     Bow themselves when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Eve

ul maiden Diana, goddess of the moon and of the chase. Every evening, when Apollo, her twin brother, sank from sight in his

chariot, she arose and guided her silver car across the heavens. But when the dawn came, and Apollo began his daily journey

and he had a fine pack of hounds that never failed to track the game when once they had caught scent of the trail. One day,

ll the fair huntresses with their queen in their midst. At the moment when Actaeon parted the branches, Diana was stepping i

Perseus would never return to the island. So he sent for the boy, and when he stood before him, began to praise his boldness

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

gods and goddesses had watched over Perseus ever since his birth, and when Mercury came to them and asked them to help the y

to tell you next. It all happened after Perseus had slain Medusa, and when he was hurrying back to his island home. In an is

the thought of the serpent’s cruel jaws. All were watching anxiously, when , suddenly, something black was seen above the wat

all sides! The hero became Cassiopeia’s guest, and, after a few days, when he had seen that the rescued girl was as good and

n to wander in the grove by the side of her father’s stream. One day, when Jupiter had come down to earth, he met Io in the

ot bear to have Jupiter care for any one besides herself. So one day, when he had been away from home for many hours, she su

he went along, he gathered the stray sheep that crossed his path, and when he came near to the hill where Argus was watching

ed more than half his eyes. So they had been sitting for a long time, when at last Argus asked the shepherd where his musica

hen cut off the head with its hundred starry eyes. Juno grieved sadly when she heard of the death of her favorite, and she s

r; for although she was gentle and tender and loving in her own home, when she went out to walk in the city, dressed in her

he mother of the beautiful twin gods, Apollo and Diana. And one year, when , as usual, the women of the city hastened to the

of Thebes, wherefore do you worship Latona, whom you have never seen, when here I stand before you with all my wealth and po

t sorry for their deed, and thought she had been punished enough. But when she spoke these words of scorn against their moth

ent two huge snakes to strangle him in his cradle. The nurse screamed when she saw the serpents coiling themselves around th

n fact, the strongest man of whom the world has any record. Nowadays, when we wish to say that any one is very, very powerfu

t heart, he started forth on his own wanderings. He had not gone far, when he came to a country ruled by a king who had a ve

isguise himself, at any moment, and take on the form of an animal. So when the time set for the match arrived, both the suit

he form of a serpent, glided from his grasp. “Aha,” laughed Hercules, when he saw what had happened, “you think you will esc

nk you will escape me that way? Why, I slew serpents thrice your size when I was but a baby in the cradle.” And he sprang up

sprang upon the serpent, and in an instant would have wrung its neck, when lo! it had vanished, and in its stead there stood

er to journey to the hero’s native land. They had gone some distance, when they came to a river that crossed their path. Usu

like horses in the lower parts; so of course he could cross a stream when it would have been impossible for a man to do so.

t will bring his love back to you.” Scarcely had he finished speaking when he fell back — dead. Now the arrow which killed N

be happier in his wanderings. Hercules had traveled a great distance, when at last he came to a city by the sea. There he sa

rock still stands far out in the middle of the sea. As for Hercules, when he found that he could not free himself from his

gh eager to devour so great a hero; they had almost reached his head, when suddenly the heavens opened, and Jupiter’s mighty

ind such an apt pupil; but his pleasure changed to jealousy and anger when the boy gave signs of becoming greater than his m

talking happily about all the great things he meant to do by and by, when suddenly Daedalus grasped his arm and pushed him

and fro, and then down at the sea which was covered with sail boats, when suddenly he said, “Oh, father, the vessels look l

ere Daedalus led the way. But after a time he began to feel bold; and when his father was not looking, flew higher and highe

the life of a bird must be, Wherever it listeth there to flee: To go, when a joyful fancy calls, Dashing adown, ’mong the wa

uried, and told him of his father’s message. “Try, my son,” she said, when she had finished, “and see whether you can lift t

ity, in order to reach the bay that lay on the other side of it; but, when he came to the gates, he found them locked, and t

see her dear father; but the nearest she ever came to his palace, was when she beat her wings against the walls of the tower

had taken along an abundant supply of food for his army, and besides, when that was used up, he could readily send his soldi

at the cruelty of the demand, they dared not disobey King Minos. But when the time came for paying the fourth tribute, as t

“I am young and strong, and I overcame many monsters and giants even when I was little more than a child. Fear not — I will

daughter Ariadne, a beautiful, tender-hearted girl. She wept for pity when she saw the youths and maidens and thought how so

eave to lead Theseus to the entrance of the labyrinth that night, and when it was dark, she passed with him out of the palac

and the girl consented, for she had loved the prince from the moment when first she pitied him and his helpless companions.

, and there was no more milk in the house. But what was her surprise, when , looking into the pitcher, she saw that it was st

s of the sea, and the dangers of the storm-beaten waves. But at last, when she found that he was bent on going, she begged h

r tears, Halcyone pretended to laugh, and would talk only of the time when the ship would return homeward. She stood on the

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

day is long. Only one thing marred their joy. In the hot summer days, when the sky was cloudless and staring, Nephele would

and then she would leave her home for a long time, and come back only when the soft rain clouds were again in the air. Indee

. Indeed, some people said that the clouds were her sisters, and that when they left the sky she had to travel far away with

had to travel far away with them. However that was, there came a time when the king began to weary of his wife’s long absenc

the king with their false report, that the oracle had said that only when Phryxus and Helle were dead would plenty and comf

    From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid     In their noonday dreams. From my wings

t force; he had to struggle with all his might, and was out of breath when he landed his companion safely on the other shore

to help him. It was a very wonderful piece of wood, as you will agree when I tell you that it could speak. Many a time durin

n I tell you that it could speak. Many a time during the long voyage, when Jason was in great danger and did not know what t

throne, with his little son at his feet and Medea at his right hand, when the Argonauts were brought before him. Jason was

ought before him. Jason was asked what his errand in Colchis was; and when he answered that he had come to take the Golden F

Jason would not let the king see it, he was just a little discouraged when he heard what the tasks were. He walked away from

d he suspected that in some way Medea had helped the hero. Therefore, when Jason asked for leave to begin his third task, th

and Jason made his way alone into the dark wood. He had not gone far, when he noticed a golden light among the forest trees,

be near the treasure he was seeking. So he went along carefully, and when he came within a few feet of the dragon, he threw

d by selling the fish he caught. One day his net felt very heavy, and when he drew it in, he saw that he had caught a great

ow lived entirely in the water that very water he had loved so dearly when he was a fisherman. His beard grew long, and of t

ble, for it bred monsters. Scarcely had Scylla stepped into the water when her legs began to change their shape; and at last

d story about Apollo’s friend Cyparissus, and how the sun god grieved when the poor boy died. This story is about another bo

thee but to love thee,     Nor named thee but to praise. Tears fell, when thou wert dying,     From eyes unused to weep, An

latea return the sculptor’s great love. Pygmalion was very happy, and when he had given thanks to Venus for her great kindne

ide it to any one. At last he could stand it no longer. One midnight, when every one was fast asleep, he took a spade, and w

le which the barber had dug there grew a thicket of hollow reeds; and when the wind played through them they gave forth thes

caves, guarding flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. It was said that when they spoke in angry tones, the whole mountain sho

han a hundred ordinary eyes could have done. Indeed, it was said that when the Cyclops were raging about in their mountain c

fierce, wild-looking creatures, who guarded their flocks all day long when they were not roaring or shooting out flames, wou

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

r by the banks of a stream that flowed into the sea. But Polyphemus,, when he found that the lovely Galatea fled from him in

to the woods, and all the wild animals hurried into places of shelter when they felt the ground tremble under his angry step

y of the charm of the original narrative; and what is a poetical myth when stripped of its poetry? The story of Ceyx and Hal

to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be a

them on their return. The gods had their separate dwellings; but all, when summoned, repaired to the palace of Jupiter, as d

who devoured his children.1 Jupiter, however, escaped this fate, and when grown up espoused Metis, (Prudence,) who administ

nd Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise, when she Sprang forth a Pallas, armed and undefiled? O

destiny, and they were armed with shears, with which they cut it off when they pleased. They were the daughters of Themis,

etheus undertook to do this, and Prometheus was to overlook his work, when it was done. Epimetheus accordingly proceeded to

ings to one, claws to another, a shelly covering to a third, etc. But when man came to be provided for, who was to be superi

— he a just man, and she a faithful worshipper of the gods. Jupiter, when he saw none left alive but this pair, and remembe

the gods Endowed with all their gifts; and O, too like In sad event, when to the unwiser son Of Japhet brought by Hermes, s

represented as the friend of mankind, who interposed in their behalf when Jove was incensed against them, and who taught th

orm, which has brought me into this danger!” Scarcely had she spoken, when a stiffness seized all her limbs; her bosom began

you for my crown; I will decorate with you my harp and my quiver; and when the great Roman conquerors lead up the triumphal

ng ears.” Such words they uttered on different sides of the wall; and when night came and they must say farewell, they press

e on her side, he on his, as they could come no nearer. Next morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had mel

Then, after lamenting their hard fate, they agreed, that next night, when all was still, they would slip away from watchful

dder ran through her frame as a ripple on the face of the still water when a sudden breeze sweeps over it. But as soon as sh

ts. He would rise before the dawn to pursue the chase. Aurora saw him when she first looked forth, fell in love with him, an

eels, but biting only the air. Cephalus was about to use his javelin, when suddenly he saw both dog and game stop instantly.

or his javelin was a sure weapon in all cases. Fatigued with hunting, when the sun got high he would seek a shady nook where

ess to it.” So she waited, with anxious heart, till the next morning, when Cephalus went to hunt as usual. Then she stole ou

e place where the informer directed her. Cephalus came as he was wont when tired with sport, and stretched himself on the gr

es and my solitary rambles delightful.” He was running on in this way when he heard, or thought he heard, a sound as of a so

m expression, and she looked pityingly and forgivingly on her husband when he made her understand the truth.   Moore, in hi

r of the river god Inachus, whom Jupiter had been flirting with, and, when he became aware of the approach of his wife, had

d, raised his hunting spear, and was on the point of transfixing her, when Jupiter, beholding, arrested the crime, and snatc

— my place is given to another. You will hardly believe me; but look when night darkens the world, and you shall see the tw

hy should any one hereafter tremble at the thought of offending Juno, when such rewards are the consequence of my displeasur

on alludes to the fact that the constellation of the Bear never sets, when he says: — “Let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen

y. It was midday, and the sun stood equally distant from either goal, when young Actæon, son of King Cadmus, thus addressed

s bounded by a grassy rim. Here the goddess of the woods used to come when weary with hunting and lave her virgin limbs in t

ldness, and the hero fled. He could not but admire his own speed; but when he saw his horns in the water, “Ah, wretched me!”

arous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs. As when those hinds that were transformed to frogs     Ra

rthplace of the future deities. Delos was then a floating island; but when Latona arrived there, Jupiter fastened it with ad

nderbolts. The first part of the way is steep, and such as the horses when fresh in the morning can hardly climb; the middle

th from their mouths and nostrils. I can scarcely govern them myself, when they are unruly and resist the reins. Beware, my

arshalled by the Daystar, which last of all retired also. The father, when he saw the earth beginning to glow, and the Moon

request. He is borne along like a vessel that flies before a tempest, when the pilot can do no more and betakes himself to h

s, his courage failed, and the reins fell from his hands. The horses, when they felt them loose on their backs, dashed headl

oem of Samor, makes the following allusion to Phaëton’s story: — “As when the palsied universe aghast Lay * * * * mute and

and things that lustre have imbibed In the sun’s palace porch, where when unyoked His chariot wheel stands midway on the wa

hich he hastened to put to the test. He could scarce believe his eyes when he found a twig of an oak, which he plucked from

age, where Baucis, a pious old dame, and her husband Philemon, united when young, had grown old together. Not ashamed of the

teep ascent. They had reached to within an arrow’s flight of the top, when turning their eyes below, they beheld all the cou

on. The following may serve as a specimen: — “They scarce had spoke, when , fair and soft, The roof began to mount aloft; Al

g lilies and violets, and filling her basket and her apron with them, when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off. Sh

ried her off. She screamed for help to her mother and companions; and when in her fright she dropped the corners of her apro

. Ceres sought her daughter all the world over. Bright-haired Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus when

right-haired Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus when he led out the stars in the evening, found her st

xploits. One day I was returning from the wood, heated with exercise, when I came to a stream silently flowing, so clear tha

roserpine being an allegory. Proserpine signifies the seed-corn which when cast into the ground lies there concealed — that

at its emerging: — “O my beloved, how divinely sweet Is the pure joy when kindred spirits meet! Like him the river god, who

urrent, as an offering meet To lay at Arethusa’s shining feet. Think, when he meets at last his fountain bride, What perfect

, he tasted it. Scarce had the juices of the plant reached his palate when he found himself agitated with a longing desire f

Scylla, the favorite of the water-nymphs, rambling on the shore, and when she had found a sheltered nook, laving her limbs

and to drive them away; but as she ran she carried them with her, and when she tried to touch her limbs, she found her hands

cruelty, he tries to escape from her, but is taken and brought back, when with reproaches she banishes him, sentencing him

e breast. Her dress became her, and she looked not less charming than when unattired. He laid her on a couch spread with clo

or he touches the object of his hopes. It was indeed alive! The veins when pressed yielded to the finger and again resumed t

some and offered them to the baby, and Iole was about to do the same, when she perceived blood dropping from the places wher

een changed into this form. This they learned from the country people when it was too late. Dryope, horror-struck when she p

d from the country people when it was too late. Dryope, horror-struck when she perceived what she had done, would gladly hav

ent Andræmon, the husband of Dryope, with her father, approached; and when they asked for Dryope, Iole pointed them to the n

en be brought and nursed under my branches, and play in my shade; and when he is old enough to talk, let him be taught to ca

plain. Venus, in her swan-drawn chariot, had not yet reached Cyprus, when she heard coming up through mid-air the groans of

named Hyacinthus. He accompanied him in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hun

im in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hunt, followed him in his excursions i

ited with the sport ran forward to seize it, eager to make his throw, when the quoit bounded from the earth and struck him i

ng life, but all in vain; the hurt was past the power of medicine. As when one has broken the stem of a lily in the garden i

pitchers, intent On either side, pitying the sad death Of Hyacinthus, when the cruel breath Of Zephyr slew him; Zephyr penit

describing the violence of the winds, which she had known familiarly when she lived at home in her father’s house, — Æolus

ready the garments which he shall put on, and now what she shall wear when he arrives. To all the gods she offers frequent i

f his footsteps. “This it was, this that my presaging mind foreboded, when I implored him not to leave me, to trust himself

the ancient family of Teucer. He struggled long with his passion, but when he found he could not subdue it, he came a suppli

rce had her eyes rested upon the form of Iphis stretched on the bier, when they began to stiffen, and the warm blood in her

my dear parents, do you now lament me? You should rather have grieved when the people showered upon me undeserved honors, an

etire, therefore, to your chamber and repose on your bed of down, and when you see fit repair to the bath. Supper awaits you

see fit repair to the bath. Supper awaits you in the adjoining alcove when it pleases you to take your seat there.” Psyche g

put them in concealment that your husband may not discover them, and when he is sound asleep, slip out of bed, bring forth

he could, but they did not fail to have their effect on her mind, and when her sisters were gone, their words and her own cu

grain, they separated the pile, sorting each kind to its parcel; and when it was all done, they vanished out of sight in a

uel rage to destroy mortals with their sharp horns or rude teeth. But when the noontide sun has driven the cattle to the sha

this he sent Mercury to bring Psyche up to the heavenly assembly, and when she arrived, handing her a cup of ambrosia, he sa

hardly left the Castalian cave, from which the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He

nt. At last Cadmus, watching his chance, thrust the spear at a moment when the animal’s head thrown back came against the tr

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

ew from life, and all the poets and writers of fiction since his day, when they have had occasion to describe a similar scen

ew his bow Apollo himself could not have done it more gracefully. But when he laid aside his helmet, and in his purple robes

t no doubt it is sometimes the best thing for a city to be conquered, when the conqueror is clement and generous. Minos cert

rmerly had so charmed the nymph Echo. She kept near him, however, and when he exclaimed, “Alas! alas!” she answered him with

s!” she answered him with the same words. He pined away and died; and when his shade passed the Stygian river, it leaned ove

waters. The nymphs mourned for him, especially the water-nymphs; and when they smote their breasts Echo smote hers also. Th

ght of herself reflected in the fountain: — “That day I oft remember when from sleep I first awaked, and found myself repos

her own tears and the chilly dew her only food. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily cours

But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets     The same look that she turned when he

lower turns on her god when he sets     The same look that she turned when he rose.” Hero and Leander. Leander was a

the beautiful, the brave,     The lonely hope of Sestos’ daughter. O, when alone along the sky The turret-torch was blazing

d fountains to come and gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing. To

ns her thread, often hanging suspended by it, in the same attitude as when Minerva touched her and transformed her into a sp

airy thighs, His glorious colors, and his glistening eyes.”9 “Which when Arachne saw, as overlaid And mastered with workma

celebration in honor of Latona and her offspring, Apollo and Diana, —  when the people of Thebes were assembled, their brows

am, I am still richer than you, my conqueror.” Scarce had she spoken, when the bow sounded and struck terror into all hearts

olific and very tasteless poet, whose works are now forgotten, unless when recalled to mind by some wit like Moore for the s

desty, and, if she could, would have hid her face with her hands; but when he repeated his questions, for fear she might be

monster was within the range of a stone thrown by a skilful slinger, when with a sudden bound the youth soared into the air

when with a sudden bound the youth soared into the air. As an eagle, when from his lofty flight he sees a serpent basking i

was in vain that Cepheus remonstrated, — “You should have claimed her when she lay bound to the rock, the monster’s victim.

ssailants were too great for them, and destruction seemed inevitable, when a sudden thought struck Perseus, — “I will make m

with the gods, were of vastly larger dimensions. Tityus, we are told, when stretched on the plain, covered nine acres, and E

prophetess,) foretelling the glory that he was to achieve Æsculapius when grown up became a renowned physician, and even in

  Milton borrows a simile from the Griffins, P. L. Book II.: — “As when a Gryphon through the wilderness, With winged cou

ir with the children on his back, taking his course to the East, till when crossing the strait that divides Europe and Asia,

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

the power of the music of Orpheus, whom he calls the Thracian: — “So when the first bold vessel dared the seas,     High on

ork, stirring them up with a dry olive branch; and behold! the branch when taken out instantly became green, and before long

e must have had some good qualities, for his daughters loved him, and when they saw what Medea had done for Æson, they wishe

d into the caldron. Very soon a bleating was heard in the kettle, and when the cover was removed, a lamb jumped forth and ra

arried King Ægeus, the father of Theseus, and we shall meet her again when we come to the adventures of that hero.   The inc

Meleager, son of Œneus and Althea, king and queen of Calydon. Althea, when her son was born, beheld the three Destinies, who

astens to change the garments of rejoicing for those of mourning. But when the author of the deed is known, grief gives way

e. Return the life which twice I gave thee, first at thy birth, again when I snatched this brand from the flames. O that tho

he life of Meleager is breathed forth to the wandering winds. Althea, when the deed was done, laid violent hands upon hersel

that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife?” said he. But when he saw her lay aside her robe for the race, he ch

mp near the well of Amymone. This well had been discovered by Amymone when the country was suffering from drought, and the s

whole mass.   Milton thus alludes to the frenzy of Hercules: — “As when Alcides,12 from Œchalia crowned With conquest, fe

et not enough to make her regret the determination of her husband. So when the flames had consumed the mother’s share of Her

d from her office in consequence of a fall which she met with one day when in attendance on the gods. Her successor was Gany

hra, daughter of the king of Trœzen. He was brought up at Trœzen, and when arrived at manhood was to proceed to Athens and p

and shoes under a large stone and directed her to send his son to him when he became strong enough to roll away the stone an

er, and induced him to present him a cup of poison; but at the moment when Theseus stepped forward to take it, the sight of

countrymen from this calamity, or to die in the attempt. Accordingly, when the time of sending off the tribute came, and the

They passed Samos and Delos on the left and Lebynthos on the right, when the boy, exulting in his career, began to leave t

so envious of his nephew’s performances that he took an opportunity, when they were together one day on the top of a high t

clothed himself in his splendors, not putting on all his terrors, as when he overthrew the giants, but what is known among

o respect for the new worship, forbade its rites to be performed. But when it was known that Bacchus was advancing, men and

men for fresh water, and myself mounted the hill to observe the wind; when my men returned bringing with them a prize, as th

xos lay to the right, and I was trimming the sails to carry us there, when some by signs and others by whispers signified to

cheered me. ‘Fear not,’ said he; ‘steer towards Naxos.’ I obeyed, and when we arrived there, I kindled the altars and celebr

came open of their own accord and the chains fell from his limbs, and when they looked for him he was nowhere to be found. P

hus, the same that he wished the Tyrrhenian mariners to carry him to, when they so treacherously attempted to make prize of

marriage present he gave her a golden crown, enriched with gems, and when she died, he took her crown and threw it up into

dead.” These lines are founded on an early Christian tradition that when the heavenly host told the shepherds at Bethlehem

tant and told him that a bee should be her messenger and let him know when she would admit his society. One time the bee cam

now when she would admit his society. One time the bee came to Rhœcus when he was playing at draughts and he carelessly brus

aking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice, Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touchin

y, he added, “But why should I tell of other persons’ transformations when I myself am an instance of the possession of this

nt and lay in wait at the door of the chamber of the dying queen, and when Death came for his prey, he seized him and forced

nately year by year. The first year fell to the lot of Eteocles, who, when his time expired, refused to surrender the kingdo

not avert his destiny. Pursued by the enemy, he fled along the river, when a thunderbolt launched by Jupiter opened the grou

ur readers. The following is the lamentation of Antigone over Œdipus, when death has at last relieved him from his suffering

but dropped her veil over her face. Icarius urged her no further, but when she was gone erected a statue to Modesty on the s

ed. Ulysses and Penelope had not enjoyed their union more than a year when it was interrupted by the events which called Uly

which called Ulysses to the Trojan war. During his long absence, and when it was doubtful whether he still lived, and highl

nd’s father. She pledged herself to make her choice among the suitors when the robe was finished. During the day she worked

lly doing but never done. The rest of Penelope’s history will be told when we give an account of her husband’s adventures.

estined to you and sooner or later must pass to your domain. She too, when she shall have filled her term of life, will righ

ill they had nearly reached the outlet into the cheerful upper world, when Orpheus, in a moment of forgetfulness, to assure

ssure himself that she was still following, cast a glance behind him, when instantly she was borne away. Stretching out thei

ow this supposed fact may be turned to account for renewing the swarm when it has been lost by disease or accident. Aristæus

t noon to take his midday repose. Then you may easily secure him. But when he finds himself captured, his resort is to a pow

flames or the rush of water, so as to tempt you to let go the chain, when he will make his escape. But you have only to kee

ake his escape. But you have only to keep him fast bound, and at last when he finds all his arts unavailing, he will return

herself took her place behind the clouds. When noon came and the hour when men and herds retreat from the glaring sun to ind

as in a hive.   In The Task, Cowper alludes to the story of Aristæus, when speaking of the ice-palace built by the Empress A

hy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristæus found Cyrene, when he bore the plaintive tale Of his lost bees to he

on also appears to have had Cyrene and her domestic scene in his mind when he describes to us Sabrina, the nymph of the rive

ecome king of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is said that when he played on his lyre the stones moved of their o

d by them of his sight. Milton alludes to him with other blind bards, when speaking of his own blindness, P. L., Book III. 3

Melampus took care of the young ones and fed them carefully. One day when he was asleep under the oak the serpents licked h

ou, who didst find thy Eurydice, and lose her again as soon as found; when she had vanished like a dream, how didst thou hat

ill not fear. The gods look down upon us. Ye who slay me unoffending, when I am no more, your time of trembling shall come.

to him drew     The ears and hearts of all that goodly crew;     Even when as yet the dolphin which him bore     Through the

yron, in his Childe Harold, Canto II., alludes to the story of Arion, when , describing his voyage, he represents one of the

   Now lads on shore may sigh and maids believe;     Such be our fate when we return to land!     Meantime some rude Arion’s

and see none to avenge my cause.” Sore wounded, he sank to the earth, when hoarse screamed the cranes overhead. “Take up my

of the country, who received and protected them. The child, Perseus, when grown up became a famous hero, whose adventures h

omer, or of Homer himself, as recorded by tradition. On one occasion, when residing at the court of Scopas, king of Thessaly

for the visitors. Scarcely, however, had he left the banqueting hall when the roof fell in with a loud crash, burying Scopa

e son of Nestor, fell by his hand, and the Greeks were put to flight, when Achilles appeared and restored the battle. A long

tation in the sky had viewed with apprehension the danger of her son, when she saw him fall, directed his brothers, the Wind

which is said to be the statue of Memnon. Ancient writers record that when the first rays of the rising sun fall upon this s

but in the depths of the sea;” and tears stopped her utterance, which when the pitying maiden had wiped away with her delica

down the sea-shore, imprinting huge tracks with his heavy tread, and, when weary, lay tranquilly in his cave. “There is a cl

use if necessary. She chose Menelaus, and was living with him happily when Paris became their guest. Paris, aided by Venus,

est was granted. Mercury led Protesilaus back to the upper world, and when he died a second time Laodamia died with him. The

ges grew     From out the tomb of him for whom she died;     And ever when such stature they had gained That Ilium’s walls w

battle go as it would. But this absorption did not continue long, and when , upon turning his eyes downward, he beheld Hector

rriors struggled to capture it. The battle raged with equal fortunes, when Jove enveloped the whole face of heaven with a da

, so artfully constructed that they moved forward of their own accord when wanted, and retired again when dismissed. On hear

they moved forward of their own accord when wanted, and retired again when dismissed. On hearing the request of Thetis, Vulc

throw it, and Achilles, with sword drawn, was about to rush upon him, when Neptune, who looked out upon the contest, moved w

the heads of warriors and steeds to the rear of the battle. Achilles, when the mist cleared away, looked round in vain for h

hilles pursued and had chased his supposed victim far from the walls, when Apollo disclosed himself, and Achilles, perceivin

Achilles, perceiving how he had been deluded, gave up the chase. But when the rest had escaped into the town Hector stood w

many of the bravest warriors, but was at last slain by Achilles. But when the hero bent over his fallen foe, and contemplat

only vulnerable part about him. For Thetis his mother had dipped him when an infant in the river Styx, which made every par

erity he had forgotten. This was the nymph Œnone, whom he had married when a youth, and had abandoned for the fatal beauty H

d to be on your guard against it? For my part, I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.”18 So saying he threw his lance

ure the monstrous horse and the favorable auguries connected with it, when suddenly a prodigy occurred which left no room to

on with frightful din The leather sounds; he trembles from within. So when Troy chairmen bore the wooden steed Pregnant with

the downfall of his kingdom and was slain at last on the fatal night when the Greeks took the city. He had armed himself an

she aided the Greeks secretly on several occasions, and in particular when Ulysses and Diomed entered the city in disguise t

* * * * This was of old, in no inglorious days, The mode of spinning, when the Egyptian prince A golden distaff gave that be

, resumed their royal dignity, and lived and reigned in splendor; and when Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, in search of his

. During his absence his wife Clytemnestra had been false to him, and when his return was expected, she with her paramour, Æ

brother by messengers of the duty of avenging his father’s death, and when grown up he consulted the oracle of Delphi, which

, our readers will remember, was snatched away by Diana at the moment when she was about to be sacrificed. Ascertaining from

e the Athenian walls from ruin bare.” This alludes to the story that when , on one occasion, the city of Athens was at the m

y put them aboard with all haste, then pushed off from the shore, and when at a safe distance Ulysses shouted out, “Cyclops,

empted to secure some portion for themselves, they loosed the string, when immediately the winds rushed forth. The ships wer

their course, and the music grew fainter till it ceased to be heard, when with joy Ulysses gave his companions the signal t

chasm, and thrice was disgorged. Any vessel coming near the whirlpool when the tide was rushing in must inevitably be ingulp

wind becoming fair they sailed from the island. They had not gone far when the weather changed, and a storm of thunder and l

le. He sped on his course prosperously for many days, till at length, when in sight of land, a storm arose that broke his ma

m and governed all his movements, made him repel her allurements, and when no other means of escape could be found, the two

Ulysses clung to the raft while any of its timbers kept together, and when it no longer yielded him support, binding the gir

ople akin to the gods, who appeared manifestly and feasted among them when they offered sacrifices, and did not conceal them

ed sacrifices, and did not conceal themselves from solitary wayfarers when they met them. They had abundance of wealth and l

h a game of ball, the princess singing to them while they played. But when they had refolded the apparel and were about to r

ed courteously, promising present relief and her father’s hospitality when he should become acquainted with the facts. She c

owing herself and train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the city she desired that he

delighted, but Ulysses was moved to tears. Observing which, Alcinoüs, when the song was done, demanded of him why at the men

he princess Nausicaa having had resort to her chariot and to luncheon when she went with the maidens of the court to wash th

itors. Ulysses had now been away from Ithaca for twenty years, and when he awoke he did not recognize his native land. Mi

a new home, after the ruin of their native city. On that fatal night when the wooden horse disgorged its contents of armed

ing their shoulders under others, set them afloat again. The Trojans, when the sea became calm, sought the nearest shore, wh

ecame a powerful and flourishing place. Such was the state of affairs when Æneas with his Trojans arrived there. Dido receiv

ow to her affection and her pride was too much for her to endure, and when she found that he was gone, she mounted a funeral

d Sisyphus, whose task was to roll a huge stone up to a hill-top, but when the steep was well-nigh gained, the rock, repulse

yet he was parched with thirst, and found nothing to assuage it; for when he bowed his hoary head, eager to quaff, the wate

eir heads to him, pears, pomegranates, apples, and luscious figs; but when with a sudden grasp he tried to seize them winds

composed of the four elements, fire, air, earth, and water, all which when united took the form of the most excellent part,

e price she had asked for the nine. The king again rejected them; but when the woman, after burning three books more, return

t. Opening the Gates of Janus. It was the custom of the country, when war was to be undertaken, for the chief magistrat

, in amaze at the sound of so great a name, invited them to land, and when Æneas touched the shore he seized his hand, and h

leafy boughs, or fed voraciously on their hunted prey. Such were they when Saturn, expelled from Olympus by his sons, came a

ot so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the standard of Æneas, and resolved to h

y of both,” he said, and would have plunged the sword into his bosom, when Nisus, who from his concealment saw the peril of

bravely, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relented when he saw the brave youth lying dead at his feet, an

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

nd there is a fourth emanation, the human soul. This is immortal, and when freed from the fetters of the body passes to the

the world, to dwell in some other human or animal body, and at last, when sufficiently purified, it returns to the source f

e, “not without song.” It is this doctrine which Shakspere alludes to when he makes Lorenzo teach astronomy to Jessica in th

       In the white lily’s breezy tent (His conquered Sybaris) than I when first From the dark green thy yellow circles burs

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

him. Sacrifices were made to him, and once every year, about the time when the Nile began to rise, a golden cup was thrown i

py lot: he was not permitted to live beyond a certain period, and if, when he had attained the age of twenty-five years, he

riod that the goats feeding on Parnassus were thrown into convulsions when they approached a certain long deep cleft in the

edes was caught. Trophonius unable to extricate him, and fearing that when found he would be compelled by torture to discove

the inquirer it was considered an unfavorable sign, and the contrary when he received it. It has been a question whether or

voyance really called into action. Another question is as to the time when the Pagan oracles ceased to give responses. Ancie

thy puny growth Fostering propitious, thou becam’st a twig. Who lived when thou wast such? O, couldst thou speak, As in Dodo

its having been in the possession of the princes of that name in Rome when it first attracted attention, about two hundred y

extended left arm. It is supposed to represent the god in the moment when he has shot the arrow to destroy the monster Pyth

age earlier than the date of any remaining inscriptions or coins, and when no materials capable of containing such long prod

and was acquainted with Horace and saw Virgil, though the latter died when Ovid was yet too young and undistinguished to hav

with care that which is appropriate; he rejects the superfluous; and when he has completed his work, it is neither defectiv

e, nor tooth of time, nor sword, nor fire Shall bring to nought. Come when it will that day Which o’er the body, not the min

the mouldering flesh of the dead bird a worm springs, and this worm, when grown large, is transformed into a bird. Herodotu

den in one of his early poems has this allusion to the Phœnix: — “So when the new-born Phœnix first is seen, Her feathered

s maintained that all the animal’s strength lay in its horn, and that when hard pressed in pursuit, it would throw itself fr

g to them, the animal not only resists fire, but extinguishes it, and when he sees the flame charges it as an enemy which he

r really does secrete from the pores of his body a milky juice, which when he is irritated is produced in considerable quant

, or rather the reformer of the religion which preceded him. The time when he lived is doubtful, but it is certain that his

r. But this state of things will not last forever. The time will come when the adherents of Ormuzd shall every where be vict

in the form of a Tortoise, which form he assumed to support the earth when the gods were churning the sea for the beverage o

to exercise till after the expiration of twelve millions of years, or when the universe will come to an end; and Mahadeva (a

ighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all castes eat together. Castes. The divisi

about one thousand years before Christ. He was the son of a king; and when in conformity to the usage of the country he was,

practices from the Nestorian Christians, who were settled in Tartary when Buddhism was introduced into Thibet. Prester J

which flowed a fountain. Twelve rivers issued from this fountain, and when they had flowed far from their source, they froze

he buds; they represent the four winds. Under the tree lies Ymir, and when he tries to shake off its weight the earth quakes

fight until they cut each other in pieces. This is their pastime; but when meal time comes they recover from their wounds an

great many heroes in Valhalla to be able to meet the giants in a day when the final contest must come, sends down to every

mer, which both the Frost and the Mountain giants know to their cost, when they see it hurled against them in the air, for i

warriors. His wife, Iduna, keeps in a box the apples which the gods, when they feel old age approaching, have only to taste

irds. When finished it was as smooth and soft as a silken string. But when the gods asked the wolf to suffer himself to be b

in. Tyr (the god of battles) alone had courage enough to do this. But when the wolf found that he could not break his fetter

ded. How Thor Paid the Mountain Giant His Wages Once on a time, when the gods were constructing their abodes and had a

giant would not have thought himself safe among the gods, especially when Thor should return from an expedition he had then

ficiently high and massive to render the place impregnable. In short, when it wanted but three days to summer, the only part

o manage matters that the man should lose his reward. That very night when the man went with Svadilfari for building stone,

mpany, and Thor consenting, they sat down to eat their breakfast, and when they had done, Skrymir packed all the provisions

ur supper.” Skrymir soon fell asleep and began to snore strongly; but when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant

f down under another tree. But sleep came not that night to Thor, and when Skrymir snored again so loud that the forest re-e

will see there many men much taller than I. Wherefore, I advise you, when you come there, not to make too much of yourselve

bearer bring the large horn which his followers were obliged to empty when they had trespassed in any way against the law of

uld, that he might not be obliged to make a second draught of it; but when he set the horn down and looked in, he could scar

d. After taking breath, Thor went to it again with all his might, but when he took the horn from his mouth, it seemed to him

e end of that horn reached the sea, which thou wast not aware of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how m

no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we

d would have launched it at him, but Utgard-Loki had disappeared, and when Thor would have returned to the city to destroy i

e pastime with them and was regarded as an honor shown to Baldur. But when Loki beheld the scene he was sorely vexed that Ba

of a woman, he went to Fensalir, the mansion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if s

es, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold place into a hot one

na sits by his side and catches the drops as they fall, in a cup; but when she carries it away to empty it, the venom falls

r war and household implements, but so skillfully was it wrought that when folded together it could be put into a side pocke

It was a firm belief of the northern nations that a time would come when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla an

arasitic plant, and is not always nor often found on the oak, so that when it is found it is the more precious. The Druids w

e place in history as the seat of civilization and religion at a time when the darkness of heathenism hung over almost the w

s island, where their husbands seem to have resided with them, except when duty required their presence in the school or the

he Reformation, the nuns were allowed to remain, living in community, when the abbey was dismantled. Iona is now chiefly res

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. —  Virgil. I fear the Greeks even - when they offer gifts. No. 7. Page 313. Non ta

shoulder, or cropped the rose she would hold to his mouth.    Cupid, when he saw in Psyche’s sweet mild eyes that she would

appeared to him the loveliest being he had ever beheld; and at last, when he once more winged his way to Olympus, he though

ht without speaking, what was the wisest conduct he could pursue; and when he was covered with a veil, he only determined to

em, and obeyed their commands, I have pitied and helped the poor; and when I leave my dear father and mother, all my friends

ied in his hand a leaden sceptre which was wreathed with poppies, and when he shook it over the head of Psyche, she fell int

painful to live without it. All day long she only thought of the hour when he would return. One evening, as Psyche was conve

ed they would trouble her in some way or other. He hesitated a moment when Psyche ceased to speak, but after a short pause,

d wicked counsel. The very next night after her sisters had left her, when Psyche presumed that her husband was asleep, she

placed there. With the lamp in her hand, she next approached the bed when Cupid was lying. What was the surprise and deligh

ed when Cupid was lying. What was the surprise and delight of Psyche, when , instead of a distorted and repulsive figure, she

and as she plunged into the waves he upheld her. She became senseless when the waters closed round her, but the river god bo

im to tell her the truth. At first Cupid would not open his lips, but when his mother importuned him, he told her the whole

tempted to kill her son, demanded of him to go in pursuit of her, and when she should be found, return to the skies, and inf

nd inform her where the audacious mortal could be found. Poor Psyche, when she had quite come to herself, and felt the warm

flict her; and she was preparing to denounce some severer punishment, when a messenger of the gods, it might have been Mercu

remained to her; that if gods persecuted, mortals could not save her; when Venus again appeared. She struck Psyche several b

said this, Venus left Psyche to her impracticable labour. As Psyche, when Venus had left her alone, stood looking at the en

proceeded to the fountain; but scarcely had she come in sight of it, when an eagle darted down from over her head, snatched

ve to a great dog called Cerberus, who will bark at you and bite you, when you get to the entrance of Pluto’s kingdom, and w

had been men and women, who were very useful and sometimes very good, when they were alive; and when they were dead, they we

o were very useful and sometimes very good, when they were alive; and when they were dead, they were celebrated and praised

them. One of this girl’s companions was so frightened and afflicted, when she saw her young friend forced away, that she ra

god saw, and pursued me. Diana opened a passage for me under the sea, when I fled from him, and emerged here in Sicily. This

and her little son, who sat in the chimney corner, watching the pot, when Ceres came into the house and seated herself not

their liberality. Ann. I think Ceres was neither just nor grateful, when she punished Becubo’s son so severely for so smal

he fable, Juno and Hymen refused to attend, and the Graces and Loves, when they entered the bride’s apartment, fled in terro

Tereus and Progne were married, and left Athens. Progne wept bitterly when she took leave of her amiable sister, Philomela.

d behind, and the old man was then satisfied. But Pandion wept afresh when Tereus said he had come to ask a favour of him — 

be separated from her; and he only shook his head, as if to say “No,” when Tereus urged him to gratify Progne with her siste

lomela from seeing her sister. Tereus had become tired of Progne, and when he saw Philomela, he preferred her; though he cou

uade Philomela to suffer him to come to her prison, and stay with her when it pleased him. Poor Philomela, when she left the

to her prison, and stay with her when it pleased him. Poor Philomela, when she left the vessel, did not know any thing of th

then returned to his own house. Progne was grieved and disappointed, when she saw her husband returned without Philomela, a

ce, as well as those of Greece, celebrated the orgies of Bacchus; and when Progne got intelligence of her sister’s imprisonm

of the Bacchantes, and to go with them into the woods. She designed, when they should be running about in the forest, to di

d as Progne and Philomela. Mother. But there were many people as bad when they lived. Ann. But why were they so bad then?

mon mortals, or rather like poor, weary, wayfaring men. The two gods, when night was approaching, looked about them for supp

nd Philemon ate with their visiters; and greatly surprised they were, when they saw the pitcher replenished, and the bowls f

to serve at thine altar, to minister together in thy holy rites; and when this service shall be finished, that in the same

eable in Greece and in Italy, people could sit with open windows; but when the weather was disagreeable, they could not enjo

of Lot’s family, and the destruction of the wicked city of Sodom. And when Baucis washed the feet of her guests, it reminded

read them. These are the words which Abraham addressed to the angels, when be sat at the tent-door, and invited them to ente

oiled, so that they were refreshed and purified by bathing themselves when they first entered a house. Mother. As you have

the selfsame song that found a path    Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home,       She stood in tears amid the

fe, and immediately descended the king’s house that he might be there when she should return from the sacrifice. Aglauria, t

sister will soon return from the temple, whither she is now gone, and when she comes, she will go to the apartment of the la

cess had thrown herself down upon her couch, vexed and mortified; for when she promised to admit Mercury to her sister, for

h mixed with it, or we should not like it we call a story impossible, when it cannot be true; and improbable, when it is not

t we call a story impossible, when it cannot be true; and improbable, when it is not very likely to be true. Ann. What part

s other wonders, which he could not do without it Mercury’s caduceus, when he touched people with it, made them wake, or fal

dren? Mother. Because there was little travelling in those days, and when strangers, who were young and handsome, visited a

them gods, and perhaps they believed it Ann. What did Aglauria mean, when she said an “evil genius” sent her a dream? Moth

s believed that there were spirits who were sent among men, and that “ when we sleep or when we wake, they walk unseen” about

here were spirits who were sent among men, and that “when we sleep or when we wake, they walk unseen” about us, doing us goo

aces, would come to him for advice; and he would tell them what to do when they could not determine for themselves, and make

ed disappointed and despairing. Not long after, he died of grief; and when the young girls came to look at him lying on the

nent opposite, which was afterward called Europe, for Europa. Agenor, when he heard of the strange disappearance of Europa,

tablish himself. The first act which the founders of cities performed when they began to build a city was to make a sacrific

r it. Grieved and perplexed, he stood pondering on what he should do, when Minerva appeared before him. Minerva was sorry to

e. Cadmus obeyed Minerva. He drew the dragon’s teeth, and sowed them, when soon after he saw the points of spears pushing up

ps was truly beloved by his subjects. “On him — the judge and king — when passing forth Among the city-ways, all reverend l

d he fell asleep there, through weariness. He had not slumbered long, when he was awaked by dashing of waters, and the laugh

males or females would kill or beat those who offended them. Perhaps, when he was asleep, they tied Acteon’s hands, so that

n. Is that all which this fable teaches? Mother. No; it teaches that when others offend us, we should know whether they rea

d, they comfort each other, and sympathy and pity make us happy, even when we are in trouble. Juno could think of no way to

execute her commission. The house of Athamas shook to the foundation when Tisiphone entered it; venomous exhalations issued

mixed together sundry incongruous substances, which had the property, when certain words were said over them, to cause pain

by another name, the Eumenides; and that means, the benevolent, who, when they inflicted pain, were supposed to intend to i

good upon the person prayed for. The Orgies. In ancient times, when persons wished to commend a man very much, they w

of a god, as they said that Perseus was the son of Jupiter; and also, when they did not know who a person’s father was, they

of Cadmus, had a little boy, who was called Bacchus. His mother died when he was very young, and it was said that Jupiter w

isherman, named Dictys, was standing near the shore, mending his net, when he saw the chest gently thrown on the beach by th

ough he had been very kind to Dana; and her son, did not love Perseus when he had grown up to be a man. Perseus was young, h

ness, and her fine hair into snakes; and she looked so dreadful, that when others looked at her, they were turned to stone.

themselves, discovered their habitation. Medusa happened to be asleep when Perseus arrived; but he was afraid to look at her

hich is called, from his name, the Atlantic; and there, every evening when the people saw the sun set, they said the horses

he was commanded. Andromeda was just chained to the foot of the rock, when Perseus alighted upon the verge above. She claspe

the monster, who dashed through the water with a terrific noise; but when he would have seized her, Perseus presented to hi

do not know the perfidy of her father and mother. They gave her to me when I asked her in marriage; yet, regardless of their

f the rock; and, as he was a man of great benevolence and good sense, when he was established in the palace, and attired lik

e loans of the gods to their proper owners. On the shield of Minerva, when he gave it back to her, with solemn thanks, he la

tached to the shield, but Minerva did not always carry it about; only when she designed to punish foe wicked, she clothed he

rawn from innocent persons, because envious people hurt the innocent, when they have an opportunity, as Polydectes would hav

n. Yes. I know a child that always speaks truth, and I think of truth when I think of her. If I should draw a figure like he

now, who was Lucifer? Mother. Lucifer is a name of the planet Venus, when she rises before the sun, and is called the Morni

good verses, unless one of the Muses would assist them. At this time, when Minerva went to see them, they were at Mount Heli

ed. “Yes,” answered Polyhymnia. “You know that multitudes of mortals, when they would compose songs and other verses, pray t

ned with laurels, to show that their genius was known and admired; so when , at this time, we speak of a poet’s laurels, we m

. It is what is called a metaphorical, or figurative way of speaking, when one word, like “laurels,” means glory, and not li

llow you to read to me another day some few more Classical Tales; but when they shall have been finished, you must return to

e the cause of this obscuration. Jupiter was absent from Olympus, and when Juno discovered this, she instantly suspected tha

ifer. The cloud gradually dispersed as Juno came nearer to earth, and when she found herself by the side of Jupiter, the bri

oot, upon the sand. Inachus was surprised and shocked beyond measure, when he perceived the strange motions of the heifer, a

she did not reply to him; she only ran away. Pan ran after her, and, when he overtook her, seized her by the arm; but inste

will comfort you. The taunts of mortals will not disturb your repose, when you are assured of the truth of your mother, and

the workmanship of Vulcan, and diffused myriads of bright rays, even when it was not occupied by the god, who was himself t

s used to go out into the streets and exhort the Thebans. At the time when the queen of Thebes uttered her contempt for the

arrows. Scarcely had tidings of this misfortune reached their mother, when the wretched queen saw her daughters transfixed b

plied my companion, ‘this altar is dedicated to Latona. You know that when Earth refused her an asylum, Neptune, for her rec

e this lake thy habitation!’ Scarcely had she pronounced these words, when they were all changed to frogs; and to this day’,

wever, to avoid the more repulsive features of heathen mythology; and when two or more versions of the same myth occur, the

s evolved, to be handed down from generation to generation. At first, when all things lay in a great confused mass, — “Ere

like dreams. “The Moon, too, brings her world so nigh,         That when the night-seer looks To that shadowless orb, in a

s insult, Uranus cursed his son, and prophesied that a day would come when he, too, would be supplanted by his children, and

ingness to be ruled by him. Their satisfaction was complete, however, when he chose his own sister, Rhea (Cybele, Ops) for h

placed him in his extended arms; but imagine her surprise and horror when she beheld her husband swallow the babe. Time pas

ent of his father’s curse. But all his anxiety and fears were aroused when he suddenly became aware of the fraud practised u

ountain’s weight, Lies stretched supine, eternal prey of flames; And, when he heaves against the burning load, Reluctant, to

anger then burst forth, terrible to behold; and the gods all quailed when they heard him solemnly vow he would punish the u

rgin’s image, as advis’d Satumian Jove. …………………………………………………… “But now when the fair mischief, seeming-good, His hand had per

On men and gods in that same moment seiz’d The ravishment of wonder, when they saw The deep deceit, th’ inextricable snare.

example. Unfortunately Epimetheus was of a confiding disposition, and when he beheld the maiden he exclaimed, “Surely so bea

ffers of rest and refreshment. He had scarcely crossed the threshold, when Pandora expressed a strong desire to have a peep

ed in her attempt. She was just on the point of giving up in despair, when suddenly the refractory knot yielded to her fumbl

her it really proceeded from within. Imagine, therefore, her surprise when she distinctly heard these words, uttered in the

wed by another, not quite so prosperous, hence called the Silver Age, when the year was first divided into seasons, and men

n their descendants during the Age of Brass, which speedily followed, when strife became customary, and differences were set

were settled by blows. But by far the worst of all was the Iron Age, when men’s passions knew no bounds, and they even dare

lts; and the king of gods was about to put it into instant execution, when his arm was stayed by the objection that the risi

vity, the lives of this couple had always been pure and virtuous; and when Jupiter saw them there alone, and remembered thei

ishes of the gods. Their surprise and horror were unbounded, however, when a voice exclaimed, “Depart from hence with veiled

h them any matter of importance, or to indulge in a sumptuous repast, when they ate the celestial ambrosia and quaffed the f

gold.” Ovid ( Dryden’s tr.). After many years of faithful service, when age had made them long for death, Philemon and Ba

father’s meadows with her three brothers, Cadmus, Phœnix, and Cilix, when she suddenly saw a white bull coming towards her;

towards the sea with his fair burden on his back. Instead of turning when he saw the foam-crested waves, he plunged into th

her. Urged by curiosity, many adventurers joined him on the way, and, when the cow at last lay down in the land since called

l grown, and armed to the teeth. They were about to fall upon Cadmus, when the same voice bade him cast a stone in the midst

fair, and slender; but, in spite of all the precautions which he took when visiting her, Juno discovered the object of his a

for Minerva to surpass him. Loudly they laughed, and scornfully too, when she, in her turn, produced an olive tree; but whe

nd scornfully too, when she, in her turn, produced an olive tree; but when she had told them the manifold uses to which wood

owed his terrible shield, the Ægis, which she flung over her shoulder when she sallied forth to give her support to those wh

e Are nestled calmly. Thou at whom the pale And weary earth looks up, when winter flees, With patient gaze: thou for whom wi

nal life. His request was complied with, but only on condition, that, when the time came which had previously been appointed

alise that the fair maiden had vanished from his sight for ever; but, when the truth dawned upon him, he declared that from

iew it more closely; the dew, afraid of its ardent lover, flies, and, when its fiery breath touches it, vanishes, leaving no

he bliss she envied. All day long Cephalus hunted in the forest, and, when the evening shadows began to fall, joined his lov

all the spirited action of the living creatures. In the warm season, when the sun became oppressive, Cephalus was wont to r

assed, and the sun was darting its perpendicular rays upon the earth, when Cephalus came to his usual resort, near which Pro

to his passionate heart and his panting horses given, From the moment when roseate-fingered Eos kindles the dews     And spu

Apollo’s daily journey with strange persistency; and from the moment when he left his palace in the morning until he came t

But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets     The same look which she turn’d when h

ower turns on her god when he sets     The same look which she turn’d when he rose.” Moore. Clytie. Lord Leighton. By

all present, and the very Muses too, to hail him as conqueror. “And, when now the westering sun Touch’d the hills, the stri

te made trees, And the mountain-tops, that freeze,     Bow themselves when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever

became so remarkable, that the youth’s fame was very widespread; and when he fell in love with Eurydice, he brought all his

epeat to me Eurydice! Eurydice!” Lowell. At last there dawned a day when some Bacchantes overtook him in the forest, and b

aples. Brogi, Photo. Amphion’s musical talent was of great use to him when he subsequently became King of Thebes, and wished

gladden her heart with all his childish graces. Early in the morning, when the sun’s bright orb first appeared above the hor

, and watched with pleasure the frown which gathered on Apollo’s brow when he repeated his companions’ taunts. As soon as he

le oath, was obliged to fulfil his promise. The hour had already come when the Sun usually began his daily journey. The pawi

d Comatas, used to feed his goats on the slopes of Mount Helicon, and when the nights were warm would stay out all night wit

th all proverbial speed the tidings reached Niobe, whose heart failed when she heard that her seven sons, her pride and deli

ths. Her tears are emblems of the natural thaw which comes in spring, when winter’s pride has melted. As soon as the young G

nal charms from the witching hours of the night. “’Twas now the time when Phœbus yields to night, And rising Cynthia sheds

shable passion. He rose with a start, and rubbed his sleepy eyes; but when he saw the moon, which he fancied close beside hi

recurred in all its sweetness; and night after night it was repeated when the pale moonbeams fell athwart his sleeping face

d, blushing, stooped to kiss Endymion sleeping.” Boyesen. But, even when asleep, Endymion watched for her coming, and enjo

ed of seven bright stars, and there they shone undimmed for ages; but when Troy fell into the enemy’s hands, all grew pale w

elf to interpose; Cynthia’s shining orb was made     Heaven to clear, when day did close; Bless us then with wished sight, G

f marriage. A throne had been prepared for the expected goddess, and, when she suddenly appeared to take possession of it, t

leep; and so 84 profound were his slumbers, that he did not even stir when Aurora flung open the gates of the east, and Apol

had seen their humiliating plight, and turned them into ridicule. But when he at last set them free, Mars darted away, vowin

tch the concealed meaning of this answer. It was only revealed to her when Anteros, god of passion, was born. When with his

d grew and flourished, until he became a handsome, slender youth; but when separated from him, he invariably resumed his chi

the birds to sing for gladness, Adonis reluctantly returned to Hades, when Winter, the cruel boar, slew him again with his w

timents, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand to all true lovers when apparently insurmountable obstacles appeared in t

lready been stated, was always deeply interested in young lovers; and when she saw these two, so well matched in beauty and

d learned where she lived, and proposed to swim across the Hellespont when the shades of night had fallen, and none could se

in his beloved. At times the huge billows towered above his head; but when he had escaped their threatening depths, and rose

r lover was braving for the sake of seeing her once more. It was only when the dawn began to whiten the east that the lovers

e summer shadows in delight: Leander came as surely as the night, And when the morning woke upon the sea, It saw him not, fo

d hoped that her lover would renounce his nightly journey; but still, when evening came, she lighted her torch to serve as b

ight long she waited and watched for the lover who did not come; and, when the first sunbeams shone over the tossing sea, sh

as she could see. She was about to descend to pursue her daily tasks, when , glancing at the foot of the tower, she saw her l

concealed there, she was about to call to him that he was discovered, when , instead of her lover, she saw a lion emerge from

h a cry of terror she flew to his side, and tried to revive him; but, when assured that all her efforts were in vain, she dr

han she fell deeply in love with him, and was proportionately grieved when she saw that he did not return her affection. All

gesticulate, whereupon two snowy arms repeated his every gesture; but when , encouraged by her loving glances and actions, he

he shades of night could not drive Narcissus away from his post, and, when the pale moonbeams illumined his retreat, he bent

y seen all hi; mother’s persecutions, had followed Psyche unseen and, when he perceived her intention to commit suicide he c

rely to the enjoyment of his company. All night long they talked; and when the first faint streak of light appeared above th

lder sisters had always been jealous of Psyche’s superior beauty; and when they saw her luxurious surroundings, and heard he

and dagger in her lover’s apartment, and to gaze upon him in secret, when his eyes were closed in sleep. If the light of th

es were closed behind her, and she had nearly finished her last task, when she suddenly fancied that it would be wise to app

ssful hours in her society. This divine couple’s happiness culminated when they first beheld their little son, Mercury (Herm

ffair with even more than his usual secrecy visiting his beloved only when quite certain that his wife was asleep, and takin

sted the charge of conducting the souls of the departed to Hades, and when occupied in this way he bore the name of Psychopo

nd when occupied in this way he bore the name of Psychopompus, while, when addressed as conductor of Dreams, he was Oneicopo

nts felt no love for him, but, on the contrary, shuddered with terror when his name was mentioned. Mars was generally repres

through iron rings. Day and night they kept watch over him; and even when they slept, the rattle of the chains, whenever an

fiery disposition, Mars was never inclined to forgive an injury; and when Halirrhothius, Neptune’s son, dared to carry off

awless citizens, Mars took it under his special protection; and once, when a plague was raging which threatened to destroy a

n her every proof of his affection, and had even tried to console her when she mourned Jupiter’s neglect. On one occasion, i

chain with all his might, drew her up, and was about to set her free, when Jupiter returned, and, in anger at his son’s inte

an also devised a golden throne with countless hidden springs, which, when unoccupied, did not present an extraordinary appe

d escape from its treacherous embrace. Vulcan despatched this throne, when completed, to his mother, who, delighted with its

his rule, but he could also cause terrible earthquakes at will, and, when he pleased, raise islands from the deep, as he di

at will, and, when he pleased, raise islands from the deep, as he did when Latona entreated him to shelter her from Juno’s p

r the waves with incredible rapidity, and parted with him regretfully when he was given to Copreus, Pelops’ son. This marvel

lso loved and married Medusa in the days of her youth and beauty, and when some drops of blood fell from her severed head in

; and the lovers were blissfully speeding along in Neptune’s chariot, when her father, Evenus, perceiving their escape, star

arpessa were just congratulating themselves upon their narrow escape, when suddenly Apollo appeared before them, and, checki

as, stepping down from the chariot, was about to engage in the fight, when suddenly out of a clear sky a thunderbolt came cr

ring that Apollo, being immortal, would retain all his youthful bloom when her more ephemeral beauty had vanished, and that

he preferred to link her fate to that of a mortal, who would grow old when she did, and love her as long as they both lived.

formed a part of Neptune and Amphitrite’s train, and followed closely when they rode forth to survey their kingdom. Neptune

ad the care of the flocks of the deep, and he always attended Neptune when it was safe to leave his great herds of sea calve

leased. The former gift he was wont to exercise very reluctantly; and when mortals wished to consult him, he would change hi

mbling, and fervently prayed that they might never see his face; for, when he appeared on the surface of the earth, it was o

he steep and slippery bank, and poured their water into the cask; but when , exhausted and ready to faint from fatigue, they

of his brother Ægyptus. The marriage preparations were all completed, when Danaus suddenly remembered an ancient prophecy wh

irth, dance, and song; and the revelry continued until late at night, when , the guests having departed, the newly married co

stra, loved her husband too dearly to obey her father’s command, and, when morning broke, only forty-nine of Ægyptus’ sons w

leaded so skilfully, that Jupiter was about to declare him acquitted, when he suddenly caught him making love to Juno, which

ful words she so worked upon the guileless nature of her rival, that, when Jupiter next came, the maiden used all her blandi

sell him as a slave in Egypt. They were already quite far out at sea when the god awoke, and gazed around him in mute wonde

as cut short, however, for the ship came to a sudden standstill; and, when they leaned over the sides to ascertain why their

oting that even its sands all turned to gold beneath his tread; since when , “Pactolus singeth over golden sands.” Gray.

as leaving, and then, with a fond thought of her anxious mother, who, when evening came, would vainly seek her child in all

emus. Ceres, touched by their ready sympathy, accepted the offer; and when she arrived at the palace, the royal heir was ent

ain what it might be, she recognised the girdle her daughter had worn when she had parted from her in Sicily. Joyfully she e

and she was about to lose all consciousness of her trouble in sleep, when the murmur of the fountain increased, until she f

ing around her hot limbs, and was revelling in the complete solitude, when suddenly the river, until now as smooth as a mirr

leading accents to stay her flight and lend an ear to his wooing; but when the impetuous god, instead of waiting for an answ

; and Ceres, knowing where to seek her daughter, was about to depart, when she heard the sudden rush and roar of a large bod

e enamoured river. “O my beloved, how divinely sweet Is the pure joy when kindred spirits meet! Like him, the river god, wh

is current, an offering meet To lay at Arethusa’s shining feet. Think when at last he meets his fountain bride What perfect

ughter’s new abode, and was about to lead her away in spite of Pluto, when a spirit, Ascalaphus, suddenly declared that the

trilled forth their merry lays, and all was joy and brightness. “And when , in springtime, with sweet-smelling flowers Of va

ly attended to all her duties, and blessed the earth with plenty; but when the six months were over, and the skies wept and

eres’ power is told about a lad, Stellio, who made fun of the goddess when she was journeying, on account of the haste with

fire. The last ten years were spent in instructing the novices; and, when their thirty years’ service was ended, they were

vileges: among others, that of being preceded by a lictor with fasces when they walked abroad; of occupying the seats of hon

was always represented. The Manes — a name generally applied to souls when separated from the body — were also reckoned amon

often appears with a key in his right hand and a rod in his left; or, when he presides over the year, he holds the number 30

d comfort, were all anxious to enter and present their offerings; but when peace reigned, the doors were immediately closed,

e in his hand. His hollow eyes were fixed upon the sands of time; and when they had run out, he knew some life was about to

d all his children but one in a leather bag, which he gave to Ulysses when the latter visited Æolia. Thanks to this gift, Ul

he cradle, and were about to crush the child to death in their folds, when , to the utter astonishment of the helpless attend

sports. The years passed by happily and swiftly, until the time came when Hercules’ education was completed, and the whole

ssenger god then offered to lead him to his appointed taskmaster. But when Hercules learned he  was doomed to be a slave, he

at all strangers who ventured into his kingdom should be seized, and, when sufficiently fat, executed, and served up in his

ss, who delighted in dress and jewels, and who was never happier than when she obtained some new ornament or article of appa

nd dangerous; but Hercules travelled on undaunted, nor paused, except when his services were needed in furthering some good

id not even deem it necessary to secure the maiden’s good graces, and when Hercules made known his love, she immediately pro

stemm’d the torrent, but with nervous arm Opposed and pass’d it: me, when first a bride I left my father’s hospitable roof

his strength and energy, therefore, were called into requisition and when he reached the shore, instead of pausing to allow

a little. I did wrong: I know it, and repent me. If there come A time when he grows cold — for all the race Of heroes wander

again, and her heart bounded with joy, but only to sink more heavily when told that he was accompanied by Iole and a numero

ing of Argos, had been a burden to him ever since the unfortunate day when an oracle had predicted that he would be killed b

child, Danae, and until then, too, had thought with pride of the time when he would bestow her hand in marriage upon the nob

ty, where girls of her age enjoyed freedom, and were allowed to marry when they pleased. The Shower of Gold Jupiter, p

ese orders were speedily executed; and Danae’s heart sank with terror when she felt the cask buffeted about by the great wav

o, although immortal, had never had any claims to beauty; but Medusa, when only a girl, had been considered very handsome in

reated Minerva to let her go and visit the beautiful sunny south. But when Minerva refused to grant her wish, she reviled th

ong and wearisome, and on his way the hero had many adventures. Once, when flying high above a mountainous country, he caugh

e sea monster sent to devastate the homes along the coast. An oracle, when consulted, declared that the monster would not de

. Of course, this fierce struggle could have but one conclusion; and when Perseus had slain the monster, freed Andromeda fr

th a number of armed followers, and was about to carry off Andromeda, when Perseus, bidding his adherents stand behind him,

fray.” Milman. The interrupted marriage feast was now resumed; and when it was over, Perseus took his bride to Seriphus.

decree was always sure to be fulfilled sooner or later; and one day, when Perseus was playing quoits, he accidentally kille

. The monarch was about to execute her apparently hospitable purpose, when his eye suddenly rested upon the sword at Theseus

fair daughter Ariadne, whose tender heart was filled with compassion when she beheld the frail maidens and gallant youths a

ckly as possible. They were almost out of reach of the Cretan shores, when Talus came into view, and, perceiving that his ma

not very constant. He had already grown weary of Ariadne’s love; and, when he saw her thus asleep, he basely summoned his co

r white; and Ægeus, from Attica’s rocky shore, seeing the sable sails when the vessel was yet far from land, immediately con

lus. Theseus, on entering the city, heard of his father’s death; and when he realised that it had been caused by his carele

ght Pirithous, king of the Lapithæ, who had dared to declare war; but when the armies were face to face, the two chiefs, sei

by hurling him from the top of a steep cliff into the sea. As usual, when too late the Athenians repented of their ingratit

e, strength, and skill passed very quickly; and at last the time came when Chiron made known to him the secret of his birth,

ed by the rushing, foaming waters, was about to attempt the crossing, when he saw an aged woman not far from him, gazing in

ndals. He was about to part from the old dame with a kindly farewell, when she was suddenly transformed into a tall, handsom

Argonauts, made his way home alone and on foot. On another occasion, when Jason visited Phineus, the blind king of Thrace,

n bade his men row swiftly. The Argo darted through the opening, and, when the rocks again came into contact, they merely gr

s’ teeth the furrow’d acres sow’d.” Onomacritus ( Elton’s tr.). But when he saw glittering spears and helmets grow out of

t such a performance would ensure his ruin, he stood his ground, and, when the phalanx was quite near him, threw a handful o

nfident that Jason would never return. Imagine his dismay, therefore, when he heard that the Argo had arrived, bearing Jason

ns were carefully carried out, the result would be satisfactory; but, when the too credulous maidens carried out these instr

, King of Arcadia. This princess had led a very adventurous life, for when but a babe, her father, disappointed to see a dau

nto ashes, Meleager died. All Althæa’s affection for her son returned when his lifeless corpse was brought to her, and in he

he fair princess, but most of them refrained from pressing their suit when they heard what conditions were imposed upon all

deeds their heir would perform; but all their joy was turned to grief when told that the child was destined to kill his fath

and soon concluded that the animal could only be man, who in infancy, when too weak to stand, creeps along on hands and knee

and Antigone; but prosperity was not doomed to favour him long. Just when he fancied himself most happy, and looked forward

turned to him, beseeching him to aid them, as he had done once before when threatened by the Sphinx; and Œdipus sent messeng

consult the Delphic oracle, who declared the plague would cease only when the former king’s murderers had been found and pu

hority in turn. This arrangement seemed satisfactory to Eteocles; but when , at the end of the first year, Polynices returned

d the various customary funeral rites. Her task was almost completed, when the guards discovered her, and dragged her into t

es ( Francklin’s tr.). Hæmon pleaded passionately for her life; but, when he saw his prayers were vain, he ran to the place

Antigone’s sufferings were cut mercifully short by asphyxiation; and, when Hæmon saw she was no more, he, in utter despair,

y accomplished. The Theban war was not, however, entirely ended, for, when both brothers fell, the two armies flew to attack

he queen’s proposals. His refusal was to cost him dear, however, for, when Anteia saw that the youth would never yield to he

Although very courageous, Bellerophon’s heart beat fast with fear when told what great deed he must accomplish; and he l

er after he groped his way disconsolately, thinking of the happy days when he rode along the paths of air and gazed upon the

rejoiced in their happiness, which seemed almost too great for earth when they became the parents of a charming little son.

fond mother plucked it and gave it to him. She had scarcely done so, when she noticed drops of blood trickling from the bro

been that her child might often play beneath her shady branches; and when the passing winds rustled through her leaves, the

cury and a charming young nymph named Penelope; and we are told that, when his mother first beheld him, she was aghast, for

ent avoidance of him, Pan once pursued and was about to overtake her, when she paused, and implored Gæa to protect her. The

used, and implored Gæa to protect her. The prayer was scarcely ended, when she found herself changed into a clump of reeds,

f wine, — Bacchus’ wedding gift to Thetis. All was joy and merriment, when an uninvited guest suddenly appeared in the banqu

nyson. But all Minerva’s and Juno’s charms and bribes were forgotten when Venus, in her magic cestus, appeared before the j

y determined to ascertain the truth by stratagem. One day, therefore, when the king was ploughing the sea-shore with an ox a

The Hero Achilles Thetis loved this only child so dearly, that when he was but a babe, she had carried him to the ban

short, that an accomplished Greek warrior was expected to know — and, when his studies were finished, returned to his father

heart by his presence. Thetis’ joy was all turned to grief, however, when rumours of the war imminent between Greece and Tr

ere the priest, with uplifted knife, was about to end her sufferings, when Diana suddenly appeared, snatched her up in a clo

The three hours passed all too quickly in delicious intercourse; and when Mercury reappeared to lead him back to Hades, the

s for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever, when such stature they had gained That Ilium’s walls w

his troops, and proposed a new onslaught upon the Trojan forces. But when the army was drawn up in battle array, Hector, th

e, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth, For I shall have no hope when thou art gone, — Nothing but sorrow. Father have

d together they performed many deeds of valour. The time had now come when Jupiter was about to redeem the promise given to

in dismay, thinking Achilles had come, and were about to take flight, when all at once they discovered the fraud. With renew

ly through all the Grecian camp, and reached Achilles, who wept aloud when he heard that his beloved friend, who had left hi

unarmed; but his mother prevailed upon him to wait until the morrow, when she promised to bring him a full suit of armour f

on them. By his skilful hands the marvellous weapons were forged; and when the first streak of light appeared above the hori

the weapons. Suddenly there came a loud cry, then all was still; and when the dust-cloud had blown away, the Trojans from t

tes; and Achilles was just about to part from his blushing betrothed, when Paris, ever treacherous, stole behind him and sho

m die in torture. When he was dead, Œnone repented this decision; and when the flames of his funeral pyre rose around him, s

rushed into their midst, and was burned to death on his corpse. “But when she gain’d the broader vale and saw The ring of f

l of Troy Meanwhile the Greeks had been hiding behind Tenedos; but when night came on they returned to the site of their

ther’s base murder, although years had elapsed since it occurred; and when Orestes had attained manhood, she bade him come a

which was enthusiastically received and immediately carried out. But when the men collected near the fleet, instead of emba

e Greeks, although taken by surprise, fought bravely; but it was only when the sun was fast sinking, that they finally embar

merely laughed at all his professions, and strolled on the shore only when he was sound asleep. Although she made fun of his

silently crept to his side, sword in hand, and was about to kill him, when he suddenly recollected that neither he nor his m

Deserted by his companions, Polyphemus spent the night in agony; and, when the anxious bleating of his herd roused him at br

m down to the seashore, taking the choice animals on board, and then, when his men had rowed some distance, raised his voice

crews. Ulysses, ever cautious, had lingered without the harbour; and when , from afar, he saw his companions’ horrible fate,

rce’s mixture was rendered ineffective by the power of the herb, and, when she waved her wand over his head and bade him joi

y kept steadily on until no sound of the magic song could reach them, when they once more set their leader free Charybdis

cylla was wont to bathe. Glaucus faithfully did as she commanded; but when Scylla plunged into the water, her body, and not

e of work with which she was endeavouring to baffle her suitors; for, when urged to marry, she had replied that she would do

last. Hecuba, his wife, was clinging to him, imploring him to remain, when suddenly Polites, their son, rushed into their pr

eir leader. Their next care was to offer a sacrifice to the gods; but when Æneas, with due ceremony, cut down a sapling, he

his household gods bade him seek the Italian or Hesperian shores; and when , on waking, he imparted this advice to Anchises,

ued Achemenides, one of Ulysses’ companions, accidentally left behind when they escaped from the rage of Polyphemus, the Cyc

t was immediately granted; but the Libyans regretted their compliance when they saw the ox-hide cut up into thin strips, whi

reat.” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). Æneas again dutifully obeyed; but when Venus saw him afloat once more, she hastened to N

illed with grief, for he could imagine the sorrow of the aged Evander when he saw his son’s corpse brought home for burial:

emselves by their great valour. The dead and dying covered the field, when Latinus, weary of bloodshed, summoned a council,

med the thread of her narrative with the words, “Now, this dog”; and, when it was suggested that the story was about a pony,

his Rhematic period was followed by the Nomadic or Agglutinative age, when , little by little, the languages “received once f

hese thoughts had already assumed a definite form in the remote epoch when many nations, now scattered over the face of the

against his will at times, for the benefit of man, as, for instance, when he serves Admetus and Laomedon; and the cattle, b

s parted from the wife he loved so dearly.” His death in the forest, when his strength had all forsaken him, and his severe

rom phrases with spoke of drought as caused by the chariot of Helios, when driven by some one who knew not how to guide his

in merely a story founded upon an expression used in time of drought, when the sun’s heat, becoming too intense, burns up th

e Medusa, “the starlit night, solemn in its beauty, but doomed to die when the sun rises.” He accomplishes this by means of

lies to the far east, forsaking her husband (the sun) in his old age, when he is about to sink into the sleep of death. Mele

e clouds; the Myrmidons are his attendant beams, who no longer appear when the sun is hidden; Patroclus is the feeble reflec

ained barren, and it seemed as though all mortal things must die. But when Proserpina (the spring or vegetation) returned fr

“that the daughter of the earth was returning in all her beauty; and when summer faded into winter, they said that the beau

rybantes; Rhea’s priests, 9 Cy′a-ne. River which tried to stop Pluto when he abducted Proserpina, 160 Cyb′e-le. Same as Rh

70; lover of Scylla, 314 Golden Age. First age of the ancient world, when all was bliss, 22; Janus’ reign, 176 Gor′gons. T

he three attendants of Venus, 83, 125 Gra-di′vus. Name given to Mars when leader of armies, 121 Græ′æ. Three sisters with

122 Müller. Authority on philology, 352 Mu-sag′e-tes. Apollo’s name when he led the choir of the Muses, 68 Mu′ses, the Ni

, 227, 234, 241, 244, 245 Pol′y-bus. King of Corinth; adopted Œdipus when forsaken by the servant, 246-248 Pol-y-dec′tes.

orchards; wife of Vertumnus, 268, 269 Pon′tus. Name given to the sea when first created, 3, 4 Po-sei′don. Same as Neptune,

in Rome in honour of Quirinus, 120 Qui-ri′nus. Name given to Romulus when deified, 120 R Re-gil′lus. Lake in Italy w

significance, 357, 366 Stel′li-o. Urchin changed to lizard by Ceres when searching for Proserpina, 1 70 Ster′o-pes (Light

ike Euryale, 210 Stroph′a-des. Islands where the Harpies took refuge when driven from Thrace, 235; Æneas visits the, 327 S

haps a bad edition of a classic author. Finally, I was only a learner when I aspired to become a teacher ; and though I had

ice, and that it appeared during the very height of the Reform fever, when few could think of the calm pursuit of literature

t. John, whose enthusiasm for Greece far exceeds mine ; and his work, when it appears, will, I am confident, be found to con

in the gain ; it was contrary I was told to the rules of trade. Nay, when they wanted me to write another work, likely to b

L.» The practice of swearing by the Juno is alluded to by Javenal ; when , lashing the unnatural effeminacy of some of the

ir production to some unseen being, similar but superior to man. Thus when the thunder rolled and the lightning flamed along

d mortal regarded them as sent forth by a god who ruled the heavens ; when the sea rose in mountains and lashed the shore or

wede and the Laplander, they say, were brothers in the beginning, but when there came on a storm the former was terrified, a

s will come under the three following heads. 6. The epithets of gods, when their true origin was unknown or had been lost, w

ne out of use, the honest fishermen there will gravely tell you, that when William the Conqueror, after landing in Pevensey-

its son29 ; one coming by sea have been styled a son of the sea ; and when the metaphor came to be understood literally, per

with much ingenuity and learning. The ancient systems we shall notice when treating of the progress of Grecian mythology ; i

accord, the deities themselves were regarded as being different, even when they were in reality perhaps the same. «This,» sa

e in reality perhaps the same. «This,» says Buttmann57, «was the case when they found traditions of other kings of the gods

he obtained the reputation of being of a nature superior to man ; and when he died, his people gave him divine honours and n

tern, the other on the western margin of the earth108. In later ages, when knowledge of the earth had increased, the Æthiopi

abode of those who were driven from the supernal world128. The Titans when conquered were shut up in it, and in the Ilias129

om his father, devoured his children as fast as they were born. Rhea, when about to be delivered of Zeus, besought her paren

equence of that act, for which analogy would incline us to look ; and when we divest our mind of the idea of the Giants give

rinciple. We find no traces of it anterior to the Alexandrian period, when it is noticed by Lycophrôn165 and Apollonius166.

supports the heavens171. Night and Day, he says, are there by turns ; when one goes in the other goes out. Day bears light t

on this side of or beyond Ocean172. In Homer Sleep says to Hera that, when once at her desire he had cast Zeus into a slumbe

ice was to give light to men and gods during the day. In the Odyssey, when Helios ends his diurnal career, he is said to go

labour every day ; And rest there never is for him Or for his horses, when rose-fingered Eôs Leaves Ocean and to heaven asce

to be in the realm of Night, beyond Ocean. Alexander the Ætolian206, when speaking of the plant by means of which Glaucos b

where the Nereïdes and Seasons take off their harness. In Nonnus209, when the god arrives in the West, Phosphoros unyokes t

them in the waves of ocean, and then leads them to their stall ; and when they are rested the god drives them round the Oce

illiant spot ; but as the Sun sets out from it on his diurnal course, when his steeds’ manes have been adorned by Lucifer an

os Apollo according to the Greeks, who added that he shed these tears when he came to the land of the Hyperboreans, an exile

brass seventy cubits high, in his honour239. The legend said240 that, when Zeus and the other Immortals were dividing the ea

inged horse Pegasos for her steed, and the scholiasts inform us that, when this horse had thrown Bellerophôn down to earth,

f the Oceanstream, ‘giving him ambrosial food and fair garments’. But when he was no longer able to move his limbs, she deem

e been chiefly employed to denote her terrific appearance, especially when she came summoned by magic arts. Apollonius307 de

so celebrated by poets, is said to have been in the reign of Kronos, when , according to Hesiod318, Men lived like gods, wi

dmiration both in men and women in those early and martial ages. Thus when the goddess Athena334 ascends as. driver the char

e axle. They were only used on occasions of taking a long journey, as when Hera367 professes that she is going to the end of

ordinary occasions the gods moved by the aid of their golden shoes : when at home in their houses, they, like the men of th

he birth of the monarch of Olympos. According to this tradition Rhea, when about to be delivered of Zeus, retired to a caver

n Zeus in Arcadia, was of the most remote antiquity, and that thence, when the Euhemeristic principle began to creep in amon

and her second, a son, would be king of gods and men, he cajoled her when she was pregnant, and swallowed her ; and after a

t mothers. Of all these mortal loves we shall give a detailed account when we come to speak of the heroes who sprang from th

minds back to those happy ages commemorated in the Book of Genesis, ‘ when angels dwelt and God himself with man’ — we are i

untry made him the sire of the steed Areiôn427; and another said that when Rhea brought him forth, she pretended to Kronos t

ged steed Pegasos is also the offspring of Poseidôn431. In the Ilias, when Zeus returns from Ida to Olympos, it is Poseidôn

ed with Zeus as the teacher of the art of driving the chariot434; and when Menelaos charges Antilochos with foul play in the

a, and thence by an easy transition of the real animals440. But still when we reflect how widely spread was the habit of reg

of the precious metals. This notion, Voss461 thinks, began to prevail when the Greeks first visited Spain, the country most

ed, we are told462, and carried off to Erebos the Oceanis Leuce ; and when she died, he caused a tree, named from her, λεύκη

ene of the conflict. Some say it was at the gate of the nether world, when the hero was sent to drag the dog of Hades to the

idge its period, than the ancient Greeks were472. In process of time, when communication with Egypt and Asia had enlarged th

riters say, in the time of the war against the Titans. Pallas Athene, when aiding Diomedes, wore it to conceal her from Ares

y to Erebos491. It is also not unworthy of notice, that Macrobius492, when speaking of Euripides’ drama of Alcestis, calls D

legend, Zeus, who had long secretly loved his sister, watched one day when she was out walking alone near Mount Thronax, and

, and Zeus then resuming his proper form accomplished his wishes. But when she had implored him in the name of her mother to

daunting her by his menaces. On one occasion he reminds her how once, when she had raised a storm, which drove his son Herac

spended her with anvils at her feet between heaven and earth505 ; and when her son Hephæstos would aid her, he flung him dow

r the transformed Io. Moschus509 (in whom we first meet this legend), when describing the basket which Europa had in her han

this legend), when describing the basket which Europa had in her hand when , as she was gathering flowers, she was carried of

he peacock (ταὼς), we must observe, was unknown in the days of Homer, when , as we have already shown, the gods had not as ye

ried (τϵλϵία), and Widow ; the first while she was a maid, the second when she married Zeus, the third when she separated fr

rst while she was a maid, the second when she married Zeus, the third when she separated from him. The real cause of these n

geance of the people on Admeta. But lo ! their ship became motionless when the sacred image was brought on board. Interror t

es, as that of heaven and earth in the spring of each returning year, when the showers descend, and foliage, herbage, and fl

ons of Ares, and Strife (Ἔρις) his sister, accompany him to the field when he seeks the battle549. Another of his companions

he was the son of Hera alone, who was unwilling to be outdone by Zeus when he had given birth to Pallas-Athene. He was born

unt of Hephæstos on earth was the isle of Lemnos. It was here he fell when flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to aid h

nd the Cyclopes were associated with him as his assistants. In Homer, when Thetis wants Hephæstian armour for her son, she s

e makes ready the chariot of Hera591, and she bathes and dresses Ares when his wound has been cured592. When Heracles was as

He was also by his shafts the sender of pestilence, and he removed it when duly propitiated. At the banquets of the gods on

f Pangæos on the generous stream, who undauntedly awaited the issue ; when Leto passed further on, entreating him not to exp

ng her willingness to encounter the anger of Hera. This last goddess, when informed by her messenger, remits her anger ; Apo

ed him ; and he was about to lay the foundations of his temple there, when the nymph of the place, afraid of having her own

amed Pythôn, which, it is said, came out of his den and attacked Leto when she was going by with her children in her arms ;

res the fate, not of herself, but of her unborn babe. The god repents when too late ; he tries in vain his healing art, and,

Zeus, he allowed the maiden to choose for herself ; and fearing that when she grew old Apollo would desert her, she wisely

d at Hyacinthos’ having preferred Apollo to himself, blew the discus, when flung by Apollo, against the head of the youth, a

with Apollo before the Muses, and was by him flayed for his temerity when vanquished ; and the tears of the nymphs and rura

various favourite abodes at different seasons of the year : Such as, when wintry Lycia and the streams Of Xanthos fair Apol

desired the swans to fly also to the Hyperboreans660. The Delphians, when they perceived this, arranged a Pæan and song, an

the Hyperboreans. Having given laws for a whole year among those men, when the time was come which he had appointed for the

from the Hyperboreans. It was then summer, and the very middle of it, when Alcæus leads Apollo back from the Hyperboreans ;

ddle of it, when Alcæus leads Apollo back from the Hyperboreans ; for when summer shines and Apollo journeys, the lyre itsel

us ; the swallows and cicadas also sing, not narrating their own fate when among men, but tuning all their melodies to the g

also styled662, 1. Crooked, probably from the position of the archer when shooting663 ; 2. Herding, as keeping the flocks a

earing goeth all around, Slaughtering the race of salvage beasts. But when Beast-marking, arrow-loving Artemis Would cheer h

o used to carry in her game, till Heracles was received into Olympos, when for his strength that office devolved on him. He

relate below, Actæôn into a stag, for having unconsciously beheld her when bathing674. Callisto was changed by her into a be

nd thence came the legend of his course under the sea686. Eventually, when the poetic notion of Artemis as a love-shunning m

wo Hyperborean maidens, had been the companions of Apollo and Artemis when they first came to Delos694. According to another

ly Opis and Hecaerge696. There was also a legend of a nymph Arge, who when pursuing a buck cried out to him, «Though you sho

nders, and was probably as imaginary as Ogygia, that of Calypso ; but when at a later period the Greeks grew more familiar w

she will commit to the mountain-nymphs to rear, and will bring to him when in his fifth year. He is then to feign that the c

sword, to efface her crime in her blood. He had nearly overtaken her, when she prayed to the gods to make her invisible, and

ansplanted, the festival was prolonged to eight days. It is uncertain when the Adoneia were first celebrated in that country

e gift of inspiring love and desire for the person who wore it. Hera, when about to lull Zeus to sleep by filling him with t

arge, and his person and strength greatly increase. But this was only when Anterôs was near ; for if he was at a distance, E

this fable is so apparent that it needs not explication. At the time when it was become the mode to exalt the characters of

er this palace, goes over it lost in admiration at its magnificence ; when suddenly she hears a voice, telling her that all

that she may be the more pleasing to her husband. She opens the box, when instead of beauty there issues from it a dense bl

ealed the flame of desire which was hidden in her bosom, and loved it when she saw how delightful it was ; and she is said t

00 thus describes Pallas-Athene arraying herself in the arms of Zeus, when preparing to accompany Hera to the plain where th

he form of an old woman, warned her to desist from her boasting ; and when she found her admonitions were vain, she resumed

of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. He had scarcely been laid in his cradle, when he got up and set off for Pieria to steal cows fr

ement he sees their skins upon the rock, and is still more surprised, when , on going to drive the others on, he finds that t

charge of this sly deity. Watching one day his mother and her sisters when they went to bathe, he stole their clothes, and d

in honour of the god. The latter title was conferred on him because, when the Eretrians attacked the Tanagrians, Hermes as

godsends or treasure-trove were ascribed to him862. The rural deity, when thus become active, sly, and eloquent, was well a

offering to him is milk and honey ; in other parts of it869 fishermen when grown old dedicate their implements to Hermes, ei

flowers. She plucked the rose, the violet, the crocus, the hyacinth, when she beheld a narcissus of surprising size and bea

ger the maiden stretched forth her hand to seize the wondrous flower, when suddenly the wide earth gaped, Aïdoneus in his go

ôs, and that she had been carried off by pirates from Crete, but that when they got on shore at Thoricos, she had contrived

ges : And they, as fawns or heifers in spring-time Bound on the mead when satiate with food ; So they, the folds fast-holdi

 ; she should however pass the other two with her and the gods : And when in spring-time, with sweet-smelling flowers Of va

k of its being an allegory. Persephone signifies the seed-corn, which when cast into the ground lies there concealed, — that

). They also showed a cavern on Mount Elæon, to which Demeter retired when her daughter had been carried off, clothing herse

rhaps the Demeter-Erinnys was viewed as the ‘grim’ earth902 of winter when torrents spring forth from its womb. These might

he Athenians were of course excluded as well as all other Greeks. But when Eleusis was conquered, and the two states coalesc

ained ever after a lively sense of the happiness which he had enjoyed when admitted to view the interior of the illuminated

of the illuminated temple, and the sacred things which it contained, when to his excited imagination the very gods themselv

. Mούσαι926. Camenæ. Muses. In the early ages of the world, when the principle of assigning a celestial cause to e

to brooks by our poets prove it,) and even the waterfall, especially when heard in the distance, makes melody to the attent

says, that Dike is a virgin revered by the gods of Olympos ; and that when any one acts unjustly, she sits by her father Zeu

d965, they came to be regarded as presiding over its parts also ; and when it was further subdivided into hours, these minor

their dance ; and in the song of Demodocos, they wash and anoint her, when filled with shame she flies to Paphôs976. Yet tho

what Aisa [a name synonymous with Moira] span with her thread for him when his mother brought him forth ; ’ and in the latte

fer ‘what Aisa and the heavy Cataclothes span with the thread for him when his mother brought him forth.’ It is probable tha

of their origin. In the Theogony they spring from the blood of Uranos when mutilated by his son Kronos, whose own children t

their Erinnyes, that they may not be insulted with impunity1027 ; and when a horse has spoken in violation of the order of n

hing is said about his origin. All we are told is, that he cured Ares when wounded by Diomedes1045, and Hades of the wound i

there to be interred by his relatives and friends. In the same poem, when Hera1051 resolves by her arts and beauty to melt

erly ran, for having at her desire sealed the eyes of Zeus in slumber when Heracles was on his return from Troy, during whic

eïon, but they all flung their sacred utensils (θύσλα) to the ground, when beaten by the ox-goad of the man-slaying Lycurgos

orrespond to their situation and character. This consideration alone, when well weighed, may suffice to render the above pas

shore of a desert island. Some Tyrsenian pirates were sailing by, who when they espied him jumped on shore and made him capt

t sail, the wind blew fresh, and they were proceeding merrily along ; when , behold ! streams of fragrant wine began to flow

vern of the valleys of Nysa. He was counted among the Immortals ; and when he grew up, he went through the woody vales crown

Hades the image (εἴδωλογ) of Heracles, pursuing his usual occupations when on earth ; but himself we are told ‘enjoys banque

ure not to assert it) the original Dionysiac religion of Greece ; and when we recollect the very incidental manner in which

is not improbable, was not introduced into Greece till after the time when the Æolians colonised the coast of Asia about the

extravagance, having been very prevalent among the Greeks at the time when the Ionians were permitted to settle in Egypt. It

d, by exciting doubts of the real character of her lover, induced her when next he came to exact a promise that he would vis

of the Grecian mythology, the history of the vine-god was pragmatised when infidelity became prevalent. That most tasteless

done, were aloof from all the causes of anxiety and superstition. But when , as reason gradually ripened, the Greeks began to

selves, there succeeded that more mature and solicitous age, at which when men arrive they feel more strongly and acutely th

out the towns, the number and the insignia of the priests, especially when the regal power had been abolished, increased. Bu

ore of the poet throws no impediment in the way of our assuming that, when the Grecian colonies settled on the Hellespont, t

ir time. The worship of Cybele was introduced into Rome a. u. c. 547, when a solemn embassy was sent to Attalus king of Perg

wledge of the true site of Thebes.” From Herodotus1158 we learn, that when (Ol. 27.) the Egyptian prince Psammitichos was dr

ave been confined to Arcadia till the time of the battle of Marathôn, when Pheidippides, the courier who was sent from Athen

The Arcadian boys thy shoulders and thy sides Pelt with their squills when little meat is had ; But if thou otherwise inclin

ttle meat is had ; But if thou otherwise incline, may pain Seize thee when all thy skin is torn with nails, And in hot nettl

ch the scholiast tells us was the Arcadians’ mode of treating the god when they were unsuccessful in hunting1175. The Homeri

the chase, and passed by Mount Lycæon, Pan beheld her and loved ; but when he would address her, she fled. The god pursued :

n, and unable to cross it implored the aid of her sister-nymphs ; and when Pan thought to grasp the object of his pursuit, h

One was, What is best for men ? Silenos was long silent ; at length, when he was constrained to answer, he said, “Ephemeral

what it were better for you not to know ? Life is most free from pain when one is ignorant of future evils. It is best of al

ed that all he touched might turn to gold. His wish was granted ; but when he found his very food converted to precious meta

t flow into the sea1231. Yet these Nymphs are of divine nature ; and when Zeus, the father of the gods, calls together his

find the following full and accurate description of them. Aphrodite, when she informs Anchises that she is pregnant, and of

e to have it known among the gods, says of the child1235, — But him, when first he sees the sun’s clear light, The Nymphs s

e Deathless’ sacred grove Men call them, and with iron never cut. But when the Fate of death is drawing near, First wither o

he Kora1241. It was fabled, that in the early ages of Southern Italy, when the people there were in the pastoral state, the

e of that part of the country. He built a temple to Apollo ; at which when Dryope appeared one day, the Hamadryades carried

ituted games, at which no woman was permitted to be present ; because when Dryope was taken away, two maidens who were prese

, but of Deino daughter of the Spercheios, and that Poseidôn had once when in love with one of them turned the rest into pop

eed before the hero would release him1249. He also foretold to Paris, when he was carrying away Helena, the evils he would b

ted him to disguise himself and three of his companions in them ; and when Proteus at noon should come up out of the sea and

king of Egypt ; and the Egyptian priests told how he detained Helena when Paris was driven to Egypt, and gave him an image

appears to be ancient ; as Leucothea, who gives her veil to Odysseus when tossed in a storm, is called ‘fair-ankled Ino, da

however be the Phœnician Melcart, introduced into the Cadmeian cycle when Cadmos became a Sidonian. Πόταμι. Fluvii. Rive

geian Head. He places the former on the shield of Agamemnôn1295 ; and when describing Hectôr eager for slaughter, he says th

is added, lay with her in a ‘soft mead amid the spring-flowers,’ and when her head was cut off by Perseus, the ‘great’ Chry

and not to the calm soft-flowing Ocean, whither they were transported when they had ceased to be regarded as personification

also would accord well with Italy. But on the other hand the Greeks, when they began to plant colonies in Italy and Sicily,

bad of Greece1334. Λωτοϕύγοι Lotophagi. Lotus-eaters. Odysseus, when doubling the Cape of Malea in Laconia on his retu

live-staff, which was as large as the mast of a merchant-vessel ; and when the monster had devoured two more of his victims

they left him, recommending him to pray to his father. Next morning, when Polyphemos turned out his sheep and goats, his pr

rs fastened themselves under their bellies, and so escaped. Odysseus, when a little way out at sea called out his real name,

first sees him, he compares him to ‘a woody peak of lofty mountains, when it appears separate from others.’ The crash of th

The crash of the bundle of wood which he brings home in the evening, when it is cast on the ground, terrifies the Greeks wh

ecting and ruling the winds had been conferred on Æolos by Zeus ; and when he was dismissing Odysseus, after having hospitab

ily before the wind : on the tenth they were within sight of Ithaca ; when Odysseus, who had hitherto held the helm himself,

to look for its exact position as for that of Laputa1355. At the time when Odysseus came to it, it must have been lying near

The country of the Læstrygonians lay very far to the west. Odysseus, when driven from his isleby Æolos, sailed on further f

as the abode of the Læstrygonians ; acting in this consistently : for when the floating island of Æolos was determined to be

m with her wand, and immediately they underwent the usual change. But when Odysseus himself, hearing of their misfortune, se

y, potent against her magic, and directed him how to act. Accordingly when she reached him the medicated bowl he drank of it

aôn1381. Some said that they sprang from the blood which ran from him when his horn was torn off by Heracles1382. Sophocles

where their voices form what is called the music of the spheres ; and when (Ol. 94, l.) the Lacedæmonians had laid siege to

than Scylla. As Odysseus sailed by, Scylla took six of his crew ; and when , after he had lost his ship and companions, he wa

obeying the injunctions which he had received ; but as it was evening when he came to the island, his companions forced him

s arrived at it. Καλυψ ἐν Ὠγυγίῃ. Calypso in Ogygia. Odysseus, when his ship had gone to pieces, fastened the mast an

akin to the gods1414, who appeared manifestly, and feasted among them when they offered sacrifices1415, and did not conceal

acrifices1415, and did not conceal themselves from solitary wayfarers when they met them1416. They had abundance of wealth,

endued with intelligence : they knew every port, and needed no pilot when impelled by the rowers1420. As Odysseus sailed on

o him on the eighteenth day ‘like a shield in the dark sea’1421 ; and when the storm by which Poseidôn destroyed his raft ha

third day he got on shore in that island1422. The princess Nausicaa, when reproving the false alarm of her maids at the sig

is some unfortunate wanderer who has come hither.” In another place, when noticing the occasion for scandal which her appea

0, in which, speaking in an assumed character, he says that Odysseus, when shipwrecked after leaving Thrinakia, had reached

, and in corn : it is never visited by famine or by any disease ; but when the people grow old, ‘silver-bowed Apollo comes w

idations to enhance the delight which every person of taste must feel when perusing one of the most charming monuments of hu

439. The gods first made the golden race of men, who were in the time when Kronos ruled in heaven. They lived like gods, fre

s and care, and death was to them a sinking into gentle slumber ; and when earth had covered this race, they became good ter

ed years each child spent in ignorant simplicity with its mother, and when they attained to youth they lived but a short tim

will still be mixed with the evil. Zeus will destroy this race also, when they become ‘hoary-templed.’ Fathers will not be

also be renewed, and the iron race be succeeded by a new one of gold, when Kronos will once more assume the government, and

rmer innocent and happy state return1444. A mythologist, of whom even when we dissent from his opinions we must always admir

edness of the human race, and particularly to impress the belief that when evil has attained its maximum the gods will destr

ication of the golden race are an interpolation, inserted at the time when the intercourse prevailed with Egypt, and Grecian

Hesiod is not the personification of a mountain. In the days however when the true sense of the venerable mythes of the old

er there is no allusion whatever to Prometheus. Hesiod says1463, that when the gods and men had a controversy at Mecone, Pro

country was wasted by a river named Eagle (Aϵτòς), whose inundations when he was unable to prevent, his subjects laid him i

yed to be allowed to make the distribution. Prometheus assented ; but when he came to survey the work, he found that the sil

er happening to come by, she asked him to animate it ; he did so, but when Care went to give it her own name, he insisted on

by the weight of the evils of old-age. The malignant snakes moreover, when they have an opportunity, communicate their thirs

y Pandora. It is rather strange how this notion could have prevailed, when the species of vessel was so expressly stated by

ar) passing it over in perfect silence. Hyginus1492 merely says that, when Prometheus formed men of clay, Zeus directed Heph

rometheus with all the evils inclosed in a vessel (vasculo), and that when Prometheus refused to receive her she went to Epi

ns of water and fire1502, meant, as some think1503, to indicate, that when the passage through which the Peneios carries off

a to a late period ; and that, as we have seen in the case of Hermes, when the Achæan and Hellenic characters prevailed, the

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

the forms which float before him in the distance, but fade into mist when he attempts to grasp them. It is a region of suns

aid of his divine herdsman. Apollo also obtained from the Fates that, when the day appointed for the life of Admetos to term

Admetos, and hearing what had occurred, went and sat at the tomb, and when Death (or according to others Hades himself) came

uring many years none such appeared to disturb his repose. At length, when Iasôn had attained the age of twenty, he proceede

fter the tragic fate of his children ; or, as another account has it, when the Argo was falling to pieces with time Medeia p

if they were mortal. Several had perished, unable to stand the test, when Peleus lost patience and refused to let the exper

6 the offspring of Ixiôn and the cloud was a son named Centauros, who when grown up wandered about the foot of Pelion, where

bject of a poem ascribed to Hesiod1607. The splendid robe also, which when poisoned by Deïaneira caused the death of the her

onian Hunt is probably a legend of great antiquity. In the Ilias1617, when Phœnix joins his entreaties to those of Odysseus

, the Curetes had the worst of it, and could not keep the field ; but when , enraged at his mother Althæa, he remained with h

ut in vain. He remained inexorable, till his very chamber was shaken, when the Curetes had mounted the towers and set fire t

nd the Curetes of Pleurôn alone took part in the hunt. In aftertimes, when the vanity of the different states of Greece made

s was seven days old, the Moiræ, it was said, came, and declared that when the billet which was burning on the hearth should

the flames. As it consumed, the vigour of Meleagros wasted away ; and when it was reduced to ashes, his life terminated. Rep

ay ; and when it was reduced to ashes, his life terminated. Repenting when too late of what she had done, Althæa put an end

other, either quarrelling or through ignorance : for it is said that when Cadmos saw them rising he flung stones at them ;

bees was ascribed to Aristæos1644. Tradition also said that one time when the isle of Ceos was afflicted by a drought, caus

On the summit of Pelion stood a temple of Zeus-Actæos1655, to which, when the dog-days began, a party of noble youths selec

Phrixos, who had come from Colchis and saved his grandfather Athamas, when the people were about to sacrifice him as a sin-o

tiope the daughter of Nycteus. Terrified at the threats of her father when the consequences of her frailty became apparent,

rrows of Apollo. This legend is thus noticed in the Odyssey1672 : As when Pandareos’ daughter, green Aëdôn, Sings lovely in

uction of the Lydian melody into Thebes. Λάϊος. Laïus. Laïos, when driven from Thebes by the Antiopids, retired to t

l they had solved her riddle. They often met to try their skill ; and when they failed, the Sphinx carried off and devoured

g this, came forward and answered the Sphinx, that it was a Man ; who when an infant creeps on all fours, when a man goes on

e Sphinx, that it was a Man ; who when an infant creeps on all fours, when a man goes on two feet, and when old uses a staff

when an infant creeps on all fours, when a man goes on two feet, and when old uses a staff, a third foot. The Sphinx flung

d belonged to Cadmos, and filled a golden cup with wine for him ; but when he perceived the heir-looms of his family thus se

tended in the most remote times. Circe tells the hero of the Odyssey, when anxious to return to Ithaca, that he must previou

ir city, and he was the companion of their flight. It was still night when they arrived at the fountain of Tilphussa. Teires

des was caught. Trophonios, unable to extricate him, and fearing that when found he would be compelled by torture to discove

ly afterwards swallowed up by the earth1714. According to Pindar1715, when they had finished the temple of Delphi they asked

e progeny of her mortal lord. The children were but eight months old, when Hera sent two huge serpents into the chamber to d

e herds of Amphitryôn and of Thestios king of the Thespians. Heracles when going to engage the lion was hospitably entertain

d oxen. It was for this tribute that the heralds were going to Thebes when they were met by Heracles, who cutting off their

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

the sacrifice to Zeus the Saviour, he brought the lion to Mycenæ. But when Eurystheus saw this proof of the wonderful streng

egs. The hero crushed her heads with his club, but to no purpose, for when one was crushed two sprang up in its stead. A hug

t her on his shoulder, and was going with his burden through Arcadia, when he met Artemis and her brother Apollo. The goddes

to open the jar, which was the common property of the Centaurs ; but when pressed by the hero he consented to unclose it fo

as to fetch the Cretan bull. This animal had been sent up by Poseidôn when Minôs had vowed to sacrifice whatever should appe

ted with Laomedôn, king of Troy, to build a wall round the town ; but when the wall was completed, Laomedôn refused to pay t

geny of Echidna and Typhôn. Heracles took his road through Libya, and when he came to the verge of Europe and Libya he erect

os and Medusa the Gorgôn1766. He was drawing his sword on the latter, when Hermes reminded him that she was a mere phantom.

y his might. He took Theseus by the hand, and raised him up1767 ; but when he would do the same for Peirithoös, the earth qu

l bit him severely. He brought him through Trœzên to Eurystheus ; and when he had shown him, took him back to the under-worl

eracles happening to fall sick, made a truce with the Molionids ; but when they heard of his illness, they attacked his army

men. He retired at that time ; but in the third Isthmiad afterwards, when the Eleians sent the Molionids to Cleonæ to offer

presented it to Aërope the daughter of Cepheus, and told her, that if when a hostile army should approach she would show it

ania on the Caÿster in Mysia, who made her his wife. Telephos having, when grown up, consulted the oracle respecting his par

who brought the sacrifices to Pytho. Cycnos fell in the combat ; and when Ares, who had witnessed the fate of his son, woul

prepared to offer sacrifice. At first he felt no effect from it, but when it warmed the venom of the hydra began to consume

f ; and Heracles, charging Hyllos his eldest son by her to marry Iola when he was of sufficient age, had himself carried to

ns to bring home cattle and plants to adorn and improve it ; but that when he was identified with the Doric hero a new serie

There only remains to be explained the name Cecrops or Cercops ; and when we recollect that the ancient Athenians wore gold

the Acropolis. Erichthonios was reared by Athena in her temenos ; and when he was grown up he expelled Amphictyôn, and reign

he Naïs Pasithea a son named Pandiôn, who succeeded him. Erichthonios when he died was buried in the temenos of Athena by hi

Hephæstos having made golden seats for Zeus and the other gods, Hera when she sat in hers was unable to rise. Hephæstos was

hthonia ; and her sisters, as they had entered into a resolution that when one lost her life the others would end theirs, al

He was there reared and dedicated to the service of the temple ; and when some years after Zuthos and Creüsa come to consul

d Poseidôn, it was also said, took advantage of the same night. Ægeus when departing charged Æthra if she bore a son to rear

nd shoes under a large stone, and directed her to send his son to him when he was able to roll away the stone and take them

the stone and take them from under it. Ægeus returned to Athens ; and when Medeia came thither from Corinth, he married her.

liged all passengers to take hold of a pine with him and bend it, and when it was bent he would let it go, and the tree flyi

s derived its name — had fixed his abode. The practice of Scirôn was, when any stranger came to him, to invert the duties of

so far succeeded, that Ægeus was on the point of sacrificing his son, when he recognised him, and then acknowledged him in t

lso said, who was married to Ægeus, fearing the loss of her influence when Theseus should have been acknowledged by his fath

ed by her calumnies, Ægeus was presenting a cup of poison to his son, when the sight of the sword left with Æthra discovered

eliver them from this calamity, or to die in the attempt. Accordingly when the third time of sending off the tribute came, a

e abandoned him. Phædra ended her days by her own hand ; and Theseus, when too late, learned the innocence of his son1848. T

nifies Earth-shaker 1851. It need not surprise us to find this deity, when made a hero, assigned the origins above related.

os king of that island, who took up arms in his defence against Minôs when he pursued him thither1863. Dædalos, as his own n

ermission to return to the light to upbraid her with her conduct. But when he found himself again in his own house, he refus

he refused to leave it. Hermes however reduced him to obedience ; and when he came down, Hades set him to roll a huge stone

drove off those of Sisyphos, and he defaced the marks as usual ; but when Sisyphos came in quest of them, he, to the great

anthos. Nine days the king entertained him, and slew nine oxen ; ‘but when the tenth rose-fingered Dawn appeared,’ he asked

ginary perils to be encountered in voyages to distant countries ; and when the original sense of the mythe was lost, the Kin

arried off the cattle of the Arcadians ; and watching an opportunity, when he found the Echidna (the daughter of Tartaros an

e of the Ionian sea caused her to be made to ramble along its shore ; when Byzantion was founded, there were Argives among t

ceived the same name, and Io of course had wandered thither. Finally, when the Greeks first settled in Egypt and saw the sta

head of the Gorgon. The king said nothing at the time ; but next day, when the rest brought each his horse, he desired Perse

his daughter from the monster if he would give her to him in marriage when saved. Cepheus joyfully consented, and each party

lence of Polydectes. He immediately went to the royal residence ; and when at his desire Polydectes had summoned thither all

Mycenæ and Mideia1941. According to Pindar, Athena conducted Perseus, when on his way to the Gorgons, to the country of the

dditions. Pallas-Athene having become the guide of heroes at the time when the mythe was extended, she may have been substit

leaning on a staff round which a serpent was twined. It was said that when he was about to raise Glaucos a serpent came and

n, meeting her one day in the woods, was on the point of slaying her, when Zeus transferred the mother and son to the skies.

and perished, and their heads were fixed round the place of contest, when her cousin Meilaniôn offered himself to contend.

d into the sea. Tyro conceived from the divine embrace two sons, whom when born she exposed. A troop of mares, followed by t

ûs himself at the middle. They had not gotten quite out of the house, when the roof fell in and killed the woman. This comin

aid that Phylacos the father of Iphiclos had pursued him with a knife when he was a child, for having done something unseeml

y Poseidôn the ‘violet-tressed’ Euadne. She concealed her state ; and when the babe was born sent it to Æpytos, the son of E

he was made immortal for his righteousness ; others that, like Ixiôn, when raised to heaven he made love to Hera, was deceiv

atter of common observation. Milton uses a very remarkable expression when he speaks of the moon as being at this time ‘hid

said that Endymiôn was a hunter who used to go to the chase at night when the beasts came out to feed, and to sleep in a ca

hat too far, may be the truth. Tάνταλος. Tantalus. Odysseus, when relating to the Phæacians what he had beheld in E

up to his chin. Like one athirst he seemed, but could not drink ; For when the old man stooped to drink intent The water shr

and apples bright, And luscious figs and olives green and ripe ; But when the old man would grasp them in his hands, The wi

of the evils of ambition and the inordinate pursuit of honours ; for when Tantalos, it was said, had attained his ultimate

e beauty of Pelops, carried him off in his golden car to Olympos. But when his father had drawn on himself the indignation o

unhappy lover ran him through. Thirteen had already lost their lives when Pelops came2061. In the dead of the night, says P

orians from Herodotus and Thucydides2069 down to our own days. Homer, when giving an account of Agamemnôn’s sceptre, says207

ever, having corrupted Atreus’ wife Aërope, had gotten the lamb ; and when Atreus could not exhibit it as he promised, the p

ashing’ Pelops, who gave it to Atreus the shepherd of the people, who when dying left it to ‘lambabounding’ Thyestes, who le

riance with the atrocities above related. It was probably at the time when the Greeks had become familiar with Asia and the

cable (ἀμείλιχος). An oracle, however, held out hopes of its ceasing, when a stranger should arrive in the country bearing w

e made Europa a Sidonian, as was afterwards the practice. We know not when this commenced2094 or how she became the sister o

ughter of Minôs, as has been related above, fell in love with Theseus when he came to Crete, and furnished him with the clew

 ; but Theseus, says Homer, did not reap the fruits of her love ; for when they arrived at the isle of Dia or Naxos, Artemis

ion2106. Γλαῦκος. Glaucus. Glaucos the son of Minôs pursuing, when a child, a mouse, fell into a jar of honey, and w

rch of the gods carried her off, and struck with a thunderbolt Asopos when he pursued them, and forced him to go home again 

ere she brought forth a son named Æacos, who being weary of solitude, when he grew up, his father to relieve him turned all

the nether-world were by Pluto committed to his custody2116. Telamôn, when banished by his father, fled to the neighbouring

. In another place his size and beauty are praised2121. Odysseus2122, when relating what he saw in Erebos, says, Then next

ather, incensed at this conduct, having made Oriôn drunk, blinded him when asleep, and cast him on the sea-shore. The blinde

suming to challenge the goddess at the discus. It was also said, that when he came to Crete, he boasted to Leto and Artemis

to Pindar, the Pleiades were passing through Bœotia with their mother when they were met by Oriôn, and his chase of them las

His journey to the East denotes the heliacal rising of the star ; and when he comes back the vine is hidden from his power w

eia and Polyxo, denote the bright stars2150. The poet of the Odyssey, when describing the Wandering Rocks, says2151, There

of the ancients2152 supposed that the Pleiades were here meant ; and when we consider the sportive tone of the poet, this i

where their pursuers came up with them, and were about to slay them, when Iris appearing forbade the deed, and the Harpies

atever came between them. Mist enveloped them, and loud was the crash when they met. Even to the birds the passage was then

Iasôn was in perplexity about the accomplishment of these hard tasks, when Medeia, the daughter of the king, who had conceiv

and protect alike against fire and steel. She further told him, that when he had sown the teeth, a crop of armed men would

whose entrancing strains they were about to land on that fatal shore, when Orpheus struck his lyre, and with its tones overp

eocles was the first occupant of the royal seat : all are agreed that when his year was expired he refused to make way for h

ere Adrastos the son of Talaos son of Bias then reigned. It was night when the Theban exile arrived at the house of the king

ter, Hypsipyle, the Lemnian princess, whom her country-women had sold when they found that she had saved her father, and who

the city : Capaneus set a ladder against the wall, and was ascending, when Zeus offended at his impious language struck him

ho had fallen resolved to avenge the fate of their sires2184. The god when consulted promised them victory if led by Alcmæôn

, he had an interview with her by means of Thetis and Aphrodite ; and when the Achæans had thoughts of giving over the enter

Trojans favoured by Zeus. The ships are on the point of being burnt, when Achilleus allows his friend Patroclos to lead for

liged to pass the day in endeavouring to catch fish to support them ; when the sea-nymph Eidothea the daughter of Proteus me

sea, and had a prosperous voyage till they were doubling Cape Maleia, when a violent north-east wind arose, and carried them

ars, a force the one half of that which she opposed to the Barbarians when fighting for her existence2240 at Marathôn ? The

t parts of Hellas introduced into the cycle of the Trojan war. Again, when we find the Greeks at war with any real people, w

tual belief ; and Hesiod probably gave no more than the popular creed when he said of the heroes, And now with minds free f

it recorded, was varied, changed, and modified by the narrators ; and when at length, by opening an intercourse with Egypt,

ruitful source of Grecian legend was wanting in Italy ; and the poet, when he would raise a hymn to accompany the sacrifice

superior, veiled and nameless, with whom the supreme god took counsel when about to announce by lightning any change in the

re give some proofs of such being the usage among the Romans. Cicero, when laying down laws for his ideal republic, says2264

atuta. The Romans were fond of using their political vocabulary, even when speaking of their gods. Thus we read of gods of t

of the sun. The orb of day was just wholly emerged above the horizon, when a loud crash was heard in the sky : thrice the go

temple at Rome ; and after the capture of that city, says the legend, when the Roman youths appointed for the purpose approa

er. The former, called the Greater, was celebrated in March, the time when , according to the Tuscan discipline, Minerva cast

nd singing2311. A similar festival named the Paganalia was celebrated when the sowing of the seed was over2312. The name Cer

cina, was so called, says Pliny2318, from cluere, to purify ; because when the Sabines and Romans of Tatius and Romulus were

he epigram in the fragments of Ovid. 251. Moschus (Idyll. ii. 87.), when describing the bull into which Zeus changed himse

the Sons of God. See Heyne on Apollod. i. 7. 5. 398. In the Ilias, when Hector is routing the Greeks, Poseidôn says of hi

. Aristoph. Plut. 727.), and became the prevalent one in later times, when Hades came to signify a place rather than a perso

he only judged there as Oriôn hunted, i. e. pursued his occupation as when on earth. According to the fine mythe in Plato (G

os. Od. x. 513, 514. 479. Virg. Æn. ut supra. It is not known how or when the doctrine of the Metempsychosis came into Gree

an invisible or floating island, does not appear to have been devised when this hymn was composed. We meet the latter notion

sent day says, «This species of swan deserves the title Musicus ; for when in small troops they fly aloft in the air their m

p. Ursinus. Pind. ut sup. 689. Paus. ut sup. 690. It is uncertain when this change took place ; it is the goddess who is

d vainly resisted the raving orgies of the Dionysos- or Seeva-worship when it reached Greece. See Lobeck’s Aglaophamus for a

cr. i. 3. Eudocia, 323. 1174. Idyll. vii. 106. 1175. The Samoyedes, when successful in hunting, smear their gods with fat 

“People,” said Eratosthenes, “will discover whither Odysseus wandered when they find the artist who stitched the leathern ba

the gods Endowed with all their gifts, and Oh, too like In sad event, when to the unwiser son Of Japhet brought by Hermes, s

w not what may be the feeling of others, but for our part we remember when this tale of old Phœnix and Nestor's narrative (I

733. Od. xi. 269. 1734. According to Pherecydes (ap. Ant. Lib. 33.), when Alcmena, who long survived her son, died, and the

er of stones, with which he pelted and overcame his enemies. This was when he was on his way to the Hesperides (Strab. iv. 1

le pe prefixed, is highly probable. The legend was framed, he thinks, when the Greeks first began to have intercourse with E

opolis as a basket-bearer (κανηфόροѕ) in the worship of Athena-Polias when she was carried off. 1825. Apollod. ut supra.

ω, to low Another legend derived it from the bellowing of the Gorgons when in pursuit of Perseus. 1900. Apollod. ut sup. Ov

e was in that state the satyr attempted to violate her. He adds, that when Poseidôn flung his trident at the satyr it stuck

differ in accent, ὠμοϕαγια raw-eating, easily became shoulder-eating when the original sense of the mythe was lost. The ivo

nades. See Thuc. ii. 102. 2188. Ephorus (Athen. vi. 232.) says that when Alcmæôn consulted the god about the removal of hi

is ends here, and the Little Ilias of Lesches commences. 2220. Paris when a shepherd had married the nymph Œnone, who warne

t’s ‘Dissertation on the War of Troy,’ an essay which we had not read when the above was written. 2246. Works, 170. seq. T

xpressions, such as crassa Minerva, invita Minerva, mea Minerva, used when speaking of the mind. 2296. Varro, De R. R. iii.

errible black horses hardly touched the earth or the waters. At last, when they came near the fountain of Arethusa, Pluto st

nd, and the only flowers were the few faded ones she had not let fall when the grim god seized her. “I hope you will like it

wing the boat across. It was a sad sight, and Proserpina was relieved when Pluto said: — “Come, now we shall see Cerberus, m

valley of Enna with its sunny meadows. It was a lonely place that day when she returned. The birds had stopped singing since

daughter, Proserpina?” But none of the river-gods had seen her. Once, when she came to a hilly forest, she called, “Pan! Pan

it was a man’s voice. Altogether it was a strange, uncanny sound, and when Pan shouted, he could make a whole army of brave

ter-skelter without any other cause. Truly, a wild being was Pan; but when . Ceres called, he hurried to meet her, stamping w

great torch, where the mighty goddess wandered alone, searching; and, when the storms were worst, they could sometimes hear

her voice calling, “Proserpina.” Many weeks passed thus, but at last, when the goddess was near to despair, she came to the

of the earth, and Arethusa, the nymph who lived in it, could go down when she pleased and look into the underworld. It was

she came to Olympus, the great gates opened to her of themselves; and when she entered the glorious hall, the gods and godde

er go.    The tender corn upon the lea    Droops in her goddess gloom when she    Cries for her lost Persephone. “From land

.” Jean Ingelow. Prometheus and Epimetheus. From the time when Proserpina was carried off, the world began to be

etheus was a Titan and feared not Jupiter, nor obeyed him. One night, when the gods of heaven were all asleep and the hall o

omfortable, but they were not happier than before, for after that day when Prometheus brought down the fire, the world was n

s lame, but skillful, and with his hands he makes wondrous things. So when Jupiter had said these words, the lame god hobble

came back with a rich and wonderful box, as Jupiter had ordered; and when each god of heaven had put within it a gift, he c

It was in her mind day and night. “If it does so much good to mankind when it is closed, who knows what will happen if it is

nd sickness and sorrow; yet men came from all parts of the earth, and when they heard the music of that imprisoned spirit, t

ears, like dreams. The Moon, too, brings her world so nigh,    That when the night-seer looks To that shadowless orb, in a

n of the muse Calliope. He understood all music. When the birds sang, when the trees murmured and whispered, when the waters

ll music. When the birds sang, when the trees murmured and whispered, when the waters gurgled, Orpheus knew what was meant.

ng and pushed his boat far out into the stream. There he stopped. But when he heard the sweet, sad music, he came slowly tow

all the year. Think, O Proserpina, great queen, what woe you suffered when you thought never again to see the face of majest

re to light and life.” So sweet had been the music of Orpheus that when he ended, dark Pluto was moved and Proserpina’s c

ade trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze,         Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music, plants and flowers Eve

nd monsters. Yes, and he will be more than a hero, for I foresee that when he comes to die, Jupiter will take him up to Olym

o face danger without fear. So he grew strong and wise and brave. Now when Hercules came to be a young man, he had to meet a

ally were, though they seemed more like beautiful women. One of them, when she saw Hercules, came running toward him, as if

and wide looking for Nereus. He almost despaired of ever finding him, when , one day, as the hero was walking along the sea b

ry pleasant to be able to move about and swing his arms and bend over when he pleased. He did not in the least fancy taking

th him long, for this was a task passing the power of mortal men. Now when the shepherd-stranger saw the sad face of the kin

s come, for against Death no mortal means can help. No man can escape when once that lock of hair has been cut off. Death he

g, and every sign of gladness vanished. In the midst of their sorrow, when Alcestis was on the verge of death, who should co

lcestis was to be buried, then he was gone. He came just in time, for when he reached the place where they had buried her, t

il and care, Lo I the strange steed had departed    And they knew not when nor where. But they found upon the greensward,  

er, and the bravest swimmer. He was their leader and their hero. Now, when Perseus was grown to young manhood, King Polydect

woman, very old and much bent with years. “Why are you here, Perseus, when the king and his court are feasting?” she asked.

we curse you.” But Perseus thought of Minerva and was not afraid, and when the crones found that he was not to be moved, the

his soldiers to seize Danaë and carry her forth from the temple, and when they hesitated, fearing the great; goddess Minerv

hens. His mother, Æthra, lived in Trœzen, at her father’s palace. Now when Ægeus at length had to return to Athens, he led Æ

his father. Theseus did not know even that his father was living. But when he was sixteen years old, Æthra, said to herself,

, “and go to Athens to your father, King Ægeus, for the time has come when I must lose you.” Next day Theseus was ready to s

ey were too short, he stretched them until they were long enough. But when he tried to put Theseus into the bed he found it

s living at the royal palace and had great power over King Ægeus, and when by her magic arts she recognized Theseus, she res

e up the harbor a ship, all black, even to the sails; and the people, when they saw it, broke out into cries of lamentation

Alas, sir,” said an old man, “it is because the time has now returned when we must send seven of our young men and seven bea

ed at the same time human. It was a terrible cry, and Theseus started when he heard it. Then all the splendid courage of the

heseus with all his quickness and strength could hardly avoid it, and when , in return, he struck with his sword, the monster

fair young couple went back together to the palace of King Minos. But when the king heard that the Minotaur was slain, he wa

lympus looked down upon him with admiring eyes. Thus it happened that when the strife between Juno and Minerva and Venus cou

and found the beautiful youth. “Paris,” said Mercury, “this evening, when the sun is down and the crimson light is on these

ed to Paris beautiful beyond comparison, but he forgot her altogether when he saw these glorious beings, for the goddesses h

the first Greek to leap ashore, but scarcely had he set foot on land when Hector, the bravest and strongest of the Trojans,

spoil of battle, and, as king, he demanded that it be made good; and when Achilles, with violent words, rebuked him, Agamem

Jupiter took a great oath that she and her son should be avenged; and when he nodded his head, the heavens shook with a mutt

nodded his head, the heavens shook with a muttering of thunder. Now, when the Trojans heard what had happened in the camp o

hastened from the fight and brought the sad tidings to Achilles; and when . Achilles heard of the death of Patroclus, whom h

riends of Achilles had to turn away their eyes from it. But the hero, when he saw it, felt the courage in his breast rise hi

heart bounded with joy and he hastened toward him with all speed. But when he came near, Hector avoided him and dared not me

Great though he is, he cannot stand against us both.” Hector was glad when he heard these words. “You were always the best o

l to the ground. “Quick, Deiphobus! another spear!” cried Hector; but when he turned, Deiphobus was not there. Minerva had d

plunging foam, Whirled by the wind, had rolled me deep below,    Then when I left my home.” Alfred Tennyson (Adapted).

believe that the Greeks are gone? For my part, I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.” With that, he hurled a spear a

stood with his two sons. In a moment they coiled about the sons, and when Laocoön came to the aid of his children, they cau

the wise warrior Ulysses saw the danger and bade them be silent, and when Anticlus, despite all, opened his mouth to speak,

lking about the streets, and was praised and honored by everyone. But when night came on and the happy city was fast asleep,

eenly and grieving — saw her pain    That Troy must fall. But after, when in flames and smoke    The city’s glorious light

rove them far out of their course. For nine days the storm raged, and when it cleared away the fleet was far beyond where an

, and only rests and dreams. The messengers of Ulysses ate of it, and when they came back to him they had ceased to think of

used as a gift if there should be need. There was no one in the cave when they entered, but they found, all around, pails o

ing, right in the middle of his forehead, He drove in his flocks, and when they were all in, lifted a huge door-stone which

reeks. For ten years we fought under King Agamemnon at Troy, and now, when we thought to reach our homes, we have been drive

hero came near and handed it to him. “It is good,” said the Cyclops, when he had drunk it. “Give me more, and tell me your

d Polyphemus savagely; but be bad hardly finished eating and drinking when he grew drowsy and sank back on the earth in a de

he home of Æolus, king of the winds. Æolus received them kindly, and, when they left, gave Ulysses an ox-hide bag. In this h

us hospitality, prepared for them what seemed a refreshing drink. But when they, had all drunk of it, she touched each of th

island of Circe. The enchantress would have had them stay always, but when she saw that Ulysses’ thoughts were only of his h

tied to the mast, and so heard them. He struggled hard to get loose, when he heard the sweet voices, but his men bound him

on the Island of Ogygia, where the fair goddess Calypso reigned. Now, when the goddess saw Ulysses, she loved him, and would

nd he shipwrecked Ulysses on the coast of Phæacia; but the Phæacians, when they knew him, received him like a god, for his d

d with many gifts, in one of their own ships. Ulysses was fast asleep when the ship reached land, so the Phæacians, unwillin

suitors now began to urge her anew. Things had come to this condition when the Phæacians put the sleeping Ulysses ashore and

oüs, the most insolent of the suitors. “We want no beggars here.” And when Ulysses began to beg round the table, as was the

er only invented stories of himself. Long did Penelope listen, and when at last she rose to go, she said: — “Stranger, yo

, “let us leave her to her own thoughts for a while. She will know me when I have put off these rags.” They went out, and Mi

from her the power to speak first, though she cannot refuse to speak when addressed, 145. Eleu΄sian (e-lu΄zhun). Near Eleu

o Sicily, 36. Si΄non. A Greek spy, left behind with the wooden horse when the army pretended to sail away, 205. Si΄rens. N

ent in person. Imagine Plutarch, a devout and yet a liberal believer, when he went to study theology and philosophy at Delph

Along the mountains, nor the Nereid steer     Her way among the waves when day is done. Shadows nor shape remain —” Intr

drawn from classical subjects. Nor indeed is this to be wondered at, when we consider the various subjects connected with f

ts unruly waters roar, And, rising on a ridge, insult the shore. Thus when the God, whatever God was he, Had formed the whol

r offspring, appears to have filled even the breast of a goddess; and when delivered of Jupiter and Juno, she placed a stone

for a period the cries of the infant from reaching the ears of Titan: when , however, the latter discovered, as he eventually

erbs, and gave the golden age.” Virgil. “The Golden age was first; when man yet new, No rule but uncorrupted reason knew,

is words were simple, and his soul sincere. Needless was written law, when none oppressed, The law of man was written in his

rable seats at the public games and festivals, a lictor preceded them when they walked in public; they were carried in chari

eceded them when they walked in public; they were carried in chariots when they pleased, and had the power of pardoning crim

wers give forth an odour ever new, The stars look brighter still than when of old I watched them fading from the mountain to

ra of virtue, less pure, however, than that of the age of gold. “But when good Saturn banished from above Was driven to hel

rule, The torturing and conflicting throes within, As Jove rules you when hell grows mutinous.” Shelley. This provoked th

at his command, The fragrant grove, th’ inestimable mine, Were light when weighed against one smile of thine.” Cowper. ‌

e smile of thine.” Cowper. ‌After this commenced the age of steel, when even Jupiter abandoned himself to the fiery passi

also sister and wife to Jupiter. Her pride protected her beauty: for when the God, to seduce her, took the form of a cuckoo

pany of Io; a change soon took place in the appearance of the latter, when , through the ‌influence of the God, she assumed t

, or who favoured Jupiter, she persecuted with the utmost rigour: but when it is remembered what cause Juno had for her jeal

morn to noon, from noon to dewy eve,” throughout the world. At last, when she deemed her search well nigh hopeless, she was

ass six months of the year with her mother and six months with Pluto, when she became his wife. “Near Enna’s walls a spacio

f Delos; where Latona afterwards sought refuge from the fury of Juno, when about to overwhelm her, for her frailty with her

nexorable, was compelled to yield to the fatigue which oppressed her, when the Gods, at her entreaty, changed her into a lau

d the shape and features of her mother. Their happiness was complete, when Clytie, her sister, who was enamoured of the God,

s usual at other sacrifices. —— “Pitying the sad death Of Hyacinthus when the cruel breath Of Zephyr slew him, Zephyr, peni

attention to his celestial rival. Pan again sang, and Midas repeated; when , to his surprise, the latter felt, pressing throu

stinguished favour of the Goddess rendered him vain and aspiring; and when told, to check his pride, that he was not the son

r heaven and earth seemed threatened with an universal conflagration, when Jupiter struck the rider with a thunderbolt, and

ary, like that which is heard at the breaking of the string of a harp when it is wound up. This was effected by the rays of

a harp when it is wound up. This was effected by the rays of the sun when they fell on it. At its setting, the form appeare

holy; this celebrated statue was dismantled by the order of Cambyses, when he conquered Egypt, and its ruins still astonish

little. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img048a One day when the Muses were distant from their place of abode,

ook shelter in the palace of Pyrenæus: but scarcely had they entered, when the tyrant shut the ‌gates, and sought to offer t

king one of the innumerable shapes, which he is described as assuming when his passions were inflamed towards any particular

ress for a long time, the latter noticed the alteration in her person when bathing in “Such streams as Dian loves, And Naia

athing in “Such streams as Dian loves, And Naiads of old frequented; when she tripped Amidst her frolic nymphs, laughing, o

d frequented; when she tripped Amidst her frolic nymphs, laughing, or when Just risen from the bath, she fled in sport, Roun

of the Gods, arrayed in all his celestial glory. In vain did Jupiter, when pressed by Semele, implore her not to ask him to

chus. After having valiantly combatted for Jupiter against the Giants when they invaded Olympus, he undertook his celebrated

s fatal. He forbad his subjects to pay adoration to this new God, and when the Theban women had gone out of the city to cele

were astonished at this phenomenon, it was equalled by their horror, when Bacchus waved a spear he held in his hand, in ans

me! And I forgot thee as the berried holly By shepherds is forgotten, when in June, Tall chesnuts keep away the sun and moon

minstrelsy. “Over wide streams and mountains great we went, And save when Bacchus kept his ivy tent, Onward the tiger and t

dred mourned, but none would offer in her stead: and the hour arrived when the unhappy maiden, guilty only of not loving, wa

Latins. This mysterious girdle which gave beauty, grace, and elegance when worn even by the most deformed, was irresistible

e, and elegance when worn even by the most deformed, was irresistible when around beauty: it excited love, and kindled even

m heaven by the former, for attempting to assist the queen of Olympus when under her husband’s displeasure. The whirlwind em

god,” as poets love to call him, was the offspring of Venus and Mars; when Venus had given birth to him, Jupiter foresaw the

” Mrs. Tighe. Experience gave confidence to the youthful deity, and when an opportunity offered, he sent his arrows to the

autifully enamelled with flowers “all fragrance and of various hues,” when , in a playful mood, the youthful deity challenged

veyed her to a palace he had formed in a region full of beauty: here, when the shadows of night had visited the earth, Cupid

the smooth wind to realms of wonderment? What Psyche felt, and Love, when their full lips First touched; …………………………………… ………

wer of the God had raised for her, though few could be so delightful, when , “In broad pinions from the realms above, Descen

ve the monstrous being they averred. The next night came, and Psyche, when she heard the thrilling tones of her husband’s vo

of the south!” Bulwer. But who can conceive her rapturous delight, when , instead of the fearful being she dreaded, she be

but half expressed, And down she sinks in deadly swoon oppressed: But when at length, awaking from her trance, The terrors o

ily offered to him. ————— “Bright-winged child! Who has another care when thou hast smiled? Unfortunates on earth, we see a

r, Her dreaded arm a beaming javelin bore, Ponderous and vast: which, when her fury burns, Proud tyrants humbles, and whole

stream, Drawn by her art the curious Naiads came Nor would the work, when finished, please so much As, while she wrought, t

ves A thread, and still, by constant spinning lives.” Ovid. Minerva when amusing herself by playing upon her favourite flu

o feathery light.’ He took the shaft — and oh! thy look, Sweet Venus! when the shaft he took, He sighed, and felt the urchin

olved to murder him, that they might obtain possession of his wealth; when the poet discovered their intention, he endeavour

gain; and this may be considered to have been particularly necessary when it is remembered that the merchants, who had prom

ad profited by his principles, by offering him only a hundredth part, when they had secured his good offices. Jupiter soon m

loved in the country, had the power of spreading terror and confusion when he pleased. The Gauls, who under Brennus, invaded

fusion when he pleased. The Gauls, who under Brennus, invaded Greece, when on the point of pillaging the Temple at Delphi, w

hower.” Ovid. He was quickly brought however to repent his avarice, when the very meat which he attempted to eat, turned t

they bore with them a flute or tambourine, to make the nymphs dance, when they inflamed their senses by the burning nature

ster had been surprised asleep in a cave; his voice was inarticulate, when brought into the presence of the Roman ‌general,

the stones which divided their different possessions. It is said that when Tarquin the proud, wished to build a temple on th

her employed her to prepare her chariot, and to harness her peacocks, when required. To her was granted the power of restori

e and to lift up my heel, And questioned his face with wide eyes, but when under My lids he saw tears, — for I wept at his w

s love his hate!” Hood. The only mitigation of his sorrow, was that when in Thessaly “He met with the same as himself,”

ed deity, had, at last its effect, in preparing Pomona for Vertumnus, when he should assume his natural shape. “The story o

heavenly form again; Such looks and lustre the bright youth adorn, As when with rays glad Phœbus paints the morn. The sight

hall where Runic Oden     Howls his war song to the gale;     “Save when a-down the ravaged globe     He travels on his na

with great solemnity a deity, to whose care they entrusted themselves when going on any voyage. He was the father of the Oce

th Tethys, her grandmother. She was loved by Neptune and Jupiter; but when the gods were informed that her son would become

hand. Thetis refused him, but the lover had the artifice to catch her when asleep, and by binding her strongly, prevented he

nd, as she used, retreated to her cave, He scarce had bound her fast, when she arose, And into various shapes her body throw

    A peal of stormy drums, — All these are in thy music met,     As when a leader comes.     “Thou hast been o’er solitar

the sea without wetting a foot. The Athenians dedicated altars to him when Xerxes invaded Europe. Auster, God of the south w

e of which is dark like night, and the other light like day. “Night, when like perfumes that have slept All day within the

Demand the knowledge to frail man denied? Call’st thou me reckless, when I place my hand     Upon the earliest buddings of

es lie; He sought for fame, he won it, bravely won; He died for fame, when his great task was done. What tho’ I turn the ban

exhibited. Their festivals were observed at Rome in the month of May, when their statues were crowned with garlands of flowe

domestic divinities. They were originally the manes of the dead, but when mankind had been taught by superstition to pay de

history. That great philosopher asserted that the Genius informed him when any of his friends were going to engage in some u

to make man perfect, he should have placed a window at his heart; and when he found the beauty of Venus was too perfect to a

he maintains, and hence, all modern works of art adopt the same sign, when they wish to represent the quality over which Har

hen-mythology_1842_img167 Scarcely had Pollux emerged from childhood, when , being on an expedition with the Argonauts, they

uring the Argonautic expedition, in which they had accompanied Jason, when a violent storm was raging, a couple of names wer

fierce flames, with feet and horns of brass, and to plough with them, when subdued, a field sacred to Mars. He was then to s

d to the skies she seems to be And thinks she gazes on a deity, ‌But when he spoke and pressed her trembling hand, And did

urely makes Through singeing blasts: such wonders magic art Can work, when love conspires and plays his part. The passive sa

ea then the mortal blow bestows.” The subjects of the deceased king, when they were informed of the cause of his death, wer

or Medea slew two of her own children in their father’s presence, and when the incensed Jason attempted to avenge their murd

olden treasure burns, And Love and Glory guide the prow by turns. But when Thessalia’s inauspicious plain, Received the matr

hange in body and in mind, In sense and constitution the same man, As when his fortieth active year began.” Ovid. Pelias t

sight of which he was to introduce himself to his father’s knowledge when he grew up; as Theseus attempted to make himself

  After thou hast done the deed; Mercy, pardon, expiation,     Perish when thy victims bleed” Euripides. Hercules. T

o the adjacent country. From this monster Hercules relieved them, and when Erginus, King of Orchomedas, sent for his yearly

hould I seek Refuge in other states, malignant eyes Would scowl on me when known, and bitter tongues Goad me with these repr

labours of Hercules. The favors of the gods had completely armed him when he undertook his labours. He had received a coat

of Hercules, that he ordered him never to enter the gates of the city when he returned from his expeditions, but to wait for

year in continually pursuing it; at last, he caught it in a trap, or when tired, or according to others by slightly woundin

pressed a wish to ease his load by putting something on his head, and when Atlas assisted him to remove the inconvenience, h

ster, to whom the Trojans yearly presented a marriageable maiden; and when the hero had fulfilled his task, Laomedon refused

ro’s only anxiety was for her, he accepted the offer with thanks, and when he saw them through the worst part of the water i

he feathered wood, And thro’ his breast the barbed arrow stood, Which when in anguish, thro’ the flesh he tore From both the

sts his scaly vest, Wreathes in the Sun, in youthful glory drest; So, when Alcides’ mortal mould resigned, His better part e

larmed at his impending doom. His mind was resolved to meet his fate, when , suddenly, the burning pile was surrounded with d

e was surrounded with dark smoke, the fire burned like a furnace, and when it had consumed the mortal portion of Hercules, a

ongst the gods. Loud claps of thunder accompanied his exaltation, and when his friends sought his ashes to grant them burial

thrice was whirled, And from the skies surveyed the nether world. But when grey ev’ning showed the verge of night, He feared

l, excepting the exposure of the maiden to its anger. At this moment, when the monster was going to destroy her, Perseus saw

. This princess had been promised in marriage to Phineus, her uncle, when Neptune sent a sea-monster to ravage the country,

n told He got thee in the form of tempting gold. His lance was aimed, when Cepheus ran and said; ‘Hold, brother, hold, what

ng stood, To eat my child, the fairest of my blood. You lost her then when she seemed past relief, And wish’d, perhaps, her

adversaries, and they turned to stone in the very attitudes they were when they first beheld it. The friends of Cepheus, how

torm, and scare him from Olympus. There he sits, a demi-god, Stern as when he of yore forsook the maid Who, doating saved hi

beetles o’er the flood, With daily care the pensive father stood; And when he saw impatient from afar? The fatal signal floa

t by meeting him in fight. He invaded the territories of Theseus, and when the latter assembled his forces to meet him, the

me proverbial. Theseus was present at the nuptials of his friend, and when the brutal Centaurs attempted to insult the bride

mpted to insult the bride, was one of the most forward to defend: and when Pirithous, after this, had lost Hippodamia, he ag

ttempted their scheme upon Helen, the beautiful daughter of Leda, and when they had obtained their victim, cast lots for her

ent into hell, the two heroes were released from their captivity, and when Theseus returned to Athens, he found that Mnesthe

ow, Daily, and hourly, have I striven against it: And night by night, when visions and when dreams Pressed on my brain in ma

urly, have I striven against it: And night by night, when visions and when dreams Pressed on my brain in many a confused sha

s awful crime!’” Racine. Fearful lest Hippolytus should betray her, when she found he would not return her sinful passion,

be overwhelmed by the numbers of their opponents.      “Know ye not when our dead     From sleep to battle sprung? When th

Of all the ghosts were opened, and they swarm Like bees in clusters, when the sun grows warm!” Not only was the god of the

the river Styx, eager to be conveyed across by the infernal boatman, when a touching thought of Eurydice and her love cross

king of Thessaly, whose flocks were tended by Apollo for nine years, when banished from heaven. During his servitude to thi

eing one of the Argonauts, he was at the hunt of the Calydonian boar, when Pelias promised his daughter in marriage to him o

of the age; he was informed that he was illegitimate, though Peribœa, when he appealed to her, told him, ‌out of kindness, t

e feigned Terms of submission: I consented to them: Quitted my grasp, when treacherously a blow, Such as thou sees’t here, h

, and the oracle was consulted, which stated that it would only cease when the murderer of King Laius was banished from the

he unhappy union of Œdipus with Jocasta sprung Eteocles and Polynice; when they came to manhood an arrangement was made betw

s the eldest, and took to himself the first period of government; but when his year had past, the throne had proved so agree

lcmeon to slay his mother, if news of his death should reach him; and when Alcmeon heard that his father’s chariot had been

him. Their implacable hatred manifested itself even after death, for when their bodies were placed on the bier, their ashes

le, above his head, hangs a bough, laden with delicious fruit, which, when his hand would grasp it, is borne away by a sudde

which broke down in the middle of the course, and killed Œnomaus; and when the charioteer would have claimed the reward of h

athen-mythology_1842_img229 Clytemnestra gladly gave her consent; but when they came to Aulis, Iphigenia saw the bloody prep

g of Iphigenia with her father in the lower regions, after his death, when the latter was ignorant of the ‌infamy of her mot

And I will weave them for you on the bank. You will not look so pale when you have walked A little in the grove, and have t

know, and sink Often most deeply where they fall most light. Time was when for the faintest breath of thine Kingdom and life

the oracles being now fulfilled, the siege was commenced with vigour, when an unforeseen quarrel stopped the operations of t

llenge, and would have sacrificed the coward Trojan to his vengeance, when he took flight, and escaped by the aid of Venus.

érer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img238b ———— “By Scamander when Laocoon stood, Where Troy’s proud turrets glitter

en sought to rally the Trojans, and make head against the ‌enemy, but when he abandoned himself to feelings of grief and rag

for their escape, for fastening himself under the stomach of a sheep when it was going to the fields, and ordering his comp

he dangerous winds. The vessels went first to the ‌borders of Ithaca, when the companions of Ulysses opened the leather bott

e effectually, she undertook to make a piece of cloth, promising that when it was finished, she would choose one of her nume

ve them, she undid at night that which she worked in the day, so that when Ulysses arrived, she was no nearer its completion

d the Trojan left behind, Not for so dire an enterprize designed; But when she viewed the garb so loosely spread, Which once

place of peculiar safety; and, consequently the loss which took place when it was consumed, could scarcely be estimated. Ins

their union. Thisbe was the first who arrived at the place appointed, when the sudden arrival of a lioness so frightened her

amus had destroyed himself, and joined him in his endless rest. “But when her view the bleeding love confessed, She shrieke

ide, who had sate watching, and waiting for the weary sun to go down; when , lo “Her turret torch was blazing high, Though r

husband from his wife, and in the wildness of his struggles for life, when hope was gone and despair succeeded, his last gla

ve Her swan-like wings wherewith to fly to heaven. And now, at times, when gloomy tempests roar Along the Adriatic, in the w

return, ‌Unwilling to believe thyself forsaken?                 And when contrition came,                 Chilling that he

ved, by supporting the whole weight of the building on his shoulders, when the roof of the school in which he was teaching g

up a tree by the roots, his hands remained fast pinched in the tree, when a lion suddenly sprang upon him, which he was una

al verdure spread, Whilst health and plenty deck her golden sides: As when an eagle, child of light, O’er her eyry proudly r

f war. The former was fabled, like Venus, to have arisen from the sea when agitated by the gods. The poetry of the East freq

ges born, yet ever young, For ages may thy Brahmins’ lay be sung! And when thy glory spreads his emerald wings To waft thee

musements of Odin, hunting forms a very important and prominent part; when the bows, arrows, and javelins were prepared by o

rcules, and to Mercury. They worshipped him under the form of a dart, when they sought his aid in battle, and under that of

a dart, when they sought his aid in battle, and under that of an oak, when they endeavoured to inspire themselves with his a

their entrails, and drew auguries from them, as among the Romans: but when they sacrificed men, those they pitched on were l

n him, to sustain his courage until the day of the solemnity arrived, when he paid the penalty, by death; his heart was torn

nder very severe penalties, to enter the capital. On great occasions, when a sacrifice of prisoners is to be made, recourse

to have been a human being: they believe he married his sister, who, when all the rest of her family came upon earth, remai

eace; the power of Jupiter was worshipped in the rolling thunder; but when the earth trembled or fiery torrents burst from t

which seems to have been universal, of a time of primeval innocence, when man dwelt in a peaceful world, ignorant alike of

vid thus describes the days of innocence: “The Golden Age was first, when man, yet new, No rule but uncorrupted reason knew

desses of the seasons, opened to permit the passage of the Celestials when they descended to earth. Each god had his own dwe

earth. Each god had his own dwelling, but all were obliged to repair, when summoned, to the palace of Jupiter. Even those de

no divinity was permitted to reverse the act of another. For example, when an offended god subjected a mortal to some cruel

n; he overturned the tables, destroyed the palace with lightning, and when the tyrant strove to fly, he was transformed into

Apollo confer on King Admetus? Ans. He obtained from the Fates, that when Admetus should be about to end his existence, his

rmed into glittering metal. He soon perceived his folly, however, for when , pressed by hunger, he tried to partake of the fo

the food placed before him, it was suddenly converted into gold, and when he would have quenched his thirst, the water was

. What other names had Mars? Ans. He was called Quirinus [Quiri′nus] when he was quiet, Gradivus [Gradi′vus] when he was ra

s called Quirinus [Quiri′nus] when he was quiet, Gradivus [Gradi′vus] when he was raging; therefore the Romans built him two

A pillar stood before the temple, over which the herald cast a spear when he proclaimed war. The priests of Bellona, when o

e herald cast a spear when he proclaimed war. The priests of Bellona, when officiating, held naked swords, with which they g

gged the sailors to land him at Naxos. This the captain promised, but when they had set sail, the mariners took possession o

eared hung with grapes and ivy; spotted panthers lay at his feet, and when the terrified sailors tried to leap overboard, th

d Callisto and her son Arcas into bears, and was extremely displeased when Jupiter placed them among the constellations. The

carried her complaint to Oceanus [Ocean′us], bidding him to observe, when the shades of night should darken the world, how

ore, not at Medusa, but at her reflection in his polished shield, and when he perceived that she was asleep, Minerva guiding

have ever since infested that region. From the blood of Medusa, also, when her head was cut off, sprang the famous winged ho

ns. There was a temple dedicated to Venus Calva, or the Bald; because when the Gauls besieged Rome, the inhabitants made rop

s goddess was determined to revenge the slight; she entered secretly, when all were assembled, and threw among them a golden

itying the forlorn state of Latona, caused it to emerge from the sea, when it became fixed and immovable for her use. Ques.

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

not deny her so small a refreshment; but they mocked her prayers, and when she tried to approach they waded into the pool, a

ound his wife lamenting his absence and refusing all consolation, but when she discovered her husband in the supposed strang

to the hand of the owner. Cephalus was extremely fond of hunting, and when fatigued, he often rested in the shade and invite

on], king of Troy. This prince was endowed with wonderful beauty; but when Aurora begged of Jove that he might be exempted f

of the Grecian hero. Aurora watched the combat from the heavens, and when she saw Memnon fall she directed the winds to con

for its vocal powers. It is commonly asserted by ancient writers that when the first rays of the rising sun fell upon this s

n? Ans. He was worshipped with human sacrifices, which seems strange when we consider that he was so mild a king. The plane

, that of Janus Quirinus, were always open in time of war, and closed when the Romans were at peace. It is a remarkable circ

er the first Punic war; and Augustus closed the temple the third time when he had given peace to the world. This occurred ju

city of Præneste. One fable is, that certain shepherds found Cæculus, when an infant, lying unhurt in a glowing fire, from w

represent the color of ripe corn; she holds a lighted torch, because when her daughter Proserpine was stolen by Pluto, Cere

ht her on her search throughout the world. She holds a poppy, because when she was so grieved that she could neither rest no

s, was gathering daffodils with her companions in the plains of Enna, when Pluto suddenly appeared among them in a chariot d

ed thither, and Proserpine prepared joyfully to accompany her mother, when Ascalaphus [Ascal′aphus] reported that he had see

, and resolved to discover the cause. She watched Ceres at night, and when she saw her covering Triptolemus with living coal

welt in the mountains, and descended only amid the shades of evening, when she was unseen by men. When the Brazen Age commen

is epoch. Terminus had a temple on the Tarpeian rock. It is said that when Tarquin the Proud wished to build a temple to Jup

hed to the worship of Diana. We read in the Acts of the Apostles that when they began to make converts in that city, the peo

to preside over horses? Ans. In memory of his contest with Minerva, when he produced a horse by striking on the ground wit

e guardians of the Gorgons, of whom Medusa was one. The hero Perseus, when about to attack Medusa, visited them, and, watchi

listening to its seductions; by the story of Circe, they showed that when men drink of the cup of sensual pleasure, they be

ptre. Ques. What does the key signify? Ans. It seems to imply, that when once the dead are received into Pluto’s kingdom,

so a river of Hell; the name means oblivion; it is so called, because when the dead drank of its waters, they forgot all tha

ach? Ans. Rhadamanthus judged the Asiatics, Æacus the Europeans; and when a very difficult case arose it was referred to Mi

Ans. The giants whom Jupiter conquered. Typhon was the most enormous; when he was overthrown, Jupiter was obliged to lay the

three in the evening?” The Thebans often met to try their skill, and when they had failed, the Sphinx carried off and devou

ame forward and answered the Sphinx, that the animal was Man, because when an infant he creeps on all fours; in manhood, he

infant he creeps on all fours; in manhood, he walks on two feet, and when old uses a staff as a third foot. Upon hearing th

r symbol was a caduceus, a white staff anciently borne by ambassadors when sent to treat of peace. A magnificent temple was

ents in his hands, strangled them both. Juno was not discouraged, and when Hercules was grown up, devised new means to destr

ients said that Hercules was contending on this spot with two giants, when , his arrows becoming exhausted, he prayed to Jupi

eus resolved to deliver the Athenians from this dreadful tribute, and when the lots were about being cast for the fourth tim

and to unwind as he proceeded. Theseus followed her instructions, and when he came to where the Minotaur lay, he slew him, a

the sons of Jupiter and Leda. Castor was mortal like his mother, and when he died, Pollux grieved so much that Jupiter perm

on stepped forth, clothed in gold and purple, and holding his lyre as when he had cast himself into the sea. Overcome with t

reigned in that island. Polydectes received the strangers kindly, but when Perseus was grown, he strove to effect his destru

œtus, king of Argos. Bellerophon had not, however, been long at Argos when the king was prejudiced by a calumnious report, a

hered stones which they cast behind them, as they had been commanded, when a great prodigy ensued. The stones thrown by Deuc

in an oaken chest. Meleager had already attained the years of manhood when he took part in the expedition generally known as

ock while her father slept. Minos received the gift with horror, and, when the city was taken, refused to permit Scylla to a

en shrubs. Erisichthon commanded his attendants to fell the tree, and when they hesitated, he snatched an axe himself, and s

he study of eloquence. Ovid gained some distinction as an orator; but when the death of his elder brother left him sole heir

hese stories. Ovid was engaged in correcting this, his greatest work, when he was surprised by the sentence of banishment. I

e merchandise; by the order of Ulysses, a trumpet was suddenly blown, when the disguised Achilles betrayed himself by seizin

f Penelope [Penel′ope], daughter of Icarus. His suit was granted; but when he was about to depart with his bride, Icarus was

, but dropped her veil over her face. Icarus urged her no longer, and when she was gone, he erected a statue to Modesty, on

sped prosperously for some days, and was almost within sight of land, when a violent storm arose, in which he would have per

d fitted out a ship in which he sailed for Ithaca. Ulysses was asleep when the vessel touched the strand. The Phæacians carr

rom among their number. She promised, at length, that she would do so when she had completed a certain web of embroidery on

eeded, but Telemachus had much difficulty in dissembling his feelings when the suitors made his father a subject of mockery;

apon as if it had been a plaything. Their surprise was still greater, when , having adjusted the cord, and chosen an arrow fr

no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, whom Diana had saved when she was about to be immolated at Aulis. Perceivin

ragic poets add many incidents to the story of Orestes. They say that when pursued by the Furies, he took refuge in the temp

eign each a year alternately. Eteocles first ascended the throne; but when the year had expired, he refused to resign the cr

e he was nurtured by the Dryads until he had attained his fifth year, when he was brought to his father. Anchises was not on

severity of her lot. This sibyl had already lived seven hundred years when Æneas came to Italy, and six centuries still rema

soon after, she asked the same price for the remaining six books; and when Tarquin again refused to buy them, she burned thr

authority, that they were in existence as late as the fourth century, when they were destroyed by command of the Emperor Hon

In the third class we may place the appetite of the sacred chickens; when they did not eat, the omen was so bad that it was

ortance. It happened once that a Roman commander, (Claudius Pulcher,) when about to engage the fleet of the enemy, was warne

zen instruments, suspended from the higher branches, clashed together when moved by the wind. The priestesses who were appoi

e chains, each having an astragalus (a small bone) at the end. These, when moved by the winds, struck the caldron, and produ

revent them from accusing the priestess of being influenced by bribes when they were dissatisfied with her answers. The orac

stess or Pythia was appointed to preside. The words which she uttered when under the influence of the vapor were considered

event. Such was the answer given to Crœsus [Crœ′sus], king of Lydia, when he consulted the oracle concerning the result of

rchitects of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. According to one legend, when the edifice was finished, they asked the god to r

rus in Argolis. This oracle was so famous that in the year 293 B. C., when a terrible pestilence was raging in Rome, the Sen

is sufficient to show what importance was attached to such a victory, when we see it thus classed as an event of equal impor

ng to the more probable historic account, they originated at the time when the Delphic oracle had already gained some reputa

ul masks which appeared beneath their snaky tresses. We are told that when Æschylus introduced such a chorus in one of his t

ng story. Ibycus, a lyric poet, was on his way to the Isthmian games, when he was waylaid by two robbers. The unhappy bard c

ue. The assembled people were assisting at a dramatic representation, when the dread chorus of the Furies advanced with meas

e descriptions given of the scenic arrangements. It is even said that when groves were required, living trees from the fores

vely as a Christian church and a Turkish mosque, and was still entire when the Venetians besieged the citadel of Athens in t

god represented? Ans. By a brazen image, which was so contrived that when a child was laid upon its extended arms, they wer

sages, which are in verse, were probably written soon after his time, when the knowledge of his doctrines was still preserve

ese gods? Ans. Brahma created all things, Vishnu preserves them, and when the end of the world is come, which the Vedas say

ebrated. Ques. What was the first Avatar? Ans. The first Avatar was when Vishnu assumed the form of a fish, and saved Manu

re the castes ancient? Ans. So much so, that it is impossible to say when they were first established. The Pariahs are bein

d a mysterious fountain. Twelve rivers issued from this fountain, and when they had flowed far from their source, froze into

ors. Iduna, his wife, kept in a casket certain apples which the gods, when they felt age approaching, had only to taste to r

prouting in the fields. He possessed a horn of such construction that when he blew upon it, the sound spread in widening cir

a sits by his side, and catches the drops as they fall, in a cup; but when she carries it away to empty it, the venom falls

It was a firm belief of the northern nations, that a time would come when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla, t

elebration of the ancient Tauric festival, (held on the first of May, when the sun enters Taurus.) Ques. What name did the

ious by the magic rites with which they were gathered. The mistletoe, when found growing on the oak, was esteemed particular

cery and incantation, presided at fearful rites. Strabo tells us that when the Cimbri had taken prisoners of war, they were

act, commanded his disciples to light the paschal fire at the moment when all around was plunged in darkness. The flame was

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

ained a certain influence up to the latter part of the sixth century, when the inhabitants of the island were converted by t

monuments were common in primitive times, as we learn from Scripture; when the Israelites had crossed the dry bed of the Jor

e Mexican gulf, where he took leave of his followers, promising that, when many years had rolled away, he would revisit thei

s. Relate this legend. Ans. According to tradition, there was a time when the ancient races of the continent were plunged i

ed with the Eleusinian mysteries. The people were about to stone him, when he was saved by the presence of mind of his broth

hat his piety led him to introduce higher themes, we do not know; but when the verses were recited before the assembled cour

ence, he is generally considered the first. The poet was only sixteen when he was selected to lead the chorus of Athenian yo

afterwards by the order of Augustus. He was already advanced in life when he compiled his great work on geography. It is di

d so on ad infinitum. The same insurmountable difficulty confronts us when we seek to imagine a First Cause. God was the beg

ithout limitation. And yet we know that there must have been a period when everything was void, or, in other words, when the

must have been a period when everything was void, or, in other words, when there was nothing. In the awful grandeur of that

s, there was a time more remote than history gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water, and when the ea

y gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water, and when the earth and all things within and upon it were

mythologists. Philology relates to the study of language, especially when treated in a philosophical manner. This school ma

s and reflections settled into definite shape in that far-away period when most of the nations, now spread to the remotest c

will, as a rule, be natural and appropriate.” The time came, however, when these names were considered simply as applying to

. Those who had not their fare were forced to wait one hundred years, when Charon reluctantly ferried them over without char

the son of Peleus, King of Thessaly. His mother, Thetis, plunged him, when an infant, into the Stygian pool, which made him

ver the world. So much command was he supposed to have over them that when Ulysses visited him on his return from Troy he ga

wife was the famous Helen, daughter of Tyndarus, king of Sparta; and when she eloped with Paris, Agamemnon was appointed le

king of the Ethiopians, was wife of Perseus, by whom she was rescued when she was chained to a rock and was about to be dev

the famous oracles. Some writers record that this oracle became dumb when Jesus Christ was born. Other common names of Apol

There is a pretty fable which has made the name of Arion famous. Once when traveling from Lesbos his companions robbed him,

mother of Nemesis, was the goddess of justice; she returned to heaven when the earth became corrupt.     “… Chaste Astrea f

the thread of life. A′tys [Atys], son of Crœsus, was born dumb, but when in a fight he saw a soldier about to kill the kin

ss of war, and wife of Mars. The 24th March was called Bellona’s Day, when her votaries cut themselves with knives and drank

. Cyparis′sus [Cyparissus]. A boy of whom Apollo was very fond; and when he died he was changed, at Apollo’s intercession,

d in Africa as large as could be encompassed by a bullock’s hide, and when the purchase was completed, cut the hide into str

a large tract of land. Here she built Carthage; and Virgil tells that when Æneas was shipwrecked on the neighboring coast sh

ne of a set party, the conversation turned on the subject of punning, when Porson observing that he could pun on any subject

ounds. Ech′o [Echo] was a nymph who fell in love with Narcissus. But when he languished and died she pined away from grief

nides], a name of the Furies, meaning mild, and referring to the time when they were approved by Minerva. Euphro′syne [Euph

[Galli] were priests of Cybele who used to cut their arms with knives when they sacrificed, and acted so like madmen that de

or he to Hecuba?” Shakespeare. Heifer, see Ino. Hel′ena [Helena] when a child was so beautiful that Theseus and Peritho

oss the Hellespont every night to visit her, but at last was drowned; when Hero saw the fate of her lover she threw herself

daughters of Atlas and Æthra, and they formed a constellation which, when it rises with the sun, threatens rain. Hy′dra [H

tess of Juno at Argos. Jupiter courted her, and was detected by Juno, when the god turned Io into a beautiful heifer. Juno d

the Egyptians. See Io. I′tys [Itys] was killed by his mother Procne when six years old, and given to his father Tereus, a

have been the son of Cœlus, others say of Apollo; he sheltered Saturn when he was driven from heaven by Jupiter. Janus presi

claimed as the fairest among the goddesses, Juno was much displeased when Paris gave the apple to Venus. The goddess is gen

d, with the help of Hercules, defeated the giants, the sons of earth, when they made war against heaven. Jupiter was worship

sponding to the English St. George, and is still invoked by the Turks when they go to war. Ki′un [Kiun]. The Egyptian Venus

ne of Actæon’s hounds. Also the river in Arcadia to which Syrinx fled when pursued by Pan, where she was changed into a reed

, out of which he is vainly trying to withdraw it. The fable is, that when he got to be an old man he attempted to split an

alled because they mimicked his actions, putting horns on their heads when they took part in his orgies. Mi′mir [Mimir]. In

was, by the ancients, called Hecate before and after setting; Astarte when in crescent form; Diana when in full. See Luna.

Hecate before and after setting; Astarte when in crescent form; Diana when in full. See Luna. “Soon as the evening shades p

e Fates. Nundi′na [Nundina]. The goddess who took charge of children when they were nine days old — the day (Nona dies) on

worshiped him as the god of the seas, and invariably invoked his aid when they were about to start on a voyage. He was also

rth. Orbo′na [Orbona]. Roman goddess of children, invoked by mothers when they lost or were in danger of losing their offsp

of Troy; and during the Trojan War the Greeks were greatly encouraged when they became the possessors of it. Pal′las [Palla

s of it. Pal′las [Pallas], or Minerva. The name was given to Minerva when she destroyed a famous giant named Pallas. The Gr

es, or Syrinx. Pan’s terrific appearance once so frightened the Gauls when they invaded Greece that they ran away though no

d Thetis, Discordia, who had not been invited, attended secretly; and when all were assembled, she threw among the goddesses

te. Pasith′ea [Pasithea]. Sometimes there are four Graces spoken of; when this is so, the name of the fourth is Pasithea. A

s winged horse which was said to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when her head was cut off by Perseus. His abode was on

him, and served him up to be eaten at a feast given to the gods, who, when they found out what the father of Pelops had done

ne, in Lesbos, who received from Venus a box of ointment, with which, when he anointed himself, he grew so beautiful that Sa

himself, he grew so beautiful that Sappho became enamored of him; but when the ointment had all been used Phaon returned to

as killed by Neptune. Polydec′tes [Polydectes] was turned into stone when Perseus showed him Medusa’s head. See Perseus. P

ffered at one time; and it is said that Pythagoras made this offering when he found out the demonstration of the forty-seven

rpe′don [Sarpedon], son of Jupiter by Europa. He accompanied Glaucus, when the latter set out to assist Priam against the Gr

ho by their music allured mariners to destruction. To avoid the snare when nearing their abode, Ulysses had the ears of his

he top of a hill in the infernal regions, and as it rolled down again when he reached the summit, his punishment was perpetu

the evening.” Œdipus solved the riddle thus: Man is the animal; for, when an infant he crawls on his hands and feet, in the

the fields of air.” Pope. Sylves′ter [Sylvester]. The name of Mars when he was invoked to protect cultivated land from th

irgil. “The eternal Thunderer sat enthroned in gold.” Homer. “So when thick clouds enwrap the mountain’s head, O’er hea

t favorite of the goddess Ceres, who cured him of a dangerous illness when he was young, and afterwards taught him agricultu

thinking that the bags contained treasure which they could rob him of when they got to Ithaca, cut the bags, and let out the

ovis. Vejo′vis [Vejovis]. “Little Jupiter” — a name given to Jupiter when he appeared without his thunder. Veju′piter [Vej

ympus and fell in love with Adonis, a beautiful youth, who was killed when hunting a wild boar. Venus indirectly caused the

hen hunting a wild boar. Venus indirectly caused the Trojan War, for, when the goddess of discord had thrown among the godde

on, Seemann, Keightley, Bulfinch, and others have been consulted, and when quoted, proper credit has been given. Accents hav

but they did not know enough to feel sure about these things, and so when the evening came they said, ‘Our friend, the sun,

ey said, ‘Our friend, the sun, is dead; will he come back again?’ and when they saw him once more in the east, they rejoiced

ve every day to their pastures in the blue fields of heaven. So, too, when the sun set, they said that the dawn with its sof

is bride in the heavens a fairy net-work of clouds, which re-appeared when she came back to him in the evening. “When the su

shone with a pleasant warmth, they spoke of him as the friend of men; when his scorching heat brought a drought, they said t

hey said that this hateful monster was uttering his hard riddles; and when , at last, the rain burst forth, they said that th

mes which they had given to the sun, the clouds, and all other things when their original meaning had been quite forgotten.

he food of the gods was called Ambrosia, their drink Nectar. The gods when they came among men often partook of their food a

them on their return. The gods had their separate dwellings; but all, when summoned, repaired to the palace of Zeus, as did

sappeared in the west. In later times poets invented the fiction that when Helios had finished his daily course, a winged bo

disguised in the myth of Phaethon, rose naturally to the lips of men when all herbage was scorched and withered in times of

on the ground and tasted neither food nor drink. She gazed on the sun when he rose, and as he passed through his daily cours

ut as truly loves on to the close; As the sun-flower turns on her god when he sets     The same look that she turned when he

lower turns on her god when he sets     The same look that she turned when he rose.” Epithets applied to Helios by the poe

represented the moon in her invisible phases, and it was thought that when she was absent from the earth she was in the lowe

an, Jove or Jupiter; Hindu, Dyaus. Zeus, the son of Chronos and Rhea, when born, was concealed by his mother in a cave of Mo

cruelty by Dirce*, the wife of Lycus, fled for protection to her sons when they were grown up. They attacked and slew Lycus,

ecome king of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall. It is said that when he played on his lyre, the stones moved of their

gathering flowers with her companions in a meadow near the sea-shore, when Zeus, charmed with her great beauty, and wishing

rcas*. Hera being extremely jealous changed her into a bear. Her son, when he grew up, meeting her in the woods, was about t

on, when he grew up, meeting her in the woods, was about to kill her, when Zeus, transporting both mother and son to the ski

of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined. The Roman consuls, when they entered upon office, were always obliged to

e upon another. They had succeeded in placing Mount Ossa* on Pelion*, when this impious project was frustrated by Apollo, wh

f the Greeks.” Seemann . “In the Homeric age it was supposed that when a mortal ceased to exist, his spirit tenanted the

thirst. Above his head were suspended the most beautiful fruits, but when he attempted to snatch them, a gust of wind blew

beyond his reach. At his feet gushed a fountain of purest water, but when he tried to quench his thirst, it suddenly vanish

ch could never be filled. “The story of Tantalus means that the sun, when he glared too fiercely, killed the fruits which h

he feet of Aides in the lower world, they are clad in dark robes; but when they appear on Olympus, they wear bright garments

Fiske . According to Hesiod, they sprung from the blood of Uranus when he was wounded by Chronos, and were hence suppose

the idea of the inexorable and implacable nature of the Erinnys. But when these barbarous customs died out before advancing

h had been founded by Athene. Orestes was here acquitted, for Athene, when the votes for and against him were equal, declare

e happened to leave her companions for a moment to pluck a narcissus, when suddenly the ground opened at her feet and Pluto

t signified the temporary loss which mother-earth sustains every year when the icy breath of winter robs her of her flowers,

ddess for the eagerness with which she was eating a bowl of porridge, when weary and faint in the vain search for her daught

ion of the wealth derived from grain. He is represented as being lame when he makes his appearance, and winged when he takes

is represented as being lame when he makes his appearance, and winged when he takes his departure. He was supposed to be bli

rtant part in their peculiar ceremonial. It is said that one morning, when Numa* was imploring the protection of Jupiter for

* on the Acropolis,7 and it possessed such a wonderful vitality that, when burned by the Persians, it immediately put forth

its having been in the possession of the princes of that name in Rome when it first attracted attention, about two hundred y

celestial horses to the chariot of the sun which they help to unyoke when he sinks to rest. They were originally personific

ng the gates of heaven and causing fruits and flowers to spring forth when they pour down upon them their refreshing and lif

gloomy regions of Erebus, and were about to pass the extreme limits, when Orpheus, to convince himself that his beloved wif

ans the early light which appears in the morning, but is seen no more when the sun is risen.” Cox . Cassandra*, a daughte

antly destroyed her with one of his death-bringing darts. He repented when too late. He punished the raven for its garrulity

from the Fates the gift of immortality for Admetus, on condition that when his last hour approached some member of his famil

for Laomedon*, king of Troy, the walls of the city. It was said that when Apollo grasped the chords of his lyre, the huge b

ew. There was no sanctuary erected to Apollo in Rome until b. c. 430, when the Romans, to avert a plague, built a temple in

extended left arm. It is supposed to represent the god in the moment when he has shot the arrow to destroy the monster, Pyt

thets. — Crooked or bending (probably from the position of the archer when shooting), herding (as keeping the flocks and her

atched by Zeus from the devouring flames in which his mother perished when Zeus appeared to her in all the splendor of his d

us* was a beautiful winged horse that sprung from the body of Medusa* when she was slain by Perseus*. He was employed by Zeu

r wood-nymphs, were believed to be born with the trees, and to perish when they were destroyed. Sacrifices to the nymphs wer

o this, he sneeringly said that she made too much noise with her feet when walking. It is said that, in consequence of his u

f the married life, he produced such a change in her sentiments that, when he resumed his own form, she married him. She is

ure, changing himself into fire or water, plant or animal. Sometimes, when consulted, he evaded an answer by a sudden metamo

ll in love with her, and pursued her to the banks of the river Ladon, when , feeling escape impossible, she called on the god

thout his can in his hand. Some Phrygian shepherds once found Silenus when in a state of intoxication he had strayed from hi

d Pandora, and reigned over the southern part of Thessaly at the time when Zeus resolved to destroy mankind by a flood. Warn

ed by his father, he built an ark, into which he and his wife retired when the waters began to rise. Nine days and nights th

y the hands of his son, who would then marry his mother. Accordingly, when their infant son was born, Laius ordered the chil

rrow pass, he met an old man, and a herald, driving in a chariot, and when he refused to make way for them, the herald kille

on, brother-in-law of Laius, had seized the government of Thebes, and when his son fell a victim to the Sphinx, he issued a

t, at the noon-tide of life he walks on two feet, and in the evening, when old age has stolen upon him, he needs a staff for

out his eyes. “Antigone is the light which looks forth from the east when the sun sinks down in the west.” Max Müller .

that the oracle had informed him that his malady would be cured only when he placed the robe and collar in the temple of Ap

re wringing their hands in despair. Perseus rushed down at the moment when the monster was about to seize its prey, and, hol

“Medusa is the starlit night, solemn in its beauty, and doomed to die when the sun rises; her sisters represent the absolute

he care of the best preceptors. Linus* taught him music; but one day, when he corrected his pupil rather severely, the youth

nced to rattle them violently. The birds rose into the air in terror, when he shot them with his arrows. 7. The Cretan Bull

devoured by the monster. The princess had just been chained to a rock when Heracles arrived. He offered to destroy the monst

lew the herdsman and dog, and was proceeding to drive off the cattle, when he was overtaken by Geryon. A desperate encounter

ing all strangers to Zeus. Heracles allowed himself to be bound, but, when brought before the altar, he burst asunder his bo

free, but he was obliged to leave Pirithous because the earth quaked when he attempted to touch him. Aides consented to his

ghter. Heracles, with many threats of future vengeance, withdrew, and when not long afterwards Iphitus*, the son of Eurytus,

in the act of bearing it away in order to erect an oracle of his own, when he was confronted by the angry deity Apollo. A vi

cious of the young stranger, that he was handing him a cup of poison, when the sword which he bore attracting his attention,

olved to deliver his country from this shameful tribute. Accordingly, when the time came for sending the youths and maidens,

her unfortunate victim, she put an end to her own life, and Theseus, when too late, discovered the innocence of his son. Th

d into the fire. As it burned, the vigor of Meleager wasted away, and when it was consumed he expired. Althea, full of sorro

ould try, and numerous youths had paid the penalty of their rashness, when Hippomenes*, a son of Poseidon, challenged her to

e market-place of Iolcus, and Pelias, happening to see him, shuddered when he saw the youth had but one sandal, because he h

r husbands’ knowledge. The land consequently yielded no increase, and when the oracle was consulted, Ino bribed the messenge

was surgeon, and Tiphys, pilot. For a time all things were favorable, when suddenly a storm forced the adventurers to seek r

y once more set sail, but they had not proceeded far on their course, when they heard a fearful crash. This was caused by th

ers of her tail, so quickly did the rocks reunite. Seizing the moment when they separated, the Argonauts, aided by Hera, wor

the armed crop which should spring up. Jason was in great perplexity when he heard these conditions. He went to the temple

eus* and the sea-goddess Thetis*, who is said to have dipped her son, when a babe, in the river Styx, and thereby rendered h

ced some arms. By the order of Ulysses, a trumpet was suddenly blown, when the disguised Achilles betrayed himself by seizin

ve the latter back to their ships, and was about to set them on fire, when Achilles consented to allow his friend Patroclus*

e son of Nestor, fell by his hand, and the Greeks were put to flight, when Achilles appeared, and restored the battle. A lon

divert them from their folly. None would listen to his warnings; and when , soon afterwards, he and his two sons were destro

had begun to declare that “Old Troy” must have had another site. Now, when the very existence of Homer’s Troy had been decla

ore the fire. Odysseus drew his sword and was about to slay the giant when he remembered that the rock with which the cave w

o release him until they were out of sight of the island. The Sirens, when they heard the dashing of the oars, raised their

It was now twenty years that Odysseus had been away from Ithaca, and when he awoke he did not recognize his native land. Pa

Sun (Odysseus) leaves his bride, the Twilight (Penelope), in the sky when he sinks beneath the sea to journey in silence an

us and Andromache treated the exiles with the utmost hospitality, and when they departed loaded them with gifts. After a sho

lled. Seated on the grass, the men placed their food on biscuits, and when all else was consumed, they ate them also. Iulus

him. Sacrifices were made to him, and once every year, about the time when the Nile began to rise, a golden cup was thrown i

the inquirer, it was considered an unfavorable sign, and the contrary when he received it. The calf Mnevis*, at Heliopolis,

ildren, it is said, were placed at once in the fiery jaws of the idol when the Sicilian, Agathocles*, was about to attack th

f Ormuzd and Ahriman — carry on incessant war. But the time will come when the followers of Ormuzd shall everywhere be victo

and Uranus lost his importance. Agni was a name for the fire which, when the fuel is kindled, steps forth like a war-horse

ighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, when all castes eat together. Buddha*, whom the Vedas

which flowed a fountain. Twelve rivers issued from this fountain, and when they had flowed far from their source they froze

s — his hammer, his belt of strength, and his iron gloves. The hammer when thrown returned to his hand of its own accord. Wh

k*, or the Twilight of the Gods, was a phrase used to denote the time when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla, t

toe is a parasitic plant, and is not always found on the oak, so that when it is found, it is the more precious.” Amber was

y maintained an influence until the latter part of the sixth century, when the inhabitants of the island were converted by t

ning of things, according to the northern Algonquins, was at a period when boundless waters covered the face of the earth. O

suspending a rose from the ceiling over the upper end of their tables when it was intended that the conversation which took

which is said to be the statue of Memnon. Ancient writers record that when the first rays of the rising sun fall upon this s

cat died in any private dwelling, the inmates shaved their eyebrows; when a dog died, they shaved their entire bodies. The

ological Subjects and their Sources names are not only accented, but, when there is possibility of error, syllabicated. In t

s in its language, and loses its seeming and often its characteristic when caparisoned in the trappings of another speech, —

he classic myths, are not only general, but specific. For, the study, when illustrated by masterpieces of literature and art

earn, it is a delight for them to commit to memory; we act criminally when we send them forth with hardly a fact, or a date,

igh Schools will experience no difficulty in mastering these chapters when they come to review them. Since the myths are pre

ls; they may be told in any stage of a nation’s history — by a Jotham when the Israelites were still under the Judges, 1200

lf in the days of the most critical Jewish scholarship; by a Menenius when Rome was still involved in petty squabbles of ple

ications. We do not believe. But their belief is easier to comprehend when we remember that the myths of savages clustered a

rogress. This is best stated by Mr. Andrew Lang 9, whose argument is, when possible, given in his own language. To the quest

were killed by the slaves, but Melampus saved the young ones. One day when he was asleep under the oak, the serpents licked

have been committed to writing in the age usually assigned to these, when materials capable of transmitting long production

were of such sweetness as to charm the monsters of the sea; and that when thrown overboard on one occasion by avaricious se

harp unto him drew The ears and hearts of all that goodly crew; Even when as yet the dolphin which him bore Through the Æge

and was acquainted with Horace and saw Vergil, though the latter died when Ovid was yet too young and undistinguished to hav

with care that which is appropriate; he rejects the superfluous, and when he has completed his work, it is neither defectiv

o lived 1178-1241, the world was not informed of the fact until 1609, when Arngrim Johnsson made the announcement in his Con

nlied, it has been maintained that since, during the twelfth century, when no poet would adopt any other poet’s stanzaic for

r than 1400 b.c. They give us the religious conceptions of the Aryans when they crossed the Himalayas and began to push towa

s born. His queen, naturally desirous of discouraging the practice, — when it came to the turn of her sixth child, palmed of

in the abyss of eternal darkness. What other outcome can be expected when mere physical or brute force joins issue with the

azes on the stars. Then since Epimetheus, always rash, and thoughtful when too late, had been so prodigal of his gifts to ot

and brought down fire. With fire in his possession man would be able, when necessary, to win her secrets and treasures from

rom the oaks. This Golden Age had begun in the reign of Cronus.58 And when these heroes fell asleep in death, they were tran

e plough. This was a race of manly men, but insolent and impious. And when they died, Jupiter made them ghosts of the underw

f immortal life. § 25. Prometheus, Champion of Man. — During this age when , as Hesiod says, the altars of the blessed were

hilation and the creation of a new race. Therefore, once upon a time, when gods and men were in dispute at Sicyon concerning

them on their return. The gods had their separate dwellings; but all, when summoned, repaired to the palace of Jupiter, — ev

n religion absorbed features of inferior religions, and that Jupiter, when represented as appropriating the characteristics

alled and golden-throned. Glorious, beyond compare, was her presence, when she had harnessed her horses, and driven forth th

before Troy, Minerva and Juno bring him more than once to grief; and when he complains to Jupiter, he is snubbed as a reneg

occasion, as a god of healing and of prophecy. He seems to have been, when he chose, the cause of “inextinguishable laughter

l. The famous god of the strong arms could be cunning, even vengeful, when the emergency demanded. § 38. Apollo, or Phœbus A

where the expectant priestess of Apollo had taken her seat. At last, when the year was warm, came the god in his chariot dr

ight of the sky, Fanning the busy dreams from my dim eyes, — Waken me when their mother, the gray Dawn, Tells them that drea

e itself to interpose; Cynthia’s shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, G

rns His heart to fever, and he hears The west wind’s mocking laughter when he turns, Shivering in mist of ocean’s sullen tea

d thy face Wavers and glimmers there and is withdrawn. And many days, when all one’s work is vain, And life goes stretching

from her position in consequence of a fall which she met with one day when in attendance on the gods. Her successor was Gany

stiny, and they were provided with shears, with which they cut it off when they pleased‌ 89 According to Hesiod, they were d

giver of wealth. At his pleasure, he visited the realms of day, — as when he carried off Proserpina; occasionally he journe

did he suffer his subjects, by returning, to find them out. Mortals, when they called on his name, beat the ground with the

ng with flowers, and revisits the earth in duly recurring season. But when she is goddess of death, sitting beside Pluto, sh

epths of the sea, near Ægæ in Euboea; but he made his home on Olympus when he chose. The symbol of his power was the trident

m concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould. It was Io, whom Jupiter, when he became aware of the approach of his wife, had

, princess of Asia, once on a time, a sweet dream was sent by Cypris, when the third watch of the night sets in, and near is

, when the third watch of the night sets in, and near is the dawning; when sleep more sweet than honey rests on the eyelids,

yelids, limb-loosening sleep, that binds the eyes with his soft bond, when the flock of truthful dreams fares wandering… The

the daughters of noble sires, with whom she was always wont to sport, when she was arrayed for the dance, or when she would

she was always wont to sport, when she was arrayed for the dance, or when she would bathe her bright body at the mouths of

the sail of a ship, and lightly still did waft the maiden onward. But when she was now far off from her own country, and nei

clothed himself in his splendors, not putting on all his terrors, as when he overthrew the giants, but what is known among

gged on by his wife Dirce, treated her with extreme cruelty. Finally, when doomed by Dirce to be dragged to death behind a b

of mythical musicians. Having become king of Thebes, it is said that when he played on his lyre, stones moved of their own

ch, of which Philemon is made the parson: — … They scarce had spoke, when , fair and soft, The roof began to mount aloft; Al

n from cloud to cloud In Heaven, and the vast company was hushed. But when they sought for Cleobis, behold, He lay there sti

by his brother’s side Lay Biton, smiling through ambrosial curls, And when the people touched them they were dead.124 2

d fountains to come and gaze upon her work. It was not only beautiful when it was done, but beautiful also in the doing. To

s depicted herself with helmed head, her ægis covering her breast, as when she had created the olive-tree, with its berries

is hairy thighs, His glorious colors, and his glistening eyes. Which when Arachne saw, as overlaid And mastered with workma

reeks in a certain battle, Diomede, son of Tydeus, was prominent. Now when Mars, scourge of mortals, beheld noble Diomede, h

e, he made. straight at him. 38. Minerva. [Statue: Müller.] … And when they were come nigh in onset on one another, firs

rs insatiate of battle. Even as gloomy mist appeareth from the clouds when after heat a stormy wind ariseth, even so to Tyde

g as he sat upon Olympus, and his heart within him laughed pleasantly when he beheld that strife of gods. Then no longer sto

hardly left the Castalian cave, from which the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him. He

. At last, watching his chance, the hero thrust the spear at a moment when the animal’s head thrown back came against the tr

e the dragon’s teeth and sow them in the earth. Scarce had he done so when the clods began to move, and the points of spears

rate of three cubits in height, and one in breadth, every year; and, when nine years of age, they attempted, by piling Moun

of the silver bow accompanied the lad in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hun

ad in his sports, carried the nets when he went fishing, led the dogs when he went to hunt, followed him in his excursions i

art to stanch the wound and retain the flitting life, but in vain. As when one has broken the stem of a lily in the garden i

nderbolts. The first part of the way is steep, and such as the horses when fresh in the morning can hardly climb; the middle

arshalled by the Daystar, which last of all retired also. The father, when he saw the earth beginning to glow, and the Moon

the reins or throw them loose; he forgot the names of the horses. But when he beheld the monstrous forms scattered over the

l, and his crooked claws over the space of two signs of the zodiac, — when the boy beheld him, reeking with poison and menac

m, I am still richer than thou, my conqueror.” Scarce had she spoken, when the bow sounded and struck terror into all hearts

tic strain, foretelling the glory that he should achieve. Æsculapius, when grown up, became a renowned physician; in one ins

a healing power profuse. Men granted that his speech was wise, But, when a glance they caught Of his slim grace and woman’

: so, hand in hand, The two might go together, live and die. Beside, when he found speech, you guess the speech. He could n

] In the following “Hymn,”156 Pan taunts Apollo as he might have done when Midas was sitting contentedly by: - From the for

orm, which has brought me into this danger!” Scarcely had she spoken, when a stiffness seized her limbs; and little by littl

; Her memory he nursed as a kind of a tonic, Something bitter to chew when he’d play the Byronic, And I can’t count the obst

nate nymphs that he brought over By a strange kind of smile he put on when he thought of her. “My case is like Dido’s,” he s

und it by this time a very bad box; Let hunters from me take this saw when they need it, — You’re not always sure of your ga

ake this saw when they need it, — You’re not always sure of your game when you’ve treed it. Just conceive such a change taki

wn tears and the chilly dew her only sustenance. She gazed on the sun when he rose; and as he passed through his daily cours

But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look that she turned when he ros

sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look that she turned when he rose. Fig. 46. Griffins drawing car with s

ccording to some, it was she, too, that changed Callisto into a bear, when for love of Jupiter that nymph deserted the huntr

e exemplified in the myths of Arethusa, Actæon, and Orion. It is only when she is identified with Selene, the peaceful moonl

the following version of the pursuit,168 Arethusa was already a river when Alpheüs espied her. Arethusa arose From her couc

ed Into sweet air; and sobered morning came Meekly through billows: — when like taper-flame Left sudden by a dallying breath

oe for Cytherea, he hath perished, the lovely Adonis! … When she saw, when she marked the unstaunched wound of Adonis, when

nis! … When she saw, when she marked the unstaunched wound of Adonis, when she saw the bright red blood about his languid th

Retire, we pray thee, to thy chamber, repose on thy bed of down, and when it may please thee repair to the bath. Food await

a sharp knife, and hid them out of sight of her husband. That night, when he had fallen into his first sleep, she silently

che, observing the directions of the compassionate river-god, crossed when the noontide sun had driven the cattle to the sha

thought, at first, that these suitors risked too much for a wife. But when he saw Atalanta lay aside her robe for the race,

n before. Hero’s looks yielded, but her words made war: Women are won when they begin to jar. Thus having swallow’d Cupid’s

ierced him through, And therewithal a soft voice called his name, And when he turned, with eager eyes aflame, He saw betwixt

m not wise, Or stored with words aright the tale to tell, But listen: when I opened first mine eyes I stood within the niche

fair, But awful as this round white moon o’erhead, So that I trembled when I saw her there, For with my life was born some t

d their lips upon, the wall, she on her side, he on his. One morning, when Aurora had put out the stars, and the sun had mel

s innocent replied, in effect, “I know a trick better than that!” And when the puzzled Apollo, having traced the knavery to

ittering whip-lash, and installed him herdsman of his oxen. Nay even, when Mercury had sworn by sacred Styx no more to try h

ct for the new worship, and forbade its rites to be performed.197 But when it was known that Bacchus was advancing, men and

Fear not,” said the god; “steer towards Naxos.” The pilot obeyed, and when they arrived there, kindled the altars and celebr

[Marble vase: Wælcken.] So far had Acetes advanced in his narrative, when Pentheus, interrupting, ordered him off to his de

nts, then, to set an excellent meal on the table. But, to his dismay, when he touched bread, it hardened in his hand; when h

. But, to his dismay, when he touched bread, it hardened in his hand; when he put a morsel to his lips, it defied his teeth.

erpine was playing with her companions, gathering lilies and violets, when Pluto saw her, loved her, and carried her off. Sh

— Ceres sought her daughter all the world over. Bright-haired Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus, when

ight-haired Aurora, when she came forth in the morning, and Hesperus, when he led out the stars in the evening, found her st

, free was his return, And now was hastening into upper air Eurydice, when sudden madness seized The incautious lover; pardo

the maiden. Neptune, however, nursed his wrath; and it was still warm when the Greeks marched against Troy.213 § 109. Of a

lin, which she handed over to her husband. Of the dog it is told that when about to catch the swiftest fox in the country, h

. The javelin was destined to a sad office. It appears that Cephalus, when weary of the chase, was wont to stretch himself i

aled herself in the place which the informer had indicated. Cephalus, when tired with sport, stretched himself on the green

und limbed and vigorous, Fleet as his dogs, a lean Laconian pair. He, when he spied the brown of Procris’ hair Move in the c

y lights, and cold my wrinkled feet Upon thy glimmering thresholds, when the steam Floats up from those dim fields about

lossal statues, one of which is called Memnon’s; and it was said that when the first rays of morning fell upon this statue,

f paganism itself. Indeed, according to an early Christian tradition, when the heavenly host announced to the shepherds the

On my shaggy hips, And up and down In an ivy crown Tipsily rides; And when in doze His eyelids close, Off he tumbles, and I

t, and pined until he died. Indeed, even after death, it is said that when his shade passed the Stygian river, it leaned ove

s. The nymphs mourned for Narcissus, especially the water-nymphs; and when they smote their breasts, Echo smote hers also. T

in, the flowers That prink my fountain’s brim, are hers and mine; And when the days are mild and fair, And grass is springin

reathed herself into him. In his dreams, the caitiff craved food; and when he awoke, his hunger raged. The more he ate, the

flock of cranes that happened to be screaming hoarsely overhead. But when his body was found, all Greece, then gathered at

curry-comb, mowed his beard with a sickle, and, looking into the sea when it was calm, soliloquized, “Beautiful seems my be

more sleek than the unripened grape! Here dost thou resort, even so, when sweet sleep possesses me, and home straightway do

when sweet sleep possesses me, and home straightway dost thou depart when sweet sleep lets me go, fleeing me like an ewe th

s seen the gray wolf. I fell in love with thee, maiden, I, on the day when first thou earnest, with my mother, and didst wis

m the hill, and I was thy guide on the way. But to leave loving thee, when once I had seen thee, neither afterward, nor now

izard would have to be chained and compelled to answer; and that even when chained, he would try to escape by assuming a ser

hou hast but to keep him fast bound,” concluded Cyrene; “and at last, when he finds his arts of no avail, he will obey thy b

the reason of her disgrace. At first from modesty she was silent; but when he repeated his questions, for fear she might be

The Loss of Hylas. 289 — “… Never was Heracles apart from Hylas, not when midnoon was high in heaven, not when Dawn with he

s Heracles apart from Hylas, not when midnoon was high in heaven, not when Dawn with her white horses speeds upwards to the

awn with her white horses speeds upwards to the dwelling of Zeus, not when the twittering nestlings look towards the perch,

all of them. Then down he sank into the black water, headlong all, as when a star shoots flaming from the sky, plumb in the

he water, and, hard by though he was, he seemed very far away. And as when a bearded lion, a ravening lion on the hills, hea

n. Vaulting into the air, the animal took his course to the East; but when he was crossing the strait that divides Europe an

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

ith a charm which should aid him in the contest to come. Accordingly, when the momentous day was arrived, Jason, with calmne

her purposed work, stirring them with a dry olive branch. The branch when taken out instantly was green, and erelong was co

arried King Ægeus, the father of Theseus; and we shall meet her again when we come to the adventures of’ that hero.305 The

and hastens to change the garments of joy for those of mourning. But when the author of the deed is known, grief gives way

the eminent law-giver. Of his grandson, Minos II., it is related that when aiming at the crown of Crete, he boasted of his p

our city, grant thee victory over the Minotaur, hoist on thy return, when first the dear hills of Attica greet thy vision,

descendants of Inachus, we find that the curse which fell upon Cadmus when he slew the dragon of Mars followed inexorably ev

, bathed his limbs, And clothed them in the garment that is meet. And when he had his will in all they did, And not one wish

then forbear Smiting their breasts, nor groanings lengthened out; And when he heard their bitter cry, forthwith Folding his

nately year by year. The first year fell to the lot of Eteocles, who, when his time expired, refused to surrender the kingdo

. For a season the wedding guests feasted their eyes upon it: — Then when Thessaly’s youth, long gazing, had of the wonder

wonder Their content, they gan give place to the lords of Olympus. As when Zephyr awakes the recumbent billows of ocean, Rou

shold of journeying Phœbus, — They, at first, blown outward unroughly when Dawn is a-rising, Limp slow-footed, and loiter wi

Faring on world-wide ways to the far-off homes of their fathers. Now when they were aloof, drew nigh from Pelion’s summit C

chilles. How by him the Trojans should fall, as fall the ears of corn when they are yellow before the scythe, — how because

s before piety and righteous action were spurned by mankind, the days when Jupiter and his immortals deigned to consort with

eus prayed to the Samothracian gods, and played on his harp, and that when the storm ceased, stars appeared on the heads of

d avenge her cause if necessary. She was living happily with Menelaüs when Paris becoming their guest made love to her; and

embark in the troublesome affair. Palamedes was sent to urge him. But when Palamedes arrived at Ithaca, Ulysses pretended ma

cestis), — who was most tenderly attached to him. The story runs that when the news of his death reached her, she implored t

est was granted. Mercury led Protesilaüs back to the upper world; and when the hero died a second time Laodamia died with hi

es for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever when such stature they had gained That Ilium’s walls w

s struggled to capture it. The battle still raged with equal fortune, when Jove enveloped the whole face of heaven in a clou

, so artfully constructed that they moved forward of their own accord when wanted, and retired again when dismissed. On hear

they moved forward of their own accord when wanted, and retired again when dismissed. On hearing the request of Thetis, Vulc

w it, — and Achilles, with sword drawn, was about to rush upon him, — when Neptune, looking out upon the contest, had pity u

the heads of warriors and steeds to the rear of the battle. Achilles, when the mist cleared away, looked round in vain for h

he walls before the god disclosed himself. The Fall of Hector. — But when the rest had escaped into the town Hector stood w

f a young warrior, Mercury presented himself to the aged couple; and, when at the sight of him they hesitated whether to fly

slain many of the bravest Greeks, was at last slain by Achilles. But when the hero bent over his fallen foe, and contemplat

heel. This was his only vulnerable spot; for Thetis having dipped him when an infant in the river Styx, had rendered every p

erity he had forgotten. This was the nymph Œnone, whom he had married when a youth, and had abandoned for the fatal beauty o

d to be on your guard against it? For my part, I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.” 363 So saying, he threw his la

ure the monstrous horse and the favorable auguries connected with it, when suddenly a prodigy occurred which left no room to

the downfall of his kingdom, and was slain at last on the fatal night when the Greeks took the city. He had armed himself, a

is, she aided the Greeks secretly on several occasions: in particular when Ulysses and Diomede entered the city in disguise

walk. … This was of old, in no inglorious days, The mode of spinning, when the Egyptian prince A golden distaff gave that be

n resumed their royal dignity, and lived and reigned in splendor; and when Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, in search of his

During his absence, his wife Clytemnestra had been false to him; and when his return was expected, she with her paramour, Æ

er by messengers of the duty of avenging his father’s death; he, too, when he reached maturity, consulted the oracle of Delp

sister of Orestes, who had been snatched away by Diana, at the moment when she was about to be sacrificed. Ascertaining from

of action, and of motion we, Roll’d to starboard, roll’d to larboard, when the surge was seething free, Where the wallowing

y put them aboard with all haste, then pushed off from the shore, and when at a safe distance Ulysses shouted out, “Cyclops,

Tempted to secure some portion for themselves they loosed the string, when immediately the winds rushed forth. The ships wer

their course, and the music grew fainter till it ceased to be heard, when with joy Ulysses gave his companions the signal t

chasm, and thrice was disgorged. Any vessel coming near the whirlpool when the tide was rushing in must inevitably be ingulf

wind becoming fair they sailed from the island. They had not gone far when the weather changed, and a storm of thunder and l

gale. He sped on his course prosperously for many days, till at last, when in sight of land, a storm arose that broke his ma

— Ulysses clung to the raft so long as its timbers held together, and when it no longer yielded him support, binding the gir

ople akin to the gods, who appeared manifestly and feasted among them when they offered sacrifices, and did not conceal them

ed sacrifices, and did not conceal themselves from solitary wayfarers when they met them. They had abundance of wealth, and

h a game of ball, the princess singing to them while they played. But when they had refolded the apparel, and were about to

ed courteously, promising present relief and her father’s hospitality when he should become acquainted with the facts. She c

g herself and her train so far as the way lay through the fields; but when they should approach the city she desired that he

delighted, but Ulysses was moved to tears. Observing which, Alcinoüs, when the song was done, demanded of him why at the men

uitors. — Ulysses had now been away from Ithaca for twenty years, and when he awoke he did not recognize his native land. Mi

sses, seeking her in marriage, had won her over all competitors. But, when the moment came for the bride to leave her father

but dropped her veil over her face. Icarius urged her no further, but when she was gone erected a statue to Modesty on the s

ed. Ulysses and Penelope had not enjoyed their union more than a year when it was interrupted by the events which called Uly

which called Ulysses to the Trojan war. During his long absence, and when it was doubtful whether he still lived, and highl

nd’s father. She pledged herself to make her choice among the suitors when the web was finished. During the day she worked a

ctor of his guests. Once, again, was the wanderer all but betrayed; — when his aged nurse Euryclea, bathing his feet, recogn

er’d greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the d

Gleams that untravell’d world, whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move. How Hull it is to pause, to make an end,

a new home, after the ruin of their native city. On that fatal night when the wooden horse disgorged its contents of armed

ing their shoulders under others, set them afloat again. The Trojans, when the sea became calm, sought the nearest shore, —

ecame a powerful and flourishing place. Such was the state of affairs when Æneas with his Trojans arrived there. Dido receiv

ow to her affection and her pride was too much for her to endure, and when she found that he was gone, she mounted, a funera

d Sisyphus, whose task was to roll a huge stone up to a hill top, but when the steep was well-nigh gained, the rock, repulse

yet he was parched with thirst, and found nothing to assauge it; for when he bowed his hoary head, eager to quaff, the wate

eir heads to him, pears, pomegranates, apples, and luscious figs; but when , with a sudden grasp, he tried to seize them, win

omposed, of the four elements, fire, air, earth, and water, all which when united took the form of the most excellent part,

ent. The Gates of Janus opened . — It was the custom of the country, when war was to be undertaken, for the chief magistrat

, in amaze at the sound of so great a name, invited them to land, and when Æneas touched the shore he seized his hand, and h

leafy boughs, or fed voraciously on their hunted prey. Such were they when Saturn, expelled from Olympus by his sons, came a

ot so my brave father brought me up, nor so have I planned for myself when I joined the standard of Æneas, and resolved to h

y of both,” he said, and would have plunged the sword into his bosom, when Nisus, who from his concealment saw the peril of

bravely, but fell by the lance of Turnus. The victor almost relented when he saw the brave youth lying dead at his feet, an

g a fountain. Twelve rivers issued from this fountain, Vergelmer, and when they had flowed far from their source, they froze

he buds; they represent the four winds. Under the tree lies Ymir, and when he tries to shake off its weight the earth quakes

fight until they cut each other in pieces. This is their pastime; but when meal time comes, they recover from their wounds a

the Mountain giants (Hrim-thursar and Berg-risar) know to their cost, when they see it hurled against them in the air, for i

warriors. His wife, Iduna, keeps in a box the apples which the gods, when they feel old age approaching, have only to taste

irds. When finished it was as smooth and soft as a silken string. But when the gods asked the wolf to suffer himself to be b

was to be removed again. Tyr alone had courage enough to do this. But when the wolf found that he could not break his fetter

ficiently high and massive to render the place impregnable. In short, when it wanted but three days to summer, the only part

uld so manage matters that the man should lose his reward. That night when the man went with Svadilfari for building-stone,

r supper.” Skrymir soon fell asleep and began to snore strongly, but when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant

f down under another tree. But sleep came not that night to Thor, and when Skrymir snored again so loud that the forest reec

u will see there many men much taller than I. Wherefore I advise you, when you come there, not to make too much of yourselve

bearer bring the large horn which his followers were obliged to empty when they had trespassed in any way against the law of

uld, that he might not be obliged to make a second draught of it; but when he set the horn down and looked in, he could scar

d. After taking breath, Thor went to it again with all his might, but when he took the horn from his mouth, it seemed to him

e end of that horn reached the sea, which thou wast not aware of, but when thou comest to the shore thou wilt perceive how m

no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell thee the truth, when we saw that one of his paws was off the floor, we

d would have launched it at him, but Utgard-Loki had disappeared, and when Thor would have returned to the city to destroy i

e pastime with them and was regarded as an honor shown to Balder. But when Loki beheld the scene he was sorely vexed that Ba

of a woman, he went to Fensalir, the mansion of Frigga. That goddess, when she saw the pretended woman, inquired of her if s

es, and trees, and metals, just as we have all seen these things weep when they are brought from a cold place into a hot one

na sits by his side and catches the drops as they fall, in a cup; but when she carries it away to empty it, the venom falls

ir war and household implements, but so skilfully was it wrought that when folded together it could be put into a side pocke

— It was a firm belief of the Northern nations that a time would come when all the visible creation, the gods of Valhalla an

Who live, and with their eyes shall see that day! The day will come, when fall shall Asgard’s towers, And Odin, and his son