patrician to the peasant, must have been imbued with feelings which, while they believed them to be religious, we regard but

plied their Gods in about the same degree that their vices increased; while their armies, which overran the ‌world, doubtless

d soft with hard, and light with heavy mix’d.     But God, or Nature, while they thus contend, To these intestine discords pu

an, forging, under his direction, the thunderbolts of the great Jove; while the remainder wandered around the coast, leading

ut were compelled to yield after a desperate struggle ‌for supremacy; while rebellion brought its accustomed curse in heavier

arations for war and the execution of criminals were alike suspended, while masters waited on their slaves at table, in remem

by a stern light; a veil on his head, and a serpent round his waist; while in his hand he carries a harp. In later times he

ught bravely against the foes of Heaven, and took the form of a Lion, while animated by the cries of Jupiter, who shouted “Co

the wondrous virtue to educe, From emptiness itself, a real use; And while she takes, as at a father’s hand, What health and

us. The following, perhaps the finest description we have of Jupiter, while granting the prayer of Achilles, is from Homer’s

ull, he mingled with the herds belonging to Agenor, father of Europa, while the latter, with her female attendants, was gathe

Sweet beamed, and shedding through the lucid clouds A pleasing calm: while broad and brown, below Extensive harvests hang th

her place of concealment, should she have partaken of any nourishment while there; and it was discovered that though she had

d that though she had refused all ordinary food, she had been tempted while in the gardens of Pluto, to pluck a pomegranate,

airy carols sing, And the whole year is one eternal spring.     Here while young Proserpine, among the maids, Diverts hersel

s her virgin train; To them too cries, and cries to them in vain. And while with passion she repeats her call, The violets fr

aving laughed to see her eat with avidity, was changed into a lizard: while a Thessalian, who had desecrated and attempted to

the insolence to prefer herself to Latona, who had but two children, while Niobe possessed seven sons and seven daughters. S

ghters, except one, who was married, were equally destroyed by Diana; while Niobe, stricken by the greatness of the misfortun

of this miraculous art, who afterwards sought to raise the dead, and while in the act of bringing ‌to life Hippolitus, son o

, was formed of the shell of a tortoise, and composed of seven cords, while to its harmonious tones were raised the walls of

body, changed it into the beautiful tree that bears the frankincense; while the unhappy Clytie, tormented by remorse, and dis

mortal, who fell dead upon the green turf on which they were playing; while his blood sinking into the ground, produced the f

The fair horizon of her brow, With clouds of jet. “I staid a little while to view Her cheek, that wore in place of red, The

Gods changed them into poplars, and their tears into grains of amber; while the young king of the Ligurians, a chosen friend

ered the answer of the god to such as came to consult the oracle, and while the divine inspiration was on her, her eyes spark

heaven she bore another name, and conducted the chariot of the Moon, while on earth she presided over the chase, was the pec

ays by her side ready for his prey. Her hair is banded over her brow, while sometimes a crescent is painted on her head, of w

ught in faintness, solemn, sweet, and slow A hymn from Dian’s Temple; while up-swelling The incense went to her own starry dw

shing, yielded to the God, His car he mounted and sublimely rode: And while with eager arms he grasped the fair, Lashed his f

o the fatal well, she hung herself in the first madness of her grief; while Mera, the faithful animal, overwhelmed with const

nd.” A speech like this, only drew forth the laughter of his captors, while they continued to row merrily to the shore with t

e her slayer. At sight of her, his passion, which had slumbered for a while , burst forth anew, and in an agony of transport,

undness of his limbs and visage, evidence the generous life he leads; while his smiling countenance and laughing eye, are mea

s the most notorious on account of the disgrace which accompanied it, while her great partiality for Adonis, induced her to a

iant sigh.     “Bring in thy train the vengeful boy,     And Graces ( while their robes loose flow     Gives glances of a bre

forges. His vast breast hairy, and his forehead blackened with smoke; while his enormous shoulders seemed borrowed from the C

him lame and deformed, holding a hammer in his hand, ready to strike; while with the other, he turns a thunderbolt on his anv

ard, dishevelled hair, half naked, and a small round cap on his head, while he holds a hammer and pincers in his hand. “——— 

on his lyre, the Arcadian God on his reeds, the Muses sing in chorus, while Venus dances with grace and elegance, to celebrat

ful head sprang forth to light, In golden panoply superbly dight; And while the glittering spear thy hands essayed, Olympus t

ous Naiads came Nor would the work, when finished, please so much As, while she wrought, to view each graceful touch: Whether

Venus, was ridiculed by the goddesses for the distortion of her face while blowing the instrument; Minerva convinced of the

fury. Those who were overcome in this combat, were devoted to infamy, while they who conquered, and had received no wounds, w

. Some authors maintain that this was made with the bones of Pelops —  while Apollodorus asserts, it was no more than a piece

e Trojan war, Mars interested himself on the side of the Trojans; but while he defended these favourites of Venus with great

several monsters; the figures of Fury and Anger ornament his helmet, while Renown precedes him. His priests, named Salii, ca

cuds along To bring thee nearer to that golden song‌ Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at the door of heaven. Thou art

on conducted over this water the souls of those sent to him by Death, while any to whom the rites of sepulchre had not been g

stringed lyre; I hail thee the patron of craft and of guile, To laugh while you grieve, to deceive while you smile, When you

e patron of craft and of guile, To laugh while you grieve, to deceive while you smile, When you chafed into wrath bright Apol

His dun-coloured steers having stol’n from the fold, He laughed; for, while talking all fiercely he found That his quiver, al

d, and tired before Relief from water-nymphs her prayers implore, Now while the rural god with speedy pace, Just thought to s

embrace, He filled his arms with reeds, new rising in the place: And while he sighs his ill success to find, The tender cane

_heathen-mythology_1842_img117 His adventure with Omphale is amusing; while the latter was travelling with Hercules, a sacrif

t would not move, But still would seem to droop, to pine, to love; So while the poet stood in this sweet spot; Some fainted d

ss on a pillar lays, With shining gold, the fluted pillars blaze. And while he wishes, as the servants pour, His touch conver

unhappily the nymph, in her anxiety for her lover’s immortality, and while calling upon her mistress to assist her, saw ———

isses, and then in its sleep Sang dreams in its ears, of its manhood, while deep In a thicket of willows I gazed o’er the bro

he juice of the vintage, which he yields to gladden the heart of man: while a dog is placed at his feet to denote it as the s

His body above the waist, is that of a man, but below, a dolphin’s, while by some he is shown with the fore feet of a horse

into the birds of the same name, who keep the waters calm and serene while they build and sit on their nests in the surface

rocks, they sang songs of the most enchanting and attractive nature, while those who were drawn by their beauty to listen to

anged into frightful monsters, like dogs, which never ceased barking, while the remainder of her form assumed an equally hide

ted by some as sitting at the foot of the throne of the King of Hell; while others make them appear on radiant seats amidst t

d also to leave their tombs three times during the course of the year while their fêtes, which were the most pompous in Rome,

ced in a niche behind the doors of the houses, or around the hearths; while at their feet was placed a dog barking, to intima

his mistress, and encouraging the captives, they slew their ravishers while they slept. Immediately after this, Hymenæus repa

to Colchis, where, by some it is stated, she was re-united to Jason; while according to other authorities, Jason lived a mel

the child grasped them boldly in both his hands, and strangled them, while his brother Iphiclus shrieked aloud in terror. He

rly managed, would direct him in his pursuits. The hero seized Nereus while he slept, and the sea god, unable to escape from

ore made war against her father, killing him, with three of his sons, while his former lover, Iole, fell into his hands, and

ed him invisible, Perseus was able to steal their eye and their tooth while sleeping, and refused to return them until they h

ero as a prince of the ancient time, loved and protected by the Gods: while in Hesiod, they are the early order of beings who

.                              She was left By her so heartless lover while she slept. She woke from pleasant dreams — she dr

e, indeed so, — as a mother. Phæ. aside — (How coldly doth he speak, while thro’ my veins The hot blood bounds in fierce con

the forest forgot their nature, and gazed on him in mute admiration, while the very rocks moved towards him to express their

ures with coldness, until enraged at his behaviour, they attacked him while celebrating the Bacchanalian orgies. “Here while

, they attacked him while celebrating the Bacchanalian orgies. “Here while the Thracian bard’s enchanting strain, Sooths bea

king him once more with his sword, Eteocles expired beneath the blow, while Polynice himself exhausted with his efforts to su

t of a pool of water, that passes around, yet never touches his lips; while , above his head, hangs a bough, laden with delici

down to hell, And rouse the snaky furies from their Stygian cell. One while , he labours to disgorge his breast, And free his

he folds, she brought him to the ground with the stroke of a hatchet, while Egisthus, with whom she had dishonoured herself d

eized by the crest, th’ unhappy warrior drew; Struggling he followed, while th’ embroidered throng, That tied his helmet drag

pressed the ready tears and spoke her last; ‘Dear pledges of my love, while heaven so pleased, Receive a soul of mortal angui

purity; sometimes holding a sceptre, at others crowned with ‌laurel; while she is in many instances drawn with wings, and pl

slaves, and the cap was worn by those who were to be soon liberated, while at other times she appears in a chariot. She is,

mg251 In her hand is a cup of gold, from which a serpent is drinking, while around her are supposed to exist all the luxuries

ffspring of Falsehood, arises crushed hearts and broken friendships —  while of Envy it has well been remarked, “Open your hea

Their cot alone, as on an isle, remains Wond’ring with weeping eyes, while they deplore Their neighbours’ fate, and country

s flocks, and murmuring love songs the most touching and impassioned; while he adorned his person and endeavoured to render h

e moved the rocks, and then would call Upon the murdered Acis. He the while Ran to the sea, but oft on summer nights Noises w

n it. In the very temple of the goddess, whose priestess she was, and while warmed with the rites at which she had been assis

be out of keeping in a work meant to be placed in the hands of youth, while others are not sufficiently authenticated, or do

and towards the sun, which they adore as the likeness of the Eternal, while at mid-day, they renew their homage by the offer

ds are sometimes raised, as if in the act of blessing the human race, while on his head is placed a triple storied crown. In

e sparkles the magnificent diamond in which all things are reflected; while garments of a costly price clothe his noble form.

sparkle in his hands, and the tiger has taken the place of the bull; while his body assumes the appearance of a white cinder

g contribution is paid to the Brahmins. The two sexes bathe together, while the most rigid of the devotees walk to the bath e

at potent god from Agra’s orient bowers, Floats through the lucid air while living flowers, With sunny twine the vocal arbour

inferior goddess to watch over the safety of those whom she favours, while they who fall, are honoured by the mighty mother

part; when the bows, arrows, and javelins were prepared by one deity; while another gilded the heavens with stars; a third pr

ests of both sexes served in the temple. Women acted as prophetesses, while the men employed themselves in sacrifices, and th

d over love. It is not unusual to represent her reclining on a couch, while the favoured lover is shewn sitting by her side,

ed to dance in presence of the idol to whom she was to be sacrificed: while in the evening, the priests ran wildly in the str

nes. He has two vast wings formed like a bat, and the feet of a goat; while in his middle is drawn the head of a lion.” As a

gn of nature, and of the Sun and Moon, and king of the earth and sea; while on others, they pay deep reverence to monkeys, wh

the middle and to south of Africa, the worship of idols is universal; while in Abyssinia and at the Cape, are some faint glea

example, he gave charge over the ocean and all the rivers upon earth; while to Hyperion and Phœbe he entrusted the direction

ore, where they were carefully secured by Neptune, Jupiter s brother, while the young conqueror joyfully proclaimed his victo

dragon heads arose; flames shot from his eyes, nostrils, and mouths; while he incessantly uttered such bloodcurdling screams

ere assumed the forms of different animals; and Jupiter became a ram, while Juno, his sister and queen, changed herself into

er World, where no beam of sunlight was ever allowed to find its way; while Jupiter reserved for himself the general supervis

. All day long the vulture gorged himself; but during the cool night, while the bird slept, Prometheus’ suffering abated, and

ous fruit, which hung so temptingly within reach. One lovely evening, while dancing on the green, they saw Mercury, Jupiter’s

hem. All those thrown by Deucalion were immediately changed into men, while those cast by Pyrrha became women. Thus the earth

on named Hellen, who gave his name to all the Hellenic or Greek race; while his sons Æolus and Dorus, and grandsons Ion and A

numerous gifts, and lavishing with indifference her choicest smiles; while Hebe, or Juventas, the goddess of youth, was ever

wo former were subsequently appointed judges in the Infernal Regions, while the third found an early but glorious death durin

pected, she found them dead. The Queen of Heaven had transported them while asleep to the Elysian Fields, the place of endles

he assembled gods recoiled in fear before this unexpected apparition, while at the same time a mighty commotion over land and

a half-laughing, half-frightened girl, who clung to the bull’s horns, while the wind played with her flowing tresses and garm

ters of flowers, ever since called, from the youth’s name, hyacinths; while Zephyrus, perceiving too Tate the fatal effect of

ted to the ground. A rough bark rapidly enclosed her quivering limbs, while her trembling hands were filled with leaves. Her

n her by conferring her hand upon Orpheus. Shortly after their union, while walking alone in the fields, the bride encountere

poor Clymene, who mourned her only son, and refused to be comforted; while the Heliades, Phaeton’s sisters, three in number,

er tragedy, wore a crown of gold, and wielded a dagger and a sceptre; while Terpsichore, the light-footed Muse of dancing, wa

silky ringlets float about her breast, Veiling its fairy loveliness; while her eye Is soft and deep as the blue heaven is hi

is white thigh. ……………………………………………………………         “The youth lieth dead while his dogs howl around,     And the nymphs weep alo

rs, which, as they dropped upon the ground, were changed to anemones, while the red drops which had fallen from Adonis’ side

n violence as the day wore on, until the waves were lashed into foam, while the wind howled more and more ominously as the da

were unheard, drowned in the fury of the storm; yet he struggled on a while longer, with Hero’s name on his lips. At last, ex

reach the trysting-place, and, as she slowly paced back and forth to while away the time of waiting, she wondered what had h

ft and warm to his touch, and a faint colour flushed the pale cheeks, while a breath dilated her lungs, and sent her blood co

ame to an enchanted palace, whose portals opened wide to receive her, while gentle voices bade her enter, and invisible hands

be forced to leave her, never to return. “‘Dear, I am with thee only while I keep My visage hidden; and if thou once should

s consent seemed somewhat hesitating and reluctant. The next morning, while enjoying a solitary stroll, Psyche suddenly encou

d with a handful of poppies, Mercury approached Argus, and offered to while away the time by telling him tales. As Mercury wa

e trunk. Only one half of the task was successfully accomplished: and while Mercury was driving the heifer away, Juno discove

ades, and when occupied in this way he bore the name of Psychopompus, while , when addressed as conductor of Dreams, he was On

ch plunged the city in sudden darkness at noonday, and which occurred while all were assembled on the Forum, the magistrates

s temple, and clamoured for a sign of his favour and protection. Even while they prayed, it is said, a shield, Ancile, fell f

ied to Greece as captives. There Hesione became the bride of Telamon; while her brother Podarces, later known as Priam, was r

canes Of all the winds, and covered earth and sky At once with mists, while from above the night Fell suddenly.” Homer ( Bry

scuds along To bring thee nearer to that golden song Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at the doors of heaven. Thou ar

his realm, Pluto surrounded it with the Phlegethon, a river of fire; while the Acheron, a black and deep stream, had to be p

ace The cruel boatman repulsed them roughly, and brandished his oars, while he leisurely selected those he would next ferry a

hosts.” Pope. The Story of the Danaides Many victims renowned while on earth for their cruelty found here the just pu

s brothers’ death, slew Danaus, thus fulfilling the ominous prophecy; while the gods, incensed by the Danaides’ heartlessness

razen portals a cruel king named Tantalus (the father of Niobe), who, while on earth, had starved and ill-treated his subject

on “to tantalise.” Sisyphus Another criminal was Sisyphus, who, while king of Corinth, had misused his power, had robbe

ffer an insult to Juno and in punishment was chained like Prometheus, while a vulture feasted on his liver. “There Tityus wa

orne by his followers, or riding in his chariot drawn by wild beasts, while his tutor followed him, mounted on an ass, suppor

e, had been forsaken there by her lover, Theseus, who had sailed away while she slept. As soon as she awoke, she called her f

d that to attempt to cross the river in his chariot would be madness, while by retracing his footsteps he ran the risk of mee

as parched by the ardent rays of the sun, and the grass all perished, while Ceres roamed over hill and dale in search of Pros

ded astonishment of the royal family and all the court. In the night, while Ceres sat alone with her charge, it occurred to h

ue her wanderings in other lands. She finally returned to Italy; and, while wandering along the river banks one day, the wate

cessions the Vestals had the privilege of carrying their sacred fire; while the Roman matrons, glad to swell their ranks, fol

lies. Their statues resembled monkeys covered with the skins of dogs; while at their feet a barking dog, the symbol of their

ehaired and bearded face, and the other quite youthful in appearance, while others represent him with three and even four hea

Latin names which are still in use in legislative and judiciary acts, while in English the common nomenclature is derived fro

he Dreams, who stooped to whisper their pleasant messages in his ear; while in the distant corners of the apartment lurked th

ams which passed through the glittering gates of ivory were delusive, while those which passed through the homely gate of hor

the gods had decreed they should never meet again on earth; and, even while Halcyone prayed, a tempest arose which wrecked Ce

in turn. Corus, the north-west wind, drove clouds of snow before him; while Aquilo, dreadful in appearance, caused cold shive

follow her guidance, promised riches, ease, consideration, and love; while Arete, a modest maiden, warned him that in her wa

spend his days in toil and poverty. Silently Hercules pondered for a while over these two so dissimilar offers, and then, mi

rmation on the subject. Hercules, having surprised this aged divinity while asleep on the sea-shore, held him fast, in spite

et them if the hero would only relieve him of his burden for a little while . Glad to accomplish his purpose so easily, Hercul

ation for her, made him submit to occupations unworthy of a man, and, while he was busy spinning, decked herself in his lion’

ng her beauty, resolved to go down and converse with her for a little while . To avoid being seen, he changed himself into a g

cried, ‘Ah me! my child! What sufferings I endure! thou sleep’st the while , Inhaling in thy milky-breathing breast The balm

ee play, And mark thy wild, enduring smile, Lit by no mortal fire the while , Formed to attract all eyes to thee, And yet thei

als to the youth’s heels, to endow him with great rapidity of flight; while Minerva armed him with her own mirror like shield

drew near the cave without fear of detection, and intercepted the eye while on its way from one sister to another. As soon as

all the more grievous after the short taste of freedom he had enjoyed while Hercules stood in his place, — “Supporting on hi

 “On the hills a shout Of joy, and on the rocks the ring of mail; And while the hungry serpent’s gloating eyes Were fixed on

of wrath, Half stood, half floated on his ankle plumes Out-swelling, while the bright face on his shield Looked into stone t

the shade of the Argo’s hulk, which was slowly rotting away. One day, while he was sitting there musing over his youthful adv

ong maritime voyage undertaken by the Greeks for commercial purposes; while the golden fleece which Jason brought back from C

im away from home. After some time, he came to three cross-roads; and while he stood there, deliberating which direction to t

n, the corpse or Eteocles received all the honours of a Greek burial, while that of Polynices was left on the plain, a prey t

us, King of Corinth, had the great misfortune to kill his own brother while hunting in the forest. His grief was, of course,

cket, Bellerophon watched for an opportunity which came at last, and, while the winged steed was grazing, he vaulted boldly u

charge) she press’d Between her arms.” Ovid ( Pope’s tr.). One day, while wandering there as usual, accompanied by her sist

, when she noticed drops of blood trickling from the broken stem; and while she stood there, speechless with wonder, a voice

river. This is the way, laughed the great god Pan          (Laughed while he sate by the river!), ‘The only way since gods

their time, watched for a suitable opportunity to avenge themselves; while Venus, triumphant, and anxious to redeem her prom

in a cloud, and left in her stead a deer, which was duly sacrificed, while Iphigenia was borne in safety to Taurus, where sh

y were high enough to command a view of Troy, and then withered away, while fresh branches sprang from the roots.”          

d Agamemnon received the priest’s daughter as reward for his bravery, while Achilles triumphantly led to his tent the equally

he better warrior, to his home shall bear The treasure and the woman, while the rest Shall frame a solemn covenant of peace.’

il recalled by Jupiter, and forbidden to fight any more. For a little while fortune seemed to favour the Greeks; and Hector,

which Andromache vainly tried to detain her husband within the walls, while Hector gently reproved her, and demonstrated that

aid, and remained a sullen and indifferent spectator of their flight, while the Trojans began to set fire to some of the vess

ympathetic ear Achilles poured the whole story of his grief and loss, while she gently strove to turn his thoughts aside from

ad almost finished spinning his thread of life. In an early skirmish, while in close pursuit of the Trojans, Thetis’ son had

ntense, that he became insane, and killed himself in a fit of frenzy, while Polyxena, inconsolable at her betrothed’s death,

, and embarked, leaving the horse as a pretended offering to Neptune; while Sinon, a shrewd slave, remained to persuade the T

city, tearing down a portion of their ramparts to allow its passage, while Laocoon hastened down to the shore to offer sacri

ound His stalwart waist their spires are wound, Twice round his neck, while over all Their heads and crests tower high and ta

of their waiting companions or distant homes passed from their minds, while a dreamy, lethargic sensation stole over them, an

inging to the wool of the largest ram, he too was slowly dragged out, while Polyphemus petted the ram, and inquired how he ca

nce he had left the Æolian shores, Ulysses now indulged in sleep; and while he was lost in oblivion his sailors opened the le

ties, one of which, led by Eurylochus, set out to explore the island, while the other, headed by Ulysses, remained to guard t

ted by shadows, the spirits of the dead, condemned to sojourn there a while ere they were admitted into Hades. Ulysses embark

read monsters, Charybdis and Scylla, who lay so close together, that, while striving to avoid one, it was almost impossible n

sun-god’s cattle. To the general amazement and terror, the meat lowed while roasting on the spit, and the empty skins moved a

ould return to the palace and make no mention of his father’s return, while Ulysses, still in the guise of a beggar, should e

bend the mighty bow, which was then seized by the disguised Ulysses, while the youths laughed aloud in scorn, until Telemach

rst greatly enjoyed the quiet and peace of his home life; but after a while these tame joys grew wearisome, and he decided to

w in dust by hostile power, Who once o’er land and peoples proud Sat, while before him Asia bowed: Now on the shore behold hi

the Lares and Penates, and, taking him on his back, carried him off, while with one hand he led his little son, and bade Cre

o., 133 New Bond St., W. This advice was duly followed by Æneas, who, while rounding one of the promontories of the island, s

, Æneas moored his ships in the harbours of Sicania and Drepanum, and while there lost his aged father Anchises.            

banquet-hall, where they recounted their adventures by land and sea, while partaking of the viands and wines set before them

is preparations for departure a complete secret, and finally set sail while she was wrapt in slumber. When she awoke and look

he opposite bank, which, thanks to Diana’s aid, she reached unharmed, while her father plunged into the waves to join her. In

e people” long ere they passed into the literature of the nation: and while to us mythology is merely “an affair of historica

attempted to prove that the myths arose from a “disease of language”; while the anthropologists, basing their theory on compa

any cases survivals of the totemistic belief in descent from beasts,” while the mythologists explain them as “allegories of t

s unerring spear unwittingly causes the death of his beloved Procris “ while she lingers in a thicket (a place where the dew’

and ‘ the sun kills the dew.’” In the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, while some mythologists see in him a personification of

r (the sky) because he dared insult Juno (the queen of the blue air); while Dia, his wife, is the dawn, the counterpart of Eu

lem of the horizontal rays of the rising sun, which seem to lie for a while upon the mountain slopes, ere they rise to begin

that the sun (Œdipus) must slay the darkness (Laius) and linger for a while beside the violet-coloured clouds (Jocasta) — hav

gamemnon rejoins Clytæmnestra, and dies by her hand in a bloody bath; while Achilles, after a period of sullen gloom, meets w

nce, and bears her off to the far east, where, after struggling for a while to retain possession of her and her treasures, he

ky; for in Sanskrit the same word also means “to wake” and “to know,” while the Latins connected her name of Minerva with men

f rock, and hurl them about with an accompaniment of deafening roars, while their ponderous tread causes the very earth benea

ven to Minerva in Athens, 15, 39. 2. Son of Evander; slain by Turnus, while fighting for Æneas, 336, 337 Pal′lor. Special at

western portion of this sea with giants, monsters, and enchantresses; while they placed around the disk of the earth, which t

h great liberties. A feast was given them at which they sat at table, while their masters served them, to show the natural eq

man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while all other animals turn their faces downward, and

is day, whatever evils are abroad, hope never entirely leaves us; and while we have that, no amount of other ills can make us

. It was like a hound pursuing a hare, with open jaws ready to seize, while the feebler animal darts forward, slipping from t

sport enough for one day, and to-morrow we can renew our labors. Now, while Phœbus parches the earth, let us put by our imple

ded her javelin, her quiver, and her bow to one, her robe to another, while a third unbound the sandals from her feet. Then C

Some thought the goddess in this instance more severe than was just, while others praised her conduct as strictly consistent

od reared aloft on columns, glittering with gold and precious stones, while polished ivory formed the ceilings, and silver th

mphs, some sporting in the waves, some riding on the backs of fishes, while others sat upon the rocks and dried their sea-gre

d lend you the chariot, what would you do? Could you keep your course while the sphere was revolving under you? Perhaps you t

are, my son, lest I be the donor of a fatal gift; recall your request while yet you may. Do you ask me for a proof that you a

rned with him. Apollo rose, his brow wreathed with Parnassian laurel, while his robe of Tyrian purple swept the ground. In hi

ver and above all, friendly faces, and simple but hearty welcome. Now while the repast proceeded, the old folks were astonish

ing in like manner. And now a leafy crown had grown over their heads, while exchanging parting words, as long as they could s

embowered in woods, which screen it from the fervid rays of the sun, while the moist ground is covered with flowers, and Spr

ch of the realms of the dead.” When Ceres heard this, she stood for a while like one stupefied; then turned her chariot towar

began to revive and move their fins as if they were in the water; and while he looked on astonished, they one and all moved o

the bank of a stream that sloped gradually down to the water’s edge, while the upland was overgrown with myrtles. They were

yope but her face. Her tears still flowed and fell on her leaves, and while she could she spoke. “I am not guilty. I deserve

anches. Since I cannot stoop to you, climb up hither and kiss me; and while my lips continue to feel, lift up my child that I

minds. Ceyx thinks of Halcyone. No name but hers is on his lips, and while he yearns for her, he yet rejoices in her absence

. These wait upon kings and great personages in their sleeping hours, while others move among the common people. Somnus chose

The stormy winds sunk my ship in the Ægean Sea, waves filled my mouth while it called aloud on you. No uncertain messenger te

more numerous suitors, nor Penelope, the wife of shrewd Ulysses. Even while you spurn them, they court you, — rural deities a

ived the dead body of her son, and folded the cold form to her bosom, while she poured forth the sad words which bereaved mot

s due only to Venus herself. In fact Venus found her altars deserted, while men turned their devotion to this young virgin. A

r lonely apartment, deplored her solitude, sick of that beauty which, while it procured abundance of flattery, had failed to

me as a god.” This reasoning somewhat quieted Psyche for a time, and while the novelty lasted she felt quite happy. But at l

husband is a terrible and monstrous serpent, who nourishes you for a while with dainties that he may by and by devour you. T

a huge coil, raised his head so as to overtop the tallest trees, and while the Tyrians from terror could neither fight nor f

Some were seen tottering along the road, as long as they could stand, while others sank on the earth, and turned their dying

athers for sons, and died in the very act of supplication! How often, while the priest made ready for sacrifice, the victim f

He could not tear himself away; he lost all thought of food or rest, while he hovered over the brink of the fountain gazing

d she, “feed full your rage with my anguish! Satiate your hard heart, while I follow to the grave my seven sons. Yet where is

ne, and that the youngest! O spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one fell dead. Desolate she sat,

ent him her shield and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she slept, and taking care not to look directly a

w blows the surly North and chills throughout The stiffening regions, while by stronger charms Than Circe e’er or fell Medea

rounded, by a pack of barking dogs, turned swiftly from side to side, while the youth eluded its attacks by means of his wing

of wrath, Half stood, half floated on his ankle-plumes Out-swelling, while the bright face on his shield Looked into stone t

These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. Th

est side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees (Or dreams he sees,) while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to t

assembled at the grove of Mars, and the king assumed his royal seat, while the multitude covered the hill-sides. The brazen-

were fascinated by his beauty. Hercules went in quest of the lad, and while he was absent the Argo put to sea and left him. M

without abridging yours.” The next full moon she issued forth alone, while all creatures slept; not a breath stirred the fol

e night she with the sisters entered the bed chamber of the old king, while he and his guards slept soundly under the influen

ching the place found these sorrowful traces of his murdered son; but while he tarried to collect the scattered fragments and

seized and quenched the brand, and carefully preserved it for years, while Meleager grew to boyhood, youth, and manhood. It

g! Crime must atone for crime. Shall Œneus rejoice in his victor son, while the house of Thestius is desolate? But, alas! to

roy him. But shall he then live, and triumph, and reign over Calydon, while you, my brothers, wander unavenged among the shad

him. But how to send Atlas away from his post, or bear up the heavens while he was gone? Hercules took the burden on his own

was driving home the oxen of Geryon, Cacus stole part of the cattle, while the hero slept. That their foot-prints might not

dress of a woman, and spinning wool with the hand-maidens of Omphale, while the queen wore his lion’s skin. When this service

Acetes was led away by the attendants and shut up fast in prison; but while they were getting ready the instruments of execut

e first to strike the wild boar.” The whole band rushed upon him, and while he now talks less arrogantly, now excuses himself

eized one arm, Ino the other, and between them he was torn to pieces, while his mother shouted, “Victory! Victory! we have do

was carried by him to the island of Naxos and was left there asleep, while the ungrateful Theseus pursued his way home witho

atever kind earth sea, or air produces; and complained of hunger even while he ate. What would have sufficed for a city or a

. They drew his chariot over the sea, which became smooth before him, while the monsters of the deep gambolled about his path

and his companions, whom he was entertaining at his hospitable board, while they were delayed on their journey by the overflo

ncidence with such prognostics, Eurydice, shortly after her marriage, while wandering with the nymphs, her companions, was se

d her. They were engaged in female occupations, spinning and weaving, while one told stories to amuse the rest. The sad voice

presence. The river at her command opened itself and let him pass in, while it stood curled like a mountain on either side. H

enormous receptacles of waters and was almost deafened with the roar, while he surveyed them hurrying off in various directio

immediately an unusual vigor filled his frame, and courage his heart, while perfume breathed all around him. The nymph led he

the prophet’s cave and concealed him among the recesses of the rocks, while she herself took her place behind the clouds. Whe

Cupid having dared to laugh at the queer face which the goddess made while playing, Minerva threw the instrument indignantly

walks in the midst of the throng, and enjoys the fruits of his crime, while vengeance seeks for him in vain. Perhaps in their

would give way. The murmur of voices sounds like the roar of the sea, while the circles widening in their ascent rise tier on

eace nor rest.” Thus the Eumenides sang, and moved in solemn cadence, while stillness like the stillness of death sat over th

have the cranes to do with him?” and louder grew the swell of voices, while like a lightning’s flash the thought sped through

ng beauty, and she came down to him, kissed him, and watched over him while he slept. Another story was that Jupiter bestowed

of Galatea, and tell her how she was persecuted. One day the goddess, while Scylla dressed her hair, listened to the story, a

either side. Thither one day the huge Cyclops ascended, and sat down while his flocks spread themselves around. Laying down

y were high enough to command a view of Troy, and then withered away, while fresh branches sprang from the roots.   Wordswor

to inspirit his heart. These orders were obeyed with such speed that, while the battle still raged, Hector returned to the fi

he fate of his friend with such distress that Antilochus feared for a while that he would destroy himself. His groans reached

d not, in the form of Agenor, Priam’s son, encountered Achilles for a while , then turned to fly, and taken the way apart from

h, no! it is too late. He would not even hear me through, but slay me while I spoke.” While he thus ruminated. Achilles appro

he form of a young warrior, presented himself to the aged couple, and while at the sight of him they hesitated whether to fly

n the tenth they placed the body on the summit and applied the torch; while all Troy thronging forth encompassed the pile. Wh

skins crept on the ground, and the joints of meat lowed on the spits while roasting. The wind becoming fair they sailed from

ate of the Suitors. The Phæacians. Ulysses clung to the raft while any of its timbers kept together, and when it no

ry night on which Ulysses was cast ashore on the Phæacian island, and while he lay sleeping on his bed of leaves, Nausicaa, t

d amused themselves with a game of ball, the princess singing to them while they played. But when they had refolded the appar

work of Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden statues of graceful youths held in their h

heir growth, but they flourished in constant succession, some budding while others were maturing. The vineyard was equally pr

, the reader will remember, had lost six of his men, seized by Scylla while the navigators were wholly intent upon avoiding C

e ships which had got on the rocks he pried off with his own trident, while Triton and a sea-nymph, putting their shoulders u

ole country is cleft with chasms, from which sulphurous flames arise, while the ground is shaken with pent-up vapors, and mys

hose form is so immense that as he lies he stretches over nine acres, while a vulture preys upon his liver, which as fast as

have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables loaded with dainties, while near by stood a Fury who snatched away the viands

orce, rushed again headlong down to the plain. Again he toiled at it, while the sweat bathed all his weary limbs, but all to

he recognized Æneas approaching, he stretched out both hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Have you come at last,” sai

iber. The river smoothed its waves, and bade its current flow gently, while , impelled by the vigorous strokes of the rowers,

could not bear the sight, but rushed forward and interposed himself, while the followers pressed round Mezentius and bore hi

m, he rode round him in a circle, throwing one javelin after another, while Æneas stood fenced with his shield, turning every

nce directly at the horse’s head. It pierced his temples and he fell, while a shout from both armies rent the skies. Mezentiu

rcumstance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalations to a divine in

er the chasm whence the divine afflatus proceeded. Her inspired words while thus situated were interpreted by the priests.

ts representing flesh being of ivory laid on a core of wood or stone, while the drapery and other ornaments were of gold. The

œnix first is seen, Her feathered subjects all adore their queen, And while she makes her progress through the East, From eve

er, and others. Occasionally one would demur to some part of the tale while he admitted the rest. Jonston, a learned physicia

shown us the creature, he gave me a box on the ear. I fell a-crying, while he, soothing me with caresses, spoke these words:

faithful to his creator, and was regarded as the source of all good, while Ahriman (Arimanes) rebelled, and became the autho

e regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in India, while Mahadeva and Vishnu have many. The worshippers of

e of the trough. But it was found that Loki had only eaten the flesh, while his adversary had devoured both flesh and bone, a

with using Baldur as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-

princes of the land. Ireland was at that time a land of gospel light, while the western and northern parts of Scotland were s

For the former, it may prove a useful introduction to these studies, while the latter will find in the work the most importa

une and Pluto; to Neptune he gave the command of the seas and rivers, while Pluto received for his portion the subterranean w

all the surrounding country Bœotia. Cadmus obeyed these instructions; while preparing to offer sacrifice to Jupiter on the si

at the delay, proceeded to the spot, and found his servants lifeless, while the dragon was basking at his ease upon the grass

aphne? Ans. A nymph beloved by Apollo: she was changed into a laurel while she was flying from the pursuit of the god. Ques

metimes Discord is represented going before him in tattered garments, while Anger and Clamor follow in his train. Fear and Te

some cattle from King Admetus, although Apollo was keeping them; and while that god was bending his bow against him, he cont

s, as Argus had a hundred eyes, of which he closed only two in sleep, while the others watched. Jupiter commanded Mercury to

young virgin rising from the sea, or riding on the waves in a shell, while Cupids, Nereids and Dolphins are sporting around

pple; the princess paused to admire and take up the glittering fruit, while Hippomenes passed on. A second and a third time d

ng of Cyprus, and was beloved by Venus. He was killed by a wild boar, while hunting with that goddess. Venus grieved much for

elate the transformation of Lycian peasants into frogs. Ans. Latona, while wandering with her babes in the country of Lycia,

the freedom and equality enjoyed in Saturn’s reign, they sat at table while their masters served, and reproved the latter fre

represented? Ans. As seated on the ground, and leaning upon a drum, while various domestic animals are grouped about her.

, but the people regarded them with reverence, as they were believed, while in this state, to possess the gift of prophecy. T

rent instruments; or again, as dancing in a circle with joined hands, while Apollo is seated in their midst. Ques. How have

about to attack Medusa, visited them, and, watching his opportunity, while one of the sisters was handing the eye to the oth

th immortality. Ino became a sea-goddess under the name of Leucothea, while Melicertes was worshipped as Palæmon. He was supp

over houses, streets and roads. They warded off danger from without, while the Penates watched over the interior of the dwel

rm of service had expired dedicated his arms to these powerful genii; while captives, and slaves restored to freedom, hung up

but has a malignant countenance, and flashing eyes. Envy goes before, while Fraud and Conspiracy accompany her on either side

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

est hunters feared to attack the monster, whose eyes shone with fire, while its bristles stood erect like spears, and its tus

It glanced aside, and the weapon of Telamon proved equally harmless, while Nestor was obliged to seek safety in the branches

reward her treachery by making her his queen, she cut the fatal lock while her father slept. Minos received the gift with ho

skins crept on the ground, and the joints of meat lowed on the spits while roasting. As the wind was now favorable, Ulysses

g the oracle at Delphi? Ans. This historian relates that a shepherd, while feeding his flocks on the side of Mount Parnassus

s waters. The oracle of this fountain promised the empire to Hadrian, while he was yet in a private station. When he ascended

y; the second, that his horse had won the prize in the Olympic games; while the third brought news of the birth of his son, a

es of expression, and the play of feature would have been quite lost, while the large and finely colored masks may have had a

the piece. All the movements of a tragic chorus were slow and grave, while in the lighter pieces, the music and the measures

mortal eye. Thus they sang in measured cadence, and passed from view, while a solemn stillness settled on the vast assembly.

ar deity of the Egyptians. He was regarded as identical with the sun, while Isis was supposed, like Cybele, to personify the

anity, and always ready for mischief, found means to cut off her hair while she slept. The goddess was inconsolable, and Thor

nd the ship Skidbladnir. This vessel was so wonderfully wrought, that while it was large enough to carry all the deities with

which a priest in white vestments cut the plant with a golden sickle while two others received it reverently into a white ma

ces, together with the assembled people, then assisted in silent awe, while the Druids performed their nocturnal rites. At le

ublime truths of natural religion, and the purest maxims of morality, while on the other, their sacrifices and public worship

cupations of men. Of these gods, thirteen held the most exalted rank, while the inferior class numbered over two hundred. Qu

thers had charge of the hieroglyphical paintings and oral traditions, while the dreadful rites of sacrifice were reserved to

maize, and the sweet incense of the copal and other odoriferous gums; while the birds and domestic animals offered in sacrifi

mission; Manco-Capac instructing the men in the arts of agriculture, while Mama Oello initiated the women into the mysteries

r Aminias. The latter had won much glory in the Persian war, and now, while interceding for his brother he dexterously droppe

the moral tone of his dramas. Sophocles is said to have observed that while he represented men as they ought to be, Euripides

ss the bay, and landed at the foot of the mountain. The next morning, while pursuing his investigations, regardless of the re

d to his place amid the jeers and laughter of the guests. In a little while , a slave brought him word that two young men on h

ed earnestly to speak with him. Simonides went out, but found no one; while he was looking to see which way the strangers had

nd came down to visit the people on the earth. Once in a great, great while they came in their own true forms; but far oftene

e, she wandered through the green woods, with her arrows at her side, while her fleet hounds sped on in front of her, and a t

id that Proserpine might return to her home if she had tasted no food while in Pluto’s kingdom. So the happy mother hastened

. Some people say that Proserpine really is the spring time, and that while she is with us all the earth seems fair and beaut

Juno would never find her in this hidden corner of the earth. After a while one of the gods, who loved and pitied her, sent t

ne was only the more terrified at these words, and fled more swiftly, while Apollo still followed. He had almost reached her

nce, I know, I heard a rustic call it so.” Thus he spoke, and she the while Heard him with a soothing smile. Then said, “My

eople that they would forget all their bad thoughts, and become for a while as lovely as the sounds they heard. Now Orpheus h

he dying moon and blow,     Blow him again to me While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and

all three of them. They took turns in using that single eye; so that while one of them had the eye, the other two could see

one of them had the eye, the other two could see nothing at all; and while they were passing the eye from one to another, al

ter giving him some parting advice, hid himself in the grove near by, while Perseus stood just outside the cave, behind a bus

that were happening in countries far away. They were interested for a while ; but at length, one of them grew impatient and sa

the Minotaur who lived in it. But now let us go back to Athens for a while . Daedalus had a nephew named Perdix, a very able

ather ever turning to see that his son was following in safety. For a while Icarus followed where Daedalus led the way. But a

dalus turned just in time to see his son’s head sink below the waves, while the fatal wings floated on the surface. The poor

ith his struggle and his wanderings. Ariadne had been waiting all the while , and she now brought him food to strengthen him,

.” The strangers gladly accepted, and were soon seated by the hearth, while Philemon heaped on the logs to make the room more

Soon all was ready, and the strangers seated themselves at the table, while the old couple filled their plates. There was onl

ailors sped swiftly along before the wind; the sails flapped merrily, while the happy-hearted crew sang at their work. Ceyx w

thinking of his dear wife, and praying that no harm might befall her while he was away. For a time all went well; but on the

r lovely young mother Nephele. Nephele had now been gone a long, long while . The sky was cloudless day after day. Not a drop

his family out of their own kingdom. Then the brother ruled as king, while the rightful king lived far away, poor and unknow

mountain tops and trees in the ocean, than my love for Scylla change while she is alive.” Then at last Circe saw that she mu

d; and he was happy to carry his hunting nets, or hold his dogs for a while . Hyacinthus did not think it at all strange that

rence between a little hunter boy and a great god of heaven. One day, while they were resting in a shady nook, Apollo propose

his side, and kneeling down, tried to stanch the wound with his hand, while he tenderly caressed the lad. He was so frightene

ters. Midas, clothed in a purple robe, sat at the judge’s right hand, while grouped about them were the nymphs and the satyrs

he class-room has made necessary the preparation of this volume. For, while the Age of Fable offers a tempting collection of

and Oriental narratives with illustrations from English literature, — while it has delighted one generation of American boys

portant respects from the book upon which it was based. Consequently, while the obligation to the Age of Fable is acknowledge

onceived of error ( ex nihilo nihil fit ), the truth now recognized, while it did not exist in that fraction of myth which h

in order that interest in the narrative as a whole may be maintained while careful and continual review is had of the numero

our study of children and our gabble about methods of teaching them, while we insist, properly enough, that youth is the see

l day in his flaming chariot; or, perhaps, as Meleager, retired for a while in disgust from the sight of men; wedded at event

h divinity. Belief. — But this resemblance in habits of imagination, while it may help us to appreciate the mental condition

for the reasonable than the senseless element of mythical adventure, while it fails to show how savages come to exaggerate t

he Australians, the Eskimo, the natives of the South Sea Islands. But while the possibility of the diffusion of myths by borr

hich the theories of “borrowing” and of “similar historic tradition,” while plausible, are but unsubstantiated contributions.

the Germans, borrowed the story; and by others still that the epics, while proceeding from a common cradle, are of independe

man in the image of the gods. He gave him an upright stature, so that while other animals turn their faces toward the earth,

parts representing flesh were of ivory laid on a frame-work of wood, while the drapery and ornaments were of gold. The heigh

es above; And, waiting for caress, Lie bare the soft hill-slopes, the while Her thrilling voice is heard In song of wind and

and to Proserpine were golden sheaves of corn and soporific poppies; while , among animals, cows, sheep, and pigs were accept

. They drew his chariot over the sea, which became smooth before him, while dolphins and other monsters of the deep gambolled

h great liberties. A feast was given them at which they sat at table, while their masters served, to show the natural equalit

ou see yonder a temple on the height. It is sacred to Jupiter. Often, while the priest made ready for sacrifice, the victim f

of the oldest, was added; and for dessert, apples and wild honey. Now while the repast proceeded, the old folks were astonish

took him mercifully to themselves, and for nine years cared for him, while he plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.

g round and carrying the stars with it. Couldst thou keep thy course, while the sphere revolved beneath thee? The road, also,

ware, my son, lest I be the donor of a fatal gift; recall the request while yet thou canst.” He ended; but the youth rejected

id arms to heaven, “Cruel Latona,” said she, “satiate thy hard heart, while I follow to the grave my seven sons. Yet where is

, and that the youngest! Oh, spare me one of so many!” she cried; and while she spoke, that one fell dead. Desolate she sat,

such a quietude, He neither raised his face nor spoke, this time, The while his friend surveyed him steadily. That friend loo

rned with him. Apollo rose; his brow wreathed with Parnassian laurel, while his robe of Tyrian purple swept the ground. In hi

ght count the pebbles on the bottom. She laid aside her garments; but while she sported in the water, she heard an indistinct

r javelin, her quiver, and her bow to one nymph, her robe to another, while a third unbound the sandals from her feet. Then C

ng beauty. She came down to him; she kissed him; she watched over him while he slept. She visited him again and again. But he

with him she hath lost her sacred beauty. Fair was the form of Cypris while Adonis was living, but her beauty has died with A

with me, Adonis, hapless Adonis, abide!… Awake, Adonis, for a little while , and kiss me yet again, the lastest kiss! ... Thi

r, Adonis, and art faring to Acheron, to that hateful king and cruel, while wretched I yet live, being a goddess, and may not

able to express its praise. In fact, Venus found her altars deserted, while men paid their vows to this virgin. When Psyche p

nious murmurs that dissuaded her from venturing among the golden rams while they raged under the influence of the rising sun.

ht of rest she had, The hope of which makes hapless mortals glad; For while her limbs were sunk in deadly sleep Most like to

s amazement he saw before him his statue garlanded with flowers. Yet while he stood, and knew not what to do With yearning,

y rows, With eye that flashes, and with cheek that glows, And all the while their tribute-songs they bring, And newer glories

rpina. [Vase picture: Baumeister.] When Ceres heard this, she stood a while like one stupefied; then she implored Jupiter to

s gaze Turned from her own, and even farther ranged His woodland war; while she, in dull amaze, Beholding with the hours her

th the glow that slowly crimson’d all Thy presence and thy portals, while I lay, Mouth, forehead, eyelids, growing dewy-w

elow; Dusky and brown’d Close the leaves all around; And yet, all the while , Thro’ the boughs I can see A star, with a smile,

hus through Echo, Pan, Lyde and Satyr, Love his circle ran. Thus all, while their true lovers’ hearts they grieved, Were scor

uming her own appearance, she was again and again sold by her father; while by Neptune’s favor she became on each occasion a

unishment the murderers of Ibycus. This poet, beloved of Apollo, was, while journeying to the musical contest of the Isthmus

presence. The stream at her command opened itself, and let him enter, while it stood heaped like a mountain on either side. C

ine.273 Fig. 77. Medusa. [Relief: Müller.] This was Medusa. Her, while she was praying the gods to end her misery, or, a

r, while she was praying the gods to end her misery, or, as some say, while she was sleeping, Perseus approached, — and guide

of wrath, Half stood, half floated on his ankle-plumes Out-swelling, while the bright face on his shield Looked into stone t

slew the Thespian lion, and performed various deeds of valor. To him, while still a youth, appeared, according to one story,

Amphitryon in throwing off the yoke of the city of Orchomenus. Then, while in the very pride of his manhood, he was driven i

“Even so,” said Hercules; “but, pray, hold this load for me a moment, while I procure a pad to ease my shoulders.” Unsuspecti

was driving home the oxen of Geryon, Cacus stole part of the cattle, while the hero slept. That their footprints might not i

gem, and would have failed to find his oxen, had it not happened that while he was driving the remainder of the herd past the

dress of a woman, and spinning wool with the handmaidens of Omphale, while the queen wore his lion’s skin. But during this p

ng of Zeus, not when the twittering nestlings look towards the perch, while their mother flaps her wings above the smoke-brow

janira had become, as we have already noted, the wife of Hercules;308 while Leda, the sister of Althæa, was mother of Castor

th. Althæa seized and quenched the brand, and carefully preserved it, while Meleager grew to boyhood, youth, and man’s estate

f the daughters of Cocalus disposed of Minos by scalding him to death while he was bathing. It is said that Dædalus could not

stone unmoving stonily gazes — Heart o’erwhelmed with woe— ah, thus, while thus she is gazing, — Down from her yellow hair s

Never presume man’s vows hold aught trustworthy within them! Verily, while in anguish of heart his spirit is longing, Nothin

g feast with their presence, and reclining on ivory couches, gave ear while the three Sisters of Fate, in responsive strain,

et and army assembled in the port of Aulis in Bœotia. Here Agamemnon, while hunting, killed a stag that was sacred to Diana.

to inspirit his heart. These orders were obeyed with such speed that while the battle was still raging, Hector returned to t

he fate of his friend with such distress that Antilochus feared for a while lest he might destroy himself. His groans reached

no! even that is too late. He would not hear me through, but slay me while I spoke.” While he thus ruminated, Achilles appro

the tenth they placed the body on the summit, and applied the torch, while all Troy thronging forth encompassed the pyre. Wh

trouble joy. “… But, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, How sweet ( while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly) With half-dropt

ed a safer distance than before. The giant answered them with curses, while Ulysses and his friends plying their oars vigorou

y attacked them, heaving huge stones which broke and overturned them, while with their spears they despatched the seamen as t

skins crept on the ground, and the joints of meat lowed on the spits while roasting. The wind becoming fair they sailed from

ry night on which Ulysses was cast ashore on the Phæacian island, and while he lay sleeping on his bed of leaves, Nausicaä, t

d amused themselves with a game of ball, the princess singing to them while they played. But when they had refolded the appar

work of Phæacian maidens. On these seats the princes sat and feasted, while golden statues of graceful youths held in their h

the reader will remember, had lost six of his men, seized by Scylla, while the navigators were wholly intent upon avoiding C

ships which had got on the rocks, he pried off with his own trident, while Triton and a sea-nymph, putting their shoulders u

e water smooth, and the ship sails steadily on her course. Lie down a while and take needful rest. I will stand at the helm i

hole country is cleft with chasms from which sulphurous flames arise, while the ground is shaken with pent-up vapors, and mys

e form is so immense, that, as he lies, he stretches over nine acres, while a vulture preys upon his liver, which, as fast as

have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables, loaded with dainties, while near by stood a Fury who snatched away the viands

rce, rushed again headlong down to the plain. Again, he toiled at it, while the sweat bathed all his weary limbs, but all to

he recognized Æneas approaching, he stretched out both hands to him, while tears flowed freely. “Dost thou come at last,” sa

iber. The river smoothed its waves, and bade its current flow gently, while , impelled by the vigorous strokes of the rowers,

could not bear the sight, but rushed forward and interposed himself, while the followers pressed round Mezentius and bore hi

m, he rode round him in a circle, throwing one javelin after another, while Æneas stood fenced with his shield, turning every

e directly at the horse’s head. The animal fell with pierced temples, while a shout from both armies rent the skies. Mezentiu

e of the trough. But it was found that Loki had only eaten the flesh, while his adversary had devoured both flesh and bone, a

with using Balder as a mark, some hurling darts at him, some stones, while others hewed at him with their swords and battle-

oor and vile: — All hail to thee, King Volsung! farewell for a little while ! ” So sweet his speaking sounded, so wise his wo

or smile, And but little moveth her body, nor speaketh she yet for a while ; And yet kneels Sigurd, moveless, her wakening sp

Gudrun, was incited to slay Sigurd. He, accordingly, stabbed the hero while asleep, but Sigurd, throwing Gram at the assassin

phē, to kindle, or pha, to shine, or spha, to burn. The Latin Vulcan, while a god of fire, is not represented by the Romans a

rcumstance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalations to a ‘divine i

er the chasm whence the divine afflatus proceeded. Her inspired words while thus situated were interpreted by the priests. Ot

is known; also that, in Attica, she was served by girls who imitated, while dancing, the gait of bears. It is quite possible,

giant; condemned to the underworld, he lay stretched over nine acres while two vultures devoured his liver (§ 21). Interpre

8: 570) in the mouth of a boy who accompanies himself on the cithara, while the vintagers are at work. § 79. Centaurs. — Mons

. Centaurs. — Monsters represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. Ce

enture, purports to be a paraphrase of the Alcestis of Euripides, but while it maintains the classical spirit, it is in execu

by that goddess because Cupid laughed at the grimaces which she made while playing it. Marsyas found the instrument, blew up

no unfit emblem of Autumn and the restless melancholy of the season; while the hope with which the Goddess was finally cheer

ink; grapes hanging above his head withdrew when he would pluck them; while a great rock was forever just about to fall upon

night,” into the regions of darkness. There he recovers Eurydice, but while he looks back upon her she fades before his gaze,

ay Cox, and other interpreters of myth, would explain the series. But while the explanations are entertaining and poetic, the

king of the Ripuarian Franks, who in 508 a.d. was treacherously slain while taking a mid-day nap in the forest; (3) Sigibert,

21. ADDENDA Cerco′pes: grotesque and gnome-like rascals, two of whom, while Hercules was sleeping, made off with his weapons;

5. § 2; Hyginus, Fab. 147. 205. P. B. Shelley: Song of Proserpine, while gathering flowers on the plain of Enna. 206. O

s ago, before any of the nations existed that now inhabit Europe, and while everything was new and strange to the people who

western portion of this sea with giants, monsters, and enchantresses; while they placed around the disk of the earth nations

the ocean is produced by the combined influence of heaven and earth; while , at the same time, their fervid and poetical imag

os and Hypnos. Death is draped in black, and holds an inverted torch; while Sleep is robed in white, and has for his symbol t

and his brothers. Morpheus, the god of dreams, receives the poppies, while his brothers bend to gather the falling leaves. S

himself. He was turned into a pine-tree, into which his soul passed, while from his blood sprung a wreath of violets. In Apr

as the wife of Zeus of Dodona, and the mother of Aphrodite* (Venus), while Arcadian Zeus was wedded to Maia*, whose son was

3. As descending from the sky, resting one hand on a mountain-cliff, while the other holds a spear and buckler. Epithets. —

ered to cleave open. The goddess of war, in full armor, sprung forth, while a great commotion both on sea and land announced

the rope and saved her life, but the rope was changed into a cobweb, while Arachne became a spider. As Athene was one day ba

peacefully ruling, with arm and ægis partially covered with drapery, while the shield rests on the ground. As the goddess th

is represented as standing, her right hand pressed against her side, while with her left she points towards heaven. Heph

ing. Adonis, whom Aphrodite tenderly loved, was killed by a wild boar while hunting. Inconsolable at her loss. Aphrodite pite

er husband’s appearance. She beheld the marvelous beauty of Eros, but while she was gazing a drop of oil from her lamp fell o

arried Eurydice*, and their life was full of happiness. But Eurydice, while fleeing from Aristæus*, was bitten in the foot by

musical contest. The god defeated the presumptuous mortal, flayed him while alive, and changed him into a river, which is sti

many features in common. Their chief difference lies in the fact that while Apollo, as god of light, represents the higher in

the Muses were created. Tliey sing of the past, present, and future, while Apollo’s lute accompanies their sweet strains, wh

re. Hebe was cup-bearer to the gods. In consequence of having slipped while serving them, she was deprived of her office, whi

x, or Pandean pipes. “Here mythology has simply inverted history and while , in an account of the invention of musical instru

rtion suitable to be eaten, Prometheus wrapped the flesh in the skin, while he enveloped the bones in the fair white fat. The

tor to another, and he who succeeded in longest preserving it lighted while he ran, was successful. Æschylus wrote three tra

nd Iron Ages. The Golden race of men lived free from care and sorrow, while the earth spontaneously furnished them with all t

s to a rock, and a monster rising out of the sea ready to devour her, while her parents stood on the shore wringing their han

er. Hera, still hostile to Heracles, caused him to become insane, and while in this condition he killed three of his own chil

Xereus, if properly managed, would direct him. Heracles seized Nereus while he was sleeping, and the sea-god, unable to escap

e in female attire, and set him to spin with the distaff and spindle, while she arrayed herself in the lion’s skin and carrie

racles intrusted Deianeira to the Centaur Nessus to be carried across while he forded the stream with his little son in his a

The town and citadel were destroyed, and Eurytus and his sons slain, while the beautiful Iole fell into the hands of the con

ss the sky like the streams of blood which gush from the hero’s body, while the violet-colored evening clouds seem to cheer h

ving at the coast of Mysia they went ashore. Here Hylas was lost, and while Heracles and Telamon were searching for him, the

retired to his tent, and refused to take any further part in the war, while the Trojans, who feared him more than all the oth

skins crept on the ground, and the joints of meat lowed on the spits while roasting. After feasting for seven days they set

escendants were destined to subdue the world. The Trojans landed, and while eating their first meal on shore, the prediction

or food. Thus, at Thebes, the crocodile and the sheep were worshiped, while the goat was eaten; at Mendes* the sheep was eate

faithful to his creator, and was regarded as the source of all good, while Ahriman* (Ahrimanes*) rebelled, and became the au

e regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in India, while Mahadeva, or Siva, and Vishnu, have many. The wor

ccasionally turn to the worshipers with songs and gestures. Formerly, while the tower moved along, numbers of the devout wors

with her delicate fingers, and twisted their slender stalks together, while her fawn looked at her with his large eyes, and s

checking his flight, he again descended to the garden, and lingered a while to look upon Psyche, who appeared to him the love

ssible to human feet. A river flowed at the foot of the mountain, and while Psyche lingered an instant on the bank, gathering

Italy been Christians. Mother. Some of them learned to be Christiana while Christ and his apostles were in the world, and al

Ceres often left her daughter with the young maidens her companions, while she made long excursions to instruct the ignorant

hand of Cyane, who clung to her robe, as if she would force her away while the damsels, their companions, had ran away, and

was very grateful to Tereus, and invited him to live with his family, while he should stay in Greece. Pandion had two amiable

t up her own will against his. She readily consented to stay at home, while Tereus went to fetch Philomela. Tereus went, as h

e faithful maiden whom I so tenderly love, shall be a daughter to you while I am gone. And, my dear father, I shall soon retu

Philomela, he preferred her; though he could not have her for a wife while her sister lived. Tereus did not exactly know how

it. “Allow us, friend,” said Jupiter to the man, “to rest ourselves a while at your hearth.” “You do me honour, sirs,” answer

ng off a piece, threw it and the coleworts into a pot. It took a good while to boil this bacon and cabbage, but the guests in

the sky, made it resound with her loud and continual lowings. After a while she ceased, and lay down on the grass to rest. Ca

hing of the world, that is, who know how men and women act, know that while there are many good and happy persons every where

, by the judges of the dead, to be chained to the ground in Tartarus, while a vulture was continually devouring his liver, an

ed, “Eternal toil and eternal fatigue is your portion. Know you, that while you suffer here, your brother Athamas inhabits a

was very young, and it was said that Jupiter was his father. Bacchus, while he was a boy, lived in the isle of Naxos, and was

on struck by the golden-tipped arrow would love the lady he next saw; while the person who should be wounded by the leaden on

gods, with the speed of an arrow from the bow. Io was in Arcadia; and while she rapidly coursed along the borders of the lake

beautiful heifer, and plucking a handful of grass, offered it to her, while he bound her horns with a garland of flowers. The

father. The son of Io has vaunted that he is the offspring of a god, while I am no other than a child of mortality. Condesce

d his brilliant head, and refused to cheer the world by his presence; while Clymene, accompanied by the Hiades, her daughters

ched queen saw her daughters transfixed by the same unseen darts; and while the youngest of them yet lived, she covered her w

te a cheaper and better work on the subject, and thus punish cupidity while respecting the rights of property. I am far howev

nded by culture, the more powerful is the operation of this law ; and while the philosopher ascribes all effects to one great

butes of the god who presided over war and inspired daring thoughts ; while in the god of archery and music beauty and streng

ter remained without ; whence ever since the Swede dwells in a house, while the Laplander lives in the open air17. 5. Many le

iant groves, in which during the days of summer dwelt numbers of men, while birds of the richest plumage and most melodious t

nificent temple sacred to Triphylian Zeus, erected by the god himself while he was yet among men ; and on a golden pillar in

remainder of the Pleias, as they were named, formed poems from them ; while Apollodorus, following Pherecydes, and adding the

hed their radiance through all the interior of the upper hemisphere ; while that of the inferior one was filled with eternal

llo was their tutelar deity, to whom they offered asses in sacrifice, while choirs of maidens danced to the sound of lyres an

western portion of this seawith giants, monsters, and enchantresses ; while theyplaced around the edge of the disk of the ear

t ‘the stables’ of Helios are placed by Euripides in his Phaëthôn204; while in another passage205 he speaks of the ‘dark stab

. Selene, the sister of Helios, drove her chariot through the sky while he was reposing after the toils of the day. There

e subject made her his daughter, he being the source of her light252; while a third view made her the mother by him of the fo

beings quite alien from the Titans, and Iapetos with an Ocean-nymph ; while Themis and Mnemosyne are reserved to be the paren

of Night, and Musæus gave her Zeus for a sire in place of Perses292, while others said that she was the offspring of the Oly

ving her head surrounded by serpents twining through branches of oak, while torches flamed in her hands, and the infernal dog

den cradle, he was fed with honey and the milk of the goat Amaltheia, while the Curetes387 danced about him clashing their ar

r, under the names of Virgin, Married (τϵλϵία), and Widow ; the first while she was a maid, the second when she married Zeus,

υών). It is said that Alectryôn was a youth whom Ares placed to watch while he was with Aphrodite ; and, for neglect of his t

nquets of the gods on Olympos, Apollo played on his phorminx or lyre, while the Muses sang611. Thus they the whole day long

river Amphrysos, making the kine under his charge all bear twins635 ; while according to another he discharged for him even t

ollo leaves, and comes To his maternal Delos, and renews The dances ; while around his altars shout Cretans, Dryopians, and t

The country-haunting nymphs, the daughters fair Of Ægis-holding Zeus, while Leto joys ; O’er all she high her head and forehe

Callimachus thus relates the early history of the goddess673. Artemis while yet a child, as she sat on her father’s knee, bes

maidens were three in number, and named Upis, Loxo, and Hecaerge695, while a third named only Opis and Hecaerge696. There wa

maintains such to have been the original conception of these deities, while Heyne720, Buttmann721 and Welcker722, together wi

and attributes of Apollo all answer to a moral being of great purity, while the bow and arrows are a natural symbol of the go

is a mortal maid and daughter to Otreus king of Phrygia, adding, that while she was dancing, in honour of Artemis, with the n

a messenger to her father to treat of the marriage and the dower. But while thus speaking, the artful goddess filled the hear

n of Kronos766. Sappho767 made him the offspring of Heaven and Earth, while Simonides assigned him Aphrodite and Ares for par

d Psyche amidst the tears of the people placed on a lofty rock. Here, while she sat weeping, a zephyr sent for the purpose ge

on his lyre, the Arcadian god on his reeds, the Muses sing in chorus, while Venus dances with grace and elegance to celebrate

en sprang forth with a shout which terrified Heaven and Mother Earth, while the king of the gods poured a shower of gold on R

hena the Ox-yoker (Βουδϵία), the citizens called her Worker (Ἐργάνη), while the military class styled her Front-fighter (Пρόμ

sided, Demeter anxiously inquired if her daughter had tasted anything while below ; for if she had not, she would be free to

son Kronos, whose own children they are according to Empedocles1018, while Æschylus and Sophocles call them the children of

Alcathoe, also despised his rites, and continued plying their looms, while the other women ran through the mountains. He cam

rpents filled their baskets ; vines and ivy twined round their looms, while wine and milk distilled from the roof ; but their

committed the care of him to Nysa, one of the daughters of Aristæos ; while Athena, who had lately sprung from the earth on t

through which the tops of the towers and castles elevate themselves, while the ground and foundation lie concealed. But that

ths, Fragrant and blooming, mingle with the grass Confused, and sing, while echo peals around The mountain’s top. The god me

so, we are assured, of a most accommodating disposition to Zeus ; and while he was engaged in his pranks with the other nymph

ng into the sea to purify themselves for the orgies of Bacchos, were, while there, assailed by Tritôn ; but on praying to the

had devoured two more of his victims gave him wine to drink, and then while he was sleeping profoundly, heated the stick in t

back to his ship ; the stream carried it along, and they reached Ææa while it was yet night. We have here a proof that the c

cording to some they were called Leucosia, Ligeia and Parthenope1385, while others named them Thelxiope or Thelxinoe, Molpe,

ed, they lived on such birds and fish as they could catch. At length, while Odysseus was sleeping, Eurylochos prevailed on th

olitary state with her attendant nymphs ; but her abode was a cavern, while the daughter of Helios possessed a mansion of cut

he gay and careless days of childhood with pleasure and regret. Then, while his faculties were new and unworn, each part of n

t the silly Epimetheus had abundantly furnished the inferior animals, while man was left naked and helpless. As the day for t

d have the body, but that as Care had formed it she should possess it while it lived, and that it should be called Man (Homo)

e it is that the snake by casting his skin annually renews his youth, while man is borne down by the weight of the evils of o

eat catastrophe, conveys in a small boat to the summit of Parnassos ; while others make Ætna1499 or Athôs1500 the mountain wh

real utility, being almost all altars, temples, tombs, or obelisks ; while those of Greece are massive walls and strong trea

cording to the poem of the Nostoi, Medeia restored Æsôn to youth1545, while Simonides and Pherecydes say that she effected th

hield of Heracles, the latter appear in panoply fighting with spears, while the former wield pine-clubs1585. Pindar is the ea

was Actæôn’s boasting that he was superior to her at the chase1648 ; while others ascribed his transformation and death to t

Artemis, and the sons of Niobe soon fell by the arrows of the former, while her daughters perished by those of his sister.

of priest-kings devoted to the service of Demeter and Hermes-Cadmos, while the two ‘white-horsed gods’1681 were gallant warr

ead, Persephoneia has granted reason, that he alone should have sense while others flit about mere shades1695.’ When Odysseus

the worship of the Muses would seem to give them a rural character ; while their descent from Poseidôn and Iphimedeia, and t

s eyes : his arrow and his dart never missed. In his eighteenth year, while he was still with his father's herds, he slew a h

brought on a premature labour, and Eurystheus came to light that day, while she checked the parturition of Alcmena, and kept

y darts till he made her come out ; and he then grasped and held her, while she twined herself about his legs. The hero crush

others ; for, having drawn the arrow out of the body of one of them, while he was wondering how so small a thing could destr

eet under the charge of Oïcles, he led his men against the town ; but while he was advancing toward it, Laomedôn fell on the

δωλον)1787, like those of other men, descends to the realms of Hades, while the divine portion, himself (αὐτὸς), ascends from

lied that he had no mother. Dionysos contrived to make him drunk, and while in that state he released the goddess. Zeus then

named Ismaros, plainly intended to deduce the Eumolpids from Thrace, while the name Tegyrios would seem to point to Bœotia,

g the feet of the host. This ceremony was performed on the pass ; and while the guest was engaged in the operation, Scirôn wo

a son named Phoroneus1890, the first man according to one tradition, while another makes him collect the rude inhabitants in

and with what flowed from the veins of the left side he injured men, while with that of the right side he cured them1977. Fr

elude him had taken the form of all kinds of animals2000. At length, while she was under that of a goose, the god became a s

of Zeus. The beauty of Helena is proverbial. Theseus carried her off while yet a child, and, as we shall see, her frailty ca

two sons of Thyestes and served their flesh up to their father ; and while Thyestes was eating he caused the heads and hands

eus offered a sacrifice of thanksgiving on the shore of the sea ; but while he was engaged in it, he was fallen on and slain

e Agenôr the sire of Cadmos, Europa was also said to be his daughter, while her mother Telephassa became the inappropriate mo

piôn the son of Dionysos and Ariadne. He sought her in marriage ; but while wooing, seized a favourable opportunity, and offe

it the ‘Bear,’ and the Foollahs of Africa call it the ‘Elephant2139’, while the husbandmen in ancient Italy named it the ‘Sev

m would be a hunter and his dog, before whom the Pigeons were flying, while the Bear, the object of his pursuit, kept watchin

are names evidently given from their nourishing nature as nymphs2149, while Phæo, Phæsula, Cleeia and Polyxo, denote the brig

oyful heroes grasped each his oar at the word of the soothsayer ; and while Orpheus struck his lyre in concert with his voice

heir wings. These they drove off by clattering on their shields ; and while they remained in the isle, the sons of Phrixos, w

epare to attack him. Among these she desired him to fling stones, and while they were fighting with one another about them, t

of his bed she embarked with him in the Argo, and the vessel set sail while it was yet night2160. Æetes, on discovering the t

ut her brother to pieces, and scattered his limbs on the stream2161 : while Æetes was engaged in collecting them the Argo esc

r Menelaos sails to Crete, directing his wife to entertain the guests while they stayed. But Aphrodite joins Helena and Alexa

ver his body, which Aias at length takes up and carries to the ships, while Odysseus keeps off the Trojans. Thetis comes with

of Troy, which last event is the subject of the poem of Tryphiodorus, while Coluthus sang the abduction of Helena, and Tzetze

stay of the army before Troy ; Odysseus is apparently the Wanderer ; while Achilleus, Nestôr, and others are merely the hero

setti has shown, only a figurative representation of things on earth, while Milton gave utterance to his genuine conception o

368. Il. viii. 41. seq. ; xiii. 23. seq. It is worthy of notice that while the chariots of men had sometimes three horses (I

mann also makes Themis a physical being, rendering her name Statina ; while Böttiger (Kunst-Myth. ii. 110.) more justly, we a

alogue (II. ii. 730.) the Thessalian Œchalia is the city of Eurytos ; while the ‘Taking of Œchalia’ and the Ægimios, as it wo

ent to Aïs, themselves (αὐτοὺѕ) were made a prey for dogs and birds ; while , in this place of the Odyssey, the image (ϵἲδωλον

Hygin. 169. This last writer also says that Amymone fell asleep, and while she was in that state the satyr attempted to viol

Æn. vi. 585. Hesiod (ap. Sch. Pind. Pyth. iv. 252.) calls him ἄδικοs, while Homer (Od. xi. 235.) styles him ἀμύμων 2022. Od

all races have passed.” The argument of the anthropologists is that while all nations have come from one parent-stock, as i

the son of Aristæus, a famous huntsman. He intruded himself on Diana while she was bathing, and was changed by her into a de

city on fire Æneas took his aged father, Anchises, on his shoulders, while his son, Ascanius, and his wife Creusa, clung to

is in one hand, and a staff entwined with a serpent is in the other, while a dog lies at his feet. “Thou that dost Æsculapi

hat he was killed by Ulysses; others aver that he was slain by Paris; while others again assert that he went mad after being

us] was married to Procris, whom he accidentally slew by shooting her while she was secretly watching him, he thinking she wa

f one hand to his lips (expressive of a command to preserve silence), while in the other hand he holds a cornucopia, signifyi

ed by Hercules. The nymphs were jealous of him, and spirited him away while he was drawing water for Hercules. See Wm. Morris

yxus and Helle. Ino had two children, who could not ascend the throne while Phryxus and Helle were alive. Ino therefore perse

h is forever turning over a river of fire. “The powers of vengeance, while they hear, Touched with compassion, drop a tear;

is first pipe. Læ′laps [Lælaps]. One of Diana’s hunting-dogs, which, while pursuing a wild boar, was petrified. Also the nam

k to produce oblivion or forgetfulness of everything they did or knew while alive on the earth.         “A slow and silent s

stimated by different poets; some saying there were as many as 3,000, while others say they were as few as sixteen. The princ

r, and led an effeminate life in her society, wearing female apparel, while Omphale wore the lion’s skin. Ona′rus [Onarus].

hyia]. A daughter of Erechtheus, whose lover, Boreas, carried her off while she was wandering by the river Ilissus. Her child

was built in the Corinthian style of architecture, mostly of marble; while its walls were covered with engraved brass and si

. Pilum′nus [Pilumnus]. A rural divinity that presided over the corn while it was being ground. At Rome he was hence called

etual youth. The consequence was that Tithonus grew old and decrepit, while Aurora remained as fresh as the morning. The gods

the air is fresh and moist, and even the winters are not cold. A long while ago there lived in that land the happiest and bri

after all, for with all their troubles they could be brave and strong while hope remained. After that Pandora never opened th

once, I know I heard a rustic call it so.” Thus he spoke, and she the while Heard him with a soothing smile; Then said, “My i

ut lend her to me, not lose her. Think, O Pluto, what pain you suffer while Proserpina is away from you each year — but my so

bad spirits in punishment were freed from their everlasting tortures while Orpheus sang. “Grant him Eurydice, O King,” said

As for Atlas, he was glad to be rid of his burden, even for a little while . He stretched his great, cramped limbs to their f

. Indeed he was half inclined to let the sky fall, but before a great while he saw Atlas trudging toward him, and as he came

s, without a moment’s hesitation; “but take up the sky just a moment, while I put this lion’s skin over my shoulders.” When,

That gem with whose splendor    Thou yet shalt be crown’d. “And see, while I’m speaking,    Yon soft light afar; — The pearl

rtiers heard him stop playing; then he would begin once more. After a while they heard him coming back, and soon he was in si

his head with garlands, and made merry in the house of mourning. But while he was making merry, brave Alcestis died. Then th

it or help it. Let us make merry, then, and put garlands on our brows while we may. So I would advise you to do, and rid your

reat arms and stood panting, but with the joy of victory on his face, while Death fled like a shadow before the sun. Alcestis

s; and often, in the evenings, sitting in the great hall, he listened while strangers told of the deeds Hercules was doing th

ds, so that the Greeks were driven back again toward their ships. But while they fought, Antilochus hastened from the fight a

h their provisions ran shorter and shorter. At last, however, one day while Ulysses slept, the hungry men took the chance, ki

et faces, rounded arms, and bosoms prest To little harps of gold; and while they mused, Whispering to each other half in fear

ds, thronged to her palace, urging her to marry some one of them. And while they wooed her, they treated her palace as though

words, but Telemachus rushed to his aid, and the two held them at bay while Ulysses smote them with the swift arrows, sparing

he. “Son,” said Ulysses, “let us leave her to her own thoughts for a while . She will know me when I have put off these rags.

in battles. Ceph΄alus. Husband of Procris, whom he shot by mistake, while hunting, 145. Ce΄pheus (se΄fuse). King of Æthiop

he end of the world — his coming into the world, the prince of peace, while mankind enjoyed a memorable peace, has often been

Why did Jupiter expel Apollo from heaven? With whom did Apollo dwell while he was on earth? Did Apollo love Hyacinthus? What

ore the mountains were settled; before the hills was I brought forth: while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields,

und Medusa, and unseen himself, presented the mirror to the Gorgon; —  while she was gazing at herself, he cut off her head. P

s, went over the world in search of her lost child. Ceres, after a while , discovered whither Proserpine had been carried.

anity, and the religion of Paul has been diffused all over the world, while that of the heathens has passed away like a dream

lways a smiling countenance: and one foot lightly touching the earth, while the other sports in air. Erato. Her name is deriv

quently represented surrounding Apollo on Mount Parnassus or Helicon; while Pegasus, with extended wings, springs forward int

al of his companions. Ulysses contrived to intoxicate Polyphemus, and while he was asleep extinguished his only eye. Phorcus,

Hippona was the goddess of horses and stables, and Collina of hills: while Jugatinus presided over hillocks. These were all

er pursuit. As a daughter of Astrea, or Justice, she rewarded virtue, while she punished vice with unrelenting severity. Who

Atropos cut the thread. Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fa

is related of the infant Hercules was the strangling of two serpents while he was in his cradle. Juno, who hated Hercules, s

gs, the fearless babe, with his little hands, squeezed them to death, while his elder brother, Iphiclus, who saw the deed, ra

ok from him the burden of the earth which he bore upon his shoulders, while Atlas procured the apples. The twelfth and last l

for seafaring men; and the fable of Apollo’s music must signify, that while men laboured in building the wall, their toil was

rsuaded them to land on the island of Lemnos, and abandon Philoctetes while he slept. During the ten years of the siege, Phil

the king. The latter, being in need of refreshment, took a bath, and while he was unarmed, the queen and Egisthus killed him

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

ulders his aged father, Anchises, and in one hand his household gods, while he led, in his other hand, his young son, Ascaniu

tle more than his name now remains. He is said to have died suddenly, while he was engaged in pleading the cause of an intima

with him to spend nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while the other three were spent on the shores of the o

inferior beings; honourable men becoming horses and noble quadrupeds; while mean persons were metamorphosed to bats, beetles,

involved in night, though men existed in the darkness. In this state, while some of the desolate inhabitants on the earth, we

some occasions for a part of the worshippers to dance round the altar while they sung their sacred hymns. These hymns consist

their sacred hymns. These hymns consisted of three stanzas or parts; while the singers sung the first, they moved from east

was called the Strophe; the second stanza, the Antistrophe, was sung while the singers returned from west to east; they then

have reason to thank God always that he has given us a true religion, while it has pleased him to leave millions of mankind f

ommemorated God’s passing over the dwellings of the Hebrews in Egypt, while an angel smote with death the first-born of every

ed that he was visible to superior beings, and the celestial regions, while the long garments robing the lower part, expresse

always represented as a young man, having a bow or lyre in his hand; while the Sun is depicted with his head surrounded with

equently, Tithonus was burthened with all the infirmities of old age, while Aurora still flourished in full bloom. He intreat

lways a smiling countenance; and one foot lightly touching the earth, while the other sports in air. Erato. Her name is deriv

uently represented surrounding Apollo, on Mount Parnassus or Helicon; while Pegasus, with extended wings, springs forwards in

e. In the wide dungeon, she devours her food, And the flesh trembles, while she churns the blood. Pope’s Homer’s Odyssey. W

Hippona was the Goddess of horses and stables; and Collina of hills; while Jugatinus presided over hillocks. These were all

Atropos cut the thread. Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. The Fa

er pursuit. As a daughter of Astrea, or Justice, she rewarded virtue, while she punished vice with unrelenting severity. Who

or Great Soul, was regarded as possible, but not necessarily implied; while the perversely guilty were considered as cut off,

nty-sixth heaven, where he remains in happiness and incorruptibility; while his doctrine will remain in splendour for five th

ir deified mortals were preserved, by embalming, in their sepulchres; while their souls were imagined to be transferred to, a

ses. Some assert that he was a king more ancient than either of them; while others say that he was Misraim, son of Ham. Osīri

r, to do no wrong to others, and to be brave and intrepid themselves; while they who violated them, suffered the severest tor

with him to spend nine out of every twelve days in the hilly regions, while the other three were spent on the shores of the o

hed out, by four priests, upon a convex green stone, as an altar; and while they were yet alive, their hearts were extracted

stless assiduity. How many times, waking to the roar of divine wrath, while stupid and lustful indolence snores on in happy f

vident morals are inculcated by Fables, observations have been given; while poetical extracts have been selected, which canno

ably calculated to flatter the vanities and passions of human nature, while it incited them to the practice of the most illus

her visage, figure, and motion. Some say that she was born at Argos, while others fix her nativity at Samos. Juno was marrie

dess could not be surprised, because fifty of his eyes remained open, while the other half was given up to sleep, (a perfect

e thee to the dead: This off’ring to th’ infernal gods I bear.’ Thus, while she spoke, she cut the fatal hair: The struggling

nus opened the doors of life to infants. Cunia takes care of infants while they sleep in cradles. Nundina was invoked by pa

amities. A common soldier, named Ceditius, informed the tribunes that while he was one night passing through the streets, he

, was put to an ignominious death. Proserpine, the daughter of Ceres, while gathering flowers in the plains of Enna, in Sicil

der the figure of a young man, who holds a bow or a harp in his hand, while the sun is represented with a head surrounded wit

s by a pestilence. Some say that Apollo was the inventor of the Lyre, while others advance that Mercury gave him this instrum

serpent Python, a victory which must be attributed to the sun, which, while enlightening and drying up the mud, kills venemou

pollo said to have been the inventor? Had Apollo any other adventures while on earth? Did Apollo continue on earth? How was h

e giants carried on against heaven. He fought in the shape of a lion, while the gods and goddesses fled into Egypt under the

terrible. Mars had a numerous progeny; the chief of whom were Cupid, ( while others account him to be the son of Vulcan,) and

ls wandered about tombs, or in gardens and woods which they had loved while they were united with the body. Those places were

ds unequal fram’d With wax; and Syrinx from his mistress nam’d. “And while soft ev’ning gales blew o’er the plains, And shoo

ught the swains; And, thus the pipe was fram’d, and tuneful reed: And while the tender flocks securely feed, And harmless she

y an oracle. According to some, the sisters were pardoned by Jupiter; while others maintain, that they were condemned to fill

ts. Every one could create some new god at pleasure. When travellers, while traversing a river or a forest, experienced some

r, who is fabled to have metamorphosed himself into a shower of gold, while his mother was shut up in a strong tower. “Withi

, Fons Caballinus; i. e. the “horse-fountain.” Bellerophon caught him while he was drinking at the fountain Pyrene in Corinth

ome of his oxen. He shot the eagle devouring the liver of Prometheus, while he was lying on the rock. He slew Theodamus, beca

r. When women swore only by the temple of Castor, they said, Ecastor; while men, swearing only by Hercules, used the words He

y his filial duty? What was his subsequent fate? What happened to him while he resided in Italy? What poet writes the life of

rs proves that the ancient Germans had retained its principal tenets, while other nations, subdued and corrupted by the arms

ormed living drops, whence sprang the giant Ymer. It is related that, while he was sleeping, he formed of his perspiration, a

will be smothered in the torrents of vemon which the dragon will emit while dying. The fire will consume all, and the flame r

en were received with joy into the ethereal palaces of their fathers, while the wicked, the slothful, and the barbarous, were