scholars whose works are so frequently referred to, my obligations to whom I at all times most cheerfully acknowledge. Shoul

praise however I claim no share ; it all belongs to the printers, to whom also belongs the praise or blame of the peculiari

I mention these facts not out of ill-will to the proprietors, some of whom are the publishers of most of my other works, but

a of the Romans were the Demeter, Dionysos and Kora of the Greeks, by whom Dionysos does not seem to have been united with t

t stood at the foot of the Aventine and belonged to the plebeians, to whom it seems to have been what the Capitoline temple

se mythes are usually the fabulous adventures of the imaginary beings whom the people worship ; the exploits of the ancient

he head of their history, for the early history of every people, with whom it is of domestic origin, is mythic, its first pe

form the mythology of a people, such as the Greeks for example, with whom it is rich and complicated. We regard the followi

ill varying according to the character and occupation of the deity on whom it was bestowed. Thus the Grecian votary viewed m

by the Jinns (i. e. Genii) in half a day 23. But, as the writer from whom we have taken this legend justly observes, Neem-r

guise of the loves, the wars, and other actions of these deities, to whom they ascribed a human form and human passions. Bu

, «was the case when they found traditions of other kings of the gods whom they could not reconcile with their own Zeus, and

gree, as far as relates to the consorts of the Olympian king, each of whom we look upon as having been his sole and lawful w

d wings, for example, adorning those deities and mythic personages to whom the poet had in figurative style applied the expr

as the original abode of the deities adored in Greece, others, among whom Dionysius of Samos or Mytilene was the most celeb

veral wives Uranos was the father of forty-five children, eighteen of whom , the offspring of Titaia or Earth, were named Tit

n ; and after some time she married Hyperiôn, one of her brothers, to whom she bore two children, endowed with marvellous se

ts of the Augustan age drew largely on the Alexandrian writers, after whom chiefly they related in their verses the mythic t

naccessible either by sea or land. Apollo was their tutelar deity, to whom they offered asses in sacrifice, while choirs of

, and therefore shrouded in perpetual darkness, the abode of a people whom he names Kimmerians. He also places there Erebos,

he echo of those of bards of far higher antiquity than the Ascræan to whom it is ascribed, and who often was ignorant of the

ronos. This stone he afterwards threw up143, and with it the children whom he had devoured. When Zeus was grown up, he and t

t Oceanos158, at the instigation of their mother, fall on their sire, whom Kronos mutilates. They liberate their imprisoned

s mutilates. They liberate their imprisoned brethren ; but Kronos, to whom the kingdom is given, binds them again in Tartaro

the Rhodian poet in the following lines : And fabled how the serpent whom they called Ophiôn with Eurynome (the wide- Encro

sider the Titans and their offspring in particular, omitting Iapetos, whom we shall set in his proper place at the head of m

the Theogony Night is the daughter of Chaos, and sister of Erebos, to whom she bore Day and Æther168. She is then said to ha

a, but that he took refuge with Night, ‘the subduer of gods and men,’ whom Zeus revering remitted his anger173. The poet giv

a committed her daughter Hera to the charge of Oceanos and Tethys, by whom she was carefully nurtured185. The abode of Ocean

Epaphos the son of Zeus, he journeyed to the palace of his sire, from whom he extracted an unwary oath that he would grant h

n of Megamedes. It was said that Selene was enamoured of Endymiôn, on whom Zeus had bestowed the boon of perpetual youth, bu

t to mortals and immortals279.’ Memnôn and Æmathiôn were the children whom Eôs bore to Tithonos280. In the works of the arti

orce ; and Perses married Asteria the daughter of Coios and Phœbe, by whom he had Hecate. There is some difficulty about the

immortals, and is by the appointment of Zeus the rearer of children, whom she has brought to see the light of day. This pas

and Eileithyia, all probably moon-goddesses, and with Persephone, of whom the original conception was totally different. In

. Kronos was in after times confounded with the grim deity Moloch, to whom the Tyrians and Carthaginians offered their child

mentions Hestia, and but incidentally Demeter. The earliest writer by whom we find the twelve gods noticed is Hellanicus, wh

rn near Lyctos or Cnossos in Crete. She there brought forth her babe, whom the Melian nymphs received in their arms ; Adrast

his there lies a moral) was not always a source of happiness to those whom he honoured with it. Io, for example, underwent a

orm, and coming down to view more closely the conduct of mankind over whom he ruled. Such was his visit to Lycaôn king of Ar

ind over whom he ruled. Such was his visit to Lycaôn king of Arcadia, whom he punished for his impiety ; and that on occasio

up in the Elysian Fields. Another of his loves was the nymph Mentha, whom Persephone out of jealousy turned into the plant

ple-archives, that Orpheus, Musæos, Melampûs and Dædalos — not one of whom probably ever existed — had all visited Egypt483.

ccasion to fancy it to be under the guardianship of a peculiar deity, whom they named from it, Hestia. This goddess does not

n Tartaros, Rhea committed Hera to the care of Oceanos and Tethys, by whom she was carefully nurtured in their grotto-palace

d the goddess herself formed this last bird from the many-eyed Argos, whom she had set as keeper over the transformed Io. Mo

s, whom she had set as keeper over the transformed Io. Moschus509 (in whom we first meet this legend), when describing the b

forced to yield to the skill and prudence of Pallas-Athene, guided by whom Diomedes wounds and drives him from the battle547

origin of the cock (ἀλϵκτρυών). It is said that Alectryôn was a youth whom Ares placed to watch while he was with Aphrodite 

he offspring of Ares and Aphrodite, of whose union with Hephæstos (to whom he gives a different spouse) he seems to have kno

572. For himself he formed the golden maidens, who waited on him, and whom he endowed with reason and speech573. He gave to

when flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to aid his mother Hera, whom Zeus had suspended in the air with anvils fastene

on Harmonia596. At Phliûs in the Peloponnese a goddess was worshiped, whom the ancient Phliasians, Pausanias says597, called

ns of labour continued. All the goddesses, save Hera and Eileithyia, ( whom the art of Hera kept in ignorance of this great e

o her darts670, as those of men were to the arrows of her brother, of whom she forms the exact counterpart. Artemis was a sp

e Cretans worshiped a goddess the same as or very similar to Artemis, whom they named Britomartis, which in their dialect si

04 ; and it becomes a question whether (like Artemis of Ephesus, with whom she must have been identical) she derived her app

temis as his counterpart in this last office. Voss713 therefore (with whom agree Wolf714, Lobeck715, Hermann716, Völcker717,

neck, and then led her to the assembly of the Immortals, every one of whom admired, saluted, and loved her, and each god des

the goddess reassures him, and informs him that she will bear a son, whom she will commit to the mountain-nymphs to rear, a

7. Artful ; 8. Gold-bridled ; etc. There is none of the Olympians of whom the foreign origin is so probable as this goddess

cribed to Olên this goddess was identified with Aphrodite Archaia, to whom Theseus was said to have dedicated an altar at De

m. There were one time a king and a queen who had three daughters, of whom the youngest named Psyche was one of the lovelies

syche, and their loves were speedily crowned by the birth of a child, whom his parents named Pleasure779. This beautiful fic

tronage of Athena, and Odysseus was therefore her especial favourite, whom she relieved from all his perils, and whose son T

erewith the strong-sired Maiden the ranks of heroes vanquisheth, With whom she is wroth. A Mæonian maid named Arachne, prou

is charged, namely, a share in the formation of the fatal Pandora, to whom he gave her ‘currish mind and artful disposition8

hestos in Bœotia, he saw an old man engaged in planting his vineyard, whom he straitly charged not to tell what he had seen.

h was assigned him of agent and messenger of the king of the gods, to whom we also find him officiating as cup-bearer863. As

877, was evidently the goddess of the earth, Mother-Earth (γῆ μήτηρ), whom some ancient system married to Zeus, the god of t

known to Homer, became a favourite theme with succeeding poets, after whom Ovid has related it882, and Claudian has sung it

consulted her mother Metaneira, who had a young son in the cradle, of whom if the stranger could obtain the nursing her fort

hunger. The destructive mildew is therefore the enemy of Demeter, to whom , under the title of Erysibia, the Rhodians prayed

led round him as he struck its chords. He was married to Eurydice942, whom he tenderly loved ; but a snake having bitten her

the theory which sees in the Muses original nymphs of the springs, to whom the poets ascribed their inspiration956. Ὥραι.

what names he had given them983. The Lacedæmonians worshiped but two, whom they named Cleta (Renowned) and Phaënna (Bright)9

of the Moiræ1014, who also appear on the shield of Heracles, and with whom they are sometimes confounded1015, as they also a

race1047. His attributes were afterwards transferred to Apollo, with whom he was perhaps originally identical1048. ϒπνος

ching for Sleep, who only escaped by seeking the protection of Night, whom Zeus revered too much to offend. Hera, by urging

on him, as Morpheus, Icelos or Phobetêr, and Phantasos ; the first of whom takes the form of man to appear in dreams, the se

emed to be regarded as having a real personal existence. In Homer, to whom as the original fountain we continually revert, w

kled, with squinting eyes. They follow Mischief (Ἂτη), and tend those whom she has injured : but Ate is strong and firm-foot

e is strong and firm-footed, and gets far before them, afflicting men whom they afterwards heal. Elsewhere1073 he relates th

spiration and not from art, leading them to ascribe to the personages whom they introduce no ideas and no language but what

during the time of the Græco-Bactric kingdom, some Greek writers, on whom it is not impossible the Bramins imposed, as they

im to the nymphs of Nysa, who were afterwards made the Hyades, and by whom he was reared. When he grew up he discovered the

ionysos afterwards descended to Erebos, whence he fetched his mother, whom he now named Thyone, and ascended with her to the

to places similar to it in fertility. Amaltheia here bore him a son, whom , fearing the jealousy of Rhea, he conveyed to a t

p, Dionysos became a mighty conqueror and a benefactor of mankind, by whom he was finally deified. Though the adventures of

and that thence he always appeared of an inferior rank to those with whom he was joined. This critic accounts on the same p

ristocratie verses, which only told of kings and nobles, and the gods whom they adored1130. The name Dionysos is one of the

the following just and philosophical observations of a writer1133 for whom we entertain the highest respect and esteem. “Aft

castes, these and their descendants formed the caste of Interpreters, whom Herodotus found there two centuries afterwards116

a white ram1179. He was fortunate in an amour with the nymph Echo, by whom he had a daughter named Iambe1180 ; but he could

was fabled1219 that Priapos was the son of Aphrodite by Dionysos1220, whom she met on his return from his Indian expedition

s, and near to it lies a lovely cave, Dusky and sacred to the Nymphs, whom men Call Naiades. In it large craters lie, And tw

h was always included. It is in this last sense that the goddesses of whom we treat were called Nymphs. Chapter XVII.

-lived maids, swan-formed, having one eye and one tooth in common, on whom neither the sun with his beams nor the nightly mo

‘three sisters of the Grææ, winged, serpent-fleeced, hateful to man, whom no one can look on and retain his breath1301.’ Th

us, were the offspring of Zephyros by the Harpy Podarge (Swift-foot), whom he met grazing in a mead by the stream of Ocean13

aning only those which blow from the East,) are the race of Typhoeus, whom he describes as the last and most terrible child

ucolic poets1342. The river Acis in Sicily was originally a shepherd, whom in his jealous rage the monster crushed beneath a

hey are called wild tribes (ἄγρια ϕῦλα), but akin to the gods1345, by whom it would appear they were destroyed for their imp

f the Giants were Porphyriôn, Alcyoneus and Encelados, on the last of whom Athena flung the isle of Sicily, where his motion

and festivity, with his wife and his six sons and as many daughters, whom , after the fashion set by Zeus, he had married to

fied. The Læstrygonians are another of those huge androphagous races, whom the invention of the poet has placed on the coast

, lie manifestly between it and Greece. Circe is one of those deities whom Homer calls human-speaking (αὐδήϵσσαι), and who d

re turned by her magic art into swine. When the comrades of Odysseus, whom he sent to explore her residence, had tasted of t

er goes on to say that she was married to the king of the Sarmatians, whom she poisoned, and seized his kingdom ; but govern

It was fabled, for example, that she had been married to king Picus, whom by her magic art she changed into a bird1368. Ano

e days ; and on the tenth reached Ogygia1407, the isle of Calypso, by whom he was most kindly received and entertained. She

and the former innocent and happy state return1444. A mythologist, of whom even when we dissent from his opinions we must al

ony the Titan Iapetos espoused Clymene1448, a daughter of Oceanos, by whom he was the father of four sons, Atlas, Menœtios,

etheus was also speedily raised to the rank of creator of mankind, to whom he gave the fire which he had stolen from heaven.

ed men of clay, Zeus directed Hephæstos to make a woman of clay also, whom Athena animated and the other gods adorned with g

hole earth, and all animal life perished except Deucaliôn and Pyrrha, whom Ovid, who gives a very poetical account of this g

es were raised by serfs, beneath the direction of a caste of priests, whom they were bound to obey. But unfortunately for th

he former inhabitants to emigrate into Bœotia and expel some of those whom they found there1517. But it was the Dorian migra

of the ante-historic and even ante-mythic inhabitants of the country, whom we denominate Pelasgians. We have already pointed

f beings of a class superior to common men1525 ; and many of those to whom Homer and Hesiod apply the term hero, in its prim

ere Cretheus, Athamas, Sisyphos, Salmoneus and Perieres1529 ; some of whom belong to the mythology of Thessaly, others to th

es himself) came, he seized him, and forced him to resign his victim, whom he then restored to her husband. It was also said

r of Phylacos, or, as others said, Polymede daughter of Autolycos, by whom he had a son named Iasôn1534. By force or fraud h

eus had given to Æolos. He then went into the house of his father, by whom he was joyfully recognised. On the intelligence o

winged serpents, and fled to Athens, where she married king Ægeus, by whom she had a son named Medos ; but being detected in

se, and she bore to the ‘shepherd of the people’ a son named Medeios, whom Cheirôn reared in the mountains, and ‘the will of

the charge, but not thinking that he could lawfully put to death one whom he had purified, invited him to join in a hunt on

the invitation of the Lapith chiefs to aid them against the Wild-men, whom they routed with great slaughter. From all this w

. After her death Œneus married Peribœa the daughter of Hipponoös, by whom he had a son named Tydeus1613 ; who, having slain

was by Libya the father of two sons, Belos and Agenôr ; the former of whom reigned in Egypt. The latter having gone to Europ

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

ully receive her in a golden abode ; that there she would bear a son, whom Hermes would take to the ‘well-seated Seasons and

eos), Thessaly1651, and as this was inhabited by the Minyans, some of whom were among the colonists to Cyrene, it was taken

Athamas, it is said, had been already married to Nephele (Cloud), by whom he had two children, Phrixos and Helle. He then e

f the revels. While there he was descried by his mother and aunts, to whom Dionysos made him appear to be a wild beast, and

moved in obedience to the lyre of Amphiôn. Zethos married Thebe, from whom he named the town. Amphiôn espoused Niobe the dau

adition1670 Zethos was married to Aëdôn the daughter of Pandareos, by whom he had only a son named Itylos, and a daughter Ne

h her voice Tone-full, lamenting her son ltylos, King Zethos’ child, whom erst with ruthless brass She in her folly slew.

ion, his love overcame his prudence, and Iocasta gave birth to a son, whom his father delivered to his herdsman to expose on

an Teiresias, the blind prophet, whose mental powers are perfect ; to whom , though dead, Persephoneia has granted reason, th

for Halmos had two daughters, Chrysogeneia and Chryse ; the former of whom was by Ares mother of Phlegyas ; the latter bore

with Poseidôn, and she bore two sons Otos and Ephialtes, the tallest whom earth reared, and the handsomest next to Oriôn. A

by the Thebans their general, slew Erginos and routed the Minyans, on whom he imposed a tribute the double of what the Theba

former retired to Dulichion : the latter went to Dexamenos at Olenos, whom he found on the point of being compelled to give

cles to bring it to him. Having drawn together some volunteers, among whom were Theseus and Castôr and Polydeukes, he sailed

re he was hospitably entertained by Lycos, king of the Mariandynians, whom he aided against the Bebrycians, and slew their k

mphs, the daughters of Zeus and Themis. These directed him to Nereus, whom he found asleep ; and, in spite of his numerous c

ng her, Auge the daughter of Aleos. She secretly brought forth a son, whom she laid in the sacred inclosure (τέμϵνος) of Ath

his parents, came to Mysia, where he was kindly received by Teuthras, whom he succeeded in his kingdom. Heracles went afterw

ile residing with Ceÿx he aided Ægimios, king of the Dorians, against whom the Lapiths under the command of Coronos had made

ollected an army, and made war on Eurytos king of Œchalia (in Eubœa), whom he killed, together with his sons ; and having bu

s sons ; and having buried those of his own men who had fallen, among whom were Hippasos the son of Ceÿx, and Argeios and Me

lity ; and being reconciled to Hera he espoused her daughter Hebe, by whom he had two children named Alexiares (Aider-in-war

aclean Necyia, and even the carrying away of the cattle of Geryoneus, whom with Hecatæus he places in Epeiros, and finally t

g to others, by the goddess herself, whose favourite he had been, and whom in life she had often visited1801. Another accoun

er by Icarios. Pandiôn married Zeuxippe, the sister of his mother, by whom he had two sons, Erechtheus and Butes, and two da

rious in the contest, he gave him his daughter Procne in marriage, by whom Tereus had a son named Itys. After some time Proc

ity being discovered by her husband, she fled to Minôs king of Crete, whom she enabled to have children, and received the do

daughters, Chione and Cleopatra1824. Chione was loved by Poseidôn, to whom she bore a son named Eumolpos ; to conceal her we

the sacred family of the Eumolpids belonged to the mythic Thracians, whom we find sometimes on Helicôn, sometimes in Thrace

ldren are Blower (Ζήτης), Inflamer (Κάλαϊς)1826, and Snow (Χιόνη), to whom for the sake of uniformity another daughter was a

he third daughter of Erechtheus, married Zuthos the son of Hellên, to whom his father had assigned the Peloponnese. Her sons

o the narrow path overhanging the sea, where the robber Scirôn — from whom the pass derived its name — had fixed his abode.

e Cercyôn, said to be a son of Hephæstos, reigned. Like many of those whom Heracles encountered, Cercyôn forced all comers t

ng this a good opportunity of recommending himself to the people over whom he was likely to reign, resolved to deliver them

of the king, who was present, became deeply enamoured of Theseus, by whom her love was speedily returned. She furnished him

he windings of the labyrinth, till he came to where the Minotaur lay, whom he caught by the hair and slew. He then got on bo

f Attica. We will therefore commence with Erichthonios or Erechtheus, whom the more ancient tradition viewed as the first At

, the great nourishing principle of water. These are the only deities whom we find noticed in the early Attic mythes. Erecht

l Pelasgic people of Attica and the Poseidôn-Ægeus of the Ionians, to whom Theseus evidently belongs, the latter being regar

osition with the ancient deities of the place. Some of the evil-doers whom he slays are sons of Hephæstos ; and though the v

ed as hostile to him, we may perceive that he is almost the only hero whom she does not assist. In the mythology of Theseus

ded as an imaginary person. Being the patron-hero of the people among whom literature flourished most, he is presented to us

es. Though his adventures are manifestly formed on those of Heracles, whom he is said to have emulated, we are struck by the

ourt of Areiopagos, and he betook himself to Minôs king of Crete, for whom he built the Labyrinth. He also devised an ingeni

be the founder of Ephyra. He married Merope the daughter of Atlas, by whom he had four sons, Glaucos, Ornytiôn, Thersandros

ing laid an ambush for him, composed of the bravest men of Lycia ; of whom not one returned home, for Bellerophontes slew th

f the winged steed Pegasos Bellerophontes gained the victory over all whom Iobates sent him to encounter. Sthenobœa, hearing

on with the Cadmeians of Thebes and the Erechtheids of Attica, and to whom the principal legends of the north and west of th

a son of Oceanos and Tethys, married his sister the Oceanis Melia, by whom he had a son named Phoroneus1890, the first man a

Argos1892. By the nymph Laodice Phoroneus had a son named Apis, from whom the peninsula was named Apia ; and a daughter Nio

peninsula ; the other is the young land blooming with verdure1894, to whom the people and country or town are given for offs

y would lead us to view in Io a form of the Argive goddess Hera, with whom she is so closely connected ; and as Hera is the

rinces. He married, we are told, Memphis the daughter of the Nile, by whom he had a daughter named Libya, who bore to Poseid

rustful of their promises, consented to bestow his daughters on them, whom he divided among them by lot. But on the wedding-

her-in-law on the throne. He had by Hypermnestra a son named Abas, to whom he left his kingdom. Abas had twin children, Prœt

Perseus. Acrisios married Eurydice the daughter of Lacedæmôn, by whom he had a daughter, whom he called Danae. He inqui

arried Eurydice the daughter of Lacedæmôn, by whom he had a daughter, whom he called Danae. He inquired of the oracle about

rough the roof down into her bosom. Danae became the mother of a son, whom she and her nurse reared in secrecy until he had

ter, and delivered Andromeda ; but Phineus the brother of Cepheus, to whom the princess had been betrothed, plotted to destr

Perseus returned the shoes, the wallet, and the helmet to Hermes, by whom they were brought back to the Nymphs. He gave the

rone to his brother Electryôn, who had married his daughter Anaxo, by whom he had several children. Mestôr, the third son of

the third son of Perseus, married Lysidice the daughter of Pelops, by whom he had a daughter named Hippothoe, whom Poseidôn

ce the daughter of Pelops, by whom he had a daughter named Hippothoe, whom Poseidôn carried off to the Echinadian isles. She

had gone far from his native land1963. He had a son named Pterolaos, whom Poseidôn made immortal by setting a golden lock o

llene the father of Lycaôn king of Arcadia. Lycaôn had many wives, by whom he became the father of fifty sons, who were like

ightning the godless father and sons, with the exception of Nyctimos, whom Earth, raising her hands and grasping the right-h

Arcadia. In this case Lycaôn would be only another name for Zeus, to whom he raised an altar, and he could not therefore ha

Lycæos, which it was unlawful to enter. A number of Arcadians, among whom was her own son, followed to kill her ; but Zeus,

rta the daughter of Eurotas, the grandson of the autochthon Lelex, by whom he had Amyclas and Eurydice, which last was marri

married to Echemos, Clytæmnestra the wife of Agamemnôn, and Philonoe whom Artemis made immortal. Zeus, taking the form of a

n of Zeus2003,’ and she calls Castôr and Polydeukes her ‘own-brothers whom one mother bore with her2004.’ In the Odyssey2005

dived into the sea. Tyro conceived from the divine embrace two sons, whom when born she exposed. A troop of mares, followed

scovered their mother, and resolved to kill her stepmother Sidero, by whom she was cruelly treated. They pursued her to the

lt a town named Pylos. Tyro afterwards married her uncle Cretheus, to whom she bore three sons, Æsôn, Pheres, and Amythaôn20

of Iasos of the Minyan Orchomenos2023. By her he had several sons, of whom the principal were Periclymenos and Nestôr, and o

at Pylos. He married Eidomene the daughter of his brother Pheres, by whom he had two sons, Bias and Melampûs. This last liv

ro, which Iphiclos of Phylace detained, and had them guarded by a dog whom neither man nor beast could venture to approach.

as been thought2038, with much probability, that Endymiôn was a deity whom they worshiped. The sire assigned him is nothing

he Ilias2041 Nestôr mentions two Epeian youths, the sons of Poseidôn, whom he calls the Actorions (᾿Ακτορίωνϵ) and Molions (

λιόνη from μολέω) and named Acquirer (Κτέατοѕ) and Wealthy, or one to whom wealth flows (ϵὖ ῥυτός). Another critic2048 takes

ount of Agamemnôn’s sceptre, says2070 that Zeus gave it to Hermes, by whom it was given to ‘horse-lashing’ Pelops, which sig

eidôn ; and possibly Pelops may be only another name of the water-god whom we find with so many names at the Isthmus. The or

kingdom ; and Thyestes, out of revenge, sent Atreus’ son Pleisthenes, whom he had brought up as his own, to murder his fathe

ity between the brothers. Hermes, in order to avenge his son Myrtilos whom Pelops had murdered, put a gold-fleeced lamb into

murdered, put a gold-fleeced lamb into the flocks of Atreus, between whom and Thyestes, according to this legend, the kingd

nt by her father, and shortly after her marriage brought forth a son, whom Atreus caused to be exposed ; but the herdsman, t

that Hephæstos made it and gave it to Zeus, who gave it to Hermes, by whom it was presented to ‘horse-lashing’ Pelops, who g

, and the voice of the god fixed the guilt on Comætho and Melanippos, whom he ordered to be sacrificed to Artemis, and a you

96 , Rhadamanthys was placed on the Elysian Plain among the heroes to whom Zeus allotted that blissful abode. Pindar2097 see

dead. Minôs married Pasiphae, the daughter of the Sun and Perseis, by whom he had several children, the most celebrated of w

and Perseis, by whom he had several children, the most celebrated of whom were Androgeos, Glaucos, Deucaliôn, Ariadne, and

ionysos2103. Another legend says that she was deserted by Theseus, to whom Athena appeared as he slept, and desired him to l

(Much-pleasing) evidently belongs to the mythology of Dionysos, with whom she was associated in the Naxian worship. The Ath

a fount to escape his embraces, he had another son named Phocos2112, whom his brothers, envying his superior skill in the g

to Troy ; and the hero gave him Hesione the daughter of Laomedôn, by whom he had a son named Teucros. By Peridæa the grand-

a, or, as others say, of walking on its surface2123. He married Side, whom Hera cast into Erebos for contending with her in

e desired to have gratified. Hyrieus replied, that he once had a wife whom he tenderly loved, and that he had sworn never to

ried it in the earth ; and ten months afterwards a boy came to light, whom Hyrieus named Uriôn or Oriôn2127. When Oriôn grew

as, but according to the best accounts they were nymphs of Dodona, to whom Zeus committed the nurture of Dionysos. Their nam

on Oriôn with Sirius behind him would be a hunter and his dog, before whom the Pigeons were flying, while the Bear, the obje

l. Electra and Sterope refer to brightness ; and Haleyone and Celæno, whom the legend unites to Poseidôn, are plainly relate

heir husbands, unable to endure them, took to their beds the captives whom they had brought from Thrace. The Lemnian wives,

s neglect, murdered their husbands. Hypsipyle alone saved her father, whom she kept concealed. This event had occurred about

came on the sixth day to the country of the Long-lived (Macrobii), to whom the poet gives all the qualities and all the feli

hen reigned. Being in want of water, Hypsipyle, the Lemnian princess, whom her country-women had sold when they found that s

h him. They laid an ambush of fifty men for him on his return, all of whom except Mæôn, one of their leaders, he slew2178. T

erceiving what the goddess was about, cut off the head of Melanippos, whom Tydeus though wounded had slain, and brought it t

the son of the river Scamandros and the nymph Idæa then reigned, from whom the people were called Teucrians2191. He was well

untry Dardania. He had two sons, Ilos and Erichthonios, the former of whom died childless ; the latter, who succeeded to the

mpian breed2194. Assaracos married a daughter of the river Simoïs, by whom he had a son named Capys, who was by Themis the d

was by Themis the daughter of his brother Ilos father of Anchises, to whom Aphrodite bore a son, Æneias. By secretly giving

dôn the son of Ilos married Strymo the daughter of the Scamandros, by whom he had Tithonos (who was carried off by Eôs), Lam

ter of Dymas the Phrygian2199, who bore him nineteen2200 children, of whom the chief were Hectôr, Paris or Alexandros, Deïph

omer. These were Agamemnôn and Menelaos sons of Atreus (the former of whom had the chief command), Nestôr the son of Neleus,

rone of his father, and married Hermione the daughter of Menelaos, by whom he had two sons, Tisamenos and Penthilos, who wer

ay that Orestes killed at Delphi Neoptolemos the son of Achilleus, to whom Menelaos had given Hermione in marriage2227. The

already related2229. Menelaos stayed at Tenedos after his companions, whom he overtook at Lesbos. He and Nestôr kept company

hat Orestes was giving the funeral feast for his mother and Ægisthos, whom he had slain2233. Helena was, according to Homer,

seus going to oppose him fell by his hand2239. Telegonos, on learning whom he had unwittingly slain, took Penelope and Telem

the Blest, by Ocean’s deep- Eddying stream, the heroes fortunate, For whom the bounteous earth thrice every year Yieldeth fa

, of a more serious character ; no wars or crimes polluted the beings whom they adored ; and the virtue of the Italian maids

s probable, chiefly derived from the Grecian colonies in Italy ; from whom she also obtained those oracles called the Sibyll

were two orders of gods, the one superior, veiled and nameless, with whom the supreme god took counsel when about to announ

the temples in Greece, because they shut up within walls the gods, to whom all should be free and open, and whose house and

pter II. the select gods. Varro 2273 enumerates twenty deities, whom he terms Select, namely, Janus, Jovis, Saturnus,

involves this goddess as the corresponding Hestia of the Greeks, with whom she is identical in name and office. There is eve

have done so only figuratively. Venus. Venus is a deity about whom it is difficult to learn anything satisfactory. S

1. Apollodorus says that it was the Cyclopes and Hundred-handed alone whom Uranos treated thus. Völcker (Myth. der Jap. 283.

rod. i. 31. Cows were also sacred to the Egyptian Isis (Id. ii. 41.), whom he identifies with Demeter (ii. 156.). 539. Müll

s the most probable signification (see above, p. 60.). By some (among whom Euripides may perhaps be classed) it is held to r

e Brought her in naked beauty more adorned, More lovely than Pandora, whom the gods Endowed with all their gifts, and Oh, to

i. 36.) enumerates Teiresias among those “equall’d with him in fate,” whom he would fain be “equall’d with in renown.” And

855. Paus. i. 19, 3. 1856. We are also told of a giant Pallas, from whom the goddess derived her name ; and in the Ægeus o

er of an Arab chief, delivers him and his castle up to Shâh-pûr, with whom she had fallen in love. 1859. Pherecydes, ap. Sc

is rite that caused Iphigeneia to be identified with the ‘Virgin,’ to whom human victims were offered by the Taurians (Herod

ieve himself to be every where observed by some of those deities, for whom he was taught to entertain the highest veneration

and revered by all nations. They were twenty in number, the first of whom was Jupiter. The inferior gods were comprised in

he became the wife of Saturn, she had seen Atys, a Phrygian youth, to whom she wished to be wedded; but he prefered to her t

about to lose his life, when Cybele, having compassion upon a mortal whom she had loved so much, changed him into a pine tr

o was Vesta? Please to tell me something farther respecting Vesta. To whom was the direction of this fire entrusted? How was

ete victory over his enemies, if he would set at liberty those Titans whom his father had shut up in Tartarus, and if he cou

s, warred against Jupiter; among the most daring and distinguished of whom were Porphyrion, Alcioneus, Ephialtus, Otus, Eury

umber of children, and he was often connected with female mortals, by whom , also, he had children. Jupiter is described as h

und with flames shot thick from sky.” Cowley. “Great Jove himself, whom dreadful darkness shrouds, Pavilioned in the thic

so named Cœlus or Uranus, had married Titea, or Terra, his sister, by whom he had several, children: Titan, Ocean, Japetus,

the other fables related in relation to Jupiter. Obs. 3. — The gods, whom the poets have associated with Jupiter, only mark

e son of Japetus by Clymene, one of the Oceantides. He animated a man whom he had formed of clay, with fire, which, by the a

er, she was removed from the office, and Ganymede, a beautiful youth, whom he had taken up to heaven, was appointed in her s

ins th’ immortal coursers hold.” Homer. Questions. Who was Juno? To whom was Juno married? Did she experience matrimonial

serve it from fire at night. Thieves were patronized by Laverna, from whom they were named Laverniones. They worshipped her,

e forewarning of Aius Locutius. Funerals were patronized by Libitina, whom some consider the same as Venus, and others as Pr

equal. 8. October, sign of Scorpio (a scorpion.) It represents Orion whom Diana changed into that animal. 9. November, sign

harbinger of the sun, was the wife of Astræus, one of the Titans, by whom she became the mother of the stars and winds. Whe

the Egyptians, called Horus, was the most ancient, but the Apollo to whom the actions of the rest are usually ascribed, was

ich Apollo drove the flocks of Admetus. His favorite boy, Hyacinthus, whom he accidentally killed with a quoit, he turned in

e: Thou shunn’st a god; and shunn’st a god that loves. But think from whom thou dost so rashly fly, Nor basely born, nor she

e daughter of Tantalus, and sister of Pelops. She married Amphion, by whom she had fourteen children. A cruel plague haying

. There were three goddesses of this name, the most celebrated of whom was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and twin-

her attendants sixty of the Oceanides and twenty other nymphs, all of whom swore an aversion to marriage. Though Diana was t

celebrated in the city Bubastis; Dictynna, from the name of the nymph whom she loved, and who first invented nets. Painters

or ridiculing his orgies, was torn in pieces by the Bacchanals, among whom were his mother and sister. Lycurgus, not the Spa

s. Bacchus was married to Ariadne, daughter to Minos, king of Crete, whom he found abandoned in the isle of Naxos. He prese

t thou enjoy Unwasted youth! Eternally a boy Thou ‘rt seen in heaven, whom all perfections grace; And when unhorn’d, thou ha

that of Bacchus. Others suppose that Bacchus is the same as Noah, to whom the Scriptures ascribe the invention of the art o

Bacchus resent such as insulted him? How was Bacchus represented? To whom was Bacchus married? Had he any children? What vi

hed? Chapter XVII. Minerva. Among five goddesses of this name, whom Cicero mentions, he says that the most ancient is

ulcan; the last of the five, was the daughter of the giant Pallas, to whom the name of Minerva or Pallas was given. The fabl

d especially the olive-tree. He introduced the worship of Minerva, to whom that tree was particularly sacred. The city then

many gods of this name. Diodorus Siculus says that the first Mars, to whom were attributed the invention of arms and the art

nt him bloody and terrible. Mars had a numerous progeny; the chief of whom were Cupid, (while others account him to be the s

They consulted their passions or those of kings and great personages whom they wished to flatter. Hence, the most seductive

e it into a living woman. This being done, he had by her Paphos, from whom the isle of Paphos had its name. Atalanta was da

promontory of Leucate remained famous, and the unfortunate Sappho, to whom Greece gave the name of “the tenth muse,” still c

nsiderable time, but having offended Jupiter by relieving his mother, whom Jupiter had suspended by a chain from the thresho

id he reside in heaven? With what reception did he meet in Lemnos? To whom was Vulcan married? What actions are attributed t

ich carry every where fruitfulness. Oceanus was married to Tethys, by whom he is said to have had three thousand children. H

to Peleus, who was father to Achilles. Questions. Who was Oceanus? To whom was Oceanus married? How was Oceanus honoured? Ho

r of Phorcus, or, as some say, of Typhon. She was courted by Glaucus, whom Circe loved with such violence, that she poured t

and Terra: but some say, of Neptune. He was father to the Gorgons, of whom we shall speak. Thoosa, his daughter, was mother

were called Consentes. These differed from the twelve great gods, of whom we have previously spoken. Jupiter and Terra were

ere calculated to paint the terror and dread they created in those to whom they appeared. Sometimes they were represented as

arried so high, that they often preserved the bodies of even those to whom , on account of crime or debt, the honours of buri

iven from the tracts of light, and some who committed suicide. Lovers whom despair has put to death, are found to wander far

worst of gods.’’ Great prince o’ th’ gloomy regions of the dead, From whom we hourly move our wheel and thread, Of nature’s

sons, Telamon and Peleus. His first wife was Psamatha, of Nereus, by whom he had Phocus. All his subjects being swept away

e, of Jupiter and Elara. So prodigious was his size, that his mother, whom Jupiter had hidden in a subterraneous cave to avo

n. This Pelops, by Hippodamia, had Atreus and Thyestes; the latter of whom was expelled, because he seduced (Erope, wife to

ife to Atreus, his brother. But on his return, he ate up his children whom he had killed; and when they were served up in di

plundered the tables of Phoneus, king of Phœnicia, and haunted many, whom they affected with severe hunger. They had the po

his journey, arrived at Thebes, beat the Sphinx, and married Jocasta whom he knew not to be his mother. She bore two sons,

the name of Harpocrates. The Romans represented Silence as a goddess whom they called Ageronia. The latter had also the god

ess whom they called Ageronia. The latter had also the god of speech, whom they called Aius Locutius. — See Fig. 56. Fig. 

hose monuments of caprice were respected, often even adored, by those whom chance led near them. It will always be easy to s

chon and Podalirius, famous in the Trojan war, and four daughters, of whom Hygeia is the most celebrated. Hygeia, the godde

ich she held in her hand. Obs. 1. — The singular name of Æsculapius, whom the Greeks called Asclepios, seems to have been d

stence of such obscure deities. But such was not the lot of great men whom cities, kingdoms, and populous nations, thought f

y became by public decrees, the protecting heroes of the people among whom they had lived; and often other nations adopted t

t would be impossible to give the history or even the names of all to whom Greece and Italy granted a religious worship, or

rom the shameful tribute imposed on it by Minos II. king of Crete, to whom several noble youths were to be sent by lot every

ieces. The second, Sciron, delighted in precipitating passengers, for whom he laid snares, into the sea. Theseus is said to

m; and among them, he accidently slew his former preceptor Chiron, to whom the others had fled for protection. When translat

. After a close engagement, he slew all the Amazons except the queen, whom he gave in marriage to Theseus. The belt was pres

s labours of Hercules under the image of the persecutions of Juno, in whom they personified jealousy. Under the fables of He

a ship, called the Argo, from which they were called Argonauts, among whom were Hercules, Orpheus, and Castor and Pollux. Ty

oyed. He took the fleece, and fled by night, carrying with him Medea, whom he afterwards took to wife. Ætes ordered his son

ded, he hastened to the court of Periander, tyrant of Corinth, before whom he laid his complaints. Periander caused all the

Questions. Who was Orpheus? What do the poets observe of Orpheus? To whom was Orpheus married? What did Orpheus do on the d

the country around Troy, Hercules, after having stolen away Hesione, whom he had delivered from the monster to which Ladome

? Whom had Dardanus for his successor? Who succeeded Erichthonius? By whom was Ilius succeeded? Who succeeded Laomedon? What

Alcyone, Merope, Maia, Electra, Taygete, Asterope, and Celeno; all of whom were called by one common name Pleiades, sometime

sal opposition to the will of the supreme god, until a second man, to whom was entrusted the duty of producing a universal d

he earth at one blast. The author of abundance was another bull, from whom a second race of men proceeded. The moon is celeb

e of men proceeded. The moon is celebrated as the common mother, from whom all animals sprang when the world was renewed. O

ab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these, in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians call Astarte, queen of heaven, wit

fferent tribes of Mexicans worshipped their gods of war, the chief of whom was Mex-it-li, the most highly honoured among the

s in its entire state, under the name of the Church of All Saints, to whom it has been consecrated, as, in the time of Pagan

The ancients gave the name of Sibyls to a certain number of girls whom they supposed to be endowed with the gift of prop

is known that several nations gave their pontiffs the name of the god whom they served. Frige, filled with his ambitious pro

name which was calculated to secure to him the respect of the people whom he wished to bring into subjection. Odin ruled, i

elves, as well as the injuries done to their founder and to all those whom she had stripped and trampled under her feet, by

nd Latin authors had but little intercourse with the northern people, whom they styled barbarians. They were ignorant even o

ught, that there was a Supreme God, who was Ruler of the Universe, to whom all were subject. And, according to Tacitus, such

measure of their faith; wherefore the supreme god, the first idea of whom embraced all that exists, was only worshipped by

me into battle to inflame the fury of the combatants, to strike those whom he designed to perish, and to carry away souls to

itants of Northern Germany. We cannot doubt that Hertus, or Earth, of whom he speaks, was the same as the Frea of the Scandi

ord, and who had a palace, called Glitner, supported by pillars. Tyr, whom we must distinguish from Thor, was the god of pow

ods. The Icelandic Mythology counted twelve goddesses, at the head of whom was Frea or Frigga, the consort of Odin. Each of

than Venus, she incessantly weeps over her absent husband Odrus; (to whom she bore two daughters, Nossa, the model of all b

as sleeping, he formed of his perspiration, a male and a female, from whom was descended the race of giants; a race as vile

of another victim, repealed the decree, and prolonged the days of him whom that victim would save. The precepts of the Celti

    Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen; Earth and heav’n and powers

bly and the lot combined, regulated this choice. The unfortunate upon whom the lot fell, were treated with so many honors an

tions, and a thousand of the like practices followed. The three Parcæ whom we have mentioned, delivered oracles in temples.

ho inhabited Gaul; and it is to the historians of the nations against whom they carried on frequent wars, that they owe thei

ed nations. The glory of a great nation awakens the genius of the man whom nature has endowed with a glowing imagination; an

he flatterers of those who protected them, or the slanderers of those whom they looked upon as their enemies. Petty passions

ntempt for the temples and worship of Odin, god of the Scandinavians, whom he calls Loda. Ossian represents those people as

p, and considers it as impious. The Druids, the bards, and the people whom they instructed, considered all nature as the tem

e profound respect which the Druids of Gaul had for those of England, whom they considered as their superiors. The world, co

istributors of justice, they passed sentences, and watched over those whom they loaded with that august function. . The immo

affairs. When, in a law-suit, they adjudged a disputed estate to him whom they designated as the legitimate possessor, his

ished. It had power to conciliate hearts alienated by enmity; and all whom that plant touched, instantly felt peace and gaie

ld infuse into that plant a happiness which might be felt by those to whom particles of it should be distributed. This misle

Again, the ancient theologists called life by the name of Jupiter, to whom they gave a two fold appellation, δια, dia, and ξ

ect has been treated of so often and in so masterly a style by men of whom the world was scarcely worthy, that we are willin

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

ed him to yield up those he had already swallowed. Jupiter, the first whom the Goddess had saved by her artifice, was brough

, A sympathy for all things born to die, With cheerful love for those whom truth attends.” Laman Blanchard. Insérer image

Vesta, who, with her mother, is also called Cybele. But the Deity of whom we now write is the earth, and is easy to disting

then-mythology_1842_img015 Jupiter. The nymphs of mount Ida, to whom Cybele had confided her son, educated him with gr

ortal Titan!     Third Fury. Champion of Heaven’s slaves!     Pro. He whom some dreadful voice invokes is here, Prometheus,

d the vengeance of Jupiter, and he ordered Vulcan to create a female, whom they called Pandora. All the Gods vied in making

. Loved by Jupiter, she had by the God a daughter called Proserpine, whom Pluto, God of Hell, seized near the beautiful val

all into a laurel gone, The smoothness of her skin remains alone; To whom the God: “Because thou canst not be My mistress,

r her knowledge of magic and venomous herbs. Bolina, another nymph to whom he was attached, wishing to escape from his pursu

s the mother of Phaeton. To this nymph succeeded the chaste Castalia, whom he pursued to the very foot of Parnassus, where t

s stole from Heaven The fire which we endure, it was repaid By him to whom the energy was given, Which this poetic marble ha

Arion and Pindar were also stated to be the children of the Muses, to whom the Romans built a temple and consecrated a fount

sformation, Calista fled to the forests and brought forth a son, with whom she dwelt, until one day she was induced to enter

and which it was not lawful to enter. The dwellers in the city, among whom was Arcas, enraged at the desecration, attacked h

me. ‌ In another, she had an altar, whereon they immolated all those whom shipwreck had thrown on their inhospitable shores

and always intoxicated, could scarcely be considered as a tutor from whom Bacchus was likely to derive much good. In spite

lost.” Hood. It was Ariadne who addressed him, daughter of Memnos, whom Theseus, conqueror of the minotaur had abandoned

on. She arose from the sea near the island of Cyprus,     “Cytherea! whom the favoured earth Of Cyprus claims, exulting in

his vows of adoration before the lifeless image. Hero, in pursuit of whom , Leander braved the Hellespont, and whose touchin

mechanical skill of Vulcan, was invented as a punishment for Juno, to whom , as it was through her he fell from heaven, he at

the more touching and feminine attributes of Venus, the soft eyes of whom filled with tears, and whose downy cheek grew pal

two female forms uphold, That moved and breathed in animated gold. To whom was voice, and sense, and science given Of works

syche, and their loves were speedily crowned by the birth of a child, whom his parents named Pleasure. Psyche.     “O

! whose mighty powers, And brazen spears, protect Olympus’ towers; By whom the brave to high renown are led, Whom justice ho

; By whom the brave to high renown are led, Whom justice honours, and whom tyrants dread. Hail! friend to man! whose cares t

received great homage, as they were proud of sacrificing to a deity, whom they considered the patron of their city, and the

o’er Helicon who reigns, O’er spacious Ægæ’s wide extended plains; To whom the gods, with equal skill concede, To guide the

e back the true and brave! “Give back the lost and lovely! those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long; T

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

mmitted part of his power to three judges of the infernal regions, of whom Minos and Rhadamanthus were the most important. H

rms around him, entreated the Gods to render her inseparable from him whom she adored. The Gods heard her prayer, and formed

the statue of Minerva, and offered to him the tongues of the victims whom they immolated to the goddess. “Who beareth the

t chiefly Bacchus, god of mirth and wine, Received the dauntless god, whom Pan they call, Pan, for his song delights the bre

Narcissus, and ‌wandered over hill and dale in search of the youth on whom she had lavished all her affections, but who unfo

ished all her affections, but who unfortunately returned them not. To whom is not the tale of the self-slain Narcissus known

e wondering youth up to this moment looked for the frolic companions, whom he imagined had hid themselves in play. But Echo,

e_heathen-mythology_1842_img120 Narcissus fancied that the nymph upon whom he supposed he had been gazing, was deserting him

and his name is blended with those of the principal sages of Greece, whom he instructed in the use of plants and medicinal

bestial kind His crime pursued, and each as pleased his mind On her, whom chance presented, took. The feast An image of a t

oodbine Lilacs and flowering limes, and scented thorns, And some from whom the voluptuous winds of June Catch their perfumer

ed with great distinctness, by poets, both ancient and modern, all of whom were delighted to pour forth tributes of praise i

last we met? Ye are changed, ye are changed! and I see not here All whom I saw in the vanished year! There were graceful h

waves, consent to wed, A son you’ll have, the terror of the field, To whom , in fame and power, his sire shall yield.’ Jove,

was the presider over sleep; the former was the parent of dreams, of whom , by a beautiful idea, imagination was said to be

heart Of iron; yea, the heart within his breast Is brass, unpitying; whom of men he grasps Stern he retains.” Hesiod

Romans were particularly attentive in their adoration of this deity, whom they solemnly invoked, and to whom they offered s

in their adoration of this deity, whom they solemnly invoked, and to whom they offered sacrifices before declaring war, to

your altars long, I have not ceased to love you, Household Gods! O ye whom youth has ‘wildered on your way, Or vice with fai

out of Olympus. Momus has been sung many times by the choice spirits whom he inspired, as well as by the dissipated youth o

ays open. Astræa, with Law and Peace, are her children, the former of whom was worshipped as Justice on the earth during the

een informed by an oracle that one of the descendants of Æolus, (from whom Jason had come) would dethrone him. After he had

infidelity with Glaucus, the daughter of the King of the Country, for whom Medea was divorced, that he might follow his amou

she had committed, after which she became the wife of King Ægeus, to whom she bore a son called Medus. Before his intimacy

ke: and this were best, That never Grecian might behold me more, With whom in better days I have been happy. Why therefore s

Hesione, a daughter of Laomedon, King of Troy, from a sea monster, to whom the Trojans yearly presented a marriageable maide

on the credulity of Dejanira, and the jealousy and hatred of Juno, to whom he attributed all his pains. “Then lifting both

ictys, and carried by him to Polydectes, the monarch of the place, by whom they were received with much kindness, and the pr

tion had been received, Perseus sought the habitation of the Gorgons, whom he fortunately found asleep. Knowing that if he f

sed it, and introduced him to the people of Athens as his son, all of whom gladly hailed the illustrious man, who had cleans

dne, whose conduct had been the means of his glorious triumph, and to whom he was even indebted for his life. When he came i

married Phædra, daughter of Minos, sister of the unfortunate Ariadne whom he had left to perish. Phædra, however, unhappily

er form — The glorified of love! But she — she look’d Only on him for whom ’twas joy to die, Deep — deepest, holiest joy! — 

the stones came and ranged themselves in order. He married Niobe, by whom he had seven sons and seven daughters; the trials

s, for Œdipus mounted the throne, and married Jocasta, his mother, by whom he had two sons, Polynice and Eteocles, and two d

f blood, within your presence, And on this field of death — And thou, whom I Should call no more my brother, do thou spare T

children born to him by the connexion with his brother’s wife, all of whom had been sacrificed to his vengeance. When the re

him to the ground with the stroke of a hatchet, while Egisthus, with whom she had dishonoured herself during Agamemnon’s ab

he beautiful Nausica, who took him to King Alcinous, her father, from whom he received every hospitality. At the end of the

e kingdom. In the same disguise he introduced himself to Penelope, by whom ‌he was received with joy; and with the assistanc

self separated from the greater part of his companions, seven only of whom remained with him. He landed on an unknown shore

Virtues, Vices, and Evil principles. These divinities, the number of whom was constantly increasing, had both altars and te

f a modest repast. As they sate in kind communion, the forms of those whom they entertained suddenly changed, and they behel

er, had their union opposed by their friends, between the families of whom there had been a variance for many years. “But t

ysting tree. In a short time Pyramus arrived, but found that she, for whom he looked, was absent: the bloody veil alone met

ou wanton nymph, and thou, my slave. Earth born and base, thou — thou whom I could shake To atoms, as the tempest scatters a

athen-mythology_1842_img256 Hero was a priestess of Venus, at Sestos, whom Leander met during one of the festivals held annu

ying his despair, changed the statue into that of a beautiful female, whom he married, and had by her a son called Paphos, w

, how worthily the praises of the ancients were bestowed upon a poet, whom they even ventured to call the tenth muse. “Then

of the Roman city: he married Tatia, the daughter of the Sabine king, whom however he had the misfortune to lose; owing to w

ations were anxious to pay their testimony of reverence to a monarch, whom they could not help respecting no less for his ab

, the daughter of Venus; and had by her four sons and four daughters, whom Juno, out of hatred to Venus, cruelly persecuted.

the worlds were in him. Vishnu is usually represented near his wife, whom he enfolds in his arms. His complexion is blue, h

le symbol of his implacable rage. Buddh. This is the being from whom the enormous number of followers take their stand

of followers take their stand, under the title of Bouddhism, and with whom ‌christianity alone has the power of claiming an

ding of blood. [Secondary Divinities.] Beside the superior gods whom we have described, the numerous populations of In

nd waved his neck And glanced his forky tongue.” Southey. A cow, of whom the gods disputed the possession, is also worship

res, or the Earth; the future was as familiar to her as to Odin, with whom she is seated upon his throne, and whose governme

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

y submit to blows, and even death itself, from the hand of a pontiff, whom they took for the instrument of an angry deity.”

ir minor deities, was the vital and acting principle of the world; to whom was attributed many of the functions which were s

ed by the opinion of bystanders, and partly by lot. The wretches upon whom it fell were then treated with such honours by al

f mutual affection. ‌ The Mexicans also had a goddess of old age, to whom they rendered honours of the highest character. T

hest character. They immolated on her altar once every year a female, whom they forced to dance in presence of the idol to w

y year a female, whom they forced to dance in presence of the idol to whom she was to be sacrificed: while in the evening, t

was in preparation, they made choice of a young and beautiful slave, whom , after bathing in the lake dedicated to their God

ntically to cut themselves with knives. Quetsalocatl was the deity to whom the highest honours were paid in the valley of Ch

trees, and serpents, with a crowd of shapeless idols, the legends of whom neither amuse by their incident, or excite the im

a, they worship the soul of the dead, and a being named Molongo, upon whom they are most prodigal in bestowing titles; such

espond with the inferior divinities of other Mythologies, from one of whom , sprang the three persons, forming the Trinity pe

so shameful, were attributed by the Heathens to the false divinities whom their deluded imaginations had devised, that from

tagion, and to keep them separate from the surrounding nations, among whom it prevailed. Chap. II. Grecian and Roman Myth

hat was the second order composed? The second order included the gods whom Ovid styled the celestial populace. They were cal

the Greeks, was the most ancient of the divinities? Cœlus, or Heaven, whom the Greeks called Uranus, was, by their account,

urn, who sought refuge in Italy, with Janus, king of that country, by whom he was hospitably received. In gratitude for the

’rs stand trembling at the God. Pitt’s Virgil. Great Jove himself, whom dreadful darkness shrouds, Pavilion’d in the thic

n? The Sun was supposed to have many children; the most celebrated of whom were, Aurora, Circe, and Phaeton. Aurora, every m

s to bestow immortality upon Tithonus, son of Laomedon, king of Troy, whom she had married, forgetting to request perpetual

Instant her circling wand the Goddess waves, To hogs transforms them; whom the sty receives. No more was seen the human form

onysius, from his father Jupiter; or, from the nymphs called Nysæ, by whom he was nursed. Brisæus, from the use of grapes an

strange absurdities; such as bestowing on Midas, king of Phrygia, to whom Apollo presented the pair of ass’s ears, the fata

o female forms uphold. That mov’d, and breath’d, in animated gold; To whom were voice, and sense, and science giv’n Of works

Flora was the wife of Zephyrus, the Goddess of flowers; in honour of whom the Romans celebrated games. Who was Pomona? The

s wafted over the river, a tribunal of forty judges assembled, before whom , any, who thought themselves injured by the decea

ere generally black sheep. Who was Proserpine? The daughter of Ceres, whom Pluto carried off and married, in the manner whic

s that there is but one Being existing; a Being eternal, infinite; of whom all other beings are parts; and that consequently

books of the ancient Indian Mythology, is the unity of the Deity; in whom the universe is comprehended; of which the elemen

n the Sun and in Fire. The Hindûs regard the Moon as a male Deity, to whom they give the name of Chandra, and whom their poe

the Moon as a male Deity, to whom they give the name of Chandra, and whom their poets describe as sitting in a splendid cha

protruded, the vast image of a bull, one of the emblems of Seeva, for whom Jaggernaut is only another name. Here, are practi

Egypt, were said to have worshiped the immortal, uncreated God alone, whom they called Cneph; for which reason they were exe

of all good, in constant opposition to Typhon, the author of evil; by whom he was, at one time, vanquished and slain, or inc

ecian Esculapius, whose rites were borrowed from those of Serāpis; to whom , too, the same animals were appropriated, the ser

t, in very early periods; and that he was the same with the ox. Apis, whom , when alive, the Egyptians venerated as the perso

n a type of strength and impetuosity. Who was Thoth? An Egyptian god, whom the Greek and Latin writers uniformly named Herme

form of a serpent, and introduced a number of evil demons or spirits, whom he had seduced from obedience to the great Deity.

aised by Ahriman, when a second Man-Bull appeared, named Taschter, to whom was committed the charge of producing a universal

ull was then formed, who became the author of all abundance, and from whom is derived the second race of men. According to t

fter the general deluge. She is celebrated as the common mother, from whom proceed all the various descriptions of animals.

orshiped a great number of Gods and Goddesses, but their chief deity, whom they called Tahiti, is the Vesta of after-times.

s. This interdiction was a most severe punishment, since they against whom it was directed were held in universal detestatio

ince of some Scythian tribe, who, after the ruin of Mithridates, with whom he was in alliance, fled before the victorious ar

to feast, and drink mead, of ale, out of the sculls of their enemies, whom they had killed in their mortal life. It mentions

    Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen. Earth, and Heav’n, and Power

iarly They worshiped the fixed stars and the planets: and the angels, whom they supposed venerated, the Coran mentions three

deity of the Phenicians, and other neighbouring nations; in honour of whom , human victims, principally children, were immola

ab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these, in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phenicians call Astarte, queen of heaven, wit

s? The chief God of the Mexicans was called Vitzliputzli, or Mexitli, whom they suppose to have conducted the march of their

In conjunction with Vitzliputzli, the Mexicans worshiped another God, whom they called Kaloc. These were always placed toget

rs. The chief deities of the Peruvians were Viracocha, or Pachacamac, whom they worshiped in connection with the sun; Pacham

b the public religion. Hence, even in those polished nations, amongst whom the arts and sciences flourished with progressive

and how have the Poets described it? Who invented sails for ships? Of whom were Titan and Saturn the sons? Which King of Rom

e the Megalesia? Which of the Indigetes first coined copper money? By whom was Jupiter Ammon worshiped, and where was his te

nd where was his temple? Who was the inventor of boats and crowns? By whom were altars raised to the memory of Janus? Which

of Sol. Which Muse presided over miscellaneous poetry? Whence, and by whom , were the Lares and Penates, which were kept in t

nt of Jupiter. Which was the Comic Muse, and how was she depicted? By whom were Saturn and Cybele confined, and by whom were

how was she depicted? By whom were Saturn and Cybele confined, and by whom were they released? By what name was Jupiter know

mple of Bellona, and what sacrifices did her priests offer to her? By whom was made the famous statue of Minerva, and in whi

, and what was their character? Who were the chief of the Cyclops? By whom was Vulcan invoked as the Avenger, when they made

Manah was in it? What were the names of the Angels, or Intelligences, whom the Arabians venerated? By whom was the Caaba sup

ames of the Angels, or Intelligences, whom the Arabians venerated? By whom was the Caaba supposed to have been built? What w

bylonian superstition? Who were its Priests? Who were its Deities? By whom was Belus worshiped, and where was his celebrated

re of the universe which prevailed among the Greeks — the people from whom the Romans, and other nations through them, recei

estial hall. He even endowed with intelligence the golden handmaidens whom he made to wait on himself. Jupiter, or Jove, (Ze

edge of the temptation and fall of man, “And fabled how the serpent, whom they called Ophion, with Eurynome, (the wide- Enc

r song, and prompted the memory. They were nine in number, to each of whom was assigned the presidence over some particular

water, having found no land for a resting-place. Those living beings whom the water spared fell a prey to hunger. Parnassus

oduces it in Book IV. of Paradise Lost: — “More lovely than Pandora, whom the gods Endowed with all their gifts; and O, too

and stole him away. But Cephalus was just married to a charming wife whom he devotedly loved. Her name was Procris. She was

d him in displeasure, saying, “Go, ungrateful mortal, keep your wife, whom , if I am not much mistaken, you will one day be v

ndeed the case; for it was Io, the daughter of the river god Inachus, whom Jupiter had been flirting with, and, when he beca

n the sand. Inachus recognized it, and discovering that his daughter, whom he had long sought in vain, was hidden under this

; but look when night darkens the world, and you shall see the two of whom I have so much reason to complain exalted to the

ople replied, ‘No mountain or river god possesses this altar, but she whom royal Juno in her jealousy drove from land to lan

and pain. He returns to the sea, and there finds the body of Scylla, whom the goddess has not transformed but drowned. Glau

he nuptials she had formed, and from this union Paphos was born, from whom the city, sacred to Venus, received its name.  

it nearer, and it was plainly the body of a man. Though unknowing of whom , yet, as it was of some shipwrecked one, she was

sion passed, and the lamentations of the mourners met the ears of her whom the avenging deity had already marked for punishm

g them from the top of his quiver, hastened to the chamber of Psyche, whom he found asleep. He shed a few drops from the bit

future husband awaits her on the top of the mountain. He is a monster whom neither gods nor men can resist.” This dreadful d

s. Her ears too were feasted with music from invisible performers; of whom one sang, another played on the lute, and all clo

done, she exclaimed, “This is no work of yours, wicked one, but his, whom to your own and his misfortune you have enticed.”

! And such the sweet and solemn tale of her     The pilgrim-heart, to whom a dream was given, That led her through the world

all apparently of about the same age. Yet there are many individuals whom I previously knew, that I look for now in vain. W

how from the saddest beginning a happy result sometimes flows. Those whom you formerly knew are now dust and ashes! A plagu

y course; for it retains to that extent the feeling of the nymph from whom it sprang.   Hood, in his Flowers, thus alludes

h haughty looks. “What folly,” said she, “is this! — to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes

ertain what course to take. Six were now dead, and only one remained, whom the mother held clasped in her arms, and covered

conveyed the mother and infant to Polydectes, king of the country, by whom they were treated with kindness. When Perseus was

ith the sight. Perseus, favored by Minerva and Mercury, the former of whom lent him her shield and the latter his winged sho

to give her a lesson of humility. Memnon was an Æthiopian prince, of whom we shall tell in a future chapter. The Wedding

as found by a peasant, who carried him to his master and mistress, by whom he was adopted and called Œdipus, or Swollen-foot

d their best to keep plunderers at a distance. The Arimaspians, among whom the Griffins flourished, were a one-eyed people o

and soon found himself at the head of a band of bold youths, many of whom afterwards were renowned among the heroes and dem

he launching of the ship Argo, and the power of the music of Orpheus, whom he calls the Thracian: — “So when the first bold

ever, but had little enjoyment of the fruits of her crime. Jason, for whom she had done so much, wishing to marry Creusa, pr

t too revolting for record even of a sorceress, a class of persons to whom both ancient and modern poets have been accustome

he wrong done to himself, and still more at the insult offered to her whom he loved, forgot the claims of kindred, and plung

one of his conquests had taken prisoner a fair maiden, named Iole, of whom he seemed more fond than Dejanira approved. When

in attendance on the gods. Her successor was Ganymede, a Trojan boy, whom Jupiter, in the disguise of an eagle, seized and

ter of the king, being present, became deeply enamored of Theseus, by whom her love was readily returned. She furnished him

the Theseum, erected in honor of the hero.   The queen of the Amazons whom Theseus espoused is by some called Hippolyta. Tha

personage. It is recorded of him that he united the several tribes by whom the territory of Attica was then possessed into o

nstrances only made him more violent. But now the attendants returned whom he had despatched to seize Bacchus. They had been

by the Bacchanals, but had succeeded in taking one of them prisoner, whom , with his hands tied behind him, they brought bef

ing with them a prize, as they thought, a boy of delicate appearance, whom they had found asleep. They judged he was a noble

orm, addressed her and said, “Good fisherman, whither went the maiden whom I saw just now, with hair dishevelled and in humb

eus and Doris were the parents of the Nereids, the most celebrated of whom were Amphitrite, Thetis, the mother of Achilles,

delicate! who nothing can support (Yourselves most insupportable) for whom The winter rose must blow, * *                   

Acheloüs told the story of Erisichthon to Theseus and his companions, whom he was entertaining at his hospitable board, whil

rhaps you have heard of the fame of Dejanira, the fairest of maidens, whom a host of suitors strove to win. Hercules and mys

impending loss of the devoted wife and beloved mistress. Hercules, to whom no labor was too arduous, resolved to attempt her

tion of poetry to men. “Men called him but a shiftless youth,     In whom no good they saw, And yet unwittingly, in truth,

would ever return, Penelope was importuned by numerous suitors, from whom there seemed no refuge but in choosing one of the

g the words with the lyre, he sung, “O deities of the under world, to whom all we who live must come, hear my words, for the

following are other celebrated mythical poets and musicians, some of whom were hardly inferior to Orpheus himself: — Amp

musician, and dwelt in the court of Periander, king of Corinth, with whom he was a great favorite. There was to be a musica

ace of the sea, so ran from mouth to mouth the words, “Of Ibycus! him whom we all lament, whom some murderer’s hand laid low

an from mouth to mouth the words, “Of Ibycus! him whom we all lament, whom some murderer’s hand laid low! What have the cran

against himself. Seize the man who uttered that cry and the other to whom he spoke!” The culprit would gladly have recalled

o sight by his beam. After this he dwelt as a hunter with Diana, with whom he was a favorite, and it is even said she was ab

, “Yet, maiden, your persecutors are of the not ungentle race of men, whom , if you will, you can repel; but I, the daughter

, how great is thy power! this fierce giant, the terror of the woods, whom no hapless stranger escaped unharmed, who defied

, king of Sparta. Now Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was the very woman whom Venus had destined for Paris, the fairest of her

is sagacity; and Nestor, the oldest of the Grecian chiefs, and one to whom they all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no f

A knot of spiry trees for ages grew     From out the tomb of him for whom she died;     And ever when such stature they had

and committed it to the care of the twin brothers Death and Sleep, by whom it was transported to Lycia, the native land of S

ing flashed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles to tell him of the

” To which Achilles replied, “Dog, name not ransom nor pity to me, on whom you have brought such dire distress. No! trust me

en. Yet one I had, one more than all the rest the strength of my age, whom , fighting for his country, thou hast slain. I com

ictim of the fatal arrows. In his distress Paris bethought him of one whom in his prosperity he had forgotten. This was the

ne whom in his prosperity he had forgotten. This was the nymph Œnone, whom he had married when a youth, and had abandoned fo

o, a lad not yet old enough to be an object of apprehension, but from whom , if he should be suffered to grow up, there might

eigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of the Greeks, whom he hurled against the side of the cave, and dashe

raw on the cavern floor. Then four of the boldest were selected, with whom Ulysses joined himself as a fifth. The Cyclops ca

ave well requited thee for thy atrocious deeds. Know it is Ulysses to whom thou owest thy shameful loss of sight.” The Cyclo

a few bushes were interposed between him and a group of young maidens whom , by their deportment and attire, he discovered to

no enemies to fear. This man, she told them, was an unhappy wanderer, whom it was a duty to cherish, for the poor and strang

s which he wore as those which her maidens and herself had made) from whom he received those garments. He told them of his r

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew;” etc. Chapter XXXI. Adventures of Æ

o the recollection of Æneas that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom his father had sent with ample treasures to the n

there brought up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent had murdered him and seized his treas

with hunger. They were sent by the gods to torment a certain Phineus, whom Jupiter had deprived of his sight, in punishment

f Hector, became the wife of one of the victorious Grecian chiefs, to whom she bore a son. Her husband dying, she was left r

Cyclopes. Here they were hailed from the shore by a miserable object, whom by his garments, tattered as they were, they perc

them in water, or burning out their impurities by fire. Some few, of whom Anchises intimates that he is one, are admitted a

s to the people. There were various Sibyls; but the Cumaean Sibyl, of whom Ovid and Virgil write, is the most celebrated of

avinia, who was sought in marriage by many neighboring chiefs, one of whom , Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was favored by th

us was recognized by all as leader; others joined as allies, chief of whom was Mezentius, a brave and able soldier, but of d

ulians. But I propose to ally you with a people numerous and rich, to whom fate has brought you at the propitious moment. Th

details, but must simply record the fate of the principal characters whom we have introduced to our readers. The tyrant Mez

terally. Thus Saturn, who devours his own children, is the same power whom the Greeks called Cronos, (Time,) which may truly

anning, as they passed, their wings, Lacked not for love fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs g

to which the authority of numerous sage philosophers, at the head of whom are Aristotle and Pliny, affirms this power of th

y from his mouth came forth the eldest born, Brahma, (the priest,) to whom he confided the four Vedas; from his right arm is

allowed every kind of food without restriction. Buddha. Buddha, whom the Vedas represent as a delusive incarnation of

He accordingly went thither, and penetrated to the court of the king, whom he calls Negus. Milton alludes to him in Paradise

dowed with beauty, agility, and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of the giant race, spran

ve seen and heard. At his feet lie his two wolves, Geri and Freki, to whom Odin gives all the meat that is set before him, f

saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid, at the sight of whom he was struck with sudden sadness, insomuch that

s in the hall. Going further, they came before the king, Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respect. The king, regard

consumed not only the meat, but the trough which held it. Hugi, with whom Thialfi contended in running, was Thought, and it

st astonishing feat, for there was never yet a man, nor ever will be, whom Old Age, for such in fact was Elli, will not soon

spelheim will rush forth under their leader Surtur, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onward they ride ove

and the priests of the Egyptians stood to the people respectively by whom they were revered. The Druids taught the existenc

hom they were revered. The Druids taught the existence of one god, to whom they gave a name “Be’ al,” which Celtic antiquari

me time praying that God would render his gift prosperous to those to whom he had given it.” They drink the water in which i

urned by the arrival of St. Columba, the apostle of the Highlands, by whom the inhabitants of that district were first led t

utes. When Columba landed on Iona he was attended by twelve followers whom he had formed into a religious body of which he w

as, was exposed to the assaults of the Norwegian and Danish rovers by whom those seas were infested, and by them it was repe

, it is hoped, be found generally useful. Among the modern authors to whom the writer has been particularly indebted, we may

ities, each exercising some peculiar and partial sovereignty. The god whom the warrior invoked in battle was powerless to bl

s it was neither so heavy in summer, nor so cold in winter. Ques. Of whom was Jupiter the son? Ans. He was the son of Satu

father and mother. He afterwards took up arms against Saturn himself, whom he overcame and banished. He then shared his powe

s. Relate some of these fables. Ans. Jupiter was married to Juno, to whom he first appeared in the form of a crow. He const

e [Hermi′one], the daughter of Venus; they had four daughters, all of whom suffered persecution, either in their own persons

Here he had the misfortune accidentally to kill Hyacinthus, a boy to whom he was much attached. Apollo mourned deeply for t

was very jealous, and took the most cruel revenge on the mortal woman whom Jupiter loved. She transformed Callisto and her s

ephyrus (the west wind) wafted her to the shores of Cyprus. Ques. By whom was she educated? Ans. She was educated and ador

ing she had fallen a victim to her own groundless jealousy. Ques. To whom was Aurora married? Ans. She chose for her husba

ous colors, and embossed with beautiful historical designs. Ques. To whom was Vulcan married? Ans. Vulcan was married to V

o stole the oxen of Hercules; and the robber Cæculus [Cæ′culus], from whom the noble Roman family of the Cæcilii derived the

uard it from invasion. For himself, Vulcan formed golden handmaidens, whom he endowed with reason and speech. Chapter XIV

were admitted to these rites? Ans. Athenians only; but Hercules, to whom no one dared refuse anything, was initiated, and

Attica. She rewarded his hospitality by taking care of his young son, whom she nourished during the day with celestial food;

a god. There was another Phorcus who had three daughters, concerning whom a remarkable circumstance is related. The sisters

he middle of her forehead. They were the guardians of the Gorgons, of whom Medusa was one. The hero Perseus, when about to a

he sorceress with his sword, and forced her to restore his companions whom she had transformed. After this, Circe entertaine

the rich watch their treasures with great fear and anxiety. Ques. To whom was Pluto married? Ans. As we have learned befor

Ques. Who were the most famous among the condemned? Ans. The giants whom Jupiter conquered. Typhon was the most enormous;

daughters of Danaus [Dan′aus] and grand-daughter of King Belus, from whom they are called. They all murdered their husbands

covery of the Golden Fleece. Jason, with some brave companions, among whom were Hercules, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, went o

the fleece, and fled by night from Colchis, carrying with him Medea, whom he married, in fulfilment of the engagement which

ated of Medea? Ans. She lived for some time happily with Jason, upon whom she conferred an additional favor by restoring hi

e? Ans. She murdered, in the sight of their father, the two children whom she had borne to Jason, and consumed his palace a

s. These were usually devoured by a horrible monster called Minotaur, whom Minos, the king of Crete, kept in the Labyrinth.

the conquest of the Gorgons, he arrived in the dominions of Atlas, of whom he claimed the rites of hospitality, declaring at

The hero afterwards fulfilled the oracle by killing his grandfather, whom he did not know, by an accidental blow of a quoit

ng sent him to fight against certain people, called Solymi [Sol′ymi], whom he had much difficulty in subduing. He next defea

pagus [Areop′agus]. He found an asylum with Minos, king of Crete, for whom he constructed the famous Labyrinth. Having incur

famished as before. He had one daughter called Mestra, an only child, whom he sold to procure food. The maiden scorned to be

t was detained for a long time at Aulis, owing to the wrath of Diana, whom Agamemnon had offended by killing one of her favo

n this character he was kindly received by Eumæus, a swine-herd, from whom he learned all that had transpired, and the prese

n recognition, fawned upon his old master, and expired. It was Argus, whom Ulysses had often led to the chase. The banquet p

of their weapons, and terrified at the aspect of the injured prince, whom they recognized too late, turned to fly, but Eumæ

ciating priestess was no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, whom Diana had saved when she was about to be immolate

xt landed at Cumæ, in Italy. This was the abode of a famous Sibyl, of whom we will speak elsewhere. She foretold to the hero

they were ten in number. The most celebrated was the Cumæan Sibyl, of whom the poets give the following account. Apollo soug

— Intellectual Contests — Herodotus — Dionysius — Pythian Games — By whom instituted — Time of their Celebration — Prize — 

some little variation to those solemnized in other places. Ques. By whom were the Pythian Games instituted? Ans. Accordin

him. A cry was raised to seize the man who had spoken, and the one to whom his speech had been addressed. The wretched murde

mourning, which lasted until his successor was found. The animal into whom the divinity had passed, was known by many extrao

, Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal. Ques. By whom was the worship of Baal introduced among the Isra

was Confucius? Ans. Confucius is the Latinized name of a philosopher whom the Chinese call Kung-fu-tse, (Reverend Master Ku

nly cheats and jugglers, living on the superstition of the people, to whom they sell charms and spells. Notwithstanding the

r Lamas always succeed in finding the hidden divinity. The child into whom they supposed the Lama’s soul has entered, is req

ort to him all that they have seen. At Odin’s feet lie two wolves, to whom he gives all the meat that is set before him, as

strength restored, he threw off his disguise, and rushed upon Thrym, whom he slew with all his followers. Loki had served T

gives to the Celtic gods the names of the Greek and Roman divinities whom they resemble. Ques. What were the principal cha

lieve of God? Ans. They believed in one Supreme Lord and Creator, to whom they attributed all the divine perfections. The p

. These privileged souls passed at once into the presence of the Sun, whom they accompanied with songs and choral dances in

,” was celebrated by the sacrifice of a single victim, with regard to whom many peculiar ceremonies were observed. A year be

xury, and was received everywhere with the homage due to the divinity whom he was supposed to represent. When the fatal day

e long and curling locks;” they worshipped it as the page of the Sun, whom he attends in his rising and setting. The Sun was

were sacrificed on his tomb. The Peruvians believed in an evil spirit whom they called Cupay, but they did not attempt to pr

serving closely the manners and customs of the different nations with whom he contended. We are indebted to the Commentaries

Emperor was too much under the influence of the heathen philosophers whom he had assembled at his court, to judge impartial

that they were intended rather for posterity, than for the persons to whom they were ostensibly addressed. Procopius .

the earth without giving any rain, they said that the terrible being whom they named the snake or dragon was shutting up th

nd is realized in the minds of its worshipers as a living spirit with whom men may speak face to face as a man speaks with h

consequently was supposed to be an attribute of their divinities, to whom they ascribed all perfections. A fluid named Icho

Night). Nyx was the daughter of Chaos, and sister of Erebus, to whom she bore Hemera and Æther. She is said then to ha

s*, son of Zeus and Io*, he journeyed to the palace of his sire, from whom he extracted an unwary oath that he would grant h

d a sister of Helios and Selene. She was first married to Astræus, by whom she became the mother of the winds — Boreas* (nor

less effectual. It was said that Selene was enamored of Endymion*, on whom Zeus had bestowed the gift of perpetual youth, bu

ant Typhœus*, a monster with a hundred fire-breathing dragons’ heads, whom she sent to overthrow the dominion of Zeus. A gre

usually accompanied by terrible marine monsters, which devoured those whom the floods had spared. It is probable that these

represents the moral force by which the universe is governed, and to whom both mortals and immortals were forced to submit,

cay of vegetation in autumn, and its resuscitation in spring. Adonis, whom Aphrodite tenderly loved, was killed by a wild bo

ich reason they are always regarded as the friends of the Muses, with whom they resided on Mount Olympus. Their special func

function was to act, with the Seasons, as attendants upon Aphrodite, whom they adorned with wreaths of flowers. Temples and

ceal the deformity, but he could not hide the secret from his barber, whom he bound to secrecy. This man found it so painful

ns,” was an ancient Asiatic divinity of Persian origin called Metra*, whom the Greek colonists in Asia Minor identified with

n wonders of the world. Artemis Orthia* was a dark and cruel deity to whom human sacrifices were offered in Laconia. Lycurgu

s on the occasion of her annual festival. This is the same Artemis to whom Agamemnon was about to offer his daughter Iphigen

f the Greeks for Troy. The Scythians in Tauris likewise had a goddess whom they propitiated with human sacrifices. This caus

ss appears in the act of rescuing a hunted deer from its pursuers, on whom she is turning with angry mien. One hand is laid

Pales* was the ancient pastoral goddess of the Italian tribes, from whom the name Palatine — which originally meant a past

to the oldest accounts, Æolus* was a king of the Æolian* Islands, to whom Zeus gave the command of the winds, which he kept

lenus*. Silenus*, a son of Pan, was the foster-father of Dionysus, whom he accompanied in his wanderings. He was generall

the manner considered most acceptable to the particular divinities to whom it was consecrated; for just as trees, birds, and

rrounded by images of other gods, stood the statue of the divinity to whom the temple was dedicated. Altars. The altar

engrave upon it the name or distinguishing symbol of the divinity to whom it was dedicated. If any malefactor fled to an al

nd men, and offered prayers and sacrifices in the name of the people, whom they also instructed as to what vows, gifts, and

esign, Crœsus* crossed the river and encountered the Persian king, by whom he was entirely defeated; and his own empire bein

ccording to the advice of Athene. There arose a band of armed men, at whom Cadmus flung stones. They turned their arms again

To oppose each of these leaders, Eteocles placed within the walls one whom he regarded as his equal. The brothers were stati

gods. Thus equipped with these, he flew to the abode of the Gorgons, whom he found asleep. Athene pointed out to him Medusa

d his flight until he reached the kingdom of Atlas, in Mauritania, of whom he sought rest and shelter. Atlas refused the hos

her to Perseus in marriage. Phineus*, however, brother of Cepheus, to whom Andromeda had been betrothed, appeared at the wed

statue. Perseus returned to Hermes the shoes, wallet, and helmet, by whom they were taken to the Nymphs. He gave the Gorgon

on an expedition against the Solymi*, a fierce neighboring tribe with whom he was at enmity. Bellerophon succeeded in vanqui

rced all who came that way to wrestle with him, and then killed those whom he vanquished. On the banks of the Cephissus* he

*, his daughter, being present, became deeply enamored of Theseus, by whom her love was readily returned. She furnished him

dition. The number of the heroes was fifty, the most distinguished of whom were Heracles, Theseus, Castor and Pollux, Telamo

lmydessus, on the European coast, where the prophet Phineus* reigned, whom the gods had punished with blindness. To complete

overtake the fugitives, but Medea slew her young brother, Absyrtus*, whom she had taken with her, and scattered his limbs i

him the name of Alexander (man-aider). He married the nymph Œnone*,14 whom Rhea had taught prophecy. It was about this time

scaped destruction. Odysseus next arrived at the island of Æolus*, to whom Zeus had intrusted the command of the winds. He t

ut the Sun still longs to see again the fair and beautiful bride from whom he was parted yester-eve. Dangers may await him,

y blood.” Æneas recollected that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom Priam had sent to be brought up in Thrace, away f

to be brought up in Thrace, away from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent murdered him, and seized the treasure

last landed at Cumæ, in Italy. This was the abode of a famous Sibyl, whom Helenus had directed Æneas to consult. She foreto

ure. Each town or city had its especially-honored triad of deities to whom its temples were dedicated. The triads often cons

rough a strange land, exposed to the malice of a host of unseen foes, whom he could subdue only by charms and exorcisms. The

s for the morning light. The Greeks regarded them as separate beings, whom they knew as Argynnis*, Briseis*, Daphne*, Eos*,

the place on these occasions, when all castes eat together. Buddha*, whom the Vedas represent as a delusive incarnation of

e form, endowed with beauty and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife, a daughter of the giant race, sprun

had seen and heard. At his feet lay two wolves, Geri* and Freki*, to whom Odin gave all the meat that was set before him, f

rain sprouting in the fields!” The Valkyries* were warlike virgins, whom Odin sent to every battle-field to make choice of

o speak of or for God. The Druids taught the existence of one God, to whom they gave a name, “Be’al,” which is believed to h

ame time praying that God will render his gift prosperous to those to whom He has given it. They drink the water in which it

ft, upon which were many species of animals, the captain and chief of whom was Michabo, the Great Hare. They ardently desire

to Adam, Noah, and other patriarchs, and invented new and false gods, whom they adored. It pleased God to select one nation,

false gods, whom they adored. It pleased God to select one nation, to whom , in order to preserve the knowledge of himself in

ip false divinities. Heathens sometimes worship images of the deities whom they reverence. The worshippers of images are Ido

ct which he requires of human beings. The most remarkable individuals whom God appointed to instruct mankind concerning hims

hs, the Prophets, and lastly our Lord Jesus Christ. The patriarchs to whom God more especially revealed himself were Adam, N

with the whole heart: and to keep the commandments. Those persons to whom God revealed himself thus were all of one nation;

rst learn that there is a God? Who are the most remarkable persons to whom God bas revealed himself? At what different times

-gods. These were originally men who had performed great actions, and whom , after their death, men worshipped. Personificat

ve’s power over nature, with great efiect, thus; Great Jove himself, whom dreadful darkness shrouds, Pavilioned in the thic

ons imputed to Apollo? Why did Jupiter expel Apollo from heaven? With whom did Apollo dwell while he was on earth? Did Apoll

ficer in brass and iron.” This Tubalcain might have been the same man whom the Greeks described either as Prometheus, or as

ed stealing from heaven. It was asserted that he formed statues, into whom he transfused fire from heaven, which gave them l

will to do what is right, and the love of goodness and truth. The God whom we worship is infinitely wise. The heathens perso

f Pluto and Proserpine? What did Ceres when she lost her daughter? Of whom did Ceres entreat relief? Was Proserpine restored

d not attend to her counsels, and died of the wound which a wild boar whom he pursued gave him. Venus mourned him excessivel

s Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.” The citizen

chantress Circe. They were all admirable singers, and lured mariners, whom they detained from prosecuting their voyage, to v

nd Charybdis. Scylla, daughter of Phorcus, was a beautiful woman, whom Circe hated because she was beloved by Glaucus, w

beautiful woman, whom Circe hated because she was beloved by Glaucus, whom Circe desired for herself. The mischievous Circe

le conqueror? What do the conquests of Bacchus exhibit? Where, and by whom were the feasts of Bacchus celebrated? What was t

Flora was the wife of Zephyrus, the goddess of flowers; in honour of whom the Romans celebrated games. Flora was celebrated

s which Apollo was throwing, and killed Hyacinth. Who was Zephyr? To whom was Zephyrus married, and whom did he love?

d killed Hyacinth. Who was Zephyr? To whom was Zephyrus married, and whom did he love? Infernal Regions. Pluto.

ne; I will repay, saith the Lord;” but the same Scripture also says, “ whom he loveth he chasteneth:” “He does not willingly

is hand a bunch of poppies, which he shakes over the eyelids of those whom he would put to sleep. Dreams were the children

e ancients thought that a blind goddess dispensed or denied riches to whom she pleased; and that she gave to the good or bad

ated of Hercules by Xenophon? Whom did Hercules wish to marry, and to whom was he sold as a slave? Whom did Hercules marry?

lave? Whom did Hercules marry? What did Nessus give to Dejanira? With whom did Hercules make war, and what was the result of

on to undertake the voyage to Colchis? Who were Phryxus and Helle? To whom did Phryxus offer the ram with the golden fleece?

not appear that people set much value upon life. Œdipus did not care whom he had killed, but went on towards Phocis • At th

rer. He spared no pains, and soon learned that he was himself the man whom he sought. When this fact was proved, Jocasta kil

for that object. His real design, however, was to obtain the princess whom Venus had promised him. Paris visited Sparta, and

, the King of the Cyclops, seized Ulysses and his companions, five of whom he devoured; but the King of Ithaca put out the e

quence. When Menelaus was about to attack Troy, Chalcas, a diviner in whom the Greeks placed implicit confidence, declared t

s, in his predatory incursions, was Briseis, a beautiful female, upon whom Agamemnon set his affections. Agamemnon was the c

nd after his separation, the Trojans prevailed. Achilles had a friend whom he tenderly loved: this was Patroclus, who was sl

of praise to the sun. The Hindus regard the moon as a male deity, to whom they give the name of Chandra, and whom their poe

the moon as a male deity, to whom they give the name of Chandra, and whom their poets describe as sitting in a splendid cha

It is a singular fact, that in Asia, where the Hebrews dwelt, among whom a revelation of the true God existed from the age

    Wake us to immortal joys? He shall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen Earth and heaven and powers i

vinity of the Phœnicians and other neighbouring nations, in honour of whom , human victims, principally children, were immola

ab’s sons; Peor, his other name. With these, in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians call Astarte, queen of heaven, wi

destitute of the belief of a superior power which created mankind, to whom men lift up their thoughts, and to whom, in some

wer which created mankind, to whom men lift up their thoughts, and to whom , in some form or other, worship is offered. Among

r the origin of the sun and moon? Who was the Mexican god of air, and whom did he resemble? Who enticed Quet-zal-cot from Me

s of Mexico, were almost infinitely multiplied. Who was Tlaloc? Over whom did he preside, and with whom was he associated?

itely multiplied. Who was Tlaloc? Over whom did he preside, and with whom was he associated? Who was the Mexican Ceres? Who

ociated? Who was the Mexican Ceres? Who ruled in the Mexican Hell? To whom did parents commend children? Had the Mexicans go

an Hell? To whom did parents commend children? Had the Mexicans gods, whom they praised for their pleasures and comfort, and

rrence of mankind. What were the principal temples of Greece, and by whom was that of Delphi enriched? What were the offeri

religions of antiquity; of those nations who worshipped they knew not whom , we have reason to thank God always that he has g

true God; and that from him, in due time, should also descend, one in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed,

some idea of the thoughts and habits of the beauty-loving people with whom they originated. In this little book I have gathe

The Great Bear and the Little Bear This is a story about a woman whom you will all love. Almost everybody loved Callist

e people on the great, wide earth. Ceres had one fair young daughter, whom she loved very dearly. And no wonder, for Proserp

Latona. It is a soft, pretty name, and will help us to picture her to whom it belonged. She was tall and graceful, and usual

for Latona, her time of suffering was almost over. The twin babes for whom she had borne so much, grew up to repay her, as w

f alone in the woods. He looked all around, but not seeing any one to whom the voice could belong, he called, “Come!” whereu

e face was again seen in all its loveliness. Poor Narcissus! He, with whom so many had been in love, was at last in love him

eft the country feeling very proud of himself. As he was going along, whom should he meet but the little god Cupid, armed wi

g women who were singing gay songs as they tripped along. Orpheus, to whom the sight of such careless mirth was very painful

There was once a princess named Danaë, and she had a little baby boy, whom she called Perseus. The little boy’s father was f

nd hated the cruel king. Perseus chose a better ruler for them, under whom they lived in peace and happiness. Perseus knew t

e was invited to be present at the feast. Now there was an old man of whom Andromeda’s parents were very much afraid. Some t

us, who had saved her not only from the sea serpent, but from the man whom she dreaded quite as much. The wedding day dawned

e suddenly made up her mind to go down to earth and see the maiden of whom he was so fond. Her heart was filled with bitter

haughty tone, “You women of Thebes, wherefore do you worship Latona, whom you have never seen, when here I stand before you

times that number, each one of them more lovely than Apollo or Diana, whom you honor. “I am far greater than Latona; for if

up into a remarkable man. Hercules was, in fact, the strongest man of whom the world has any record. Nowadays, when we wish

idge wheeling its flight above him. Immediately he thought of Perdix, whom he had so cruelly killed, and he felt that the de

e day passing through a village, where he saw a beautiful maiden with whom he fell in love. Soon afterwards he married her,

love. Soon afterwards he married her, and they had one child, a boy, whom they called Theseus. When this baby was a few mon

coming of their own prince to his father’s kingdom. The boy, Theseus, whom the king had last seen as a baby, had grown to be

hen he spoke. “My good people,” he said, “know that the two strangers whom you have entertained so graciously and kindly are

to the palace of the king. The king had two children, a little boy of whom he was very fond, and a dark-eyed, dark-haired ma

loved her. But Scylla did not care for this strange-looking creature, whom she saw that day for the first time; and she turn

n god grieved when the poor boy died. This story is about another boy whom Apollo loved very dearly. Hyacinthus was his name

e somebody, and he might just as well choose this merry little hunter whom he met so often in the woods. But whatever the re

remind us of the story of the great god of the sun and the little lad whom he loved so dearly. ——— To a Friend Green be th

part of the common language, but their meaning is lost upon those to whom the myths from which they are derived are unfamil

s cannot easily be spoilt; they will assuredly appeal to thousands to whom the ancient languages of Greece and Rome are as a

like her husband, had also her special attendant, Iris (the Rainbow), whom she frequently employed as messenger, — a task wh

hou, at whose glance, all things of earth are rife With happiness; to whom , in early spring, Bright flowers raise up their h

n the steep mountain side, or in the vale Are nestled calmly. Thou at whom the pale And weary earth looks up, when winter fl

weary earth looks up, when winter flees, With patient gaze: thou for whom wind-stripped trees Put on fresh leaves, and drin

may hurt thee, or some thorn may wound. “You fly, alas! not knowing whom you fly; No ill-bred swain, nor rustic clown, am

he became insufferably conceited, and boasted he could rival Apollo, whom he actually challenged to a musical contest. Inte

is fleet-footed steeds could carry him, Apollo hastened to Vulcan, to whom he vividly described the sight which had greeted

as’ back. Venus’ love was, however, all transferred to her son Æneas, whom she signally protected throughout his checkered c

comed the blushing bride, who was happy ever after. The ancients, for whom Cupid was an emblem of the heart, considered Psyc

grotto on Mount Cyllene, in Arcadia, —                     “Mercury whom Maia bore, Sweet Maia, on Cyllene’s hoary top.”

mostly monsters, such as Cacus, Periphetes, Cercyon, &c., all of whom play an important part in heroic mythology. He is

ed father of Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome, by a slave Ocrisia, whom he was wont to visit in the guise of a bright fla

e sea; and regretfully he now resigned it to his youthful supplanter, whom he nevertheless admired sincerely, and described

trite in due time became the happy parents of several children, among whom the most celebrated is Triton, whose body was hal

ducted Proserpina, the fair goddess of vegetation, daughter of Ceres, whom he set on his throne in Hades, and crowned as his

ning grain to her own dwelling, sought for the missing Proserpina, of whom no trace could be found except the scattered flow

he purity of the goddess, who, although wooed by many lovers, — among whom Apollo and Neptune can justly claim the precedenc

ge granted to but very few); and of obtaining the pardon of criminals whom they met by accident on their way to the place of

on. She bore him two children, who from her were called Lares, and to whom the Romans always paid divine honours, reserving

affairs. Each head of a household was wont to choose his own Penates, whom he then invoked as his special patrons. The statu

ave the name Janiculum. Here he was joined by the exiled Saturn, with whom he generously shared his throne. Together they ci

especially the Athenians, paid particular attention to the winds, to whom they dedicated a temple, which still remains, and

ers, and, according to the Athenian belief, was wedded to Flora, with whom he was perfectly happy, and visited every land in

of Creon, King of Thebes, in marriage, and by her had three children, whom he tenderly loved. But Juno was not at all satisf

weaker, now that he was no longer sustained by his mother Earth, from whom he derived all his strength, until at last his st

longer blocked his way, Hercules travelled onward in search of Atlas, whom he finally found supporting the heavens on his br

lly duty took him back to the court of Eurytus, where he beheld Iole, whom he had seen and loved in the beginning of his car

Iole, whom he had seen and loved in the beginning of his career, but whom he had been obliged to leave to fulfil his arduou

here Hercules had preceded him, and whence he brought back Hippolyte, whom he married. Theseus was now very happy indeed, an

py indeed, and soon all his hopes were crowned by the birth of a son, whom he called Hippolytus. Shortly after this joyful e

suddenly transformed into a tall, handsome, imperious-looking woman, whom , owing to the peacock by her side, he immediately

), and speedily collected a crew of heroes as brave as himself, among whom were Hercules, Castor, Pollux, Peleus, Admetus, T

Colchian shores, and presented themselves before Æetes, the king, to whom they made known their errand. Loath to part with

ous maidens carried out these instructions, they only slew the father whom they had so dearly loved. Days and years now pass

arrel with him, and taunted him with his origin, declaring that those whom he had been accustomed to call parents were in no

bus, who had ever been such an indulgent father, and marry the queen, whom he revered as his mother! Never! Rather than perp

these awful crimes, and bring destruction upon the people of Corinth, whom he loved, he would wander away over the face of t

ld look on her, Never would see his crimes or mis’ries more, Or those whom guiltless he could ne’er behold, Or those to whom

ries more, Or those whom guiltless he could ne’er behold, Or those to whom he now must sue for aid.” Sophocles ( Francklin’

h a light heart, and as the hours dragged, he sought some companions, whom he joined in a game of dice. Becoming absorbed in

music, the dance, and pretty nymphs. He saw one of the nymphs, Syrinx whom he immediately loved; but unfortunately for him s

active young man, and he won the love of Œnone, a beautiful nymph, to whom he was secretly united. Their happiness, however,

r Greece, under the pretext of rescuing Hesione, his father’s sister, whom Hercules had carried off, after besieging Troy. H

Elton’s tr.). Helen’s Suitors A daughter of Jupiter and Leda ( whom Jove had courted in the guise of a snow-white swa

e taken without the aid of the son of Peleus and Thetis, Achilles, of whom the Fates had predicted he would surpass his fath

il. When the tidings of his death reached his beloved wife, Laodamia, whom he had left in Thessaly, her heart was well-nigh

ned) A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever, when such stature they had ga

astened off in search of his wife Andromache and little son Astyanax, whom he wished to embrace once more before rushing out

Automedon, Achilles went forth to battle, and at last seeing Hector, whom alone he wished to meet, he rushed upon him with

urns upon the pyre?’ Whereon their oldest and their boldest said, ‘He whom thou would’st not heal!’ and all at once The morn

Cyclops stretched forth his huge hand and grasped two of the sailors, whom he proceeded to devour for dessert. Then, his fri

hemus, revealing at the same time his identity. “‘Ha! Cyclops! those whom m thy rocky cave Thou, in thy brutal fury, hast d

accompanied by his tutor Mentor, had set out in search of the father whom he could not believe to be dead. Mentor, none oth

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho’ much is taken, much abides: and tho

of Agamemnon’s soldiers the unfortunate daughter of Priam, Cassandra, whom the gods had endowed with prophetic powers, but w

riam, Cassandra, whom the gods had endowed with prophetic powers, but whom no one would heed. Æneas, seeing ere long that th

. Lavinia was very beautiful, and had already had many suitors, among whom Turnus, a neighbouring prince, boasted of the mos

here she concealed her daughter Lavinia, to keep her safe for Turnus, whom she preferred to Æneas. War with the Latins

earful lest their interference should still further endanger the hero whom he favoured, Jupiter assembled the gods on high O

in the past seemed equally rational and natural to savages concerning whom we have historical information.” Of course it is

ually gave the impression of the jealous, capricious, vengeful person whom poets and writers have taken pleasure in depictin

the terrible monster of darkness, and carries off the dawn (Ariadne); whom he is, however, forced to abandon shortly after o

a prolonged journey, encounters and slays Laius (the darkness), from whom he derived his existence, and kills the dread mon

sent against his will to fight the Chimæra (the monster of drought), whom he overcomes, thanks to his weapon and to Pegasus

tions of the dawn, and forsake, or are forsaken by, their lady-loves, whom they meet again at the end of their career: for P

d expires with her on the burning pile; Menelaus recovers Helen, with whom he vanishes in the far west; Agamemnon rejoins Cl

ame root as “Leto,” “Latmus,” and “Laius”), is carried away by Paris, whom some mythologists identify with the Hindoo Panis

the earth.” We are further informed that he loves the earth (Ceres), whom he embraces, and that he marries the graceful und

spiritualized man, through pantheism and monotheism to the Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being, — who lives

reach of ocean be seen of eyes that lack insight, be known of men for whom nature does not live? Surely the age of myth is n

end when we remember that the myths of savages clustered about beings whom they worshipped. Among primitive nations the sens

s or reasonable myths. For how could a human being believe of the god whom he worshipped and revered, deeds and attributes m

anning, as they passed, their wings, Lacked not for love fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs g

incarnation of that, becoming a trusted and companionable deity, with whom you may walk hand in hand, as a child with its br

ore like so many specimens for a museum. A company of Lyric Poets, of whom Stesichorus (620 b.c.), Alcæus (611 b.c.), Sappho

regarded as a corruption of the High German Erda, Mother Earth, from whom , according to the lay in which the word first occ

station. The bow of Apollo was bound with laurel in memory of Daphne, whom he loved. To him were sacred, also, many creature

ow and the dove. She was usually attended by her winged son Cupid, of whom much is to be told. Especially dear to her were C

n in attendance on the gods. Her successor was Ganymede, a Trojan boy whom Jupiter, in the disguise of an eagle, seized and

ide of the earth, close to the stream of Ocean, dwelt the Æthiopians, whom the gods held in such favor that they left at tim

e rule of Cronus, was founded by the Titans, Oceanus and Tethys, from whom sprang three thousand rivers, and ocean-nymphs un

ers, the most famous are Galatea, Thetis, and Amphitrite; the last of whom gave her hand to Neptune, brother of Jove, and th

esser powers of the Ocean were Glaucus, Leucothea, and Melicertes, of whom more is said in another section. The sympathy wit

tercations with his justly jealous spouse. Of his fondness for Danaë, whom he approached in a shower of gold, particulars ar

rmed in the myths of her son Hercules; and of his attentions to Leda, whom he wooed in guise of a swan, we learn in the acco

e heifer’s form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mould. It was Io, whom Jupiter, when he became aware of the approach of

n the sand. Inachus recognized it, and discovering that his daughter, whom he had long sought in vain, was hidden under this

e same year, beloved of her heart, the daughters of noble sires, with whom she was always wont to sport, when she was arraye

not, however, only by accident, or by the ill-advised action of those whom he loved, that Apollo’s gifts of light and heat w

of Thebes with haughty glance, she said, “What folly to prefer beings whom you have never seen to those who stand before you

rows, beside the corpses that they were bewailing. Only one remained, whom the mother held clasped in her arms, and covered,

his seemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw; And yet, unwittingly, in truth,

the palace, Hercules, the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, arrived. He, to whom no labor was too arduous, resolved to attempt her

must help: Assure him that no spectre mocked at all; He was embracing whom he buried once, Still, — did he touch, might he a

sitting one day in a laurel tree’s shade, Was reminded of Daphne, of whom it was made, For the god being one day too warm i

g them from the top of his quiver, hastened to the chamber of Psyche, whom he found asleep. He shed a few drops from the bit

r. Her husband awaits her on the top of the mountain. He is a monster whom neither gods nor men can resist.” This dreadful

e promptly exclaimed, “This is no work of thine, wicked one, but his, whom to thine own and his misfortune thou hast enticed

ings! And such the sweet and solemn tale of her The pilgrim-heart, to whom a dream was given, That led her through the world

Bacchus. They had succeeded in taking one of the Bacchanals prisoner, whom , with his hands tied behind him, they brought bef

water. They returned, bringing with them a lad of delicate appearance whom they had found asleep. Judging him to be a noble

ees and rocks were sensible to the charm. And so also was Eurydice, — whom he loved and won. Pl. 10. Orpheus and Eurydice

avage Læstrygonians, Orion, the Cyclops Polyphemus, the giant Antæus, whom Hercules slew, Procrustes, and many another redou

rivers strayed; and Arne the shepherdess, daughter of King Æolus, by whom he became the forefather of the Bœotians. His chi

the Bœotians. His children, Pelias and Neleus, by the princess Tyro, whom he wooed in the form of her lover Enipeus, became

damia, daughter of Œnomaüs, king of Elis and son of Mars, — a girl of whom it was reported that none could win her save by w

a beautiful Oread, fond of the woods and hills; a favorite of Diana, whom she attended in the chase. But by her chatter she

k. The Dryads invoked punishment upon Erysichthon. The goddess Ceres, whom they had supplicated, nodded her assent. She desp

to choose some youth — say, for instance, the young Vertumnus — about whom to twine her arms. Then he told how the worthy Ip

quently, returning to the sea, he there discovers the body of Scylla, whom the goddess has not transformed, but drowned; and

of Megara betrayed her father to his enemy, Minos II. of Crete, with whom , although the kings were at war, she had fallen v

river-god Acheloüs. The cause of the strife was Dejanira of Calydon, whom both heroes loved. Hercules boasted his divine de

ther Greeks to Prometheus. He was succeeded by his son Pelasgus, from whom a division of the Greek people derive their name.

, we are already acquainted. Her son was Epaphus, king of Egypt, from whom were descended (1) Agenor of Phœnicia, father of

al house of Argos. Their son was Abas; their grandson, Acrisius, — of whom the following narrative is told. Fig. 76. The

conveyed the mother and infant to Polydectes, king of the country, by whom they were treated at first with kindness, but aft

hus, the Gorgon-slayer arrived at the country of the Æthiopians, over whom Cepheus was king. His wife was Cassiopea — “That

filled. Of Perseus and Andromeda three sons were born, through one of whom , Electryon, they became grandparents of the famou

any cities. It was their custom to bring up only the female children, whom they hardened by martial discipline; the boys wer

opes.288 In the Argonautic adventure he was attended by a lad, Hylas, whom he tenderly loved, and on whose account he desert

on soon found himself at the head of a bold band of comrades, many of whom afterward were renowned among the heroes and demi

he had, however, little profit of the fruits of her crime. Jason, for whom she had sacrificed so much, put her away, for he

ead, O holiest Atalanta! no man dares Praise thee, though fairer than whom all men praise, And godlike for thy grace of hall

ious of the cause, feels a sudden pang. He burns; he calls upon those whom he loves, Atalanta and his mother. But speedily t

r temple. His son Pandion had two daughters, Procne and Philomela, of whom he gave the former in marriage to Tereus, king of

k his friend’s part in the battle that ensued between the Lapithæ (of whom Pirithoüs was king) and the Centaurs. For it happ

hepherd, who carried him to King Polybus of Corinth and his queen, by whom he was adopted and called Œdipus, or Swollen-foot

ills he did, They in the dark should look, in time to come, On those whom they ought never to have seen, Nor know the dear

, On those whom they ought never to have seen, Nor know the dear ones whom he fain had known.” With such like wails, not onc

n his tomb should be sacrificed the fair Polyxena, daughter of Priam, whom he had loved. “So,” says Catullus , “sang the Fa

latter, immortal. Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon of Mycenæ, to whom she bore three children, — Electra, Iphigenia, an

mous for sagacity; and Nestor, the oldest of the Grecian chiefs, — to whom they all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no f

ned) A knot of spiry trees for ages grew From out the tomb of him for whom she died; And ever when such stature they had gai

ing flashed, the thunder roared, and Ajax, looking round for some one whom he might despatch to Achilles .to tell him of the

” To which Achilles replied, “Dog, name not ransom nor pity to me, on whom you have brought such dire distress. No! trust me

en. Yet one I had, one more than all the rest the strength of my age, whom fighting for his country thou hast slain. His bod

rrows. Paris and Œnone. — In his distress Paris bethought him of one whom in his prosperity he had forgotten. This was the

ne whom in his prosperity he had forgotten. This was the nymph Œnone, whom he had married when a youth, and had abandoned fo

o, a lad not yet old enough to be an object of apprehension, but from whom , if he should be suffered to grow up, there might

s deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of the men, whom he hurled against the side of the cave, and dashe

raw on the cavern floor. Then four of the boldest were selected, with whom Ulysses joined himself as a fifth. The Cyclops ca

ave well requited thee for thy atrocious deeds. Know it is Ulysses to whom thou owest thy shameful loss of sight.” The Cyclo

few bushes were interposed between him and a group of young maidens, whom , by their deportment and attire, he discovered to

no enemies to fear. This man, she told them, was an unhappy wanderer, whom it was a duty to cherish, for the poor and the st

s which he wore as those which her maidens and herself had made) from whom he received those garments. He told them of his r

would ever return, Penelope was importuned by numerous suitors, from whom there seemed no refuge but in choosing one of the

ost bound of human thought. “This is my son, mine own Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle — Well-loved of

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho’ much is taken, much abides: and tho

o the recollection of Æneas that Polydore was a young prince of Troy, whom his father had sent with ample treasures to the n

there brought up, at a distance from the horrors of war. The king to whom he was sent had murdered him, and seized his trea

with hunger. They were sent by the gods to torment a certain Phineus, whom Jupiter had deprived of his sight, in punishment

ctor, had become the wife of one of the victorious Grecian chiefs, to whom she bore a son. Her husband dying, she was left r

Cyclopes. Here they were hailed from the shore by a miserable object, whom by his garments tattered as they were, they perce

them in water, or burning out their impurities by fire. Some few, of whom Anchises intimates that he is one, are admitted a

avinia, who was sought in marriage by many neighboring chiefs, one of whom , Turnus, king of the Rutulians, was favored by th

us was recognized by all as leader; others joined as allies, chief of whom was Mezentius, a brave and able soldier, but of d

lians. But I propose to ally thee with a people numerous and rich, to whom fate has brought thee at the propitious moment. T

with beauty, agility, and power. This new being was a god, Bori, from whom and his wife, a daughter of the giant race, spran

ve seen and heard. At his feet lie his two wolves, Geri and Freki, to whom Odin gives the meat that is set before him, for h

es in the hall. Going further, they came before the king Utgard-Loki, whom they saluted with great respect. The king, regard

consumed not only the meat, but the trough which held it. Hugi, with whom Thialfi contended in running, was Thought, and it

st astonishing feat, for there was never yet a man, nor ever will be, whom Old Age, for such in fact was Elli, will not soon

saw far off in the giant’s kingdom a beautiful maid, at the sight of whom he was struck with sudden sadness, insomuch that

s, and spears, Which all the gods in sport had idly thrown At Balder, whom no weapon pierced or clove; But in his breast sto

spelheim will rush forth under their leader Surter, before and behind whom are flames and burning fire. Onward they ride ove

Volsungs.‌ 393 — Sigi, the son of Odin, was a mighty king of the Huns whom Odin loved and prospered exceedingly. Rerir, also

d that day. To Hiordis, after Sigmund’s death, was born Sigurd, like whom was never man for comeliness and valor and great-

she had wrought of old when she espoused the cause in battle of those whom the Norns had predestined to death. Her might non

oked upon Gunnar’s bride, and knew the Brynhild of old, the Valkyrie, whom he had loved; “And Byrnhild’s face drew near him

wells in peace in the Burgundian land, husband of the proud Brunhild, whom Siegfried had won for him by stratagem not altoge

peace had not Brunhild resented the lack of homage paid by Siegfried, whom she had been led to regard as a vassal, to Gunthe

ar Corinth. Illustrative. — Milton, P. L., “More lovely than Pandora whom the gods endowed with all their gifts.” Poems.

critus, — the Idyllic or Pastoral School of Poetry. Cypris: Venus, by whom the island of Cyprus was beloved. Mygdonian flute

Pæan (Pæon, or Paiëon), classed by Homer among the Olympian gods, of whom he is, as his name implies, the “healer.” Later,

e descendants of Cadmus; to Eriphyle, wife of Amphiaraus of Argos, to whom Polynices gave it; and to the sons of Eriphyle. I

ge of Saturn (Cronus). So Milton, P. L., “And fabled how the serpent, whom they called Ophion, with Eurynome (the wide-Encro

in Greek fable, and ranked with Penelope and Laodamia, the latter of whom was her niece. To explain the myth as a physical

lest explanation of the Endymion myth, the hero is the setting sun on whom the upward rising moon delights to gaze. His fift

worship of Thammuz or Adon, who represents the verdure of spring, and whom his mistress, the goddess of fertility, seeks, af

es to the people. There were various Sibyls; but the Cumæan Sibyl, of whom Ovid and Vergil write, is the most celebrated of

§§ 185, 186. Buddha: Family name Gautama; given names, Siddartha (“in whom wishes are fulfilled”) and Buddha (“he who knows”

rd. E′ros, 37, 38; Com. § 17; see under Cupid. Er-yci′na: Venus, to whom Mount Eryx and the city of that name, with its te

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

Machaon and Podalirus, both famous physicians, and four daughters, of whom Hygeia, the goddess of health, is the most renown

daughter of Cepheus, king of the Ethiopians, was wife of Perseus, by whom she was rescued when she was chained to a rock an

auri lived in Thessaly. Cep′halus [Cephalus] was married to Procris, whom he accidentally slew by shooting her while she wa

mmodesty. “Hail! goddess of nocturnal sport, Dark-veiled Cotytto, to whom the secret flame Of midnight torches burns; myste

e of neighboring eyes.” Milton. Cyparis′sus [Cyparissus]. A boy of whom Apollo was very fond; and when he died he was cha

. Dry′ads [Dryads] were rural deities, the nymphs of the forests, to whom their votaries offered oil, milk, and honey. “Fl

deavors to preserve Deianira from the attacks of Nessus, the centaur, whom he killed. The centaur, before he expired, gave h

rrhus, the son of Achilles. He′ro [Hero]. A priestess of Venus, with whom Leander was so enamored that he swam across the H

Justice, see Astrea, Nemesis. K Kali. A Hindoo goddess, after whom Calicut is named. Ka′loc [Kaloc]. One of the chi

y among the Greeks and Romans, and the great dread of their children, whom she had the credit of constantly enticing away an

ens. Mi′nos [Minos]. The supreme of the three judges of hell, before whom the spirits of the departed appeared and heard th

gel of the Mohammedans. Mo′loch [Moloch]. A god of the Phœnicians to whom human victims, principally children, were sacrifi

Neptune was married to Amphitrite, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, by whom he had a son named Triton. He was also father of

thickets mourn.” Milton. Ny′sæ [Nysæ]. The names of the nymphs by whom Bacchus was nursed. See Dionysius. Ny′sæus [Nysæ

cooked meats were served. Om′phale [Omphale]. The Queen of Lydia, to whom Hercules was sold as a bondsman for three years f

the box. Pandora means “the all-gifted.” “More lovely than Pandora, whom the gods Endowed with all their gifts.” Milton.

t dexterity and with wonderful effect, for Paris was among the heroes whom he killed. The story of Philoctetes was dramatize

Pirithous, and Hercules, attacked and overcame the Centaurs, many of whom were killed, and the remainder took to flight. P

see Plutus. Riddle, see Sphinx. Rim′mon [Rimmon]. A Phrygian god of whom Milton says — “… Rimmon, whose delightful seat W

e of the leaves of the tree which was sacred to the particular god to whom the sacrifice was offered. The victim had its hor

eus, king of Thessaly, and she was the mother of the famous Achilles, whom she rendered all but invulnerable by dipping him

ay, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance

nus had a son called Cupid. He was the god who made young people love whom he pleased. He could make a pretty young girl lov

quit the dwelling of her father, and be forced to marry, she knew not whom , she was not so distressed as some timid girls wo

atly offend her should I screen from her displeasure a mortal against whom she is so incensed.” When Psyche heard this refus

ed to be forgiven. She begged to be restored to that beloved being of whom she was now deprived. She was an outcast and a wa

like the Hebrews, that there was one true God. Ann. were these gods whom they worshipped nothing but images of wood and st

Charon took them across in his boat. Ann. What dug was Cerberus, to whom Psyche gave a cake. Mother. He was a great dog w

ch was covered with fragrant flowers. Ceres had a beautiful daughter, whom she loved excessively; this was Proserpine. Ceres

ods — in short, they regarded him as their father, and they loved all whom he loved.3 Marriages were celebrated in public a

lived happily enough in Thrace for a few years. She had a little boy, whom she named Itys, and she loved him dearly. When It

I have no subjects that need me. My good Zanthea, the faithful maiden whom I so tenderly love, shall be a daughter to you wh

rites of Bacchus. Progne was among them, and the old woman also, from whom she had got the web of Philomela; the latter guid

nd that all they demanded must be granted; accordingly the keeper, to whom the old woman had entrusted Philomela, instantly

he patroness of female industry. Among the most beautiful young girls whom Mercury saw in the procession was Herse, the daug

ldren, to settle in Greece. He made laws for them, and for the people whom he found in Attica, so that district was called,

g story. Narcissus. Lyriope, a sea-nymph, had a pretty infant, whom she named Narcissus. Like the parents of Psyche,

. Athamas and Ino loved one another, and they had very fine children, whom they loved dearly. They were rich, had a better h

r house than their neighbours, and were beloved by their subjects, to whom they were very kind. It is not easy to make those

world, the gods would make them amends in another life. These Furies, whom you have read of as very cruel, some persons call

able, it was called a god: afterward, Jupiter gave Danæ a little son, whom she called Perseus. As soon as Acrisius heard of

lore the gods to take pity on her, but her eyes met those of Perseus, whom she imagined to be Mercury, whose wings he wore.

ous train, drew every body’s attention. This intruder was Phineus, to whom the parents of Andromeda had promised her before

new the road, nor was acquainted with the language of the people with whom I was to transact this business, I engaged a nati

to show his power or strength, but to beg for the spirit of Eurydice, whom the underworld would never miss from its hosts of

e behind him, but beside her walked the Olympian god Mercury, without whom no spirit can leave the underworld. On through th

ne day, as the hero was walking along the sea beach, he came upon him whom he sought. There, asleep on the warm sand, lay ho

, sweet as was Admetus’ life to them, there was no one in the land to whom his own life was not sweeter, and so Admetus came

the image. By her grace, accordingly, it was made into a live woman, whom , then, Pygmalion married. Phaëton. As H

f your kingdom do I wish,” replied Perseus; “but give me, O King, her whom I have saved — give me Andromeda.” Cepheus was pl

s of love, all claimed the prize, and no one could or would decide to whom it rightly belonged. Thus the joy of the marriage

Achilles wept with grief and rage at the loss of his slave, Briseis, whom he loved. Then Thetis, the goddess mother of Achi

ings to Achilles; and when. Achilles heard of the death of Patroclus, whom he loved above all men, he cast himself upon the

he wrong Agamemnon did me; but what is it all worth to me? Patroclus, whom I loved more than my own life, is dead, and I sit

   Yet Troy must fall. Of all King Priam’s glorious line    Was none whom praise so close pursued. Apollo from the height d

in the room but Phemius, the gentle minstrel, and Medon, the herald, whom Telemachus loved. It was a long, hard fight. Afte

Alcest΄is (al-ses΄tis). Daughter of Pelias, 98; wife of Admetus, for whom she died, 106; was rescued by Hercules, 109. Alc

which Athens was the great city, 150, 157,167. Brise΄is. Slave about whom Achilles and Agamemnon quarreled, 185. Calli΄ope

. They sometimes appeared in battles. Ceph΄alus. Husband of Procris, whom he shot by mistake, while hunting, 145. Ce΄pheus

; goddess of agriculture, 14; she searched six months for Proserpina, whom Pluto had stolen, 24-30. Cha΄ron (ka΄ron). The f

in the center of the island of Naxos, 168. Ech΄o. A talkative nymph whom Juno punished by taking from her the power to spe

was confined, 160. Laer΄tes (la-er΄teez). Ulysses’ father, 224, for whom Penelope was weaving a robe, 237. Læstrygo΄nians.

ctes to obtain the head of Medusa, 18; was helped by Minerva, 130, to whom he afterward gave the head, 144. Adventure with A

ydectes, 144. Became King of Argos, 144. Phæ΄c ians. The last people whom Ulysses met in his wanderings. They sent Ulysses

Pro΄c ris, 145. (See Cephalus). Procrus΄tes (pro-crus΄teez). Giant whom Theseus slew, 151. Prome΄theus (pro-me΄thuse). A