It is a beautiful country, full of wooded hills and green valleys; and the blue sea comes far inland, up the valleys between the hills, and meets the little rivers and the noisy brooks. […] He ordered Perseus to leave the country at once. […] He was always active, ridding the country of monsters, battling against foes, or helping to make and carry out better laws. […] Country n. w. of Greece. […] A city and country of Asia, ruled by Priam, 171; the retreat of Paris with Helen, 177; laid waste and destroyed by the Grecian army under Agamemnon, 211.

The people were then very happy; and you may be sure that they made a great ado over Apollo, so that he left the country feeling very proud of himself. […] She wandered from one country to another trying in vain to rid herself of the fly. […] He had not gone far, when he came to a country ruled by a king who had a very beautiful daughter, Deïanira, and before many days, Hercules had asked her to be his wife. […] After they had lived together happily for many years, the king had to journey to a distant country to consult an oracle. […] The Sailing of the Ship Argo Long after Phryxus had died, there lived in a certain country a king and queen who had but one child, a boy named Jason.