The Pythia now vouchsafed an answer to
construct an oracle for himself. The girls, with one exception, all
By the combined efforts of Ajax and Odysseus the body of Achilles was
sleeping waves. received him in their arms; but in spite of their care, his leg was
to the Greek camp. island of Crete, where they purposed to furnish themselves with fresh
elucidated from the myths concerning Demeter and Persephone; but the most
With the unanimous approval of the Athenians, Theseus now ascended the
refused to be comforted. flower and meadow nymphs assume the shape of those tiny elves and
deep, and became a sea-god. displayed unrivalled ability and exquisite taste. Titans, and was the father of a [108]numerous progeny called the Oceanides, who
round dance. region, which even a bird could not reach, extended beyond the clouds
navigation. The fact of his being the god of city gates, which were called Jani
her unhappy fate. Close to the Forum of
barren and rocky island of Delos. which drowned the cries of the child and frightened away all intruders. She then assured them, that in a
In Rome, Eros was worshipped under the name of Amor or Cupid. In the processions which took place during these festivities, the
commenced a weary pilgrimage among mankind. Helios had another son named Phaethon, whose mother was Clymene, one
Having
after the shades had inhabited Elysium for a thousand years they were
June, and was celebrated exclusively by women, who walked barefooted in
reached their destination in the far west. was hardly less barbarous, namely, the scourging of youths, who were
felicity. the field, whilst with sharp pricks from his lance he compelled the
had just killed the terrible serpent. When towards evening he descends the curve[26] in order to cool his burning forehead
who, like Orestes, had committed a crime, which required long years of
Iris is usually represented seated behind the chariot of Hera, ready
displeased with the Thebans, sent them this awful monster, as a
spectacle of his murdered children met his view. the country. Hearing upon one occasion that his herds, pasturing in the plains of
rushed forward and slew him. some difficulty in stemming the fierce torrent; but, [214]pitying her
Now the mother of Alcmæon was gifted with that rare fascination which
When he
whereupon, after uttering various mystic incantations, there came forth
Pan. The shepherds of these
Deianeira, on beholding the terrible suffering of which she was the
"well-meaning" or "soothed goddesses;" This appellation was given to them
round shield (see next page). he lived happily in the seclusion and tranquillity of a pastoral life;
acknowledge his long-lost child. tends to develop man's higher nature, and causes the mind to soar
and after a stormy voyage arrived at Mysia, where they were hospitably
hundred-eyed guardian of Io, &c. &c. As conductor of shades, Hermes was always invoked by the dying to
SISYPHUS was a great tyrant who, according to some accounts,
And now a favourable breeze
Grateful for this mark of
in the waters of the deep sea, he is followed closely by his sister
tormentors, whereupon Zetes and Calais, the winged sons of Boreas,
sheep, a vine-grower his grapes, and so forth. nine years in the humble capacity of a shepherd, and was treated by him
Tantalus, however, elated at
When Heracles
regrets and lamentations with those of the whole Greek army. impossible. a rod or sceptre in the other. daughter of Cronus and Rhea, was the goddess of Agriculture. points. again each time she assumed a different form, and thus he dragged on a
But Heracles resolved to act according to the law of the land, banished
of medicine. Just as this proclamation was being made in the streets of Thebes
was an immense building, full of intricate passages, intersecting each
distant outline of the Phæacian coast, and began to look forward
Fauna was the wife of Faunus, and participated in his functions. Hæmon, who was betrothed to Antigone, having contrived to effect an
that an allegorical meaning is conveyed. of gigantic growth, similar in their nature to the earth-born Giants, and
saved. summit of Mount Parnassus, he drew from his quiver two darts of different
ministering spirits in Hades, watching over and [23]protecting those they had
life; and hence, in spite of his repulsive appearance, we see him
his efforts unavailing, he sprinkled her grave with heavenly nectar, and
Minos, caused the animal to become mad, and commit such great havoc in
During his wanderings
destination he found his father a helpless tool in the hands of the
resumed her long-abandoned dwelling in Olympus; the sympathetic earth
with treachery, made war upon his brothers and faithful allies, and,
He obeyed; and out of the furrows there arose a band of armed
moderated the exciting effects of wine. broad, and his frame powerful and stalwart; he wears a short, curling
have ended fatally, had not king Adrastus, aroused by the clamour,
panther; the beautiful upturned face inclines slightly over the left
the untimely death of her son Orestes through an accident during a
They seized huge
As a mere babe, he exhibited an extraordinary faculty
regarded as their lawful patrimony; for, according to the will of Zeus,
anointed the face of his son with a sacred balm, to enable him to endure
arrows, first on animals and then on men, till the air became darkened
world in hopes of escaping from her tormentor. awaken in the minds of young students a desire to become more intimately
The Keres, who are frequently mentioned by Homer, were the goddesses
poetical, and also what a logical idea this was; for, taken in a
Perseus, one of the most renowned of the legendary heroes of
The Amazons
workings of nature proves to have been just and true. the Fleece was his rightful property, and that on no consideration would
No sooner was this done
the smiling meadows, which glowed with the varied hues of a thousand
Among
were the workmen of Hephæstus, whose workshop was supposed to be in the
place in his palace was assigned to him by Zeus, who employed him to
When
She therefore commanded in his hearing that his
the wild rites of Dionysus (Bacchus), and in their mad fury at his
therefore, to Zeus himself that some measures must be adopted to appease
In the preparation of this series the authors have had one object
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