try of Milton which has appeared to them “harsh and crabbed” would be found “musical as is Apollo’s lute.” Our citations, tak

this knowledge. Shall we be told that answers to such queries may be found in notes, or by a reference to the Classical Dict

called the caduceus.2 Mercury is said to have invented the lyre. He found , one day, a tortoise, of which he took the shell,

tness the stag. The birds fall with weary wing into the water, having found no land for a resting-place. Those living beings

and there Deucalion, and his wife Pyrrha, of the race of Prometheus, found refuge — he a just man, and she a faithful worshi

e lion, and the color fled from his cheeks at the sight. Presently he found the veil all rent and bloody. “O hapless girl,” s

t the weapon had too surely met its mark. He rushed to the place, and found her bleeding, and with sinking strength endeavori

rew his arms around what he supposed to be the form of the nymph, and found he embraced only a tuft of reeds! As he breathed

d hurls the forked lightnings. But at that time not a cloud was to be found to interpose for a screen to earth, nor was a sho

is and Philemon. [Midas.] Bacchus, on a certain occasion, found his old schoolmaster and foster-father, Silenus,

e old man had been drinking, and in that state wandered away, and was found by some peasants, who carried him to their king,

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

e ordered the servants to set a splendid repast on the table. Then he found to his dismay that whether he touched bread, it h

and threatened with dire punishment if he presumed to disobey. But he found it too much for his discretion to keep such a sec

s, as weary travellers, at many a door, seeking rest and shelter, but found all closed, for it was late, and the inhospitable

n the morning, and Hesperus when he led out the stars in the evening, found her still busy in the search. But it was all unav

stooped and gathered some poppies. As they entered the cottage, they found all in great distress, for the boy seemed past ho

ted it. Scarce had the juices of the plant reached his palate when he found himself agitated with a longing desire for the wa

nse of his former nature and all consciousness. When he recovered, he found himself changed in form and mind. His hair was se

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

she carried them with her, and when she tried to touch her limbs, she found her hands touch only the yawning jaws of monsters

r and again resumed their roundness. Then at last the votary of Venus found words to thank the goddess, and pressed his lips

. “And then, in all my ardor sharing,     The silent form expression found ; Returned my kiss of youthful daring,     And und

ived what she had done, would gladly have hastened from the spot, but found her feet rooted to the ground. She tried to pull

ees invested her body. In anguish she attempted to tear her hair, but found her hands filled with leaves. The infant felt his

for the servants, alarmed by her cries, had brought a light. When she found him not, she smote her breast and rent her garmen

ent family of Teucer. He struggled long with his passion, but when he found he could not subdue it, he came a suppliant to he

e sound was as the sound of a groan. The servants opened the door and found him dead, and with exclamations of pity raised hi

warm blood in her body to become cold. Endeavoring to step back, she found she could not move her feet; trying to turn away

ing her that homage which is due only to Venus herself. In fact Venus found her altars deserted, while men turned their devot

rom the top of his quiver, hastened to the chamber of Psyche, whom he found asleep. He shed a few drops from the bitter fount

e looked around her, but the palace and gardens had vanished, and she found herself in the open field not far from the city w

the eyes of my beloved husband!” So she carefully opened the box, but found nothing there of any beauty at all, but an infern

d the scented air, She heard far echoes of the voice of Love,     And found his footsteps’ traces every where. “But never mo

funeral pile and would have burned the body, but it was nowhere to be found ; but in its place a flower, purple within, and su

tain: — “That day I oft remember when from sleep I first awaked, and found myself reposed Under a shade on flowers, much won

t adrift on the sea. The chest floated towards Seriphus, where it was found by a fisherman who conveyed the mother and infant

e called aloud to his friends, but got no answer; he touched them and found them stone. Falling on his knees and stretching o

him hanging to the branch of a tree. In this condition the infant was found by a peasant, who carried him to his master and m

dhered to him, till after a tedious period of miserable wandering, he found the termination of his wretched life. Pegasus

o be taken. Bellerophon mounted him, rose with him into the air, soon found the Chimæra, and gained an easy victory over the

-cups. India was assigned as the native country of the Griffins. They found gold in the mountains and built their nests of it

t his invitation to all the adventurous young men of Greece, and soon found himself at the head of a band of bold youths, man

nd of Lemnos, thence crossed to Mysia and thence to Thrace. Here they found the sage Phineus, and from him received instructi

and a time was set for making the experiment. Previously, however, he found means to plead his cause to Medea, daughter of th

at became of the fleece afterwards we do not know, but perhaps it was found after all, like many other golden prizes, not wor

and his limbs to be strewn over the sea. Æetes on reaching the place found these sorrowful traces of his murdered son; but w

interment, the Argonauts escaped.   In the poems of Campbell will be found a translation of one of the choruses of the trage

ps like fire.” The beautiful legend of the Choice of Hercules may be found in the Tatler, No. 97. Chapter XX. Theseus — 

labors. When at last the work was done, the artist, waving his wings, found himself buoyed upwards and hung suspended, poisin

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

o longer hands but fins; another, trying to raise his arms to a rope, found he had no arms, and curving his mutilated body, j

ell from his limbs, and when they looked for him he was nowhere to be found . Pentheus would take no warning, but instead of s

he mariners in Milton’s Comus, at line 46, The story of Circe will be found in Chapter XXIX. 3Bacchus that first from out th

pted to make prize of him. As Ariadne sat lamenting her fate, Bacchus found her, consoled her, and made her his wife. As a ma

ed Scythia. On arriving at Mount Caucasus she stopped the dragons and found Famine in a stony field, pulling up with teeth an

welling of Erisichthon, entered the bedchamber of the guilty man, and found him asleep. She enfolded him with her wings and b

touching, whispered thus: ‘Awake! My fairest, my espoused, my latest found , Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever-new delight.’”

ave. Just at this time Hercules arrived at the palace of Admetus, and found all the inmates in great distress for the impendi

ods And make thy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristæus found Cyrene, when he bore the plaintive tale Of his lo

ruelty by Lycus, the usurping king of Thebes, and by Dirce, his wife, found means to inform her children of their rights and

w the instrument indignantly away, and it fell down to earth, and was found by Marsyas. He blew upon it, and drew from it suc

of the night heard the woodworms in the timbers talking together, and found out by what they said that the timbers were nearl

o man. He overheard the seamen exchanging hints with one another, and found they were plotting to possess themselves of his t

me. Thou, who didst find thy Eurydice, and lose her again as soon as found ; when she had vanished like a dream, how didst th

ing he closed his eyes in death. The body, despoiled and mangled, was found , and though disfigured with wounds, was recognize

t I, the daughter of Nereus, and protected by such a band of sisters, found no escape from the passion of the Cyclops but in

weapons and thereby betrayed himself to the keen eye of Ulysses, who found no great difficulty in persuading him to disregar

an where she abode, and she hastened to him to inquire the cause. She found him overwhelmed with self-reproach that he had in

He consented, and Thetis immediately repaired to Vulcan’s palace. She found him busy at his forge making tripods for his own

s, the son of Ulysses, in search of his father, arrived at Sparta, he found Menelaus and Helen celebrating the marriage of th

hey entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. They found it stored with the richest of the flock, quantiti

pare a massive bar of wood cut by the Cyclops for a staff, which they found in the cave. They sharpened the end of it, and se

n harness the rams of the flock three abreast, with osiers which they found on the floor of the cave. To the middle ram of th

only Ulysses moored his vessel without. As soon as the Læstrygonians found the ships completely in their power they attacked

t of hospitality they might find. As they approached the palace, they found themselves surrounded by lions, tigers, and wolve

mmand of Jove to dismiss him. Mercury brought the message to her, and found her in her grotto, which is thus described by Hom

him repel her allurements, and when no other means of escape could be found , the two friends leaped from a cliff into the sea

e took for his theme the “Wooden Horse,” by means of which the Greeks found entrance into Troy. Apollo inspired him, and he s

rpose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace they found the usual scene of feasting and riot going on. Th

ow in order to attach the string. Telemachus endeavored to do it, but found all his efforts fruitless; and modestly confessin

ide of Ulysses. The suitors, in amazement, looked round for arms, but found none, neither was there any way of escape, for Eu

g at the place of rendezvous, numerous fugitives, of both sexes, were found , who put themselves under the guidance of Æneas.

Argonautic expedition, and took refuge in the island where Æneas now found them. When they entered the port the Trojans saw

rath flew away. The Trojans made haste to leave the country, and next found themselves coasting along the shore of Epirus. He

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

es to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance he found the tree, plucked the branch, and hastened back w

oomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over it. Here, acc

restrained him. They then came to the black river Cocytus, where they found the ferryman, Charon, old and squalid, but strong

l, his chin level with the water, yet he was parched with thirst, and found nothing to assuage it; for when he bowed his hoar

byl addressed a group of these, and inquired where Anchises was to be found . They were directed where to seek him, and soon f

hises was to be found. They were directed where to seek him, and soon found him in a verdant valley, where he was contemplati

ine, his curiosity was excited, and he purchased the books. They were found to contain the destinies of the Roman state. They

already upon him, but he plunged into the river and swam across, and found the spear, with the infant safe on the other side

uest. Two mastiffs followed him, his whole retinue and body guard. He found the hero attended by his faithful Achates, and, P

e Trojan camp. Accordingly the attempt was made, but the Trojans were found on their guard, and having received strict orders

rd, and committing the watch to them, sought the general’s tent. They found the chief officers in consultation, deliberating

s left the camp and plunged at once into the midst of the enemy. They found no watch, no sentinels posted, but, all about, th

orse and dashed into the thickest of the fight, seeking Æneas. Having found him, he rode round him in a circle, throwing one

ieces scattered them hither and thither. After a tedious search, Isis found thirteen pieces, the fishes of the Nile having ea

honor of the god, and at every place where one of his limbs had been found minor temples and tombs were built to commemorate

the shape of a scarabæus or beetle. As soon as a bull thus marked was found by those sent in search of him, he was placed in

ed with sorrow and lamentations, which lasted until his successor was found . We find the following item in one of the newspap

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

uietly march off not a whit the worse for its fall. But it seems they found out how to circumvent the poor unicorn at last. T

uld not be maintained by the working classes of the community, it was found necessary to allow them to engage in productive e

d this design. Buddha escaped the vigilance of his guards, and having found a secure retreat, lived for six years undisturbed

ical institutions resembling those of the Roman Catholic church. They found convents for priests and nuns; also processions a

they walked by the side of the sea, pleased with their new work, but found that it was still incomplete, for it was without

od of battles) alone had courage enough to do this. But when the wolf found that he could not break his fetters, and that the

nir For, and the one immediately preceding it, Thrym’s Quida, will be found poetically told in Longfellow’s Poets and Poetry

e Thor’s wallet, containing their provisions. When night came on they found themselves in an immense forest, and searched on

his companions to seek with him a place of safety. On the right they found an adjoining chamber, into which the others enter

ning was heard during the night, and at dawn of day Thor went out and found lying near him a huge giant, who slept and snored

d began to snore strongly; but when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant had tied it up so tight he could not un

a large palace before them with the door wide open, they went in, and found a number of men of prodigious stature, sitting on

t as he could, until they met in the middle of the trough. But it was found that Loki had only eaten the flesh, while his adv

the horn to his lips, and did his best to empty it; but on looking in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolve

ared, and when Thor would have returned to the city to destroy it, he found nothing around him but a verdant plain. Chapt

oe, and repaired to the place where the gods were assembled. There he found Hodur standing apart, without partaking of the sp

leap without touching it. Hermod then rode on to the palace, where he found his brother Baldur occupying the most distinguish

m a cold place into a hot one. As the messengers were returning, they found an old hag named Thaukt sitting in a cavern, and

atch the fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding-place and the gods assembled to ta

uently used for inscriptions, of which more than a thousand have been found . The language is a dialect of the Gothic, called

may therefore be read with certainty, but hitherto very few have been found which throw the least light on history. They are

ases. The mistletoe is a parasitic plant, and is not always nor often found on the oak, so that when it is found it is the mo

ant, and is not always nor often found on the oak, so that when it is found it is the more precious. The Druids were the teac

the mainland, retreated to Anglesey and Iona, where for a season they found shelter and continued their now dishonored rites.

count of the numerous ecclesiastical and sepulchral remains which are found upon it. The principal of these are the Cathedral

t from those of Christianity. These are the circular Cairns which are found in various parts, and which seem to have been of

m at Naples. 16. The story of the invulnerability of Achilles is not found in Homer, and is inconsistent with his account. F

superstition. 33. In Longfellow’s Poems, vol. ii, page 379, will be found a poem entitled Tegner’s Drapa, upon the subject

e traveled over the earth from end to end, in vain. Of Proserpina she found not another trace. During all this time, she had

ss, nor a leaf nor flower, shall the Earth yield until my daughter is found .” So the farmers stayed within doors, and shivere

escape. At last, one day, the charm was too great to resist, and she found herself grasping the lid with both hands, ready t

hat closed it, but it was too late then. When Epimetheus came hack he found her there, kneeling upon the lid of the box and w

not perish.” These words filled Hercules’ heart with sadness, yet he found a deep delight in them. He looked up, and all he

the foot of the sacred mountain of Helicon, Hercules set out. He soon found the creature, and, first of all, let fly an arrow

pt, and then far northward, until he came to Mount Caucasus. There he found Prometheus, bound to a cliff, as he had been for

eus free, and Prometheus, in gratitude, told him where Atlas could be found . Far to the west, over land and sea, Hercules had

s had now to travel, but at last, in the uttermost part of Africa, he found the Titan, standing enormous and supporting the s

d be the end of it. But Atlas took a different view of the matter. He found it very pleasant to be able to move about and swi

ed by Eurystheus, and it was Atlas’ work to hold up the sky. Hercules found his home journey easy. Without an adventure he re

among the people. “Surely,” thought Admetus, “surely some one will be found among my friends to die for me — some old man, ma

he seat was all of blazing jewels. Another such chariot was not to be found in all the universe, and as he gazed at the glori

great car began to move. The day had begun. In a few moments Phaëton found himself driving up the steep road of heaven. Belo

g leaves. There upon the village common    By the school-boys he was found  — And the wise men, in their wisdom,    Put him s

nge steed had departed    And they knew not when nor where. But they found upon the greensward,    Where his struggling hoof

aged priest, though very wise, could not tell him where she could be found . So Perseus went out and walked along the seashor

the sisters of the Gorgons. They will tell you where Medusa is to be found .” With these words the goddess disappeared, but a

he North Wind has his home. Here also live the Grææ, and Perseus soon found the three old crones sitting upon a great floe of

ut Perseus thought of Minerva and was not afraid, and when the crones found that he was not to be moved, they told him. “Go o

t of the sun is never seen. At last, in this ghostly, gloomy land, he found the palace of the Gorgons. Putting on the helmet

mple of Minerva. When the king came with his soldiers to seek her, he found her there, sitting beside the altar. The king, fo

ey were long enough. But when he tried to put Theseus into the bed he found it no easy matter. Indeed, the result of the stru

infant forth upon the mountain heights to die. But kind shepherds had found him and taken care of him, and the little prince

winged shoes and cap, was off. He soon alit on the heights of Ida and found the beautiful youth. “Paris,” said Mercury, “this

that is the fairest.” Without more words the god was gone, and Paris found himself standing alone with the golden apple in h

tes. Paris awaits you there. Heed his words.” Then Helen went out and found Paris. That night they journeyed to Pylos, and in

ght through the deserted camp. But near the shore a curious thing was found — a gigantic horse made of wood and leather. The

ng at a captive they had caught — a dirty, ragged Greek, who had been found in the reeds by the shore. He was trembling with

g with fright, and at first could not speak for fear. When at last he found his voice, he told a long tale of suffering, and

ed with cunning art, Spoils of wild streams and mountain rifts    Not found on any earthly chart. Then last of all he touched

keel of the first ship suddenly grated upon the bottom, and the ships found themselves at land. When morning came, the sailor

uld be need. There was no one in the cave when they entered, but they found , all around, pails of milk and baskets laden with

y voyaged on until they came to an island floating on the water. They found that it was the home of Æolus, king of the winds.

, Euryclea, the aged nurse, went to bear the tidings to Penelope. She found her asleep. “Awake, Penelope!” she cried. “Ulysse

sland east and south of Greece, 125. Here Perseus and his mother were found on the beach by Dictys. Sic il΄ian. Pertaining t

of the Blest, where mortals who had led virtuous lives, and had thus found favour in the sight of the gods, were transported

. They had not dwelt long on the summit of Mount Olympus, before they found themselves the parents of twelve gigantic childre

youngest of the Titans, more familiarly known as Saturn or Time, who found confinement and chains peculiarly galling, and wh

lan to get rid of him; but, before he could put it into execution, he found himself attacked by his son, and, after a short b

t. After many centuries of woe, Hercules, son of Jupiter and Alcmene, found Prometheus, killed the vulture, broke the adamant

ubsequently appointed judges in the Infernal Regions, while the third found an early but glorious death during the Trojan War

bade his sons go forth and seek her, and not to return till they had found her. Accompanied by their mother, Telephassa, the

lled Bœotia, they all promised to aid Cadmus, their chosen leader, to found their future capital, which was to be called Theb

lly went down to the spring to discover the cause of their delay, and found that they had all been devoured by a huge dragon,

e guise of a cuckoo, to infuse a little romance into it. He evidently found favour in her sight, and won her consent to share

n the same temples as Jupiter. Many fine statues of this goddess were found in Greece and Italy, some of which are still exta

ing; but, although they searched diligently, the heifers could not be found . Rather than disappoint their aged mother, who ha

ions; but instead of finding them merely asleep, as she expected, she found them dead. The Queen of Heaven had transported th

eviously been appointed for the good king’s death, some one should be found willing to die in his stead. This divine decree w

ash mortals. Such was not the case, however; and shortly after Apollo found himself engaged in another musical contest with P

by the name of Dirce, these youths hastened off to Thebes, where they found the state of affairs even worse than represented;

r’s breast; but, even in that fond mother’s passionate embrace, death found and claimed her. Then the gods, touched by the si

touched the young man’s face than he turned to obey her command, and found himself transformed into a stag, with slender, si

he white roses along her way with a faint pink. When she arrived, she found her beloved Adonis cold in death, and her passion

a lonely pool to slake his thirst. “In some delicious ramble, he had found A little space, with boughs all woven round; And

seemed interminable, spent as they were in complete solitude, Psyche found the hours of night all too short in the sweet soc

hippers provided. The offerings of young lovers were ever those which found most favour in her sight. “Venus loves the whisp

less search and conjecture, but strode off to Mount Cyllene, where he found Mercury peacefully sleeping in his cradle. With a

often entrusted to Mercury messages of a delicate nature, and always found him an invaluable ally; but the faithful messenge

oodshed, this god preferred the din of battle to all other music, and found no occupation so congenial as the toils and dange

rvived, and, after having been suckled for a time by a she-wolf, were found and adopted by a shepherd. Romulus and Remus thro

me time they came to a beautiful hilly country, where they decided to found a great city, the capital of their future realm.

elped him manufacture many cunning and useful objects from the metals found in great profusion in the bosom of the earth. Amo

beauty and delicate workmanship, proudly seated herself upon it, and found herself a prisoner. In vain she strove to escape;

he Danaides Many victims renowned while on earth for their cruelty found here the just punishment of their sins. Attention

mmand, and, when morning broke, only forty-nine of Ægyptus’ sons were found lifeless. The sole survivor, Lynceus, to avenge h

welling, sought for the missing Proserpina, of whom no trace could be found except the scattered flowers. Hither and thither

ught a cool stream wherein she might bathe her heated limbs. She soon found one, the Alpheus River, and selected a spot where

o, after a disconsolate search underground for the lost Arethusa, had found a crevice through which he passed to join his bel

lian plains. “Alpheus, Elis’ stream, they say, Beneath the seas here found his way, And now his waters interfuse With thine,

vitude by changing her into a fisherman. When the master returned and found his slave gone, he questioned the fisherman, and,

he Caucasian Mountains, where, on the brink of a mighty precipice, he found Prometheus, still bound with adamantine chains, a

Atlas, telling him he would be sure to know where the apples could be found . Hercules wended his way to Africa, where Atlas d

is way, Hercules travelled onward in search of Atlas, whom he finally found supporting the heavens on his broad shoulders. At

o all Hercules had to say, declared he knew where the apples could be found , and promised to get them if the hero would only

cked up the apples, leaving Atlas alone, in the same plight as he had found him, there to remain until some more compassionat

row, — and keep it carefully, for it had magic power; and if she ever found her husband’s love waning, he assured her that, c

h a mighty effort he raised the rock, and, to his great satisfaction, found the sword and sandals in a perfect state of prese

exploits of a similar character, and finally reached Athens, where he found that his fame had preceded him. The first thing t

y out; and even Dædalus and his son Icarus, after many days’ attempt, found they could not leave it. Rather than remain impri

.” Catullus. Arrived at the place where his ship rode at anchor, he found his companions and Ariadne awaiting him, and, spr

ed bride did not, however, enjoy a very long life, and Pirithous soon found himself, like Theseus, a disconsolate widower. To

ight, taking with them their only son, Jason. The king and queen soon found a place of refuge, but, afraid lest their hiding-

ion of the sea since known as the Hellespont, “Where beauteous Helle found a watery grave.” Meleager. Phryxus, more fortun

-trees grown on Mount Pelion. Jason, having finished his figure-head, found that it too had the gift of speech, and that it w

an rowers were gaining upon the Greek; and Medea saw that, unless she found means to delay her father, he would overtake her

n brought back from Colchis is but a symbol of the untold riches they found in the East, and carried to their native land.

fury of wild beasts. Some hunters, passing there shortly after this, found a she-bear suckling the babe, who evinced no sign

surely pursued his way until he came to the gates of Thebes, where he found the whole city in an uproar, “because the king ha

here he found the whole city in an uproar, “because the king had been found lifeless by the roadside, with all his atttendant

lowly, sword in hand, along the road where lurked the Sphinx. He soon found the monster; which from afar propounded the follo

the plague would cease only when the former king’s murderers had been found and punished.             “The plague, he said,

hed into her apartment too late to prevent its being carried out, and found her lifeless. This sight was more than the poor m

torm was over, a search was made for Œdipus, no trace of him was ever found , and the ancients fancied that the Furies had dra

y her unhappy father, slowly wended her way back to Thebes, where she found that the plague had ceased, but that her brothers

was well fortified and defended; and after a seven-years’ siege they found themselves no nearer their goal than at the begin

uld be settled by a duel between the inimical brothers, who no sooner found themselves face to face, than they rushed upon ea

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

s nature; and swimming about comfortably in the element, where he now found himself perfectly at home, he began to explore th

city. Although thus cruelly treated, he had not perished, having been found and adopted by a shepherd, who made him follow hi

hing out to battle and possible death. Hector and Andromache He found his palace deserted, and, upon questioning the wo

from Mount Ætna, where Vulcan laboured at his forge.            “She found him there Sweating and toiling, and with busy han

signed them to Thetis, who hastened back to her son’s tent, where she found him still bewailing the loss of Patroclus. During

hey had deposited him, where, to their unbounded surprise, they still found him. The wound had not healed, but he had managed

Priam, who lived to see his last son perish before his eyes, finally found relief in death. Their object accomplished, the G

any, after escaping from the enemy’s hands, perished in the waves, or found death lying in wait for them by their own firesid

faithful Pylades, who never left his side; and there, in a temple, he found his long-lost sister Iphigenia, who helped him ob

parations to ensure its complete success. A huge pine club which they found in the cave was duly pointed, hardened in the fir

y an inadvertent movement had fallen to the ground, where he had been found dead. The Sirens These obsequies over, the

comfort, and aid in the construction of a huge raft, whereon our hero found himself afloat after many years of reluctant ling

enelope was forced to finish her work; but ere it was quite done, she found another expedient to postpone her choice of a hus

rvants, and thither Æneas turned his steps. When he arrived there, he found many awaiting him, and counted them carefully to

ost vanished, and Æneas sadly returned to the ruined temple, where he found many fugitives ready to follow him wherever he we

gered by Dido’s side, forgetful of the new kingdom he was destined to found . One whole year passed thus; and the gods, impati

owy doves to lead the way and alight on the tree, where Æneas readily found the object of his search. Æneas visits Hades

not pause, however, until they reached the Elysian Fields, where they found Anchises, gravely considering among the unborn so

ed before the Volscian troops. When he came to the Amasenus River, he found his pursuers close at his heels. Tying his infant

ly base their arguments on the fact that just as flint arrowheads are found in all parts of the world, differing but slightly

that the myth of Cupid and Psyche, which has its parallel in stories found in all parts of the world, was invented to explai

nal names of the gods, “ascertained by comparative philology, will be found , as a rule, to denote elemental or physical pheno

s the names of the Greek gods and heroes have in a great measure been found to correspond with the Sanskrit names of physical

p′tus. Brother of Danaus, 142 Æ-ne′a-dæ. City which Æneas proposed to found in Thrace, 325 Æ-ne′as. Son of Venus and Anchises

es; husband of Atalanta, 243 Mi′lo. Island where statue of Venus was found , 108 Mi-ner′va. Same as Pallas, Athene, goddess

been compiled with care from reliable sources, and will, perhaps, be found to contain much that is new and interesting; many

f the Greeks, the Assyrian, Chinese and American mythologies, will be found a pleasing addition, as these subjects have not b

ters whose names occur in the body of the work, will, it is hoped, be found generally useful. Among the modern authors to who

turn, and becoming impatient at the delay, proceeded to the spot, and found his servants lifeless, while the dragon was baski

barber, he bound him to silence by great promises. This man, however, found it so painful to keep the secret to himself, that

th a thunderbolt. His body was hurled into the river Po, where it was found and buried by the nymphs of the place. As his sis

at Chios for a supply of fresh water. The sailors who went on shore, found near the spring a boy of uncommon grace and beaut

nerva, remained within the walls. When the Greeks besieged Troy, they found that all their efforts to take the city were of n

is native city. He was, therefore, exposed on Mount Ida, where he was found and cared for by some shepherds. After he had gro

e Titan. When she was driven from heaven by the jealousy of Juno, she found an asylum in the island of Delos, where she gave

disguise, that he might judge of the constancy of his bride. Cephalus found his wife lamenting his absence and refusing all c

founder of the city of Præneste. One fable is, that certain shepherds found Cæculus, when an infant, lying unhurt in a glowin

ad, before his eyes, that he might give a stronger and surer blow. He found fault with Minerva’s house, because it was immova

of Nemesis, which was placed in the temple of Rhamnus. A fragment was found in the ruins of this edifice, which is supposed t

onsider the most beautiful. When the statues were finished, they were found to be so skillfully wrought, that it was impossib

of the reeds away for a remembrance. On applying them to his lips, he found they produced the most melodious sounds, so that

ult the oracle of Apollo. An answer was given that no remedy could be found until some one should solve the riddle that the S

uctions, and when he came to where the Minotaur lay, he slew him, and found his way out by the thread. The whole band then em

guarded. Jupiter had seen and admired the young princess, and he now found means to visit her by transforming himself into a

golden bridle, instructing him as to its use. On awaking, Bellerophon found the bridle in his hand, and repaired immediately

entenced to banishment by the Court of the Areopagus [Areop′agus]. He found an asylum with Minos, king of Crete, for whom he

ia, where Famine chiefly dwelt. Arriving at Mount Caucasus, the nymph found her in a stony field, tearing up with teeth and c

ed with a portion of the viands. On their arrival at the palace, they found the usual scene of riot and festivity. The suitor

s was destined to fall by the hand of one of his children. Œdipus was found by a herdsman, who brought him to Polybus [Pol′yb

he whole presents the finest ideal of womanly excellence which can be found in the writings of any ancient poet. The followin

arture, disregarding the tears and reproaches of the queen. When Dido found that all was unavailing, and that the Trojans had

es and other favorites of the gods. Here, in a fragrant meadow, Æneas found the shade of Anchises, who showed him the souls w

m in the earth, they followed and discovered a deep cavern. Here they found the oracle of Trophonius, and the aid they sought

pieces of sculpture, including figures of goats with rams’ heads, are found in a good state of preservation. In a beautiful g

which, however, they paid no heed at the time. The body of Ibycus was found and recognized, and the multitude assembled to wi

bunals and demanded vengeance on the murderers, but no trace could be found which might lead to their discovery. The festival

as cruelly murdered by his brother Typhon. Isis, after a long search, found his body, which she laid in a monument in an isla

untry was plunged into mourning, which lasted until his successor was found . The animal into whom the divinity had passed, wa

Every town has a temple erected in his honor, and his statue is to be found in every literary institution. Confucius left one

ent Rome, where the idols and superstitions of every conquered nation found a ready welcome, Christianity obtained a foothold

nd Loki, willing to punish her vanity, and always ready for mischief, found means to cut off her hair while she slept. The go

s were used for inscriptions, of which more than a thousand have been found . The language is a dialect of the Gothic, called

ounted the year by lunations; astronomical instruments have also been found among the druidical remains in Ireland, which pro

by the magic rites with which they were gathered. The mistletoe, when found growing on the oak, was esteemed particularly sac

or March, on the sixth day of the moon. As soon as the mistletoe was found growing on the no less sacred oak, the Druids ass

given as charms to warriors going to battle; such beads are sometimes found in their tombs. Ques. Were the Druids acquainted

Procopius relates an Armorican legend of which some traces may yet be found in Brittany. At the foot of the promontory of Plo

idism retired, step by step, before this more classic heathenism, but found a temporary refuge in the German forests and in A

hence they were driven by the Roman troops with great slaughter. They found a last asylum in the island of Iona. Here they ma

y inclined to facilitate as it were the flowing of blood. Dolmens are found also in straight lines, forming a sort of covered

n earthen embankment. Numerous ancient barrows, or burial mounds, are found in the neighborhood. In Ireland, monuments constr

eighborhood. In Ireland, monuments constructed of stone are sometimes found ; but circular earthworks are more common. In this

Ans. Yes; the images of their penates, or household gods, were to be found in every dwelling. Ques. What did the Aztecs bel

nk among Latin authors. During the most active period of his life, he found time to devote to literary pursuits. Of the works

vocations, filled high offices under different emperors, and yet have found time for such a vast amount of composition. While

ose a poem in his honor for an approaching banquet. Whether Simonides found the exploits of Scopas too barren a subject for h

ate, and desired earnestly to speak with him. Simonides went out, but found no one; while he was looking to see which way the

so many volumes; and how he who composed so many volumes, could have found leisure to peruse such a variety of books.”

hearth was consecrated. “When the Greeks first settled in Italy, they found there a mythology belonging to the Celtic inhabit

th frantic cries, searching for Atys. When he — an image of him — was found , the priests grew frenzied with joy and cut thems

hebes. Her infant sons were exposed on the mountains, where they were found by a shepherd, who reared them, and named one Zet

in her madness, wandered through Europe and Asia, until she at length found rest in Egypt, where, touched by the hand of Zeus

tend, but indulged in raillery. Hermes was sent in search of her, and found her in her house, which was upon the bank of a ri

o Eleusis, in Attica. The daughters of Celeus*, the king of the city, found her sitting on a stone near a well. They offered

ld, with secret springs, which he presented to Hera. When seated, she found herself unable to move, and all the efforts of th

to Aphrodite. The Venus of Milo is now in the Louvre at Paris. It was found in the year 1820, on the Island of Milo, hence it

into the places assigned for them. Marsyas* was a satyr*, who, having found the flute which Athene had thrown away in disgust

t hide the secret from his barber, whom he bound to secrecy. This man found it so painful to keep the secret to himself, that

Mount Olympus, under the care of Apollo. At the door of the cavern he found a tortoise-shell, from which he formed the lyre.1

cene still exists on the monument of Lysicrates*, at Athens. Dionysus found Ariadne*, daughter of Minos*, king of Crete, on t

rarely seen without his can in his hand. Some Phrygian shepherds once found Silenus when in a state of intoxication he had st

nix*, and Cilix* to go in search of her, and not to return until they found her. They went, accompanied by their mother, Tele

, in order to recognize it if it should ever reappear. The infant was found by Phorbas*, the herdsman of Polybus*, king of Co

at one of them was Laius, king of Thebes. On his arrival at Thebes he found the people afflicted by the Sphinx,13 which had b

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

ne. Perseus, accompanied by his bride, returned to Seriphos, where he found that Polydectes had been treating Danae with grea

rced the knee of Chiron. On returning to the cave of Pholus, Heracles found him dead. Having drawn an arrow out of one of the

e of which he placed on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar. Here he found the heat so insufferable that he raised his bow a

into the lower world at Cape Tænarum. Close to the gates of Hades he found the heroes Theseus* and Pirithous seated on an en

e left his victims to expire. Theseus slew him. On reaching Athens he found his father Ægeus married to the enchantress Medea

which she fled to Athens in her chariot drawn by winged dragons, and found protection at the court of Ægeus. Jason either pu

ed to Zeus to bestow upon him some sign of favor. The next morning he found in front of his tent the celebrated Palladium* — 

perish. This was accordingly done; but the servant who had left him, found five days later that a bear had taken care of the

finest bulls from Mount Ida. On sending to procure the animal, it was found in the possession of Paris, who reluctantly allow

ed in the flames. Odysseus repaired to the island of Scyros, where he found Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. Having succeede

s went out of the town to view the site of the Greek encampment. They found the wooden horse, which they examined with curios

red a fable, the palace and the traces of the conflagration have been found . Dr. Schliemann has excavated the legendary site.

re the country, carrying with them a jar of wine. Near the shore they found a vast cave, which they entered. They found it st

wine. Near the shore they found a vast cave, which they entered. They found it stored with quantities of cheese, pails of mil

dysseus alone moored his vessel outside. As soon as the Læstrygonians found the ships completely in their power they attacked

cognized his master, and then expired at his feet. At the palace they found the usual scene of feasting and riot. The suitors

, though they would reach Hesperia (Italy), they would not be able to found a city till famine should have forced them to eat

arture, disregarding the tears and reproaches of the queen. When Dido found that the Trojans had really departed, she ascende

es to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance he found the tree, plucked the branch, and hastened back w

they entered the plains of Elysium. Here, in a fragrant meadow, Æneas found the shade of Anchises, who showed him the souls w

y the Egyptians. As soon as a bull with the marks above described was found by those in search of him, he was placed in a bui

ed with sorrow and lamentations, which lasted until his successor was found . A new Apis was found as late as the reign of Had

entations, which lasted until his successor was found. A new Apis was found as late as the reign of Hadrian*. A mummy of one

me for the One God who has made and who governs all things. Varuna is found in Greek mythology as Uranus, but in Greece Zeus

s prison, leaving a dark path (of smoke) behind him. The name Agni is found in the Latin word ignis fire. Indra was god of t

r all diseases. The mistletoe is a parasitic plant, and is not always found on the oak, so that when it is found, it is the m

rasitic plant, and is not always found on the oak, so that when it is found , it is the more precious.” Amber was valued for

given as charms to warriors going to battle; such beads are sometimes found in their tombs. Druidism was suppressed in Graul

built temples and introduced the worship of their own gods. Druidism found a temporary refuge in the German forests and in A

hence they were driven by the Roman troops with great slaughter. They found a last asylum in the island of Iona, where they m

t, and examined her paws one by one. In the last one of the four they found a small speck of mud! that was all that was neede

, and ever increasing it more and more. “The animals on the raft soon found homes on the new earth. Michabo, the Great Hare,

ence, it was deemed a religious duty to scatter earth over any corpse found uncovered by the wayside, a handful of dust being

ease the god of the lower world. If the body of a friend could not be found , as in shipwreck, an empty tomb was erected, over

ng the fields, looking for her child. When morning broke, and she had found no trace of Proserpine, her grief was terrible to

wearied with endless seeking, and answered that until Proserpine was found , she could think only of her child, and could not

hasten away.” Then Ceres arose and went to Jupiter and said, “I have found the place where my daughter is hidden. Give her b

ain and stepped out of the boat to explore the little kingdom she had found . Nor was she disappointed. Berries and fruits of

strength, and she hastened toward the spot. When she came to it, she found a lake of clear, blue water. All about it tall re

th and listen by the hour to Echo’s delightful tales. But one day she found out that Echo amused her in this way only to plea

the power of that tongue with which she had been too ready. Poor Echo found that she could no longer speak; she could only mi

the pool. And to this day the lovely flower, called the narcissus, is found by quiet pools, gazing at its image in the water.

onless and silent, rooted to the spot. But now he tried to speak, and found he could not utter a word. The angry goddess had

et ring of the hunter’s horn. Now through the copse where the fox is found , And over the stream, at a mighty bound, And over

island, where it rested on the sloping shore. There some kind people found them, and gave Danaë and her little boy a home. T

own to earth, he met Io in the woods and began to talk to her. And he found her so lovable that he came again and again, and

s. When she tried to stretch forth her arms to ask pity of Argus, she found , to her surprise, that she had no arms; and inste

re she had vanished. When Pan stretched out his arm toward Syrinx, he found himself grasping, instead, the reeds that grew on

d with pity, and restored Io to her own shape. The people of the land found her by the side of the river Nile, and thought he

hasing one another around the plain with merry laughter. There Apollo found them, and let fly an arrow which pierced the elde

n off. The goddess of plenty, or Fortune, as she is sometimes called, found it lying forgotten on the ground. She was so much

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

lain, he lay dead in a wood outside of Athens. At last some travelers found him there, and brought his body back to the waiti

that lay on the other side of it; but, when he came to the gates, he found them locked, and the people within refused to let

out further adventures, King Minos reached Athens, and, of course, he found the gates of the city closed and well-guarded. So

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

it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from begi

ound the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. Henry Wadsworth

and wished that she would help him now. When he came to the ship, he found that there was help awaiting him. For Medea, the

uddenly startled from its lair. Yet for the first time, the listeners found his music a little rude and wild; somehow it did

of snow-white doves, as well as the twin cubs of a bear which I have found on the mountain summit. “O Galatea, lift your fai

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

the earlier part of the history of nations, Mythology has always been found to exist; imaginary beings have been adored, and

he whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found , He moulded earth into a spacious round: Then, wi

age anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img006 The poetic idea of Chaos is found in sacred history, in the creation, as well as in

ger Saturn; he from mightier Jove His own and Rhea’s son like measure found ………………………………………………… —— Or who with Saturn old Fle

ythology_1842_img013 In the mythology of every country, this Deity is found , though under various names. She is represented w

nd withdraw her from the infernal regions, which he agreed to do, but found it would be beyond his power, as, by a decree of

eality to those who place it beneath their pillow. ——— “Her feet she found Benumbed with cold, and fastened to the ground, A

t ne’ertheless she pined with discontent, The counsel rumbled till it found a vent. The thing she knew she was obliged to hid

urled him headlong into the river Po. His body, consumed by fire, was found by the nymphs of the place, and honoured with a d

ing the skin of the serpent Python. The history of the tripod will be found to afford much interest. The fishermen who had fo

e tripod will be found to afford much interest. The fishermen who had found it in their nets, sought the oracle to consult it

ow merrily to the shore with their prize.‌ “The beauteous youth now found himself betrayed, And from the deck the rising wa

Bacchus’ eye-wink, turning pale!” Keats. However, Bacchus was often found to be inspired by sentiments of a profoundly tend

ng unhappily formed a violent attachment to a maiden named Callirhoe, found his love returned with hatred, and the more he so

d not cease, until Callirhoe was sacrificed, unless some one could be found to pay the penalty for her. Insérer image anonyme

, with secret springs, on which the goddess no sooner sate, than she ‌ found herself unable to move. In vain the Gods attempte

vens far beaming mansions shine, There the lame architect the goddess found Obscure in smoke, his forges flaming round; While

isited Psyche, but so beautiful was the being he came to see, that he found himself compelled to pay the same homage to her w

ared, and Psyche, mourning in bitter tears for her foolish curiosity, found herself standing on a desolate rock.‌ “Dread ho

escaping from the confinement to which his mother had subjected him, found his lost love, and reproached her for her curiosi

arsyas was the unfortunate being, and in the history of Apollo may be found the fate he experienced through the veracity of h

he immortals lifts his raging hand; The heavenly Venus first his fury found : Me next encountering, me he dared to wound: Vanq

stol’n from the fold, He laughed; for, while talking all fiercely he found That his quiver, alack! from his back was unbound

sus pining o’er the mountain spring? In some delicious ramble, he had found A little space, with boughs all woven round, And

ding her strongly, prevented her escaping from his grasp. When Thetis found she could not elude the vigilance of Peleus, she

into various shapes her body throws; She went to move her arms, then found them tied, Then with a sigh ‘Some god assists,’ s

from long forsaken homes,     Wherein our young days flew, Thou hast found sweet voices lingering there,     The loved, the

praise, Penates! to your shrines I come for rest, — There only to be found . Household Deities, There only shall be Happiness

man perfect, he should have placed a window at his heart; and when he found the beauty of Venus was too perfect to allow of a

n making; ‘Here are good ones, you may trust ‘em,’ (These, of course, found ready custom,)         ‘Come buy my love-knots,  

ormed of the cause of his death, were anxious to avenge it, and Medea found herself compelled to fly with Jason to Corinth, i

e of his sons, while his former lover, Iole, fell into his hands, and found that she still held no slight possession of his a

Euripus, ever fickle stream, He won a world in her immortal arms, And found his prized honour but a dream Lost in the Ocean o

s reeked with stranger’s blood? Pressed in these arms his fate Antæus found , Nor gained recruited vigour from the ground. Did

riven on the island of Seriphos, one of the Cyclades, where they were found by a fisherman named Dictys, and carried by him t

ed, Perseus sought the habitation of the Gorgons, whom he fortunately found asleep. Knowing that if he fixed his eyes upon th

eception from Atlas, by announcing himself the son of Jupiter, but he found himself grievously deceived. It occurred to the r

eleased from their captivity, and when Theseus returned to Athens, he found that Mnestheus had usurped the crown which should

eams — she dreamt of him — Love’s power is left in slumber — woke and found Herself deserted on the lonely shore. The bark of

rime!’” Racine. Fearful lest Hippolytus should betray her, when she found he would not return her sinful passion, Phædra ac

he child, and hung him on a tree on Mount Cithæron, where he was soon found by one of the shepherds of Polybus, King of Corin

make known to him the resolution which he had made. Theseus came, and found Œdipus with his face covered by a black veil, a k

as the fatal blow was about to be struck, a goat of great beauty was found in her place for the ‌sacrifice. The supernatural

false was thy last Denunciation, as thy bridal vow; And yet even that found faith with me! the dirk Which severed flesh from

ruction. Neptune appeared, and the winds were silent. Æneas, however, found himself separated from the greater part of his co

n the bed. Thrice ope’d her heavy eyes, and saw the light, But having found it, sickened at the sight, And closed her lids at

Kings, and Princes, who, having the folly to believe themselves gods, found mortals sufficiently weak to grant them faith, an

e an aged couple, of Phrygia, who, unblessed by the goods of fortune, found in their mutual and deep affection, a happiness,

ving it under the trysting tree. In a short time Pyramus arrived, but found that she, for whom he looked, was absent: the blo

rs of Thisbe were passed away, she returned to the mulberry tree, but found only the lifeless remains of her lover. In the ag

His great object was to quell the spirit of war and conquest which he found in the people, and to inculcate the love of peace

with some of the books which he had written, which being accidentally found four hundred years after his death, were burned b

nies of their religion. “Egeria! sweet creation of some heart, Which found no mortal resting place so fair As thine ideal br

epsy of some fond despair; Or it might be, a beauty of the earth, Who found a more than common votary there Too much adoring;

rove; becoming alarmed at their delay, he went in search of them, and found they had desecrated a fountain sacred to Mars, an

er to receive the crowd of pilgrims, who day by day assembled, it was found necessary to maintain as many temples as there ar

e earlier ages of Egyptian power. In the sanctuaries of Palenque, are found sculptured representations of Idols, which resemb

gyptians. “Statues, sculptured in a purely classical style, have been found ; and vases, agreeing both in shape and ornament w

th the earliest specimens of Egyptian and Etruscan pottery, have been found in their sepulchral excavations. “Evidences also

ir principal temple, sixty thousand prisoners were sacrificed. Cortez found in an enormous edifice the skulls of those who ha

that Cupid readily obeyed his mother’s injunction to visit Psyche. He found the young maiden in the palace garden, wreathing

e god of silence. When Cupid entered the sanctuary of Harpocrates, he found that god seated upon a throne, overshadowed by a

ntertaining, and Psyche became so accustomed to his society, that she found it painful to live without it. All day long she o

is fast asleep, take a lamp and examine his features. If be should be found to be a very shocking object, you had best kill h

starting up, she ran she knew not whither, nor did she stop till she found herself upon the bank of a rushing stream. There

son, demanded of him to go in pursuit of her, and when she should be found , return to the skies, and inform her where the au

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

icily, and wrote in Greek, about seventeen hundred years ago, said he found it in an old book; so it must be very old. Ann.

ll night for the lost one — but her search was vain. The next day she found , by a fountain side, a naiad named Arethusa. “Who

e time to which the following story belongs, Pandion, king of Athens, found that he must call upon some other king to punish

mistress of the house said, “Nay; stay you a minute;” and she quickly found cushions stuffed with straw, which she put upon t

ill fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts.” This may be found in the 18th chapter of Genesis. Mother. Many of

In ancient days, by emperor and clown; Perhaps the selfsame song that found a path    Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sic

o settle in Greece. He made laws for them, and for the people whom he found in Attica, so that district was called, and they

ed the poor nymph so much, that she pined away, till nothing could be found of her but her voice. She still inhabits woods an

governess, who in the fable is called Diana, entered the place, they found the intruder. The Greeks were then a rude people;

rceived in it a female and a child. Dictys hastened to the place, and found a beautiful woman weeping, and clasping her infan

as the best the poor woman had, but there, after all her fatigue, she found rest and refreshment. Danæ and her little boy did

o save his own life, by taking theirs. When Perseus reached Argos, he found his grandfather no longer its king. His brother,

seus was now king of Argos, but he chose, rather than reign there, to found a new kingdom. He became the founder of a new cit

e fountains Hippocrene and Aganippe; and, on the contrary, if you are found to excel us, you may demand the delightful countr

arrow, and a quiver at his back, he was a hunter in the woods. He was found in the palaces of princes, and as often in the co

or the moon. Jupiter loved Latona, and that made Juno hate her. Juno found a hideous serpent, hatched in the mud of the Nile

eople; at length, it was stopped. Some excellent physician might have found a remedy for it; and then the disease was called

n Antium, near Rome. It was dreadfully broken, but the fragments were found , and put ingeniously together, and it was conveye

cloud gradually dispersed as Juno came nearer to earth, and when she found herself by the side of Jupiter, the bright sun en

and Argus immediately fell into the profoundest slumber. When Mercury found the sharp-sighted Argus in his power, he drew for

, imagination, and thought. These commonplaces of tradition are to be found largely in the literature of mythology. Of course

lection, to a near kinship with the spirit of nature humanized can be found more cogent than the contemplation of the poetic

forefathers in the dark ages. Myths, more or less like these, may be found in the literatures of nearly all nations; many ar

Müller says, “that makes mythology the puzzle which men have so long found it.” § 5. Reasonable Myths. — If myths were alwa

of such scientific investigation, numerous races of savages have been found who at this present day accept and believe just s

th as puzzle us, and have puzzled many of the cultivated ancients who found them in their inherited mythologies. The theory o

or religious truth. But, in general, the root of myth-making is to be found in the mental and social condition of primitive m

ronologically backward, and geographically from land to land, will be found to have originated in India 16. This theory fails

hest and set adrift on the sea. The myth of her son, Perseus, will be found in a later chapter of this book.28 Myths receive

as of Euripides (480 b.c.) there remain to us seventeen, in which are found stories of the daughters of Agamemnon, the rare a

oman coins. Of the old Scandinavian runes several specimens have been found —one an inscription on a golden horn of the third

ditties of the eleventh century, and love-spells have, however, been found . The Skaldic Poems. —The bards and poets of the

lion, son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus, found refuge — he a just man and she a faithful worship

ern temper Agamemnon, Orion, and Niobe bore regretful testimony. They found that the “fair-crowned queen of the echoing chase

gerous foe; he could well play the trickster and the thief, as Apollo found out to his vexation, and Argus, and many another

r.] “Within a forest, as I strayed Far down a sombre autumn glade, I found the god of love; His bow and arrows cast aside, H

mble youths, sometimes with sprouting horns. The goat-legged satyr is found in Roman poetry. Fig. 25. A Roman Satyr, with

youth and life and hope. In the story of her descent to Hades will be found a further account of her attributes and fortunes.

rew his arms around what he supposed to be the form of the nymph, and found he embraced only a tuft of reeds. As he breathed

rld crashed: from a body scathed and torn The soul leapt through, and found his breast, and died. ‘Died?’ — So the Theban mai

y, when doomed by Dirce to be dragged to death behind a bull, Antiope found means to inform her children of her kinship to th

ves as weary travellers at many a door, seeking rest and shelter, but found all closed; for it was late, and the inhospitable

dmus, who slew a serpent sacred to Mars, but all the family of Cadmus found out to their cost. Fig. 39. Mars and Venus. [W

ch him all their use, For, in mere weeds, and stones, and springs, He found a healing power profuse. Men granted that his sp

k joy: procrastinate the truth Until the wife, who had made proof and found The husband wanting, might essay once more, Hear,

nd in hand, The two might go together, live and die. Beside, when he found speech, you guess the speech. He could not think

ied to hide his misfortune under an ample turban But his hair-dresser found it too much for his discretion to keep such a sec

arked In a laurel, as she thought — but (ah, how Fate mocks!) She has found it by this time a very bad box; Let hunters from

e poverty of language is unable to express its praise. In fact, Venus found her altars deserted, while men paid their vows to

rom the top of his quiver, hastened to the chamber of Psyche, whom he found asleep. He shed a few drops from the bitter fount

sure, she looked around her. The palace and gardens had vanished. She found herself not far from the city where her sisters d

, and the scented air, She heard far echoes of the voice of Love, And found his footsteps’ traces everywhere. But never more

thus she spoke, “Wilt thou not come to me, O dear companion of my new found life, For I am called thy lover and thy wife?… “M

he place of meeting. He saw in the sand the footsteps of the lion. He found the veil all rent and bloody. “O, hapless girl,”

e lyre at noon; for, wandering out of the lofty cavern of Cyllene, he found a tortoise, picked it up, bored the life out of t

turned, bringing with them a lad of delicate appearance whom they had found asleep. Judging him to be a noble youth, they tho

ished in Greece. It was on the island of Naxos that Bacchus afterward found Ariadne, — the daughter of Minos, king of Crete,

wandered from the company of Bacchus in an intoxicated condition, was found by some peasants, who carried him to their king,

the morning, and Hesperus, when he led out the stars in the evening, found her still busy in the search. At length, weary an

lost caress, by some hard god estranged. So, on a day, she rose and found him not. Alone, with wet, sad eye, she watched th

er dumbly with a wistful fear, Till, at the dawn, the hornèd wood-men found And bore her gently on a sylvan bier, To lie besi

ve with Narcissus, the beautiful son of the river-god Cephissus, Echo found it impossible to express her regard for him in an

uneral pile, and would have burned the body, but it was nowhere to be found . In its place had sprung up a flower, purple with

hat happened to be screaming hoarsely overhead. But when his body was found , all Greece, then gathered at the festival, deman

’s sending, — the wound of her arrow in his heart! Yet this remedy he found , and sitting on the crest of the tall cliff, and

obeyed these directions. Returning to the grove, on the ninth day, he found that a swarm of bees had taken possession of one

had retired to Larissa in Thessaly. Thither Perseus followed him, and found him presiding over certain funeral games. As luck

imæra 279. — The horse Pegasus, which sprang from the Gorgon’s blood, found a master in Bellerophon of Corinth. This youth wa

d himself to be taken. Bellerophon mounted him, sped through the air, found the Chimæra, and gained an easy victory. After th

ng. The vessel was named Argo, probably after its builder. Jason soon found himself at the head of a bold band of comrades, m

nd of Lemnos, thence crossed to Mysia and thence to Thrace. Here they found the sage Phineus, who instructed the Argonauts ho

of blood, his limbs of vigor and robustness; and Æson, on awakening, found himself forty years younger. § 147. Pelias. 304 —

t nor white, Though the wind winnow and whirl it; yet we praise Gods, found because of thee adorable And for thy sake praisew

les handled the weapons, and thereby betrayed himself to Ulysses, who found no great difficulty in persuading him to disregar

of ocean where she abode, and she hastened to inquire the cause. She found him overwhelmed with self-reproach that he had su

He consented, and Thetis immediately repaired to Vulcan’s palace. She found him busy at his forge, making tripods for his own

s, the son of Ulysses, in search of his father, arrived at Sparta, he found them celebrating the marriage of their daughter H

hey entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. They found it stored with the riches of the flock, quantitie

pare a massive bar of wood cut by the Cyclops for a staff, which they found in the cave. They sharpened the end of it and sea

n harness the rams of the flock three abreast, with osiers which they found on the floor of the cave. To the middle ram of th

only Ulysses moored his vessel without. As soon as the Læstrygonians found the ships completely in their power they attacked

t of hospitality they might find. As they approached the palace, they found themselves surrounded by lions, tigers and wolves

mmand of Jove to dismiss him. Mercury brought the message to her, and found her in her grotto. A garden vine, luxuriant on a

He took for his theme the Wooden Horse, by means of which the Greeks found entrance into Troy. Apollo inspired him, and he s

pose otherwise than he might do for any stranger. At the palace, they found the usual scene of feasting and riot going on. Th

ow in order to attach the string. Telemachus endeavored to do it, but found all his efforts fruitless; and modestly confessin

ide of Ulysses. The suitors, in amazement, looked round for arms, but found none, neither was there any way of escape, for Eu

g at the place of rendezvous, numerous fugitives, of both sexes, were found , who put themselves under the guidance of Æneas.

Argonautic expedition, and took refuge in the island where Æneas now found them. When the Trojans entered the port they saw

way. Epirus. — The Trojans made haste to leave the country, and next found themselves coasting along the shore of Epirus. He

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

es to fly before him and show him the way, and by their assistance he found the tree, plucked the branch, and hastened back w

oomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over it. Here Ænea

restrained him. They then came to the black river Cocytus, where they found the ferryman, Charon, old and squalid, but strong

l, his chin level with the water, yet he was parched with thirst, and found nothing to assauge it; for when he bowed his hoar

byl addressed a group of these, and inquired where Anchises was to be found . They were directed where to seek him, and soon f

hises was to be found. They were directed where to seek him, and soon found him in a verdant valley, where he was contemplati

already upon him, but he plunged into the river and swam across, and found the spear, with the infant safe on the other side

uest. Two mastiffs followed him, his whole retinue and body-guard. He found the hero attended by his faithful Achates, and, P

Trojan camp. Accordingly, the attempt was made; but the Trojans were found on their guard, and having received strict orders

rd, and committing the watch to them, sought the general’s tent. They found the chief officers in consultation, deliberating

s left the camp and plunged at once into the midst of the enemy. They found no watch, no sentinels posted, but, all about, th

rse and dashed into the thickest of the fight, seeking. Eneas. Having found him, he rode round him in a circle, throwing one

they walked by the side of the sea, pleased with their new work, but found that it was still incomplete, for it was without

ved again. Tyr alone had courage enough to do this. But when the wolf found that he could not break his fetters, and that the

e Thor’s wallet, containing their provisions. When night came on they found themselves in an immense forest, and searched on

his companions to seek with him a place of safety. On the right they found an adjoining chamber, into which the others enter

ning was heard during the night, and at dawn of day Thor went out and found lying near him a huge giant, still snoring in the

d began to snore strongly, but when Thor tried to open the wallet, he found the giant had tied it up so tight he could not un

a large palace before them with the door wide open, they went in, and found a number of men of prodigious stature, sitting on

t as he could, until they met in the middle of the trough. But it was found that Loki had only eaten the flesh, while his adv

the horn to his lips, and did his best to empty it; but on looking in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolve

ared, and when Thor would have returned to the city to destroy it, he found nothing around him but a verdant plain. § 181. Th

oe, and repaired to the place where the gods were assembled. There he found Höder standing apart, without partaking of the sp

and gold-rimmed skulls the wine. And now would night have fall’n and found them yet Wailing; but otherwise was Odin’s will.

leap without touching it. Hermod then rode on to the palace, where he found his brother Balder occupying the most distinguish

atch the fishes, such as fishermen have used since his time. But Odin found out his hiding-place and the gods assembled to ta

is chance. … Then, as to drink, Sir Siegfried down kneeling there he found , He pierced him through the croslet, that sudden

a more ideal conception. The best description of the goddess will be found in Homer’s Iliad, Bk. 5: 730 et seq. The derivat

t paintings was the Venus rising from the foam, of Apelles. The Venus found in the island of Melos, or of Milo (see text, § 4

ilenus holding the child Bacchus (in the Louvre); the head of Bacchus found in Smyrna (now in Leyden— see text, § 154), from

§ 52. Eridanus: the mythical name of the river Po in Italy (amber was found on its banks). Naiads, § 54 (6). Interpretative.

upid laughed at the grimaces which she made while playing it. Marsyas found the instrument, blew upon it, and elicited such r

ros) by the Dawn (Psyche). Many of the incidents of the story will be found in modern fairy tales and romances, such as Beaut

es accords with a superstition not peculiar to the Greeks, but to be “ found in New Zealand, Melanesia, Scotland, Finland, and

had obtained. No grander conception of manliness has in modern times found expression in poetry than that of the Hercules in

s Thomson, Agamemnon (a drama). The Troïlus and Cressida story is not found in Greek and Latin classics. Shakespeare follows

repel her allurements. Finally when no other means of escape could be found , the two friends leaped from a cliff into the sea

ine, his curiosity was excited, and he purchased the books. They were found to contain the destinies of the Roman state. They

ive years of age) the land went into mourning until his successor was found . He was worshipped with pomp in Memphis. See Sera

y. 52. Supplementary information concerning many of the myths may be found in the corresponding sections of the Commentary.

si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis. Ovid. The story will be found in the Metam. 2: 1-400. 147. From Lang, Leaf &a

s and Romans, having adopted this fabulous history as their religion, found , by experience, that it was admirably calculated

aving, however, brought into the world Jupiter and Juno at one birth, found means to hide Jupiter, and substituted for him a

us was raised at seeing the box given by Jupiter. When opened, it was found to contain all the evils, which instantly escaped

diseases; death began With vigour then, to mend its halting pace, And found a more compendious way to man.” Horace. “Thy g

lls up the cup of life; and that among its bitterest dregs are always found some sweets, seems to have suggested the beautifu

a perfect image of jealousy.) Yet Mercury, at the request of Jupiter, found means to lull Argus asleep by the sounds of his f

s watch’d, and, in a constant round, Refreshment in alternate courses found . Where’er he turn’d he always Io view’d; Io he sa

Sol, begged leave to drive the chariot of the sun for one day; but he found himself unequal to the task: the horses, running

he lyre, the flute was the instrument prefered. Apollo with his lyre, found means to unite the beauty of song with the charm

Bimater, or one who has two mothers. Some Tyrrhenian pirates, having found him asleep, took him off from the island of Naxos

hus was married to Ariadne, daughter to Minos, king of Crete, whom he found abandoned in the isle of Naxos. He presented her

the moment of his birth; Evius, Evous, Evan, or Hye, because Jupiter found that Bacchus had defeated the giants under the fo

The lioness, just as she had come from the slaughter of some cattle, found the veil, and tore it with her jaws, besmeared wi

od. Pyramus soon went forth, saw the vestiges of some wild beast, and found the veil of Thisbe bloody. Concluding that she wa

r beaming brazen mansions shine. There the lame Architect the goddess found , Obscure in smoke, his forges flaming round; Whil

nd her nothing but her voice. Juno struck her speechless, because she found herself long detained by her tedious discourses;

a nymph, though only now a sound; Yet of her tongue no other use was found , Than now she has; which never could be more, Tha

o watched over the vineyards, woods, and fields, and who were usually found in the train of Bacchus, had their upper part lik

y might gain access to the eternal prison. In this frightful abode is found an eternal increase of departed souls, some of wh

some who committed suicide. Lovers whom despair has put to death, are found to wander farther into a forest of myrtles. Beyon

und to wander farther into a forest of myrtles. Beyond that forest is found the residence of departed heroes with arms in the

relates the following punishment: “Salmoneus suffering cruel pains I found , For emulating love; the rattling sound Of mimic

general of the Carthaginese, penetrated even into their country, and found women whose running equaled in swiftness that of

ee ships, once engaged in commerce on the coast of Africa, where were found gold, the tusks of elephants, the horns of differ

unt Citheron. One of the shepherds of Polybius, king of Corinth, soon found him and brought him home. Peribæa, the queen, bei

ynices, and two daughters Ismena and Antigone. In process of time, he found , by clear proof, that he had killed his father, a

can secure happiness, was adored by the ancients; and there are still found in the fourth book of the city of God, by St. Aug

e blow. Having examined the house which Minerva had built, and having found it complete both within and without, he merely ob

rpent twines. The knots in his staff represent the difficulties to be found in studying medicine. — See Fig. 66. Fig. 66. Æ

own to the island Seriphos, where a fisherman, by the name of Dictys, found it, took them out, and carried them to king Polyd

ned victorious. His father descried from a beacon, the ship, which he found to be black. Whereupon, believing his son to be d

e soon after ungratefully left her in the island Naxos, where she was found and married by Bacchus. Theseus had several wives

swimming. He went naked and solitary to the port of Phæacia, and was found among the young trees by Nausica, the daughter of

ith deafening acclamations, as if Osiris was restored to life. The ox found to represent Apis, was left forty days in Nilapol

arker; also Hermanubis. He had temples and priests, and his image was found in all processions. Obs. — Considered emblematic

nkind was called Protogone, and the first woman, Aeon. It was she who found that the fruits of trees were good, and could ser

des those which we have briefly mentioned, was immense. The Spaniards found little clay images of them in the woods, houses,

their descriptions of them. The first was the vestibule, in which was found the pool, containing the lustral water, which the

e Corinthian order was adopted. In the days of Pope Eugene, there was found near this edifice, a part of a head of bronze, re

part of a head of bronze, representing Agrippa. At the same time were found a horse’s foot and a piece of a wheel, of the sam

s which are now in the great vault, are to be attributed. It has been found necessary to bind them with immense bars of iron;

, sent to know whether the place contained any treasure. His body was found far from the cave. The priests, probably informed

eligion had triumphed over idolatry, the oracles fell; and there were found in the dens and caves, many marks of the impostur

is expedition. 6. The Samian, or Sibyl of Samos, whose prophecies are found in the ancient annals of the Samians, was the six

Samos, Erythræa, Greece, and Asia, in order to collect what could be found from the Sibylline verses. The new books were dep

f paganism and Christianity, which deserved no confidence. In it were found the mysteries of redemption, the miracles of the

dded to his account. The Roman republic was at its acme of power, and found nothing in the known parts of the world which did

he sought in countries unknown to his enemies, that liberty which he found not in his own. His real name was Frige, son of F

d giants. One day as the sons of Bor, or the gods, walked there, they found two floating pieces of wood, out of which they fo

Romans, we shall doubtless be convinced, That the conformity which is found between the leading circumstances of these accoun

mark, in Sweden, and in Norway, amidst plains and on hills, are still found altars about which they assembled for sacrifices

ably served to receive the blood of victims. Firestones were commonly found , for no fire except that of their altars, was con

of rocks on to the tops of hills. In some places in Norway, are also found grottoes cut in the rock with wonderful patience,

e caused that temple and its idols to be razed and broken. There were found in it immense riches; and among other things, a v

ed fattened horses and oxen; to Frigga, the largest hog that could be found ; and to Odin, horses, dogs, and sometimes cocks a

dent that the early Britons raised no temples to divinity. It is even found in the poesies of Ossian that this sublime bard s

oicing, and went in procession towards the places where the plant was found , two diviners marching forward singing hymns and

acrifices, the use of which that emperor interdicted. The Druids were found in the country of Chartrain until the middle of t

h I have not made myself directly from the originals. It will also be found to contain the results of the inquiries of those

xceeds mine ; and his work, when it appears, will, I am confident, be found to contain a vast store of curious knowledge, and

this procedure (which was probably learned from the Greeks) are to be found  ; the origin of the rose is ascribed to the Proph

o the neglect of this rule that we owe so much of the absurdity to be found in the works of many mythologists, and nothing ha

to avoid contradiction as far as was possible. When, therefore, they found any foreign deities possessing the same attribute

ty perhaps the same. «This,» says Buttmann57, «was the case when they found traditions of other kings of the gods whom they c

especially the case with Euripides, the poet appears at times to have found it necessary to inform his audience in a long pro

Utopia, which by the way many navigators sought after but no one ever found , was evidently to give a blow to the popular reli

s which are akin to the Greek182, its derivation is not perhaps to be found in any of them. Ὠκϵανὸς καὶ Тηθύς. Oceanus et

le is unknown, but it is probably not very ancient ; it is only to be found at present in the Latin poet Ovid236; but beyond

other bodies on earth479. In the sixth book of Virgil’s Æneïs will be found the richest and fullest description of the new-mo

tis494. Of this rite, however, no other mention is, we believe, to be found in Grecian literature. If we may trust to the Lat

d from the temple ; it was then diligently sought for, and was always found on the sea-shore bound to a willow, whose longest

ned by the victor to those of an ass647. The Silen648 Marsyas, having found the pipe which Athena for fear of injuring her be

em to affix the names which he employs to various places really to be found , and the islet at the mouth of the port of Syracu

ed it by the aid of her nurse, unknown to its object745. When Cinyras found what he had unwittingly done, he pursued his daug

ld grow apace. Anterôs was soon afterwards born, and Erôs immediately found his wings enlarge, and his person and strength gr

is was only when Anterôs was near ; for if he was at a distance, Erôs found himself shrink to his original dimensions. The me

s are not numerous. Some pretty little trifles respecting him will be found in the bucolic poets, and his adventure with Apol

but, fearing Love, it cast her upon a bank of flowers, where she was found and consoled by the god Pan. She now goes through

o the ground in a deep slumber from its effects. In this state she is found by Cupid, who had escaped by the window of the ch

f an old woman, warned her to desist from her boasting ; and when she found her admonitions were vain, she resumed her proper

ason for their mirth, she threw her pipe away : Marsyas unfortunately found it, and learning to play on it, ventured to becom

the banks of the river or lake Tritôn the birth-place of Athena, has found a greater number of supporters ; but as so many c

plendour. She left the house, and the maidens awakening at the noise found their infant-brother lying on the ground. They to

id not disobey : he quickly reached the ‘secret places of earth,’ and found the king at home seated on a couch with his wife,

was not however by any means peculiar to Greece ; it will probably be found wherever poetry exists1068. But it was only in an

When Alexander and his army had penetrated to the modern Caubul, they found ivy and wild vines on the sides of Mount Meros an

conceived, more resembling the Ramayuna of India than anything to be found in ancient or modern occidental literature. Its c

this kind ; for Odysseus, we may observe, in all his wanderings never found any want of an interpreter, as good Greek was spo

uming that, when the Grecian colonies settled on the Hellespont, they found there a religion very different from their own ;

nd their descendants formed the caste of Interpreters, whom Herodotus found there two centuries afterwards1162. We may thus s

-nymphs ; and when Pan thought to grasp the object of his pursuit, he found his arms filled with reeds. While he stood sighin

all he touched might turn to gold. His wish was granted ; but when he found his very food converted to precious metal, and hi

pples of the Hesperides, he was directed by the nymphs to Nereus : he found the god asleep, and seized him. Nereus on awaking

It is much more probable that the solution of the difficulty will be found in the notion, presently to be noticed, of the ab

nkind, like that of the earth their abode, is a subject which will be found to have engaged the thoughts of almost every race

that, as the Grecian religion acknowledged no evil spirits, the poet found it necessary to cut away this last part of the or

bution. Prometheus assented ; but when he came to survey the work, he found that the silly Epimetheus had abundantly furnishe

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

; a practice by no means confined to Grecian mythology, as it will be found to pervade that of almost every other people. The

l in battle against the Indians. Medeia returning unknown to Colchis, found that her father Æetes had been robbed of his thro

dered his sons to go in quest of her, and not to return till they had found her. They were accompanied by their mother and by

at Thebes ; for none of the usual evidences of colonisation are to be found . We do not, for example, meet with the slightest

ty should abstain from entering the Prytaneion or senate-house, or if found there should be offered as a sacrifice. Many of t

he unhappy babes were exposed on the mountain ; but a neatherd having found them, reared them, calling the one Zethos, the ot

Polybos king of Corinth ; or, as others say, the neatherds of Polybos found the infant after it had been exposed, and brought

s and his herald, and then pursued his journey. The body of Laïos was found and honourably buried by Damasistratos king of Pl

of the Erinnyes, at Colonos, a village not far from Athens, and there found the termination of his wretched life1688. Such is

as caught. Trophonios, unable to extricate him, and fearing that when found he would be compelled by torture to discover his

oming on the last day of the appointed period to Molorchos’ abode, he found him just on the point of offering the victim for

Lerna, he stopped the horses and went in quest of the hydra, which he found on a rising ground near the springs of Amymone, w

sheltered them in Mount Eleusis. When Heracles returned to Pholœ, he found Pholos lying dead along with several others ; for

etired to Dulichion : the latter went to Dexamenos at Olenos, whom he found on the point of being compelled to give his daugh

lood bearing a huge sea-monster, who carried off all the people to be found in the plain. The oracle being consulted declared

is other cattle to Hephæstos, went in quest of the stray one. When he found him, he required Eryx to give him up ; but he ref

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

that she was a mere phantom. Near the gates of the palace of Hades he found Theseus and Peirithoös, who had attempted to carr

d consented, provided he could take him without using his weapons. He found him at the gate of Acherôn ; and, protected only

nd, Aleos went into the temenos of the goddess ; and searching about, found his daughter's infant, which he exposed on Mount

with no interruption till he came to the Isthmus of Corinth. Here he found another ‘faitour,’ who, from the great mischief w

d, Theseus at length reached Athens, where new danger awaited him. He found his father's court all in confusion. The Pallanti

h and extend it, and to the freaks of etymology in which the ancients found such pleasure in indulging. The ascribing to Eric

n to return to the light to upbraid her with her conduct. But when he found himself again in his own house, he refused to lea

ff the cattle of the Arcadians ; and watching an opportunity, when he found the Echidna (the daughter of Tartaros and Earth,

ess of Hera1897, and unhappily for her she was loved by Zeus. When he found his amour suspected by Hera, he changed Io into a

empt ; but as a vulture always gave Argos warning of his projects, he found it impossible to succeed. Nothing then remaining

ic trait of their fancying themselves changed into cows is only to be found in the Latin poet Virgil. Nothing can be more cer

nto the air, accompanied by the gods, and flew to the Ocean, where he found the three Gorgons fast asleep1937. Fearing to gaz

d his partisans to stone. Perseus now proceeded to Seriphos, where he found that his mother and Dictys had been obliged to fl

e babe in the mountains, where she was suckled by a bear, and at last found by some hunters, who named her Atalanta and reare

hat of a goose, the god became a swan, and she laid an egg, which was found by a shepherd in the woods. He brought it to Leda

ith their tongues. He awoke in some terror ; and to his astonishment, found that he understood the voices of the birds which

se, fell into a jar of honey, and was smothered. When he could not be found , his father sent to inquire of the oracle about h

pyle, the Lemnian princess, whom her country-women had sold when they found that she had saved her father, and who was now nu

ring. She left the child Opheltes lying on the grass, where a serpent found and killed him. The leaders slew the serpent, and

mself. He prayed to Zeus to give him a sign, and the following day he found the Zeus-fallen Palladion lying before his tent21

ish. The servant obeyed, but on returning at the end of five days, he found that a bear had been nursing the infant. Struck w

notorious forgeries. Much matter relating to the war of Troy will be found in Eudocia and the scholiasts, and in the Latin H

car ever was used in Greece, as no vestige of such a custom was to be found in the historic times. It is not unlikely that th

n, therefore, the papyrus made its way to Italy, though it might have found numerous ballads in praise of illustrious men, an

re. Another account2319 says, that a statue of an unknown deity being found in the Cloaca, it was consecrated to Venus, under

46. In the author's ‘Tales and Popular Fictions,’ chap. iv., will be found some account of the Shâh-nâmeh, and one of its mo

69. Herod. ii. 54-57. 70. The chief remains of this work are to be found in the fifth book of Diodorus (12. seq.), and in

the best account of the Epic Cycle, its authors and contents, will be found in Welcker's excellent work ‘Der epische Cyclus.’

otes an annual tribute of 10,000 urns of dew. The same notion will be found in modern poets. Thus Tasso, — E già spargea rai

The title Pallantias given here to Aurora is, we believe, only to be found in this poet, but we may be certain that he had G

ood the mode of shoeing in a hoop. 366. The carliest instances to be found of any other species of animal drawing the chario

s Prophetæ V Libri, &c.’ In the Fairy Mythology (ii. 97.) will be found a Swiss version of this legend. 402. Φηγòς, que

subject. 441. In the ‘Tales and Popular Fictions’, 79. seq. will be found some instances. See also Fairy Mythology, passim.

Glaucos was the instructor of Apollo. 647. This legend is only to be found in Ovid (Met. xi. 153. seq.). 648. Herodotus thu

όπος : 6. κελαδεινὴ : 7. άγνὴ : 8.ἱπποσόα. A number of others will be found in Aristophanes. 712. In Schwenk, 263. 713. Myt

its hinges, as his statue was placed at the door. 862. What was thus found was called ἕρμαιον. When Lucian’s Timôn comes on

-211.), where much valuable matter on the subject of Dionysos will be found . 1131. Strabo, ix. 1. See Müller, Orchom. 89. 38

1274. Euanthes ap. eund. Several other opinions about Glaucos will be found in this place of Athenæus. 1275. Od. v. 333. Nit

practice is more common, and that abundant instances of it are to be found in all times and countries. (See ‘Tales and Popul

be buried, they were surprised at the weight, and opening the coffin found the stone, which they took out, and set it up in

i. p. 54.) and of Tristan and Belinda (Tristan de Leonnois) are to be found in the romance of the middle ages. The case most

mund) Fieramonte. 1912. The legend of Danaos and his family will be found in Apollod. ii. 1, 4. Hygin, 168-170. Sch. Il. i.

2167. There is nowhere so much information on the Argonautics to be found as in Müller's Orchomenos, to which we refer our

Welcker, Tril. 288. 2245. Most of the objections here urged will be found in Bryant’s ‘Dissertation on the War of Troy,’ an

ious reverence by the Romans. In the early ages of Rome, a shield was found , of a shape which was not known among the Romans.

not known among the Romans. An oracle was consulted by the person who found the shield, in order to learn its origin. The ora

endered him invisible. Thus equipped, Perseus flew to Spain, where he found Medusa, and unseen himself, presented the mirror

of Proserpine, sought for her among the flowers of Enna, but she only found her daughter’s veil. It is related of Ceres, that

irtues, though different, belong to each other, and that they are not found single but united. The Graces were beautiful to s

he punishment of all outrages, is a state of political order. Theseus found in Attica the entire want of political order. As

soon have died, but one of the shepherds of Polybus, King of Corinth, found him and took him to the palace of the king. The Q

ca, being informed that Œdipus was at Mount Colonos, went thither and found the fugitive king attended by Antigone. As soon a

, but left him to his fate in the solitude of Mount Ida. There he was found by a shepherd of the neighbourhood, and the poor

were referred to Paris. The goddesses then repaired to Mount Ida, and found Paris. They instantly related the matter of conte

be given as a price to the victorious combatant. This rare animal was found in the herd of Paris on Mount Ida. On receiving i

Iphigenia to the heart, when she suddenly disappeared, and a goat was found in her place, and sacrificed accordingly. The myt

rawn within their walls. When the Greeks, concealed within the horse, found themselves in Troy, they took advantage of the ni

ws of Hercules, and Ulysses immediately departed for Lemnos, where he found Philoctetes, and entreated him to follow him to T

e son of Ulysses, went to Sparta to inquire concerning his father, he found Menelaus and Helen living in much luxury and enjo

and directed him to apply to the king and queen for succour. Ulysses found the king and queen of Phocia living in a sumptuou

gdom, which he reached after an absence of twenty years. When Ulysses found himself once more in Ithaca, ho resolved to proce

wind, and white as winter snow.” When Diomed returned to Etolia, he found his kingdom and family in the condition which any

in groups. What are the most ancient temples of the Hindus? What is found in the cavern of Elephanta? Does the cave of Elep

stablished fact that any people discovered by civilized men have been found entirely destitute of the belief of a superior po

phigenia to Diana. These are only a few of the analogies which may be found between true and false religions. The Romans c

been briefly noticed, was very great; and little clay images of them, found by the Spaniards in the woods, houses, temples, a

d for deliverance from pestilence and famine. The following prayer is found in the writings of Plato, and was a tradition fro

e cherished in both countries. Eneas, eleven centuries before Christ, found an Arcadian people in Italy, and they too had car

tians. The memorable fact, that “groves were God’s first temples,” is found in the history of all primitive people. “Trees, i

were worshipped, in all those countries, the ruins of temples may be found , and all serve to show that the sentiment of reli

d to attend in public services of religion. What resemblances may be found between Paganism and Judaism? Who were the holy p

of the oyster.” The key, therefore, to all mythologies, they say, is found in language. The names originally applied to the

r, he immediately did in the following admirable couplet: “When Dido found Æneas would not come, She mourned in silence, and

e critical moment she was carried to heaven, and a beautiful goat was found on the altar in her place. I′ris [Iris], daughte

k the child to Mount Ida, and left it there. Some shepherds, however, found the infant and took care of him. He lived among t

erved him up to be eaten at a feast given to the gods, who, when they found out what the father of Pelops had done, restored

allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. The horses soon found out the incapacity of the charioteer, became unma

but were miraculously saved and suckled by a she-wolf, till they were found by Faustulus, a shepherd, who brought them up. Re

t one time; and it is said that Pythagoras made this offering when he found out the demonstration of the forty-seventh propos

e two Satyrs on the ground, Stretched at his ease, their sire Silenus found .” Singing, see Polyhymnia, Thamyris. Si′rens,

existence sets in, he supports himself with a stick. When the Sphinx found her riddle solved she destroyed herself. Spider,

e too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, to the unknown go

w alterations, and by considerable additions, the New Pantheon may be found to possess a juster claim to that favour which it

experienced, may continue to enjoy that support which it has hitherto found , and may meet with still more extensive patronage

it had lasted ten years. Becoming master of such a mighty empire, he found it necessary to appoint governors to assist him.

s the stars in the firmament. Circe. The Palace in a woody vale they found . High rais’d of stone; a shady space around, Wher

sacred shields. What was the origin of these Ancilia? A shield being found , of a form, till then, unknown, was supposed to h

beaming brazen mansions shine. There, the lame architect, the Goddess found , Obscure in smoke, his forges flaming round, Whil

ial coverings are worn out, and are dissolved by death. Are there not found , in most of the Pagan mythologies, traditions whi

they bewailed the God as lost or dead; and when he was thought to be found , or re-animated, they poured forth extravagant bu

d to Thoth was the Ibis, a bird of which prodigious numbers have been found embalmed in mummy pits; and which, when seen sitt

nd smaller reptiles, reverenced by the Egyptians, and which are, now, found engraven on their ancient obelisks and temple wal

ides those already enumerated, two more vague and doubtful beings are found in the Scandinavian mythology. Hræsvelger, who si

ancient Hindû temples? On what site are the Indian pagodas generally found ? Describe the temple of Jaggernaut. Which are the

principal Hindû temples of modern date? What kind of idol images are found in the Hindû temples? Which is the highest caste