of elegant literature, is respectfully inscribed. Preface. If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but

ur possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which tends

scattered profusely. This is one reason why we often hear persons by no means illiterate say that they cannot enjoy Milto

to, and if they occasionally should be, the English reader need feel no mortification in confessing his ignorance of them

ring. Or chasms and watery depths; all these hare vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason; But still the hear

aced around the disk of the earth, which they probably regarded as of no great width, nations enjoying the peculiar favor

a thus: — “Can tyrants but by tyrants conquered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise

tyrants but by tyrants conquered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise, when she Spran

ataracts, where nursing Nature smiled On infant Washington? Has earth no more Such seeds within her breast, or Europe no s

Washington? Has earth no more Such seeds within her breast, or Europe no such shore?” Mercury (Hermes) was the son of Jup

es, like the Satyrs of the Greeks. Quirinus was a war god, said to be no other than Romulus, the founder of Rome, exalted

ous articles, for which, in fitting man for his new abode, he had had no occasion. Pandora was seized with an eager curios

ls are abroad, hope never entirely leaves us; and while we have that, no amount of other ills can make us completely wretc

ssels, nor had men built fortifications round their towns. There were no such things as swords, spears, or helmets. The ea

and leafy coverts of the woods, and huts woven of twigs. Crops would no longer grow without planting. The farmer was obli

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

emple, deformed as it was with slime, and approached the altar, where no fire burned. There they fell prostrate on the ear

d us; and I think this is what the oracle means. At least, it will do no harm to try.” They veiled their faces, unbound th

s sought her, but she spurned them all, ranging the woods, and taking no thought of Cupid nor of Hymen. Her father often s

should be the cause. Pray run slower, and I will follow slower. I am no clown, no rude peasant. Jupiter is my father, and

the cause. Pray run slower, and I will follow slower. I am no clown, no rude peasant. Jupiter is my father, and I am lord

know the virtues of all healing plants. Alas! I suffer a malady that no balm can cure!” The nymph continued her flight, a

nal youth is mine, you also shall be always green, and your leaf know no decay.” The nymph, now changed into a Laurel tree

Pythian of the age one arrow sped     And smiled! The spoilers tempt no second blow; They fawn on the proud feet that spu

ir lips upon the wall, she on her side, he on his, as they could come no nearer. Next morning, when Aurora had put out the

out in great strength to capture it. Their efforts were all in vain; no dog could run it down; and at last they came to C

orning, ranging the woods and hills unaccompanied by any one, needing no help, for his javelin was a sure weapon in all ca

have stretched out her arms to implore freedom of Argus, but she had no arms to stretch out, and her voice was a bellow t

ng man,” said he, “come and take a seat by me on this stone. There is no better place for your flocks to graze in than her

aw his horns in the water, “Ah, wretched me!” he would have said, but no sound followed the effort. He groaned, and tears

you refuse me water?’ said she; ‘water is free to all. Nature allows no one to claim as property the sunshine, the air, o

share of the common blessing. Yet I ask it of you as a favor. I have no intention of washing my limbs in it, weary though

to drink. Latona was so angry that she ceased to mind her thirst. She no longer supplicated the clowns, but lifting her ha

ou will of what earth or sea contains most precious — ask it and fear no refusal. This only I pray you not to urge. It is

yourself. Night is passing out of the western gates and we can delay no longer. Take the reins; but if at last your heart

long like a vessel that flies before a tempest, when the pilot can do no more and betakes himself to his prayers. What sha

pe, forced at last to part with his snowy crown. Her cold climate was no protection to Scythia, Caucasus burned, and Ossa

became islands. The fishes sought the lowest depths, and the dolphins no longer ventured as usual to sport on the surface.

ment!” Thus spoke Earth, and overcome with heat and thirst, could say no more. Then Jupiter omnipotent, calling to witness

have thought he had robbed the garden of the Hesperides. His joy knew no bounds, and as soon as he got home, he ordered th

bottom, stops its course; Doomed ever in suspense to dwell, ’Tis now no kettle, but a bell. A wooden jack, which had almo

is, the father, mother, and little girl, for they were all; they had no servants. They spread the table, and put upon it

light, and waft it to the feet of the mother. Ceres, seeing this, was no longer in doubt of her loss, but she did not yet

endowed with fertility and clothed with herbage and nourishing grain, no more shall you enjoy my favors.” Then the cattle

the lower parts of the earth, I saw your Proserpine. She was sad, but no longer showing alarm in her countenance. Her look

found himself agitated with a longing desire for the water. He could no longer restrain himself, but bidding farewell to

the water, and supporting himself against a rock, said, “Maiden, I am no monster, nor a sea animal, but a god; and neither

nd had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman came anywhere near it. It was indeed

e places where her sister had broken them off the stem. The plant was no other than the nymph Lotis, who, running from a b

flow. Iole looked on at the sad fate of her sister, and could render no assistance. She embraced the growing trunk, as if

she spoke. “I am not guilty. I deserve not this fate. I have injured no one. If I speak falsely, may my foliage perish wi

s continue to feel, lift up my child that I may kiss him. I can speak no more, for already the bark advances up my neck, a

Before it healed she beheld Adonis, and was captivated with him. She no longer took any interest in her favorite resorts

bore him company. She who used to love to recline in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambles thr

st.” These words weighed heavily on the mind of King Ceyx, and it was no less his own wish than hers to take her with him,

answered his signal till the vessel had receded so far that she could no longer distinguish his form from the rest. When t

nger distinguish his form from the rest. When the vessel itself could no more be seen, she strained her eyes to catch the

fragments. Some of the seamen, stunned by the stroke, sink, and rise no more; others cling to fragments of the wreck. Cey

frequent incense, but more than all to Juno. For her husband, who was no more, she prayed incessantly: that he might be sa

llects slumbers, which she scatters over the darkened earth. There is no gate to the mansion, to creak on its hinges, nor

pillow and yielded himself to grateful repose. Morpheus flew, making no noise with his wings, and soon came to the Hæmoni

while it called aloud on you. No uncertain messenger tells you this, no vague rumor brings it to your ears. I come in per

t wildly. Her nurse asks what is the cause of her grief. “Halcyone is no more,” she answers, “she perished with her Ceyx.

n me with thee! It would have been far better. Then I should have had no remnant of life to spend without thee, nor a sepa

The Hamadryads were Wood-nymphs. Pomona was of this class, and no one excelled her in love of the garden and the cu

ves around his head. But Vertumnus loved her best of all; yet he sped no better than the rest. O how often, in the disguis

ted vine, equally. “But,” said she, “if the tree stood alone, and had no vine clinging to it, it would have nothing to att

he spake these last words: ‘Anaxarete, you have conquered, and shall no longer have to bear my importunities. Enjoy your

through a cloud. He would have renewed his entreaties, but there was no need; his arguments and the sight of his true for

his arguments and the sight of his true form prevailed, and the Nymph no longer resisted, but owned a mutual flame.   Pomo

er silken ringlets. Psyche, henceforth frowned upon by Venus, derived no benefit from all her charms. True, all eyes were

o, and received this answer: “The virgin is destined for the bride of no mortal lover. Her future husband awaits her on th

le her eyes were thus occupied, a voice addressed her, though she saw no one, uttering these words: “Sovereign lady, all t

him, but he would not consent. On the contrary he charged her to make no attempt to see him, for it was his pleasure, for

sisters, whose advice you seem to think preferable to mine. I inflict no other punishment on you than to leave you forever

ve, my lord, inhabits there,” and directed her steps thither. She had no sooner entered than she saw heaps of corn, some i

and crowned with roses. Seeing the task done, she exclaimed, “This is no work of yours, wicked one, but his, whom to your

d to go with her own feet directly down to Erebus. Wherefore, to make no delay of what was not to be avoided, she goes to

for a butterfly is Psyche, and the same word means the soul. There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so st

oir to make delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,         From cha

ke delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,         From chain-swung

ous moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,         From chain-swung censor te

no incense sweet,         From chain-swung censor teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat         Of pale-mouthed

sweet,         From chain-swung censor teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat         Of pale-mouthed prophet d

     From chain-swung censor teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat         Of pale-mouthed prophet dreaming.”

t. Such a block would have shaken the wall of a fortress, but it made no impression on the monster. Cadmus next threw his

pined away. The horse, once foremost in the race, contested the palm no more, but groaned at his stall and died an inglor

ath. The wild boar forgot his rage, the stag his swiftness, the bears no longer attacked the herds. Every thing languished

.’ The tree shook and gave a rustling sound with its branches, though no wind agitated them. I trembled in every limb, yet

as to chide the gods who had robbed me of a sweet vision and given me no reality in its place. Being still in the temple,

o betray my father! No! rather would I never see Minos again. And yet no doubt it is sometimes the best thing for a city t

I would encounter fire and sword to gain my object; but here there is no need of fire and sword. I only need my father’s p

of Nisus. I surrender to you my country and my father’s house. I ask no reward but yourself; for love of you I have done

e you are so fond of — reply. You shall still have the last word, but no power to speak first.” This nymph saw Narcissus,

ho’s here?” Echo replied, “Here.” Narcissus looked around, but seeing no one called out, “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.” As

ound, but seeing no one called out, “Come.” Echo answered, “Come.” As no one came, Narcissus called again, “Why do you shu

er that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and meet no return of affection. The avenging goddess heard a

ie. Clytie was a water-nymph and in love with Apollo, who made her no return. So she pined away, sitting all day long u

se, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other object, her face turned constantly on him.

inity; but it was defensive war only that she patronized, and she had no sympathy with Mars’s savage love of violence and

foolish conceit of her own skill rushed on her fate. Minerva forbore no longer nor interposed any further advice. They pr

” She was proceeding in this strain, but Apollo interrupted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.”

ll dead, and seemed torpid with grief. The breeze moved not her hair, no color was on her cheek, her eyes glared fixed and

olor was on her cheek, her eyes glared fixed and immovable, there was no sign of life about her. Her very tongue cleaved t

s ceased to convey the tide of life. Her neck bent not, her arms made no gesture, her foot no step. She was changed to sto

e tide of life. Her neck bent not, her arms made no gesture, her foot no step. She was changed to stone, within and withou

hose holy dust was scattered long ago;     The Scipios’ tomb contains no ashes now:     The very sepulchres lie tenantless

g serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turne

passed that of all other men. He was rich in flocks and herds and had no neighbor or rival to dispute his state. But his c

mixed with blood. The wings of the hero are wet with it, and he dares no longer trust to them. Alighting on a rock which r

olved all engagements, as death itself would have done.” Phineus made no reply, but hurled his javelin at Perseus, but it

in the midst of a vociferous challenge, stopped, his mouth open, but no sound issuing. One of Perseus’s friends, Aconteus

ression, and felt confounded. He called aloud to his friends, but got no answer; he touched them and found them stone. Fal

t my life.” “Base coward,” said Perseus, “thus much I will grant you; no weapon shall touch you; moreover, you shall be pr

ce on his shield Looked into stone the raging fray; so rose, But with no magic arms, wearing alone Th’ appalling and contr

. And soon the crop of armed men sprang up, and, wonderful to relate! no sooner had they reached the surface than they beg

ke one dead. Jason and all others were kept away from the place, that no profane eyes might look upon her mysteries. Then,

n their fatal thread, foretold that the life of the child should last no longer than a brand then burning upon the hearth.

be put to death. Hercules encountered him, and finding that it was of no avail to throw him, for he always rose with renew

m kindly. If any of you feel grieved at his attaining this honor, yet no one can deny that he has deserved it.” The gods a

dalus, so artfully contrived that whoever was enclosed in it could by no means, find his way out unassisted. Here the Mino

feathers together, and they came off. He fluttered with his arms, but no feathers remained to hold the air. While his mout

ys of Ancient Rome thus alludes to the legend: — “So like they were, no mortal     Might one from other know; White as sn

. As he approached his native city Thebes, Pentheus the king, who had no respect for the new worship, forbade its rites to

is Acetes; my country is Mæonia; my parents were poor people, who had no fields or flocks to leave me, but they left me th

avoring to pull the oar, felt his hands shrink up and presently to be no longer hands but fins; another, trying to raise h

s but fins; another, trying to raise his arms to a rope, found he had no arms, and curving his mutilated body, jumped into

n they looked for him he was nowhere to be found. Pentheus would take no warning, but instead of sending others, determine

s as they overtopped the shrubbery. But for all that, Erisichthon saw no reason why he should spare it and he ordered his

‘Behold me, the king of the waters that flow through your land. I am no stranger from a foreign shore, but belong to the

art of your realm. Let it not stand in my way that royal Juno owes me no enmity nor punishes me with heavy tasks. As for t

my arms at liberty, panting and reeking with perspiration. He gave me no chance to recover, but seized my throat. My knees

knees were on the earth and my mouth in the dust. “Finding that I was no match for him in the warrior’s art, I resorted to

would not have submitted to receive it at such a cost; but there was no remedy. The condition imposed by the Fates had be

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

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

sed the enterprise, for he was a soothsayer, and knew by his art that no one of the leaders except Adrastus would live to

ysses gave Penelope her choice, to stay or go with him. Penelope made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icariu

made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icarius urged her no further, but when she was gone erected a statue t

, Penelope was importuned by numerous suitors, from whom there seemed no refuge but in choosing one of them for her husban

nuptials of Orpheus with Eurydice; but though he attended, he brought no happy omens with him. His very torch smoked and b

eading, sometimes she; and Orpheus gazes as much as he will upon her, no longer incurring a penalty for a thoughtless glan

How wilt thou now the fatal sisters move? No crime was thine, if ’tis no crime to love.           Now under hanging mounta

a dead animal would be occupied by the bees for that purpose. It was no doubt from some such incident that the superstiti

eak, The wonder of the north. No forest fell When thou wouldst build, no quarry sent its stores T’ enrich thy walls; but t

ke my gold, and welcome. I willingly buy my life at that price.” “No, no ; we cannot spare you. Your life would be too dang

ar. The gods look down upon us. Ye who slay me unoffending, when I am no more, your time of trembling shall come. Ye Nerei

nk powerless. He called for help on men and gods, but his cry reached no defender’s ear. “Then here must I die,” said he,

d the cranes overhead. “Take up my cause, ye cranes,” he said, “since no voice but yours answers to my cry.” So saying he

me private enemy slay him? The all-discerning sun alone can tell, for no other eye beheld it. Yet not improbably the murde

es around his feet, and bring him to the ground. Unwearied we pursue; no pity checks our course; still on and on, to the e

y checks our course; still on and on, to the end of life, we give him no peace nor rest.” Thus the Eumenides sang, and mov

oung men who had sent for him, Simonides was satisfied that they were no other than Castor and Pollux themselves. Sapp

rry him. Her brother was highly displeased and often chid her, but to no purpose. One day, observing Orion wading through

the red skin of the lion Into the river at his feet. His mighty club no longer beat The forehead of the bull; but he Reel

ll. Byron alludes to the lost Pleiad: — “Like the lost Pleiad seen no more below.” See also Mrs. Hemans’s verses on th

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

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

. His love of slaughter, his fierceness and thirst of blood prevailed no more, and ships that touched at his island went a

t cannot stand still, wandered off into the woods. Acis and I thought no more of him, till on a sudden he came to a spot w

o had married Penelope, and was very happy in his wife and child, had no disposition to embark in such a troublesome affai

eupon the father turned the plough aside, showing plainly that he was no madman, and after that could no longer refuse to

gh aside, showing plainly that he was no madman, and after that could no longer refuse to fulfil his promise. Being now hi

ns and thereby betrayed himself to the keen eye of Ulysses, who found no great difficulty in persuading him to disregard h

chiefs, and one to whom they all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no feeble enemy. Priam, the king, was now old, but h

of his country, but still persevered in his heroic resistance, yet by no means justified the wrong which brought this dang

as given; I then revolved     The oracle, upon the silent sea; And if no worthier led the way, resolved     That of a thou

y,     ‘Behold they tremble! haughty their array, Yet of their number no one dares to die?’     In soul I swept the indign

spoil. Achilles submitted, but forthwith declared that he would take no further part in the war. He withdrew his forces f

er that his remains would fall into the hands of the enemy, could see no suitable messenger. It was then that he exclaimed

this cloud, the light of heaven restore; Give me to see and Ajax asks no more; If Greece must perish we thy will obey, But

d through the shield of Æneas, but glanced near his shoulder and made no wound. Then Æneas seized a stone, such as two men

yield up Helen and all her treasures and ample of our own beside? Ah, no ! it is too late. He would not even hear me throug

still rejoices, hoping that one day he shall see thy face again. But no comfort cheers me, whose bravest sons, so late th

hast reached this place conducted by some god, for without aid divine no mortal even in his prime of youth had dared the a

people all wept with them, and to the going down of the sun there was no pause or abatement of their grief. The next day p

guries connected with it, when suddenly a prodigy occurred which left no room to doubt. There appeared, advancing over the

ods at Laocoon’s irreverent treatment of the wooden horse, which they no longer hesitated to regard as a sacred object, an

le as they walk.                        * * * * * This was of old, in no inglorious days, The mode of spinning, when the E

ince A golden distaff gave that beauteous nymph, Too beauteous Helen; no uncourtly gift.” Milton also alludes to a famou

ound to the temple to be made victims. But the priestess of Diana was no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, who,

rs to the description given by Homer and the ancient geographers, but no other evidence of the former existence of a great

or a present, and coming to a large cave they entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. They found it s

imploring his hospitality in the name of the gods. Polyphemus deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of t

in the same manner as their companions, feasting on their flesh till no fragment was left. He then moved away the rock fr

ied, “O friends, I die, and Noman gives the blow.” They answered, “If no man hurts thee it is the stroke of Jove, and thou

ed, except Ulysses’ own ship, which had remained outside, and finding no safety but in flight, he exhorted his men to ply

f the sun. Landing here, Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing round saw no signs of habitation except in one spot at the cen

ated a solemn oath that she would release his companions and practise no further harm against him or them; and she repeate

d his people to be strictly enjoined, whatever he might say or do, by no means to release him till they should have passed

governed all his movements, made him repel her allurements, and when no other means of escape could be found, the two fri

clung to the raft while any of its timbers kept together, and when it no longer yielded him support, binding the girdle ar

by the alarms of war, for as they dwelt remote from gain-seeking man, no enemy ever approached their shores, and they did

birds, were endued with intelligence; they knew every port and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now t

vent to have a general washing of the clothes of the family. This was no slight affair, for the fountains were at some dis

idens, chiding their alarm, and reminding them that the Phæacians had no enemies to fear. This man, she told them, was an

lds; but when they should approach the city she desired that he would no longer be seen in her company, for she feared the

ships, self-moved, instinct with mind; No helm secures their course, no pilot guides; Like man intelligent they plough th

f chieftains, and often treated like a guest; though sometimes, also, no doubt, with contumely. Ulysses charged his son no

eated in his own hall, but remembering his father’s injunctions, said no more than what became him as master of the house,

ion in favor of either of her suitors so long that there seemed to be no further pretence for delay. The continued absence

continued absence of her husband seemed to prove that his return was no longer to be expected. Meanwhile, her son had gro

beyond his strength, he yielded the bow to another. He tried it with no better success, and, amidst the laughter and jeer

her tried it and another; they rubbed the bow with tallow, but all to no purpose; it would not bend. Then spoke Ulysses, h

plain. They slew as many as they wished and prepared for a feast. But no sooner had they seated themselves at the table th

drew their swords and dealt vigorous blows among the monsters, but to no purpose, for they were so nimble it was almost im

ith Polyphemus, and besought them to take him off with them as he had no means of sustaining his existence where he was bu

sis, Neptune, hearing the storm raging, and knowing that he had given no orders for one, raised his head above the waves,

eas driving before the gale. Knowing the hostility of Juno, he was at no loss to account for it, but his anger was not the

declaring that whether the victor were “Trojan or Tyrian should make no difference to her.” 24 At the feast which followe

s it would yield to the hand and quit its parent trunk, but otherwise no force could rend it away. If torn away, another w

d with a gloomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over

pors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over it. Here, according to the poet, w

roached that shore. To which the Sibyl replied that they would commit no violence, that Æneas’s only object was to see his

fast as it is devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables loaded wit

, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numerous

toiled at it, while the sweat bathed all his weary limbs, but all to no effect. There was Tantalus, who stood in a pool,

a residence to the spirits of the blessed. But in Homer Elysium forms no part of the realms of the dead. He places it on t

ple to be built to thy honor, and will myself bring offerings.” “I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claim to sac

l myself bring offerings.” “I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claim to sacrifice or offering. I am mortal; yet

f the door the wind rushed in and dispersed the leaves the Sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle was i

ird in descent from Saturn, ruled the country. He was now old and had no male descendant, but had one charming daughter, L

ably received. Latinus immediately concluded that the Trojan hero was no other than the promised son-in-law announced by t

riests restrain them, telling them that it is the will of heaven that no native of the land shall guide them to victory, a

eace with the other matrons in Acestes’ city.” Euryalus replied, “Say no more. In vain you seek arguments to dissuade me.

dissuade me. I am fixed in the resolution to go with you. Let us lose no time.” They called the guard, and committing the

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

and plunged at once into the midst of the enemy. They found no watch, no sentinels posted, but, all about, the sleeping so

cens hailed the two, and demanded who and whence they were. They made no answer, but plunged into the wood. The horsemen s

fell, while a shout from both armies rent the skies. Mezentius asked no mercy, but only that his body might be spared the

ent of human actions, was the chief cause why the Pythagoreans killed no animals. Ovid represents Pythagoras addressing hi

ious wood to whosoever could get into it. The rest tried in vain, but no sooner was Osiris in it than Typhon and his compa

seek aid of Trophonius at Lebadea. They came thither, but could find no oracle. One of them, however, happening to see a

assert that they became silent at the birth of Christ, and were heard no more after that date. Milton adopts this view in

hrough the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine,     With hollow shriek the steep of

ich set the world in flame,     Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more.” Chapter XXXV. Origin of Mythology — S

the style of execution. It is a work of the highest order, though by no means equal to the Apollo. The attitude is that o

arlier than the date of any remaining inscriptions or coins, and when no materials capable of containing such long product

sed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third she joined the other

etical. Though these poems (the Tristia and Letters from Pontus) have no other topic than the poet’s sorrows, his exquisit

ons, Hydras, and Chimeras dire” of the old superstitions, and, having no connection with the false gods of Paganism, to ha

t at, some wealthy glutton would surely devour him, though there were no more in the world.”   Dryden in one of his earl

and that it was also hung up in the temple of Diana, for which reason no swallow ever dared enter the sacred place. The

t the will of the animal, a kind of small sword, in short, with which no hunter who was not exceedingly cunning in fence c

others. In the Puranas (the scriptures of the modern Hindu religion) no allusion is made to the original power of this go

rahma, the creator, having finished his work, seems to be regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in Ind

s and treated with the utmost severity. They are compelled to do what no one else can do without pollution. They are not o

in miserable hovels, distant from cities and villages, and are under no restrictions in regard to food, which last is not

Edda being of the date of 1640. According to the Eddas there was once no heaven above nor earth beneath, but only a bottom

n gives all the meat that is set before him, for he himself stands in no need of food. Mead is for him both food and drink

s well as by day a hundred miles around him. So acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass

ng the giant to carry away the sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Loki, the author of so many evil deeds, c

it was in reality a mountain giant who had come amongst them. Feeling no longer bound by their oaths, they called on Thor,

his shoulders and turned away from them into the forest, and Thor had no wish to stop him or to ask for any more of his co

e the feats that thou and thy fellows deem yourselves skilled in, for no one is permitted to remain here who does not, in

place. Then they ran a second and a third time, but Thialfi met with no better success. Utgard-Loki then asked Thor in wh

drinker can do it in three.” Thor looked at the horn, which seemed of no extraordinary size though somewhat long; however,

ot be called so mighty a man here as thou art at home if thou showest no greater prowess in other feats than methinks will

g in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cu

feat to the great Thor if I had not already observed that thou art by no means what we took thee for.” As he finished spea

hor’s efforts, only one of his feet lifted up, seeing which Thor made no further attempt. “This trial has turned out,” sai

g you will come hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one here,” said Utgard-Loki, looking at the men s

knee. Utgard-Loki then told them to desist, adding that Thor had now no occasion to ask any one else in the hall to wrest

e. Utgard-Loki ordered a table to be set for them, on which there was no lack of victuals or drink. After the repast Utgar

how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell

elf by other illusions, so that thou wilt only lose thy labor and get no fame from the contest with me.” On hearing these

Let Hela keep her own.” It was strongly suspected that this hag was no other than Loki himself, who never ceased to work

evere, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass away witho

e earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven, and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will caus

produce its fruits without labor or care. Wickedness and misery will no more be known, but the gods and men will live hap

ert that the Druids also worshipped numerous inferior gods. They used no images to represent the object of their worship,

e sun. That the Druids offered sacrifices to their deity there can be no doubt. But there is some uncertainty as to what t

t uses the word in the Boat Song in the Lady of the Lake: — “Ours is no sapling, chance sown by the fountain, Blooming at

rugged and barren coast, surrounded by dangerous seas, and possessing no sources of internal wealth, Iona has obtained an

o discrimine agetur. —  Virgil . Whether Trojan or Tyrian shall make no difference to me. No. 14. Page 355.      

page 479. 29. See Proverbial Expressions, page 479. 30. There being no rain in Egypt, the grass is “unshowered,” and the

to burden the pupils. The book is distinctively a reader. It demands no committing to memory, and there is very little to

ly times this was not so. Ceres kept the earth fertile, and there was no winter. When one crop was taken in, another began

uto hated the light and was blinking his eyes a good deal, but he had no need to see well to make out that Proserpina was

that she should have all the underworld bow down before her, and that no one should treat her unkindly, since he loved her

y had come; for the sun never shines in the underworld, and there are no stars there. Far away, across the plain, she coul

heads. “Do not be afraid of him,” said Pluto, smiling. “He will harm no one who has the right to pass him.” But Proserpin

e one in a black chariot. The nymphs had all cried out, but there was no help at hand and they had seen their beautiful go

was no help at hand and they had seen their beautiful goddess friend no more. When Ceres heard that, her face grew very s

had dared to do such a deed. But, although she moved swiftly, she saw no trace of the lost maiden until, at nightfall, she

on    Through awful wastes of dimness whirled —    Emerged at length, no trace hath she    Of that dark hour of destiny,  

gifts of Olympus will harm men. Let the world alone.” Epimetheus said no more, but his mind was not changed. Next day he w

raise the lid just a little — just enough to look in — there could be no great harm done. She wanted only a glimpse. She w

Pandora had hold of the lid and was trying to close it, but it was of no use. The little creatures were stronger than she.

live, than to live in this misery.” But as they talked and could find no help, suddenly Pandora gave a cry of joy. “They a

“Am I a wild beast — a lion or fierce tiger? Stop, for I will do you no harm. I am Apollo, the god of beauty and sonar, a

lso had seen the river, and he thought, “Now I have her. She can flee no further.” As he came out upon the river bank,

e guests were dismayed at the evil omen. But the other torches burned no better. The guests talked in whispers. Orpheus an

hispers. Orpheus and Eurydice alone were unchanged. It seemed to them no very great matter whether the torches burned or n

o play and to sing. At that sound the creatures grew calm and did him no harm, but listening, followed him down to the edg

spirits of men who were dead came about Orpheus in great crowds, but no one did him harm, and he passed through them with

her than there alone, and if Eurydice may not go, I, too, will return no more to light and life.” So sweet had been the

ind him, but beside her walked the Olympian god Mercury, without whom no spirit can leave the underworld. On through the d

hard. There was not a sound. He called, softly, “Eurydice!” There was no reply. But he dared not turn to look. He must not

nder. She was even a little afraid, for it was clear that her son was no ordinary baby. She sent for the aged seer Tiresia

not the sort of man to disobey an oracle. However, Eurystheus trusted no one. He sought out one mighty task after another,

n only paused an instant. Then he sprang at the young hero. There was no use for weapons now. Hercules caught the monster

d a branch with the beautiful apples of gold upon it. Hercules wasted no time in questions. He saw that Atlas had the appl

woodland to listen, and even the spotted lynx and the tawny lion; yet no wild beast ever harmed the flocks. Not long after

d Death, and he felt that his day of doom was come, for against Death no mortal means can help. No man can escape when onc

away. Alcestis stayed by his bedside and nursed him tenderly, but to no avail. The people prayed to the heartless god to

live in any case.” Yet, sweet as was Admetus’ life to them, there was no one in the land to whom his own life was not swee

. Plainly the fate of Admetus now rested upon Alcestis, and there was no hope for her. Deep grief fell upon all the land.

at Hercules’ side. Even he was in silent prayer and sorrow, and it is no wonder if grief was written on his face. Yet he s

ove to hide his feelings, for Admetus had bidden him to give Hercules no hint of what had happened. Very soon the strong m

advise you to do, and rid yourself of your sour looks.” “Ah, this is no time nor place for merrymaking,” said the servant

” said the servant, for he was beside himself with grief now, and was no longer able to keep silence. “This is no time for

self with grief now, and was no longer able to keep silence. “This is no time for merrymaking!” he cried. “It is Alcestis

ed her to the king, “and keep her, Admetus, until I come again.” “No, no !” answered Admetus. “No woman shall enter the pal

one, even of the other gods, dares to drive the chariot of the sun —  no , not Jupiter himself. I alone can control it. The

. He pulled at the reins and called the horses by name, but they went no slower. Suddenly before them the Scorpion was see

and trembling, went to their stables in the west. Next day there was no light in the world, for Helios spent the time wit

ed, and the evening    Fell, with vapors cold and dim; But it brought no food nor shelter,    Brought no straw nor stall,

h vapors cold and dim; But it brought no food nor shelter,    Brought no straw nor stall, for him. Patiently, and still e

ill omens at his birth, we have been driven from home to die.” “Fear no longer,” said King Polydectes. “You shall live he

ad noticed all, said to Perseus: “Come and sit by me, for I value you no less because you come without a gift.” At this, t

ed along the seashore, considering what he should do, but discovering no way to accomplish his wish. Suddenly he saw befor

hall also conquer her.” Then in the moonlight Perseus saw that it was no longer an old woman who stood before him, but the

ace and her clear gray eyes, he saw that she was smiling, and he felt no fear. “I will be with you, Perseus,” she said; “t

eye, but tell me first where I shall find the Gorgon Medusa.” “No, no ,” they cried; “she is our sister. Give us our eye

er the ocean he flew, and they followed. If they had but touched him, no mortal sword or strength would have been of any a

, sitting beside the altar. The king, for all his anger, dared do her no harm, for he feared the great goddess of wisdom;

man, brought her food. Next day the king returned. His wrath now knew no bounds. He ordered his soldiers to seize Danaë an

ong enough. But when he tried to put Theseus into the bed he found it no easy matter. Indeed, the result of the struggle w

halls and blind ways, of winding stairs and twisted caverns, so that no one who enters can ever find his way out. There t

e Minerva, and Venus, the goddess of love, all claimed the prize, and no one could or would decide to whom it rightly belo

Then King Priam was glad, and because of the beauty of Paris, he gave no heed to the evil omen under which the youth had b

e of Priam were filled with anxiety, but weeks passed into months and no host came. At last men shook their heads and smil

e a land of war. Castor and Pollux.5 So like they were, no mortal    Might one from other know; White as sno

ame behind him and caught him by his golden hair, and said: — “Do him no harm, for you shall yet have justice done you.” S

pened in the camp of the Greeks, they grew joyful and confident. They no longer remained within the walls of Troy, but cam

eless to my friends and harmless to my enemies. Would that there were no such thing in the world as wrath, for at first it

” Then Achilles arose and went forth upon the field of battle. He had no armor, but the goddess Minerva threw a golden lig

nd the earth, of men and of gods. Finally he took up his spear, which no one but he could wield, and set out for the Greci

his spear against Achilles. Full on the shining shield it struck, but no human weapon could pierce that shield, and the sp

struggle, but even then the Trojans would not give up Helen. They had no mind to let her go after all they had endured on

the wooden horse, impious man that he was!” After that, there was no more talk of burning the horse, or of casting it

, knew the danger. She stood upon the wall weeping and lamenting, but no one paid any attention to her. When the horse had

ase, Beseeching, praying (well she knew    Her grief and pain brought no release). “Put by the wrong. Send Helen back.    

of rich wine, to be used as a gift if there should be need. There was no one in the cave when they entered, but they found

ne killing you?” “Noman is killing me,” roared the Cyclops. “Well, if no man is killing you, you must be sick. Diseases ar

sailed before this wind, and Ulysses grew so eager that he would let no one else touch the helm, but held it himself, day

we are ruined.” Storms delayed them on the island a whole month, but no one touched the oxen, though their provisions ran

ding her to let Ulysses go, and Calypso dared not disobey. There were no ships on the island, but she helped Ulysses build

hem on the middle sea. “Whither away, whither away, whither away? fly no more. Whither away from the high green field, and

the world o’er? Whither away? listen and stay: mariner, mariner, fly no more.” Alfred Tennyson (Adapted). The Homec

he worst of them, came to her and said: — “Choose one of us and delay no more, for Ulysses is long since dead. Your son, T

, and with many delays, the robe was finished at last, and there were no tidings of her husband. The suitors now began to

s kept watch over the hero, and now she shed a mist over him, so that no one should see him or do him harm. When Ulysses a

him away,” said Antinoüs, the most insolent of the suitors. “We want no beggars here.” And when Ulysses began to beg roun

ut if I shall bend it and shoot through the rings,” said Telemachus, “ no one shall have you.” Telemachus was the first to,

e wandering fields of barren foam. Then someone said, “We will return no ‘more”: And all at once they sang, “Our island ho

l at once they sang, “Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.” Alfred Tennyson (Adapted). In

d off the west coast of Greece. Home and kingdom of Ulysses, 216. Ju΄ no . Called by the Greeks Hera. Wife of Jupiter; quee

little help here and there from the teacher they need cause the pupil no difficulty. Following many of the stories there a

e walls of the palaces, they said, were covered with pictures such as no man’s hand had ever painted, pictures such as we

here was Mercury, fleet-footed Mercury. He was called “The Swift” and no wonder; for he had winged sandals, and could fly

into her heart at once; and she hated Callisto so much that she could no longer bear to see her. So she did a very cruel t

ain the birds sang their happy songs. She cared for none of them, and no longer responded to the beauty that surrounded he

h. Ceres had one fair young daughter, whom she loved very dearly. And no wonder, for Proserpine was the sunniest, happiest

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

her cheeks were pale and her eyes were heavy with weeping. I can stay no longer now, O Ceres, for I must leap into the sun

nd he said that Proserpine might return to her home if she had tasted no food while in Pluto’s kingdom. So the happy mothe

t liked them at all, he made them seem very bad and ugly; but that is no reason why we need dislike the little speckled cr

n Latona began to plead, with tears in her eyes. “Surely, if you have no pity for me,” she said, “you cannot be so cruel t

gue with which she had been too ready. Poor Echo found that she could no longer speak; she could only mimic the last words

manly as well. Every one who saw him loved him; but he seemed to have no heart, for he loved no one but himself. One day h

e who saw him loved him; but he seemed to have no heart, for he loved no one but himself. One day he was wandering through

upon Echo likewise called, “Come!” This was bewildering. He could see no one, and yet every cry of his was answered, and t

her voice remained. Since that time she lies hidden in the woods, and no one has ever seen so much as a gleam of her white

glad Echo,             O sad Echo, To escape your prison can you find no way?                                         (No

The prophet answered, “If he never recognizes himself.” At the time, no one understood the meaning of the words; but when

e red lips in the water parted as though they were answering him; but no sound could he hear. He smiled, and the two starr

been in love, was at last in love himself, and with a thing that had no form, or substance, — a mere shadow. He lost all

s, — embroidery in wool, or tapestry, as it was called. Now there was no fault that displeased the gods more than conceit;

lew away, satisfied. The golden arrow did its work only too well. For no sooner had the sun god caught a glimpse of the be

ast he cried, “Do not try to run from me. I love you, and will do you no harm. I am the great sun god Apollo.” 8. “I am

e moved to tears for his sorrow. At last he could bear his loneliness no longer, and he determined to go to the Lower Worl

the wild animals; for, since he could not have Eurydice, he cared for no other companions. But the birds and the wild beas

wail, “Oh, love, What have I done! what have I done!” And then I saw no more the sun,     And lost were life and love.

e called Perseus. The little boy’s father was far away, and Danaë had no one to take care of her and her child. One day, s

ome. The mother and son lived there for many years, until Perseus was no longer a little baby boy, but a brave, fearless,

these words of praise, and replied, “Indeed, O King, I think there is no task from which I would shrink in fear.” The king

staff, wreathed with serpents, on which he leaned as he spoke. It was no other than the swift-footed god Mercury, but this

e to reach the island where Medusa lived; for it was so far away that no one but the three sisters with their wonderful ey

e sea nymphs will be satisfied, and the sea serpent shall trouble you no longer.” Great was the grief of the people at the

or their daughter as his wife, and the parents had been afraid to say no . But the girl hated this old man, and that was an

his side and said, “The one you call your bride, sir, is my wife, and no power of yours can take her from me.” “We shall s

. And a very good watchman Argus made; for he had a hundred eyes, and no matter how tired he was, he never closed more tha

r arms to ask pity of Argus, she found, to her surprise, that she had no arms; and instead of the words she meant to speak

ith groans and pitiful cries to ask relief of the gods. Jupiter could no longer bear to see her suffering; so he begged Ju

for the king and queen to decide, if they wished to rule it well. But no matter how perplexed or tired the queen was with

the snow. Ah! what would the world be to us     If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us     Wo

with Deïanira, and take her to his mountain cave, to be his wife. So no sooner had his hoofs touched dry land than he gal

inos owned a hideous monster, known as the Minotaur, so terrible that no words can describe it. The king wished to impriso

sun will scorch them.” He kissed his beloved child, and praying that no accident should befall him, gave the signal to st

ming of the heir to the throne of Athens. And that was the reason why no one asked after the other young prince. While Ath

ock of hair depended the safety of the city. The people believed that no stranger could enter their gates, unless he could

, was King Minos himself. Minos was tall and noble in appearance, and no sooner had the princess seen him than she fell in

hich she might win his love would not leave her mind. And at last, it no longer seemed so dreadful a thing. The end of it

head. She did not even feel ashamed of the wicked deed, for she could no longer think of anything but King Minos. Then she

shun her, as though they knew her story; so she lived lonely and with no one to love her, as a punishment for her wickedne

n eaten up their store of food, and, as you will understand, they had no way of getting any more; for they could not leave

rved to death, and all the men were so weak from hunger that they had no strength with which to fight the well-fed soldier

Theseus tried to cheer his companions by hopeful words; but they had no hope, for they thought no human being could. over

s companions by hopeful words; but they had no hope, for they thought no human being could. overcome that monster, and bes

ing could. overcome that monster, and besides, once in the labyrinth, no one could find the way back to the entrance. At l

the open court. There lay the Minotaur, fast asleep, for he expected no food until the next morning. Stealthily, for fear

inotaur was dead, and from that time forth, the people of Athens were no longer required to send the tribute to the king o

e worried; for she knew the pitcher must soon be empty, and there was no more milk in the house. But what was her surprise

two strangers whom you have entertained so graciously and kindly are no less than gods. Look upon your village!” Philemon

had been in their poverty. So. they grew very old — so old that life no longer seemed beautiful to them, and they no long

y old — so old that life no longer seemed beautiful to them, and they no longer cared to live. And one evening, as they we

g at their work. Ceyx was thinking of his dear wife, and praying that no harm might befall her while he was away. For a ti

the rumbling of the thunder filled the air, so that the sailors could no longer hear the orders that Ceyx shouted to them.

spared, and that he might soon be restored to her. At last Juno could no longer bear to hear these prayers for the safety

came to the dark cavern of Somnus, the god of sleep. Into this cavern no ray of sunlight ever pierced; a dull, heavy darkn

he told the story of the shipwreck, and ended with these words: “Weep no more for the absent one; for he is dead, and can

al that she looked for wet footprints on the floor; but shadows leave no signs, and the room was empty and undisturbed. Sh

mpty and undisturbed. She was so troubled by her dream that she could no longer sleep. She arose and dressed, and, as the

come back to the land. The king was so bewitched by Ino that he felt no grief at this answer, but ordered that the oracle

door to door and offer his glossy neck to be patted. He was afraid of no one, for every one loved him and was kind to him.

of the grove will steal from their hiding places, and wonder that you no longer come to greet them. But I will mourn for y

in vain to the spot where he had so often seen Scylla, but the maiden no longer walked there. Then Glaucus tried another w

nd see. Hyacinthus was a happy, sunny-hearted lad, who seemed to have no care in the wide world. Perhaps that is why Apoll

s and pressed their juice between the dying boy’s lips. But it was of no use — Hyacinthus was fast sinking, his head droop

apeless blocks of marble. His work was all in all to him, and he took no interest in the outside world. Many women of Cypr

, it seemed to him that the statue was beginning to breathe. He could no longer sing at his work; in fact, he could no lon

ng to breathe. He could no longer sing at his work; in fact, he could no longer work, for he loved that fair image so dear

and yet he dared not confide it to any one. At last he could stand it no longer. One midnight, when every one was fast asl

nes of the stories in a simple form pleasurable to the reader who has no desire further than to obtain a general knowledge

nduct. All the questions they fain would ask were fully answered, and no room remained for conjecture. It was not so, howe

or earth was fix’d, nor fluid was the deep; Dark was the void of air; no form was traced; Obstructing atoms struggled thro

Chaos, whose personal appearance could not be described, as there was no light by which he could be seen. He shared his th

, this marriage was a heinous sin; but the ancients, who at first had no fixed laws, did not consider this union unsuitabl

at it does now. No trees waved their leafy branches on the hillsides; no flowers bloomed in the valleys; no grass grew on

r leafy branches on the hillsides; no flowers bloomed in the valleys; no grass grew on the plains; no birds flew through t

ides; no flowers bloomed in the valleys; no grass grew on the plains; no birds flew through the air. All was silent, bare,

dren, and would suffer just punishment for his rebellion. Cronus paid no heed to his father’s imprecations, but calmly pro

it there, and some in haste With opposite oaths that they would have no Zeus To rule the gods for ever.” E. B. Browning.

t last reign over the world undisturbed; but he knew that it would be no small undertaking to rule well heaven, earth, and

or his portion the sceptre of Tartarus and all the Lower World, where no beam of sunlight was ever allowed to find its way

iver grew again, thus prolonging the torture, which bade fair to have no end. Disheartened by the prospect of long years o

aiden he exclaimed, “Surely so beautiful and gentle a being can bring no evil!” and accepted her most joyfully. The first

orrows, vices, and crimes that afflict poor humanity; and the box was no sooner opened, than all these ills flew out, in t

earth were, as we have seen, years of unalloyed happiness. There was no occasion for labour, for the earth brought forth

ut by far the worst of all was the Iron Age, when men’s passions knew no bounds, and they even dared refuse all homage to

last despairing cries in their seething depths. “Now hills and vales no more distinction know, And levell’d nature lies o

al gods, and immediately prepared to obey it. The dragon’s teeth were no sooner planted, than a crop of giants sprang from

awn phalanx. Cadmus, seeing the giants were almost upon him, and that no time was to be lost, quickly threw a stone. The e

er flight through the air was so rapid, that she was seldom seen; and no one would have known she had passed, had it not b

be married. The way was long and dusty: so the aged woman, who could no longer walk such a distance, bade her sons, Cleob

open with an axe. With cheerful alacrity the dutiful god obeyed; and no sooner was the operation performed, than Minerva

l, and a sign of woe.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). The din of battle had no terrors for this doughty goddess, and on every oc

dlewoman. Arachne. Moreau. Arachne, in her conceit, fancied that no one could equal the work done by her deft fingers

ged by Juno, some reapers bade her pass on, and then, seeing she paid no heed to their commands, they sprang into the shal

s bow and deadly arrows, shot Coronis through the heart. The deed was no sooner accomplished, than all his love returned w

es to recall her to life.                 “The god of Physic     Had no antidote; alack! He who took her off so deftly   

upon the Raven,     ‘Wanton babbler! see thy fate! Messenger of mine no longer,     Go to Hades with thy prate! “‘Weary

ating her to pause were it only for a moment, and promising to do her no harm. “Abate, fair fugitive, abate thy speed, Di

I.” Prior. Apollo and Daphne. Bernini. The terrified girl paid no heed to promises or entreaties, but sped on until

instrument and convey it to his lips was the work of an instant; and no sooner had he breathed into it than the magic str

ree-headed dog, named Cerberus, who guarded the gate, and would allow no living being to enter, nor any spirit to pass out

or Sisyphus, doomed to tumble and toss The notable stone that gathers no moss, Let go his burden, and turned to hear The c

gth failing, they called upon their patroness’s aid. Their prayer was no sooner heard than answered, and Orion, panting an

ough from its rank thine orb so long hath started,         Thou, that no more art seen of mortal eye!” Hemans. Diana

f he could, that he had seen Diana disrobed. The glittering drops had no sooner touched the young man’s face than he turne

escribed the sight which had greeted his eyes. The irate husband lost no time, but, seizing a net of linked steel, went in

er beloved Adonis cold in death, and her passionate caresses met with no response. Then she burst into such a passion of t

loved youth. “Her loss the Loves deplore: Woe, Venus, woe! Adonis is no more.” Bion ( Elton’s tr.). Very reluctantly Me

tly paced the sandy shore, and watched for the promised signal, which no sooner appeared than he exultantly plunged into t

Hero’s cheek as he clasped her to his passionate heart. “Leander had no fear — he cleft the wave — What is the peril fond

e Equally loving and unfortunate were Pyramus and Thisbe. Although no waves divided them, and they had the good fortune

t until she met Narcissus, hunting in the forest. This frivolous girl no sooner beheld the youth, than she fell deeply in

home with the firm intention of putting an end to the life she could no longer enjoy in peace. To achieve this purpose, P

, and soon consented to their union. Cupid then entreated her to make no attempt to discover his name, or to catch a glimp

lew away through the open window, exclaiming, — “‘Farewell! There is no Love except with Faith, And thine is dead! Farewe

ere is no Love except with Faith, And thine is dead! Farewell! I come no more!’” Lewis Morris. When he had vanished into

          “‘Dear, unclose thine eyes. Thou mayst look on me now. I go no more, But am thine own for ever.’” Lewis Morris.

oir to make delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet     From chain-sw

ke delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet     From chain-swung cense

ous moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet     From chain-swung censer teeming

ipe, no incense sweet     From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouth’d pro

cense sweet     From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouth’d prophet dream

    From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouth’d prophet dreaming. “O br

are to envelop their feet in leafy branches, so that they would leave no traces. Then, his hiding-place being reached in s

in high Olympus had been appointed god of thieves. He therefore lost no time in useless search and conjecture, but strode

ufficiently strong to drive away the clouds and conceal them, leaving no trace of his passage except a few broken branches

ted by an opaque, immovable cloud near the earth, — a cloud which had no business there, for had she not bidden them all l

creating it; but the explanation failed to satisfy Juno, who, seeing no other living creature near, suspected that her sp

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

gers of war. No gentle deeds of kindness were ever expected from him; no loving prayers were ever addressed to him; and th

; no loving prayers were ever addressed to him; and the ancients felt no love for him, but, on the contrary, shuddered wit

nced by the personal appearance of either plaintiff or defendant; and no rhetoric of any kind was allowed, that their mind

e of one of his stupendous labours, heard the proclamation, and, with no other weapon than the oaken club he generally car

stinguished suitor, and in her fear fled at his approach, leaving him no chance to admire any of her charms, except the gr

, unless they clung to him through all his changes, they could obtain no answer to their questions.     “Shouting [we] se

victim to drag down into his dismal abode, or to make sure there was no crevice through which a sunbeam might glide to br

that even the boldest swimmer could not pass over; and, as there was no bridge, all the spirits were obliged to rely upon

, that they might pass on to Pluto without delay. Charon’s leaky boat no sooner touched the shore than a host of eager spi

s very melancholy on account of the recent loss of her daughter, paid no heed to what was offered her, and in a fit of abs

s, for Semele, proud of having attracted the greatest among the gods, no longer offered any resistance, and consented to t

absences finally aroused Juno’s suspicions, and, as usual, she spared no pains to discover what powerful charm could draw

r he could, and chose the feeblest of all his bolts, for well he knew no mere mortal could endure the shock of his full gl

nd, when they leaned over the sides to ascertain why their oars could no longer propel it onward, they saw a vine grow out

e to the court of Midas, King of Lydia. Bacchus and Midas Midas no sooner beheld the red nose and bloated appearance

as soon as they met his eager lips. “Whose powerful hands the bread no sooner hold, But all its substance is transform’d

she slept. As soon as she awoke, she called her faithless lover; but no answering sound fell upon her ear except the mock

Ariadne. Titian. Bacchus’ lightheartedness had all vanished, and he no longer took any pleasure in music, dance, or reve

it to Ceres. Elated by the complete success of his bold venture, and no longer fearful of immediate pursuit, the happy go

grain to her own dwelling, sought for the missing Proserpina, of whom no trace could be found except the scattered flowers

ng cries for her child. Her daily duties were all neglected. The rain no longer refreshed the drooping flowers, the grain

pid waters, where the sand on the bottom was fine and even, and where no mortal eyes could see her as she threw aside her

eloped in a thick mist and transformed into a fountain. Alpheus could no longer see her, but wandered about, bewailing her

ey prayed and clamoured for her aid; but, absorbed in grief, she paid no heed to their distress, and vowed that nothing on

ourned Proserpina’s departure, she again returned to her cave, whence no entreaties could draw her. As for the merry, happ

and torment him night and day. The wretch, tortured by a hunger which no amount of food could allay, disposed of all his p

iad famous for her beauty as well as for her extreme loquacity, which no one could check. Tradition relates that this fair

ed, the doors were immediately closed, for the god’s intercession was no longer necessary. The Romans, however, were such

-shore to convince herself that the dream had been false; but she had no sooner reached the beach, than the waves washed h

his cruel deity was viewed by the ancients with fear and dislike, and no homage was offered him. These two divinities were

Hercules succeeded in cutting off one of the seven heads; but he had no sooner done so, than, to his dismay, he saw seven

on at its foot to guard their treasures night and day. Unfortunately, no one could tell Hercules in what part of Africa th

s held him fast, and felt him grow weaker and weaker, now that he was no longer sustained by his mother Earth, from whom h

life in air.” Darwin. Now that the gigantic defender of the Pygmies no longer blocked his way, Hercules travelled onward

onged, he always returned to her side, as loving as ever, and she had no cause for complaint. Finally duty took him back t

eyes of Iole, immediately donned the richly embroidered robe. He had no sooner put it on, than the Centaur’s poisoned blo

sation soon won the maiden’s heart. “Danae, in a brazen tower Where no love was, loved a shower.” Shelley. Danaë a

llyer. This first successful visit was frequently repeated, and Danae no longer felt lonely and deserted, for Jupiter spen

st diligently, and finally winning her to a secret marriage, to which no one offered the slightest objection, as no one su

secret marriage, to which no one offered the slightest objection, as no one suspected his visits, which he continued quit

to a son, who, on account of his beauty, was called Perseus. The king no sooner learned this astonishing news, than he fle

desire to marry her; be Danae did not return his affection, and would no consent. Angry at her persistent refusal of his p

oddess, and declared that nothing but a conviction that mortals would no longer consider her beautiful if they but once be

oils which round thee play, And mark thy wild, enduring smile, Lit by no mortal fire the while, Formed to attract all eyes

welcome promised so many years before. Medea, seated by Ægeus’ side, no sooner saw the young stranger draw near, then she

ly flight, soon softened and melted the wax on his wings; and Icarus, no longer supported by the light feathers, sank down

whole island, killing, by contact with his red-hot body, all who had no business to land on that coast. Knowing, however,

hat the rash youth would lose his life in the attempt, and thus cause no more trouble, with much difficulty restrained all

vainly waiting for Hylas’ return, went in search of him, but, finding no trace of his young friend, in his grief and disap

of them sorely. The captain of the expedition, seeing weapons were of no avail against these foes, consulted the figure-he

” Flaccus ( Elton’s tr.). The Death of Absyrtus But Medea had no wish to be torn away from Jason’s arms, and, inst

ford. Unfortunately, Æson was now so old and decrepit, that power had no charms for him: so Jason begged Medea to use her

jealousy, Medea prepared and sent the maiden a magic robe, which she no sooner donned than she was seized with terrible c

e shortly after this, found a she-bear suckling the babe, who evinced no sign of fear, and in compassion they carried her

her skill and of her spoil, had returned to her father’s court, where no other heir having appeared, she was joyfully rece

e golden illusions he flings on her way.” Moore. Atalanta could now no longer refuse to marry, and her nuptials were soo

d as handsome youths, mounted or snowy chargers. “So like they were, no mortal         Might one from other know: White a

laring that those whom he had been accustomed to call parents were in no way related to him; “A drunken rev’ller at a fea

rrectly, they were mercilessly devoured by the terrible Sphinx, which no one dared attack or could drive away. While liste

ough to free the country of its terrible presence. As Œdipus attached no special value to the life made desolate by the or

lthough, as soon as the storm was over, a search was made for Œdipus, no trace of him was ever found, and the ancients fan

hment of his unwitting crimes. Eteocles and Polynices Antigone, no longer needed by her unhappy father, slowly wende

“Thou seest me banish’d from my native land, Unjustly banish’d, for no other crime But that I strove to keep the throne

quer or to die.” Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.). Their bravery was of no avail, however, for Thebes was well fortified and

ed and defended; and after a seven-years’ siege they found themselves no nearer their goal than at the beginning of the wa

erence should be settled by a duel between the inimical brothers, who no sooner found themselves face to face, than they r

her there alone, to live, or die; Her blood rests not on us: but she no longer Shall breathe on earth.” Sophocles ( Fran

ere cut mercifully short by asphyxiation; and, when Hæmon saw she was no more, he, in utter despair, thrust his dagger int

l.     ‘‘Dire Chimæra’s conquest was enjoin’d; A mingled monster, of no mortal kind; Behind, a dragon’s fiery tail was sp

nquire in gentle tones the cause of his too evident dejection. He had no sooner apprised her of the difficult task appoint

pon the winged monster, whose fiery breath and great strength were of no avail; for after a protracted struggle Belleropho

ing; and, although the king was heartily glad to know the Chimæra was no more, he was very sorry to see Bellerophon safe a

er, she saw a lotus blossom, and pointed it out to her little son. He no sooner saw the brilliant flower, than he stretche

rned, ‘’tis thou art blind, Not I unmerciful; I can forgive, But have no skill to heal thy spirit’s eyes.’               

plements, and fruits and flowers. Pomona was very coy indeed, and had no desire to marry. Vertumnus, enamoured of her char

breast. Pomona, perceiving that she had hopelessly betrayed herself, no longer refused to wed, but allowed him to share h

into the sea, —  a desire which soon became so intense that he could no longer resist it, but dived down into the water.

on either by her superior attractions or by her alluring bribe, Paris no longer hesitated, but placed the prize in her ext

’s refusal of his suit, had married her cousin, Penelope, and had now no dearer wish than to linger by her side and admire

s to accompany him to Aulis. The Greeks were now ready to embark; but no favourable wind came to swell the sails, which da

n the favour of the gods; and the purport of the reply given was that no favourable wind would blow until Iphigenia, daugh

d by sending down upon the Greeks all manner of evil. This prayer was no sooner heard than answered, by the sun god’s send

hero, true to his promise, laid aside his armour, determined to fight no more. “The great Achilles, swift of foot, remain

id: —      ‘Too brave! thy valour yet will cause thy death. Thou hast no pity on thy tender child, Nor me, unhappy one, wh

were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth, For I shall have no hope when thou art gone, — Nothing but sorrow. Fa

ope when thou art gone, — Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none, And no dear mother. ………………………………………………………               

one, for me. No living man can send me to the shades Before my time; no man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his

or; but the hero, although Briseis had been returned unmolested, paid no heed to their entreaties for aid, and remained a

had left him but a short time before full of life and energy, was now no more. So loudly did the hero mourn his loss, that

ve This sumptuous armour, forged by Vulcan’s hand, Beautiful, such as no man ever wore.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). The

s son’s body, and proffering a princely ransom in exchange. Achilles, no longer able to refuse this entreaty, and touched

( Francklin’s tr.). Incensed by the Greeks’ former cruel desertion, no entreaty could now induce Philoctetes to accompan

trangers hospitably, and made them partake of the lotus blossoms; but no sooner had the three men done so, than all recoll

clopean race. The Greeks’ first impulse was to help themselves, since no one was there to say them nay; but they finally d

tance. They had moored their vessel under an overhanging cliff, where no one would be likely to find it, and had therefore

ing cliff, where no one would be likely to find it, and had therefore no fear lest their means of escape should be cut off

urate to the suit of Acis, a very fascinating young shepherd, who had no need to call her repeatedly, for she always yield

“No man!” which answer convinced his would-be helpers that he needed no assistance, and made them disperse.     “‘If no

lpers that he needed no assistance, and made them disperse.     “‘If no man does thee violence, and thou Art quite alone,

re, for they imagined that Æolus had given him much gold. The bag was no sooner opened than the contrary winds, weary and

tely restore his friends to their human forms, and promise to do them no further harm. Circe, terrified at the threat, agr

him go, but, seeing that her efforts to detain him longer would be of no avail, she bade him seek the Cimmerian shores, an

n to set him free and alter their course, they kept steadily on until no sound of the magic song could reach them, when th

s were exhausted, and the few birds and fishes they managed to secure no longer sufficed to still the pangs of hunger. Led

tertained during eight long years; but he could not depart, as he had no vessel or crew to bear him away. At last Minerva,

y finally agreed that Telemachus should return to the palace and make no mention of his father’s return, while Ulysses, st

o one recognised the long-expected hero in the miserable old beggar —  no one save his aged nurse Euryclea, and his faithfu

Cassandra, whom the gods had endowed with prophetic powers, but whom no one would heed. Æneas, seeing ere long that there

rs, but whom no one would heed. Æneas, seeing ere long that there was no hope of saving the doomed city, quickly disguised

which sign he interpreted as an omen that his race should endure. He no longer resisted; and, as he was too weak to walk,

, where they proposed to recruit their strength by a hearty meal; but no sooner was their table spread, than the meats wer

ron, on whose bank they saw the wandering shade of Palinurus, who had no obolus to pay his way across, and that of Dido, w

ouncil, and again vainly tried to make peace. But his efforts were of no avail. The war was renewed more fiercely than eve

ept alive in our minds the old animative theory of nature, that it is no great effort in us to fancy the waterspout a huge

talked of in mythic language, the meaning of their legends is open to no question, and the action ascribed to them will as

morning dew, which vanishes beneath the sun’s hot breath, and leaves no trace of its passage except in the luxuriant verd

(Eurydice) reappears opposite the place where he disappeared, but is no more seen after the sun himself has fairly risen,

at cloud of dust, has been interpreted to represent the sun, which is no “sooner pushed up to the zenith, than it rolls do

of her rival’s charms, sends him the bloody Nessus robe, which he has no sooner donned, than he tears it from his bleeding

the west.” Achilles, like several of his brother heroes, “fights in no quarrel of his own; his wrath is the sun hiding h

is face behind the clouds; the Myrmidons are his attendant beams, who no longer appear when the sun is hidden; Patroclus i

16, 197 Ce′crops. Founder of Athens, 41; descendants of, 223 Ce-læ′ no . One of the Harpies; frightens Æneas by prophesyi

potence of, 11; day of, 178; Leda courted by, 276; decree of, 292 Ju′ no . Birth of, 10; flight of, 12; Jupiter’s wife, 30;

-pes (Lightning). One of the Cyclopes; son of Uranus and Gæa, 7 Sthe′ no . One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal like E

it has delighted one generation of American boys and girls, and will, no doubt, delight many generations to come, — it was

jects the more common myths of some other nations are briefly stated, no myths save those known to the Greeks, Romans, Nor

assical to the extreme Romantic is a far cry; but as human life knows no divorce of necessity from freedom, so human art k

the classic myths quicken our imaginative and emotional faculties in no inappreciable degree. How many a man held by the

æsthetic excess, a moderator of the “unchartered freedom” that knows no mean between idolatry and loathing, of the foolis

.” Nor do we discover the truth unalloyed in zootheism, in which “men no longer attribute life indiscriminately to inanima

of mythologic philosophy do we discover the truth without admixture; no later stage is without trace of earlier creed; bu

ssical Dictionary, — a mass of information bolted, as it were, but by no means digested. When, however, these stories are

is better that a few of the facts in their heads be wrong, than that no facts be there at all. With all our study of chil

ble of things never fully revealed; surely this new republic of ours, no less than her prototypes by Tyrrhenian and Ægean

tions. Pupils of advanced classes in the High Schools will experience no difficulty in mastering these chapters when they

savage races at this time existent. But the stories here narrated are no longer believed by any one. The so-called divinit

d the garb and dignity of elaborate and often incongruous narratives, no longer about natural events, but about persons. A

s origin and first home.” ‌ 7 But unfortunately there is very often no agreement among scholars about the original meani

ths of different nations are purely accidental. This theory leaves us no wiser than we were. (2) That the stories have bee

roducts of early art — clay bowls and stone weapons — are peculiar to no one national taste or skill, they are what might

of Homer, but concerning the relative dates of the two poets there is no certainty. Hesiod was born in Ascra in Bœotia; he

, it has been maintained that since, during the twelfth century, when no poet would adopt any other poet’s stanzaic form,

d to Orpheus, asserts that Time was in the beginning, but had himself no beginning; that from him proceeded Chaos, a yawni

hen too late, had been so prodigal of his gifts to other animals that no blessing was left worth conferring upon the noble

ssels, nor had men built fortifications round their towns. There were no such things as swords, spears, or helmets. The ea

and leafy coverts of the woods, and huts woven of twigs. Crops would no longer grow without planting. The farmer was cons

ed hitherto without woman is a mystery; but that it had done so, with no slight degree of happiness, the experience of the

ss of earth; others, goddess of the air; still others, for reasons by no means final, say that it signifies Protectress, a

, the cause of “inextinguishable laughter” to the gods, but he was by no means a fool. The famous god of the strong arms c

owned queen of the echoing chase,” though blithe and gracious, was by no means a frivolous personage. Pl. 3. Diana. Co

r than “The Medicean’s sly and servile grace”: — “From our low world no gods have taken wing; Even now upon our hills the

With even the short mirage of morning gone, No cool breath anywhere, no shadow nigh Where a weary man might lay him down

r altars those of the other gods obtained their fires. No new colony, no new home, was duly consecrated till on its centra

Plied busy wings and feet; They knew, what every lover knows, There’s no such honey-bloom that blows.”88 (2) Hebe, daugh

of the Dryads, and made love to them. But his suit was frequently of no avail, for though good-natured, he was not prepos

er; They drive adrift, and whither They wot not who make thither; But no such winds blow hither, And no such things grow h

her They wot not who make thither; But no such winds blow hither, And no such things grow here. No growth of moor or copp

ies, Green grapes of Proserpine, Pale beds of blowing rushes, ‘ Where no leaf blooms or blushes Save this whereout she cru

ow, And joy was never sure; To-day will die to-morrow; Time stoops to no man’s lure; And love, grown faint and fretful, Wi

ith lips but half regretful Sighs, and with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure. From too much love of living, From

set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives forever; That dead men rise up never;

Lake Avernus, so foul in its exhalations that, as its name portends, no bird could fly across it.98 Before the judges of

welt under the golden sway of the white-haired Cronus.100 There was no heavy heat, no cold, The dwellers there wax never

golden sway of the white-haired Cronus.100 There was no heavy heat, no cold, The dwellers there wax never old, Nor withe

the Greek theogony, is nowadays a rare possession. There is, however, no strain of simulated regret in the. following stat

Baumeister 964; Roscher 18: 50.] (3) Quirinus, a war-god, said to be no other than Romulus, the founder of Rome, exalted

stretched out her arms to implore freedom of Argus, but that she had no arms to stretch out, and her voice was a bellow.

ng man,” said he, “come and take a seat by me on this stone. There is no better place for your flock to graze in than here

ry all of us! And how mild he is, and dear, and gentle to behold, and no whit like other bulls! A mind as honest as a man’

nish my empty city.’ The tree shook, and the branches rustled, though no wind agitated them. Night came on. The tree stood

bottom, stops its course; Doomed ever in suspense to dwell, ’Tis now no kettle, but a bell. A wooden jack, which had almo

stified their affection for their mother, by yoking themselves, since no oxen were at hand, to her chariot, and so draggin

and wound their tender arms Around me, and kissed me calm, and since no steer Stayed in the byre, dragged out the chariot

With Mars’ savage love of violence and bloodshed she, therefore, had no sympathy. Athens, her chosen seat, her own city,

y passages from the Iliad, which, generally speaking, presents him in no very favorable light. Mars and Diomede. — In the

, and piteously spake to him winged words: “Father Jupiter, hast thou no indignation to behold these violent deeds? For ev

fore I deem that by her prompting thou art in this plight. Yet will I no longer endure to see thee in anguish; mine offspr

laid assuaging drugs upon the wound, and healed him, seeing he was in no wise of mortal mould. Even as fig juice maketh ha

ithin him laughed pleasantly when he beheld that strife of gods. Then no longer stood they asunder, for Mars, piercer of s

e stone and threw it with all his force at the monster. The blow made no impression. Minerva, however, was present, unseen

out her so that she could not rise. The assistance of the gods was of no avail to release her. Then Mars sought to bring V

id she. “Water is free to all. Yet I ask it of you as a favor. I have no intention of washing my limbs in it, weary though

ir feet, so as to make the water unfit to drink. Enraged, the goddess no longer supplicated the clowns, but lifting her ha

pe, forced at last to part with his snowy crown. Her cold climate was no protection to Scythia; Caucasus burned, and Ossa

they were destroyed. Earth, overcome with heat and thirst, could say no more. Then Jupiter, calling the gods to witness t

” She was proceeding in this strain, but Apollo interrupted her. “Say no more,” said he; “speech only delays punishment.”

ll dead, and seemed torpid with grief. The breeze moved not her hair, no color was on her cheek, her eyes glared fixed and

olor was on her cheek, her eyes glared fixed and immovable, there was no sign of life about her. Her very tongue cleaved t

s ceased to convey the tide of life. Her neck bent not, her arms made no gesture, her foot no step. She was changed to sto

e tide of life. Her neck bent not, her arms made no gesture, her foot no step. She was changed to stone, within and withou

eemed musical and low. Men called him but a shiftless youth, In whom no good they saw; And yet, unwittingly, in truth, Th

would not have submitted to receive it at such a cost; but there was no remedy. The condition imposed by the Fates had be

alace, Hercules, the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, arrived. He, to whom no labor was too arduous, resolved to attempt her re

f all. Say, does the seed scorn earth and seek the sun? Surely it has no other end and aim Than to drop, once more die int

kles. Long time the Thessalians waited and mourned. As for Herakles, no doubt they supposed him dead. When — but can it b

oman, my captive, till I come thy way again.” But Admetus would admit no woman into the hall that Alcestis had left empty.

st lost.” Ah, but the tears come, find the words at fault! There is no telling how the hero twitched The veil off; and t

the bliss, To make him mad! Till Herakles must help: Assure him that no spectre mocked at all; He was embracing whom he b

aughter of Peneüs; I am not a foe. It is for love I pursue thee. I am no clown, no rude peasant. Jupiter is my father. I a

Peneüs; I am not a foe. It is for love I pursue thee. I am no clown, no rude peasant. Jupiter is my father. I am lord of

know the virtues of all healing plants. Alas! I suffer a malady that no balm can cure.” The nymph continues her flight,

nal youth is mine, thou also shalt be always green, and thy leaf know no decay.” The laurel tree bowed its head in gratefu

reversed. She was a water-nymph and in love with Apollo, who made her no return. So she pined away, sitting all day long u

se; and as he passed through his daily course to his setting, she saw no other object, — her eyes fixed constantly on him.

ore; — Like spirits that lie In the azure sky When they love but live no more. Fig. 48. Young River-god. [Bronze head:

ret that he should be away. He earnestly wished he was. But Diana had no pity for him, nor was her anger appeased till the

she loved him. Her brother, highly displeased, often chid her, but to no purpose. One day, therefore, observing Orion as h

Adonis, the son of Cinyras and Myrrha, and was captivated by him. She no longer took any interest in her favorite resorts,

ed, and bore him company. She who loved to recline in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambled thr

lable is my anguish; and I lament mine Adonis, dead to me, and I have no rest for sorrow. “Thou diest, oh, thrice-desired,

ilken ringlets. But Psyche, henceforth frowned upon by Venus, derived no benefit from her charms. Her two elder sisters ha

pollo. They received answer, “The virgin is destined for the bride of no mortal lover. Her husband awaits her on the top o

to her husband, and insisted that for so ill-favored a girl there was no way of meriting a lover save by dint of industry.

ed with roses. Seeing the task done, she promptly exclaimed, “This is no work of thine, wicked one, but his, whom to thine

irgin-choir to make delicious moan Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet From chain-swung

ir to make delicious moan Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet From chain-swung censer te

e delicious moan Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet From chain-swung censer teeming; No

no pipe, no incense sweet From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat Of pale-mouthed prophet

o incense sweet From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat Of pale-mouthed prophet dreaming.

weet From chain-swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat Of pale-mouthed prophet dreaming. “O bright

lly do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect: The reason no man knows; let it suffice, What we behold is cens

nd had made with wonderful skill a statue of ivory, so beautiful that no living woman was to compare with it. It was indee

herdsman of his oxen. Nay even, when Mercury had sworn by sacred Styx no more to try his cunning in theft upon Apollo, tha

and grandson of Harmonia and Cadmus, was king. Pentheus, however, had no respect for the new worship, and forbade its rite

ssing Proserpine. She said that the daughter of Ceres seemed sad, but no longer showed alarm in her countenance. Her look

th his presence the nuptials of Orpheus with Eurydice, but he brought no happy omens with him. His torch smoked and brough

eathed the upper air, both gods and men, and finding his complaint of no avail, resolved to seek his wife in the regions o

ht rolls intense around me as I spread My helpless arms… thine, thine no more… to thee.” She spake, and, like a vapour, in

istils slumbers, which she scatters over the darkened earth. There is no gate to creak on its hinges, nor any watchman. In

s later. A ragged cap was on his head: But — hidden thus — there was no doubting That, all with crispy locks o’erspread,

er that he might some time or other feel what it was to love and meet no return of affection. The avenging goddess heard.

s are blowing, Sweet it is, ’mid waters flowing, Here to sit and know no care, ’Mid the waters flowing, flowing, flowing,

erman; and in that form she assured the slave-owner that she had seen no woman or other person, except herself, thereabout

gan to put forth branches and leaves. Praying her husband to see that no violence was done to her, to remind their child t

s or too beautiful o be the guerdon of a daring heart. So Rhœcus made no doubt that he was blest, And all along unto the c

rned, “‘tis thou art blind, Not I unmerciful; I can forgive, But have no skill to heal thy spirit’s eyes; Only the soul ha

” With that again there murmured, “Nevermore!” And Rhœcus after heard no other sound, Except the rattling of the oak’s cri

sser, now as apple-picker, now as fisherman, now as soldier, — all to no avail. Finally, as an old woman, he came to her,

enged the ghosts of such as, dying violent deaths, possessed on earth no representatives either by law or by kindred to av

kes around his feet and bring him to the ground. Unwearied we pursue; no pity checks our course; still on, still on to the

ity checks our course; still on, still on to the end of life, we give no peace, no rest.” Stillness like the stillness of

our course; still on, still on to the end of life, we give no peace, no rest.” Stillness like the stillness of death sat

ast bound,” concluded Cyrene; “and at last, when he finds his arts of no avail, he will obey thy behest.” The nymph then s

f Hercules’ pretensions. Then began a mighty struggle. Finding he was no match for Hercules in the wrestler’s art, Acheloü

er’s death, the hapless girl was shut in an underground chamber, that no man might love or wed her. But Jupiter, distillin

hissing serpents. She became a monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turne

plaining that their lives should last so long, In that sad place that no one came anear, In that wan place desert of hope

ace Are graven, till the characters be grown Into itself, and thought no more can trace; ’Tis the melodious hue of beauty

who bore it afterward upon her ægis or shield. Of that Gorgon-shield no more poetic interpretation can be framed than the

ld suffer death. Hercules encountered him, and finding that it was of no avail to throw him, — for he always rose with ren

ne. § 146. Medea and Æson. 303— Medea’s career as a sorceress was, by no means, completed. At Jason’s request, she underto

blow. They placed him in the caldron, but, as might be expected, with no success. Medea herself had taken care to escape b

n their fatal thread, foretold that the life of the child should last no longer than a certain brand then burning upon the

r thy name’s sake and awe toward thy chaste head, O holiest Atalanta! no man dares Praise thee, though fairer than whom al

Fig. 87. The Calydonian Hunt. [Relief: Baumeister.] But there was no time then for love: on to the hunt they pushed. T

ist plumes of the songless reeds Moved as a wave which the wind moves no more. But the boar heaved half out of ooze and sl

spear, Grasped where the ash was knottiest hewn, and smote, And with no missile wound, the monstrous boar Right in the ha

t like the river Mæander, so that whoever was enclosed in it might by no means find his way out. The Minotaur, roaming the

afterwards lost the favor of Minos, and was imprisoned by him. Seeing no other way of escape, the artificer made, out of f

mes, And moonshine, and the dew, To thy rack’d heart and brain Afford no calm? “Dost thou to-night behold, Here, through

— Nought but the homeless strand of an isle remote of the ocean! No, no way of escape, where the circling sea without sho

No, no way of escape, where the circling sea without shore is, — No, no counsel of flight, no hope, no sound of a mortal;

where the circling sea without shore is, — No, no counsel of flight, no hope, no sound of a mortal; All things desolate,

e circling sea without shore is, — No, no counsel of flight, no hope, no sound of a mortal; All things desolate, dumb, yea

day ye cease to have A father. All my days are spent and gone; And ye no more shall lead your wretched life, Caring for me

a mortal man, should’st overpass The unwritten laws of God that know no change. They are not of to-day nor yesterday, But

whereas Ariadne, the injured and innocent, restored to happiness, won no less a reward than Bacchus himself. Gorgeously wo

isdom, and honor have departed from among men”: — Wherefore the gods no more vouchsafe their presence to mortals, Suffer

e gods no more vouchsafe their presence to mortals, Suffer themselves no more to be touched by the ray of the morning. But

d under the name of Dioscuri (sons of Jove). ———— So like they were, no mortal Might one from other know; White as snow t

ndled the weapons, and thereby betrayed himself to Ulysses, who found no great difficulty in persuading him to disregard h

recian chiefs, — to whom they all looked up for counsel. But Troy was no feeble enemy. Priam the king, son of Laomedon and

n of Troy, but still he persevered in heroic resistance, though he by no means justified the wrong which brought this dang

The bright death quivered at the victim’s throat; Touched; and I knew no more.”349 Protesilaüs and Laodamia. — The wind

ind was given; I then revolved The oracle upon the silent sea; And if no worthier led the way, resolved That of a thousand

cry, ‘Behold they tremble! — haughty their array, Yet of their number no one dares to die?’ In soul I swept the indignity

ion of the spoil. Achilles submitted, but declared that he would take no further part in the war, — withdrew his forces fr

danger of his remains falling into the hands of the enemy, could see no suitable messenger. In desperation, he exclaimed:

d through the shield of Æneas, but glanced near his shoulder and made no wound. Then Æneas, seizing a stone, such as two m

yield up Helen and all her treasures and ample of our own beside? Ah no ! even that is too late. He would not hear me thro

ill rejoices, hoping that one day he shall see thy face again. But me no comfort cheers, whose bravest sons, so late the f

hast reached this place conducted by some god, for without aid divine no mortal even in his prime of youth had dared the a

The people wept with them, and to the going down of the sun there was no pause or abatement of their grief. The next day,

guries connected with it, when suddenly a prodigy occurred which left no room to doubt. There appeared advancing over the

ods at Laocoön’s irreverent treatment of the wooden horse, which they no longer hesitated to regard as a sacred object, an

xed, Casting the whirling spindle as they walk. … This was of old, in no inglorious days, The mode of spinning, when the E

ince A golden distaff gave that beauteous nymph, Too beauteous Helen; no uncourtly gift.”368 Milton also alludes to a f

e temple to be made victims. But the priestess of Diana in Tauris was no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, who

ne for a present. Coming to a large cave they entered it, and finding no one within examined its contents. They found it s

imploring his hospitality in the name of the gods. Polyphemus deigned no answer, but reaching out his hand seized two of t

in the same manner as their companions, feasting on their flesh till no fragment was left. He then moved away the rock fr

ied, “O friends, I die, and Noman gives the blow.” They answered, “If no man hurts thee it is the stroke of Jove, and thou

yed, except Ulysses’ own ship which had remained outside, and finding no safety but in flight, he exhorted his men to ply

of the sun. Landing here Ulysses climbed a hill, and gazing round saw no signs of habitation except in one spot at the cen

ated a solemn oath that she would release his companions and practise no further harm against him or them; and she repeate

o the mast, and to enjoin his people, whatever he might say or do, by no means to release him till they should have passed

s clung to the raft so long as its timbers held together, and when it no longer yielded him support, binding the girdle ar

y the alarms of war: for, as they dwelt remote from gain-seeking man, no enemy ever approached their shores, and they did

birds, were endued with intelligence; they knew every port and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now t

vent to have a general washing of the clothes of the family. This was no slight affair, for the fountains were at some dis

idens, chiding their alarm, and reminding them that the Phæacians had no enemies to fear. This man, she told them, was an

he fields; but when they should approach the city she desired that he no longer be seen in her company, for she feared the

ysses gave Penelope her choice, to stay or go with him. Penelope made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icariu

made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icarius urged her no further, but when she was gone erected a statue t

, Penelope was importuned by numerous suitors, from whom there seemed no refuge but in choosing one of them for her husban

f chieftains, and often treated like a guest; though sometimes, also, no doubt, with contumely. Ulysses charged his son no

ated in his own hall; but, remembering his father’s injunctions, said no more than what became him as master of the house,

n in favor of any one of her suitors so long, that there seemed to be no further pretence for delay. The continued absence

continued absence of her husband seemed to prove that his return was no longer to be expected. Meanwhile her son had grow

beyond his strength, he yielded the bow to another. He tried it with no better success, and, amidst the laughter and jeer

her tried it and another; they rubbed the bow with tallow, but all to no purpose; it would not bend. Then spoke Ulysses, h

lain. They slew as many as they wished, and prepared for a feast. But no sooner had they seated themselves at the table, t

rew their swords, and dealt vigorous blows among the monsters, but to no purpose, for they were so nimble it was almost im

th Polyphemus, and besought them to take him off with them, as he had no means of sustaining his existence where he was, b

sis, Neptune, hearing the storm raging, and knowing that he had given no orders for one, raised his head above the waves,

iving before the gale. Understanding the hostility of Juno, he was at no loss to account for it, but his anger was not the

declaring that whether the victor were “Trojan or Tyrian should make no difference to her.” 383 At the feast which follow

s it would yield to the hand and quit its parent trunk, but otherwise no force could rend it away. If torn away another wo

d with a gloomy forest. Mephitic vapors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over

pors rise from its waters, so that no life is found on its banks, and no birds fly over it. Here Æneas offered sacrifices

roached that shore. To which the Sibyl replied that they would commit no violence, that Æneas’ only object was to see his

fast as it is devoured grows again, so that his punishment will have no end. Æneas saw groups seated at tables, loaded wi

, or who, having grown rich, kept their money to themselves, and gave no share to others; the last being the most numerous

toiled at it, while the sweat bathed all his weary limbs, but all to no effect. There was Tantalus, who stood in a pool,

mple to be built to thy honor, and will myself bring offerings.”“I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claims to sa

ll myself bring offerings.”“I am no goddess,” said the Sibyl; “I have no claims to sacrifice or offering. I am mortal, yet

the door the wind rushed in and dispersed the leaves, the Sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle was i

ird in descent from Saturn, ruled the country. He was now old and had no male descendant, but had one charming daughter, L

ably received. Latinus immediately concluded that the Trojan hero was no other than the promised son-in-law announced by t

riests restrain them, telling them that it is the will of heaven that no native of the land shall guide them to victory, a

eace with the other matrons in Acestes’ city.” Euryalus replied, “Say no more. In vain dost thou seek arguments to dissuad

issuade me. I am fixed in the resolution to go with thee. Let us lose no time.” They called the guard, and committing the

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

and plunged at once into the midst of the enemy. They found no watch, no sentinels posted, but, all about, the sleeping so

cens hailed the two, and demanded who and whence they were. They made no answer, but plunged into the wood. The horsemen s

mples, while a shout from both armies rent the skies. Mezentius asked no mercy, but only that his body might be spared the

.388 § 177. The Creation. — According to the Eddas there was once no heaven above nor earth beneath, but only a bottom

Odin gives the meat that is set before him, for he himself stands in no need of food. Mead is for him both food and drink

well as by day a hundred miles around him. So, acute is his ear that no sound escapes him, for he can even hear the grass

ng the giant to carry away the sun and the moon. They all agreed that no one but Loki, the author of so many evil deeds, c

it was in reality a mountain giant who had come amongst them. Feeling no longer bound by their oaths, they called on Thor,

is shoulders, and turned away from them into the forest, and Thor had no wish to stop him or to ask for any more of his co

e the feats that thou and thy fellows deem yourselves skilled in, for no one is permitted to remain here who does not, in

-place. Then they ran a second and a third time, but Thialfi met with no better success. Utgard-Loki then asked Thor in wh

rinker can do it in three.” Thor looked at the horn, which seemed of no extraordinary size, though somewhat long; however

ot be called so mighty a man here as thou art at home if thou showest no greater prowess in other feats than methinks will

g in found the liquor was only a little lower, so he resolved to make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cu

feat to the great Thor if I had not already observed that thou art by no means what we took thee for.” As he finished spe

hor’s efforts, only one of his feet lifted up, seeing which Thor made no further attempt. “This trial has turned out,” sa

you will come hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one here,” said Utgard-Loki, looking at the men s

knee. Utgard-Loki then told them’ to desist, adding that Thor had now no occasion to ask any one else in the hall to wrest

e. Utgard-Loki ordered a table to be set for them, on which there was no lack of victuals or drink. After the repast Utgar

how much the sea has sunk by thy draughts. Thou didst perform a feat no less wonderful by lifting up the cat, and to tell

elf by other illusions, so that thou wilt only lose thy labor and get no fame from the contest with me.” On hearing these

d spears, Which all the gods in sport had idly thrown At Balder, whom no weapon pierced or clove; But in his breast stood

der, and unwitting Höder threw — ‘Gainst that alone had Balder’s life no charm. And all the gods and all the heroes came,

ns with mead. So they, with pent-up hearts and tearless eyes, Wailing no more, in silence ate and drank, While twilight fe

mself should take his place among the shades? “Nay,” replied Frigga, “ no way is there but one, that the first god thou mee

is it utters through the dark his hest So quickly, and will wait for no reply? The voice was like the unhappy Höder’s voi

, Whom Hela with austere control presides. For of the race of gods is no one there Save me alone, and Hela, solemn queen;

evere, the wind piercing, the weather tempestuous, and the sun impart no gladness. Three such winters will pass without be

e earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven, and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will caus

produce its fruits without labor or care. Wickedness and misery will no more be known, but the gods and men will live hap

south, beyond the blue, there spreads Another heaven, the boundless — no one yet Hath reached it; there hereafter shall ar

ung and hiss people, to draw forth the sword from Branstock, but with no success, till Sigmund, laying his hand carelessly

ior, to sue for the hand of Brynhild herself. But Brynhild would have no one that could not ride through the flames drawn

ugh she knew well the deceit that had been practised on her, she made no sign; nay, was wedded according to her promise to

. For the Brunhild of the Ysselland had declared that she would marry no man save him who should surpass her in athletic c

me the story of Brunhild’s defeat. Although the Nibelungenlied offers no explanation, it is evident that the injured queen

old Sir Siegfried, as fitted well his state, With the highest honors; no man bore him hate. Young Giselher and Gernot prof

to represent sounds of ‘th’ and ‘w,’ for which the Latin alphabet had no letters provided. Each rune was named after some

inning, — “Can tyrants but by tyrants conquered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise

tyrants but by tyrants conquered be, And Freedom find no champion and no child, Such as Columbia saw arise, when she Sprun

assert that they became silent at the birth of Christ, and were heard no more after that date. Milton adopts this view in

hrough the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delp

s which set the world in flame, Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more.” In Art. — One of the most esteemed of al

tion. The Diana of the Hind is a work of the highest order, though by no means equal to the Apollo. The attitude is that o

be borne in mind that the traditions concerning relationships are by no means consistent, and that consequently the colla

n sacrifices the goddess was clad in the skin of the sacred goat, but no goat might be sacrificed to her. Probably another

f a savage ritual ( Lang 1. 280). Illustrative. — Myrmidons: — “No, no , said Rhadamant, it were not well, With loving so

ad 24: 611), there were six sons and six daughters. After their death no one could bury them, since all who looked on them

the instigation of Medea (§ 145, etc.). In that affair Alcestis took no part. For her family, see § 132 (5) C or 95 C. Sh

ans has verses on the same subject; Byron, “Like the lost Pleiad seen no more below.” In modern sculpture, The Lost Pleia

for a butterfly is Psyche, and the same word means the soul. There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so st

ett. The seventeenth century satirist, Marston, wrote a Pygmalion, of no great worth. Frederick Tennyson, Pygmalion (in th

t, the Search of her Mother, sad and unavailing as it was, would seem no unfit emblem of Autumn and the restless melanchol

a dead animal would be occupied by the bees for that purpose. It was no doubt from some such incident that the superstiti

f Glauce suggests that of Hercules (in the flaming sunset?). Jason is no more faithful to his sweetheart than other solar

by D. G. Rossetti. §§ 158-176. Of the stories told in these sections no systematic, allegorical, or physical interpretati

erned all his movements, made him repel her allurements. Finally when no other means of escape could be found, the two fri

nt of human actions, was the chief reason why the Pythagoreans killed no animals. Ovid represents Pythagoras saying that i

storic characters. Mythologically, — Sigurd (of the shining eyes that no man might face unabashed) has been regarded as a

genealogy, §§ 132 (4), 151, 152-157 (Illustr.). Ceda′lion, 147. Celæ′ no , (1) a Pleiad; (2) a Harpy. Ce′leüs, 182. Centaur

ed by Venus, 261. Gordian Knot (Gor′dius), Com. § 104. Gor′gons (Sthe′ no , Eury′a-le, Medu′sa), described, 86, 225; Com. §§

ser, on the Graces, 71, 96, 200; Com. § 43 (3). Græ′æ, Gray-women (Di′ no , Pephre′-do, Eny′o), described, 86; and Perseus,

rature, Com. § 15. Indra; see under Hindoo deities (1); Com. § 101. I′ no , 117, 118, 219, 244, 269; Com. § 129. I′o, 11; my

am, 2; see Judges ix, 7. Jotunheim, 367, 372, 373, 388. Jubal, 12. Ju′ no (He′ra, He′re), 39, 42, 52; attri* butes of, 54;

enamored of Bellerophon; a daughter of Iobates. Sthen′elus, 136. Sthe′ no ; daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; one of the Gorgons

the names which are given to the persons or actors in the fables; and no man can positively deny that this was the sense p

of things and others to civil affairs. We have another sign, and that no small one, of this hidden sense which we have bee

may be feigned for amusement, and in imitation of history; but where no such designs appear, but they seem to be what non

e figures were the fruits of their industry; and happy if they looked no further, that they have afforded matter and occas

ever God was he, Had formed the whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth

his father, because, the world and time once created, he could exist no longer; he devoured his infants because time dest

rototype of the air: Time, mighty and all-destroying as he is, having no influence over the elements. Cybele, Vesta.

rnal dissensions. ——— “The bruised Titans mourned Within a den where no insulting light Could glimmer on their tears; whe

oom of new revenge. Alas! I pity thee, and hate myself, That I can do no more: aye from thy sight Returning, for a season,

ar lamps, That measure and divide the weary years From which there is no refuge, long have taught And long must teach. Eve

re closed at once in one perpetual night; These Juno takes, that they no more may fail, And spreads them in her peacock’s

e Isle of Samos, announcing, at the same time, that she should return no more to the court of the King of Heaven. The latt

e leaves which speak Of future things to our sore troubled souls. Yet no ! perchance the burden is too much, And is in merc

ters consider Phœbus and Apollo to be different deities, there can be no doubt that the worship which is offered to Phœbus

s of light, As oft were spread the alternate shades of night, So long no sustenance the mourner knew, Unless she drank her

gh them, they repeated, “King Midas has the ears of an ass.” Enraged, no less than terrified, at this extraordinary occurr

h to betray her husband and a prince, But she must burst or blab, and no pretence Of honour tied her tongue in self defenc

atus, the same day that Alexander the Great was born. This madman had no other end, than to render his name for ever notor

re rent, and scattered in the lawless wind. Such trivial cares, alas! no room can find, Her dear, deceitful Theseus fills

e paid a visit to Proserpine, and the beautiful wife of Pluto, was by no means insensible to his merits; but after an abse

g the favours of Jupiter; and Venus, though possessed of every charm, no sooner put on her cestus, than Vulcan, unable to

l art to know, And all the joys from social life that flow; In search no more of casual seats to roam, But rear with skilf

This was a throne of gold, with secret springs, on which the goddess no sooner sate, than she ‌found herself unable to mo

ch ‌created an ecstacy among the scandal-mongers of Olympus. This was no less than an improper liason between Mars, God of

groom had never made himself visible to her, and though to her he had no name save that fond one of husband, yet still she

ching and passionate endearments he bestowed on her. But all this was no pleasant intelligence to them, for with the malic

ture, they determined to be revenged on her for a happiness which was no fault. They affected to believe that her husband

s Psyche if he became visible to her — or they asserted that they had no doubt though the lips and skin of this mysterious

d that the light would reveal a monster whose presence would astonish no less than it would frighten: and succeeded in per

rs. No verdant shade relieves the sandy plain, The wide spread waste, no gentle fountain cheers; One barren face the drear

oir to make delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,     From chain s

ke delicious moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,     From chain swung cens

ous moan         Upon the midnight hours; No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet,     From chain swung censer teemin

pe, no incense sweet,     From chain swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouthed pro

ense sweet,     From chain swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouthed prophet dream

    From chain swung censer teeming; No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat     Of pale-mouthed prophet dreaming. O brig

hed his lightest word: When suddenly that eye was dim,     That voice no longer heard. “I looked upon his lonely hour,   

    Are graven, till the characters be grown Into itself, and thought no more can trace;     ’Tis the melodious hue of bea

t, were devoted to infamy, while they who conquered, and had received no wounds, were honoured with triumphant rejoicings.

was made with the bones of Pelops — while Apollodorus asserts, it was no more than a piece of clock-work which moved of it

epoch in his history. The fiery blood of Mars, which would submit to no insult, was immediately in arms at so tender a po

ire delight, The waste of slaughter, and the rage of fight. No bound, no law, thy fiery temper quells, And all thy mother

fused to become the sharer of his possessions. Pluto, however, was by no means willing to sit quietly down in single bless

ogy_1842_img109 Mercury. Though according to Cicero, there were no less than five gods of this name; yet to the son

ior intelligences. For the most part, therefore, these Immortals have no origin in history; but, as allusions are constant

o tall, so straight, such well proportioned limbs, The nicest eye did no distinction know But that the goddess bore a gold

thought to fold, About that neck that still deludes his hold, He gets no kisses from those cozening lips, His arms grasp n

bless, my flocks to spare. When December’s nones return Labour’s yoke no more is borne, Sport the cattle in the meads, The

ow gold:’ He had his wish: but yet the god repined, To think the fool no better wish could find. But the brave king depart

th rich dainties for their happy lord, Whose powerful hands the bread no sooner hold, But its whole substance is transform

Thy pity now, repenting, I implore; Oh! may I feel the golden plague no more!’” Ovid. He was told to wash himself in th

the mother still fair, and how big was her son?” Hood. Time brought no remedy, for still he was troubled by the absence

is finger; he rose and drew near Like a son of immortals, one born to no fear, But with strength of black locks, and with

n, That the once love of women, the friendship of men In past sorrow, no kindness, e’er came like a kiss On my heart in it

f satyrs, tempt her innocence in vain. Vertumnus too pursued the maid no less, But with his rivals, shared a like success.

r me I depart to a brighter shore, Ye are marked by care, ye are mine no more, I go where the loved, who have left you, dw

misty morn, Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence, for no lonely bird would sing Into his hollow ear from w

allowed breath,     May spare the victim fallen low; But man will ask no truce to death,     No bounds to human woe.” Cam

ands; Still hold her under every distant shape, Till tired, she tries no longer to escape? Thus he then sunk beneath the g

” Chorus. “We are free, we are free, in our realms of air, We list to no sorrow, we own no care; We hold our carousals alo

free, we are free, in our realms of air, We list to no sorrow, we own no care; We hold our carousals aloft with the stars,

, and the God, to render her propitious, sought the aid of Circe, who no sooner saw him than she became enamoured, and, in

sonous herbs into the waters of the fountain where Scylla bathed, and no sooner had the nymph entered, than her body, belo

she is called by some of the poets, the mother of all things, of gods no less than of men, and was worshipped with great s

ty, Man knows ’tis written ‘thou must surely die!’ But at what hour, no mortal power may know,     Whether at morn, at de

n of roses. “Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour. There dwelt no joy in Eden’s rosy bower! In vain the viewless se

poor, enjoys                 His best and happiest state. When toil no longer irksome, and restrained By hard necessity,

love-knots,         Take back our love-knots!’ Coolly said, ‘There’s no returning Wares on Hymen’s hands — Good morning!’

the snakes’ teeth a human crop produce, And from the labouring earth, no single birth But a whole troop of lusty youths ru

ook a last adieu,     And gaze on Innocence that smiles asleep, Shall no fond feeling beat to Nature true,     Charm thee

ise, forbid, avert the blow! In the vales of placid gladness     Let no rueful maniac range; Chase afar the fiend of Madn

u unhappy, my polluting guilt! Theseus. Friends, from their friends, no stain of guilt contract. Hercules. This hath my

ud words provoke worse ill. Hercules. I now am full, and can contain no more. Theseus. What dost thou? Whither doth thy

assembly of my friends Can I approach? Pollutions rank as mine, Allow no converse. Should I go to Argos? How, since I fly

vy club, destroyed the heads of his enemy. But this was productive of no advantage, for as soon as one head was beaten to

and Cerberus also was granted to his prayers, provided he made use of no arms, but only force to drag him away. Hercules,

hrough the worst part of the water in safety, prepared to follow, but no sooner had the Centaur landed with Dejanira, than

e timely wise; Thou monster double shaped, my right set free, If thou no reverence owe my fame and me, Yet kindred should

ormer lover, Iole, fell into his hands, and found that she still held no slight possession of his affections. She accompan

er rival, sent to him the tunic given her by the Centaur, Nessus, but no sooner had he put it on, than the poison with whi

underer’s reign, Fatigued at length, suspends her harsh commands, Yet no fatigue has slacked these valiant hands; But now,

cle, he was to perish by the hands of his daughter’s son, Perseus was no sooner born, than Acresius caused him to be throw

nable to submit to the position of being the only one who had brought no present, and unwilling to appear inferior to the

the deep. The mighty monarch, uncontrolled, alone, His sceptre sways; no neighb’ring states are known. A thousand flocks o

ift of endless rest from me receive. —’ He said, and backward turned, no more concealed The present, and Medusa’s head rev

ther — ‌    Phæ. Thy father and my husband, what of that? Love knows no ties save those he makes himself, Speak to me — S

— say it not, Hippolytus! for I Do love thee as —     Hip. I’ll hear no more! Mother! I leave thee, and I pray the gods

n, A land where Theseus’ name hath never sounded; Fly, traitor! brave no longer here, my hate! Within a court that I shall

The. And dost thou think that thou canst thus deceive me? Away, away, no more pollute my court; Wert thou not called my so

er crowned,     And armed for Greece that day; But the falchions made no sound     On his gleaming war array. In the battl

nt he stood,     With his tall and shadowy crest; But the arrows drew no blood,     Though their path was thro’ his breast

The springs that fled from his deluded lip; Their urn the fifty maids no longer fill, Ixion leant and listened on his whee

laurel and the glorious rose     Thy glad beam yet may see, But where no purple summer glows O’er the dark wave I haste fr

t: he from his side, Unsheathed a dagger, and upon me leap’d. ‌I had no dagger, but I lacked not courage. Me he assailed.

                             By the gods, I do conjure you to enquire no more. Œd. Furies and Hell! Hæmon bring forth the

Œd. O you gods — break, break not yet my heart, Though my eyes burst, no matter, wilt thou tell me, Or must I ask for ever

I thank you gods! ’tis wondrous well! Dagger and poison — O there is no need For my dispatch; and you, ye merciless power

r presence, And on this field of death — And thou, whom I Should call no more my brother, do thou spare The blood of Thebe

y the weeping priests in linen robes arrayed, All mourn her fate; but no relief appeared: The royal victim bound, the knif

ndous cries Resound on every side throughout the palace. Cly. He had no power to escape, or to resist, Entangled in the g

father! is the blade Again to pierce a bosom now unfit For sacrifice? no blood is in its veins, No God requires it here; h

acrifice? no blood is in its veins, No God requires it here; here are no wrongs To vindicate, no realms to overthrow. You

its veins, No God requires it here; here are no wrongs To vindicate, no realms to overthrow. You standing as at Aulis in

ar below? do tears Spring in these meadows? Iphig. No, sweet father, no . I could have answered that; why ask the Gods? A

et you here condemn; Not, were the day less joyful: recollect We have no wicked here; no king to judge. Poseidon, we have

emn; Not, were the day less joyful: recollect We have no wicked here; no king to judge. Poseidon, we have heard, with bitt

house’s shame. Aga. Never may’st thou, Iphigenia! feel it! Aulis had no sharp sword, thou would’st exclaim, Greece no ave

nia! feel it! Aulis had no sharp sword, thou would’st exclaim, Greece no avenger — I, her chief so late, Through Erebus, t

o Philoctetes, who, however, would not give up the terrible arms that no mortal dared take from him. Ulysses presented him

ty clusters pour, And Jove descends in each prolific shower. By these no statutes and no rights are known, No council held

, And Jove descends in each prolific shower. By these no statutes and no rights are known, No council held, no monarch fil

hower. By these no statutes and no rights are known, No council held, no monarch fills the throne. But high on hills, or a

at which she worked in the day, so that when Ulysses arrived, she was no nearer its completion than at first. Meanwhile Ul

ping eyes, while they deplore Their neighbours’ fate, and country now no more, Their little shed, scarce large enough for

e word thy Thisbe never asked before! Fate, though it conquers, shall no triumph gain, Fate, that divides us, still divide

t again — The blue sea rolled between them — but in vain! Leander had no fear, he cleft the wave, What is the peril fond h

ards who usually attended upon the Roman Emperor, thus showing he had no distrust of his subjects. His great object was to

timony of reverence to a monarch, whom they could not help respecting no less for his abilities, than for his moderation i

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

is mission. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img264 “Look no longer for thy sister,” replied Apollo, “but foll

her. To be born, is to appear under a new shape; to die, is to appear no longer under the same form. But, as it is impossi

f the ancient people of the North, is a complete receptacle of poetry no less than of history: and forms of itself a work

cribed as the finest and the best of their race. He was distinguished no less for his ‌eloquence than for his kindness and

celebrated, was sown with stones, and from thenceforth doomed to know no more the voice of the sower, the song of the reap

adness of harvest time. Under very important circumstances, it was by no means unusual to sacrifice human victims to this

s of the American lion: we may at once emphatically say that there is no real difference between the above couch, and that

from all the animals, and from all the vegetables, that they would do no harm to Balder. On the conclusion of this solemn

was only one small shrub, (the mistletoe,) from which she had exacted no promise, because, it being so feeble, she did not

to the preparation of the present work. The Student’s Mythology lays no claim to any superiority in point of erudition; t

e merchant’s traffic disturbed the joyous leisure of that happy time; no ships ploughed the seas, and the glittering steel

ral powers. There was this restraint upon their wonder-working gifts: no divinity was permitted to reverse the act of anot

when an offended god subjected a mortal to some cruel transformation, no other deity, not even Jupiter himself, could undo

for moral or religious sentiment. Whatever their origin, there can be no doubt that they had an unfavorable influence on t

was Minerva? Ans. She was the goddess of wisdom and of war. She had no mother, but sprang full armed from the head of Ju

eged Troy, they found that all their efforts to take the city were of no avail; they determined, therefore, to steal the P

irth to Apollo and Diana. Terra (the earth) had promised Juno to give no shelter to her rival, but the island of Delos for

e, “giving him ambrosial food and fair garments.” When Tithonus could no longer move his aged limbs, and his feeble voice

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

e, and made such divine melody that the music of the Sirens attracted no attention. The Fates had decreed that the Sirens

ved into Pluto’s kingdom, the gates are locked upon them and there is no escape. Ques. What does Pluto’s name signify? A

ke, called Avernus; this was overhung with such poisonous vapors that no birds could fly over it. The ferryman, Charon, wa

tress, went to consult the oracle of Apollo. An answer was given that no remedy could be found until some one should solve

ad so many doors, and were connected by such intricate windings, that no one who was conducted a certain distance into the

the guards. When Acrisius discovered that his precautions had been of no avail, he enclosed Danaë and her infant son in a

re of Minos, Dædalus was imprisoned in a lofty tower. As there seemed no other means of escape, he resolved on attempting

heat melted the wax which united the feathers of his wings. He could no longer sustain himself, and was drowned in that s

owever, makes its nest on shore, lays its eggs in the spring, and has no connection with calm weather. The large sponge-li

, questioned the supposed fisherman. Mestra replied that she had seen no one, and he proceeded to search for the fugitive

e barbarians, the fields were without grain, the hills without vines; no stately oaks clothed the mountain-side, no willow

, the hills without vines; no stately oaks clothed the mountain-side, no willows drooped along the banks; a scanty growth

r flowers. In Summer, the sun was obscured by clouds; the Autumn shed no fruits, but through every season of the year, the

refused afterwards to listen to the suit of that god, he decreed that no one should attach any credit to her predictions.

tives; considering himself wronged, he withdrew from the contest, and no entreaties could induce him to return to the fiel

, on the promontory of Sigæum. The vindictive spirit of Achilles knew no repose, even in death. After the fall of Troy, hi

ces of Greece, a suitor of the beautiful Helen. Believing that he had no hope for success among so many competitors, Ulyss

ng that she was free to remain, if such was her desire. Penelope made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icarus

e made no reply, but dropped her veil over her face. Icarus urged her no longer, and when she was gone, he erected a statu

and were filled with a sort of indolent contentment, so that they had no other desire than to remain always in that countr

all perished, except Ulysses himself, who was spared as having taken no part in the sacrilege. He formed a raft from the

ul Penelope. When a long time had elapsed after the fall of Troy, and no tidings were received of Ulysses, it was generall

d of which time the suitors became so importunate that Penelope could no longer resist. She promised, therefore, that she

he guilty queen feigned to grieve at these tidings, but Ægisthus made no effort to conceal his satisfaction. Orestes was n

, and carried as victims to the temple. The officiating priestess was no other than Iphigenia, the sister of Orestes, whom

touching devotion until death released her from this filial duty. She no sooner learned the cruel order of Creon, than she

he utmost in defence of his country. Excepting Hector only, there was no Trojan who so distinguished himself by his valor.

f his enemies, the oracle could not fail of being fulfilled. There is no doubt that the Pythia was often influenced by per

oty. Sylla also plundered Delphi, and Nero took from it, at one time, no less than five hundred statues of bronze. The tem

er at midnight than at noon-day. The truth seems to be that little or no change takes place in the fountain, which is well

he apparent variation in the temperature of the fountain. Belzoni had no thermometer with him, so that he was unable to te

hrough the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine,     With hollow shriek the steep of

e chariot herself at the games. This is a feat which, it is believed, no woman ever attempted. The portrait of Cynisca, dr

was waylaid by two robbers. The unhappy bard called in vain for aid; no human help was near; but his last, despairing cry

d seen. The murderers heard this appeal, to which, however, they paid no heed at the time. The body of Ibycus was found an

ey crowded the tribunals and demanded vengeance on the murderers, but no trace could be found which might lead to their di

d made the circuit of the Theatre. The sound of instruments was heard no more as their choral hymn swelled and rose, thril

stage. Whatever may have been the faults of the Greek drama, there is no doubt that it was intended to inculcate principle

o her dogs aspiring temples rise! And should you leeks or onions eat, no time Would expiate the sacrilegious crime. Religi

er. The Sudras may eat every kind but beef, but the Pariahs are under no restriction whatever. The idea seems to be that t

restriction whatever. The idea seems to be that they are so vile that no kind of food could pollute them. Ques. Are the c

servances prescribed in them. They allow animal food, and acknowledge no distinction of castes. Bloody sacrifices are proh

ism universally followed in China? Ans. There is, strictly speaking, no state or national religion in China, but all form

popularity during life, but the honors paid to him after death, have no parallel in history. His tablet is in every schoo

nal religion for official persons and literary men. There seems to be no sort of belief connected with these observances.

ions made at their tombs, etc., were simply national customs to which no superstitious idea was attached. As they were ass

divinity. His followers, however, like the rest of the Chinese, have no definite idea of God. Ques. What class of Chines

t temples of Buddha are now going gradually to decay, and there seems no prospect that any attempt will be made to restore

phrase to the effect that all men are brothers, and religions are of no consequence. Ques. If such total indifference pr

he gives all the meat that is set before him, as he himself stands in no need of food. Mead is for him both food and drink

on the earth — stones, plants, rocks and animals — that they would do no harm to Baldur. The gods were so well satisfied w

days, and as many nights, the hero rode through darksome glens where no object could be discerned in the gloom. On the te

n and earth resounded with lamentations for the hero. Hela would take no ransom, but wished to try if Baldur were really s

Let Hela keep her own.” It was strongly suspected that this hag was no other than Loki himself, who never ceased to work

n will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven, and time shall be no more. After this universal destruction, Alfâdur (

y. Superior to the Roman Jupiter, or the Zeus of the Greeks, Esus had no parentage; was subject to no fate; he was free an

ter, or the Zeus of the Greeks, Esus had no parentage; was subject to no fate; he was free and self-existent, and the crea

utes, Thoth, the Mercury of Egypt and Phœnicia. The ancient Gauls had no idols, nor did they ever attempt any visible repr

tion of every Celtic warrior, and to the coward or traitor, there was no penalty so terrible as the denunciation of the sa

th day of the moon. As soon as the mistletoe was found growing on the no less sacred oak, the Druids assembled; a banquet

t in rejoicing. In like manner, the samolus, or marsh-wort, possessed no virtue unless it were sought fasting, and gathere

people, and had the right of deciding in all controversies. There was no appeal from their sentence, and those who venture

led to the Greeks the orgies of their own Bacchantes. It is said that no year passed without a victim. The nine virgin pri

heir nocturnal revels, which prevailed so long in Europe, originated, no doubt, from popular traditions concerning these s

same with Dis or Pluto; but in the mythology of the Gauls, there were no infernal regions, and consequently, there was no

he Gauls, there were no infernal regions, and consequently, there was no Pluto. The soul passed into another body, and the

ight craft is weighed down by a ghostly band. The terrified pilot has no need of helm or sail, for the barks are borne wes

d rude blocks of gray granite, set on end; they are angular, and show no marks of polish. These menhirs are arranged in el

sun finds the grim sentinels silent and motionless as before, bearing no trace of their wild nocturnal march. Chapter I

dently for the return of the benevolent deity, and this tradition had no small influence in preparing the way for the futu

tive enemies to the manes of a departed warrior, this offering formed no necessary part of the burial rite; on the other h

roduced by the Aztec conquerors, whose wars were often undertaken for no other purpose than to procure victims for their a

xicans, both men and women, feasted on the bodies of the victims; and no Aztec noble would venture to entertain his friend

ed under the different names of Pachacamac and Viracocha. They raised no temples in his honor; that which stood near the p

xican story of Quetzalcoatl, and the coincidence is singular, because no communication is believed to have existed between

t was for his part; for what related to Castor and Pollux, they would no doubt bestow a generous recompense. The disconcer

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

an especial favorite of the gods. The remark of the ancient sage that no man is to be accounted happy before he dies, was

yche had a good conscience, she knew she had been good, and she hoped no misfortune would happen to her. Being conducted t

o the palace, entered it. She walked from room to room, but could see no living being. A slight refreshment of fruits was

sung, and the musicians were invisible. The invisible bridegroom was no other than Cupid, and a voice proclaimed that Psy

ur sisters; but beware of taking any advice they may give you. I have no confidence in their good will towards you. I am a

It was enough, they said, to make any woman miserable. “There can be no doubt,” said one, “that he is the most frightful

s relieved by her absence. Psyche was just revolving in her mind that no hope remained to her; that if gods persecuted, mo

ngly crown which he wore, and his magnificent appearance, it could be no other than the lord of the world below. She shrie

ed to her home, expecting to be received by her beloved daughter; but no daughter awaited her. Where to look for her, the

t; this was all she could learn of what had happened. Night came, and no Proserpine returned; Ceres ascended to the burnin

d of polenta. “Mother,” said Becubo’s son, “I am afraid there will be no polenta for my supper. Look at that greedy woman,

, and so effectually punished the barbarians, that the Athenians were no longer afraid of them. Pandion was very grateful

cannot leave the kingdom; your subjects require your care, but I have no subjects that need me. My good Zanthea, the faith

reus said, pretending to comfort her, “Do not weep, lovely Philomela; no harm is intended you. I must quit you now, but I

re refused at all. One man said, “My friends are with me; I can admit no other guests;” a second answered their applicatio

py pair. They were poor, but they did not desire to be rich. They had no servants to command, and they needed none; they l

becomes us to offer a sacrifice to these gods,” said Baucis. “We have no victim,” said Philemon, “save our old goose yonde

old she was — had served them as a sentry for forty years. They kept no dog, and the goose’s loud cackling gave them the

Philemon, “I thank you for your hospitality. We, for my companion is no other than the god Mercury, sought kindness from

and Philemon? Ann. Very much. But I should like to know why they had no glass windows in their cottage, as I suppose they

mes, she will go to the apartment of the ladies of our house. We have no mother, but our good nurse, Euryclea, is our frie

ould be at this time, in our houses hung with mirrors. The Greeks had no glass; sometimes they used plates of polished bra

d Narcissus, was a young maiden, named Echo. But Narcissus would take no notice of her; and that neglect mortified the poo

s came to look at him lying on the bank, as they had seen him, he was no longer there, but in his place the pretty flower

pity make us happy, even when we are in trouble. Juno could think of no way to make them miserable, but to tempt them to

nce reigned. There the indolent, those who in their lives had been of no service to others, had their portion after death.

rew to the regions of Pluto. Driven to madness by the poison, Athamas no longer saw any thing as it was. Every object assu

ntreated the mariners to return with him to the island, but they took no notice of his supplications. Finding them inflexi

s, numbers of people together, commit foolish and cruel actions which no . single person would perpetrate. The Bacchantes u

ribes his lamentation for him: “Dearest of men! for thou, though now no more, Shall yet be numbered ’mongst my best lov’d

’mongst my best lov’d sons. No more thy hand shall stroke this beard; no more Embrace thy mother’s father, nor thy voice A

d dead; killed by the madness and folly of the Menades. Still, though no longer alive, I will call thee my dear son. I rem

other. But the shocking conduct is not all it describes. Does it show no goodness? Ann. Yes, the goodness of Cadmus and o

se religion is, and how beautiful is the true. Ann. I hope there are no such foolish ways of worshipping the true, or any

ence. Ann. This is much like the procession of Bacchus, but there is no Silenus in it. Mother. Nor any leopards. The anc

. Acrisius thought if his daughter were never married, she could have no son to kill him, and therefore he shut up the pri

ill him, and therefore he shut up the princess in a high tower, where no man could see her, nor visit her. Jupiter loved a

Perseus expected a cordial welcome from Atlas; but, to his surprise, no such welcome was offered him. The king looked at

a heavy chain attached to the rock. “Beautiful lady,” said he, “I am no god, but the good gods aid me. They know that I d

cut short the matter, by telling Phineus, that Andromeda was his, and no man living should separate them. The friends of P

y taking theirs. When Perseus reached Argos, he found his grandfather no longer its king. His brother, Phætus, a very artf

herself from his insults, she went to the temple of Minerva, whither no person durst follow to disturb her. A man, or wom

, might go to a temple, as a refuge from injury, or to save life, but no one dared to follow him or her thither, lest he s

ll have done. What was Minerva’s Ægis? Mother. It was a shield which no weapon could penetrate. It means that the truly w

fear neither your numbers nor your talents: there are nine of us, and no more of you. Let us try our skill together; and l

could have done without reading them. But, at present, you can afford no more time to fictions; you must read facts. I hav

dear son,” answered Clymene to this complaint, “this young prince has no more glorious ancestors than your own; as I have

e son of Io has vaunted that he is the offspring of a god, while I am no other than a child of mortality. Condescend, divi

e sun, which was drawn by two coursers of such power and spirit, that no hand, except that of Apollo, could restrain them.

presumptuous are only taught from their own experience, expostulated no more with Phæton, but conducted him to the car. T

e had not a dwelling, and Terra refused her one, so that she can have no power to bestow any thing upon you. “If a mortal

e now stand, it happened to be a season of great drought; the streams no longer flowed through the fields, and the grass w

hem thus coarsely accosted her: ‘Why come you hither, woman; is there no other water in the world that you must come to dr

ns us and on in mythic names instead of the Latin us and um. There is no good reason for this last usage, and I think Gree

ering the bulk and nature of the work. In this praise however I claim no share ; it all belongs to the printers, to whom a

study of mythology should ever become general, the public would have no right to my book except on my own terms. The legi

lishing houses can be properly classed among our opponents. They have no objection to the extension of the period of copyr

uch were those in us and inus. Libertus and Libertinus were, there is no doubt, originally the same. Valerius was Corvus o

e incredible. Origin of Mythology. It is an interesting but by no means an easy task to trace out and explain the v

eady eloquence which at times flows from his lips, being referable to no known cause, would be attributed to the unseen wo

ior beings6. Man is incapable of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and n

l, mythe, and allegory ; and the legends which they thus devised form no inconsiderable portion of the various bodies of m

hes are historical, some physical, some moral, some theological ; but no single one of these theories will suffice to acco

ndinavia. To these may be added that of ancient Egypt. Italy has left no mythology, properly speaking, though for the sake

d so many points of resemblance have presented themselves as to leave no doubt of the original identity of the systems48.

ed judiciously it will at times give most valuable results ; if under no guidance but that of caprice and fancy, it will b

, however, by far the earliest portion of Grecian literature, we find no traces of sacerdotal dominion ; and in the subseq

Grecian mythology, as we find it in the works of the ancients, offers no appearance of a regular concerted system. It is r

k he extends by observing that the Homeric gods are the Olympian, and no others. In this however we can only see that, as

ped the punishment of death. Philosophers took warning, and truth was no longer brought into public view. But such is the

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

inds, and that in both there are interpolations, some of which are of no small magnitude, but that notwithstanding they ma

pt from disease or old age, from toils and warfare, and, conscious of no evil thoughts or acts, they had not to fear the a

They must of course have regarded it as a portion of the Sea. We have no means of ascertaining whether they supposed it to

estern part of the Sea. Of Colchis and Caucasus they seem to have had no knowledge whatever in these early ages. They were

dwelleth fair-haired Rhadamanthys : There life is easiest unto men ; no snow, Or wintry storm, or rain, at any time Is th

the edge of the disk of the earth, which they probably regarded as of no great width, nations enjoying the peculiar favour

ers of Morning-star (Eosphoros) and Evening-star (Hesperos.) There is no reason to suppose the Greeks to have had any know

emain inactive in Tartaros. The Titan-war therefore could have formed no part of the original mythe. It had its origin in

the earth being generally looked on as the female principle. We find no traces of it anterior to the Alexandrian period,

d men,’ whom Zeus revering remitted his anger173. The poet gives here no intimation of any kindred between Night and Sleep

the Sun-god. Helios, aware of the consequences, remonstrated, but to no purpose. The youth persisted, and the god, bound

ls. The Eridanos is said to have been a mere poetic name, there being no stream actually so called ; though it was afterwa

iding the earth among them by lot, the Sun happening to be absent got no share. On his reminding Zeus of this, the god was

while he was reposing after the toils of the day. There is, however, no allusion in Homer or Hesiod to the chariot of Sel

tream, ‘giving him ambrosial food and fair garments’. But when he was no longer able to move his limbs, she deemed it the

r the Islands of the Blest in the western stream of Ocean. There were no temples of Kronos in Greece328; but the Athenians

o drew the following picture of Olympos could have conceived it to be no more than the summit of a terrestrial mountain.

r. Thus in Homer438 Penelope says, Why, herald, is my son gone ? for no need Had he to mount the swift-coursed ships, whi

g inexorable and deaf to supplication, — for from his realms there is no return, — and an object of aversion and hatred bo

e poorest cultivator on earth than a king in those regions. They have no strength or power of mind or body470. Some few, e

to cut off a lock of the hair of Alcestis494. Of this rite, however, no other mention is, we believe, to be found in Grec

rbage, and flowers cover the face of nature534. As the earth exhibits no symptoms of becoming effete, but brings forth her

ly, and some jokes were passed on the occasion. Poseidôn however took no part in the mirth, but drawing Hephæstos aside pr

able concerning them, that they were all made of the various metals ; no wood, or stone, or any other substance, entering

In Homer601 she appears as one of the wives of Zeus, and there occur no traces of enmity between her and Hera. Posterior

 ; at Pytho he himself revealed the future613. As in Homer and Hesiod no birth-place of any of the gods is noticed, we mus

oon as he had tasted the divine food, his bands and swaddling-clothes no longer retained him : he sprang up, and called to

resolved if possible to prevent his birth. Determined therefore that no place should receive the travailing goddess, she

l Thessaly ; thence went to Eubœa, Attica, and Bœotia, but could find no place to his mind. The situation of Tilphussa, ne

him Crissa beneath Mount Parnassos as a quiet sequestered spot, where no unseemly sounds would disturb the holy silence de

s and actions. The purity of his character appears also in this, that no amours with either goddesses or mortals are ascri

he legend at Letrini was689 that he fell in love with her, but seeing no chance of success in a lawful way he resolved to

ar to that borne by Upis and Arge at Delos. Leucophryne was therefore no more than an epithet of Artemis, who had also a t

represented as a healthy, strong, active maiden, — handsome, but with no gentleness of expression. She wears the Cretan hu

which was ascribed to Hippolytos, but the guides could give Pausanias no account of the unusual title Lycæa709. Another am

rter of misfortune in general ; that in his religious character he is no god of nature, not being a deity of generation an

nmarried, the tales of his amours being all of a late age, and having no connexion with his worship. Finally, great stress

oth males and females with mortals. But Zeus resolved that she should no longer be exempt from the common lot. Accordingly

of the Latin poets the Loves are spoken of in the plural number, but no distinct offices are assigned them773. Thespiæ in

ording to the philosophy of the East. But further, the world presents no illustration so striking or so beautiful of the i

ghter of Zeus ; in one place784 it seems to be intimated that she had no other parent. In the Theogony Zeus swallows Metis

moral agents, of which we shall presently give an explanation, was by no means uncommon. The most probable theory, in our

he ancients in general were in favour of the former ; but as there is no reason to suppose that the Greeks knew anything o

myrtle and tamarisk under his feet, that the herdsman-god might have no clue by which to trace his cattle. As he passed b

closets where the nymph kept her clothes, ornaments, and food, but to no purpose. He then threatens the child that he will

at if it should appear to be as old as the age of Homer, there can be no further dispute about the origin of the epithet,

and came down among men. But she now was heedless of her person, and no one recognised her. Under the guise of an old wom

named Demophoôn, and beneath her care ‘he throve like a god.’ He ate no food, but Demeter breathed on him as he lay in he

abode in it, but a dismal year came upon mankind ; the earth yielded no produce, in vain the oxen drew the curved ploughs

f barley cast into the ground ; ‘well-garlanded Demeter’ would suffer no increase. The whole race of man ran risk of peris

forth, till she shall have seen her daughter. Finding that there was no other remedy, Zeus sends ‘goldrodded Argos-slayer

erties with the ancient tale. There are, as we have already observed, no traces of this legend in Homer. Demeter is only i

eral failure of the crops, and mankind were in danger of famine ; but no one knew the place of her retreat till Pan in his

 ; 6. White-horsed, etc. The name of Demeter offers, as we have seen, no difficulty whatever ; but that of her daughter is

we have seen, no difficulty whatever ; but that of her daughter is by no means so easy of explanation ; and here, as in si

, a race who thought only of production and consumption, and regarded no deities but such as were promoters of increase. W

d of every rank, provided they came at the proper time, had committed no inexpiable offence, had performed the requisite p

, as in the case of the Erinnyes and so many other deities, there was no precise number. Pausanias931 gives an old traditi

its wildest and most extravagant practices. This hypothesis rests on no stable evidence ; and it has been, as appears to

er in the field of battle. Here the former hero, who had just wounded no less than two deities, asks the latter if he is a

om art, leading them to ascribe to the personages whom they introduce no ideas and no language but what accurately corresp

ng them to ascribe to the personages whom they introduce no ideas and no language but what accurately correspond to their

ste, as we may call them, Heracles, Achilleus, Sarpedôn, Æneias, have no advantage over their fellow-mortals, except great

have been known in Greece during the Achæan period1098. There can be no doubt of the Dionysiac religion, with its nocturn

the time when the Ionians were permitted to settle in Egypt. It is in no small degree surprising with what facility the Gr

e, by the way, without ships, or materials for building them, who had no ports, and who held the sea in abhorrence1100 — w

nysos a Grecian god with a Grecian name. The most probable (though by no means quite satisfactory) interpretation of it is

Onomacritus1135.” It is needless to remind our readers, that we have no account on which we can place reliance of any int

Grecian manners and customs. The silence therefore of the poet throws no impediment in the way of our assuming that, when

are removed, and many fine systems fall to pieces. The land of Egypt no longer increases in extent a whole day’s journey

ncreases in extent a whole day’s journey toward the north, Memphis is no longer founded after the destruction of Troy. The

reason Memphis might very well be the Thebes of Homer. This poet had no knowledge of the true site of Thebes.” From Herod

n calling to him, and desiring him to ask the Athenians why they paid no regard to him, who was always, and still would be

ud tones cries, Come ; and Echo calls The caller. Back he looks, and, no one yet Approaching, cries, Why fliest thou ? and

out of gratitude raised them a temple, and instituted games, at which no woman was permitted to be present ; because when

in colour and in the perfect likeness of one hair to another, so that no difference can be perceived among them : the rest

s. Homer does not name the parents of this marine deity, and there is no mention of him in the Theogony. Apollodorus makes

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

e as spontaneously to produce them wheat, barley, and vines. They had no social institutions, neither assemblies nor laws,

fertile isle, abundantly stocked with goats. But the Cyclopes, having no ships, could not derive any advantage from it. Od

ver cannot help thinking that it was on the coast of Libya. It lay at no great distance from that of the Lotus-eaters, whi

tygia in front of Syracuse should be thought of, we reply, that it in no point accords with the description in the poem. I

tants of Hephæstos1340. As they were now artists in one line, it gave no surprise to find them engaged in a task adapted t

r the fashion set by Zeus, he had married to each other. The isle had no other tenants. The office of directing and ruling

 ; and the terrified goddess bound herself by a solemn oath to do him no injury. She afterwards at his desire restored his

n for the abode of Circe. The fact of its not being an island offered no difficulty, as it was asserted that it once had b

to such a height that its summit is for ever enveloped in clouds, and no man even if he had twenty hands and as many feet

traits of Messina the abode of Scylla and Charybdis ; but as there is no whirlpool there at all resembling Charybdis, the

his men were in it they did not meet with any one, and could procure no food but birds and fish ; that it is called the e

alarms of war ; for as they ‘dwelt remote from gain-seeking man’1417, no enemy ever approached their shores ; and they did

the Argo, endued with intelligence : they knew every port, and needed no pilot when impelled by the rowers1420. As Odysseu

ayed from his ship that she has taken under her care, since there are no people near us ?” All this would seem to indicate

s hands, they went down to the ‘mouldy house of cold Aïdes,’ and left no fame behind them. A fourth and better race was ne

eir aged parents. Club-law will prevail, faith and justice will be in no repute, the evil-doer and the violent will be mos

es’ and depart to the gods, leaving misery to man ; and there will be no defence against evil. Aratus1441 is the next in o

eligions of the East ; but that, as the Grecian religion acknowledged no evil spirits, the poet found it necessary to cut

ed as a Titan and the creator or instructor of man. In Homer there is no allusion whatever to Prometheus. Hesiod says1463,

ate relation with the gods, who, as we may have already seen, were by no means beings of pure benevolence ; on the contrar

though his brother had warned him to be upon his guard and to receive no gifts from Zeus, dazzled with her charms took her

e ancients should have taken so little notice of this mythe. There is no allusion to it in Pindar or the tragedians, excep

th and gone to Olympos, — which may be founded on this mythe, we find no allusion to it in Grecian literature, except in t

d by tradition from times long anterior to Homer and Hesiod, who make no mention of it ; neither should we perhaps be too

their favourite occupation of cultivating the land, but which we have no reason to suppose was ever common to the whole ra

Pelasgian race1514, or one which had conquered them, is what we have no means of determining. The poems give not a hint o

uation and other accidental circumstances1519, and which should cause no greater surprise than the diversity of dialects o

Religion will always vary with modes of life, and there is therefore no improbability in the supposition of that of the P

abled individual, — the personification of their name ; a practice by no means confined to Grecian mythology, as it will b

garb of the imaginary, and becomes indistinguishable from it ; where no event can be pronounced absolutely true ; where f

of Acastos getting all these beasts, derided Peleus for having killed no game ; but pulling out the tongues, he declared t

en a rude mountaintribe, dwelling on and about Mount Pelion. There is no ground for supposing that Homer and Hesiod concei

heir mother and by Thasos a son of Poseidôn. Their long search was to no purpose : they could get no intelligence of their

son of Poseidôn. Their long search was to no purpose : they could get no intelligence of their sister ; and fearing the in

ich they were now settled under their auspices and protection1654. In no place were there more of these traditions than in

husbands. They did as she desired, and the lands consequently yielded no crop. Athamas sent to Delphi to consult the oracl

f the ancient political state of Thebes. It is observed that there is no connexion between them and the Cadmic line ; that

seek aid of Trophonios in Lebadeia. They came thither, but could find no oracle : one of them however happening to see a s

ted to the Muses1723. Their tombs were shown at Anthedôn1724. We know no mythe more difficult than this of the Aloeids. Th

xplanation with her, and consulting Teiresias, he learned that it was no less a personage than Zeus himself who had assume

self about his legs. The hero crushed her heads with his club, but to no purpose, for when one was crushed two sprang up i

in the plain. The oracle being consulted declared that there would be no end of the evil till Laomedôn had given his daugh

n anger with that river filled its bed with stones, so that it became no longer navigable1757. He finally brought the oxen

en by Autolycos, his suspicions fell upon Heracles. Iphitos, who gave no credit to this charge, betook himself to that her

nd entered. Heracles followed with his drawn sword, for he would have no one thought his superior. When Telamôn saw this h

n the fatal garment and prepared to offer sacrifice. At first he felt no effect from it, but when it warmed the venom of t

d, ascended it, and directed his followers to set it on fire1783. But no one would venture to obey ; till Pœas, happening

counter continued opposition ; and Grecian mythology, which contained no being of pure and unmixed evil, but gods of mingl

d by mythologists to have been an autochthôn, i. e. one who came from no foreign country, but was born in, and as it were

ng the Hellenes, has settled among us. We are of pure Hellenic blood, no mixed people, and thence the hatred of foreign ma

ment : “The derivation of Cecrops from Saïs is a historic sophism and no mythe1796.” Cecrops then is purely an ideal being

oceeds to relate the birth of Erichthonios after a manner which gives no very high idea of Athenian delicacy1800. The godd

gh malice for her having flung him out of heaven, replied that he had no mother. Dionysos contrived to make him drunk, and

ave her an inevitable dart, and a dog named Lælaps (Whirlwind), which no beast could escape. She then cut her hair short,

en departing charged Æthra if she bore a son to rear him, and to tell no one whose he was. He moreover placed his sword an

ughters of Hyacinthos, who had settled there. This bloody deed was of no avail ; and the oracle declared, that the naming

his first victory1834. Theseus now pursued his journey, and met with no interruption till he came to the Isthmus of Corin

t mischief which he did to all the surrounding country, was called by no other name than that of Sinis1835, i. e. Evil-doe

t be very remote, they resolved to wait for that event, but they made no secret of their intentions. The arrival of Theseu

those of Aristomenes. The poem which recorded them was apparently of no great merit, and the history of Theseus yielded f

en to put fetters on him ; and there was great joy among mortals, for no one died. Hades however set Death at liberty, and

andered in solitude and melancholy till his death. Though Homer makes no mention of Pegasos, this steed forms an essential

hontes and Persephone. It is probably derived from some word of which no traces are now to be found1889. Chapter VII.

into a white cow, and swore to his spouse that he had been guilty of no infidelity. The goddess, affecting to believe him

an Egyptian colony at Argos as somewhat suspicious. In fact there was no part of Greece more thoroughly Hellenic, none whi

oracle about a son ; and the god replied, that he would himself have no male issue, but that his daughter would bear a so

r son. She replied that he was the offspring of Zeus. Her father gave no credit to her protestations. Inclosing her and he

r progress. It is probable that this of Perseus at first consisted of no more than the account of his birth and the killin

of of Schœneus the son of Athamas, and therefore a Bœotian. There is no necessity for supposing two of the same name, as

r Peloponnese is, we think, decisive of the whole question. There was no such practice known in remote antiquity as that o

her stead. It was resolved to obey the oracle. Callirrhoe could find no one possessed of sufficient affection for her to

the youth departing, the fickle sea-maiden ceased to regard him, and no longer sought his company. Grief at her loss kill

n archers served all parties as mercenaries, the people of Crete took no share in the Persian, Peloponnesian, or other war

d inspired Pasiphae with a strange passion for him, but which she had no means of gratifying. Dædalos, the celebrated Athe

their favourite deity. We regard this hypothesis however as being by no means probable. The connexion of Minôs with Posei

ry him. Her brother was highly displeased, and often chid her, but to no purpose. At length, observing one day Oriôn wadin

e Odyssey, when describing the Wandering Rocks, says2151, There pass no birds along that way, not even The fluttering pig

t length reached the isle of Lemnos, in which there were at that time no men, and Hypsipyle the daughter of Thoas governed

ied off the greater portion of it, and so defiled what they left that no mortal could endure to eat it2157. The Argonauts

s to Colchis, where they shortly after entered the Phasis. Iasôn lost no time in informing king Æetes of the cause of his

ented, provided she was yet a maid. His wife Arete hearing this, lost no time in joining the lovers in wedlock ; and the C

produce may have given its golden hue to the fleece. This however is no essential part of the mythe, as it is also said t

eal people, we may observe that the names of the adverse leaders have no similarity to Grecian ones ; but all those of the

erxes failed to unite them. The length of the war too is incredible ; no volunteer army would ever have remained so long a

milies. We very much doubt if the war-car ever was used in Greece, as no vestige of such a custom was to be found in the h

y were undoubted articles of actual belief ; and Hesiod probably gave no more than the popular creed when he said of the h

religion was, as far as we can discern, of a more serious character ; no wars or crimes polluted the beings whom they ador

of illustrious men, and hymns in honour of the gods to record, it met no love-adventures of the latter to impress on its p

e Sabines, Samnites, Marsians, and their kindred clans ; and it is by no means improbable, that the Umbrians to the north

rom the rays of the sun. The temple of Vesta was round : it contained no statue of the goddess2305. Her festival celebrate

Proleg. 232. 52. Völcker, however, asserts positively that there is no mythe without a meaning. Myth. der Jap. 50. This

9. and Q. Smyrnæus, xiv. 223.), as is too often the case with him, by no means bear him out in his theory. Statius is the

ir navigation, and their civil institutions and occupations, and have no winter. But Thetis, the Soother (θέω), who reduce

te of Tzetzes. 166. Argonaut, i. 503. It is remarkable that there is no scholion on the place. 167. Dionys. ii. 573 ; vi

), «dwell fishermen who are subjects of the Franks, but they pay them no tribute, on account, as they say, of their ferryi

wing what the need is ; they see boats there, but not their own, with no one in them ; they get in, row away, and perceive

erceive that they are heavy as if laden with passengers, but they see no one. In one pull (ῥοπῇ) they reach the isle of Br

own boats they can hardly reach in a day and a night. They still see no one, but they hear the voices of those that recei

οîαν ἄν ἐβούλετο. Πλανήσας οὖν αὐν. For πικρὰν, which gives little or no sense, Lobeck (Aglaoph. p. 613.) would read μυîαν

782. 886. The Egyptians had a similar story of their Isis, borrowed no doubt, like so many others, from the Greeks. See

d. ii. 49. 1103. Herodotus (ii. 77.) says positively that there were no vines in Egypt. Egyptian vines are mentioned in G

224. seq. 1231. Od. x. 350. 1232. Il. xx. 7. We believe there is no word in the English language which so nearly expr

ιρος is short, that of ἤπϵιρος is long. On this however we should lay no stress. 1430. Od. xix. 271. seq. 1431. Od. v.

nd should be assigned to that poetess. It is remarkable that there is no mention of Pandora in it. See in Horace (Carm. i.

ου ματρὸς ὑπ’ αἰνăς κακομηχάνου. He justly adds that it was probably no original fiction of the poet, but a current story

eserve refutation. But these ingenious writers should have known that no practice is more common, and that abundant instan

cydes, says “which is now called Gadeira,” but that island has surely no river or mountain in it. Hesiod (Th. 290, seq.) c

r may have given occasion to it — long continued. While it was absent no sentence of death could be executed in Athens ; b

, the Franks the Free, &c. It must not be concealed that there is no traditiov whatever of a people named Pelopians.

302. Plat. Min. 320. 2100. The Labyrinth is a pure poetic fiction ; no such edifice ever did exist in Crete. The real La

this account on the religion of the Romans, which we may observe had no deity answering to the Erôs of the Grecks. In our

nds a name so justly entitled to their admiration and esteem, has had no small degree of influence in urging me to take th

rds come to the subordinate gods, of whose residence the ancients had no positive idea. Questions. Why did the fabulous hi

ed Dii minorum gentium, gods of the smaller nations, because they had no place in heaven, and were not in the council of J

e did not sit; schools kept holy-days; presents were made to friends; no war was proclaimed; no offender was executed; and

kept holy-days; presents were made to friends; no war was proclaimed; no offender was executed; and masters served their s

rations were admitted for an oath. Vesta, as the goddess of fire, had no statues; but as the guardian of houses and hearth

nspiracy of his enemies who attacked him on Mount Olympus, which was, no doubt, a fortress in Thessaly. Let our readers sh

mpire, and riches; and was the special patroness of virtuous females; no woman of ill fame being allowed to enter her temp

ir designs and intrigues into execution. She appears with a head, but no legs, or other limbs. Volumnus and Volumna presi

yacinthus. “Behold the blood, which late the grass had dy’d, Was now no blood; from which a flower full blown, Far bright

ssed, to aid writers in any particular branch of science. Some reckon no more than three of them, viz. Mnemo, Aæde, and Me

public schools. For this he was generally despised, and when he died, no one would honour his memory. After having unavail

en, the god of marriage. He had many other children, but they deserve no particular notice. The Egyptians sacrificed pigs

mountain called Meros, a word, which signifies thigh. This fable has no other origin. Obs. 2. —  Herodotus, Plutarch, an

o or near it. By the oracle of Apollo, the Trojans were informed that no enemy could succeed against them, if it remained

looks are severe, because she is not in need of ornament. She shines no more under the splendour of purple, than under th

est robe, they could not be examined without emotion. No haughtiness, no forbidding majesty, no boldness; smiles, gentlene

t be examined without emotion. No haughtiness, no forbidding majesty, no boldness; smiles, gentleness, encouragement, and

experiments succeeded to do away this ridiculous usage. The nets were no longer kept up; but the promontory of Leucate rem

ey are naked, to intimate that they borrow nothing from art, and have no other charms than those of nature; they are young

ure may be compensated by the charms of mind and that we should judge no one by his external appearance. They were said to

d light, because one should promptly oblige, and bestow a favour with no expectation of reward. They were virgins, because

d Lampadophories. As offerings to him, whole victims were burnt, with no part reserved, as in immolations to the other god

first, Tubalcain, the son of Lamech, mentioned in Scripture. He was, no doubt, the first inventor of smiths’ work. The se

. Echo. “She was a nymph, though only now a sound; Yet of her tongue no other use was found, Than now she has; which neve

Mount Soracte was sacred to her. It was once said to be on fire; but no sooner had her image been removed thence, than th

r was unable to prove his accusation, suffered severe penalties. When no accuser appeared, the relatives ceased mourning,

impenetrable walls, and an iron tower. It had gates of adamant, which no power could demolish. It had five rivers at its e

litter’d to your lays; The snakes around his head grew tame, His jaws no longer glow’d with flame, Nor triple tongue was s

he is drawn by black horses. — See Fig. 39. Fig. 39. Pluto. He had no temples raised to his honour. To him were, howeve

Barry Cornwall. “Pluto, the grisly god, who never spares, Who feels no mercy, and who hears no prayers, Lives dark and d

, the grisly god, who never spares, Who feels no mercy, and who hears no prayers, Lives dark and dreadful in Hell’s dark a

never penetrated by light and wholesome air. No animal is seen there, no voice is heard, no leaf is moved by the wind. The

light and wholesome air. No animal is seen there, no voice is heard, no leaf is moved by the wind. The god reposes on a d

behind, Friends of the world, and fathers of mankind.” “There, rage no storms; the sun diffuses there His temper’d beams

ed from the blood of the slain. Some say, that Typhœus or Typhon, had no father, and that Juno was his mother. He had a co

inth, and debauched his niece Tyro. Sisyphus, who is said to have put no faith in Autolycus on account of his having stole

that was born of its own ashes; or in that of a globe, because it has no bounds; or in that of a serpent, which forms a ci

at, if necessary, it could be moved from a bad neighbourhood. Finding no fault in the shape of Venus, he said that her san

impiety. Heroines enjoyed the same honours as heroes. Their tombs had no difference. Both were raised in the middle of som

time in which the worship of the heroes began. The ancients have left no positive information on this point. The learned m

e Conquest of the Golden Fleece. Obs. — The Grecian history records no event more celebrated and more replete with ficti

s in ambush without the city, they immediately came in. Agamemnon was no sooner arrived, than he was assassinated; Menelau

tlas, attentively regarding the face of heaven. As the people saw him no more, they conceived that he was translated into

n these mystic words: “I am all that has been, all that shall be, and no mortal has ever taken off my veil.” Their theolog

ot, resembling the crescent of the moon. Were it not for these marks, no ox could be used as Apis. The festival of this go

. But yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might, and evil be no more. Glover’s Leonidas. Questions. What is the

ders, and made a ship which was two stadia wide and five long. It was no sooner finished, than the earth was overflown. So

e mud in their mouths. The third time he sent them out, they returned no more, by which he knew that the earth began to be

Mexico were laid for this god to repose upon. These were set upon by no mortal.’ Quet-zal-cot (the Feathered Serpent) wa

housand toises, or six thousand French feet; but the Greek text makes no mention of this prodigious height; and Strabo, wh

erodotus, “there were seen a superb bed, a table of massive gold, and no statues.” Even in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, tha

succeeded, and soon after they built a temple of brass, in imitation, no doubt, of the brazen room in which Acrisius had s

le expected to acquire a knowledge of futurity; but they could obtain no reply, until they had made a considerable present

. Chapter VI. Pantheon of Rome. Rome and the rest of Italy had no fewer temples than Greece. Many of them were rema

ingle mass of stone. The statues and riches which once adorned it are no longer to be seen. The Emperor Constantine III. c

ery learned treatise, in which he strives to prove, that oracles have no other origin than in the deception of priests. M.

the church. Father Baltus, a Jesuit, has given us a second treatise, no less learned than that of Van Dale, in which he a

d carried his statue on their shoulders, in a gilt ship. They pursued no particular route, and made it believed that the g

to her grandson Apollo; and from that time the oracle of Delphi spoke no more but in the name of this god. In the primitiv

art invincible.” At these words, Alexander exclaimed, that he wished no other oracle; and he then marched to the conquest

actised all the ceremonies necessary to consult this oracle, gives us no information in relation to the life of Trophonius

ts, and especially that of Varro: for, in the first place, he adduces no proof that all the Sibyls spoke in Greek; and, se

as a fantastical mixture of paganism and Christianity, which deserved no confidence. In it were found the mysteries of red

mark, he caused his son Sciold to be acknowledged king, a title which no ruler of that country had yet borne, (according t

burnt with great pomp and magnificence. Such was the end of this man, no less extraordinary in his death than in his life.

ed events. To serve divinity by sacrifice and prayer, to do to others no wrong, to be brave and intrepid, were the chief m

es, was adopted and practised by most people of Northern Europe, and, no doubt, by several Asiatic nations. It still prese

roducing himself to the people of the North as an awful divinity, had no other end than to secure dominion. Chapter III

the Scythians, as the god of war: than which rank, according to them, no honour could be more worthy of his attention, or

ea became the goddess of love and debauchery, the Venus of the north, no doubt, because she was deemed the principle of al

ient history, show that many did not follow this creed, acknowledging no other subaltern divinity than their own courage.

with twelve rivers (Eliwagar issuing from this fountain.) The sun had no palace; the stars did not know their homes; the m

he assassins of their fathers, and the fathers of their children, and no one will spare his friend. Soon after a grievous

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

woods and on the mountains, still testify that the ancient Danes were no less attached to that worship than the other nati

tion of his fellow man, which cannot be quenched whilst he entertains no respect for justice, nor for the sacred rights of

ilable means to penetrate into the secrets of futurity, operated with no less power upon the people of the North. In study

embrances and of the flights of imagination, become records which, to no small extent, depose in favour of truth. The name

ly monument which remains to us to point out that fact; but it throws no light on the beginning of their history. The most

nd of customs which existed between the Britons and the Gauls, leaves no doubt of their having had a common origin. It app

ere multiplied, and the nobility, hurried away by its bloody carnage, no more pressed so many to enter into that order. Th

ony will more easily impress his sentiments on the memory: and hence, no doubt, is the origin of poetry among all nations;

ards, forgetting the noble inspirations of their predecessors, sought no other employment than that of amusing and flatter

f Great Britain. It appears evident that the early Britons raised no temples to divinity. It is even found in the poes

ill up the most poetic imagination. It is to that cause that we must, no doubt, attribute the smallness of the number of d

Carthaginians penetrated even into the heart of the west: and hence, no doubt, that resemblance of worship among people s

nner of living; their dress and functions. The name Druids comes, no doubt, from the Celtic word deru, which means oak

alone the offices of religion, and the subaltern ministers exercised no other functions than those granted by the Druids.

rdicted to him; the whole nation considered him as impious, and dared no longer to communicate with him. As the Druids wer

he fundamental points were reduced to three: Worship the gods; Injure no body; and Be courageous. Their sciences, says Pom

e soul were not to be universal. They, who had adorned their lives by no exploit, either warlike or splendid, or otherwise

to the world. 18. Let the disobedient be driven away; let them recive no justice; let them be received into no employment.

be driven away; let them recive no justice; let them be received into no employment. 19. All fathers of families are kings

was reduced to three principal points: Honour to the gods, injury to no one, and courage. But it is not easy to reconcile

aternal and domestic authority, says the Abbé Banier, is founded upon no positive law, but only in love and respect. Juliu

s infused all the fire and ardour that heroism could produce. We have no doubt of the existence of that atrocious maxim wh

to be cruel in their families. All the people fell at their feet, and no human being was above their power. How, then, cou

. History has preserved a great number of their replies; but it makes no particular mention of those of the Druids. We sha

his genuine disciples. The peculiarity of it also is this, that it is no less scientific than sublime; and that, by a geom

[Epigraph] ”Thou shall have no other gods before me.” [Bible] [Dedication]

fictions into contact with the facts, of religion, I hope I shall in no case impair the sentiment of reverence, and that

likely to be lost or altered. When Noah and Abraham lived there were no letters or writings, and all knowledge was preser

ed the chariot of the sun. Apollo’s chariot was drawn by horses which no hand but his own could control. Many absurd and i

on such fruits and herbs as the earth spontaneously affords, and had no laws. All this only describes rude men, living by

rlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. “When there were no depths I was brought forth; when there were no fo

was. “When there were no depths I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mounta

dess of wisdom, is usually drawn with an owl by her side. This owl is no other than Ascalaphus. When Proserpine heard him

Some instances are related of beautiful ladies who had grown old, and no longer could take pleasure in the reflection of t

Time has robbed me of my beauty; I only see in this mirror that I am no longer young; I will bestow it upon her whose bea

Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying, that they be no gods which are made with hands: so that not only

led Parilia, were celebrated in the month of April, on which occasion no victim was killed, and nothing offered but the fr

acus, held their tribunal in a place called the Field of Truth, where no falsehood could be heard, and no misrepresentatio

ace called the Field of Truth, where no falsehood could be heard, and no misrepresentations deceive. The judges were reput

d; furnished with wings, a helm, and a chariot wheel, to signify that no place could secure the guilty from her pursuit. A

th; her fleshless arms supporting a scythe. To these terrible deities no altars were ever raised. Trenches were cut in the

objects of great terror. No hymns were composed to their honour, and no temples were dedicated to them. Who were the Fat

ntenced to the continued toil of filling with water vessels which had no bottom. Who were the more remarkable criminals p

e cold ground,” we naturally ask, is this the last of them — is there no better world to which they are removed — is the m

though they remained ignorant of their transformation. Men are indeed no better than brutes, if to eat, drink, and be merr

country; when their houses are only rude cabins, and where there are no considerable towns, nor many cultivated fields th

artifice Dejanira prevailed upon her husband to put on this robe; but no sooner was he arrayed in it than the poison penet

the river Thermodon in Cappadocia of Asia Minor. The Amazons admitted no men into their society. All their life was employ

hes. When Theseus arrived at Athens, Ægeus was an old man, and having no acknowledged son, the Pallantidæ, a powerful fami

opt him for his son, and will leave him the kingdom. We then shall be no more than the subjects of this upstart: let us ki

ous architect Dædalus. The Labyrinth was so artfully constructed that no person could get in and out again without a guide

must have his own property; every man must take care of his own, and no man must take what does not belong to himself; an

under his regulations, that peaceable people from other places where no wise government existed, went to reside in Attica

terprises; in killing robbers and wild beasts; and as then there were no books to read, he felt the want of something more

ase Theseus, and at length he returned to Athens. The Athenians could no longer respect Theseus, because he had abandoned

ger respect Theseus, because he had abandoned his duty, and had shown no regard to the rights of other princes, and they b

n. As soon as Jocasta had a son, Laius commanded her to kill him; but no mother could be so cruel, so she gave the infant

ook him to the palace of the king. The Queen of Corinth, Peribœa, had no child, and she soon loved the little Œdipus, as t

father, and marry his mother. Œdipus did not know what to do: he had no home but the house of Polybus, and he resolved no

himself, resolved upon discovering the concealed murderer. He spared no pains, and soon learned that he was himself the m

h honours on their native shore, Silent they slept, and heard of wars no more. Castor and Pollux were among the Argonauts

Troy. The poetical account of the taking of Troy is this. The Greeks, no being able to enter the city, pretended to abando

and to worship him as one, is the apotheosis of that man. This folly no longer exists in the world; men are now better in

the unfortunate natives of Asia, except a few European missionaries, no native Hindu, in particular, is permitted to conv

s his children all those who died with arms in their hands. Odin took no nourishment but wine, and distributes to two wolv

and eloquent, uttering just and irrevocable decrees. Into his palace no impure person could enter; and upon its columns w

r, the supreme creator, sitting in “lonely sadness” because earth had no intelligent inhabitants. The ninth stanza suppose

r their influence dared not disobey them in any thing. The Druids had no letters nor any costly temples. They composed poe

erished. The Hell of the Druids was a region of utter darkness, which no beam of the sun, no ray of light ever visited. Th

the Druids was a region of utter darkness, which no beam of the sun, no ray of light ever visited. There serpents stung a

. But yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might, and evil be no more. Glover’sLeonidas. What is the character

in any respect resemble that of ancient Rome? ——— The Mexicans had no writings, but they represented their religion, as

infinitely deserving of love and praise, and could be represented by no image. The god held nexi in reverence, was Tez-ca

were placed in the streets of Mexico, for this god to rest upon: and no mortal dared to sit upon them. The principal imag

, and water, once lay in a vast mass of confusion, in which there was no light, nor any living thing. This condition of th

es, which the Cholulans ever after observed. The Cholulans could give no account of their benefactor’s death, but that he

yed in her worship, and was universally beloved, because she required no human sacrifices, but was content with hares and

laws for the preservation of society, it was enacted at Athens, that no foreign deity should be worshipped in that city,

, not thinking the gods to be of human shape, as did the Greeks, made no images, and worshipped in the open air, conceivin

Greeks, the philosophers taught men their duty. Paganism offered men no instruction; it consisted of prayers, sacrifices,

ol. It was built by Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus. There are no windows in this edifice. The name Pantheon signif

rnal covers for the head, the Petasus, and the Pileus. Homer mentions no other covering of the head, but the helmet of the

as a Christian sanctuary, was lighted only by means of lamps; it had no windows.” “The remains of many ancient buildings

of Diana, at Ephesus, was of immense extent and magnificence; but as no remains, nor any correct representation of it exi

as no remains, nor any correct representation of it exists, it needs no description. In Italy, all over Greece, and the i

st than in their continued prayers and supplications to the gods; for no man among them who was endued with the smallest p

ineteen centuries before Christ, God instructed Abraham, who had then no child, that from him should descend a race who sh

those of Italy, and of Syria, were bowing down before idols. There is no doubt that the Phœnicians were informed of many f

h God gave to Moses. The Hebrews had a holy Sabbath; the heathens had no day of rest, and of instruction. The Hebrews had

ldest sons were hereditary high-priests ever after, provided they had no bodily imperfection. The rest of Aaron’s descenda

rtment of the temple which was called the most holy place, into which no other person could enter, and to oversee all the

it has been given. Accents have been marked, so that pupils will have no difficulty in pronouncing names. List of Subje

ing earth. “Now, so long as men remained in the same place, there was no fear that the words which they spoke would be mis

of mankind. A large number of the names of Greek gods and heroes have no meaning in the Greek language, but their names oc

them. The Romans, before they knew the Greek poetry, seem to have had no definite imagination of such an assembly of gods.

of such an assembly of gods. But the Roman and Etruscan races were by no means irreligious. They venerated their departed

ccording to the same legend, Gæa*, or Ge (the earth) first issued, in no very comprehensible manner, from Chaos, whereupon

exercise so depressing an influence upon his loving partner, that she no longer decks herself in bright and festive robes,

rge of the world and illumine the dusky night. Homer and Hesiod give no explanation of the manner in which Helios reaches

the Sun-god. Helios, aware of the consequences, remonstrated, but to no purpose. The youth persisted, and the god, bound

Clytie* was a water-nymph, and in love with the Sun-god, who made her no return. She pined away, nine days she sat on the

se, and as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other object, her face turned constantly on him.

immortal, he was supposed to be still in existence, though possessing no longer either influence or authority. The Romans,

rth and Olympus were common property. This new order of things was by no means securely established. The resentment of Gæa

uished Titans. The dominion of Zeus was now securely established, and no hostile attack ever after disturbed the peaceful

wheat, and honey, with libations of wine. The worship of Jupiter was no less extensive in Italy. The most renowned of all

ives, rich) and Orcus, from the dominions over which he ruled. He had no temple in Rome, but, in common with Proserpina*,

st celebrated was in Italy, near Lake Avernus, over which it was said no bird could fly, so noxious were its exhalations.

n weaving. Arachne’s work was so perfect, that even Athene could find no fault with it; but she tore it in pieces. Arachne

eturn means the early light which appears in the morning, but is seen no more when the sun is risen.” Cox . Cassandra*,

il in gaining credence, so, although she always prophesied correctly, no one believed her. Apollo carried off Cyrene* to t

om the spot, and repeated the words whenever the wind blew. There was no sanctuary erected to Apollo in Rome until b. c. 4

d I, who am their herald, most of all. No rest have I, nor respite. I no sooner Unclasp the winged sandals from my feet, T

ortals and immortals. On Olympus, where Apollo acted as their leader, no festivity was considered complete without their j

onsidered complete without their joy-inspiring presence; and on earth no social gathering was celebrated without libations

shrines were erected to him over the doors of houses. Janus possessed no temples. His shrines consisted of gateways in com

omans. Temples. In very early times the Greeks and Romans had no shrines nor sanctuaries devoted to public worship

es, that all places devoted to sacred purposes, even where there were no trees, were called groves. That this habit must b

r unto the altar of the Lord thy God.” Statues. The Greeks had no representations of their gods until the time of C

tly to the feet, which, however, were not divided, the limbs being in no way defined. But the artists of later times devot

ly after much labor. The goddess of justice having abandoned mankind, no influence sufficiently powerful remained to prese

other, Telephassa*, and Thasos*, a son of Poseidon. They could obtain no intelligence of Europa, and fearing to return wit

thea beheld the dead bodies of her brothers, her grief and anger knew no bounds. The Mœræ* (Fates) had appeared to Althea

corn without their husbands’ knowledge. The land consequently yielded no increase, and when the oracle was consulted, Ino

ns, who feared him more than all the other Greeks, became bolder, and no longer kept within the walls. Zeus, at the reques

carnage ensued, the Trojans, in their dismay and confusion, offering no resistance. Priam perished before the altar of Ze

, and claimed his hospitality in the name of Zeus. Polyphemus deigned no reply, but reaching out his hand he seized two of

ied, “O friends, I die, and Noman gives the blow.” They answered, “If no man hurts thee, it is the stroke of Jove, and tho

had placed all the contrary winds, and then, having cautioned him on no account to open it, he caused the gentle winds to

, which sunk eleven of the ships with all on board. Odysseus, finding no safety but in flight, exhorted his men to ply the

ated a solemn oath that she would release his companions and practise no further sorceries against him or them. She promis

given directions that they should bind him firmly to the mast, and on no account to release him until they were out of sig

ould not be moved, he exclaimed that the errand was useless, for that no mortal man could stir it from its place. Then Pen

ce broke out among them, and the fields that they had planted yielded no crops, Æneas was warned in a dream to leave the c

rds of cattle, some of which they slew, and prepared for a feast. But no sooner had they seated themselves at the table, t

facts of astronomy than do the myths in Greek mythology; but there is no doubt that, like the Greek myths, those of the Eg

uld subdue only by charms and exorcisms. The Assyrians apparently had no set religious festivals. When a feast was to be h

rahma, the creator, having finished his work, seems to be regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in Ind

nd the Scandinavian peninsula. According to the Eddas, there was once no heaven above or earth beneath, but only a bottoml

in gave all the meat that was set before him, for he himself stood in no need of food. Mead was for him both food and drin

Valhalla; but, although all the other gods had sworn not to hurt him, no oath had been taken from Loki, who destroyed him

n will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven, and time shall be no more. After this universal destruction a new heav

st of Wales, by commission from the kings of England. The Druids used no images to represent the object of their worship,

in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun. There can be no doubt that the Druids offered sacrifices to their

appears to us in the form of a mighty great hare; the other four have no visible shape, but are indeed the four winds, whi

he Egyptian Sphinx had the head of a man, the body of a lion, and had no wings. 14. Read Tennyson’s “Œnone.” 15. On the

ese may be added the class of Inferior Divinities, of whose residence no determinate ideas were given. How were the Celest

ial populace. They were called the Inferior Gods of Nations. They had no place in heaven; nor were they admitted to the Co

tly pursuing her rival Latona, prevailed upon the Earth to afford her no asylum. Upon this, Latona took refuge in a floati

upiter Ammon. From them it appears that the Bacchus of the Greeks was no other than the famous Osiris, conqueror of India.

utstretch’d arms implore, In vain they call; those arms are stretch’d no more. In the wide dungeon, she devours her food,

ius of the earth. Such fear and veneration did his name inspire, that no one durst pronounce it aloud. Philosophers regard

or Parilia, were celebrated in the month of April, on which occasion, no victim was killed, and nothing offered but the fr

he worship paid to the infernal Divinities? To these terrible Deities no altars were ever raised. Trenches were cut in the

were objects of great terror. No hymns were composed to their honour; no temples dedicated to them. Who were the principal

enced to the continued toil of filling, with water, vessels which had no bottom. Did not the ancients strangely multiply t

ra. First, dire Chimæra’s conquest was enjoin’d; A mingled monster of no mortal kind: Behind, a dragon’s fiery tail was sp

; of whom all other beings are parts; and that consequently there are no individual separate existences. “All are but par

ile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bo

hat mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, con

ns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, a

rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals

buds, and the springing lip of tender and esculent plants. There were no animals sacred to him, as to the other Egyptian d

eral governments, each having its own monarch. At that time Egypt had no foreign commerce, but confined her attention to a

But, yet at last, shall Arimanius fall Before his might, and evil be no more. Glover’s Leonidas. Chap. VII. Scythian

ter than the building of the tower of Babel, and which was, probably? no very wide departure from divine truth. At that er

igion, to serve the Supreme Divinity with sacrifice and prayer, to do no wrong to others, and to be brave and intrepid the

his children, all those who die with arms in their hands. Odin takes no nourishment but wine, and distributes to two wolv

and eloquent, uttering just and irrevocable decrees. Into his palace no impure person could enter; and upon its columns w

riest 180 THE END. 1. Some writers have supposed that Saturn was no other than Nimrod, that mighty hunter before the

ing upon the earth to receive the wonderful revelation. Every people, no matter how degraded and sunken in barbarism, has

the orderly succession of the seasons in obedience to laws that know no change. To the Greeks and Romans, there was a tim

ept alive in our minds the old animative theory of nature, that it is no great effort in us to fancy the waterspout a huge

talked of in mythic language, the meaning of their legends is open to no question, and the action ascribed to them will, a

e boldest swimmer dare not attempt to breast it; and, since there was no bridge, the spirits were obliged to rely upon the

d boatman, who plied the only boat that was available. He would allow no soul to enter this leaky craft until he had recei

ore his sire Upon his shoulders through the fire, Our knight did bear no less a pack Of his own buttocks on his back.” Bu

ear as crystal; and any believer who tastes thereof is said to thirst no more. Cel′eno [Celeno] was one of the Harpies, p

“First, dire Chimera’s conquest was enjoined, A mingled monster of no mortal kind. Behind, a dragon’s fiery tail was sp

ptolemus. Jugatin′us [Jugatinus] was one of the nuptial deities. Ju′ no [Juno] was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, alias

smoky cells; Hates gilded roofs and beds of down, And though he fears no prince’s frown, Flies from the circle of a crown.

aken out and thrown behind the altar, signifying that there should be no gall (bitterness) or anger between married people

ightened the Gauls when they invaded Greece that they ran away though no one pursued them; and the word panic is said to h

s sometimes referred to as being the same as the god Apollo, there is no doubt he was worshiped by the Egyptians, Persians

le mosche, offerse, il sacrifizio a Giove, e quelle tosto si ritiraro no al di là del fiume Alfeo (b) (16). E’stato detto

uto per l’aria o pel Cielo. Quindi da lui sotto il nome di Mematte se no implorava in Atene la serenità con solenni sacrif

che la rendette madre della Sibilla Erofile. Giunone tale dispiacere no sentiva, che nun lasciavale partorire se non bamb

que dei doni. Questi, se erano grati alla Dea, andavano ad fondo ; se no , galleggiavano, ancorchè fossero d’oro e d’argent

etto, si diede il nome di Erofila. Lattanzio vuole, che sia stata con no me proprio chiamata Eritrea, e che abbia avuti i

che abbia avuti i suo natali in Babilonia(b). Pausania riferisce, che no bosco sacro del tempio di Apollo Sminteo sussiste

ano con solenne pompa l’abbia trasferita nel tempio di Giove Capitoli no . Questa Sibilla chiamavasi Albunea(b), o Albuna(c

l latte, che loro si somministrava (m) ; Cunina alle culle (n). Senti no dava il sentimento a’ bambini appena nati (o). Ge

vece d’assaggiare la tazza, ch’eragli stata presentata piena di vele, no , ne fece una libazione agli Dei. Una colomba, a c

da Giove e da Armonia (l). Questi dà a Talia il nome di Pasitea, come no le dà quello di Pitone(a). Orfeo le dice figlie d

di quelle cose « Che hanno potenza di fare altrui male : « Dell’altre no , chè non son paurose, » diceva Dante nella Divin

ono prima tre auguri islituiti da Romolo ; poi quattro, e più ; Silla no creò fin quindici, per accrescere appoggi alla su

on molta efficacia a un suo discepolo, ingegnoso sì ma zotico anzichè no  : sacrifica alle Grazie. Così gli antichi mitolog

erisce o ispira loro la Musa, senza curarsi se a chi legge sia noto o no quel che essi dicono, o sono per dire. Omero nel

girovaghe e misteriose che si spacciavano per Sibille fossero state o no sacerdotesse di Apollo, nessuno avrebbe potuto as

sa la decima parte di tutti i suoi animali. Entro lo spazio d’un gior no eseguì l’ Eroe quanto gli si era prescritto ; mi

13), che avea avuto da Clori, figlia d’ Anfione, eccettuatone uno, di no ne Nestore, perchè questi, essendo ancor fanciull

predetta sua figlia chi lo avesse superato. Ercole vi riuscì, e colui no volle stare alla promessa, allegando per pretesto

ice del Senato, che nella Curia Iulia radunavasi, e durò come tale fi no agli ultimi tempi del Paganesimo, difesa con zelo

nascita di ognuno già fossero decretate le vicende della sua vita fi no al momento del morire. E questo dicevasi talvolta

affigurarla come un bel giovane, come Endimione od Eros, ora alato or no , generalmente in atto di dormire e colla face spe

’Ettor vi manca Non ti lagnar; peggio è per lui, che a pasto Del foco no , ma de’ miei cani il serbo. — Fallace voto del fu

di bello in te risplende, e tutto M’empie lo spirto e ‘1 cor: No dea, no donna Non fu giammai, che con sì cara e degna Sed

e quanto a una dea si conviene che è nemica d’amore. Notabile è nella no stra statua che non è succinta come le sue immagi

, dai capelli e dal volto spremeva con ambe le mani l’onda dell’ Ocea no : e il principe degli antichi pittori, Apelle, cos

ata di vedersi abbandonata da Enea, ch’ essa amava perdutamente. No, no , si mora ; e l’infedete Enea Abbia nel mio destin

n seguito dell’identificazione dell’Ercole greco, con l’Ercole egizia no , il quale nella sua qualità di Dio-Sole, passa pe

o tutte le circonda. E toglie a loro il volto e le parole : Il pianto no , che più che main’abbonda L’arbor ch’or sol col l

ntagna chiamata Pelio, le alire due dette Ossa ed Olimpo Ma coraggio no perde la terrestre Stirpe, nè par che troppo le n

iuturna era anche il nome di un’altra divinità, che i romani invocava no particolarmente quando intraprendevano una qualch

ivorar gli altri ancora, se non che Ulisse, prima ubbriacatolo con vi no generoso, gli trasse poscia, mentre dormiva, con

fiato, ucciderlo con un pugno, e mangiarlo tutto in un giorno. Sia o no esagerata, questa prova dimostra che l’uso della

lo qualla Stimolaado I giovenehl. E coma al capo Ginngean dei solco, no nom che giva ia volla, Lor ponea nelle man spoman

figura gigantesca, un solo occhio sulla fronte spaventavano anzi che no questa ninfa. Inutilmente si ornava il crine, e s

nsensible, en dérobant une parcelle de feu au char du Soleil. Jupiter no put voir sans jalousie cet ouvrage admirable, et

nge che Giunone, sapendo essere ne’ fatali libri fermato che il Troia no Enea avesse luogo fra i Numi, cede al destino e c