re is need to lay stress upon this because of the increased attention now being given to science and modern languages at th

nning the Earth did not present the beautiful appearance that it does now . No trees waved their leafy branches on the hills

plains; and swift-darting fishes swam in the limpid streams. All was now life, joy, and motion. Gæa, roused from her apath

riven across the sky in brilliant golden chariots. Peace and security now reigned on and around Mount Olympus; and Cronus,

eace for many long years. Jupiter, having disposed of all the Titans, now fancied he would enjoy the power so unlawfully ob

ort-lived. Enceladus, another redoubtable giant, also created by Gæa, now appeared to avenge Typhœus. He too was signally d

conqueror. But time, it is said, somewhat cooled his resentment; and now he is content with an occasional change of positi

.” Addison. Enceladus under Mount Ætna. B. Picart. Jupiter had now conquered all his foes, asserted his fight to the

others’ estates, and the direct management of Heaven and Earth. Peace now reigned throughout all the world. Not a murmur wa

l virgin’s image, as advis’d Satumian Jove. …………………………………………………… “But now when the fair mischief, seeming-good, His hand ha

edly fancied that sounds like whispers issued from the box. The noise now seemed to increase, and she breathlessly applied

o rapidly did he swim away. To reassure the frightened girl, the bull now spoke in gentle accents, bidding her dismiss all

er all her proud boasts, was humiliating indeed. Bitterly did Arachne now repent of her folly; and in her despair she bound

ing the Parthenon at Athens. Naught but the ruins of this mighty pile now exist; but they suffice to testify to the beauty

Latona prayed these cruel men might never leave the spot whereon they now stood; and Jupiter, in answer to her prayer, imme

tered the service of Admetus, King of Thessaly. One consolation alone now remained to the exiled god, — his music. His dulc

iend’s life-blood.                             “Zephyr penitent, Who now , ere Phœbus mounts the firmament, Fondles the flo

usly tried, but without success, to win Cephalus’ affections, and who now resolved to put an end to the bliss she envied. A

his altered guise Clytie could not forget the object of her love; and now , a fit emblem of constancy, she still follows wit

resent, and the very Muses too, to hail him as conqueror. “And, when now the westering sun Touch’d the hills, the strife w

luto, leaving Orpheus broken-hearted. Plaintive, heartrending laments now replaced the joyous wedding strains; but even the

t to the Ghosts that late she left.” Ovid ( H. King’s tr.). All was now over. He had tried and failed. No hope remained.

could not comply with their demands; and the sad notes which alone he now could draw from his instrument so enraged the mer

ught up the longing cry, and repeated it again and again. Nothing was now left to remind mortals of the sweet singer who ha

he state of affairs even worse than represented; for poor Antiope was now imprisoned, and subject daily to her rival’s crue

subject of the famous group once belonging to the Farnese family, and now called by their name. The Farnese Bull. Nati

and, as he drew nearer, recognised him as his own offspring. Timidly now Phaeton advanced to the steps of his father’s thr

er pride and delight, had fallen under Apollo’s shafts, and that they now lay cold and stiff in the forest, where they had

rowed additional charms from the witching hours of the night. “’Twas now the time when Phœbus yields to night, And rising

, turned and fled. Afraid lest he should never see them again were he now to lose sight of them, he pursued them hotly; but

f his bride, but also of his eyesight. Blind, helpless, and alone, he now wandered from place to place, hoping to find some

t day. Actæon, the huntsman, had risen at dawn to stalk the deer; and now , weary and parched with thirst, he too sought the

ould be restored to her longing arms. But Pluto, whose subject he had now become, refused to yield up Adonis; and after muc

y glances, the nymph’s whole head appeared. In gentle tones the youth now addressed her; and her ruby lips parted and moved

untain gorge, cast themselves over the precipice, and — perished. And now night was come, bringing Cupid, usually so welcom

er the narrow brim, fell upon Cupid’s naked shoulder. “Now trembling now distracted; bold, And now irresolute she seems; T

pon Cupid’s naked shoulder. “Now trembling now distracted; bold, And now irresolute she seems; The blue lamp glimmers in h

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

e fell to the ground, slain by his brother in a fit of passion. Alone now , Romulus at first vainly tried to pursue his unde

Titan Oceanus had wielded the sceptre of the sea; and regretfully he now resigned it to his youthful supplanter, whom he n

d: our force t’evade, His various arts he soon resumes in aid: A lion now , he curls a surgy mane; Sudden, our hands a spott

an empire stem hast thou; And it hath furrow’d that large front: yet now , As newly come of heaven, dost thou sit To blend

ng army stands, And press for passage with extended hands. Now these, now those, the surly boatman bore; The rest he drove

ngled. Lachesis, the second, twisted it; and under her fingers it was now strong, now weak. “Twist ye, twine ye! even so,

sis, the second, twisted it; and under her fingers it was now strong, now weak. “Twist ye, twine ye! even so, Mingle shade

h foretold that he would perish by the hand of his son-in-law. It was now too late to prevent the marriages, so calling his

Croxall’s tr.). In the midst of plenty, the gnawing pangs of hunger now made themselves felt; and the precious gift, whic

allaying them, soon lost all its attractions. With weary feet, Midas now retraced the road he had travelled in his pride a

it somewhat imprudent to leave the child thus alone with a stranger, now stole noiselessly into the apartment, and with a

er in Sicily. Joyfully she embraced the token, and, thinking she must now be upon Proserpina’s track, hastened. on until sh

as revelling in the complete solitude, when suddenly the river, until now as smooth as a mirror, was ruffled by waves, whic

ou hear her prayer? Oh that I Were rippling round her dainty fairness now , Circling about her waist, and striving how To en

and sun on the Sicilian plains. The monotonous murmur of the fountain now subsided again into its usual undertone; and Cere

eus, Elis’ stream, they say, Beneath the seas here found his way, And now his waters interfuse With thine, O fountain Areth

rms and listened to his louder tones of rapturous love.         “And now from their fountains         In Edna’s mountains

tation was identical with the sad-faced, sable-vested Queen of Hades ( now called Hecate), who held a pomegranate in one han

cient times possessed a far different signification from what it does now , and was I considered the family altar, for there

dead, the messenger god fell in love with his fair charge, who, being now effectually cured of her sole fault, was irresist

, and whispered that her husband was dead, and that his body was even now being cast up on the smooth, sandy beach by the s

s and Mors, but on the surface of the earth, were the Æolian Islands, now known as the Lipari Islands, where Æolus, god of

Hercules’ Choice The youthful hero, dismissed by his instructor, now set out to seek his fortunes. He had not gone ver

incredibly filthy state, as they had not been cleaned for years; and now Hercules was given the task to remove the accumul

ich Hercules had accomplished eight out of the twelve tasks, bade him now go forth and slay the dangerous, brazen-clawed bi

ered over the stagnant waters of Lake Stymphalus. The poisoned arrows now served him in good stead, and enabled him to put

ree; but Hercules held him fast, and felt him grow weaker and weaker, now that he was no longer sustained by his mother Ear

le, Queen of Lydia, for a certain period of time. No great deeds were now required of Hercules, whose strength was derided

punish his rival at the same time, Hercules challenged Achelous; and now began a wrestling match, the fame of which has co

be one of her attributes. The fight, only temporarily suspended, was now resumed with redoubled ardour, for each of the lo

not permit him to tarry long in any place. Instead of wandering alone now , with none to cheer or sympathise, Hercules had D

o had carefully watched over Perseus through his childhood and youth, now decided to lend him their aid, so that he might s

as within hearing, Atlas therefore addressed him as follows: “‘Hasten now , Perseus, and let me look upon the Gorgon’s face,

rt until Andromeda was sacrificed to his fury; and Perseus could even now perceive the receding procession which had solemn

e monster, cheered by the shouts of the people, who had seen him, and now rushed back to witness the slaying of their foe.

stone the raging fray.” Milman. The interrupted marriage feast was now resumed; and when it was over, Perseus took his b

was but a trifle for the hero who had conquered Medusa; and Acrisius, now old and weak, was taken from the prison where he

lost Theseus fled Those dictates, which before his reason sway’d: But now his father from the ramparts’ height, All bath’d

m, and whence he brought back Hippolyte, whom he married. Theseus was now very happy indeed, and soon all his hopes were cr

nt position, and thus enabled him to return to his own home, where he now expected to spend the remainder of his life in pe

t a magnificent temple on the Acropolis in his honour. This building, now used as a museum, contains many relics of Greek a

usly promised ere she vanished from his sight. With eager steps Jason now pressed onward, nor paused until he came in view

y, therefore, when he heard that the Argo had arrived, bearing Jason, now the proud possessor of the renowned golden fleece

n of the Corporation Art Gallery of Bradford. Unfortunately, Æson was now so old and decrepit, that power had no charms for

ey only slew the father whom they had so dearly loved. Days and years now passed happily and uneventfully for Jason and Med

go would yet cause his death. Jason, a victim of remorse and despair, now led a weary and sorrowful life, and every day he

eleager come toiler rescue and given him his death-blow. All the hunt now gathered round the boar’s corpse, and watched Mel

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

se of the prophecy. A number of happy and moderately uneventful years now passed by, and Œdipus became the father of two ma

ubjects, and’ filling the hearts of all with great terror. The people now turned to him, beseeching him to aid them, as he

as carried to Corinth’s king. The chain of evidence was complete, and now Œdipus discovered that he had involuntarily been

e, Or those whom guiltless he could ne’er behold, Or those to whom he now must sue for aid.” Sophocles ( Francklin’s tr.).

ed immediately became gentle and tractable. Thus mounted, Bellerophon now went in search of the Chimæra, who had given birt

hter’s hand in marriage. Bellerophon’s Fall Bellerophon, having now attained his dearest wishes, might have settled d

wisted branches, and her hands were filled with leaves. Nothing human now remained of poor Dryope except her sweet, tear-st

e his nature; and swimming about comfortably in the element, where he now found himself perfectly at home, he began to expl

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

rsuaded the young Achilles to accompany him to Aulis. The Greeks were now ready to embark; but no favourable wind came to s

on of the Berlin Photographic Co., 133 New Bond St., W. The gods were now propitious, and the wind slowly rose, filled the

tant interchange of growth and blight!” Wordsworth. Hostilities had now begun, and the war between the conflicting hosts

perishing in heaps.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). The Greeks, in terror, now consulted an oracle to know why this calamity had

ld, who led her back to her aged father’s arms. Ready to forgive all, now that his child was restored to him, Chryses implo

to arms and a renewal of hostilities. Countless deeds of valour were now performed by the heroes on both sides, and also b

g the women, heard that his wife had gone to the Scæan Gate, where he now drove as fast as his noble steeds could draw him.

                             “Hector, thou Art father and dear mother now to me, And brother and my youthful spouse besides

rn in Troy, and most to me.’” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Paris, ashamed now of his former flight, soon joined his brother upo

field, and together they performed many deeds of valour. The time had now come when Jupiter was about to redeem the promise

lly drove their assailants into their entrenchments. Death and defeat now dogged the very footsteps of the Greek forces, wh

walls, ever nearer the place where their vessels rode at anchor. They now ardently longed for the assistance of Achilles, w

who 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, t

dead, my son, since it hath pleased The gods that he should fall; and now receive This sumptuous armour, forged by Vulcan’s

heir celestial abode, had also witnessed this heartrending scene, and now Jupiter sent Iris to Thetis, and bade her hasten

ghter of Priam, and had been deeply smitten by her girlish charms. He now vainly tried to make peace between the conflictin

es by his son Pyrrhus. Philoctetes The oracles, silent so long, now announced that Troy could never be taken without

). Incensed by the Greeks’ former cruel desertion, no entreaty could now induce Philoctetes to accompany the messengers to

xpired, and yet Troy had not fallen into the hands of the Greeks, who now heard another prophecy, to the effect that Troy c

e. The Wooden Horse Men and chiefs, impatient of further delay, now joyfully hailed Ulysses’ proposal to take the cit

e city guards made desperate attempts to repel the Greeks; but it was now too late, for the enemy had already broken into h

ow he came to pass out last of all. “‘My favourite ram, how art thou now the last To leave the cave? It hath not been thy

wert first At the fresh stream, and first at eve to seek The stable; now thou art the last of all. Grievest thou for thy m

out of reach and prevent disaster. The Gift of ÆoIus The Greeks now sailed on until they reached the Æolian Islands,

isoned until he had safely reached home. Day and night Ulysses’ barks now bounded over the blue waves. On the ninth evening

ning. For the first time since he had left the Æolian shores, Ulysses now indulged in sleep; and while he was lost in obliv

ou art hated by the gods. Away!” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Sorrowfully now the Greeks embarked; but, instead of being hurrie

his companions, who were exceedingly grateful for their rescue. Circe now prepared a second feast, and entertained them all

after many years of reluctant lingering on the land. All seemed well now ; but Neptune suddenly became aware that his old e

son. He heard that Penelope was besieged with suitors, who were even now feasting and revelling in his palace, whence they

il she had made choice of a second husband; and also that Telemachus, now a young man, indignant and displeased with the su

ambuscade posted by the suitors at the entrance of the port. Minerva now permitted the father and son to recognise each ot

night of death Came suddenly as soon as he had seen Ulysses, absent now for twenty years.” Homer ( Bryant’s tr.). Penel

alone, that she received him. Ulysses’ Last Journey Ulysses was now safe at home, after twenty years of warfare and a

s, whom we knew. Tho’ much is taken, much abides: and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and h

er domestic shrines That country to your care consigns: Receive them now , to share your fate: Provide them mansions strong

he discovered that the Greek army had entered the town, and was even now killing, plundering, and burning without mercy. T

neas, who arrived just too late to hinder this frightful catastrophe, now suddenly remembered that a similar fate awaited h

gh the foe, and rushed through the once magnificent palace, which was now stripped of its rarest treasures and desecrated b

lm of earth Where first your nation sprang to birth, That realm shall now receive you back: Go, seek your ancient mother’s

hen they escaped from the rage of Polyphemus, the Cyclops. This giant now came down to the shore, and was regarded with unc

he wind obey thy call         To raise or lay the foam, A race I hate now ploughs the sea, Transporting Troy to Italy      

Trojans, grateful for his timely aid, and reassured by the calm which now reigned supreme, steered for the nearest port, wh

r the nearest port, where they anchored their seven vessels, all that now remained of their once large fleet. Æneas and Ach

s into her heart, and made her fall in love with Æneas. Day after day now passed in revelry and pleasure, and still Æneas l

golden sprout.” Virgil ( Conington’s tr.). Almost despairing, Æneas now prayed for assistance; for how could he find a ti

ned by the gods to reserve his daughter for a foreign prince, who had now appeared. In spite of all the years which had ela

hatred of the Trojan race, and afraid lest her enemy’s course should now prove too smooth, she sent Alecto, the Fury, down

en the gates of Janus’ temple. He refused: but Juno, afraid lest even now her plans might be set at naught, came down from

me to give the necessary support to the almost exhausted Trojans; and now the fight raged more fiercely than ever, and prod

down the stream, bearing Turnus away from the scene of battle. Aware now of the delusion practised, Turnus raved, and accu

o return to the fight with unabated strength and energy. The tide was now decidedly turning in favour of the Trojans; and A

ncountered the long-sought Turnus, who had made his way back, and was now driving about in his chariot, jealously guarded b

ace was made with Latinus; and the brave Trojan hero, whose woes were now over, was united in marriage with Lavinia. In con

f truth it contained was again brought to light; and very few persons now refuse to believe that some of the heroic myths h

lready assumed a definite form in the remote epoch when many nations, now scattered over the face of the earth, occupied th

ny anomalies occur, and how the myths got so tangled up together that now it is almost impossible to disentangle them and t

daylight; but toward the end of his career he again encounters Iole, now the beautiful twilight. It is then that Deianeira

ason; and the poisoned robe which causes her death is woven by Medea, now the evening twilight, who mounts her dragon car a

ss. Urged on by unrelenting fate, he marries his own mother, Jocasta, now the violet-tinted twilight, and ends his life ami

of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men. They belong now not to the department of theology, but to those o

him to disgorge his children. Jupiter, with his brothers and sisters, now rebelled against their father Saturn and his brot

for keels to ships, and vex the face of ocean. The earth, which till now had been cultivated in common, began to be divide

anchor is let down into a garden. Where the graceful lambs played but now , unwieldy sea calves gambol. The wolf swims among

ng woman, joined to me first by the ties of kindred and marriage, and now by a common danger, would that we possessed the p

also shall be always green, and your leaf know no decay.” The nymph, now changed into a Laurel tree, bowed its head in gra

ssed and rent it with her bloody mouth. Pyramus, having been delayed, now approached the place of meeting. He saw in the sa

disclosed the whole mystery: but alas! what advantage to disclose it now ! She died; but her face wore a calm expression, a

hunters! Often she fled from the wild beasts, forgetting that she was now a wild beast herself; and, bear as she was, was a

her as he was hunting. She saw him and recognized him as her own son, now grown a young man. She stopped and felt inclined

Thus in two instances we have seen Juno’s severity to her rivals; now let us learn how a virgin goddess punished an inv

Where he had often chased the stag and cheered on his pack, his pack now chased him, cheered on by his huntsmen. He longed

ess,     Had gazed on Nature’s naked loveliness,     Actæon-like, and now he fled astray     With feeble steps o’er the wor

l, but pass their lives there!’ and it came to pass accordingly. They now live in the water, sometimes totally submerged, t

are green, their disproportioned bellies white, and in short they are now frogs, and dwell in the slimy pool.”   This story

ll set the earth on fire; the middle course is safest and best. 6 And now I leave you to your chance, which I hope will pla

sed to rapid motion. When hapless Phaëton looked down upon the earth, now spreading in vast extent beneath him, he grew pal

re remains before. He turns his eyes from one direction to the other; now to the goal whence he began his course, now to th

e direction to the other; now to the goal whence he began his course, now to the realms of sunset which he is not destined

he sky, in among the stars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth.

ars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with aston

nd Taurus and Tmolus and Œte; Ida, once celebrated for fountains, but now all dry; the Muses’ mountain Helicon, and Hæmus;

an headlong to the gulf Of the half-parched Eridanus, where weep Even now the sister trees their amber tears O’er Phaëton u

. Not far from the spot is a marsh, formerly good habitable land, but now indented with pools, the resort of fen-birds and

orth leaves, and old Philemon saw Baucis changing in like manner. And now a leafy crown had grown over their heads, while e

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

r, under the sunlight and moonlight and falling showers. It was where now stands the city of Eleusis, then the home of an o

heard, and wrapped me suddenly in a thick cloud. The river god looked now this way and now that, and twice came close to me

d me suddenly in a thick cloud. The river god looked now this way and now that, and twice came close to me, but could not f

r than I. Once I was a mortal, and followed the sea for a living; but now I belong wholly to it.” Then he told the story of

ve to recline in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambles through the woods and over the hills, dre

nthus, when the cruel breath Of Zephyr slew him; Zephyr penitent, Who now ere Phœbus mounts the firmament, Fondles the flow

hen fell senseless to the ground. Ceyx would still have lingered, but now the young men grasped their oars and pulled vigor

ed return. Now she gets ready the garments which he shall put on, and now what she shall wear when he arrives. To all the g

forbade more words, and these were broken with tears and sobs. It was now morning. She went to the sea shore, and sought th

s she more and more nearly views it, she trembles more and more. Now, now it approaches the shore. Now marks that she recog

oothly the waters kist     Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave While birds of calm sit

, delights in gardening, and handles your apples with admiration. But now he cares nothing for fruits nor flowers, nor any

ing else, but only yourself. Take pity on him, and fancy him speaking now with my mouth. Remember that the gods punish crue

himself with his own arrow. Heedless of his wound, his whole thought now was to repair the mischief he had done, and he po

demand her in marriage. Her two elder sisters of moderate charms had now long been married to two royal princes; but Psych

d themselves to grief. But Psyche said, “Why, my dear parents, do you now lament me? You should rather have grieved when th

ed upon me undeserved honors, and with one voice called me a Venus. I now perceive that I am a victim to that name. I submi

retending to grieve, those spiteful creatures inwardly rejoiced. “For now ,” said they, “he will perhaps choose one of us.”

ear at the circle of the gods and goddesses this evening.” Psyche was now satisfied that her destruction was at hand, being

f the road, a sleepy corpse without sense or motion. But Cupid, being now recovered from his wound, and not able longer to

gain,” said he, “hast thou almost perished by the same curiosity. But now perform exactly the task imposed on you by my mot

w Pledged in Olympus, and made known     To mortals by the type which now     Hangs glittering on her snowy brow. That butt

dren, all perished unhappily, and Cadmus and Harmonia quitted Thebes, now grown odious to them, and emigrated to the countr

et there are many individuals whom I previously knew, that I look for now in vain. What has become of them?” Æacus groaned,

with a voice of sadness, “I have been intending to tell you, and will now do so, without more delay, that you may see how f

ning a happy result sometimes flows. Those whom you formerly knew are now dust and ashes! A plague sent by angry Juno devas

Nisus was king of Megara, and Scylla was his daughter. The siege had now lasted six months and the city still held out, fo

nswering looks Of sympathy and love. There had I fixed Mine eyes till now , and pined with vain desire, Had not a voice thus

hold myself second to none of the goddesses except Juno alone, begin now to doubt whether I am indeed a goddess. I shall b

nd held her stately course through the city, the envy of her friends, now the pity even of her foes! She knelt over the lif

pity even of her foes! She knelt over the lifeless bodies, and kissed now one, now another of her dead sons. Raising her pa

of her foes! She knelt over the lifeless bodies, and kissed now one, now another of her dead sons. Raising her pallid arms

ent, another stood trembling, uncertain what course to take. Six were now dead, and only one remained, whom the mother held

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

he same time a very prolific and very tasteless poet, whose works are now forgotten, unless when recalled to mind by some w

his broad breast. The virgin shrieked, the father and mother who had now arrived at the scene, wretched both, but the moth

nt (how could they hesitate?) and promise a royal dowry with her. And now the monster was within the range of a stone throw

a passage for his sword between the scales he makes a wound, piercing now the side, now the flank, as it slopes towards the

his sword between the scales he makes a wound, piercing now the side, now the flank, as it slopes towards the tail. The bru

om his back into the sea, which from her was called the Hellespont, —  now the Dardanelles. The ram continued his career til

the islands closed behind them, and actually grazed their stern. They now rowed along the shore till they arrived at the ea

, and sails full swelling; to the chiefs Unwonted objects. Now first, now they learned Their bolder steerage over ocean wav

robustness. Æson is amazed at himself, and remembers that such as he now is, he was in his youthful days, forty years befo

ty with the best graces of martial youth. Meleager saw and loved. But now already they were near the monster’s lair. They s

tend within her. Now she is pale at the thought of the purposed deed, now flushed again with anger at the act of her son. A

e by the tide, the mind of Althea hangs suspended in uncertainty. But now the sister prevails above the mother, and she beg

nder unavenged among the shades? No! thou hast lived by my gift; die, now , for thine own crime. Return the life which twice

lames increase, and with them the pain of the hero. Now both subside; now both are quenched. The brand is ashes, and the li

hout sinking. The cries of the spectators cheered Hippomenes, — “Now, now , do your best! haste, haste! you gain on her! rel

es from his noble deeds, yet it is not the less gratifying to me. But now I say to you, Fear not. He who conquered all else

s. As he took his place in heaven, Atlas felt the added weight. Juno, now reconciled to him, gave him her daughter Hebe in

rawford, the sculptor, has adopted in his group of Hebe and Ganymede, now in the Athenæum gallery. According to this, Hebe

emple of the Parthenon. A considerable portion of these sculptures is now in the British Museum among those known as the “E

nor end, like the river Maeander, which returns on itself, and flows now onward, now backward, in its course to the sea. D

ke the river Maeander, which returns on itself, and flows now onward, now backward, in its course to the sea. Dædalus built

o oppose the god. Their remonstrances only made him more violent. But now the attendants returned whom he had despatched to

-shaped tail. The whole crew became dolphins and swam about the ship, now upon the surface, now under it, scattering the sp

e crew became dolphins and swam about the ship, now upon the surface, now under it, scattering the spray, and spouting the

o strike the wild boar.” The whole band rushed upon him, and while he now talks less arrogantly, now excuses himself, and n

e whole band rushed upon him, and while he now talks less arrogantly, now excuses himself, and now confesses his crime and

him, and while he now talks less arrogantly, now excuses himself, and now confesses his crime and implores pardon, they pre

ody fray     With the fierce Lapiths which did them dismay;     Being now placed in the firmament,     Through the bright h

er and said, “Good fisherman, whither went the maiden whom I saw just now , with hair dishevelled and in humble garb, standi

But she was changed by the favor of Neptune as often as she was sold, now into a horse, now a bird, now an ox, and now a st

d by the favor of Neptune as often as she was sold, now into a horse, now a bird, now an ox, and now a stag, — got away fro

or of Neptune as often as she was sold, now into a horse, now a bird, now an ox, and now a stag, — got away from her purcha

s often as she was sold, now into a horse, now a bird, now an ox, and now a stag, — got away from her purchasers and came h

subject of one of his shorter poems. He introduces it thus: — “Hear now this fairy legend of old Greece, As full of freed

bull, with horns on my head. Or I should say I once could do so; but now I have but one horn, having lost one.” And here h

vesture and presented myself for the struggle. He tried to throw me, now attacking my head, now my body. My bulk was my pr

myself for the struggle. He tried to throw me, now attacking my head, now my body. My bulk was my protection, and he assail

ut off his horn. Finally, the lands formerly subject to overflow, but now redeemed, became very fertile, and this is meant

leaving their dead unburied. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, now become king, caused Eteocles to be buried with di

w beloved When he was with me. O my dearest father, Beneath the earth now in deep darkness hid, Worn as thou wert with age,

t their arms to embrace one another, they grasped only the air! Dying now a second time, she yet cannot reproach her husban

and embraced her with eager arms. They roam the happy fields together now , sometimes he leading, sometimes she; and Orpheus

ns his eyes; Again she falls, again she dies, she dies! How wilt thou now the fatal sisters move? No crime was thine, if ’t

ears with their tongues. On awaking he was astonished to find that he now understood the language of birds and creeping thi

ell, for no other eye beheld it. Yet not improbably the murderer even now walks in the midst of the throng, and enjoys the

closure he defies the gods mingling freely in this throng of men that now presses into the amphitheatre. For now crowded to

ely in this throng of men that now presses into the amphitheatre. For now crowded together, row on row, the multitude fill

n their ascent rise tier on tier, as if they would reach the sky. And now the vast assemblage listens to the awful voice of

n, and after that could no longer refuse to fulfil his promise. Being now himself gained for the undertaking, he lent his a

ings seemed at length likely to be realized, for the Grecian armament now in preparation was the greatest that had ever bee

ed up for counsel. But Troy was no feeble enemy. Priam, the king, was now old, but he had been a wise prince and had streng

tender throat               Slowly, — and — nothing more.” The wind now proving fair the fleet made sail and brought the

t delay. The Greeks had constructed a rampart around their ships, and now instead of besieging Troy they were in a manner b

tmost wish in repelling the Trojans and relieving his countrymen, but now came a change of fortune. Hector, borne in his ch

nstantly in search of Hector. But his mother reminded him that he was now without armor, and promised him, if he would but

e the death of Patroclus was at the sight of this splendid armor. And now , arrayed in it, he went forth into the camp, call

days like me, and trembling on the gloomy verge of life. Perhaps even now some neighbor chief oppresses him and there is no

emory of this event, the Delphinium Ajacis —  Ajax’s Larkspur. It was now discovered that Troy could not be taken but by th

ions carried him to the isle of Lemnos and left him there. Diomed was now sent to induce him to rejoin the army. He succeed

o. Return of Ulysses. The romantic poem of the Odyssey is now to engage our attention. It narrates the wanderin

had lately won so much glory in the conquest of Troy; that they were now on their way home, and finished by imploring his

every port and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now their king, a wise and just sovereign, beloved by

ourt to wash their garments.” Fate of the Suitors. Ulysses had now been away from Ithaca for twenty years, and when

he rude old times had different privileges from what we concede to it now . As traveller and storyteller, the beggar was adm

dead. Telemachus, Eumæus, and another faithful follower, well armed, now sprang to the side of Ulysses. The suitors, in am

heroes, Ulysses, in his wanderings on his return home from Troy, and now we propose to share the fortunes of the remnant o

rue founder of the Trojan race, had originally migrated. To Hesperia, now called Italy, therefore, they directed their futu

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

on tossing us repressed.” Dido. Carthage, where the exiles had now arrived, was a spot on the coast of Africa opposi

n, the Trojans re-embarked, and held on their course for Italy. Venus now interceded with Neptune to allow her son at last

, hating life and seeking refuge in death. O how willingly would they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction,

ried to seize them winds whirled them high above his reach. The Sibyl now warned Æneas that it was time to turn from these

mes. He gazed with admiration on the war chariots and glittering arms now reposing in disuse. Spears stood fixed in the gro

ent. Latinus, third in descent from Saturn, ruled the country. He was now old and had no male descendant, but had one charm

they should be pressed by hunger to devour their tables. This portent now came true; for as they took their scanty meal, se

e of Janus, which were kept shut as long as peace endured. His people now urged the old king to perform that solemn office,

vander, whence they saw the lowing herds roaming over the plain where now the proud and stately Forum stands. They entered,

emand that he shall be given up to deserved punishment, and would ere now have attempted to enforce their demand; but their

d not stay behind with the other matrons at the city of Acestes. I go now without taking leave of her. I could not bear her

ey had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but now suddenly appeared a troop directly in front of th

uld it be better to die with him. Raising his eyes to the moon, which now shone clear, he said, “Goddess! favor my effort!”

ed on the scene of action in time to rescue his beleaguered camp; and now the two armies being nearly equal in strength, th

, looked up at the skies, and dying remembered sweet Argos.” 29 Æneas now in turn hurled his lance. It pierced the shield o

ange, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that, passing from the body of a b

erishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that, passing from the body of a beast into that

reins of government, frustrated his plans. Still more imbittered, he now resolved to kill his brother. This he did in the

at buried city as interesting as Pompeii. The monster tomb of Apis is now open, after having lain unknown for centuries.

have come down to us that the treatment of the sick resembled what is now called Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism. Serpents we

sculptures, many of them from the hand of Phidias. The Elgin marbles, now in the British Museum, are a part of them. Both t

Metamorphoses, of which we give a literal translation below: — “And now I close my work, which not the ire Of Jove, nor t

sonous reptiles and plants. In consequence of this, evil and good are now mingled together in every part of the world, and

finished his work, seems to be regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in India, while Mahadeva and Vish

e northern nations, called Scandinavians, who inhabited the countries now known as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. Th

f completing his task, resumed his own gigantic stature, and the gods now clearly perceived that it was in reality a mounta

nks it is time for us to get up and dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the city called Utgard.

im that he had drunk rather less than before, although the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now, Thor?” sai

before, although the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now , Thor?” said Utgard-Loki; “thou must not spare th

make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cup-bearer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art no

e call me,” answered Thor, “let me see who among you will come hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no one

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

th.” “Nay,” said Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live

Age, for such in fact was Elli, will not sooner or later lay low. But now , as we are going to part, let me tell thee that i

tations were to be heard among the gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Baldur was so beloved as he was

the air feast upon their still quivering bodies. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of

, Loki with all the followers of Hela, and the Frost giants. Heimdall now stands up and sounds the Giallar horn to assemble

iameter, constituted their sacred place. The most celebrated of these now remaining is Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Engl

y and Iona, where for a season they found shelter and continued their now dishonored rites. The Druids retained their predo

o remain, living in community, when the abbey was dismantled. Iona is now chiefly resorted to by travellers on account of t

punishment of Dirce is the subject of a celebrated group of statuary now in the Museum at Naples. 16. The story of the in

as a sad sight, and Proserpina was relieved when Pluto said: — “Come, now we shall see Cerberus, my dog.” Even as he spoke,

heaven dwell; for, she said, “My brother Jupiter, alone, can help me now .” When she came to Olympus, the great gates opene

stant. Then he sprang at the young hero. There was no use for weapons now . Hercules caught the monster by the neck, and tho

tlas could be found. Far to the west, over land and sea, Hercules had now to travel, but at last, in the uttermost part of

o time in questions. He saw that Atlas had the apples. What he wished now was to get the sky off his shoulders and begin hi

thing occurred to mar the perfect joy. The stranger shepherd, who had now served Admetus a year, came to take leave of him.

lled him to serve a mortal man for one year to atone for a fault, but now his time upon earth was ended. Thus Apollo depart

rim, dark look of the god frightened her. Plainly the fate of Admetus now rested upon Alcestis, and there was no hope for h

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

again.” “No, no!” answered Admetus. “No woman shall enter the palace, now that Alcestis is dead.” Then, at last, the hero t

nusual heat, rose fiercely, and the horses veered once more. Phaëton, now thoroughly scared, tried to turn them back to the

pped the reins and clung to the sides of the chariot. The horses were now free to go whither they would. The people of e

ing up with horror at the scene. Now the sun was near the north star, now it took a sudden turn and rushed across the sky a

ing toward the north, above the eastern hills, and in it sat Phaëton, now pale with fear, clinging to the golden sides and

rise he was gone, and King Polydectes was glad at heart to think that now he should have his way. He sent a messenger to Da

ort him. He was forced to alight on a rock. The monster, however, was now almost exhausted. Its great hulk drifted to the h

iment were hushed. In a few moments what a change! The king and queen now wept for joy. Rich sacrifices were offered to the

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

heir grief. “Alas, sir,” said an old man, “it is because the time has now returned when we must send seven of our young men

half a man and half a bull. Twice we have sent the awful tribute, and now lots must be drawn again for the third time.” Di

erself. She had not been able to rest since she had seen Theseus, and now she had come to save him. Under her cloak she bor

re a sword. Theseus took it with joy. “Surely, I shall slay the beast now , fair princess,” he said. “All Athens shall thank

go in, unwind this,” she said. “The way back will then be easy. Come now , for you must act quickly.” So Theseus and Ariadn

ager and strong. Ariadne heard it, and hid her face in her hands. But now the Minotaur began to hunt for Theseus, and These

the door, heard the cry and knew that her hero had won. She was timid now , and wished to flee and escape him, but her stren

him and taken care of him, and the little prince had grown up. He was now living, still unknown and unrecognized, among the

At last the crimson light was on the slopes and they appeared. Until now , the shepherd girl Œnone had seemed to Paris beau

, and you shall have the most beautiful woman in the world. She lives now far across the waters, but she shall be yours.”

ains had once taken a solemn oath to defend Helen against insult, and now , as the news spread that Paris had stolen her, th

t is a burning and torturing fire. I will forget it, mother, and from now on I shall fight again in the front of the battle

ame workman of heaven. Thetis had once done him a great kindness, and now he received her gladly and asked her what she wis

for the goddess of strife clouded my eyes, that I should not see; but now let there be peace between us forever.” Then Agam

hen he turned, Deiphobus was not there. Minerva had deceived him, and now she had taken back to Achilles the mighty spear h

s, only a few remained, and they, under the leadership of Æneas, were now hiding in the forest of Mount Ida, where, long be

a, where, long before, Paris had given the golden apple to Venus. But now Paris was dead. And the most beautiful woman in t

   Prophetic power came at his call — Ah I what is this? She sees it now :    “Troy, Troy shall fall!” The god would sooth

oil, turned their faces each toward his own home. Their labors seemed now at an end, and they rejoiced at the thought of se

are Greeks. For ten years we fought under King Agamemnon at Troy, and now , when we thought to reach our homes, we have been

d back to the floating island of King Æolus. Æolus had been kind, but now he refused to do anything more for them, and ster

he pushed off, and started at last on his way home, for the gods were now favorable. Neptune, it is true, was still angry f

lay no more, for Ulysses is long since dead. Your son, Telemachus, is now almost a man, so long has it been. Consider well,

nished at last, and there were no tidings of her husband. The suitors now began to urge her anew. Things had come to this c

ddess of wisdom and courage, had always kept watch over the hero, and now she shed a mist over him, so that no one should s

ll perish, too. He has gone to Pylos for news of his father, and even now the suitors are lying in wait to kill him as he c

I can,” said the hero. “He is still alive, and will soon return. Even now , I believe he is not far from here.” He was eager

wooed Venus in the form of a mortal: or, in the tremor which then as now pervaded the lover’s bosom, he might fear that Jo

etry, in war, or in dominion.” The reality of an every day world has now set its seal upon all that delighted the days of

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

shouted “Courage, courage!” his bravery turned the tide of war. “And now the murmur of incitement flies, All ranged in mar

from his vengeful hand; He walks majestic round the starry frame; And now the lightnings from Olympus flame. The earth wide

which there is no refuge, long have taught And long must teach. Even now the Torturer arms With the strange might of unima

ire within!     Pro. Pain is my element, as hate is thine; Ye rend me now ; I care not.     Second Fury. Dost imagine We wil

thy labyrinthine veins, Crawling like agony.     Pro. Why use me thus now , Yet am I king over my self’s rule, The torturing

l present from above, And such the will of cloud compelling Jove: And now unnumbered woes o’er mortals reign Alike infected

eserve him pure. Hope! let the wretch once conscious of the joy, Whom now despairing agonies destroy, Speak, for he can, an

er of Achilles, is from Homer’s Iliad. “Twelve days were passed, and now the dawning light, The Gods had summoned to the O

owe. Fame is at least by heavenly promise due, To life so short, and now dishonoured too. Avenge this wrong, oh ever just

roud king, and all the Achaian race, Shall heap with honours him they now disgrace.’” Homer. Jupiter is often described b

, and by degrees, Left the dry meadows and approached the seas, Where now he dips his hoofs and wets his thighs, Now plunge

een. ‌The frighted Goddess to her mother cries: But all in vain, for now far off she flies; His urgent flame impatient of

ure’s share; One draught, as dear as life I should esteem, And water, now I thirst, would nectar seem: Oh! let my little ba

ipping and song!         “Lord of the dreadful bow!     None triumph now for Python’s death         But thou dost save    

nthus when the cruel breath Of Zephyr slew him, Zephyr, penitent, Who now , ere Phœbus mounts the firmament, Fondles the flo

of grief, and was changed into the tree which bears his name. Apollo now attached himself to the sybil of Cumes, and grant

shipped thee! It is too late, or thou shouldst have my knee; Too late now for the old Ephesian vows, And not divine the cre

it of her woe, When o’er the far sea-brine she saw him go! “For even now she bows and bends her gaze, O’er the eternal was

strain, And make the shrill, discordant pipe complain, While Bacchus, now enamoured of his prize, Resolved to make her part

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

med to swim round the vessel and wanton with the waters. “The God we now behold with opened eyes, An herd of spotted panth

her joints forget to bow, Her eyes are mad, that they have wept till now . …………………………………………………    “She looks upon his lips,

studs are decked, And knots of flowers the crimson reins connect. And now on earth the silver axle rings, And the shell sin

brow, His voice was as the trumpet’s tone,     Mine ear rings with it now . “They quailed before his flashing eye,     They

an empire stern hast thou; And it hath furrowed that large front: yet now , As newly come of heaven, dost thou sit, To blend

more! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast! They hear not now the booming waters roar, The battle thunders will

e, And dressed her image in the floating glass: On beds of leaves she now reposed her limbs, Now gathered flowers that grew

nd all that did there attendant follow, Were silent with love, as you now , Apollo,                      With envy of my swe

t breaks in our bosom and then we bleed: All wept, as I think both ye now would, If envy or age had not frozen your blood,

’st, thro’ woodland glade, To pursue the Sylvan maid, Pass propitious now , I pray, Where my tender lambkins stray: Let each

and the wine to the same metal, as it passed down his throat. He was now as anxious to be delivered from this fatal gift,

prize, Staring on all his various plenty lies: ‌Sick of his wish, he now detests the power For which he asked so earnestly

sinned,’ he cried, ‘And foolishly thy gracious gift applied, Thy pity now , repenting, I implore; Oh! may I feel the golden

forth, O ye children of gladness, come! Where the violets lie may be now your home. Ye of the rose-lip and dew-bright eye,

death since ye met me last! I know whence the shadow comes o’er you now , Ye have strewn the dust on the sunny brow! Ye ha

e sunny hours Woo thee far to founts and bowers! O’er the very waters now ,                      In their play, Flowers are

d, And broken accents fluttered where he stood. Bright Sol had almost now his journey done, And down the steepy, western co

ousand forms, Basks on the sands, or gambols in the storms. A dolphin now , his scaly sides he laves; And bears the sportive

mbals as he moves along, And wondering Ocean listens to the song. And now a spotted pard the lover stalks, Plays round her

er snowy fingers strain The silken knots and fit the ribbon-rein. And now a swan he spreads his plumy sails, And proudly gl

ved, the kind, the true! Thou callest back those melodies,     Though now all changed and fled, Be still, be still, and hau

waves lamenting roar,                           O, poor Alcyone! But now thy stormy passion past, Thou upon the wave at la

id your locks with rosy twine, Dropping odours, dropping wine, Rigour now is gone to bed, And Advice with scrupulous head:

hath night to do with sleep? Night hath better sweets to prove; Venus now wakes, and wakens love. ‌Come, let us our rites

hat sweet cry resounded, How his baskets were surrounded! Maids, who now first dreamt of trying Those gay knots of Hymen’s

raise Their champion’s courage with inspiring praise.     Emboldened now , in fresh attempts he goes, With serpent’s teeth

ay bound In magic sleep, scarce that of death so sound: The daughters now are by the Sorceress led, Into his chamber and su

hanks, indeed, I thought thee good. Theseus. And for that good deed, now I pity thee! Hercules. I want thy pity, I have s

heseus. Forbear: lest thy proud words provoke worse ill. Hercules. I now am full, and can contain no more. Theseus. What

orm the most terrible and dangerous deeds he could imagine, which are now generally known as the twelve labours of Hercules

e expired. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img184b “For now his bridal charge employed his cares. The strong

ones, and attaching itself to the flesh, eat into it like fire. “She now resolves to send the fatal vest, Dyed with Lernæa

r harsh commands, Yet no fatigue has slacked these valiant hands; But now , new plagues consume me; neither force, Nor arms,

hold, Got in a kindly shower of fruitful gold, Medusa’s snaky head is now my prey, And through the clouds I boldly wing my

e bravely sought, That blessing on the rocks where fixed she lay; But now let Perseus bear his prize away. By service gaine

e arms which had proved so successful against Atlas. “Fierce Phineus now repents the wrongful fight, And views his varied

safe Throughout the labyrinth, and she fled with him.     Alvine. Ah! now I know your tale: he proved untrue — This ever ha

onvulsive starts.) Not as a mother do I love thee, But — as a woman — now my breast is free Of the stern secret which so lo

e — Think not that I have yielded willingly, Unto the passion which I now avow, Daily, and hourly, have I striven against i

upon thy breast? Once more my eyes are seized with endless sleep, And now farewell, I sink into the deep.’ Oblivious cells

Ah Gods! how moving was the mournful sight, To see the fleeting soul now take its flight!” Dryden. After tearing his bod

weight Of its unutterable tenderness, Had burdened her full soul. But now , oh! now, Its time was come — and from the spirit

its unutterable tenderness, Had burdened her full soul. But now, oh! now , Its time was come — and from the spirit’s depths

ll, all its riches pour.     Thou knowest — thou knowest what love is now !     Its glory and its might —     Are they not w

es from his unwelcome presence. The prediction, partly fulfilled, was now entirely brought to pass, for Œdipus mounted the

ment; and the unhappy Thyestes slew himself with his sword. There was now one son left, named Egisthus, who, himself the fr

r his senses falls, That he for Itys to the table calls. When Procne, now impatient to disclose The joy that from her full

swift a force Across the fields, they seem to wing their course: And now , on real wings themselves they raise, And steer t

ther’s death, is thus beautifully described: — “Iphigenia. Father! I now may lean upon your breast, And you with unreverte

aughter! Iphig. Beloved father! is the blade Again to pierce a bosom now unfit For sacrifice? no blood is in its veins, No

art my child — yes, yes, thou art my child. All was not once what all now is! Come on, Idol of love and truth! my child! my

er aimed at: those who love me live, Save one, who loves me most, and now would chide me. Aga. We want not O Iphigenia, we

h of thine Kingdom and life were little. Iphig. Value them As little now . Aga. Were life and kingdom all! Iphig. Ah! by

een the innocent causes of his melancholy fate. All the oracles being now fulfilled, the siege was commenced with vigour, w

d, Given to the rage of an insulting throng, And in his parents sight now dragged along. The mother first beheld with sad s

nous, who gave him a ship, which carried him safely to Ithaca. It was now the twentieth year of the absence of Ulysses from

nd quarrels, which fall upon the inhabitants of the earth. ‌ We have now enumerated the most remarkable of the Allegorical

weeping eyes, while they deplore Their neighbours’ fate, and country now no more, Their little shed, scarce large enough f

d, Whom love at first, and fate at last, has joined. Thou tree, where now one lifeless lump is laid, Ere long o’er two shal

a time to the pleasure of her society, but man was as fickle then as now , and he grew tired, even conceiving a disdain for

ets usually are, this became insupportable; life was a burthen; song, now that the one had gone whose praise she valued mor

d or Goddess gave Her swan-like wings wherewith to fly to heaven. And now , at times, when gloomy tempests roar Along the Ad

o sung of yore.” Barry Cornwall. ‌Of all her compositions, but two now remain; which, fragments as they are, shew by the

ely to arise from the attempted subjection of a free country. We have now related the most celebrated fables in the Mytholo

y or demon of this idolatrous people. [Conclusion.] Our task is now closed; the religions of those who have gone befo

and where but a moment before a fair young woman had stood, there was now only a shaggy, ugly bear. The poor bear, afraid o

to show her hatred toward Callisto by taking away her human form, but now Jupiter had made her and her son far greater than

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

once changed into frogs; and to this day they haunt the quiet pools, now sitting on the rocks, now leaping into the water

and to this day they haunt the quiet pools, now sitting on the rocks, now leaping into the water with ugly croaks. As for L

she suddenly felt how foolish and wrong she had been. It was too late now for repentance. The goddess seized the beautiful

t and jealousy and fear, In the magic dance appear. Now they wax and now they dwindle, Whirling with the whirling spindle.

er branches, and her feet, which had borne her along so swiftly, were now rooted to the ground. Her father had answered her

o’s emblem from that day on, became the sign of honor and triumph. If now you should ever hear the phrase “crowned with lau

ger, that he had stood motionless and silent, rooted to the spot. But now he tried to speak, and found he could not utter a

weet lullabies, to keep him from crying at the great waves that every now and then swept over the little boat. She thought

rseus could fly more swiftly than the swiftest bird. All that Perseus now had to do was to find out the way to Medusa’s isl

f them grew impatient and said, “Sister, it is my turn to use the eye now . Give it to me.” And the third sister said quickl

g itself to attack her. Quick as a flash, he had darted down, and was now fighting a fierce battle with the monster. The pe

head, and so she gladly consented to be his wife. The girl’s parents now began to prepare for the wedding, and the whole v

pt watch, and saw all that had passed between father and daughter. He now thought it time to separate them, so he led his c

eir path. Usually it was hardly more than a little stream, but it was now swollen with the spring rains, and the waters had

thing more about this labyrinth and the Minotaur who lived in it. But now let us go back to Athens for a while. Daedalus ha

nd longed to have one of them for his own. One day Icarus was looking now up into the sky where many birds were flying to a

wings were fastened, and they dropped from his shoulders. Poor Icarus now had nothing to hold him up in the air, and he beg

their nests on the forest bough; Those homes of delight they need not now ; And the young and the old they wander out, And t

w he repented that cruel deed of long ago, in return for which he was now to lose his own son! Theseus tried to comfort him

e and his wanderings. Ariadne had been waiting all the while, and she now brought him food to strengthen him, and urged him

latter arose from the table, saying they had eaten enough, and would now like a place in which to sleep; for they had come

few moments since had stood a village with its many houses, there was now a lake, sparkling in the morning sunlight. The wi

n fury. The moon and the stars were hidden in dense blackness, broken now and then by a blinding flash of lightning. The ro

ne clung to a spar and escaped death for a time. As he drifted along, now rising on the top of a high wave, now sinking int

or a time. As he drifted along, now rising on the top of a high wave, now sinking into the foaming depths below, he seemed

ief was at the loss of their lovely young mother Nephele. Nephele had now been gone a long, long while. The sky was cloudle

, and he thought of Juno’s promise and wished that she would help him now . When he came to the ship, he found that there wa

ed. Then he quickly slipped the yoke over their heads. The bulls were now as gentle as cows, and Jason ploughed the four ac

your happy song, and the leaves and the flowers will seem less bright now that you are gone from them. All the shy, wild cr

arthly work are done,     His feet are done with roving, We bring him now to thee, and ask     The loved to take the loving

ace, changed him from a poor fisherman into a god of the sea. Glaucus now lived entirely in the water that very water he ha

he screamed aloud in terror, for where her limbs had been, there were now six horrible, loudmouthed, fierce-looking dogs. A

cry, too, if you had seen him. Then, at last, he seized his lyre, for now that Hyacinthus was gone, he turned to this old f

tues, he never again wrought anything so lovely as the maiden who had now become his wife A Musical Contest of Long Ago

gurgling of the brooks and the sighing of the wind in the trees, with now and then a strange cry, as though a wild beast ha

y brow, Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the sun, that now From ancient melody have ceas’d; Whether in Heav

and sympathetic lecture too little known to the public, by Professor, now President, William Preston Johnston of Tulane Uni

was never yet conceived of error ( ex nihilo nihil fit ), the truth now recognized, while it did not exist in that fracti

gh the medium of photography, might, at least, illuminate guides that now make hard for ditches, might clarify the ideals o

ters to half a dozen elements of nature. A certain goddess represents now the upper air, now light, now lightning, and yet

n elements of nature. A certain goddess represents now the upper air, now light, now lightning, and yet again clouds. Natur

of nature. A certain goddess represents now the upper air, now light, now lightning, and yet again clouds. Naturally the at

nt in 1774, and in this century most ably by Gladstone.8 § 8. We are now ready for the explanation of myth-making based up

d penetrable, mystery. But the stars and hills and storms are with us now , as they were with others of old; and it only nee

ving Homer begged his bread.” These seven places were Smyrna, Chios ( now Scio), Colophon, Ithaca, Pylus, Argos, and Athens

le that at that time certain passages of the Iliad and Odyssey, as we now have them, were interpolated. Beside the Iliad an

ve our origin, — is that of the Norsemen, who inhabited the countries now known as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. Th

in part upon floating traditions, and in part upon popular songs that now are lost.44 § 14. Records of German Mythology. —

ar we have a history of the throes and changes of the physical world; now begins the history of gods and of men. For in the

cause of the Olympian deities. To him and his brother Epimetheus was now committed the office of making man and providing

servile grace”: — “From our low world no gods have taken wing; Even now upon our hills the twain are wandering:86 The Me

spoil life’s music sweet: And from that lesser Aphrodite there — Even now she stands Close as I turn, and O my soul, how fa

moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are upgathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything,

s. Often, too, she fled from the wild beasts, forgetting that she was now a wild beast herself; and bear, as she was, she f

others were about to follow her. But the bull leaped up immediately, now he had gotten her that he desired, and swiftly he

ship, and lightly still did waft the maiden onward. But when she was now far off from her own country, and neither sea-bea

m her own country, and neither sea-beat headland nor steep hill could now be seen, but above, the air, and beneath, the lim

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

t it straight at me and pierce through my fair skin? Therefore deem I now that thou shalt pay me for all that thou hast don

sed to rapid motion. When hapless Phaëton looked down upon the earth, now spreading in vast extent beneath him, he grew pal

he sky, in among the stars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth.

ars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven, now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with aston

hold myself second to none of the goddesses except Juno alone, begin now to doubt whether I am indeed a goddess. I shall b

Who of Thessalians, more than this man, loves The stranger? Who that now inhabits Greece? Wherefore he shall not say the m

Alcestis had left empty. Then cried Herakles, “Take hold of her. See now , my friend, if she look not somewhat like that wi

and wanting, might essay once more, Hear, see, and feel him renovated now — Able to do now all herself had done, Risen to t

t essay once more, Hear, see, and feel him renovated now — Able to do now all herself had done, Risen to the height of her:

And all that did then attend and follow Were silent with love, as you now , Apollo, With envy of my sweet pipings. I sang o

t breaks in our bosom and then we bleed: All wept, as I think both ye now would, If envy or age had not frozen your blood,

ll taking their leaves; Those charms beyond speech, so enchanting but now , As they left me forever, each making its bough!

Oh, save me! Oh, guide me! And bid the deep hide me, For he grasps me now by the hair!” The loud Ocean heard, To its blue d

the rifts Of the mountain clifts They past to their Dorian home. And now from their fountains In Enna’s mountains, Down on

ed to recline in the shade, with no care but to cultivate her charms, now rambled through the woods and over the hills, gir

he wounded himself with his arrow. Heedless of his wound, his thought now was to repair the mischief he had done. He poured

had prophesied. Probably he was a direful serpent, who nourished her now to devour her by. and by. They advised her to pro

em the story of her misfortunes, whereat they inwardly rejoiced. “For now ,” thought they, “he will perhaps choose one of us

e this; not yet am I assured that thou hast skill to be of use. Here, now , take this box to Proserpine, and say, ‘My mistre

lplessness Could open not her mouth, or frame a word.180 But Cupid, now recovered from his wound, slipped through a crack

w. “Again,” said he, “hast thou almost perished by thy curiosity. But now perform the task imposed upon thee by my mother,

apid and repeated gush of breath Behind his shoulder. From his hand now dropt A golden apple: she lookt down and saw A gl

wn and saw A glitter on the grass, yet on she ran. He dropt a second; now she seem’d to stoop: He dropt a third; and now sh

an. He dropt a second; now she seem’d to stoop: He dropt a third; and now she stoopt indeed: Yet, swifter than a wren picks

h blushes, and held out her hand, The golden apple in it. “Leave me now ,” Said she, “I must walk homeward.” He did take

yearning, a strange thrill of hope there came, A shaft of new desire now pierced him through, And therewithal a soft voice

And though her tresses fell but in such guise As he had wrought them, now was she arrayed In that fair garment that the pri

yed like the setting sun upon the corn. Speechless he stood, but she now drew anear, Simple and sweet as she was wont to b

r, under the sunlight and moonlight and falling showers. It was where now stands the city of Eleusis, near the home of an o

on’s wheel stood still. Now, past all peril, free was his return, And now was hastening into upper air Eurydice, when sudde

h, wretched! thee, my Orpheus, too! For lo! the cruel Fates recall me now ; Chill slumbers press my swimming eyes… Farewell!

ed days Heavy with June, untired and amorous, Named her his love; but now , in unknown ways, His heart was gone; and evermor

l I was, in ashes. Can thy love, Thy beauty, make amends, tho’ even now , Close over us, the silver star, thy guide, S

as on Trinacrian hills The nymphs and herdsmen ran to hear him, Even now the tradesmen from their tills, With clerks and p

ckless woman assumed the shape of a lotus. § 123. Rhœcus. 235 — Hear now this fairy legend of old Greece, As full of freed

many guises as his seasons themselves could assume. Now as a reaper, now as haymaker, now as ploughman, now as vine-dresse

is seasons themselves could assume. Now as a reaper, now as haymaker, now as ploughman, now as vine-dresser, now as apple-p

ves could assume. Now as a reaper, now as haymaker, now as ploughman, now as vine-dresser, now as apple-picker, now as fish

as a reaper, now as haymaker, now as ploughman, now as vine-dresser, now as apple-picker, now as fisherman, now as soldier

haymaker, now as ploughman, now as vine-dresser, now as apple-picker, now as fisherman, now as soldier, — all to no avail.

loughman, now as vine-dresser, now as apple-picker, now as fisherman, now as soldier, — all to no avail. Finally, as an old

leave loving thee, when once I had seen thee, neither afterward, nor now at all, have I the strength, even from that hour.

s of the bear. Nay, come thou to me, and thou shalt lack nothing that now thou hast. … “But if thou dost refuse because my

uld not have brought thee them all at one time. “Now, verily, maiden, now and here will I learn to swim, if perchance some

monster appeared. The virgin shrieked; the father and mother, who had now arrived, poured forth lamentations and threw thei

ntry people, Eunice, and Malis, and Nycheia, with her April eyes. And now the boy was holding out the wide-mouthed pitcher

ck into the sea, which from her was afterward called the Hellespont — now the Dardanelles. The ram safely landed the boy Ph

, and sails full swelling; to the chiefs Unwonted objects. Now first, now they learned Their bolder steerage over ocean wav

ll they held their peace, And she passed by them. Then one cried, “Lo now , Shall not the Arcadian shoot out lips at us, Say

ode against her violently And cast the fresh crown from her hair, and now They had rent her spoil away, dishonoring her, Sa

tend within her. Now she is pale at the thought of the purposed deed, now flushed again with anger at the violence of her o

yhap, with the loyal love of my husband?’ Lo, the reluctant oar, e’en now , he plies to forsake me! — Nought but the homeles

not have From any than from him who standeth here, Of who bereaved ye now shall live your life.‌”337 Pl. 14. Œdipus an

leaving their dead unburied. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, now become king, caused Eteocles to be buried with di

roductive of untold misfortune to their favored town of Troy. … When now the gods had reclined their limbs on the ivory co

quets, and to bless the weddings of fair women and goodly heroes. But now , alas,” concludes Catullus , “godliness and chas

gs appeared, at last, likely to be realized; for the Grecian armament now in preparation was the greatest that had ever bee

am the king, son of Laomedon and brother of Tithonus and Hesione, was now old; but he had been a wise prince, and had stren

ched; and I knew no more.”349 Protesilaüs and Laodamia. — The wind now proving fair, the fleet made sail and brought the

while the Greeks having constructed a rampart around their ships were now , instead of besieging Troy, in a manner themselve

to the utmost in repelling the foe and relieving his countrymen, but now came a change of fortune. Hector, borne in his ch

nstantly in search of Hector. But his mother reminded him that he was now without armor, and promised, if he would but wait

e the death of Patroclus was at the sight of this splendid armor. And now arrayed in it, he went forth to the camp, calling

full of days like me, and trembling on the gloomy verge of life. Even now , mayhap, some neighbor chief oppresses him and th

wo letters of his name, Ai, the Greek interjection of woe.360 It was now discovered that Troy could not be taken but by th

iomede and Ulysses, or Ulysses and Neoptolemus (son of Achilles) were now sent to induce him to rejoin the army. They succe

wives And their warm tears: but all hath suffered change; For surely now our household hearths are cold: Our sons inherit

had lately won so much glory in the conquest of Troy; that they were now on their way home, and finished by imploring his

far all these than bow Foul faces to foul earth, and yearn — as we do now !” So they in speech unsyllabled. But She, The fa

ses, drowned herself. Her body was cast up on the Italian shore where now stands the city of Naples — in early times called

every port and needed no pilot. Alcinoüs, the son of Nausithoüs, was now their king, a wise and just sovereign, beloved by

te the mouth of the harbor. § 173. Fate of the Suitors. — Ulysses had now been away from Ithaca for twenty years, and when

he rude old times had different privileges from what we concede to it now . As traveller and story-teller, the beggar was ad

dead. Telemachus, Eumæus, and another faithful follower, well armed, now sprang to the side of Ulysses. The suitors, in am

s, whom we knew. Tho’ much is taken, much abides: and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and h

under of the Trojan race, was reported to have migrated. To Hesperia, now called Italy, they, therefore, directed their fut

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

aken. The Sojourn at Carthage. Dido. — Carthage where the exiles had now arrived, was a spot on the coast of Africa opposi

on, the Trojans reembarked, and held on their course for Italy. Venus now interceded with Neptune to allow her son at last

hating life and seeking refuge in death. O, how willingly would they now endure poverty, labor, and any other infliction,

s whirled them high above his reach. The Elysian Fields. — The Sibyl now warned Æneas that it was time to turn from these

mes. He gazed with admiration on the war chariots and glittering arms now reposing in disuse. Spears stood fixed in the gro

ent. Latinus, third in descent from Saturn, ruled the country. He was now old and had no male descendant, but had one charm

they should be pressed by hunger to devour their tables. This portent now came true; for as they took their scanty meal, se

e of Janus, which were kept shut as long as peace endured. His people now urged the old king to perform that solemn office,

emand that he shall be given up to deserved punishment, and would ere now have attempted to enforce their demand; but their

d not stay behind with the other matrons at the city of Acestes. I go now without taking leave of her. I could not bear her

ey had passed through the enemy’s ranks without being discovered, but now suddenly appeared a troop directly in front of th

ould it be better to die with him? Raising his eyes to the moon which now shone clear, he said, “Goddess, favor my effort!”

ed on the scene of action in time to rescue his beleaguered camp; and now the two armies being nearly equal in strength, th

ooked up to the skies, and, dying, remembered sweet Argos.” 387 Æneas now in turn hurled his lance. It pierced the shield o

f completing his task, resumed his own gigantic stature; and the gods now clearly perceived that it was in reality a mounta

nks it is time for us to get up and dress ourselves; but you have not now a long way before you to the city called Utgard.

im that he had drank rather less than before, although the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now, Thor,” sa

efore, although the horn could now be carried without spilling. “How now , Thor,” said Utgard-Loki, “thou must not spare th

make no further attempt, but gave back the horn to the cupbearer. “I now see plainly,” said Utgard-Loki, “that thou art no

e call me,” answered Thor, “let me see who among you will come hither now I am in wrath and wrestle with me.” “I see no o

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

.” “Nay,” said Utgard-Loki, “it behooves me to tell thee the truth, now thou art out of the city, which so long as I live

Age, for such in fact was Elli, will not sooner or later lay low. But now , as we are going to part, let me tell thee that i

untasted meats, And in the horns and gold-rimmed skulls the wine. And now would night have fall’n and found them yet Wailin

nobler souls of mortal men On battle field have met their death, and now Feast in Valhalla, in my father’s hall; Only the

tations were to be heard among the gods. Hela answered that it should now be tried whether Balder was so beloved as he was

Toothless and old; she gibes the passers-by. Thok is she called, but now Lok wore her shape; She greeted them the first, a

the air feast upon their still quivering bodies. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands, the Midgard serpent rise out of

t, Lok with all the followers of Hela, and the Frost giants. Heimdall now stands up and sounds the Giallar horn to assemble

inging, and a seed of man preserved, Who then shall live in peace, as now in war. But we in heaven shall find again with jo

e thrall of Hela, and endure Death, and the gloom which round me even now Thickens, and to inner gulph recalls. Farewell, f

gurd, and her eyes met the Volsung’s eyes. And mighty and measureless now did the tide of his love arise, For their longing

nhild’s deed,” he murmured, “and the woman that loves me well; Nought now is left to repent of, and the tale abides to tell

and oft again had appeared to the kin of the Volsungs; — the same god now wrought the end of the Niblungs. The hoard and th

thirteen years she inveigles her brothers and their retainers, called now Nibelungs because of their possession of the hoar

prominent part among the associates of King Etzel. “I cannot say you now what hath befallen since; The women all were weep

res, many of them from the hand of the same artist. The Elgin Marbles now in the British Museum are a part of them. Also re

The Venus found in the island of Melos, or of Milo (see text, § 40), now to be seen in the Louvre in Paris, is the work of

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

see text, § 154), from an original of the school of Scopas; the head ( now in London) from the Baths of Caracalla, of the la

have come down to us that the treatment of the sick resembled what is now called animal magnetism or mesmerism. Serpents we

nd scattered by the winds, is principally instructive as illustrating now far afield theorists have gone, and how easy it i

sandy nature of the Argive soil, and the leaky nature of the springs, now high, now low. Or it may typify, simply, any ince

re of the Argive soil, and the leaky nature of the springs, now high, now low. Or it may typify, simply, any incessant frui

wild confusion, the multitude of clouds hurrying hither and thither, now hiding, now revealing the mangled body of the sun

ion, the multitude of clouds hurrying hither and thither, now hiding, now revealing the mangled body of the sun.” In this w

emple of the Parthenon. A considerable portion of these sculptures is now in the British Museum among those known as the “E

the tribe of the Cherusci, who inhabited the southern part of what is now Hanover and Brunswick; born 18 b.c. and trained i

2; name of Pluto, 83, 124, 349. Tau′ri, Taurians: a people of what is now the Crimea; Iphigenia among the Taurians, 288, 31

e time, he snatched up the bow and arrows, and flew away unseen.” But now he thought more of earth than of heaven, and chec

t of a garden in one of the islands, not far from the place where she now is.” Somnus instantly arose, and expanding his la

hen you must never attempt to look at me. If you should forget what I now tell you, if you should be very curious to see me

e river god bore her in his arms to a flowery bank on his border, and now the first rays of morning light showed him her be

iven. She begged to be restored to that beloved being of whom she was now deprived. She was an outcast and a wanderer: none

mortals. She had been tried by many sorrows and much persecution, and now that she had repented of her faults, and been pun

ut not wise in their religion. Ann. Do the people of Greece and Rome now believe in this false religion? Mother. No; they

scalaphus, and metamorphosed him into an owl. Ceres was so miserable, now that she must lose her daughter, that Pluto conse

not weep, lovely Philomela; no harm is intended you. I must quit you now , but I will soon return. This woman will give you

to restore me to him? Did not I trust myself to you without fear; and now do you betray me? If you do not release me; if yo

s, and liars. The early history of all men exhibits such conduct, but now the respectable part of society abhors and avoids

for them. My sister will soon return from the temple, whither she is now gone, and when she comes, she will go to the apar

eld the same youth, who had presented the veil to her sister, but she now distinctly saw his winged cap and the folded pini

he soon killed him with the sharp point of his lance. But Cadmus was now alone; and he could not build a city alone, nor f

throwing it at Acteon, transformed him to a stag. The unhappy Acteon now felt himself a mere brute, and he fled away from

entheus, king of Thebes, was the grandson of Cadmus. His grandfather, now become old, had resigned the kingdom to Pentheus.

describes his lamentation for him: “Dearest of men! for thou, though now no more, Shall yet be numbered ’mongst my best lo

e are no such foolish ways of worshipping the true, or any false god, now among any people. Mother. I am sorry to say ther

used by a prediction which had been made long before, but which Atlas now recollected. An oracle had declared, that the gar

plants, upon which the Medusa was laid, were changed to the substance now called coral. ——— Perseus, in token of his gratit

oracle, which was uttered before he came into the world. Perseus was now king of Argos, but he chose, rather than reign th

dicated that the married pair would meet with misfortunes. Ann. And, now , who was Lucifer? Mother. Lucifer is a name of t

es. “Can these be birds which I hear?” asked Minerva. “They are birds now ,” answered Polyhymnia; “they are magpies, and the

metimes call the fountain Hippocrene. They desired to possess it, and now they haunt its borders.” “You treated them as the

lo and Daphne. Those who have read the story of Cupid and Psyche, now that he was the god who disposed men and women to

ame; his undying or immortal fame, as some persons say, because he is now more admired than ever. As, in ancient times, poe

power of vision, they served to adorn that party-coloured bird. Juno now hated Io more than ever, and she drove her from p

ling the car, with its terrified conductor, from pole to pole. Phæton now repented of his rashness, but it was too late; al

into Lydia. “‘When Latona and her children reached the place where we now stand, it happened to be a season of great drough

nce has been made throughout to the New American Cyclopædia. The work now completed is offered to the public in the hope th

d appropriate, because Mars is inconstant in his temper, and inclines now to this side, now to that, in time of war. Except

ause Mars is inconstant in his temper, and inclines now to this side, now to that, in time of war. Except the story of his

ook possession of the ship, and steered in another direction. The god now revealed himself. The sails and cordage suddenly

half horse; also Geryon, who was king of the three Balearic Islands, now known as Ivica, Minorca and Majorca. For this rea

the sand which has been gathering around it for so many centuries, is now cleared away. The body is one hundred and twenty-

cules had been carefully instructed by the Centaur Chiron, and he was now equipped for his labors by the liberality of the

s eagerness, and Eurydice vanished from his sight. In his despair, he now shunned all intercourse with mankind, and retired

y. The inhabitants of the deep had gathered around as Arion sung, and now , as he was struggling in the waves, a dolphin too

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

ten as Mestra was sold, she was transformed, by the favor of Neptune, now into a horse, now an ox, and now a stag; and so e

sold, she was transformed, by the favor of Neptune, now into a horse, now an ox, and now a stag; and so escaped from her pu

ransformed, by the favor of Neptune, now into a horse, now an ox, and now a stag; and so escaped from her purchaser. All me

, in western Bœotia, where he died. The only complete works of Hesiod now extant are the “Works and Days,” and the Theogony

d write? Ans. Ovidius Naso was born in the year 43, B. C., at Sulmo ( now Sulmona), a town about ninety miles distant from

imself up to literary pursuits. A career of unexampled prosperity was now opened to the poet. He enjoyed the favor of Augus

brought suddenly to a close. Ovid was banished by Augustus to Tomi, ( now Temiswar) on the shores of the Euxine. The decree

the joints of meat lowed on the spits while roasting. As the wind was now favorable, Ulysses hastened to fly from the fatal

but Ægisthus made no effort to conceal his satisfaction. Orestes was now seized with horror at the thought of the deed whi

es were totally defeated. Creon, the uncle of the fallen princes, was now king of Thebes; he had the body of Eteocles honor

same effect; and Helenus, who was endowed with the gift of prophecy, now confirmed what had been already foretold. He rend

person pointed out by the oracle, and invited him to his palace. All now seemed to promise a peaceful settlement to the ha

a. Ans. Dodona was a town of Epirus, probably situated in the valley now called Joannina, but the exact site has not been

s, that they were subjected to a treatment closely resembling what we now call animal magnetism, or mesmerism. Ques. Where

s, that they were subjected to a treatment closely resembling what we now call animal magnetism, or mesmerism. The temple o

de Medicis. Ques. What was the Olympian Jupiter? Ans. This statue, now lost, was forty feet in height, on a pedestal of

of the sculptures and bas-reliefs which once adorned this temple may now be seen in the British Museum. They are called “E

r. Ques. Describe the Diana à la Biche? Ans. This beautiful statue, now at the Louvre, is considered the counterpart of t

s was still preserved. The Parsees, or modern followers of Zoroaster, now scattered through India, say that the Zend-avesta

their temples over subterranean fires. Ques. Is there any such fire now reverenced by them? Ans. Yes, near the town of B

oks of Moses. Ques. Had the Hindoos then conquered the country which now bears their name? Ans. No; they were only crossi

g the pagan Chinese three principal religions are admitted, which are now considered equally good, although there were form

is doctrine is called the religion of Tao, or Reason. The priests are now only cheats and jugglers, living on the superstit

igion was in higher repute, but the magnificent temples of Buddha are now going gradually to decay, and there seems no pros

e? Ans. The ancient superstitions of that portion of Northern Europe now known as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Qu

will banquet upon the flesh of kings and heroes. The wolf Fenris will now break his bands; the Midgard serpent rise out of

lord, from the Celtic, “deru,” an oak, etc. The best informed writers now refer it to the compound Celtic word “derouyd,” f

lleys. The blocks numbered formerly about ten thousand; but there are now many gaps in the stony lines, as every house in t

was realized in the llama of this fairy garden. Ques. Does anything now remain of this magnificent temple? Ans. No; its

of material for the erection of other buildings. Fields of maize are now waving where the golden gardens once sparkled in

rother Aminias. The latter had won much glory in the Persian war, and now , while interceding for his brother he dexterously

gustus. He wrote a “General History” in forty books, of which we have now fifteen entire, with scattered fragments of the o

cine and the fine arts. The portion which treats of animals possesses now but little interest. In many instances, the descr

ake. So great a change has taken place, that the level of the lake is now 135 feet lower, and its shores 12 miles distant.

g. He is said to have composed five hundred volumes, all of which are now lost, with the exception of two treatises; one on

her mythologies as to that of Greece, is a question which we will not now discuss. The sources, or the occasions of the pro

he artists, had laid hold of them. The gods of their forefathers were now presented under a new guise to the Greeks, who, a

llous sense and beauty, named Helios and Selena. But the other Titans now grew jealous, and they murdered Hyperiôn, and flu

me parts of the Hebrew Scriptures) the earliest literary compositions now extant. Their origin is enveloped in the deepest

ries, have for some years engaged the pens of critics. It seems to be now generally agreed that the two poems are the produ

rcules, and Protagoras’ story of Prometheus and his brother84. We are now arrived at the Alexandrian period. In this the my

also in this period that Hyginus wrote the mythological work which we now possess. The summaries of Parthenius, Antoninus L

d Erebos and Night, and this last bore to Erebos Day and Æther. Earth now produced Uranos (Heaven), of equal extent with he

higher light above the earth. Without the intervention of Love, Earth now produces the Heaven, which arches over her ; the

r origin have been ascribed to the first violation of filial duty. We now proceed to the important mythe of the Titans, and

ENE, EOS, COIOS AND PHŒBE, CRIOS, HECATE, KRONOS AND RHEA. We are now to consider the Titans and their offspring in par

hings. This is surely not the order one might have anticipated. It is now , however, hardly possible to rectify the error, i

and fictions. Kρόνος καὶ Ῥєίη ἢ Ῥέα. Saturnus et Ops. We are now arrived at the immediate origin of the Olympians,

deas of the Greeks, the nether-world underwent a total change. It was now divided into two separate regions : Tartaros, whi

Hades will find its parallel in tales both of the East and the West, now consigned to the nursery. By artists, the god of

the Sacred Marriage (ἱϵρὸς γάμος) of these deities, which, as we will now proceed to explain, was represented in those plac

n, entreating him not to expose himself to danger on her account. She now turned to the islands, but none would receive her

the place and oracle received the appellation of Pytho. The fane was now erected, but priests were wanting. The god, as he

llo Delphinios, whence the place should also derive its name617. They now disembark : the god playing on his lyre precedes

, who immediately lay aside all their work to execute her orders. She now proceeds to Arcadia, where Pan, the chief god of

clination to regard this last as the more correct hypothesis. We will now briefly state the principal arguments on both sid

artful goddess filled the heart of the youth with love. Believing her now to be mortal, all his veneration vanishes, and he

bank of flowers, where she was found and consoled by the god Pan. She now goes through the world in search of Cupid : she a

ering ; 5. Unwearied or Invincible ; 6. People-rouser, &c. We are now to inquire into the signification of the name of

him his whip, and instructs him in the management of the herds. They now proceed together to Olympos, where Apollo still s

nd trade, or as the deity presiding over increase in general. We will now consider the well-known epithet Argeiphontes, or

, abandoned the society of the gods, and came down among men. But she now was heedless of her person, and no one recognised

her attendant. Zeus sends Rhea to invite them back to heaven. Demeter now complies, And instant from the deep-soiled cornf

lowing him, the anxious husband looked back, and thereby lost her. He now avoided human society ; and despising the rites o

Semele bore to Zeus ‘the joyfull Dionysos, a mortal an immortal, but now they both are gods.’ Again1089, ‘gold-tressed Dio

s, ran up the mast and sides of the vessel. His shipmates in affright now called aloud to the pilot to make for the land ;

occur in the Ilias), ‘who had before been a speaking mortal, but was now allotted the honour of the gods in the depths of

ing berries which grew there was appropriated to the god1104 ; and it now became one of the favourite plants of Dionysos, a

lashing and roaring around him. Overcome with terror, Semele, who was now six months gone with child, expired in the flames

Phrygia Rhea cured him, and taught him her religious rites, which he now resolved to introduce into Hellas. When passing t

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

n had begun to mingle and combine. The goatformed Mendes of Egypt was now regarded as identical with the horned and goat-fo

eography of the most romantic poem of Greece, the Homeric Odyssey, is now to occupy our attention. Its poet is in our eyes

pleased, and people them as his fancy prompted. On this principle we now will trace the wanderings of Odysseus, the Sindba

nvert them into smiths, the assistants of Hephæstos1340. As they were now artists in one line, it gave no surprise to find

country by Taphian pirates, and sold to the father of Eumæos. We have now completed our survey of the magic isles and coast

t streams, ye springs and rivers, and ye hills Wood-hung ; for I have now gone o’er the whole Flood of the sea, and all the

e due to the gods. Zeus in indignation put a period to the race. Zeus now made a third, the brazen race of men, unlike the

metheus the prudent, and Epimetheus the imprudent1450. These we shall now proceed to illustrate. Menœtios is called by Hesi

ll, trade, and mercantile profit1459.” It is perhaps hardly necessary now to remind the reader that the Atlas of Homer and

itherto kept his brother also from transgressing it. But the case was now altered : a woman, whose chief attribute is curio

e best explanation that has been given of this ancient mythe. We will now make a few observations on the subject. In the fi

ves to differ in language and manners from the tribes with which they now came in contact, adopted a common name by which t

ere politically opposed to the sovereign democracy of Athens. We will now give the more trustworthy accounts of others. In

but two, who escaped to the Peloponnese ; and as his grandfather was now too old to reign, he gave the kingdom to Andræmôn

ng this snatched the billet, and laid it up carefully in a chest. But now her love for her son giving way to resentment for

e followed her. She went through Bœotia till she came to where Thebes now stands, and there lay down. Wishing to sacrifice

tunes which befel their children, Cadmos and his wife quitted Thebes, now grown odious to them, and migrated to the country

for their dislike of trade of every kind. We may therefore, we think, now venture to dismiss this theory and seek a Grecian

r heroes had already taken possession of the place in which they were now settled under their auspices and protection1654.

children, and then seeing what she had done slew herself1663. We will now endeavour to point out the meaning of this very o

The Sphinx flung herself down to the earth and perished ; and Œdipûs now unknowingly accomplished the remainder of the ora

of Œdipûs has been transmitted to us by the Attic dramatists. We will now consider its more ancient forms. The hero of the

or those of killing the hydra and cleansing the stables of Augeas. He now imposed the eleventh task, — that of bringing him

n he had shown him, took him back to the under-world. The hero having now performed all his tasks, returned to Thebes, wher

olt between the combatants, and put an end to their contest. Heracles now received a response, that his malady would be rem

pt it. When the term of his servitude was expired, he prepared, being now relieved of his disease, to take his long-threate

ooking at it herself, they would take to flight. Cepheus and his sons now joined Heracles ; but they all fell in battle, an

e pyre in a thunder-cloud, and the object of Hera's persecution being now effected, espouses Youth the daughter of his reco

in Scholia that the Egyptian Cecrops occurs. Few then, we think, will now dissent from the following judgement : “The deriv

word and shoes, and he removed it with ease and took them out. He was now to proceed to Athens and present himself to his f

solved to signalise himself like Heracles, with whose fame all Greece now rang, by destroying the evil-doers and the monste

re it ever afterwards as a memorial of his first victory1834. Theseus now pursued his journey, and met with no interruption

ôn himself, and flung his body down to the tortoise1838. Theseus came now to Eleusis, where Cercyôn, said to be a son of He

im who he was1842. The bull which Heracles had brought from Crete was now at Marathôn, and the country was in terror of his

us, with the general approbation, mounted the vacant throne. The hero now turned his thoughts to legislation. The Attic ter

im among the gods, and called their city the town of Theseus. We will now pursue the explanation of the legendary history o

os had not come to Attica at the time of the Dorian Migration. We are now to consider Iôn, the personification of the Ionia

hom not one returned home, for Bellerophontes slew them all. The king now perceiving him to be of the race of the gods, kep

sephone. It is probably derived from some word of which no traces are now to be found1889. Chapter VII. MYTHES OF AR

egend of the mode of her being restored to her pristine form1911. And now the wanderings of Io were extended to Egypt as th

he revealed to her the springs of Lerna1916. The sons of Ægyptos came now to Argos, and entreated their uncle to agree to b

him master of Tiryns, which the Cyclopes walled for him. Acrisios was now obliged to divide their paternal territory with P

ned their houses, and fled to the wilds. The reluctance of Prœtos was now overcome : he offered to comply with the terms of

ut another third of the realm being given to his brother Bias. Prœtos now , fearing that delay would only make him advance f

over Seriphos, fell in love with Danae ; but her son Perseus, who was now grown up, was an invincible obstacle to the accom

the Gorgon’s head, and turned him and his partisans to stone. Perseus now proceeded to Seriphos, where he found that his mo

her shield. Accompanied by his mother and his wife Andromeda, Perseus now set out for Argos ; but Acrisios, fearing the ful

og succeeded1964. Strengthened by a number of auxiliaries, Amphytriôn now went against the Teleboans. He landed, and ravage

os, who taught him agriculture, which he introduced into his country, now called from himself Arcadia, and instructed its i

he young ones. As he was sleeping one day, these serpents, which were now grown to full size, came, and getting each on one

timber conversing with each other. One asked how much of the beam was now gnawed through ; the others replied that there wa

All declared that they had seen or heard nothing of the babe, who was now five days old, but lay concealed in the rushes an

he Boreiads there turned back2159. Freed from his tormentors, Phineus now instructs his deliverers in the nature of their f

rushed together carried off some of her stern-works. The Symplegades now became fixed ; for so it was in the fates, since

ys also dying here, Ancæos undertook the steerage of the vessel. They now kept along the southern coast of the Pontos till

to save him took him and set him to dwell at Lilybæon. The Argonauts now passed Scylla and Charybdis, and also the Wanderi

e that he should marry his two daughters to a lion and a bear, and he now saw its accomplishment, for such were the ornamen

n had sold when they found that she had saved her father, and who was now nurse to the infant child of Lycurgos, undertook

underbolt2179. The Argives fell back, and many were slain. Both hosts now resolved that the brothers should decide their qu

lone, owing to the fleetness of his steed Areiôn, escaped2183. Creôn, now king of Thebes, forbade the bodies of the Argives

ited by the stream at its mouth he fixed his dwelling2187. Callirrhoe now longed for the collar and robe of Harmonia, and r

as, especially the narrative of Æneias in the twentieth book. We will now proceed to relate the war of Troy, following the

and carried her to Tauria, where she made her immortal2214. The wind now proving fair the fleet made sail, and reached the

o Agamemnôn. Odysseus, who had long meditated vengeance on Palamedes, now carried it into effect ; a forged letter, as from

solemnity2217. Penthesileia, daughter of Ares, queen of the Amazons, now leads her female warriors to the aid of Troy. But

d of the bloodshed by Odysseus. Memnôn the Æthiopian, the son of Eôs, now comes to the aid of the Trojans2218. He was array

Eurypylos the son of Telephos, an ally of the Trojans, whose town is now closely beleaguered. By the directions of Athena

st opinion prevailed, and the banquets were spread. Two huge serpents now appeared and destroyed Laocoôn and one of his son

died not unrevenged, for Ægisthos alone was left alive2225. Ægisthos now occupied the throne ; but Orestes the son of Agam

Having arrived at the closing event of the Grecian mythology, we will now briefly consider the question of its reality. Of

gave no more than the popular creed when he said of the heroes, And now with minds free from all care they dwell In the I

d rites, which she moulded and mingled in such a manner as to make it now nearly impossible to assign with certainty to eac

exameters the events which it recorded into his Annals. Grecian forms now supplanted all the old Italian ones : Grecian myt

tion of this work we entered at some length into this subject. We are now aware that it is impossible to say anything satis

strife to peace and order, calls Briareôs up to heaven, and men must now give over their thoughts of getting the fine weat

l. xiii. 18. 363. Il. xv. 80. 364. Il. v. 722. seq. 365. The old, now provincial, term streaks(German Strichen), signif

d the vintage is the subject of one of the ancient Egyptian paintings now in the British Museum. 1104. Plutarch (De Is. et

glish language which so nearly expresses the Greek πίσϵα as this old, now provincial, term. The Anglo-Saxon ץӀæδ is certain

s is the island meant in the Odyssey. Perhaps (see preceding note) he now thinks differently. 1435. Orchom. 326. 1436. Co

s μῦθos. They derived it from the Κωϕoὶ, a satyric drama of Sophocles now lost. 1477. Hesiod, ap. Sch. Apoll. Rh. iii. 108

їὼν strand. 1751. Apollodorus, following Pherecydes, says “which is now called Gadeira,” but that island has surely no ri

to her if ever he was wounded, as she alone could cure him. He did so now , but offended at his desertion of her, she refuse

ers of Nature. “Many ages ago, before any of the nations existed that now inhabit Europe, and while everything was new and

hey saw and heard in a manner very different from our way of speaking now . We talk of the sun rising and setting as of some

inal meaning had been quite forgotten. Thus, mythology, as we call it now , is simply a collection of the sayings by which m

aters of the sea, he is followed closely by his sister Selene, who is now prepared to take charge of the world and illumine

being once forgotten, what was told originally of the setting sun was now told of a name which, in order to have any meanin

” being derived from the same root as “Leto,” “Latona” the night; but now he sleeps on Mount Latmos, in Caria*. Endymion, s

hed from his kingdom and deprived forever of the supreme power, which now became vested in his son Zeus. This war was calle

to share the fate of the vanquished Titans. The dominion of Zeus was now securely established, and no hostile attack ever

curred with the consent of Zeus. Full of wrath and grief, the goddess now withdrew from the society of the other deities. M

rushed into the room, deprived him of the intended blessing. Demeter now revealed herself to Celeus and commanded him to b

e myrtle, and the rose were sacred to Aphrodite. The Venus of Milo is now in the Louvre at Paris. It was found in the year

Apollo Belvedere*,” which was discovered in 1503, near Antium, and is now in the Vatican. It is a standing figure, in marbl

ted statue of this divinity is that known as the Diana of Versailles, now in the Louvre. In this statue the goddess appears

ace perished by each other’s hands. The Iron race was last. The earth now yielded her increase only after much labor. The g

terfered by separating them with his lightning. The Pythian priestess now commanded Heracles to allow himself to be sold in

e on Augeas, king of Elis, and placed Phyleus on the throne. Heracles now proceeded to Calydon, where he wooed the beautifu

his daughter, Iole, after he had won her by shooting with the bow. He now marched against him with an army. The town and ci

jan war, and with the aid of his friend he carried her off. Pirithous now requested Theseus to assist him in his ambitious

ty climbed the tree and secured the Fleece. Their perilous task being now accomplished, Jason and Medea hastened on board t

nd, her brother Priam had never ceased to regret her loss, and it was now proposed that Paris should take the command of an

he temple of the goddess. The Departure of the Fleet. The fleet now sailed with a fair wind. The expedition first sto

within the walls of the city. With Achilles at their head, the Greeks now made an attempt to take the city by storm, but th

lead his Myrmidons* to the assistance of the Greeks. The Trojans were now driven back, but Patroclus, in the ardor of pursu

only after a severe and obstinate struggle. The wrath of Achilles was now entirely diverted by the desire to avenge on Hect

y friend Sinon* with full instructions as to his course of action. He now approached King Priam with fettered hands, allegi

immolate him as a sacrifice, but that he had contrived to escape, and now sought protection from the king. The monarch, bel

e Trojans, believing that the siege had been abandoned, and that they now had a sacred object in the place of the Palladium

s of the animals he let them pass, and thus they escaped. The Grreeks now hastened aboard their vessel, taking a good part

l faster, and he alone heard the song of the Sirens and escaped. They now approached the terrible dangers of Scylla* and Ch

eft him with the treasure King Alcinous had bestowed upon him. It was now twenty years that Odysseus had been away from Ith

of the work. One of her maids had betrayed her, and the suitors were now more clamorous than ever. At the suggestion of At

mæus to learn something of the state of affairs at the palace. Athene now urged Odysseus to make himself known to his son,

on-in-law indicated by the oracle, and invited him to his palace. All now seemed to promise a peaceful settlement to the ha

sonous reptiles and plants. In consequence of this, evil and good are now mingled together in every part of the world, and

finished his work, seems to be regarded as no longer active, and has now only one temple in India, while Mahadeva, or Siva

includes the ancient superstitions of that portion of Northern Europe now known as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Th

ameter, constituted their sacred place. The most celebrated of these, now remaining, is Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Eng

punishment of Dirce is the subject of a celebrated group of statuary now in the Museum at Naples, known as the Farnese Bul

night watching the path to the lower world. 6. The “Elgin* Marbles,” now in the British Museum, are portions of the statue

e giddy wall of the celestial courthouse, and picture the judgment: —  now she follows the blasphemous in a wide path over t

And hence the Golden Times derived their name.” Virgil. “December now brings Saturn’s merry feasts, When masters bear t

eraunia down. Thick fall the rains; the wind redoubled roars; The god now smites the woods, and now the sounding shores.”

he rains; the wind redoubled roars; The god now smites the woods, and now the sounding shores.” Pitt’s Virgil. “Now lows

us light, Which gave his hundred eyes their useful sight, Lies buried now in one eternal night. But Juno, that she might hi

ars,” for prefering Pan’s music to his. Jupiter, thinking that he had now been sufficiently punished, recalled him to heave

” Hyacinthus. “Behold the blood, which late the grass had dy’d, Was now no blood; from which a flower full blown, Far bri

high celebrity; one at Ephesus, and the other in Chersonesus Taurica ( now the Crimea.) The temple at Ephesus was justly acc

ations round; Mix’d was the murmur, and confus’d the sound; Each host now joins, and each a god inspires; These Mars incite

hich plant still bears his name. Echo. “She was a nymph, though only now a sound; Yet of her tongue no other use was found

ough only now a sound; Yet of her tongue no other use was found, Than now she has; which never could be more, Than to repea

olus, king of the Æolian islands, (at that time called the Vulcanian, now called Lipari) on account of his uncommon skill a

made of them pipes, which, from her, he called Syrinx, and which are now familiarly entitled Pandean pipes, or mouth organ

tand chin deep In water, yet he cannot get a sip: At which you smile; now all of’t would be true, Were the name chang’d, an

nd three heads. His residence was on the island Erythia, near Gades, ( now Cadiz,) where he kept numerous flocks, which were

h it. Whence the proverbial phrase, “cleansing the Augean stable,” is now applied to a work of immense toil, or bordering o

a, human victims were offered up by the Tauri in Taurica Chersonesus ( now called Crimea Tartary.) Agamemnon, king of the A

rion. Atlas, the son of Japetus and Clymene, was king of Mauritania ( now called Morocco in Africa.) When Perseus was treat

rs of the Nile. This river, in overflowing the portion of Egypt which now forms the Delta, at first seemed to be an immense

ho, by violent means, established Islamism, or Mahometanism, which is now the prevailing religion, though numbers still pre

uge, made his appearance. He is taken for a star or a sun. A conflict now ensued between the author of good and the author

n oath, he would say, “Does not Mexitli (or some other god) behold me now ?” Cortes the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, says t

gypt, vastly larger than Herodotus describes them to be. The ideas we now have of the arts and mechanical powers, are confo

he employed was chiefly observed; and, however improved mechanism may now be, it could not probably succeed in raising so h

and say, that he only repaired it, and added to it the portico, which now makes its finest ornament. An opening in the midd

air cases. It is to this rash attempt that the large chinks which are now in the great vault, are to be attributed. It has

d under his feet, he was swallowed up in the gap or crevice, which is now called the ditch of Agamedes, and seen in a sacre

Having briefly noticed some of the most celebrated oracles, we will now proceed to notice a few others of minor importanc

at Sigutna (a city situated in the same province with Stockholm, but now extinct,) a supreme council or tribunal, composed

us enumerated the names and attributes of the principal gods, we will now proceed to set forth some of the tenets of the Ce

woman, named Embla, (Alder,) that is descended the race of men, which now inhabit the earth. The giant Narfi (darkness) had

and life, was animated and disposed by the gods in the order which we now admire it. No heathen religion has granted more t

ach one drank whilst making his prayer or vow. Whatever horror we may now have for human sacrifices, it nevertheless appear

mes it was from the right to the left, or from the left to the right; now from the top to the bottom, and then in a circle,

n of the Druids, was the only one that was generally adopted. We will now occupy the reader for a few moments by presenting

n with the times of that ignorance which God suffered long to exist —  now happily succeeded and effaced by the certainty of

worship? ——— The mythology of the Greeks and Romans is that which is now most important to be known. This mythology is int

erannia down. Thick fall the rains; the wind redoubled roars: The god now smit’^s the woods and now the sounding shores. Æ

he rains; the wind redoubled roars: The god now smit’^s the woods and now the sounding shores. Æneid, Pitt's translation.

ur force to evade, His various arts he summons to his aid.     A lion now he curls a surgy mane; Sudden our bands a spotted

Riotous meetings of those who drink much wine and keep late hours are now often called orgies. The Bacchæ hung little image

says the mythology, she has sometimes been driven into solitudes, and now comes among men not only as a friend, but an aven

Africa thus produced, was Mount Abyla; that of Spain, where Gibraltar now stands, Mount Calpe. Hercules killed Antæas, a gi

tortures, he stretched them to its extent. This bed of Procrustes, is now often spoken of to illustrate some cruel or fooli

the sister of Priam, and married her to a prince of Peloponnesus, and now Priam resolved to recover her. Paris readily enga

killed, Words sweet as honey from his lips distilled. Two generations now had passed away, Wise by his rules and happy by h

s and happy by his sway; Two ages in his native realm he reigned, And now the example of the third remained. All viewed wit

heosis of that man. This folly no longer exists in the world; men are now better instructed in the nature of God, and in th

 and to them is also added the tradition of certain monuments of art, now perished. The latter were the Seven Wonders of th

ike them he was a moral philosopher, though little more than his name now remains. He is said to have died suddenly, while

d by his charioteer Arun, or the dawn. Temples, in honour of the sun, now exist in India. One of these is thus described: “

ourth day of the week was consecrated to him, and called Wodin’s day, now corrupted into Wednesday. The supposed actions of

Greeks term this doctrine, who taught it among them, and what people now believe in it? How many principal divinities were

t truth, he would say, “Does not Mexitli (or any other god) behold me now ;” and kissing his hand, he touched the earth with

eraunia down. Thick fall the rains; the wind redoubled roars; The God now smites the woods, and now the sounding shores. P

he rains; the wind redoubled roars; The God now smites the woods, and now the sounding shores. Pitt’s Virgil. Chap. VI

cina. Juno’s Chariot. She speaks; Minerva burns to meet the war, And now heav’n’s empress calls her blazing car. At her co

en’rous steeds retire, Dropping ambrosial foam and snorting fire, And now the fiery horses neigh’d aloud, Breathing out fla

nations round, Mix’d was the murmur and confused the sound. Each host now joins, and each a God inspires, These Mars incite

ns rush to arms. Now, through the trembling shores Minerva calls, And now , she thunders from the Grecian walls. Mars, hover

ur force to evade, His various arts he summons to his aid. A lion now , he curls a surgy mane; Sudden, our bands a spo

s passed over into Italy. Eolus. Thus fir’d with rage and vengeance, now she flies, To dark Æolia from the distant skies,

es, and smaller reptiles, reverenced by the Egyptians, and which are, now , found engraven on their ancient obelisks and tem

ourth day of the week was consecrated to him, and called Wodin’s day, now corrupted into Wednesday. The supposed actions of

with moss. The northern chiefs Cast not their captive In the dungeon now To the viper brood, nor to the eagle’s shape Carv

into definite shape in that far-away period when most of the nations, now spread to the remotest corners of the earth, dwel

back the ship many leagues. The residence of Æolus was at Strongyle, now called Strombolo.             “Æolus from his ai

va as the tutelary goddess of Athens. Atlas, was King of Mauritania, now Morocco, in Africa. He was also a great astronome

Hellespont to the part of the sea where Helle was drowned, and it is now called the Dardanelles. She was the daughter of A

, brother of Atlas, was changed into the evening star. “To the ocean now I fly, And those happy climes that lie Where day

and man’s device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because