the reader some idea of the thoughts and habits of the beauty-loving people with whom they originated. In this little book I

filled with awe and wonder. So they said, “There must be some mighty people living above us, who rule the sun and the moon an

. Let us worship them and sing of them.” And they called these mighty people gods and goddesses. In the central part of Greece

, up into the sky, till the eye could scarcely follow it. None of the people of Greece had ever climbed to the top of Mount Ol

he moon and all the world left their homes and came down to visit the people on the earth. Once in a great, great while they c

of animals or human beings, so that they might not be recognized. The people of Greece, who made up all the stories I am going

death or some other evil; but if they did what was right, the mighty people would be pleased and would love them and send the

e kind gods. The king of the gods was Jupiter, who ruled not only the people of the earth, but the mightier people of the heav

Jupiter, who ruled not only the people of the earth, but the mightier people of the heavens. He it was who hurled the thunderb

oing to tell you; for she was selfish and jealous, and, like all such people , often made herself and others very unhappy. She

dom known as Hades or the land of shades; and the Greeks thought that people who died went down into this dark land. Its ruler

in his underground home. Ceres was the goddess of the earth, and the people looked to her for bountiful harvests, and for the

rivers that flow. With cities and gardens, and cliffs and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah! you are so

ren; and on her depended the food, and therefore the life, of all the people on the great, wide earth. Ceres had one fair youn

th the mother for the loss of beautiful Proserpine. When the starving people came to Ceres and begged her to resume her duties

of her child, and could not care for the neglected earth. So all the people cried aloud to Jupiter that he should bring Prose

ve her back to me, and the earth shall once more be fruitful, and the people shall have food.” Jupiter was moved, both by the

iter was moved, both by the mother’s sorrow and by the prayers of the people on earth; and he said that Proserpine might retur

and the earth everywhere smiles its welcome to its young queen. Some people say that Proserpine really is the spring time, an

o that she grew pale and thin and began to waste away to a shadow, as people say, until at last her body vanished altogether,

ir dead friend. And they prepared the funeral pile, for in those days people used to burn the bodies of the dead. When all was

a time there was a great, great flood over all the earth. Some wicked people had angered the gods, and Jupiter sent all the wa

o cover the world. He did not want the waters to dry up until all the people were dead, so he shut fast in their caverns all t

the whole earth was out of sight under a vast sea, and all the wicked people were drowned. Then Jupiter was sorry to see the e

try to tell you what it looked like, and so wicked and cruel that the people for miles around the swampy land where it dwelt l

e with his glittering arrows, and slew it, after a fierce battle. The people were then very happy; and you may be sure that th

rows were blunt and made of dull lead, and, strange to say, they made people hate one another. You will hear, in a moment, wha

living and trembled at the beauty of his song. And he could so charm people that they would forget all their bad thoughts, an

naë had no one to take care of her and her child. One day, some cruel people put Perseus and his mother into a boat, and set t

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

d to do was to find out the way to Medusa’s island home, and the only people in the whole world who knew where that was were t

then sat motionless, turned to stone in all his royal state. When the people heard what had happened, there was great rejoicin

ed, and it angered them to have Cassiopeia compare herself with them. People in those days seem to have had very cruel ways of

and he did so much harm that everybody was in despair. At length the people went to their temple to consult the oracle. This

their temple to consult the oracle. This was an old custom among the people of long ago. In many cities there were beautiful

sea serpent shall trouble you no longer.” Great was the grief of the people at these words. Andromeda was so gentle and good

only the same heartless answer, — “If you wish your town and all the people to be saved from ruin, you must give up your daug

ich had formerly given her so much pleasure! Meanwhile, the sorrowing people led Andromeda to the seashore, and bound her with

eda was chained. The poor girl gave one terrified shriek; and all the people covered their eyes with their hands, for they cou

rted down, and was now fighting a fierce battle with the monster. The people watched the long combat with eager eyes. When Per

ndromeda’s chains and led her to her parents. Such happy tears as the people shed! And such rejoicing and praises of Perseus o

with great pomp and rejoicing Perseus and Andromeda were married. The people flocked to the tables that were spread with many

s at its height, suddenly the wide doors swung back, and the startled people saw, standing in the opening, an ugly, scowling,

no herself was moved with pity, and restored Io to her own shape. The people of the land found her by the side of the river Ni

e lived happily for many years, until she grew old and died. Then the people carved a great statue of the queen, and placed it

they called the statue Isis. Hundreds of years after Io was dead, the people of Egypt still came and laid their flowers and ot

art, and leave her as happy as though she, too, were a child. Niobe’s people did not love her so much as they feared her; for

les spent the greater part of his life in doing things to help weaker people . Juno still wanted to show her hatred of him, so

him down fast to the ground in spite of his struggles, until all the people cried out that Hercules was the victor. The river

re once lived a man named Daedalus, who was highly honored by all the people of the city. He made beautiful statues and carvin

de Velletri (Louvre, Paris). Daedalus soon became afraid of what the people of Athens might do if they learned of his crime.

which at that time were thought fitting for a prince. Every year the people of Athens had a festival, in which all the young

rete, he sent some men after him to kill him on the road. Perhaps the people of Athens might have blamed their king severely f

e youth for his son. He threw open the gates of the palace to all the people , and the city was filled with feasting and rejoic

n merry Athens came to an end, and all was hurry and confusion as the people hastily prepared for war. ——— Rise! For the Day

of it; but, when he came to the gates, he found them locked, and the people within refused to let him go through the town. So

k hair; and on this lock of hair depended the safety of the city. The people believed that no stranger could enter their gates

for your sake. I will follow you; for if I have been a traitor to my people , I have at least been a friend to you.” The soldi

the city that had formerly been her home. She longed to speak to the people in the streets, and, above all, to see her dear f

hat was used up, he could readily send his soldiers for more. But the people in the besieged city had soon eaten up their stor

could not leave the city without falling into the enemy’s hands. Many people starved to death, and all the men were so weak fr

d no strength with which to fight the well-fed soldiers of Crete. The people consulted their oracle, and were told that they m

ood friend, he could also be a very cruel enemy. What he asked of the people of Athens was very hard indeed; but you must not

heart was bleeding for his murdered son. He said that every year the people of Athens must send to Crete seven youths and sev

ng Minos had proposed, there was great sorrow in Athens. At first the people felt that it would be impossible to do what the k

r to free his city of this terrible yearly burden, or to die with his people . In vain the old king tried to make him change hi

entrance. At last the ship reached the island of Crete, and the young people were led into the king’s presence. At sight of th

expected to die. The Minotaur was dead, and from that time forth, the people of Athens were no longer required to send the tri

City Was Destroyed Once upon a time there was a town in which the people had grown to be very hard-hearted and wicked. Whe

ng them with kind words and offering them a resting place, these rude people closed their doors against the wanderers, and eve

ugh the streets, jeering and making ugly faces at them, but the grown people were even worse than the children. Far and wide t

give its length. It means those kind feelings of the heart which lead people to give shelter to strangers and homeless wandere

d to share with them the best fare they have to offer. In olden times people thought even more of this virtue of hospitality t

f hospitality than we do nowadays, and so the conduct of these wicked people was all the more blamable. On the outskirts of th

he strangers turned. At sight of the elder man’s face, the two simple people trembled, they scarcely knew why. Then he spoke.

mple people trembled, they scarcely knew why. Then he spoke. “My good people ,” he said, “know that the two strangers whom you

, there was now a lake, sparkling in the morning sunlight. The wicked people and their dwellings had all been destroyed. But m

ed the wonder, turned with a smile to the astonished couple. “My good people ,” said he, “you alone of all the village have bee

ough they were whispering loving secrets to each other. Thus the good people had their wish, both dying at the same instant, a

ck only when the soft rain clouds were again in the air. Indeed, some people said that the clouds were her sisters, and that w

y loved to frolic in the green fields all day long, and healthy young people do not care much about what they eat or wear. The

y, and all the crops withered away. There was not enough food for the people , and everywhere they were dying of hunger. The ki

ant city, asking what he must do to bring back food and health to his people . The wicked queen Ino saw her chance, and secretl

and the next minute they were far beyond the reach of the astonished people below. Over land and sea flew the golden ram fast

may seem strange that Medea was willing to leave her home and all the people who loved her, to go so far away with this strang

, and the tasks that the morrow would bring. The next morning all the people of Colchis went in a great crowd to the field whe

ou could have seen the creatures, you would have believed, as all the people did, that Jason’s last hour had come. They were g

of the men who had sprung up from the dragon’s teeth. Of course, the people were all rejoiced at Jason’s success, but the kin

golden necklace, studded with shining gems. He was the pet of all the people who lived near that place, and was so tame that h

r after, that part of the sea was dangerous to sail through, and many people who have narrowly escaped shipwreck there have to

early. He would leave his beautiful temples, and forget all about the people who were worshiping him and be content to wander

these things for him. For love is so wonderful a thing, that it makes people forget all differences of birth or rank. So Apoll

llo proposed to play a game of quoits. Quoits was a game of which the people of those days were very fond, — as fond as boys a

ar leaped up thrice, and then flickered down again. Among the ancient people , this was a sign that the god or goddess appealed

Pan threw down his flute before this wonderful singer, who could move people to laughter or to tears by touching the strings o

y touching the strings of his lyre. When Apollo had finished, all the people ran up to him with cries of praise and thanks, an

earth a strange race of giants called Cyclops. They were a very queer people indeed, and were much larger and stronger than an

serable.” Venus had a son called Cupid. He was the god who made young people love whom he pleased. He could make a pretty youn

ng some useful work in the open air, under shady trees; and all these people loved and honoured the gods of the vineyards and

dedicated to Ceres, a benevolent goddess, who had first taught these people to divide their fields, to sow seeds, and to reap

of this story true? Mother. Only a very small part of it. It is true people once believed that there were such gods as you ha

ans believed it. Ann. I thought the Greeks and Romans were very wise people . Mother. They were very wise in many things, but

ery wise in many things, but not wise in their religion. Ann. Do the people of Greece and Rome now believe in this false reli

in this false religion? Mother. No; they are become Christians. The people of Greece and Italy have been taught something of

igion — the religion we learn from the Bible. Ann. How long have the people of Greece and Italy been Christians. Mother. Som

alive; and when they were dead, they were celebrated and praised till people believed that they were gods, and were in beaten,

elighted in the island of Sicily. It is a beautiful country. Once the people of Sicily had nothing but chestnuts and acorns to

d to a fountain. Mother. They said so, and very likely some ignorant people believed it. In the bible we read that Lot’s wife

the transformation of Cyane came to be believed by ignorant credulous people . Ann. What is a transformation? Mother. It is a

he heathen mythology are many stories of metamorphoses. Ann. How can people believe such unlikely things? Mother. Because we

before we can know whether what we hear is true or false; so ignorant people believe what is false, and will not believe what

ties of chestnuts, and there, and over the greater part of Italy, the people make use of the flour of chestnuts as an article

f one of the modes of satisfying hunger which God has afforded to the people of Italy. You did not know before, that chestnuts

w before, that chestnuts formed a large part of the sustenance of any people , and that they are more easily procured and prepa

t shows you the hospitality of poor peasants all over the world. Such people will give of their small pittance to the destitut

vince of Attica was not governed by the kings of Athens; and the rude people of that country, seeing good houses, and flocks,

could seize, and they would kill those who tried to hinder them. The people , who lived in the country about Athens, were thus

to Tereus, the king of that country, and told him the distress of his people . Tereus promised to do what he could to relieve P

n granted his request, and Progne herself agreed to marry Tereus. The people of Athens, as well as all the king’s family, rejo

he bribed the old woman to tell her where Philomela was confined. The people of Thrace, as well as those of Greece, celebrated

accustomed shouting, and beat violently upon them. The superstitious people of Thrace thought the Bacchantes were holy, and t

not of the bad. Mother. And I like to have you read stories of good people , because good actions present agreeable ideas, an

ners. These are in the world, and there always have been good and bad people . When you read of the unworthy conduct of the bad

women so wicked as Progne and Philomela. Mother. But there were many people as bad when they lived. Ann. But why were they s

ved. Mother. Yes; wonderfully. Baucis and Philemon. “When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voic

n and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people .” But Paul and Barnabas told them, “We are men.”

Paul and Barnabas told them, “We are men.” Acts, chapter xiv. The people mentioned in these verses above were of the city

etty, that belongs to Phrygia, in Asia Minor, where it would seem the people were apt to believe in the visits of Jupiter and

answered their application by saying, “I do not like your appearance; people must be careful nowadays who they take in, there

companion is no other than the god Mercury, sought kindness from the people all about you, and they meanly refused us shelter

reach the summit. It is my will to bring destruction upon an impious people , but you shall not be involved in their punishmen

eather was fine, as the climate was agreeable in Greece and in Italy, people could sit with open windows; but when the weather

think Baucis and Philemon were a very happy couple. Mother. Yes; all people , let them be ever so humble, that are good-nature

e the fable says Jupiter and Mercury visited Baucis and Philemon, the people took them for Jupiter and Mercury. Read the 14th

and children, to settle in Greece. He made laws for them, and for the people whom he found in Attica, so that district was cal

a, so that district was called, and they and his followers became one people , and lived peaceably together. Am. What sort of p

ers became one people, and lived peaceably together. Am. What sort of people were they of Attica? Mother. They were very igno

ypt, where he came from. Ann. Did the Egyptians know more than other people ? Mother. At that time they did. Ann. What time

re a chain and a ring of gold, built a granary and distributed com to people all over Egypt. So, you see the Egyptians had a k

d that he and his officers wore rich clothes and ornaments, which the people made; and that the people had laws, and obeyed th

wore rich clothes and ornaments, which the people made; and that the people had laws, and obeyed them. All that shows you the

hat the gods took the shapes of animals, and went into Egypt, and the people worshipped the animals? Ann. Yes, I remember tha

which he could not do without it Mercury’s caduceus, when he touched people with it, made them wake, or fall asleep, just as

n. Tiresias was considered the wisest man in Greece at that time. The people of Thebes, and some from distant places, would co

rated to the god Mars; that means, it had been dedicated, by the rude people living near, to Mars. They had said it belonged t

helped Cadmus to build a house, and mark out streets, and to persuade people from distant cities to come and work with them, a

ts. Cadmus was a good king; he did not love war; he tried to make his people wise and happy. He first taught letters in Greece

tered the place, they found the intruder. The Greeks were then a rude people ; either males or females would kill or beat those

thamas went mad. His insanity was such as afflicts other men; but the people of that age did not consider it a disease, as it

. Did every body believe that? Mother. Not every body, I think. Some people thought the gods were very kind to men. They thou

s travels. He went over different countries, instructing the ignorant people in useful arts — in cultivating the grape, in mak

nd abused and mangled him till he was dead. Mobs, that is, numbers of people together, commit foolish and cruel actions which

foolish ways of worshipping the true, or any false god, now among any people . Mother. I am sorry to say there is still much f

ery decent. They were called Dionysia, and magistrates restrained the people from committing any impropriety. The same worship

iety. The same worship was called the Brumalia at Rome; but the Roman people , like the early Greeks, got drunk at these celebr

ed in the second chapter of Matthew. Mother. I will tell you how the people of Florence, and some other Italian cities, obser

other Italian cities, observe the Epiphany. The lower classes of the people collect, in considerable numbers, in some public

the oracle, to know what should befall him in his future life. Silly people go to fortune-tellers, in these days, to learn wh

was young, handsome, and vigorous; he was fit to be king over a rude people like those of Seriphus, who thought beauty and st

alled, from his name, the Atlantic; and there, every evening when the people saw the sun set, they said the horses of Apollo h

because she was a queen, laid her whole kingdom under water. The poor people , to escape from the inundation, climbed upon hous

overnment necessary in Seriphus. When Dictys was well received by the people , as their king, Perseus got ready to return, with

r beauty, it makes us unhappy, and it makes us very disagreeable, for people see our bad disposition, and despise us. The anci

ith bleed, which she has drawn from innocent persons, because envious people hurt the innocent, when they have an opportunity,

king of, were celebrated every fifth year at Delphi. Great numbers of people resorted thither, and among them came poets, musi

re, and sang lyric songs; and the athletes ran, and wrestled; and the people listened and looked on. The best poet, the finest

prizes, and placed them on the victor’s head, and all the surrounding people shouted and praised the victors. This sort of pra

to have been some fatal disease, which had destroyed great numbers o people ; at length, it was stopped. Some excellent physic

it would seem without dread of their vengeance, Manto called upon the people to be more zealous in their devotions. “Haste, Th

. Apollo and Diana command you, by my voice, to pay them homage.” The people readily obeyed. Crowning their heads with the eve

I neither knew the road, nor was acquainted with the language of the people with whom I was to transact this business, I enga

n different countries and ages of the world. Heathens, or pagans, are people who are not acquainted with the true and only God

ean, in Palestine, anciently Judea. The Hebrews are styled the chosen people , that means, they were chosen by God to be instru

s discovered, is immediately printed in books: in civilized countries people are generally taught to read, and therefore a kno

were engraved on tables of stone, and God’s law could be read to the people . Long before this time, all that God had taught t

ce, escaping from injustice, was hospitably received by Janus. The people of Italy were probably, at that remote period, le

an the experience and foresight of a wise man; nevertheless, ignorant people supposed that he was a supernatural being, and th

first day of the year, the Consuls entered upon their office, and the people were entertained with spectacles. New enterprises

n brought to much higher utility and beauty by them than by any other people . The Hermes of Egypt was probably some philosophe

eful in our eyes! [Translator : Pope] The Romans were a more warlike people than the Greeks; they held Mars in higher reveren

e than the Greeks; they held Mars in higher reverence than the former people . The priests of Mars at Rome were called Salii, —

hat the shield had fallen from heaven, and that Mars would favour the people who should preserve it, and that they should over

The fiction of the thunderbolts proceeded from the notion of ignorant people concerning the phenomenon of thunder. The sound o

tion of fire. Before natural philosophy made this discovery, ignorant people fancied that thunder was an expression of the div

us the achievements of heroes were kept in the memory of the Athenian people , and served as lessons to others who might wish t

ikenesses of himself and of Pericles. In consequence, this capricious people banished Phidias, and he withdrew from Athens to

ere accounted execrable. Execration was a sentence which forbade all people to dwell in the same house, to enter the same shi

Greek cities of Asia,) this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people , saying, that they be no gods which are made with

and her priests offered up supplications to her for the health of all people . The Romans regarded this deity with high respect

des. Hercules was worshipped after his death. He was often invoked by people who wanted assistance in their weakness, as by th

erminated by the body and limbs of a horse. This fable represents the people of Thessaly, who first bestrode the horse, and ma

estrode the horse, and made him serviceable to man. Rude and ignorant people , when they first behold a man and horse thus coup

; it opened a new channel for trade, and new sources of wealth to the people of Greece, and they afterwards carried on a produ

. Theseus did not immediately declare himself the king’s son, but the people flocked to see the destroyer of the robbers, and

lled the Minotaur. It is a curious fact, that all partially civilized people , and all savages, require the life of one person

a compensation for the single life of his son, because in those days people pretended to think a prince was of more value tha

exact of the Athenians? What custom prevails among the half-civilized people ? How did the Athenians regard the tribute of Mino

on as Theseus became king, he travelled all over Attica, and told his people he was sorry to see them always quarrelling, and

ice of wise men in Athens, and they would make laws to govern all the people . He would sometimes call together assemblies of t

rn all the people. He would sometimes call together assemblies of the people — that is, all the men who were respectable shoul

should come into one place, and deliberate upon what was best for the people to do; and if any man did wrong, he might be comp

ons who were guilty; and the courts should be held in Athens; and the people all over the province of Attica, might come to th

, and they soon became so happy under his regulations, that peaceable people from other places where no wise government existe

reside in Attica, that they might live in safety and quiet. All these people were grateful to Theseus, for introducing this ex

teful to Theseus, for introducing this excellent civil order: and the people of all Greece heard of these regulations, and som

oks to read, he felt the want of something more to do, so he left his people to govern themselves, and went into the less civi

n what condition was Attica when he began to reign? Why could not the people of Attica be happy? What is a state of civil orde

d his attendant were killed. In that rude age it does not appear that people set much value upon life. Œdipus did not care who

nd killed himself. While the Sphinx was terrifying and tormenting the people about Thebes, Creon, the queen’s brother, proclai

murderer of Laius should be discovered and punished. Œdipus loved his people , and forgetting that he had ever killed a man him

thenians, and their admiration of it shows a just moral taste in that people , for Antigone is a beautiful example of female ex

s by his lyre, as Apollo raised those of Troy, perhaps persuading the people to raise the walls, or encouraging them during th

how did he escape from Crete? The Lapithæ. The Centaurs were a people of Thessaly, who first tamed and used the horse.

ding Penelope for her fidelity, cherishing his son, and improving his people . The interesting story of Ulysses is related at l

m the word king, as it is used in the history of ancient and pastoral people , the same idea as that of a king in modern times.

hens, and was a contemporary of Thales. During the life of Solon, the people of Athens were agitated by perpetual discords in

hey gave him the regulation of the magistrates, the assemblies of the people , and the courts of justice. Solon discharged this

of Solon , remained in force as long as the Athenians remained a free people . Many of the laws of Solon were afterwards adopte

rymen and defeated their invaders. In gratitude for his services, the people of Mytilene chose him for their king, and adopted

n; he is remembered as a skilful politician, not as the father of his people , or for his virtuous example. Periander died 588 

Corinth a virtuous man? Religion of the Hindus. A part of the people of Hindustan have received the religion of Mohamm

universally prevail among the natives. The Mohammedans compelled the people to embrace their religion, and instantly killed t

exalt the minds, and raise the condition of the lower classes of the people : such as William Penn, John Wesley, and Dr. Frank

e regulation of society which forbids all improvement, is that of the people into orders or castes. The castes are hereditary,

ders or castes. The castes are hereditary, immutable divisions of the people , established in the earliest times, by their sacr

, which declares all men equal, should not be introduced among such a people . The Brahmin caste holds all the others in the mo

mprehended under one name, ancient Scandinavia, and were inhabited by people called the Scandinavian nations. The religion of

sts were the Druids. The Druids were held in such veneration that the people under their influence dared not disobey them in a

the mythology of Egypt of much importance to be known? Did any of the people of Egypt acknowledge but one God; and who were th

d in the bosom of all men: for it is not an established fact that any people discovered by civilized men have been found entir

soul after death. Thus the most intelligent become the most religious people . Having heard, from the revelations of God to the

ebrate them, temples to worship them in, and particular days on which people shall leave their labour, and go together to offe

ge of the true God; but it is curious to compare the history of God’s people and their worship, with that of the heathens; and

ich was commenced under the instructions of a good king, who kept his people in peace and order, and they worshipped him after

their benefactor. The Mexicans could never have heard of Saturn: but people honour their benefactors sooner or later everywhe

ow how much men of all countries resemble one another. Are there any people on earth without some religion? People of what ch

le one another. Are there any people on earth without some religion? People of what character are the most religious? What ob

did the Greeks term this doctrine, who taught it among them, and what people now believe in it? How many principal divinities

erected; and he received divine honours at Cholula, and at Mexico, —  people of distant provinces repairing thither to offer t

he summit of high mountains, which are the sources of rivers; and the people often resorted to mountains, to celebrate his wor

great lords kept six of these images, the nobles four, and the lower people two. The number of these gods, besides those whic

f land were set apart for their maintenance. The upper classes of the people consecrated their children in infancy, to the mor

beautiful or unadorned, according to the knowledge and wealth of the people who worship them. The Mexicans worshipped before

be admired in museums and collections. The Greeks were an intolerant people , how did they manifest it? Who suffered death for

ure events. Heralds accompanied all processions, and announced to the people the ceremonies that were to be observed. Who are

h countries. Eneas, eleven centuries before Christ, found an Arcadian people in Italy, and they too had carried thither the re

— a mixture of Syrian and Egyptian fables. The principal gods of both people were the same; the demi-gods, or deified men, mig

a great company, consisting of priests, senators, knights, and common people , laid hold of ropes, to which was fastened a larg

and the corner-stone was then deposited, amidst the rejoicings of the people .” A custom like this, of offering prayers, and l

s were God’s first temples,” is found in the history of all primitive people . “Trees, in the old time, served for the temples

noured as the residence of Jupiter; the ancient Syrians seduced God’s people to their mode of worship; the ancient Germans, ac

nlucky. The art of explaining all these to the credulous and ignorant people , who believed in their mysterious import, was Aug

steries, were respectable men at Rome, and were held in honour by the people . Divination, or augury, was practised upon chick

ce or success was about to happen to the sacrificers, or to the Roman people . At Rome, were several distinct orders or college

that it was said, the liberty of the commonwealth, the virtue of the people , the safety of the citizens, and the honour of th

r; and yet there is something more magnificent in the conception of a people , who consented in such a work; who gave to it mon

cles were forced to pay for the information they sought; so that rich people only could be benefited by them. One of the most

rophets have existed? Who uttered oracles among the ancients? Had the people of Greece confidence in oracles? How is the oracl

, and hung upon the walls, pillars, and roof, as was convenient. Poor people made such humble offerings as they could afford.

heir enterprises crowned with success.” This was practised by all the people as well as by the philosophers, says the same aut

e oaths were sometimes taken falsely, and sometimes needlessly by the people of that time; and they did not hold God in suitab

one God, and what is signified by piety? Were the Greeks a religious people , and how did they manifest their piety? When did

ns, and then God appointed one of this nation to be instructer of his people , Israel. This person was Moses. God, about fourte

, about fourteen centuries before Christ, gave to Moses a law for his people to observe. This law is contained in the Pentateu

roperly, the dispensation of the true God, was received by the Hebrew people , and observed by them in their belief, and in the

the fables of their religion. The worship which God appointed for his people the Hebrews, is described in the book of Leviticu

e lamps, to do the higher services of the temple, and to instruct the people . They also pronounced solemn blessings upon the p

o instruct the people. They also pronounced solemn blessings upon the people in the name of the Lord. The Hebrew high-priest w

alem became the metropolis of the Jewish state; and thither the whole people , or as many as were able, annually repaired to ce

er. On the last day of the Passover was held a solemn assembly of the people , called a holy convocation. The Pentecost was obs

justice, ruled; and there were neither contentions nor wars among the people . In memory of that happy period, the Roman Saturn

us was represented with two faces, because he commanded two different people , and divided his empire with Saturn. It also reco

brought infants into the tracts of light; Nuptialis, because married people praised her when they were happy; Parthenos, beca

gods themselves buried them. Those children being dead of the plague, people durst not approach them. The Thebans, frightened

g the thunderbolts. During the prevalence of contagious diseases, the people placed before their houses laurel branches, in ho

in number, there must be added three months in the year during which people rest from the toils of agriculture. However learn

a tiger. In his progress, all submitted to him; and he instructed the people in the arts of cultivating the vine; of making ho

yed the vine. The magpie was his favorite bird, because, in triumphs, people spoke with liberty. The fir, yew, and fig-tree, i

us explained: Cecrops, having introduced an Egyptian colony among the people of Athens, corrected their barbarous customs, and

between the sailors, who recognized Neptune for their chief, and the people , united with the senate, who were presided over b

nephas, soul. Before the system of Tartarus and Elysium was adopted, people believed that souls wandered about tombs, or in g

s the spirit of heat, which produces plants, and gives them life. The people honoured him as a true god. He was represented in

w. This sacrifice, offered for the safety and prosperity of the Roman people , was done with the most extensive preparations an

is so plainly contradicted by the voice of every conscience and every people , that it is useless for mortality to wrestle with

toms of the Greeks, he founded his fable of hell. Diodorus adds that people frequently kept in their houses their embalmed an

cause he sits in darkness and obscurity; Agesilaus, because he guides people to hell; Agelastus, because he is never seen to l

used on funeral occasions; Orchus Urgus, or Ouragus, because he puts people both to a natural and a violent death; Summanus,

s.” Morpheus was the son and minister of Somnus. He sends dreams to people in this world, and watches diligently to prevent

se husband Lynceus, escaped. She was cited before her father; but the people , satisfied of her innocence, interposed, pleaded

ted by a man or a woman, according to its masculine or feminine name. People implored Thought, that they might have nothing bu

sided over good faith in treaties and in commerce. The oath which the people made by her or by Jupiter Fidius, was deemed the

monly represents this goddess. — See Fig. 54. Fig. 54. Fidelity. A people as idolatrous of their Liberty as the Romans, cou

was confined to heroes. In several temples dedicated to Hercules, the people offered sacrifices to him under the name of Hercu

actions. They became by public decrees, the protecting heroes of the people among whom they had lived; and often other nation

historically, Theseus was a king of Athens, the first who divided the people into tribes, and who gave a regular and civilized

top of Mount Atlas, attentively regarding the face of heaven. As the people saw him no more, they conceived that he was trans

irst sounds that were heard, sent forth the desired answer. While the people were celebrating this festival with extravagant m

emblem of the sun. He was a particular object of veneration among the people , and three cities in the Thebais, were named afte

the summits of those high mountains in which rivers take their rise. People repaired thither to offer their devotions to him.

great lords kept six of those images, the nobles four, and the lower people two. The number of these gods, besides those whic

llegory, for the sole purpose of conveying lessons of wisdom. But the people in general took these allegories for literal trut

d then it was bound around with a ribbon. After these ceremonies, the people took this stone, and cast it into the ditch with

r, when prayers appeared insufficient to stop the plague, the furious people lost all respect for these sacred places, and pro

e built, not a temple, but rather a tower, to protect himself and his people from a second deluge. We know in what manner God

Scripture informs us; and the statements of the ancients confirm it. People mounted to the top of the building by winding sta

ofty room was also the most highly adorned, and the one for which the people had the greatest veneration. “In it,” says Herodo

ifices which he built around it, and a wall which included the whole. People entered it through brazen doors, in the construct

ntil after a lapse of two hundred and twenty years. All the kings and people of Asia eagerly enriched this temple. It was burn

master piece of the immortal Phidias, were among the spoils which the people of Elis won from the inhabitants of Pisa and thei

and in the interior, an infinite number of statues were seen. Kings, people , and artists, were equally ambitious to send thit

direction of the Amphictyons, with the treasures and gifts which the people had appropriated for this purpose. In order to fo

h it united, it must be observed, that, in consulting the oracle, the people expected to acquire a knowledge of futurity; but

lous persons, he does not commonly, for several ages, deceive a whole people . Were not, then, the power of a king, the curiosi

lish an oracle in their country. This prodigy at first astonished the people ; but soon a great number of credulous consulters

Phœnicians, was taken to Libya. This stranger at first surprised the people . Whoever interrogated her, did not understand her

r answers passed for oracles, and her celebrity became so great, that people came from every quarter to consult her, notwithst

Pythia, stole her away. In order to prevent another such outrage, the people of Delphi ordered, by an express law, that in fut

ther oracle; and he then marched to the conquest of the world. Before people consulted the oracle, they made numerous sacrific

ias merely relates that a great drought having laid waste Bœotia, the people sent to consult the oracle. The Pythia replied th

poken the truth, they would thereby assure themselves of victory. The people seized the envoys, but they durst hot punish them

of the Sibyls, watched over the preservation of this collection. The people yielded so much faith to the predictions of the S

d that the Parthians could not be subdued except by a king. The Roman people prepared to grant him this title, and the senate

celebrate these games for the happy success of their voyage; and the people promised to re-assemble there every four years fo

rs after. Greece then made their celebration her principal epoch. The people counted by Olympiads only; and since that time, f

of ancient history. The Olympic games began with a solemn sacrifice. People ran to them from every part of Greece. The victor

confirmed by all the poesies of Northern Europe, by the annals of the people , by their institutions, and by their ancient usag

he threatened. His first efforts appeared to be successful; but these people proved faithless to him — ill-armed, undiscipline

usurp a name which was calculated to secure to him the respect of the people whom he wished to bring into subjection. Odin rul

o bring into subjection. Odin ruled, it is said, the Ases, a Scythian people , whose country was situated between the Black and

even as a divinity. This reception, favoured by the ignorance of the people , soon acquired him in Sweden the same authority a

pointed to watch over the public safety, to administer justice to the people , to preside over the new worship, and faithfully

cess, in order to secure to himself the confidence and respect of the people was to consult, in difficult affairs, the head of

ss for a god in a country where nobody equalled him, and in which the people gave the name of prodigies to all at whose exploi

Greek and Latin authors had but little intercourse with the northern people , whom they styled barbarians. They were ignorant

es proper, therefore, to distinguish two ages in the religion of this people , and not confound the fictions of the poets with

tribute to him sex, to erect to him statues, justly appeared to these people an extravagant impiety. From this supreme divinit

igion which, for several centuries, was adopted and practised by most people of Northern Europe, and, no doubt, by several Asi

as it is obvious, that this conqueror, by introducing himself to the people of the North as an awful divinity, had no other e

tended to corrupt all religions contrived by men. As those degenerate people began to think that one individual being could no

nd over their minds. Some traces of the worship paid to him among the people of the North, still remain. The fourth day of the

d to incline the victory to the side he pleases; for these courageous people took care not to attribute defeats to their weakn

ining the phenomena of nature, which have decked out fables among all people . In considering the style of these fables, in whi

tiquity, and the manner of expression peculiar to a simple, primitive people , whose vigorous imagination, despising or not fam

destination was calculated to add to the temerity of the most warlike people on earth. The inhabitants of the North joined to

m the foregoing account it would seem, that the Scandinavians and the people of the north made war their chief occupation, and

ay.” Herbert’s Helga. Chapter V: Progress of the Religion of the People of the North. The Celtic religion generally t

Asia lavished their treasures to construct the temple at Ephesus. The people of the North, whose strength, courage, patience,

l patience, and intended for religious purposes. In proportion as the people of the North formed new alliances with other nati

This epoch also marked the beginning of their year, which, among the people of the North generally, was computed from one win

izes. In early times, their offerings were simple, such as a pastoral people could afford. The first fruits of crops, and the

he arts which had softened the manners of the Greeks, and Romans. The people of the North believed that the number three was c

sacred wood near the temple. The blood was sprinkled partly upon the people , and partly upon the sacred wood. With it, they a

d in honor of Thor, or the sun; and when the smoke arose quickly, the people doubted not but these offerings had been most agr

, on a single occasion, five thousand prisoners of war. The wandering people of Africa and of America, again, gave themselves

rom all other rights. The same spirit of inquietude which induced the people of Asia and Greece, to seek all available means t

te into the secrets of futurity, operated with no less power upon the people of the North. In studying carefully the phenomena

but the legislative power was vested in the hands of the druids. The people regarded as the infallible organs of divinity, th

of real poetry, until their folly and trash disgusted even the common people themselves. Hence, they forsook the bards, who ne

god of the Scandinavians, whom he calls Loda. Ossian represents those people as invoking their god, around a statue which he c

worship, and considers it as impious. The Druids, the bards, and the people whom they instructed, considered all nature as th

mortal diseases which are caused by the vapours of lakes and marshes. People foresaw with what care the bards kept up the opin

t of the west: and hence, no doubt, that resemblance of worship among people so widely separated, both by sea and land. This v

ls might have held the religion of the Persians, or, at least, of the people who bordered on them by the North. The Magi and t

t, though for the purpose of adorning them with flowers and trophies. People could not employ for ordinary purposes, certain t

historians have asserted, that the ancient Gauls had temples. “Those people ,” says Tacitus , “have nothing for their temple

The supreme arbiters of all differences, and all the interests of the people , justice was administered only by their ministry.

Druids also cultivated the science of medicine. Upon, this point, the people yielded them unlimited confidence, because they w

f thereby increasing their credit and authority. They maintained that people are always more fond of the marvellous than of tr

be distributed. This misletoe was consecrated and distributed to the people on the first day of the year. Chapter XI. Prin

maintain it, they did not need to be cruel in their families. All the people fell at their feet, and no human being was above

ere the Druids and Druidesses exercised themselves most in magic. The people of Gaul and England generally believed that they

hook of fate, above any other. The Druids, after having persuaded the people that they understood the influence of the stars,

cious answers, that their reputation was spread over the whole world. People came from every quarter to consult them; and thei

nt Greeks and Romans may be more fully elucidated. That of the latter people I intend to make the subject of a future work ; t

2, or various popular traditions and legendary tales, current among a people and objects of general belief. These mythes are u

are usually the fabulous adventures of the imaginary beings whom the people worship ; the exploits of the ancient heroes of t

fabulous Events which are believed to have occurred either among the people itself, as its own adventures, and those of its p

therefore be regarded as the depository of the early religion of the people . It also stands at the head of their history, for

o stands at the head of their history, for the early history of every people , with whom it is of domestic origin, is mythic, i

e given origin to the different legends which form the mythology of a people , such as the Greeks for example, with whom it is

the vulgar into that of a plurality ; or the numerous deities of the people have been by the philosopher reduced to one, poss

ible to fix historically the date of the rise of polytheism among any people . Supposing, for the sake of hypothesis, a race to

s Mischief, Strife, Prayers, which are strictly speaking such. When a people had thus formed for themselves a System of gods s

of the present day, that there is a certain stage in the culture of a people in which the mythic is the natural mode of repres

ther abundant source of legends. In Greek λáaς is a stone, and λαòς a people  ; hence the legend of Deucaliôn and Pyrrha restor

es will suffice to account for the whole body of the mythology of any people . Some of them, too, apply more to one system than

ed to in mythological inquiries. 1. To consider the mythology of each people separately and independently, and not to suppose

ity, that nothing certain can be adduced respecting the origin of the people or their mythology. Reasoning from analogy and ex

igion and mythology ; they were, like the language and manners of the people , a portion of their being ; and the knowledge of

of Ocean on this side, fertile as Panchaia itself, was inhabited by a people named Atlanteians, distinguished for their piety

The first king who ruled over them was named Uranos. He collected the people , who had previously dwelt dispersedly, into towns

putation of being of a nature superior to man ; and when he died, his people gave him divine honours and named the heavens aft

disappeared at length in a storm of rain, thunder, and lightning. The people raised altars to her as a goddess, and they named

her among themselves. The coast of Ocean fell to Atlas, who named the people and the highest mountain of the country after him

named Zeus, in all things the opposite of his grim sire ; whence the people , delighted with his virtues, named him Father, an

ered on the spot the legends of the temples and the traditions of the people . He has thus preserved a number of mythic narrati

Mythic Cosmology. For the due understanding of the mythology of a people , a knowledge of their cosmology, or views of the

en are unacquainted with the advance of knowledge, they write for the people , who still retain old prejudices. It is thus that

the habit of making distant voyages. The Cretans and the Taphians (a people who inhabited some small islands in the Ionian se

end forth the piercing blasts of the north wind101, which chilled the people of Hellas. According to Pindar102 the country of

us tribes above enumerated, lay Libya and Egypt. The Sidonians, and a people named the Erembians104, are also mentioned by Hom

by Homer, and the Greeks appear to have been well acquainted with the people of the west coast of Lesser Asia. They do not see

the eastern side of the earth, close to the stream of Ocean, dwelt a people happy and virtuous as the Hyperboreans. They were

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own c

the sun, and therefore shrouded in perpetual darkness, the abode of a people whom he names Kimmerians. He also places there Er

version of a German legend on that subject ; for the tradition of the people of the country was said to be234, that the amber

n the Euhemeristic principle began to creep in among the Greeks, each people supposed the deity to have been born among themse

d forth sprang the first horse, which was named Scyphios429. The vain people of Attica affected to believe that it was on thei

ya to Greece, and (the Libyans being an agricultural, not a seafaring people ) the agents must have been the Phœnicians, who al

Argives, stole the image, in order to draw down the vengeance of the people on Admeta. But lo ! their ship became motionless

kes to appease it. They then departed, and next day the rude ignorant people of the isle, in their search after it, finding it

his arrows the monstrous serpent which abode there and destroyed the people and cattle of the vicinity. As she lay expiring,

f the original gods of the Grecian race ; and he was worshiped by one people more than another, on the same principle as in In

st named Psyche was one of the loveliest creatures earth ever beheld. People crowded from all parts to gaze upon her charms, a

, and hell. The oracle was obeyed, and Psyche amidst the tears of the people placed on a lofty rock. Here, while she sat weepi

acters and attributes with a change of manners or institutions in the people . Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη, καὶ Ἀθήνη, Ἀθηνâ. Minerva.

he on that of the Trojans. But on the shield of Achilleus, where the people of the besieged town are represented as going for

ap and slept in her arms.’ She tells who she is, and directs that the people of Eleusis should raise an altar and temple to he

of the night were narrated to Keleos, who laid the matter before the people , and the temple was speedily raised. The mourning

shing Diocles, the strength of Eumolpos, and Keleos the leader of the people ,’ the mode of performing her sacred rites. The go

f grain, barley for instance, is about four months. The vanity of the people of the hungry soil of Attica made them pretend th

as were promoters of increase. We however deem that, like every other people , the Pelasgians believed in a future state, and w

ids, Nixes, Necks, and similar beings of the waters current among the people in Germany and Scandinavia954. In fact, this, lik

r father Zeus, and complains of the iniquity of man’s mind, ‘that the people may suffer for the transgressions of their kings.

ipled demagogues, the Athenians were by nature one of the most humane people in Greece. The more stern Spartans, we may observ

of the god of wine was celebrated with great noise and tumult by the people of that country ; and, supposing the passage in t

eece had been imported into that country by colonies of Egyptians — a people , by the way, without ships, or materials for buil

contrary to the genius of the ancient Grecian religion, in which each people assigned its peculiar deities a very extensive sp

ted, brought forth these deities, were with them.” In like manner the people of Tegyra in Bœotia appropriated to themselves th

garden Silenos was in the habit of repairing ; and Midas1204, or his people , by pouring wine into the fount from which he was

account of an immense country which lay without the Ocean-stream, the people of which once invaded the land of the Hyperborean

ydia on his return from the conquest of the East, some of the country people met Silenos staggering about, and binding him wit

te into Grecian mythology1212. He was a rural deity, worshiped by the people of Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont famous for

41. It was fabled, that in the early ages of Southern Italy, when the people there were in the pastoral state, the Epimelian-

when Dryope was taken away, two maidens who were present informed the people of it, and the nymphs incensed turned them both i

ous region, there was a place named Temesa, or rather Tempsa1327. The people of this place are said to speak a language differ

ho dwelt in Italy and Sicily, are spoken of in the Odyssey1331 ; this people however are also said to have inhabited Epeiros13

e sea, in which he was at liberty to place what isles he pleased, and people them as his fancy prompted. On this principle we

der the name of Jujuba, is, we may observe, a part of the food of the people of the north coast of Africa at the present day.

eir last king, was by Poseidôn mother of the king of the Phæacians, a people of the ordinary size1348. It was probably the poe

ôn king of the Giants1413. They were, like the Cyclopes and Giants, a people akin to the gods1414, who appeared manifestly, an

d from his ship that she has taken under her care, since there are no people near us ?” All this would seem to indicate some v

corn : it is never visited by famine or by any disease ; but when the people grow old, ‘silver-bowed Apollo comes with Artemis

posing Syria to have lain to the west of Greece, it follows that this people were known to make commercial voyages in that dir

from heaven and inundated the greater part of Greece, so that all the people , except a few who escaped to the neighbouring lof

by Pyrrha women ; and from this circumstance came the Greek name for people 1494. This narrative, it may easily be seen, is o

Early Inhabitants of Greece. The Homeric poems exhibit to us the people of Greece at the time of the Trojan war as a race

othing can be collected from these poems respecting the origin of the people . As some nations of Asia were under the system of

estly designed to preserve the wealth of an industrious and civilised people from the rapacity of invaders by sea or by land.

voted to the arts of peace and eminently skilled in agriculture. This people are generally called the Pelasgians or Pelargians

thesis on this subject, to suppose the Greeks to have been always one people , under different denominations, with that diversi

bability in the supposition of that of the Pelasgians, that is of the people of Greece before the Achæan period, having been c

en the Achæan and Hellenic characters prevailed, the deities like the people put off the rustic character, their attributes ch

reserved in particular places, and jealously confined to a particular people , but which were gradually communicated to others1

mythology, as it will be found to pervade that of almost every other people . The names of rivers, mountains, and other natura

unshorn locks waved on his back. He entered the market-place, and the people , who knew him not, marvelled if he were Apollo or

heroine have undergone the same fate with those of other places whose people were politically opposed to the sovereign democra

gned for this rite was as follows. Medeia reigned at Corinth, but the people , disdaining to be governed by an enchantress, con

h and invulnerability, set up his spear in the market and ordered the people to worship it as a god ; for which act of impiety

been at the wedding. Müller1603 regards the Lapiths as being the same people with the Phlegyans, shortly to be described.

d strength to ravage the lands of Calydôn, and destroy the cattle and people . A general hunt was proclaimed, and the boar was

a. It is further a thing most incredible, that a seafaring commercial people like the Phœnicians should have selected as the s

, without mines, or any of those objects of trade which might tempt a people of that character. It is also strange that the de

y and seek a Grecian origin for Cadmos1634. Homer and Hesiod call the people of Thebes Cadmeians or Cadmeionians, and the coun

los, and so many others,) merely a personification of the name of the people . Here then we might stop, and leave the Cadmeians

ies Prince or General, that Cadmeia is therefore Palace, and that the people thence derived their name1636, — a case we believ

lar discipline, and they would be victorious in war. The name of this people (Ἐγχέλεις, eels) may have had its effect on the l

he isle, and the evil departed. After his death he was deified by the people of Ceos1645. Virgil1646 has elegantly related the

at Apollo directed Phrixos to be sacrificed to Zeus. Compelled by his people Athamas reluctantly placed his son before the alt

who had come from Colchis and saved his grandfather Athamas, when the people were about to sacrifice him as a sin-offering by

in blood, and there was none To bury them, for Kronides had made The people stones ; but on the tenth the gods Celestial buri

bravest warriors of Greece. These separated themselves from the other people of the country, and took to robbing and plunderin

ttmann regarded as belonging to the universal tradition of an impious people being destroyed by fire from heaven, — the well-k

Poseidôn a flood bearing a huge sea-monster, who carried off all the people to be found in the plain. The oracle being consul

ns was the elder by one thousand years. When in those remote ages the people of the isle Atlantis invaded the countries within

llenes, has settled among us. We are of pure Hellenic blood, no mixed people , and thence the hatred of foreign manners and cus

efore he left the neighbourhood of the Isthmus, Theseus delivered the people of Cromyon, a village near Corinth, from a huge s

recognised him, and then acknowledged him in the presence of all the people . The Pallantids had recourse to arms, but Theseus

obably deeming this a good opportunity of recommending himself to the people over whom he was likely to reign, resolved to del

soon as the storm was over. Theseus therefore invited not merely the people of Attica, but even strangers and foreigners, to

ll the inhabitants of Attica. He abolished the former division of the people of Attica into four tribes, and substituted that

the persons from the body of the nobles to fill them was left to the people . The result of these judicious regulations was th

h continual broils and dissensions. As a further means of uniting the people , Theseus established numerous festivals, particul

w that Amphictyôn, or rather Amphictiôn, — the personification of the people who dwelt about (ἀμϕικτίονες) Thermopylæ, and wer

side this goddess, the symbol of the mild celestial heat, the ancient people of Attica adored Hephæstos, the terrestrial fire

between the ancient Poseidôn-Erechtheus of the agricultural Pelasgic people of Attica and the Poseidôn-Ægeus of the Ionians,

only be regarded as an imaginary person. Being the patron-hero of the people among whom literature flourished most, he is pres

in Lycia, giving him his daughter and half the royal dignity, and the people bestowed on him an ample temenos of arable and pl

re Argos and Pelasgos, and the country was named from the former, the people from the latter. Nothing can be more simple than

 ; the other is the young land blooming with verdure1894, to whom the people and country or town are given for offspring. We c

nt to the stranger who brought thither civilization and the arts. The people took the name of their new monarch, and were call

een derived from persons ; they always come from the character of the people or that of the soil1919. Now Argos was greatly de

e have here then a simple derivation for the name Danaans, namely the people of the thirsty land of Argos ; and in the usual m

ence ; and when at his desire Polydectes had summoned thither all the people to see the formidable head of the Gorgon, it was

e bore him a son named Taphios, who settled at Taphos, and called his people Teleboans, because he had gone far from his nativ

principal deities are those which seem to have been worshiped by that people , namely Zeus, Hermes, Demeter, Artemis and Poseid

the kingdom as the prize of a race to his sons ; Epeios won, and the people were named from him ; Pæôn retired in resentment

ner. As the ancient Epeians are said to have been Lelegians, and this people also dwelt in the neighbourhood of Latmos, it has

r a person ; Pelops must be therefore either the personification of a people the Pelopians, or of some natural quality or prop

n the lamb ; and when Atreus could not exhibit it as he promised, the people thinking he had deceived them deprived him of the

to ‘horse-lashing’ Pelops, who gave it to Atreus the shepherd of the people , who when dying left it to ‘lambabounding’ Thyest

n. The goddess was offended ; disease and pestilence testified to the people her displeasure. Envoys were sent to consult the

d to take up his abode, and dedicate the coffer, where he should find people sacrificing after a strange fashion. He re-embark

od ; for though Cretan archers served all parties as mercenaries, the people of Crete took no share in the Persian, Peloponnes

rom himself. Sarpedôn went to Lycia, where he aided Cilix against the people of that country, and obtained the sovereignty of

nd (ὀαριστὴς) of Zeus, who gave him wise laws and regulations for his people . Minôs was victorious in war, and extended his do

at Heracles, Theseus, and the other heroes who did not belong to this people were added to the cycle in the progress of time b

f the river Scamandros and the nymph Idæa then reigned, from whom the people were called Teucrians2191. He was well received b

on was the Cypria of Stasinos. Zeus seeing the earth overstocked with people , consulted with Themis how to remedy the evil. Th

the gods : Menelaos urged an immediate departure : the chiefs and the people were divided. Next morning Menelaos, Nestôr, Diom

ted2237. He was most hospitably received by Alcinoös the king of that people , and one of their magic vessels conveyed him and

f the Trojan war. Again, when we find the Greeks at war with any real people , we may observe that the names of the adverse lea

ἔχω), equivalent to that of his son Astyanax2244 ; the leaders of the people of the far-off Alybe are named Odios and Epistrop

ted by contemporary writers, and becomes as true as that of any other people . We have thus seen that the heroes, like the gods

in the stream of oblivion. But in Italy the case was different : the people of this country seem not to have possessed the li

in upon Rome. Each succeeding age saw the Græco-mania increase : the people of education looked with contempt on the rude lay

a peasant of Tarquinii as he was at his work, and who instructed the people in divination2250. According to the doctrine of t

writers have made it extremely probable that the Latins were a mixed people , formed out of the aboriginal inhabitants of the

In the time of Numa there occurred great thunder-storms and rain. The people and their king were terrified, and the latter had

d, and promised a sign at sun-rise the following morning. At dawn the people assembled before the doors of the king : Numa cam

ffect of the fires which used to be made on it in the night time. The people followed the example, and set up similar statues

e belief in fairies and similar beings, for example, among the common people in various countries. See the ‘Fairy Mythology,’

nde’ of Voss has two great defects ; he will localise every place and people , and he is resolute in maintaining the two poems

mbridge Philolog. Museum, i. 174. seq. 1333. Od. xxiv. 307. 1334. “ People ,” said Eratosthenes, “will discover whither Odyss

9. 1515. See Wachsmuth, Hellenische Alterthumskunde, i. 44. Thus the people of Scandinavia, who afterwards became so terrible

s, 528. 653.) first employed the term Hellenes to designate the whole people . See Müller, Æginet. 19. 155. seq. Welcker, Kret.

the Egyptians (who, by the way, seem never to have been an inventive people ,) borrowed from the Greeks. 1714. Paus. ut supra

and expresses their idea of the former inhospitable character of the people of that country. 1762. Pherecydes ap. Sch. Ap. R

into Epaphos, which signified the Touched. It is well known how fond people are of turning foreign words into such as have a

;c. It must not be concealed that there is no traditiov whatever of a people named Pelopians. 2078. Hellanicus ap. Sch. Il. i

oach the original tales as they may have existed in the mouths of the people . Embellishments have been introduced after the ma

d women, even on Olympus. They ate, and drank, and were married, like people of the earth, and we are told that they often qua

trous serpent, called Python, which laid waste, the land and slew the people of it. In vain did heroes fight against Python. A

irits of the trees, but they could not help him. He sang of it to the people of Thrace, but they could only weep with him. He

Thessaly a good king named Admetus. He was a gentle ruler and led his people in the ways of peace, as a shepherd leads his flo

leek cattle browsed contentedly in the valleys and woodlands; and his people showed the gladness of their hearts in song and j

hat Admetus won his bride. When he returned with her to Thessaly, the people feasted and made merry and were glad. All loved A

that were born to her and her mother’s heart went out as well to her people . If ever Admetus was moved to anger, it was she t

s stayed by his bedside and nursed him tenderly, but to no avail. The people prayed to the heartless god to spare them their b

red.” With that Apollo left, but the word was spread abroad among the people . “Surely,” thought Admetus, “surely some one will

her die than be spared, if he were taken from her. She thought of his people , too, and prayed that Admetus might be saved to b

and there was no hope for her. Deep grief fell upon all the land. The people put on dark robes of mourning, and every sign of

air, queenly body was carried forth to be laid in a tomb, and all the people followed it with lamentation and mournful dirges.

he chariot. The horses were now free to go whither they would. The people of earth had been gazing up with horror at the sc

proclaiming    There was an estray to sell. And the curious country people ,    Rich and poor, young and old — Came in haste

tiff in every limb and stood there — stone. Thus Danaë was saved. The people of the island would have made Perseus king in the

ade Perseus king in the place of Polydectes, but he refused. Then the people chose Dictys, the good and wise fisherman. A few

but at last Theseus reached Athens. His fame had gone before him. The people of the city welcomed him with great rejoicing, an

s. One day she said to the king: — “Is it well, O Ægeus, that your people should thus love this wise and beautiful stranger

moment was gone. In many other lands she did evil after that, but the people of Athens never saw her more. Then began good day

here came up the harbor a ship, all black, even to the sails; and the people , when they saw it, broke out into cries of lament

Theseus looked out at the black ship and round him at the mourning people , and a firm purpose came into his mind. “Choose b

or how can even. Theseus, unarmed, slay the Minotaur?” they said. The people of Athens mourned, but the black sails carried th

. He was now living, still unknown and unrecognized, among these poor people . He helped them tend their flocks, and made the w

pears and a mighty host was gathering. The news reached Troy, and the people of Priam were filled with anxiety, but weeks pass

far out at sea, and raised a cry that spread throughout the city. The people gathered on the walls to watch. Nearer and nearer

were given up. Helen longed to return to her home, and Priam and his people would gladly have let her go, but Paris would not

as not a Greek to be seen, nor a Grecian ship. The host had gone. The people of the city swarmed out like bees, and wandered w

haul it into the town and keep it as a trophy.” This plan pleased the people , but at that moment Laocoön, the priest of Neptun

s sent three men out to explore the region. Now, the only food of the people who lived there was the sweet fruit of the lotus

ful and fertile land, but it brought terrible woe to Ulysses, for the people were savages and attacked the fleet in such numbe

yed Polydectes, 144. Became King of Argos, 144. Phæ΄c ians. The last people whom Ulysses met in his wanderings. They sent Uly

the structure of the universe which prevailed among the Greeks — the people from whom the Romans, and other nations through t

o send forth the piercing blasts of the north wind, which chilled the people of Hellas, (Greece.) Their country was inaccessib

On the south side of the earth, close to the stream of Ocean, dwelt a people happy and virtuous as the Hyperboreans. They were

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own c

Along the road stand the palaces of the illustrious gods; the common people of the skies live apart, on either side. Jupiter

the rest, Python, an enormous serpent, crept forth, the terror of the people , and lurked in the caves of Mount Parnassus. Apol

parents occupied adjoining houses; and neighborhood brought the young people together, and acquaintance ripened into love. The

iads, or some god of the neighboring mountain, and one of the country people replied, ‘No mountain or river god possesses this

the bottom of the valley this pond of clear water, where the country people were at work gathering willows and osiers. The go

ities perished, with their walls and towers; whole nations with their people were consumed to ashes! The forest-clad mountains

ess. He dashed forward he knew not whither. Then, it is believed, the people of Æthiopia became black by the blood being force

a. He was the son of Gordius, a poor countryman, who was taken by the people and made king, in obedience to the command of the

ich had said that their future king should come in a wagon. While the people were deliberating, Gordius with his wife and son

not. When he afterwards succeeded in subjecting all Asia to his sway, people began to think that he had complied with the term

ws the two trees, standing side by side, made out of the two good old people .   The story of Baucis and Philemon has been imit

, had been changed into this form. This they learned from the country people when it was too late. Dryope, horror-struck when

ersonages in their sleeping hours, while others move among the common people . Somnus chose, from all the brothers, Morpheus, t

om that which Venus inspires. She was not without fear of the country people , and kept her orchard locked, and allowed not men

turned their devotion to this young virgin. As she passed along, the people sang her praises, and strewed her way with chaple

or men can resist.” This dreadful decree of the oracle filled all the people with dismay, and her parents abandoned themselves

arents, do you now lament me? You should rather have grieved when the people showered upon me undeserved honors, and with one

an a nuptial pomp, and with her parents, amid the lamentations of the people , ascended the mountain, on the summit of which th

kindly received, and the desired assistance readily promised. “I have people enough,” said Æacus, “to protect myself and spare

eir decay spread the infection. Next the disease attacked the country people , and then the dwellers in the city. At first the

o hate life and wish to be with my dead subjects? On all sides lay my people strewn like over-ripened apples beneath the tree,

deed my father, and art not ashamed of thy offspring, give me back my people , or take me also away!’ At these words a clap of

on in honor of Latona and her offspring, Apollo and Diana, — when the people of Thebes were assembled, their brows crowned wit

iful as the face of an angry woman can be. She stood and surveyed the people with haughty looks. “What folly,” said she, “is t

t off the laurel from your brows, — have done with this worship!” The people obeyed, and left the sacred services uncompleted.

w had already left the string, and it was too late. The terror of the people and grief of the attendants soon made Niobe acqua

w different was this Niobe from her who had so lately driven away the people from the sacred rites, and held her stately cours

fragment, as the monster floated near he gave him a death stroke. The people who had gathered on the shore shouted so that the

he cast herself down from the rock and perished. The gratitude of the people for their deliverance was so great that they made

re of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people . They lived near the sources of the Nile, or acco

n agate therein. It has long claws and talons of such a size that the people of that country make them into drinking-cups. Ind

The Arimaspians, among whom the Griffins flourished, were a one-eyed people of Scythia.   Milton borrows a simile from the G

ng bulls and the weapons of the armed men. At the time appointed, the people assembled at the grove of Mars, and the king assu

princes, and am gratified to perceive that I am the ruler of a loyal people , and that my son enjoys your favor. For although

otection of the nymph Egeria. Theseus at length lost the favor of his people , and retired to the court of Lycomedes, king of S

she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not always what they pretend to be. If he is

igious rites, and he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people the cultivation of the vine. The most famous part

onded, “My name is Acetes; my country is Mæonia; my parents were poor people , who had no fields or flocks to leave me, but the

e faces of the murderers, pale with terror, betrayed their guilt. The people took them before the judge, they confessed their

“The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat,     The temples and the people and the shore; One drew a sharp knife through my

t all in vain. “How can I,” said he to himself, “by whose command the people went to this day’s contest, where so many have fa

can tell the grief of King Priam and Queen Hecuba at this sight! His people could scarce restrain the old king from rushing f

s the litter approached the city and was descried from the walls, the people poured forth to gaze once more on the face of the

and at the sight of the lifeless body renewed their lamentations. The people all wept with them, and to the going down of the

preparations were made for the funeral solemnities. For nine days the people brought wood and built the pile, and on the tenth

truck, and a hollow sound reverberated like a groan. Then perhaps the people might have taken his advice and destroyed the fat

fatal horse and all its contents; but just at that moment a group of people appeared, dragging forward one who seemed a priso

had returned under cover of the night. The city was set on fire; the people , overcome with feasting and sleep, put to the swo

. Accordingly Orestes and Pylades went to Tauris, where the barbarous people were accustomed to sacrifice to the goddess all s

ear the strain; and to cause himself to be bound to the mast, and his people to be strictly enjoined, whatever he might say or

s’ island. Ulysses obeyed these directions. He filled the ears of his people with wax, and suffered them to bind him with cord

ve that Ulysses struggled to get loose, and by cries and signs to his people begged to be released; but they, obedient to his

upply which Circe had put on board. So long as this supply lasted the people kept their oath, but contrary winds detained them

where he was thrown was Scheria, the country of the Phæacians. These people dwelt originally near the Cyclopes; but being opp

he conduct of Nausithoüs, their king. They were, the poet tells us, a people akin to the gods, who appeared manifestly and fea

ithoüs, was now their king, a wise and just sovereign, beloved by his people . Now it happened that the very night on which Uly

seen in her company, for she feared the remarks which rude and vulgar people might make on seeing her return accompanied by su

ss, having first given him some information of the country, king, and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulysses, before e

ope, his wife, imagining him dead, and lording it over his palace and people , as if they were owners of both. That he might be

now we propose to share the fortunes of the remnant of the conquered people , under their chief Æneas, in their search for a n

es of Italy, and joyfully did the adventurers leap to land. While his people were employed in making their encampment Æneas so

nsgress the laws of Pluto; but consoled him by informing him that the people of the shore where his body had been wafted by th

hat the sound might resemble thunder, launching flaming brands at his people in imitation of lightning, till Jupiter struck hi

great occasions, consulted them and interpreted their oracles to the people . There were various Sibyls; but the Cumaean Sibyl

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

nd burst them open. Immediately the whole country was in a flame. The people rushed from every side breathing nothing but war.

elty. He had been the chief of one of the neighboring cities, but his people drove him out. With him was joined his son Lausus

iver, on the other by the Rutulians. But I propose to ally you with a people numerous and rich, to whom fate has brought you a

e the wretched victims to die in that dreadful embrace. At length the people cast him out, him and his house. They burned his

e river, and a grand festival was held to celebrate his birthday. The people believed that during this festival the crocodiles

f to Tomi, on the borders of the Black Sea. Here, among the barbarous people and in a severe climate, the poet, who had been a

revermore. Where’er the Roman arms and arts shall spread There by the people shall my book be read; And, if aught true in poet

s is principally derived from the Zendavesta, or sacred books of that people . Zoroaster was the founder of their religion, or

ing on wheels. Six long ropes are attached to the tower, by which the people draw it along. The priests and their attendants s

ock in crowds to the temple. Not less than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, w

pile as her husband’s. There was a vast concourse of various kinds of people at Baldur’s obsequies. First came Odin accompanie

st, the magistrate, the scholar, and the physician. They stood to the people of the Celtic tribes in a relation closely analog

ia, the Magi of Persia, and the priests of the Egyptians stood to the people respectively by whom they were revered. The Druid

duct. They were also the men of science and learning of their age and people . Whether they were acquainted with letters or not

nge for the influence of the Bards in animating the resistance of the people to his sway, persecuted them with great cruelty.

t now inhabit Europe, and while everything was new and strange to the people who then lived on the earth, men talked of the th

“Language has been called ‘a map of the science and manners of the people who speak it.’ Philology, or the study of languag

ell as paintings, coins, statues, etc. “The great mass of the Grecian people appear to have believed that their divinities wer

o send forth the piercing blasts of the north wind, which chilled the people of Hellas, Greece. Their country was inaccessible

On the south side of the earth, close to the stream of Ocean, dwelt a people happy and virtuous as the Hyperboreans. They were

” We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any people except those to the east and south of their own c

Greek source. As the primitive Celts, however, were a less civilized people than the Greeks, their mythology was of a more ba

was once the setting sun. In the ancient poetical language of Greece, people said “Selene loves and watches Endymion,” instead

nor, in which country she was worshiped under the name of Cybele. The people of Crete adored her as the Great Mother, more esp

rmed on the plains of Eleusis, and was composed of various classes of people , all crowned with flowers. The central object of

the island three times a day to guard it from invasion. He destroyed people by making himself red-hot in the fire, and then e

owers. Temples and altars were everywhere erected in their honor, and people of all ages and ranks entreated their favor. Ince

ing, and was the youngest of three sisters. She was so beautiful that people neglected the worship of Aphrodite for that of Ps

n ancient wooden statue of the god was carried through the streets by people dressed as satyrs, in commemoration of the remova

n gods and men, and offered prayers and sacrifices in the name of the people , whom they also instructed as to what vows, gifts

he Greeks from the oracles, whose predictions were interpreted to the people by priests specially appointed for that purpose.

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

Andromeda. Cepheus, after some time, yielded to the entreaties of his people , and she was chained to a rock close to the sea.

ibute which they were compelled to pay to the Minyans*, a neighboring people . Creon*, king of Thebes, in gratitude, gave the h

nt a pestilence, and Poseidon, a sea-monster, which swallowed all the people that came within his reach. The oracle being cons

ome service for the state which should gain for him the hearts of the people . The Marathonian* bull was at this time committin

aught the bull, and, having exhibited him in chains to the astonished people , he offered it in sacrifice to Apollo. The next e

red the innocence of his son. Theseus at length lost the favor of his people and retired to the court of Lycomedes*, king of S

d on the field of Ares in the presence of the king and a multitude of people . The bulls rushed upon him, but the powerful char

bsent, Eupithes*, the father of one of the slain suitors, incited the people to avenge their death. They took up arms and foll

ium. Here he governed his Trojan and Italian subjects, who became one people under the name of Latins. The new kingdom was att

riests as only his attributes and manifestations, but becoming to the people distinct and separate divinities. Natural objects

culties and powers; and the third — the most popular of all among the people  — was made up of forms and forces of Nature. Each

e river, and a grand festival was held to celebrate his birthday. The people believed that during this festival the crocodiles

rapped in linen, was carried to the embalmers, attended by a train of people weeping and beating their breasts in grief; then,

made special proclamation. During a fast, not only king, nobles, and people abstained from food and drink, clothed themselves

is principally derived from the Zend Avesta, or sacred books of that people . Zoroaster* was the founder of their religion, or

farmers. IV. The Sudras*, or laborers, who consisted of the conquered people , and were slaves. The literature of the Sanskrit

ng on wheels. Six long chains are attached to the tower, by which the people draw it along. The priests and their attendants s

ock in crowds to the temple. Not less than seventy or eighty thousand people are said to visit the place on these occasions, w

im, and they were the ancestors of the various races of mankind which people the earth. “Having closely watched the spider spr

isited them, and even condescended to share their feasts and games. A people thus favoured could not fail to be happy, and man

s time of bliss has justly borne the title of the Golden Age, and the people in Italy then throve under the wise rule of good

e.” Ovid ( Dryden’s tr.). Yet, in spite of these few hardships, the people were happy, far happier than their descendants du

on and Baucis. Eager to offer their best to the strangers, these poor people decided to kill their sole remaining goose; but t

onnesus, was also dedicated to Jupiter; and here every fifth year the people of Greece were wont to assemble to celebrate game

hrough the city to the temple gates, amid the acclamations of all the people , who admired this trait of filial devotion. The m

en from heaven, was carried in procession through the city, where the people hailed its appearance with joyful cries and songs

ain concealed from Jupiter’s all-seeing eye; and he, fearing lest the people would forget him and worship their physician, sei

moke began to rise from the parched and blackened earth, and even the people of the land over which he was passing were burned

bered but two. Shortly after, Niobe even went so far as to forbid her people to worship Apollo and Diana, and gave orders that

. Venus’ most ardent admirers and faithful worshippers were the young people , for she delighted in their youthful sentiments,

wrote the following lines, which are so familiar to English-speaking people : “The winds are high on Helle’s wave,         As

light in Thrace, a country noted for its fierce storms and war-loving people .     “Infant Mars, where Thracia’s mountains ros

. As founder of this city, Romulus was its first king, and ruled the people with such an iron hand that his tyranny eventuall

wide togas. When the light returned, and the terrified and awestruck people , somewhat reassured, looked about them for their

nd once, when a plague was raging which threatened to destroy all the people , the Romans rushed in a body to his temple, and c

while her brother Podarces, later known as Priam, was redeemed by his people and made King of Troy. Laomedon’s failure to pay

every four years at Corinth, on the isthmus of the same name. Hither people came from all points of the compass, and all part

xication as they went with him from land to land, where he taught the people the cultivation of the vine and the art of making

l further neglected her wonted duties. Famine threatened to visit the people , and they prayed and clamoured for her aid; but,

detained in Hades. In despair at this frightful state of affairs, the people then besought Jupiter to pity the sufferings they

nd gave him her chariot, bidding him travel everywhere, and teach the people how to plough, sow, and reap; and then she instit

the year. In times of war the temple gates were opened wide, for the people , being in need of aid and comfort, were all anxio

was no longer necessary. The Romans, however, were such a belligerent people , that the temple gates were closed but thrice in

y offered to defend them against all their enemies. When these little people , therefore, saw Hercules’ mighty form looming up

eft Deianeira to deliver the oppressed and relieve the suffering, for people came from great distances to ask for his aid; and

aster, he bade him go forth and slay Medusa, if he wished to convince people that his bravery was real. The Gorgons This

nd, swooping down, attacked the monster, cheered by the shouts of the people , who had seen him, and now rushed back to witness

and come and join him in Athens, where he should be introduced to the people as his son and heir. These instructions given, Æg

royalty and the wise measures he introduced for the happiness of his people could not divert his mind from this terrible cata

his native city. As he drew near, he noticed an unusual concourse of people and upon inquiry discovered that Pelias was celeb

as completed, and the king cast an arrogant glance over the assembled people . His eyes suddenly fell upon Jason’s naked foot,

er than perpetrate these awful crimes, and bring destruction upon the people of Corinth, whom he loved, he would wander away o

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

ossessed every charm calculated to win a fair girl’s heart. The young people were duly married, and daily rejoiced in their ha

m — Granted his prayer, and sent among the Greeks A deadly shaft. The people of the camp Were perishing in heaps.” Homer ( Br

after ten days, reached the land of the Lotophagi or Lotus-eaters — a people whose sole food consisted of lotus fruit and blos

the land of the Læstrygonians, where fresh losses awaited them. These people were cannibals, who were in the habit of slaying

Their attention was first attracted by the festive appearance of the people assembled together, and by the beauty of the quee

t entreaty that Turnus should hasten to the succour of his despairing people , if he would not see them all slain and the town

the age to which they belonged,” existed as “floating talk among the people ” long ere they passed into the literature of the

materials.” They argue that this similarity exists, “not because the people came from the same stock” (which is the philologi

ms, and declare that, although the Greeks were a thoroughly civilised people , we can still find in their mythology and religio

that these terms had their origin in a common language, and that the people who spoke it were familiar with bridges, which th

ccupied the same country, spoke the same language, and formed but one people . Of course, “as long as such beings as Heaven or

natural and appropriate”; but with the gradual diffusion of this one people to various parts of the earth, the original meani

God, and was therefore “retained by the Greeks and all other kindred people to express all they felt toward God”; but as the

lls us that, in the ancient poetical and proverbial language of Elis, people said, “Selene loves and watches Endymion,” instea

the spring or vegetation) returned from her sojourn under the ground, people said “that the daughter of the earth was returnin

ting the land of the Hyperboreans from Thrace, 186 Hyp-er-bo′re-ans. People north of Oceanus, a virtuous race, 4 Hy-pe′ri-on

ls, 126-128; Hesione, daughter of, 195; significance, 350 Lapi-thie. People who dwelt in Thessaly and fought the Centaurs, 20

, 174; saved by Anchises, 324 Lat′in. Names of days in 178 Lat′ins. People of Latinus and Æneas, 335, 336, 338, 360; Æneas f

e, 37 Lo′tis. Nymph changed into a lotus blossom, 263 Lo-toph′a-gi. People whose food was the lotus; the Lotus-eaters, 302

us. Name given to the winged cap worn by Mercury, 111. Phæ-a′ci-ans. People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home, 317;

o; murderer of Sychasus, Dido’s husband, 329 Pyg′mies. Race of small people in Africa; defended by Antæus, 197, 198 Pyl′a-de

Tur′nus. Chief of the Rutules; wars against Æneas, 333-338 Tus′cans. People of Tuscania in Italy, governed by Evander; allies

and was obliged to take refuge in Cergos from the indignation of the people . Chapter VI. Bacchus — Dionysus. Bacchus (D

history of Bacchus? Ans. He was probably some prince who taught the people to till the ground, and cultivate the vine. They

Jupiter, and was obliged to take refuge in Italy, where he taught the people the arts of civilized life. Janus, king of Italy,

y if they were guilty of any awkwardness. Lastly, servants and common people were allowed to wear purple cloaks, a distinction

us Claudius Audax, a consul who had rendered himself obnoxious to the people , was attacked in the midst of a triumphal process

ge aerolite which had fallen in the vicinity, and was regarded by the people as the heaven-sent image of their great goddess.

ir flesh with knives, and performed many other extravagances, but the people regarded them with reverence, as they were believ

the Apostles that when they began to make converts in that city, the people were very indignant; in their zeal for their godd

. He was vanquished by Atlas, and drowned in the sea; after which the people worshipped him as a god. There was another Phorcu

he paws of a lion. She infested the country about Thebes, so that the people , in their distress, went to consult the oracle of

ptune, who sent a sea-monster to ravage the dominions of Cepheus. The people , in their distress, had recourse to the oracle of

the spoils of the monster, the king sent him to fight against certain people , called Solymi [Sol′ymi], whom he had much diffic

ium. Here he governed his Trojan and Italian subjects, who became one people under the common name of Latins. The new kingdom

ceeded, the fate of Ibycus being still on every tongue. The assembled people were assisting at a dramatic representation, when

ppointed day. When such an entertainment was about to take place, the people hastened to the theatre at the dawn of day, that

event was immediately celebrated throughout Egypt. Ques. How did the people obtain replies from the oracle of Apis? Ans. By

from that which Zoroaster brought from heaven. The Guebres, as these people are sometimes called, often built their temples o

ho composed the Vedas, and that he was probably a true sage among his people . Ques. Is Buddhism common in India? Ans. No; af

s are now only cheats and jugglers, living on the superstition of the people , to whom they sell charms and spells. Notwithstan

eligion of Thibet? Ans. Buddhism prevails in Thibet and Tartary. The people of these countries are more thoughtful than the C

ntains of the Northern gods and heroes, had been long familiar to the people in the recitations of their bards. The Scandinavi

judge of their influence in keeping alive the patriotic spirit of the people , from the fact that Edward I. ordered their exter

any political authority? Ans. Yes; they were the legislators of the people , and had the right of deciding in all controversi

aughters of the Druids, who exercised an unbounded influence over the people . They were supposed to read the future, to conjur

he altar, either to propitiate the gods, and obtain victory for their people , or because they were weary of life, and desired

ed on the island. The chiefs and princes, together with the assembled people , then assisted in silent awe, while the Druids pe

s form a distinct order? Ans. They were altogether distinct from the people , and formed a numerous and powerful hierarchy. Th

this region was inhabited by a powerful, and comparatively civilized people , long before the foundation of the Peruvian monar

the temple, a vast number were slaughtered and distributed among the people . Ques. What points of resemblance have been noti

the stage certain things connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. The people were about to stone him, when he was saved by the

Asia and Africa, observing everywhere the manners and customs of the people , and collecting materials for his great work. His

ave been of pyramidal form, and to have covered several acres. Of the people who executed such stupendous works, we know absol

od: that a visible power watched over even the domestic duties of the people , ready to punish or reward; and that, too in a ma

covered the grand truth, that however rude, and however barbarous the people , there was a principle evidently acknowledged in

ith of Odin; and the fables of the Hindoos, and those of the American people , must be ascribed to the same source. It has been

ion is to lead them here, Or what more subtle, foul, or savage fiends People the abyss, and leave them to their task. Oh that

well concealed; As monarch’s vices must not be revealed: For fear the people have them in the wind. Who long ago were neither

nd all the satyrs. His conquests were easy and without bloodshed; the people easily submitted, and gratefully elevated to the

sent degenerate days; and even then, so rare was her beauty, that the people of earth looked on her almost as a divinity, and

eir monarchs; a faith to which ‌they loved to give credit. Among this people , it was customary for the consul, before he went

ncipally at Lampsacus, where they consecrated the ass to him; and the people naturally indolent, gave themselves up to every i

ms, to intimate that he never moved, wherever he might be placed. The people of the country assembled once a year with their f

, she was equally liberal in rewarding the good and the virtuous. The people of Smyrna were the first who made her statue with

atrimonial connections were fatal, and ended unhappily, and therefore people ran about calling aloud, Hymen! Hymen! “God of t

timate that the mysteries of religion should never be revealed to the people . “There is a lake that to the North Of Memphis,

ress, and the fairness of his complexion, attracted the notice of the people , and drew a crowd round him in the market place.

Aurora drives the loitering stars away. Now Mars’s mount the pressing people fill, The crowd below, the nobles crown the hill:

n. When in the eighteenth year of his age, a huge lion devastated the people , and preyed on the flocks of Amphitryon, laying w

s daughter in marriage, and entrusting him with the government of his people . As Hercules was by the will of Jupiter, subjecte

aved Theseus, for his father recognised it, and introduced him to the people of Athens as his son, all of whom gladly hailed t

tions of a hero who had rendered such signal services to the Athenian people .     Leonarde. “’Tis one of those bright fiction

inhabitants of Dian asserted that his tomb was in their city, but the people of Mount Libethrus, in Thrace, claimed the same h

l adventures. He told of his arrival in the country of the Lotophagi, people who lived on lotos, and of the frightful dangers

ty was adored even before Romulus and Numa had given laws to their people ; and the oath sworn in her name was regarded by t

n the statue and broken its wings, Pompey restored the courage of the people , who were dejected at the accident, by crying, “R

ect was to quell the spirit of war and conquest which he found in the people , and to inculcate the love of peace, with a rever

aware that superstition is one of the greatest engines in governing a people , encouraged a report that he regularly visited th

ulations into the state, and solemnly declared in the presence of his people , that they were sanctified by the approval of tha

, which gave them additional favour in the eyes of this superstitious people . At his death, which took place after a reign of

Serpents. He next proceeded to the creation of the beings who were to people it, in the accomplishment of which, he was aided

t uninhabited, he made the first man and the first woman wherewith to people it. Brahma is the object of the most ancient ador

metaphysical and philosophical, are less agreeable than those of the people of the West, who indulge their sensual ideas to a

f all kinds, and of all forms, adored by these ignorant and credulous people . Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img

ast frequently alludes to fairies of great and ‌exquisite beauty, who people the air, the earth, the rivers, and the woods, an

842_img278a The Edda, forming the mythological history of the ancient people of the North, is a complete receptacle of poetry

sons. In great calamities, in oppressive famine, for instance, if the people thought they had a sure pretext to impute the cau

spring; examples which could not fail to produce an effect upon their people . But not only did they delight in the sacrifices

ed most acceptable: a belief, which, with a superstitious and warlike people , necessarily produced an enormous number of victi

o the great temple of Palenque, appears the chief god of the Tultecan people . Our opinion is, that he is strongly identifiable

those who shall attempt to serve him; one thing is certain, that this people hold sorcery in great esteem. Ovisara is the supr

places, is the organ used by the priests to give their oracles to the people ; and from the sound which issues from the vessel,

with honours. Among the nations of Congo, and in the Caffre-land, the people are abandoned to the grossest superstitions. In t

whom, sprang the three persons, forming the Trinity peculiar to this people ; of these one is the creator, and lord of the sta

h may vie in frightfulness with any deity or demon of this idolatrous people . [Conclusion.] Our task is now closed; the

hat is the story of the creation as told by God Himself to His chosen people , the Hebrews, they alone being selected from the

en existing upon the earth to receive the wonderful revelation. Every people , no matter how degraded and sunken in barbarism,

on language. Following the gradual scattering of this single, unified people , the language became sensitive to the change, man

ermed a story whose origin can never be known with certainty. To most people it has the same significance as a fable, legendar

ful falsehood. A collection of myths belonging to a particular age or people is “a mythology,” and the branch of inquiry which

ected in honor of Æsculapius, and votive tablets were hung therein by people who had been healed by him; but his most famous s

th the greatest care, as it was prophesied that the fate of the Roman people would depend upon its preservation. An order of p

y. Averrun′cus Deus [Averruncus Deus], a Roman god, who could divert people from evil-doing. Axe, see Dædalus. B Ba′a

er of seeing into futurity, but having offended that god he prevented people from believing her predictions. Cassiope′ia [Cas

the prince of fire and thunder, and the angel of death to the favored people of God. Galatæ′a [Galatæa]. A sea nymph. Polyphe

h knives when they sacrificed, and acted so like madmen that demented people got the name of Gallantes. Gan′esa [Ganesa]. The

ng that there should be no gall (bitterness) or anger between married people . Nu′riel [Nuriel]. In Hebrew mythology the god o

considered as an insult to the god. At the time of the sacrifice the people were called together by heralds led by a processi

then said, “Who is here?” to which the spectators replied, “Many good people .” “Begone all ye who are profane,” said the pries

ch the gods sent the exceptionally depraved. Telchi′nes [Telchines]. People of Rhodes, who were envious sorcerers and magicia

[Unxia]. A name of Juno, relating to her protection of newly married people . Ura′nia [Urania]. A daughter of Jupiter and Mne

nus was represented with two faces, because he governed two different people , and because he divided his kingdom with Saturn.

a town of Thessaly, into Italy. He there civilized the manners of the people , who were living in a wild and savage state; and

h his head surrounded with rays, holding in one hand a globe. By what people was the Sun worshiped? The adoration of the Sun i

of heat, the life and support of plants, but he was reverenced by the people at large, as a real being. His figure was that of

pressors and combating wild beasts. Pirithous, king of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, was his friend, and his companion in

ll professed, though greatly corrupted, by the Hindûs, and many other people in the central and eastern regions of Asia. The o

gst the Hindûs? The Castes are hereditary, immutable divisions of the people , established in the earliest times, by their sacr

though it is most probable that the Egyptians, like almost all other people , at first held the belief of one Supreme Deity, t

otrope, the Laurel, were all regarded as sacred by that superstitious people . It appears, likewise, that, even in certain mine

ans pay most extravagant respect to some of their sacred animals? The people of Ombos dug tanks, or great cisterns of water, f

eing; for when one sacred bull died, and another was substituted, the people imagined that they still adored the same being, w

s the favourites of the Gods, and depositaries of their counsels, the people offered all their sacrifices and prayers. To them

the Scythians, and their religion to be a corruption of that of those people . The religion of the ancient Scythians was extrem

drew omens from the entrails. Part of the blood was sprinkled on the people , and part on the sacred grove, in which the bodie

dies; and, by degrees, gross idolatry was introduced among the common people , worshiped among particular tribes. Of the angels

s of wisdom, under the veil of allegory, yet, it is certain, that the people , at large, received them as literal truths, and c

Titan? How came the owl to be the favourite bird of Minerva? By what people was Jupiter called Apis? Who was the daughter of

him. What heathen religions authorized human sacrifices? What ancient people professed the Thothic or Buddhic superstition? Ho

Hindûs assert concerning Menu? Describe the Hindû God of Wisdom. What people is supposed to have introduced human sacrifices?

d the ancient Scythian religion teach in its primeval purity? By what people , and in what respects, was the mild religion of t

Cāstǎlĭŭs, a fountain of Parnassus 43 Castes, divisions of the Hindû people 148 Cāstŏr, a son of Jupiter 114 Casyāpa, a Hindû

3 Cĕcrōps, the founder of Athens 109 Celtic mythology 188 Cēntaūrs, a people of Thessaly 115 Cērbĕrŭs, the three-headed dog 94

ader to a field of æsthetic profit neglected by the great mass of our people . Since this book is intended for students of Engl

hand study must, indeed, be ever a makeshift; for the literature of a people inheres in its language, and loses its seeming an

e poured. Myths are born, not made. They are born in the infancy of a people . They owe their features not to any one historic

ians, the lower races of South America, and other worse than barbaric people of the nineteenth century.” But what are the char

e order named. The Romans, being by nature a practical, not a poetic, people , incorporated in their literature the mythology o

and Ionians derived their origin. Another great division of the Greek people , the Pelasgic, resident in the Peloponnesus or so

h was covered; and in the caves of Mount Parnassus this terror of the people lurked. Him Apollo encountered, and after fearful

r way symbolizes, perchance, the bleaching skeletons of the dead. The people of this world — of ghosts and clouds and darkness

she said, “I hope it will turn out so, but I can’t help being afraid. People are not always what they pretend to be. If he is

; the air was poisoned by them. Next the disease attacked the country people , and then the dwellers in the city. At first the

drank, without quenching thirst, till they died. On all sides lay my people strewn like over-ripened apples beneath the tree,

n. ‘O Jupiter,’ I said, if thou art indeed my father, give me back my people , or take me also away!’ At these words a clap of

other’s side Lay Biton, smiling through ambrosial curls, And when the people touched them they were dead.124 2. Myths of

in the bottom of the valley a pond of clear water, where the country people were at work gathering willows and osiers. She ap

ld on fire, and felt the heat intolerable. Then, too, it is said, the people of Ethiopia became black because the blood was ca

ebration in honor of the goddess and -her two children. Surveying the people of Thebes with haughty glance, she said, “What fo

t off the laurel from your brows, — have done with this worship!” The people left the sacred services uncompleted. The goddess

ar the fatal twang.’”149 § 78. The Lamentation for Linus. — How the people of Argos fell under the displeasure of Apollo is

ed, while men paid their vows to this virgin. When Psyche passed, the people sang her praises, and strewed her way with chaple

s nor men can resist.” This dreadful decree of the oracle filled the people with dismay; but, at Psyche’s request, preparatio

heir parents occupied adjoining houses. Propinquity brought the young people together, and acquaintance ripened into love. The

s rites; and then he set out on a progress through Asia, teaching the people the cultivation of the vine. The most famous part

Behold, behold! the granite gates unclose, And down the vales a lyric people flows; Dancing to music, in their dance they flin

ns, — Where, hour by hour, the rates of gold Outrival, in the ears of people , The quarter-chimes, serenely toll’d From Trinity

n. Doubting I mused upon the cry — “Great Pan is dead!” — and all the people Went on their ways: — and clear and high The quar

was succeeded by his son Pelasgus, from whom a division of the Greek people derive their name. With the love of Jupiter for t

him the girdle; but Juno, taking the form of an Amazon, persuaded the people that the strangers were carrying off their queen.

ng their dances, the sleepless nymphs, dread goddesses of the country people , Eunice, and Malis, and Nycheia, with her April e

of the nymph Egeria. In his old age, Theseus, losing the favor of his people , retired to the court of Lycomedes, king of Scyro

sad events, Œdipus would have left Thebes, but the oracle forbade the people to let him go. Jocasta’s brother, Creon, was made

t all in vain. “How can I,” said he to himself, “by whose command the people went to this day’s contest where so many have fal

y. No words can tell the grief of Priam and Hecuba at this sight. His people could scarce restrain the aged king from rushing

s the litter approached the city and was descried from the walls, the people poured forth to gaze once more on the face of the

and at the sight of the lifeless body renewed their lamentations. The people wept with them, and to the going down of the sun

preparations were made for the funeral solemnities. For nine days the people brought wood and built the pile; and on the tenth

truck, and a hollow sound reverberated like a groan. Then perhaps the people might have taken his advice and destroyed the fat

the fatal horse with its contents, but just at that moment a group of people appeared dragging forward one who seemed a prison

had returned under cover of the night. The city was set on fire; the people , overcome with feasting and sleep, were put to th

n. Accordingly, the friends went to Tauris. Since there the barbarous people were accustomed to sacrifice to the goddess all s

hear the strain; to have himself bound to the mast, and to enjoin his people , whatever he might say or do, by no means to rele

e, that Ulysses struggled to get loose, and by cries and signs to his people , begged to be released; but they, obedient to his

upply which Circe had put on board. So long as this supply lasted the people kept their oath; but contrary winds detained them

where he was thrown was Scheria, the country of the Phæacians. These people dwelt originally near the Cyclopes-; but, being o

he conduct of Nausithoüs, their king. They were, the poet tells us, a people akin to the gods, who appeared manifestly and fea

ithoüs, was now their king, a wise and just sovereign, beloved by his people . Now it happened that the very night on which Uly

seen in her company, for she feared the remarks which rude and vulgar people might make on seeing her return accompanied by su

ss, having first given him some information of the country, king, and people he was about to meet, left him. Ulysses, before e

ope, his wife, imagining him dead, and lording it over his palace and people as if they were owners of both. Penelope was one

scerning to fulfil This labor, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people , and thro’ soft degrees Subdue them to the useful

Æneid narrates the mythical fortunes of the remnant of the conquered people , under their chief Æneas, in their search for a n

fully the adventurers leaped to land. The Sibyl of Cumæ. — While his people were employed in making their encampment Æneas so

nsgress the laws of Pluto; but consoled him by informing him that the people of the shore where his body had been wafted by th

hat the sound might resemble thunder, launching flaming brands at his people in imitation of lightning, till Jupiter struck hi

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

nd burst them open. Immediately the whole country was in a flame. The people rushed from every side breathing nothing but war.

elty. He had been the chief of one of the neighboring cities, but his people drove him out. With him was joined his son Lausus

ver, on the other by the Rutulians. But I propose to ally thee with a people numerous and rich, to whom fate has brought thee

leave the wretched victims to die in that dreadful embrace. At length people cast him out, him and his house. They burned his

le with her husband’s. There was a vast concourse of various kinds of people at Balder’s obsequies. First came Odin accompanie

se. Then all made trial, Siggeir and his earls, and Volsung and hiss people , to draw forth the sword from Branstock, but with

ut she is also the goddess of wisdom, because “the goddess who caused people to wake was involuntarily conceived as the goddes

people to wake was involuntarily conceived as the goddess who caused people to know” (Science of Language, 1: 548-551). This

yanepsian, in Athens. (6) The Daphnephoria: “Familiar to many English people from Sir Frederick Leighton’s picture. This fea

monia’s robe possessed the same fatality, §§ 163, 164ª. Enchelians: a people of Illyria. For the myths of Semele, see § 62; of

fil a prophecy by entering the public square of some city just as the people were casting about for a king. He tied his wagon

land in the far west, near Hades; or, perhaps, in the north, for the people dwell by the ocean that is never visited by sunli

re of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people . They lived near the sources of the Nile, or, acc

n great occasions consulted them and interpreted their oracles to the people . There were various Sibyls; but the Cumæan Sibyl,

d in a slightly known king of the Burgundians, Gundicar, who with his people was overwhelmed by the Huns in 437 a.d. Atli an

39, 40, 41, 81, 82; name of Pluto, 83, 124, 349. Tau′ri, Taurians: a people of what is now the Crimea; Iphigenia among the Ta