oration to objects in the skies, on earth, in the water, and to fire, under different forms and names, and attributed to them

e. Moreover, when different nations or cities worshipped the same god under the name of Jupiter, each of those nations or cit

e he was the first to fatten the earth with manure. He is represented under the figure of a decrepit old man, with wings, hol

deemed the god of peace. The temple was shut only three times: first, under Numa; next, after the second Punic war; and lastl

e holds the rod and the key in his hands; Janitor, because doors were under his protection; Junonius, because Juno committed

s the symbol of the earth; and the Egyptians honored her as the moon, under the name of Isis. Such appears to be the origin o

Eve, condemned to the labor of bringing forth children, is concealed under this fable. Questions. Who was Cybele? Who was he

iter threw him headlong into the bottom of Tartarus, with the Titans, under the guard of the Hecatonchires, giants with one h

by his will, as supreme. Jupiter sits on a throne of ivory and gold, under a rich canopy, with a beard, holding thunderbolts

Asia several Dariuses. The most celebrated of the kings who-appeared under the name of Jupiter, was nearly contemporary with

hips in which they made away. A further account of them will be given under the head of the Sufferers in Hell. Questions. Who

ntrusted to her, and Jupiter did not dare to refuse her. Juno set her under the guard of Argus, who had one hundred eyes. Thi

r a temple; Coprotina, because maid-servants celebrated her festivals under a fig-tree; Curis, or Curitis, because the spear

ted illegal, unless she was invoked; Sospita, because woman kind were under her peculiar protection; Unxia, because she annoi

ff by Pluto, the god of Tartarus. The fountain Arethusa, which flowed under ground, was the witness of this rape; of which sh

an owl, a bird which announces misfortunes. Minerva, however, took it under her protection, because it watches and discerns o

rs, however, that his prudence and wisdom engaged Minerva to take him under her protection. Obs. 2. — The division of the ye

and Ceres, for the fertility of the earth. The seed remains concealed under ground in winter, but in summer it bursts its con

ly thought to be one and the same deity. Apollo is always represented under the figure of a young man, who holds a bow or a h

in the shape of a lion, while the gods and goddesses fled into Egypt under the forms of different animals. He is said to hav

n, or Hye, because Jupiter found that Bacchus had defeated the giants under the form of a lion, and exclaimed, “Well done son

re severe, because she is not in need of ornament. She shines no more under the splendour of purple, than under the simplest

d of ornament. She shines no more under the splendour of purple, than under the simplest dress; her noble traits are equally

he simplest dress; her noble traits are equally beloved and respected under the wrinkles of age and under the fresh and charm

raits are equally beloved and respected under the wrinkles of age and under the fresh and charming appearance of youth. The o

with Arachne? What other exploits did Minerva perform? What city was under her safe-guard? By what names is she frequently m

f Cythera. Her delicate feet touched the earth, and flowers sprung up under her steps. She was received, and educated by the

a, because she changed hearts; sometimes Dione. Venus was represented under a variety of forms. In her most admired statues,

ass. After repeated promises of mutual sincerity, they agreed to meet under the shade of a large white mulberry tree, to cher

l “the feeble, thrilling pressure” of his lips and his hand, and sink under “the last fond look of his gazing eye;” but still

med the interpreter and messenger of the gods. The Gauls honoured him under the name of Theutates, and offered him human vict

heutates, and offered him human victims. The Egyptians worshipped him under the name of Thaut. Questions. Who was Mercury? Wh

ize her, and she flees into a field, where a venomous serpent, hidden under the flowers, is bruised by the foot of Eurydice.

painted with a key in his right hand, to designate that the poets are under his protection and safeguard. The Roman ladies mu

ly respected; and thence proceeded the custom of sacrificing to manes under green trees. Nymphs were charged to preside over

of attaching value to his homage; and, consequently, of bringing him under obligation to watch over his necessities, and to

introduced his worship, the Romans honoured a protector of boundaries under the name of Jupiter Terminalis, and the Greeks, u

r of boundaries under the name of Jupiter Terminalis, and the Greeks, under Jupiter Horius. Fig. 33. Terminus. Obs. — Res

ut in vain. At length, however, he succeeded in gaining access to her under the form of an old woman; and by his artful speec

s birds; and by various other names. The Orientals worshipped Priapus under the name of Beelphegor. Pomona and Vertumnus. “T

fly worshipped at Rome, where her feasts were celebrated every April, under the name of Palilia. At such times, the peasants

hort horns on the head, and with the feet and legs of a goat, dancing under the shade of a tall and spreading oak. They were

e attribute it to the sudden fright which Pan excited among the Gauls under Brennus when they were about to plunder the city

gin of Pan was very ancient. The Egyptians worshipped the whole world under the name of Pan, which means all. His image repre

brass coin of a penny in value. The ancients always placed this coin under the tongues of the deceased. They could not enter

e hairs from the head. She was universally worshipped by the ancients under the known names of Core, Theogamia, Labitina, Hec

ain, and worked at the mines of gold and silver. This work being done under ground, gave rise to the saying, that he had pene

e war upon heaven, to avenge the death of his brethren; and the gods, under different figures, were obliged to flee into Egyp

s courage, and threw him down with his thunder-bolts, and crushed him under the weight of the whole island of Sicily. This is

against Jupiter at one throw; but Jupiter threw him down, and put him under Mount Ætna, which sends forth great flames of fir

to this world in order to punish his wife for this apparent neglect, under the promise, that he would return instantly; but

eus to steal away some of his horses. Ixion dissembled his resentment under the garb of friendship; invited his father-in-law

e shall speak only of those best known. The Greeks honoured Felicity, under the name of Eudemonia, or Macaria. An oracle havi

evils which overwhelm them, was early deified. The Greeks honored her under the name of Elips, and the Romans, under that of

fied. The Greeks honored her under the name of Elips, and the Romans, under that of Spes Publica (Public Hope.) Cicero says t

ance of Justice. Silence had his altars. The Orientals worshipped him under the name of Harpocrates. The Romans represented S

Golden Age. — See Fig. 59. Fig. 59. Justice. Fortune was depicted under the form of a blind and almost bald woman, with w

f folly in one hand, and raising a mask from his face with the other, under which a satirical smile beams from his countenanc

the art of medicine. He is fabled to have sprung out of a crow’s egg, under the form of a serpent. He attended the Argonauts

at Epidaurus. He had also a temple at Rome, and was worshipped there under the form of a serpent. To him were sacrificed a g

l temples dedicated to Hercules, the people offered sacrifices to him under the name of Hercules Olympius; and in those very

hen translated to the skies, he took a seat among the constellations, under the name of Sagittarius. He was commanded to brin

. — The poets painted the continual and dangerous labours of Hercules under the image of the persecutions of Juno, in whom th

Iphigenia. Ulysses forthwith brought away Iphigenia from her mother, under pretext of giving her in marriage to Achilles. Bu

sign of Gemini; and as one of the two stars of that sign hides itself under the horizon whilst the other appears, their prete

h she held him. It is said that his mother concealed him in the night under a fire, after she had anointed him in the day-tim

the act of licking the ambrosia. Others again held that he was placed under the care of the Centaur Chiron, and nourished wit

ojan war. In order, therefore, to protect him, he was secretly placed under the care of Lycomedes, king of Scyros, in the dis

of Achilles insisted on having the murder expiated, which the Greeks, under the direction of his son Neoptolemus, accordingly

ples, thereby to show that their theology contained secrets of wisdom under enigmatical words. For instance; the inscription

rate into an ox; which animal, therefore, became an object of worship under the appellation of Apis. The ox into which it ent

ng figure on the forehead, the effigy of an eagle on the back, a knot under the figure like a beetle, the hairs of his tail d

at were seen to celebrate such riotous feasts. Obs. — The ox or cow, under the figure of which Osiris or Iris was worshiped,

ards deemed sacred. At length, he was struck with thunder, and buried under Mount Ætna. Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis, w

chases away the malignant vapours to preserve coolness and salubrity under a burning sky. This denotes the victory of Horus

tronized agricultural labours. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm like Ceres’ cornucopia. Indra, the king

nd miserably despised class of the Hindoos. The Hindoos adore the sun under the name of Surya. Surya is represented as riding

t and general form of it. The Chaldeans and Phœnicians adored the sun under the name of Belus or Baal, (which means lord.) Th

offered to him incense and perfume. The Ammonites worshipped the sun under the name of Moloch, and immolated to him human vi

iting the origin, history, and end of all things; to hide his memoirs under ground in the city of the sun, named Sippara; nex

as it consisted of human sacrifices. The Mexicans worshipped the sun, under the name of the Prince of Glory, and called heave

ying each other’s society. They imagined that they sometimes appeared under the figures of beautiful and sweet-songed birds,

losophers, by way of fiction, veiled their various kinds of knowledge under the garb of allegory, for the sole purpose of con

was infinitely superior to those that preceded it. It was constructed under the direction of the Amphictyons, with the treasu

on, vulgarly called the Rotunda. It still exists in its entire state, under the name of the Church of All Saints, to whom it

f the gods, which filled the niches, have been plundered or concealed under ground. When the celebrated Michael Angelo had th

e beginning of Spring. Daring the rest of the year, it was forbidden, under penalty of death, to the priestess to go and cons

on to the life of Trophonius, except that the earth being half opened under his feet, he was swallowed up in the gap or crevi

imposture of the ministers who made them speak. The following remarks under this head will be confined to some singular and r

as also priestess to Hecate, and the sacred woods of the Avernus were under her protection. The verses of this Sibyl were pre

yl were preserved by the Romans with the greatest care, and were held under a secret. A college of fifteen persons, called th

o them; and the Decemviri were not permitted to let any body see them under pain of death. This first collection of Sibylline

on of Sibylline oracles, perished in the conflagration of the capitol under the dictatorship of Sylla. The Senate, to repair

e respect entertained towards the Sibylline verses, lasted even until under the reign of the emperors. The Senate having embr

druids, who also administered justice (Drotars.) Odin, having united under his standard the flower of the neighbouring count

to their founder and to all those whom she had stripped and trampled under her feet, by overwhelming and crushing her gigant

back health again to his friends, and discovered all treasures hidden under ground. These chronicles, more poetical than fait

religion of the European aboriginals. It is generally remarked, that, under southerly climes, men are born with vivid, prolif

exertion, turns first upon objects of necessity, that activity which, under the torrid zone, is apt to run into the channels

ncorruptible justice, and forbade the representation of this divinity under any corporeal form. He could not be suitably rega

h, the mother of the gods. The Phœnicians adored these two principles under the name of Tautes and Astarte. Some Scythian nat

e who were killed in war. The sixth day of the week was sacred to her under the name of Freytag (Friday,) and called by the L

Danes particularly honored Odin; the Norwegans considered themselves under the safeguard of Thor; and the Swedes had for the

yet so passionless.” Helga. The court of the gods was usually held under a large oak, where they administered justice. Thi

pose their honey. The three beautiful virgins, the Nornas, often meet under the oak, where they determine the fate of mortals

her fires the space which they were to survey; some in heaven, others under heaven. Days were distinguished, and years had th

n the summit of a small hill, serve as a basis to a large flat stone, under which is ordinarily a cavity, which probably serv

liar spirits, which did’not leave them, and which they could consult, under the form of small idols. It was also believed, th

as by the influence of those supreme pontiffs, that the nation united under one chief, whose magistracy, resembling the Roman

actions revived the genius of some. These came to replace the bards, under the name of Troubadours. And, this appears to be

e religion, and lost its purity. Some, coming by land from the North, under the name of Scythians, Celtic-Scythians, and Celt

ause. “The genuine Pagan creed, as given by Maximus Tyrius, who lived under Marcus Antonius, is worthy of attention, viz. ‘Th

had been that of happiness and liberty. He is frequently represented under the form of an old man, armed with a scythe, to i

nd there is great probability that he was the person afterwards known under the name of Jupiter Ammon. Japhet had for his sha

er represented? Jupiter was generally represented seated on a throne, under the figure of a majestic man, with a venerable be

pressive of durability, and the image of victory; treading the Titans under his feet, and having an eagle near him with exten

was regarded as the protectress of married women, and invoked by them under the name of Juno Lucina. Juno’s Chariot. She spe

an owl, the harbinger of misfortune. Minerva afterwards took the owl under her protection, because it is a watchful bird and

er vengeance; but his prudence and wisdom engaged Minerva to take him under her protection. Jupiter, to comfort and appease C

ing her so as to inhale a mephitic vapour, which issued from a cavern under the temple at Delphos. Phœbus. Phœbus, himself,

ptians called her Isis. Among the Greeks, Diana or Phebe was honoured under three different characters, and was therefore cal

is honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immoveable rock. Milk, cakes, and

ng the Romans, who placed her in the Pantheon. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon

to frighten away birds and thieves. The eastern nations worshiped him under the name of Baal Peor. Who was Pales? Pales was t

Jupiter and Calista, or of Mercury and Penelope. Fie was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat, hold

s Osiris, and the moon as Isis, and the several parts of the universe under various names, adored the whole collectively, und

s of the universe under various names, adored the whole collectively, under a figure half man, and half other animals. To thi

. They were esteemed as the guardians of houses. They were worshiped, under the figure of small images of human form, and wer

sel, and in the other, a horn of plenty. Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. The forehead was peculiarly

as of black worsted. The Fates are represented as three women bending under the weight of years. Clotho wore a robe of variou

, Flight, Paleness, Discord; all these were personified, and honoured under their respective emblems. Who were Comus and Momu

, and committed him to the care of his wife. He was afterwards placed under the tuition of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus,

er the tuition of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus, he was worshiped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that o

pidaurus, he was worshiped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that of an old man, holding a staff encircled by

high; striding across the mouth of the harbour; so that a large ship, under sail, might pass between its legs. A man could no

hese ideas of various kinds of living and conscious beings, concealed under such a vast diversity of forms, and of their perp

eities different nations assigned different names; and worshiped them under various symbolical forms and images. What is the

Chap. III. Paganism. — Buddhism. May not Paganism be classed under two great primeval sects? Though all the various

rs, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm, somewhat resembling the cornucopia, or h

fountain of idolatry in India. That luminary is adored by the Hindûs, under the name of Surya, and the sect amongst them whic

e of the pagoda, upon an elevated altar, encompassed with iron rails, under a magnificent dome. So vast was the number of pil

n and Moon appear to have been the chief objects of Egyptian worship, under various forms and names. The Egyptians had severa

ess of the sun, and the changes of the seasons. They depicted the sun under the emblem of a newborn infant, at the winter sol

Bubastis, supposed to be a personification of the moon, was worshiped under the figure of a cat, and all the cats that died i

le others say that he was Misraim, son of Ham. Osīris was represented under different forms; sometimes under the figure of a

, son of Ham. Osīris was represented under different forms; sometimes under the figure of a man sailing in a ship on the ocea

ng island Chemmis; and compelled all the other deities to take refuge under the forms of various animals, which were afterwar

acred on that account. At last, he was overwhelmed, thunder-stricken, under Mount Etna, or in a cavern in Cilicia. Nepthys wa

the malignant vapours, and preserve to Egypt coolness and salubrity, under a burning sky. This is the victory of Horus over

pening blossoms of the peach-tree were sacrificed to him. The figure, under which Harpōcrǎtes was usually represented, was th

irst, or most ancient, rank of the Egyptian deities. He was worshiped under the form of a goat; and great abominations degrad

is rites. Who was Papremis? Papremis was the Egyptian Mars, worshiped under the figure of the hippopotamus; which animal was

when seen sitting with the neck bent forwards, and the head concealed under the wing, resembled the form of the heart. The Ib

any other symbolical characters; concealing the mysteries of religion under hieroglyphics and allegories, whence arose the fi

ous. For these venemous reptiles subterranean chambers were prepared, under many of the temples, in which they were fed with

rsonage is spoken of as a star, or a sun, and as existing upon earth, under three forms. During this period, a conflict took

as regarded as his consort. The celestial Venus, Apollo, and Neptune, under the names of Strippasa, Oestosyrus, and Thamimasi

her it. Every thing being prepared for the sacrifice, and the banquet under the oak, they began the ceremony by-tying two whi

acrifice. Human victims were frequently offered by those who laboured under disease, or were about to go to battle. Upon impo

and incorruptible justice. It forbade the representation of this God, under any corporeal form; or the supposed confinement o

d was represented as consisting of nine vast regions of ice, situated under the north pole. Near its eastern gate reposed the

igences which the Arabians to reside in them, and to govern the world under the Supreme Deity. These they reverenced as infer

the figures of a man and a fish; his name signifies the sun worshiped under the form of a fish. Moloch, the same as the Satur

ated. Adonis, or Thammuz, was worshiped throughout Phrygia and Syria, under that name, or the appellation of Attis or Atys, a

ad. His forehead also was azure, and a band of the same colour passed under his nose, from one ear to the other. On his head

bly regarded those monstrous fictions as conveying lessons of wisdom, under the veil of allegory, yet, it is certain, that th

was Circe the emblem? Where was Esculapius principally worshiped, and under what form? Repeat Virgil’s lines on Ceres. What w

s were conferred on his statue? To what god was the Ibis consecrated, under what titles was he known, and for what was he dis

ascribed to Sem, and who was he? How the Egyptian Mars was named, and under what form was he worshiped? Who was Trismegistus,

he Commentary four things have been attempted: first, an explanation, under each section, of ordinary textual difficulties; s

illustrative English poems, or portions of them based upon the myths under consideration; and they should encourage the pupi

ge of a nation’s history — by a Jotham when the Israelites were still under the Judges, 1200 years before Christ, or by Chris

tural events or in some fire-side fancy, have put forth unconsciously under the nurture of the simple folk that conceived and

myths came into existence, and how it is that the same myth meets us under various forms in literatures and among peoples wi

he activity of these natural objects lost their ancient signification under new colloquial coloring, primitive and simple sta

ources — either to actual historical events, represented by the fancy under figures personifying them, or else to natural phe

arly endowed with life by the imaginative power, usually more or less under the influence of terror. The historical myths we

theories of the appearance of the same explanatory or æsthetic myth, under various guises, in lands remote one from another,

according to the soil to which it should be committed and the climate under which the plant might reach maturity.” 18 Against

slaves, but Melampus saved the young ones. One day when he was asleep under the oak, the serpents licked his ears with their

eside the Iliad and the Odyssey, many other epics passed in antiquity under Homer’s name. The so-called Homeric Hymns to the

to have thrown herself from the promontory of Leucadia into the sea, under a superstition that those who should take that “L

ut from Chaos itself issued Erebus,53 the mysterious darkness that is under Earth, — and Night, dwelling in the remote region

or ages victory wavered in the balance. Finally Jupiter, acting again under the advice of Gæa, released from Tartarus, where

by Vulcan himself. Poets later than Homer assign to Vulcan workshops under various volcanic islands. From the crater of Moun

eezes of Zephyrus. Hither favored heroes pass without dying, and live under the happy rule of Rhadamanthus. The Elysium of He

the Blest, the Titans, released from Tartarus after many years, dwelt under the golden sway of the white-haired Cronus.100

vering that his daughter, whom he had long sought in vain, was hidden under this disguise, mourned over her. While he thus la

he command of his father went forth in quest of the lost maiden, fall under the myths of Mars.114 § 62. Semele was the daugh

my people strewn like over-ripened apples beneath the tree, or acorns under the storm-shaken oak. You see yonder a temple on

wo guests crossed the humble threshold, and bowed their heads to pass under the low door, the old man placed a seat, on which

he table. One leg was shorter than the rest, but a piece of slate put under restored the level. When it was steady, she rubbe

the golden shower. Still another depicted Europa deceived by Jupiter under the disguise of a bull. Its appearance was that o

149 § 78. The Lamentation for Linus. — How the people of Argos fell under the displeasure of Apollo is told in the story of

made the thunderbolt. These were the Cyclopes, who had their workshop under Mount Ætna, from which the smoke and flames of th

of ears into those of an ass. King Midas tried to hide his misfortune under an ample turban But his hair-dresser found it too

cean heard, To its blue depth stirred, And divided at her prayer; And under the water The Earth’s white daughter Fled like a

im beams Which amid the streams Weave a network of colored light; And under the caves, Where the shadowy waves Are as green a

s severity toward young Actæon, grandson of Cadmus whose kindred fell under the curse of Mars, is thus narrated. One day, hav

from beasts of prey.173 Keats, whose Endymion journeys on a mission under sea, thus describes a meeting of the goddess and

t dissuaded her from venturing among the golden rams while they raged under the influence of the rising sun. Psyche, observin

y-eyed Bacchus, — his wanderings, and the fortunes of mortals brought under his influence: Pentheus, Acetes, Ariadne, and Mid

e of liberal ransom. But Acetes suspected that some god was concealed under the youth’s exterior, and asked pardon for the vi

Rape of Proserpine. 203 — When the giants were imprisoned by Jupiter under Mount Ætna, Pluto feared lest the shock of their

own upon a stone, and remained nine days and nights, in the open air, under the sunlight and moonlight and falling showers. I

drawn by winged dragons, through all the countries of the earth; and under her guidance he imparted to mankind valuable grai

mple to Ceres in Eleusis, and established the worship of the goddess, under the name of the Eleusinian mysteries, which, in t

e,212 the daughter of Laomedon of Troy. Neptune and Apollo had fallen under the displeasure of Jupiter, after the overthrow o

of Diana, whom she attended in the chase. But by her chatter she came under the displeasure of Juno, who condemned her to the

bush might be a goddess in disguise, to bring him often to be nursed under her branches, and to teach him to say “My mother

ursed under her branches, and to teach him to say “My mother lies hid under this bark,” — the luckless woman assumed the shap

erwhelmed his rival with a tremendous rock. Purple blood spirted from under the stone, by degrees grew paler, and finally bec

the sea. The gods, out of compassion, made her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and her son a god under th

a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and her son a god under that of Palæmon. Both were held powerful to save

o his mother. She, surrounded by her maidens in the crystalline abode under her river, overheard his complaints, and ordered

way the heads of the Hydra, and buried the ninth, which was immortal, under a rock. His third labor was the capture of a boar

the island Erythea (the red), — so called because it lay in the west, under the rays of the setting sun. This description is

asis.” § 142. The Expedition against Laomedon. — After his servitude under Omphale was ended, Hercules sailed with eighteen

ut the fleece he gave to Æetes, who placed it in a consecrated grove, under the care of a sleepless dragon.298 § 145. The Qu

nd about the caldron go; In the poisoned entrails throw. — Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights hast thirty-one Swelte

ld not bear the idea of a rival. His sister had placed her son Perdix under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts. He w

Æthra, before the birth of the child, had placed his sword and shoes under a large stone, and had directed her to send the c

t should prove strong enough to roll away the stone and take what was under . The lad Theseus was brought up at Troezen, of wh

ed by Diana from the power of his deluded father, was placed in Italy under the protection of the nymph Egeria. In his old ag

brothers to enjoy the boon of life alternately, each spending one day under the earth and the next in the heavenly abodes. Ac

ors as the Tyndaridæ (sons of Tyndareus); divine honors they received under the name of Dioscuri (sons of Jove). ———— So lik

nt, submitted to the inevitable, and sent for his daughter Iphigenia, under the pretence that her marriage to Achilles was to

Sinon, opened the gates of the city to their friends who had returned under cover of the night. The city was set on fire; the

t Ulysses dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them under the benches of his ship. Tennyson in the Lotos-e

They sharpened the end of it and seasoned it in the fire, and hid it under the straw on the cavern floor. Then four of the b

a palace embowered with trees. He sent forward one half of his crew, under the command of Eurylochus, to see what prospect o

oppressed by that savage race, they migrated to the isle of Scheria, under the conduct of Nausithoüs, their king. They were,

. Telemachus had taken care that all other weapons should be removed, under pretence that in the heat of competition, there w

arrates the mythical fortunes of the remnant of the conquered people, under their chief Æneas, in their search for a new home

us, numerous fugitives, of both sexes, were found, who put themselves under the guidance of Æneas. Some months were spent in

is own trident, while Triton and a sea-nymph, putting their shoulders under others, set them afloat again. The Trojans, when

e coast of Africa opposite Sicily, where at that time a Tyrian colony under Dido their queen, were laying the foundations of

the scene, the Sibyl accosted him. She seemed to know his errand, and under the influence of the deity of the place, burst fo

boat, adapted only to the light freight of bodiless spirits, groaned under the weight of the hero. They were soon conveyed t

n the threshold of life; and near to these were they who had perished under false charges. Minos presides over them as judge,

It was night and he lay stretched in sleep on the bank of the river, under the open heavens. The god of the stream, Father T

, but now suddenly appeared a troop directly in front of them, which, under Volscens, their leader, were approaching the camp

o the possession of the giant Thrym, who buried it eight fathoms deep under the rocks of Jötunheim. Thor sent Loki to negotia

renowned ruler of Jötunheim. Thrym had at last the curiosity to peep under his bride’s veil, but started back in affright, a

day, and at dusk, Skrymir chose a place for them to pass the night in under a large oak tree. Skrymir then told them he would

ey were just going to sleep, and so saying went and laid himself down under another tree. But sleep came not that night to Th

speaking a large gray cat sprang on the hall floor. Thor put his hand under the cat’s belly and did his utmost to raise him f

oward the place where he stands.” Höder then took the mistletoe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Balder, who, p

Amidst the general devastation the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surter, before and behind whom are f

fire. Onward they ride over Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, which breaks under the horses’ hoofs. But they, disregarding its fal

nd, he fell upon them, slew the king, and suffered the sons, fastened under a log, to be devoured in succession by a she wolf

airest of all women, eager-eyed as her father, so that few durst look under the brows of her,” — met, by stress of love and t

stress of love and treachery, a foul end in a foreign land, trampled under foot of horses. Finally Gudrun sent her sons by J

Lond.: 1872; Odes and Epodes, by Lord Lytton, N.Y.: 1870. See, also, under Pope , and Wilkinson , p. 540. § 13. For Scandi

267. See also Vigfusson and Powell’s Corpus Poeticum Boreale, 2: 691, under Runes and Rune-stones; Cleasby’s Icelandic-Englis

upil. The Parthenon, in which this statue stood, was also constructed under the direction and superintendence of Phidias. Its

ance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalations to a ‘divine inspira

llo’s Garden; Shelley’s Homer’s Hymn to Apollo; Aubrey de Vere, Lines under Delphi; Lewis Morris, Apollo, in the Epic of Hade

ng his Arrow; Guido Reni’s Cupid; Van Dyck’s Sleeping Cupid. See also under Psyche, § 94 C. Hymen. — See Sir Theodore Martin

s Youth of Bacchus, and C. Gleyre’s Dance of the Bacchantes. See also under Ariadne. § 47. The invention of the Syrinx is att

e personification of the blooming vegetation of spring, which withers under the heats of summer. The Hyacinthian festival see

signify the melting of snow and the destruction of its icy offspring under the rays of the spring sun (Sci. Relig. 372). Acc

ok upon the myth as significant of the withering of spring vegetation under the heats of summer ( Preller). The latter explan

§§ 132 (5) C, 108, 142. Interpretative. — Apollo evidently fulfils, under Laomedon, his function as god of colonization. §

lowing to the Mediterranean. The river Alpheüs does in fact disappear under ground, in part of its course, finding its way th

Sicilian fountain Arethusa was the same stream, which, after passing under the sea, came up again in Sicily. Hence the story

of Latmos, “the Mount of Oblivion”; others, the growth of vegetation under the dewy moonlight; still others, euhemeristicall

e dewy moonlight; still others, euhemeristically, a young hunter, who under the moonlight followed the chase, but in the dayt

d referred to institutions of married life. That Proserpine should be under bonds to the underworld because she had partaken

Stygian Naiades; A. C. Swinburne, Song to Proserpine. See also notes under Persephone, § 50, Demeter and Pluto. Eleusis: Sch

rs Scamander and Simois. Famous for the siege conducted by the Greeks under Agamemnon, Menelaüs, etc. (See Chap. XXV.) Amymon

, the daughter of Acrisius, has been regarded as the dry earth, which under the rains of the golden spring-time bursts into v

ven as the chariot of the sun. The invisible helmet may be the clouds under which the sun disappears. Compare the cloak of da

god. His horse, sprung from Medusa, the thunder-cloud, when she falls under the sword of the sun, is Pegasus, the rain-cloud.

f Crete; his wife, Pasiphaë, is the moon (who was worshipped in Crete under the form of a cow); and the Minotaur is the lord

tions of the four operas by J. Hoffmann, and by Th. Pixis. See, also, under Baldw in , p. 540. §§ 185, 186. Historically: Si

c idealizations of the renowned Hunnish chieftain, Attila, who united under his rule the German and Slavonic nations, ravaged

, 276. Alcme′ne, 91; myth of 234; mentioned, 133. Alcy′oneus, 41; see under Giants. Alec′to, 84, 353. Ale′ï-an, the field, 2

rary savages, 13, 21. Auton′oe, 117, 145, 175, 178, 269. Avatar′, see under Hindoo divinities. Av′entine, Mount, 239; Com. §§

Thracian strait crossed by Io. Bragi, 369. Brahma and Brahmanism; see under Hindoo divinities. Branstock, 392, 393, 394, 399.

Cornuco′pia, 221; Com. § 131. Coroe′bus, 129. Coro′nis, 130, 138; see under Æsculapius. Coryban′tes, Com. § 26; reference to

223; descendants of, 244; Com. § 29; genealogy, § 132 (5). Devas; see under Hindoo divinities. Di′a, the island of, 176, 262;

y o-pe, 210; Com. § 122. Dwarves, 395. Dyaus (cf. Zeus, Jupiter); see under Hindoo divinities. Dynast, the (Pluto), 187. E

0; of E. and underworld, 181-189; of lesser gods of, 200-214;see also under Gæa. East of the Sun, and West of the Moon: story

m. § 39; Venus of, Com. § 40. E-phial′tes, 120; Com. § 21. Epics; see under Homer, Vergil, Wölsunga-Saga, Nibelungenlied, Mah

70. E′ris, 73; (Discors) see Discord. E′ros, 37, 38; Com. § 17; see under Cupid. Er-yci′na: Venus, to whom Mount Eryx and

164. Etruscans, 90, 359. Etzel, “Lament over the Heroes of,” 33; see under Attila. Eubœ′a, 85. Euhem′erus (Eu-em′erus) and

G Gæ′a, Ge, or Terra, 38, 39, 42, 76; or the Roman Tellus, 88; see under Earth. Gal-ate′a, the Nereid, 85, 203; myth of A

t, 401. Ge′ryon, 237; son of Chrysaor and Kallirihoë. Ghandarvas; see under Hindoo divinities (2). Giallar, 388. Giants, Gree

ancient capital of Crete; home of Minos, 264. Gods, the Egyptian, see under Egypt. Gods, the great, of Greece, origin of, 38;

of waters, 215-222; of the Norse gods, 366-391. Gods, the Hindoo; see under Hindoo divinities. Gods, the Norse, 366-391. Gold

, 398, 399. Greek, Greeks, 14, 15, 19; myths of creation, 37; and see under Gods, Heroes, Myths. Greyfell, 395, 397, 399. Gri

ia; famous for his riches. Gyoll, 384. H Ha′des, Com. § 48; see under Pluto. Ha′des, realm of, 69, 78; Com. § 48; see

reek gods, 91173; of lesser, 192-199. Heaven personified, 37, 38; see under Uranus. He′be, 51; daughter of Juno, 52. 55; attr

ies: arranged logically as (1) Vedic, (2) Brahmanic. For Buddhism see under Buddha. 1. Vedic: the Aryan, and earliest form of

Com. § 95. Historians of Mythology: in Greece, e8; in Norway, 31; see under Myth (Preservation of). Höder, 369, 381, 383; Com

5. 36, 175; studies and transls. of literature, Com. § 15. Indra; see under Hindoo deities (1); Com. § 101. I′no, 117, 118, 2

ph′itus, 239. I′ris, 73, 195, 293, 300, 360. Iron age, 48. I′sis; see under Egyptian deities (1). Islands of the Blest, 82; s

. Isme′ne, 271; Com. §§ 158-164. Isme′nus, 127. Istar, Com. § 40; see under Venus. Isthmian Games, Com. §§ 152-157 (Textual)

61, 62, 63. Juven′tas; see Hebe. Juven′tus, 90. K Kali; see Uma under Hindoo divinities (2). Karma: in Buddhism, the su

e of his future existence; see Buddhism and Metempsychosis. Khem; see under Egyptian deities (2). Khuns; see under Egyptian d

and Metempsychosis. Khem; see under Egyptian deities (2). Khuns; see under Egyptian deities (2). Kle′ïs. Com. § 99. Ko′ra, K

Læstrygo′nians, the, 190, 318. La′ïus, 269; Com. § 158. Lakshmi; see under Hindoo divinities (2). Lamb’s month, Com. § 78. L

9,72. Lau′sus, 363. Lavin′ia, 354, 365. Lean′der, 164; Com. § 97; see under Hero. Leb-ade′a, Com. § 38. Le-byn′thos, 256. Le′

ee under Hero. Leb-ade′a, Com. § 38. Le-byn′thos, 256. Le′da, 91; see under Castor and Pollux; the myth of, represented by Ar

′thea, a sea-divinity, 87, 219, 222, 323; Com. § 129. Li′ber, 88; see under Bacchus. Lib′era, 88; see under Proserpina. Li-b

22, 323; Com. § 129. Li′ber, 88; see under Bacchus. Lib′era, 88; see under Proserpina. Li-be′thra, 188; Com. § 107. Lib-iti′

for, 129, 130, 234; Com. §§ 74,78. Lit-y-er′ses, 239. Lokapalas; see under Hindoo divinities (2). Loki, 369-391, passim, 395

; extract from Tennyson’s poem, 313, 314. Lu′cian, 28. Lu′cifer; see under Phosphor. Luci′na, 89; Com. § 34. Lu′na, 90; and

cifer; see under Phosphor. Luci′na, 89; Com. § 34. Lu′na, 90; and see under Diana, Selene. Ly-æ′us, Com. § 46. Ly-ca′on, 298.

ll, 26; Com. §§ 152-157 (Interpret.). Ma′ro; see Vergil. Maruts; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Mars (A′res), one of the g

m. §§ 36, 68-70. Mar′syas, 24; Com. §§ 83 a, 104. Mass, 37. Ma-t; see under Egyptian deities (2). Ma′ter Matu′ta, the goddess

troclus; an Argonaut, Com. § 165 (4). Men′tor, Com. § 171. Mentu; see under Egyptian deities (1). Mer′cury, Mercu′rius (Her′m

table B. Mongolians, 20. Mop′sus, 23. Mor′pheus, 196; Com. § 114; see under Somnus. Mors, Than′atos, Death, 295. Mos′chus, L

ts, 369. Mul′ciber, Com. § 37. Munin, 368. Mu-nych′ia, Com. § 39; see under Diana. Mu-sæ′us, (1) mythical poet, 23; (2) writ

butes, 71, 72; Com. § 43 (4). Muspelheim, 366, 388. Mut, or Maut; see under Egyptian deities. My-ce′næ, 235, 236, 281. Mygdo′

24. Nax′os, 175, 176, 178, 189, 266; Com. § 102, 103. Nefer Atum; see under Egyptian deities. Neith; see under Egyptian deiti

; Com. § 102, 103. Nefer Atum; see under Egyptian deities. Neith; see under Egyptian deities (2). Ne′mea, the city, the valle

optol′emus, 304. Nepen′the, 309. Neph, Chnuphis, Knum, Num or Nu; see under Egyptian deities (2). Neph′e-le, 145, 244. Nephth

u; see under Egyptian deities (2). Neph′e-le, 145, 244. Nephthys; see under Egyptian deities (1). Nep′tune (Neptu′nus, Po-si′

ed through innumerable existences, and learned the virtuous life; see under Buddha. Ni′sus, (1) father of Scylla, 219 (2); fr

s, 72. Nox, Nyx; see Night. Nu′ma Pompil′ius, 89; Com. § 36. Nut; see under Egyptian deities (1). Nyc′teus, 102; Com. § 64. N

30. Odin, 9, 366-371,380-391, 392-399; Com.§§ 177-184. Odys′seus; see under Ulysses and Odyssey. Od′yssey, kind of myth, 5,

39; see Diana. Ortyg′ia, 145; Com. § 88. Osi′ris, mentioned, 19; see under Egyptian deities (1). Os′sa, Mount, 120, 124; Com

Com. §§ 32,68. Pæ′an, the chant, 60; Com. § 68. Pakht, and Bast; see under Egyptian deities (1). Palæ′mon, 219; see Melicert

pe, 222, 321. Par′thenos, the Virgin: a title of Athene. Parvati; see under Hindoo divinities (2). Pasiph′aë, 255, 256; Com.

1, 147. Peli′des, Com. § 76. Pe′lion, Mount, 120, 278; Com. § 75; see under Ossa. Peloponne′sus, 50. Pe′lops, 126; and Hippod

ëton, 4; myth of, 121125; Com. § 75. Phan′tasus, a son of Somnus; see under Sleep; Com. § 113. Pha′on, 26, 162; myth of, 171,

, 105, 175. Phryx′us, 244; Com.§§ 144-147 (Interp.). Phtha, Ptah; see under Egyptian deities. Phthi′a, 277. Pier′i-des; the M

in in Corinth, said to have started from the ground (like Hippocrene) under a kick of Pegasus. Pisis′tratus, 24. Pi-rith′oüs,

oets of mythology: in Greece, 24-27; in Rome, 28-29; see, in general, under Myth (Preservation of). Poli′tes, 308. Pol′lux, P

, (5). 148. Portum′nus, 219; see Melicertes. Posi′don, Posei′don, see under Neptune. Praxit′e-les, a Greek sculptor, Com. §§

of increase; promoter of horticulture and viticulture. Prithivi; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Proc′ne (Prog′ne), 258; Co

r P., 182-184, 238, 345; Com. §§ 50, 105, 106. Protesila′üs, 288; see under Laodamia. Pro′teus, 86, 87; and Aristasus, 220; C

able C, § 130. Psam′a-the, 129, 138. Pseu′do-Musæ′us, Com. § 96; see under Musæus. Psy′che, myth of, 152-161; extracts from

pus, Mercury as guide of ghosts to the underworld, 69, 79. Pthah; see under Egyptian deities (1). Purpose of this work, 1. Py

38, 73. Py′thoness, Com. § 38. Q Quiri′nus, 89. R Ra; see under Egyptian divinities (1). Rakshasas; see under Hin

us, 89. R Ra; see under Egyptian divinities (1). Rakshasas; see under Hindoo divinities. Râmâyana, 35, 36; cf. with Il

Roman Magna Mater, 88, 175; Com. §§ 17, 45 a, 102, 103, 131; see also under Cybele. Rhine, 399, 400-404. Rhod′o-pe, a mountai

m. § 99- Sarama, Com. § 41. Sarameyas, Com. § 41. Sarasvati; see Vach under Hindoo divinities (2). Sarpe′don, son of Jove and

. Buchanan’s Satyr, 204, 205, 207, 213, 266; Com. § 117. Savitar; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Sche′ria, 324. Sco′pas: a

a; see Waters. Sea-monsters and Hesione, 189; and Andromeda, 228; see under Gods of the Waters. Seb; see under Egyptian deiti

ione, 189; and Andromeda, 228; see under Gods of the Waters. Seb; see under Egyptian deities (1). Sele′ne, 63, 73, 75; and En

n deities (1). Sele′ne, 63, 73, 75; and Endymion, 149; Com. § 92; see under Diana. Sem′ele, 76, 92; myth of, 98-100; E. R. Si

. Sen′eca, 29; references to tragedies, 234. Sera′pis, Sara′pis; see under Egyptian deities (1). Serimnir, 368. Seri′phus, 2

. Serimnir, 368. Seri′phus, 225, 228. Ses′tos, 164. Set, or Seth; see under Egyptian deities. Shu; see under Egyptian deities

228. Ses′tos, 164. Set, or Seth; see under Egyptian deities. Shu; see under Egyptian deities (1). Sibyl, 344-353; Com. § 174.

igny, 392-394. Siguna, 387. Sigurd, 394-399; Com. §§ 185,186; and see under Siegfried. Sile′ni, 76, 203, 204, 205, 266; Com.

07, 175; genealogy, §§ 95, 132 (2), 132 (5); illustr., 175. Siva; see under Indian deities. Skaldic poetry, 30; Skalds, 30,

5. Smin′thia, Com.§ 38. Smyr′na, 24. Sol (Helios), 90, 189. Soma; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Som′nus; see Sleep. Soph′

a (Lacedæ′mon), 241, 281, 309. Sphinx, 270; Com. §§ 158-164. Sri; see under Hindoo divinities (2). Stars, the, 192, 194; Com.

Sun-myth, 4, 7. Surter, 388. Survival, theory of myth, 14. Surya; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Svadilfari, 371, 372. Swan

m, 11. Theb′aïs: an epic by Statius on the Seven against Thebes; see under Statius. Pope’s transl. Com. § 12. Thebes (The′bæ

, 304; Com. §§ 52, 165 (1). Thialfi, 373, 376, 378. This′be, 162; see under Pyramus, Com.§ 98. Thok, 385. Thor, 32, 369; deed

-188, 238, 255. 344-353, Com. §§ 48,49. For the Norse Underworld, see under Hel. Ura′nia, the muse of astronomy, 72; also the

old, Urania. U′ranus (Ouranos), the father of Cronus, 38, 39, 41; see under Heaven. Urdur, 367. Ushas; see under Hindoo divin

ather of Cronus, 38, 39, 41; see under Heaven. Urdur, 367. Ushas; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Utgard-Loki, 374-379. V

under Hindoo divinities (1). Utgard-Loki, 374-379. V Vach; see under Hindoo divinities (1) and (2). Vala, Com. § 101.

96, 398; Wagner’s; Com. § 185. Or Val′kyrs. Valmiki, 35. Var′una; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Vayu; see under Hindoo div

yrs. Valmiki, 35. Var′una; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Vayu; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Ve, 366, 367. Vedas, the,

oo divinities (1). Ve, 366, 367. Vedas, the, 35. Vedic religion; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Venera′lia, Com. § 40. Ve′

ia (Nike), 73. Vigrid, 388. Vili, 366, 367. Vingolf, 367. Vishnu; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Vithar, 369, 389. Vol′scen

Volsungs, the saga of, 33, 392-399; Com. § 185. Void, 37. Vritra; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Vul′can (Vulca′nus, Hephæs

; genealogy, Com. §§ 95, 132 (2), 132 (5). Y Yama and Yami; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Yggdrasil, 366. Ymir, 366,

. Homer, Com. § 11. de Vere, Aubrey Thomas, 1814. — Com. § 38, Lines under Delphi; § 50, The Search after Proserpine; § 61,

§ 175, Island of the Blest. Goethe, J. W. von, 1749-1832. Com.; see under Bowring . Gray, Thos., 1716-1771. The fatal Sis

rom his Ideal and Life, transl. by S. G. Bulfinch, 201, 243, Com. See under Bowring , Lytton , S. G. Bulfinch . Schnorr v

l for other reasons as from a conviction that to translate faithfully under all the embarrassments of rhyme and measure is im

Apollo stood amazed. He touched the stem, and felt the flesh tremble under the new bark. He embraced the branches, and lavis

r head covered with a veil, made her way to the monument and sat down under the tree. As she sat alone in the dim light of th

vering that his daughter, whom he had long sought in vain, was hidden under this disguise, mourned over her, and, embracing h

uld you do? Could you keep your course while the sphere was revolving under you? Perhaps you think that there are forests and

ly guests crossed the humble threshold, and bowed their heads to pass under the low door, the old man placed a seat, on which

corner split sticks and dry branches, broke them up, and placed them under the small kettle. Her husband collected some pot-

he table. One leg was shorter than the rest, but a piece of slate put under restored the level. When fixed, she rubbed the ta

others breathed out fire. They were finally subdued and buried alive under Mount Ætna, where they still sometimes struggle t

a stone, and continued sitting nine days and nights, in the open air, under the sunlight and moonlight and falling showers. I

mple to Ceres in Eleusis, and established the worship of the goddess, under the name of the Eleusinian mysteries, which, in t

Sicilian fountain Arethusa was the same stream, which, after passing under the sea, came up again in Sicily. Hence the story

his infant and give it to a nurse. Let it often be brought and nursed under my branches, and play in my shade; and when he is

aught to call me mother, and to say with sadness, ‘My mother lies hid under this bark.’ But bid him be careful of river banks

among the formidable rams on the other side, for as long as they are under the influence of the rising sun, they burn with a

thy days in so dreadful a manner? and what cowardice makes thee sink under this last danger who hast been so miraculously su

Chapter XII. Cadmus — The Myrmidons. [Cadmus.] Jupiter, under the disguise of a bull, had carried away Europa,

my people strewn like over-ripened apples beneath the tree, or acorns under the storm-shaken oak. You see yonder a temple on

nd errors of the gods. One scene represented Leda caressing the swan, under which form Jupiter had disguised himself; and ano

of a golden shower. Still another depicted Europa deceived by Jupiter under the disguise of a bull. Encouraged by the tamenes

ut the gods to such fear that they fled into Egypt and hid themselves under various forms. Jupiter took the form of a ram, wh

ave the golden fleece to Æetes, who placed it in a consecrated grove, under the care of a sleepless dragon. There was another

rch, and during that time came not within the doors of her palace nor under any roof, and shunned all intercourse with mortal

he bed chamber of the old king, while he and his guards slept soundly under the influence of a spell cast upon them by Medea.

ned away the heads of the Hydra, and buried the ninth or immortal one under a huge rock. Another labor was the cleaning of th

the island Erytheia, (the red,) so called because it lay at the west, under the rays of the setting sun. This description is

g from Æthra, before the birth of his son, placed his sword and shoes under a large stone and directed her to send his son to

hen he became strong enough to roll away the stone and take them from under it. When she thought the time had come, his mothe

victims, in spite of the entreaties of his father. The ship departed under black sails, as usual, which Theseus promised his

of his deluded father and false step-mother, and placed him in Italy under the protection of the nymph Egeria. Theseus at le

ld not bear the idea of a rival. His sister had placed her son Perdix under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts. He w

Pollux. Castor and Pollux were the offspring of Leda and the Swan, under which disguise Jupiter had concealed himself. Led

e two brothers to enjoy the boon of life alternately, passing one day under the earth and the next in the heavenly abodes. Ac

them among the stars as Gemini the Twins. They received divine honors under the name of Dioscuri, (sons of Jove.) They were b

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

s those of Pan that we may safely consider them as the same personage under different names. The wood-nymphs, Pan’s partners

it, yet is still voracious for more. His property rapidly diminished under the unceasing demands of his appetite, but his hu

the sea. The gods, out of compassion, made her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and him a god, under that

her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and him a god, under that of Palæmon. Both were held powerful to save

s sweet;” etc. Armstrong, the poet of the Art of preserving Health, under the inspiration of Hygeia, the goddess of health,

Camenæ. By this name the Latins designated the Muses, but included under it also some other deities, principally nymphs of

ade the thunderbolt. These were the Cyclopes, who have their workshop under Mount Ætna, from which the smoke and flames of th

ine. Accompanying the words with the lyre, he sung, “O deities of the under world, to whom all we who live must come, hear my

ers move? No crime was thine, if ’tis no crime to love.           Now under hanging mountains,           Beside the falls of

of the young ones and fed them carefully. One day when he was asleep under the oak the serpents licked his ears with their t

ction she threw herself from the promontory of Leucadia into the sea, under a superstition that those who should take that “L

e made the hills and the waters echo the music of his song. I lay hid under a rock by the side of my beloved Acis, and listen

s of his grandfather, the river-god. The purple blood flowed out from under the rock, but by degrees grew paler and looked li

reluctant, yielded his consent, and the maiden Iphigenia was sent for under the pretence that she was to be married to Achill

inon, opened the gates of the city to their friends, who had returned under cover of the night. The city was set on fire; the

t Ulysses dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them under the benches of his ship.20 They next arrived at

They sharpened the end of it, and seasoned it in the fire, and hid it under the straw on the cavern floor. Then four of the b

a palace embowered with trees. He sent forward one-half of his crew, under the command of Eurylochus, to see what prospect o

oppressed by that savage race, they migrated to the isle of Scheria, under the conduct of Nausithoüs, their king. They were,

. Telemachus had taken care that all other weapons should be removed, under pretence that in the heat of competition there wa

propose to share the fortunes of the remnant of the conquered people, under their chief Æneas, in their search for a new home

us, numerous fugitives, of both sexes, were found, who put themselves under the guidance of Æneas. Some months were spent in

is own trident, while Triton and a sea-nymph, putting their shoulders under others, set them afloat again. The Trojans, when

e coast of Africa opposite Sicily, where at that time a Tyrian colony under Dido, their queen, were laying the foundations of

the scene, the Sibyl accosted him. She seemed to know his errand, and under the influence of the deity of the place, burst fo

boat, adapted only to the light freight of bodiless spirits, groaned under the weight of the hero. They were soon conveyed t

n the threshold of life, and near to these were they who had perished under false charges. Minos presides over them as judge,

upper world. Elysium. Virgil, we have seen, places his Elysium under the earth, and assigns it for a residence to the

of Zephyrus. Hither favored heroes pass without dying and live happy under the rule of Rhadamanthus. The Elysium of Hesiod a

. It was night and he lay stretched in sleep on the bank of the river under the open heavens. The god of the stream, Father T

, but now suddenly appeared a troop directly in front of them, which, under Volscens, their leader, were approaching the camp

’s “Irish Melodies” is an allusion to Harpocrates: — “Thyself shall, under some rosy bower,     Sit mute, with thy finger on

k on the forehead, another, in the form of an eagle, on his back, and under his tongue a lump somewhat in the shape of a scar

ance, imputed the convulsive ravings to which he gave utterance while under the power of the exhalations to a divine inspirat

ned some moral, religious, or philosophical truth or historical fact, under the form of an allegory, but came in process of t

bject, from the sun and sea to the smallest fountain and rivulet, was under the care of some particular divinity. Wordsworth,

ly represent to the eye the ideas intended to be conveyed to the mind under the several names of deities was a task which cal

upil. The Parthenon, in which this statue stood, was also constructed under the direction and superintendence of Phidias. Its

poets who made the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus so celebrated, under the name of the Augustan age. Virgil was born in

crown. He was supposed to be produced from the egg of a cock hatched under toads or serpents. There were several species of

led to the deserts of Kerman and to Hindustan, where they still exist under the name of Parsees, a name derived from Pars, th

personified powers of creation, preservation, and destruction, which under the respective names of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva

ore particularly specified. The first Avatar was as Matsya, the Fish, under which form Vishnu preserved Manu, the ancestor of

dwell in miserable hovels, distant from cities and villages, and are under no restrictions in regard to food, which last is

me few individuals have appeared on this earth from time to time, not under the necessity of terrestrial existence, but who v

o the possession of the giant Thrym, who buried it eight fathoms deep under the rocks of Jotunheim. Thor sent Loki to negotia

enowned ruler of Jotunheim. Thrym had at length the curiosity to peep under his bride’s veil, but started back in affright an

day, and at dusk Skrymir chose a place for them to pass the night in under a large oak tree. Skrymir then told them he would

ey were just going to sleep, and so saying went and laid himself down under another tree. But sleep came not that night to Th

peaking, a large gray cat sprang on the hall floor. Thor put his hand under the cat’s belly and did his utmost to raise him f

owards the place where he stands.” Hodur then took the mistletoe, and under the guidance of Loki, darted it at Baldur, who, p

Amidst the general devastation the sons of Muspelheim will rush forth under their leader Surtur, before and behind whom are f

fire. Onward they ride over Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, which breaks under the horses’ hoofs. But they, disregarding its fal

nd. These sacred circles were generally situated near some stream, or under the shadow of a grove or wide-spreading oak. In t

. These were called Cairns, and were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun. That the Druids offered sa

l-all,’ and having made solemn preparation for feasting and sacrifice under the tree, they drive thither two milk-white bulls

he order and laws of nature, and investigated and taught to the youth under their charge many things concerning the stars and

ill occasional meetings of the lovers of Welsh poetry and music, held under the ancient name. Among Mrs. Hemans’ poems is one

Druidical system was at its height at the time of the Roman invasion under Julius Caesar. Against the Druids, as their chief

ersion is less elegant, but truer to the original. — “He ceased, and under his dark brows the nod Vouchsafed of confirmation

this passage appears in another famous version, that which was issued under the name of Tickell, contemporaneously with Pope’

I at all times most cheerfully acknowledge. Should it chance to come under the eye of any of them, and should he happen to f

similar specious phrases, enable legislators to perpetrate injustice under the show of patriotism and public spirit. I do no

my own part, I view the question with tolerable indifference, as even under the present law I know how to extend my copyright

mian games. Page 339. — The notion of regarding the sun and the earth under a conjugal relation, by which we have explained t

o famous for his herds. We find the herds of Hades (p. 360) pasturing under the care of Menœtius, near those of Geryoneus in

in the isle of Erithyia, and (p. 363) we meet them in the under-world under the care of the same herdsman. This looks very li

the rivers which flowed continuously, which swelled and sank, must be under the control of intelligences ; and trees at regul

e held to exceed him far in power and knowledge, but to be, like him, under the influence of passion and appetite. They had t

the occasions of the production, of mythes may, we think, be arranged under the following heads, which fall into two classes,

Hades carried off the daughter of Demeter through one of these chasms under Mount Cyllene12. The moderns account for the orig

en there came on a storm the former was terrified, and sought shelter under a board, which God caused to become a house, but

all have occasion to notice it. The second class of legends will come under the three following heads. 6. The epithets of god

applied judiciously it will at times give most valuable results ; if under no guidance but that of caprice and fancy, it wil

venture to maintain, that the first inhabitants of that country were under the direction of a sacerdotal caste, resembling t

nd have represented the various appearances and revolutions of nature under the guise of the loves, the wars, and other actio

butes as some of their own, they at once inferred them to be the same under different names ; but where the legends would not

d laid hold of them. The gods of their forefathers were now presented under a new guise to the Greeks, who, as they gazed on

em agriculture, and thus reformed their manners. He gradually reduced under his sway the greater part of the world. By study

nothing unexplained. The stars appear to have been regarded as moving under the solid heaven, for they rose out of and sank i

he origin, the union, and the changes of the various parts of nature, under the guise of matrimony and birth (their more chee

ur, and the Titans were finally vanquished and imprisoned in Tartaros under the guard of the Hundred-handed. The Kronids then

utilate Kronos as Kronos did Uranos160. The latter hides his children under the earth, the former swallows his. Kronos is the

In the Odyssey, when Helios ends his diurnal career, he is said to go under the earth199 : it is not easy to determine whethe

land of Thrinakia, says Homer218, fed the flocks and herds of Helios, under the charge of his daughters, the nymphs Phaëthusa

e of his repose255. The god Pan was also said to have gained her love under the form of a snow-white ram256. She bore to Zeus

on of Crios. Leto was destined to be the mother of Apollo and Artemis under the new order of things, which succeeded the time

theus, loved the river Enipeus, and frequented his stream ; Poseidôn, under the form of the river-god, ‘mingled in love’ with

heseus, Eumolpos, and other heroes. Poseidôn was worshiped in Arcadia under the title of Hippios426. One legend of that count

Hateful ; 10. Cold ; etc. At Hermione in Argolis Hades was worshiped under the name of Illustrious (κλύμενος)490, and Persep

worshiped under the name of Illustrious (κλύμενος)490, and Persephone under that of Subterrane (χθονία). The former would see

ymbol of the social union, gave the Greeks occasion to fancy it to be under the guardianship of a peculiar deity, whom they n

raising a great storm of wind and rain fled shivering and trembling, under the form of a cuckoo, to seek shelter on the knee

ad been brought up there by Temenos, who raised three temples to her, under the names of Virgin, Married (τϵλϵία), and Widow 

sequence of this associated Leto with herself in her temple and altar under the title Of-the-Recess(Μυχία)532. Here again we

med Hebe. Strabo says598 that Hebe was worshiped at Phliûs and Sicyôn under the name of Dia. It is not improbable that from t

recting a temple, which the hands of numerous workmen speedily raise, under the direction of the brothers Trophonios and Agam

nd herds on the verdant banks of the river Amphrysos, making the kine under his charge all bear twins635 ; while according to

ds, placed before the doors of the houses, were the images of the god under this name. This practice was peculiar to the Dori

of some fishermen. The Cretans afterwards worshiped her as a goddess under the name of Dictynna from the above circumstance,

here she became invisible (ἀϕανὴς) : hence she was worshiped in Ægina under the name of Aphæa679. The well-known legend of Al

aqueous form, and sought to mingle his waters with hers. She fled on under the earth and through the sea, till she rose in t

anation of this mythe is as follows681. Artemis was worshiped in Elis under the titles of Alpheiæa, Alpheioa, Alpheionia, and

ained water of the Alpheios, and thence came the legend of his course under the sea686. Eventually, when the poetic notion of

ame the mother of Dionysos698. If Artemis was merely one of the names under which the moon was worshiped, it need not surpris

of the nymphs ; but the secret of the goddess is to remain inviolate, under pain of his being struck with lightning by Zeus.

he more ancient temples of this goddess in Cyprus she was represented under the form of a rude conical stone. But the Grecian

tree of desire. At the impulsion of her sisters she put the lamp from under the bushel, that is, revealed the flame of desire

required for that service792. Every prudent chief was esteemed to be under the patronage of Athena, and Odysseus was therefo

relieved from all his perils, and whose son Telemachos she also took under her protection, assuming a human form to be his g

s at Thebes, Argos, Sparta, and elsewhere. At Tegea she was worshiped under the title of Alea. She contended, as we have seen

urney. He arrived by sunset in Pieria, where the oxen of the gods fed under the care of Apollo. He forthwith separated fifty

and throwing away his sandals, bound branches of myrtle and tamarisk under his feet, that the herdsman-god might have no clu

agrant cave of the nymph, and Hermes on seeing him gathers himself up under the clothes, afraid of the god. Apollo takes the

9. Both were rural deities. At Tanagra in Bœotia Hermes was worshiped under the names of Ram-bearer (Κριοϕόρος) and Defender

y Field-slayer 874, and be applied to Hermes as the god of husbandry, under whose auspices the land was ploughed up, and the

r. The destructive mildew is therefore the enemy of Demeter, to whom, under the title of Erysibia, the Rhodians prayed to ave

d her anger, and ceased from mourning. She was worshiped at this cave under the name of Black (Mé-λαινα), and her statue in i

named Thes-mophoria at Athens and Ephesus. She had a temple at Megara under the title of, 12. Sheep-bringere 909. In Bœotia s

ittle better than an enemy. Each state had its own favourite deities, under whose especial protection it was held to be, and

th a considerable degree of splendour, at the charge of the state and under the superintendence of the magistrates ; whence i

n it was further subdivided into hours, these minor parts were placed under their charge and named from them966. Order and re

Phaënna (Bright)984. The Athenians originally adored the same number, under the names of Hegemone (Leader) and Auxo (Increase

Apollonius1012 they are named ‘the swift dogs of Hades,’ a character under which they are also represented by Sophocles1013.

Smyrna two Nemeses were worshiped1058. The goddess adored at Cyzicos under the name of Adresteia, said by the poet of the Ph

is system on fact and testimony alone. We shall here attempt, chiefly under his guidance, to illustrate the changes which it

ined on board ; the god then declared to him who he was, and took him under his protection. Another of these hymns relates, t

of veneration both to Phrygians and Thracians, and who was worshiped under the form of an ox, as being the patron of agricul

ter of Cadmos, visited her in secret. Hera’s jealousy took alarm, and under the form of an old woman she came to Semele, and,

save Dionysos from the machinations of Hera, changed him into a kid, under which form Hermes conveyed him to the nymphs of N

nfancy conveyed to Nysa in the form of a kid, and his being worshiped under that name. He also wore the goatskin dress of the

and Carians settled in Egypt, Psammitichos put some Egyptian children under their care, to be instructed in the Greek languag

bled that Pan was the son of Hermes by Penelope, whose love he gained under the form of a goat, as she was tending in her you

ing to them. After the battle the Athenians consecrated a cave to Pan under the Acropolis, and offered him annual sacrifices1

urs ; he is said to have captivated the goddess of the night, Selene, under the form of a white ram1179. He was fortunate in

ces if he will free him from love ; and by Virgil1215 bees are placed under his care. Fishermen also made offerings to him as

s loved him, and forbade him to hold intercourse with any other woman under pain of loss of sight. Long he abstained, though

reus, though not mentioned by name in Homer, is frequently alluded to under the title of the Sea-elder (ἅλιος γέρων), and his

about the same hardness as the skin of a fish : they have fish-gills under their ears : their nostrils are those of a man, b

e form of the shells of shell-fish : they have, instead of feet, fins under their breast and belly, like those of the porpois

nto the sea. The gods out of compassion made her a goddess of the sea under the name of Leucothea, and him a god under that o

e her a goddess of the sea under the name of Leucothea, and him a god under that of Palæmôn. Both were held powerful to save

ssey1315, the winds are not directed by separate deities, but are all under the charge of Æolos. We may, as a matter of cours

Odysseus dragged these men away, and he was even obliged to tie them under the benches of his ship. As the coast of Cyrene l

tion, and to have dwelt on the verge of the land of fable. The Lotus, under the name of Jujuba, is, we may observe, a part of

mos turned out his sheep and goats, his prisoners fastened themselves under their bellies, and so escaped. Odysseus, when a l

his mouth. The gods in dismay fled to Egypt, and concealed themselves under the forms of various animals. Zeus however, after

, is a cave facing the west, but so high that a man in a ship passing under it could not shoot up to it with a bow. In this d

isle of Thrinakia, on which the flocks and herds of the Sun-god fed, under the care of his daughters Phaëthusa and Lampetia,

“Is it some stranger who has strayed from his ship that she has taken under her care, since there are no people near us ?” Al

ems respecting the origin of the people. As some nations of Asia were under the system of castes and the direction of the sac

n this subject, to suppose the Greeks to have been always one people, under different denominations, with that diversity of c

he Argo was falling to pieces with time Medeia persuaded him to sleep under the prow, and it fell on him and killed him1550.

cate a connexion between the latter and Hera, who was worshiped there under the title of Acræa, and the graves of the childre

ing his famous sword, which had been made by Hephæstos, and hiding it under the cowdung, went away, leaving him there, in hop

lways mentioned together. The former are spoken of twice in the Ilias under the name of Wild-men (Φῆρϵς), and once under thei

en of twice in the Ilias under the name of Wild-men (Φῆρϵς), and once under their proper name1583. We also find the name Cent

already taken possession of the place in which they were now settled under their auspices and protection1654. In no place we

th into the sea. The gods took pity on her and made her a sea-goddess under the name of Leucothea, and Melicertes a sea-god u

r a sea-goddess under the name of Leucothea, and Melicertes a sea-god under that of Palæmôn1659. Athamas, being obliged to le

Thebes a political state of things somewhat similar to that in France under the last Merovingians, or still more resembling t

are them, Athena brought him from Hephæstos brazen clappers. He stood under a neighbouring hill, and rattled them : the birds

t band of volunteer warriors, and sailed for Ilion. Leaving the fleet under the charge of Oïcles, he led his men against the

the towns of Greece, and marched against Augeas ; who put his Eleians under the command of his nephews Eurytos and Cteatos, t

Ceÿx he aided Ægimios, king of the Dorians, against whom the Lapiths under the command of Coronos had made war, on account o

persecution of one power, he must be — in conformity to all analogy —  under the protection of another ; and Pallas-Athene, th

rself, and Poseidôn testified his anger by laying the Thriasian plain under water1791. Cecrops married Agraulos the daughter

of the Egyptian origin of the Athenians appeared in a work which went under the name of Theopompus, but which was a forgery i

le seems to be one of considerable antiquity. We have already seen it under another form in the Odyssey1811. Hesiod in one pl

d to tell no one whose he was. He moreover placed his sword and shoes under a large stone, and directed her to send his son t

son to him when he was able to roll away the stone and take them from under it. Ægeus returned to Athens ; and when Medeia ca

heseus. When grown to the proper age, his mother led him to the stone under which his father had deposited his sword and shoe

ily offered himself as one of the victims. The ship departed as usual under black sails, which Theseus promised his father to

ttica Theseus forgot the signal appointed by his father, and returned under the same sails with which he had departed ; and t

friends planned the carrying her off, and they succeeded. Placing her under the care of his mother Æthra at Aphidnæ, Theseus

e people among whom literature flourished most, he is presented to us under a more historic aspect than the other heroes. Tho

wn beasts out of the herd ; for he had marked the initial of his name under their hoofs1868. Autolycos forthwith cultivated t

hes in which we find the Iapetids, Ixiôn, Tantalos and others, where, under the character of persons with significant names,

ia ; which last was by Zeus the mother of Sarpedôn. Falling at length under the displeasure of all the gods, ‘he wandered alo

t never become a mother. But Zeus had seen and loved the maiden ; and under the form of a golden shower he poured through the

n of the coral is also deduced from the sea-weed which Perseus placed under the Gorgon’s head1945. When Dionysos came to intr

sition is confirmed by many circumstances in the beautiful fairy tale under whose form it has been transmitted to us. But sti

deities, as the authors of evil as well as good, were usually viewed under two different aspects, and hence Gorgo was probab

1957 ; which seems to identify Dictys with Hades, and that apparently under a beneficent point of view. Müller therefore thus

h), and Ægle (Brightness)1975. At Epidaurus Asclepios was represented under the form of an old man with a venerable beard, wr

the impiety of the sons of Lycaôn1980. In Arcadia Zeus was worshiped under the title of Lycæos on the summit of Mount Lycæon

taken the form of all kinds of animals2000. At length, while she was under that of a goose, the god became a swan, and she l

ith his brother, and for them to live day and day about in heaven and under the earth. Polydeukes chose the latter, and divid

t. Hermes the rural god restores Pelops to life, and the same Hermes, under the name of Myrtilos, that is Myrtos, or the prot

darkness was brought to light. The unfortunate daughter of Thyestes, under pretence of examining the sword, plunged it into

ὶ Κομαιθώ. Melanippus et Comætho. Artemis was worshiped at Patræ under the name of Triclaria. Her priestess was always a

he Chians, aware of his intention, concealed the object of his search under the ground, and Oriôn unable to find him retired

ia, the daughter of the offender, that maiden was brought to the camp under the pretence of being married to Achilleus. As th

egend said, had risen up, a babe in form, an aged man in wisdom, from under the soil before the plough of a peasant of Tarqui

sacrifice on the nones of July. At this sacrifice, which was offered under a wild fig tree (caprificus), of which tree the m

as the patroness of arts and industry, and all the mental powers were under her care2295. She was the deity of schools : her

Pallas-Athene. The temple or chapel of Minerva on the Capitol was under the same roof with those of Jupiter and Juno, to

, thus corresponding with the Grecian Demeter. Her temple at Rome was under the care of the ædiles, as she was the goddess of

unknown deity being found in the Cloaca, it was consecrated to Venus, under the name of Cloacina. There was at Rome a temple

“a temple was dedicated to Venus on this day, and gardens are placed under her protection2324.” Perhaps it may form a presum

with some remarks on Ossian. 47. We shall frequently find ourselves under the necessity of differing in opinion with this e

hymn to Hermes (v. 22. 70. seq.) the herds of the gods fed in Pieria under the care of Apollo. 644. Il. xxiii. 287. 645. I

εμμάτων ὸ θεὸς says the Scholiast) ; and he was worshiped at Coroneia under the title of ἐπιμήλιο (Paus. ix. 31, 3.). 858. T

liest instance on record is that of Joseph and Potiphar's wife ; and, under the names of Yoosuf and Zooleikha, their adventur

nt derivations of the same name. 1888. There was a temple of Athena under this name at Corinth, Paus. ii. 4, 1, 5 ; and Pos

es. The oak and the olive were sacred to Jove. Jupiter is represented under the figure of a majestic man, with a venerable be

d was implacable in her anger. The ancients, however, represented her under different characters. The Romans had a mild Juno,

he rainbow intimated God’s goodness, for they personified this meteor under the figure of Iris, who was the messenger of peac

d whom we worship is infinitely wise. The heathens personified Wisdom under the character of Minerva. Solomon, the wise Hebre

ddle age, clothed in polished armour, and after them proceeded youths under twenty years of age. The young persons were of bo

ythologists say, that Isis and Ceres are the same goddess, worshipped under those different names, in different countries in

leusis. It was pretended that those \w\\o enjoyed this privilege were under the immediate protection of the goddess, and not

yptians called her Isis. Among the Greeks Diana or Phebe was honoured under three different characters, as a goddess of heave

o keep in awe the shadowy multitudes of ghosts. Diana was represented under the figure of a very tall and beautiful young vir

er in the Pantheon, or temple of all the gods. Pomona was represented under the form of a beautiful young woman sitting upon

o frighten away birds and thieves. The eastern nations worshipped him under the name of Baal-Peor. Pales was the goddess of

is honour, and prescribed the form of his worship. He was represented under the form of an immovable rock. Milk, cakes, and f

, he is said to be the son of Jupiter and Calista. He was represented under the form of a satyr, half man and half goat, hold

s Osiris, and the moon as Isis, and the several parts of the universe under various names, and they adored the whole collecti

universe under various names, and they adored the whole collectively, under a figure of half man and half other animals. To t

re esteemed as the guardians of houses; were worshipped by the Romans under the figure of small images of human form, and wer

sel, and in the other, a horn of plenty. Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. The Genii presided over the

ing the heat of the summer, and revived the flowers when they fainted under the sun’s rays. Zephyr was married to Flora, the

s of black worsted. The Fates were represented as three women bending under the weight of years. Clotho wore a robe of variou

he temple of Apollo, at Delphi, was sentenced to hell, and was placed under a vast stone, which was suspended over his head,

ded to hell for that object. Cerberus, at sight of Hercules, crouched under the throne of Pluton, but the hero was permitted

, Flight, Paleness, Discord; all these were personified, and honoured under their respective emblems, or appropriate represen

, and committed him to the care of his wife. He was afterwards placed under the tuition of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus,

r the tuition of Chiron, the Centaur. At Epidaurus, he was worshipped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that o

idaurus, he was worshipped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that of an old man, holding a staff encircled by

ontention among the gods. Health. The Greeks worshipped health under the name of Hygeia. The Romans call her Salus. Sh

er what forms were Envy and Discord personified? By what nations, and under what names was Health worshipped? Who was Somnus?

ke some of his illustrious contemporaries, his education was finished under Chiron the Centaur. Hercules was bred up at Thebe

d to offer them as sacrifices to some god, resolved to put themselves under the protection of Etes, King of Colchis The poets

onsented to be governed in this manner, and they soon became so happy under his regulations, that peaceable people from other

e of Polyphemus, and narrowly escaped with his life, by tying himself under the body of a sheep, which carried him out of the

rs, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord under her arm, somewhat resembling the cornucopia, or h

as to merit a vegetable, or even a mineral prison. Yamen is described under the double character of the Greek Furies. He is i

? ——— The Hindus pay adoration to the Sun and Moon The sun is adored under the name of Surya. Surya is represented as riding

e of the pagoda, upon an elevated altar, encompassed with iron rails, under a magnificent dome. So vast was the number of pil

that contains Finland, Sweden, Norway — which countries, comprehended under one name, ancient Scandinavia, and were inhabited

d was represented as consisting of nine vast regions of ice, situated under the north pole. Near its eastern gate reposed the

e the Druids. The Druids were held in such veneration that the people under their influence dared not disobey them in any thi

acrifice. Human victims were frequently offered by those who laboured under disease, or were about to go to battle. Upon impo

n and moon appear to have been the chief objects of Egyptian worship, under various forms and names; but the crocodile, the d

constant opposition to Typhon, the author of evil. Osiris was adored under the form of the ox Apis. Isis, the consort of Os

y. Anubis was the faithful companion of Osiris and Isis, represented under the figure of a man with a dog’s head. Serapis w

under the figure of a man with a dog’s head. Serapis was worshipped under various names and attributes, as a tutelary god o

e another. The ancient Mexicans had a Golden Age, which was commenced under the instructions of a good king, who kept his peo

sorry as one may feel for the misfortunes which they have experienced under the dominion of the Spaniards, the abolition of h

The Peruvians are said to have worshipped the sun, moon, and the sea, under different names. They did not practice the barbar

hold the Greeks and barbarians, those in prosperity, as well as those under calamities and afflictions, prostrating themselve

he exploits of Samson, appear to have been celebrated by the heathens under the deluge of Deucalion, the wars of the giants w

finally laid in the dust by the Roman army, when Jerusalem was taken under Titus, A. D. 70. We read in the New Testament, th

inisters of religion. The Altar of Burnt-Offering and the Laver stood under the open sky. The sacred vestments of the High-Pr

which we still find in all the dialects and national idioms comprised under the name of Aryan or Semitic,” which includes ove

had received the obolus, or fare, which the ancients carefully placed under the tongue of the dead, that they might not be de

with fifty heads and one hundred hands, who was imprisoned by Jupiter under Mount Etna. See Briareus. Æ′gis [Ægis], the shie

, and Phœbus. The Greeks called him Agineus, because the streets were under his guardianship, and he was called Pythius from

was given to the fifty heroes who sailed to Colchis in the ship Argo, under the command of Jason, to fetch the Golden Fleece.

ldren is Hymen, the god of marriage. Bacchus is sometimes referred to under the names of Dionysius, Biformis, Brisæus, Iacchu

led Magna Mater. She was wife of Saturn. She is sometimes referred to under the names of Ceres, Rhea, Ops, and Vesta. She is

eir wars with the giants. Several other wonderful feats are mentioned under other headings, as Antæus, Cacus, etc. His death

y made war against heaven. Jupiter was worshiped with great solemnity under various names by most of the heathen nations. The

nged with Apollo for the Caduceus. There was also an Egyptian Mercury under the name of Thoth, or Thaut, who is credited with

nished with the greatest severity. She is referred to by some writers under the name of Adrasteia. The Romans always sacrific

he animal being a horse, and the hind-half a dolphin. Ships were also under his protection, and whenever he appeared on the o

Nuptia′lis [Nuptialis]. A title of Juno. When the goddess was invoked under this name the gall of the victim was taken out an

say they were as few as sixteen. The principal of them are mentioned under their respective names, as Amphitrite, Doris, Met

e sun, the source of warmth, life, and fruitfulness; he was worshiped under the form of a sacred bull, named Apis.          

                                “... After these appeared A crew who, under names of old renown, Osiris, Isis, Orus, and thei

rsuasion, daughter of Mercury and Venus. She is sometimes referred to under the name of Suada. Plants, see Demogorgon. Plea

husband of Proserpine, daughter of Ceres. He is sometimes referred to under the name Dis, and he personifies hell. His princi

mini. His Greek name was Polydeuces. Castor and Pollux are also known under the name of Dioscuri, the presiding deities of pu

rinus]. A name given to Mars during wartime; Virgil refers to Jupiter under the same name. Quoit, see Hyacinthus. R R

inst the gods, but was crushed by Jove’s thunderbolts, and imprisoned under Mount Etna. “... Typhon huge, ending in snaky tw

(see Helen, Paris, and Troy). Venus is mentioned by the classic poets under the names of Aphrodite, Cypria, Urania, Astarte,

aturn and Cybele, was the goddess of the hearth and its fire. She had under her special care and protection a famous statue o

inguished. They were always selected from the best families, and were under a solemn vow of chastity, and compelled to live p

ic Harpocrates). Virtue. A goddess worshiped by most of the ancients under various names. The way to the temple of honor was

Yg′dra′sil [Ygdrasil]. The famous ash-tree of Scandinavian mythology, under which the gods held daily council. Y′mir [Ymir].

ists from Phrygia*, in Asia Minor, in which country she was worshiped under the name of Cybele. The people of Crete adored he

ees become leafless, they poetically expressed this process of nature under the figure of a lost love. She was said to have b

with a lyre; Zethus, with a club. Leda*, whose affections Zeus gained under the form of a swan, was the mother of four childr

cients. The moon-goddess of antiquity was very frequently represented under the figure of a heifer; and Isis herself, the Egy

ularity of the moon’s course, inexplicable as it was to the ancients, under the guise of mental disorder. In the south-east —

pleasures of the chase, who had made a vow never to marry, but Zeus, under the form of the huntress-goddess, succeeded in ga

Gæa presented to Hera a tree laden with golden apples. It was placed under the charge of the Hesperides at the foot of Mount

eidon was a son of Chronos and Rhea. He was god of the sea, as having under his control the forces that affect its movements

n tamed the horse for the use of mankind. In Arcadia he was worshiped under the name of Hippios*. As a punishment for joining

to a future state then prevailed with the Romans, who worshiped Aides under the name of Pluto, his other appellations being D

e indispensable toll, which was a small coin (obolus), usually placed under the tongue of a dead person for that purpose. All

of morning creeping over the sky. As this reveals the evil deeds done under cover of night, so the lovely Dawn, or Erinnys, c

cover of night, so the lovely Dawn, or Erinnys, came to be regarded, under one aspect, as the terrible detector and avenger

y, they appear in a milder and more kindly guise. So long as men were under the dominion of the law of retaliation, — the dre

en possession of this sanctuary, they were venerated by the Athenians under the name of Semnae* (venerable), or Eumenides* (b

blight, drought, and famine. The island of Sicily was supposed to be under her special protection, and there she was regarde

s deity was regarded with a much greater degree of veneration in Rome under the appellation of Mars, or Mavors*. Among the ea

at Athens, bringing sacrifices consisting of oxen that had never been under the yoke, rams, cows, and lambs. The prizes in th

e more ancient temples of this goddess in Cyprus, she was represented under the form of a rude, conical stone; but the Grecia

man, Diana*; Egyptian, Bubastis*. Artemis was worshiped by the Greeks under various appellations. Thus she is known as the Ar

cattle of the gods which fed in Pieria, at the foot of Mount Olympus, under the care of Apollo. At the door of the cavern he

was on this account identified with the Greek Dionysus, and worshiped under the name of Bacchus. His festival, called Liberal

om that of Castalia. The Romans venerated a number of fountain-nymphs under the name of Camenæ*. The Roman writers seem to ha

servation. Far more extensive was the worship of this goddess at Rome under the name of Victoria. Her chief shrine was on the

sonified the fluctuations of fortune. She was worshiped by the Romans under the name of Fortuna*. Servius* Tullius erected a

the builders of towns. The Theban* Legends. Cadmus*. Zeus, under the form of a white bull, carried Europa, daughte

h she sprung into the sea. The gods made them deities of the sea, Ino under the name of Leucothea* and Melicertes under that

m deities of the sea, Ino under the name of Leucothea* and Melicertes under that of Palæmon*. In consequence of the misfortun

nsued equally fatal to both parties. Hippomedon and Parthenopæus fell under the swords of the enemy; Capaneus, who had mounte

ger to hold their city, followed the advice of Teresias, and withdrew under the cover of darkness. The aged Tiresias expired

ilky Way, on which the gods walk. Heracles grew up in Thebes, and was under the care of the best preceptors. Linus* taught hi

rried to Æthra, before leaving Trœzen concealed his sword and sandals under a rock, and told Æthra that, if her child should

otwithstanding the entreaties of his father, Ægeus. The ship departed under black sails, as usual. Theseus promised his fathe

ed his father as king of Athens. He united the twelve towns of Attica under one government, renewed the Isthmian Games, and i

ade them tame and obedient. Without resistance, they bent their necks under the yoke, permitting Jason to put them to the plo

us, with bands of willow, had linked them together three abreast, and under each centre one had secured one of his companions

daughter of the sun. Landing here, Odysseus sent one-half of his crew under the command of Eurylochus*, to see what prospect

clamorous than ever. At the suggestion of Athene, who accompanied him under the form of a man named Mentor, Telemachus had go

o. A conflict ensued, in which Eupithes was slain by Laertes. Athene, under the form of Mentor, assisted Odysseus. Zeus thund

Trojans who were willing to go in search of new settlements, embarked under the command of Æneas. They first landed on the ne

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

ack, on his forehead a white triangle, on his back an eagle, a beetle under his tongue, and the hair of his tail double.” Ovi

led to the deserts of Kerman and to Hindustan, where they still exist under the name of Parsees*, a name derived from Pars, t

; to destroy, according to Indian philosophy, being only to reproduce under another form. The Avatars* of Vishnu are incarna

he order and laws of nature, and investigated and taught to the youth under their charge many things concerning the stars and

nd. These sacred circles were generally situated near some stream, or under the shadow of a grove or wide-spreading oak. In t

s on the summits of hills. They were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun. There can be no doubt that

l-all,’ and having made solemn preparation for feasting and sacrifice under the tree, they drive thither two milk-white bulls

ry. He brandishes the thunder in his right hand; giants lie prostrate under his feet, and an eagle stands at his side. Jupite

led in eloquence. The Greeks worshipped him as the patron of orators, under the name of Hermes. Mercury was also the inventor

Osiris, king of Egypt; she was afterwards worshipped in that country under the name of Isis. The statues of Mercury were sim

the leaders in this act, which was considered to have been performed under a divine impulse. Ques. What was the punishment

and of Delos formerly floated in the sea, and was at that time hidden under the waters. Neptune, pitying the forlorn state of

y of an insult offered to this goddess. The Greeks personified Night, under the name of Latona; hence she was said to have be

sess the gift of prophecy. The divinity worshipped by the Roman women under the name of Bona Dea, or Good Goddess, is believe

s. Ques. What famous action is related of Pan? Ans. When the Gauls, under their King Brennus, made an irruption into Greece

], and as spirits were supposed to be subject to her, she was invoked under the latter name in all magical incantations. Que

t to mingle his current with hers, but Diana opened for her a passage under the sea, and she rose in the island of Ortygia, i

Neptune endowed them both with immortality. Ino became a sea-goddess under the name of Leucothea, while Melicertes was worsh

and a hundred hands. According to the ancient poets, he is imprisoned under Mount Etna, and whenever he tries to move he caus

much frequented by the Roman matrons. The second of these was founded under peculiar circumstances. Virginia, the daughter of

Was Fortune honored as a goddess? Ans. Yes, the ancients worshipped under this name, a certain unseen power which was suppo

vised new means to destroy him. She persuaded Jupiter to put Hercules under the authority of Eurystheus [Eurys′theus], king o

e the young hero, but in vain; and the tribute ship departed as usual under black sails, which Theseus promised his father to

d obtain was the choice of a grave. If he desired to be laid on shore under the green turf, they would carry his lifeless bod

e remains of Polynices exposed to the dogs and vultures, and forbade, under pain of death, that any one should bestow on him

ar after the destruction of Troy, the remnant of the Trojans embarked under the guidance of Æneas in search of new settlement

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

or Pythia was appointed to preside. The words which she uttered when under the influence of the vapor were considered to be

ts, sacrifices and purifications before she ascended the tripod. When under the influence of the mysterious vapor, her hair s

ten million dollars. Still later Delphi was threatened by the Gauls, under their king Brennus. According to Pausanias, the c

ees west of Cairo. The temple is said to have been founded by Bacchus under the following circumstances. While marching throu

s [Hammo′des] from Hammon or Ammon, sand, the god was worshipped here under this title, and was always represented as having

oke by the mouths of the possessed, and none were more likely to fall under this demoniac influence than the priests and othe

he back, a white crescent on the right side, and the mark of a beetle under the tongue. The priests always succeeded in findi

were applied to distinct deities. Ques. Where was the Sun worshipped under the name of Baal or Bel (the Lord)? Ans. In Baby

rs have imagined that the Chaldeans and Babylonians worshipped Nimrod under the name of Belus, but it is generally believed t

arture from Egypt, since Moses in many places forbids the Israelites, under pain of death, to dedicate their children to Molo

ssuming that the demons or fallen angels received the worship of men, under the names of different heathen divinities, he thu

efused to embrace the Koran fled to Hindostan, where they still exist under the name of Parsees. At Bombay they are an active

Is there much distinction between the castes? Ans. Yes; they cannot under any circumstances intermarry; nor can a member of

together. The Sudras may eat every kind but beef, but the Pariahs are under no restriction whatever. The idea seems to be tha

over his hammer, but the giant Thrym had buried it eight fathoms deep under the rocks of Jotunheim. Loki undertook to negotia

ell, and Hermod rode over it fearlessly, although it shook and swayed under his living weight. He passed the night in discour

ese schools, as well as those for boys, directed by the priests, were under the strictest discipline. Ordinary faults were pu

ame did the Peruvians give to this Supreme deity? Ans. He was adored under the different names of Pachacamac and Viracocha.

the present site of Lima, having been erected before the country came under the sway of the Incas. It seems probable, therefo

f the Sun. At the festival of Raymi, the sacred fire was obtained, as under the reign of Numa, by means of a concave mirror o

Sun. They were taken from their families at an early age, and placed under the care of elderly matrons, who instructed them

s Aurelius, but with far different success. This Emperor was too much under the influence of the heathen philosophers whom he

could have followed so many different avocations, filled high offices under different emperors, and yet have found time for s

ar, proscribed by Antony, and passed his later years in literary ease under the protection of Augustus. Speaking of Varro, St

lm groves of the Eumenides, or the fountain where Proserpine vanished under ground with Pluto; or the laurelled mountain Parn

a bore the Cyclops, three of whom became servants to Vulcan, forging, under his direction, the thunderbolts of the great Jove

represented sometimes on a flying chariot, and sometimes on a throne, under the figure of an old and bearded man, severe in a

he fable is also an image of the operations which nature accomplishes under the influence of time. He did not devour Jupiter,

img013 In the mythology of every country, this Deity is found, though under various names. She is represented with keys in he

_img014 Such of them as forgot their vow, were placed in a large hole under the earth, where a bed was placed, with a little

ty in flight, and hid themselves in Egypt, where they obtained refuge under various forms: from the different disguises they

hen good Saturn banished from above Was driven to hell, the world was under Jove. Succeeding times a silver age behold, Excel

ed to long even for a drop of water. Jupiter presented himself to him under the form of a battering-ram, and striking the ear

the deed, erected a temple to his benefactor in the deserts of Lybia, under the name of Jupiter Ammon, i. e. — sandy. By this

ble to be refused, and Io became the property of Juno, who placed her under the control of the hundred-eyed Argus: but Jupite

is offered to Phœbus, as the sun, is due also to Apollo; and indeed, under both titles is he addressed by ancients, as well

as in the book appears, By Phœbus was endowed with ass’s ears, Which under his long locks he well concealed; As monarch’s vi

ssor he went, And told her what a gift the Gods had sent: But told it under matrimonial seal, With strict injunction never to

ing fit returns again!’” Ovid. The story of Phaeton, (son of Apollo under the name of Phœbus) is as follows: Venus becoming

mented by the sculls of goats, are sculptured some figures of mœnads, under the inspiration of the ‌God. Nothing can be conce

een,     If destitute of thee?” Horace. The Cnidians worshipped her under the name of Venus Acræa, of Doris, and of Euploca

ven by the former, for attempting to assist the queen of Olympus when under her husband’s displeasure. The whirlwind employed

le grove, the God being extended in the attitude of a sleeping child, under the title of L’Amore Dominatore. “They built a t

count of this important Deity, than by the following epigram, written under one of his statues. “Whoe’er thou art, thy maste

to which Minerva had granted the olive tree, and which she had taken under her protection. She was adored at Troy by the tit

dored at Troy by the title of Pallas, and her statue guarded the city under the name of Palladium. Some authors maintain that

se hadst thou seen me sink on yonder plain, Heaped round, and heaving under loads of slain, Or pierced with Grecian darts, fo

The name of Pluto, as god of the kingdom of hell, and whatever is under the earth, where ————— “Cerberus, the cruel worm

tablished, particularly in Arcadia, and his statue was usually placed under the shadow of a pine-tree. Upon his altars were l

wer of spreading terror and confusion when he pleased. The Gauls, who under Brennus, invaded Greece, when on the point of pil

ersuaded his subjects that the limits of their lands and states, were under the immediate inspection of heaven. His temple wa

to lift up my heel, And questioned his face with wide eyes, but when under My lids he saw tears, — for I wept at his wonder,

bough in one hand, and apples in the other. Vertumnus is represented under the figure of a young man, crowned with various p

the waves of the sea. He often holds a pike in his hand, whilst ships under sail appear at a distance, or a sea monster stand

hands, And strain her tender limbs with knotted bands; Still hold her under every distant shape, Till tired, she tries no lon

3 Æolus, god of the winds, reigned in the Vulcanean islands, and was under the power of Neptune, who allowed him to give lib

ded her as her messengers. Sometimes she is seen holding two children under her arms, one of which is dark like night, and th

and a net with which she envelopes her victims. Statuaries carve her under the form of a large skeleton, armed with a scythe

and iron, and she was placed among the constellations of the Zodiac, under the name of Virgo. She is represented as a maiden

ion Jupiter rewarded by turning the two brothers into constellations, under the name of Gemini. Sparta, celebrated in honour

Her tender cheeks, and secret grief betrayed; As fire, that sleeping under ashes lies, Fresh blown and roused, does up in bl

s, and Autolycus to drive a chariot; after this, he perfected himself under the tuition of the Centaur, Chiron. When in the e

l Perseus entrusted to them. His rising genius and great courage fell under the displeasure of Polydectes, who feared, lest t

uld have claimed the reward of his infamy, he threw him into the sea, under pretext of punishing his negligence. Insérer imag

his eye. Ulysses had provided for their escape, for fastening himself under the stomach of a sheep when it was going to the f

en on shore, to discover what place it was, but Circe gave them drink under pretence of refreshing them, which transformed th

e. The great Apelles has represented her, in his painting of Calumny, under the appearance of a modest female; in her hand is

sensual pleasures, and had a temple at Rome, where she was worshipped under the title of Volupia. Calumny and Envy are

ty, and been refused by the inhabitants of the village, sought refuge under their humble roof. Unaccustomed to visitors, they

their persecutors, and agreed to meet outside the walls of the city, under the mulberry tree which grew there, and then to c

This the lioness smeared with blood, and then disappeared, leaving it under the trysting tree. In a short time Pyramus arrive

, in all of which he was so successful, that Jobates imagined he was ‌ under the protection of the gods, and gave him the hand

the spirit passes from one form to another. To be born, is to appear under a new shape; to die, is to appear no longer under

born, is to appear under a new shape; to die, is to appear no longer under the same form. But, as it is impossible to disown

he being from whom the enormous number of followers take their stand, under the title of Bouddhism, and with whom ‌christiani

allegories equally new and beautiful. This deity is adored in India, under a great number of names, Camdeo, however, being t

names, Camdeo, however, being the one by which he is best known, and under which he is most worshipped. “What potent god fr

d to belong to Mars, to Hercules, and to Mercury. They worshipped him under the form of a dart, when they sought his aid in b

him under the form of a dart, when they sought his aid in battle, and under that of an oak, when they endeavoured to inspire

in the valley of Cholula. The air, commerce, war, and divination were under his control; and it was through him that the rema

but a small part in the public affairs; and it is forbidden to them, under very severe penalties, to enter the capital. On g

to Sir Lewis Morris and others whose works have similarly been placed under contribution. Chapter I: The Beginning My

ed Tartarus, and there chained them fast. This chasm was situated far under the earth; and Uranus knew that his six sons (Oce

signally defeated, and bound with adamantine chains in a burning cave under Mount Ætna. In early times, before he had become

en earthquake shoots through all the isle, And Ætna thunders dreadful under ground, Then pours cut smoke in wreathing curls c

es the sun’s bright orb, and blots out day.” Addison. Enceladus under Mount Ætna. B. Picart. Jupiter had now conquered

days of their union were spent in blissful wanderings, hand in hand, under the cool forest shade; in weaving garlands of fra

orne the title of the Golden Age, and the people in Italy then throve under the wise rule of good old Saturn, or Cronus. Unfo

Europa. In silence the fair weavers worked, and their webs grew apace under their practised fingers. The assembled gods, the

he assembled gods, the horse, the olive tree, seemed to live and move under Minerva’s flashing shuttle. “Emongst these leave

owed to leave the palace, was again charged not to reveal the secret, under penalty of immediate death. But a secret is diffi

ial servants of the Muses, believed that the latter had taken Comatas under their special care, and thereafter treated him wi

when she heard that her seven sons, her pride and delight, had fallen under Apollo’s shafts, and that they now lay cold and s

his side. To divert her suspicions, he began to talk of archery, and, under the pretext of testing her skill as a markswoman,

tings; so they made an appointment to meet on a certain day and hour, under a white mulberry tree, just without the city gate

o fashion the image of a lovely woman. The statue became so beautiful under his practised hand that even before it was entire

The Queen of Heaven then departed, taking Io with her, and placed her under the surveillance of Argus, one of her servants, w

-wolf, were found and adopted by a shepherd. Romulus and Remus throve under this man’s kind care, and grew up strong and fear

the magistrates slew Romulus, cut his body into pieces, and hid them under their wide togas. When the light returned, and th

lous population that Romulus was to be henceforth worshipped as a god under the name of Quirinus, and gave orders for the ere

al. Yearly festivals in Romulus’ honour were ever after held in Rome, under the name of Quirinalia. Well pleased with the new

he new city of Rome and its turbulent, lawless citizens, Mars took it under his special protection; and once, when a plague w

er us!” A common superstition among the Roman soldiery was that Mars, under the name of Gradivus, marched in person at the he

led an obolus, the ferryman’s fare, which the ancients carefully laid under the tongue of the dead, that they might pass on t

d dark lines were intermingled. Lachesis, the second, twisted it; and under her fingers it was now strong, now weak. “Twist

overhanging rock, which momentarily threatened to fall and crush him under its mass: “He was doomed to sit under a huge sto

reatened to fall and crush him under its mass: “He was doomed to sit under a huge stone, Which the father of the gods Kept o

uest she chose to make. A lover is not very likely to weigh his words under such circumstances, and Jupiter took the most sol

onged fork, struck the earth such a mighty blow that a crevice opened under his feet, through which horses and chariot plunge

rous during the six favourable months of the year, and lurking hidden under the cold ground during the remainder of the time.

ity and fidelity to their patroness, and to maintain her sacred fire, under penalty of being buried alive in a vaulted chambe

the illustrious ancestors of different families were often worshipped under this name. As for the Penates, they presided over

ked the hideous Nightmares. The Dreams were often despatched to earth under Mercury’s charge, to visit mortals. Two gates led

, Theseus encountered Procrustes (The Stretcher), a cruel giant, who, under pretext of entertainment, deluded travellers into

ned the short bed, and the superfluous length of limb were lopped off under the self-same pretext. Taking Procrustes quite un

pted feast. Unnoticed by all, Ariadne slipped out of the palace, and, under cover of the darkness, entered the prison where T

tus. Shortly after this joyful event, the Amazons invaded his country under pretext of rescuing their kidnapped queen, and in

owful life, and every day he wandered down to the shore, where he sat under the shade of the Argo’s hulk, which was slowly ro

       Their steeds were white as snow.” Macaulay. Their appearance under certain circumstances foretold success in war, an

ng prince grew up in total ignorance of the unfortunate circumstances under which he had made his first appearance at court,

arrow escapes from certain death convinced Iobates that the youth was under the special protection of the gods; and this indu

y trees in the forest and along the roadside were supposed to be each under the protection of a special divinity called Hamad

e except her sweet, tear-stained face; but this too would soon vanish under the all-involving bark. She therefore took hasty

thful Œnone, and, joining a band of youthful shepherds, went to Troy, under pretext of witnessing a solemn festival. There he

l advised by Venus, Paris soon expressed a desire to sail for Greece, under the pretext of rescuing Hesione, his father’s sis

to prevent his going, sent him off to the court of Lycomedes, where, under some pretext, he was prevailed upon to assume a d

ter, discovering this intention, helped him to escape, and placed him under the fatherly protection of Strophius, King of Pho

e; but they had not gone very far before they met the natives, seated under their favourite trees, banqueting on their sweet

ming and courteously ask his assistance. They had moored their vessel under an overhanging cliff, where no one would be likel

yielded to his first appeal, joyfully joined him, and sat beside him under the shade of some great rock, listening to his te

s, meanwhile, having observed this manoeuvre, fastened his companions under the rams, reserving one for his own use, and watc

impossible not to fall an easy prey to the other. Charybdis’ den lay under a rock crowned with a single wild fig-tree; and t

o informed them that they had landed upon the Libyan coast, which was under the sway of Dido, a fugitive from Tyre. Dido’s hu

nd sternly forbade their taking any active part in the coming strife, under penalty of his severe displeasure. Æneas and his

t of view. The nearest approach to primitive intelligence which comes under our immediate observation is the working of the m

which we still find in all the dialects and national idioms comprised under the name of Aryan or Semitic”; that is to say, in

n depicting ever since. Another personification of the sky, this time under the nocturnal and starry aspect, is Argus, whose

when Proserpina (the spring or vegetation) returned from her sojourn under the ground, people said “that the daughter of the

nis conveyed to. 88. En-cel′a-dus. Giant defeated by Jupiter; buried under Mt. Etna, 13. En-dym′i-on. Youth loved by Diana,

, 219, 220 Scyl′la. Sea nymph changed to monster by Circe. She lived under rock of same name, 314, 315, 327 Scy′ros. Island

irst in Hades, 59, 73, 143; significance, 353. 354 Tar′ta-rus. Abyss under the earth, where the Titans, &c, were confine

ng and singing among the flowers, with her young companions. Way down under the earth, in the land of the dead, lived dark Ki

most of you have already tried giving some call when you are passing under a bridge, in order to hear the queer little spiri

uch I wonder     That you, in your hiding place, On the shady hill or under ,     Things you never knew can trace!            

n her cheeks and her breath coming very fast. And such beauty as grew under her skillful fingers! You could almost see the bi

in his work; till, in a short time, the whole earth was out of sight under a vast sea, and all the wicked people were drowne

young girls, gathering flowers as she went along, when suddenly from under a cluster of leaves, a serpent darted out with a

eir hot limbs, and drink the cooling water, and lie on the soft grass under the trees. No one ever dared to enter these quiet

t him his life. When he had passed the gates of the city, he sat down under a tree by the roadside and began to think very so

ared and hated the cruel king. Perseus chose a better ruler for them, under whom they lived in peace and happiness. Perseus k

ery; for he had a restless spirit, which made him chafe night and day under the chains that bound him. The king at last took

, using all his strength, easily raised the heavy stone and took from under it the sword and the sandals. Then, bidding his m

wield the flail of the lashing hail,     And whiten the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve it in rain,     And la

spot by the side of a stream. The stag was resting on the soft grass, under a tree, and Cyparissus stood a little way off, pr

isappeared from view. Glaucus sighed and slowly swam back to his home under the sea. The next day he came again to the spot,

mals hurried into places of shelter when they felt the ground tremble under his angry step, and the little birds stopped sing

ipped beneath the waters and so escaped, but the shepherd was crushed under the heavy weight. Yet Acis did not die, for the g

the gods changed him into a stream of we.cer, which gushed forth from under the rock. At first it was red and looked like blo

ure as crystal, it sprang into the sea and joined Galatea in her cave under the waters; and there the gentle youth and the wh

dead. The earthquakes proved that she could move, if she would. Down under the earth, where the sun never shines, the Greeks

s. The noise of fighting was so loud that it disturbed even the world under the earth. When the strife was at an end, Pluto,

n. He had never seen anything so beautiful in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth. The grim, rough old god was in love wi

alled Titans. They were children of old Mother Earth, who is so quiet under our feet, and they were bold and strong. They did

ied with the fearful speed. He felt only the car bounding and tossing under him as the mad steeds rushed ahead. Then Jupiter

g just above the hilltops. Cities and rivers and great forests passed under him all the day, but in the evening he came to th

re is the head of the Gorgon Medusa.” With that he drew the head from under his mantle and held it up before Polydectes’ face

hey came to the stone. “When you can raise this stone and get what is under it, you may go,” she said. Theseus took hold of i

anger, for I will save you from this danger also.” Then she took from under her cloak a skein of thread, as fine and delicate

shepherd youth. He was a son of old King Priam, but he had been born under such an evil omen that, for the safety of the kin

and because of the beauty of Paris, he gave no heed to the evil omen under which the youth had been born, but took him to li

g ruins. Of all its brave inhabitants, only a few remained, and they, under the leadership of Æneas, were now hiding in the f

voice, but Ulysses answered’: “We are Greeks. For ten years we fought under King Agamemnon at Troy, and now, when we thought

days to grief. On the third day Ulysses sent half of his ship’s crew, under Eurylochus, to explore the island. The men had no

the Phæacians put the sleeping Ulysses ashore and piled up his gifts under the olive tree near him. Minerva, goddess of wisd

f Paris with Helen, 177; laid waste and destroyed by the Grecian army under Agamemnon, 211. Ulys΄ses. The wise warrior of th

up, and bore her over the dark blue waters, and laid her gently down under some flowering myrtle trees in the garden whither

to make thee my wife; but you must never see me. We must always meet under cover of the night, and then you must never attem

elds, and boys and girls performing some useful work in the open air, under shady trees; and all these people loved and honou

cts, a small space enclosed around the temple by a slight paling, and under the portico which formed the front, she saw the g

eus, the river-god saw, and pursued me. Diana opened a passage for me under the sea, when I fled from him, and emerged here i

out the supper table; one leg was broken, hut she put a smooth stone under it, and made the table stand even, and then she r

ater, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and

len from there by some pirates. He was seen by them, as he lay asleep under a tree, near the seaside, from a place where they

ne day or other she should be able to repay them. ——— Perseus grew up under the protection of Polydectes; he learned all that

ed with Cassiope, and because she was a queen, laid her whole kingdom under water. The poor people, to escape from the inunda

d Argus in his power, he drew forth a cemetery which he had concealed under his cloak, and with one blow severed his head fro