father, Anchises, on his shoulders, while his son, Ascanius, and his wife Creusa, clung to his garments. He saved them all

es and brother of Menelaus. He was king of the Argives. His brother’s wife was the famous Helen, daughter of Tyndarus, king

also took a prominent part in the Trojan War. Alces′tis [Alcestis], wife of Admetus, who, to save her husband’s life, died

ally defeated them, and gave Hippolyte, their queen, to Theseus for a wife . The race seems to have been exterminated after t

ll obeyed.” Elphinston. Amphitri′te [Amphitrite] (or Salatia), the wife of Neptune, was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

eda [Andromeda], the daughter of Cepheus, king of the Ethiopians, was wife of Perseus, by whom she was rescued when she was

ic′lea [Anticlea], the mother of Ulysses. Anti′ope [Antiope] was the wife of Lycus, King of Thebes. Jupiter, disguised as a

fter him, and so is the Atlantic Ocean. He had seven daughters by his wife Pleione, they were called by one common name, Ple

fe Pleione, they were called by one common name, Pleiades; and by his wife Æthra he had seven more, who were, in the same ma

ster called the Chimæra. Bello′na [Bellona], the goddess of war, and wife of Mars. The 24th March was called Bellona’s Day,

atified near a statue of the goddess. Cly′temnes′tra [Clytemnestra], wife of Agamemnon, slew her husband and married Ægisth

ybele]. The mother of the gods, and hence called Magna Mater. She was wife of Saturn. She is sometimes referred to under the

ver, The, see Apaturia. Deiani′ra [Deianira], daughter of Œneus, was wife of Hercules. See Hercules. De′lius [Delius], a n

alion], one of the demi-gods, son of Prometheus and Pyrra. He and his wife , by making a ship, survived the deluge which Jupi

o is said to have suggested to Numa all his wise laws. She became his wife , and at his death was so disconsolate, and shed s

of the Gorgons, daughter of Phorcus and Ceto. Euryd′ice [Eurydice], wife of Orpheus, who was killed by a serpent on her we

ss of pastures). Flo′ra [Flora], goddess of flowers and gardens, was wife of Zephyrus. She enjoyed perpetual youth. Her Gre

orch, a sword, and a lance in each right hand. Hec′uba [Hecuba]. The wife of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Paris. Take

stole her, but she was restored by Castor and Pollux. She became the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, but eloped with Pari

e peculiar to some district. In′dra [Indra]. The Hindoo Jupiter; his wife was Indrant, who presides over the winds and thun

′nus [Innus]. A name of Pan, the same as Incubus. In′o [Ino], second wife of Athamas, King of Thebes, father of Phryxus and

o wander from place to place till she came to Egypt, where she became wife of King Osiris, and won such good opinions from t

the personification of the rainbow. Iron, see Vulcan. I′sis [Isis], wife of Osiris, and a much worshiped divinity of the E

e ship Argo falling on him. Jocas′ta [Jocasta] (otherwise Epicasta), wife of Laius, King of Thebes, who in after-life marri

at enemy to new-born children. She was said to have been Adam’s first wife , but, refusing to submit to him, was turned from

Menelaus]. A Spartan king, brother of Agamemnon. The elopement of his wife Helen with Paris was the cause of the siege of Tr

name of the Centaur that was destroyed by Hercules for insulting his wife Deianira. Nessus’s blood-smeared robe proved fata

renowned as being the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; but during his absen

htheus, king of Athens. See Cephalus, her husband. Prog′ne [Progne], wife of Tereus. Commonly called Procne, whose sister w

Ceres. Pluto carried her off to the infernal regions and made her his wife . She was known by the names of “the Queen of Hell

an hold this varying Proteus fast?” Budgell. Psy′che [Psyche]. The wife of Cupid. The name is Greek, signifying the soul

′la [Scylla]. A beautiful nymph who excited the jealousy of Neptune’s wife , Amphitrite, and was changed by the goddess into

envious sorcerers and magicians. Tel′lus [Tellus]. A name of Cybele, wife of Saturn, and the Roman deity of mother-earth.

e him blind. The′ia [Theia] or Thea. A daughter of Uranus and Terra, wife of Hyperion. The′mis [Themis], a daughter of Cœl

fe of Hyperion. The′mis [Themis], a daughter of Cœlus and Terra, and wife of Jupiter, was the Roman goddess of laws, ceremo

Ti-tho′nus [Tithonus]. The husband of Aurora. At the request of his wife the gods granted him immortality, but she forgot

mpanions with wax, and fastening himself to the mast of his ship. His wife Penelope was a pattern of constancy; for, though

djudged the apple to Venus, and she inspired him with love for Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris carried off He

was no light by which he could be seen. He shared his throne with his wife , the dark goddess of Night, named Nyx or Nox, who

vert so great a calamity as the loss of his power, he hastened to his wife , determined to devour the child, and thus prevent

arrelled for the first time in their lives. Epimetheus reproached his wife in bitterest terms for her thoughtless action; bu

nce more they heard the same pitiful accents; and Epimetheus bade his wife open the box and set the speaker free, adding ver

sing flood, stood the son of Prometheus, Deucalion, with his faithful wife Pyrrha, a daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. Fro

ther of all, and the stones may be considered her bones.” Husband and wife speedily decided to act upon this premise, and co

This divine decree was reported to Alcestis, Admetus’ beautiful young wife , who in a passion of self-sacrifice offered herse

orest, and, when the evening shadows began to fall, joined his loving wife in their cosy dwelling. Her marriage gifts proved

the very midst of the thicket, and pierced the faithful bosom of his wife . Her dying moan brought him with one bound to her

off to Olympus, where he so piteously implored Jupiter to restore his wife to his longing arms, that the great god’s heart w

rmission, therefore, to go down into the Infernal Regions to seek his wife , but warned him at the same time that the underta

to, king of these realms, whereon the stern ruler sat in silence, his wife Proserpina beside him, and the relentless Fates a

rn just before he reached the earth; and as he did so the form of the wife he had so nearly snatched from the grave vanished

still murmured, “Eurydice!” for even in death he could not forget his wife ; and, as his spirit drifted on to join her, he in

pudiated by her second husband, Lycus, so that he might marry another wife by the name of Dirce, these youths hastened off t

affection for, her deformed consort, and, instead of being a faithful wife , soon deserted him, and openly declared she would

me, but, seizing a net of linked steel, went in search of his runaway wife . Stealthily he approached the lovers’ bower, and

nanimate; he besought Venus to give it life, stating that he wished a wife just like it. “O Aphrodite, kind and fair,     T

t but passionate wooing the object of his affections became his happy wife . Cupid and Psyche In those same remote ages

s usual secrecy visiting his beloved only when quite certain that his wife was asleep, and taking the further precaution of

, had but time to change the maiden beside him into a heifer, ere his wife alighted and inquired what he was doing there. Ca

his perfidy. The city was stormed and taken, the king slain, and his wife and children carried to Greece as captives. There

Amphitrite The Queen of the Ocean, Neptune’s own true and lawful wife , was a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of Dori

th such skill, that Amphitrite formally consented to become Neptune’s wife . The King of the Deep was so overjoyed at these g

e god answered every question circumstantially. Amphitrite, Neptune’s wife , — generally represented as a beautiful nude nymp

t Bacchus was first entrusted to the care of his aunt Ino, the second wife of Athamas, King of Thebes, who nursed him as ten

o goad Athamas to madness. In a fit of deluded frenzy, he pursued his wife and children as if they were wild beasts. One of

e Ceyx, King of Thessaly, was once forced to part from his beloved wife , Halcyone, to travel off to Delphi to consult the

ible regions of snow and ice, where he detained her, and made her his wife . She became the mother of Zetes and Calais, — who

is offspring into the fire, and, we are told, slew his dearly beloved wife . Then only he recovered his senses, and suffered

ther because she still refused to accede to his wishes and become his wife , he changed the importunate king into a rock by s

a trophy, gave the kingdom to the king’s brother, and, accompanied by wife and mother, returned to his native land. The borr

him, placed him among the stars, where he can still be seen, with his wife Andromeda, and mother-in-law Cassiopeia. Chap

arted he concealed his sword and sandals beneath a stone, bidding his wife remember, that, as soon as the strength of their

and heir. These instructions given, Ægeus bade a fond farewell to his wife and infant son, and returned home. As the years p

time, Theseus was still anxious to marry, and looked about him for a wife to cheer his loneliness. Suddenly he remembered t

in Thessaly, there once reigned a virtuous king, Æson, with his good wife , Alcimede. Their happiness, however, was soon dis

got to pay the promised thanks to Venus, for which offence he and his wife were severely punished by being transformed into

presence of Creon, who, although she was a relative and the promised wife of his son Hæmon, condemned her to death. “Let h

nknown to the Greeks, i.e., Silvanus, Faunus, and Fauna, the latter’s wife , who had charge over the woods and plants. Priapu

after appeared at the court of Menelaus, King of Sparta, whose young wife , Helen, was the most beautiful woman of her time,

rights of the favoured suitor, and help him regain possession of his wife should any one venture to kidnap her.           

re the king was called away from home, and departed, confiding to his wife the care of entertaining his princely guest. Duri

, and swore never to rest satisfied until he had recovered his truant wife and punished her seducer. Messengers were sent in

chilles before his departure.      “I wrote, I seal’d A letter to my wife , that she should send Her daughter, to Achilles a

d the foreign soil. When the tidings of his death reached his beloved wife , Laodamia, whom he had left in Thessaly, her hear

se; and when Mercury reappeared to lead him back to Hades, the loving wife , unable to endure a second parting, died of grief

ate Minerva and obtain her aid. Then he hastened off in search of his wife Andromache and little son Astyanax, whom he wishe

his palace deserted, and, upon questioning the women, heard that his wife had gone to the Scæan Gate, where he now drove as

y keep within the fortress here, Nor make thy child an orphan nor thy wife A widow.’      Then answered Hector, great in war

   Then answered Hector, great in war: ‘All this I bear in mind, dear wife ; but I should stand Ashamed before the men and lo

ly head dragging in the dust. Priam, Hecuba, and Andromache, Hector’s wife , were agonised spectators of this ignominious tre

eath lying in wait for them by their own fireside. Menelaus, with his wife Helen, who, in spite of the added ten years, reta

leader of the Greeks, he returned to Argos only to be murdered by his wife Clytæmnestra and her paramour Ægisthus.         

   “‘Ægisthus, bent upon my death, Plotted’ against me with my guilty wife , And bade me to his house, and slew me there, Eve

, his swineherd, and from him learned all he wished to know about his wife and son. He heard that Penelope was besieged with

seized his weapons, determined to fight to the very last. Hecuba, his wife , was clinging to him, imploring him to remain, wh

remembered that a similar fate awaited his aged father Anchises, his wife Creusa, and little son lulus, who were at home wi

e risk, one safety shall be ours. My son shall journey at my side, My wife her steps by mine shall guide, At distance safe.’

re none were missing. All were there except Creusa, his beloved young wife ; and he retraced his steps with anxious haste, ho

spread from a single centre, and either by migration, or by slave or wife stealing, or by other natural or accidental metho

e until after she has given birth to her first child, and in others a wife may not speak her husband’s name); the latter sch

has turned around too soon to look at her, and so was parted from the wife he loved so dearly.” His death in the forest, wh

ause he dared insult Juno (the queen of the blue air); while Dia, his wife , is the dawn, the counterpart of Europa, Coronis,

of Thebes, 62, 63 Am-phi-tri′te. Same as Salacia, queen of the sea; wife of Neptune, 130, 131, 133; train of, 132; signifi

ant of Apollo, 66, 85; jealousy of, 52; Tithonus loved by, 70; Æolus’ wife , 184 Aus′ter. South-west wind, same as Notus; a

Bau′cis. 1. The mortal who showed hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury; wife of Philemon, 29, 30. 2. Father of Dryope (changed

107, 274 Ce′yx. King of Thessaly; shipwrecked, and changed with his wife Halcyone into birds, 181, 182 Cha′os. The first

s or Charities; attendant of Venus, 83 Eu-ro′pa. Daughter of Agenor; wife of Jupiter, 31, 34. 42; mother of Minos, Rhadaman

f the Romans; husband of Fauna, 268 Flo′ra. Goddess of flowers, 268; wife of Zephyrus, 186 Flo-ra′li-a. Festivals in May i

2; Orestes pursued by, 300 G Gæ′a. Same as Tellus and Terra, 3; wife of Uranus, 3; reign of, 6; conspiracy of, 7; Typh

ted, 261, 262, 264 Har-mo′ni-a. Daughter of Mars and Venus, 85, 118; wife of Cadmus, 34; mother of Semele, 147 Har′pies. M

e. Goddess of youth; cupbearer of the gods, 28; daughter of Juno, 37; wife of Hercules, 207 He′brus. River in which the Bac

een by, 292; captivity of, 323 Hel′en. Daughter of Jupiter and Leda; wife of Menelaus; kidnapped by Paris, 275-277; kidnapp

Centaurs, 227 Hip-pol′y-te. Queen of the Amazons, 194, 195; Theseus’ wife , 226 Hip-pol′y-tus. Son of Theseus and Hippolyte

the Titanides; daughter of Uranus and Gæa, 6. 2. Priestess of Vesta; wife of Mars; mother of Romulus and Remus, 118, 339 I

’s sojourn in, 167; Æneas visits, 332 I’no. Same as Leucothea; second wife of Athamas; daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, 150,

y, 276; decree of, 292 Ju′no. Birth of, 10; flight of, 12; Jupiter’s wife , 30; same as Hera, Here, 36-38; jealousy of, 44,

7; approves Marpessa’s choice, 132 Semele courted by, 147-150; Ceres, wife of, 158; Proserpina condemned by, 167; Hercules,

lies asleep, 77; significance, 352, 357. 359 La-to′na. Same as Leto; wife of Jupiter; mother of Apollo and Diana, 44, 45, 1

utules, 337 La-vin′i-a. Daughter of Latinus, 333, 334; Æneas’ second wife , 338.339 Le-an′der. Youth of Abydus; Hero’s love

significance, 352, 357, 359, 360 Leu-co′the-a. Same as Ino, Athamas’ wife ; sea goddess, 151; Ulysses rescued by, 317 Li′be

in honour of Juno, in Rome, 38 Me-de′a. Daughter of Æetes, 236, 237; wife of Jason, 237-240; wife of Ægeus, 220, 221; signi

me, 38 Me-de′a. Daughter of Æetes, 236, 237; wife of Jason, 237-240; wife of Ægeus, 220, 221; significance, 356 Me′di-a. C

æ′ra. One of the Furies, Eumenides, or Erinnyes, 139 Meg′a-ra. First wife of Hercules, whose three children he burns in his

icance, 355, 366 Mne-mos′y-ne. A Titanide, 6, 10; goddess of memory; wife of Jupiter; mother of the Muses, 68 Mœ′ræ. The Fa

s and Gæa, 6, 8, 10, 14, 126; significance, 362 O-cris′i-a. A slave; wife of Vulcan; mother of Servius Tullius, 125 O-dys′

ent Ulysses home, 317; significance, 360 Phæ′dra. Daughter of Minos; wife of Theseus, 228; significance, 355 Pha′e-ton. So

receives his arrows, 206, 294, 295 Phi-lon′o-e. Daughter of Iobates; wife of Bellerophon, 257; significance, 358 Phin′e-us

emenides escapes from, 327 Po-lyx′e-na. Daughter of Priam; affianced wife of Achilles, 29, 294 Po-mo′na. Goddess of the or

fianced wife of Achilles, 29, 294 Po-mo′na. Goddess of the orchards; wife of Vertumnus, 268, 269 Pon′tus. Name given to th

n Hades, 32, 139 Rhe′a. Female Titan; daughter of Uranus and Gæa, 6; wife of Cronus, 8; Jupiter saved by, 9; Corybantes, pr

the Centaur who taught Hercules, 193 Sa-la′ci-a. Same as Amphitrite; wife of Neptune, 1 30 Sa′li-i. Priests appointed to w

moon goddess, 73-81; significance, 352 Sem′e-le. Daughter of Cadmus; wife of Jupiter; mother of Bacchus, 147-150; significa

forge, 122-125 » son of Juno, 37; Jupiter’s head cleft by, 39; Venus, wife of, 84, 85; Periphetes, son of, 219; armour made

ed by, 100, 105; cloud enveloping Arethusa blown away by, 165; Flora, wife of, 268 Ze′tes. Son of Boreas and Orithyia; took

as soon as it was born, greatly to the sorrow and indignation of his wife Rhea. When Zeus was born, she, by the advice of U

e Mythology. — Greek, Rhea; Roman, Ops*; Phrygian, Cybele*. Rhea, the wife of Chronos and mother of Zeus and the other great

island of Crete. In Rome, the Greek Rhea was identified with Ops, the wife of Saturn. She was called Magna Mater, also Dindy

he Gauls. The Capitol was the temple of Jupiter at Rome. The earliest wife of Zeus was Metis*, a daughter of Oceanus. Zeus d

other of the Horæ* (Seasons) and Mœræ* (Fates). Dione* appears as the wife of Zeus of Dodona, and the mother of Aphrodite* (

Amphion*. Antiope, who was treated with great cruelty by Dirce*, the wife of Lycus, fled for protection to her sons when th

y receive welcome till they reached the cottage of an old man and his wife , called Philemon* and Baucis*, who entertained th

awarded the apple, and Paris3 soon afterwards carried off Helen, the wife of Menelaus*, King of Sparta. Hera was so indigna

place it in a chariot, and announce that this was Platea, his future wife . Hera, incensed at the idea of a rival, flew in g

of victims was also offered. The bodies were thrown into the sea. The wife of Poseidon was Amphitrite*. Their children were

mbodied two distinct conceptions. On the one hand, she appears as the wife of the dark god of the lower world, like him, a g

so by the Greeks in Campania and Sicily. Aphrodite was said to be the wife of Hephæstus. This was probably intended to conve

he extreme limits, when Orpheus, to convince himself that his beloved wife was really behind him, looked back. The glance wa

favorite bird, the raven, flew to him with the intelligence that his wife had transferred her affections to another. Apollo

f Naxos, where she had been abandoned by Theseus*, and she became his wife . The Romans had a divinity called Liber*, who pre

editerranean Sea. The best known of the Nereides were Amphitrite, the wife of Poseidon; Thetis*, the mother of Achilles; and

ned to Ganymedes*. After the deification of Heracles, Hebe became his wife . She is represented pouring nectar from an uprais

enevolent old man, the good spirit of the Ægean Sea, where he and his wife , Doris*, dwelt with their fifty daughters, the Ne

a flood. Warned by his father, he built an ark, into which he and his wife retired when the waters began to rise. Nine days

and retired to the country of the Enchelians*, in Illyria. He and his wife were finally changed into serpents and sent by Ze

prevent it. He concealed himself in a hiding-place, known only to his wife Eriphyle*, who was sister to Adrastus. On the occ

d been agreed, that if he ever differed in opinion with the king, his wife should decide the question. Polynices offered her

go and build a town on the river Achelous. Alcmæon took leave of his wife and little son, and set forth. At the springs of

sons of Phegeus, and then went to Psophis and killed Phegeus and his wife . They brought the robe and collar to their mother

ivered the maiden to her parents. Cassiopea*, mother of Andromeda and wife of Cepheus*, had dared to compare her own beauty

ter his release from servitude, returned to Thebes, where he gave his wife , Megara, in marriage to Iolaus. He then proceeded

self from Ætolia and set out to visit King Ceyx*, taking with him his wife and son, Hyllus*. On coming to the river Evenus,

burden, attempted to carry her off. Heracles heard the screams of his wife , and shot Nessus through the heart with one of hi

Wishing to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Zeus, he sent to his wife for a sacrificial robe. Hearing of the beauty of

him in a dream and warned him that Ariadne was destined to become the wife of Dionysus, the wine-god. On approaching the coa

, Telamon*, Admetus*, Pirithous, and Theseus. The brothers of Althea, wife of Œneus, joined the hunters, also the fleet-foot

t of Tyndareus*, her foster-father, in the hope of obtaining her as a wife . Tyndareus feared that, as she could be given to

wisdom, was at this time living happily at Ithaca with his fair young wife Penelope and his little son Telemachus*, and was

y to make the sacrifice. He accordingly despatched a messenger to his wife , Clytemnæstra*, begging her to send Iphigenia to

lleging, as a pretext, that the hero Achilles desired to make her his wife . Rejoicing at the brilliant destiny which awaited

and remembering the prediction of the oracle, that only his deserted wife , Œnone, could cure him if wounded, Paris caused h

o, in vain, warned him of his impending fate. During his absence, his wife , Clytemnæstra, had married Ægisthus*. She receive

immortality and make him her husband, but he longed to return to his wife Penelope. After having been detained on the islan

fectionate greeting took place between the long-separated husband and wife . The next morning Odysseus went into the country

ans. On the night of the destruction of Troy, Æneas, with his father, wife , and young son Ascanius* or Iulus*, escaped from

to walk, Æneas carried him upon his shoulders. In the confusion, his wife was lost. They sought refuge on Mount Ida, where

f Neph, was god of intelligence; the ibis was his emblem. Sate*, the wife of Neph, and one of the forms of Isis, was the go

morning sun. Athor*, goddess of love, was the beautiful western sky, wife of the evening sun, taking the wearied traveler t

in her arms after each day’s labor; the cow was her emblem. Neith*, wife of Pthah, was the goddess of wisdom; she was the

ed with beauty and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife , a daughter of the giant race, sprung the three b

is was derived the name of the fourth day of the week, Wednesday. The wife of Odin was Frigga*, whose name remains in our Fr

should marry his daughter Gudrun, and that Brynhild should become the wife of his son Gunnar. But Gunnar could not ride thro

us that the imagination of the barbarian, who either carries away his wife by brute force, or buys her from her relatives as

and the waters, and, in a word, ruled over all heaven and earth. His wife was Juno, the queen of heaven, who helped him in

Jupiter had always loved Callisto, and he was sorry for the harm his wife had done to one so good and gentle. To make up as

is arms about the newly formed bark and said, “Since you cannot be my wife , fair Daphne, at least you shall be my tree, my l

hile as lovely as the sounds they heard. Now Orpheus had a fair young wife , Eurydice; and much as he loved his music, she wa

ied her home to Orpheus, who did all in his power to restore his dear wife ; but, after a few hours of suffering, she died. O

remember, was the land of the dead, ruled by King Pluto and his young wife Proserpine. To this gloomy place, the bright, hap

made one condition, however, — that Orpheus must not look back at his wife until they had passed the bounds of Hades. To thi

ydice, waiting to welcome him; and he rushed forward to meet his dear wife and put his arms about her, happy in the thought

h above the sea serpent’s head, and so she gladly consented to be his wife . The girl’s parents now began to prepare for the

much afraid. Some time before, he had asked for their daughter as his wife , and the parents had been afraid to say no. But t

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

as though it had never been interrupted. After that Perseus took his wife to his island home, and there they spent many hap

the cow as a present. What could Jupiter do? He could not refuse his wife such a trifle, and so he had to say yes, although

ter, Deïanira, and before many days, Hercules had asked her to be his wife . The girl would have said yes gladly, but she kne

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

became too strong for him. So one day he started on his journeys. His wife missed him very much, but she loved him so well t

ew to love her as he had once loved Deïanira. He forgot all about his wife awaiting him at home, and day after day he linger

nd sandals, and covered them with a heavy stone. Then, turning to his wife , he said, “When our boy is old and strong enough

o Athens, where I will make him heir to my throne.” Then, kissing his wife and baby, he started on his journey. Now about th

him to flee in the night. Theseus asked her to go with him and be his wife ; and the girl consented, for she had loved the pr

age, thatched with straw. In it dwelt an old couple, Philemon and his wife Baucis. They were very poor; but, in spite of the

d into great, luscious clusters of purple black. Although husband and wife were more than astonished at all they saw, they k

o came to the place and heard the beautiful story of Philemon and his wife , would hang garlands of flowers on the branches o

and all too soon came the day for starting. Hand in hand, husband and wife went down to the place where the boat was moored.

happy-hearted crew sang at their work. Ceyx was thinking of his dear wife , and praying that no harm might befall her while

w, he seemed to see before him, on the water, the face of his beloved wife Halcyone. At last a large, green wave rose before

Once upon a time there lived in Greece a king who had a beautiful wife named Nephele. Nephele means cloud, and there was

ith the king. Ino was a witch, who made the king forget all about his wife Nephele, and before long he married the dark-eyed

the things that seemed impossible, if in return he would make her his wife and take her back with him to his home in Greece.

again wrought anything so lovely as the maiden who had now become his wife A Musical Contest of Long Ago Most of my y

tion, Saturn devoured his sons as soon as they were born. Cybele, his wife , having, however, brought into the world Jupiter

IV. Of Cybele. Cybele, the mother of the gods, was the sister and wife of Saturn. Her festivals, called Megalesia, were

resentation of a crown of towers upon her head. Before she became the wife of Saturn, she had seen Atys, a Phrygian youth, t

ent goddesses of this name. Vesta the elder, or Terra, or Tellus, the wife of Cœlus and the mother of Saturn, was the older

a the younger, the goddess of fire, was the daughter of Saturn by his wife Rhea, and the sister of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto,

a, of a wild satyr to ravish Antiope, of Amphitryon, to impose on his wife Alcmena, of fire to win Egina’s affection, of Dia

rother Epinotheus, who being seduced by her beauty, chose her for his wife . The curiosity of Epinotheus was raised at seeing

age the human race was destroyed by a deluge. Only Deucalion and his wife escaped the general calamity by saving themselves

the son of Prometheus? What afterwards happened to Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha? Did they obey the command of the oracle?

inted the posts of the door on account of a recent marriage, when the wife was called Uxor. Juno is represented in a long ro

to make the bride a good housewife. Manturna was invoked to make the wife abide with her husband through life. Viriplaca,

nuptial rites, in order to ensure concord between the husband and the wife , and worshipped by the Etnesians. An altar was er

he goddess of the morning dawn, and the harbinger of the sun, was the wife of Astræus, one of the Titans, by whom she became

by which he was acquitted. Mars won the affections of Venus, Vulcan’s wife ; but Apollo informing the injured husband of thei

e sea, and mother to Cupid; the third, daughter of Jupiter and Dione, wife to Vulcan, and mother of Anteros; and the fourth

e, wife to Vulcan, and mother of Anteros; and the fourth was Astarte, wife to Adonis, and born in Phrygia. Pausanias disting

emus was slain by Ulysses. Vulcan. “Cupid is Vulcan’s son, Venus his wife : No wonder then he goes lame all his life.” “Nor

ost celebrated were Hermaphroditus by Venus, and Pan by Penelope, the wife of Ulysses. The animals sacred to Mercury, were t

as described with a long flowing beard, and sky-coloured head. By his wife Doris, he had fifty daughters, called Nereides, w

most illustrious of the Nereides, and is to be distinguished from the wife of Oceanus. Jupiter loved her; but having read in

that she would have a son greater than his father, he gave her for a wife to Peleus, who was father to Achilles. Questions.

acy. By her he had Triton. But like Jupiter, he was unfaithful to his wife ; and his progeny by his various mistresses are to

Neptune the ancients understood the element of water: Amphitrite, his wife , is water itself. The enterprise of the dolphin s

ow was Neptune honoured? What were the usual names of Neptune and his wife Amphitrite? How is Neptune represented? Who was T

e name of “halcyon days.” This singularity produced a fable: Alcyone, wife of Ceyx, king of Trachinia, saw, in a dream her h

upiter, and the Third Jupiter. Proserpine was the queen of hell, and wife of Pluto. She presided over death, so that none c

himself upon Minos by filling his family with troubles. Pasiphae, his wife , overwhelmed him with grievous complaints. By her

Ægina, daughter to Asopus, reigned in the island of Æonus. His second wife , who was daughter of the Centaur Chiron, brought

e Centaur Chiron, brought him two sons, Telamon and Peleus. His first wife was Psamatha, of Nereus, by whom he had Phocus. A

gods. Sisyphus was brother to Athamas and Salmoneus. Merope was his wife . He built Ephyre, afterwards called Corinth, and

he following as the reason: Sisyphus, on his death-bed, requested his wife to leave him unburried. While he was in Pluto’s k

r, he was permitted to come back to this world in order to punish his wife for this apparent neglect, under the promise, tha

ed him a valuable present, because he had chosen his daughter for his wife ; but his failure to fulfil his promise, induced D

xion. Salmoneus, son of Æolus by Enarette, was king of Elis. By his wife Alcidice, he had a daughter, named Tyro. He was n

Thyestes; the latter of whom was expelled, because he seduced (Erope, wife to Atreus, his brother. But on his return, he ate

that he should one day be killed by his son. He therefore ordered his wife to destroy their child soon after his birth; but

ght, and brought him home. Aesculapius was brought up by Trigona, the wife of the shepherd, and was afterwards entrusted to

th. He was highly famed for his beauty and virtue. Antæ or Sthenobæa, wife to Prætus, king of Argos, became enamoured of him

ich turned him into a rock, and broke her chains. He then took her to wife . — See Fig. 70. Fig. 70. Bellerophon. Obs. 1.

armour, and ridiculed him as he sat at her distaff. He had likewise a wife whose name was Dejanira, daughter of Œneus, and s

nd fled by night, carrying with him Medea, whom he afterwards took to wife . Ætes ordered his son Absyrtus to pursue them; bu

Clytemnestra, Agamemnon. Castor and Pollux were the sons of Leda, wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, by Jupiter, who is f

us so severely felt, and so deeply regretted, the loss of his devoted wife , that he descended with his lyre in his hand into

riam fortified it with bastions, called Pergamia. The name of Priam’s wife was Hecuba, who bore him several children, the mo

, so basely violated the rights of hospitality as to carry off Helen, wife to Menelaus, who was reputed to be the most beaut

hat did Priam, immediately after possessing the city? Who was Priam’s wife ? What occasioned the Trojan war? What was the res

a. Ulysses, the son of Laertes and Anticlea, was king of Athaca. His wife was Penelope, a lady highly celebrated for her pr

or any privilege he might choose. He demanded to have a son without a wife . His request was granted. The three gods caused O

edusa, and changed him into the mountain which bears his name. By his wife Pleione, he had seven daughters, whose names were

n name Pleiades, sometimes Virgiliæ, and sometimes Atlantides. By his wife Æthras, he had seven more daughters, whose names

ion in other regions; to have entrusted his throne to the care of his wife Isis, and Hermes, her minister; and to have run o

alogous to that of Noah. Lachamee, the goddess of abundance, was the wife of Vishnu. She patronized agricultural labours. S

s hands which grasp sabres and other weapons of war. Seraswatti, the wife of Brahma, patronizes the arts and sciences. She

, an incarnate deity, distinguished himself greatly by delivering his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, king of Lanca. Chrish

finding that it had rested on a mountain, he came out of it, with his wife , daughter, and pilot. Those who remained in the v

ur, (father of all,) because the gods were descended from him and his wife Frigga, or Walfadur, because he was the father of

ter Odin, the principal divinity of the north was Frigga or Frea, his wife . All the Celtic nation, the ancient Syrians, and

roaring storm in such a manner as to make every thing tremble. By his wife Scala, daughter of the mountain Thiasse, he had t

or dearth. He rides on a boar with golden bristles. The name, of his wife is Gerda, Gymer’s daughter. The Celts placed Nior

ent. He was the sun of the Celts, the same as the Grecian Apollo. His wife Nanna regarded her husband with modest admiration

a golden telyn, and swept the cords, which emitted a sweet sound. His wife Iduna, the goddess of youth, had charge of certai

rt of perfidy and of cunning . He had several children of Signie, his wife . Three monsters also owed their existence to him:

heart had chosen, they never had several wives at once: and often the wife in disguise followed her hero to war. In the bril

rs of the Black Sea. His only consolation in exile was to address his wife and absent friends. His letters were all in verse

orts to have been written by the poet Vâlmîki. It tells how Sita, the wife of Prince Rama, is carried off to Ceylon by Râvan

a and Ceylon, and slaying the demon, recovers his lovely and innocent wife . The resemblance between the plot and that of the

nd Day; then Uranus, the personified Heaven, takes Gæa, the Earth, to wife , and from their union issue Titans and hundred-ha

overtopped the waves; and there Deucalion, son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus, found refuge — he

who sprang from his brain, full-grown and full-armed. His sister and wife , Juno (Hera). His children by Juno, — Mars (Ares)

chus (Dionysus), the god of wine, a deity of earth, — Proserpine, the wife of Pluto and queen of the underworld, — and Hercu

aintings of Herculaneum and Pompeii. § 34. Juno 73 (Hera), sister and wife of Jupiter. According to some, her name (Hera) me

e of Hephæstus, Berlin: Hirt, Bilderbuch 6: 2; Roscher 12: 2044.] His wife , according to the Iliad and Hesiod’s Theogony, is

ods. According to one story, she resigned that office on becoming the wife of Hercules. According to another, Hebe was dismi

eres. [Wall painting: H. and P.] § 45ª. Gæa, or Ge, the Mother Earth, wife of Uranus, belongs to the older order of gods; so

older order of gods; so also, another goddess of the earth, Rhea, the wife of Cronus and mother of Jupiter. In Phrygia, Rhea

phetic gifts, his knowledge, his love of truth and justice. Taking to wife one of the daughters of Oceanus, the nymph Doris,

that all things belonged equally to all, in the reign of Saturn. The wife of Saturn was Ops, goddess of sowing and harvest,

was also a goddess called Fauna, or Bona Dea (good goddess). To Maia, wife of Vulcan, this designation, Bona Dea, was someti

It was Io, whom Jupiter, when he became aware of the approach of his wife , had changed into that form. The ox-eyed goddess

g of gods and men do? He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife ; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer

ape, as I permitted Io to do. Perhaps my husband means to take her to wife , and put me away! But you, my foster-parents, if

of her uncle Lycus, the usurping king of Thebes, who, egged on by his wife Dirce, treated her with extreme cruelty. Finally,

as, however, not all harmony and happiness. Owing to the pride of his wife , Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus, there befell h

piety, Minerva set him over the realm of Thebes, and Jove gave him to wife Harmonia, the daughter of Venus and Mars. The god

king of shadows and his queen. The sea shrank up. Even Nereus and his wife Doris, with the Nereïds, their daughters, sought

e hold of her. See now, my friend, if she look not somewhat like that wife thou hast lost.” Ah, but the tears come, find t

that great heart, To keep back joy: procrastinate the truth Until the wife , who had made proof and found The husband wanting

he found speech, you guess the speech. He could not think he saw his wife again: It was some mocking God that used the blis

ouch, might he address the true, True eye, true body of the true live wife ? … And Herakles said little, but enough — How he

wood. The branches shrank from his lips. “Since thou canst not be my wife ,” said he, “thou shalt assuredly be my tree. I wi

t was his thought, at first, that these suitors risked too much for a wife . But when he saw Atalanta lay aside her robe for

ear companion of my new found life, For I am called thy lover and thy wife ?… “My sweet,” she said, “as yet I am not wise, Or

and men, and finding his complaint of no avail, resolved to seek his wife in the regions of the dead. He descended by a cav

e. Accompanying his words with the lyre, he sang his petition for his wife . Without her he would not return. In such tender

vain; the ferry-guard Now would not row him o’er the lake again, His wife twice lost, what could he? whither go? What chant

e upon him, tried to content him, but in vain. He cared for his young wife Procris more than for the goddess. Finally Aurora

ismissed him in displeasure, saying, “Go, ungrateful mortal, keep thy wife ; but thou shalt one day be sorry that thou didst

see her again.” Cephalus returned, and was as happy as before in his wife . She being a favorite of Diana, had received from

ad man, naked and dripping, he stood before the couch of the wretched wife , and told her that the winds of the Ægean had sun

wn limbs; and in due time he finished himself off. § 122. Dryope, the wife of Andræmon, purposing, with her sister Iole, to

248 — Another sea-change was that of Ino, the daughter of Cadmus and wife of Athamas, who, flying from her frantic husband,

ved at the country of the Æthiopians, over whom Cepheus was king. His wife was Cassiopea — “That starred Æthiop queen that

e With sudden adoration and blank awe! ”278 With his mother and his wife Perseus returned to Argos to seek his grandfather

s father-in-law to put him to death. For Proetus, suspecting that his wife Antea looked with too great favor on the young wa

er, Hellen, was the son of Deucalion of Thessaly. Athamas had, by his wife Nephele, two children, Phryxus and Helle. After a

children, Phryxus and Helle. After a time, growing indifferent to his wife , Athamas put her away, and took Ino, the daughter

es. Their daughter Dejanira had become, as we have already noted, the wife of Hercules;308 while Leda, the sister of Althæa,

ore incensed, drove the bull wild, — worse still, drove Pasiphaë, the wife of Minos, wild with love of it. The wonderful bru

ereus, king of Thrace (or of Daulis in Phocis). This ruler, after his wife had borne him a son Itys (or Itylus), wearied of

fled from Corinth after her separation from Jason,331 had become the wife of Ægeus. Knowing by her arts who the stranger wa

restore her at very short notice. As for Pirithoüs, he aspired to the wife of the monarch of Erebus; and Theseus, though awa

lympian desisted from his suit, and decreed that Thetis should be the wife of a mortal. By the aid of Chiron, the Centaur, P

th by blood and by marriage he was connected with Theseus. He took to wife Aërope, granddaughter of Minos II., king of Crete

heir fathers. § 165 c . Tyndareus was king of Lacedæmon (Sparta). His wife was Leda, daughter of Thestius of Calydon, and si

restes. Helen, the fair immediate cause of the Trojan War, became the wife of Menelaüs, who with her obtained the kingdom of

, Minerva glory and renown in war, Venus the fairest of women for his wife , — each attempting to bias the judge in her own f

sailed to Greece. Here, he was hospitably received by Menelaüs, whose wife , Helen, as fairest of her sex, was unfortunately

aüs called upon the chieftains of Greece to aid him in recovering his wife . They came forward with a few exceptions. Ulysses

cousin of Helen’s, Penelope,347 daughter of Icarius, was happy in his wife and child, and loth to embark in the troublesome

government at home and numerous alliances with his neighbors. By his wife Hecuba, he had a numerous family; but the princip

üs, fell by the hand of Hector. This Protesilaüs had left at home his wife Laodamia (a niece of Alcestis), — who was most te

eeping. The sound of the mourning reached the ears of Andromache, the wife of Hector, as she sat among her maidens at work;

e more on the face of their hero. Foremost of all, the mother and the wife of Hector came, and at the sight of the lifeless

Menelaüs. — On the fall of Troy, Menelaüs recovered possession of his wife , who, it seems, had not ceased to love him, thoug

ch the Egyptian queen gave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of

memnon 370 was not so fortunate in the issue. During his absence, his wife Clytemnestra had been false to him; and when his

. But he persisted in his resolution to return to his country and his wife and son. Calypso at last received the command of

oring islands, had been for years suing for the hand of Penelope, his wife , imagining him dead, and lording it over his pala

se house they had invaded, whose substance they had squandered, whose wife and son they had persecuted for ten long years; a

es was left master of his palace and possessor of his kingdom and his wife . Tennyson’s poem of Ulysses represents the old he

By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife , I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race,

de his escape from the scene of destruction, with his father, and his wife , and young son. The father, Anchises, was too old

pon his shoulders. Thus burdened, leading his son and followed by his wife , he made the best of his way out of the burning c

e best of his way out of the burning city; but, in the confusion, his wife , Creiisa, was swept away and lost. Fig. 107. V

ulers of the country. Andromache, the widow of Hector, had become the wife of one of the victorious Grecian chiefs, to whom

agility, and power. This new being was a god, Bori, from whom and his wife , a daughter of the giant race, sprang Bor, the fa

his throne he overlooks heaven and earth. Beside him sits Frigga, his wife , who knows all things. Upon his shoulders are the

is the god of poetry, and his song records the deeds of warriors. His wife , Iduna, keeps in a box the apples which the gods,

.” So Freyr obtained Gerda, the most beautiful of all women, for his wife , but he lost his sword. § 182. The Death of Balde

all things to avert from him the threatened danger. Then Frigga, the wife of Odin, exacted an oath from fire and water, fro

n laid him down. That night in a vision appeared Balder to Nanna his wife , comforting her; — “Yes, and I fain would altoge

pent over his head, whose venom falls upon his face drop by drop. His wife Siguna sits by his side and catches the drops as

h her husband. Sigmund, thereupon, became king, and took to himself a wife . But she, suffering injury at the hands of Sinfio

o leave off idle talking and rule their tongues aright. Keep thy fair wife in order, I’ll do by mine the same. Such overween

ortification, must die the death. The foes of Siegfried persuaded his wife , unaware of their design, to embroider in his ves

sake, by Hagen, in the Rhine. Although in time Kriemhild becomes the wife of King Etzel (Atli, Attila) of Hunland, still sh

unintended pun. Although, finally, Pyrrha was by myth-makers made the wife of Deucalion, the older myth of the origin of the

one.” But she has undoubtedly a connection with the earth, perhaps as wife of Jupiter (the Heaven). H. D. Müller connects bo

homsoever it belonged: to all the descendants of Cadmus; to Eriphyle, wife of Amphiaraus of Argos, to whom Polynices gave it

Textual. — Eurynome is represented by some as one of the Titans, the wife of Ophion. Ophion and Eurynome, according to one

ny of Asia Minor. At any rate she held at one time the rank of lawful wife to Zeus. Preller and, after him, Cox, take Leto a

e secret. “This Midas knew, and durst communicate To none but to his wife his ears of state.” § 83ª. Marsyas also was unfo

series of four scenes, by E. Burne-Jones. § 98. Textual. — Semiramis: wife of King Ninus, and queen of Assyria. Famous for h

Minos, according to Preller, is the solar king and hero of Crete; his wife , Pasiphaë, is the moon (who was worshipped in Cre

n. §§ 152-157. Trœzen. — In Argolis. According to some, the Amazonian wife of Theseus was Hippolyta; but her Hercules had al

George, and many another. Hoder is the “adversary.” Nanna, Balder’s wife , is the ensample of constancy; her name is maiden

axons, the Danes, and finally in consequence of a quarrel between his wife Brünhilde and his sister-in-law Fredegunde, was,

f Priam, 298. Agla′ia (trisyl.), or Agla′-ï-a, one of the Graces, 71; wife of Vulcan, 59. Aglau′ros, daughter of Cecrops; se

Amphion, 102-104; 126, 128, 223; Com. § 64. Amphitri′te, the Nereid, wife of Neptune, 26, 85, 215. Amphit′ryon, 234. Amphry

ti′o-pe, (1) daughter of Asopus, 92; myth of, 102-104; Com. § 63; (2) wife of Theseus, Com. § 151. Anto′res, 363. Anu′bis; s

§ 16. Cha′ris: youngest of the Charites; called also Aglaia (Aglaïa), wife of Vulcan. Char′i-tes; see Graces. Cha′ron, 79, 3

s, Com. § 132 (2), 132 (5). Cre′üs, Com. § 17. Creü′sa, 249, 338; (1) wife of Jason, 249; (2) mother of Ion, Com. § 151; (3)

249, 338; (1) wife of Jason, 249; (2) mother of Ion, Com. § 151; (3) wife of Æneas, 338; Com. § 165 (5). Croc′a-le, 145. Cr

des of Scyros, and mother of Pyrrhus by Achilles; (3) or Hippodami′a, wife of Pirithoüs, and daughter of Atrax. Dei′mos, Dre

rms, lioness-headed or cat-headed. At Memphis Pakht was worshipped as wife of Phtha; at Bubastis, Bast was adored as daughte

ose; he corresponds with the Greek Cronus; his consort was Nut. Nut: wife of Seb, mother of the Osirian gods; the vault of

sented as a mummy crowned with the Egyptian mitre. I′sis or Hes: the wife and feminine counterpart of Osiris. Represented a

of a lion. Nephthys: a goddess of the dead; the sister of Isis, and wife of Seth. She aided Isis to recover the drowned Os

is Khuns. Mut or Maut: the mother; the Theban goddess of womanhood, wife of Amen-Ra. She corresponds to the Greek Demeter.

uth; her emblem the ostrich feather which signifies truth. She is the wife of Thoth. Thoth: the chief moon-god; characteriz

the warlike; an epithet for Mars. Eny′o, mother, daughter, sister, or wife of Mars; the horror, 58; also one of the three Gr

ury′a-le; one of the Gorgons. Eury′alus, 360-362. Euryb′i-e, a Titan, wife of Creus; Com. § 17- Eurycle′a, 333. Euryd′i-ce,

see under Uranus. He′be, 51; daughter of Juno, 52. 55; attributes of, wife of Hercules, 71, 113, 242, 247; Com. § 43 (2). He

ge, disease of, 9, 10, 18. Laoc′oön, 305; Com. § 169. La-odami′a, (1) wife of Protesilaüs, 288-290; lines from Wordsworth, 2

′ja, or Majes′ta: a name for Fauna, or for the daughter of Faunus and wife of the Roman Vulcan. In either case called Bona D

; see Venus. Pandi′on, 258; Com. § 151. Pando′ra, 2; creation of, 44; wife of Epimetheus, 45; her casket, 45; Com. §§ 22-25.

(5). Periphe′tes, or Peripha′tes, 260. Perse′i′s: daughter of Perses, wife of Helios, and mother of Pasiphaë, Ariadne, Phædr

wives, Aglaia and Aphrodite, 59; among the Romans, Mulciber, 88; his wife Maia, 89; myths of V., 117, 118; made the chariot

een these heroes, describing the farewell of Hector to Andromache his wife and Astyanax his son, is the most delicate and pa

was his favorite bird, and bore his thunderbolts. Juno (Hera) was the wife of Jupiter, and queen of the gods. Iris, the godd

. All were charmed with her beauty, and each one demanded her for his wife . Jupiter gave her to Vulcan, in gratitude for the

rging thunderbolts. So the most beautiful of the goddesses became the wife of the most ill-favored of gods. Venus possessed

ea. She had a daughter named Proserpine, (Persephone,) who became the wife of Pluto, and queen of the realms of the dead. Ce

all the mountains, overtopped the waves; and there Deucalion, and his wife Pyrrha, of the race of Prometheus, found refuge —

he rivers to their channels. Then Deucalion thus addressed Pyrrha: “O wife , only surviving woman, joined to me first by the

the wood. The branches shrank from his lips. “Since you cannot be my wife ,” said he, “you shall assuredly be my tree. I wil

him, and stole him away. But Cephalus was just married to a charming wife whom he devotedly loved. Her name was Procris. Sh

cris gave these presents to her husband. Cephalus was so happy in his wife that he resisted all the entreaties of Aurora, an

smissed him in displeasure, saying, “Go, ungrateful mortal, keep your wife , whom, if I am not much mistaken, you will one da

u ever saw again.” Cephalus returned, and was as happy as ever in his wife and his woodland sports. Now it happened some ang

lking to some maiden, went and told the secret to Procris, Cephalus’s wife . Love is credulous. Procris, at the sudden shock,

been flirting with, and, when he became aware of the approach of his wife , had changed into that form. Juno joined her husb

gift. What could Jupiter do? He was loath to give his mistress to his wife ; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a simple

onger ventured as usual to sport on the surface. Even Nereus, and his wife Doris, with the Nereids, their daughters, sought

e secret. “This Midas knew, and durst communicate To none but to his wife his ears of state.” Midas was king of Phrygia. H

come in a wagon. While the people were deliberating, Gordius with his wife and son came driving his wagon into the public sq

d her on a couch spread with cloths of Tyrian dye, and called her his wife , and put her head upon a pillow of the softest fe

ly said, “Ye gods, who can do all things, give me, I pray you, for my wife ” — he dared not say “my ivory virgin,” but said i

. B. Dryope. Dryope and Iole were sisters. The former was the wife of Andræmon, beloved by her husband, and happy in

reminded one of his father. Halcyone, the daughter of Æolus, was his wife , and devotedly attached to him. Now Ceyx was in d

he oracle of Apollo. But as soon as he disclosed his intention to his wife Halcyone, a shudder ran through her frame, and he

ale like a dead man, naked, he stood before the couch of the wretched wife . His beard seemed soaked with water, and water tr

treaming from his eyes, he said, “Do you recognize your Ceyx, unhappy wife , or has death too much changed my visage? Behold

tears, saying, “Alas! unhappy one, and unhappy, if such there be, thy wife !” Borne by the waves, it came nearer. As she more

would. Helen herself had not more numerous suitors, nor Penelope, the wife of shrewd Ulysses. Even while you spurn them, the

my love? After having disobeyed my mother’s commands and made you my wife , will you think me a monster and cut off my head?

e your sick husband, yet laid up of the wound given him by his loving wife ? You are so ill-favored and disagreeable that the

h. The reason was that Prœtus was jealous of him, suspecting that his wife Antea looked with too much admiration on the youn

ldren, a boy and a girl. After a time Athamas grew indifferent to his wife , put her away, and took another. Nephele suspecte

“Can it be possible that any will be so rash as to risk so much for a wife ?” said he. But when he saw her lay aside her robe

in name of the goddess called by the Greeks Rhea and Ops. She was the wife of Cronos and mother of Zeus. In works of art she

e with her three years. On one occasion as he was travelling with his wife , they came to a river, across which the Centaur N

offer sacrifices to the gods in honor of his victory, he sent to his wife for a white robe to use on the occasion. Dejanira

gods. The usual story is that she resigned her office on becoming the wife of Hercules. But there is another statement which

had fled from Corinth after her separation from Jason, had become the wife of Ægeus, the father of Theseus. Knowing by her a

th the aid of his friend he carried her off. Pirithous aspired to the wife of the monarch of Erebus; and Theseus, though awa

lamenting her fate, Bacchus found her, consoled her, and made her his wife . As a marriage present he gave her a golden crown

e deep gambolled about his path. Amphitrite. Amphitrite was the wife of Neptune. She was the daughter of Nereus and Do

Jupiter desisted from his suit and decreed that Thetis should be the wife of a mortal. By the aid of Chiron the Centaur, Pe

he last. Leucothea and Palæmon. Ino, the daughter of Cadmus and wife of Athamas, flying from her frantic husband with

l the inmates in great distress for the impending loss of the devoted wife and beloved mistress. Hercules, to whom no labor

ilton alludes to the story of Alcestis in his Sonnet “on his deceased wife ”: — “Methought I saw my late espoused saint     

both gods and men, and finding it all unavailing resolved to seek his wife in the regions of the dead. He descended by a cav

headed dog with snaky hair who guards the entrance. I come to seek my wife , whose opening years the poisonous viper’s fang h

reat cruelty by Lycus, the usurping king of Thebes, and by Dirce, his wife , found means to inform her children of their righ

nerva glory and renown in war, and Venus the fairest of women for his wife , each attempting to bias his decision in her own

d was hospitably received by Menelaus, king of Sparta. Now Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was the very woman whom Venus had de

ce to fulfil their pledge, and join him in his efforts to recover his wife . They generally came forward, but Ulysses, who ha

ard, but Ulysses, who had married Penelope, and was very happy in his wife and child, had no disposition to embark in such a

tesilaus fell by the hand of Hector. Protesilaus had left at home his wife , Laodamia, who was most tenderly attached to him.

ofttimes bitter was the pang     When of thy loss I thought, beloved wife ! On thee too fondly did my memory hang,     And o

eeping. The sound of the mourning reached the ears of Andromache, the wife of Hector, as she sat among her maidens at work,

e more on the face of their hero. Foremost of all, the mother and the wife of Hector came, and at the sight of the lifeless

h slaughter. On the fall of Troy Menelaus recovered possession of his wife , who had not ceased to love him, though she had y

ch the Egyptian queen gave to Helen: — “Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena, Is of

ot his own, was not so fortunate in the issue. During his absence his wife Clytemnestra had been false to him, and when his

ue not for my phalanx on the plain; I sue not for my lone, my widowed wife ; I sue not for my ruddy drops of life, My childre

. But he persisted in his resolution to return to his country and his wife and son. Calypso at last received the command of

boring islands had been for years suing for the hand of Penelope, his wife , imagining him dead, and lording it over his pala

se house they had invaded, whose substance they had squandered, whose wife and son they had persecuted for ten long years; a

es was left master of his palace and possessor of his kingdom and his wife .   Tennyson’s poem of Ulysses represents the old

de his escape from the scene of destruction, with his father, and his wife , and young son. The father, Anchises, was too old

pon his shoulders. Thus burdened, leading his son and followed by his wife , he made the best of his way out of the burning c

e best of his way out of the burning city; but, in the confusion, his wife was swept away and lost. On arriving at the place

me rulers of the country. Andromache, the widow of Hector, became the wife of one of the victorious Grecian chiefs, to whom

he was also regarded as the god of the Nile, who annually visited his wife , Isis (the Earth,) by means of an inundation. Ser

h grief and anxiety. His only consolation in exile was to address his wife and absent friends, and his letters were all poet

arm issued Shatriya, (the warrior,) and from his left, the warrior’s wife . His thighs produced Vaissyas, male and female, (

auty, agility, and power. This new being was a god, from whom and his wife , a daughter of the giant race, sprang the three b

is the god of poetry, and his song records the deeds of warriors. His wife , Iduna, keeps in a box the apples which the gods,

f.” So Frey obtained Gerda, the most beautiful of all women, for his wife , but he lost his sword.   This story, entitled Sk

all things to avert from him the threatened danger. Then Frigga, the wife of Odin, exacted an oath from fire and water, fro

r’s dead body was put on the funeral pile, on board the ship, and his wife Nanna was so struck with grief at the sight that

pent over his head, whose venom falls upon his face drop by drop. His wife Siguna sits by his side and catches the drops as

pring. What is the continuation of this fiction? Rhea, or Cybele, the wife of Saturn, concealed one of her sons, and had him

e greatest of the Gods, to be the purest air, the æther: and Juno his wife , the grosser air which surrounds the earth. Those

. [Juno.] Who was Juno? The daughter of Saturn; the sister and wife of Jupiter. She was called by the Greeks Hera, or

breaking the winged thunderbolt of Jove. He was the son of Venus; his wife was Psyche; a Greek word, signifying Spirit, or S

pting to scale the celestial region, Venus was bestowed upon him as a wife . Afterwards, misbehaving himself, Jupiter, with o

is share. He was worshiped as the god of the seas. Amphitrite was his wife . He was represented with black hair and blue eyes

a most beautiful woman, who, having excited the jealousy of Neptune’s wife Amphitrite, was changed by her into a dreadful se

on the waves, and to calm their violence by their presence. Halcyone, wife of Ceyx, king of Trachinia, seeing the corpse of

, Priapus, Pales, Rural Divinities.] Who was Flora? Flora was the wife of Zephyrus, the Goddess of flowers; in honour of

rays of light, carried him home, and committed him to the care of his wife . He was afterwards placed under the tuition of Ch

dess of abundance, who presides over agricultural labours, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord

which grasp spears, sabres, and other weapons of war. Seraswatti, the wife of Brahmá, and emblem of his creative power, the

e sovereign of Ayodhya, a conqueror of high renown; who delivered his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, king of Lanca. He is s

as, was represented as the most amiable of the Goddesses. She was the wife of Odin, accompanied him in battle, on horseback,

nd at whose desire? What did the Ethiopians call Jupiter? Who was the wife of Saturn? Repeat Homer’s account of Jupiter. Whi

ere was the workshop of Vulcan, and who were his workmen? Who was the wife of Cupid? How were the Graces pictured? Where wer

dants of Neptune? What were the victims offered to Pluto? Who was the wife of Neptune? What were the personifications of the

din? What is the historical account of Odin? What was the name of his wife , and what day of our week is called after her? Af

nourished Jupiter 17 Ammōn, the Egyptian Jupiter 165 Amphītrītē, the wife of Neptune 74 Amshāspānds, genii of the elements

Bēlus, a name of Sol 30 Bĕrĕcȳnthĭǎ, a name of Cybĕle 10 Bhavānī, the wife of Seeva 137 Bĭfōrmĭs, a name of Bacchus 47 Bĭfrō

love 63 Cūrētĕs, priests of Cybele 11 Cy̌bĕlē or Vesta the elder, the wife of Saturn 9 Cy̌clōps, the forgers of Jupiter’s th

02 Dis, a name of Pluto 99 Dōdōnǎ, an oracle of Jupiter 20 Dōrĭs, the wife of Nereus 73 Druids, Celtic priests 191 Dryǎdĕs,

9 Jove, a name of Jupiter 19 Jugatīnus, a rural divinity 88 Jūno, the wife of Jupiter 22 Jupiter, the supreme god of the Pag

s, the avenging goddess 108 Neptune, god of the ocean 74 Nepthys, the wife of Typhon 158 Nērĕĭdĕs, sea nymphs 73 Nēreūs, the

Prīscă, the same as Vesta and Terra 5 Prŏmēthĕŭs 117 Prŏsērpĭne, the wife of Pluto 99 Prŏtĕŭs, a son of Neptune 78 Psyche,

ērpĭne, the wife of Pluto 99 Prŏtĕŭs, a son of Neptune 78 Psyche, the wife of Cupid 64 Pul, a Babylonian deity 217 Py̌lădēs,

is, an Egyptian god 16 Sem, the Egyptian Hercules 162 Seraswāttī, the wife of Brahmá 167 Seshanāga, the Hindû god of the inf

female sea monsters 78 Sīsy̌phŭs, an infernal criminal 106 Sītā, the wife of Vishnu 141 Sīvā, Seeva, Mahádéva, or Mahadeo,

wallowed, at their birth, all the male children brought to him by his wife Cybele. But a mother’s yearning for her offspring

sta. This goddess was the daughter of Uranus, being the sister and wife of Saturn. As soon as she was born, she was expos

arboured him, is slain. The son-in-law pursues the father’s life, The wife her husband murders, he the wife; The step-dame p

n-law pursues the father’s life, The wife her husband murders, he the wife ; The step-dame poison for the son prepares; The s

Juno, who was the daughter of Saturn and Cybele, was also sister and wife to Jupiter. Her pride protected her beauty: for w

ympus, placed it in his chariot, and declared it should be the future wife of the ruler of the Gods. This induced Juno to qu

hingly acknowledged her error, and was reconciled to her husband. The wife of Jupiter is always represented as superbly arra

deas are allied with those of Hymen, who is called Juno, the virtuous wife . A statue of Juno recently discovered, is thus de

e year with her mother and six months with Pluto, when she became his wife . “Near Enna’s walls a spacious lake is spread, F

t the loss of his favourite, made one of his attendants, some say his wife , the confidant of his misfortune, begging her not

ing kings. This Midas knew, and durst communicate, To none but to his wife his ears of state: One must be trusted, and he th

e thing she knew she was obliged to hide: By interest and by oath the wife was tied: But if she told it not the woman died.

s monster, Meleager killed his brothers. Indignant at this crime, the wife of Æneas threw into the flames a brand which bore

s, the God of the Grape paid a visit to Proserpine, and the beautiful wife of Pluto, was by no means insensible to his merit

e influence of love, forgot all the intrigues and infidelities of his wife , and fabricated arms even for her illegitimate ch

ingdom, Minerva glory, and Venus the fairest woman in the world for a wife . When Paris had heard their several claims, he ad

her; and as the price of her freedom, Juno promised to procure him a wife from amongst the heavenly conclave. Vulcan fixed

War, and the charming Venus. Vulcan, suspecting the infidelity of his wife , formed an invisible net around them, and drew up

any other purpose; and was indeed the great butt of Olympus, even his wife laughing at his deformities, and mimicking his la

eir deeds. Castor and Pollux. From the love of Jupiter for Leda, wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, sprang these twin-br

ify her from the crimes she had committed, after which she became the wife of King Ægeus, to whom she bore a son called Medu

hese reproaches: — Is not this The son of Jove, who slew his sons and wife ? Then bid me thence with curses on my head. ‌And

k I’ll lodge thy nuptial care.’ Th’ Aonian chief to Nessus trusts his wife . All pale, and trembling for her hero’s life: Clo

“O worthy end of his laborious life, The nectared cup, and Hebe for a wife ! Her golden youth did with new transports play, A

aid, ‘an injured man advance,’ Stung with resentment for his ravished wife , Nor shall thy wings O Perseus, save thy life; No

not with thee out of hate or strife, My honest cause was to defend my wife , First pledged to me; what crime could I suppose

s mine, For you, Hippolytus, the son of Theseus!     Hip. And you his wife ?     Phæ. Aye, boy, ’tis even so; Nay, look not s

in my ears, it entered in my heart, That from the hour I was Theseus’ wife , Even at the altar, where my plight was vowed, My

What if I did proclaim to him thy guilt? What if I said — father! thy wife , my mother, Hath offered me the love due but to t

curse, And I must vindicate myself or die? Phædra, my mother, and thy wife , avowed In accents shameless as the wish she brea

. Alarmed at so fearful a prediction, he resolved not to approach his wife . Having broken this wise resolution, however, he

y_1842_img215 The shepherd took him and presented him to Peribœa, the wife of Polybus, who conceived a maternal tenderness f

expedition, and therefore secreted himself so successfully, that his wife only, knew the the place of his concealment; she

her, and took for his spouse Callirhoe. The brothers of his deserted wife however, assassinated him in revenge; and Callirh

gratitude, for his brother succeeded in winning the affections of his wife . Irritated at so unlooked for a crime, Atreus too

erved up the children born to him by the connexion with his brother’s wife , all of whom had been sacrificed to his vengeance

d. Insérer image anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img226 “Asked by his wife to his inhuman feast, Tereus, unknowingly, is mad

known mystic sacrifice: And such the nature of the hallowed rite, The wife her husband only could invite, The slaves must al

l Cassandra came to the share of Agamemnon, and she foretold that his wife Clytemnestra would put him to death. He, however,

and led him away from the tumult, giving him in charge to Creusa, his wife , telling her to follow closely, and not to leave

h year of the absence of Ulysses from his home, during which time his wife had held him in continual remembrance, and though

rson, fearing that he might be slain by those who were suitors to his wife . By the advice of Minerva, he disguised himself a

ale is told; storm nor tempest had power to keep the husband from his wife , and in the wildness of his struggles for life, w

y visited the nymph Egeria, who indeed, according to Ovid, became his wife . ‌ In her name he introduced all his laws and re

where being of a noble and fine person, he won the affections of the wife of the king; he refused to listen to her passion,

nd all the worlds were in him. Vishnu is usually represented near his wife , whom he enfolds in his arms. His complexion is b

woven with the whole of the Scandinavian history. Frigga or Frea, his wife , was the most powerful of the goddesses, and by m

ythology_1842_img280 His body was placed upon a funeral pile, and his wife was burned with him. No sooner was the funeral te

re extended ideas of the divinity. They worship a supreme deity whose wife is material and corporeal, and of a nature theref

curious of their beliefs. One of their divinities, they say, took his wife , and threw her with so strong an arm into the Sea

soon as they exist. But according to the fiction, Rhea or Cybele, the wife of Saturn, concealed one of her sons, and had him

Saturnalia? Cybele. See plate, page 16. Rhea, or Cybele, the wife of Saturn, is sometimes called Ops, and sometimes

nt death or Semele. To Leda, he appeared as a swan. This lady was the wife of Tyndarus, king of Sparta; she was the mother o

y. Helen and Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux. Helen was the beautiful wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and Clytemnestra was

die in his place. A mortal disease afterwards seized Admetus, and his wife , Alceste, offered herself to die instead of her h

nos, the Ægean isle. Paradise Lost, Book I. Venus was the beautiful wife of Vulcan. ——— when of old, as mystic bards pres

See plate, page 49. Juno, the queen of heaven, was the sister and wife of Jupiter. Though a celestial goddess, the mytho

breaking the winged thunderbolt of Jove. He was the son of Venus; his wife was Psyche — a Greek word, signifying spirit, or

s share. He was worshipped as the god of the seas. Amphitrite was his wife . He was represented with black hair and blue eyes

on the waves, and to calm their violence by their presence. Halcyone, wife of Ceyx, King of Trachinia, seeing the corpse of

rites of Bacchus? How did Virgil praise Bacchus? ——— Flora was the wife of Zephyrus, the goddess of flowers; in honour of

thonus, and a prince of Troy, and a mortal. Tithonus entreated of his wife to bestow upon him the gift of immortality, and t

isible. The victims offered to him generally were black sheep. The wife of Pluto was Proserpine; her history is related w

presiding deity of hell, and how was he represented? Who was Pluto’s wife , and how is she described? ——— At hell’s dread

rays of light, carried him home, and committed him to the care of his wife . He was afterwards placed under the tuition of Ch

s conquered, Hercules presented her to Theseus, King of Athens, for a wife . The tenth labour was to kill Geryon, King of Gad

aw, Hercules was obliged to leave the place, and he took with him his wife . On his journey, being obliged to swim across the

ce being thus obtained, Jason, as he had promised, took Medea for his wife , and returned in triumph to his native country. T

easts and trees, as well as men danced to his music. Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus; he loved her dearly: but another man,

never heard of the commandment, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife ,” and often stole each other’s wives. Aristæus on

iled by music. Priam, son of Laomedon, was the last king of Troy; his wife was Hecuba, and he had according to the story, fi

gage in war; and Venus, the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife . Venus obtained the apple, and the beautiful woma

the apple, and the beautiful woman promised to Paris, was Helen, the wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta. Soon after Priam pro

bedience to this suggestion, the King of Mycenæ sent a message to his wife Clytemnestra, requesting her to bring to him Iphi

was summoned to go to the war of Troy, he was unwilling to leave his wife and child, and pretended to be insane. To make hi

might presume upon, who should abandon his duties for ten years. His wife had married a stranger, and his subjects had beco

the son of Priam and Hecuba, was the most valiant of the Trojans. His wife was Andromache, the daughter of Ætian, an Asiatic

ty, and when he was brought back to Troy, and received by his mother, wife , and sister, Hecuba exclaimed, “Yet glowest thou

o Priam? How did Helen describe Hector? What was the fate of Hector’s wife and child? What became of Priam and his family? I

while he led, in his other hand, his young son, Ascanius. Creusa, the wife of Eneas, followed her husband and father, but sh

ter Lavinia, though she had been previously promised to Turnus, for a wife . Eneas met also with a kind reception from Evande

dess of abundance, who presides over agricultural labours, and is the wife of Vishnu. She is represented with a twisted cord

ich grasp spears, sabres, and other weapons of war. Seraswatti is the wife of Brahma, and emblem of his creative power, the

an incarnate deity. He was a celebrated conqueror, who delivered his wife Sita from the giant Ravan, King of Lanca. Chrishn

as, was represented as the most amiable of the goddesses. She was the wife of Odin, accompanied him in battle, on horseback,

to feed) is the Herdsman, and is the same as Hermes. The name of his wife , we may observe (see p. 381), is Chthonia. He was

an king, each of whom we look upon as having been his sole and lawful wife in the creed of some one or other of the tribes o

ths of sacred gloomy Night might come, Unto his mother and his wedded wife , And his dear children ; but the grove with laure

his amour with the Ocean-nymph Philyra : dreading the jealousy of his wife Rhea, he changed her into a mare, and himself int

rse of perfect strength and beauty, says, Such, at the coming of his wife , the swift Saturnus’ self upon his equine crest P

mble cottage where dwelt an aged man, named Philemôn, with Baucis his wife , of equal years : by them the wayfarers were glad

as his daughter by Aphrodite420. Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus, and wife of Cretheus, loved the river Enipeus, and frequen

In Homer this goddess is one of the children of Kronos and Rhea, and wife and sister to Zeus499. When the latter placed his

fferent view of the character of Hera, and she appears as the jealous wife , such as she is represented in the Ilias. Hera, t

y him for Achilleus in the Ilias is all of metal. In the Ilias578 the wife of Hephæstos is named Charis ; in Hesiod579, Agla

he churls were turned into frogs. Niobe, the daughter of Tantalos and wife of Amphiôn, proud of her numerous offspring, vent

 APHRODITE, EROS. Διώνη. Dione. In the Ilias732 Dione is a wife of Zeus, and mother of Aphrodite. The name Dione

hom admired, saluted, and loved her, and each god desired her for his wife . Empedocles said that Aphrodite was the daughter

had brought her to Ida, where he informed her that she was to be the wife of Anchises ; and then, having instructed her in

e her mandate. Meantime Psyche, though adored by all, was sought as a wife by none. Her sisters, who were far inferior to he

nseen youth addresses her in the softest accents, and she becomes his wife . Her sisters had meanwhile come to console their

aces of earth,’ and found the king at home seated on a couch with his wife , who was mourning for her mother. On making known

; and she promises Pasithea, one of the youngest of the Graces, for a wife to Sleep, in return for his aid in deceiving Zeus

ey put into the catalogue. The best known of them are, Amphitrite the wife of Poseidôn, Thetis the mother of Achilleus, and

και Παλαίμων. Matuta et Portunus. Ino, the daughter of Cadmos and wife of Athamas, flying from her husband, with her lit

f lofty mountains, and each without regard to others governed his own wife and children. In front of a harbour of their land

rocks : and here Æolos dwelt in continual joy and festivity, with his wife and his six sons and as many daughters, whom, aft

ather’s house. On entering it they were terrified at the sight of his wife , who was ‘as large as the top of a mountain.’ She

render Iapetos the Afflicted or the Oppressed. 1449. The name of his wife may refer to that faded splendour which still adh

ortunity, communicate their thirst to mankind by biting them1476. The wife of Prometheus was Pandora1477, or Clymene1478, or

Zeus, dazzled with her charms took her to his house and made her his wife . The evil effects of this imprudent act were spee

an ark (λὰρνακα), and putting provisions into it entered it with his wife Pyrrha. Zeus then poured rain from heaven and inu

e the earth replenished with men. By the direction of Zeus he and his wife flung stones behind them ; and those which Deucal

as well as Deucaliôn, yet at the same time intimates that he and his wife alone had been preserved in the catastrophe. What

ntended with the fair maid Atalanta ; and Hippolyta or Astydameia the wife of Acastos beholding fell in love with him, and s

, to gratify her passion. Out of revenge, she then sent to inform his wife that he was going to marry Sterope the daughter o

on Olympos. But incapable of good, Ixiôn cast an eye of desire on the wife of his benefactor and dared to make love to her.

their lower parts resembling their dams, the upper their sire. By his wife Dia, Ixiôn had a son named Peirithoös, who marrie

Deucaliôn. Pride, it is said, caused the ruin of both. He called his wife Hera, and was by her styled Zeus in return. Zeus

s to consult the oracle of Apollo perished by shipwreck, and that his wife on finding his lifeless body on the strand cast h

t was the resemblance of his name to that of the bird that caused his wife to be called Halcyone, and the legend above to be

field ; but when, enraged at his mother Althæa, he remained with his wife the fair Cleopatra and abstained from the war, no

the Curetes had mounted the towers and set fire to the town. Then his wife besought him with tears, — picturing to him the e

er the various misfortunes which befel their children, Cadmos and his wife quitted Thebes, now grown odious to them, and mig

elegantly related the story of the love of Aristæos for Eurydice the wife of Orpheus ; his pursuit of her, and her unfortun

y variations in the tale. Thus it is said that Ino was Athamas’ first wife , and that he put her away by the direction of Her

in bonds, and she was treated with the utmost cruelty by him and his wife Dirce. But her chains loosed of themselves, and s

1673 Antiope is called the daughter of Asopos, and Asios made her the wife of Epopeus at the time of her conception1674. It

meet his death by means of his offspring. He long abstained from his wife  : at length, having one time drunk too much wine

d the infant after it had been exposed, and brought it to Peribœa the wife of Polybos, who being childless reared it as her

rmes, who stole him out of it. Odysseus sees in Erebos Iphimedeia the wife of Alœus, who said she had ‘mingled’ with Poseidô

n was surprised at the indifference with which he was received by his wife  ; but on coming to an explanation with her, and c

uspicious of guile, swore, and Hera hastened down to Argos, where the wife of Sthenelos the son of Perseus was seven months

Teuthras king of Teuthrania on the Caÿster in Mysia, who made her his wife . Telephos having, when grown up, consulted the or

himself, agreeably to the law in such cases, and he set out with his wife for Trachis, the realm of his friend Ceÿx. On the

in Attica, and were happy, till curiosity to try the fidelity of his wife entered the mind of Cephalos. Feigning a journey

efused to comply with the wishes of Eôs, pleading his fidelity to his wife , and that the goddess changed his form to put the

age ; but Eumolpos, attempting to offer violence to the sister of his wife , was forced to fly. He came with his son Ismaros

presume, to set about proving that king Rocky or Hilly (Cranaos), his wife Plain (Pedias) and his daughter Attica (Atthis) a

liberty, and Sisyphos was given up to him. When dying he charged his wife to leave his body unburied ; and then complaining

had endowed Bellerophontes with manly vigour and beauty. Anteia, the wife of Prœtos king of Argos, fixed her love upon him,

ed his second name. He was purified of the bloodshed by Prœtos, whose wife is also called Sthenobœa, and the king of Lycia i

ginal sense of the mythe was lost, the King (Prœtos, πρῶτος), and his wife Foe (Anteia, from ἄντα)1886, and the common lovet

astened to a rock, a prey for a huge sea-monster1940. Cassiopeia, the wife of Cepheus, having offended the Nereïdes by her p

set it in the middle of her shield. Accompanied by his mother and his wife Andromeda, Perseus now set out for Argos ; but Ac

ons of Pelops, settled them at Mideia. Amphitryôn, accompanied by his wife Alcmena and her half-brother Licymnios, retired t

urse to pick them up, and Meilaniôn won the race. Atalanta became his wife , and they had a son named Parthenopæos. It is add

, who bore him Timandra, who was married to Echemos, Clytæmnestra the wife of Agamemnôn, and Philonoe whom Artemis made immo

ymph Pluto (Wealth), and he was the father of Pelops and of Niobe the wife of Amphiôn. His residence was placed at the foot

f the throne2078. Thyestes, it is said, afterwards seduced Aërope the wife of Atreus, who for this offence drove him from hi

duce a goldfleeced lamb : Thyestes, however, having corrupted Atreus’ wife Aërope, had gotten the lamb ; and when Atreus cou

unlike Men 2109 (Μὴν, Moon) ; and she marries Asteriôn (Starry). The wife of Minôs is Pasiphae (All-bright), the daughter o

ich he desired to have gratified. Hyrieus replied, that he once had a wife whom he tenderly loved, and that he had sworn nev

give Medeia up to them. He assented, provided she was yet a maid. His wife Arete hearing this, lost no time in joining the l

was advised to endeavour to gain Eriphyle, the sister of Adrastos and wife of Amphiaraos, to his interest ; for on his marri

ead bodies to their friends. As Capaneus lay on his burning pyre, his wife Euadne flung herself amidst the flames, and expir

gs of Acheloös was purified by the river-god himself, who gave him to wife his daughter Callirrhoe. On the soil just deposit

n, who slew them, and then went to Psophis and killed Phegeus and his wife . The Psophites pursued them to Tegea ; the Tegean

elling this dream to Priamos, he sent for his son Æsacos, by a former wife Arisbe the daughter of Merops, who had been reare

air hostess, and shortly after Menelaos sails to Crete, directing his wife to entertain the guests while they stayed. But Ap

they had taken it ; and that then Menelaos sailed to Egypt, where his wife was restored to him2234. Odysseus sailed with the

ach. zur Tril. 299.) says that the figure at the window is Althæa the wife of Œneus (see p. 320.), and the sitting figure a

717. 877. Hes. Th. 454. 912. 878. The Scythians said Earth was the wife of their Zeus. Herod. iv. 59. 879. II. v. 500. ‘

Æn. x. 142. Max. Tyr. 30. 1210. Compare the story of Pythes and his wife in Plutarch. (De Mul. Virt. ad fin.) 1211. On th

d and fanciful fictions of ancient poets, tell us that Persephone was wife to Aïdoneus king of the Molossians ; that his dog

ies. The earliest instance on record is that of Joseph and Potiphar's wife  ; and, under the names of Yoosuf and Zooleikha, t

yche, I am come according to the decree of the oracle to make thee my wife ; but you must never see me. We must always meet u

m was no other than Cupid, and a voice proclaimed that Psyche was the wife of him who claimed her for his bride. And from th

s, Psyche next resorted to the queen of Heaven, to Juno, the imperial wife of Jove. Departing from the temple of Ceres, she

ely some ignorant people believed it. In the bible we read that Lot’s wife was changed to a pillar of salt. Perhaps she was

leased with Progne, the eldest, that he asked her of her father for a wife . Pandion granted his request, and Progne herself

easily persuaded to submit to her husband’s wishes. She was a dutiful wife , and did not set up her own will against his. She

e saw Philomela, he preferred her; though he could not have her for a wife while her sister lived. Tereus did not exactly kn

ng better is the progress of society. Ann. What made Tereus tell his wife that it was a long voyage to Athens from Thrace?

ered the fond words, “Farewell, faithful husband!” “Farewell, beloved wife !” Philemon became a vigorous oak, and Baucis a sh

Psyche. As soon as Mercury saw Herse, he determined to have her for a wife , and immediately descended the king’s house that

ose who quarrelled. Once Jupiter and Juno, who you know was the god’s wife , had a dispute; and they could not settle it, so

Mother. Easily enough. The fact was, the son-in-law of Cadmus and his wife were a happy pair, and were the king and queen of

as were ever so good, if he lost his reason, he might have killed his wife and child. Ann. Yes, because insane persons do n

ng voice; “give me your child, and follow me to my cabin. There is my wife ; she will welcome you; and I will present myself

en by the rocks. At the door stood the good Aglauria, the fisherman’s wife ; she was expecting her husband, but was much surp

When Danæ left the fisherman’s hut, she thanked the fisherman and his wife over and over again, for all their goodness; and

fend the compassionate deity. Danæ received Perseus and his beautiful wife in the cabin of Dictys. Her ancient benefactor wa

ople, as their king, Perseus got ready to return, with his mother and wife , to Argos; but he first restored the loans of the

nt, Saturn devoured them as soon as they were born. Ops, or Rhea, his wife , succeeded in concealing Jupiter from him. She se

r died willingly in his stead. When the fatal day came, Alcestis, the wife of Admetus, devoted herself to death for her husb

Ans. She was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, and was both sister and wife of Jupiter. Ques. How is she generally represent

im great power; Minerva, wisdom; but Venus promised to give him for a wife the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris then

filled her engagement by aiding him to carry off Helen, the beautiful wife of Menelaus [Menela′us], king of Sparta. This gav

, under the name of Latona; hence she was said to have been the first wife of Jupiter, the mother of Apollo and Diana, (the

the goddess with indifference, and insisted on returning to his young wife Procris. Aurora allowed him to depart, but prevai

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

art, which returned to his hand stained with the blood of his beloved wife . He hastened to the spot, but it was too late, an

ings which the earth contains. She was the daughter of Cœlum, and the wife of Saturn. Ques. How was Cybele represented? An

or share his gloomy kingdom. He determined, nevertheless, to obtain a wife , even if he had to do so by violence. Proserpine,

[Ni′obe]. Ans. She was the daughter of Tantalus [Tan′talus], and the wife of Amphion [Amphi′on], king of Thebes. She was en

hero had slain the Centaur Nessus to revenge an insult offered to his wife , Deianira [Deiani′ra]. When the monster was dying

afterwards given. Ques. Who were the children of Atlas? Ans. By his wife Pelione [Peli′one], he had seven daughters, who w

red with the waters. Of the entire human race, only Deucalion and his wife , Pyrrha, were saved. When the waters abated, the

d to the poet to deplore his fate, and take leave of his friends. His wife begged in vain to be allowed to accompany her hus

o could not have occurred more opportunely for the deliverance of his wife , the faithful Penelope. When a long time had elap

hstanding the remonstrances of Priam and Hecuba, and the tears of his wife Andromache [Androm′ache]. He fell as we have seen

e aged Anchises, and leading his little son Ascanius by the hand. His wife was separated from him in the confusion and darkn

casion he incurred his wrath by an injury offered to Sif or Sifa, his wife . The hair of this goddess flowed around her in su

ho sung the praises of the gods and the deeds of warriors. Iduna, his wife , kept in a casket certain apples which the gods,

of the world. Heimdall was not permitted to marry, lest any care for wife or children might interrupt his unceasing watchfu

ds, who resolved to do all in their power to protect him. Frigga, the wife of Odin, exacted an oath from the elements, fire,

Giants were touched with kindness and came to do him honor. When the wife of Baldur saw the funeral pile prepared, she died

nom falls upon his face drop by drop. One comfort is allowed him; his wife Siguna sits by his side, and catches the drops as

Hades set her free;    “She will return full soon,” saith he —    “My wife , my wife Persephone.” Low laughs the dark king o

her free;    “She will return full soon,” saith he —    “My wife, my wife Persephone.” Low laughs the dark king on his thr

n thy fair face, Persephone! Demeter sighs, but sure'tis well    The wife should love her destiny: They part, and yet, as l

h turned and bit her in the ankle. Within an hour the beautiful young wife was dead and her spirit had gone down to the unde

and had been told that he might, but that Alcestis should become the wife of none save him who should come to claim her in

all their splendor straight from the great hall of Olympus. Juno, the wife of Jupiter and queen of the gods, spoke first. “P

ppier than any of the others. Ten years before, he had left his young wife , Penelope, and his son, Telemachus, and the great

ys, but when she saw that Ulysses’ thoughts were only of his home and wife and child, she let them go. She gave Ulysses much

s these lawless men have been rioting in your palace, and wooing your wife , Penelope, against her will,” said Minerva. “Now

on the shore; And sweet it was to dream of Father-land, Of child, and wife , and slave; but evermore Most weary seem’d the se

΄tus. King of Thessaly; was served by Apollo as shepherd, 98; won his wife , Alcestis, by going to claim her in a chariot dra

th and bravery, 186. Alcest΄is (al-ses΄tis). Daughter of Pelias, 98; wife of Admetus, for whom she died, 106; was rescued b

r΄pi-na). Called by the Greeks Persephone, 36. Daughter of Ceres, 15; wife of Pluto, who carried her off by force, 17, thus

aided by Ariadne, slew the Minotaur, 165; carried off Ariadne as his wife , 166; lost her, or deserted her, at Naxos, 168.

later by Peleus, the father of Achilles, 170. The΄tis. A sea-nymph; wife of Peleus, 170; mother of Achilles, 182. Thrace.