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OLD GR EEK FOLK STOR IES
TOLD ANEW
BY J OSEPHI NE PR ESTON PEABODY
THE C PP CLAR K C O L M TE O . I I D
TOR O TO C ANAD A N , HOUGHTO N M I FFLI N COMPANY T M A AC U T T A BO ON E . S. S , SS H S S, U . PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
AW T OR N E h is Wonder-Bo ok an d Tan lewood Tales H H , in g , h as a a a a told , in m nner f mili r to multitudes of American
an d a a children to m ny more who once were children , dozen of the old Greek folk stories . They h ave served to render the persons an d scenes known as no cl assical
a a a diction ry would m ke them known . But H wthorne chose a few out of the m any myth s which arecons tantly appealing to the reader not only of ancient but of a a modern liter ture . The group cont ined in the collee tion which follows will help to fill out the list ; it is designed to serve as a complement to the Wonder
Bo ok an d Tan lewood Tales a s g , so th t the reference to the r an a stories in those collections a ebrief d llusive only . a s s s In order to m ke the entire erie more u eful , the
’ ’ index added to this number of the Rz vem deLit erat ure Series; is m ade to include al s o the s tories contained in the Other numbers of the series which con tain Haw ’ s as a thorne s two books . Thu the index serves toler ably full clue to the best-known ch aracters in Greek mythology .
CO R G T 18 B Y OU TO M co . PY I H , 97. H GH N . IFFLIN
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PR INTE D I N CANAD A CONTENTS
THE WO OD -FOLK THE jUD GME NT OF M I DA S PR O ME THE US THE DE LUGE O R P HE US A ND EUR YD ICE I CAR Us A ND D /EDA LUS PHA ETH O N NI OB E AD ME TUS AND THE SHE P HE R D AL CE S’I ’I S ’ Apo LL o s SISTE R D /E I . DIANA AN ACT ON D ANA A ND E D Y ON I I . I N MI THE C A LYD O NIAN HUNT ’ ATA LANTA S R A CE AR A C HNE PYR AMUS AND THISB E PY GMA LI O N AND GA LATE A CEDI P US C UP ID A ND PSYC HE THE TR IA L OF PSYC HE ST OR IE S OF THE TR OJA N WAR THE AP P E O F D C OR D I . L IS THE R O U G OF THE HE R E I I . SIN O S THE W O ODE N HOR E I I I . S THE HOUSE OF AGA ME MN O N THE ADV E NTUR E S OF O DYSSE US THE C UR E OF PO L YP E U I . S H M S THE WA D E R G OF D Y E U I I . N IN O SS S THE HO E -C O G I II . M MIN I ND E X OF M YT HO LO GY Onceu on a tim e m en m a e iends w ith theE a th . Th lis p , d fr r ey tened to all that w oo ds and waters m ight say; their ey es werekeen to see w onders in s ilent country places and in theliving creatures that
d n To this w is w o l outs ha not lear ed to beafraid. e r d ide thepeople
took thei o and sor ow and aus th lov theE arth shean r j y r ; bec e ey ed ,
ered the s w m . I t was no t strangethat Pan him s elf som etim es brought hom e a ’ sh he s st a lam I t was no t stran one okethe anches ep rd r y b . ge, if br br
o a t that so m ai li ew ithin w t at thehurt . E ven no w the f ree , ef r fi ep , E arth is glad w ith us in springtim e, and wegrievefor her when the
o B ut in theold a s th ew as a los r union cl a s e h leaves g . d y er c e , e rer p ec
E arth and thes tar u n m en and all o th atu s s a o t her. betw ee er cre re , b
ut o theli that the liv to th th haveco m e o w n to us O f fe y ed ge er, ere d
n ul tal s and whether the betol w ll or ill th are these w o derf e ; , y d e , ey
en too goo d to beforgo tt . OLD G R EEK FOLK STOR IES
T H E W O O D — FO L K
PA N led a merrier life th an all the O ther gods together .
w as a s s an d He beloved like by hepherd countrymen , an d a s an d a s s an d as s by the f un s tyr , bird be t , of his own a s an d s w as h is an d kingdom . The c re of flock herd , for home he h ad all the world of woods an d waters ; he w as - - " lord of everything out o fdoors Yet he felt the burden of it no more th an he felt the sh adow of a leaf when he
a s a s a an d s a d nced , but pent the d y in l ughter mu ic mong h i a s an d s a s h a s s . d fellow Like him , the f un tyr furry ,
a an d a s a o pointed e rs , little horns th t prouted b ve their s fa t all a brow ; in , they were enough like wild cre tures a to seem no strangers to anything unt med . They slept
s a an d a s in the sun , piped in the h de , lived on wild gr pe an d the nuts th at every squirrel w as ready to sh are with them . s m an w an The wood were never lonely . A might der away into thos e solitudes an d think himself — s an d T a ne an d a friendles ; but here here river k w ,
t a s it s . a u a s ree could tell , tory of own Be utif l cre ture
a as a h ad o ff they were , th t for one re on or nother left a s a hum n h ape . Some h d been tr an sformed against
a a their will , th t they might do no more h rm to their
- fellow men . Some were ch anged through the pity of
s a s a s Pan the god , th t they might h re the imple life of ,
ss a a s a a an d s s mindle of mort l c re , gl d in r in un hine , an d a a s a a lw ys clo e to the he rt of the E rth . w as — r a . There D yope , for inst nce , the lotus tree T H E - 7. W O O D F O L K
a a a a a a Once c reless , h ppy wom n , w lking mong the an d a h ad trees with her Sister Iole her own b by , she a s a a an d broken lotu th t held live nymph hidden , a a blood dripped from the wounded pl nt . Too l te , Dryope s aw her heedlessness , an d there her steps h ad a an d sh e h ad a t ken root , there s id good by to her
an d a s a child , pr yed Iole to bring him sometime to pl y
- a beneath her sh adow . Poor mother tree "Perh ps she t ook com fort with the birds an d gave a kindly
shelter to s ome nest . w as a - There , too , Echo , once wood nymph who
a ss 1 9 as s , ngered the godde £11 . with her w te of word an d w as e a an d comp lled now to w it till others spoke , s a a an then to y nothing but their l st word , like y - a sh es aw an mocking bird . One d y d loved the youth a w as s a s rcissus, who e rching the wood for his hunting N " " " a n comp anions . Come hither he c lled a d Echo
"a a at as . am cried Hit'her e ger to spe k l t Here a n a I come he repe ted , looki g bout for the voice . E n sh s s a a d e . I come , id cho , tood before him But a at s a at the youth , ngry such mimicry , only t red her a sh e a an d h as tened away . From th t time f ded to a i an d da sh e an d vo ce , to this y lurks hidden silent till
you call . But Narcissus himself w as des tined to fall in love a a a a with sh dow . For , le ning over the edge of brook da saw a a at one y , he his own be utiful f ce looking up
- a a . a a an d him like w ter nymph He le ned ne rer , the
a s a sur f ce ro e tow rds him , but when he touched the Da a da face it w as gone in a hundred ripples . y fter y he bes ought the lovely creature to h ave pity an d to
‘ speak ; but it mocked him with his own tears an d an d all s a a smiles , he forgot el e , until he ch nged into
flower t h at leans over to see its im age in the pool . T H E W O O D - F O L K 3
w as sun flo w er Cl t e a a There , too , the y i , once m iden ‘ who thought nothing so beautiful as the sun -god Phoe
h s a bus . da s e _ Apollo All the y long u ed to look fter ' him as hej ourneyed across the heavens in his golden a t a a a rOOt ed a a ch rio , until she c me to be f ir pl nt th t ever turns its head to w atch the sun . H a a . a M ny like were there Daphne the l urel , y cin t h us n a a a s a (o ce be utiful youth , sl in by mi ch nce) , wh o an d s h is as a lives renew bloom flower , these an d a hundred Others . The very weeds were friendly .
s a i s a But there were wi e , immort l vo ce in cert in a a s caves an d trees . Men c lled them Or cle ; for here the gods spoke in answer to the prayers of folk in s a sorrow or bewilderment . Sometime they built a a an d temple round such befriending voice , kings a would j ourney far to hear it s pe k .
Pan h ad an d a As for , only one grief he , in the end gl ad t hing c ame of it . da w as a a s aw One y , when he loitering in Arc di , he - w as a n the beautiful wood nymph Syrinx . She h ste
an a at as an d s w as as ing to join Di the ch e , she her elf swift an d lovely as an y bright bird th at one longs
Pan an d e a a . 80 to c pture thought , he hurri d fter to
n a tell her . But Syrinx tur ed , c ught one glimpse of ' s a s an d s an d the god s h ggy lock bright eye , the two
h is a w as a little horns on he d (he much like wild thing , at a an d sh e a a a a look) , spr ng w y down the p th in
terror . e s Pan an d B gging her to li ten , followed ; Syrinx , an d a h is s more more frightened by the p tter of hoof ,
as as as never heeded him , but went f t light till she h e a s ca . s me to the brink of the river Only then p u ed , ra s a - s w a p ying her friend , the w ter nymphs , for ome y 4 T H E W O O D - F O L K
a . a of esc pe The gentle , bewildered cre tures , looking a up through the w ter , could think of but one device . Jus t as the god overtook Syrinx an d s tretched out
h is a sh e a s a s an d rms to her , v ni hed like mi t , he
s as a a found him elf gr ping cluster of t ll reeds . Poor n " Pa The breeze th at sighed whenever he did an d oftener shook the reeds an d m ade a sweet li t t le Pan a s a . a ound , sudden music he rd it , h lf con
s oled .
I " . s a a it your voice , Syrinx he s id Sh ll we "" s ing together He boun d a number of the reeds side by s ide ; to this
da s s . a s y , hepherd know how He blew cro s the hol an " low pipes d they m ade music T J S M E NT TEQIEB O F M I D A S
i PAN can eat length to be such a wonderful piper with h is s yrinx (for so he n amed h is flute) th at he ch al len ged Apollo to m ake better music if he could . Now
sun - w as a s a s n s a s the god l o the gre te t of divi e mu ici n , an d he resolved to punish the v anity of the country
an d s o s s . god , con ented to the te t For judge they
s a Tm o l s is so an d cho e the mount in us, ince no one old
Tm o l us a s as s . wi e the hill And , since could not le ve h is n Pan an d a h is home , to him we t Apollo , e ch with a an d a s a s a s an d followers , ore ds dry d , f un , s tyr , centaurs .
s Pan w as a a a Among the wor hippers of cert in Mid s ,
h ad a a . a n a a who str nge story Once ki g of gre t we lth , h ad a s s n he ch nced to befriend Diony u , god of the vi e ; an d when he w as as ked to choose s ome good gift in
a a - b e return , he pr yed th t everything touched might
s s s a be turned into gold . Diony u miled little when he
a s a a . he rd this fooli h pr yer , but he gr nted it Within
a IVIidas a s a two d ys , King le rned the ecret of th t smile , an d begged the god to take away the gift th at w as a h ad n a curs e . He touched everythi g th t belonged to
h i s s s " an d a s s s him , little joy did he h ve of po e ion His
a a w as as a as a a a p l ce yellow home d ndelion to bee , but n Ot h alf s o sweet . Row upon row of stiff golden trees s tood in h is garden ; they no longer knew a
n a . sat eat breeze whe they he rd it When he down to , a h is feas t turned to treasure uneatable . He le rned
a a m a s a an d a see a th t king y t rve , he c me to th t gold
a a a s E a . c nnot repl ce the live , w rm gift of the rth 6 T H E J U D G M E N T O F M I D A S
s a a a Kindly Diony us took b ck the ch rm , but from th t day King Mid as so h ated gold th at he chose to live
far a s an d . from luxury , mong the wood fields Even
sa here he w as not to go free from mi dventure . Tm o l us a an d Pan g ve the word , uprose with his an d a syrinx , blew upon the reeds melody so wild an d a a s a as at a yet so co xing th t the squirrel c me , if
a an d s . c ll , the bird hopped down in rows The trees a a a an d a sw yed with longing to d nce , the f uns looked at one another an d l aughed for joy . To their furry
cars w as s s a . little , it the sweete t mu ic th t could be Tm o l us an d - But bowed before Apollo , the sun god
s h is h is a s . ro e with golden lyre in h nd As he moved , light shook out of his r adi ant h air as raindrops are His a showered from the leaves . tr iling robes were
s a a purple , like the cloud th t temper the glory of sun
a m a . set , so th t one y look upon it He touched the ll s an d a . strings of his lyre , things were ilent with joy
a an d s a . a He m de music , the wood dre med The f uns and s atyrs were quite still ; an d the wild creatures a a a crouched , blinking , under ch rm of light th t they
a s a a could not unders tand . To he r uch music ce se w as like bidding farewell to father an d mother . a at and With one ccord they fell the feet of Apollo ,
Tm o l us procl aimed the victory his . Only one voice disputed th at award .
as s a Mid refu ed to cknowledge Apollo lord of music , perh aps because the looks of the god d azzled his ' e es un leas an t l an d h is s y p y , put him in mind of fooli h s a s w as s a wi h ye r before . For him there no mu ic in golden lyre " But Apollo would n o t leave such dull ears un
. a punished At word from him they grew long , and a w a an d a pointed , furry , ble to turn this y th t T H E J U D G M E N T O F M I D A S 7
a a a a a a n n a . (like popl r le f) , pl in w r i g to musici ns
a h ad a an ass o n e " Mid s the e rs of , for every to see For a lon g time the poor m an hid thi s oddity with
a a a such skill th t we might never h ve he rd of it . But
s a s a s an d s ff so one of his erv nt le rned the ecret , u ered much from keepi n g it to him self th at he h ad to un
n a s burden his mi d at l ast . Out into the me dow he a a s e went , hollowed little pl ce in the turf, whi p red
s an s s an d a the tr ge new into it quite oftly , he ped the
n . a " s s a e arth over agai Al s a bed of reed pr ng up n an d s a there before lo g , whi pered in turn to the gr ss
a . a a a r a a bl des Ye r fter ye r they g ew g in , ever gos
a n s s an d da sipping mo g them elve ; to this y , with every
a s s wind th t et them nodding together , they murmur , " a M idas has t he ears o an ass : Ob bush l ughing , f , , h bus . P R OME T H E US
IN THE a a w as a r a e rly d ys of the universe , there g e t s an s truggle for empire between Zeu d the Titans . a a s a an d a The Tit ns , gi nt power of he ven e rth , were
s a a ado for eizing wh tever they w nted , with no more ll a a . s s s a th n whirlwind Prometheu , the wi e t of their
‘ a l o n t ried s a a s r ce , g to per u de them th t good coun el would avail more th an violence ; but they refused to
s . s a s s s li ten Then , eeing th t uch ruler would oon turn a an d a s a a s he ven e rth into chao g in , Prometheu left s an d them to their own device , went over to Zeus , whom he aided so well th at the Titans were utterly a a s overthrown . Down into T rt ru they went , to live —N — among the hidden fires of the eat hf an d there they spent a a s an d s a long term of bond ge , muttering like torm , h k s as En ing the roots of mountain . One of them w cel adus l a fEt n a an d o n e as , who y bound under ; , Atl , w as m ade to stand an d bear up the weight of the sky on
his gi ant shoulders . an Zeus w as left King of gods an d men . Like y w as a a a s young ruler , he e ger to work gre t ch nge with O a s his new power . Among ther pl ns , he propo ed to
s a an d a de troy the r ce of men then living , to repl ce it
s a with some new order of creatures . Prometheu lone
heard this scheme with indign ation . Not only did he a m an an d a b uf a ple d for the life of s ve it , ever fter
s h is a f s a an d he pent gi nt e fort to civilize the r ce , to
endow it with a wit near to th at of gods .
h ad a . In the Golden Age , men lived free of c re a a s s s a They took no heed of d ily w nt , ince Zeu g ve all an d a them things needful , the e rth brought forth P R O M E T H E U S 9 fruit age an d h arvest without asking the toil of hus a n m n . a b a d e If mort ls were light of he rt , however , their minds were empty of great enterpri se . They did n o r k n ow how to build or pl ant or weave ; their
s far an d h ad s thought never flew , they no wi h to cross the sea . a an d But Prometheus loved e rthly folk , thought w as a th at they h ad been children long enough . He a a mighty workm n , with the whole world for work shop ; an d little by little he taught men knowledge th at
s o a is wonderful to know , th t they grew out of their
an d a a s s . childhood , beg n to t ke thought for them elve
s a a a Some people even y th t he knew how to m ke men , as we m ake sh apes out of cl ay; — an d set their
n . a m a w as five wits goi g However th t y be , he cer
a t ain ly a cu n n ing workm an . He t ught men first to
a an d a s s a . build huts out of cl y , to th tch roof with tr w
He showed them how to m ake bricks an d hew m arble . a s an d s s s He t ught them number letter , the ign of
s as s an d an d s a s . the e on , the coming going of the t r He showed them how to use for their healing the simple herbs th at once h ad no care s ave to grow an d a h be fragrant . He t ught them how to till t efields ;
a as s an d set a s how to t me the be t , them l o to work ; s a a an d how to build hips th t ride the w ter , to put
s a m a as s . wing upon them th t they y go f ter , like bird
s an d . With every new gift , men de ired more more see a s an d a They set out to unknown l nd , their mbi s tion grew with their knowledge . They were like a r ace of poor gods gifted with dream s of great glory an d as a s s an d u the power to f hion m rvellou thing ; , tho gh
h ad s they no endle s youth to spend , the gods were
troubled .
as all s a L t of , Prometheu went up secretly to he ven I O P R O M E T H E U S a a fter the tre sure of the immortals . He lighted a at a an d reed the fl me of the sun , brought down the holy fire which is deares t to the gods . For with the aid all s are ss all a are of fire thing po ible , rts perfected .
s w as a s m an w as a Thi his gre te t gift to , but it theft
a s an d s from the immort l god , Zeu would endure no
a a s more . He could not t ke b ck the ecret of fire ; but he h ad Prometheus ch ained to a lofty crag in the a as s da a a C uc u , where every y vulture c me to prey an d at a upon his body , night the wound would he l , so a f a a th t it w as ever to suf er ag in . It w s a bitter pen a - a a and as lty for so noble he rted rebel , time went by , an d s h is s Zeu remembered bygone service , he would have m ade peace once more . He only waited till s Prometheus should bow his stubborn pirit , but this the so n of Titans would not do . H aughty as rock a h is a a ff bene th d ily torment , believing th t he su ered
a a s . for the good of m nkind , he endured for ye r
as s One secret h ardened h is spirit . He w ure th at the a s da s a empire of Zeus must f ll ome y , ince he knew of a d anger th at threatened it . For there w as certain a sea- s s be utiful nymph , Theti , whom Zeus de ired for his is a w as h a . wife . (This before m rri ge to Queen Juno ) a a Thei w as s Prometheus lone knew th t t £ 4 de tined to r a h ave a son who should be fa gre ter th an his father . a a w as If she m rried some mort l , then , the prophecy not so wonderful ; but if shewere to m arry the King
s an d an d so n a a of god men , her should be gre ter th n
a . s he , there could be no s fety for the kingdom Thi knowledge Prometheus kept securely hidden ; but he
s an d a a ever defied Zeu , vexed him with d rk s yings i about a d anger th at threatened h s s overeignty . No ' a a torment could wring the secret from him . Ye r fter
a as s and t h e at ye r , l hed by the torms scorched by he P R O M E T H E U S I I
a n s an d of the sun , he hung in ch i the vulture tore his
a an s at h is an d vit ls , while the young Oce ide wept feet , men sorrowed over the doom of their prorector . At l as t th at earlier enmity between the gods an d a s a an the Tit n c me to end . The b anished rebel s were a a s an d s s a an d set free from T rt ru , they them elve c me
s a s besought their brother , Prometheu , to he r the term n of Zeus . For the King of gods a d men h ad promised a a to p rdon his enemy , if he would only reve l this one troublous secret . In all heaven an d earth there w as but one thing a a a th t m rred the new h rmony , this long struggle between Zeus an d Prometheus ; an d the Titan re
len t ed. s a s He poke the prophecy , w rned Zeu not to
a an d n m rry Thetis , the two were reco ciled . The hero Her acles (himself an earthly son of Zeus) slew the n s t s vulture a d e Prometheu free . But it w as s till needful th at a life should be given
E a a sin " : . to B E th t ncient , the theft of fire It h a n ed a s all a pg th t Chiron , noble t of the Cent urs are a s an d a m en w as a (who h lf hor es h lf ) , w ndering the world in agony from a wound th at he h ad received
a s a . at a a by str nge mi ch nce For , cert in wedding
as a a ae ssa fe t mong the L pith of The ly , one of the - t urbulent Centaurs h ad attempted t o s teal away th e
s an d in bride . A fierce truggle followed , the gen a s a s as w as h ad er l confu ion , Chiron , bl meles he , been wounded by a poisoned arrow . Ever tormented with
an d a a a the hurt never to be he led , the immort l Cent ur
n a an d a ac lo ged for de th , begged th t he might be cept ed as an atonement for Prometheus . The gods heard his prayer an d took aw ay h is p ain an d his im n d a . an a m an a mort lity He died like y we ried , Zeus a set him as a shining archer among the st rs . 1 O M E T H E U S 2. P R
a So ended a long feud . From the d y of Prome s a s s theu , men spent their lives in ce sele s enterpri e ,
a an d a s forced to t ke heed for food r iment , ince they an d as art an d a knew how , to ply their t ks of h ndi
a . h ad a cr ft They t ken unresting toil upon them , but h ad a s s a at an d a they wondrou erv nt their beck c ll , — a h a the bright eyed fire th t is t etre sure of the gods .
I 4 T H E D E L U G E
an d an d Men women perished with the flocks herds . Wild beasts from the forest flo ated away on the cur
s . rent with the poor heep Birds , left homeless , circled an d far an d a s a an d flew ne r eeking some pl ce of rest , , a an d finding none , they fell from we riness died with
a a h ad . hum n folk , th t no wings Then for the firs t time the sea-creatures nymphs an d far s dolphins ventured from their home , up , up a a a s a through the swollen w ters , mong pl ce th t they h ad s s h ad never een before , forests who e like they
n o t a s an d a a . dre med , town deluged f rmste ds They an d a a s an d at went in out of drowned p l ce , wondered an d the strange ways of men . And in out the bright
fish a a a . m an w as d rted , too , without fe r Wonderful m an d a . a w as t no more His he rth e pty ; fire , his serv n , a a w s dead on e rth . a a It One mount in lone s t ood high above this ruin . w as a as ac an d m an P rn sus , s red to the gods ; here one h a an d a d . a wom n found refuge Str ngely enough , this s a an d a a hu b nd wife were of the r ce of the Tit ns , a a an d a a Deuc lion , son of Prometheus , Pyrrh , child an d a had of Epimetheus , his brother ; these lone lived an pure d true of heart . Warned by Prometheus of the fate in store for the a h ad o ff a at E rth , they put from their home in little bo , n h a a d d m ade the cres t of P arn assus their s afe h arbor .
s s a The god looked down on the e two lonely cre tures , an d all a a an d , beholding their p st lives cle r just , suf . t s a a n fe ed them to live on . Zeu b de the r in cease a d the floods withdraw . a Once more the rivers sought their wonted ch nnels , an d the sea-gods an d the nymphs wandered home t e u t an t l a l c y with the sinking seas . The sun c me out ; n as a a d they h tened more e gerly to find cool depths . T H E D E L U G E I S
Little by little the forest trees rose from the sh allows
n n as as if they were growi g a ew . At l t the surface of l a a see s an d the world y cle r to , but odden deserted ,
a s s s a the f ir field covered with ooze , the hou e r nk with
s s an d . mos , the temple cold lightless Deucalion an d Pyrrh a saw the bright w as te of
a s an d an d s an d w ter ink grow dim the hill emerge , the earth show green once more . But even their a th ankfulness of he rt could not m ake them merry . " s a a all a " Are we to li"ve on thi gre t e rth lone h a s an they s aid . Ah if we d but the wi dom d cun a s a a a ning of our f ther , we might m ke new r ce of men
us a . a a s us" to bear comp ny But now wh t rem in to a ll We h ave only e ch Other for a our kindred . a a a sa a at T ke he rt , de r wife , id Deuc lion length ,
a s an d let us pr y to the god in yonder temple . a They went thither h nd in h and . It touched their hearts to see the sacred steps s oiled with the water a a weeds , the lt r without fire ; but they entered rev
eren t l an d a . y, besought the Or cle to help them a a Go forth , nswered the spirit of the pl ce , with your faces veiled an d your robes ungirt ; an d cas t behind
as s . you , ye go , the bone of your mother a Deucalion an d Pyrrh a he rd with am azement . The
a w as . str nge word terrible to them"
m a dat e s s a . We y never do thi , whi pered Pyrrh ’ It would be impious to s trew our mother s bones along the w ay . In s adness an d wonder they went out together an d a fir ss took thought , little comforted by the mne of the a a a dry e rth bene th their feet . Suddenly Deuc lion
i . po"nted to the ground
a "a . Behold the E rth , our mother s id he Surely w as s a a a it thi th t the Or cle meant . And wh t should 1 6 T H E D E L U G E her bones bebut the rocks th at are a found ation for t h e a an s a " d a cl y , the pebble th t strew the p th
t a a s Uncer in , but with lighter he rt , they veiled their
a a s an d a a an f ces , ungirt their g rment , , g thering e ch a m f as a r ul of the stones , flung them behind , the Or cle h ad bidden . as a a a And , they w lked , every stone th t Deuc lion flung became a m an ; an d every one th at Pyrrh a threw
a s s sprang up a wom an . And the he rt of the e two were
filled with jo y an d welcome .
a all s Down from the holy mount in they went , tho e
‘ r a s read t o a s an d new c e ture , y m ke them home to go
a a . bout hum n work For they were strong to endure ,
an d a s as an d fresh h rdy of pirit , men women should be who aretrue children of our Mother Earth . O R P H E U S A N D E U R Y DI C E
E N s an d s an d a a WH god shepherd pipe"d the st rs s ng , th at w as the day of musici ans But the triumph of Ph oeb us po ll o him self w as not so wonderful as the a a m an a triumph of mort l who lived on e rth , though s a some s ay th at he came of divine lineage . Thi w s
r s a s a n O pheu , th t be t of h rpers , who we t with the Gre cM es of the great ship Argo in search of the
Golden Fleece .
h is s After return from the que t , he won Eurydice
h is an d as a as can for wife , they were h ppy people be who love each O ther an d every one el se . The very
as an d s s a wild be ts loved them , the tree clu tered bout
their home as if they were w atered with music . But even the gods them selves were not always free from s an d da s a a a orrow , one y mi fortune c me upon th t h rper O r h p gi s whom all men loved to honor . c h is as w as a Eurydi e , lovely wife , she w ndering
s a s with the nymph , unwittingly trod upon erpent in
ass . s h ad n the gr Surely , if Orpheu bee with her ,
a n h is a a a pl yi g upon lyre , no cre ture could h ve h rmed
her . But Orpheus came too l ate . She died of the
an d w as s Sting , lo t to him in the Underwo rl d, a s a h is s For d y he w ndered from home , inging the story of h is loss an d h is despair to the helpless passers
H n in . is s s ss by grief moved the very to e the wilderne , an d roused a dumb di s tress in the hearts of s avage
as s . s s a ear be t Even the god on Mount Olympu g ve ,
but they held no power over th ed arkness of H ades . s an Wherever Orpheu w dered with his lyre , no one 1 6 T H E D E L U G E her bones bebut the rocks th at are a foundation for a an d s a a " the cl y , the pebble th t strew the p th
t a a s Uncer in , but with lighter he rt , they veiled their
a a s an d a a an f ces , ungirt their g rment , , g thering e ch a m s as a r ful of the stone , flung them behind , the Or cle h ad bidden .
as a s a a And , they w lked , every tone th t Deuc lion flung became a m an ; an d every one th at Pyrrh a threw a t sprang up a wom an . And the he r s of these two were
filled with jo y an d welcome . a all Down from the holy mount in they went , those ' a s read t o a s an d new cre ture , y m ke them home to go
a a . s bout hum n work For they were trong to endure ,
s an d a s as an d fre h h rdy of pirit , men women should E be who aretrue children of our Mother arth . O R P H E U S A N D E U R Y DI C E
E N an d s an d s a a WH gods shepherd pipe"d the t rs s ng , th at w as the day of musici ans But the triumph of Phoebu s Apollo him self w as not so wonderful as the a a m an a triumph of mort l who lived on e rth , though a some say th at he came of divine lineage . This w s
s a s a n Orpheu , th t be t of h rpers , who we t with the Gre _ ci am heroes of the great ship Argo in search of the
n Golde Fleece .
f h is s A ter return from the que t , he won Eurydice an d as a as can for his wife , they were h ppy people be who love each O ther an d every one el se . The very
as s an d s s a wild be t loved them , the tree clu tered bout their home as if they were w atered with mus ic . But even the gods them selves were not always free from s an d o n eda s a a a orrow , y mi fortune c me upon th t h rper O r h i ll p g s whom a men loved to honor . c as sh e w as a Eurydi e , his lovely wife , w ndering
s a s with the nymph , unwittingly trod upon erpent in
ass . s h ad the gr Surely , if Orpheu been with her ,
a h is l re a a a pl ying upon y , no cre ture could h ve h rmed _
s a a . her . But Orpheu c me too l te She died of the s an d w as s Un d vv l ting , lo t to him in the gg d, er/ f O a a h l S i i For d ys he w ndered from home , S ng ng the s tory of h is loss an d h is despair to the helples s passers
b . s s s y His grief moved the very tone in the wilderne s , an d roused a dumb di s tress in the hearts of s av age
as s . s o n s a car be t Even the god Mount Olympu g ve ,
n but they held no power over th ed ark ess of H ades . a h is Wherever Orpheus w ndered with lyre , no one I 8 O R P H E U S A N D E U R Y D I C E h ad the will to forbid him entrance ; an d at length he found unguarded th at very cave th at leads to the s a Underworld where Pluto rules the pirits of the de d . h is He went down without fear . The fire in living heart found him a w ay through the gloom of th at
, a . ss a a pl ce He cro ed the Styx , the bl ck river th t the
a as s s a a . a gods n me their mo t cred o th Ch ron , the a a a s a a h rsh old ferrym n who t ke the Sh des cross , for
k a s a got to as of him the coin th t every oul must p y .
For Orpheus s ang . There in the Underworld the song of Apollo would n Ot h ave moved the poor ghosts a a a a s a far so . much It would h ve m zed them , like t r w a a o ff th at no one understands . But here s human s an d s a s a inger , he ng of thing th t grow in every a a an d an d a hum n he rt , youth love de th , the sweetness ar n d a at of the E th , a the bitterness of losing ught th is clear to us . a r Now the de d , when they go to the Unde world , drink of the pool of Lethe ; an d forgetfulness of all a h as ass s a s an d th t p ed come upon them like leep ,
s they lo e their longing for the world , they lose their a an d a t w i memory of p in , live content with th t cool s light . But not the pool of Lethe it elf could withstand t hesong of Orpheus ; an d in the hearts of the Sh ades all the old dreams awoke wondering . They remem a bered once more the life of men on E rth , the glory of t he an d ss ass sun moon , the sweetne of new gr , the a s all an d a w rmth of their home , the old joy grief th t
they h ad known . And they wept .
s . s Even the Furie were moved to pity Tho e , too , who were s uffering punishment for evil deeds ceased
s an d to be tormented for themselve , grieved only for " u i the innocent Orpheus who h ad lost E rydice . S sy h us a a is a p , th t fr udulent king (who doomed to roll
O R P H E U S A N D E U R 'Y D I C E
melts I n our very h ands . A murmur of farewell came
is . as h a w . to e rs , no more She gone a a o n a He would h ve followed , but Ch ron , now gu rd , a a s drove him b ck . Seven d y he lingered there be an d a a tween the worlds of life de th , but fter the
s a s s hi s s broken promi e , H de would not li ten to ong .
a a a w as s B ck to the E rth he w ndered , though it weet
‘
t o . s a him no longer He died young , ingingto the l st , an d a a h is s round bout the pl ce where body re ted ,
nightingales nes ted in the trees . His lyre w as set ° among the s tars ; an d he himself went down to join
Eurydice , unforbidden .
s h ad Tho e two no need of Lethe , for their life on a h ad a an d a are e rth been wholly f ir , now th t they " a s together they no longer own orrow . I C A R U S A N D D /ED A L U S
AM ON G all those mortals who grew so wi se th at they
a s s s w as le rned the ecret of the god , none more cun a ning th an D ed alus . n a He once built , for King Mi os of Crete , wonder ful Labyrinth of winding ways so cunn i ngly t angled an d tvviSt ed a a up round th t , once inside , you could
a a a a i never find your w ay out g in without m g c clue . ' an d But t he s a , ’ king f vor veered with the wind one day he h ad h is m aster architect imprisoned in a tower . Daedalus m an aged to es cape from his cell ; but it a s a seemed impossible to le ve the i l nd , since every ship th at came or went w as well gu arded by order of the king .
a sea- s air At length , w tching the gull in the , the a a only cre tures th t were sure of liberty , he thought a a s an d h is a s of pl n for him elf young son Ic ru , who w as c aptive with him . a a a a Little by little , he g thered store of fe thers gre t
an d s a . a s a m ll He f stened the e together with thre d ,
w ax an d s o as n t w o a moulded them in with , f hio ed gre t
s s a . wing like tho e of bird When they were done , ae a s h is s s an d a D d lu fitted them to own houlder , fter o n e t w o f s a a n h is a s or ef ort , he found th t by w vi g rm
air an a as a s . d he could winnow the cle ve it , wimmer
sea . s a a s does the He held him elf loft , w vered thi w a an d a n an d at as a a y th t with the wi d , l t , like gre t a fledgling , he le rned to fly .
a a a s Without del y , he fell to work on p ir of wing a an d a a for the boy Ic rus , t ught him c refully how to A U S A N D AE A U S Z7. I C R D D L
a as a use them , bidding him bew re of r h dventures
s a s . a a a R , i , "mong the t r emember s d the f ther s a never to fly very low or very high , for the fog bout a a t he the e rth would weigh you down , but the bl ze of sun will s urely melt your feathers apart if you go too near .
a a at ear an d For Ic rus , these c utions went in one out a by the Other . Who could remember to be c reful m " when he w as to fly for the firs t ti e Are birds care ’ " " n t an a a ful Not they And O ide rem ined in the boy s head but the one j oy of es cape . da a an d a at w as The y c me , the f ir wind th to set
. a an d them free The f ther bird put on his wings , , a while the light urged them to be gone , he w ited to see a all w as a s th t well with Ic ru , for the two could not
a a . s a fly h nd in h nd Up they ro e , the boy fter his a a a father . The h teful ground of Crete s nk bene th an d a a them ; the country folk , who c ught glimpse of a - them when they were high bove the tree tops , took a s a s it for vision of the god , Apollo , perh p , with
Cupid after him .
At firs t there w as a terror in the joy . The wide a a air a a a a v c ncy of the d zed them , gl nce downw rd a a m ade their brains reel . But when gre t wind filled
an d a s s s a a their wings , Ic ru felt him elf su t ined , like a - a a a h lcyon bird in the hollow of w ve , like child up
h is lifted by mother , he forgot everything in the world
e an s a s a . Cr t d but j oy He forgot , e the other i l nd th t he h ad passed over : he s aw b u t v aguely th at winged thing in the dis tance before him th at w as h is father [ ae a D dalus . He longed for one dr ught of flight to quench the thirs t of h is captivity: b e s tretched out h is arms to the s ky an d m ade towards the highes t
heavens . I C A R U S A N D D AS D A L U S
" an a Al as for him Warmer d w rmer grew the air. h a s a s a d s a . Tho e rm , th t eemed to uphold him , rel xed i a . h s His wings w vered , drooped He fluttered young
an a w as a an d a h ds v inly , he f lling , in th t terror a h ad he remembered . The he t of the sun melted the w ax h is s a s a from wing ; the fe ther were f lling , one by
w as n a an d . one , like s owfl kes ; there none to help a a ss He fell like le f to ed down the wind , down ,
n e a ae a far o a a . down , with cry th t overtook D d lus w y
an d s an d When he returned , ought high low for the saw n - a poor boy , he nothi g but the bird like fe thers a a a an d a a w as flo t on the w ter , he knew th t Ic rus drowned . a s a a l ari a The ne rest i l nd he n med c , in memory of
a n the child ; but he , in he vy grief, we t to the temple n Sicil an d h is as of Apollo i _ y , there hung up wings an f a a a of ering . Never g in did he ttempt to fly . P H A ET H ON
NCE a a l ad a O upon time , the reckless whim of c me near to des troying the E arth an d robbing the spheres of their wits .
a a s s a a n There were two pl ym te , id to be of he ve ‘ m -q j as parentage . One w cl aimed en s a a an d w as ae a c f ther ; one Ph thon , the e rthly hild of Phoebus Apollo (or Helios as some n ame the sun
. da as a god) One y they were bo ting together , e ch of ’ h is a an d a s a at O own f ther , Ep phu , ngr the fine y O ther s
'' a an d a a h is Full of r ge humili tion , Ph ethon went to
s at s s s mother , Clymene , where she with his young i ter , the Heli ades . shes a a It is true , my child , id , I swe r it in the
a an light of yonder Sun . If you h ve y doubt , go to the l and whence he ri ses at morning an d ask of him an a an d a y gift you will ; he is your f ther , he c nnot refuse you .
as a As soon might be , Ph ethon set out for the coun try of sunrise . He journeyed by day an d by night
far as a a a . into the e t , till he c me to the p l ce of the Sun
as s s an d It towered high the cloud , gloriou with gold all a s a a m nner of gem th t looked like frozen fire , if th t a might be . The mighty w lls were wrought with
a s a an d sea an d s k . a s im ge of e rth y Vu"lc n , the mith s h ad a h is s of the god , m de them in work hop (for
/Et n a is an d h as Mount I one of his forges , he the cen tral fires of the earth to help him fashion gold an d
as a . s a iron , men do gl ss) On the door bl zed the P H A E T H O N 1 5
tw elve signs of the in silver th at shone like a w as a snow in the sun light . Ph ethon d zzled with the a a a sight , but when he entered the p l ce h ll he could
h ardly bear the radi an ce .
I n s h is a -s s one glimp e through h lf hut eye , he beheld
a s n an o s gloriou bei g , none other th Ph ebus him elf,
as seated upon a throne . He w clothed in purple
a n an n h is a s a n r ime t , rou d he d there hone bli ding ‘ a n i élb l ev en h is light , th t g ff fiéi courtiers upon the right an d as s upon the left , the Se on with their emblems ,
Da a an d a s y , Month , Ye r , the be utiful young Hour in
I I n an s all -s s a . I o e row gl ce of tho e eeing eye , the sun -god knew h is child ; but in order to try him he
asked the boy h is err an d . " a s a a n are O my f ther , t mmered Ph etho , if you a n an d n a my f ther i deed , the he took cour ge ; for a h is n o ff the god c me down from thro e , put the glori
a a a s an d a ous h lo th t hurt mort l eye , embr ced him
tenderly . " r A k n a t so n s a . s a Indeed , thou my , id he y gift of me an d it sh all be thine ; I c all the Styx to
witness . Ah " ae a u s cried Ph thon r pt rou ly . Let me drive " a n " thy ch riot for o eday ' an s a s For in t nt the Sun s looks clouded . Choo e
a a a . art a g in , my child , s id he Thou only mor
i n t al an d s as s a all s . , thi t k mi e lone of the god Not
Zeu s him self d are drive the ch ariot of the Sun . The w a s b Ot h s s an d y is full of terror , for the hor e for
all a s a n a s an d E a the St r lo g the ro d ide , for the rth ,
h as all ss s . s n an d s who ble ing from me Li te , choo e a all again . And therewith he w arned Ph ethon of
a a s w a a s a the d ngers th t be et the y , the gre t teep th t
n ss the Steeds must climb , the numbing dizzi e of the 1 6 P H A E T H O N
f "i a < 9
c la s at a height , the fierce onstel tion th bre the out fire , an d th at descent in the wes t where the Sun seems to go headlong . o r, But these counsels only m ade the reckless boy more eager to win honor of s uch a high enterprise . "
a a . I will t ke c re ; only let me go , he begged h ad a Now Phoebus sworn by the bl ck river Styx , an a a s a a an d w as o th th t none of the god d re bre k , he i forced to keep h s promise . a Auro ra o ddess o f ‘h ad Alre dy k g dawn thrown open the g ates of the east an d the stars were beginning to
a . s a w ne The Hour c me forth to Mharness the four an d ae h x a i at horses , Ph thon looked wit e ul t t on the
a s w as a da . splendid cre tures , who e lord he for y ‘ a s w it h ambro s a Wild , immort l teeds they were , fed i , untamed as the wi n ds ; their very pet names signified a an d all a a can — P ro is E is fl me , th t fl me do , _ y g i ,
zE t h o n . , Phlegon l ad a a As the stood by , w tching , Phoebus nointed a h a h t a s a i his f ce wit p_ ilter h t hould m ke h m strong to a an d a endure the terrible he t light , then set the h lo
h is a a as s . upon he d , with l t word of coun el
a s a an d as . Follow the ro d , id he , never turn ide a a Go not too high or too low , for the s ke of he vens an d earth ; else men an d gods will suffer . The Fates alone know whether evil is to come of this . Yet if a a as I h o e a an d your he rt f ils you , p , bide here I will a as am m ke the journey , I wont to doJ , But Ph aé t h o n held to h is choice an d b ade his father
a . a a a f rewell He took his pl ce in the ch riot , g thered an d a a a a up the reins , the horses spr ng w y , e ger for rOa the d.
As they went , they bent their splendid necks to a a a see the me ning of the str nge h nd upon the reins ,
1 8 P H A ET H O N
themselves from the scorching heat . The poor E arth lifted her withered face in a l ast prayer to Zeus t o s ave them if he might .
s a all s ss a Then Zeu , c lling the god to witne th t there w as O a sa no ther me ns of fety , hurled his thunderbolt ; a an d Ph ethon knew no more . His a aflam e a body fell through the he vens, like shooting-s t ar ; an d the horses of the Sun d ashed home a w ard with the empty ch riot . Poor Clymene grieved s ore over the boy 5 death ; bun a s a s but the y g Heli de , d ughter of the Sun , refused D n all comfort . ay a d night they wept together about
’ s a s their brother gr ve by the river , until the god took
- pity an d ch anged them all into popl ar trees . And
a a a s a a ever fter th t they wept sweet te r of mber , cle r as sunlight . N I O B E
TH E R E are so m any tales of the vanity of kings an d
queens th at the h alf of them cann ot be told .
ssio aeia n w as , There Ca p d ’ quee of who ’ bo asted th at her beauty outshon e the beauty of all
sea- s so a a s a the nymph , th t in nger they ent horrible
- sea serpent to ravage the co ast . The king prayed of an Or acle to k n ow how the monster might be ap pe as ed, and learned th at he mus t offer up h is own
a a . a n w as d ughter , Andromed The m ide therefore
ea-s an d a a s a . ch ined to rock by the ide , left to her f te But who should come to res cue her b ut a cert ain
Pe w as as a young hero , rseusL who h tening homew rd after a perilous adventure with the sn aky- h aired Gor at s a gons . Filled with pity the tory of Andromed , he
a a an d s an d set w ited for the dr gon , met lew him , the
a . As as s m iden free for the bo tful queen , the god for ' a an d at a sh e w as a g ve her , her de th set mong the
a . stars . Th t story ended well
w as e a s But there onc queen of Thebe , Niobe , for t un at e a all an d a a a bove women , yet rrog nt in the f ce u h s . a s ew as an d n of the god Very be tiful , nobly bor ,
a all n s sh e as but bove thi g bo ted of her children , for sh h n n n u e ad seve so s a d seven d a ghters . Now there came the day when the people were wont
a a a n a an d to celebr te the fe st of L to , mother of Apollo
an a an d as sh es n Di ; Niobe , tood looki g upon the wor
s w a m w as shipper on their y to the te ple , filled with r i . ov"e weening pr de a o a " Why do you worship L t n before me she 30 N I O B E
a s a a n cried out . Wh t does she po sess th t I h ve o t " h as a a a t w o in gre ter bund nce She but children ,
a s s s an d as a a . Na while I h ve even on m ny d ughters y ,
sh e s . if robbed me out of envy , I hould still be rich Go b ack to your houses ; you h ave not eyes to know
the rightful goddess . w as an an d Such impiety enough to frighten y one ,
s a a s her ubjects returned to their d ily work , we truck
an d silent . But Apollo an d Di an a were filled with wrath at this ' ' iv i r w as a i n sul t to their d Eeffio t h e . Not only she a s an d a a gre t goddes power in the he vens , but during her life on earth sh eh ad suffered m any h ardships for
s n h ad their s ake . The erpent Pytho been sent to an d a a an torment her ; , driven from l nd to l nd , under
s a s sh eh ad s evil pell , beset with d nger , found no re t - a s a s s a e ing pl ce but the i l nd of Delo , held cred ev r sh h a after to her an d her children . Once e d even
s a s s as a s been refu ed w ter by ome churli h pe nt , who could not believe in a goddess if sh e appeared in - s humble gui se an d travel worn . But the e men were
all ch anged into frogs . It needed no word from Laton a herself to rouse her t w o n a . as a childre to venge nce Swift thought , the
a a s an d s s immort l rcher , brother i ter , stood in Thebes ,
s a . a upon the tower of the cit del Ne r by , the youth
s s s as o f a a were pur uing their port , while the fe t L ton
s s went neglected . The on of Queen Niobe were there ,
and again s t them Apollo bent h is golden bow . An
a s air a a an d a rrow cro sed the like sunbe m , without
word the eldes t prince fell from h is horse . One by
o n e h is s sa a s o brother died by the me h nd , swiftly a a h ad a all th t they knew not wh t bef llen them , till
n the s ons of the royal house l ay sl ain . O ly the people N I O B E 3I
s of Thebe , stricken with terror , bore the news to
r sh esat s a . Queen Niobe , whe e with her even d ughters
She would n o t believe in such a sorrow .
a a a a sh e a s a a s S v ge L ton , cried , lifting her rm g in t "
a s a a . the he ven , never think th t you h ve conquered
I am still the greater . At th at momen t one of her d aughters s ank beside
an a h a s an a a her . Di d ped rrow from her bow th t is
s n . a n a as like the cre ce t moon Without cry , y , even
r s s s s they mu mured word of comfort , the i ter died , one
as ll as s an s ss as s fa . by o n e. It w a wift d oundle now ll
w as a s Only the guilty mother left , tr n fixed with
a s s sh e s grief . Te r flowed from her eye , but poke n m a a s n an d at a sh e word , her he rt never ofte ed ; l st t s an d a s urned to tone , the te r flowed down her cold face forever . A D M E T U S A N D T H E S HE PHE R D
PO O a a s a A LL did not live lw y free of c re , though he "
w as s s . da the mo t glorious of the god One y , in anger with the Cyclopes who work at the forges of a h is a s a a Vulc n , he sent rrow fter them , to the wr th l a l s a . C of the gods , but e peci lly of Zeus (For the y a a s a h is an d a clopes lw y m ke thunderbolts , m ke them
a well . ) Even the divine rcher could not go un pun ish ed an d as a a w as s , pen lty he sent to erve some mortal for a year . Some say one year an d s ome say a ass an d as nine , but in those d ys time p ed quickly ; for the gods , they took no heed of it .
w as a a ssa Now there cert in king in The ly , Adme t us a an d a da a a by n me , there c me to him one y str nger , a s a a a g who asked le ve to erve bout the p l ce . Nge a w as an d knew his n me , but he very comely , more s a a h ad over , when they que tioned him he s id th t he 0 come from a position of high trust . 8 without further del ay they m ade him chief shepherd of the royal
flocks . da a h is Every y there fter , he drove sheep to the a Am h r sus an d sat b nks of the river p y , there he to ' unt r - a a w atch them brow se . Thef o y folk th t p ssed a at a ask drew ne r to wonder him , without d ring to questions . He seemed to h ave a knowledge of leech a an d s an a a cr ft , knew how to cure the ill of y w yf rer with any weed th at grew near by ; an d he would pI pe
— s . s m an w as for hour in the sun A simple poken he , a sa yet he seemed to know much more th n he would y , an d he smiled with a kindly mirth when the people s a wi hed him sunny we ther . A D M E T U S A N D T H E S H E P H E R D 33
n as a s s as s I deed , d y went by , it eemed if ummer h ad a an d s come to st y , , like the hepherd , found the
s so pl ace friendly . Nowhere el e were the flocks white
an a see s n a n a d f ir to , like cloud loiteri g lo g bright
an d s n s an sky ; ometimes , whe he cho e , their keeper s g
n ass s n a an d to them . The the gr hopper drew e r the
a sa s an s an d n sw ns iled clo e to the river b k , the cou try m en gathered about to hear wonderful tales of the
a n n s an d a sl yi g of the mo ter Python , of king with ' - a a an d a ma a ss s e rs , of lovely iden , D phne , who grew
- into a l aurel tree . In time the rumor of these things
n s s n an d drew the ki g him elf to li te ; Admetus , who
h ad s ee s n at been to the world in the hip Argo , k ew w as a s n a s e a . o ce th t thi no e rthly heph rd , but god
a da a n a h is s From th t y , like true ki g , he tre ted gue t
n an d ss as s with revere ce friendline , king no que tions ; n w a a d the god as well ple sed . a ass a d l us Now it c me to p th t Ai I meL fell in love with a a a n an d a s be utiful m ide , , bec u e of the strange con dition th at her father Peli as h ad l aid
all s s w as a - a a upon uitor , he he vy he rted . Only th t m an who should come to woo her in a ch ariot drawn by a wild bo ar an d a lion might ever m arry Alces tis ;
an d as w as n u n this t k e o gh to puzzle even a ki g .
As s a s for the hepherd , when he he rd of it he ro e ,
an d s an d h is w a one fine morning , left the heep went y ,
. If sun h ad no one knew whither the gone out ,
a s a the people could not h ve been more di m yed . The
n s a da a ki g him elf went , l te in the y , to w lk by the
Am h r sus an d h is a s river p y , wonder if gr ciou keeper of
a n the flocks h d deserted him i a time of need . But
at a n s see n n th t very mome t , whom hould he retur i g s s us as s s from the wood but the hepherd , glorio un et , an d a n s a an d a a as le di g ide by side lion bo r , gentle 34 A D M E T U S A N D T H E S H E P H E R D
s " as an two heep The very next morning , with joy d a s set h is a gr titude , Admetu out in ch riot for the king
a an d an d s s dom of Peli s , there he wooed won Alce ti , a w as a the mos t loving wife th t ever he rd of . It w as well for Admetus that he came home with a a a w as at an an d such comr de , for the ye r end , he s w as to lose h is shepherd . The trange m an came to take leave of the king an d queen whom he h ad be friended . " ss s s a s Ble ed be your flock , Admetus , he id , mil
s a s a . ing . They h ll pro per even though I le ve them
a s can s s a And , bec u e you di cern the god th t come to
s a a s a ss a you In the gui e of w yf rer , h ppine sh ll never far go from your home , but ever return to be your
s . m an m a a s gue t No y live on e rth forever , but thi one gift h ave I obtained for you . When your l ast
a s a an s a hour dr w ne r , if y one h ll be willing to meet s a s a an d a it in your te d , he h ll die , you sh ll live on , more th an the mortal length of d ays . Such kings deserve long life . a So ended the h ppy year when Apollo tended sheep .
36 A L C E S T I S " an d s s young lovely queen , _Alce ti Sorrowful but s sh e t he an d a re olute , determined to be victim , m de ready to die for the sake of her husb and . She took leave of her children an d commended them h is a to the care of Admetus . All ple ding could not s s ch ange the decree of the Fates . Alce ti prepared for a death as for some consecr ation . She b thed an d a an d as a a ss nointed her body , , mort l illne seized her , l a a a an d a she y down to die , robed in f ir r iment , b de s w as her kindred farewell . The hou ehold filled with
w as a . a mourning , but it too l te She w ned before the
s a a s . eye of the king , like d ylight th t mu t be gone
s a s all At thi grievous moment Her cles , mightie t of
w as n h is w a adv en men , who jour eying on y to new
s a a a a an d ture , begged dmitt nce to the p l ce , inquired
the cause of s uch grief in th at hospitable pl ace . He w as s a h ad a s told of the mi fortune th t bef llen Admetu ,
an d s a h is , struck with pity , he re olved to try wh t s tren gth might do for this m an who h ad been a friend
of gods .
a a h ad a s Alre dy De th come out of H de for Alcestis , an d as Heracles stood at the door of her ch amber he saw th at awful form leading away the lovely s pirit of n a h ad s a the quee , for the bre th ju t dep rted from her
a h ad h is body . Then the might th t he from divine
father Zeus s tood by the hero . He seized Death in is a a an s h gi nt rms d wre tled for victory . a a Now De th is vi sitor th at comes an d goes . He m ay not tarry in the upper world ; it s air is not for an d at n h is w a him ; le gth , feeling power give y , he s h is as an d a loo ed gr p of the queen , , we k with the
a s a h is a a a struggle , m de e c pe to n tive d rkness of H des . In the ch amber where the royal kindred were weep s s l a a an d ing , the body of Alce ti y , f ir to see , once A L C E S T I S 37
a a a a more the bre th stirred in her he rt , like w king
it s a s . a an d bird B ck to home c me her lovely pirit , for long years after sh e lived h appily with her h us
a n . b nd , Ki g Admetus A P O L L O ’ S S I S TE R
D A N A A N D A C T fE O N I . I
I K E - a as L the Sun god , whom men dre ded the divine a an d as a a rcher loved the divine singer , Di n , his sister ,
h ad a s as ff as da . two n ture , di erent y from night
a sh e a On e rth delighted in the wild life of the ch se ,
a a a s an d keeping holid y mong the dry d , hunting with all those nymphs th at loved the boyish pastim e . She an d her m aidens shunned the fellowship o f men an d a a a a all would not he r of m rri ge , for they disd ined household arts ; an d there are countless tales of their cruelty to suitors . an d a a a m a an d Syrinx At l nt were of their co p ny , who w as ch anged into a fountain an d ever - at a tw o pursued by the river god , till l st the w a . as a were united There D phne , too , who disd ined s an d the love of Apollo him elf, would never listen to a an d a word of his suit , but fled like Syrinx , pr yed like Syrinx for escape ; but D aphne w as ch anged into
- a a a a a . f ir l urel tree , held s cred by Apollo forever fter All these m aidens were as untamed an d free of
a as a an d he rt the wild cre tures they loved to hunt , whoever moles ted them did s o at h is peril . None da s ass a a an d red tre p in the home of Di n her nymphs , not even the riotous fauns an d s atyrs who were heed
a- less enough to go swimming in the river Styx , if they h ad cared to venture near such a dism al pl ace . But the m aiden goddess l aid a s pell upon their unruly
s as s s sea . wit , even the moon control the tide of the s w as m an Her precinct were holy . There one , how ' A P O L L O S S I S T E R 39
- s a s ever , whose ill timed curio ity brought he vy puni h w as ae n a a n u . me t pon him This Act o , gr ndson of the great ki n g Cadmu s . a n We ried with hunti g , one noon , he left his com
a an d u s a s r des idled thro gh the fore t , perh p to spy
upo n those woodl and deities of whom he h ad heard . Ch ance brought him to the very grove where Di an a a an d her nymphs were wont to b the . He followed a a the bright thre d of the brook , never turning side , though mortal reveren ce should h ave warned him th at air s a the pl ace w as for gods . The w as wondrou cle r an d sweet ; a throng of fair trees drooped their branches
in w a an d a n , t_t the y from sheltered g_ro_ o beyo d fell u a min gled so nd of l aughter an d running w aters . s n But Acrzeo n would not turn b ack . Roughly pu hi g aside the l aurel branches th at hid the entrance of the
a a a a an d a s . c ve , he looked in , st rtling Di n her m iden
I n an n s a a s as a s s an d i t nt pl h of w ter hut his eye , the
ss a n h is s s a : godde , re di g churli h thought , id Go now ,
if an d a s . thou wilt , bo st of this intru ion a h ad He turned to go , but Stupid bewilderment
a . a s a an d f llen upon him He looked b ck to pe k ,
i a i n n t n Ot . h s h s a a d a could He put h nd to he d , felt a a h i lers br nching bove s forehead . Down he fell on
n an s h a ds d feet ; these likewi e ch anged . The poor
n "u h ad offe der Cro ching by the brook th at he fol
an d saw n a lowed , he looked in , nothi g but the im ge of
a s a n as a t g , bending to dri k , only th t morning he
h ad seen the creature they h ad come out to kill . - an u a a as a With imp lse of terror he fled w y , f ter th n
h ad as s an d he ever run before , cr hing through bu h
a s h is o w n a br cken , the noi e of flight ever fter him
like an enemy . a a a s Suddenly he he rd the bl st of horn clo e by , ’ 4o A P O L L O S S I S T E R
a . a h ad then the b ying of hounds His comr des , who n d a as a a s a . re ted were re dy for the ch e , m de fter him
Thi s time he w as their prey . He tried to call an d could His a s a an s h i . s a not ntler c ught in the br che , bre th
a a an d h is c me with p in , the dogs were upon him , own dogs " With all the eagerness th at he h ad often prai sed
in them , they fell upon him , knowing not their own
as . s o s an d . m ter And he peri hed , hunter hunted On ly the goddess of the ch ase could h ave devised so
terrible a revenge .
D A N A A N D E D I I . I N Y M I O N ' a all a a s But with the d ylight , of Di n joy in the
s s a . as wild life of the wood eemed to f de By night , sh e a goddess of the m oon , w tched over the sleep of
a as s a an d the e rth , me ured the tide of the oce n ,
a ss a a an d a went cro the wide p th of he ven , Slow f ir a h to see. And lthough s e bore her emblem of the
a s s sh ew as bow , like ilver cre cent , never terrible , but en eficen t an d b lovely .
w as a En d m Indeed , there once young Shepherd , y s a h is s ion , who u ed to le d flock high up the Slopes of Lat m o s air an d Mount to the purer ; there , while the
s s h is a s an d s a sheep brow ed , he pent d y night dre ming
s a a as a a on the olit ry upl nds . He w be utiful youth an d very lonely . Looking down one night from the ‘ a s a an d as as a a s aw he ven ne r by lonely he , Di n him , an d her heart w as moved to tenderness for h is weari ss an ne d s olitude . She cas t a spell of sleep upon a an d as him , with etern l youth , white untroubled
. a sh e a moonlight And there , night fter night , w tched
h is s an asa a a heep for him , like y pe nt m id who w nders ' A P O L L O S S I S T E R 4 1
s as s a s s n lowly through the p ture fter the flock , pin ing
flax s aff as sh e s a an d white from her di t goe , lone
quite conten t . En dymion dreamed such beautiful dreams as come
E n n n a s . o ly to h ppy poet ve whe he woke , life held n o a s w al k a a c re for him , but he eemed to in light th t
n An all s s w as a . d as for him lo e thi time , ju t the
- a s n Sun god w tched over the heep of Ki g Admetus ,
an a s w as Di kept the flock of Endymion , but it for ' love s s ake . T H E C A L Y D ON I A N H U N T
IN T AT da as w as s H y of the ch e , there one enterpri e a all s a n Cal renowned bove other , the gre t hu t of y s a a all don . Thither , in e rch of high dventure , went
s s as s the heroe of Greece , ju t they j oined the que t of an d a a da the Golden Fleece , , in l ter y , went to the a W ar res cue of Fair Heel n in the Troj n .
(En eus h ad For , king of neglected the s D a a an d h ad s a s s b o at temple of i n , she ent mon trou ll n a to l ay was te a the fields a d f rms in the country . h ad s so a as an d The people never een terrible be t , they soon wished th at they h ad never offended the
s s a s s s goddess who keep the wood cle r of uch mon ter . a a a a a an d a a No mort l device v iled g inst it , , fter hun a a so n (En eus dred dis sters , Prince Mele ger , the of , summoned the h eroes to join him in this perilous hun t
h ad a s a a The prince tr nge Story . Soon fter his a h ad s a s birth , Althe , the queen , een in vi ion the three Fates spi n n I ng the thread of life an d crooning over s n s a their work . For Clotho pi the thre d ,
a an d s a s dr ws it out , Atropo w it to cut it off with her
s a s . an d glittering he r So the queen beheld them , he ard them foretell th at her b aby should live no longer th an a brand th at w as then burning on the
a s . as a he rth . Horror in pired the mother Quick
she s a a an d thought eized the br nd , put out the fl me , l aid it by in some s afe an d secret pl ace where no a h arm could touch it . So the child g thered Strength an d grew up to m anhood .
44 T H E C A L Y D O N I A N H U N T so enraged th at they sn atched the prize from the M a a s an d . d m iden , churli hly , denied her victory den ed at s a thi , Mele ger forgot everything but the
s ffe a a a an d in ult o red to At l nt , he fell upon the two n l men an d s t abbed them . O ly when they ay dead before him did he remember th at they were h is own kin smen . In the mean time news h ad flown to the city th at
s w as s a n an d a w as w a the pe t l i , Queen Althe on her y
an s a to the temple to give th k for their deliver nce . At the very gates sh e came upon a multitude of m en n a an d a a saw surroundi g litter , dr wing ne r she the bodies of her two brothers . Swift upon this horror a a a s a c me gre ter hock , the n me of the murderer , ' All her own so n Meleager . pity left the mother s heart when sh e heard it ; she thought only of t e a -flash sh e venge . In lightning remembered th at ‘ brand which sh eh ad plucked from the fire when her so n w as a — a a a w as but new born b be , the br nd th t to i l as t with h s life .
a an d an d She ordered pyre to be built lighted , s tr aightway sh ewent to th at hiding-pl ace where sh e h ad s all a an d kept the preciou thing these ye rs , a an s brought it b ck d tood before the flames . At the l as t moment her soul w as torn between love for s o n an d her grief for her murdered brothers . She
a an d a a Stretched forth the br nd , plucked it g in from the tongues of fire . She cried out in despair th at the s honor of her hou e should require s uch an expi ation .
s sh e a But , covering her eye , flung the br nd into the
fl ames .
a far a a h is a At the s me time , w y with comp nions , an d s s a w as s unwitting of the e thing , Mele ger truck
n n through with a sudden pang . Wo dering a d help T H E C A L Y D O N I A N H U N T 45
s s a a les , the heroe g thered bout , to behold him dying
s n a of ome unk own gony , while he strove to conquer
n as a in h is pain . Eve the br nd burned the fire be
u a w as s fore the wretched q een , Mele ger con umed by
a s s a h is as a my teriou de th , blessing with l t bre th
n an d h is a a a a an d frie ds kindred , de r At l nt , the mother h ad s who brought him to thi doom , though he knew it s s an d . as a a s not At l t the br nd fell into he , in the fore t the hero l ay dead. The kin g an d queen fell into such grief when all w as a a a an d a known , th t Di n took pity upon them ch nged them into birds . ATA L ANTA ’ S R A C E
V E N a h ad t E if Prince Mele ger lived , it is doub ful a a a a i if he could ever h ve won At l nt to be h s wife . a w as s an d at a The m iden re olved to live unwed , l st a a all s she devised pl n to be rid of her uitors . She w as known far an d wide as the swiftes t runner of her time ; an d so she s aid th at sh ewould only m arry th at m an a a all who could outstrip her in the r ce , but th t an d a who d ared to try f iled must be put to death . a s a all This thre t did not di he rten of the suitors , an d sh ew as however , to her grief, for not cruel , they a a held her to her promise . On cert in day the few a a bold men who were to try their fortune m de re dy , an d chose young Hippomenes as j udge . He sat a w as an d a w tching them before the word given , s dly wondered th at an y brave m an Should ris k h is life merely to win a bride . But when At al anta s tood n s w as a a a a . re dy for the co te t , he m zed by her be uty s a She looked like Hebe , godde s of young he lth , who is a gl ad serving-m aiden to the gods when they sit at feast . a w as an d as sh e an d The sign l given , , the suitors
a a a a a a d rted w y , flight m de her more ench nting th n
s as a s s a s a an ever . Ju t wind bring p rkle to the w ter d a s a a a l ughter to the tree , h ste f nned her loveliness to glow . as s s " n Al for the uitor She ra as if Hermes h ad
a a s . lent her his winged s nd l The young men , skilled
as a a s and s a . they were , grew he vy with we rine s de p ir
all f s s l a s For their e fort , they eemed to g like hips in ' A T A L A N T A S R A C E 47 a a a an a c lm , while At l t flew before them in some favorin g breeze an d reached the go al "
s all o u- s s s To the orrow of looker , the uitor were led a a u s n s s an w y ; but the j dge him elf, Hippome e , ro e d h is u a . As a an a n begged le ve to try fort ne At l t liste ed , an d at a w as an d looked him , her he rt filled with pity , sh ewould willi n gly h ave let him win the race to s ave him fro m defe at an d death ; for he w as comely an d But younger th an the others . her friends urged her
s an d a a an d sh e n s an to re t m ke re dy , co ented , with unwilling heart . Meanwhile Hippomenes prayed within himself to
s : ss ear an d Venu Godde of Love , give , send me
s as a good s peed . Let me be wift to win I h ve been swift to love her .
s w as n o r far o ff sh e h ad Now Venu , who , for a a a n s lre dy moved the he rt of Hippome e to love ,
a h is s n s s h is a c me to ide i vi ibly , lipped into h nd three
s n a s an d s a wondrou golde pple , whi pered word of counsel in h is ear . The s ign al w as given ; youth an d m aiden s tarted
n over the course . They went so like the wi d th at they left n m a footprin t . The people cheered on
in s a a s a s w . Hippomene , e ger th t uch v lor hould But
s w as an d s n a s the cour e long , oo f tigue eemed to
at h is a s h is s clutch thro t , the light hook before eye ,
an d as ss a n ass . , even he pre ed on , the m ide p ed him by At th at in st an t Hippomenes tossed ahead one of the At a golden apples . The rollin g bright thin g c aught ’ an a e e an d sh es l t s y , full of wonder tooped to pick it u n s ran . As a up . Hippome e on he he rd the fl tter of
n s n un as a her tu ic clo e behi d him , he fl g ide nother
a an d an n w as s golden pple , other mome t "lo t to the u ass b su a a a girl . Who co ld p y ch m rvel The go l
A R A C H N E
Nr a a s a s s mong mort l lone were there conte t of skill ,
o r a s Pan an d . a yet mong the god , like Apollo M ny sn ows befell men bec ause they grew arrogant in their o n devices an d coveted divine honors . There w as o re a a gre t hunter , Orion , who outvied the gods t em sel v es a a h is , till they took him w y from hunting
aun ds an d set a s g him in the he vens , with his word
ad an d h is at h is . at belt , hound heels But length
izl o us a a a an d sa y inv ded even the pe ceful rts , di ster J I " L C of s pinning T w as a a a a a here cert in m iden of Lydi , Ar chne by
I m e n s , re owned throughout the country for her kill
a weaver . She w as as nimble with her fingers as l a . so s s yp , th t nymph who kept Odys eu for seven ‘ ars n a s a w as as in her e ch nted i l nd . She untiring
’ n da a da Pe elope , the hero s wife , who wove y fter y sh a i Da an a e h s . d d nile w tched for return y in y out ,
r a h n s a c e wove too . The very nymph would g ther fl a a s a an d a out her loom , n i d from the w ter dry ds o m the trees .
a s a a a s M iden , they would y , sh king the le ve or I e a a a a a fo m from their h ir in wonder , P ll s Athen I us t h ave taught you "
But this did n Ot ple ase Arachne . She would not ck n o w led e s a a s g her elf debtor , even to th t godde s ' h o all s a s an d s a protected hou ehold rt , by who e gr ce loneone h ad an y s kill in them " n h a a a s a she. S e c n , i I le rned not of Athe d" If
a an d . e ve better , let her come try 48 A T A L A N T A 3 R A C E w as a an d w as a a a a ne r Hippomenes he d , but once g in a a a a an d At l nt c ught up with him , they sped side by - an s a h i side like two dragon flies . For in t nt s heart
a a as a f iled him ; then , with l t pr yer to Venus , he flung
as a . a a at down the l t pple The m iden gl nced it ,
a an d a h ad a w vered , would h ve left it where it f llen , h ad not Venus turned her head for a second an d given s ss her a s udden wi sh to pos e it . Agains t her will she a and turned to pick up the golden pple , Hippomenes
touched the go al . So he won th at perilous m aiden ; an d as for At a a a sh ew as a a a a m an . l nt , gl d to m rry such v lorous By this time sh e unders tood so well wh at it w as like to a h ad a a be pursued , th t she lost little of her ple sure
in hunting .
5 0 A R A C H N E
at and an a a The nymphs shivered this , ged wom n ,
w as a . wh"o looking on , turned to Ar chne s a Be more heedful of your word , my d ughter , ss m a a s aid She. The godde y p rdon you if you ask forgiveness but do not Strive for honors with the im mortal s . a a an d e Ar chne broke her thre d , the shuttle stopp d humming .
s a Keep your coun el she s id . I fear not Athen a;
an . no , nor y one else at a w as a a As she frowned the old wom n . she m zed see a s a a to her ch nge uddenly into one t ll , m jestic , a a a a an d o a be utiful , m iden of gr y eyes g lden h ir , a crowned with a golden helmet . It w s Athen a her self . The bystanders shrank in fear an d reverence ; only
Arachne w as un awed an d held to her foolish boas t . s a a an d In ilence the two beg n to we ve , the nymphs a a stole ne rer , co xed by the sound of the shuttles , th at seemed to be humming with delight over the two
s a an d s . web , b ck forth like bee They gazed upon the loom where the goddess stood as an d s aw s a s an d a plying her t k , they h pe im ges come t o n s s as s s s bloom out of the wo drou color , un et cloud grow to be living creatures when we watch them . s aw a ss s w as And they th t the godde , till merciful , f as a a n a s spinning , w rni g for Ar chne , the picture of her own triumph over reckless gods an d mortals . In one corner of the web sh e m ade a story of her - s conques t over the sea god Po eidon . For the first king of Athens h ad promised to dedicate the city t o th at god who should bestow upon it the mos t useful
s a s . a a gift . Po eidon g ve the hor e But Athen g ve the a a and olive , me ns of livelihood , symbol of pe ce A R A C H N E 5 1
n d t w as a a a a . prosperity , the ci y c lled fter her n me a a a a h ad Ag in she pictured v in wom n of Troy , who been turned i n to a cr ane for disputing the palm of
beauty with a goddess . Other corners of the web held
a a s an d s n a a . simil r im ge , the whole ho e like r inbow
an a n s a w as Me while Ar ch e , who e he d quite turned
an s a a with v ity , embroidered her web with tories g inst
s a n s s an d the god , m ki g light of Zeu him elf of Apollo ,
n n s an sh a d portrayi g them as bird d beas ts . But ewove with m arvellous skill ; the creatures seemed to breathe
an d a w as all as fin e as a a spe k , yet it the goss mer th t
n n a a n you fi d o the gr ss before r i .
n w a a Athe a herself s am zed . Not even her wr ath at ' the girl s in solen ce could wholly overcome her won der For an in s tan t sh e s tood en tranced ; then sh e tore ' a s an d s sh e a the web cro s , three time touched Ar chne s
n forehead with her spi dle .
n h o a s e sa . s Live , Ar chne , id And ince it is
a an d s a your glory to we ve , you your must we ve for
. So a s n a a ever s ying , she pri kled upon the m iden
a a n cert in m gical potio . ' Away went Ar achn e s beauty ; then her very hum an
r a a a s n d so n a a . form sh nk to th t of pider , rem i ed As a spider sh es pen t all her d ays weaving an d w eav in g ; an d you m ay see s omething like her h andiwork
an da a a y y mong the r fters . P Y R A M U S A N D T H I S B E
E N U a a as she V S did not lw ys befriend true lovers , h ad s befriended Hippomene , with her three golden
a . s a s a C pples Sometime , in the ench nted i l nd of y sh e s s far a a an d prus , forgot her wor hipper w y , they called on her in v ain . w as sad s an d a So it in the tory of Hero Le nder ,
s s s who lived on oppo ite border of the Helle pont .
at she as a s s Hero dwelt Sestos , where served prie te s , ' in the very temple of Venus ; an d Leander s home
w as s a . in Abydo , town on the opposite shore But every night this lover would swim across the w ater to see w as Hero , guided by the light which she wont to E a set in her tower . ven such loy lty could not con a a a a s a quer f te . There c me gre t torm , one night , th t ' a an d as a s put out the be con , w hed Le nder body up a an d sh es a a with the w ves to Hero , pr ng into the w ter
an d s o s . to rejoin him , peri hed
No r s w as a a a wholly unlike thi the f te of H lcyone , ss a a a a queen of The ly , who dre med th t her husb nd
h ad an d a as Ceyx been drowned , on w king h tened to sh the shore to look for him . There esaw her dream — h is ss a a come true , lifele body flo ting tow rds her an d as sh e s a m ad on the tide ; flung her elf fter him , air an d sh e with grief, the upheld her seemed to fly . Husb and an d wife were ch anged into birds ; an d there a at a s as s on the very w ter , cert in e on , they build a s at a s — a a ne t th flo t unhurt , portent of c lm for m any d ays an d s afe voyage for the ships . So it is th at seamen love these birds an d look for h alcyon
a we ther . P Y R A M U S A N D T H I S B E 5 3
But there once lived in B abyloni a two lovers n amed a an d s a a a Pyr mus Thi be , who were p rted by str nge
a s an misch ance . For they lived in dj oining hou es ; d a a h ad a lthough their p rents forbidden them to m rry , these two h ad found a means of talking together through a crevice in the wall . a a an d a a a Here , g in g in , Pyr mus on his side of the
a an d s a w ll Thi be on hers , they would meet to tell e ch O all a h ad a da an d ther th t h ppened during the y , to a compl ain of their cruel p rents . At length they de
a a cided th t they would endure it no longer , but th t a s an d a they would le ve their home be m rried , come
a . a a a wh t might They pl nned to meet , on cert in
a - a evening , by mulberry tree ne r the tomb of King
s s a s . s a Ninu , out ide the city g te Once fely met , they were res olved to brave fortune together .
far all . a So went well At the ppointed time , ' Th S a a a a Ee, he vily veiled , m n ged to esc pe from home an d a a s a unnoticed , fter te lthy j ourney through the s a n sh e a street of B bylo , c me to the grove of mul
a berries near the tomb of Ninus . The pl ce w as de
sert ed an d . sh e o ff , once there put the veil from her face t o see if Pyramus waited anywhere among the a sh adows . She he rd the s ound of a footfall an d
a s a a un turned t not Pyr mu , but cre ture welcome an y trys t — none other th an a lioness t o a crouching drink from the pool h rd by .
a s as Without cry , Thi be fled , dropping her veil
r a - a a She an . She found hiding pl ce mong the rocks at a an d a some dist nce , there she w ited , not knowing
a s wh t el e to do .
ss a s a s The lione , h ving quenched her thir t ( fter ome
s a s n an d n ferociou me l) , turned from the pri g , comi g
f at s an d ss upon the veil , sni fed it curiou ly , tore to ed 5 4 P Y R A M U S A N D T H I S B E
a as sh e a it with her reddened j ws , would h ve done i s l a t h in an with Thisbe her elf, then dropped the p y g d crept away to the fores t once more . It w as but a little after this th at Pyramus came
- a a s a hurrying to the meeting pl ce , bre thle s with e ger ness to find Thisbe an d tell her wh at h ad del ayed
s . a him . He found no Thi be there For moment he w as confounded . Then he looked about for s ome sign
. w as of her , some footprint by the pool There the ’ a a as ass an d a a a tr il of wild be t in the gr , ne r by wom n s an d s a a an d veil , torn t ined with blood ; he c ught it up ’ knew it for Th isbes . h ad at a So she come the ppointed hour , true to her word ; she h ad waited there for him alone an d de
s an d h ad a a s a fencele s , she f llen prey to ome be st from the jungle "As these thoughts rushed upon the ’
a d . young m n s mind , he could en ure no more Was a c a s , , h it to meet me "Thisbe th t you me to uc ll " . a a a death cried he And I followed too l te .
a . a But I will tone Even now I come l gging , but by no will of mine "" a h is and So s ying , the poor youth drew sword fell at a - upon it , there the foot of th t mulberry tree which h ad a as s - a an d - he n med the try ting pl ce , his life blood ran about the roots . s s a During these very moment , Thi be , he ring no an d a ass h ad s sound little re ured , tolen from her
- hiding pl ace an d w as come to the edge of the grove . saw a s h ad s an d a e She th t the lione s left the pring , , e g r to Show her lover th at sh e h ad d ared all things to
a a a keep f ith , she c me slowly , little by little , b ck to the
— mulberry tree .
a a . She found Pyr mus there , ccording to his promise His s w as a a a own word in his he rt , the empty Sc bb rd P Y R A M U S A N D T H I S B E 5 5
h is s an d h is an by ide , in h d he held her veil Still
as . s s aw s s as a a an d cl ped Thi be the e thing in dre m ,
n sudde ly the truth awoke her . She s aw the piteous mi sch an ce of all ; an d when the dyi n g Pyramus open ed h is s an d a eye fixed them upon her , her he rt broke .
s a s sh e s a s an d With the me word t bbed her elf, the lovers died together .
a n s a a a s a There the p re t found them , fter we ry e rch , an d a they were buried together in the s me tomb . But the berries of the m ulberry- tree turned red th at da an d a a s y , red they h ve rem ined ever ince . P Y G M A L I O N A N D G A L A TE A
THE s a s w as a a i l nd of Cypru de r to the he rt of Venus . s an d There her temple were kept with honor , there ,
s a sh e a s an d a s some y, w tched with the Love Gr ce
n a s s over the lo g ench nted leep of Adoni . This youth ,
a ‘ h ad a h ad a hunter whom she de rly loved , died of wound from the tus k of a wild bo ar ; but the bitter grief of Venus h ad won over even the powers of
ix s a a s . s s h ad H de For month of every ye r , Adoni to
as a a in a s live Sh de the world of the de d , but for the re t w as a air of the time he free to bre the the upper . Here s e a s as a in Cypru the p ople c me to wor hip him god , sa s an d an for the ke of Venu who loved him ; here , if y
a sh ew as s . c lled upon her , like to li ten
a s Now there once lived in Cyprus young culptor ,
a a n a so Pygm lion by n me , who thought nothi g on e rth b cm ut ifulw w m m
a s an d . sa a f ult never grow old Indeed , he id th t he a a a a an d a would never m rry mort l wom n , people beg n to think th at h is d aily life among m arble creatures
w as h ardening h is heart altogether . But it ch anced th at Pygm alion fell to work upo n ’ an a a a a ivory st tue of m iden , so lovely th t it must h ave moved to envy every breathing creature th at a a a s c ame to look upon it . With h ppy he rt the culp da da all a h is tor wrought y by y , giving it the be uty of
a s w as dre m , until , when the work completed , he felt
powerless to leave it . He w as bound to it by the tie
h is s as a h is a of highe t pir tion , most perfect ide l , his a mos t p tient work .
5 8 P Y G M A L I O N A N D G A L A T E A
a s h ad a a an d The st tue her elf w kened , she Stepped s a a s a down from the pede t l , into the rm of her cre tor , alive " a There w as a dre am th at c me true . (E D I P US
B E HI N D the power of the gods an d beyond all the
s a s sat at s . effort of men , the three F te their pinning s s No one could tell whence these i ters were , but by s ome str ange necess ity they s pun the web of hum an life an d m ade des tinies without knowin g why . It w as not for Clotho to decree whether the thread of a
s s a a s s life hould be tout or fr gile , nor for L che i to choose the fas hion of the web ; an d Atropos herself must s ometimes h ave wept to cut a life short with her
s a s an d a s . he r , let it f ll unfini hed But they were like
a s a as a spinners for some Power th t id of life , of b a s a Thus it m ust e. g rment , Th t Power neither god nor men could with s tand . There w as once a king n amed Laius (a grands on of
a s s as a C dmus him elf) , who ruled over Thebe , with Joc t n a h is wife . To them a Or cle h ad foretold th at if a s o n da of theirs lived to grow up , he would one y kill h is a n an f ther a d m arry his own mother . The king d
s a a n at queen resolved to e c pe such doom , eve terrible
. a s a h is so n w as cost Accordingly L iu g ve , who only a a a a a s s b by , to cert in herdsm n , with in truction to put him to death .
This w as not to be . The herdsm an carried the
a a -s h is child to lonely mount in ide , but once there ,
a a a he rt failed him . H rdly d ring to di sobey the ' a s n king s comm nd , yet hri king from murder , he hung
a h is a s a the little cre ture by feet to the br nche of tree , an d left him there to die . a t o a w a h is But there ch nced come th t y with flocks , 60 CE D I P U S a m an H who served King Polybus of Corinth . e a s n an d found the b by peri hi g in the tree , , touched h is a with pity , took him home to m ster . The king an d s an d queen of Corinth were childle s , some power a s s as a moved them to t ke thi mysteriou child gift . They called him (Edipus (Swollen -Foot) because of h ad an d the wounds they found upon him , , knowing a h is a a a as n ught of p rent ge , they re red him their own
n a . so . So the ye rs went by (Edi us h ad a Now , when p come to m nhood , he went s a at as all a to con ult the Or cle Delphi , gre t people a a h ad were wont , to le rn wh t fortune in store for him . a h ad a But for him the Or cle only sentence of doom . a According to the F tes , he would live to kill his own father an d wed his mother .
s a an d Filled with di m y , resolved in his turn to a CEdi us h ad conquer f te . p fled from Corinth ; for he never dreamed th at his parents were Other th an Poly
b us an d . a Merope the queen Thinking to esc pe crime , a a a t he took the ro d tow rds Thebes , so h stening in o the very arms of h is evil destiny . a a a a a It h ppened th t King L ius , with one ttend nt , w as on his w ay to Delphi from the city Thebes . In a a a s a m an a n rrow ro d he met thi str nge young , lso
a a an d w a . driving in ch riot , ordered him to quit the y (Edi us h ad a t e p , who been re red to princely honors , ’ s and a at fu ed to obey ; the king s ch rioteer , in gre ’ a a . nger , killed one of the young m n s horses At this ins ult (Edipus fell upon m aster an d servant ; m ad a s and h is w a with r ge , he lew them both , went on y , not knowing the h alf of wh at he h ad done . The first s aying of the Or acle w as fulfilled . But the prince w as to h ave h is day of triumph w as t a r before the doom . There a cer in wonde ful (E D I P U S 6 I
a a h ad a cre ture c lled the Sphinx , which been terror a to Thebes for m any d ays . In form h lf wom an and
a sh e a a s a a h lf lion , crouched lw y by precipice ne r the a an d a s s highw y , put the s me mysteriou que tion to every
— n h ad a a s an ass b . d p er y No e ever been ble to n wer , no n e h ad ever lived to w arn men of the riddle ; for
as a an d the Sphinx fell upon every one he f iled , hurled
a s as s . him down the bys , to be d hed in piece
s w a a (Edi us a s Thi y c me p tow rd the city Thebes , and a a an d the Sphinx crouched , f ce to f ce with him , s poke the riddle th at none h ad been able to guess .
What an im a t hat which in t hem orn in oes on our l is g g " f eet at noon on t wo and in t heeven in u on t hree f , , g p (Edi us n h is a a , hidi g dre d of the terrible cre ture , p "
an d a s M an . took thought , n wered In childhood he s a s an d s a a creep on h nd knee , in m nhood"he w lks
a e h as a af . erect , but in old g he need of St f a a At this reply the Sphinx uttered cry , spr ng a a an d he dlong from the rock into the v lley below , (E i s . u peri hed d p s h ad guessed the answer . When he came to the city an d told the Theb ans th at their
w as a as a torment gone , they h iled him deliverer .
a a a Not long fter , they m rried him with gre t honor to
a a their widowed queen , Joc st , his own mother . The w as destiny fulfilled .
a (Edi us a For ye rs p lived in pe ce , unwitting ; but at lengt h upon th at unh appy City there fell a great s an d a pe tilence f mine . In h is dis tress the king sent a at a to the Or cle Delphi , to know wh t he or the The a s h ad a s s . b n done , th t they should be so orely puni hed Then for the third time the Oracle spoke h is own fate
s an d a n ful entence ; he le r ed all .
as a an d (Edi us Joc t died , p took the doom upon him an d . h is a self, left Thebes Blinded by own h nd , he 61 CE D I P U S
s w andered aw ay into the wildernes . Never again did
an d h ad a h is he rule over men ; he one only comr de , faithful d aughter Antigone . She w as the trues t h ap in ess s and p in his life of orrow , she never left him till he died . C U P I D A N D P S Y C H E
NCE a a a O upon time , through th t Destiny th t over r s a h is a ules the god , Love himself g ve up immort l
a s a as . h eart to a mortal m iden . And thu it c me to p s There w as a certain king who h ad three beautiful a a d aughters . The two elder m rried princes of gre t
s w as a a renown ; but P yche , the youngest , so r di ntly fair th at no s uitor seemed worthy of her . People see a s an d a thronged to her p s through the city , s ng
a s s a s hymns in her pr i e , while tr nger took her for the
very goddess of beauty herself . a s an d sh e s a This ngered Venu , re olved to c st down
a a . da a her e rthly riv l One y , therefore , she c lled a an d hither her son Love (Cupid , some n me him) , n is an a b ade him sh arpen h is weapo s . He rcher more ’ a a a a to be dre ded th n Apollo , for Apollo s rrows t ke ’ a life , but Love s bring joy or sorrow for whole life
long . "
a . a a Come , Love , s id Venus There is mort l a m id who robs me of my honors in yonder city .
Avenge your mother . Wound this precious Psyche , an d let her fall in love with some churlish creature
mean in the eyes of all men . a a a an d Cupid m de re dy his we pons , flew down to
a a s w as a e rth invisibly . At th t moment P yche sleep in her ch amber ; but he touched her heart with his
a an d sh e golden rrow of love , opened her eyes so suddenly th at he s tarted (forgetting th at he w as
an d s h is a . invisible) , wounded him elf with own sh ft
Heedless of the hurt , moved only by the loveliness 64 C U P I D A N D P S Y C H E
a as of the m iden , he h tened to pour over her locks the
a a all he ling joy th t he ever kept by him , undoing
. a a s his work B ck to her dre m the prince s went ,
s a an . un h dowed by y thought of love But Cupid , not a a s s a n o r so light of he rt , returned to the he ven , ying
a s a word of wh at h ad p s ed .
f s a a Ps ches Venu w ited long ; then , seeing th t y a h ad s a sh e a he rt omehow esc ped love , sent spell
a . a as sh ew as upon the m iden From th t time , lovely ,
a a t o an d a s not suitor c me woo ; her p rent , who de a at as a a sired to see her queen le t , m de journey to
a an d as . the Or cle , ked counsel " S aid the voice : The princess Psyche sh all never Sh e a wed a mortal . sh ll be given to one who w aits for her on yonder mountain ; he overcomes gods an d " men . At this terrible sentence the poor parents were
a s a an d a s h lf di tr ught , the people g ve them elves up to
at a grief the f te in store for their beloved princess .
s i a Psyche alone bowed to her de t ny . We h ve a s a an d all ngered Venu unwittingly , she s id , for a a am " a ss s ke of me , heedle m iden th t I Give me up , n If ar a a d . a m a therefore , de f ther mother I tone , it y be th at the city will prosper once more .
sh e s a a a a So be ought them , until , fter m ny un v iling a a s n s an d a a deni ls , the p rent co ented ; with gre t com
a a p ny of people they led Psyche up the mount in , as an offering to the mon s ter of whom the Oracle h ad
an d a n . spoken , left her there lo e a a s a Full of cour ge , yet in ecret gony of grief, she watched her kindred an d her people wind down the a - a sad a mount in p th , too to look b ck , until they were sh e a lost to sight . Then , indeed , wept , but sudden a ar an d a breeze drew ne r , dried her te s , c ressed her
66 C U P I D A N D P S Y C H E she h ad put on the new an d beautiful r aiment th at l a a s at a a y re dy for her , she down to bre k her f st , an d s s waited upon ung to by the un een spirits . Surely he whom the Or acle h ad called her husb and w as s s ben eficen t s no mon ter , but ome power , invi ible
all . a a a an d like the rest When d ylight w ned he c me , a a s her his voice , the be utiful voice of god , in pired to trust her s trange destiny an d to look an d long for s h is return . Often she begged him to tay with her t da a a hrough the y , th t she might see his f ce ; but this
he would n Ot grant . " a a Never doubt me , de rest Psyche , s id he . Per a a saw an d all h ps you would fe r if you me , love is I
k is a a as . There necessity th t keeps me hidden now .
Only believe . So for m any d ays Psyche w as content ; but when she s a ss sh e grew u ed to h ppine , thought once more of her
a s as s an d p rent mourning her lo t , of her sisters who
a s sh e as sh ared the lot of mort l while lived a goddess .
sh e s a s s an d One night told her hu b nd of the e regret , s at a begged th at her si ters le st might come to see her .
s s . He ighed , but did not refu e ‘
s a s a . Zephyr h ll bring them hither , id he And
as a s on the following morning , swift bird , the We t Wind came over the cres t of the high mount ain an d a a a t w o down into the ench nted v lley , be ring her
s s si ter . They greeted P syche with joy an d am azement
h ardly knowing how they h ad come hither . But when this fairest of the sisters led them through her pal ace an d showed them all the treasures th at were s a s an d her , envy grew in their he rt choked their old
s at at as love . Even while they fe t with her , they grew more and more bitter ; an d hoping to find s ome C U P I D A N D P S Y C H E 67
flaw as a a little in her good fortune , they ked thous nd u q estion s .
is s a " s a Where your hu b nd id they . And why " is he n o t here with you" s a s . da Ah , t mmered P yche All the y long
n n n n a n s . h , i i e is gone hu t g upo the mou "t B ut a s " s wh t doe he look like they a ked ; an d s fin d a P yche could no n swer . a a sh e h ad When they le rned th t never seen him , they l aughed her faith to s corn "
s s a . are a a Poor P yche , they id You w lking in
a . a is a . a dre m W ke , before it too l te H ve you for
a a a des gotten wh t the Or cle decreed , th t you were a a u a a s an d tined"for dre df l cre ture , the fe r of god men And are you deceived by this show of k in dli ss" a a ne We h ve come to w rn you . The people told us as a a a s a , we c me over the mount in , th t your hu b nd is a a s s a dr gon , who feed you well for the pre ent , th t
m a as s da s a is he y fe t the better , ome y oon . Wh t it
a s " s " th t you tru t Good word But only t ake a d agger
an d s is as t some night , when the mon ter leep go , ligh
n t n a a a d a . ca a l mp , look him You put him to de th
as n ll h is n a d a s s a d s . e ily , riche will be your our a Psyche he rd thi s wicked pl an with horror . Never t h eless a s s s n sh e , fter her i ter were go e , brooded over a h ad s a n Ot s n n n an d wh t they id , eei g their evil i te t ;
n she c ame to fi d s ome wi sdom in their words . Little
s s at e a m O t h n by little , u picion , like , i to her lovely
an d at n a s a an d a a mind ; ightf ll , in h me fe r , She hid
a a l amp an d a d gger in her ch amber . Tow rds mid
s a w as as as u sh e s night , when her hu b nd f t leep , p ro e , h ardly d arin g to breathe ; an d comin g softly to h is
ees she a s . side , uncovered the l mp to ome horror
s l a But there the youngest of the god y sleeping , 68 C U P I D A N D P S Y C H E
ll s a s s a a s . mo t be utiful , mo t irresi tible of immort l His
a s as sun h is a w as a a as h ir hone golden the , f ce r di nt
a an d h is s a t w o de r Springtime , from shoulder spr ng rainbow wings .
- Poor Psyche w as overcome with s elf reproach . As Sh e a a s le ned tow rd him , filled with worship , her
a s a an d s trembling h nd held the l mp ill , ome burning
’ an a a oil fell upon Love s Shoulder d w kened him . h is s at h is an d He opened eye , to see once bride
the d ark suspicion in her heart . " O doubting Psyche "he excl aimed with sudden an d a a grief, then he flew w y , out of the window
s s Wild with orrow , P yche tried to follow , but she " fell to the ground instead . When she recovered her
s s sh e s a a . w as a an d sen e , t red bout her She lone , the a an a a pl ace w as beautiful no longer . G rden d p l ce
h ad vanished with Love . T H E T R I A L O F P S Y C H E
O V E R mountain s an d v alleys P s yche j ourn eyed alone un til sh e came to the city where her two en vious sisters lived with the princes whom they h ad m arried . She St ayed with them only lon g en ough to tell the n sh e S tory of her u n belief an d it s pe alty . Then set out ag ain to search for Love . As sh e an da a - w dered one y , tr vel worn but not hope s s aw a a a o n a n a an d sh e le s , she lofty p l ce hill e r by ,
a s s . turned her s teps thither . The pl ce eemed de erted a sh esaw a a s Within the h ll no hum n being , only he p
a a a s of gr in , loose e rs of corn h lf torn from the hu k ,
a an d a a s a n s whe t b rley , like c ttered in co fu ion on the
h t n n . a s e se floor Without del y , to work bi di g the sheaves together an d g athering the s cattered e ars of
s s as a ss s see corn in eemly wi e , prince would wi h to
h w s as a . s e as them While in the mid t of her t k , voice s ar an d sh e t tled her , looked up to behold Demeter
s l a s her e f, the goddess of the h rve t , smiling upon her with good will .
a s a are De r P yche , s id Demeter , you worthy of
a n ss an d m a s n h ppi e , you y find it yet . But i ce you a s as an d ask a h ve di ple ed Venus , go to her her f vor a s u a Perh p yo r p tience will win her p ardon .
s a s a an d sh e The e motherly words g ve P yche he rt , reveren tly took leave of the goddess an d set out for
sh ff the temple of Ven us . Mos t humbly e o ered up
a n s at a her pr yer , but Ve u could not look her e rthly
a t an be u y without ger . 70 T H E T R I A L O F P S Y C H E
a a she a s a t o V in girl , s id , perh p you h ve come m ake amends for the wound you dealt your husb and ; can a a s you sh all do so . Such clever people lw y find " work " Then sh e led Psyche into a great ch amber heaped
a a an d s high with mingled gr in , be ns , lintel (the food
s an d a s a a all and a of her dove ) , b de her ep r te them h ve
as a them ready in seemly f hion by night . Her cles would h ave been helpless before such a vexatious t as k ; an d s a s s a h ad poor P yche , left lone in thi de ert of gr in , h e at a . as s s a not cour ge to begin But even there , mov ing thread of bl ack crawled across the floor from a a an d n a saw a a crevice in the w ll ; bendi g ne rer , she th t
great army of ants in columns h ad come to her aid.
a a s s a s The ze lous little cre ture worked in w rm , with
s a such industry over the work they like be t , th t , when
V a at sh e as . enus c me night , found the t k completed sh e s a s s Deceitful girl , cried , h king the ro e out of
’ a a s is s s n Ot her h ir with imp tience , thi my on work ,
E at s a yours . But he will Soon forget you . thi bl ck
a are an d s bre d if you hungry , refre h your dull mind
- with sleep . To morrow you will need more wit . P syche wondered wh at new misfortune could be in
. a n s Store for her But when morning c me , Ve u led a an d her to the brink of river , , pointing to the wood a ss a s a cro the w ter , id , Go now to yonder grove where
the sheep with the golden fleece arewont to browse . a Bring me golden lock from every one of them , or ' r you must go yo u w ays an d never come b ack again . s ffi an d s Thi seemed not di cult , P yche obediently a ss a an d s n a b de the godde f rewell , tepped i to the w ter ,
a a a ss . as s s a a re dy to w de cro But Venu di ppe red , the s a an d reed s ng louder the nymphs of the river , looking a an d up sweetly , blew bubbles to the surf ce mur T H E T R I A L O F P S Y C H E 7 1
m ut ed : Na n a a a a s . y , y , h ve c re , P yche This flock
n h as not the ge tle w ays of sheep . While the sun
n s a are s as as a bur loft , they them elves fierce fl me ;
s a are an d but when the h dows long , they go to rest s s an d m a ss leep , under the tree ; you y cro the river without fear an d pick the golden fleece o ff the briers in the pasture . a a - a s s at Th nking the w ter cre ture , Psyche down to s a an d a re t ne r them , when the time c me , she crossed s a an s in fety d followed their coun el . By twilight she returned to Venus wi th her arms full of shining
fleece . " a s s a s a No mort l wit did thi , id Venu ngrily . if care t o a s But you prove your re dines , go now ,
s s a an d as k with thi little box , down to Pro erpin her to
s s a a a enclo e in it ome of her be uty , for I h ve grown p le " in caring for my wounded so n . a a a It needed n o r the l st t unt to s dden Psyche . She k n ew th at it w as n m for mortals to go into H ades an d return alive ; an d feeling th at Love h ad fors aken w as a as as her , she minded to ccept her doom soon might be . as sh e as a s s But even h tened tow rd the de cent ,
a a . a s nother friendly voice det ined her St y , P yche , ear an I know your grief . Only give d you sh all learn ll a a safe w ay through a these tri ls . And the voice went on to tell her how one might avoid all the dan
n gers of H ades a d come out unscathed . (But such a
ass secret could not p from mouth to mouth , with the
res t of the s tory . ) An d a s a be sure , dded the voice , when Pro erpin h as n retur ed the box , not to open it , however much
you m ay lo n g to do s o . a an d a Psyche g ve heed , by this device , wh tever it 71 T H E T R I A L O F P S Y C H E w as sh e w a a e a an d a , found her y into H d s s fely , m de a s a an d w as her err nd known to Pro erpin , soon in the
a a a . upper world g in , we ried but hopeful
h h s a as s e . Surely Love not forgotten me , id But
as am an d a humbled I worn with toil , how sh ll I ever
as " can all ple e him Venus never need the beauty in ’ a an d s s a s this c sket ; since I use it for Love ke , it mu t
a s . a sh e be right to t ke ome So s ying , opened the a " s n ss as a a d s box , heedle P ndor The pells potion of a s are a a s an d h ad H de not for mort l m id , no sooner sh einh aled the s trange arom a th an shefell down like
a . one de d , quite overcome But it h appened th at Love himself w as recovered h is an d h ad a from wound , he secretly fled from his ch m n ber to seek out a d rescue Psyche . He found her lying by the ways ide ; he gathered in to the casket wh at
a an d a h is rem ined of the philter , woke beloved .
a s a . T ke comfort , he id , smiling Return to our n mother a d do her bidding till I come ag ain . Away he flew ; an d while P syche went cheerily a as s all homew rd , he h tened up to Olympu , where the s at as an d gods fe ting , begged them to intercede for
him with his angry mother .
i an d a s They heard h s s tory their he rt were touched . Zeus himself co axed Venus with kin d words till at l ast an d a a she relented , remembered th t nger hurt her
a an d s . be uty , miled once more All the younger gods s at O an d w as were for welcoming P yche nce , Hermes a a a sent to bring her hither . The m iden c me , shy
newcomer among thos e bright creatures . She took a a the cup th t Hebe held out to her , dr nk the divine
a s a an d a a . mbro i , bec me immort l
a a s a a Light c me to her f ce like moonri e , two r di nt wings sprang from her shoulders ; an d even as a butter
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T H E A P P L E O F D S O D I . I C R
TH E R E w as once a w ar so great th at the sound of it h as come ringing down the centuries from singer to
an d . singer , will never die The riv alries of men an d gods brought about m any ' cal am it ies b ut a as an d , none so he vy this ; it would a a s sa h ad never h ve come to p s , they y , if it not been a s a a s all a s a for je lou y mong the immort l , bec u e of
. a " s h a golden pple But De tiny s nurtured ominous pl ants from little seeds ; an d this is how one evil grew n great enough to oversh adow he aven a d earth . The sea-nymph Thetis (whom Zeus him self h ad once desired for h is wife) w as given in m arri age to a
a s an d w as a a - a mort l , Peleu , there gre t wedding fe st a all a s in he ven . Thither the immort l were bidden , a s s s an un w el s ve one , Eri , the goddes of Di cord , ever
a . come gues t . But she c me unbidden While the
- s s s at at as sh e wedding gue t fe t , broke in upon their a a a an d a mirth , flung mong them golden pple , dep rted with looks th at boded ill . Some one picked up the s tr ange missile an d read it s ins cription : For t heFairest ; n a d at once discussion arose among the goddesses . all a a They were e ger to cl im the prize , but only three persis ted .
V s ss a s a a w as enu , the very godde of be uty , id th t it hers by right ; but Juno could not endure to own her
ss a a a an d a co v ered self le f ir th n nother , even Athen , a a as as an d the p lm o"f be uty well of wisdom , would not give it up Discord h ad indeed come to the wedding a a so a fe s t . Not one of the gods d red to decide d ngerous T H E A P P L E O F D I S C O R D 75 a s s s an d a que tion , not Zeu him elf, the three riv ls
n were forced to choose a judge amo g mortal s .
o n Ida a Now there lived Mount , ne r the city of
a a n a a s Troy , cert in you g shepherd by the n me of P ri . w as as as an s a a He comely G ymede him elf, th t Troj n
s s a an a s an d youth whom Zeu , in the h pe of e gle , eized
- a a s a a s . bore w y to Olympu , to be cup be rer to the god
a w as a a a CEdi us P ris , too , Troj n of roy l birth , but like p h ad a a a s he been left on the mount in in his inf ncy , bec u e the Oracle h ad foretold th at he would be the death of
i s n his kindred an d the ruin of h s country . De ti y saved
n a a d nurtured him to fulfil th t prophecy . He grew up as a shepherd an d tended h is flocks on the moun
a h is a a all - t in , but be uty held the f vor of the wood folk n a (E there a d won the he rt of the nymph none .
at a ss s s To him , l st , the three godde e entru ted the
n judgment an d the golde apple . Juno firs t s tood be in all as s an d fore him her glory Queen of god men , an d attended by her favorite peacocks as gorgeous to
n - see as roy al fa be arers .
Use a a s sh es a but the judgment of prince , P ri , id , an d a an d I will give thee we lth kingly power . Such m ajes ty an d such promises would h ave moved the heart of an y m an ; but the eager P aris h ad at leas t t o a a s O a he r the cl im of the ther riv l s . Athen a rose be
a s as a sea fore him , vi ion welcome d ylight , with her
a an d a a a gr y eyes golden h ir bene th golden helmet . " a s s a an d Be wise in honoring me , P ri , She id , I
s a s a as a will give thee wi dom th t h ll l t forever , gre t a m en an d en w ar . glory mong , r own in
as all s s n u a as L t of , Venu ho e pon him , be utiful none
can . sh e h ad a ever hope to be If come , unn med ,
as an a ss a daz y country m id , her loveline would h ve z led him like sea-fo am in the s un ; but sh e w as girt 76 S T O R I E S O F T H E T R O J A N W A R
a a s a s a a with her m gic l Cestu , pell of be uty th t no one n ca res is t .
a sh e a an d sh e Without bribe might h ve conquered , " s h is a a e a a miled upon dumb m zem nt , s ying , P ris , thou sh alt yet h ave for w ife the faires t wom an in the world .
s s a l At the e word , the h ppy shepherd fe l on his n k ees an d offered her the golden apple . He took no
s ss s w h o a a heed of the lighted godde e , v nished in
cloud th at boded storm . From th at hour he sought only the counsel of V an d a a h is enus , only c red to find the highw y to new a fortunes . From her he le rned th at he w as the son
a an d. ass s a of King Pri m of Troy , with her i t nce he de sert ed CEn o n e h ad a an d the nymph , whom he m rried , i went in se arch of h s royal kindred . For it ch anced at th at time th at Pri am procl aimed a contes t of s trength between h is son s an d certain other s an d s as s prince , promi ed prize the most plendid bull
a a s I a th t could be found mong the herd of Mount d .
a s an d Thither c me the herd men to choose , when they ’ a a a s s a led w y the pride of P ri he rt , he followed to Troy , ' thinking th at he w o uld t ry h is fortune and perh aps win
a i b ck h s own . The games took pl ace before Pri am an d Hecuba an d all d s their children , inclu ing tho e noble princes Hector
an d s an d o ass a a . Helenu , the y ung C ndr , their sister
s a h ad a sad s Thi poor m iden tory , in spite of her
a a s sh e h ad a roy lty ; for , bec u e once disd ined Apollo ,
w as a s all an d a she f ted to fore ee things , ever to h ve her On sh a s s . a da e prophecie di believed this f teful y , lone w as oppressed with str ange forebodings . But if he who w as to be the ruin of h is country h ad
h ad . a returned , he come victoriously P ris won the T H E A P P L E O F D I S C O R D 77
Cas contes t . At the very moment of his honor , poor s andra saw him with her prophetic eyes ; an d seein g as well all the guilt an d mi sery th at he w as to bri n g
sh e a a an d upon them , broke into bitter l ment tions , would h ave w arned her kindred agains t the evil to
an s a come . But the Troj g ve little heed ; they were
n wont to look upon her vis ions as spell s of m ad ess . P aris h ad come b ack to them a glorious youth an d a victor ; an d when he m ade known the secret of h is
as s a s birth , they c t the word of the Or cle to the wind ,
- n an d received the Shepherd as a long los t pri ce . Bu t n s s s far all a . Thu went h ppily Ve u , who e h ad n a a s promise not yet bee fulfilled , b de P ri pro cure a ship an d go in search of h is des tined bride .
a s s h is The prince s id nothing of thi que t , but urged kindred to let him go ; an d giving out a rumor th at ’ w as h is a s s s s set he to find f ther lo t Si ter He ione , he
a an d a a at a a . s il for Greece , fin lly l nded Sp rt
w as n a s There he ki dly received by Menel u , the king , an h d is a . wife , F ir Helen This queen h ad been reared as the d aughter of
T n darus an d a s sa a sh ew as y Queen Led , but ome y th t an a a an d w as the child of ench nted sw n , there indeed a s a s s trange spell about her . All the gre te t heroe of
’ Greece h ad wooed her before sh e left her father s pal ace to be the wife of Kin g Menel aus ; an d Tyn darus a n a h ad a , fe ri g for her pe ce , bound her m ny
s s an a . s uitor by o th According to thi pledge , they
s an d aid were to re pect her choice , to go to the of her husb and if ever she should be stolen aw ay from as a him . For in all Greece there w nothing so be u
a a s tiful as the beau t y of Helen . She w s the f ire t
a in wom n the world . Now thus did Venus fulfil her promise an d the 78 S T O R I E S O F T H E T R O J A N W A R
a shepherd W I n h is reward with dishonor . P ris dwelt at a s a a the court of Menel u for long time , tre ted with
at a royal courtesy which he ill repaid . For length n w as a s n a h is while the ki g b e t on j ourney to Crete , s w o n a a an d s a gue t the he rt of F ir Helen , per u ded her
s a n a a a to forsake her hu b nd a d s il w y to Troy . King Menel aus returned to find the nes t empty of
n the swan . P ari s a d the fairest wom an in the world were well across the sea .
T H E O U N G F T H E H E R I I . R S I O O E S
s a a all When thi tre chery c me to light , Greece took
T e s fire with indign ation . h heroe remembered their
an d a a at pledge , wr th c me upon them the wrong done
n to Menel aus . But they were less a gered with Fair
a a s ass a Helen th n with P ri , for they felt ured th t the queen h ad been lured from her country an d out of her
s s s a own en es by some pell of ench ntment . So they took counsel how they m ight bring b ack Fair Helen to her home an d husb and . Years h ad come an d gone since th at wedding-feas t
h ad a s a fire when Eris flung the pple of di cord , like
a a n s s . s a ss s br nd , mo g the gue t But the p rk of di en ion a h ad s so n s a th t mouldered lo g bur t into fl me now , an d a n s an d a s , f nned by the e mitie of men the riv lrie
s s a an d a . of the god , it eemed like to fire he ven e rth A few of the heroes an swered the c all to arms un h ad e ss willingly . Time reconciled th m to the lo of a an d a a an d F ir Helen , they were lo th to le ve home
a ss w ar a s . h ppine for , even in her c u e
s w as ss s a a h ad One of the e Ody eu , king of Ith c , who
a an d w as n h is m rried Penelope , quite conte t with
an d h is s . kingdom little son Telemachu Indeed , he T H E R O U S I N G O F T H E H E R O E S 79 w as so un willing to leave them th at he feigned m ad
s s a s a a h is ne s in order to e c pe ervice , ppe red to forget o w n n an d n s a an d ki dred , we t ploughing the e shore
s a u s . a ss a a owing s lt in the f rrow But me enger , P l
s a s s w ar s s mede , who c me with the ummon to , u pected
a s s a ss a s a a th t thi udden m dne might be tr t gem , for
n a the king w as far famed as a m a of m ny devices . da ss s He therefore Stood by , one y (while Ody eu ,
n a pretendi g to t ke no heed of him , went ploughing
sa an d a a a s the nd) , he l id the b by Telem chu directly
' s in the w ay of the ploughsh are . For once the wi e
’ s s m an s cr aft deserted him . Ody seu turned the plough
n an d h is S a a , h rply , c ught up the litt"le pri ce there fatherly wits were m anifes t After this he could no a h ad a a h is e longer pl ay m adm n . He to t ke le ve of b
n an d set s loved wife Pe elope out to j oin the heroe , lit tle dreamin g th at he w as n m to return for twenty
a s . a s ye r Once emb rked , however , he set him elf to
a s s an d w as s work in the common c u e of the heroe , oon
n s a a e s in s a a a as i genious a P l m de rou ing l gg rd w rriors . There rem ained one who w as des tin ed to be the
w as s s o n a s a all . s gre te t w rrior of Thi Achille , the of
s da s as a m an Theti , foretold in the y of Prometheu who should far outs trip h is own father in glory an d
a s h a ass s e a a greatness . Ye r d p ed inc the m rri ge of The 1 t is n s an d so n s w as to Ki g Peleu , their Achille now
an a s grown to m hood , wonder of trength indeed ,
h is an d a . , moreover , invulner ble For mother , fore
a n h is a a War h ad w r ed of de th in the Troj n , dipped sa n w as a a so him in the cred river Styx whe he b by ,
n n th at he could t ake no hurt from a y weapo . From
a sh eh ad n n he d to foot plunged him in , o ly forgetti g
t a an d s a the little heel h t She held him by , thi lone
n s could be wounded by a y ch ance . But even with uch 80 S T O R I E S O F T H E T R O J A N W A R
a at precautions Thetis w as not content . Fe rful the w ar h ad rumors of to be , she her son brought up , in
’ a s ss a a L co wom n dre , mong the d ughters of King y
s s a a mede of Scyro , th t he might esc pe the notice of
n s s men a d cheat h i de tiny . s a a a s To thi very p l ce , however , c me Ody seus in the
s a a an d s a h is a gui e of merch nt , he pre d w res before a s s an d a the roy l hou ehold , jewel ivory , fine f brics ,
’ a an d curiously wrought weapon s . The king s d ughters chose girdles an d veil s an d such things as wom en de
in s ss light ; but Achille , heedle of the like , sought out a s an d a w a the we pon , h ndled them ith such m nly
as a h is a s a . ple ure th t n ture tood reve led So he, too , n yielded to h is des tiny a d set out to join the heroes . a Everywhere men were b nded together , building a the ships an d gathering supplies . The llied forces
aea as a s s of Greece (the Ach ns , they c lled them elve )
s a a -in - cho e Ag memnon for their comm nder chief . He w as a m an ae an d an d mighty , king of Mycen Argos ,
' t h e brother of the wronged Menel au s . Second to Achilles in s tren gth w as the gi ant Aj ax ; after him
s s ss s an d Diomede , then wi e Ody eu , Nestor , held in great reverence because of h is experienced age an d s s t w o a fame . The e were the chief heroe . After ye rs a a a of busy prep r tion , they re ched the port of Aulis , whence they were to s ail for Troy .
a a a But here del ay held them . Ag memnon h d ch nced a a w as s a a a an d a to kill St g which cred to Di n , the rmy w as s s a a a vi ited by pe tilence , while gre t c lm kept the a a ships impris oned . At length the Or cle m de known the reas on of this mi sfortune an d dem anded for atone
’ a a a s dau h ment the m iden Iphigeni , Ag memnon own g s ff ter . In helpless grief the king con ented to o er her as a an d a w as a up victim , the m iden brought re dy for
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sea a a ass s s e Over the c me the gre t emb y of hip , sp d hither s afely by the god Poseidon ; an d the heroes s m ade their camp on the pl ain before Troy . Fir t of all Odysseus an d King Menel aus him self went into the city an d dem anded th at Fair Helen s hould be a a given b ack to her rightful husb nd . This the Troj ns refused ; an d so began the siege of Troy .
T H E W O O D E N H O S E I I I . R
a k a S an d Nine ye rs the Gree s l id iege to Troy , Troy s s held out agains t every device . On both ide the lives
a s s an d of m ny heroe were pent , they were forced to a acknowledge each O ther enemies of gre t v alor . Sometimes the chief w arriors fought in single a a s an d comb t , while the rmie looked on , the old men a a far o ff of Troy , with the women , c me out to w tch
a an a from the city wall s . King Pri m d Queen Hecub an d a sa a sad would come , C s ndr , with foreknowledge an d a of their doom , Androm che , the lovely young so n wife of Hector , with her little whom the people a The Cit K n s a a c lled y i g . Sometime F ir Helen c me to look across the pl ain to the fellow-countrymen whom Sh e h ad fors aken ; an d although sh e w as the a all s w ar a a a c use of thi , the Troj ns h lf forg ve her
ass a s a w as a when she p ed by , bec u e her be uty like an d a a a as s s spell , w rmed h rd he rts the un hine mel
a s s lows apples . So for nine ye r the Greek plundered
s s as the neighboring town , but the city Troy tood f t , an d the Greci an ships w aited with folded wings . a a a The h lf of th t Story c nnot be told here , but in
a w ar a s a a s the tenth ye r of the m ny thing c me to p s ,
an d a . a a the end drew ne r Of this tenth ye r lone ,
ar a s a s a there e core of t les . For the Greek fell to qu r T H E W O O D E N H O R S E 83
a s s s w ar an d telling mong them elves over the poil of , the great Achilles left the camp in anger an d refused to
fight . Nothing would induce him to return , till his
n n r a friend P atroclus w as sl ai by Pri ce Hecro . At th t s s a an d news , indeed , Achille ro e in gre t might returned to the Greeks ; an d he wen t forth cl ad in armor th at h ad a at a been wrought for him by Vulc n , the pr yer of a a a Thetis . By the river Sc m nder , ne r to Troy , he ’ an d HeCt o r an d a a s a met slew , fterw rd dr gged the hero s a body after h is ch ariot across the pl ain . How the ged Pri am went alone by night to the tent of Achilles to
’ a h is s s an d s an d r nsom on body , how Achille relented , moreover granted a truce for the funeral honors of his
all s a so s a enemy , the e things h ve been nobly ung th t
they can never be fit ly spoken .
HCCt o r a h ad a an d , the bulw rk of Troy , f llen , the ruin of the city w as at h and . Achilles himself did not
s h is an d s as w as long urvive triumph , , ruthle s he , he - n a t r ill deserved the m a ner of h is death . He w s each ero usly sl ain by th at P aris who would never h ave d ared
. a s h ad to meet him in the open field P ri , though he all s sas h ad a brought thi di ter upon Troy , left the d nger
n l a to h is cou trymen . But he y in w ait for Achilles in a a an d h is - a temple s cred to Apollo , from hiding pl ce he
a h is a sped a poisoned rrow at the hero . It pierced nkle where the water of the Styx h ad not ch armed him a a s s an d a a g in t wound , of th t venom the gre t Achilles
a s s s a a n died . P ri him elf died oon fter by nother poiso ed a a w as a " rrow , but th t no long grief to nybody an d s Still Troy held out , the Greek , who could not
a n a t ke it by force , po dered how they might t ke it by i a . a d ss s cr ft At length , with the of Ody eu , they de s a vi ed pl an . A portion of t h eGreci an host broke up camp an d 84 S T O R I E S O F T H E T R O J A N W A R
a as a set s il if they were homew rd bound ; but , once o f an s a out sight , they chored their hips behind neigh
s a boring isl and . The re t of the rmy then fell to work
a a a a . upon gre t im ge of horse They built it of wood , an d a an d a fitted c rved , with door so cunningly con
cealed a . I t w as s th t none might notice it When fini hed , the horse looked like a prodigious idol ; but it w as hol
s an d an d so s a low , kilfully pierced here there , p cious th at a b and of men could lie hidden within an d take no
- a . s a ss s h rm Into thi hiding pl ce went Ody eu , Mene
a s an d O s a an d l u , the ther chief , fully rmed , when the
w as s a a door hut upon them , the rest of the Greci n rmy
broke camp an d went aw ay . a h ad a Me nwhile , in Troy , the people seen the dep r
‘ s an d t h en ew s h ad s a ture of the ship , pre d like wild h ad s a . a a a fire The gre t enemy lo t he rt , fter ten ye rs w ar "a a h ad of P rt of the rmy gone , the rest were
a as s s h ad set a n . a d going Alre dy the l t of the hip s il ,
a h a the camp w as deserted . The tents th t d whitened a the pl ain were gone like frost before the sun . The r " w a w as over
The whole city went wild with j oy . Like one who
h as a s a a s o ff all been pri oner for m ny ye r , it flung
s a an d as a s m an s re tr int , the people rose ingle to te t
the truth of new liberty . The gates were thrown an d a an d wide , the Troj ns , men , women , children , thronged over the pl ain an d into the empty cam p of " s s the enemy . There tood the Wooden Hor e .
a . a at s No one knew wh t it could be Fe rful fir t , a a as a a a they g thered round it , children g ther round live horse ; they m arvelled at it s wondrous height an d an d as a girth , were for moving it into the city trophy
of w ar .
s m an s a a s At thi , one interpo ed , L ocoon , prie t of T H E W O O D E N H O R S E 85
. a s s a . a Poseidon T ke heed , citizen , id he Bew re a of all th at comes from the Greeks . H ve you fought "s them for ten years without learning their devices Thi is some piece of tre achery . w as a an d at But there nother outcry in the crowd , th at moment cert ain of the Troj ans dragged forward a a a wretched m an who wore the g rments of Greek . a a a an d He seemed the sole remn nt of the Greci n rmy , as n s n a such they co e ted to sp re his life , if he would tell them the truth .
’ w as s s a a a Sinon , for this the py n me , s id th t he h ad a ss an d been left behind by the m lice of Ody eus , he told them th at the Greeks h ad built the Wooden s as an ff a an d a h ad Hor e o ering to Athen , th t they m ade it s o huge in order to keep it from bein g moved
a w as s out of the c mp , since it de tined to bring triumph it s to possessors .
s a s w as an d At thi , the joy of the Troj n redoubled , they set their wits to fin d out how they might s oonest drag the great horse across the pl ain an d into the city
s . s a im to en ure victory While they tood t lking , two mense serpents rose out of the sea an d m ade tow ards
a . the c mp Some of the people took flight , others were a all a an d far a tr nsfixed with terror ; but , ne r , w tched
- s . a n sea s thi new omen Re ri g their crests , the erpents ss s s s as a s cro ed the hore , wift , hining , terrible ri en
a -flo o d a n w ter th t desce ds upon a helpless little town . a s an d Str ight through the crowd they wept , seized the
s a o s prie t L oco n where he tood , with his two sons , an d wrapped them all round an d round in fe arful
s . w as a a an d coil There no ch nce of escape . F ther sons perished together ; an d when the mon s ters h ad m en n sea devoured the three , i to the they slipped a a a a g in , le ving no tr ce of the horror . 86 S T O R I E S O F T H E T R O J A N W A R
The terrified Troj ans saw an omen in this To
s s h ad a their mind , puni hment come upon L ocoon for
h is s a a s s . w as word g in t the Wooden Hor e Surely , it sa h ad s as an d cred to the gods ; he poken bl phemy , i a h ad peri shed before their eyes . They flung h s w rn
a s ing to the wind s . They wre thed the hor e with
a a s a a a a an d all a g rl nd , mid gre t ccl im ; then , lending a a a h nd , they dr gged it , little by little , out of the c mp an d into the city of Troy . With the close of th at
V us da a a ictorio y , they g ve up every memory of d nger an d m ade merry after ten years of priv ation . Th at very night Sinon t he spy opened the hidden s an d a door of the Wooden Hor e , in the d rkness ,
ss s a s an d s h ad Ody eu , Menel u , the other chief who l ain hidden there crept out an d gave the Sign al to
a a . s the Greci n rmy For , under cover of night , tho e ships th at h ad been moored behind the i sl and h ad
a a a a an d s s iled b ck g in , the Greek were come upon
Troy . w as at Not a Troj an w as on gu ard . The whole city a s it s s an d a fe st when the enemy ro e in mid t , the w rning
of Lao co On w as fulfilled . a an d h is a s s an d h Pri m w rrior fell by the word , t eir w as all it s a ss ss s kingdom plundered of f ir po e ion , ll an d an d as . as a women children tre ure L t of , the
city itself w as burned to it s very foundations .
a s a s a as a ca Homew rd iled the Greek , t king roy l p t iv es poor C ass andra an d Androm ache an d m any an
a . at as a other Troj n And home l t went F ir Helen ,
a s all s s a the c u e of thi orrow , e ger to be forgiven by h eh ad a a s a d n a s . s her hu b n , Ki g Menel u For w kened ' en ch an t m en t o f s an d from the Venu , even before the death of P ari s She h ad secretly longed for her home a a a an d kindred . Home to Sp rt she c me with the T H E W O O D E N H O R S E 87
a a n an d a an d king fter lo g stormy voy ge , there she lived an d died t h efaires t of women .
But the ki n gdom of Troy w as fallen . Nothing rem ained of all its glory but the glory of it s dead an d a an d n s it s a heroes f ir women , the rui of cit del by
a an . a the river Sc m der There even now , bene th the a a s a an d found tions of l ter home th t were built burned , an d a a a a s a built burned , in the w rs of thous nd ye r fter , a the ruins of ncient Troy lie hidden , like mouldered
a a s . s le ves deep under the new gr s And there , to thi da s are n a very y , men who love the tory delvi g fter the s a a dead city as you might e rch for buried treasure . T H E H O U S E O F A G A M E M N O N
THE s h ad a a an d h ad Greek won b ck F ir Helen , burned s w as t rium the city of Troy behind them , but their no
a ar n ph ant voyage home . M ny were driven f a d wide s aw a a a an d a before they their l nd g in , one who esc ped a s s a a such h rd hip c me home to find bitter welcome . s w as all th e s s a Thi the chief of ho t , Ag memnon , king
H w as h f of Mycen aean d Argos . eit who ad of ered his own d aughter Iphigeni a to appease the wrath of Di an a before the Ships could s ail for Troy . An ominous le ave
a w as h is an d a a w as t king , c l mity there to greet him home again . He h ad entrus ted the cares of the state to his cousin iSt h us n a n , comme ding lso to his protection Queen
s a a a Clytemne tr with her two rem ining children , Electr an d Ores tes .
s a w as a s Now Clytemne tr ister of Helen of Troy , an d a beautiful wom an to see; but her heart w as as h a evil as her face w as fair . No sooner ad her husb nd ‘ a s a sh eset z E iSt h us a gone to the w r th n up g in his pl ce , as if there were no other king of Argos . For years this
a s a a a a f ithle s p ir lived rrog ntly in the f ce of the people , as an d controlled the affairs of the kin gdom . But an d l s s a time went by the chi d Ore te grew to be youth , n I sth us feared les t the Argives Should stand by t ljfi an d a a as an s g own prince , drive him w y u urper
a a s an d therefore pl nned the de th of Oreste , even won" n s w as the co ent of the queen , who no gentle mother
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a a an warnings . So died the chief of the gre t rmy d his royal c aptive . " The murderers procl aimed them selves king an d all an d a queen before the people , none d red rebel ‘ z E openly agains t such terrible authority . But gis thgs w as s till uneasy at the thought th at the PM
da a a . might return some y to venge his f ther Indeed , Electra h ad sent from time to time secret mess ages to s a an d a Phoci , entre ting her brother to come t ke his a an d a rightful pl ce , s ve her from her cruel mother and n is th US . But there came to Argos one day a a s s h ad and rumor th t Ore tes him elf died in Phocis , the poor princess gave up all hope of peace ; while Clytemnes tr a an d {Eg srhug m ade no secret of their ’ ‘ réiié mfii ff s a s fl even o ered impiou th nk in the temple , a " s if the gods were of their mind They were soon undeceived . o un P o cia s a a a w Two y g _ h n c me to the p l ce ith news as a s a an d of the l t d ys of Ore tes , so they s id ; they a n were dmitted to the presence of the king a d queen . s an d h is They were , in truth , Oret es himself friend y ades (so n of w h o h ad ventured P l — a an l n s fety d a l {O av engEtII gam em n o n . Then a d there Orestes killed di g isrhus an d Clytemnes tra an d a appe red before the Argiy eg as their rightful prince . s But not even so did he find peace . In l aying Cl y t em n es t ra as w as h ad h is , wicked she , he murdered Da m o rh er a a an d . own , deed h teful to gods men y n a d night he w as h aunted by t h efi ug i s . g r These dread s is ters never leave H ades s ave to pur sue an d torture s ome guilty con sci ence: They wear bl a k a s a b at a r iment , like the wing of ; their h ir g g s as s and writhe with serpents fierce remor e , in their h ands they carry fl aming torches th at m ake all sh apes T H E H O U S E O F A G A M E M N O N 91
look greater an d more fe arful th an they are. No sleep can Soothe the mind of him they follow . They come between h is eyes an d the d aylight ; at n ight their torches drive aw ay all comfort able d arkness . Poor s h ad u s Qggg g , though he p ni hed two murderers , felt th at he w as no less a murderer him self . From l and to l an d he w an dered in despair th at
a ss a a grew to m dne , with one only comr de , the f ithful
a s w as s a . Pyl de , who his very h dow At length he g g s At e a, took refuge in A he , under the protection of_ h n an d gave himself up to be tried by the court of the w as a all M ag g i . There he cquitted ; but not the s an d at as s a Furie left him , l t he be ought the Or cle of
Apollo to befriend him .
a s in a a an d Go to T uri , Scy thi , s id the voice , bring from thence the im age of Di an a which fell from
n an the heave s . So he set out with his Pyl ades d a s iled to the shore of Scythi a . a an a a a s Now the T uri s were s v ge people , who trove
s a al l to honor Diana, to their rude mind , by s crificing as the strangers th at fell into their h ands . There w a
n o r far s a an d it s s s w as a temple from the e side , prie te s
a a n a h ad a s Greci n m iden , one Iphige i , who mir culou ly a a a s an d w as s a ppe red there ye r before , held in e peci l aw e a . by w as , the king of the country round bout a a sh eh ad a Sorely g inst her will , to h llow the victims offered at this shrine ; an d into her presence Orestes an d
a s h a s Pyl de were brought by the men who d eized them . On learning th at they were Gr eci ans an d Argives
a s s ss w as (for they withheld their n me ) , the prie te
a as a s s moved to the he rt . She ked them m ny que tion
n n a a s a co cer ing the f te of Ag memnon , Clytemne tr , an d a s a a s a s the w rrior g in t Tr_ oy , which they n wered as A t sh es a a she best they co uld . length id th t would 91 T H E H O U S E O F A G A M E M N O N
o n e s a u a a help of them to e c pe , if he wo ld swe r to t ke a message from her to one in Argos
s a a s a t . As My friend h ll be r it home , id Ores es
a an d a . for me , I St y endure my f te
a a s can " N e s a y , s id M ; how I we r for I might
s s s lo e thi letter by Shipwreck or ome O ther misch ance .
a s h e h i h - a sa t s ss . He r the me s ge , then , id g prie te ’
And thou wilt keep it by the life . To es so n a n sa h is s Or tes , of A g memno , y si ter , a u a n s Sa is de d indeed nto her p re t , but not to him . y th at Dian a h as h ad ch arge over her these m any years she w as s a a a at 1 an d a sh e since n tched w y A3 5 , th t w aits u n til her brother sh all come to rescue her from
this duty of bloodshed an d t ake her home .
‘ s t h eir am az em en t At the e words knew no bounds . Ores tes embraced h is los t Sister an d told her all his an d a a a story , the three , bre thless with e gerness , pl nned
a w ay of esc ape . The king of T h ad already come to w itness the
s acrifice . But ook in her h ands the s acred a a a an d a im ge of Di n , went out to tell him th t the h s s a . a s sa s e rite mu t be del yed One of the Str nger , id , w as h is s a guilty of the murder of mother , the other h r ing h is crime ; an d these unworthy victim s must be cleansed with pure sea-w ater before they could be o f a h ad s a feted to Di an a . The s acred im ge been de ecr ted an d a s s by their touch , th t , too , mu t be olemnly purged
by no O ther h ands th an hers . s a To thi the king consented . He rem ined to burn lus tral fires in the temple ; the people withdrew to s s a an d s s their hou e to esc pe pollution , the prie te s with
her victims re ached the seaside in s afety .
s a a w as Once there , with the cred im ge which to
bring them good fortune , they h astened to the Gre
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T H E C U S E O F P O L P H E M U S I . R Y
OF AL L the heroes th at wandered far an d wide before
a s a a a a they c me to their home g in fter the f ll of Troy , s f none uf ered so m any h ardships as Odysseu s .
w as m an s a s There , indeed , one other who e dventure a h is an d s w as fEn eas a h ve been likened to , thi , Tro
an s a j hero . He e c ped from the burning city with a
a s h is an d a a s b nd of fugitive , countrymen ; fter ye r of peril an d w andering he c ame to found a famous race
a . w a s a s in It ly On the y , he found one ho pit ble re ting
a in a a pl ce C rth ge , where Queen Dido received him with great kindliness; an d when he left her sh etook her own life , out of very grief . But there were no other h ardships such as beset s s an d Ody seu , between the burning of Troy his return
a a s a . a to Ith c , we t of the l nd of Greece Ten ye rs did
a a s w as a s he fight g in t Troy , but it ten ye r more before he came to h is home an d h is wife Penelope an d his son
Telem achus . Now all these l atter years of wandering fell to his
’ " lot because of Poseidon s anger against him . For s h ad a a a an d Po eidon f vored the Greci n c use , might well h ave sped home this m an who h ad done so much
s s to win the Greci an victory . But a evil de tiny would
a s s a a h ve it , Ody seu mort lly ngered the god of the
sea s o n . by blinding his , the Cyclops Polyphemus
And thus it c ame to p ass .
Odysseus set out from Troy with twelve good ships . at s a He touched first I m rus , where his first misfortune T H E C U R S E O F P O L Y P H E M U S 95
a an d a s a IOSt took pl ce , in Skirmi h with the n tives he
’ a number of men from each ship s crew . A storm then a LO t us- a s a drove them to the l nd of the E ter , wondrous
an d n n e s a people , kindly co te t , who sp nd their live in
- n sun day dream an d c are for nothing el se u der the . No s oo n er h ad the s ailors eaten of this m agical lorus a s all s th n they lo t their wi h to go home , or to see their
an d a a . a s s wives children g in By m in force , Odys eu drove them b ack to the ships an d s aved them from the
spell . Thence they c ame one day to a beautiful s trange a a a a ass isl nd , verd nt pl ce to see , deep with soft gr ran an d well watered with springs . Here they the
s as an d an d as fo r a ship hore , took their rest fe ted
da . ss s a a n a y But Ody eu looked cross to the m i l nd ,
s aw s an d s an d s n where he flock herd , moke goi g up s oftly from the homes of m en ; an d he resolved to go
across an d find out wh at m anner of people lived there . ’ n h is s Accordi gly , next morning , he took own hip s
n comp any a d they rowed across to the m ainl and . a as a w as a a Now , f ir the pl ce , there dwelt in it r ce
a s a a s a of gi nts , the Cyclope , gre t rude cre ture , h ving a an d a h is e ch but one eye , th t in the middle of fore
a . w as s he d One of them Polyphemu , the son of
s . s as a an d Po eidon He lived by him elf shepherd ,
w as h is a a ss s a s it to c ve th t Ody eu c me , by ome evil
a . w as an s ch nce It enormou grotto , big enough to a an d all h is an d h ad a a house the gi nt flocks , it gre t
a . s n courty rd without But Odys eus , knowi g nought
all m en an d a a of this , chose out twelve , with w llet of corn an d a go ats kin full of wine they left the ship and a a w a a h ad m de y to the c ve , which they seen from
the w ater . Much they wondered who might be the m as ter of 96 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F O D Y S S E U S
this strange house . Polyphemus w as away with his s a a s an d s heep , but m ny l mb kid were penned there , an d the c avern w as well s tored with goodly cheeses an n d cream a d whey .
a a a an d Without del y , the we ried men kindled fire s at eat s s as a a down to uch thing they found , till gre t
a a a a a s a an d saw sh dow c me d rk g in t the doorw y , they s a at an h i s . the Cyclop ne r h d , returning with flocks In an ins t ant they fled into the d arkes t corner of the c avern . Polyphemus drove h is flocks into the pl ace an d c ast off from h is Shoulders a lo ad of young trees for
n firewood. Then he lifted a d set in the entrance of
a a a a -s the c ve gig ntic boulder of door tone . Not un til he h ad milked the go ats an d ewes an d s tirred up the
n n fire did h is terrib"le o eeye light upo the s trangers . a are a s Wh t ye he ro red then , robber or rov a ers"And Odysseus alone h d heart to an swer . are aea s a a We Ach n of the rmy of Ag memnon ,
a s aid he . And by the will of Zeus we h ve lost our
s an d are as s a s . cour e , come to you tr nger Forget not
a s h as a a as s a an d th t Zeu c re for such we , tr ngers sup pli ants . are a Loud l aughed the Cyclops at this . You
"s a . witless churl to bid me heed the gods id he I
as s an d O . spare or kill to ple e my elf none ther B"ut - " where is your cockle shell th at brought you hither
s a a : a Then Odysseu nswered cr ftily Al s , my ship is gone "Only I an d my men esc aped alive from the
sea .
s h ad But Polyphemu , who been looking them over
h is s a an d with one eye , eized two of the m riners d ashed them ag ains t the w all an d m ade his evening
a a s . me l of them , while their comr des tood by helpless
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The Cyclops t as ted the wine and l aughed with de " is a so a a s . s a light th t the c ve hook Ho , thi r re "
"s a . a drink id he I never t sted milk so good , nor
- a . an d whey , nor gr pe juice either Give me the rest ,
a a m a a . tell me your n me , th t I y th nk you for it Twice an d thrice Odys seus poured the wine an d the Cyclops drank it o ff; then he answered : Since you ask
s a is a . it , "Cyclop , my n me Nom n a And I will give you this for your wine , Nom n , " " a s s a a as l " s id the Cyclop ; you h ll be e ten l t of a l a As he spoke his he d drooped , for his wits were
an d sa a h is clouded with drink , he nk he vily out of
s a an d l a a e t y prone , stretched long the floor of the
an d as . Cavern . His great eye Shut he fell leep Odysseus thrus t the stake under the ashes till it w as h Ot an d h is s s a glowing ; fellow tood by him , re dy to an d venture all . Then together they lifted the club drove it straight into the eye of Polyphemus an d
turned it around an d about .
s a a an d a a The Cyclop g ve horrible cry , , thrusting w y a a all h is - a a an d the br nd , he c lled on fellow gi nts ne r
ss s an d s far . Ody eu his men hid in the uttermo t corners a a s of the c ve , but they he rd the re ounding steps of the
s s an d as Cyclope who were rou ed , their shouts they s" a " a a a c lled , Wh t ils thee , Poly"phemu Art thou sl in Who h as done thee an y hurt a "a a Nom n ro red the blinded Cyclops ; Nom n is
s a a . he"re to l y me by tre chery m an a a a a Then if no h th hurt thee , they c lled g in , u a a s let s sleep . And w y they went to their home
once more . But Polyphemus lifted away the boulder from the an d sat a a a door there in the entr nce , gro ning with p in an d stretching forth his h ands to feel if an y one were T H E C U R S E O F P O L Y P H E M U S 99
a sat a ss ne r . Then , while he in double d rkne , with
h is ss s the light of eye gone out , Ody eu bound together
a s s s the r m of the flock , three by three , in uch wi e i th at every three should save one of h s comrades . For underneath the mid ram of e ach group a m an
as h is s a an d a s clung , gr ping h ggy fleece ; the r m on
ss s each s ide gu arded him from discovery . Ody eu him self chose out the greates t ram an d l aid hold of h is an d n a h is s a a u fleece clung be e th h ggy body , f ce p w ard . a a a s a Now , when d wn c me , the r m h stened out to
as an d s a as p ture , Polyphemu felt of their b cks they huddled alon g together ; but he knew not th at every
as all a h e three held a m an bound securely . L t of c me t ram a w as a s h is a an d kingly th t de re t to rude he rt , he
a a n a bore the King of Ith c . O ce free of the c ve , Odys
an d h is s s an d seus fellow loo ed their hold took flight , a s as driving the r m in h te to the Ship , where , without
a a s an d a a . del y , they greeted their comr de went bo rd
as s s ss s But they pu hed from hore , Ody eu could not a a s W a n an d at refr in from h iling the Cyclop ith t u ts , the sound of t h at 'v o icePolyphemus came forth from
a a a h is cave an d hurled gre t rock fter the Ship . It
n missed an d upheaved the w ater like a earthqu ake .
a ss s a a n : s an a Ag in Ody eu c lled , s yi g Cyclop , if y sh ll as k sa a w as ss i , , who blinded th ne e"ye y th t it Ody eus a a son of Laertes of Ith c . Then Polyphemus gro aned an d cried : An Oracle a s m an foretold it , but I w ited for ome of might who s h is a a a " hould overcome me by v lor , not we kling
i h is a s an d a Fa And now , he l fted h nd pr yed ,
s n a ss s ther Po eido , my f ther , look upon Ody eu , the son
a s a a an d a s of L erte of Ith c , gr nt me thi revenge , let a a a a " s m a him never see Ith c g in Yet , if he mu t , y he 1 0 0 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F O D Y S S E U S
a a n a a come l te , without frie d , fter long w ndering , to "" find evil abidin g by h is he arth
s an d a a So he poke . hurled nother rock fter them ,
s s an d s s a but the hip out tripped it , ped by to the i l nd where the O ther good Ships w aited for Odysseus . To gether they put out from l and an d h astened on their homeward voyage .
s is sea h ad a But Po eidon , who lord of the , he rd the
a h is an d a a a w as pr yer of son , th t homew rd voy ge to
a a s an d we r through ten ye r more , with storm irksome c alm s an d mis adventure .
T H E W A N D E N G O F O D E U I I . RI Y S S S " Now Odysseus an d h is m en sailed on an d on t ill a o a s they c me to li , where dwell the king of the
s an d a . wind , here they c me nigh to good fortune
o s an d at lu received them kindly , their going he secretly gave to Odyss eu s a leathern b ag in which all
a s s a contr ry wind were tied up ecurely , th t only the favori n g wes t wind might speed them to Ith aca . Nine
a s s a an d d ys the hip went gl dly before the wind , on the da h ad s a a a tenth y they ight of Ith c , lying like low
so a h is a - a cloud in the west . Then , ne r h ven , the h ppy
ss a h is a ss an d as Ody eus g ve up to we rine fell leep , for
s h is he h ad never left the helm . But while he lept men saw a b a a an d the le thern g th t he kept by him , , in the
a w as as . belief th t it full of tre ure , they opened it Out - s " ru shed the ill wind In an ins tant the sea w as covered with white caps ; the w aves rose mountain high ; the poor ships strug gled ag ains t the tyranny of the gale an d gave w ay .
a a a an d a B ck they were driven , b ck , f rther f rther ; an d ss s a a w as when Ody eu woke , Ith c gone from
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a s a a The nger of Po eidon follows thee , s id the s ge . is r B ss s fa o ff. ut Wherefore , Ody eu , thy return yet a art Th rin acia t ke heed when thou come to , where the s acred kine of the Sun h ave their pastures . Do them
an d s a . But i t he be no hurt , thou h lt yet come home f y harm ed in an w is e a y , ruin sh ll come upon thy men ; an d s a a even if thou e c pe , thou sh lt come home to find strange men devouring thy sub s tance an d wooing thy wife . ss a and With this word in his mind , Ody eus dep rted a a came once more to fEaea . There he t rried but lit h ad all a a tle time , till Circe told him the d ngers th t a a a s an d a a beset his w y . M ny good coun el cr fty w rn ing did she give him agains t the Sirens th at ch arm an d a a s s a with their singing , g in t the mon ter Scyll an d a s an d as the whirlpool Ch rybdi , the Cl hing Rocks , an an d the cattle of the Sun . So the king d his men ae set out from the isl and of fE a . Now very soon they came to the Sirens who sing so a a m an sweetly th t they lure to de th every who listens . For straightway he is m ad to be with them where they si"ng ; an d al as for the m an th at would fly without wings ’ a a But when the ship drew ne r the Sirens isl nd , a all Odysseus did as Circe h ad t aught him . He b de h is a a w ax shipm tes stop up their e rs with moulded , so
' a a al o n ek e t is a th t they could not he r . He p h he ring ; but he h ad him self l ashed to the m ast so th at he could
n o s an d a s in wi e move , he forb de them to loo e him ,
a s however he might ple d , under the pell of the
Sirens . As sa a h is a w a . a they iled ne r , soul g ve y He he rd a s ss a air as a s a wild weetne co xing the , min trel co xes a an d the h rp ; there , close by , were the Sirens sitting T H E W A N D E R I N G O F O D Y S S E U S I O"
in a blooming meadow th at hid the bones of men . a u a s an d Be utif l , winning m iden they looked ; they a a s s a an d s ng , entre ting Odys eu by n me to listen
s - abide an d res t . Their voice were golden sweet above
an d a s a the sound of wind w ve , like drop of mber a an d all h is s flo ting on the tide ; for wi dom , Odysseus Strained at h is bonds an d begged h is men to let him go a a s an d free . But they , de f like to the ong the sorcery ,
a a . s an d s a rowed h rder th n ever At length , ong i l nd ss s a faded in the distance . Ody eu c me to his wits an d s h is n s an d set once more , his men loo ed bo d him free .
But they were close upon new d angers . No sooner h ad they avoided the Cl ashing Rocks (by a device
’ of Circe s) th an they c ame to a perilous strait . On a s aw a a one h nd they the whirlpool where , bene th fi - a s s s sea h o rri hollow g tree , Ch rybdi uck down the s a bly . And , while they ought to esc pe her , on the
O a s s a a a ther h nd mon trou Scyll upre red from the c ve ,
n a six a six s tched of their comp ny with her long necks , an d devoured them even while they c alled upon Odys seus to s ave them . a an d a So , with bitter peril , the ship p ssed by c me to the isl and of Th rin acia ; an d here are goodly pas an d ss tures for the flocks herds of the Sun . Ody eus , who feared les t h is men might forget the warning of
i s as w as a a . a T re i , very lo th to l nd But the s ilors a an d an d were we ry worn to the verge of mutiny , they
a l a a s swore , moreover , th t they would never y h nd on
a n . an a the s cred ki e So they l ded , thinking to dep rt a next day . But with the next d y came a tempest th at
a as n so a blew for month without ce i g , th t they were forced to be ach the ship an d live on the isl and with their store of corn an d wine : When th at w as gone 1 0 4 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F O D Y S S E U S
h ad an d fish an d a a they to hunt , it h ppened th t , while
ss s w as a s n da h is s Ody eu b e t in the woods one y , hip
a s a . s a m te broke their o th For , id they , when we are once more in Ith ac a we will m ake amends to
But us a a Helios with s acrifice . let r ther drown th n
n w aste to death with hu ger . So they drove o ff the n d bes t of the cattle of the Sun a slew them . When at a the king returned , he found them their f teful b anquet ; but it w as too l ate to s ave them from the wr ath of the gods .
As as a a soon they were f irly emb rked once more , ea s as s . s the Sun ce ed to hine The ro e high , the thun der o l t s s a an d all it s a b of Zeu truck th t Ship , comp ny w as scattered abro ad upon the w aters . Not one w as a a h left s ave Odysseus . He clung to fr gment of is
as s an d so an d an d l t hip , he drifted , borne here there ,
as an d a w as as l hed by wind w ve , until he w hed up on
s a s a a the tr nd of the i l nd Ogygi , the home of the w as a s a nymph C alypso . He not to le ve thi h ven for
seven years .
a t en a s w ar an d a Here , fter ye r of two of w ndering , he fou n d a ki n dly welcome The ench anted isl and w as s an d a s w as full of wonder , the nymph C lyp o more
a a a an d a n a a th n mort l f ir , would h ve bee gl d to m rry
the hero ; yet he pined for Ith aca . Nothing could win h is he art aw ay from his own country an d his own
I s an d a wife Penelope , nothing but Lethe t elf, th t no s m an m ay drink till he die . So for seven years C alypso s trove to m ake him for get h is longin g with ease an d pleasan t livin g an d soft
Da a sh es a sh r raiment . y by d y ng to him while eb o i dered her web with gold ; an d her voice w as like a a a s an d s m ak golden str nd th t twine in out of ilence , a s a ing it be utiful . She even promi ed th t she would
m u g , nconscious of
.z s l u red him from the Do n his o w n shore '
in t he s an a i l d of Ith ca, ' s an hu b d s return . At zhen in doubt an d sorrow
am bv m a c e so e tr veller) , o ust an t as a u y o ng bride . pas t : her y oun g so n Te oo d and as ; for Odysseus ,
as v al i e or dead .
tro uble in Ithaca . It w as k n an d w as a i g , Penelope f ir from all t heisl an ds round ’ a r a n e a d m r i ge, si c m ny love T H E H M E - C O M I N G 1 0 7
an d as m an s s n s the queen more loved her po se sio ,
an d . desired to rule ove them Moreover , every one
a a lin ss s s a thought or s id th t g Ody eu mu t be de d . Neither Penelope nor l: r aged father- in -l aw L aertes
a e s could rid the pl ce of th e trouble ome suitors . Some
s an d ve a n s all were noble some re dve turer , but they a a lik a s s an d thronged the p l ce pe t of cricket , de v o ured the wealth of t h ecin gdo m with feas ts in honor of Penelope an d t h em se/es an d everybody el s e ; an d they besought the quee to choose a husb and from their number . For a long time she ‘O uld hear none of this ; but they grew so cl am o ro us n their suit th at sh e h ad to
i r r put them o ff with craft . o sh es aw th at the e would a co un t r an d an d s be d nger to her , her son , her elf, unless Odysseus c ame ho l e some day an d turn ed the
s s . s a suitor out of door therefore poke them f ir , an d a t h o e a a a g ve hem some of her m rri ge , to m ke a pe ce .
s a a Ye princely wooers , he id , now I believe th t
h sb an d s s a the king Odysseus , my , mu t long ince h ve a str an ge Ian ; an d I h ave bethought me [ a a . av e a more of m rri ge p tience , therefore , till
11 h ave finished the ‘Cb th at I am weaving . For it is a royal Shroud th at mus t m ake agains t the day a a m a i (t h a an d th t L ertes y d e f ther of m"y lord hus h e an d a . w a o m s a s b nd) This is the y y people , id ;
t a o when the web is done , I ill choose n ther king for a Ith ca.
h ad all a a an d da She set up in the gre t loom , y da Sh e t h Cfl at sh e w as a by y wrought the web , for
a at iet as a n a m rvellous spinner , p Ar ch e , but de r to
a. da Se a Athen All y long would we ve , but every night in secret she w o ul unravel wh at she h ad 1 0 6 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F O DY S S E U S
h ad a them forever , but they no he rt to keep him longer from his home ; so they b ade him farewell an d set a a s a him upon one of their m gic l hips , with m ny
an d s an d h is w a gifts of gold ilver , sent him on y a Wonderful seamen are the Ph aeaci ans . The oce n
as air s a a is to them to the bird , the be t p th for swift j ourney "Odysseus w as gl ad enough to trust
w a an d s h ad set a the y to them , no ooner they out th n s s a weet Sleep fell upon his eyelids . But the good hip
sped like an y bee th at knows the w ay home . In a m arvellous short time they came even to the shore of the kingdom of Ith aca s w as i While Odysseu still sleep ng , unconscious of h is aea a s good fortune , the Ph ci n lifted him from the ship with kindly joy an d l aid him upon h is own shore ; an d beside him they set the gifts of gold an d s ilver n a an a d fair work of the loom . So they dep rted ; d thus it w as th at Odysseus c ame to Ith aca after twenty a ye rs .
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all s a s a a a Now the e twenty ye rs , in the i l nd of Ith c ,
’ h a a Penelope d w tched for her husb and s return . At firs t with high hopes an d then in doubt an d sorrow s feat w ar a a (when new of the g c me by some tr veller) , h a a d a an d s a as a . she w ited , e ger con t nt young bride But now the w ar w as long pas t ; her young son Te
lem ach us h ad a an d as s come to m nhood ; for Odys eus , sh eknew not whether he w as alive or dead .
For years there h ad been trouble in Ith aca . It w as a a an d w as a left kingdom without king , Penelope f ir an s s a ll a s d wise . So uitor c me from a the isl nd round a a a a S a d bout to beg her h nd in m rri ge , ince m ny love
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a so a wrought in the d ytime , th t the web might never
n u h a h us be do e . For altho gh s e believed her de r an a u t b d to be de d , yet her hope would p forth buds a a an d a a s as s a s s a g in g in , ju t pring , th t eem to die e ch h a a a n . s e ye r , will come g i So ever looked to see
Odysseus coming . Three years an d more sh e held o ff the suitors with
s an d . thi wile , they never perceived it For , being
’
n s a a . men , they knew nothing of wome h ndicr ft It w as all a a a e a like m rv l to them , borh the be uty of the ' n " web an d this endless toil i the m aking As for
n all da n sh e at Pe elope , y lo g wove ; but night she
a o an d a would unr vel her w rk weep bitterly , bec use sh e h ad another web to weave an d another day to
a all s n s a . w tch , for nothing , i ce Odys eus never c me
a a a s a a In the fourth ye r , though , f ithle s serv nt betr yed
s s s an d a an thi ecret to the woo"er , there c me end to a an d pe ce the web , too a s s an a M tter grew wor e d worse . Telem chus set a an d w as out to find his f ther , the poor queen left without husb and or so n . But the suitors continued a a a so a s an d to live bout the p l ce like m ny prince , to
a a ss s m ke merry on the we lth of Ody eu , while being driven from l and to l and an d wreck to
a a a s So it c me true , th t prophecy th t , if the herd of the
a ss s s a h is Sun were h rmed , Ody eu hould re ch home alone in evil plight to find Sorrow in h is own house
n hold . But in the e d he w as to drive her forth .
ss s h is Now , when Ody eu woke , he did not know
a a a s an own country . Gone were the Ph e ci n d their ship ; only the gifts bes ide him told him th at he h ad
a . a not dre med While he looked bout , bewildered ,
a s a a a Athen , in the gui e of young countrym n , c me to h is i n a d a d w as . s , told him where he Then , miling T H E H O M E - C O M I N G I O9
a a an d sh e s upon his m zement j oy , hone forth in her an d a as own form , w rned him not to h ten home , since the pal ace w as filled with the i n solent suitors of Fencl o e a a as s p , whose he rt w ited empty for him the ne t for the bird . a a a a Moreover , Athen ch nged his sh pe into th t of an a an d a a ged pilgrim , led him to the hut of cert in
ae s h is an d a a . swineherd , Eum u , old f ithful serv nt This m an n a a a received the ki g kindly , t king him for tr vel a a an d all s al worn w yf rer , told him the new of the p ace an d s s an d w as , the uitor the poor queen , who ever ready to hear the idle tales of an y traveller if he h ad
n s s aught to tell of Ki g Ody seu . Now who should come to the hut at this time but n a a h ad as the pri ce Telem chus , whom Athen h tened "E s afely home from his ques t um aeus received his a at a young m ster with gre joy , but the he rt of Odys s w as t o h ad s h is eus nigh bursting , for he never een s o n an n a a War since he left him , i f nt , for the Troj n .
E ae a s When um us left them together , he m de him elf known ; an d for th at moment Athen a gave him b ack a a saw his kingly looks , so th t Telem chus him with a o an d a exult ti n , they two wept over e ch other for
j oy . ’ By this time news of her son s return h ad come to
an d she w as a a Penelope , lmost h ppy , not knowing
th at the suitors were plotting to kill Telem achus . a an d a n ass h is Home he c me , he h ste ed to ure mother a h ad a th t he he rd good news of Odysseus ; though , for s a all n o r a s w as the fety of , he did tell her th t Odysseu in Ith aca . Meanwhile Eum aeus an d his aged pilgrim came to
an d a a a s a the city the p l ce g te . They were t lking to a a an a l a go therd there , when old hound th t y in the 1 1 0 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F O D Y S S E U S dust-heap near by pricked up his ears an d stirred a as at a - a his t il feebly well known voice . He w s the a f a a a a f ith ul Argus , n med fter monster of m ny eyes
a as a a a . th t once served Juno w tchm n Indeed , when
a w as a h ad h is the cre ture sl in , Juno eyes set in the a h er et a an d fe thers of p pe cocks , there they glisten to ff da . s w a this y But the end of this Argu s very di eren t .
’ s a w as Once the pride of the king he rt , he now so old an d infirm th at he could b arely move ; but though his m aster h ad come home in the guise of a strange a h e an d a a w begg r , knew the voice , he lone , fter t enty
a ss n a a ye rs . Ody eus , seei g him , could b rely restr in a as h ad his te rs ; but the poor old hound , if he lived as a a but to welcome his m ter home , died th t very s me day Into the pal ace h all went the sw ineherd an d the
a s s as . pilgrim , mong the uitor who were fe ting there Now how Odysseus begged a portion of meat an d w as
a s s saw sh mefully in ulted by the e men , how he his own an d h is an d wife hid j oy sorrow , but told her news as an a all s of himself y begg r might , the e things
is a s . arebetter sung th an spoken . It long tory
s h a a But the end w as near . The suitor d dem nded ’ an d s a Pen el the queen s choice , once more the con t nt
ope tried to put it o ff. She took from her s afe treas ure- a r a ss s an d ch mber the g e t bow of Ody eu , she promised th at sh ewould m arry th at one of the suitors who should send h is arrow through tw elve rings
a s a a a ranged in a line . All other we pon were t ken w y by the care of Telem achus ; there w as nothing but n ll a a a a d . a w s the gre t bow quiver And when re dy , a Penelope went aw ay to her ch mber to weep . ll a . t But , first of , no one could string the bow Sui or n a after sui t or tried a d f iled . The sturdy wood stood
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" s s pring She knew him then for her hu b and Odys
s s at as . eu , come home l t Surely th at w as h appiness enough to l as t them ever after . INDEX OF M YTHOLOGY
The o o w n n d n ud s t hen am s o f d n t s so n s an d aces f ll i g I ex i cl e e ivi i ie , per , pl ’ ' m n t o n d in Haw t ho n s l l o nder-B o o k s d L t at u S s e i e r e (River i e i er re erie , ’ d M ss Pea h o s Tan l o o d Tal s No s . 2 2 an No s . 1 Haw t n w 7 , r e g e e ( , i ’ b d s r N as w l as su h un usua w o ds in o y Old G eek Fo lk Sto ries ( o . e l c l r n asm u h as t he se b o o k s as see m t o re quire defin it io n o r explan atio n . I c ust o m a s in t he G k o r t he Lat n o m o f t a n o e n am s c v rie ree i f r cer i pr p r e . b o t h areh n t hea t n at o r u a n t o m in a n t h s s as ere give , l er ive e q iv le f r p re e i , N t un P s d n The t a i d w o ds in a n t h s s s n t t he ep e ( o ei o ) . i l cize r p re e i repre e n l s d E g i h t ran slatio n o r e quiv ale n t o f t heGreek w o r . I n o d t o a l t at an a t o n un at o n o f t he o n w o s t he r er f ci i e ex c pr ci i f reig rd , diacritical m ark s areused in acco rdan cewith t helat e st editio n o f Web ’ st t s n t n at o n a t o n a e I er i l Dic i ry .
E X P L A N A T I O N O F D I A C R I T I C A L M A R K S
A D ash ab o the o w n o t s the o n so un as in at ev e ve v el de e l g d , f e , , ti m n h ot Use w . e , e . , y A u ab o t he o w n o t s thesh o t so un as in add en d C rve ve v el de e r d , , , Ill dd , O . up. A Circum flex Acce n t ab o ve t hev o w el 0 de n o t e s t he so un d o f o in b Orn .
A Do t ab o the o w a d n o t s t heo b scu so un o f a in ast ve v el e e re d p , ab at Am ca e , eri . A Do ub D o t ab o the o w a n o t s t heso un o f a in at h le ve v el de e d f er , fi m s l . A o ub Do t b o w the o w a d n o t s t heso un d o f a in b a D le el v el e e ll . A Wa ab o t he o w n o t s heso un ve ve v el e de e t d o f e in hé r. a ds so un lik e a in se n ate . é so un s ik 6 i d en d d l e n ep . 6 so un s ik d l e 0 in prop o se .
s so un ds lik e z . is so as in e g ft g m . is h a d as in et g r g . u ds k 5 5; so n li e . I n t his I n dex t heh e avy -face fig ure s refer t o n um b ers o f t heRiverside L t at u S i s an d t he o t h fi u s t o a s Thus 1 1 2 a t i er re er e , er g re p g e . , 4 , 5 f er s a f Ab o s t o 2 o No . 1 1 o f t he s yd refer p g e 5 4 Serie .
’ A-b dOS a town o n theH s o nt At f Ofl il k 1 1 y , elle p , ( 4 , 39 1 1 2 A E TU AND THE S E ER 4 , 5 DM S H PH D , - 1 1 2 A h aean s (akean z ) a n am o the 4 , 3 c , e f ' Ad-m é t fiS 1 1 2 G an o l 1 1 8 0 4 , . reci pe p e , 4 , , 3 3S ’ A h ll s a the at st h o A-do nis 1 1 6 c i e ( gre e er , 4 , 5 o the T o an War 2 1 8 0 1 1 AD V E TUR E o r O E U THE f r j , 3 , ; 4 , N S DYSS S , 8 1 0 1 79, 3 . 1 . 1 4 , 94 ' 1 1 4 I N D E X O F M Y T H O L O G Y
'’ ZEzea é -ea the s an o 2 An-ti O-ne the au ht o (Edi us ( ) , i l d f Circe, 3 , g , d g er f p , 1 1 2 10 7 ; 1 1 4 , 10 1 , 1 0 2 4 , 6 ’ ZEetes é 2 1 1 2 0 A h o it at-rO- i te B o n o the ( 3 , 3 , 5 p r d e ( d ) ( r f us 2 2 1 sea- o am V n us the o dd ss n e , 4 f , e ) , g e of E ist h us e 1 1 88 Lo and B aut 1 8 1 1 1 1 g ( 4 , ve e y , , 4 ; 4 , [En as é a T o an h o 1 1 e ( r j er , 4 , - ’ 8 1 , 94 A Ol lo Phoeb us a so k n o w n as ' p , ( l - E o a é -O Ha a o u of s ands Phoe li ( ) , gr p i l b us theB right One an d He n o th o S 2 1 0 1 1 - r f c ly , 3 , 7; 4 , io s the Sun the Sun od an d i i l , ) , g , 1 0 0 ' the divin e archer or god of the [Bo us é O-l fis The han ab l ( ) ( C ge le) , bo w s d n o m us and , pre i i g ver ic k n g of E o l a and go d of the the art o h a n 2 162 1 1 i i f e li g , 3 , ; 4 , w n ds 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 , 3 , 7 ; 4 , 2 2 2 8 6 i 5 1 4 7 91 3 , 3 ) 7 ’ s ula ius é s—k u-la I- us a a ’ [E c p ( p ) , f A O O S TE R 1 1 8 P LL S IS , 4 , 3 m o us h s an 2 1 80 p y c , 3 , A E OF COR THE 1 1 i i PPL DIS D , , 4 , 74 s n 2 1 8 1 [E o 3 , A E THE T RE E GO E PPL S , H LD N , '‘ ZEt hio ia é -thi-o i -a an an n t p ( p ) , cie n am o A a 1 1 2 f fr c , 4 , 9 ARAC E a 1 1 e i HN ( 4 , 49 ’ ' [Eth o n ethon TheB u n n o n e - - ( ) ( r g) , Ar a di a a o unt o Gr the i c , c ry f eece, o the Ho s s o the Sun 1 1 f r e f , 4 , a o t ho m o P an 1 1 f v ri e e f , 4 , 3 ’ ’ 26 A- -O a- fis M a s H 1 1 1 ré p g ( r ill) , 4 , 9 t hra 2 2 1 ’ [E , 4 A ré M a s the o d o war 1 8 s ( r ) , g f , , [Et n a M o un t a o an o in , v lc 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 8 1 4 ; 3 , 7; 4 , S l 2 1 1 1 8 2 ’ c y , 3 , 4 7 ; 4 , , 4 A rete 1 1 10 i i , 4 , 5 ’ ’ A i-ca 2 2 8 Ar -t h sé a wat -n , , 4 é u , m h 1 14 , 8 f r ' er y p , 3 A A E O THE HOU E OF 1 1 88 Ar i o o A o s a n am G M MN N , S , 4 , g ves, pe ple f rg , e ' s o m t m s us d o r al G ks A -a-m em n on h o theG an e e e f l ree , g , c ief f reci i a m a a n s t T o 1 1 8 0 88 r y g i r y , 4 , , , ’ O he h Ar g , t s , 2 3 , 1 ; 1 1 , 1 0 1 ip' 93 4 33 Ar o n aut s ar O-n at s the o a s A e TheGo n 1 82 8 1 1 8 g ( g ) , v y ger g , lde , 7, , 3 ; 4 , ’ o thesh A o 2 1 8 1 1 A- en o 2 2 2 f ip rg , 3 , 9 ; 4 , 43 , g r, , 7 ’ 8 0 A a 1 1 8 0 1 0 1 j x , 4 , , ’ A os an an nt t o A o s in L E sn s 1 1 r g , cie ci y f rg li A g , 4 , 3 5 Gr 1 1 80 X 1 1 eece , 4 , l 4 , , ' 33 3 5 ’ ’ A us 1 thebu o theA o Al - in o -us 1 1 1 0 r g , ( ) ilder f rg , g , 4 , 5
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