Bibliotheca classica; or, A classical dictionary [by J. Lempriere]. By J. Lempriere1801 |
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Page 94 - Eurytus, and killed him with three of his sons. lole fell into the hands of her father's murderer, and found that she was loved by Hercules as much as before. She accompanied him to mount Oeta, where he was going to raise an altar and offer a solemn sacrifice to Jupiter.
Page 57 - The Athenians have been admired in all ages for their love of liberty, and for the great men that were born among them ; but favour there was attended with danger ; and there are very few instances in the history of Athens that can prove that the jealousy and...
Page 62 - BC, after he had drained the waters of the Euphrates into a new channel, and marched his troops by night into the town, through the dried bed ; and it is said that the fate of the extensive capital was unknown to the inhabitants of the distant suburbs till late in the evening.
Page 94 - Mycenae, and ever after clothed himself with the skin. Eurystheus was so astonished at the sight of the beast, and at the courage of Hercules, that he ordered him never to enter the gates of the city when he returned from his expeditions, but to wait for his orders without the walls. He even made himself a brazen vessel, into which he retired whenever Hercules returned. The second...
Page 63 - His conquests were easy, and without bloodshed : the people easily submitted, and gratefully elevated to the rank of a god the hero who taught them the use of the vine, the cultivation of the earth, and the manner of making honey.
Page 24 - His statue was made of white marble, and near his temple was a fountain, whose waters were ever held sacred. They only who had consulted his oracle, or had been delivered from a disease, were permitted to bathe in it, after which they threw pieces of gold and silver into the stream. Those who consulted the oracle of Amphiaraus...
Page 47 - Mithridates, by whom he was assassinated in the presence of both armies, and the murderer's son, a child eight years old, was placed on the vacant throne. The Cappadocians revolted, and made the late monarch's brother, Ariarathes 9th, king; but Mithridates expelled him, and restored his own son.
Page 80 - They afterwards led a dance, in which they imitated, by their motions, the various windings of the Cretan labyrinth, from which Theseus had extricated himself by Ariadne's assistance. There was also another festival of the same name, yearly celebrated by the Athenians in Délos.
Page 80 - Is distinguished by his debauchery and riotous disposition. Cupid is represented as a winged infant, naked, armed with a bow and a quiver full of arrows. On gems, and all other pieces of antiquity, he is represented as amusing himself with some childish diversion.
Page 80 - Oceanides, and 20 other nymphs, all of whom, like herself, abjured marriage. She is represented with a bent bow and quiver, and attended with dogs, and sometimes drawn in a chariot by two white stags. Sometimes she appears with wings, holding a lion in one hand and a panther in the other, with a chariot drawn by two heifers, or two horses of different colours.