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Page 230 - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
Page 340 - But the Alpheus appears to possess something different from other rivers; for it often hides itself in the earth, and again rises out of it. Thus it ... merges itself in the Tegeatic land. Ascending from hence in Asaea, and mingling itself with the water of Eurotas, it falls a second time into the earth, emerges from hence, in that place which the Arcadians call the fountains, and running through the Pisaean and Olympian plains, pours itself into the sea.
Page 92 - They farther report, that in consequence of the city being freed through Euthymus from this grievous calamity, his nuptials were celebrated in a very splendid manner. I have likewise heard still farther concerning this Euthymus, that he lived to extreme old age, and that having avoided death, he departed after some other manner from an association with mankind. Indeed, I have even heard it asserted, by a seafaring merchant, that Euthymus is alive at present at Temessa, and such are the reports which...
Page 203 - And vindicate by oath th' ill-gotten prize? Rise if thou darest, before thy chariot stand, The driving scourge high-lifted in thy hand; And touch thy steeds, and swear thy whole intent Was but to conquer, not to circumvent. Swear by that god whose liquid arms surround The globe, and whose dread earthquakes heave the ground!
Page 200 - ... to wage, Suits not my greatness, or superior age: Rash as thou art to prop the Trojan throne, (Forgetful of my wrongs, and of thy own,) And guard the race of proud Laomedon! Hast thou forgot, how, at the monarch's prayer, We shared the lengthen'd labours of a year? Troy walls I raised (for such were Jove's commands), And yon...
Page 93 - Euthymus is alive at present at Temessa. And such are the reports which I have heard : but I also remember to have seen a picture, which was painted very accurately after an ancient original. In this picture there were the youth Sybaris, the river Calabrus, the fountain Calyca, and the cities Hera and Temessa. The daemon, too, was represented in this picture, who was vanquished by Euthymus. His colour was vehemently black, and his whole form was terrible in the extreme. He was clothed with the skin...
Page 92 - Temessa at the time in which they sacrificed after the usual manner to the daemon, having learned the particulars of this affair, requested that he might be admitted within the temple and behold the virgin. His request being granted, as soon as he saw her he was at first moved with pity for her condition, but afterwards fell in love with her. In consequence of this, the virgin swore that she would cohabit with him if he could rescue her from the impending death : and Euthymus, arming himself, fought...
Page 220 - The meaning of this is, that the success of men in love-affairs depends more on the assistance of Fortune than the charms of beauty. I am persuaded, too, with Pindar (to whose opinion I submit in other particulars), that Fortune is one of the Fates, and that in a certain respect she is more powerful than her sisters.
Page 91 - But his statue was the work of Pythagoras, and is worthy of inspection in the most eminent degree. Euthymus, after this, passing over into Italy, fought with a hero, of whom the following particulars are related. They say that Ulysses, during his wanderings after the destruction of Troy, among other cities of Italy and Sicily which he was driven to by the winds, came at length to Temessa with his ships. Here one of his associates having ravished a virgin, in consequence of being heated with wine,...
Page 307 - Thebes," recently discovered by the author, representing the Solar Disc with arms and hands pouring down from a midday ring. from this city men learnt how to build other cities. But on the left hand of the Temple of Despoina is the mountain Lycaeum, which they call Olympus ; and by others of the Arcadians it is denominated the sacred summit. They say that Jupiter was educated on this mountain ; and there is a place in the mountain which is called Cretea, and which is on the left of the grove...