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SEA DIVINITIES.

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Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gæa. He was the personification of\n the ever-flowing stream, which, according to the primitive notions of the\n early Greeks, encircled the world, and from which sprang all the rivers\n and streams that watered the earth. He was married to Tethys, one of the\n Titans, and was the father of a [108]numerous progeny called the Oceanides, who\n are said to have been three thousand in number. He alone, of all the\n Titans, refrained from taking part against Zeus in the Titanomachia, and\n was, on that account, the only one of the primeval divinities permitted\n to retain his dominion under the new dynasty.

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Nereus appears to have been the personification of the sea in its calm\n and placid moods, and was, after Poseidon, the most important of the\n sea-deities. He is represented as a kind and benevolent old man,\n possessing the gift of prophecy, and presiding more particularly over the\n Ægean Sea, of which he was considered to be the protecting spirit. There\n he dwelt with his wife Doris and their fifty blooming daughters, the\n Nereides, beneath the waves in a beautiful grotto-palace, and was ever\n ready to assist distressed mariners in the hour of danger.

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Proteus, more familiarly known as \"The Old Man of the Sea,\" was a son\n of Poseidon, and gifted with prophetic power. But he had an invincible\n objection to being consulted in his capacity as seer, and those who\n wished him to foretell events, watched for the hour of noon, when he was\n in the habit of coming up to the island of Pharos,[42] with Poseidon's flock of seals, which\n he tended at the bottom of the sea. Surrounded by these creatures of the\n deep, he used to slumber beneath the grateful shade of the rocks. This\n was the favourable moment to seize the prophet, who, in order to avoid\n importunities, would change himself into an infinite variety of forms.\n But patience gained the day; for if he were only held long enough, he\n became wearied at last, and, resuming his true form, gave the information\n desired, after which he dived down again to the bottom of the sea,\n accompanied by the animals he tended.

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Triton was the only son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, but he possessed\n little influence, being altogether a minor divinity. He is usually\n represented as preceding his father and acting as his trumpeter, using a\n conch-shell for this purpose. He lived with his parents in their\n beautiful golden palace beneath the sea at Ægea, and his favourite\n pastime was to ride over the billows on horses or sea-monsters. Triton is\n always represented as half man, half fish, the body below the waist\n terminating in the tail of a dolphin. We frequently find mention of\n Tritons who are either the offspring or kindred of Triton.

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Before the introduction into Rome of the religion and literature of\n Greece, the Romans had no belief in a realm of future happiness or\n misery, corresponding to the Greek Hades; hence they had no god of the\n lower world identical with Aïdes. They supposed that there was, in the\n centre of the earth, a vast, gloomy, and impenetrably dark cavity called\n Orcus, which formed a place of eternal rest for the dead. But with the\n introduction of Greek mythology, the Roman Orcus became the Greek Hades,\n and [137]all the Greek notions with regard to a\n future state now obtained with the Romans, who worshipped Aïdes under the\n name of Pluto, his other appellations being Dis (from dives, rich)\n and Orcus from the dominions over which he ruled. In Rome there were no\n temples erected to this divinity.

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Leucothea was originally a mortal named Ino, daughter of Cadmus, king\n of Thebes. She married Athamas, king of Orchomenus, who, incensed at her\n unnatural conduct to her step-children,[43] pursued her and her son to the\n sea-shore, when, seeing no hope of escape, she flung herself with her\n child into the deep. They were kindly received by the Nereides, and\n became sea-divinities under the name of Leucothea and Palæmon.

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He was also a prophetic divinity, and possessed oracles, the principal\n of which was that on Mount Rhodope in Thrace.

The tiger, lynx, panther, dolphin, serpent, and ass were sacred to\n this god. His favourite plants were the vine, ivy, laurel, and asphodel.\n His sacrifices consisted of goats, probably on account of their being\n destructive to vineyards.

BACCHUS OR LIBER.

The Romans had a divinity called Liber who presided over vegetation,\n and was, on this account, identified with the Greek Dionysus, and\n worshipped under the name of Bacchus.

The festival of Liber, called the Liberalia, was celebrated on the\n 17th of March.

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Plutus, the son of Demeter and a mortal called Iasion, was the god of\n wealth, and is represented as being lame when he makes his appearance,\n and winged when he takes his departure. He was supposed to be both blind\n and foolish, because he bestows his gifts without discrimination, and\n frequently upon the most unworthy objects.

Plutus was believed to have his abode in the bowels of the earth,\n which was probably the reason why, in later times, Aïdes became\n confounded with this divinity.

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MINOR DIVINITIES.

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NIGHT AND HER CHILDREN.
\nDEATH, SLEEP, AND DREAMS.

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Nyx, the daughter of Chaos, being the personification of Night, was,\n according to the poetic ideas of the Greeks, considered to be the mother\n of everything mysterious and inexplicable, such as death, sleep, dreams,\n &c. She became united to Erebus, and their children were Aether and\n Hemera (Air and Daylight), evidently a simile of the poets, to indicate\n that darkness always precedes light.

Nyx inhabited a palace in the dark regions of the lower world, and is\n represented as a beautiful woman, seated in a chariot, drawn by two black\n horses. She is clothed in dark robes, wears a long veil, and is\n accompanied by the stars, which follow in her train.

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In addition to the Moiræ, who presided over the life of mortals, there\n was another divinity, called Ker, appointed for each human being at the\n moment of his birth. The Ker belonging to an individual was believed to\n develop with his growth, either for good or evil; and when the ultimate\n fate of a mortal was about to be decided, his Ker was weighed in the\n balance, and, according to the preponderance of its worth or\n worthlessness, life or death was awarded to the human being in question.\n It becomes evident, therefore, that according to the belief of the early\n Greeks, each individual had it in his power, to a certain extent, to\n shorten or prolong his own existence.

The Keres, who are frequently mentioned by Homer, were the goddesses\n who delighted in the slaughter of the battle-field.

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Ate, the daughter of Zeus and Eris, was a divinity who delighted in\n evil.

Having instigated Hera to deprive Heracles of his birthright, her\n father seized her by the hair of her head, and hurled her from Olympus,\n forbidding her, under the most solemn imprecations, ever to return.\n Henceforth she wandered among mankind, sowing dissension, working\n mischief, and luring men to all actions inimical to their welfare and\n happiness. Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who\n had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement.

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Morpheus, the son of Hypnus, was the god of Dreams.

He is always represented winged, and appears sometimes as a youth,\n sometimes as an old man. In his hand he bears a cluster of poppies, and\n as he steps with [144]noiseless footsteps over the earth, he\n gently scatters the seeds of this sleep-producing plant over the eyes of\n weary mortals.

Homer describes the House of Dreams as having two gates: one, whence\n issue all deceptive and flattering visions, being formed of ivory; the\n other, through which proceed those dreams which are fulfilled, of\n horn.

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The Grææ, who acted as servants to their sisters the Gorgons, were\n also three in number; their names were Pephredo, Enyo, and Dino.

In their original conception they were merely personifications of\n kindly and venerable old age, possessing all its benevolent attributes\n without its natural infirmities. They were old and gray from their birth,\n and so they ever remained. In later times, however, they came to be\n regarded as misshapen females, decrepid, and hideously ugly, having only\n one eye, one tooth, and one gray wig between them, which they lent to\n each other, when one of them wished to appear before the world.

When Perseus entered upon his expedition to slay the Medusa, he\n repaired to the abode of the Grææ, in the far [146]west, to inquire the\n way to the Gorgons, and on their refusing to give any information, he\n deprived them of their one eye, tooth, and wig, and did not restore them\n until he received the necessary directions.

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Momus, the son of Nyx, was the god of raillery and ridicule, who\n delighted to criticise, with bitter sarcasm, the actions of gods and men,\n and contrived to discover in all things some defect or blemish. Thus when\n Prometheus created the first man, Momus considered his work incomplete\n because there was no aperture in the breast through which his inmost\n thoughts might be read. He [150]also found fault with a house built by\n Athene because, being unprovided with the means of locomotion, it could\n never be removed from an unhealthy locality. Aphrodite alone defied his\n criticism, for, to his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her\n perfect form.[50]

In what manner the ancients represented this god is unknown. In modern\n art he is depicted like a king's jester, with a fool's cap and bells.

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Ganymedes, the youngest son of Tros, king of Troy, was one day drawing\n water from a well on Mount Ida, when he was observed by Zeus, who, struck\n with his wonderful beauty, sent his eagle to transport him to Olympus,\n where he was endowed with immortality, and appointed cup-bearer to the\n gods.

Ganymedes is represented as a youth of exquisite beauty, with short\n golden locks, delicately chiselled features, beaming blue eyes, and\n pouting lips.

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The Hesperides, the daughters of Atlas, dwelt in an island in the far\n west, whence they derived their name. [163]

They were appointed by Hera to act as guardians to a tree bearing\n golden apples, which had been presented to her by Gæa on the occasion of\n her marriage with Zeus.

It is said that the Hesperides, being unable to withstand the\n temptation of tasting the golden fruit confided to their care, were\n deprived of their office, which was henceforth delegated to the terrible\n dragon Ladon, who now became the ever-watchful sentinel of these precious\n treasures.

The names of the Hesperides were Aegle, Arethusa, and Hesperia.

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The graceful beings called the Nymphs were the presiding deities of\n the woods, grottoes, streams, meadows, &c.

These divinities were supposed to be beautiful maidens of fairy-like\n form, and robed in more or less shadowy garments. They were held in the\n greatest veneration, though, being minor divinities, they had no temples\n [166]dedicated to them, but were worshipped in\n caves or grottoes, with libations of milk, honey, oil, &c.

They may be divided into three distinct classes, viz., water,\n mountain, and tree or wood nymphs.

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ROMAN DIVINITIES.

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Flora was the goddess of flowers, and was regarded as a beneficent\n power, who watched over and protected the early blossoms.

She was held in the highest estimation by the Romans, and a festival,\n called the Floralia, was celebrated in her honour from the 28th of April\n to the 1st of May. This festival was a season of universal merriment, in\n which flowers were used profusely in adorning houses, streets, &c.,\n and were worn by young girls in their hair.

Flora, who typified the season of Spring, is generally represented as\n a lovely maiden, garlanded with flowers.

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In opposition to Flora we find an antagonistic divinity, called\n Robigus, a worker of evil, who delighted in the destruction of the tender\n herbs by mildew, and whose wrath could only be averted by prayers and\n sacrifices, when he was invoked under the title of Averuncus, or the\n Avertor.

The festival of Robigus (the Robigalia) was celebrated on the 25th of\n April.

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Pomona was the goddess of orchards and fruit-trees, who, according to\n Ovid, cares not for woods or streams, but loves her gardens and the\n boughs that bear the thriving fruit.

Pomona, who typifies Autumn, is represented as a lovely maiden, laden\n with branches of fruit-trees.

[181]

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Vertumnus was the god of garden and field produce. He personifies the\n change of seasons, and that process of transformation in nature by means\n of which the leaf-buds become developed into blossoms, and the blossoms\n into fruit.

The change of seasons is symbolized in a myth which represents\n Vertumnus as metamorphosing himself into a variety of different forms in\n order to gain the affection of Pomona, who so loved her vocation that she\n abjured all thoughts of marriage. He first appears to her as a ploughman,\n typifying Spring; then as a reaper, to represent Summer; afterwards as a\n vine-gatherer, to indicate Autumn; and finally as a gray-haired old\n woman, symbolical of the snows of Winter; but it was not until he assumed\n his true form, that of a beautiful youth, that he succeeded in his\n suit.

Vertumnus is generally represented crowned with wheat-sheaves, and\n bearing in his hand a cornucopia.

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Pales, a very ancient Italian divinity, is represented sometimes as a\n male, sometimes as a female power.

As a male divinity he is more particularly the god of shepherds and\n flocks.

As a female deity, Pales presides over husbandry and the fruitfulness\n of herds. Her festivals, the Palilia, were celebrated on the 21st of\n April, the day on which the city of Rome was founded. During this\n festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw,\n through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal\n would purify them from sin.

The name Palatine, which originally signified a pastoral colony, is\n derived from this divinity. Her offerings were cakes and milk.

[182]

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Picus, the son of Saturn and father of Faunus, was a woodland\n divinity, gifted with prophetic powers.

An ancient myth relates that Picus was a beautiful youth, united to a\n nymph called Canens. The sorceress Circe, infatuated by his beauty,\n endeavoured to secure his love, but he rejected her advances, and she, in\n revenge, changed him into a woodpecker, under which form he still\n retained his powers of prophecy.

Picus is represented as a youth, with a woodpecker perched upon his\n head, which bird became henceforth regarded as possessed of the power of\n prophecy.

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Picumnus and Pilumnus were two household divinities of the Romans, who\n were the special presiding deities of new-born infants.

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Silvanus was a woodland divinity, who, like Faunus, greatly resembled\n the Greek Pan. He was the presiding deity of plantations and forests, and\n specially protected the boundaries of fields.

Silvanus is represented as a hale old man, carrying a cypress-tree,\n for, according to Roman mythology, the transformation of the youth\n Cyparissus into the tree which bears his name was attributed to him.

His sacrifices consisted of milk, meat, wine, grapes, wheat-ears, and\n pigs.

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Consus was the god of secret counsel.

The Romans believed that when an idea developed itself spontaneously\n within the mind of an individual, it was Consus who had prompted the\n suggestion. This applied, however, more particularly to plans which\n resulted satisfactorily.

An altar was erected to this divinity on the Circus Maximus, which was\n kept always covered, except during his festival, the Consualia, which was\n celebrated on the 18th of August.

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Libitina was the goddess who presided over funerals. This divinity was\n identified with Venus, possibly because the ancients considered that the\n power of love extended even to the realms of death.

Her temple in Rome, which was erected by Servius Tullius, contained\n all the requisites for funerals, and these could either be bought or\n hired there. A register of all deaths which occurred in the city of Rome\n was kept in [184]this temple, and in order to ascertain the\n rate of mortality, a piece of money was paid by command of Servius\n Tullius, on the demise of each person.

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Laverna was the presiding goddess of thieves, and of all artifice and\n fraud. There was an altar erected to her near the Porta Lavernalis, which\n was called after her, and she possessed a sacred grove on the Via\n Salavia.

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Comus was the presiding genius of banquets, festive scenes, revelry,\n and all joyous pleasures and reckless gaiety.

He is represented as a young man crowned with flowers, his face heated\n and flushed with wine, leaning against a post in a half-sleepy and\n drunken attitude, with a torch falling from his hand.

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The Thesmophoria was another festival held in honour of Demeter, in\n her character as presiding over marriage and social institutions\n resulting from the spread of agriculture.

This festival was celebrated exclusively by women.

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PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS\nAND ROMANS.

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The Greeks worshipped their gods without any visible representations\n of them until the time of Cecrops. The most ancient of these\n representations consisted of square blocks of stone, upon which the name\n of the deity intended to be represented was engraved. The first attempts\n at sculpture were rude stocks, with a head at one end and a shapeless\n trunk at the other, tapering slightly down to the feet, which, however,\n were not divided, the limbs being in no way defined. But the artists of\n later times devoted all their genius to the [191]successful production\n of the highest ideals of their gods, some of which are preserved to this\n day, and are regarded as examples of purest art.

On a pedestal in the centre of the edifice stood the statue of the\n divinity to whom the temple was dedicated, surrounded by images of other\n gods, all of which were fenced off by rails.

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In ancient times the priests were recognized as a special social\n caste, and were distinguished not only by their sacerdotal vestments, but\n also by their piety, wisdom, and blameless life. They were the chosen\n mediators between gods and men, and offered prayers and sacrifices in the\n name of the people, whom they also instructed as to what vows, gifts, and\n offerings would be most acceptable to the gods.

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Every deity had a different order of priests consecrated to his\n worship, and in every place a high-priest was appointed, whose duty it\n was to superintend the rest of his order, and also to carry out the more\n sacred rites and religious observances.

Priests and priestesses were permitted to marry, but not a second\n time; some, however, voluntarily adopted a life of celibacy.

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In addition to the manifestation of the will of the gods by means of\n oracles, the Greeks also believed that certain men, called soothsayers,\n were gifted with the power of foretelling future events from dreams, from\n observing the flight of birds, the entrails of sacrificed animals, and\n even the direction of the flames and smoke from the altar, &c. [196]

AUGURS.

The Roman soothsayers were called augurs, and played an important part\n in the history of the Romans, as no enterprise was ever undertaken\n without first consulting them with regard to its ultimate success.

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Festivals were instituted as seasons of rest, rejoicing, and\n thanksgiving, and also as anniversaries to commemorate events of national\n importance. The most ancient festivals were those held after the\n ingathering of the harvest or vintage, and were celebrated with\n rejoicings and merry-makings, which lasted many days, during which time\n the first-fruits of the fields were offered to the gods, accompanied by\n prayers and thanksgiving.

The festivals held in cities in honour of special divinities, or in\n commemoration of particular events, were conducted with an elaborate\n ceremonial. Gorgeous processions, games, chariot races, &c., were\n conspicuous features on these occasions, and dramatic performances,\n representing particular episodes in the lives of the gods and heroes,\n frequently took place.

We subjoin a few of the most interesting of the Greek and Roman\n festivals.

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GREEK FESTIVALS.

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The Daphnephoria was celebrated at Thebes in honour of Apollo every\n ninth year.

The distinguishing feature of this festival was a procession to the\n temple of Apollo, in which a young priest (the Daphnephorus) of noble\n descent, splendidly attired and wearing a crown of gold, was preceded by\n a youth, carrying an emblematical representation of the sun, moon, stars,\n and days of the year, and followed by beautiful maidens bearing laurel\n branches, and singing hymns in honour of the god.

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ROMAN FESTIVALS.

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This festival was celebrated in honour of Ceres. It was solemnized\n exclusively by women, who, dressed in white garments, wandered about with\n torches in their hands, to represent the search of the goddess for her\n daughter Proserpine.

During this festival, games were celebrated in the Circus Maximus, to\n which none were admitted unless clothed in white.

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PART II.—LEGENDS.

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A Complete Course in the Study of English.

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