The Heroes, Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My ChildrenMacmillan, 1914 - Broj stranica: 320 |
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40 cents Acrisius Ægeus Aietes Alcinous Anauros Argo Athens awhile bade beneath brave called cave Cepheus Chalciope Cheiron cliffs Colchi cried cunning Danae dare dark daughter Dictys earth Edited eyes face fair father feast feet fell fled forever geus glens Gods golden fleece Gorgon Gorgon's head grew guests hand harp heart Hellas Hera Heracles heroes hither honour Immortals Iolcos isles Jason Kerkuon killed king land laughed leapt lifted live looked magic maidens Medeia MICHAEL MACMILLAN mighty Minos Minuai monster mother mountain never night noble nymphs old Greeks Olympus Orpheus Pelias Pelion Periphetes Perseus Phineus Phrixus Polydectes rocks rose round rushed sailed sandals sang Sciron Seriphos ship shore shouted Sinis sleep song spoke stone stood strange strangers sword tell Theseus things thou Tiphys took trembling weary weeping wept wild wind wine wondered young youth Zeus
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Stranica 119 - Then Cheiron put the lyre into his hands, and taught him how to play it, till the sun sank low behind the cliff) and a shout was heard outside. And then in came the sons of the heroes, ./Eneas, and Heracles, and Peleus, and many another mighty name.
Stranica 150 - ... and bade the heroes taste. So each tasted the goblet, and passed it round, and vowed an awful vow; and they vowed before the sun, and the night, and the blue-haired sea who shakes the land, to stand by Jason faithfully, in the adventure of the golden fleece; and whosoever shrank back, or disobeyed, or turned traitor to his vow, then justice should witness against him, and the Erinnes who track guilty men.
Stranica 199 - But most of them bit their lips in silence, for they feared the witch's spells. And now the sea grew calmer, and the sun shone out once more, and the heroes thrust the ship off the sand-bank and rowed forward on their weary course, under the guiding of the dark witch-maiden, into the wastes of the unknown sea. Whither they went I cannot tell, nor how they came to Circe's isle. Some say that they went to the westward, and up the Ister* stream, and so came into the Adriatic, dragging their ship over...
Stranica 243 - ... as a warning to us, not to seek for help from evil persons, or to gain good ends by evil means. For if we use an adder even against our enemies, it will turn again and sting us. But of all the other heroes there is many a brave tale left, which I have no space to tell you, so you must read them for yourselves — of the hunting of the boar in...
Stranica 234 - Then he waved his arms again as a signal, and they saw the people flying inland, driving their flocks before them, while a great flame arose among the hills. Then the giant ran up a valley and vanished, and the heroes lay on their oars in fear. But Medeia stood watching all from under her steep black brows, with a cunning smile upon her lips, and a cunning plot within her heart. At last she spoke, " I know this giant. I heard of him in the East. Hephaistos the Fire King made him in his forge in ./Etna...
Stranica 130 - ... she looked down on him, with great soft heifer's eyes ; with great eyes, mild and awful, which filled all the glen with light. And Jason fell upon his knees, and hid his face between his hands. And she spoke, " I am the Queen of Olympus, Hera the wife of Zeus. As thou hast done to me, so will I do to thee. Call on me in the hour of need, and try if the Immortals can forget.
Stranica 287 - Is this true, my host, or is it false ? " and he clasped Procrustes round waist and elbow, so that he could not draw his sword. " Is this true, my host, or is it false ? " But Procrustes answered never a word.
Stranica 115 - Above the cliff the snow wreaths hung, dripping and cracking in the sun : but at its foot around the cave's mouth grew all fair flowers and herbs, as if in a garden, ranged in order, each sort by itself. There they grew...