Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
For ease of searching, names with a syllabic accent mark have been included initially without that accent, and all ligatures have been expanded (e.g. æ has become ae). Further, proper nouns in the main body of the text (but not in the quoted material) have been made consistent...
=Halcyons= (Halcyʹons) were sea birds, supposed to be the Greek kingfishers. They made their nests on the waves, and during the period of incubation the sea was always calm. Hen...
1. Part 1For ease of searching, names with a syllabic accent mark have been included initially without that accent, and all ligatures have been expanded (e.g. æ has become ae). Further,...
6. Part 6=Oceanides= (Oceanʹides). Sea-nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Their numbers are variously estimated by different poets; some saying there were as many as 3,000, while o...
2. Part 2=Ancilia= (Ancilʹia), the twelve sacred shields. The first Ancile was supposed to have fallen from heaven in answer to the prayer of Numa Pompilius. It was kept with the greates...
5. Part 5=Lares and Penates= (Laʹres and Penaʹtes) were sons of Mercury and Lara, or, as other mythologists say, of Jupiter and Lamida. They belonged to the lower order of Roman gods, an...
7. Part 7=Polyphemus= (Polypheʹmus), one of the most celebrated of the Cyclops, a son of the nymph Thoosa and Neptune, or Poseidon, as the Greeks called the god of the sea. He captured U...
3. Part 3=Concordia= (Concorʹdia). The goddess of peace. One of the oldest Roman goddesses. She is represented as holding a horn of plenty in one hand, and in the other a scepter, from w...
8. Part 8"So when thick clouds enwrap the mountain's head, O'er heaven's expanse like one black ceiling spread; Sudden the Thunderer, with flashing ray, Bursts through the darkness and l...
9. Part 9No. 1 Popular Short Stories No. 2 Selections Chosen for Declamation Contest No. 3 Selections for Children to Recite No. 4 Cuttings from Stories No. 5 Cuttings from Stories No. 6...