Philothea: A Grecian Romance

Next arose A well-towered city, by seven golden gates Inclosed, that fitted to their lintels hung. Then burst forth Aloud the marriage song; and far and wide Long splendors flas...

All is prepared--the table and the feast-- With due appurtenance of clothes and cushions. Chaplets and dainties of all kinds abound: Here rich perfumes are seen--there cakes and...

At the time of Philothea's death, Pandaenus, the nephew of Phidias, was in Athens, intending soon to return to Elis, in company with an ambassador bound to Lacedaemon; and Eudor...

Pericles sought to please the populace by openly using his influence to diminish the power of the Areopagus; and a decree had been passed that those who denied the existence of...

A few years passed away, and saw Anaxagoras the contented resident of a small village near Lampsacus, in Ionia. That he still fondly cherished Athens in his heart was betrayed o...

Much I dislike the beamless mind, Whose earthly vision, unrefined, Nature has never formed to see The beauties of simplicity! Simplicity, the flower of Heaven, To souls elect by...

Fare thee well, perfidious maid! My soul,--its fondest hopes betrayed, Betrayed, perfidious girl, by thee,-- Is now on wing for liberty. I fly to seek a kindlier sphere, Since t...

They in me breathed a voice Divine; that I might know, with listening ears, Things past and future; and enjoined me praise The race of blessed ones, that live for aye. HESIOD

The galley that brought Plato from Athens was sent on a secret political mission, and was not expected to revisit Lampsacus until the return of another moon. Anaxagoras, always...

Here let us seek Athenae's towers, The cradle of old Cecrops' race, The world's chief ornament and grace; Here mystic fanes and rites divine, And lamps in sacred splendour shine...

In accordance with the advice of Hippocrates, the journey to Olympia was undertaken. Some time before the commencement of the games, a party, consisting of Pericles, Plato, Para...

"With grace divine her soul is blest, And heavenly Pallas breathes within her breast; In wonderous arts than woman more renowned, And more than woman with deep wisdom crowned. H...

There await me till I die; prepare A mansion for me, as again with me To dwell; for in thy tomb will I be laid, In the same cedar, by thy side composed: For e'en in death I will...

While Philothea remained at Lampsacus, awaiting the arrival of the galley, news came that Chrysippus, with a company of horsemen, had been to her former residence, under the pre...

"Two several gates Transmit those airy phantoms. One of horn, And of sawn ivory one. Such dreams as pass The gate of ivory, prove empty sounds; While others, through the polishe...

When it was rumoured that Artaphernes had ransomed Eudora and Geta, by offering the entire sum demanded for the ivory, many a jest circulated in the agoras, at the expense of th...

Thus a poor father, helpless and undone, Mourns o'er the ashes of an only son; Takes a sad pleasure the last bones to burn, And pour in tears, ere yet they close the urn. HOMER

Early the next morning, painful as the task was, Philothea went to Eudora's room; for she felt that if she ever hoped to save her, she must gain influence now.

When Philothea returned to her grandfather's apartment, she found the good old man with an open tablet before him, and the remainder of a rich cluster of grapes lying on a shell...

Thus it is; I have made those Averse to me whom nature formed my friends; Those, who from me deserved no ill, to win Thy grace, I gave just cause to be my foes; And thou, most v...