Grecian And Roman Mythology For Schools: With A Series Of Illustrations (1849) - Tapa blanda

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Mythology is compounded of two Greek words, Muthos. a fable, and Logos, a discourse; and signifies a system of fables, or the fabulous history of the false gods of the heathen world. Fable is divided into various kinds ;and the following is an example of the instructive, as used for the purpose by a famous orator: When Philip sson, the hereditary enemy of the liberty of Greece, demanded eight of their leading men to be delivered up to him, as the great impediment of mutual amity, On a time, said Demosthenes to his fellow-citizens, an embassy came from the wolves to the sheep, assuring them that the dogs by which they were attended were the sole occasion of the war ;wherefore, if they would give them up, all would be well, and end in lasting peace. The sheep were persuaded, gave up the dogs, and henceforth the wolves devoured them at pleasure. A second sort is political, as the following: When Jupiter heard of the death of his sonS arpedon, in the rage of grief he called Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and gave him orders to go instantly to the Fates, and bring from them the strong box in which the eternal decrees were laid up. Mercury obeyed, went to the sisters, and omitted nothing that a wise and well-instructed minister could say to make them pacify the will of Jove.
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