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Title: 1000 mythological characters briefly described

subtitleG: adapted to private schools, high schools and academies

Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis

Language: EN

Pages: 205

Year published: 1899

Publisher: Hinds & Noble

Reprinted: 2010, General Books, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Description: Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

Subject:
Mythology
Computers / Programming Languages / General
Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology

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Fifth, To cleanse the stable of King Augeas, in which 3,000 oxen had been kept for thirtyyears, but had never been cleaned out. Sixth, To destroy the Stymphalides, terrible carnivorous birds. Seventh, To capture the Bull which was desolating Crete. Eighth, To capture the mares of Diomedes, which breathed fire from their nostrils, and ate human flesh. Ninth, To procure the girdle of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. Tenth, To bring to Eurystheus the flesh-eating oxen of Geryon, the monster king of Gades. Eleventh, To bring away some of the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Tweljth, To bring up from Hades the threeheaded dog, Cerberus. All these tasks he successfully accomplished, and, besides, he assisted the gods in their wars with the giants. Several other wonderful feats are mentioned under other headings, as Antaeus, Cacus, etc. His death was brought about through his endeavors to preserve Deianira from the attacks of Nessus, the centaur, whom he killed. The centaur, before he expired, gave his mystic tunic to Deianira, who in turn gave it to Hercules, and he put it on, but his doing so brought on an illness of which he could not be cured. In a fit of desperation he cast himself into a funeral pile on Mount CEta; but Jupiter had him taken to heaven in a four-horse chariot, and only the mortal part of Hercules was con- sumed. "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." Shakespeare. Herdsmen, see Bubona. Her mae were statues of Hermes (Mercury), which were set up in Athens for boundaries, and as direction marks for travelers. Her manu bis, see Anubis. Hermathe nae were statues of Mercury and Minerva placed together. Hermes. A Greek name of the god Mercury. "Hermes obeys. With golden pinions binds His flying feet and mounts the western winds.'1 Virgil. Hermi'one, daughter of Mars and Venus, who was turned into a serpent, and allowed to live in the Elysian Fields. There was another Hermione, daughter of Menelaus ...

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