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... never hoped to see again . At last Polydectes became furious ; and while Perseus was away at sea he took poor Danae away from Dictys , saying , " If you will not be my wife , you shall be my slave . " So Danae was made a slave , and had ...
... never hoped to see again . At last Polydectes became furious ; and while Perseus was away at sea he took poor Danae away from Dictys , saying , " If you will not be my wife , you shall be my slave . " So Danae was made a slave , and had ...
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... never get back Danae as long as Perseus was in the island ; so he made a plot to rid himself of him . And first he pretended to have forgiven Perseus , and to have forgotten Danae ; so that , for a while , all went as smoothly as ever ...
... never get back Danae as long as Perseus was in the island ; so he made a plot to rid himself of him . And first he pretended to have forgiven Perseus , and to have forgotten Danae ; so that , for a while , all went as smoothly as ever ...
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... never appear again in this island without it . Go ! " Perseus ground his teeth with rage , for he saw that he had fallen into a trap ; but his promise lay upon him , and he went out without a word . Down to the cliffs he went , and ...
... never appear again in this island without it . Go ! " Perseus ground his teeth with rage , for he saw that he had fallen into a trap ; but his promise lay upon him , and he went out without a word . Down to the cliffs he went , and ...
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... never moved their eyes ; and they came up the cliffs towards him more swiftly than the sea - gull , and yet they never moved their feet , nor did the breeze stir the robes about their limbs ; only the wings of the youth's sandals ...
... never moved their eyes ; and they came up the cliffs towards him more swiftly than the sea - gull , and yet they never moved their feet , nor did the breeze stir the robes about their limbs ; only the wings of the youth's sandals ...
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... , and the Gorgons , and the ancient monsters of the deep . " And another , " Who is this rash and insolent man who pushes unbidden into our world ? " And the first , " There never was such a world as ours , PERSEUS . 17.
... , and the Gorgons , and the ancient monsters of the deep . " And another , " Who is this rash and insolent man who pushes unbidden into our world ? " And the first , " There never was such a world as ours , PERSEUS . 17.
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Acrisius Ægeus Æson Aietes Alcinous Anauros Argo Athamas Athené awhile bade beneath brave called cave Centaur Cepheus Chalciope Cheiron cliffs Colchi cried cunning Danae danced dare dark daughter Dictys earth eyes face fair father fear feast feet fell fled glens Gods golden fleece Gorgon Gorgon's head Greeks grew guests hand harp heart heaven Hellas Hera Heracles heroes hither honour Immortals Iolcos isles Jason Kerkuon killed king land laughed leapt lifted live looked magic maidens Medeia mighty Minos Minuai monster mother mountain never night noble nymphs Olympus Orpheus Pelias Pelion Periphetes Perseus Phineus Phrixus pleasant Polydectes Procrustes 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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Page 113 - Aithra, the daughter of Pittheus the king. She had one fair son, named Theseus, the bravest lad in all the land; and Aithra never smiled but when she looked at him, for her husband had forgotten her, and lived far away. And she used to go up to the mountain above...
Page 82 - So he delayed, and sat taking counsel with his princes till the sun went down and all was dark. Then he bade a herald cry, " Every man to his home for to-night. To-morrow we will meet these heroes, and speak about the golden fleece.
Page 97 - Their legs have grown crooked with much rowing ; till they waddle in their walk like ducks." At that Idas the rash would have struck them ; but Jason held him back, till one of the merchant kings spoke to them, a tall and stately man. "Do not be angry, strangers; the sailor boys must have their jest. But we will treat you justly and kindly, for strangers and poor men come from God ; and you seem no common sailors by your strength, and height, and weapons. Come up with me to the palace of Alcinous,...
Page 62 - ... mountain of the hundred springs. And he led him to the holy oak, where the black dove settled in old times, and was changed into the priestess of Zeus, and gave oracles to all nations round. And he bade him cut down a bough, and sacrifice to Hera and to Zeus ; and they took the bough and came to lolcos, and nailed it to the beak-head of the ship. And at last the ship was finished, and they tried to launch her down the beach ; but she was too heavy for them to move her, and her keel sank deep...
Page 106 - 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 beneath the earth, and called him Talus, and gave him to Minos for a servant, to guard the coast of Crete. Thrice a day he walks round the island, and never...
Page 37 - Those whom the Gods help fulfil their promises ; and those who despise them, reap as they have sown. Behold the Gorgon's head !" Then Perseus drew back the goat-skin, and held aloft the Gorgon's head. Pale grew Polydectes and his guests as they looked upon that dreadful face. They tried to rise up from their seats : but from their seats they never rose, but stiffened, each man where he sat, into a ring of cold grey stones.
Page 118 - And first, he thought of going down to the harbour and hiring a swift ship, and sailing across the bay to Athens; but even that seemed too slow for him, and he longed for wings to fly across the sea, and find his father. But after a while his heart began to fail him; and he sighed, and said within himself:"What if my father have other sons about him, whom he loves?