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...An enclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology based on Project Gutenberg's edition of Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M.Berens with illustrations from Wikimedia Commons. ...
........................................................................................................38 -3- Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology Alcmæon (alk-mee ́-on)...........................................................................................................................38 Alcmene (alk-mee ́-ne)..............................................
..., and may be compared with his condemnation of the same arts when applied to mythology in the Phaedrus, and with his other parodies, e.g. with the two... ...were about to bring them into the light of day , they ordered Prometheus and Epimetheus to equip them, “Protagoras” — Plato 32 and to distribute to t... ...ras” — Plato 32 and to distribute to them severally their proper qualities. Epimetheus said to Prometheus: ‘Let me distribute, and do you inspect.’ ... ...o Prometheus: ‘Let me distribute, and do you inspect.’ This was agreed, and Epimetheus made the distribution. There were some to whom he gave strengt... ...ey were very prolific; and in this manner the race was pre served. Thus did Epimetheus, who, not being very wise, forgot that he had distributed amon... ...said to have been afterwards pros ecuted for theft, owing to the blunder of Epimetheus. Now man, having a share of the divine attributes, was at firs...
...sent glorious Argus-Slayer, the swift messenger of the gods, to take it to Epimetheus as a gift. And Epimetheus did not think on what Prometheus had s... ...enoetius and clever Prometheus, full of various wiles, and scatter-brained Epimetheus who from the first was a mischief to men who eat bread; for it w... ...cp. “Works and Days,” l. 145 and note. (22) sc. Atlas, the Shu of Egyptian mythology: cp. note on line 177. (23) Oceanus is here regarded as a continu... ...f Athens (fl. 144 B.C.) was a pupil of Aristarchus. He wrote a Handbook of Mythology, from which the extant work bearing his name is derived. (23) Pri... ...Cyrene and Aristaeus, cp. Vergil, “Georgics,” iv. 315 ff. (61) A writer on mythology of uncertain date. (62) In Epirus. The oracle was first consulted...
...e background: (4) the beautiful but rather artificial tale of Prometheus and Epimetheus narrated in his rhetorical manner by Protagoras in the dia- lo... ..., is consistent with itself. The language of philosophy mingles with that of mythology; abstract ideas are trans- formed into persons, figures of spee... ...any subject, have a power of their own. They are a substitute for poetry and mythology; and they are also a reform of mythology. The moral of them may... ...cal. In this fanciful tale Plato has dropped, or almost dropped, the garb of mythology. He suggests several curi- ous and important thoughts, such as ...