A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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THE SIRENS AND MERMAIDS OF THE POETS . EAVING Ĉaca on their
homeward voyage , ” says Mr. Keightley , in his excellent “ Mythology , " "
Odysseus ( Ulysses ) and his companions came first to the islands of the Sirens .
These were ...
THE SIRENS AND MERMAIDS OF THE POETS . EAVING Ĉaca on their
homeward voyage , ” says Mr. Keightley , in his excellent “ Mythology , " "
Odysseus ( Ulysses ) and his companions came first to the islands of the Sirens .
These were ...
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Sophocles calls them the daughters of Phorcys . “ Contrary to the usual process ,
the mischievous part of the character of the Sirens was , in process of time , left
out , and they were regarded as purely musical beings , with entrancing voices .
Sophocles calls them the daughters of Phorcys . “ Contrary to the usual process ,
the mischievous part of the character of the Sirens was , in process of time , left
out , and they were regarded as purely musical beings , with entrancing voices .
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Upon this , the Sirens threw themselves into the sea , and perished . The only
man ( according to some ) who had passed them before , was Orpheus , who ,
raising a hymn to the gods , in counterpart to their profaner warble , sailed along
with ...
Upon this , the Sirens threw themselves into the sea , and perished . The only
man ( according to some ) who had passed them before , was Orpheus , who ,
raising a hymn to the gods , in counterpart to their profaner warble , sailed along
with ...
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Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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