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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Perseus III: How Perseus Slew The Gorgon
SO PERSEUS started on his journey, going dry-shod over land and sea; and his heart was high and joyful, for the winged sandals bore him each day a seven day's journey.And he went by Cythnus, and by Ceos, and the pleasant Cyclades to Attica; and past Athens, and Thebes, and the Copaic lake, and up the vale of Cephissus, and past the peaks of CEta and Pindus, and over the rich Thessalian plains, till the sunny hills of Greece were behind him, and before him were the wilds of the north. Then he passed the Thracian mountains, and many a barbarous tribe,...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Perseus II: How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow
FIFTEEN years were past and gone, and the babe was now grown to be a tall lad and a sailor, and went many voyages after merchandise to the islands round. His mother called him Perseus: but all the people in Seriphos said that he was not the son of mortal man, and called him the son of Zeus, the king of the Immortals. For though he was but fifteen, he was taller by a head than any man in the island; and he was the most skilful of all in running and wrestling and boxing, and in throwing the quoit and the javelin, and in rowing with the oar, and in...