Tatlock, Jessie M., 1878-1961 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 181
The Gods of the Sea 149 (see p. 283), the mother of Achilles, and Gal a te'a, whom the Cyclops Pol y phe'mus loved. A stranger and more mysterious “ Old Man of Proteus the Sea ” was Pro'teus, the shepherd of Posei- … Fig. 41. Head of a Sea-God. don’s flock of seals. He had the gift of proph- ecy, and would tell the future if one could catch and hold him. But, like the sea itself, he con- tinually changed his form, and when one had seized him as a roaring lion, he glided away as a serpent, or if one still held…
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