A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 457
iis fled toArgos with his daughters because he feared the sons of his brother,but they pursued him to Argos and demanded his daughtei-s aswives. He consented, but he gave to each daughter a dagger, with 440 ANCIENT MYTHS which to kill her husband in the bridal chamber. All did this saveone,… … Banaids. (Mas. Pio Clem. Visconti.) Daphne. Daughter of Peneus, the river god of Thessaly.Apollo loved her and pursued her, but when about to ref^ch her, sheprayed for aid and became a laurel tree. On this account thelaurel was the favorite tree of the god. Daphnis. Son of Hermes (iVIercury) by a…
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