A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 474
edoff the oxen of Apollo and drove themto Pylos. AVlien he returned to hiscave he found a tortoise at the mouthof it, which he made into a lyre, byplacing strings across its shell. Apolloknew who had stolen the oxen andcame to demand them, but Maia showedhim the infant asleep in liis cradle.The god… … Hermes. (Museo Lorbonico.) 458 ANCIENT MYTES pecially of Zeus; and as the heralds speak publicly, he was the godof eloquence, — the god who protected travellers, and the god ofcommerce. His statue was erected on roads, at gates, and doors.He was the god of luck, and presided over games with dice.…
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