Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 170
f two signs of the zodiac. As soon as the youth beheldhim, wet with the sweat of black venom, and threateningwounds with the barbed point of his tail, bereft of sensehe let go the reins in a chill of horror. Compare the course which Ovid tells us Phaeton pur-sued through the constellations, past… … The path described hy Ovid shows that the cometcame from the nortli part of the heavens ; and this agreeswith what we know of the Drift ; the markings indicatethat it came from the north. The horses now range at large ; they go through 158 THE LEGENDS. the air of an unknown region ; . . . they rush…
Atlantis (Legendary place) · Drift · Comets
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