Stories from Plato and other classic writers : Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny (1896)
Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918 · Boston : Ginn & Company · leaf 66
epeated toJupiter all that had liaj)j)eiied. Itwas a sad time for Jupiter and therest of the Olymj^ian gods. Theywaited long and j)atiently for thesmoke of sacrifices to come tothem. At last when thej began tostarve they sent Hercules andNeptune down to promise the birdsthat they should be well… … any sort of weather for which theyhad a mind to ask. They gaveanother promise, too/ that one of 54 STORIES FROM PLATO the trayellers who had taught thebirds to build the city should havea beautiful goddess for a wife.The birds received old Neptuneand Hercules very kindly andagreed to allow the gods…
Plato · Children's stories, Greek
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