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Title: The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Pomey, François, 1618-1673 Tooke, Andrew, 1673-1732, tr
Subjects: Mythology, Classical
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Johnson (etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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and even threatened her with ruin unlefsfhe declared which of them fhouid marry her, fhe de-fired that the choice might be deferred till fhe had fi-nifhed that needlework about which (he was then em-ployed : but undoing by night what (he had workedby day, fhe delayed them till Ulyffes returned and killedthem all. Hence came the proverb, a To weave Pe-nelopes web; that is, to labour in vain; when onehand deftroys what the other has wrought. CHAPTER XIII. ORION. Pi WHAT was the birth of Orion ? M. Modefty will hardly let me tell you: however Iwill conceal nothing from you. They fay that hewas born from the urine of Jupiter, Neptune, andMercury. For when they travelled together, they were jbenighted, and forced to lodge in a poor mans cot-tage, whofe name was Hircus. He entertained themas handfomely as the meannefs of his condition wouldfuffer. Their entertainment pleafed them fo, that they a Penelopes telam tejeere, id eft, inanem operam fumere. Vid,Brafm. Adag. J>f«i*>2# Jrtr/r
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( ^99 )promifed to grant whatever he afked. He faid, that hepromifed his wife, when fhe died, never to marry again,and yet, that he extremely defired to have a fon. Thispious defire pleafed the Gods, and they confented to hisrequeft, and moiftened the hide of an ox (on whichthey were entertained) with their urine, commandinghim to bury it ten months : after which he digged it up,and found in it a new-born child/ which, from thisoccafion, he called Urion, or Orion. OriGn, when young, was a conftant companion ofDiana : but becaufe his love to the Goddefs exceededthe bouads of modefty, or becaufe, as fome fay, he ex-tolled the ftrength of his own body very indecently, andboafted that he could outrun and fubdue the wildeft andfieiceft bedfts, his arrogance grievoufly difp^eafed theEarth ; therefore (he fent a fcorpion, which killed him.He was afterward carried to the heavens, and there madea conftellation , which is thought to predict foul wea-ther when it does not appear, and fair weathe

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