A satisfactory short life is that by Alfred Noyes in the English Men of Letters Series. ATALANTA'S RACE (Page 187) Published in 1868 as the first story in the collection called _The Earthly Paradise_. The episode was a favorite with Greek and Latin writers, and has been used occasionally in modern times. The metre in this version is the antiquated Rime Royal. [289] 1. =Arcadia= was a province of the Grecian peninsula. [290] 14. =Cornel= is a kind of wood of great hardness used for making bows. [291] 28. =King Schoenus=; a Boeotian king, the son of Athamas. Most other versions of the story name Iasius as Atalanta's father. [292] 62. =Image of the sun=; a statue of Phoebus Apollo, the sun-god. [293] 63. =The Fleet-foot One=; Mercury (Hermes), the messenger of the gods. [294] 79. =Diana=; the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and the sister of Apollo. She was the goddess of the moon and of the hunt. She was also the protector of chastity. See Guerber, _Myths of Greece and Rome_, Chapter VI. [295] 80. =Lists=; desires. [296] 177. =Saffron gown=; the orange-yellow dress indicative of the bride. [297] 184. =The sea-born one=; Aphrodite (Venus). See page 266. [298] 206. The =Dryads= were wood-nymphs who were supposed to watch over vegetation. [299] 208. =Adonis' bane=; the wild boar. Adonis was a beautiful youth who was passionately loved by Venus, though he did not return her affection. He was mortally wounded at a hunt by a wild boar, and died in the arms of the goddess. [300] 211. =Argive=; Grecian. [301] 224. =Must=; the juice of the grape before fermentation. [302] 353. =Argos=; a city in Argolis, a province in the northeast part of the Peloponnesian peninsula in Greece. [303] 373. =Queen Venus.= It was to Venus, the goddess of love, that unhappy lovers were accustomed to turn for aid. [304] 391. =Holpen=; the old past participle of the word help. [305] 516. =Damascus=; the chief city of Syria. [306] 535. =Saturn= (Cronus or Time) was the father of Jupiter. Under his rule came the so-called Golden Age of the world. [307] 671. =Phoenician.= The Phoenicians lived on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and were famous for their commerce and trade. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW