It appears to have been not unusual amongst the secluded women of the East to fall deeply in love with men of whom they knew very little. Josephus claims that the king’s daughter betrayed the city of Sava in Ethiopia into the hands of Moses, having fallen in love with his valor and bravery as she saw him from the walls of the city gallantly leading the Egyptian host. Dido was won merely by the fame of Æneas, and Kotzebue has pictured Elvira as enamored of the glory of Pizarro; but when at last she discovered the savage and merciless disposition of the conqueror, she taunted him with being a fraud. The lovely Desdemona affords another instance: OTH.—“Her father loved me; oft invited me; Still questioned me the story of my life. * * * * * * “I ran it through, even from my boyish days, Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances. * * * * * * “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.” (_Othello, Act. 1, Sc. 3_) Footnote 247: This picture is highly suggestive of the Demon King of Ceylon, who is so prominent in Hindu mythology, especially in the Ramayana. Footnote 248: Firdusi thought proper to bestow upon his hero a gigantic stature and marvelous physical powers, but other classic writers have done the same. It will be remembered that Hercules had but completed his eighth month before he strangled the serpents that Juno sent to devour him, and Homer says of Otus and Ephialtes: “The wondrous youths had scarce nine winters told, When high in air, tremendous to behold, Nine ells aloft they reared their towering heads, And full nine cubits broad their shoulders spread. Proud of their strength and more than mortal size, The gods they challenge and affect the skies.” _Odyssey XI, 310._ Footnote 249: The blacksmith’s apron. Footnote 250: Herodotus speaks of a people confederated with the army of Xerxes who employed the noose. Footnote 251: Kai-kaus, the second Persian king belonging to the dynasty of Kainanides. Footnote 252: In the Shah Namah, where so much fiction is founded upon so little historic fact, we find, as in Hindu literature, an active race of demons. These are generally defined as being in human shape, with horns, long ears, and sometimes with tails, like the monkeys in the Ramayana. Again, they assume the characteristics of the Rakshasas in Hindu mythology, and appear as enchanters, sorcerers, etc.—(_Compare Hindu Literature, pp. 189-232._) Footnote 253: