Atalanta's Race in "The Earthly Paradise" WILLIAM MORRIS Atalanta in Calydon ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE Hippomenes and Atalanta WALTER S. LANDOR LXVI Dædalus shared with Æolus the honor of inventing sails for the ships hitherto propelled by oars. Dædalus could never bear the idea of a rival; and when his nephew Perdix was apprenticed to him, the lad gave such promise of excelling his teacher in mechanical arts that Dædalus grew to hate him. One day when Perdix was walking on the seashore he picked up the spine of a fish, and later on he imitated it in iron, thus inventing the saw. He also invented a pair of compasses. Then Dædalus, envious of his nephew's skill, pushed him off a tower and killed him; but Minerva, pitying the boy, changed him into a partridge, which bears his name. LXVII Castor and Pollux were deities of boxing, wrestling, and all equestrian exercises. They were generally seen mounted on snow-white horses, and their appearance on the battle-field was a good omen for the army among whom they came. The Romans believed that they fought at the head of their legions at the famous battle of Lake Regillus. LXIX Poems:-- Theseus and Hippolyta WALTER S. LANDOR Ariadne FREDERICK TENNYSON Hippolytus of Euripides Phædra ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE Phædra in "The Epic of Hades" LEWIS MORRIS LXX The story of Œdipus is taken from the "Œdipus Rex," "Œdipus Coloneus," and "Antigone" of Sophocles (trans. of Plumptre or of Lewis Campbell). Other poems:-- Swell-foot the Tyrant PERCY B. SHELLEY The Downfall and Death of King Œdipus EDWARD FITZGERALD Antigone AUBREY DE VERE The Sphinx RALPH W. EMERSON Fragment of an Antigone MATTHEW ARNOLD LXXI In her "Characteristics of Women," Mrs. Jameson has compared the character of Antigone with that of Cordelia in Shakespeare's "King Lear." The scene of Œdipus going alone into the forest at Colonus is similar in pathos and tragedy to Lear's defiance of the midnight tempest on the lonely heath. LXXII For references in poetry to the judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris JAMES BEATTIE Judgment of Paris JOHN STUART BLACKIE Œnone ALFRED TENNYSON LXXIII Other minor deities not mentioned in the text are: Victoria (Nike), goddess of victory. Phosphor, the morning star. Hesperus, the evening star, god of the west. Hygeia, a daughter of Æsculapius, watched over the health of man. The Graces, daughters of Jove, presided over banquets, dances, and also social pleasures and polite accomplishments. They were three in number--Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia. They are also called Gratiæ. Momus was the god of laughter. The Seasons were the four daughters of Jupiter and Themis. Their collective name was Horæ (the Hours). As the Hours they attended the sun-car of Apollo.