Caduceus, the rod which Mercury carried, and the emblem of peace. Castalides, a name given to the muses. Centaurs, creatures half men, half horses, said to have inhabited Thessaly. Castor and Pollux, two brothers, who had immortality conferred upon them alternately, by Jupiter; they make that constellation in the heavens called Gemini. Cerberus, a dog with three heads, which kept the gates of hell. Charon, the ferry-man of hell. Chiron, a centaur, who taught Esculapius physic; Hercules, astronomy; and was afterwards made the constellation Sagittarius. Circe, a famous enchantress. Cocytus, a river in hell, flowing from the river Styx. Cyclops, the workmen of Vulcan, who had only one eye, in the middle of their foreheads. Delos, the island where Apollo was born, and had a celebrated oracle. Dryades, nymphs of the woods. Daphine, a beautiful woman, changed into a laurel tree as she fled from Apollo. Elysium, the paradise of the heathens. Erebus, a river in hell, famed for its blackness. Ganymede, a beautiful boy, made cup-bearer to Jupiter. Genii, guardian angels; there were good and evil. Gordius, a king of Phrygia, who was famed for fastening a knot of cords, on which the empire of Asia depended, in so intricate a manner, that Alexander the Great not being able to untie it, cut it asunder. Gyges, a shepherd, who possessed a ring which rendered him invisible when he turned the stone towards his body. Hamadryades, nymphs, said to have lived in oak trees. Hermes, a name for Mercury. Helicon, a famous mountain in Boeotia, sacred to Hercules, the son of Jupiter, famed for his great strength and numerous exploits. Hesperus, or Vesper, the poetical name for the evening star. Hydra, a serpent with seven heads, killed by Hercules. Ida, a famous mountain near Troy. Ixon, a man who killed his own sister, and was fastened in hell to a wheel perpetually turning round. Iris, the messenger of Juno, changed by her into the rainbow. Lethe, a river in hell, whose waters had the power of causing forgetfulness. Lucifer, the poetical name for the morning star. Latona, a nymph loved by Jupiter; she was the mother of Apollo and Diana. Medea, a famous sorceress. Midas, a king of Phrygia, who had the power given him by Bacchus, of turning whatever he touched into gold. Minos, one of the judges of hell, famed for his justice; he was king of Crete. Nereides, sea nymphs; they were fifty of them. Olympus, a famous mountain in Thessaly, the resort of the gods. Orpheus, the son of Jupiter and Calliope; his musical powers were so great, that he is said to have charmed rocks, trees and stones, by the sound of his lyre. Pandora, a woman made by Vulcan, endowed with gifts by all the gods and goddesses; she had a box given her containing all kinds of evils, with hope at the bottom. Pegasus, a winged horse belonging to Apollo and the Muses. Phaeton, the son of Apollo, who asked the guidance of his father's chariot, as proof of his divine descent, but managed it so ill that he set the world on fire. Phlegethon, a boiling river in hell. stole fire from heaven, with which he is said Pigmies, a people only a span high, born in Libia. Python, a serpent, which Apollo killed; and in memory of it, instituted Pythian games. Pyramus and Thisbe, two fond lovers, who killed themselves with the same sword, and turned the berries of the mulberry tree, under which they died, from white to brown. Pindus, a mountain in Thessaly, sacred to the Muses. Philemon and Baucis, a poor old man and woman, who entertained Jupiter and Mercury in their travel through Phrygia. Polyphemus, the son of Neptune, a cruel monster, whom Ulysses destroyed. Radamanthus, one of the judges of hell. Satyrs, priests of Bacchus, balf men, half goats. Stentor, a Grecian, whose voice was as strong and loud as that of fifty men together. Syrens, sea monsters, who charmed people with the sweetness of their music, and then devoured them. Sisyphus, a man doomed to roll a large stone up a mountain in hell, which continually rolled back, as a punishment for his perfidy, and numerous robberies. Styx, a river in hell, by which the gods swore; and their oaths were then always kept sacred. Tempe, a beautiful vale in Thessaly, the resort of the gods. Tartarus, the abode of the wicked in hell. Triton, Neptune's son and his trumpeter. Trophonius, the son of Apollo, who gave oracles in a gloomy cave. Tantalus, the son of Jupiter, who serving up the limbs of his son Pelops, in a dish, to try the divinity of the gods, was plunged up to the chin in a lake of hell, and doomed to perpetual thirst, as a punishment for his barbarity. Zephyrus, the poetical name for the west wind. POETRY. Good poetry, is a refined, an animating, and a musical kind of eloquence. To our feelings, it conveys all the soft persuasive powers of numbers and harmony; and is a mixture of painting, music and eloquence. As eloquence, it speaks, proves and relates. As music, a fine poem is a harmony to the soul. As painting, it delineates objects, and lays on colours. It expresses every beauty in nature, and seems to impress more strongly on the mind than any other kind of writing. THE NAUTILUS AND THE OYSTER. A FABLE. ADDRESSED TO A SISTER, BY A GENTLEMAN OF BALTIMORE. Who that has on the salt sea been His filmy fore-and-aft sail spread, The little bark's air-freighted hull, So pretty, and not vain, would be As once this tiny wand'rer steer'd |