A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . A - CULTURAL INFLUENCE 293 Lamb of Atreus and Thyestes, which is introduced by-Euripides into one of the choruses in his Electra.^According to the story, which is referred to, but notexphcitly told, by Euripides, the Lamb with the GoldenFleece was brought by Pan to Atreus, and was regardedby the Argives as a sign that he was the true his brother Thyestes, with the help of Atreus wife,stole it and claimed to be king ; so strife ensued, goodwas turned to evil, and the stars were shaken in theircourses. It
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . A - CULTURAL INFLUENCE 293 Lamb of Atreus and Thyestes, which is introduced by-Euripides into one of the choruses in his Electra.^According to the story, which is referred to, but notexphcitly told, by Euripides, the Lamb with the GoldenFleece was brought by Pan to Atreus, and was regardedby the Argives as a sign that he was the true his brother Thyestes, with the help of Atreus wife,stole it and claimed to be king ; so strife ensued, goodwas turned to evil, and the stars were shaken in theircourses. It is curious that the theft of the Lambshould have such a special effect upon the heavens andthe weather, for this is definitely stated in the secondstrophe and antistrophe of the chorus.^ Though detailsare obscure, it is clear that we here have a legend Avithstrongly marked astrological elements. The theft ofthe Lamb changes the suns course, and from other linesin the chorus we gather that the alteration led to thepresent climatic conditions of the world, the rain- \clouds flyi
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