. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . YTH such a box on the ear that he roared out, and themaid went on plucking the fowl. Then the wedding of the Prince and Kosamond washeld with all splendor, and they lived together veryhappily until their lives ended. PROSERPINE. 83 II. PKOSEKPINE, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF GREEKCLASSIC LITERATURE. Ceres, goddess of the golden grain, was the first toturn up the clods withthe crooked plow; shewas the first to give cornand other wholesomefood to the earth; shegave wheat also and allthe fruit-yielding seeds, * This s
. The story of the German Iliad : a school reader for the sixth and seventh grades . YTH such a box on the ear that he roared out, and themaid went on plucking the fowl. Then the wedding of the Prince and Kosamond washeld with all splendor, and they lived together veryhappily until their lives ended. PROSERPINE. 83 II. PKOSEKPINE, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF GREEKCLASSIC LITERATURE. Ceres, goddess of the golden grain, was the first toturn up the clods withthe crooked plow; shewas the first to give cornand other wholesomefood to the earth; shegave wheat also and allthe fruit-yielding seeds, * This story is compiledfrom Rileys translation ofOvid. It is Greek in spirit,though coming to usthrough a Latin poet andcolored by Latin says of the story: In the myth of the Sleep-ing Beauty, the earth-god-dess sinks into her longwinter sleep when prickedby the point of the spindle(frost). In her cosmicpalace (the universe) all islocked in icy repose, naught thriving save the ivy whichdefies the cold, until the kiss of the golden-haired sun-godreawakens life and 84 STORIES BELATED TO THE BRUNHILD A MYTH. and she possessed great treasures of gold and silverin the earth. Oeres had one daughter whose namewas Proserpine, and in the springtime, when allthe land was covered with flowers, men said to eachother, Proserpine has come; the daughter of theearth is here in all her beauty. In the middle of a great island there is a beautifulcity near a lake of deep waters. A forest surroundsthe lake on every side, and with its foliage, as thoughwith an awning, keeps out the rays of the sun. Theboughs keep the place cool, and the moist ground pro-duces flowers of purple hue. There it is perpetualspring. In this grove Proserpine played, pluckingviolets and lilies. And it came to pass, as she filled herbasket in child-like eagerness with the lovely flowers,while her young companions strove to outdo her, thatPluto, the god of the infernal regions, beheld her, andseized her tha
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