. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. s others have grown;But she sprang full grown, full armed,From the head of Zeus, And the gods stood about and watched withawe. Quickly she leaped from the headOf the counselor Zeus,Shaking her spear and flashing her mailTill high Olympus trembled in the wide earth shook belowAt the maidens strength,And the dark sea boiled and broke in foam. Apollo, the glorious god,Reined in his steeds Till the maiden laid off her armor of gold,While her father watched proudly the counselor Zeus. So hail to thee, goddess Athene,Daughter of Zeus!So hail to thee, sa
. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. s others have grown;But she sprang full grown, full armed,From the head of Zeus, And the gods stood about and watched withawe. Quickly she leaped from the headOf the counselor Zeus,Shaking her spear and flashing her mailTill high Olympus trembled in the wide earth shook belowAt the maidens strength,And the dark sea boiled and broke in foam. Apollo, the glorious god,Reined in his steeds Till the maiden laid off her armor of gold,While her father watched proudly the counselor Zeus. So hail to thee, goddess Athene,Daughter of Zeus!So hail to thee, savior, the gray-eyed, the wise! Phidias and tin1 Parthenon In the market-place, too, thousands oftorches flared and smoked. A great spacein the center was roped oil and empty. Butwatchers pressedagainst the rope andcrowded together allthe way back to stepsand porches. Somehad even climbed tothe low roofs and werelooking down on theunsteady lights andmoving heads. At lasta chorus of boys begansinging and dancingin the space roped IOSEIDON They told the story of the naming of Athens:how in the olden days Athene and Poseidontogether came to the city. They went to theAcropolis, where all men wrere met to buyand sell and talk. Those gods found anameless town. Each said: Call your city 176 Men of Old Greece after me, and I will give you a precious Poseidon struck the rock with his tri-dent. Out leaped the first horse, and thepeople were afraid. But Athene made anolive tree shoot softly up, and the peoplesaid: We will have Athene for our god-dess. So Athens was named. The shrill music of a flute pierced far pastthe market. As the boys of the chorus sangto its sound, they acted the story: Zeusheadache; the swing of Hephrestus ham-mer; Athenes leaping out; the raised handsand backward steps of the surprised gods;the glad running of Iris to tell the news. At the end of the dance the noise of clap-ping hands and the cries of Good, good!carried far through the open air. TJie
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