Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . e said to have thefaces of women, and the lower parts of their bodies like fish. Theyhad such melodious voices, that mariners were often allured by themto their own destruction. The Gorgons, three sisters, had the power of transforming thoseinto stones who looked at them. Tne Harpies are said to have been winged monsters which had theface of a woman, the body and wings of a vulture, claws on the handsand feet, and the ears of a bear. The Dryads were nymphs who presided over the woods. The Naiads were nymphs of springs and fountains. The N
Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . e said to have thefaces of women, and the lower parts of their bodies like fish. Theyhad such melodious voices, that mariners were often allured by themto their own destruction. The Gorgons, three sisters, had the power of transforming thoseinto stones who looked at them. Tne Harpies are said to have been winged monsters which had theface of a woman, the body and wings of a vulture, claws on the handsand feet, and the ears of a bear. The Dryads were nymphs who presided over the woods. The Naiads were nymphs of springs and fountains. The Nereids were nymphs of the sea, and daughters of NereusandDoris. The Tritons were sea gods, with their upper parts like a man, andtheir lower parts resembling a fish. The Lares and Penates were inferior deities who presided overhouses and families. The Fauns and Satyrs were rural demi-gods, the one attending onPan, and the other on Bacchus. Pales was the goddess of shepherds and pastures. The Nymphs were celestial and terrestrial; the former guided the.
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