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John Ruskin. The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm
The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm
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PREFACE
THE QUEEN OF THE AIR
I. ATHENA CHALINITIS.* (Athena in the Heavens.)
LECTURE ON THE GREEK MYTHS OF STORM, GIVEN (PARTLY) IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, MARCH 9, 1869
II. — ATHENA KERAMITIS.* (Athena in the Earth.)
III. — ATHENA ERGANE.* (Athena in the Heart.)
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THE HERCULES OF CAMARINA
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John Ruskin
Published by Good Press, 2019
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12. Then the dominant spirit of the element water is Neptune, but subordinate to him are myriads of other water spirits, of whom Nereus is the chief, with Palæmon, and Leucothea, the "white lady" of the sea; and Thetis, and nymphs innumerable who, like her, could "suffer a sea change," while the river deities had each independent power, according to the preciousness of their streams to the cities fed by them—the "fountain Arethuse, and thou, honoured flood, smooth sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds." And, spiritually, this king of the waters is lord of the strength and daily flow of human life—he gives it material force and victory; which as the meaning of the dedication of the hair, as the sign of the strength of life, to the river or the native land.
13. Demeter, then, over the earth, and its giving and receiving of life. Neptune over the waters, and the flow and force of life—always among the Greeks typified by the horse, which was to them as a crested sea-wave, animated and bridled. Then the third element, fire, has set over it two powers: over earthly fire, the assistant of human labor, is set Hephæstus, lord of all labor in which is the flush and the sweat of the brow; and over heavenly fire, the source of day, is set Apollo, the spirit of all kindling, purifying, and illuminating intellectual wisdom, each of these gods having also their subordinate or associated powers—servant, or sister, or companion muse.
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