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Identifier: grecianromanmyth00dwi (find matches)
Title: Grecian and Roman mythology
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Dwight, M. A. (Mary Ann), 1806-1858 Lewis, Tayler, 1802-1877
Subjects: Mythology, Classical
Publisher: New York Chicago : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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er a sacrifice to the ruler of the waves, tothank him for the preservation of his native city, and to implore hisfurther assistance. There, while preparing the offerings, two enormousserpents, which came from the Isle of Tenedos, over the sea, suddenlymade their appearance, and ere the wretched father could warn hissons or fly with them, the reptiles had already coiled their immensefolds around the tender bodies of the youths. Laocoon rushing des-perately upon the monsters, to save his children, became entangledhimself within the coils of the snakes. Father and sons beholdingtheir mutual agonies, without the power to assist each other, or relievethemselves, died a doubly-painful death. The fate of Laocoon was considered by the Trojans as a punishmentinflicted on him by the gods, for violating that present, which was leftby the departing Greeks to Minerva, and was destined to be the sub-stitute for the Palladium of which her temple had been robbed. There 396 GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
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was now no longer any doubt of the pretended fugitives sincerity, orof the truth of what he had related. The infatuated people hasten-ed, with triumphant exultation, to convey this Palladium, the newpledge of safety, into the city; boys and girls were delighted to touchthe cords by which the horse was drawn. When it was found thatthe gate was not large enough for its admittance, part of the wall wasbroken down, and the fatal horse stood in the midst of Troy. Rejoicing at their deliverance from the dangerous enemies who hadafflicted them with many woes for the past ten years, the hapless in-habitants of the city now abandoned themselves freely to wine, dance,and joy, until a late hour of the night. At last, while they were buriedin sleep and intoxication, and midnight had spread its sable mantleover the country, the Grecian fleet, which had concealed itself behindthe isle of Tenedos, again landed on the shores of Troas. Smon; the ODYSSEUS OR ULYSSES. 3^7 treacherous Sinon, put a ladder

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