Pagan Mythology Or the Wisdom of the Ancients
Pagan Mythology Or the Wisdom of the Ancients
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To expiate, there- fore, his country's guilt, he, without regard to the laws of hospitality, which were less regarded by him than the laws of religion, directly slew his guest, and com- manded his statues and all his honors to be razed and abolished. Nor was it safe for others to commiserate or bewail so cruel a destiny ; but even his companions in arms, whilst they lamented the death of their leader, and filled all places with their complaints, were turned into a kind of swans, which are said,... at the approach of their own death, to chant sweet melancholy dirges.
Explanation. — This fable intimates an extraordinary and almost singular thing, for no hero besides Diomed is recorded to have wounded any of the gods. Doubt- less we have here described the nature and fate of a 46 PAGAN MYTHOLOGY.
man who professedly makes any divine worship or sect of religion, though in itself vain and light, the only scope of his actions, and resolves to propagate it by fire and sword. For although the bloody dissen- sions and differences about religion were unknown to the ancients, yet so copious and diffusive was their knowledge, that what they knew not by experience they comprehended in thought and representation.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To expiate, there- fore, his country's guilt, he, without regard to the laws of hospitality, which were less regarded by him than the laws of religion, directly slew his guest, and com- manded his statues and all his honors to be razed and abolished. Nor was it safe for others to commiserate or bewail so cruel a destiny ; but even his companions in arms, whilst they lamented the death of their leader, and filled all places with their complaints, were turned into a kind of swans, which are said,... at the approach of their own death, to chant sweet melancholy dirges.
Explanation. — This fable intimates an extraordinary and almost singular thing, for no hero besides Diomed is recorded to have wounded any of the gods. Doubt- less we have here described the nature and fate of a 46 PAGAN MYTHOLOGY.
man who professedly makes any divine worship or sect of religion, though in itself vain and light, the only scope of his actions, and resolves to propagate it by fire and sword. For although the bloody dissen- sions and differences about religion were unknown to the ancients, yet so copious and diffusive was their knowledge, that what they knew not by experience they comprehended in thought and representation.
What to read after Pagan Mythology Or the Wisdom of the Ancients?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lord Bacon to read onlineMoreLess
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