Shortly after this event the city of Thebes was afflicted with a monster which infested the highroad. It was called the Sphinx. It had the body of a lion and the upper part of a woman. It lay crouched on the top of a rock, and arrested all travellers who came that way, proposing to them a riddle, with the condition that those who could solve it should pass safe, but those who failed should be killed.
Not one had yet succeeded in solving it, and all had been slain. OEdipus was not daunted by these alarming accounts, but boldly advanced to the trial. The gratitude of the people for their deliverance was so great that they made OEdipus their king, giving him in marriage their queen Jocasta. OEdipus, ignorant of his parentage, had already become the slayer of his father; in marrying the queen he became the husband of his mother.
These horrors remained undiscovered, till at length Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence, and the oracle being consulted, the double crime of Oedipus came to light. Jocasta put an end to her own life, and Oedipus, seized with madness, tore out his eyes and wandered away from Thebes, dreaded and abandoned by all except his daughters, who faithfully adhered to him, till after a tedious period of miserable wandering he found the termination of his wretched life.
Minerva caught and tamed him and presented him to the Muses. The Chimaera was a fearful monster, breathing fire. It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the king, Iobates, sought for some hero to destroy it. At that time there arrived at his court a gallant young warrior, whose name was Bellerophon. He brought letters from Proetus, the son-in-law of Iobates, recommending Bellerophon in the warmest terms as an unconquerable hero, but added at the close a request to his father-in-law to put him to death.
The reason was that Proetus was jealous of him, suspecting that his wife Antea looked with too much admiration on the young warrior. Iobates, on perusing the letters, was puzzled what to do, not willing to violate the claims of hospitality, yet wishing to oblige his son-in-law. A lucky thought occurred to him, to send Bellerophon to combat with the Chimaera. Bellerophon accepted the proposal, but before proceeding to the combat consulted the soothsayer Polyidus, who advised him to procure if possible the horse Pegasus for the conflict.
For this purpose he directed him to pass the night in the temple of Minerva. He did so, and as he slept Minerva came to him and gave him a golden bridle. When he awoke the bridle remained in his hand. Minerva also showed him Pegasus drinking at the well of Pirene, and at sight of the bridle the winged steed came willingly and suffered himself to be taken. Bellerophon mounted him, rose with him into the air, soon found the Chimaera, and gained an easy victory over the monster.
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After the conquest of the Chimaera Bellerophon was exposed to further trials and labours by his unfriendly host, but by the aid of Pegasus he triumphed in them all, till at length Iobates, seeing that the hero was a special favourite of the gods, gave him his daughter in marriage and made him his successor on the throne. At last Bellerophon by his pride and presumption drew upon himself the anger of the gods; it is said he even attempted to fly up into heaven on his winged steed, but Jupiter sent a gadfly which stung Pegasus and made him throw his rider, who became lame and blind in consequence.
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After this Bellerophon wandered lonely through the Aleian field, avoiding the paths of men, and died miserably. Pegasus, being the horse of the Muses, has always been at the service of the poets. Schiller tells a pretty story of his having been sold by a needy poet and put to the cart and the plough. He was not fit for such service, and his clownish master could make nothing of him.
But a youth stepped forth and asked leave to try him. As soon as he was seated on his back the horse, which had appeared at first vicious, and afterwards spirit-broken, rose kingly, a spirit, a god, unfolded the splendour of his wings, and soared towards heaven. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. The Centaurs were admitted to the companionship of man, and at the marriage of Pirithous with Hippodamia they were among the guests.
At the feast Eurytion, one of the Centaurs, becoming intoxicated with the wine, attempted to offer violence to the bride; the other Centaurs followed his example, and a dreadful conflict arose in which several of them were slain. This is the celebrated battle of the Lapithae and Centaurs, a favourite subject with the sculptors and poets of antiquity. But not all the Centaurs were like the rude guests of Pirithous.
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Chiron was instructed by Apollo and Diana, and was renowned for his skill in hunting, medicine, music, and the art of prophecy. Sun Jan 26, , Thirties is a former Unipresser in Dallas, D. Dear all, A note from revolutionary Ukraine: Many of you know me.
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Some of you don't. For nearly two decades I have lived either in Kyiv or Moscow, mostly Kyiv. I would like your help. Not to sound to crass or commercial, I would like for you to buy my latest novel, "Urainia: A Fable", and to recommend it to others. All author proceeds from the Kindle or soft cover editions will go to EuroMaidan, the brave protesters in the center of Kyiv who are standing up to one of the most corrupt administrations on the planet.
I am down there most nights, and it is truly a sight to behold. Yesterday, five protesters that we know about were killed, four by authorities and one in a fall. Dozens are in the hospital, and many have been kidnapped from the hospitals, beaten and held. A Fable" is a book I guarantee you will find interesting. It's about a marketer a tobacco guy who comes to the fictional land of Urainia and changes a country for the better.
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The story is told by a newsman. It mirrors as satire many of the characters in Ukraine today. As for me, after advising Putin's arch enemy, Alexei Navalny, in Moscow mayor election last year and after what activism a year-old guy can muster in Ukraine, I feel my Ukraine days could be numbered. There is no way I will live, raise a family, and have a business in "Putin's Ukraine".