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As ai companion to the ** Oriental Actions' * which have already appeared in the ftfonthly Reposi - tory , ( vol . iii . 2 S 2 . ) we insert a few analogous fables from tU& Greek mythology . These als ^ are taken from the Zorsheueto
BlaHer . Herder snys he h ^ s called them Patamythia in , imitation of the modern Greeks , who Recording to Gwj /^» , give this tp . viH to the tales and fables , in the relation of wkich they pass ^ tway their time . UagctfjuvSrov also means recreation * Further , these fictions are founded on the
< bld Grecian fable fjuj&og into * which the author ' has thrown a ii £ w sense and import : So much for the title . Herder seriously recornmends this new casting-of Grecian fictions as an exercise of the taste and
imagination of young persons . It may indeed be abj . eeted that fre quent 90 mpositions of this description might diminish the reverence with winch we justl y contemplate these poetical frag - ments of ancient wisdom , and
destroy the hfirmojiy and consistency of ti \ e whole , To which it may be replied , thq , t the beauty of the Grecian mythos is inherent and i ) 6 t cohventigngl or dependent on qur boHcf *> f their antiquity , and that-no modern fiction could a- >
sirpjiate , itself wi ^ h them , which cjqes ^ not resemble tluiu in si ^ niflcaqce find , bvauty . The Psjra - rnyth ^ a are in Prose Q . n 4 have no ptfier ornament of style than that
of full : and well turned periods . Heixler cifes in vindication of simplici ty of language in <;^> n ^ positions of this sort , tbc etegant Greek distich—
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£ &ajutge& $ art th © u Aglaia , embelHshmg ill things aroi ^ pd tfeec ; Beauteous art thqu adora' 4 ^ nafced thdu * rt Seauty itself . H . C . R *
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I Aurorq .
A troojp of joyful maddens celebrated with dances and songs of praise the feast of Aurora . " Thou , the mostl ? eauteous and most blessed of the goddesses " each
they si ^ g , ** arise ^ t napFfiipg in the beauty of endless youtl * afid vvify the hue of the rose , bathed « i tfte spri ng of all delight ahd of the enlivenirie blossoms . ** Bvei > as the sun arose ,
Aurora turned her teem towards them and stood before them the most beautiful but not the most bJessed of the Goddesses . TPears stood in her eyes , and the misty veil which she had drawn from Uieeartk , fey like a damp cloud on h&e shining and rosy coloured forehead . "Ye children , " said she , " wfio
ho-Heur me with songs of praise ; your youthful innocence has drawn me hither , that I may shew myself to you as I am . Whether I am beautiful , you may see ypurselves ; -whether I am happy , may those tears speak , which I daily sbed in tl ^ e lap of my sister flora . In my youth I thoughtlessly unired mysejf
with the aged ¥ iton 9 from whose arms ye behold mp eyety morning sp early hastening . ^* a punishment faj ^ nj and me , his grey immortality is , witjjpu $ youth , and it robs me too of beauty and splendour as long as 1 art > by him . # br this reason do I sp early liasten * t ^ nyp $ Jiort employmeii | : of driying a ^* y tfif l hadows , ajid | conceal my ^ e ^ lf du ^ rin ^ the day in sun-beams , till Tfyoii sees xnc ,
when he instantly dregs me down into his grey bed , weeping and blushing fqv sfoanie . Take warni ^ c from- fM . jtt pia . icjens , nor believe t ^ at the tfipsfi tlff 1 ^ tiful among ye , must be t | ic mostJhappyif she be net as wisq as she is fkir , aim choose for her felicity a spousoof he » o ^ n ^ CQncJ ^ i ^ fi . " *
Aurqr ^ y ^ ra ' shc ^ bup hejc i ^ % e ? b 6 ^ V 9 agaiji in tfie cye ^ s of the maidens , in each tear drop of the dew , Tney no tonger celebrated hen as the wisest be * ca $ , # s ^ . w >** ^ he , njoat lpeftytpwa of % h * foddesses , and they became wwc through er example-
J*Ar4myth;A : Whom Th? Ger^A^ 01 Nznt≫Zn.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/22/
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