This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...body half feathers, and a bird's tail appearing under a long Doric tunic for ladies only. The consequence was that she got to the place late because she had no wings; could not say the riddle distinctly because she had to roar, and the beak got in her way; and when the more courteous candidates affected to understand ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...body half feathers, and a bird's tail appearing under a long Doric tunic for ladies only. The consequence was that she got to the place late because she had no wings; could not say the riddle distinctly because she had to roar, and the beak got in her way; and when the more courteous candidates affected to understand what she said and "give it up," she had no claws to destroy them with, or strength to push them over the edge. But after a little practice she made no bad mistake in her toilette, and her tout-ensemble got to be quite unexceptionable. So much, then, by way of apology for the Sphinx. The idea, as we see, was not her own, nor did she choose Thebes because she knew that Boeotia was the only country where the people could be beaten by so easy a riddle; her mission was really a very unpleasant one, but she discharged it conscientiously, and her gloomy end (for we shall soon come to that) only testified to the strong sense of duty which animated her actions. I have felt also that we have no right to take these fanciful products of creative art in that calm, unenquiring spirit with which the ordinary student of Greek mythology is content to accept just any monstrosity of the kind as the most natural thing in the world. To the heavenly beings themselves, who, it must not be forgotten, were a highly-educated and refined class, the impossibly ridiculous side of these things was always most patent. This fact, among others, will help to account for that inextinguishable laughter which gave to the halls of Olympus the reputation of being so gay a resort; and in this particular case I have shewn that it is possible to trace back the whole episode to a mere after-dinner frolic. What seems the serious side of it--the jealousy and the revenge, --this o...
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