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upon the bed察and he took from her the child that she held by the heel。 His 

heart was wild within him察for the thought that wildness had come over his 

wife察   and   that    she  was    bent  upon    destroying     their  child。  But   Thetis 

looked on him from under those goddess brows of hers and she said to him此

;By   the   divine   power   that   I   still   possess   I   would   have   made   the   child 

invulnerable察but the heel by which I held him has not been endued by the 

fire   and   in   that   place   some   day   he   may   be   stricken。   All   that   the   fire 

covered is invulnerable察and no weapon that strikes there can destroy his 

life。 His heel I cannot now make invulnerable察for now the divine power is 

gone out of me。; 

     When she said this Thetis looked full upon her husband察and never had 

she seemed   so   unforgiving   as she  was   then。 All   the divine   radiance  that 

had remained with her was gone from her now察and she seemed a white´ 

faced and bitter´thinking woman。 And when Peleus saw that such a great 

bitterness faced him he fled from his house。 

     He   traveled   far   from   his   own   land察  and   first   he   went   to   the   help   of 

Heracles察who was then in the midst of his mighty labors。 Heracles was 

building a wall around a city。 Peleus labored察helping him to raise the wall 

for   King   Laomedon。   Then察  one   night察  as   he   walked   by   the   wall   he   had 

helped to build察he heard voices speaking out of the earth。 And one voice 

said此 Why has Peleus striven so hard to raise a wall that his son shall fight 

hard   to   overthrow拭─  No   voice   replied。   The   wall   was   built察  and   Peleus 

departed。 The city around which the wall was built was the great city of 

Troy。 

     In whatever place   he went   Peleus was followed by the   hatred of   the 

people of the sea察and above all by the hatred of the nymph who is called 

Psamathe。 Far察far from his own country he went察and at last he came to a 

country of bright valleys that was ruled over by a kindly kingby Ceyx察

who was called the Son of the Morning Star。 



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     Bright of face and kindly and peaceable in all his ways was this king察

and kindly and peaceable was the land that he ruled over。 And when Prince 

Peleus went to him to beg for his protection察and to beg for unfurrowed 

fields where he might graze his cattle察Ceyx raised him up from where he 

knelt。   ;Peaceable   and   plentiful   is   the   land察─  he   said察   and   all   who   come 

here may have peace and a chance to earn their food。 Live where you will察

O stranger察and take the unfurrowed fields by the seashore for pasture for 

your cattle。; 

     Peace came into Peleus's heart as he looked into the untroubled face of 

Ceyx察and as he looked over the bright valleys of the land he had come 

into。 He brought his cattle to the unfurrowed fields by the seashore and he 

left   herdsmen   there   to   tend   them。 And   as   he   walked   along   these   bright 

valleys he thought upon his wife and upon his son Achilles察and there were 

gentle   feelings   in   his   breast。   But   then   he   thought   upon   the   enmity   of 

Psamathe察the woman of the sea察and great trouble came over him again。 

He felt he could not stay in the palace of the kindly king。 He went where 

his herdsmen camped and he lived with them。 But the sea was very near 

and    its  sound    tormented     him察  and   as  the  days   went    by察 Peleus察   wild 

looking and shaggy察became more and more unlike the hero whom once 

the gods themselves had honored。 

     One   day   as   he   was   standing   near   the   palace   having   speech   with   the 

king察a herdsman ran to him and cried out此 Peleus察Peleus察a dread thing 

has happened in the unfurrowed fields。; And when he had got his breath 

the herdsman told of the thing that had happened。 

     They     had   brought    the  herd   down     to  the  sea。   Suddenly察    from   the 

marshes where the sea and land came together察a monstrous beast rushed 

out upon the herd察like a wolf this beast was察but with mouth and jaws that 

were more terrible than a wolf's even。 The beast seized upon the cattle。 Yet 

it was not hunger that made it fierce察for the beasts that it killed it tore察but 

did not devour。 Tit rushed on and on察killing and tearing more and more of 

the herd。 ;Soon察─said the herdsman察 it will have destroyed all in the herd察

and then it will not spare to destroy the other flocks and herds that are in 

the land。; 



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     Peleus   was   stricken   to   hear   that   his   herd   was   being   destroyed察  but 

more stricken to know that the land of a friendly king would be ravaged察

and ravaged on his account。 For he knew that the terrible beast that had 

come from where the sea and the land joined had been sent by Psamathe。 

He went up on the tower that stood near the king's palace。 He was able to 

look out on the sea and able to look over all the land。 And looking across 

the bright valleys he saw the dread beast。 He saw it rush through his own 

mangled   cattle   and   fall   upon   the   herds   of   the   kindly   king。   He   looked 

toward the sea   and   he prayed   to   Psamathe to spare the land that he   had 

come to。 But察even as he prayed察he knew that Psamathe would not harken 

to him。 Then he made a prayer to Thetis察to his wife who had seemed so 

unforgiving。 He prayed her to deal with Psamathe so that the land of Ceyx 

would not be altogether destroyed。 

     As he looked from the tower he saw the king come forth with arms in 

his hands for the slaying of the terrible beast。 Peleus felt fear for the life of 

the kindly king。 Down from the tower he came察and taking up his spear he 

went with Ceyx。 

     Soon察in one of the brightest of the valleys察they came upon the beast察

they came between it and a herd of silken´coated cattle。 Seeing the men it 

rushed toward them with blood and foam upon its jaws。 Then Peleus knew 

that the spears they carried would be of little use against the raging beast。 

His only thought was to struggle with it so that the king might be able to 

save himself。 

     Again     he  lifted  up   his  hands   and   prayed    to  Thetis   to  draw    away 

Psamathe's enmity。 The beast rushed toward them察but suddenly it stopped。 

The   bristles   upon   its   body   seemed   to   stiffen。   The   gaping   jaws   became 

fixed。 The hounds that were with them dashed upon the beast察but then fell 

back with yelps of disappointment。 And   when Peleus and Ceyx came   to 

where it stood they found that the monstrous beast had been turned into 

stone。 

     And a stone it remains in that bright valley察a wonder to all the men of 

Ceyx's   land。   The   country   was   spared   the   ravages   of   the   beast。 And   the 

heart of Peleus was uplifted to think that Thetis had harkened to his prayer 



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and   had   prevailed   upon   Psamathe   to   forego   her   enmity。   Not   altogether 

unforgiving was his wife to him。 

     That day  he   went   from  the   land   of   the   bright   valleys察  from  the   land 

ruled   over   by   the   kindly   Ceyx察  and   he   came   back   to   rugged   Phthia察  his 

own   country。   When   he   came   near   his   hall   he   saw   two   at   the   doorway 

awaiting him。 Thetis stood there察and the child Achilles was by her side。 

The radiance of the immortals was in her face no longer察but there was a 

glow there察a glow of welcome for the hero Peleus。 And thus Peleus察long 

tormented by the enmity of the sea´born ones察came back to the wife he 

had won from the sea。 



                       III。 THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR 

     I 

     Thereafter Theseus made up his mind to go in search of his father察the 

unknown   king察  and   Medea察  the   wise   woman察  counseled   him   to   go   to 

Athens。 After the hunt in Calydon he set forth。 On his way he fought with 

and slew two robbers who harassed countries and treated people unjustly。 

The   first   was   Sinnias。   He   was   a   robber   who   slew   men   cruelly   by   tying 

them to strong branches of trees and letting the branches fly apart。 On him 

Theseus had no mercy。 The second was a robber also察Procrustes 此he had a 

great iron bed on which he made his captives lie察if they were too long for 

that   bed   he   chopped     pieces   off  them察   and   if  they  were    too  short   he 

stretched out   their   bodies   with terrible racks。  On   him察 likewise察Theseus 

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