![]() ![]() There was talk in the city, and he was brought to trial, for showing contempt for the law. He was afraid, and prepared, at once, to transfer the sanctuary of his ancestors to a new place. Death was the penalty for the man who wished to change his nationality.īright Sol had hidden his shining face in Ocean’s stream, and Night had lifted her starriest face: the same god seemed to appear to him, to admonish him in the same way, and warn of worse and greater punishment if he did not obey. He struggled in himself for a long time over the decision: the god ordered him to go: the law prohibited his going. Alemon’s son rose, and, in silence, thought over the vision, fresh in his mind. Then the god and sleep vanished together. Hercules, the club-bearer, leaning over him, spoke to him as he lay in a deep sleep: ‘Rise now, leave your native country: go, find the pebble-filled waves of Aesar!’ and he threatened him with many and fearful things if he did not obey. ![]() ![]() When Numa asked who was the founder of this Greek city on Italian soil, one of the older inhabitants, not ignorant of the past, replied: ‘They say that Hercules, Jupiter’s son, back from the sea with the rich herds of Spain, happily came to the shore of Lacinium, and while his cattle strayed through the tender grass, he entered the house of the great Croton, a not inhospitable roof, and refreshed himself with rest, after his long labours, and, in leaving, said: ‘At a future time, there will be a city here, of your descendants.’Īnd the promise proved true, since there was one Myscelus, the son of Alemon of Argos, dearest to the gods of all his generation. His love of these enquiries led him to leave his native Cures, and visit the city of Crotona, to which Hercules was friendly. Not content with knowing the rituals of the Sabine people, with his capable mind he conceived a wider project, and delved into the nature of things. Meanwhile the Romans looked for a leader, to bear the weight of such responsibility, and follow so great a king: Fame, the true harbinger, determined on the illustrious Numa for the throne. Bk XV:843-870 Ovid’s celebration of Augustusīk XV: 1-59 Myscelus: the founding of Crotona.Bk XV:745-842 The deification of Julius Caesar.Bk XV:622-745 Aesculapius, the god, saves Rome from plague.Bk XV:479-546 The transformation of Hippolytus.Bk XV:453-478 Pythagoras’s Teachings: The Sanctity of Life.Bk XV:418-452 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Transfers of Power.Bk XV:391-417 Pythagoras’s Teachings: The Phoenix.Bk XV:361-390 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Autogenesis.Bk XV:307-360 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Physical changes.Bk XV:259-306 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Geological changes.Bk XV:237-258 Pythagoras’s Teachings: The Elements.Bk XV:199-236 Pythagoras’s Teachings: The Four Ages of Man.Bk XV:176-198 Pythagoras’s Teachings: The Eternal Flux.Bk XV:143-175 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Metempsychosis.Bk XV:60-142 Pythagoras’s Teachings: Vegetarianism.Bk XV:1-59 Myscelus: the founding of Crotona.This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. ![]() Kline © Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved ![]()
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