| 单词 | Nereid |
| 例句 | At the bottom of a smaller tank, two Nereids—female sea spirits—sat cross-legged, facing each other, playing a game of Go Fish. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A mirrored disco ball descended into the Nereid exhibit, making the water dance with multicolored light. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Nereids ignored them and kept playing Go Fish. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy thought about the dazed telkhines, the Nereids and hippocampi, all swimming in bored, lazy circles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Through one of the big canneries he had made a deal to pay for The Nereid with percentages of each catch, and he was anxious to get it paid off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They had fifty lovely daughters, the nymphs of the Sea, called Nereids from their father’s name, one of whom, Thetis, was the mother of Achilles. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat on the sand at the bottom of the tank, building things out of Legos, though the creatures seemed just as dazed as the Nereids. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’d heard Nereids and other water spirits speak to me underwater before, but it never occurred to me Tyson was a son of Poseidon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I took the pearls out of my pocket, the three milky spheres the Nereid had given me in Santa Monica. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You’re ruining the show! Now, witness our Nereid gladiators fight to the death!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Do not judge the Lord of the Sea too harshly,” the Nereid told me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Papa’s boat was called The Nereid—long, white, low-slung, with a foredeck wheel cabin. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point, Annabeth stood next to him, yelling against the roar of the wind: “Percy says he talked to a Nereid in Charleston Harbor!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The Nereid said Chiron’s brothers were there, and they’d want to hear about that aquarium in Atlanta. I don’t know what she meant, but...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Once I saw Nereids, the glowing lady spirits of the sea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s frankly envious that the 71-year-old dead man, so near his age, “had gotten to lie next to this beauty night after night, like Gandhi among his Nereids.” It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Last year, a mermaid holding a candy dish, the Nereid Sweetmeat Stand, was returned by the Toledo museum to the Dresden Museum in Germany. Ohio museum to return ancient water jug to Italy 2012-06-20T18:37:12Z The Krewe of Nereids and the cities of Bay St. Louis and Waveland announced earlier this month they were canceling the Nereids’ Parade. Mississippi Mardi Gras celebrations dwindle amid virus surge 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Judge Charles Van Brunt’s old home was demolished in 1890 when the Crescent Athletic Club, together with the Nereid Boat Club, purchased the Van Brunt and Bergen estates. A Notorious 19th-Century Kidnapping in Brooklyn 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “His vessels change their guise, And each and all as Nereids rise.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z News of the death of Patroclus is brought to Achilles—Thetis comes with the Nereids—promises to obtain new armour for him from Hephaestus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Eight times emerging from the flood, She mewed to every watery god Some speedy aid to send: No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirred, Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard,— A favorite has no friend! The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z More pleasing is the sculpture of the Ionic tomb called the Nereid monument, brought by Sir Charles Fellows from Lycia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z "Unless thou or some other of Agrippa's friends disable him permanently with a bodkin, or a storm deliver him up to the Nereids." Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The lesser divinities of the sea were almost as numerous as those of the land, and included the lovely Oceanides and Nereides, together with their male companions the Tritons, who generally formed Neptune’s regal train. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Marketing Mix finished second and Nereid made a late run for third. Together wins QE II at Keeneland 2011-10-15T23:23:12Z Then, commending himself to the friendly Nereides, he sprang into the sea. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Near London Bridge once stood a gate, Belinus gave it name, Whence the green Nereids oysters bring, A place of public fame. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Through it, the beautiful outlines of the dancer were distinguished, veiled as a Nereid beneath waters, leaping, running. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z All the Nereides, Tritons, and lesser sea divinities formed a part of Neptune and Amphitrite’s train, and followed closely when they rode forth to survey their kingdom. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z But Aristotle, in his Constitution of the Delians, says that he settled in Delos with the Nereids, and gave oracles to all who wished for them. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted that she was fairer than Juno and the Nereides. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z They dance themselves to death on the hills, and are said by the peasants to be victims of the Nereids. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Joseph E. Muller Army Reserve Center, a large, four-story building on the corner of 238th Street and Nereid Avenue, which was one of many deemed no longer needed by the military. City Room: City Hall Accused of Steamrolling Opposition to Bronx Shelter 2011-07-14T19:46:04Z The Queen of the Ocean, Neptune’s own true and lawful wife, was a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of Doris and Nereus,—the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Lynceus the Samian says—"The sea produces nettles, and the land produces truffles;" and Matron, the man who wrote parodies, says in his "Supper"— And he brought oysters, the truffles of Thetis the Nereid. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Nereid, also, is not imaginary: its body is rough and covered with scales, but it has the appearance of a human being. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Opposite the palace a little granite island lifts itself above the waters of the Dniepr like a Nereid. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The Greek sirens of Homer are clearly a form of these deadly fairies, as the Nereids and Oreads and Naiads are fairies of wells, mountains and the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The offspring of this equine pair was Arion, a wonderful winged steed, gifted with the power of speech, whose early education was intrusted to the Nereides. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And after them there came in dancing girls, some arranged so as to represent the Nereids, and others in the guise of the nymphs. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z And the Governor of Gaul wrote to the divine Augustus that several Nereids had been found dead upon the shore. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z This is interrupted by the entrance of Oceanus and a train of Nereids. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Nereids travel on whirlwinds, and, like the Celtic fairies, cause spinning spirals of dust on highways. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Next day Montaigne rode out of his way to see Pratolino, the Grand Duke's famous country place, with its gardens, alleys, wonderful grottos, all decked with Nereids and Tritons, and fountains of extravagant baroque designs. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Some of this sculpture has been found; the acroteria are Nereids mounted on sea-horses, and one pediment contained a battle of Greeks and Amazons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This princess had been promised in marriage to Phineus, her uncle, when Neptune sent a sea-monster to ravage the country, because Cassiope, her mother, had boasted herself fairer than Juno and the Nereides. Heathen Mythology Passion held in check will consume with inward fire, whilst its expression often cools like the Nereid's embrace. The Heart of a Woman Venus, aided by the Nereids, effects their deliverance; and Gama sails away, fearing treachery. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to every watery God Some speedy aid to send:— No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd, Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard— A favourite has no friend! The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes He came to a beautiful spring, a deep, clear, green pool, and there the water-fairies lived, whom men called Nereids. Tales of Troy and Greece Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes. Greek Women Her mother thought herself superior in beauty to the Nereids, which excited their jealousy, and through their influence a sea-monster was sent to prey upon man and beast in the dominions of Cepheus. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition She summons the Nereids, and informs them of her intentions. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Hirsute Triton and dishevelled Nereid there float in unabashed proximity; and, judging from the usual number of spectators, there is something remarkably attractive in the style of these aquatic exercises. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Look on the lily lids, The eyes of dawn, Deep as a Nereid's, Swimming with dewy lids In waters wan. The Garden of Dreams Sweet Nereids, grant to me That home unscathed my brother may return, And every end for which his soul shall yearn, Accomplished see! Greek Women He and his wife Doris had fifty or a hundred daughters, who are called Nereids. Minor Poems by Milton Ah me, one summer in the cool of day, I saw the Nereids on the sandy bay, With lovely Thetis from the wave, advance In mirthful frolic, and the naked dance. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The stores of Hunter and Nereid rockets—especially the remote-control jobs—were broken out. The Invaders This is Thetis; she knows that he is chanting the praise of her son Achilles, and has left her crystal abode with the Nereids to follow him. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Her Mother having offended the Nereids, by contending with them for Superiority in Beauty, Neptune, at their Petition, sent a Sea-Monster, which greatly annoyed the Aethiopians. The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love Panope was a Nereid, one of the numerous daughters of Nereus. Minor Poems by Milton Cassiope boasted that she and her daughter were more beautiful than Juno and the Nereids. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Hunter and Nereid guided missiles were set up as standard equipment in a number of brand-new places. The Invaders Though loud, oh king, thy billows roar, Our strong hands grasp the labouring oar, And while the Nereids round it play, Light cuts our bounding bark its way. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 However, for her husband Peleus’ sake, Thetis and her sister Nereids came and guided the Argo safely through. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History They are all human figures that wanton in the rocks—a crowd of foam-women—a band of white, evanescent Nereids. Shirley Aphrodite, born of the foam, flowered on the azure main, Tritons in her train and Nereids, under the flush of dawn. A Modern Symposium He glanced back uneasily, but there gleamed the reassuring lights of the Nereid, not a quarter of a mile away. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereid nymphs, With wonder, groves, and palaces, and towns, Beneath the waves behold. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The first on the right has two figures of Nereids traversing the sea, one on a sea-bull the other on a hippocampus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life She did not wonder that Thetis, Galatea, and all the hundred Nereids loved their home. A Victor of Salamis Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to every watery god Some speedy aid to send: No dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd, Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard— A favourite has no friend! The Children's Garland from the Best Poets With sinking hearts, they saw that the Nereid was gone. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The female figures represent Nereids, who are terrified by seeing Heracles in contest with the sea-monster. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i' th' eyes, And made their bends adornings. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher In the wake the phosphorous bubbles ran away, opalescent gleams springing upward, as if torches of Doris and her dancing Nereids. A Victor of Salamis In graceful and poetic fiction, Camoens affirms that it was the Nereids led by Venus, the protectress of the Portuguese, who stayed their ships when on the point of entering the port. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World He kept his suspicion to himself, however, and accompanied Diane and her father on a complete circuit of the pyramid; but, as he feared, there was no sign of the Nereid anywhere. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereids in modern Greek folklore are conceived in all points as Swan-maidens. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology A sudden ring Of Nereids were about him, in kind strife To usher back his spirit into life: But still he slept. Endymion A Poetic Romance My mother planned a wedding feast for me And chose me for a wife a Nereid, A tender flower of beauty and of faith. Life Immovable First Part How oft to the Crimean shore She led me through nocturnal mist Unto the sounding sea to list, Where Nereids murmur evermore, And where the billows hoarsely raise To God eternal hymns of praise. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse At the mention of the commander of the Nereid, all three of them gave a start. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 In modern Greece it is believed that Nereids can be caught by seizing their wings, their clothes, or even their handkerchiefs. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology And where was he the Pilgrim of the Deep, Following the Nereid? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry My mother wished to wed me with thy charms, O Fairy Life, thou first of Nereids! Life Immovable First Part Call buried hope to put life’s garland on, and limping woes to trip like Nereids on a moonlit shore! Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet “Well, in the first place, what does the name Nereid mean?” Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereids of the Kimoliote caves are of a grimmer humour than the kindly-natured underground folk of Celtic and Teutonic lands, or than the heroine of Palermo. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology And who the first that, springing on the strand, Leaped like a Nereid from her shell to land, With dark but brilliant skin, and dewy eye Shining with love, and hope, and constancy? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry And Fairy Life, the first of Nereids, My own bethrothed, that was my slave and queen, Vanished away like a fleet cloud of smoke! Life Immovable First Part The submarine scenery of the lagoon was in this spot unusually varied and beautiful, and the basin formed a bath, fit for the Nereids themselves. The Island Home Soon she’d be off in the Nereid, bound for the mysterious regions under the Sargasso Sea, while in a few moments he’d be in the subway, bound under the prosaic East River for New York. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereid in the Cretan tale referred to in Chapter IX obstinately refused to speak, although her lover had fairly conquered her. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology He spoke, and far beneath the flood maiden Panopea heard him, with all Phorcus' choir of Nereids, and lord Portunus with his own mighty hand pushed him on his way. The Aeneid of Virgil And Nereids wind-footed fan your faces, O roses with a thousand smiles divine! Life Immovable First Part The Nereides either accompany the chariot of the mighty ruler of the sea, or follow in his train. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome With the result that when the Nereid drew away from her wharf that night, on the start of her unparalleled voyage, Larry Hunter was a stowaway. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereids of the fountains and springs are also on the watch “to exchange one of their own fractious offspring for a mortal babe.” The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Offering a sacrifice to the gods inhabiting the river, as Alexander in the middle of the Hellespont sacrificed a bull to Neptune and the Nereids: see Arrian i. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis A bath, indeed, for all the Nereids named by Hesiod, with room enough for the Tritons and their herds and horses. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The Nereides were the daughters of Nereus and Doris, and were nymphs of the Mediterranean Sea. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome The Nereid’s turbine was humming now with a high, vibrant note that indicated they must be knocking off the knots at a lively clip. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Now to answer the first summons of a Nereid meant madness. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Nereus and Doris, with their descendants the Nereids, or Oceaniads, so called from Oceănus, are ranked in the third class of water deities. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) The best known of the Nereides were Thetis, the wife of Peleus, Amphitrite, the spouse of Poseidon, and Galatea, the beloved of Acis. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome When young Larry Hunter reported to the captain of the Nereid, after this necessary meal, he found that the craft had returned to the surface. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The Nereid seized the babe, and, crying out: “Let go my child, dog!” tore it from his arms and vanished. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Nereus, also the son of Oceanus and Tethys, is father of fifty daughters, called Nereides or Sea Nymphs. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales He dwelt some time at Delos, and, besides prophesying with the Nereids, is affirmed to have instructed Apollo in the art. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) In some parts of Greece this divinity was identified with the sea-god Nereus, for which reason the Nereides, or daughters of Nereus, are represented as accompanying him. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Whereupon the audience terminated and they were led from the presence of this arrogant German to another apartment, where they were to meet Captain Petersen and the crew of the Nereid. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 It is related by Apollodorus that Thetis, who was also a Nereid, wished to make her son immortal. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The Sea Nymphs are the Nereides already referred to. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Nereus had, by his sister Doris, fifty daughters called Nereids. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) There he dwelt with his wife Doris and their fifty blooming daughters, the Nereides, beneath the waves in a beautiful grotto-palace, and was ever ready to assist distressed mariners in the hour of danger. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome There they were provided with temporary suits by their host, since their own—which they brought along—could be inflated only from the Nereid. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 How, oh my heart, do waters gush from thee Like to the springs that bathe the Nereids' brows Which daily in the sun are born and die? The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second An Ethical Poem Nereus, the father of the Nereids, or sea nymphs, is described as the wise and unerring old man of the sea; in Virgil, grandaevus Nereus. Milton's Comus Eight times emerging from the flood, She mew'd to every watery God Some speedy aid to send:— No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd, Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard— A favourite has no friend! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Fair Panopea hears him from below, The Nereids hear, and old Portunus plies His own great hand, to push them as they go. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Even as he spoke, the Nereid’s auxiliary propellers started churning the water. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Andromeda contains many such lines, as for example: Violet, asphodel, ivy, and vine-leaves, roses and lilies— Nereid, siren, and triton, and dolphin, and arrowy fishes. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Catullus began to feel very much frightened, and then all at once his mother jumped up and called out excitedly, "Oh, see, a Nereid, a Nereid!" Roads from Rome The Nereids seek thee in the salt sea-reaches, Seek thee; and seek, and seek, and never find: Canst thou not hear their calling on the wind? A Handbook for Latin Clubs Two enormous fountains adorned with Tritons, Nereids, and Dolphins beautify the court. The Harris-Ingram Experiment “But why were they so eager to abandon the Nereid?” asked the savant, still puzzled. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 In his train were the Tritons, half men, half fishes, and the water fairies, the Nereids. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Ye sister Nereids, hear! that ye may all From my own lips my boundless sorrow learn. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper And he will stoop and fill it with the breeze; Leave me the viol's frame in secret trees, Unwrought, and it shall wake a druid theme; Leave me the whispering shell on Nereid shores. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library Your father Neptune, from the seas, Has Nereids and blue Tritons sent, To charm your discontent. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 It led off over the plateau a quarter mile or more, in an eastward direction, terminating at length beside one of the smaller pyramids—and there lay the Nereid, apparently unharmed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 There are also references to sea maidens, the Babylonian mermaids, or Nereids. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria They that sang, whether Nereids or Sirens, had descended to dimmer courts. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance The Nereids of antiquity, the daughters of the 'sea-born seer,' are evidently the same with the mermaids of the British and northern shores. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Nereids rise out of the Sea, and sing; Tritons dance. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Shortly after this realization dawned, he was ordered below, and as the tropic sun was sinking over that eery floating tombstone, which according to Professor Stevens marked a nation’s grave, the Nereid submerged. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 He had sat and sung, and looked in vain for his Nereid, while she, like a true Nereid, was wasting away with her lake, sinking as it sank, withering as it dried. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know Thetis, the Nereid, or sea-maiden, was won to wife by Peleus. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse With Nereid green, green Nereid disputes, Replies, rejoins, confutes, and still confutes. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 I am charged to ask him to pass the word to Captain Blaise," said the Nereid's master, "that an old friend of his lies low of fever into Momba. Wide Courses Swiftly the Nereid dropped to that submerged plateau. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Then she went back through the waves with all her Nereids around her to where her throne is, beside her old father in the depths of the sea. Hills and the Sea When Achilles was about to sail to Troy, she and her sister Nereids brought him divine armour, and guided his ships across the Aegean. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse The king had made her a duchess, and Jupiter a Nereid—a double irradiation of which the strange, brightness of this creature was composed. The Man Who Laughs By Nereids I mean to say the islands scattered round about Hispaniola, concerning which we shall give some brief information. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Indeed, most of the air that was coming into his suit was filling the reinforced space between its inner and outer layers, much as the Nereid held air under pressure between her two thick shells. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Nereides, nymphs of the Mediterranean Sea, daughters of Nereus, 60 in number, and attendant on Poseidon. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge His fifty daughters, the Nereids, bore his orders across the waves or frolicked around the ships, splashing in the faces of the rowers the foam tossed up by their arms. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel At Neptune's toast the bumper stood, Britannia crown'd the cup; A thousand Nereids from the flood Attend to serve it up. Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 Let us now describe these of the innumerable neighbouring islands which are known and which we have already compared to the Nereids, daughters of Tethys, and their mother's ornament. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera He ended, admitting regretfully that he was still in ignorance of what fate had befallen Captain Petersen and the crew of the Nereid. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Nereus, the god of the Mediterranean Sea, the son of Pontus and Gaia, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereides, represented as a sage, venerable old man. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Ulysses kept hoping in vain that sometimes they would allude to the Nereids and other poetic beings that the Triton had conjured around his promontory. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Boasting that she was fairer than the sea-nymphs, she offended the Nereids, who complained to Neptune. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Round about the island lie a thousand and more Nereid nymphs, fair, graceful, and elegant, serving as its ornaments like to another Tethys, their queen and their mother. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Then the seductive names of Nereids, flutes, perfumes. The Aspirations of Jean Servien Doris, the wife of Nereus, and mother of the Nereids. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge And Poseidon singled out among them all the Nereid of the Foam, the white Amphitrite who refused to accept his love. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel On the back of the silver mirror he graved Thetis borne by her Nereids, or love-sick Phaedra with her nurse, or Persephone, weary of memory, putting poppies in her hair. Intentions And yet - is there no human interest in these pursuits, more humanity and more divine, than there would be even in those Triton and Nereid dreams, if realized to sight and sense? Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore From supremest Zeus I trace My glorious birth; and from the strong Sea-god Nereus, begetter of the Maids of the Sea, The Nereids, honoured of the Olympian Gods. The Fall of Troy Asbjorn, who opposed the king, O'er the wild cataract they fling: Nereid, who opposed the king, Must on Hagbard's high tree swing. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway His amorous eyes were fixed on the fifty Mediterranean princesses, the Nereids, who took their names from the aspect of the waves—the Blue, the Green, the Swift, the Gentle…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Truth Carved in Stone A wise old philosopher was walking through the park with a young man and his true love when they came upon a beautiful statue of a Nereid. Stories from the Old Attic The marshal'd pow'rs in equal troops divide To right and left; the gods his better side Inclose, and on the worse the Nymphs and Nereids ride. The Aeneid English Therefore not from thee Nor from grim battle shrink I, knowing well How far my goddess-mother doth transcend A Nereid, whose child thou vauntest thee. The Fall of Troy He was said to have been the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones of Phthia in Thessaly, by Thetis, one of the Nereids. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The white Amphitrite and the Nereids only accepted on their altars the fruits of the earth, sacrifices of doves, libations of milk. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel A piano to the prosy, But to us in twilight rosy— What?—A cave where Nereids lie, Naiads, Dryads, Oreads sigh, Dreaming of the time when they Danced in forest and in bay. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Betwixt two rows of rocks a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green: A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats. The Aeneid English So then the Nereid gave to him The glorious arms from godlike Memnon stripped. The Fall of Troy It contained four poplars, and in the center was a fountain, where three Nereids contended with a brawny Triton for the possession of a turtle whose nostrils spurted water. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Earth's widest gulph expands to meet his wave, Vast isles of ocean in his current lave; Glad Thetis greets him from his finish'd course, And bathes her Nereids in his freshening source. The Columbiad Their ocean-chariot lies bottom upward, in a cave of the island, almost a perfect wreck, while their pursy Tritons and haggard Nereids bask listlessly, like seals about the rocks. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies A choir of Nereids meet him on the flood, Once his own galleys, hewn from Ida's wood; But now, as many nymphs, the sea they sweep, As rode, before, tall vessels on the deep. The Aeneid English Now with a heart uplifted and a-fire I come to greet you and to catch the gleam Of jocund Nereids tossing in the air The sportive tresses of their amber hair. The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch "From the twisting and twining of the stems, it is compared by the Greeks to the dishevelled hair of the Nereids." The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes From the golden rim Of shells, dewy with pearl, in ocean's depths The snowy loveliness of Galatea Has fallen; and with her, their endless sleep In coral sepulchers the Nereids Forgotten sleep in peace. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions The Nereid in sea-green robes and silver ornaments, with a pale sea-green feather fastened in silver falling backward over her green hat and light brown hair, was Gwendolen Harleth. Daniel Deronda It was on those very rocks, under those tall pines, Sannazaro was wont to sit by moonlight, or at peep of dawn, holding converse with the Nereids. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents It may be further remarked, that these Nereids are punctilious among themselves, and observe different ranks according to the commodities they deal in. The Antiquary — Volume 02 Several fine statues adorn this chamber, among which the most remarkable are a Phocion, a Paris, an Antinous, and a Triton carrying off a Nereid. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 A piano to the prosy— Not to us in twilight rosy: 'Tis a cave where Nereids lie. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Up from Aegean caverns, pool by pool Of blue salt sea, where feet most beautiful Of Nereid maidens weave beneath the foam Their long sea-dances, I, their lord, am come, Poseidon of the Sea. The Trojan women of Euripides The Nereid referred to was arrayed in pea green and spangles, with green tresses, which is very well known to be the correct costume of a mermaid of antiquity, copied from the latest Paris fashions. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 The Nereids of thy double sea Alone remain to wail for thee. Mosaics of Grecian History I fear that to accept a panegyric like this would be to make a Cassiopeia of myself; though indeed she only challenged the Nereids, and stopped short of Hera and Aphrodite. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Then he replied with the lines, "Shells of rosy pink and silver are most like her dainty ears; Shells wherein the fisher maiden the sad Nereid's singing hears." Annette, the Metis Spy In the centre of the island was a temple to Galatea the Nereid, as the inscription informed us. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Down through the dark, blue waters it will sink, Frightening the green-haired Nereids from their sport And the strange Tritons—the waves will close above And I, thank Bacchus, ne’er shall see it more! Proserpine and Midas Hermes picked it up and read out the inscription; of course we Nereids kept quiet; what should we do in such company? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 With wonderful quickness the metal open-work was put in its place, and fitted together, forming a frame of coral branches intermingled with dolphins, Nereids, and Tritons. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Give ear, my sister Nereids all, and learn How deep the grief that in my breast I bear. The Iliad The circling Nereids with their mistress weep, And all the sea-green sisters of the deep. The Iliad Upon the classic shores of Greece I should have thought of Poseidon and the Nereids; but the lovely scene was in unromantic Africa, which breeds no such visions of "The fair humanities of old religion." Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Well, and serve you right; assaulting my grandson, indeed! paying no more respect to the son of a Nereid than that! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 The sea woos our dusty limbs: Nereids and Tritons, charging no cruel coin, call us to Nature's baths. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The interrupted outer circle of water motifs represent Nereids driving spouting fish. Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, son of Peleus and of the Nereid Thetis, slain by Paris. Legends of Charlemagne Plato surrounds the great statue of Poseidon in Atlantis with the images of one hundred Nereids. Atlantis : the antediluvian world And as for her body, you Nereids shall take it to the Troad to be buried by the inhabitants. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Listen, sister Nereids, that ye all hear and know well what sorrows are in my heart. The Iliad No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirred: Nor cruel Tom nor Susan heard,— A Favorite has no friend! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Chloe's a Nymph in flowery groves, A Nereid in the streams; Saint-like she in the temple moves, A woman in my dreams. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 "The circling Nereids with their mistress weep, And all the sea-green sisters of the deep." Atlantis : the antediluvian world A galley, which bore a Nereid at its prow, had just weighed anchor. Thais Within was an image of the god standing in a chariot drawn by six winged horses, and touching the roof with his head; around him were a hundred Nereids, riding on dolphins. Critias The Nereid tip-toe on the scud o' the surge, With whistling tresses dank athwart her face, And all her figure poised in lithe Circean grace? New Poems ANDROMEDA.—A northern constellation, represented by a woman chained; as, according to Grecian fable, Andromeda, the daughter of Cassiopia, was bound to a rock by the Nereides, and afterwards released by Perseus. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature Lansing looked away from her at the waves of lace and muslin from which she emerged like a rosy Nereid. The Glimpses of the Moon The Nereids, in Modern Greece, practise fairy cantrips, and the same beliefs exist in Samoa and New Caledonia. A Collection of Ballads "Yes, I did discover him—I did," Mrs. Melrose was insisting, from the depths of the black velvet divan in which she lay sunk like a wan Nereid in a midnight sea. The Glimpses of the Moon The metamorphoses are found in the Odyssey, Book iv., in the winning of Thetis, the Nereid, or Fairy Bride, by Peleus, in a modern Cretan fairy tale, and so on. A Collection of Ballads |
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