| 单词 | sea nymph |
| 例句 | That night Achilles’ mother, silver-footed Thetis the sea nymph, came to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hera had seen to it that sea nymphs should be at hand to guide them and send the ship on to safety. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea nymph knew that if he went to Troy he was fated to die there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All he could do was again to sit wretched and helpless on the shore, but this time not trying in fury to kill people, only singing mournful love songs to soften the sea nymph’s heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Two, however, of the first rank, were missing: Odysseus, King of the Island of Ithaca, and Achilles, the son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her female crew consisted entirely of maidservants dressed as sea nymphs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Making Marvels” brings together hundreds of elaborately crafted objects, many never seen in the United States: an ornate silver table decorated with sea nymphs, for example, or a clock with Copernicus depicted in gilded brass. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As told in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” the story is simple and brief: the shepherd Acis and the sea nymph Galatea are happily in love, but the Cyclops Polyphemus loves Galatea too. Music Review: Finding Many Ways to View One Myth 2011-04-05T20:52:21Z Tapestries and rugs are on view at Keshishian, including one from the 1960s — formerly installed at a university in Tbilisi, Georgia — that features a psychedelic composition with sinuous sea nymphs and dolphins. The Winter Antiques Show Embraces the Evolving Definition of Antique 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Cenzo falls in love with Giulia, and before long she is “transformed into a fierce little sea nymph,” words are “insufficient” to describe her. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Through language that, like the sea nymph Thetis, shape-shifts between poetry, lyricism, email transcripts, theater and prose, “Wake, Siren” reveals the violence, the pain and the triumph in age-old tales made poignantly new. November must-read books: Lynda Barry's comics, Carmen Maria Machado's "In the Dream House" and more 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z She believes Iphigenia is to be wedded to Achilles, and haughty woman that she is, she’s thrilled that her girl will marry the daughter of a sea nymph. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In September the Virginia Museum will fill two galleries with gifts of English silver from the New York collector Rita Gans, including 1810s saltcellars shaped like sea nymphs and Victorian fluted wine coolers. Antiques: Bringing Out the Mummies at the Bass Museum 2010-04-29T20:57:00Z Thetis and Penelakut Named for a mythic Greek sea nymph fathered by Zeus, Thetis Island is connected by BC Ferries to Vancouver Island. Tacoma author creates an illustrated travelers atlas for PNW islands 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Her mother, Cassiopeia, has made a grave mistake: She has offended the sea nymphs by boasting that she and her daughter are more beautiful than they. Simply the most beautiful paintings in the world Dating back to around 480 BC, the vase shows Odysseus strapped to the mast as his ship sails past three mythical sea nymphs whose tune was thought to drive sailors to their deaths. 'Oldest intact wreck' found in Black Sea 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z He already had dozens, piled in cardboard boxes: a sword-swallower, clutching her sword; a teenager, the outline of a cell phone just visible in her back pocket; two sea nymphs from this year’s Mermaid Parade. City Room: The Great Fredini Dreams of a 3D Sideshow in Coney Island 2013-08-04T16:00:02Z Delicate Ariel, sea nymphs ring the knell...in the dark backward and abysm of time...” Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z She became mother of all the chief rivers in the universe, as also the Oceanides or sea nymphs. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Leigh Hunt said that “the lines seem to take pleasure in the progress of their own beauty like sea nymphs luxuriating through the water.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z "But I confess I am not for this transformation of Olive into a sea nymph." The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z The world’s largest coffee company is unveiling a new logo Wednesday that drops the words encircling its iconic sea nymph and gives her a few subtle updates. Starbucks gives logo a new look 2011-01-05T06:40:00Z Every one had loved White Cloud, so by this time all the water was white with the crests of the weeping sea nymphs. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children Her mother had dared to compare herself to the sea nymphs, for which they, enraged, sent a huge monster to ravage the coast. Happy Days for Boys and Girls At the head of the little bay a broad-leaved olive tree spread its branches in front of a cave where the sea nymphs wove their beautiful purple robes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Sprite's name just fits her," said Rose, a moment later, "for she looks like a sprite, or a sea nymph, and so Sprite Seaford seems just the name for her. Princess Polly At Play Then there was pictur'd the regality Of Neptune; and the sea nymphs round his state, In beauteous vassalage, look up and wait. Endymion A Poetic Romance He quits Calypso’s island; is persecuted by Neptune with dreadful tempests, but by the assistance of a sea nymph, after having lost his raft, is enabled to swim to Phæacia. The Odyssey of Homer It inspired no fear—only delight and pleasure—and she hurried into the water like a sea nymph, enjoying its bracing freshness. Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse Two or three stout men were habited as sea nymphs, to attend on the goddess: they carried a looking-glass, some currycombs, a birch-broom, and a pot of red paint, by way of rouge. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer 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 But far above the loveliest Hero shined And stole away th' enchanted gazer's mind, For like sea nymphs' enveigling Harmony, So was her beauty to the standers by. Hero and Leander Thetis was a daughter of the sea god Neʹre-us, who had fifty daughters, all beautiful sea nymphs, called "Ne-reʹi-des," from the name of their father. The Story of Troy And Peleus had married a sea nymph, and his wedding is famous to this day. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People As a sea nymph, she could never be induced to speak; but, when we addressed her, she always replied in musical tones, because, according to our legends, mermaids always discoursed in song. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah One morning as thus he sat, he saw the sea nymph Thetis come up out of the waves and walk upon the shore beneath him. Hero Tales He chose out me, from all the sea nymphs, to endure marriage with a mortal. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) She hastened up, attended by a number of sea nymphs, and, embracing her son, inquired the cause of his grief. The Story of Troy Knowing, however, that the child was fond of sporting on the seashore, she hastened thither as fast as she could, and there beheld the wet faces of the poor sea nymphs peeping over a wave. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People He began to cut a dash amongst the lasses, making them presents of strings of diamonds of vast value, the gifts of the fair sea nymph. From John O'Groats to Land's End When darkness began to fall he sought me in my cave hall, and told me what he had seen and heard; and I taught him how to win the sea nymph for his bride. Hero Tales Two or three stout men were habited as sea nymphs, to attend on the goddess: they carried a looking-glass, some curry-combs, a birch-broom, and a pot of red paint, by way of rouge. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer We get a glimpse, in passing, of the interior view with its white, pebbly floor, in which the basket starfish have possession—a fitting reception room for sea nymph or mermaid. Byways Around San Francisco Bay "Oh, no, good Mother Ceres," said the innocent sea nymphs, tossing back their green ringlets and looking her in the face. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People When the sea nymphs heard about this, they were very angry and asked great Neptune, the king of the sea, to punish the queen for her pride. Old Greek Stories When the treacherous pilot had run the ship in which Vasco was sailing on a sunken rock, these sea nymphs lifted up the prow and turned it round,—Camoens, Lusiad, ii. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook O no, dear Proserpina," cried the sea nymphs; "we dare not go with you upon the dry land. Tanglewood Tales Like sea nymphs they rested on the bosom of the clouds, their eyes turned questioningly upon the two girls who stood upon the bank. Glinda of Oz Oh, no, dear Proserpina," cried the sea nymphs; "we dare not go with you upon the dry land. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Hermes can say no more; the sea nymphs resolutely refuse to retire, and wait their doom. Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays One would imagine it the abode of a sea nymph. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Knowing, however, that the child was fond of sporting on the sea-shore, she hastened thither as fast as she could, and there beheld the wet faces of the poor sea nymphs peeping over a wave. Tanglewood Tales Chameleon-tinted seaweeds stretched upward, waving backward and forward like the hair of sea nymphs hidden in the crevices of the multi-coloured rocks. The White Waterfall Well, well, and so the little sea nymph has come to live at Sherwood Hall for a time. Princess Polly's Gay Winter But the Titan who has handled the sea nymphs with all gentleness, receives the advice with scorn and contempt, and Oceanus retires. Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays She invokes the shell as the cradle of Aphrodite, hears in its murmurs the song of the sea nymphs, the humming of bees amid the oleander's aeolian whispers, and the soft confessions of a mermaid. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time "O, no, good Mother Ceres," said the innocent sea nymphs, tossing back their green ringlets, and looking her in the face. Tanglewood Tales And all night long the sea nymphs sang sweetly. Heroes Every Child Should Know |
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