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C. marks roughly the limits ot their origin. They are about thirty-three in number: some are long, some are short—and they vary greatly in poetical merit. There is scarcely one unopgst them that has not something t> interest ns. It was usual for the Homeric Khapsodists to preface the iecita t ion of their poetry by an address to some god. If he >\as reciting at a festival, for instance, this ad dres swouid be made to the god of the festival The Homeric Hymns therefore, are simply a collection of such preludes drawn up for the nse of the Ilhapsodists. Twenty two out of *he thirty-three Hymns end with a erse in which the sing er says that he will now pass from addressing the god, to the theme of his song. Hardly two of the whole collection, probably, sire by the same hand. The lirsr and longest and most celebrated i- the Nijinn to Apollo. It is, however, less complete than those to Mercury and Venus. There is a want of unity in some parts which might lead us to sus pect that il is a compilation of two or three separate poems. The lirst part tells how Apollo was horn in Delos and how liis great festival was established there. The second part tells how Apollo came down from Olympus to seek a shrine on earth, how he wander ed to Delphi, where his temple was founded. The Hymn to Mercury is humor ous. It tells how Mercury steals the cattle of Apollo from the hills and transfeis them to his own pas lures of Arcadia. In this Hymn, Mercury is given the character of a rogue among the gods—stealing their good*, playing them tricks and tolling such enormous lies to screen himself from detection thai certainly no human thief could Ihink of rivalling them on earth. This Hymn tells how Mercury was born in a cave about day break; by noon he had made a lyre THE GUILFORDIAN out of the shell of a tortoise and had learnt to play upon it; and that same evening he stole and drove awav some fifty cows be longing to Apollo; he killed ;ind dressed t\v of them, made n fire and ate of them, then crept home about the dawn into his cradle again. The Hunt)* says: "Now lie obliquely through the key hole passed, Like a thin mist, or an autumnal blast. Then to his cradle he crept quick and spread The swaddling clothes about him, and the knave Lay playing with the covering of his bed." His mother suspects liim of some mischief and predicts that Apollo will find him out and pun ish him. To all of which he an swers that should Apollo make any disturbance about the cows he will do something very much worse. Meanwhile Apollo misses his cows, suspects Mercury, fol lows the foot-marks and enters the cave. Mercury rolis himself up in to a little La 11, puts his head un der the covers and pretends to be asleep. Apollo searches every key hole and corner in the cave, then looks into his mother's wardrobe and lights upon the little Mercury, and addresves him thus: "Little cradled rogue, declare Of my illustrious heifers —where they are!" To which Mercury answers: "Why come you here to ask me what is done With the wild oxen which it seems you miss? * * * * * * * An ox-stealer should be both tall and strong, And I am but a little new-born thing, Who, yet at least, can think of nothing wrong; My business is to sleep, and fling The crade clothes about me all day long, Or half asleep, hear my sweet mother sing, And to be washed in waters clear and warm, And hushed and kissed and kept se cure from harm." Apollo however, catches the boy in his arms —and the boy behaves in such a way that makes it diffi cult for me to describe the adven ture. Finally they both go to Olympus and Apollo lays bis com plaint before .Jupiter. They both speak and Mercury accompanies his speech with winks of his eye and noils of his head to let Jupitei know the exact state of the case. The end is, 'hat Jupiter bursts in to a violent tit of laughter to see his son lying so skillfully about the cows and says that he h;ts now done enough to establish liis repu tation, that it is time to confess to Apollo 'lie exact truth. Mer cury does litis and in addition gives Apollo his treasured lyre and then swear eternal friendship. By far flip most beautiful of the Homeric Hymns is the one to Venus. It is said that no poet ever surpassed the richness and ele (Continued on page four) Sherwood Shoes for Ladies, $2.50 and $3.00 La France $3.50 and $4.00 Bostonian Shoes for Men, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. See us for your next pair. THACKER & BROCKMANNS JOS. J. STONE & COMPANY Printers & Binders Steel Die & Copper Plate Printing GREENSBORO, - - N. C. J. W. 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