 | sir William Smith - 1850 - 858 էջ
...origin, it was DELOS. called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon, but was a floating island until Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Leto, for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. Apollo afterwards obtained possession of Delos, by giving... | |
 | William Smith - 1850 - 1076 էջ
...called out of the deep by the trident of Neptune (Poseidon), but was a floating island until Jupiter (Zeus) fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Latona (Leto) for the birth of Apollo and Diana (Artemis). Apollo afterward obtained possession... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 էջ
...deities. Delos was then a floating island ; but when Latona arrived there, Jupiter fastened it with adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place for his beloved. Byron alludes to Delos in his Don Juan : — " The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning... | |
 | Henry Immanuel Smith - 1861 - 366 էջ
...origin, Delos was called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon, but was a floating island until Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Leto, for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. 3. The city of Delos stood on theW. side of the island,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1865 - 462 էջ
...and here the former had a famous oracle. Délos was at first a floating island, but Neptune fixed it to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place for Latoua. See LATONA. Del'phl. [Gr. ДсЛфой] A famous oracle of Apollo in Phocis, at the foot of... | |
 | William Smith - 1871 - 1074 էջ
...called out of the deep by the trident of Neptune (Poseidon), but was a floating island until Jupiter (Zeus) fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Latona (Loto) for the birth of Apollo and Diana (Artemis). Apollo afterward obtained possession... | |
 | William Smith - 1877 - 536 էջ
...till she came to Delos, which was then a floating island, and bore the name of Asteria or Ortygia. Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure Lvto (Latomi). (From a pauitttd Viwe.) LEUCA. 230 LIBEKTAS. resting-place for his beloved, nnd there... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1884 - 468 էջ
...it (Délos) was called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon, but was a floating island until Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Leto for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. " — Smith. With regard to the above tradition, however,... | |
 | Edward Hawkins - 1885 - 770 էջ
...Delos, which was called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon, and was a floating island till Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea. The allusion to this happy island was a frequent theme of congratulation to the King and Queen by Waller... | |
 | William Smith - 1891 - 950 էջ
...volcanic origin, it was called out of the deep by the trident of Poseidon, but was a floating island until Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom...of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place to Leto, for the birth of Apollo and Artemis. Apollo afterwards obtained possession of Delos, by giving... | |
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Jupiter fastened it with adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure resting-place for his beloved. 
