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[95] _Calm twilight now.
[95] _Calm twilight now.
Camoes - Lusiades
Phaeton
was a young enterprising prince of Libya. Crossing the Mediterranean in
quest of adventures, he landed at Epirus, from whence he went to Italy
to see his intimate friend Cygnus. Phaeton was skilled in astrology,
from whence he arrogated to himself the title of the son of Apollo. One
day in the heat of summer, as he was riding along the banks of the Po,
his horses took fright at a clap of thunder, and plunged into the river,
where, together with their master, they perished. Cygnus, who was a
poet, celebrated the death of his friend in verse, from whence the
fable. --Vid. Plutarch, in Vit. Pyrr.
[92] _Acheron. _--The river of Hades, or hell. --_Ed. _
[93] _From Abram's race our holy prophet sprung. _--Mohammed, who was
descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham by Hagar.
[94] The Hydaspes was a tributary of the river Indus. --_Ed.
_
[95] _Calm twilight now. _--Camoens, in this passage, has imitated Homer
in the manner of Virgil: by diversifying the scene he has made the
description his own. The passage alluded to is in the eighth Iliad--
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was a young enterprising prince of Libya. Crossing the Mediterranean in
quest of adventures, he landed at Epirus, from whence he went to Italy
to see his intimate friend Cygnus. Phaeton was skilled in astrology,
from whence he arrogated to himself the title of the son of Apollo. One
day in the heat of summer, as he was riding along the banks of the Po,
his horses took fright at a clap of thunder, and plunged into the river,
where, together with their master, they perished. Cygnus, who was a
poet, celebrated the death of his friend in verse, from whence the
fable. --Vid. Plutarch, in Vit. Pyrr.
[92] _Acheron. _--The river of Hades, or hell. --_Ed. _
[93] _From Abram's race our holy prophet sprung. _--Mohammed, who was
descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham by Hagar.
[94] The Hydaspes was a tributary of the river Indus. --_Ed.
_
[95] _Calm twilight now. _--Camoens, in this passage, has imitated Homer
in the manner of Virgil: by diversifying the scene he has made the
description his own. The passage alluded to is in the eighth Iliad--
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