Greek mythology
Preserved but no longer current.
She was the daughter of Heaven and Earth (Uranus and Ge). To the Immortals every one A portion was assigned of all that is; But chief Mnemosyne did Maia's son Clothe in the light of his loud melodies. SHELLEY: Homer's Hymn to Mercury, Ixxfii. Moabite Stone, The. An ancient stele^ bearing the oldest extant Semitic inscription, now in the Louvre, Pans.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Tatoeba sentence #8969909 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Greek mythology” mean?
She was the daughter of Heaven and Earth (Uranus and Ge). To the Immortals every one A portion was assigned of all that is; But chief Mnemosyne did Maia's son Clothe in the light of his loud melodies. SHELLEY: Homer's Hymn to Mercury, Ixxfii. Moabite Stone, The. An ancient stele^ bearing the oldest extant Semitic inscription, now in the Louvre, Pans.
Is “Greek mythology” formal or informal?
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