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Brewer's: Fir-tree
(The). Atys was metamorphosed into a fir-tree by Cybele, as he was about to lay violent hands on himself. (Ovid Metamorphoses, x. fable 2.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Philemon
and Baucis entertained Jupiter and Mercury when everyone else refused them hospitality. Being asked to make a request, they begged that they might both die at the same time. When they were…Brewer's: June
(1 syl.). The sixth month. Ovid says, “Junius a juvenum nomine dictus.” (Fasti, v. 78.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894June Marriages LuckyJumper A B C…Brewer's: Salmacis
A fountain of Caria, which rendered effeminate all those who bathed therein. It was in this fountain that Hermaphroditus changed his sex. (Ovid: Metamorphoses, iv. 285, and xvi. 319.) “Thy…Brewer's: Titania
Wife of O'beron, king of the fairies. According to the belief in Shakespeare's age, fairies were the same as the classic nymphs, the attendants of Diana. The queen of the fairies was…Brewer's: Calauri'a
Pro Delo Calauria (Ovid: Metamorphoses, vii. 384). Calauria was an island in the Sinus Saronicus which Latona gave to Neptune in exchange for Delos. A quid pro quo. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Canens
A nymph, wife of Picus, King of the Laurentes. When Circê had changed Picus into a bird, Canens lamented him so greatly that she pined away, till she became a vox et prætorca nihil. (Ovid…Brewer's: Chaonian Bird
(The ). The dove. So called because it delivered the oracles of Chaonia (Dodona). But the mild swallow none with toils infest, And none the soft Chaonian bird molest. Ovid: Art of Love,…Brewer's: Anaxarete
(5 syl.). of Salamis was changed into stone for despising the love of Iphis, who hung himself. —Ovid: Metamorphoses, xiv. 750. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Parting Cup
(A), was, by the ancient Romans, drunk in honour of Mercury to insure sound sleep. (See Ovid, Fasti, ii. 635.) (See Stirrup Cup.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Trending
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