 | sir William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1850 - 858 pages
...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 - Classical dictionaries - 1850 - 1076 pages
...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 - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1858 - 946 pages
...was then a Hoating island, and bore the паше of Astoria or Ortygia. When Leto arrived there, Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of...modifications. Some said that Zeus changed Leto into a quail (Apri/f), and that in this state she arrived in the floating island, which was hence called Ortygia.... | |
 | Henry Immanuel Smith - Geography, Ancient - 1861 - 366 pages
...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 - Anonyms and pseudonyms - 1865 - 462 pages
...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 - Biography - 1871 - 1074 pages
...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 - Classical dictionaries - 1877 - 536 pages
...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) - Greece - 1884 - 468 pages
...(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,... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1888 - 532 pages
...place, till she came to Delop, which was then a floating island, and bore the name of Astena or Ortygia. Zens fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure 230 LIBERTAS. resting-place for his beloved, and there she gave birth to Apollo and Artemis. Leto was... | |
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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. 
