| Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...Merope, the daughter of OZnopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as GEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| American literature - 1873 - 914 pages
...of (Enopion, King of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He conquered the wild beasts of the island, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but (Enopion constantly deferred his consent to the marriage, and, at length, having contrived to intoxicate... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 642 pages
...Merope, the daughter of CEnopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as CEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 654 pages
...Merope, the daughter of CEnopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as CEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - English poetry - 1893 - 652 pages
...Merope, the daughter of CEnopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as CEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Mythology - 1903 - 510 pages
...Merope, the daughter of Oenopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts and brought the spoils of the chase as...his beloved ; but as Oenopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence. Her father, incensed at... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - Fiction - 1908 - 476 pages
...Merope, the daughter of (Enopion, King of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved; but as CEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Helen Archibald Clarke - Mythology - 1908 - 426 pages
...Merope, the daughter of (Enopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as (Enopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Helen Archibald Clarke - Mythology - 1908 - 438 pages
...(Enopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and hrought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as (Enopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - English literature - 1911 - 686 pages
...Merope, the daughter of OEnopion, king of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts and brought the spoils of the chase as presents to his beloved ; but as CEnopion constantly deferred his consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence.... | |
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