Oedipus King of Thebes OEDIPUS KING OF THEBES BY SOPHOCLES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYMING VERSE WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES
— from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles

Now when the entertainment had lasted some days, the king, the earl, and Astrid had a conference together; and the result of it was, that Earl Ragnvald contracted Astrid, daughter of the Swedish king Olaf, to Olaf king of Norway, with the same dowry which had before been settled that her sister Ingegerd should have from home.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

B. TAPWANA (MAIN PART) 11 11 Odabana Kuyawa, On top (of) Kuyawa, odabana Kuyawa on top (of) Kuyawa … … (repeated several times) bayokokoba I might become like smoke odabana Kuyawa; on top (of) Kuyawa; bayowaysulu I might become invisible odabana Kuyawa; on top (of) Kuyawa; bayovivilu’a, etc.; I might become as a wind eddy, etc.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

See ULYSSES ODYSSEY, Homer's poem, relating the wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on returning from Trojan War OEDIPUS, Theban hero, who guessed the riddle of the Sphinx (which See), becoming King of Thebes OENEUS, King of Calydon OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for Helen OENOPION, King of Chios OETA, Mount, scene of Hercules' death OGIER, the Dane, one of the paladins of Charlemagne OLIVER, companion of Orlando OLWEN, wife of Kilwich OLYMPIA, a small plain in Elis, where the Olympic games were celebrated OLYMPIADS, periods between Olympic games (four years) OLYMPIAN GAMES, See GAMES OLYMPUS, dwelling place of the dynasty of gods of which Zeus was the head OMPHALE, queen of Lydia, daughter of Iardanus and wife of Tmolus OPHION, king of the Titans, who ruled Olympus till dethroned by the gods Saturn and Rhea OPS See RHEA ORACLES, answers from the gods to questions from seekers for knowledge or advice for the future, usually in equivocal form, so as to fit any event, also places where such answers were given forth usually by a priest or priestess ORC, a sea monster, foiled by Rogero when about to devour Angelica OREADS, nymphs of mountains and hills ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, because of his crime in killing his mother, he was pursued by the Furies until purified by Minerva ORION, youthful giant, loved by Diana, Constellation ORITHYIA, a nymph, seized by Boreas ORLANDO, a famous knight and nephew of Charlemagne ORMUZD (Greek, Oromasdes), son of Supreme Being, source of good as his brother Ahriman (Arimanes) was of evil, in Persian or Zoroastrian religion ORPHEUS, musician, son of Apollo and Calliope, See EURYDICE OSIRIS, the most beneficent of the Egyptian gods OSSA, mountain of Thessaly OSSIAN, Celtic poet of the second or third century OVID, Latin poet (See Metamorphoses) OWAIN, knight at King Arthur's court OZANNA, a knight of Arthur P PACTOLUS, river whose sands were changed to gold by Midas PAEON, a name for both Apollo and Aesculapius, gods of medicine, PAGANS, heathen PALADINS or peers, knights errant PALAEMON, son of Athamas and Ino PALAMEDES, messenger sent to call Ulysses to the Trojan War PALAMEDES, Saracen prince at Arthur's court PALATINE, one of Rome's Seven Hills PALES, goddess presiding over cattle and pastures PALINURUS, faithful steersman of Aeeas PALLADIUM, properly any image of Pallas Athene, but specially applied to an image at Troy, which was stolen by Ulysses and Diomedes PALLAS, son of Evander PALLAS A THE'NE (Minerva) PAMPHA GUS, a dog of Diana PAN, god of nature and the universe PANATHENAEA, festival in honor of Pallas Athene (Minerva) PANDEAN PIPES, musical instrument of reeds, made by Pan in memory of Syrinx PANDORA (all gifted), first woman, dowered with gifts by every god, yet entrusted with a box she was cautioned not to open, but, curious, she opened it, and out flew all the ills of humanity, leaving behind only Hope, which remained PANDRASUS, a king in Greece, who persecuted Trojan exiles under Brutus, great grandson of Aeneas, until they fought, captured him, and, with his daughter Imogen as Brutus' wife, emigrated to Albion (later called Britain) PANOPE, plain of PANTHUS, alleged earlier incarnation of Pythagoras PAPHLAGNIA, ancient country in Asia Minor, south of Black Sea PAPHOS, daughter of Pygmalion and Galatea (both of which, See)
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

MELISSA, priestess at Merlin's tomb MELISSEUS, a Cretan king MELPOMENE, one of the Muses MEMNON, the beautiful son of Tithonus and Eos (Aurora), and king of the Ethiopians, slain in Trojan War MEMPHIS, Egyptian city MENELAUS, son of King of Sparta, husband of Helen MENOECEUS, son of Creon, voluntary victim in war to gain success for his father MENTOR, son of Alcimus and a faithful friend of Ulysses MERCURY (See HERMES) MERLIN, enchanter MEROPE, daughter of King of Chios, beloved by Orion MESMERISM, likened to curative oracle of Aesculapius at Epidaurus METABUS, father of Camilla METAMORPHOSES, Ovid's poetical legends of mythical transformations, a large source of our knowledge of classic mythology METANIRA, a mother, kind to Ceres seeking Proserpine METEMPSYCHOSIS, transmigration of souls--rebirth of dying men and women in forms of animals or human beings METIS, Prudence, a spouse of Jupiter MEZENTIUS, a brave but cruel soldier, opposing Aeneas in Italy MIDAS MIDGARD, the middle world of the Norsemen MIDGARD SERPENT, a sea monster, child of Loki MILKY WAY, starred path across the sky, believed to be road to palace of the gods MILO, a great athlete MLON, father of Orlando MILTON, John, great English poet, whose History of England is here largely used MIME, one of the chief dwarfs of ancient German mythology MINERVA (Athene), daughter of Jupiter, patroness of health, learning, and wisdom MINOS, King of Crete MINO TAUR, monster killed by Theseus MISTLETOE, fatal to Baldur MNEMOSYNE, one of the Muses MODESTY, statue to MODRED, nephew of King Arthur MOLY, plant, powerful against sorcery MOMUS, a deity whose delight was to jeer bitterly at gods and men MONAD, the "unit" of Pythagoras MONSTERS, unnatural beings, evilly disposed to men MONTALBAN, Rinaldo's castle MONTH, the, attendant upon the Sun MOON, goddess of, see DIANA MORAUNT, knight, an Irish champion MORGANA, enchantress, the Lady of the Lake in "Orlando Furioso," same as Morgane Le Fay in tales of Arthur MORGANE LE FAY, Queen of Norway, King Arthur's sister, an enchantress MORGAN TUD, Arthur's chief physician MORPHEUS, son of Sleep and god of dreams MORTE D'ARTHUr, romance, by Sir Thomas Mallory MULCIBER, Latin name of Vulcan MULL, Island of MUNIN, one of Odin's two ravens MUSAEUS, sacred poet, son of Orpheus MUSES, The, nine goddesses presiding over poetry, etc--Calliope, epic poetry, Clio, history, Erato, love poetry, Euterpe, lyric poetry; Melpomene, tragedy, Polyhymnia, oratory and sacred song Terpsichore, choral song and dance, Thalia, comedy and idyls, Urania, astronomy MUSPELHEIM, the fire world of the Norsemen MYCENAS, ancient Grecian city, of which Agamemnon was king MYRDDIN (Merlin) MYRMIDONS, bold soldiers of Achilles MYSIA, Greek district on northwest coast of Asia Minor MYTHOLOGY, origin of, collected myths, describing gods of early peoples N NAIADS, water nymphs NAMO, Duke of Bavaria, one of Charlemagne's knights NANNA, wife of Baldur NANTERS, British king NANTES, site of Caradoc's castle NAPE, a dog of Diana NARCISSUS, who died of unsatisfied love for his own image in the water NAUSICAA, daughter of King Alcinous, who befriended Ulysses NAUSITHOUS, king of Phaeacians NAXOS, Island of NEGUS, King of Abyssinia NEMEA, forest devastated by a lion killed by Hercules NEMEAN GAMES, held in honor of Jupiter and Hercules NEMEAN LION, killed by Hercules NEMESIS, goddess of vengeance NENNIUS, British combatant of Caesar NEOPTOLEMUS, son of Achilles NEPENTHE, ancient drug to cause forgetfulness of pain or distress NEPHELE, mother of Phryxus and Helle NEPHTHYS, Egyptian goddess NEPTUNE, identical with Poseidon, god of the sea NEREIDS, sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Doris NEREUS, a sea god NESSUS, a centaur killed by Hercules, whose jealous wife sent him a robe or shirt steeped in the blood of Nessus, which poisoned him NESTOR, king of Pylos, renowned for his wisdom, justice, and knowledge of war NIBELUNGEN HOARD, treasure seized by Siegfried from the Nibelungs, buried in the Rhine by Hagan after killing Siegfried, and lost when Hagan was killed by Kriemhild, theme of Wagner's four music dramas, "The Ring of the Nibelungen," NIBELUNGEN LIED, German epic, giving the same nature myth as the Norse Volsunga Saga, concerning the Hoard NIBELUNGEN RING, Wagner's music dramas NIBELUNGS, the, a race of Northern dwarfs NIDHOGGE, a serpent in the lower world that lives on the dead NIFFLEHEIM, mist world of the Norsemen, the Hades of absent spirits NILE, Egyptian river NIOBE, daughter of Tantalus, proud Queen of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were killed by Apollo and Diana, at which Amphion, her husband, killed himself, and Niobe wept until she was turned to stone NISUS, King of Megara NOAH, as legendary ancestor of French, Roman, German, and British peoples NOMAN, name assumed by Ulysses NORNS, the three Scandinavian Fates, Urdur (the past), Verdandi (the present), and Skuld (the future) NOTHUNG, magic sword NOTUS, southwest wind NOX, daughter of Chaos and sister of Erebus, personification of night Numa, second king of Rome NYMPHS, beautiful maidens, lesser divinities of nature Dryads and Hamadryads, tree nymphs, Naiads, spring, brook, and river nymphs, Nereids, sea nymphs Oreads, mountain nymphs or hill nymphs O OCEANUS, a Titan, ruling watery elements OCYROE, a prophetess, daughter of Chiron ODERIC ODIN, chief of the Norse gods ODYAR, famous Biscayan hero ODYSSEUS See ULYSSES ODYSSEY, Homer's poem, relating the wanderings of Odysseus (Ulysses) on returning from Trojan War OEDIPUS, Theban hero, who guessed the riddle of the Sphinx (which See), becoming King of Thebes OENEUS, King of Calydon OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for Helen OENOPION, King of Chios OETA, Mount, scene of Hercules' death OGIER, the Dane, one of the paladins of Charlemagne OLIVER, companion of Orlando OLWEN, wife of Kilwich OLYMPIA, a small plain in Elis, where the Olympic games were celebrated OLYMPIADS, periods between Olympic games (four years) OLYMPIAN GAMES, See GAMES OLYMPUS, dwelling place of the dynasty of gods of which Zeus was the head OMPHALE, queen of Lydia, daughter of Iardanus and wife of Tmolus OPHION, king of the Titans, who ruled Olympus till dethroned by the gods Saturn and Rhea OPS See RHEA ORACLES, answers from the gods to questions from seekers for knowledge or advice for the future, usually in equivocal form, so as to fit any event, also places where such answers were given forth usually by a priest or priestess ORC, a sea monster, foiled by Rogero when about to devour Angelica OREADS, nymphs of mountains and hills ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, because of his crime in killing his mother, he was pursued by the Furies until purified by Minerva ORION, youthful giant, loved by Diana, Constellation ORITHYIA, a nymph, seized by Boreas ORLANDO, a famous knight and nephew of Charlemagne ORMUZD (Greek, Oromasdes), son of Supreme Being, source of good as his brother Ahriman (Arimanes) was of evil, in Persian or Zoroastrian religion ORPHEUS, musician, son of Apollo and Calliope, See EURYDICE OSIRIS, the most beneficent of the Egyptian gods OSSA, mountain of Thessaly OSSIAN, Celtic poet of the second or third century OVID, Latin poet (See Metamorphoses) OWAIN, knight at King Arthur's court OZANNA, a knight of Arthur P PACTOLUS, river whose sands were changed to gold by Midas PAEON, a name for both Apollo and Aesculapius, gods of medicine.
— from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

Bert's first knowledge of the other kind of pony was when in the course of his study of Latin he came to read Sallust.
— from Bert Lloyd's Boyhood: A Story from Nova Scotia by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

Boxes of pins are kept on top of kegs of herrings.
— from Penelope's Experiences in Scotland Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Twentieth —make one, knit one, make one, slip one, knit one, turn over; make one, slip one, knit one, turn over; make one, slip one, knit one, turn over; make one, slip one, knit one, turn over; knit one.
— from The New Guide to Knitting & Crochet by Marie Jane Cooper

Again, that is logically absolute which can be conceived and known by us without reference to anything else ; while the logically relative is that which we can conceive and know only through our knowledge of something else.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

Any of them had been one concentrating on their being, all kinds of them, one kind of them.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein