Ques. Who was Salmo´neus?
Ans. Salmo´neus was king of Elis, and was cast into hell for imitating Jupiter’s thunder.
Ques. What became of the souls of good men?
Ans. After being purified from whatever slight offences they had committed in life, they were conducted to a place abounding in delights, called Elysium. When they had passed many ages in this blissful abode they returned to earth, but before doing so, they drank of the river Lethe, that they might forget the happiness they had enjoyed.
CHAPTER XXIV.
FABULOUS MONSTERS.
Ques. Were there any fabulous monsters besides those of Hell?
Ans. Yes, many; the Centaurs, who were half man and half horse; also Geryon, who was king of the three Balearic Islands, now known as Ivica, Minorca and Majorca. For this reason, he was said to have three heads and three bodies, and passed into fable as a monster. He was probably a wicked and cruel prince. There were also the Harpies, which had the faces of women and the bodies of birds.
Ques. What was the Chimæra?