Table G. The Connections of Atalanta the Bœotian
Prometheus +— Deucalion
=Pyrrha
+— Hellen
+— Æolus
| +— Other sons (See Table I)
| +— Athamas
| | =Nephele
| | +— Helle
| | +— Phryxus
| | =Ino
| | +— Melicertes
| | =Themisto
| | +— Schœnus of Bœotia
| | +— Atalanta (Hippomenes)
| +— Sisyphus (Merope)
| | +— Glaucus
| | +— Bellerophon
| +— Salmoneus
| | +— Tyro
| | =Neptune
| | +— Neleus
| | | +— Nestor
| | | | +— Antilochus
| | | +— Pero
| | | =Bias
| | | +— Talaüs
| | | +— Adrastus
| | | +— Eriphyle
| | | =Amphiaraüs
| | | +— Alcmæon
| | | | =Arsinoë
| | | +— Amphilochus
| | +— Pelias
| | +— Evadne
| | +— Acastus
| | | +— Laodamia
| | | =Protesilaüs
| | +— Alcestis
| | =Admetus
| | =Cretheus
| | +— Pheres
| | | +— Admetus
| | | =Alcestis
| | +— Æson
| | | +— Jason
| | +— Amythaon
| | +— Bias
| | | =Pero
| | | +— Talaüs (see above)
| | +— Melampus (the Prophet)
| | +— Antiphates
| | +— Oïcles
| | =Hypermnestra
| | +— Amphiaraüs
| | =Eriphyle
| | +— Alcmæon (see above)
| | +— Amphilochus (see above)
| +— Cretheus
| =Tyro
| +— Pheres (see above)
| +— Æson (see above)
| +— Amythaon (see above)
+— Dorus
+— Xuthus
+— Achæus
+— Ion
Epimetheus
=Pandora
+— Pyrrha
=Deucalion
+— Hellen (see above)
Illustrative. Thomson, Castle of Indolence, 2, 12; R. Buchanan, Pygmalion the Sculptor; Morris, and Lang, as in text; Pygmalion: by T. L. Beddoes, by W. C. Bennett. The seventeenth-century satirist, Marston, wrote a Pygmalion, of no great worth. Frederick Tennyson, Pygmalion (in Daphne and other Poems); Arthur Henry Hallam, Lines spoken in the Character of Pygmalion; Thomas Woolner, Pygmalion.
In Art. The Pygmalion series of four scenes, by E. Burne-Jones.
106. Textual. Semiramis: wife of King Ninus and the queen of Assyria. Famous for her administrative and military ability. A mythical character with features of historic probability.
Illustrative. Chaucer, Thisbe, the Martyr of Babylon (Legende of Good Women). Allusions in Surrey, Of the Death of Sir Thomas Wyatt; Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III, ii; V, i; Merchant of Venice, V, i. Moore, in the Sylph's Ball, draws a comparison between Thisbe's wall and the gauze of Davy's safety lamp. Mickle's translation of the Lusiad (Island of Love).
In Art. Burne-Jones' three paintings, Cupid, Pyramus, and Thisbe (Fig. 80, in text); E. J. Paupion's painting, Thisbe.
107. Textual. Lesbos and Chios: islands in the Ægean. For Sappho see 298 (3).
Illustrative. The second lyric of Sappho, beginning "Like to the gods he seems to me, The man that sits reclined by thee," has been translated by Phillips, by Fawkes, and by recent poets. The reference is probably to Phaon. Allusions in Pope, Moral Essays, 3, 121; 2, 24; Prologue to Satires, 309, 101; Byron's Isles of Greece, already referred to. Compare the translation in Catullus, LI.