"Nereus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the old river god Nereus," was their answer. "He is a seer and knows all things. Surprise him while he sleeps and bind him; then he will be forced to tell ...
— Myths and Legends of All Nations • Various
... nor sees the shining bear. Between these mountains hemmed, in ancient time The fields were marsh, for Tempe's pass not yet Was cleft, to give an exit to the streams That filled the plain: but when Alcides' hand Smote Ossa from Olympus at a blow, (12) And Nereus wondered at the sudden flood Of waters to the main, then on the shore (Would it had slept for ever 'neath the deep) Seaborn Achilles' home Pharsalus rose; And Phylace (13) whence sailed that ship of ...
— Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars • Lucan
... Lord. [16:13]Salute Rufus the elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine. [16:14]Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. [16:15]Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them. [16:16]Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches ...
— The New Testament • Various
... the mad pursuit Of her enraged stepdame, Guendolen, Commended her fair innocence to the flood That stayed her flight with his cross-flowing course. The water-nymphs, that in the bottom played, Held up their pearled wrists, and took her in, Bearing her straight to aged Nereus' hall; Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head, And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodil, And through the porch and inlet of each sense Dropt in ambrosial oils, ...
— L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas • John Milton
... Nereus and Achilleus,[75] another version of the story is given. Simon had fastened a great dog at his door in order to prevent Peter entering. Peter by making the sign of the cross renders the dog tame towards himself, but so furious against his master ...
— Simon Magus • George Robert Stow Mead
... Sea begat Nereus, the eldest of his children, who is true and lies not: and men call him the Old Man because he is trusty and gentle and does not forget the laws of righteousness, but thinks just and kindly thoughts. And yet again he got great Thaumas and proud Phorcys, ...
— Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica • Homer and Hesiod |
