Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-10
LUPITER.

reaching the ears of his father, the Curete
danced their war dances, gathering their arm
around his cradle.
On the reinforcement Of Saturn, Jupite
divided his dominions with his brothers Nep
tune and Pluto. The position which he re
served for himself Eas the Heaven; Eartl
and Olympus were common property. Jupi
ter W IS king of gods and men the thunde
was his weapon; and he carried ShielC
called Egis, made for him by Vulcan, which
when shaken sent forth storm and tempest
The eagle was his faYor;te bird, the oak hi
sacred tree.
The king of the Gods had a numerous
progeny, both BY mortal and immortal moth
ers. Themis bore him the Fates, the Seas
ons, Peace, Order and Justice; Eurynome
the Graces Mnemosvne, the MUSES.; the
nymph Maia, Mercury by Ceres, he had
Proserpine by Dione, Venus; by Latona,
Apollo and Diana; by Juno, who was bis
queen and lawful wife, he was the father Of
Mars, Vulcan, Hebe and the Ilythie.
The terrestrial loves of this god gave rise to
a variety of adventures, and produced a CO.
pious list of gods and heroes. The following
are few of them:
Alemena, the daughter of Electryon, was
betrothed to her cousin Amphitryon, but re-
fused to acknowledge him as husband until
he had avenged the death of her father on
the Teleboans. During his absence in the
war against them, Jupiter, who had fallen in
love with Alcmena, assumed his form, and by
narrating tale of victory to the maiden, OBJ
tanned her favor. The celebrated hero Her
cules was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena.
Antiope, daughter OF Nycteus and niece of
Lycus king of Thebes, was surprised by Juyi-
ter in the form of satyr Dreading the
anger of her father, she fed to the town Of
Sicyon, where she married Epopeus Nyc-
teus put an end to his life charging his broth
er to take vengeance on Antiope and her hus-
band. Soon afterward, Lycus slew Epopeus,
and led Antiope back captive to Thebes.
On the way she brought forth twins, whom
her uncle exposed on the mountains, where
they were fond by shepherd who reared
them, naming the one Zethus, the other Am
phion. Antiope, who was treated with the
utmost cruelty by Dyrce, the wife of Lycus.
fled for protection 10 her sons when they were
grown up. They attacked and slew Lycus
and tying Drce by the hair to a wild bull, let
him drag her until she expired. They seized
on the government of Thebes, which they
surrounded with walls, the stones moving oil
themselves to the sound of the Tyre which
Mercury had gtyen to Amphion.
Enamored of the beauty of Leda, the wife
of Tynnareus, Jupiter took the form of
swan, and gained her love. She brought forth |
two eggs, from one of which came Pollux
and Helen, the children of Jupiter; from the
other Castor and Clytemnestra, the mortal
offspring of her husband.
A fame Of fire concealed the god from
Egina, the daughter of the river-god Asopus,
and she became the mother of Eacus, so re-
lowned for his Justice that he was made one
If the judges of the underworld A shower
If gold was the form in which Jupiter pene-
rated the brazen chamber where Acrisius,
ling of Argos, and shut up his daughter
Oanae, who bore to the god son named
oerseus.
To- the daughter of the river Inachus, was
cen and loved by Jupiter She rejected the
uit of the god; but as she fed from him !
he checked her fight by spreading dense
loud around her. Juno, looking down from
eaven, and seeing the cloud, and also miss
1g her husband, suspected mischief She !
prang to earth, but Jupiter, aware of her !
pproach, had turned 10 into a white COW. i
When Juno admired the animal, and asked d
i'm to give it to her, he could not refuse her 5
equest. The goddess, who knew we'll who =
he COW was, set the hundred-eyed Argus to y
,atch her; and, as only two of his eyes slept
t time, there was little hope of deceiving
is vigilance. At length Jupiter desired Mer- 1t
lry to kill him, as the only mode of liberia g
ng 10. Mercury, taking the guise of I
1epherd, came and sat by Argus, and by n
laying ON his pipe lulled all his eyes to slum- tt
er, and then cut off his head with his >
cooked sword. Juno placed the eyes of Ar Of
US in the tail Of her favorite bird the pea
,ck, and sent Fury to torment 10, who fled to
/ through the world until she came to 1t
gypt, where Jupiter restored her to her 10
'iginal form, and she bore son named IN
paphus. ez
Callisto, the daughter of Lycaon king of +
rcadia, was one of the companions of Diana. IN
lpiter, taking the form of that goddess. vio- er
ted the modesty Of the maiden; and Diana, re
learning what had happened, drove the TIC
liltless offender from her society. CalIisto vi
as the mother of a son named Areas.
mo, then giving loose to her Aengeanee,
rned her into bear Her son, when he Is
ew up, meeting her in the woods, vas on pr
e point of killing her with his darts when be
piter, transporting both mother and son TO pul
e skies, made them the consultations of the tai
o bears. Juno obtained from Gee anus and mi
thys promise that they should never sink mt
10 their waves. in