The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-19
: "A PAGEANT OE =
: MYTHOLOGY" =

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Even more true it is now than when
Wordsworth said tt
'The world is too much with US;
late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste
our powers;
, Little we see in nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a
sordid boon!
This sea that bares her bosom to the
moon;
| The winds that will be bowling at all
hours,
And are up gathered now like sleep
ing flowers;
For this for everything, we are out
of tune;
1t moves US not"-
Thus it will be refreshing to turn
aside from the world, its commercial
ism and busy cares, and live for a
brief space with the Greeks in that
magic age when nature in all its won
deriu1 phases was thing so myster-
iously beautiful as to be worthy of
their worship.
To the old Greeks who had no def
mite knowledge of our God, Nature
meant much. For want of this knowl-
edge of Divine Power, they created
for themselves ruler, whom they
called Jupiter, the father of gods and
King of Men," In their imagination
he dweit on Mt. Olympus in ompany
with other gods and goddesses. This
was their heaven; through the gate
of clouds, kept by twelve beautiful
maidens, the Hours, they might pass
to the earth, and, at times, minRle
fifth mere mortals.
Aside from the great god, Jupiter,
there was the naughty Juno, his wife;
Minerva, the war like goddess of wis
dom; Mars, the god of war; Vulcan,
the artist god of the forge; Apollo,
the handsome sun God; his sister
Diana, the virgin goddess of the
chase, whose chariot was the moon;
Venus the radiant goddess Of love
and beauty; Mercury the shrewd
messenger of the gods; Vesta the pure
eyed goddess of the hearth. Resides
these ten 'great gods Of olympus,
the Greeks worshipped a number of.
lesser gods and goddesses who dwelt
on earth-among them, cupid, the
small but mighty god Of love; Hebe,
the GODDESS of .,outh and upbearer to
the gods; Ceres, goddess of the har-
vests: Pluto god of the lower world
of the spirits of.the dead; Neptune,
ruler of the sea; Bacchus, god Of
wine; and Pan, the god Of woods and
fields, whose name came to be con-
sidered a personification of nature
Indeed according to an early Christian
tradition, when the heavenly host :
announced to the shepherds the brit,
of Christ, deep groan heard through
the Isles of Greece, tolr that great
Pan was dead, that the dynasty of
Olympus was dethroned.
Realizing the possibilities CT Ny
thology and the beauty of classical
ideals, the Latin Department of the
High School is working zealously on
program to be put on the night of
June 9Th.
"a Pageant of Mythology" True
to the great ideals, the performance
will be given in the open air, on the
school campus, with appropriate set
ting, lights, etc. Arrangements will
be made for the comforts of the spec
tators. A charge will be made of so
cents for grown people, 25 cents for
children.
: The pageant will be different from
anything ever given before in Green
:vccd. Even if you have never known
any Of the gods and goddesses lex
cept Cupid,) your eyes and brain will
be rested by the varied tints of the
costumes, the rythmic motion of the
dancers, and the sweet strains of the
music
Besides the chorus Of noy and girl
voices, there will be an orchestra Of
five violins, cornet, clarionet and
a piano.
Tor nf uorc cs,:rv~od