PROTEUS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, a prophetic old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . According to See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, his resting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Pharos, near the mouth of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile; in See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home is the island of See also:

• CARPATHUS (Ital. Scarpanto)

Carpathus, between See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete and See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes . He knew all things past, See also:

• PRESENT

present and future, but was loth to tell what he knew . Those who would consult him had first to surprise and bind him during his noonday slumber in a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave by the sea, where he was wont to pass the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day surrounded by his See also:

• SEALS

seals . Even when caught he would try to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape by assuming all sorts of shapes: now he was a See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

lion, now a See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent, a See also:

• LEOPARD

leopard, a See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar, a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, See also:

• WATER

water . But if his captor held him fast the See also:

• GOD

god at last returned to his proper shape, gave the wished-for See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer, and then plunged into the sea . He was subject to See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon, and acted as shepherd to his " flocks." In See also:

• POST

post-Homeric times the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story ran that Proteus was the son of Poseidon and a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, to whose See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HELEN

Helen was taken by See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes after she had been carried off, See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris being accompanied to' See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy by a phantom substituted for her . This is the story followed by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (ii . 112, 118), who got it from See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian priests, and by See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides in the See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena . From his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of assuming what-ever shape he pleased Proteus came to be regarded, especially by the Orphic mystics, as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• MATTER

matter from which the See also:

• WORLD

world was created . Rather he is typical of the ever-changing aspect of the sea (Homer, Odyssey, iv . 351; Virgil, Georgics, iv .

386) .