sy,
and went on his wanderings, accompanied by nurse Glauc[^e] for "his
squire;" but somewhat later, seeing Britomart, without her
hemlet,[TN-163] he felt that his jealousy was groundless (bk. iv. 6).
His tale is told by himself (bk. iv. 10).--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_,
iii., iv. (1590-6).

=Sculpture= (_Father of French_), Jean Goujon (1510-1572). G. Pilon is so
called also (1515-1590).

=Scyld=, the king of Denmark preceding Beowulf. The Anglo-Saxon epic poem
called _Beowulf_ (sixth century) begins with the death of Scyld.

At his appointed time, Scyld deceased, very decrepit, and went into
the peace of the Lord. They ... bore him to the sea-shore as he
himself requested.... There on the beach stood the ring-prowed
ship, the vehicle of the noble ... ready to set out. They laid down
the dear prince, the distributer of rings, in the bosom of the
ship, the mighty one beside the mast ... they set up a golden
ensign high overhead ... they gave him to the deep. Sad was their
spirit, mournful their mood.--Kemble, _Beowulf_ (an Anglo-Saxon
poem, 1833).

=Scylla and Charybdis.= The former was a rock, in which dwelt Scylla, a
hideous monster, encompassed with dogs and wolves. The latter was a
whirlpool, into which Charybdis was metamorphosed.--_Classic Fable._

=Scythian= (_That Brave_), Darius, the Persian. According to Herod'otus,
all the south-east of Europe used to be called Scythia, and Xenophon
calls the dwellers south of the Caspian Sea "Scythians," also. In fact,
by Scythia was meant the south of Russia and west of Asia; hence, the
Hungarians, a Tartar horde, settled on the east coast of the Caspian
Sea, who, in 889, crossed into Europe, are spoken of as "Scythians," and
Lord Brooke calls the Persians "Scythians." The reference below is to
the following event in Persian history:--The death of Smerdis was kept
for a time a profound secret, and one of the officers about the court
who resembled him usurped the crown, calling himself brother of the late
monarch. Seven of the high nobles conspired together, and slew the
usurper, but it then became a question to which of the seven the crown
should be offered. They did not toss for it, but they did much the same
thing. They agreed to give the crown to him whose horse neighed first.
Darius's horse won, and thus Darius became king of the Persian empire.

That brave Scythian,
Who found more sweetness