ghtly in
the light of the early morning. And Kadmos went into the temple, and
there he saw his dear sister, Europa. And Kadmos said, "Europa, is it
you, indeed? How glad I am to find you." Then Europa told Kadmos how
the bull had brought her and left her there a long time ago, and how
sorry she had been that she could not tell Telephassa where she was.
Then she said to Kadmos, "How pale and thin and weak you look; tell me
how it is you are come alone, and when shall I see our dear mother?"
Then his eyes became full of tears, and Kadmos said, "We shall never
see our mother again in this world. She has gone to the happy land
where good people go when they are dead. She was so tired with seeking
after you that at last she could not come any further, and she lay
down and fell asleep, and never waked up again. But she said that
when I saw you I must tell you how she longed to see you, and how she
hoped that we should all live together one day in the land to which
she has gone before us. And now, Europa, we must not stay here, for I
met a shepherd whose name is Phoebus Apollo. He had a golden harp and
a golden bow, and his face shone like the sun, and he told me that we
must follow a beautiful cow which he would send, and build a city in
that place where the cow shall lie down to rest."

[Illustration: ANCIENT SACRIFICE. (_From Wall Painting of
Pompeii._)]

So Europa left Delphi with her brother, Kadmos, and when they had gone
a little way, they saw a cow lying down on the grass. But when they
came near, the cow got up, and began to walk in front of them, and
then they knew that this was the cow which Phoebus Apollo had sent. So
they followed the cow, and it went on and on, a long way, and at last
it lay down to rest on a large plain, and Kadmos knew then that this
was the place where he must build the city. And there he built a great
many houses, and the city was called Thebes. And Kadmos became the
King of Thebes, and his sister, Europa, lived there with him. He was a
wise and good King, and ruled his people justly and kindly. And by and
by Kadmos and Europa both fell asleep and died, and then they saw
their mother, Telephassa, in the happy land to which good people go
when they are dead, and were never parted from her any more.

BELLEROPHON.

The minstrels sang of the beauty and the great deeds of Bellerophon
through all the lands of Argos. His arm was strong in the battle, his
feet were swift in the chase,