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Dryden's Virgil, Æn. i. 107, seq.
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36 --And Minos. "By Homer, Minos is described as the son of Jupiter,
and of the daughter of Phoenix, whom all succeeding authors name
Europa; and he is thus carried back into the remotest period of
Cretan antiquity known to the poet, apparently as a native hero,
Illustrious enough for a divine parentage, and too ancient to allow
his descent to be traced to any other source. But in a genealogy
recorded by later writers, he is likewise the adopted son of
Asterius, as descendant of Dorus, the son of Helen, and is thus
connected with a colony said to have been led into Creta by
Tentamus, or Tectamus, son of Dorus, who is related either to have
crossed over from Thessaly, or to have embarked at Malea after
having led his followers by land into Laconia."--Thirlwall, p. 136,
seq.
237 Milton has emulated this passage, in describing the couch of our
first parents:--
"
Underneath the violet,
Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay,
Broider'd the ground."
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--"Paradise Lost," iv. 700.
238 --He lies protected,
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