﻿H. 
  A. 
  Newton 
  — 
  The 
  Worship 
  of 
  Meteorites 
  7 
  

  

  iiced, 
  was 
  really 
  rescued 
  by 
  Diana, 
  and 
  borne 
  to 
  the 
  Tauric, 
  or 
  

   Crimean 
  peninsula 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Sea. 
  She 
  

   was 
  then 
  made 
  a 
  priestess 
  in 
  the 
  temple 
  of 
  the 
  goddess. 
  At 
  

   this 
  shrine 
  the 
  barbaric 
  inhabitants 
  used 
  to 
  sacrifice 
  before 
  an 
  

   image 
  of 
  Diana, 
  that 
  fell 
  from 
  heaven, 
  all 
  strangers 
  that 
  were 
  

   shipwrecked 
  upon 
  the 
  coast. 
  The 
  unhappy 
  Iphigeneia, 
  forced 
  

   to 
  take 
  a 
  leading 
  part 
  in 
  these 
  human 
  sacrifices, 
  laments 
  her 
  

   sad 
  lot: 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  But 
  now 
  a 
  stranger 
  on 
  this 
  strand, 
  

  

  'Gainst 
  which 
  the 
  wild 
  waves 
  beat, 
  

  

  I 
  hold 
  my 
  dreary, 
  joyless 
  seat. 
  

  

  Far 
  distant 
  from 
  my 
  native 
  land; 
  

   Nor 
  nuptial 
  bed 
  is 
  mine, 
  nor 
  child, 
  nor 
  friend. 
  

  

  At 
  Argos 
  now 
  no 
  more 
  I 
  raise 
  

  

  The 
  festal 
  song 
  in 
  Juno's 
  praise 
  ; 
  

   Nor 
  o'er 
  the 
  loom 
  sweet 
  sounding 
  bend, 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  creative 
  shuttle 
  flies, 
  

  

  Give 
  forms 
  of 
  Titans 
  fierce 
  to 
  rise, 
  

  

  And 
  dreadful 
  with 
  her 
  purple 
  spear 
  

   Image 
  Athenian 
  Pallas 
  there. 
  

  

  But 
  on 
  this 
  barbarous 
  shore 
  

  

  Th' 
  unhappy 
  stranger's 
  fate 
  I 
  moan, 
  

  

  The 
  ruthless 
  altar 
  stained 
  with 
  gore, 
  

  

  His 
  deep 
  and 
  dying 
  groan 
  ; 
  

  

  And 
  for 
  each 
  tear 
  that 
  weeps 
  his 
  woes, 
  

  

  From 
  me 
  a 
  tear 
  of 
  pity 
  flows." 
  

  

  Orestes, 
  the 
  brother 
  of 
  Iphigeneia, 
  had 
  avenged 
  upon 
  his 
  

   mother 
  the 
  murder 
  of 
  his 
  father. 
  For 
  this 
  he 
  was 
  driven 
  by 
  

   the 
  Furies. 
  While 
  stretched 
  before 
  the 
  shrine 
  of 
  Phoebus 
  he 
  

   heard 
  the 
  divine 
  voice 
  from 
  the 
  golden 
  tripod, 
  commanding 
  

   him 
  to 
  speed 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  wild 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Taurians, 
  thence 
  to 
  

   take 
  by 
  fraud 
  or 
  by 
  fortune 
  the 
  statue 
  of 
  Diana 
  that 
  fell 
  from 
  

   heaven, 
  and 
  carry 
  it 
  to 
  Attica. 
  Doing 
  this 
  he 
  should 
  have 
  rest 
  

   from 
  the 
  Furies. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  captured, 
  however, 
  along 
  with 
  his 
  friend 
  Pylades, 
  

   and 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  altar 
  to 
  be 
  sacrificed. 
  The 
  relationship 
  of 
  

   the 
  brother 
  and 
  sister 
  became 
  here 
  revealed, 
  and 
  they 
  together 
  

   fled, 
  carrying 
  with 
  them 
  the 
  image. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  without 
  a 
  

   struggle 
  that 
  they 
  reached 
  the 
  shore, 
  but 
  finally, 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  his 
  left 
  arm 
  sustained 
  

   Orestes 
  bore 
  his 
  sister 
  through 
  the 
  tide, 
  

   Mounted 
  the 
  bark's 
  tall 
  side 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  deck 
  

   Safe 
  placed 
  her 
  and 
  Diana's 
  holy 
  image 
  

   Which 
  fell 
  from 
  heaven." 
  

  

  Neptune 
  favored 
  the 
  Greeks, 
  Minerva 
  forbade 
  pursuit, 
  and 
  

   the 
  image 
  was 
  borne 
  to 
  Halae 
  (or 
  as 
  some 
  said 
  to 
  Brauron) 
  in 
  

   Attica. 
  as 
  *t*" 
  r 
  ' 
  

  

  Cicero 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  Trojan 
  Palladium 
  as 
  something 
  that 
  fell 
  

   from 
  the 
  sky 
  ; 
  — 
  quod 
  cle 
  coelo 
  delapsum. 
  Other 
  classical 
  

   writers, 
  notably 
  Ovid, 
  speak 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  similar 
  terms. 
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  story 
  

  

  