Gier. Lib. xvi. 25 234 Compare the description of the dwelling of Sleep in Orlando Furioso, bk. vi. 235 "Twice seven, the charming daughters of the main-- Around my person wait, and bear my train: Succeed my wish, and second my design, The fairest, Deiopeia, shall be thine." Dryden's Virgil, Ćn. i. 107, seq. 236 --_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." --"Paradise Lost," iv. 700. 238 --_He lies protected,_ "Forthwith on all sides to his aid was run By angels many and strong, who interpos'd Defence, while others bore him on their shields Back to his chariot, where it stood retir'd From off the files of war; there they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame." "Paradise Lost," vi. 335, seq. 239 --_The b