They fought gloriously in the siege of Thebes, the expedition of the Argonauts, and the Trojan War. These became heroes, and dwell in the Elysian Fields The hardest and worst was the Iron Age full of unworthy descendants of the fourth. They were degenerate, cruel, unjust, mal idinous. unfilial. and treacherous". The earth was wet with slaughter, and the gods one, till Astraea alone was left, and finally she also took her departure. After leaving earth, she was placed among the stars, where she became the constellation Virgo---the Virgin. Themis (Justice) was the mother of Astraea. She is represented as holding aloft a pair of scales, in which she weighs the claims of opposing parties The great flood Jupiter, seeing this state of things, burned with anger. Jupiter addressed the assembly. He set forth the frightful condition of things on the earth, and closed by announcing his intention to destroy the whole of its inhabitants, and provide a new race, unlike the first, who would be more worth of life and much better worshippers of the gods. So saying he took a thunderbolt, and was about to launch it at the world and destroy it by burning, but recollecting the danger that such a conflagration ht set heaven itself on fire, he changed his plan, and resolved to drown it. The clouds, driven together, resounded with a crash, torrent of rain fell the crops were laid low, the year's labor of the husbandman perished in an hour. Jupiter, not satisfied with his own waters, called on his brother Poseidon(Neptune)to aid him with his. He let loose the rivers, and poured them over the land. At the same time, he heaved the and with an earthquake, and brought in the reflux of the ocean over the shores. Flocks herds, men, and houses were swept away, and temples, with their sacred enclosures profaned. If any edifice remained standing, it was overwhelmed, and its turrets lay hid beneath the waves now all was sea. sea without shore. Here and there an individual remained on a projecting hilltop, and a few, in boats, pulled the oar where they had lately driven the plough. The fishes swam among the tree-tops; the anchor was let down into a garden. Where the graceful lambs played but now, unwieldy sea calves gamboled. The wolf swam among the sheep, the yellow lions and tigers struggled in the water. The strength of the wild boar served him not nor his swiftness the stag. The birds fell with weary wings, into the water, having found no land for a resting-place Deucalion and pyrrha But Deucalion, King of Phthia, warned by his father Prometheus, whom he had visited in the Caucasus. built an ark. victualled it. and went aboard with his wife Epimetheus. The ark floated aters subsided and it ame to rest on mount Deucalion was reassured by a dove which he had sent on exploratory flight. Then Deucalion thus addressed Pyrrha,O, wife, only surviving woman, joined to me first26 They fought gloriously in the siege of Thebes, the expedition of the Argonauts, and the Trojan War. These became heroes, and dwell in the Elysian Fields. The hardest and worst was the Iron Age full of unworthy descendants of the fourth. They were degenerate, cruel, unjust, malicious, libidinous21, unfilial, and treacherous22. The earth was wet with slaughter, and the gods abandoned it, one by one, till Astraea23 alone was left, and finally she also took her departure. After leaving earth, she was placed among the stars, where she became the constellation Virgo---the Virgin. Themis (Justice) was the mother of Astraea. She is represented as holding aloft a pair of scales, in which she weighs the claims of opposing parties. The Great Flood Jupiter, seeing this state of things, burned with anger. Jupiter addressed the assembly. He set forth24 the frightful condition of things on the earth, and closed by announcing his intention to destroy the whole of its inhabitants, and provide a new race, unlike the first, who would be more worth of life, and much better worshippers of the gods. So saying he took a thunderbolt, and was about to launch it at the world, and destroy it by burning, but recollecting the danger that such a conflagration25 might set heaven itself on fire, he changed his plan, and resolved to drown it. The clouds, driven together, resounded with a crash; torrent26 of rain fell the crops were laid low; the year’s labor of the husbandman perished in an hour. Jupiter, not satisfied with his own waters, called on his brother Poseidon (Neptune) to aid him with his. He let loose the rivers, and poured them over the land. At the same time, he heaved27 the land with an earthquake, and brought in the reflux of the ocean over the shores. Flocks, herds, men, and houses were swept away, and temples, with their sacred enclosures, profaned. If any edifice remained standing, it was overwhelmed, and its turrets lay hid beneath the waves, Now all was sea, sea without shore. Here and there an individual remained on a projecting hilltop, and a few, in boats, pulled the oar where they had lately driven the plough. The fishes swam among the tree-tops; the anchor was let down into a garden. Where the graceful lambs played but now, unwieldy28 sea calves gamboled29. The wolf swam among the sheep, the yellow lions and tigers struggled in the water. The strength of the wild boar served him not, nor his swiftness the stag. The birds fell with weary wings, into the water, having found no land for a resting-place. Deucalion and Pyrrha But Deucalion, King of Phthia, warned by his father Prometheus, whom he had visited in the Caucasus, built an ark, victualled30 it, and went aboard with his wife Pyrrha, a daughter of Epimetheus. The ark floated for nine days until, at last, the waters subsided31, and it came to rest on Mount Parnassus32. It is said that Deucalion was reassured by a dove which he had sent on an exploratory flight. Then Deucalion thus addressed Pyrrha, “O, wife, only surviving woman, joined to me first