Dolphins · Atlas

spoken of as

2 expressions

Dolphin4 mentions

Frogs (Greek) · Vitae philosophorum (Greek) · Nemean (Greek) · Orations (Greek)

and you spiders under the roof, along the corners, twirl-i-i-irl with your fingers the loom-wrought weavings, the labours of the singing shuttle, where the flute-loving dolphin leaped about the dark-prowed beaks, oracles and race-courses, the gladness of the vine-blossom, the pain-stilling tendril of the grape.

frogs ¶

the dolphin1 mention

Orations (Greek)

So then he sang — for there was a calm and stillness over the sea — and the dolphins perceived the song, and perceiving it were about the ship.

oration 37 ¶

in the texts

FrogsClassical · Greek

Dolphin invoked as an image in the parodied lyric ode.

and you spiders under the roof, along the corners, twirl-i-i-irl with your fingers the loom-wrought weavings, the labours of the singing shuttle, where the flute-loving dolphin leaped about the dark-prowed beaks, oracles and race-courses, the gladness of the vine-blossom, the pain-stilling tendril of the grape.

frogs ¶

DithyrambsClassical · Greek

Sea creatures that carry Theseus safely to Poseidon's undersea home.

But sea-dwelling dolphins swiftly carried great Theseus to the home of his father, lord of horses;

chapter 17 ¶

OrationsImperial · Greek

Sea creature that gathered at Arion's song and carried him safely to shore.

So then he sang — for there was a calm and stillness over the sea — and the dolphins perceived the song, and perceiving it were about the ship.

oration 37 ¶

Vitae philosophorumImperial · Greek

Creature invoked by Aristippus to mock a man boasting of his own diving ability.

To some one who boasted of his diving, Are you not ashamed, said he, to brag of that which a dolphin can do?

book 2 ¶

HelenClassical · Greek

Dolphins, invoked by the Chorus as companions of the ship's voyage in the ode celebrating the escape.

O swift Phoenician ship of Sidon, dear to the surging waves, mother of the oar, leader of the lovely dancing of dolphins, when the sea is clear of breezes and Ocean’s gray-green daughter, spirit of calm, says these words:

helen ¶

Shield of HeraclesClassical · Greek

Dolphins depicted swimming and fishing within the harbor scene engraved on Heracles's shield.

Two dolphins of silver were spouting and devouring the mute fishes.

shield of heracles ¶

Hymn 7 to DionysusClassical · Greek

The animal form into which the fleeing sailors are transformed.

and when the sailors saw it they leapt out overboard one and all into the bright sea, escaping from a miserable fate, and were changed into dolphins.

hymn 7 to dionysus ¶

NemeanClassical · Greek

Sea creature used in a simile praising the trainer Melesias's speed and skill.

I would say that Melesias is equal in speed to a dolphin that darts through the salt sea;

chapter 6 ¶

Septem sapientium conviviumImperial · Greek

Sea creatures that recur across this window as agents of miraculous rescue and preservation for the musical, the virtuous, and the dead, culminating in Anacharsis's philosophical argument that they serve as instruments of divine providence.

The body of Hesiod was no sooner fallen upon the surface of the water, but a company of dolphins received it, and conveyed it to Rhium and Molycria.

septem sapientium convivium ¶

—that they use fire, and water, and wind, and clouds, and rain for the preservation and welfare of some and for the detriment and destruction of others, while at the same time they make no use of living creatures that are doubtless more serviceable to their ends than bows are to the Scythians or harps or pipes to the Greeks.

septem sapientium convivium ¶

A while after Enalus was seen at Lesbos, who gave out they were preserved by dolphins.

septem sapientium convivium ¶