THE GOD OF MOCKERY.
Momus, in Greek fable, was the <rod of mockery and censure, who delighted in finding fault with gods and men. He was chosen to act as judge when there was a strife between Xeptune, Minerva and Vulcan for supremacy ii» artistic power. STepl une made a bull, Minerva a house, and Vulcan a man. Momus declared that Neptune should have set his bull's horns further forward for fighting purposes. He said the Minerva should have so constructed her house that it could be moved away from troublesome neighbours, and that Vulcan should have made a window in the man's breast through which his thoughts could be seen. All were so annoyed «t his criticisms that they turned him out of heaven, and soon after this he died of vexation because he could find no fault in Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 228, 27 September 1938, Page 4
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