The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 40
... Athens , dropping like a star , And to Triptolemus resigns her car . Parent of seed , she gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As where the soil manured ...
... Athens , dropping like a star , And to Triptolemus resigns her car . Parent of seed , she gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As where the soil manured ...
Page 41
... Athens , where Mars was tried and acquitted ; the hill received the name of this God in consequence , and afterwards became famous in history as the place of debate for the court of Areopagus , the most illustrious tribunal on record ...
... Athens , where Mars was tried and acquitted ; the hill received the name of this God in consequence , and afterwards became famous in history as the place of debate for the court of Areopagus , the most illustrious tribunal on record ...
Page 46
... Athens , and became the tutelar goddess of the place . By the poets , she is frequently named Athena , Pallas , Argoria , Glaucopis , Tritonia , and Parthenos ; she is also often spoken of as the " azure - eyed goddess , " the " blue ...
... Athens , and became the tutelar goddess of the place . By the poets , she is frequently named Athena , Pallas , Argoria , Glaucopis , Tritonia , and Parthenos ; she is also often spoken of as the " azure - eyed goddess , " the " blue ...
Page 102
... Divine honours were paid to Æscu- lapius after his decease , at Smyrna , Athens , Epidaurus , and Pergamus . At Rome he was worshipped with peculiar solem- nity ; the cock and the serpent were deemed sacred 102 ESCULAPIUS .
... Divine honours were paid to Æscu- lapius after his decease , at Smyrna , Athens , Epidaurus , and Pergamus . At Rome he was worshipped with peculiar solem- nity ; the cock and the serpent were deemed sacred 102 ESCULAPIUS .
Page 105
... but principally by the former , who erected altars , and celebrated festivals named Boreasmi , at Athens , to his honour : he had also temples and sacrifices in Arcadia . This god was supposed to dwell in Thrace , and BOREAS . 105.
... but principally by the former , who erected altars , and celebrated festivals named Boreasmi , at Athens , to his honour : he had also temples and sacrifices in Arcadia . This god was supposed to dwell in Thrace , and BOREAS . 105.
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