The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Ceres . Her worship prevailed much in Greece and Rome , and in various other countries , where her festivals were cele- brated with great splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes , & c . Cybele is usually ...
... Ceres . Her worship prevailed much in Greece and Rome , and in various other countries , where her festivals were cele- brated with great splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes , & c . Cybele is usually ...
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... Ceres , & c . She married Jupiter , who gained her affections under the form of a cuckoo , and thus became Queen of Heaven and Earth . Their dissensions were perpetual , owing to the frequent infidelities of Jove , and the implacable ...
... Ceres , & c . She married Jupiter , who gained her affections under the form of a cuckoo , and thus became Queen of Heaven and Earth . Their dissensions were perpetual , owing to the frequent infidelities of Jove , and the implacable ...
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... Ceres . His terrors reach the direful king of hell ; He fears his throes will to the day reveal The realms of night , and fright his trembling ghosts . This to prevent , he quits the Stygian coasts , In his black car by sooty horses ...
... Ceres . His terrors reach the direful king of hell ; He fears his throes will to the day reveal The realms of night , and fright his trembling ghosts . This to prevent , he quits the Stygian coasts , In his black car by sooty horses ...
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... Ceres , Cybele , Rhea , Ops , Bona Dea , & c .; she was worshipped with great solemnity by the Romans , who , in the time of Numa , erected a temple to her honour , where the sacred fire , kindled by the rays of the sun , was kept ...
... Ceres , Cybele , Rhea , Ops , Bona Dea , & c .; she was worshipped with great solemnity by the Romans , who , in the time of Numa , erected a temple to her honour , where the sacred fire , kindled by the rays of the sun , was kept ...
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... from their blest abodes , The venerable statues of the gods , With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir , The wreaths and relics of the immortal fire . Eneid , book 2 . 10 TO CERES . Ceres , the benevolent goddess , 336 VESTA .
... from their blest abodes , The venerable statues of the gods , With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir , The wreaths and relics of the immortal fire . Eneid , book 2 . 10 TO CERES . Ceres , the benevolent goddess , 336 VESTA .
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