The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... ; and , after a time , the systems and calcula- tions of astronomers ; -hence came a considerable portion of Egyptian and Grecian fable , the Sabean worship in Arabia , the Persian types , and emblems of Mihr , or MYTHOLOGY . 5 cr.
... ; and , after a time , the systems and calcula- tions of astronomers ; -hence came a considerable portion of Egyptian and Grecian fable , the Sabean worship in Arabia , the Persian types , and emblems of Mihr , or MYTHOLOGY . 5 cr.
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... Grecian deities ; and as before . his birth Mythology is enveloped in more than common obscurity , it has not been thought necessary , in the following pages , to perplex those who are only commencing this study with its intricacies ...
... Grecian deities ; and as before . his birth Mythology is enveloped in more than common obscurity , it has not been thought necessary , in the following pages , to perplex those who are only commencing this study with its intricacies ...
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... Grecian attribute forget , Which to thy praise , great deity , belong , Styled justly Liber in the Roman song : Eternity of youth is thine ! enjoy Years rolled on years , yet still a blooming boy . Thou taught'st the tawny Indian to ...
... Grecian attribute forget , Which to thy praise , great deity , belong , Styled justly Liber in the Roman song : Eternity of youth is thine ! enjoy Years rolled on years , yet still a blooming boy . Thou taught'st the tawny Indian to ...
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... Grecian fate : Full oft I told ; at length for parting moved : The king , with mighty gifts , my suit appoved . The adverse winds in leathern bags he braced , Compressed their force , and locked each struggling blast . For him the ...
... Grecian fate : Full oft I told ; at length for parting moved : The king , with mighty gifts , my suit appoved . The adverse winds in leathern bags he braced , Compressed their force , and locked each struggling blast . For him the ...
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... Grecian state , And sweet revenge her conquering sons shall call To crush the people that conspired her fall . Then Cæsar from the Julian stock shall rise , Whose empire ocean , and whose fame the skies , Alone shall bound ; whom ...
... Grecian state , And sweet revenge her conquering sons shall call To crush the people that conspired her fall . Then Cæsar from the Julian stock shall rise , Whose empire ocean , and whose fame the skies , Alone shall bound ; whom ...
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Achilles adored Ægean sea Æneas amongst Anacreon ancient Apollo arms Athens Aurora Bacchus beautiful beneath Boeotia brazen breath called celebrated Ceres chariot Chiron crowned Cybele Cyclades daughter death deities descended Diana divine dreadful earth Esculapius famed famous fate father festivals flames flowers goddess gods gold golden Graces Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hector hell Hercules heroes HESIOD HOMER honour Iliad immortal island Italy Jove Juno Jupiter king light LUCAN Mercury Minerva monarch monster mortal mother mount mountain Muses Neptune Nereides night numbers nymph o'er ocean Oceanides Olympus oracle OVID OVID'S Metamorphoses Perseus Pluto poets presided Priam principal Proserpine reign river rock rolled Romans Rome sacred Saturn Scamander serpent shore Sicily skies stars sweet temple Terra thee Theogony Theseus Thessaly Thetis Thrace throne thunder town Trojan Trojan war Troy Ulysses usually represented Venus VIRGIL Vulcan waves winds winged worshipped youth Zacynthus