The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Greece and Rome . Mythology , in its limited and generally accepted sense , is the history of the fabulous gods and heroes of antiquity , and has been well styled the hand - maid to the classics ; -the key which unlocks the stores of ...
... Greece and Rome . Mythology , in its limited and generally accepted sense , is the history of the fabulous gods and heroes of antiquity , and has been well styled the hand - maid to the classics ; -the key which unlocks the stores of ...
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... Greece and Rome , and also to introduce the youthful student to the classic writers , is the design of the following pages ; and to effect the latter object , particularly , select passages from the most approved ancient poets have been ...
... Greece and Rome , and also to introduce the youthful student to the classic writers , is the design of the following pages ; and to effect the latter object , particularly , select passages from the most approved ancient poets have been ...
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... Greece with her former glory , — " Clime of the unforgotten brave ! Whose land , from plain to mountain - cave , Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! —can it be , That this is all remains of thee ? " While Rome ...
... Greece with her former glory , — " Clime of the unforgotten brave ! Whose land , from plain to mountain - cave , Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! —can it be , That this is all remains of thee ? " While Rome ...
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... 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 represented as a beautiful and majestic woman ...
... 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 represented as a beautiful and majestic woman ...
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... just and wise ! Let Greece be humbled , and the Trojans rise ; Till the proud king , and all th ' Achaian race , Shall heap with honours him they now disgrace . She said , and sighing thus the god replies , JUPITER . 16 21.
... just and wise ! Let Greece be humbled , and the Trojans rise ; Till the proud king , and all th ' Achaian race , Shall heap with honours him they now disgrace . She said , and sighing thus the god replies , JUPITER . 16 21.
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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