The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Hercules at length freed them from this painful situation , and Jupiter , from that time , was not annoyed by any but domestic dissensions . He was the father of the Seasons , the Muses , and the Graces , and of several of the gods and ...
... Hercules at length freed them from this painful situation , and Jupiter , from that time , was not annoyed by any but domestic dissensions . He was the father of the Seasons , the Muses , and the Graces , and of several of the gods and ...
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... Hercules , Æneas , Ino , & c . Jealousy appears to have been the leading trait in her character ; the Trojan war , with all its attendant miseries , was caused by her resentment of the preference shewn by Paris to Venus , to whom he ...
... Hercules , Æneas , Ino , & c . Jealousy appears to have been the leading trait in her character ; the Trojan war , with all its attendant miseries , was caused by her resentment of the preference shewn by Paris to Venus , to whom he ...
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... Hercules , that he punished her by suspending her from heaven by a golden chain ; Vulcan attempted to release his mother , but was kicked out of heaven by Jove , and broke his leg in the fall : Juno endeavoured to form a conspiracy ...
... Hercules , that he punished her by suspending her from heaven by a golden chain ; Vulcan attempted to release his mother , but was kicked out of heaven by Jove , and broke his leg in the fall : Juno endeavoured to form a conspiracy ...
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... Hercules , a sceptre for Agamemnon , king of Argos , and a collar given to the wife of Cadmus ; it is said that he also formed Pandora . Vulcan was worshipped in Greece , Rome , and Egypt ; festivals called Vulcanalia were celebrated in ...
... Hercules , a sceptre for Agamemnon , king of Argos , and a collar given to the wife of Cadmus ; it is said that he also formed Pandora . Vulcan was worshipped in Greece , Rome , and Egypt ; festivals called Vulcanalia were celebrated in ...
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... was assigned by Juno the office of serving nectar to the gods , but incurring the anger of Jupiter , he displaced her , and substituted his favourite , Ganymede , in her room . After the apotheosis of Hercules , he married Hebe , 84 HEBE .
... was assigned by Juno the office of serving nectar to the gods , but incurring the anger of Jupiter , he displaced her , and substituted his favourite , Ganymede , in her room . After the apotheosis of Hercules , he married Hebe , 84 HEBE .
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