The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and king 18 CYBELE .
... stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and king 18 CYBELE .
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... sharper head None had , and sooner none , and surer sped . He bends his bow , he draws it to his ear , Thro ' Pluto's heart it drives and fixes there . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Q VESTA . Vesta , or the earth , has often PLUTO . 33.
... sharper head None had , and sooner none , and surer sped . He bends his bow , he draws it to his ear , Thro ' Pluto's heart it drives and fixes there . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Q VESTA . Vesta , or the earth , has often PLUTO . 33.
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... , bade her tell From whence she came , and why a sacred well . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Here Arethusa stopped ; then Ceres takes Her golden car and yokes her fiery snakes ; With a just rein , along mid - heaven she CERES . 39.
... , bade her tell From whence she came , and why a sacred well . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Here Arethusa stopped ; then Ceres takes Her golden car and yokes her fiery snakes ; With a just rein , along mid - heaven she CERES . 39.
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... Ovid . Apollo is usually represented as a handsome youth ; his head , surrounded with rays of light , flowing hair , and a lyre in his hand , on which he plays , for the amusement of the Graces , who dance to his melody ; at a distance ...
... Ovid . Apollo is usually represented as a handsome youth ; his head , surrounded with rays of light , flowing hair , and a lyre in his hand , on which he plays , for the amusement of the Graces , who dance to his melody ; at a distance ...
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... OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 1 . The contest of Apollo and Pan is well described by Ovid . The god his own Parnassian laurel crowned , And in a wreath his golden tresses bound ; Graceful his purple mantle swept the ground ; High on D 2 ...
... OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 1 . The contest of Apollo and Pan is well described by Ovid . The god his own Parnassian laurel crowned , And in a wreath his golden tresses bound ; Graceful his purple mantle swept the ground ; High on D 2 ...
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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