The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Ulysses . Learned authors are not agreed as to the precise time and manner of the descent of the Palladium , or celebrated statue of Minerva , but it was a generally - received opinion that , on its preservation depended the safety of ...
... Ulysses . Learned authors are not agreed as to the precise time and manner of the descent of the Palladium , or celebrated statue of Minerva , but it was a generally - received opinion that , on its preservation depended the safety of ...
Page 71
... Ulysses , after the Trojan war , he touched at Æolia , and this god bestowed upon him a bag , containing all the winds likely to obstruct his passage in his return to his beloved Ithaca ; but his benevolent purpose was frustrated by the ...
... Ulysses , after the Trojan war , he touched at Æolia , and this god bestowed upon him a bag , containing all the winds likely to obstruct his passage in his return to his beloved Ithaca ; but his benevolent purpose was frustrated by the ...
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... Ulysses thus describes the gift of Æolus : — " This happy port affords our wand'ring fleet A month's reception , and a safe retreat . Full oft the monarch urged me to relate The fall of Ilion , and the Grecian fate : Full oft I told ...
... Ulysses thus describes the gift of Æolus : — " This happy port affords our wand'ring fleet A month's reception , and a safe retreat . Full oft the monarch urged me to relate The fall of Ilion , and the Grecian fate : Full oft I told ...
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... Ulysses , during his wanderings , was shipwrecked on her coasts , Calypso kindly entertained him , offered him a share of her dominion , and promised to bestow on him immortality , if he would consent to fix his residence there , and ...
... Ulysses , during his wanderings , was shipwrecked on her coasts , Calypso kindly entertained him , offered him a share of her dominion , and promised to bestow on him immortality , if he would consent to fix his residence there , and ...
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... Ulysses to depart , after having detained him by her wiles upwards of seven years . She then assisted him in building and rigging his ship , supplied him with sails from her own loom , and invoked prosperous gales , to speed the vessel ...
... Ulysses to depart , after having detained him by her wiles upwards of seven years . She then assisted him in building and rigging his ship , supplied him with sails from her own loom , and invoked prosperous gales , to speed the vessel ...
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