The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... appear- ance to mariners in certain positions , were supposed to crush all vessels attempting to pass between them ... appears to have been a wild admiration of the heavenly bodies ; and , after a time , the systems and calcula- tions ...
... appear- ance to mariners in certain positions , were supposed to crush all vessels attempting to pass between them ... appears to have been a wild admiration of the heavenly bodies ; and , after a time , the systems and calcula- tions ...
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... appear , in general , barren , and void of interest ; but embellished as they are , by all that the sister arts of poetry , painting , and sculpture , could devise , they cannot but compel our admiration , and excite in our minds regret ...
... appear , in general , barren , and void of interest ; but embellished as they are , by all that the sister arts of poetry , painting , and sculpture , could devise , they cannot but compel our admiration , and excite in our minds regret ...
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... appears an infant , which he is about to devour , in fulfilment of the arrangement made by him with his brother Titan , that he should enjoy the dominion of the universe if he would not permit any of his male children to live . He ...
... appears an infant , which he is about to devour , in fulfilment of the arrangement made by him with his brother Titan , that he should enjoy the dominion of the universe if he would not permit any of his male children to live . He ...
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... , & 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 gave the 24 JUNO .
... , & 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 gave the 24 JUNO .
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... appears , Her forehead free from frowns , her eyes from tears ; As when with golden light , the conquering day Through dusky exhalations clears away . Ceres her daughter's rape no longer mourned , But back to Arethusa's spring returned ...
... appears , Her forehead free from frowns , her eyes from tears ; As when with golden light , the conquering day Through dusky exhalations clears away . Ceres her daughter's rape no longer mourned , But back to Arethusa's spring returned ...
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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