The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... beautiful imagery , and the artist those embellishments , which adorn their respective works . Although it must yield , in point of decided usefulness , to many other branches of knowledge , it is yet so intimately blended with ancient ...
... beautiful imagery , and the artist those embellishments , which adorn their respective works . Although it must yield , in point of decided usefulness , to many other branches of knowledge , it is yet so intimately blended with ancient ...
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... beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud pavilions are the hermit's home , And her long colonnades , her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in ...
... beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud pavilions are the hermit's home , And her long colonnades , her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in ...
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... splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes , & c . Cybele is usually represented as a beautiful and majestic woman , standing in a chariot drawn by B lions , crowned with turrets , and a key in CYBELE . 17.
... splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes , & c . Cybele is usually represented as a beautiful and majestic woman , standing in a chariot drawn by B lions , crowned with turrets , and a key in CYBELE . 17.
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... beautiful description of Jupiter , as monarch of the skies , granting the prayer of Thetis in behalf of Achilles . Twelve days were past , and now the dawning light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending ...
... beautiful description of Jupiter , as monarch of the skies , granting the prayer of Thetis in behalf of Achilles . Twelve days were past , and now the dawning light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending ...
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... beautiful woman , seated in a chariot drawn by peacocks , her head adorned with a diadem , and her messenger , the lovely Iris , following her . She was known and adored by various names , as Saturnia , Olympia , Lamia , Argiva ...
... beautiful woman , seated in a chariot drawn by peacocks , her head adorned with a diadem , and her messenger , the lovely Iris , following her . She was known and adored by various names , as Saturnia , Olympia , Lamia , Argiva ...
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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