The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Beneath his beard , and one his knees embraced . If e'er , O father of the gods ! ( she said , ) My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at ...
... Beneath his beard , and one his knees embraced . If e'er , O father of the gods ! ( she said , ) My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at ...
Page 23
... beneath his everlasting feet The great Olympus trembled , and earth groaned . From either god , a burning radiance caught The darkly azured ocean : from the flash Of lightnings , and that monster's darted flame , Hot thunder - bolts ...
... beneath his everlasting feet The great Olympus trembled , and earth groaned . From either god , a burning radiance caught The darkly azured ocean : from the flash Of lightnings , and that monster's darted flame , Hot thunder - bolts ...
Page 77
... beneath the chequered shade . The nymphs are pleased , the boasting sylvan plays And speaks with slight of great Apollo's lays . Tmolus was arbiter ; the boaster still Accepts the trial with unequal skill . The venerable judge was ...
... beneath the chequered shade . The nymphs are pleased , the boasting sylvan plays And speaks with slight of great Apollo's lays . Tmolus was arbiter ; the boaster still Accepts the trial with unequal skill . The venerable judge was ...
Page 89
... Iris down To bring the great oath in a golden ewer : The far - famed water , from steep sky - capt rock , Distilling in cold stream . Beneath wide Earth , Abundant from the sacred river head , Through shades of IRIS . 89.
... Iris down To bring the great oath in a golden ewer : The far - famed water , from steep sky - capt rock , Distilling in cold stream . Beneath wide Earth , Abundant from the sacred river head , Through shades of IRIS . 89.
Page 106
... beneath the storm , But spares the smooth - skinned virgin's tender form . HESIOD . Works . HYMEN . This god , worshipped by the Greeks as Hymen , by the Romans as Thalassius , was , by the early mythologists , said to be the son of ...
... beneath the storm , But spares the smooth - skinned virgin's tender form . HESIOD . Works . HYMEN . This god , worshipped by the Greeks as Hymen , by the Romans as Thalassius , was , by the early mythologists , said to be the son of ...
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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