The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... bound with the chain of superstition , and utterly unable to walk abroad in the consciousness of their immortality . Until Christianity came , the doctrine of the unity of God , and the deathlessness of the soul , lay for the most part ...
... bound with the chain of superstition , and utterly unable to walk abroad in the consciousness of their immortality . Until Christianity came , the doctrine of the unity of God , and the deathlessness of the soul , lay for the most part ...
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... bound , and smote him : hissed at once The horrible monster's heads enormous , scorched In one conflagrant blaze . When thus the god Had quelled him , thunder - smitten , mangled , prone , He fell earth groaned and shook beneath his ...
... bound , and smote him : hissed at once The horrible monster's heads enormous , scorched In one conflagrant blaze . When thus the god Had quelled him , thunder - smitten , mangled , prone , He fell earth groaned and shook beneath his ...
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... 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 APOLLO . 51 Actium, to which Augustus addressed his prayer before his ...
... 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 APOLLO . 51 Actium, to which Augustus addressed his prayer before his ...
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... bound , The double bowl with sparkling nectar crowned . Which , held to Juno in a cheerful way , " Goddess , " he cried , " be patient and obey ; Dear as you are , if Jove his arm extend , I can but grieve , unable to defend . What god ...
... bound , The double bowl with sparkling nectar crowned . Which , held to Juno in a cheerful way , " Goddess , " he cried , " be patient and obey ; Dear as you are , if Jove his arm extend , I can but grieve , unable to defend . What god ...
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... shall rise , Whose empire ocean , and whose fame the skies , Alone shall bound ; whom , fraught with eastern spoils , Our heaven , the just reward of human toils , Securely shall repay , with rites divine ; And incense 74 JANUS .
... shall rise , Whose empire ocean , and whose fame the skies , Alone shall bound ; whom , fraught with eastern spoils , Our heaven , the just reward of human toils , Securely shall repay , with rites divine ; And incense 74 JANUS .
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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