The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... open to the view of man his own unbounded existence in an invisible world ! He cleared off those myste- rious doubts which held men in slavery , and death was no longer to be regarded as a tyrant whose chains were MYTHOLOGY . 7.
... open to the view of man his own unbounded existence in an invisible world ! He cleared off those myste- rious doubts which held men in slavery , and death was no longer to be regarded as a tyrant whose chains were MYTHOLOGY . 7.
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... death , to the rank of gods , to whom divine honours were decreed , and offerings and vows , by general consent , were made . This accounts for their being so generally endowed with the passions and frailties of humanity , that the ...
... death , to the rank of gods , to whom divine honours were decreed , and offerings and vows , by general consent , were made . This accounts for their being so generally endowed with the passions and frailties of humanity , that the ...
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... before the breath Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of death , — The good old God his hunger did assuage With roots and herbs , and gave the Golden Age . Second Georgic . www mmm CYBELE . Cybele was the daughter of Coelus 16 SATURN .
... before the breath Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of death , — The good old God his hunger did assuage With roots and herbs , and gave the Golden Age . Second Georgic . www mmm CYBELE . Cybele was the daughter of Coelus 16 SATURN .
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... death . Ceres is usually represented as a lovely nymph crowned with ears of corn , a wheat sheaf at her side , and the cornu- copia , or horn of plenty , in her hand . Jove some amends for Ceres ' loss to make , Yet willing Pluto should ...
... death . Ceres is usually represented as a lovely nymph crowned with ears of corn , a wheat sheaf at her side , and the cornu- copia , or horn of plenty , in her hand . Jove some amends for Ceres ' loss to make , Yet willing Pluto should ...
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... of fight , That shakes a spear that casts a dreadful light . Where Hector marched the god of battle shined ; Now stormed before him , and now raged behind . Iliad , book 5 . After the death of Romulus , it was universally believed MARS .
... of fight , That shakes a spear that casts a dreadful light . Where Hector marched the god of battle shined ; Now stormed before him , and now raged behind . Iliad , book 5 . After the death of Romulus , it was universally believed MARS .
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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