The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... divine of the present day.— " What a full emancipation from ignorance has Christianity achieved , wheresoever it is dominant ! In ages that have passed by , what darkness has prevailed in regard to the nature of God and the destinies of ...
... divine of the present day.— " What a full emancipation from ignorance has Christianity achieved , wheresoever it is dominant ! In ages that have passed by , what darkness has prevailed in regard to the nature of God and the destinies of ...
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... 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 characters of their gods rank far below ...
... 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 characters of their gods rank far below ...
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... divine her flight addrest . There , far apart , and high above the rest , The Thund'rer sat ; where old Olympus shrouds His hundred heads in heaven , and props the clouds . Suppliant the goddess stood ; one hand she placed Beneath his ...
... divine her flight addrest . There , far apart , and high above the rest , The Thund'rer sat ; where old Olympus shrouds His hundred heads in heaven , and props the clouds . Suppliant the goddess stood ; one hand she placed Beneath his ...
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... divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls , and gives the nod , The stamp of fate , and sanction of the ...
... divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls , and gives the nod , The stamp of fate , and sanction of the ...
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... divine . On brazen steps the marble threshold rose , And brazen plates the cedar beams enclose ; The rafters are with brazen coverings crowned ; The lofty doors on brazen hinges sound . Eneid , book 1 . NEPTUNE . Neptune was the son of ...
... divine . On brazen steps the marble threshold rose , And brazen plates the cedar beams enclose ; The rafters are with brazen coverings crowned ; The lofty doors on brazen hinges sound . Eneid , book 1 . NEPTUNE . Neptune was 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