The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... dreadful but to name , Children of glorying valour : Briareus , Cottus , and Gyges ; from whose shoulders burst A hundred arms that mocked approach , and o'er Their limbs hard sinewed fifty heads up sprang : Mighty the immeasureable ...
... dreadful but to name , Children of glorying valour : Briareus , Cottus , and Gyges ; from whose shoulders burst A hundred arms that mocked approach , and o'er Their limbs hard sinewed fifty heads up sprang : Mighty the immeasureable ...
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... dreadful war . But now when Jove had gathered all his strength , And grasped his weapons , bolts , and bickering flames , He from the mount Olympus ' topmost ridge Leaped at a bound , and smote him : hissed at once The horrible ...
... dreadful war . But now when Jove had gathered all his strength , And grasped his weapons , bolts , and bickering flames , He from the mount Olympus ' topmost ridge Leaped at a bound , and smote him : hissed at once The horrible ...
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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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... dreadful issues of his gate With bolts and iron bars : within remains Imprisoned Fury , bound in brazen chains : High on a trophy raised , of useless arms , He sits and threats the world with vain alarms . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . wal ...
... dreadful issues of his gate With bolts and iron bars : within remains Imprisoned Fury , bound in brazen chains : High on a trophy raised , of useless arms , He sits and threats the world with vain alarms . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . wal ...
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... dreadful plague desolated Rome , A. U. C. 462 , the Romans implored the aid of the god of medicine , and , in gratitude for his timely assistance , erected a temple to his honour , in which he was represented under the form of a huge ...
... dreadful plague desolated Rome , A. U. C. 462 , the Romans implored the aid of the god of medicine , and , in gratitude for his timely assistance , erected a temple to his honour , in which he was represented under the form of a huge ...
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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