The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... to evince such a belief . Into whatever country we cast our eyes , we find priests , altars , sacrifices , festivals , religious ceremonies , temples , or places consecrated to religious worship . In A 2 MYTHOLOGY. ...
... to evince such a belief . Into whatever country we cast our eyes , we find priests , altars , sacrifices , festivals , religious ceremonies , temples , or places consecrated to religious worship . In A 2 MYTHOLOGY. ...
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... eyes thy close access survey ; But part in peace , secure thy prayer is sped : Witness the sacred honours of our head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this ...
... eyes thy close access survey ; But part in peace , secure thy prayer is sped : Witness the sacred honours of our head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this ...
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... eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him , ) the goose and the hawk . Juno is represented as a beautiful woman , seated in a chariot drawn by peacocks , her head adorned with a diadem , and her messenger , the lovely ...
... eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him , ) the goose and the hawk . Juno is represented as a beautiful woman , seated in a chariot drawn by peacocks , her head adorned with a diadem , and her messenger , the lovely ...
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... eyes Around the space of earth , and seas , and skies . He saw the Trojan fleet dispersed , distressed , By stormy winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts ...
... eyes Around the space of earth , and seas , and skies . He saw the Trojan fleet dispersed , distressed , By stormy winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts ...
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... his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every mountain to the bottom tries ; But when in all the careful search he saw No 32 PLUTO .
... his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every mountain to the bottom tries ; But when in all the careful search he saw No 32 PLUTO .
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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