The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 11
... Fair clime , where every season smiles , " that in each department of science and literature , she attained the highest rank of eminence , that the bright phalanx of her poets , philosophers , orators , patriots , and heroes , have shed ...
... Fair clime , where every season smiles , " that in each department of science and literature , she attained the highest rank of eminence , that the bright phalanx of her poets , philosophers , orators , patriots , and heroes , have shed ...
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... fair trees on Ida stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and king 18 ...
... fair trees on Ida stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and king 18 ...
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... , In 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 .
... , In 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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... fair Aurora lifts her golden ray , And all the ruddy orient flames with day . Now did the rosy - fingered morn arise , And shed her sacred light along the skies . From the ruddy orient shone , The morn conspicuous on her golden throne ...
... fair Aurora lifts her golden ray , And all the ruddy orient flames with day . Now did the rosy - fingered morn arise , And shed her sacred light along the skies . From the ruddy orient shone , The morn conspicuous on her golden throne ...
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... fair , and endowed with perpetual youth . To her was assigned by Juno the office of serving nectar to the gods , but incurring the anger of Jupiter , he displaced her , and substituted his favourite , Ganymede , in her room . After the ...
... fair , and endowed with perpetual youth . To her was assigned by Juno the office of serving nectar to the gods , but incurring the anger of Jupiter , he displaced her , and substituted his favourite , Ganymede , in her room . After the ...
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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