The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... father's hate : as each was born He seized them all , and hid them in the abyss Of earth : nor e'er released them to the light . Heaven in his evil deed rejoiced : vast earth Groaned inly , sore aggrieved . HESIOD'S THEOGONY . SATURN ...
... father's hate : as each was born He seized them all , and hid them in the abyss Of earth : nor e'er released them to the light . Heaven in his evil deed rejoiced : vast earth Groaned inly , sore aggrieved . HESIOD'S THEOGONY . SATURN ...
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... Father of the Gods . He is usually represented as a very old man , with a flowing beard and bald head , a scythe at his side , and in one hand a serpent with its tail in its mouth , ( an emblem of eternity ) ; while in the other ...
... Father of the Gods . He is usually represented as a very old man , with a flowing beard and bald head , a scythe at his side , and in one hand a serpent with its tail in its mouth , ( an emblem of eternity ) ; while in the other ...
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... father . He is said to have been brought up during his infancy in a cavern on Mount Ida , and nourished by the goat Amalthea , the Corybantes perpetually sounding their cymbals to prevent Saturn hearing his cries . At the division of ...
... father . He is said to have been brought up during his infancy in a cavern on Mount Ida , and nourished by the goat Amalthea , the Corybantes perpetually sounding their cymbals to prevent Saturn hearing his cries . At the division of ...
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... father of the Seasons , the Muses , and the Graces , and of several of the gods and heroes : - Apollo , Minerva , Diana , Mars , Mercury , Hercules , Bacchus , Perseus , & c . Jupiter was worshipped in every nation , but under various ...
... father of the Seasons , the Muses , and the Graces , and of several of the gods and heroes : - Apollo , Minerva , Diana , Mars , Mercury , Hercules , Bacchus , Perseus , & c . Jupiter was worshipped in every nation , but under various ...
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... father of the gods ! ( she said , ) My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life so short , and now ...
... father of the gods ! ( she said , ) My words could please thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life so short , and now ...
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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