The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... fields , And o'er the Celtic roamed the utmost isles . MILTON . " It is observable , that in all ages and regions , the several nations of the world , however various and opposite in their characters , inclinations , and manners , have ...
... fields , And o'er the Celtic roamed the utmost isles . MILTON . " It is observable , that in all ages and regions , the several nations of the world , however various and opposite in their characters , inclinations , and manners , have ...
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... fields of air Are mine , not his . By fatal lot to me The liquid empire fell , and trident of the sea . His power , to hollow caverns is confined ; There let him reign the jailor of the wind , With hoarse command his breathing subjects ...
... fields of air Are mine , not his . By fatal lot to me The liquid empire fell , and trident of the sea . His power , to hollow caverns is confined ; There let him reign the jailor of the wind , With hoarse command his breathing subjects ...
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... fields , which prevented her entire return to earth , but she was permitted to spend six months alternately , with her mother and her husband . During the search of Ceres for her daughter , the cultivation of the ground was entirely ...
... fields , which prevented her entire return to earth , but she was permitted to spend six months alternately , with her mother and her husband . During the search of Ceres for her daughter , the cultivation of the ground was entirely ...
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... gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As where the soil manured a richer harvest yields . Ibid . yedict of e lerow.edT MARS . ; Mars was the 40 CERES .
... gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As where the soil manured a richer harvest yields . Ibid . yedict of e lerow.edT MARS . ; Mars was the 40 CERES .
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... fields and forests , all their powers I know ; And am the great physician called , below . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 1 . The contest of Apollo and Pan is well described by Ovid . The god his own Parnassian laurel crowned , And in a ...
... fields and forests , all their powers I know ; And am the great physician called , below . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 1 . The contest of Apollo and Pan is well described by Ovid . The god his own Parnassian laurel crowned , And in a ...
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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