The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... flower ; -hence Hygeia and Jaso , health and remedy , are the poetical daughters of Esculapius , who was either a distinguished physician or medical skill personified ; —and hence , too , Chloris , or Verdure is married to Zephyr ...
... flower ; -hence Hygeia and Jaso , health and remedy , are the poetical daughters of Esculapius , who was either a distinguished physician or medical skill personified ; —and hence , too , Chloris , or Verdure is married to Zephyr ...
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... flowers sacred to her were the lily , the dittany , and the poppy ; the birds were the peacock , ( her favourite bird , said by the poets to have been Argus , whose hundred eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him ...
... flowers sacred to her were the lily , the dittany , and the poppy ; the birds were the peacock , ( her favourite bird , said by the poets to have been Argus , whose hundred eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him ...
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... flowers and herbs voluntarily twine around her head , and form a coronal , because they spring spontaneously in several places ; at her right hand stands a drum , intimating that the earth is hollow , and animals of various kinds are ...
... flowers and herbs voluntarily twine around her head , and form a coronal , because they spring spontaneously in several places ; at her right hand stands a drum , intimating that the earth is hollow , and animals of various kinds are ...
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... flowers in the plains near Enna , when Pluto appeared and forcibly carried her away to share with him the dominion of hell ; the nymph Arethusa , informed the goddess , who was distracted at the loss of her daughter , of the place of ...
... flowers in the plains near Enna , when Pluto appeared and forcibly carried her away to share with him the dominion of hell ; the nymph Arethusa , informed the goddess , who was distracted at the loss of her daughter , of the place of ...
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... flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The foam - born goddess : and her name is known , As Cytherea ... flowers , The rose would be the choice of Jove , And blush , the green of every grove . Sweetest child of weeping ...
... flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The foam - born goddess : and her name is known , As Cytherea ... flowers , The rose would be the choice of Jove , And blush , the green of every grove . Sweetest child of weeping ...
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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