The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... God and the destinies of man ! and as a necessary consequence of this , men have been tied and bound with the chain of superstition , and utterly unable to walk abroad in the consciousness of their immortality . Until Christianity came ...
... God and the destinies of man ! and as a necessary consequence of this , men have been tied and bound with the chain of superstition , and utterly unable to walk abroad in the consciousness of their immortality . Until Christianity came ...
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... gods and heroes of antiquity , and has been well styled the hand - maid to the classics ; -the key which unlocks the stores of other times , and the fertile source whence the poet derives that beautiful imagery , and the artist those ...
... gods and heroes of antiquity , and has been well styled the hand - maid to the classics ; -the key which unlocks the stores of other times , and the fertile source whence the poet derives that beautiful imagery , and the artist those ...
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... God of Time , the 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 ...
... God of Time , the 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 ...
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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