The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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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... heroes of ancient times , particularly those of Greece and Rome , and also to introduce the youthful student to the classic writers , is the design of the following pages ; and to effect the latter object , particularly , select ...
... heroes of ancient times , particularly those of Greece and Rome , and also to introduce the youthful student to the classic writers , is the design of the following pages ; and to effect the latter object , particularly , select ...
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... some of their philosophers and heroes . The Greeks divided their deities into three prin- cipal classes , Celestial , Marine , and Infernal , which , after their adoption by the Romans , were ranged by them as 10 MYTHOLOGY .
... some of their philosophers and heroes . The Greeks divided their deities into three prin- cipal classes , Celestial , Marine , and Infernal , which , after their adoption by the Romans , were ranged by them as 10 MYTHOLOGY .
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... heroes , have shed an un- dying lustre on her name , —and that fallen as she is , she still inspires sentiments of the deepest interest . Well might Byron exclaim , contrasting the present degraded state MYTHOLOGY . 11.
... heroes , have shed an un- dying lustre on her name , —and that fallen as she is , she still inspires sentiments of the deepest interest . Well might Byron exclaim , contrasting the present degraded state MYTHOLOGY . 11.
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... heroes : - Apollo , Minerva , Diana , Mars , Mercury , Hercules , Bacchus , Perseus , & c . Jupiter was worshipped in every nation , but under various appellations ; by the Greeks , he was called Jove , or Jupiter Olympus ; by the ...
... heroes : - Apollo , Minerva , Diana , Mars , Mercury , Hercules , Bacchus , Perseus , & c . Jupiter was worshipped in every nation , but under various appellations ; by the Greeks , he was called Jove , or Jupiter Olympus ; by the ...
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