The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... honour paid to Him ; and an open profession of an entire dependance upon Him in all their undertakings and necessities , in all their adversities and dangers . Incapable of themselves to penetrate futurity , and to ascertain events in ...
... honour paid to Him ; and an open profession of an entire dependance upon Him in all their undertakings and necessities , in all their adversities and dangers . Incapable of themselves to penetrate futurity , and to ascertain events in ...
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... honours were decreed , and offerings and vows , by general consent , were made . This accounts for their being so generally endowed with the passions and frailties of humanity , that the characters of their gods rank far below those of ...
... honours were decreed , and offerings and vows , by general consent , were made . This accounts for their being so generally endowed with the passions and frailties of humanity , that the characters of their gods rank far below those of ...
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... colonnades , her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in solitude , and trace Through the rank moss revealed , her honoured dust . " bey bayotno n ga CŒLUS AND TERRA . Cælus and 12 MYTHOLOGY .
... colonnades , her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in solitude , and trace Through the rank moss revealed , her honoured dust . " bey bayotno n ga CŒLUS AND TERRA . Cælus and 12 MYTHOLOGY .
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... honour of Saturn , were very early instituted , but the precise time is not clearly defined ; they were remarkable for the perfect liberty which reigned during their continuance ; the priests always officiated bare headed , which was ...
... honour of Saturn , were very early instituted , but the precise time is not clearly defined ; they were remarkable for the perfect liberty which reigned during their continuance ; the priests always officiated bare headed , which was ...
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... honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life ... honours him they now disgrace . She said , and sighing thus the god replies , JUPITER . 16 21.
... honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life ... honours him they now disgrace . She said , and sighing thus the god replies , JUPITER . 16 21.
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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