The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... immortality . Until Christianity came , the doctrine of the unity of God , and the deathlessness of the soul , lay for the most part beyond the reach of vision ; and those most distinguished by their reasoning faculties , were in ...
... immortality . Until Christianity came , the doctrine of the unity of God , and the deathlessness of the soul , lay for the most part beyond the reach of vision ; and those most distinguished by their reasoning faculties , were in ...
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... Inevitable fallen , and he had ruled O'er mortals and immortals ; but the sire Of gods and men the peril instant knew Intuitive ; and vehement and strong He thundered : instantaneous , all around Earth reeled with 22 JUPITER . 22.
... Inevitable fallen , and he had ruled O'er mortals and immortals ; but the sire Of gods and men the peril instant knew Intuitive ; and vehement and strong He thundered : instantaneous , all around Earth reeled with 22 JUPITER . 22.
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... their blest abodes , The venerable statues of the gods , With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir , The wreaths and relics of the immortal fire . Eneid , book 2 . 10 TO CERES . Ceres , the benevolent goddess , 336 VESTA .
... their blest abodes , The venerable statues of the gods , With ancient Vesta from the sacred choir , The wreaths and relics of the immortal fire . Eneid , book 2 . 10 TO CERES . Ceres , the benevolent goddess , 336 VESTA .
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... immortals : and if one Of earthly men , performing the due rite Of virtuous divinations , would appease The gods above , he calls on Hecaté : To him , whose prayer the goddess gracious hears , High honour comes spontaneous , and to him ...
... immortals : and if one Of earthly men , performing the due rite Of virtuous divinations , would appease The gods above , he calls on Hecaté : To him , whose prayer the goddess gracious hears , High honour comes spontaneous , and to him ...
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... immortals shares all attributes . HESIOD'S Theogony . Haste thee , nymph , whose winged spear , Wounds the fleeting mountain deer ! Dian , Jove's immortal child , Huntress of the savage wild ! Goddess with the sun - bright hair ! Listen ...
... immortals shares all attributes . HESIOD'S Theogony . Haste thee , nymph , whose winged spear , Wounds the fleeting mountain deer ! Dian , Jove's immortal child , Huntress of the savage wild ! Goddess with the sun - bright hair ! Listen ...
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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