The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... light of allegories , under the veil of which the ancients conveyed many sublime and instructive sentiments . Sir William Jones , in one of his learned essays , on the Religion of the Ancients , refers all Mythology to four princi- pal ...
... light of allegories , under the veil of which the ancients conveyed many sublime and instructive sentiments . Sir William Jones , in one of his learned essays , on the Religion of the Ancients , refers all Mythology to four princi- pal ...
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... light . " The perfect freedom which we enjoy under the Christian dispensation , when contrasted with the trammels of idolatry , is thus well described by a celebrated divine of the present day.— " What a full emancipation from ignorance ...
... light . " The perfect freedom which we enjoy under the Christian dispensation , when contrasted with the trammels of idolatry , is thus well described by a celebrated divine of the present day.— " What a full emancipation from ignorance ...
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... them in the abyss Of earth : nor e'er released them to the light . Heaven in his evil deed rejoiced : vast earth Groaned inly , sore aggrieved . HESIOD'S THEOGONY . SATURN . Saturn was the son of Cœlus and Terra 14 CŒLUS AND TERRA .
... them in the abyss Of earth : nor e'er released them to the light . Heaven in his evil deed rejoiced : vast earth Groaned inly , sore aggrieved . HESIOD'S THEOGONY . SATURN . Saturn was the son of Cœlus and Terra 14 CŒLUS AND TERRA .
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... light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending from the watery bowers , Leads the long order of ethereal powers . When like the morning mist in early day , Rose from the flood the daughter of the sea ; And to ...
... light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending from the watery bowers , Leads the long order of ethereal powers . When like the morning mist in early day , Rose from the flood the daughter of the sea ; And to ...
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... light , the conquering day Through dusky exhalations clears away . Ceres her daughter's rape no longer mourned , But back to Arethusa's spring returned , And sitting on the margin , bade her tell From whence she came , and why a sacred ...
... light , the conquering day Through dusky exhalations clears away . Ceres her daughter's rape no longer mourned , But back to Arethusa's spring returned , And sitting on the margin , bade her tell From whence she came , and why a sacred ...
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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