The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... mountain - cave , Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! —can it be , That this is all remains of thee ? " While Rome , once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true ...
... mountain - cave , Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! —can it be , That this is all remains of thee ? " While Rome , once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true ...
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... mountains on each other , and caused such dismay in the regions of Olympus , that the gods fled into Egypt , and sheltered themselves under the forms of various animals ; Hercules at length freed them from this painful situation , and ...
... mountains on each other , and caused such dismay in the regions of Olympus , that the gods fled into Egypt , and sheltered themselves under the forms of various animals ; Hercules at length freed them from this painful situation , and ...
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... mountains on the troubled main ? Whom I - but first ' tis fit the billows to restrain , And then you shall be taught obedience to my reign . Hence ! to your lord , my royal mandate bear , — The realms of ocean and the fields of air Are ...
... mountains on the troubled main ? Whom I - but first ' tis fit the billows to restrain , And then you shall be taught obedience to my reign . Hence ! to your lord , my royal mandate bear , — The realms of ocean and the fields of air Are ...
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... In his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every mountain to the bottom tries ; But when in all the careful search he saw No 32 PLUTO .
... In his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every mountain to the bottom tries ; But when in all the careful search he saw No 32 PLUTO .
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... 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 to DIANA . 55.
... 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 to DIANA . 55.
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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