The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... poetry , whose essential business it is to personify the most abstract notions , and to place a nymph or a genius in every grove and almost in every flower ; -hence Hygeia and Jaso , health and remedy , are the poetical daughters of ...
... poetry , whose essential business it is to personify the most abstract notions , and to place a nymph or a genius in every grove and almost in every flower ; -hence Hygeia and Jaso , health and remedy , are the poetical daughters of ...
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... poet derives that beautiful imagery , and the artist those embellishments , which adorn their respective works . Although it must yield , in point of decided usefulness , to many other branches of knowledge , it is yet so intimately ...
... poet derives that beautiful imagery , and the artist those embellishments , which adorn their respective works . Although it must yield , in point of decided usefulness , to many other branches of knowledge , it is yet so intimately ...
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... poets have been chosen , relating to the character , powers , or exploits , of the personages to whose history they are affixed . The ancients believed that primarily , Chaos , or the undefined mass of matter , had its existence ; that ...
... poets have been chosen , relating to the character , powers , or exploits , of the personages to whose history they are affixed . The ancients believed that primarily , Chaos , or the undefined mass of matter , had its existence ; that ...
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... poets , philosophers , orators , patriots , and 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 ...
... poets , philosophers , orators , patriots , and 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 ...
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... poets . The principal offerings at his shrine , were white bulls , goats , and sheep ; the oak was peculiarly sacred to him ; he had a temple and oracle at Dodona , supposed to be the most ancient in the world . The King of Heaven is ...
... poets . The principal offerings at his shrine , were white bulls , goats , and sheep ; the oak was peculiarly sacred to him ; he had a temple and oracle at Dodona , supposed to be the most ancient in the world . The King of Heaven is ...
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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