The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... rocks , from their appear- ance to mariners in certain positions , were supposed to crush all vessels attempting to pass between them ; of which idle fictions many other instances might be collected from the Odyssey , and the various ...
... rocks , from their appear- ance to mariners in certain positions , were supposed to crush all vessels attempting to pass between them ; of which idle fictions many other instances might be collected from the Odyssey , and the various ...
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... rocks the vessels with their hands ; The god himself with ready trident stands , And opes the deep , and spreads the moving sands ; Then heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The ...
... rocks the vessels with their hands ; The god himself with ready trident stands , And opes the deep , and spreads the moving sands ; Then heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The ...
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... rocks by day Took in the ocean with a broad survey . Soon as Aurora , daughter of the dawn , Sprinkled with roseate light the dewy lawn , In haste the prince arose . Pallas backward held the rising day , The wheels of night retarding ...
... rocks by day Took in the ocean with a broad survey . Soon as Aurora , daughter of the dawn , Sprinkled with roseate light the dewy lawn , In haste the prince arose . Pallas backward held the rising day , The wheels of night retarding ...
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... Jove sends Iris down To bring the great oath in a golden ewer : The far - famed water , from steep sky - capt rock , Distilling in cold stream . Beneath wide Earth , Abundant from the sacred river head , Through shades of IRIS . 89.
... Jove sends Iris down To bring the great oath in a golden ewer : The far - famed water , from steep sky - capt rock , Distilling in cold stream . Beneath wide Earth , Abundant from the sacred river head , Through shades of IRIS . 89.
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... rocks resound her lays : The cave was brightened with a rising blaze ; Cedar and frankincense , an odorous pile , Flamed on the hearth , and wide perfumed the isle ; While she with work and song the time divides , And through the loom ...
... rocks resound her lays : The cave was brightened with a rising blaze ; Cedar and frankincense , an odorous pile , Flamed on the hearth , and wide perfumed the isle ; While she with work and song the time divides , And through the loom ...
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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