The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead Shuddered the sub - tartarian Titans heard E'en where they stood , with ...
... round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead Shuddered the sub - tartarian Titans heard E'en where they stood , with ...
Page 66
... round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ; received . The Sinthians raised me on the Lemnian coast . " He said , and to her hands the goblet heaved , Which , with a smile , the ...
... round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ; received . The Sinthians raised me on the Lemnian coast . " He said , and to her hands the goblet heaved , Which , with a smile , the ...
Page 78
... round . In me , your judge , ( says he , ) there's no delay ; Then bids the goatherd - god begin and play . Pan tuned the pipe , and with his rural song Pleased the low taste of all the vulgar throng ; Such songs a vulgar judgment ...
... round . In me , your judge , ( says he , ) there's no delay ; Then bids the goatherd - god begin and play . Pan tuned the pipe , and with his rural song Pleased the low taste of all the vulgar throng ; Such songs a vulgar judgment ...
Page 85
... round , the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long contended Troy . Iliad , book 4 . Homer again introduces Hebe , preparing the chariot for Juno , when she descended with Minerva to aid the Greeks . She spoke Minerva burns to meet ...
... round , the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long contended Troy . Iliad , book 4 . Homer again introduces Hebe , preparing the chariot for Juno , when she descended with Minerva to aid the Greeks . She spoke Minerva burns to meet ...
Page 86
... round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were rolled . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne ; The car behind an arching figure bore : The bending concave formed an arch before : Silver ...
... round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were rolled . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne ; The car behind an arching figure bore : The bending concave formed an arch before : Silver ...
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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