The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... sacred to the goddess . Cybele was worshipped by the Trojans , and thus reproves Turnus for his attack on their fleet : - Turnus remarks the Trojan fleet ill manned , Unguarded , and at anchor near the strand ; He thought ; and straight ...
... sacred to the goddess . Cybele was worshipped by the Trojans , and thus reproves Turnus for his attack on their fleet : - Turnus remarks the Trojan fleet ill manned , Unguarded , and at anchor near the strand ; He thought ; and straight ...
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... 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 represented in many different ways ; sometimes as presiding in the assembly of the gods , at others as a ...
... 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 represented in many different ways ; sometimes as presiding in the assembly of the gods , at others as a ...
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... sacred honours of our head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls ...
... sacred honours of our head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fixed , irrevocable sign ; This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls ...
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... sacred to her were the lily , the dittany , and the poppy ; the birds were the peacock , ( her favourite bird , said by the poets to have been Argus , whose hundred eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him , ) the goose ...
... sacred to her were the lily , the dittany , and the poppy ; the birds were the peacock , ( her favourite bird , said by the poets to have been Argus , whose hundred eyes she placed in the tail when she thus transformed him , ) the goose ...
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... sacred to him . Pluto is often represented as sitting on a throne of sulphur , from which issue the four rivers , Phlegethon , Acheron , Lethe , and Cocytus ; Proserpine sits on his left hand , Cerberus at his feet , and the Harpies ...
... sacred to him . Pluto is often represented as sitting on a throne of sulphur , from which issue the four rivers , Phlegethon , Acheron , Lethe , and Cocytus ; Proserpine sits on his left hand , Cerberus at his feet , and the Harpies ...
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