The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... skies , When beasts were only slain in sacrifice , While peaceful Crete enjoyed her ancient lord , Ere sounding hammers forged the inhuman sword , Ere hollow drums were beat , before the breath Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of death ...
... skies , When beasts were only slain in sacrifice , While peaceful Crete enjoyed her ancient lord , Ere sounding hammers forged the inhuman sword , Ere hollow drums were beat , before the breath Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of death ...
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... skies , granting the prayer of Thetis in behalf of Achilles . Twelve days were past , and now the dawning light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending from the watery bowers , Leads the long order of ...
... skies , granting the prayer of Thetis in behalf of Achilles . Twelve days were past , and now the dawning light The gods had summoned to th ' Olympian height ; Jove first ascending from the watery bowers , Leads the long order of ...
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... skies : What hast thou asked ? Ah why should Jove engage In foreign contests , and domestic rage , The gods ' complaints , and Juno's fierce alarms , While I , too partial , aid the Trojan arms ? Go , lest the haughty partner of my sway ...
... skies : What hast thou asked ? Ah why should Jove engage In foreign contests , and domestic rage , The gods ' complaints , and Juno's fierce alarms , While I , too partial , aid the Trojan arms ? Go , lest the haughty partner of my sway ...
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... skies . He saw the Trojan fleet dispersed , distressed , By stormy winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts pursue . He summoned Eurus and the western blast ...
... skies . He saw the Trojan fleet dispersed , distressed , By stormy winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts pursue . He summoned Eurus and the western blast ...
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... skies . She halts at Athens , dropping like a star , And to Triptolemus resigns her car . Parent of seed , she gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As ...
... skies . She halts at Athens , dropping like a star , And to Triptolemus resigns her car . Parent of seed , she gave him fruitful grain , And bade him teach to till and plough the main ; The seed to sow , as well in fallow fields , As ...
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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