The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... threshold rose , And brazen plates the cedar beams enclose ; The rafters are with brazen coverings crowned ; The lofty doors on brazen hinges sound . Eneid , book 1 . NEPTUNE . Neptune was the son of Saturn and Cybele 26 JUNO .
... threshold rose , And brazen plates the cedar beams enclose ; The rafters are with brazen coverings crowned ; The lofty doors on brazen hinges sound . Eneid , book 1 . NEPTUNE . Neptune was the son of Saturn and Cybele 26 JUNO .
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... sound Of raging billows breaking on the ground . Displeased , and fearing for his watery reign , He reared his awful head above the main , Serene in majesty , —then rolled his eyes Around the space of earth , and seas , and skies . He ...
... sound Of raging billows breaking on the ground . Displeased , and fearing for his watery reign , He reared his awful head above the main , Serene in majesty , —then rolled his eyes Around the space of earth , and seas , and skies . He ...
Page 69
... sound of musical instruments , with garlands of ivy , vine- leaves , grapes , & c .; at others , as an old man , but with nearly the same appendages . He was regarded as a beneficent deity , and taught mankind the art of agriculture ...
... sound of musical instruments , with garlands of ivy , vine- leaves , grapes , & c .; at others , as an old man , but with nearly the same appendages . He was regarded as a beneficent deity , and taught mankind the art of agriculture ...
Page 70
... sounds confused , and rend the skies . Come , Bacchus , come propitious , all implore , And act thy sacred orgies o'er and o'er ! OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 4- EOLUS . Eolus was the reputed son of Jupiter and 70 BACCHUS .
... sounds confused , and rend the skies . Come , Bacchus , come propitious , all implore , And act thy sacred orgies o'er and o'er ! OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 4- EOLUS . Eolus was the reputed son of Jupiter and 70 BACCHUS .
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... sound of a trumpet all news or reports , whether true or false . Ovid finely describes the celebrated temple erected to her honour at Troy , and her watchfulness in the cause of the Trojans , when the Grecian invasion was expected by ...
... sound of a trumpet all news or reports , whether true or false . Ovid finely describes the celebrated temple erected to her honour at Troy , and her watchfulness in the cause of the Trojans , when the Grecian invasion was expected by ...
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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