The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... 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 Argonautic poems . The next source of them appears to have been a wild ...
... 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 Argonautic poems . The next source of them appears to have been a wild ...
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... supposed , by a self - productive power ; -from these sprang the gods , of whose origin many and widely - differing accounts have been transmitted to us by the ancient authors . Saturn , or Time , the son of Cœlus and Terra , is ...
... supposed , by a self - productive power ; -from these sprang the gods , of whose origin many and widely - differing accounts have been transmitted to us by the ancient authors . Saturn , or Time , the son of Cœlus and Terra , is ...
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... supposed to have been the same as Ceres . Her worship prevailed much in Greece and Rome , and in various other countries , where her festivals were cele- brated with great splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes ...
... supposed to have been the same as Ceres . Her worship prevailed much in Greece and Rome , and in various other countries , where her festivals were cele- brated with great splendour ; the assistant priests were styled Galli , Corybantes ...
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... 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 majestic person seated on a throne , grasping a wand in one ...
... 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 majestic person seated on a throne , grasping a wand in one ...
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... supposed to have been the Palladium , but it is said they were deceived by a statue placed near it , and that the sacred original was safely conveyed from Troy to Italy by Æneas , and pre- served in the temple of Vesta , with the ...
... supposed to have been the Palladium , but it is said they were deceived by a statue placed near it , and that the sacred original was safely conveyed from Troy to Italy by Æneas , and pre- served in the temple of Vesta , with the ...
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