The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Or, Mythology for Children. After the apotheosis of Hercules , he married Hebe , and was by her means reconciled to Juno , whom he had offended . Hebe is generally represented by the poets as a beautiful virgin , arrayed in a variegated ...
Or, Mythology for Children. After the apotheosis of Hercules , he married Hebe , and was by her means reconciled to Juno , whom he had offended . Hebe is generally represented by the poets as a beautiful virgin , arrayed in a variegated ...
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... of Greece and Rome , some of whom it may be well to particularize . They are called demi - gods , or heroes , and will form the subject of the following chapter . DEMIGODS AND HEROES . HERCULES . This hero was the 110 SOMNUS .
... of Greece and Rome , some of whom it may be well to particularize . They are called demi - gods , or heroes , and will form the subject of the following chapter . DEMIGODS AND HEROES . HERCULES . This hero was the 110 SOMNUS .
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Or, Mythology for Children. DEMIGODS AND HEROES . HERCULES . This hero was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena ; and , on that account , from the time of his birth , he was constantly pursued by the implacable enmity of Juno , who , when he ...
Or, Mythology for Children. DEMIGODS AND HEROES . HERCULES . This hero was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena ; and , on that account , from the time of his birth , he was constantly pursued by the implacable enmity of Juno , who , when he ...
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... Hercules gave the first proof of his extraordinary powers by instantly strangling them both . The education of this hero devolved upon Castor , Linus , Eumolpus , Autolycus , Eurytus , and the famous Chiron ; and by them he was ...
... Hercules gave the first proof of his extraordinary powers by instantly strangling them both . The education of this hero devolved upon Castor , Linus , Eumolpus , Autolycus , Eurytus , and the famous Chiron ; and by them he was ...
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... Hercules was to cleanse the stables of Augeas , king of Elis , which had con- tained three thousand oxen for thirty years ; this he achieved by turning through them the course of the river Alpheus . Sixthly , he destroyed , with his ...
... Hercules was to cleanse the stables of Augeas , king of Elis , which had con- tained three thousand oxen for thirty years ; this he achieved by turning through them the course of the river Alpheus . Sixthly , he destroyed , with his ...
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