The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 59
... feet ; ) Thessalian fires securely past ; The camp , and proud Atrides ' haughty fleet . You gently guide the pious souls To happy seats ; your golden rod The flitting troop controuls ; O loved above , below , by every god . Ode x ...
... feet ; ) Thessalian fires securely past ; The camp , and proud Atrides ' haughty fleet . You gently guide the pious souls To happy seats ; your golden rod The flitting troop controuls ; O loved above , below , by every god . Ode x ...
Page 62
... feet Had pressed the sands , green herbage flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The foam - born goddess : and her name is known , As Cytherea , with the blooming wreath , For that she touched Cythera's flowery coast ...
... feet Had pressed the sands , green herbage flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The foam - born goddess : and her name is known , As Cytherea , with the blooming wreath , For that she touched Cythera's flowery coast ...
Page 63
... feet of his mother , a torch in his hand , and a quiver full of arrows , with which he wounds the heart at pleasure , and is thence considered the presiding deity of lovers ; at other times he appears in all the panoply of the god of ...
... feet of his mother , a torch in his hand , and a quiver full of arrows , with which he wounds the heart at pleasure , and is thence considered the presiding deity of lovers ; at other times he appears in all the panoply of the god of ...
Page 95
... feet . There of the soul unjust her plaints ascend ; So rue the nations when their kings offend : When uttering wiles , and brooking thoughts of ill , They bend the laws , and wrest them to their will . HESIOD'S Works . FAME . FAMA , or ...
... feet . There of the soul unjust her plaints ascend ; So rue the nations when their kings offend : When uttering wiles , and brooking thoughts of ill , They bend the laws , and wrest them to their will . HESIOD'S Works . FAME . FAMA , or ...
Page 97
... feet . She is represented blindfolded , to shew that she distributes happiness and misery indiscriminately ; and has a wheel re- volving at her side , to designate the uncertainty of human G affairs . Occasionally she appears winged ...
... feet . She is represented blindfolded , to shew that she distributes happiness and misery indiscriminately ; and has a wheel re- volving at her side , to designate the uncertainty of human G affairs . Occasionally she appears winged ...
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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