The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 178
... rolled : Hence Pythian games , the hardy Greeks renown , And laurel wreaths the joyful victor crown . Pythias , a name of Apollo . For Python slain , he Pythian games decreed , Where noble youths for mastery should strive To quoit , to ...
... rolled : Hence Pythian games , the hardy Greeks renown , And laurel wreaths the joyful victor crown . Pythias , a name of Apollo . For Python slain , he Pythian games decreed , Where noble youths for mastery should strive To quoit , to ...
Page 186
... rolled through banks of flowers , Reflects her bordering palaces and bowers . HOMER . Pandora , according to Hesiod , the first woman ; she was framed by Vulcan , and endowed with gifts by all the gods and goddesses . By the wise ...
... rolled through banks of flowers , Reflects her bordering palaces and bowers . HOMER . Pandora , according to Hesiod , the first woman ; she was framed by Vulcan , and endowed with gifts by all the gods and goddesses . By the wise ...
Page 200
... rolled A night of triple darkness ; and above Impend the roots of earth and barren sea . There the Titanic Gods in murkiest gloom Lie hidden : such the cloud assemblers will : There , in a place of darkness , where vast earth Has end ...
... rolled A night of triple darkness ; and above Impend the roots of earth and barren sea . There the Titanic Gods in murkiest gloom Lie hidden : such the cloud assemblers will : There , in a place of darkness , where vast earth Has end ...
Page 206
... rolled his river back , and poised he stood , A gentle swelling , and a peaceful flood . VIRGIL . Tmolus , a mountain of Lydia , in which the river Pactolus has its source . Thisbe , a town of Boeotia , at the foot of mount Helicon ...
... rolled his river back , and poised he stood , A gentle swelling , and a peaceful flood . VIRGIL . Tmolus , a mountain of Lydia , in which the river Pactolus has its source . Thisbe , a town of Boeotia , at the foot of mount Helicon ...
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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