The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 119
... they agreed to visit the infernal regions together , and to carry off Proserpine , as a wife for the former ; but their attempt being discovered by Pluto , Theseus he adjudged , as a punishment , to Pirithous , THESEUS . 119.
... they agreed to visit the infernal regions together , and to carry off Proserpine , as a wife for the former ; but their attempt being discovered by Pluto , Theseus he adjudged , as a punishment , to Pirithous , THESEUS . 119.
Page 130
... wife , and after a short reign , fell in a battle against the Etrurians , ( although some assert that he was drowned in the Numicus , ) and his body not being found , his subjects concluded that he had been taken up to heaven ; in ...
... wife , and after a short reign , fell in a battle against the Etrurians , ( although some assert that he was drowned in the Numicus , ) and his body not being found , his subjects concluded that he had been taken up to heaven ; in ...
Page 143
... wife of Neptune , sometimes con- sidered as a personification of the sea . Her , whose azure trident awes the main . HOMER . Abyla , a mountain in Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , who is said to have opened the passage between ...
... wife of Neptune , sometimes con- sidered as a personification of the sea . Her , whose azure trident awes the main . HOMER . Abyla , a mountain in Africa , one of the pillars of Hercules , who is said to have opened the passage between ...
Page 148
... wife of Picus , king of the Laurentes , who was changed by Circe into a bird , upon which she pined away , and became a voice . Chiron , the chief of the Centaurs , a race inhabiting the north of Thessaly , who , on account of their ...
... wife of Picus , king of the Laurentes , who was changed by Circe into a bird , upon which she pined away , and became a voice . Chiron , the chief of the Centaurs , a race inhabiting the north of Thessaly , who , on account of their ...
Page 149
... wife of Cepheus , and mother of Andromeda ; she was made the southern constellation Casseopeia . Chimera , a monster , destroyed by Bellerophon . A mingled monster of no mortal kind ; Behind a dragon's fiery tail was spread ; A goat's ...
... wife of Cepheus , and mother of Andromeda ; she was made the southern constellation Casseopeia . Chimera , a monster , destroyed by Bellerophon . A mingled monster of no mortal kind ; Behind a dragon's fiery tail was spread ; A goat's ...
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