Elements of Mythology: Or, Classical Fables of the Greeks and RomansParrish, Dunning, & Mears, 1851 - 279 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 47
... bodies . The malignity of his enemies is a more rational cause for the sufferings of Prometheus than the vengeful and jealous treatment of a god . What signifies the name of Pandora ? How did Jupiter dispose of Pandora ? Did Prometheus ...
... bodies . The malignity of his enemies is a more rational cause for the sufferings of Prometheus than the vengeful and jealous treatment of a god . What signifies the name of Pandora ? How did Jupiter dispose of Pandora ? Did Prometheus ...
الصفحة 51
... body , and she descended from heaven on this errand . Iris attended only dying persons of the female sex . Who was Juno ? Was Juno worshipped at Rome ? What was the character of Juno ? How is Juno represented ? What was Juno's ...
... body , and she descended from heaven on this errand . Iris attended only dying persons of the female sex . Who was Juno ? Was Juno worshipped at Rome ? What was the character of Juno ? How is Juno represented ? What was Juno's ...
الصفحة 80
... body , and sometimes with the tail of a fish . They are sometimes pictured riding in the sea upon Tritons , and sometimes upon sea- horses . How did the heathens regard the ocean ? - What do the names of the Nereides express , and how ...
... body , and sometimes with the tail of a fish . They are sometimes pictured riding in the sea upon Tritons , and sometimes upon sea- horses . How did the heathens regard the ocean ? - What do the names of the Nereides express , and how ...
الصفحة 82
... bodies was supposed to resemble that of man ; the lower part that of the dolphin . The first of them was the son of Neptune and Am- phitrite . This Triton , being the trumpeter of Nep- tune , terrified the giants in their war with the ...
... bodies was supposed to resemble that of man ; the lower part that of the dolphin . The first of them was the son of Neptune and Am- phitrite . This Triton , being the trumpeter of Nep- tune , terrified the giants in their war with the ...
الصفحة 85
... bodies of vultures , with long claws like the talons of carni vorous birds . The Harpies not only injured but de- filed whatever they lighted upon . They were re- presented as rapacious and cruel , and destroying for the mere pleasure ...
... bodies of vultures , with long claws like the talons of carni vorous birds . The Harpies not only injured but de- filed whatever they lighted upon . They were re- presented as rapacious and cruel , and destroying for the mere pleasure ...
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Achilles adorned afterwards Agamemnon Ajax altar ancient Apollo Athenians Athens Attica Bacchus beautiful called Castor and Pollux celebrated Ceres chariot Clytemnestra consecrated Crete Cupid Cyclops daughter death deities Diana divine earth Edipus Egypt Egyptian Eleusis Eneas fable father festivals fire flowers goddess gods golden Greece Greeks hand head heathens heaven Hebrews Hector hell Hercules heroes Hindus holy honour horses Iliad immortal infernal regions instructed Iphigenia island Janus Jason Juno Jupiter killed king labour Lares and Penates LENOX mankind married Menelaus Mercury Mexicans Minerva mountains mythology nations Neptune Nereides Odin offered oracle Orestes Orpheus Parthenon Penates persons Philoctetes Phocis Pluto poets Priam priests prince Prometheus prophet Proserpine Proteus PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR punish Quet-zal-cot religion represented Romans Rome sacred sacrifices Saturn says Scylla signifies sometimes supposed Syrian temple thee Theseus Troy Ulysses Venus Vulcan wife wisdom worship YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
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الصفحة 50 - I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth; While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
الصفحة 71 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods which are made with hands; so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
الصفحة 50 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there : when He set a compass upon the face of the depth : when He established the clouds above: when He strengthened the fountains of the deep : when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by Him as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before him: rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth; and my delights were with the sons...
الصفحة 167 - First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
الصفحة 95 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
الصفحة 167 - In his own temple, on the grunsel-edge, Where he fell flat, and shamed his worshippers : Dagon his name, sea-monster, upward man And downward fish ; yet had his temple high Reared in Azotus, dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath, and Ascalon, And Accaron, and Gaza's frontier bounds.
الصفحة 48 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
الصفحة 167 - Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
الصفحة 37 - In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements...
الصفحة 50 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.