Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods, and Illustrious Heroes: Revised for a Classical Course of Education, and Adapted for the Use of Students of Every Age and of Either Sex |
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... desired . " They add be- sides , that after this goat was dead , Jupiter took the skin and made a shield of it ; with which he singly combated the giants ; whence that shield was called Egis , from a Greek word that signifies a she goat ...
... desired . " They add be- sides , that after this goat was dead , Jupiter took the skin and made a shield of it ; with which he singly combated the giants ; whence that shield was called Egis , from a Greek word that signifies a she goat ...
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... desired to be partakers of the solemnity ; and brought to Ju- piter several oblations ; particularly , a bull was sa- crificed at that time , in the common name of them all , of which every one took a part . The name Lapis , or as ...
... desired to be partakers of the solemnity ; and brought to Ju- piter several oblations ; particularly , a bull was sa- crificed at that time , in the common name of them all , of which every one took a part . The name Lapis , or as ...
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... desired to become his priests , and understand his mysteries , did first undergo a great many hardships before they could attain to the honour of that employment . It was not lawful for the kings of Persia to drink immoderately , but ...
... desired to become his priests , and understand his mysteries , did first undergo a great many hardships before they could attain to the honour of that employment . It was not lawful for the kings of Persia to drink immoderately , but ...
Page 55
... desired leave to govern his father's cha- riot for one day . This was the occasion of great grief to his father , who endeavoured to persuade him not to persist in his project , which no mortal was capable of executing . Phæton ...
... desired leave to govern his father's cha- riot for one day . This was the occasion of great grief to his father , who endeavoured to persuade him not to persist in his project , which no mortal was capable of executing . Phæton ...
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... desired that he would say nothing , and gave him a delicate cow . Battus promised him secrecy . Mercury , to try his fidelity , came in another shape to him , and asked him about the cows ; whether he saw them , or knew the place where ...
... desired that he would say nothing , and gave him a delicate cow . Battus promised him secrecy . Mercury , to try his fidelity , came in another shape to him , and asked him about the cows ; whether he saw them , or knew the place where ...
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Page 38 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 83 - At her command rush forth the steeds divine ; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits ; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass; the polish'd axle, steel.
Page 84 - Diti sacrum iussa fero teque isto corpore solvo.' sic ait et dextra crinem secat: omnis et una dilapsus calor atque in ventos vita recessit.
Page 301 - Parva metu primo ; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit...
Page 8 - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, « An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.
Page 207 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight; Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
Page 302 - Produc'd her last of the Titanian birth. Swift is her walk, more swift her winged haste: A monstrous phantom, horrible and vast. As many plumes as raise her lofty flight, So many piercing eyes...
Page 200 - Auletes leads: a hundred sweep With stretching oars at once the glassy deep. Him and his martial train the Triton bears; High on his poop the sea-green god appears: Frowning he seems his crooked shell to sound, And at the blast the billows dance around.
Page 136 - Stretch'd on his back, he dash'd against the stones Their broken bodies, and their crackling bones : With spouting blood the purple pavement swims, While the dire glutton grinds the trembling limbs.
Page 205 - Far on the right, her dogs foul Scylla hides: Charybdis roaring on the left presides, And in her greedy whirlpool sucks the tides; Then spouts them from below: with fury driv'n, The waves mount up and wash the face of heav'n.