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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... given to Belus while alive ; he also appointed it to be a common sanctuary to the miserable , and ordained , " that if at any time an offender should fly to this statue , it should not be lawful to force him away to punishment . " This ...
... given to Belus while alive ; he also appointed it to be a common sanctuary to the miserable , and ordained , " that if at any time an offender should fly to this statue , it should not be lawful to force him away to punishment . " This ...
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... given alphabetically . The Greeks called him Ammon , or Hammon , which name signifies sandy . He obtained this name first in Lybia , where he was worshipped , under the figure of a ram ; because , when Bacchus was athirst in the ...
... given alphabetically . The Greeks called him Ammon , or Hammon , which name signifies sandy . He obtained this name first in Lybia , where he was worshipped , under the figure of a ram ; because , when Bacchus was athirst in the ...
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... given him from the city Dodona in Chaonia , which was so called from Dodona , a nymph of the sea . Near to this city there was a grove sacred to Jupiter , which was planted with oaks ; and famous , because it was the most ancient oracle ...
... given him from the city Dodona in Chaonia , which was so called from Dodona , a nymph of the sea . Near to this city there was a grove sacred to Jupiter , which was planted with oaks ; and famous , because it was the most ancient oracle ...
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... given him by the Romans , who believed that an oath * made in the name of Jupiter Lapis , was the most solemn of all oaths . And it is derived either * Juramentum per Jovem Lapidem omnium sanctissimum Cic . 7. ap . 12 . from the stone ...
... given him by the Romans , who believed that an oath * made in the name of Jupiter Lapis , was the most solemn of all oaths . And it is derived either * Juramentum per Jovem Lapidem omnium sanctissimum Cic . 7. ap . 12 . from the stone ...
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... given to Ju- piter , " because he cheers and comforts us with the light of the day , as much as with life itself : " or , be- cause he was believed to be the father of light . The people of Elis used to celebrate him by the title of ...
... given to Ju- piter , " because he cheers and comforts us with the light of the day , as much as with life itself : " or , be- cause he was believed to be the father of light . The people of Elis used to celebrate him by the title of ...
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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...
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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.