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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... paint- ed upon the several parts of the Pantheon . 1. The celestial gods and goddesses are upon an arch . 2 . The terrestrial , upon the wall on the right hand . 3 . The marine and river gods upon the wall on the left . 4. The infernal ...
... paint- ed upon the several parts of the Pantheon . 1. The celestial gods and goddesses are upon an arch . 2 . The terrestrial , upon the wall on the right hand . 3 . The marine and river gods upon the wall on the left . 4. The infernal ...
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... painted , in which Eu- ropa was carried away . In like manner the horse Pegasus , which was painted upon Bellerophon's ship , and the ram , which was painted on that of Phryxus and Helle , created ample matter of fiction for the poets ...
... painted , in which Eu- ropa was carried away . In like manner the horse Pegasus , which was painted upon Bellerophon's ship , and the ram , which was painted on that of Phryxus and Helle , created ample matter of fiction for the poets ...
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... painted with these three things : a harp , a shield , and arrows . The harp shows that he bears rule in heaven , where all things are full of harmony ; the shield describes his office in earth , where he gives health and safety to ...
... painted with these three things : a harp , a shield , and arrows . The harp shows that he bears rule in heaven , where all things are full of harmony ; the shield describes his office in earth , where he gives health and safety to ...
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... painted with a crow and a hawk flying over his head , a wolf and a laurel tree on one side , and a swan and a cock on the other ; and un- der his feet grasshoppers creeping . The crow is sa- cred to him , because he foretells the ...
... painted with a crow and a hawk flying over his head , a wolf and a laurel tree on one side , and a swan and a cock on the other ; and un- der his feet grasshoppers creeping . The crow is sa- cred to him , because he foretells the ...
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... painted , and why ? Why are the crow , hawk , wolf , swan , and laurel , consecrated to him ?. How many Apollos were there , and which is the principal ? Where was Apollo born , and what was the occasion of his birth at Delos ? SEC . 2 ...
... painted , and why ? Why are the crow , hawk , wolf , swan , and laurel , consecrated to him ?. How many Apollos were there , and which is the principal ? Where was Apollo born , and what was the occasion of his birth at Delos ? SEC . 2 ...
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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.