The Pantheon, Or, Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome: For the Use of Schools, and Young Persons of Both SexesM.J. Godwin, 1814 - 302 Seiten |
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... in music , singing and dancing : infinite pains were taken to arrive at perfection in these three articles : and when they were joined together , and exhibited in union , 22 TRAGEDY . they constituted the Greek chorus : the.
... in music , singing and dancing : infinite pains were taken to arrive at perfection in these three articles : and when they were joined together , and exhibited in union , 22 TRAGEDY . they constituted the Greek chorus : the.
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... taken for Juno herself , or for Diana , one or f Hom . Il . a . 528 . Ov . Fasti , vi . 27 . k Ov . Fasti , vi . 39 . g Hom . II . T. 432. Virg . Æn . i . 46 . h Ov . Met . ii , 531. i Ov . Fasti , vi . 38 . JUNO MINERVA . 43 other of ...
... taken for Juno herself , or for Diana , one or f Hom . Il . a . 528 . Ov . Fasti , vi . 27 . k Ov . Fasti , vi . 39 . g Hom . II . T. 432. Virg . Æn . i . 46 . h Ov . Met . ii , 531. i Ov . Fasti , vi . 38 . JUNO MINERVA . 43 other of ...
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... taken for Juno herself , or for Diana , one or pa .42 . JUNO * MINERVA . 43 other of. f Hom . Il . a . 528 . Ov . Fasti , vi . 27 . k Ov . Fasti , vi , 39 . 8 Hom . Il . 77. 432. Virg . Æn . i . 46 . h Ov . Met . ii , 531 . i Ov . Fasti ...
... taken for Juno herself , or for Diana , one or pa .42 . JUNO * MINERVA . 43 other of. f Hom . Il . a . 528 . Ov . Fasti , vi . 27 . k Ov . Fasti , vi , 39 . 8 Hom . Il . 77. 432. Virg . Æn . i . 46 . h Ov . Met . ii , 531 . i Ov . Fasti ...
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... taken of her cha- racter : when the poet thinks of her in a personal light , as the Goddess of Beauty , and the most beautiful of female forms , it is natural to figure her in the bloom of youth ; she is then the daugh- ter of Jupiter ...
... taken of her cha- racter : when the poet thinks of her in a personal light , as the Goddess of Beauty , and the most beautiful of female forms , it is natural to figure her in the bloom of youth ; she is then the daugh- ter of Jupiter ...
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... taken hold of this , and has indecorously represented Mercury as the God of thieves : when once they had done that , they proceeded to complete the picture , and made the messenger of Jupiter one of the light - fingered crew within the ...
... taken hold of this , and has indecorously represented Mercury as the God of thieves : when once they had done that , they proceeded to complete the picture , and made the messenger of Jupiter one of the light - fingered crew within the ...
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adventures Alcmena altar Amphitryon ancient Apollo Apollodorus Argonauts Athens Atlas Bacchus beautiful became Boeotia brother called celebrated Cephalus Ceres CHAP chariot Chimæra Coelus Crete Cupid Cybele daughter death deities Delphi Demigods Diana dragon earth Edipus Eteocles Eurystheus eyes Fasti father festivals figure Geryon Giants Goddess Gods Grecian mythology Greece Greeks hand head Heaven Hell Hercules hero Hesiod Homer honour human husband infernal regions island Jason Juno Jupiter killed king labour Laomedon lived married Medea ment Mercury Minerva Minos monster mortal mother mountain Neptune never night nymphs oracle Pelops Perseus persons Phaeton Philoctetes Pirithous Pluto poets priests Prometheus queen religion represented river Romans Rome Romulus sacrifice Saturn seqq serpent siege sister statues story struck Tartarus Tellus temple Thebes Theseus thing thought throne Titans told took Troy Ulysses Venus Vertumnus Virg Virgil Vulcan wife worship youth
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Seite 12 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : " Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Seite 11 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Seite 11 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Seite 10 - I drew near with that Reverence which is due to a superior Nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating Strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of Compassion and Affability that familiarized him to my Imagination, and at once dispelled all the Fears and Apprehensions with which I approached him.
Seite 149 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Seite 149 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 11 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke the cloud but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Seite 12 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing...
Seite 9 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound. contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Seite 10 - They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place. My heart melted away in secret raptures. " I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible.