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 ...E. J. Coale, 1823 - 305 páginas |
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... feet ; and the height , independent of the base and capital , which are of white marble , two and forty . The in- side of the temple is supplied with light through one circular aperture , the diameter of which is six and twenty feet ...
... feet ; and the height , independent of the base and capital , which are of white marble , two and forty . The in- side of the temple is supplied with light through one circular aperture , the diameter of which is six and twenty feet ...
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... feet , and the height from the pavement to the grand aperture , on its top , was also one hundred and forty - four feet . Its exterior was built after the Corinthian order of architecture . The inner circumference is divided into seven ...
... feet , and the height from the pavement to the grand aperture , on its top , was also one hundred and forty - four feet . Its exterior was built after the Corinthian order of architecture . The inner circumference is divided into seven ...
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... feet in diameter , eight of which stand in front , with an equal intercolumniation . To these columns is a pediment , whose tympanum , or flat , was orna- mented with bass - reliefs in brass : the cross beams , which formed the ceiling ...
... feet in diameter , eight of which stand in front , with an equal intercolumniation . To these columns is a pediment , whose tympanum , or flat , was orna- mented with bass - reliefs in brass : the cross beams , which formed the ceiling ...
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... feet , whom he formerly conquered . His sceptre , they say , is made of cy- press , which is a symbol of the eternity of his empire , because that wood is free from corruption . On his sceptre sits an eagle , either because he was ...
... feet , whom he formerly conquered . His sceptre , they say , is made of cy- press , which is a symbol of the eternity of his empire , because that wood is free from corruption . On his sceptre sits an eagle , either because he was ...
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... feet . He was called Stabilitor and Tigellus , because he supports the world : Almus and Alumnus , because he cherishes all things . He was styled Olympius , from Olympus , the name of the master who taught him , and of the heaven ...
... feet . He was called Stabilitor and Tigellus , because he supports the world : Almus and Alumnus , because he cherishes all things . He was styled Olympius , from Olympus , the name of the master who taught him , and of the heaven ...
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Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods and Illustrious Heroes François Pomey,Andrew Tooke Vista completa - 1838 |
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid afterward altar ancients Apollo arms arrows Bacchus beauty Bellona blood body Bona Dea born breast brought Carmenta carried cause celebrated celestial Ceres CHAPTER chariot Chimæra Corybantes crowned Cybele dæmons daughter death dedicated deities derived described Diana divine dogs earth Egyptians esteemed eyes fable father feasts feet fell fire gave goddess gods hand harp head heaven hell hence Hercules Hesiod Hippomenes Homer honour horns horse invented island Janus Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's killed king Latona married Mars Meleager Mercury Minerva mother mountain Muses Neptune nymphs oracle Ovid painted Pallas Phrygia Pluto poets presided priests Proserpine punished quæ QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION quod Repeat the lines represented Romans Rome sacred sacrificed sacrifices Saturn sceptre sent serpent signifies sister statue Telchines temple Terra Theseus things thought thunder tree Troy Venus Vesta Virg Virgil Vulcan whence wife wine women worshipped
Pasajes populares
Página 6 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 209 - Cocyto eructat arenam. portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima mento canities inculta jacet ; stant lumina flamma, 300 sordidus ex humeris nodo dependet amictus. ipse ratem conto subigit, velisque ministrat, et ferruginea subvectat corpora cymba — jam senior, sed cruda deo viridisque senectus.
Página 205 - Nature made. 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. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks.
Página 42 - The king of gods begot me : what shall be, Or is, or ever was, in fate, I see : Mine is the...
Página 59 - Hermes obeys; with golden pinions binds His flying feet, and mounts the western winds: And, whether o'er the seas or earth he flies, With rapid force they bear him down the skies. But first he grasps within his awful hand The mark of...
Página 209 - There Charon stands, who rules the dreary coast — A sordid god : down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncomb'd, unclean; His eyes, like hollow furnaces on fire; A girdle, foul with grease, binds his obscene attire. He spreads his canvas; with his pole he steers; The freights of flitting ghosts in his thin bottom bears. He look'd in years ; yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor and autumnal green.
Página 47 - I hung thy sacred fane, Or fed the flames with fat of oxen slain ; God of the silver bow ! thy shafts employ, Avenge thy servant, and the Greeks destroy.' Thus Chryses pray'd: — the favouring power attends, And from Olympus
Página 135 - Visceribus miserorum et sanguine vescitur atro. Vidi egomet, duo de numero cum corpora nostro prensa manu magna, medio resupinus...