Bell's New Pantheon: Or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi-gods, Heroes, and Fabulous Personages of Antiquity: Also, of the Images and Idols Adored in the Pagan World; Together with Their Temples, Priests, Altars, Oracles, Fasts, Festivals, Games ....J. Bell, 1790 - 329 páginas |
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... figure of a wo- man with a pleasing aspect , crowned with gar- lands of flowers , pouring all sorts of fruit out of a horn which she holds in her right hand , and scattering grain with her left , taken pro- miscuously from a sheaf of ...
... figure of a wo- man with a pleasing aspect , crowned with gar- lands of flowers , pouring all sorts of fruit out of a horn which she holds in her right hand , and scattering grain with her left , taken pro- miscuously from a sheaf of ...
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... figure of this river would be easy to be distinguished from all his brother river - gods , by his having lost one of his horns , if his crown of reeds or willows did not hide that defect . ACHEMON , OR ACHMON , one of the Ecropi- ans ...
... figure of this river would be easy to be distinguished from all his brother river - gods , by his having lost one of his horns , if his crown of reeds or willows did not hide that defect . ACHEMON , OR ACHMON , one of the Ecropi- ans ...
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... figure of an ox and a cow , to inform posterity that they had taught agriculture .---- Some authors relate , that Apollo killed Adonis , to revenge his son Erymanthus , who had been struck blind for having seen Venus bathing , the ...
... figure of an ox and a cow , to inform posterity that they had taught agriculture .---- Some authors relate , that Apollo killed Adonis , to revenge his son Erymanthus , who had been struck blind for having seen Venus bathing , the ...
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... figure of a peacock , a bird conse- crated to the spouse of Jupiter ; but this is not likely , since it was late before the Syrians re ceived the divinities of the western nations , and long after the latter had adopted those of the ...
... figure of a peacock , a bird conse- crated to the spouse of Jupiter ; but this is not likely , since it was late before the Syrians re ceived the divinities of the western nations , and long after the latter had adopted those of the ...
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... figure of a woman with a cat's head . The Egyptians regarded this animal in so superstitious a manner , that the killing it , whether by accident or design , was punished with death . Diodorus relates , that a Roman having accidentally ...
... figure of a woman with a cat's head . The Egyptians regarded this animal in so superstitious a manner , that the killing it , whether by accident or design , was punished with death . Diodorus relates , that a Roman having accidentally ...
Términos y frases comunes
according Achilles Adrastus Aeneas Aesculapius afterwards Alcmena altar amongst Amphiaraus ancient Apollo Argonauts Argos Athenians Athens authors Bacchus beautiful Boeotia brother called carried celebrated Centaurs ceremony Ceres chariot Colchis consecrated Crete crown Cybele daugh daughter death deity Diana divine Druids earth Egypt Egyptians emperor epithet erected Eurystheus fable father feast festival figure gave giants goddess gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hecate Hercules hero Hesiod Homer honour horses idol inhabitants instituted island Juno Jupiter killed king married Mars mentioned Mercury Minerva mother Mount mountain Neptune Nymphs observed occasion offered oracle Ovid Pausanias person Phrygia Plutarch poets Pollux Priam priests prince Proserpine reign relates represented river Romans Rome sacred sacrificed sacrifices says serpent shew signifies sister slain solemnity sometimes sons statue supposed surname temple Thebes ther Theseus Thespius Thessaly tion Trojan Troy Ulysses Venus victory Virgil whence whilst wife word worshipped
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Página 108 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Página 192 - Aries, the Ram; Taurus, the Bull; Gemini, the Twins; Cancer, the Crab; Leo, the Lion; Virgo, the Virgin; Libra, the Balance; Scorpio, the Scorpion; Sagittarius, the Archer; Capricornus, the Goat; Aquarius, the Water-bearer; and Pisces, the Fishes.
Página 114 - And when he was brought before the assembly, they said unto him : Hast thou done this unto our Gods, O ABRAHAM ? He answered : Nay, that biggest of them hath done it : but ask them, if they can speak.
Página 170 - In this was every art, and every charm, To win the wisest, and the coldest warm: Fond love, the gentle vow, the gay desire, The kind deceit, the still-reviving fire, Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.
Página 140 - With that, his weapon deep inflicts the wound The bleeding savage tumbles to the ground; The sacred herald rolls the victim slain (A feast for fish) into the foaming main.
Página 113 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Página 266 - Ilesus/ and the symbol of the oak ; and had no other temple than a wood or a grove, where all their religious rites were performed. Nor was any person...
Página 341 - ... led him in that manner along the stadium, demanding with a loud voice of all the assembly, " Is there any one who can accuse this man of any crime ? Is he a robber, or a slave, or wicked and depraved in his life and manners...
Página 282 - This done, strange and amazing objects presented themselves. Sometimes the place they were in seemed to shake round them ; sometimes it appeared bright and resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again was covered with black darkness.