An epitome of the history, laws, and religion of GreeceThomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, 1824 - 288 páginas |
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Página 73
... deities had only certain districts assigned them , and in these they were inferior to Minerva , the supreme governess . And this difference in religion was very ancient , being of no less duration than the commonwealth itself . For when ...
... deities had only certain districts assigned them , and in these they were inferior to Minerva , the supreme governess . And this difference in religion was very ancient , being of no less duration than the commonwealth itself . For when ...
Página 77
... deities , to whom their presence was thought to be offensive , and that the worship would be polluted by it : and at Athens , they were excluded from the worship of the Eumenida ; and at Rome , from that of Hercules . The manner in ...
... deities , to whom their presence was thought to be offensive , and that the worship would be polluted by it : and at Athens , they were excluded from the worship of the Eumenida ; and at Rome , from that of Hercules . The manner in ...
Página 146
... deities , viz . the Agrauli , Enyalius , Mars , Jupiter , the Earth , and Diana . If oc- casion require it , I will lay down my life for my native country ; my endeavours to extend the dominion of Athens shall never cease , while there ...
... deities , viz . the Agrauli , Enyalius , Mars , Jupiter , the Earth , and Diana . If oc- casion require it , I will lay down my life for my native country ; my endeavours to extend the dominion of Athens shall never cease , while there ...
Página 171
... deities under whose happy auspices the Egyptians were thus favoured ; and these innocent and useful re ... deity of the first rank , she was the queen of heaven ; and the wife of Osiris ; but with regard to I 2 RELIGION OF GREECE . 171 ...
... deities under whose happy auspices the Egyptians were thus favoured ; and these innocent and useful re ... deity of the first rank , she was the queen of heaven ; and the wife of Osiris ; but with regard to I 2 RELIGION OF GREECE . 171 ...
Página 172
... deities of other nations , to the Osiris , Isis , and Horus of the Egyptians , but , on the present occasion , I shall confine my obser- vations almost exclusively to the mythology of the Grecians . The Origin of the Grecian Mythology ...
... deities of other nations , to the Osiris , Isis , and Horus of the Egyptians , but , on the present occasion , I shall confine my obser- vations almost exclusively to the mythology of the Grecians . The Origin of the Grecian Mythology ...
Términos y frases comunes
according afterwards ages ancient Anubis Apollo appears appointed Archons Areopagus assembly Athenians Athens Attica Bacchus brought called cause Cecrops celebrated Ceres character circumstances citadel citizens common commonwealth court Crete daughter death decree deities Demetrius divination drachms earth Egypt Egyptian enacted epithets father favour feasts festivals fiction figure flood former gave give goddess gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand harvests heaven Hebrew language Hebrew words honour Horus hundred inhabitants instituted inundation Isis judges Jupiter king labours laid language Latona laws liberty lots magistrates means Mercury Minerva Mythology oath obliged occasion Ogyges omen oracle Osiris Pausanias persons Phoenicians Piræus Pisistratus Pittheus Plutarch poets priests privilege Proedri Prytanes Prytaneum punishment received respect Roman sacred sacrifice Saturn seems senate signifies slaves solemn Solon Strabo symbols temple Theseus thing thirty tyrants thou tion tribe Venus winds
Pasajes populares
Página 256 - But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Página 231 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 254 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, Yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Página 4 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Página 4 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 261 - And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us.
Página 158 - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Página 186 - 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 186 - 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 154 - What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war ; for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.